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their company and friends, and may as
properly discriminate in their welcome to
new-comers. In the next place, the men
who go South expecting to make a busi
ness of politics, and who denounce every
one who refuses to vote their ticket, are a
nuisance in any locality, and are not enti
tled anywhere to courtesy or consideration.
The South should bejudged, not by its
feeling toward demagogues and adventur
ers, but by its treatment of strangers of
any nationality whogo there in good faith,
prepared to settle down and become useful
citizens. In regard to this class, we see
no reason to doubt that they are gladly re
ceived, or that they share the protec
tion of good laws, administered impar
tially and effectively. There may be ex
ce tional localities, but so there are in the
West. Indeed, the conditions of welcome
in Virginia or Georgia do not essentially
differ from those which obtain in Kansas
or Minnesota. And the supremacy ot law
and order is, as a rule, as well assured in
the one case as in the other.
ftiudnitk & Sentinel.
WKDXKBDAY MOKNI.NL. MAY 26.
Shall we have a Oovernor ?
The Home Courier makes the following
pointed and appropriate suggestions to
Hard, the Radical magnate of the Era, as
the architect of the Express Agent’s politi
cal fortune and the express creator of his
fame:
When-James 11, of England, fled from
his enemies and took refuge in France,
where he was endeavoring to raise an army
to subdue his inimical subjects and sup
port his authority, the English Parliament
a-semblcd, and passed the following vote :
"That King James 11, having endeavor
ed to subvert the Constitution of the
Kingdom * * *; and having, by the
advice of Jesuits and other wicked per
sons, violated the fundamental laws, and
withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom,
has abdicated the government, and that
the throne is thereby vacant. ’’ And they
proceeded to choose a successor.
If the people of Georgia were now iD
Convention assembled, might they not as
properly pass the same vote, with some
alterations of terms, in regard to their
present Governor ? lias he not endeav
ored to subvert the Constitution of the
State, aye, the State itself ? Has he not,
by the advice of scalawags and other wiok
od persons, violated the fundamental laws,
and withdrawn himself out of the Com
monwealth ? And is he not now waiting
to be supplied with a military force to regu
late his refractory province ?
The government, so-called, of Georgia
is now "run” according to "schedule”
gotten up in New York—by DeGraffinreid
and Davis. Jleat, upon the approach of
Summer, makes the Angicr shirt which
tho Express Agent wears uncomforta
ble. llis Expresselenoy, therefore, seeks
a cooler climate, luxuriating in the
Fifth Avenue divans and Downing’s
colored clam bakes, while bo performs
the arduous duties of Treasurer of the
fate of Georgia for the State of New
York, in the Rank parlors of the Fourth
National. If Uard would offer a reward
for the apprehension of the fugitive, per
haps the Now York police might return
tho Express Agent, if it should so happen
that the funds in the Fourth National have
boon exhausted and Hulbert refuses to re
duco his payments into the Treasury below
twenty-five thousand dollars por mouth.
Davis sends, daily, terrible dispatches of
terrible events to the fugitive Express
Agent; events that demand personal
presence and active Executive interference;
rewards to be offered and pardons to be
granted, but his Expresselenoy coolly pub
lishes them in tho New York Tribune and
tho Washington Chronicle, and returns to
his mock turtle and his antics as Treasurer
of the Stato of Georgia for the State of
Now York, or goos to a Railroad Conven
tion. DcGraffenreid sends him terrible ac
counts, requiring military interference, but
Rullock coolly refers him to Gen. Terry
and tho United States troops. It is beyond
cavil that tho State government machine
is run without a “Governor.” When
will it burst ? Can Bard tell us ? or shall
we ask the President of the Fourth Na
tional Bank of New York city?
It Is Hut Just—dive Is a List of Them.
The Macon Telegraph asks the New
York Tribune for tho list of "a large num
ber of Republicans or Radicals from all
parts of Georgia, including many mem
bers of tho Legislature of tho State, are
now in Atlanta, believing that death is
certain if they undertake to go to their
homes.”
Tho Telegraph presses'the point, saying:
"Wc trust that some of the Atlanta pa
pers, or some of the Radical politicians in
that city, will furnish the public with a
list of the unhappy "Republicans or Radi
cals" who are remaining in Atlanta under
stress of bodily hurt, if they leave that
city of refuge. If nono of these parties
can give a full list, perhaps they may be
able to givo us half of the “largo num
ber,” —if not half, give us a few-two or
throe, or even one- -even one who has got
hold of the horns of tho altar—a panting
fugitive from “rebel vengeance, and can
not lot go on pain of "certain death.”
We submit to the Tribune that there be
ings just now, no very pressing reason why
the "loyal people of the North” should be
stuffed with lies, it ought to call upon its
Atlanta telegraph correspondent to modify,
a little, his zeal in the dissemination of
sueh falsehoods.
Wc have no idea that the Telegraph's
demand will ever bo answered. Not a
single one "of the large number” of refu
gees will ever be found.
There is, however, a “pressing reason
why tho loyal people of the North should
bo stuffed with lies” at this time, and that
reason is, that the power of Radical lead,
ers is declining precipitously. Anew ex
citement—a new outrage—in fact a little
war is all that they look to to maintain
their supremacy. The Telegraph’s demands
and remonstrance are, therefore, futile.
Davis will continue to sond dispatches to
order, and Turner, oolored.'politioal preach
er, and Sims, tambourinist, will continue
to give certificates. It is a party demand
that they cannot ignore.
How tirant has “Kun” the Federal Ma
chine.
For months it has been whispered that
the President had determined to commit
to his Cabinet as the rule, the selection of
subordinates.
It was conceded in the outset that the
Federal Government must necessarily have
a military cast, or at least that the customs
and rules which prevail in a military ad
ministration would, more or less, give tone
and color to the present administration of
the Government. This would be all
very well if the President, like a General,
was free to select his staff officers, men
tried and trusty, and equal to the position
assigned. Rut the President, unlike the
General, is perjoree, required to make his
Cabinet in conformity with the wishes of a
body constitutionally his coequal in au
thority. and in this era of "National" his
tory, asserting its supremacy as his superi
or. ignoring the covenants of the Con
stitution abolishing all the cheeks
aQd balances devised by our • Republi
can Forefathers and, in effect, making their
leaders the Doges of the American Re
public. That this is true, every patriot
and unbiassed observer will admit. We
have reAson to believe the President him
self feels and sees, palpably, the coercion
which restrains and modifies his just
powers and honest convictions, and pur
blind and full of corruption, dictates a
course for the Government. As evidence
of this, we quote the New York Post, of
the 13th inst., which we have good reason
to believe fairly and impartially represents
the President. The Post says:
"A gentleman who spent an evening re
cently with the President, at his request,
says that he talked quite freely about pub
lic affairs, and evinced no little displeasure
at the manner in which he had been itn
i ’osetl upon by men whom he had thought
could be trusted, by whom he was induced
into making appointments, many of which
had since proved to be improper ones.
“The remedy was in his own hands, how
ever, and he would not hesitate to use it
to purify the service from incompetent or
dishonest men. In the beginning of his
administration, he had made the mistake
of promising, under strong political press
urr. certain offices, when it appeared af
terward that the candidates were totally
unfit for the position they sought.
“In future no one would know whether
he was to be appointed until his commis
sion was signed, unless it was some person
whom he personally knew.
“It was his duty to have no one in office,
even in a subordinate capacity, who is not
fully qualified to perform its duties in the
best possible manner. Ia order to do this
it would be neeessary to remove in many
cases officers only recently appointed, but
he would not hesitate to end their official
days, though in doing so he probably
would be severely censured by many lead
ing Republicans.
"Whether his administration was suc
cessful, would depend much upon whether
the revenue was properly collected, which,
under the management of Secretary Bout
well, he felt assured would, if possible, be
done.”
That the President has been imposed
upon, no one will doubt. That this impo
sition is sufficient to rouse his indignation
every one will admit; but that the imposi
tion arises from the preference of particu
lar appointees, is a mistake. The mistake
is of policy.
The mission of the President is that of a
Washington, to cement the American
Union, and his aims should be that of the
Pious Father Paul, to make liberty per
petual in this glorious land. To accom
plish this high and holy mission, is not to
truckle to truckling and corrupt politi
cians, men that make government a stock
jobbing machine, and convert the Legisla
tive halls into an auction mart. Let him
boldly, like Jackson, declare the Union
one and inseparable, now and forever, by
solemn covenant, by valorous deeds of war
and in actual peace. He has said that he
Knew nothing but the will of the people.
Let him execute that will, but not gather
it from tho intrigues of venal politicians
and corrupt office-seekers.
But let him boldly throw himself upon the
people, for the people. Let him boldly and
truthfully proclaim a restored Union—an
inviolate Constitution and covenant—and
peace, with all the covenanted rights of
each State,and the people will sustain him.
llis old comrades in arms will rally to his
call and half a million of Confederates will
joia to make him invincible against all
Radical spoilers and plunderers, who, in
the name of philanthropy, and as false
priests of progress, are sapping tho foun
dations of the great American Republic.
