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OLD SEMES, VOL* LXXVI.
(Chronicle & f cutiucL
AUGUHTA. GA s
H'KDNK.SIIAA HORNINOt JUNE 4.
Exports from Savannah— During
the year 1868, Savannah exported g md?
valued at $50,226,200, or more than
double her exporta before the war.
The Railroad War. -The Charleston
Courier, in commenting on an account or
the peace negotiations between the two bel
ligerent Railroads, which appeared in the
Chronicle & Sentinel a few days since,
says that it is net informed as to the pre
cise teriuM of the proposition mad#by Mr.
-Magrath, but we have the best authority
for saying that the speedy conclusion of an
arrangement satisfactory to all parties may
be considered certain.
.Meeting ok the Stockholders ok
the Macon at Brunswick Railroad.—
It will be seen,by an advertisement in another
column of the CHRONICLE k SENTINEL,
-igned by Mayor Hus roll, that a conven
tion of the Stockholders of the .Macon &
Augusta Railroad Company is called to
meet in this city on Tuesday, the Bth of
next month. Stockholders will easily see
the great necessity there is for a large
meeting ; the interests of the Company
demand a lull representation, arid every
owner of stock should bo present on that
occasion, either in person or by proxy.
Earthquake in Macon. —Earthquakes
are rapidly ceasing to be novelties in this
State. AVe learn from the Macon Tele
graph, of Saturday, that a •distinct, hut
short and sudden, sh'ock of an earthquake
was felt in that city on last Friday evening
at about seven and a half o’clock. The
reporter of the Telegraph felt it wkil.it
eating his “dady bread”- at the supper
table and thought it was the jar of a cannon
which had been fired ; but on inquiry was
informed t hat it was the shock of au earth
quake and that it had been felt in all por
tions of the city. We suppose that we
may look out for a bhock in Augusta
shortly, on some fine morning, which will
thoroughly shak- up the old city.
Tragedy at Charleston.— From the j
Courier of Monday we learn that during
the heavy gale, which seems to have
raged all over the country, on lant Satur
day. a most unfortunate occurrence took
place in tlio river at Charleston, where the
wind had unrestricted sweep, and where,
notwithstanding the threatening appear
ance of the wcathey for an hour previous,
several boati were caught unprepared for
danger.
A Mr. Douglass and family, composed
of his wile and three children; together
with two colored boat hands, le t the wharf
a short time before the squall in a very
substantial and decked boat, bound to
Hull's Island, whore Mr. D. had been en
gaged to act as assistant keeper to the
lighthouse. This boat was strack.by the
blow below the city, not far from Castle
l'inckney, and being unprepared for so
heavy a blast, she soou fell on her broad
side, and filled with water; one of the
colored men, fortunately, succeeded in get
ting into a small boat which was towing
astern, and rescued Mr. Douglass and one
of his children, a girl, the other colored
hand also keeping himself afloat until
taken up; but Mrs. Douglass and her two
sous, who were below deck when the acci
dent took place, were not seen, after dili
gent search was made in tho vicinity by
small boats, and no trace of them bad been
found up to our last information. This
boat, in her sunken condition, was taken
in tow by the pilot boat Wild Cut, Capt.
Jones, and taken to shallow water, where
she war anchored on Saturday afternoon
off the Battery. A water boat was also
capsized off South Bay, but was after
ward got into aplaco of safety at Chisolm’s
Mill.
Cura —Wo learn that, tho annual trade
of Cuba is over $170,000,000. In 1862
the production of the Island was $306,000,-
O 00; taxes paid in, $37,750,000; imports,
$57,400,000; exports, $ Li,400,000. The
rural wealth was then estimated at $3Bl,
000,000; wealth of towns, $170,000,000 ;
industrial and commercial wealth $774,-
000,000. The productions in the same
year wore —sugar, $62,000,0(10 ; tobacco,
$30,000,000 ; other items, $37,000,000 ;
total $129,000,000.
Wool Carding and Kxoua iginq.—
We invito attention to the advertisement
of the Athena Manufacturing Company,
which will bo found in another column.
They are prepared to card wool iu the best
manner, aud will exchange cloth lor wool.
Scalawags who are Afraid (?) to
go Home.— Not long since a telegram was
sent from Atlanta, by ono of tho firm of
Bullock, Davis & Cos., news agents, wo
suppose, to tho Tribune aud Washington
Chronitie, in which it was stated that a
large number of prominent Republicans
were rofugeeiug iu Atlanta, alraid to re
turn to iheir homes in different parts of
tho State on account of tho Ku-klux, who
were ready to kill, cook and devour them
immediately upon arrival among their con
stituents. The Macon Telegraph publish
ed this telegram, and demanded a list of
the illustrious refugees A few days since
au anonymous writer, signing himself Rad
ical, scut the required roll to the office of
the Telegraph.' From this it will be seen
that even llebel-ridden Augusta has be
come an asylum tor frightened Legislators,
though uot. of course so much patronized
as is Atlanta. In Atlanta there are the
following: Hon MeW Hungerford, Burke
county; lion J T McCarmick, Troup coun
ty; Hon Mauil, Muscogee county;
Hon John Neal and Hon S Gardner, War
ren county; Hon R Moore, Columbia coun
ty; Hon Thomas Speer. l‘ike county; Hon
Piatt Madison, Lincoln county. Also,
Mr Norris, Sheriff of Warren county.