Let him call around him the wise and the
good and the virtuous, without distinction
us to sections, declare in very deed the
Uuion restored, and he will reach the great
American heart and re-establish the
American Union on firm foundations.
'Jelcber as a Liar and as an Incendiary.
Augusta, Ga., May 14, 1869.
Dear Mr —The work of death continues
in Georgia. Since my last letter two inoro
colored men have fallen victims of Rebel
hate and treachery. A colored man that
knew the cowardly villain that killed
Senator Adkins was indiscreet enough to
„lalo that he knew the party, and he paid
for it with his life last Tuesday night, at
Thompson, in Columbia county, about
thirty-seven miles from this city, on the
Goorgia Railroad.
The other man, an expelled member of
the legislature by the name of Alexander
Stone, was killed at his home in Jefferson
county, where old man Benjamin Ayer
was killed a few weeks ago. I have this
from undoubted authority, and yet we are
told that Georgia is legally reconstructed,
and all is quiet from the mountains to tpo
sea.
If there is a God in Israel llis vengeance
cannot sleep forever. The blood of men
who were slain lor no other cause than
tLoy were trving to elevate a poor de
graded lace out of the dark abyss in which
an inhuman servitude had iett them, cry
out to the nation fur protection to the liv
ing. Every murder is saddled upon some
poor ignorant colored man.
The r ebel papers continue their mali
cious tirades against me. Personally I
oare nothing for their abuse, butit arouses
thi>evil passions of tho murderers that in
fest my district against my assistants.
I learn from good authority that the
Legislature at its next session intends to
impeach Governor Bullock, and in order
to do that they will have to have a ma
jority in the State Senate. That may
throw some light upon the death of Sena
tor Adkins.
If Congress does not Interfere in our be
half every loyal man in Georgia that can
get away will become an exile. Rev. Mr.
Spilman, an elder in the Northern Metho
dist Episcopal Church, was mobbed in a
hotel at Waynesboro, thirty-two miles
from this city, Sunday evening last, and
only escaped with his life by the aid of
some colored men who secreted him.
What are we to do ? I have no fears about
myself, butit is terrible in the country.
Your obedient servant,
Edwin Belcher.
Tite above letter addressed to Charles
Sumner, by the recently appointed negro
U. S. Tax Assessor in this District, which
we find published in the Washington
Chronicle and Baltimore American, will
be read with surprise and indignation by
all classes of our people.
Belcher states that tho colored man who
was with Adkins at the time the latter was
killed "paid for it with his life last Tuos
day night at Thompson, in Columbia
county.” The last Tuesday night referred
to was the lltli instant. We happen to
know that on that day the colored man
referred to was in possession of
the Federal garrison then at War
renton, whither he had been taken
by citizens .of Columbia and Warren
counties in order that if he could givo any
information which would identify the slay
ers of Adkins he might do so. We believe
that he is still in Warrenton and we are
certain that no violence has been attempt
ed against him except so much force as
was necessary to take him to Warrenton
for tho purposes just stated. So much for
the murder of this poor unoffending color
ed man.
We saw and conversed with one of the
most intelligent and worthy citizens
of Jefferson county day before
yesterday in relation to Alex Stone,
the expelled member of the Legislature,
who Belcher says “was killed at his home
in Jefferson county, where old man Benja
min Ayer was killed a few weeks ago.”
This gentleman informed us that Stone
had returned in tho early part of the year
to his old mistress, a widow lady in Jeffer
son county, to whom he belonged before
emancipation, and had begged her to let
him remain and work upon her place, say
ing that he was yred and disgusted with
Radicalism and politics of all kinds and if
she would permit him to remain with hrr
he would never be fool enough to attempt
being a politician again. His mistress
consented, and he has ever since been con
ducting himself in tho most humble, dis
creet and exemplary manner.
Five days after Belcher’s letter was writ
ten, giving an account of his untimely
“taking off” by the horrid Ku-klux.
Alick was quietly at work bn his old mis
tress’ plantation in the upper part of
Jefferson county a wiser and better ne
gro than when hobnobbing as legislator
with the lying reptile Belcher, under the
nose of the Beast Bullock in Atlanta.
The Baltimore American, a thoroughly
rabid Radical sheet, in publishing Bel
cher’s letter, says: “This letter is a small
“portion only of the evidence recently re
“eeived here that the General Government
“should exercise its authority in Georgia. ’'
If this is a fair sample of the evidence
upon which the American bases its de
mand that the Federal Government should
interpose its authority in our State, it will
certainly not receive much notice at the
hands of the administration. We believe
that there is just as much truth in Bel
cher’s letter as there is in any of the letters
written by Southern Radicals for publica
tion in Northern journals—in Belcher's
there is not a single lino of truth—ve
have seen none in the hundreds of other
report* which have been recently published.
There is one other thing in this impu
dent negro’s letter which demands some
notice. He invokes vengeance upon the
Southern people. Does the poor wretch
not know that such threats and invocation
must necessarily lead to counter threats
and counter acts of vengeance ? Does he
think the white men of the South are
all cravens ? Does he believe that they will
quietly tolerate in their midst such an open
and undisguised stirrer up of strife and
instigator of violence ? Let him be warned
in time. If he undertakes to meet out
vengeance upon the white people of Geor
gia he may find that it is a game at which
two can play. We advise him to keep
quiet in the future, to attend to his own
business, and let the people of Columbia,
Jefferson and Warren attend to theirs,
and if he has occasion to write to his
dear friend “Chawles” again, that he en
deavor to stick nearer to the truth in his
representations about tho people of the
South.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Smoe the above was in type we have re
ceived a letter from Belcher which will be
found elsewhere in this issu ,
A Loll Incendiary—the Waynesboro’
Outrage.
There is betted ia or near this city a
peripatetic Radical sedition monger, Bent
here from the North by the Union League,
for the purpose of decoying the colored
people from their allegiance to the colored
Methodist Conference of this State, organ
ized last year at Augusta, by Bishop Pierce
and the Rev. Samuel Anthony, so that,
being freed from the Christian influence of
this worthy and uxee’lent disciple of
Christ, they might be the more easily ma
nipulated and controlled by the machinery
of those vile dens of infamy and sedition
in our midst, yelept Loyal Leagues.
The muerablo creature who is now en
gaged ia this dirty work is a lellow who
wears a white skin, and sports the ambi
tious title of "Presiding Eider” of the
Northern Methodist Episcopal Church,
and is called, by his deluded and too con
fiding followers, Rev. Mr. Spilman.
Recently, in furtherance of the views
and wishes of those who sent him here, he
advertised a meeting to be held in Waynes
boro, Burke county, on the iOth inst. The
time fixed rolled round, and there was
congregated in the village a crowd
of ignorant and credulous blacks,
estimated at fully two thousand souls.
To this Urge crowd he spoke fully, freely,
badly, meanly and seditiously, and as long
as he pleased without the slightest moles
tation or interruption. After finishing his
unchristian and insurrectionary harangue,
he retired quietly to the hotel, and took a
seat upon the porch, where also were sit
ting three young gentlemen of the village
quietly discussing the merits of a pack of
fox hounds owned by one of the party,
without noticing the Rev incendiary, and
being wholly ignorant of his pretentions or
his person. One of these remarked that
his hounds were very superior, that they
were excellent to chase foxes, wildcats,
rabbits and all quadrupeds known in the
country, and jocularly added that be had
never tried them on Radicals, but thought
they would even run them. This greatly
alarmed the heroic Presiding Elder, who
jumped to the conclusion at once that he
was to be run by track dogs. With great
trepidation he entered the hotel, and
seeking the landlord, communicated to him
his fear, and begged to be furnished a
place of secretion where he might remain
until the arrival of the train from Augus
ta. Not being able to calm his fears, the
landlord took him to a distant room in the
upper story of the building, where the ex
cited “man of God” simply locked himself
up to await further developments.
This soon became known in the village
and was the cause of much merriment
among the villagers. A few half-grown
boys seized the occasion to have a little
fun and, during tho afternoon having col
luded with a negro servant of the hotel,
sent frequent messages to the frightened
Minister asking him to “come down”—
“could he ruu fast”—“did he ever see the
Ku-klux,” &c. These messages complete
ly unstruug the strong nerves of the bold
and defiant missionary, so that after re
peated salutations from him to that effect
he was about dark taken out of back win
dows and over the top of a shed-room to a
ladder previously provided, when he was
“let down” from his dangerous prison and
secreted in a temple of cloacena located in
the rear of the Hotel garden, where he
safely remained until train time (2 o’clock
at night), when he was safely and without
let, hindrance, or molestation taken to the
station and placed on the train. And this
ended the great “Ku-klux outrige on a
Minister of the Gospel.”
The legal incendiary and Christian sedi
tion monger camo to this city boiling
over with rare against the quiet lit
tle village and breathing out threatenings
and loyal wrath against all the villagers.
Under the influenca of his wrath and fears
he communicated to the Executive
agency of Davis and Do Graffenreid at
Atlanta full details of the horrid outrage,
and the agency duly telegraphed the same
to Forney, Greeley & Cos., for the benefit
of the Radical cause North and South.
We have positive assurances from gen
tlemen of unquestioned integrity that the
foregoing contains a full, fair aud truthful
account of the whole affair. It will be
seen that the creature Spilman was not
in the slightest manner interfered with or
molested in his religious duties, that he
preached and prayed and sang as long, as
loud, and as intemperately, and seditious
ly as he pleased- -that he exhorted the
bretheren and the sisteren to his heart’ 8
content —that he quietly traversed the
whole extent of the village to the hotel
without insult or interruption If the
people of Waynesboro contemplated,
sought or desired to injure or molest this
open enemy to the peace of society they
had ample opportunities for so doing.
When they made no attempt of the sort —
whin these opportunities offered it can
hardly be believed that they would do so
after the fellow had been secured in a
closely locked room, and where, accord
ing to his own account, he was surrounded
by an armed mob of his special friends
and dupes—the ignorant negroes.
Immigration to Augusta.
In the Brooklyn (New York) Times we
find an interesting letter from Augusta.
The place referred to was the-property of
Gen. A. R. Wright, and was sold to Mr.
Uhl, by Messrs. L. & A. 11. McLaws,
Land Agents. All Northerners, whether
Republicans or Democrats, who come here
for the same purpose and with the same
intentions as Mr. Uhl, will find a cordial
welcome from our people. We want no
political incendiaries to come here for the
purpose of sowing discord and bringing
about strife between the whitos and blacks,
but all men who come here from the
North or Europe to make a living and
to aid in developing the resources
our great State are welcome. We want
immigration, we want labor, and we want
capital, and there is no State, North or
South, which offers superior inducements
to Georgia, or where life and property are
better protected. The following is the
article from the Brooklyn Times:
One of our Old Citizens in Georgia—His
New Home—lts Attractions, &c«
Augusta, Ga., May 10, 1869.
Dear Times : Having recently had an
opportunity to pay a visit to the home of a
former citizen of Brooklyn, E. D., and
who for twelve years did business on Broad
way, just above your office, I thought a
short description of his new home might
be of interest to you and some of your
readers. I referto John Uhl, who now re
sides within a short distance of this city.
He came here to find a quiet home, away
from the perplexing cares of city life and
city business. A short drive of twenty
minutes from the city, over as fine a road
as ever welcomed the pave-tired feet of
your spirited city horses on Long Island’s
boasted drives, found us four miles from
town, and drawing near a beautiful country
residence. In front of it we found a lawn
of over an acre, thickly studded with oak
trees of the deepest green foliage; the
lawn is handsomely laid out in walks and
drives bordered with the beautiful South
ern evergreen, enlivened with roses of the
rarest and most beautiful hue. A windirg
carriage way brought us to the house—a
one story Southern planter’s house —with
broad piazza front and back, and literally
covered with roses; seven large rooms,
either one of which would compare favor
ably with the parlors ot a first-class brown
stone city house ; windows to the floor,
and openirg on Doth piazzas; ceilings fif
teen feet high, and walls plastered and
hard finished. Just back of the house we
found the kitchen of four rooms, to the
left of which is the dairy house and well,
and beyond that the smoke house, as large
as many a one story city cottage. These
buildings are all well built and first class,
nicely painted and in good repair. One
hundred yards beyond are the barn and sta
bles, 60xS0 feet, and beyond that the ne
gro quaiters. From here we went to the
peach orchard of over 2,000 trees, now
loaded with fruit as large as many of
the Delaware peaches when they
come to market, and not half grown.
They will be ripe in June. From there
we went to the plantation proper, of about
one hundred and forty acres, mostly under
cultivation and now planted in cotton,
corn, sweet potatoes, watermelons, etc.
The timber on the place is yellow pine and
oak, and all fit for the saw-taill. Return
ing through a smaller peach orchard, we
came to the garden and half acre of straw
berries, now in full fruit, which reminded
me of a New Jersey market garden in
June. They are selling in Augusta at 30
cents per quart, and higher for choice
fruit. Fig trees, pears, apples and grapes,
of which the scuppernong is considered
the best here, with cherries now ripe,
raspberries and blackberries, make up the
fruits of the place. These all grow in
bundancc. Returning to the house, wc
found a dinner of true Southern type
awaiting us. It consisted of boiled ham,
roasted sweet potatoes, boiled rice and
hominy, with some imported Northern
deiieacies, which an appetite sharpened by
the salubrious air and vigorous exercise
added sauce to our savory meal, which
finished with a desert of strawberry short
cake, strawberries and cherries, not in
scanty city style, but as bountiful as this
country in all her gifts. I was pleased to
notice that this Northern city family were
not behind your correspondent in the way
of appetite and power to appreciate the
good things to satisfy the inner man.
Could their friends in the ’Burgh see the
roses blooming on the cheeks of the chil
dren, and the happy, contented, gay, de
lighted countenances of all, they would say
with them “we have found a real home at
last.”
I have been thus particular in describing
this place as it is but the exact counter
part of hundreds in this State and in this
immediate vicinity that are only waiting
for more just such families. I inquired the
price and cost of such a Southern home.
Mr. Uhl says it cost him $4,000 for the fee
simple title to the land and its appurte
nances, It cost him $175 to remove his
family and furniture. Farm horses $300;
two cows SSO; fainting utensils, farm
wagons, etc., $l5O. So far $4,675. He
has a complete establishment with all the
necessaries, and the luxuries of carriages,
carriage horses, etc , can be added at a
less outlay than North. This place and
what he has on it at this outlay would any
where within 100 miles of New York city
and four miles from a railroad depot be
worth and cost $30,000. Now as to so
ciety—he has ten neighbors within horn
blow and five in sight. He is four miles
from Augusta, the most beautiful city in
the South, within quarter of a mile of a
good school; finds neighbors, although
strangersyet friends, and ready to welcome
all who come to take up their home among
them. Finds no bitter or hostile feelings,
but all seem determined to do all they can
to add to thecomtbrt and pleasure of those
around them, as many tokens of good
neighborhood already shown will testify.
They have a fertile country, a beautiful,
invigorating atmosphere and genial cjime,
and invite Northern families to come and
help them to build up the war-scourged land,
forget the past and develop the resources of
the land. Thk place is 300 feet higher than
Augusta, and has some advantage of
Aiken, S. C., for consumptives and all
troubled with pulmonary complaints, and
has a much more fertile soil, besides easy
access to the city. As to farm and do
mestic help, Mr. Uhl has two house-ser
vants that work willingly and faithfully
for $3 per month ; field hands from $5 to
$lO per month and rations. In removing
here a Northern family makes no great
sacrifice, and is submitted to no privations,
as the market of Augusta furnishes every
necessity and most luxuries to be found in
New York. Fresh beef, fish, ice, &c., in
abundance and cheap. Will he succeed,
I hear you ask ? I have no hesitation to
answer, yes. His peaches will go to New
York and command the highest price, so
will his potatoes and watermelons. Cotton,
corn and wheat will all sell readily here. His
chances are two to one to aDy one with the
same capital and advantages North, and
he has the advantage of building himself
up with this now impoverished people,
and realizing from the consequent appre
ciation iu real estate. Should any of your
numerous readers be inclined to seek in
the South either health or a home, or
both, Mr- Uhl will, lam assured, answer
any inquiries, as he is naturahy desirous of
extending to his friends ia Wiiliamsburgh
any of the courtesies already shown him
here. Very truly, yours,
Howard.
Two More Lies.
Booby Bullock and his pimps in Atlanta
are again vigorously at their infamous
scheme of working up Ku-klux horrors in
Georgia. The “loil” heart of the North
must be stirred up and fired against the
people of Georgia before the next meeting
of Congress or Booby Bullock and his
pa&k of thieves will sink back into their
wonted obscurity. They are playing a
desperate game. Their only hope of hold
ing on to office is in the intervention of
Congress, and shat intervention they hope
to obtain by misrepresentation and un
blushing falsehood. Any and every means,
no matter how base and despicable, that
can conduce in the remotest to this end
will be resorted to. Outrages and assas
sinations on the persons and property of
"ioil” men will be flashed over tho wires to
the Radical papers of the North. In pur
suance of the infamous programme we find
in the Washington Chronicle of May 17th
the following:
Atlanta, Ga., May 10 —The colored
man who drove the carriage of Hon.
Joseph Adkinß when that gentleman was
assassinated, is said to have left Warren
county early la«t week to escape death.
When near Thompson Station, he was met
and murdered by the Ku-klux.
LIE ONE.
Again:
“Reliable information received here an
nounces the murder, some weeks ago, in
Jefferson county, of Hon. Alexander Stone,
one of the expelled members of the Legis
lature for the same eftunty which Dr. Ayer
represented. ’ ’
LIE TWO.
We counsel patience on the part of our
people. Our enemies have already dis
closed their plan of campaign, and that is
to provoke and exasperate the people of
Georgia into acts of violence against the
miserable wretches who are seeking to re
duce tho State to a military province, and
thereby securing for themselves a longer
lease of power for the double motivo of
revenge and plunder. It, therefore, be
comes the duty cf our people to act with
greater forbearance than ever, in order
that neither Congress nor the Radical par
ty can have any pretext for reconstructing
reconstruction iu Georgia. By a strict ad
herence to this lino ol policy, our people
will rid themselves of Booby Bullock and
his curs and thieves.
Emigrants for Liberia.
J.'he abolition of slavery has not only in
creased but given the people of color the
liberty to gratify the disposition to remove
to Liberia. Previous to the late mighty
contest, the Colonization Society fre
quently had but a limited number of ap
plicants for settlement in Africa. This
was the case during the four years of the
war (1861 to 1864), when a total of 169 per
sons, or about 42 each year, were col
onized. During tho four years which
have since elapsed (1865 to 1868), the So
ciety has settled 2,234 emigrants, or an
average of 55S per annum.
Os this hrgs number 177 were from
Virginia, 299 from Tennesse, 602 from
South Carolina, and 768 from Georgia. A
fair proportion could read, a large number
of the male adults were of some fixed in
dustrial pursuit, and at least, 500 were
members of some Christian church, some
twenty ot them being licensed ministers of
the Gospel.
This quiet exodus wa3 entirely spon
taneous —the sole result of the inquiries
and reflections of the voyagers. And the
stream of emigration bids fair to bo kept
up, the intending emigrants not only de
siring to better their condition, bat to help
to give law, liberty, the English language,
and religion to the untold millions of be
nighted Africa. Funds are needed by the
Colonization S >ciety to meet the applica
tions fur passage and settlement of the
people of color, being unable themselves
to make the necessary expenses. A future
of importance beyond what the country
has yet witnessed is before this valuable
enterprise.— National Intelligencer.
All of which may be very true, and
Liberia may be a land overflowing with
milk and honey, and a land where the
possum and the coon abound, and where
the hogs are so fat that they run round
among the darkies squecling out “cum
eat me, cum eat me;” but the negroes
who have emigrated from the South
have failed to find in it tho prom
ised land. The South is the best
place for the colored people, and if
they quit politics and carpet-baggers, and
scalawags, and attend to the work for
which they were created, they will be far
better off here than in any other quarter of
the globe. There is room enough in the
South for the whites and blacks, but there
must be harmony and industry among
the blacks, in order to secure that mutual
confidence so necessary to the well-being
and contentment of society. This can
only be secured by the negroes abandoning
that pestiferous and mischievous class of
wretches who have duped them for the last
four years, and by thoroughly identifying
themselves with the people who have al
ways been friendly to their race. Liberia
is to the negro what Siberia is to the Pole,,
and what Botany Bay is to the Irishman.
Wheat Crop in Whitfieid.—A writer
from Dalton to the Atlanta Constitution
says the wheat crop in that section is look
ing fine, and farmers expect a much larger
yield than they have had since the war.
Wheat.—lt seems, says the Rome
Cornier, to be the opinion of a majority of
farmers that there will not be more than
half a crop of wheat made. The hoads are
unusually short.
Letter from Belcher.
Meesrs. Editors: —My attention has
been called to a private letter written by
myself to Senator Sumner, and published
in the Washington Chronicle of May 19th.
The letter was not intended for publication,
bat I believed th 9 statements to be true
when it was written. I have learned since
writing the letter that I was misinformed,
and, I believe, willfully imposed upon by
certain persons in this city who knew that
I sometimes corresponded with Mr. Sum
n r. I believed that Mr. Stone and the other
party mentioned had been killed, and
incensed at the account of the murder of
these men, whom I supposed Lad been
killed for political reasons,! wrote ns I did.
I have been informed to-day, by a responsi
ble gentleman, that both Mr. StoDe and
the other person mentioned are now alive,
and I desire to correct the statements
made in the letter alluded to above; for I
would not intentionally misrepresent the
people of my native section. The state
ment in reference to the press was an al
lusion to an article that appeared in the
Hancock Journal, about myself, and did
not refer to any other papers in the State.
The statement about Mr. Spilman was
made to me by that gentleman himself.
1 regret that the letter was published,
but, as I have before stated, I believed
every word to be true when it was written.
By publishing this letter you will confer a
favor upon yours, Respectfully,
Edwin Belcher.
We give to Belcher the benefit of his
explanation in our columns this morning.
We do not see that his statement mends
the matter in any very considerable degree.
He admits that both his representations
about the murder of colored men were fals e
but attempts to excuse himself upon the
ground that he was deceived.
In his letter to Sumner ho makes the
charge direct and positive of the murder of
these men, knowing that his statement
would be taken as the truth aud used
against the white people of the State. He
further attempt! to excuse himself by say
ing that he did not intend his letter for
publication. Still the object of the letter
was to excite-the public mind against the
South in order that the Federal Govern
ment intght bs induced to make further
aggressions upon our people.
Belcher and those villains who instigated
him to write intended by that letter to do
harm. Ihey were intent upon furthering
the views of Bullock, and desired to bol
ster up his desperate and sinking cause.
They havebeea thwarted. They were too
precise in fixing and locating the pretended
outrages. They have overleaped them
selves and now the chief instrument in the
conspiracy seels to excuse himself by say
ing he was mistaken.
If he is realty honest in his professions of
regret he 3hodd write to the Washington
Chronicle and New York Tribune and
make the correction through tho columns
of those papers. Through the instrumen
tality of their large circulations at the
North the peiple there have been notified
of these bogusoutrages— through the same
medium the most ample correction should
be made. Will he do it ? We shall see.
The Triple Alliance.
Tho cable dispatch announcing a triple
alliance, it appears, turns out to have been
an invention of the bloated bondholders,
who palmed it off on the country for the
purpose of scaring Mr. Grant and his 'Jab
inet. Mr. Sumner, tbe classical jackass,
was intimidated by the report. His an
nexation fanfaronade and humiliation of
England by demanding an apology and
compensation for the ravages of the Ala
bama on the Yankee commerce were check
mated. Tie "model Republic” backed
down, and theclassicaljaokass retrograded
from hi3 advanced position under the in
fluence of the bogus telegram announcing
the alliance of England, France and Spain.
The bondholders originated the dispatch
in New York, andfjllowed it up with buch
a tremendous pressure that they triumph
ed over Sumner and Grant’s bullying pro
gramme, both of whom are known to be in
favor of extreme measures; and thus ends,
for the present at least, the prospects of a
war with England. The latest accounts
from Washington state that Mr. Motley,
the Minister to St. James, has been in
structed not to press the claims of the Gov
ernment, and to refrain from all entan
gling alliances. This is a clear abandonment
of the Alabama claims for some time to
come.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette has the following on the
instructions of Mr. Motley and the policy
of the Government:
“It was only to be expected that after
the rejection of the Alabama treaty, the
recall of Mr. Johnson and en immense
amouut of bluster and braggadocio from
Radical journals, Mr. Motley should go
abroad with no defiuite instructions on the
Alabama question than to wait, Mieawber
like, ‘for something to turn up.’ The
statement that his instructions would be
based upon tho ground taken by Mr.
Summer in his speech, was evidently made
without'a backward glance at the policy of
Radical statesmanship. It is stated that
Secretary Fish is ‘opposed to taking em
phatic ground on the Alabama question,
but is disposed to leave much to the dis
cretion of Mr. Motley, who will be con
trolled, in some degree, by events as they
transpire.’ .
“But Mr. Motley will not remain alto
gether idle while awaiting ‘events as they
transpire.’ He is to have an opportunity
of trying his hand at treaty-making, as
well as his predecessor. He is instructed
to negotiate a naturalization treaty, based
upon the protocol recently ratified by the
Senate, and another treaty defining the
duties, rights and privileges of Consul
Generals and Consuls in the two countries i
similar to the Consular treaties negotiated
with several of the European powers. This
13 very plain-sailing, indeed, and Mr. Mot
ley can hardly get among the breakers.
Blunder as he will, he cannot well bring
about a casus belli, which the Government
does not seem disposed to court at present.
The ‘triple alliance’ report did wonders in
toning down our foreign policy. You hear
nothing more of the recognition of the
Cuban insurgents, or the annexation of
Canada.”
OUR WAYNESBORO’ CORRESPONDENCE.
Waynesboro’ May 20th, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
The Superior Court is still in session.
The dockets seem to !je crowded with cases
and there is very little probability that the
business of the Court will be completed
this week. Most of the cases which have
been tried during the term involved the
application of the Scaling Ordinance and
Relief Law, and so far the verdicts of the
jnries have generally afforded substantial
justice between the parties.
There has been quite a number of
lawyers in attendance upon the Court, all
of whom seem to have quite a number of
cases and I hope all are making substantial
improvements upon their pecuniary con
dition. They are at best a hard-worked,
well-cursed and badly paid class, whose
labors, services and talents are poorlr ap
preciated, except when a citizen becomes
involved in pecuniary or other difficulty
and waDts legal relief, then lawyers are a
marvellously clever, honest and worthy
poople.
A reverend scalawag and loil subject of
your town came to grief very suddenly
here yesterday. This meek and gentle
disciple was detected on the streets by
several members of the grand jury, having
and carrying upon his person "concealed
weapons,” in violation of the laws of the
State. The grand jury, therefore, made
and returned a special presentment against
one doctor, Reverend, Lawyer, Internal
Revenue assessor, loil leaguer J. S. Powell,
charging him with a violation of tHe
criminal laws of the State. This action of
the grand jury having been bruited about,
came to the ears of uni Powell and he de
camped for parts unknown.
The crops in this county are represented
very generally to be unprecedently small
and unpromising. This is said to be par
ticularly true as to cotton, which, on light
sandy lands, continues to perish and die.
The stands are already very defective, and
are being more daily under the influence of
the present cold nights and bleak winds.
Com is smaller than I have ever seen it
before at this season, and in some localities
the "bud worm” is seriously injuring the
stand. Wheat is not sown to any great
extent in this county, but those who have
sown this year are much discouraged with
the experiment.
As usual Sturgis koeps a good hotel and
makes ail who stop with him agreeable
and comfortable. W.
Vincennes, Indiana, is infested with an
organized band of thieves, who have taken
up their residence inside of a lot of straw
stacks on the prairie below the city.
MEMPHIS COKKESPOXDEKCE.
The Southern Commercial Convention,
LETTER EROM TYRONE POWERS.
Memphis, May 18, 1869-
Edilors Chronicle <Sc Sentinel: —The
Southern Commercial Convention met
to-day at noon in tho Greenland Opera
House of this city, which was handsomely
decorated for the occasion. Above the
stage was a banner bearing the inscription
“Memphis Welcomes her Guest l ,” and on
either side were various models of indus
trial instrumentalities as locomotives, ships,
etc. To the right was a miniature loco
motive on a tablet bearing the inscription,
“Air Line,” and beneath that a placard
with “Southern Pacific Railroad, Norfolk,
Memphis and San Francisco.” To the left
of the stage was the model of a fu’l rigged
ship, and beneath it a portion of sub
marine telegraphic cable. Around the
balcouies were placards with the names of
all the States and Territories. Georgia
had the centre of the buildiDg and pre
sented the largest delegation in the Con
vention. Among the delegates present
were Messrs. W T Wheless, D E Butler.
J K Evans, Thomas E Branch, John W
Wallacc, C F McCay, E P Clayton, M P
Stovall. W Daniel, John M Clark, W J
Blair, J W Horton, and T D Caswell, of
Augusta; W L Mansfield, of Marietta;
L O Barrett, F M Coker and Moses Speer,
of Americas ; A J Williams and N B At
kinson. of Madison; J Rhodes Brown, of
Columbus; W Daniel, 'of Rome; J G
Stocks, of Cartersville ; James Houston,
of Brunswick ; James W Nicholson, and
W C Nicholson, of Greensboro; Colonel
J B Griffin and Captain 8 R Welton, Col
C Peeples, Col J H Logan, and A M
Spright, of Griffin ; Colonel E C Ander
son, of Savannah and Colonel Wm K
DeGraffenried, of Macon. It is proper to
say that this is not a complete list, but it
shall be my effort to send such list in a
subsequent letter.
At 11 a, in. the delegates met at tho
headquarters of the Memphis Executive
Committee and thence marched in proces
sion, headed by a brass band, to the place
of meeting. At noon the Convention was
called to order by Wm H Cherry, Esq,
President of the Memphis Chamber of
Commerce, who introduced the Rev
Lrvick Pierce. This venerable clergyman
proceeded to invoke the blessings of Provi
dence on such efforts as the Convention
might make toward building up the waste
places of the South. HonJW Leftwich,
Mayor of the city of Memphis, then pro
ceeded to deliver the official address of wel
como, dwelling on those feelings of pleas
ure with which the citizens welcomed so
many of their fellow-countrymen to a
gathering having fbr its object the develop
ment and prosperity of a land that has
suffered so much from the “ravages of war
and lack of fostering legislation.”
On motion of Mr Cherry, ex-Governor
Patton, of Alabama, was unanimously
elected temporary Chairman. After the
temporary organization, a heated debate
sprang up on the question of whether the
report of the Committee on Credentials
should precede or follow a second address
of welcome. The initial point of the con
troversy was the appointment of a Com
mittee on Permanent Organization, one
member being choseu from each State by
the delegates present from that State. This
Committee may be of interest, as showing
the State represented, and is, therefore,
given :
Alabama—Colonel Wickersham, of Mo
bile.
Arkansas —Col J W Foss.
Salifornia —W G Gatewood.
eorgia—Hon Nelson Tift.
Indiana—John Eagle, Jr.
lowa —Dr Trot.
Kentucky—Blanton Duncan.
Louisiana—Dr J 0 Noyes.
Mississippi—D Sykes.
New York—F (’ Morehead.
North Carolina —Andrew Weatherly.
Ohio —C C Ricard.
South Carolina —John Haeckel.
Tennessee—Pitzer Miller.
Virginia.—Col Jas W IVJassey.
West Virginia—J 8 Hardeman.
Such being the Committee announced,
the next question was as to when the era*
dentials of the delegates should be in
spected. The Georgia members seemed
strongly in favor of having it settled as to
who was the Convention before the Con
vention proceeded to act. Others took
issue, and on this a hot debate sprang up.
in the course whereof Varney Gaskell, of
Atlanta, distinguished himself hugely,
making a long speech on parliamentary law,
and winding up with a terrific appeal to
the Convention not to go to work like
those who get their religion too fast—you
know Varney is a bit of a preacher, and
hence his pious simile—but to build up
slow and sure. At this, delivered with
immense vehemence, there was a big
laugh, and, after some skirmishing, the
matter passed off by the adoption of a mo
tion to he&r the address of welcome, and
then adjourn till four. On this Hon. J.
W. Clapp addressed the Convention,
whereupon adjournment.
On reassembling, the Committee on
credentials was discharged without report
ing, a somewhat singular procedure for
which no very satisfactory explanation
is evident.
On motion, a committee on permanent
organization was appointed thus.:
Alabama —E H Micou.
Arkansas—J P C Rambold.
California —W G Gatewood.
Georgia—L. N. Whittle.
Indiana—Hon John Law.
Kentucky—Chief Justice R J Williams.
Louisiana —Henry Hull.
Mississippi—Gen W S Featherstono.
New York —F C Morehead.
North Carolina —Chas C Yates.
Ohio—B S Davis.
South Carolina —Hon Geo P Elliott.
Tennessee —T A Nelson.
Virginia—Col Jas W Massey
West Virginia—Hon Jas T Holt.
At this juncture a letter from General
Robert E. Lee to tho Convention was an
nounced, and as the name of tho gallant
gentloma i was pronounced the whole
Convention burst into wild applause. The
letter was in response to an invitation to
the Convention, and reads thus :
Washington College,
Lexington, Va., May 11, 1869.
My Dear Sib—l regret that I have been
unable until to-Uay, ou account of ab
sence from Lexington, to reply to your
letter of invitation te attend the Commer
cial Convention at Memphis, on the IBth
instant. It would afford me great gratifi
cation to aid iu every way iu my power
the efforts that are making to restore the
prosperity of the country. I should take
peculiar pleasuie in meeting on this occa
sion the citizens of Memphis, but I find
so much business appertaining to the Col
lege requiring my attention, that it would
lie improper for me to neglect it.
I therefore trust that the important sub
jects to be considered by the Convention
will be sr> determined as to seenre the best
interests of the country ami people. Witli
great respect, yours obediently,
It. K. Lee.
Mr. J. T. Trezevant, Chairman Commit
tee Invitation, etc.
A9 the Secretary read this letter, a
breathless silence reigned, and as the mag
ic name was reached rt the conclusion of
the epis'le, a storm of applause broke
forth again in deafening volume. Three
several times the plaudits were renewed,
and at last broke into that wild yell which
the General's name has often waked on
other fields. Evidently, you see, that
though the ashes seem cold above, there
are some tolerably live coals below.
Mr. Fowler, one of the United States
Senators fromTennessee,under the Brown
low regime, was called for at this time,and
proceeded to address the Convention at
some length, in a speech which presents
some suggestiye points. The South being
considered as about the greatest part of
the Republic, and the Convention had
thus iu meeting to consider the material
interests of that section, a most important
duty. The whole country was n w labor
ing under great financial difficulties; the'
public debt was not only taking all of the
ordinary profits of business, hut even en
croaching on its principal, and if this were
to continue'for any length of time ruin
must inevitably ensue. Mr. Fowler then
went on to say that some had thought the
debt was to be paid by the gold ip the
Rocky Mountains, and that Railroads
across the Continent were the key,but it was
his view that the cotton of the South was
more valuable than all the gold in the
West. As to the Pacific Railroad he
thought the southern slope of the Union
was entitled to a road and he thought it
likely that such a measure would succeed
at the next session of Congress.
This speech of Fowler’s is highly signifi
cant in one point of view, as indicating a
disposition on his part tofollow the Sprague
lead and split off from the Radical party.
Immediately on the delivery of the re
marks, the Radicals of this city were pro
fuse in their indignant comments on Mr.
Fowler for ‘‘going over.”
After Fowler’s address the permanent
organization of the Convention re
ported and adopted as follows :
President—Governor Chas C Anderson, l
of Kentucky.
Vice Presidents—Andrew Weatherly, of |
North Carolina: Hon Erastus Wells, of
Missouri; Dr Toot, of Iowa; Judge Byrd, j
of Alabama; J C Peakirt, of Ohio; Hamil
ton Smith, of Indiana; Warren Mitchell, of j
Kentucky; Hon A M Clayton, of Missis- i
sippi; Gen A R Lawton, of Georgia, j
Governor W. of Arkansas;
J 8 H&ldeman, of West Virginia; George
II Walters, of South Carolina; W G
Cheery, of Tennessee; WB Isaacs, of Vir
ginia; FCMorehead, of New York; W G
Gatewood, of California; Dr J A Noyes, of
Louisiana.
Secretary—W H Fitch, jr, of Memphis.
The President is a Kentuckian by birth,
bat has for manv years lived in Onio. At
one time he wasloil, commanded a Federal
regiment and was wounded, but is now
understood to have severed his connection
entirely with Radicalism. His address on
taking the Chair was very flowery, full of
poetry, and so on, and was much applaud
ed as “a pretty talk.” After this, the
Convention adjourned to the morrow.
Tyrone Powers.
AGBIOULTUfIAL.
Coutribumjns on practical farming are
elicited ftom our friends throughout the
»untry.
Chinese Immigration.
The completion of the Pacific Railroad,
*ith •stabiished steamship lines between
California and China,awakens at the North
visions of lucrative trade with the Celestial
Lmpire. The Southwest, however, looks
particularly to this lino of communication
for introducing anincrcased supply oflabor
from the teeming populations of the Orient.
Already there has been established at St.
Louis a Chinese Immigration Company.
We notice that an AgeDt of this Com
pany is now at Selma, Alabama, with the
view of attracting the attention of Alaba
mians and to enlighten farmers upon the
value of pig-tai! yellow men as laborers.
The foil iwing circular has been issued by
the Agent of the St. Louis Company :
CHINESE IMMIGRATION COMPANY OP ST.
LOUIS, MISSOURI.
To the Plautersof the South: —Tho above
named company is now organized and is
tompletirg its aitangements to supply the
Southern planters with Chinese laborers,
to be collected at St Laois and distributed
through the South in time for the crops of
next year. The labor question is obviously
the groat problem to oe solved in connec
tion with the restoration of the South to
anything like its former prosperity. The
solution of that question is most readily and
successfully fouuded in the vast and over
flowing population of Chiua, the cheapness
of Coolie labor, the peculiar adaptedness of
that race to the climate of the South and
to the production of Southern staples, aud
in the cheap and convenient transportation
afforded by tho Pacific Railroad. This
road is now completed from the Mississippi
river to Sau Francisco, aud this company
is now ready to correspond with Southern
planters in reference to furnishing Chinese
laborers for their plantations.
There are iu California between two and
three hundred thousand Chiuamc-n at the
present time, and many more are constant
ly arriving from across the Pacific. Wo
wish to begin the transportation of them
to St Louis as soon as practicable, and to
have a large supply of them on hand in
time for the crops of next year.
In answer to the principal inquiry in re
gard to the introduction of Chinese labor
in the South (we mean cost), we can only
say at present that we estimate the expense
of transportation to Selma at about SSO
per head, the cost of his labor at from $4
to $5 per month, and fed. In recommend
ation of the Cooli jas a laborer, it may, in
conclusion, be said, that it is easy to make
him a permanent fixture when he once
becomes located, as he cau be contracted
With without difficulty for a series of years
together, as he is noted for his faithful and
religious adherence to his contracts.
Address F. H. Hawks. Agent,
Care B. M. Woolsey,
Selma, Ala.
How To Cook Hams.—A lady corre
spondent of the Germantown Telegraph
gives her experience as follows:
I have learned much in the half dozen
years since I have assumed the responsi
bility of being my own housekeeper, as to
the best mode ot boiling a ham. I know
very wtll that it was spoiling a good ham
ever to fry it when it can be boiled. But
Ifoaad there were ways of boiling a whole
ham, so as to ruin it, and this is the way
how to boil it: lfitbca Maryland or a
Virginia ham, or any one rather old or
hard it should be soaked over night in
plenty of water, then put it into a suitable
cooking pot of cold water, which should be
■used to a gentle boil or simmer, and this
should be continued for fifteen minutes for
wvery pound weight of the ham. Then
lak« out- remove the skin, dust over it
of bread crumbs, and sot in the
oven to bake from fifteen to twenty minutes.
A ham oookod in this way should be very
»o4er, juicy and of line flavor, provided
jt was originally good. I know very well
that if oocc tried it will always be tried.
BreaKing Colts—-lUrey’n Method of
Horse Training.
The more high spirited and the more
valuable the colt is, the more likely is he
t/o be spoiled, by trying to do at three years
•Id the work that should have been done
before he was one.
He should be brought into the stable,
and visited, aod handled often, until he is
somewhat used to it, then portions of the
harness tried on; if he can be accustomed
to it without showing fear, lead him out
into the yard, and make him turn to the
right or left at the word of the reins. If
he refuses to obey, which is quite rikely,
we know of no way but to whip him into
subjection. When he docs obey, caress
ana reward him. If you succeed in making
him obey here, fasten him beside a steady
horse with a light wagon, and make him
go, peaceably if he wdl, forcibly if you
roust. If after all these operations he
shies from the harness, tries to run from
the wagon, or refuses to draw, do not give
it up; but use every exertion to bring Tiim
to submission, and, finally, to the process
known as taming. No horse properly
gentled and trained according to the above
directions will need taming, but as the ma
jority of eolts are never traiued, a great
many horses will have to be tamed.
Rarey’s method is the best. It consists
in fastening up the left fore leg by a strap,
buckled tight over the ankle, and the arm
near the body, aud the second strap ai
taobed to the right foot, run through the
eircingle to the right hand of the tamer,
while the left holds the bridle. The horse
is now harmless, aud should be made to
hop, when a vigorous pull with the right
hand will throw him on his knees, w..ere he
oan be held until he is ready to turn on his
side, whioh he should be encouraged to do.
These operations will take from fifteen
minutes to three hours, according to the
strength and spirit of the horse. When
one» fairly down, ho should be caressed,
handled, and a saddlo or portions of the
harness put on him until he finds that
none of them will do him any harm. This
throwing should be repeated several times,
until the horse readily submits and allows
hit master to do whatever he pleases. By
this method Mr. Rarey has tamed the
most vicious of horses. —American Stoclc
Hmehange.
Experiments with Potatoes.
Messrs. Isaac Hicks & Sons, Old West
bury, L. 1., send to the Country Gentle
man an account of some potato experi
uients in the bummer of 18C8. The soil is
a light sandy loam; previous crop, corn in
drills on inverted sod; 10 two-horse loads
o! city horse-stable manure spread to the
acre. The corn stubble was spread with
cow-stable manure and plowed under
about nine inches.
Planting was hg in April 13. Rows
were marked 3 feet apart an l furrowed out
with a plow; a G foot evener cuabled one
horse to walk iu tho drill last made, the
plowman having no obstructions in seeing
ahead and making very straight and paral
lel drills; the plow was run twice in each
drill, to throw a furrow each way and to
stra'ghtcp if necessary. Six two-horse
loads of city manu'e and 1$ tons offish
guano were scattered in the drills per acre
—the latter broken up fine on rainy days
and scattered by pouring it slowly out of
baskets while walking fast. This
spoiled the shape of the drills, a small
double mould-board plow was run thjough
them, which straightened them ana left
neat marks of even depth to droo in, and
stirred up the manure, fish and soil, so that
the potatoes seldom touched a lump o.
manure or fish. <=
The sets (large potatoes cut to two or
three eyes* on rainy days, two or three
weeks before planting,' excepting a few
new varieties cut to single eyes) were
dropped 14 inches apart and covered with
a plow 4 inches deep, the horse not allow
ed to walk in the drill.
On May 20 (Early Rose just breaking
through) the ground was harrowed; in four
days the Early Samaritan and Early Good
rich came up; in six days after, the late
varieties began to show; when they were
again harro ted. June 10 Phifer's sulky
plow was run through the rows, with only
one plow on each side of tho drill set to
plow very deep. On the 15th, a cultivator
hoe, Ross’ patent, with a guide that kept
it very steady, was used twice in a row,
running within an inch or two of the
plants; what were left were cut out with a
hand hoe. Then a hilling cultivator,
Burke’s patent, was used once in a
row; it consists of two long and nar
row mould-boards, made of saw-blade
steel, which can be sprung out to the width
of row; this took soil from the middle and
pushed it up under the vines, leaning the
vines over a little and leaving the field neat
and smooth. The potatoes were again
cultivated before they were in bloom. The
straight and parallel rows permitted the
use of the cultivators almost to the ex
clusion of hand hoeing. Three men hoed
two acres in one day. The potatoes were
very clean, and their culture did net cost
half as much as if planted and worked out
in the old way.
June 23, Early Rose in bloom ; the
largest potato found in four or five hills
was li inches in diameter ; that of Good
rich, 1 inch ; and Samaritan i inch- July
4, Rose large enough for market ; July
20, Goodrich about the same size, The
turnip fly ate and killed the vines of
Goodrich and Samaritan, without touch
ing the row of Rose, which was between
the two, or any of the other varieties.
July 22, a few barrels of Goodrich were
dug and sold at the village stores for $6
per barrel: in two days the price fell to $4.
August 1, many of the Early Rose were
found exposed to the sun and a few sprout
ing again. A bushel was carefully re
moved, cut to two eyes, wilted in the sun
one day, and planted. It had been dry
for two weeks, which stopped the 'growth
of the early potatoes; then a heavy shower
washed away the soil around the vines, '
leaving them exposed to tho sun. Ouc
tenth of the second plaitmg came up ; the
season was dry aud short: the largest of
the second crop weighed four ounces, and
less was dug than had been planted. A
neighbor planted a few weeks earlier with
better results.
Two rows were 186 yards loDg— l-26th
of an acre ; nine consecutive rows, with
ono variety in each, were dug when fully
ripe, with the following result, allow 60
lbs. to the bushel:
f &CT6. Pa* ■ a*a
Early Gv*lrlcb 188btwh. |Glcaaon buab.
E\tlf >wm&nun % do. I Vandervttr. 227
E *rlr Rose *35 do. | Gardner ‘..*.’..215 do*
Hanson ££ do. 1 I’eacbblow 196 do.
Calico 367 co. j
All were dug before the middle of Sep
tember. The Peachblows (which would
have been better if new seed from a dis
tance had been procured), were beginning
to rot, and were sent to Washington
Market (New York) as fast as
* An experiment two years ago showed
that large potatoes yield the most, but cut
potatoes are the most profitable, saving
much more seed than the extra yield of
large whole potatoes.
possible; three or four Gleason’s in a bar
rel were found rotten—tne rest all sound,
and all kept well except Peachblows.
These brought in Washington market
$3 75@4 per barrel; Gleason $2.50@3;
Goodrich $2. 25; Calico and Vanderveer,
$2.50. The peculiar season and the turnip
fly caused most of the Goodriohes raised
near New York to be veiy poor for cook
ing.
In eating quality, our correspondents
rank Mercer and Peachblow A No. 1;
Early Rose Sebec, No. 2; Vanderveer,
Calico, Whipple Seedling, Early Samari
tan, Chili Red, Harrison, Priuce Albert,
Jackson White, Gardner, Dykeman and
Cuzco, No. 2—the last not as good as the
first. Sebec do not cook well; Vander
veers are very sweet, but not mealy. The
Early Rose and Harrison are the smooth
est and handsomest potatoes they have
ever raised. In a patch of Harrisons
among raspberries, highly manured, a few
hills gave over 5 lbs. each —one, 5 lbs. 6
oz.
In regard to profitableness :
Peachblow, 196 bus. at $3 75 per
barrel, gave $268 50
Calico, 267 bushels at $2 50 per
barrel, gave 242 50
Profit per acre iu favor of Peach
blow $26 00
These (Peachblows) would not have
brought half so muoh if they had not been
marketed a* fast as dug-an uncertain crop
for those who live far away from a good
market.
Fish guano with manure does not give
as giod results on potatoe* as on corn.
City manure at $2 25 per two-horse load,
and fish guano at $27 per ton, were com
pared, eijual costs ot each applied in two
rows. The row with manure yielded near
one-half more than the row with fish
guano. The Southern Planter and
Farmer.
From the Boston Journal.
Prospects or Cotton.
The price and prospects of this great
staple are of interest to every merchant
and manufacturer. The Northern States
of this Union consume yearly a million of
bales, worth, at present rates, one hundred
and twenty-five million dollars. The price
of cotton affects the value of dry goods and
the cost of other manufactures. The value
of cotton determines the ability of the
South to pay for our productions, and it
contributes more than a third of our ex
ports and of our means of paying for
foreign goods. Its purchase calls annually
for our greenbacks. Its shipment cheapens
exchange. Under every aspect it interests
the mercantile community.
Two years since, England undertook to
break down prices, and the planter and the
spinner acquiesced, for the purpose of re
moving the cotton tax. The price fell to
fourteen cents a pound, and the planter
realized less than twelve —less than tho
cost of production after payment of the
tax. Some profits were made by the fac
tors, but cotton went abroad through the
cotton season at the low average of twenty
cents a pound, as low as fifteen in the early
part of the season, as high as twenty-seven
after the planters had sold their crops. The
price was too low to continue, for most of
the negro women had left the field, and at
the lowest point we ventured to predict a
rise of twenty-four cents a pound.
Last year, again, the season was favor
able. Cotton came in early on the Missis
sippi audits tributaries, and the price went
back to twenty-one cents. Again we ven
tured to predict a rise to twenty-eight
cents, and this has been the ruling price of
the season, and stocks which formerly rose
to a million of bales in Liverpool have
fallen to about three hundred and sixty
thousand. The reasons are now obvious:
the great decline in the fall 0f'1867 checked
production both in America aod Asia. In
1867, the planter raised little corn and the
price for his cotton did not suffice to pay
for the food aud tools he required, and last
year he devoted thirty per cent, of his
land to breadstuff's, and some to peas or
sweet potatoes, and but six and a-half
million acres to cottaD, while the culture
of rice aud sugar was also increased.
The rivers of the Southwest were high
during the fall, and under improved prices
cotton came into New Orleans muoh
earlier than the year before, and stocks
accumulated, but at other ports there
soon appeared a deficit. The breadth of
land given to cotton was found to be ten
per cent, less than it was in 1867. The
receipts gradually declined, and now it ap
pears that the amount received to date is
less than it was to this date last year.
M anwhile the English have held back,
and the stock in European mills has de
clined and the export has been less in
quantity than it was to this period last
year, while stocks show a moderateexcess.
The price lias dow risen to twenty-eight
cents, equivalent to twenty-one cents in
gold, which checks production of cloth, and
the manufacture abroad is cheeked by the
consequent loss of profits.
Whiie cotton has risen, wool has fallen
in value in Europe. We have cut off the
wool of Australia and La Piata, and thrown
it upon England and Belgium until the
fine Mestiza wool Ims gone down to six
teen cents, and comes more or less in com I
petition with cotton. Woolen goods are
sold cheap, and the sale of cotton fabrics
is affected. The rise of oottoD, soo, has
given anew stimulus to cotton planting,
both at the South and India, and anew
railroad, the San Panto, has been carried
into the elevated districts of Brazil, more
favorable to cotton than coffee, which is
now less than cotton per pound in value.
Last year ibe rise of prices in the Spring
and Summer gave a start to cotton, which
had been depressed so much by the fall,
that the income of the railways in India
was affectea, but now, under the impulse
given by the rise, a large crop has been
raised, which comes to market from Febru
ary to July, and will reach Europe between
June and November. The shipments
from India since February are fifteen per
cent, above those of 1868.
This year we may expect increased crops
of cot ton, rice and sugar, and less corn, at
the South. We may reasonably antici
pate a diversion of at least a million of
acres from com to cotton, and an increased
use of guano and other fertilizers. With
a good s ason we may expect a crop of
three million hales of cotton, in place of
three million six hundred thousand bales,
the average before tho war. We might
have more, were it not for the fact that
the negro women have in great part aban
doned the plow, ar.d a strong force is
devoted to rice and cane. With a favor- :
able season we may hope not only for j
three million bales of cotton, but also for
eighty thousand tierces of rice and more
Than two hundred thousand hogsheads of
sugar.
How will it be'with prices? Last year,
although the crops were less than before
the war, the aggregate sums realized from
rice, cotton and sugar at the South, after
conversion imo gold, exceeded the returns
of 1860, during the palmy days of slavery.
This year, what may we expect with in
creased production ? There may be some
decline in rice, as the crop may exceed our
local wants, and is uow too high for export,
but in sugar, of which we consume thir
teen hundred million pounds, our crop
•will not supply a fifth of our consumption,
and the revolt in Cuba must sustain prices.
How it will be with cotton ? The stocks
must be light, nearly exhausted by July,
and this must, for the present, tend to
sustain prices, hut by the Autumn may
we not well anticipate an accession of
three hundred thousand hales from the
increased growth in India and Brazil, and
at least half a million of hales from our
Southern States ? In the face of light
stocks, a growing consumption in this
country apd on the Continent cf Europe,
an accession of eight hundred thousand
hales might not seriously depress prices,
hut there is anew element to be taken into
account, the promised completion of the
Suez Canal in October. This will reduce
the passage to France, Spain and England,
oy prepellers through the canal, in place
of ships by the Cape, at least four
months. May we not reasonably expect
the cotton of Bombay to take this route,
and will not, the effect be to accelerate the
delivery of India cotton to the manufactur
er at least four months, and will not this
be equivalent to adding for the first year
one-third to the deliveries from India, say
six hundred thousand bales ? An acces
sion of four hundred thousand bales must,
of course, depress prices. If our antici
pations are realized, we shall begin to feel
the effect of the increase by November,,
and may well expect to see cotton decline
below twenty-two cents by the close of the
year, and take al least a twelve month to
reoover.
We do not look for the prices of 1860 —
they cannot well he anticipated ; hut the
coming Winter will subject cotton to a new
ordeal.
The extraordinary expenses incurred by
the city of San Francisco by reason of the
earthquake and tho prevalence of the
small-pox, during the past year, amount
to $200,000.
Uenrgla Item .
Booby Bul.oek has arrived in Atlanta.
A correspondent writing from Dalton
says the wheat crop is looking unusually
The Court House at Irwington. Wilkin-
CrSi’K S «. e ‘ Dg re 'i b T lL Tho o!d was
burned by Sherman s bummers.
Valdosta and Cuthbert have negro Pos'-
masters. 6
The caterpillar has made its appearance
in Southwestern Georgia.
The expelled netroes from the Legisla
ture, Turner and Simms, have addressed a
card to the New lork Tribune, to the
effect that old Adkins was a saint, and
that he now wears a martyr’s crown. This
is the crowning joke of the season.
The U. S. garrison at Dalton has been
removed to Atlanta.
p eddor the Middle Georgian , at
vjnffin, has seen corn measuring three feet
high.
h. Rose, of Columlus, has been
granted a patent for the discovery of
making paperout of a oomhia t m of pine
straw and cotton stalks.
, There are only about for'j-nme convicts
Jett in the 1 emteniiary; the others having
been hired out at $lO per head, per annum
to work on the Maccn & Brunswick Rail’-
road.
The Columbus Nun says the competition
between the Gulf and Central Railroads
has resulted in a saving to the citizens of
that section of $30,000 on freight of cotton
alone during the past season.
Hancock county has fine mill powers
and several mineral springs.
ad * ca l)i publishes Swayze,
(Radical), editor of the' American
Union, as a liar incendiary and willful
perjurer. Bully for Fitz ! Gqjt Swayze !!
The editor ot the Constitution has seen a
sta k oi wheat five i’eet nine inches high
being a specimen of-several acres planted
near Atlanta.
The old Georgia Railroad depot at At
lanta has been torn down.
A party of ladies and gentleman who are
to give a series of concerts in Atlanta for
the benefit of the building fund of the
First Baptist Church of that city have ar
rived.
The trial of the negroes who murdered
Mr. tfroauboker, near Savannah, some
months ago, commenced Tuesday.
The negro Jesse Watkins, charged with
the murder ot Charles Wilson, a white
youth, near Savannah, in Augustlast, has
been tried and found guilty.
Tho rust has appeared on some of the
wheat in Putnam county, but to what ix
tent is not knowD. •
Tne reports from the wheat crop in
Washington county are very favorable.
Ten days more of good War ner and the
crop is safe.
Five convicts escaped from the Peniten
tiary last Sunday night, by cutting away
some of the brick work around the windows
of the cells, making holes large enough to
crawl through. One of them, named
Frank Scarlett, was arres’e 1 near Macon,
Monday. The names of the other four at
large are: Grady, Brittou, McPherson
and Thomas.
Value op Property in Floyd Coun
ty.—We have been requested to give the
value of real and personal property in this
pounty, and upon consulting the Tax book
we find it amounts to $3,556,791. Number
of acres of laud given in 285,980.
We have the tax book of 1857 before us,
and find that real and personal property
for that year, leaving out value of negroes,
amounted to $4,394,672, making a differ
ence of $737,881, which difference would
be fully covered in the items of money and
solvent debts.
Thus it will be seen that the county of
Floyd, notwithstanding the destruction of
property in the late war, has fully recover
ed, if not advanced in wealth. Few coun
ties that were overrun by the enemy can
make a better showing. —Rome Commer
cial.
A Valuable Cargo.— Tho British
ship Levant, Caotain Browne, was cleared
at the Custom House yesterday by Messrs.
Austin & Ellis, for Liverpool, with a cargo
consisting of 2,522 bales upland cotton,
weighing 1,124,444 pounds, and valued, at
$303,112 02; 76 bales sea i-hnd cotton,
weighing 23,800 pounds, valued at $15,-
500; also, 342,142 feet timber, valued at
$5,460 81. Total valuation $324,072 83.
—Savannah Advertiser, May 20.
The Brunswick End of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad.—A corre
spondent of the Valdosta Times, writing
from the junction, says fivehundred hands
are at work o:i the Brunswick end of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and that
it will be completed to the Gulf Road by
the middle of June. The same writer
thinks the whoJAjine will be completed in
November nexf^
Arrest of a Murderer. —Some dayH
since, a man nmned Phillips, was arrested
at Beaufort, S. C., and brought to this city,
charged with the murder ot Capt. George
C. Heyward, r,ear_that place, about two
years ago. The "Charleston News gives
the following account of the arrest: “A
negro boy bad made an affidavit before a
magistrate at that place to the effect that
two white men, named Phillips and Rivers,
attacked and killed Capt. Geo. C. Hey
ward. Phillips, he said, fired at Captain
Heyward while riding along the road, and
then ran up and clubbed him, knocking
him from off his horse; Rivers then com
ing up deliberately shot Mr. Heyward in
the head. Being satisfied of the Captain’s
death they dragged his brdy into tho
bushes. Phillips has been arrested on this
statement, and lodged in the jail at Sa
vannah. Rivers is still at large, though
his whereabouts is known. —Savannah
News.
Lar(|e Cargoes.—The A No. 1 ship
Ellen Southard was cleared yesterday by
the firm of T. B. Marshal & Uro., with a
cargo of cotton, consisting of 2,765 hales of
upland cotton and 25 bales sea island,
weighing 1,299,0U9 pounds, arid valued at
$403,350.63
The fine ship Julia was also cleared
yesterday by E. A. Souliard, carrying out
2,964 bales of upland and 115 bales of sea
island cotton, weighing 1.477,605 pounds,
and valued at $404,373.78. Total ofboth
cargoes—s,729 bales of upland and 138
bales of sea island, weighing 2,77 G, 614. and
valued at $807,624 41. —Savannah News
Turner Appointed Postmaster.—
Gen. Grant has appointed tho negro, H.
M. Turner, a notorious liar and incendiary
and one of the men in every respect
that ever cursed this city with his pres
ence, Postmaster of Macon. He (Turner)
is now atthe North, wh re he has, fur some
weeks, been busily engaged in speaking
and writing the most atrocious falsehoods
upon the people of Georgia. Wc tupposo
this office is given as a reward for those
set vices to the Radical party and its
chosen head. Without distinction of par
ty, we are sure this appjintment will bo
universally condemned, *d.erev' , r Turner’s
character is known. He is not fitted in
any respect for tho office, lie is au in
cendiary and mischief-maker of tho most,
infamous description. He will use the
office for the worst purposes Grant, in
tending to degrade us, has only succeeded
in disgracing himself by making it. We
don’t think, though, it will do any good to
petition against this outrage. Such a
course will only confirm the men who rule
at Washington, in their determination.
Now, let us see the -riiife man in Macon
who will go on Turner’s bond .—Journo,l
Messenger.
The Savannah and Charustoi*
Railroad.—We understand that the con
tractors have made arrangements for ob
taining all the timber that will be neces
sary for pompleting.the roa i, and that in
a short time two hundred hands will he at
work between Coosawhatehie and the Sa
vannah River.— Charleston News.
Extract from a letter from Jerusalem.
“We started early to ascend Mt. Olivet.
to behold the sun gild the minarets and
towers of the devoted city, from the place
where memory, stirred by a thousand as
sociations, should exalt the mind as well
as the eye to the inspiration of the scene.
Well is the voyager repaid for long trav
els, horrid roads, antediluviau cookery,
squalid companionship and the importuni
ties of b-gging, thieving Arabs. Well
would it have repaid you, oh ! man of
commerce and tho crucible! and well
might you have been reminded of your
own city, for heie, painted upon a board
nailed against ono of the huge ancient
olive trees, under which the sacred martyrs
toiled for the sins of .the world, eighteen
hundred years ago, were these fainilar
figures, S. T.—l 800 -X- We do not know
whodidit, but no doubt some poor in
valid traveler, cured by the Plantation
Bitters, wished to advertise their vir
tues in a place from whence ad Knowledge
flows.”
Maonolia Water.— Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at half the price. mav22 —d&vwl
Facts For the Laoies.— I have a
Wheeler & Wilson machine (.No. zap,,
bought of mr. Gardner, in ltG3. he having
used it a year. I have used i constant v,
in shirt manufacturing, as well as family
sewing sixteen years. My wife ran it
four vears and earned between S7OO aud
Uo besides doing her housework. I
Save never expended fifty cents on it for
have never i„ the best of order,
sHtohing fine linen bosoms nicely. I start-
manufacturing shirts with this
machine, and now have oyer one hundred
of them in use. I have paid at least &i,OOO
for the stitching done by this old machine,
and it will do as much now as any
machine I have. W. i. Taylor.
Berlin, N. Y.
my 26—wl
Train on His Way to Preach Wo
man's Suffrage Among the Mormons.
—The Omaha Herald of Thursday
says :
"Mr. Train leaves this afternoon for Salt
Lake City, where, in the tabernacle on
next Sunday, as he announces himself, he
will hold forth upon woman suffrage.”