And those in Augusta that are afraid to
go homo are ■ Hon J M Hiee, Columbia
county; Hon F Holden, Taliaferro county.
Also, iii Atlanta, Hon Alex Reid, of
Dougherty county.
Homicide at Forrest Station'.—We
learn from the Atlanta tra that a eolorc-d
man named Dallas Mays was killed a few
days ago at Forrest Station, on the West
ern aud Atlantic Railroad, while endeavor
ing to make his escape frym an officer of
the law. It seems that Mr- Magues Lun
quest, of Milner, had two hand.' hired to
work lor him. A man named l’ueket.
living at Forrest Station, sent another col
ored man down and enticed the t -va men
away, inducing them to violate their con
tract with L inquest. The latter procured
a warraut for the arrest of the two men
and placed it in the hands of the Bailiff,
whoarrtstc i on, of them, Dallas Mays,
about dark on I-.’.day, ihe 14th. Alter be
iug arrested, Mays struck the Bailiff, and
then attempted to escape. The Bailiff
fired his pistol in the air with the hope of ;
inducing him to hah, but he ran on until ■
he was lost sight of in the dark. Stiff
hoping to alarm him, the Bailiff again
fired without seeing Mays, hut without any
effect, aud the latter was seen uor heard of
no more until two days after, when he was
found about two miles distant wounded
through the bladder. He was immediate
ly cared for, and medical attention given,
but be died last Thursday.
Taxable Property in Charleston.—
The Charleston Sties gives au abstract, of
the taxable property of Chaileston city
and district, which foots up as follows:
City-Real Property-
Personal Property * •
• $‘25,663,370
District-Real Property * 3 ’tVj’S2
Personal Property
Total : * ;;0 - 23M15
\ot the Boat! to Peace.
No candid reader can read B-elcber’s re
| traction of the statements contained in his
I Sumner-Forney letter without having the
j conclusion forced upon Lint that then i,
| a deep, hellish con-piracy tostirup strife
I between the two races in our State, It
matters ne t whether Belcher was a willing
or innocent dupe, he- retracts the state
meats respecting the death of the two
colored brethren, whom he had affirmed
to his friend, Charies Sumner, had been
murdered. Bat when he made these
affirmations he did so with another affirma
tion, full of deep significant feeling. “If
there is a just God in Israel uls ven
geance cannot sleep forever.” This is
the language of one rea ly for any danger
willing to become a martyr in ihe cause
of that Just God, and an instrument to
work out Hist VENGEANCE. There is no
mistake about the language. There can
be as little about its import. Men do not
ring out an alarm for fire unless there Is
danger—do not burn a house to roast an
egg. Beleher had been treated kindly by
our citizens. No violence had been of
fered to him. He even candidly confesses
that he does not fear his own personal
safety ; and is only able to instance one
single journal iu the State that has spoken
harshly of him in his new field of politics.
But evidently when he wrote the Sumncr-
Chronide letter, his thoughts were for
vengeance, it matters not, therefore,
whether.be was a dupe that “had been im
poeedupon,” which he avers a “his belief,”
o -as a cunning conspirator, eager t) es
cape by cruft the consequences of detec
tion, he an officer of the government, oc
cupying a hig i and important position,
was so’much wrought upon as to forget
official relations, official responsibilities and
personal consequences as to invoke ven
geance, solemnly, earnestly, from the very ;
depths of a conviction that vengeance J
alone could repay. He addresses a Sena
tor of the United States as one having the
power to aid The language is almost
that of desperate despair. No language
would appeal more strongly for sympathy.
It-says as plain aod as strong as language ,
can express, extermination by Southerners
is inevitable for the negro, unless help I
come from God or tho Radical party of
whom Sumner is chief.
Clearly.indisputably,he felt the utterance
for vengeance as clearly, as forcibly as he
expressed it, and just as clear and just as
indisputable those who gave him the in
formation (false as it proved to be) gave it
to produce just the effect which it did pro
duce. They desired to stir up strife and
civil war in the State ; they desired to ex
cite public sympathy abroad ; the return
of liar.,h measures; the roitoration of
military authority, with the overthrow of
of all civil government.
Belcher d.oes not tell us who these par
ties are. But Bullock’s conduct at Wash
ington ; his misrepresentations at the
capital ; his imflammatory, lying tele
grams of dai'y murders of Union men, and
colored men aud Bullock men; the Butlcr-
Ricc Bill, which he sought to force through
Congress at its last session, all point un
mistakably to him as the author of the
plot of which Belcher was an ins’rument.
There can bo but little doubt but that
Bullock, foiled in his attempt to attain
military power by act of Congress, is now
endeavoring to provoke strife and discord to
fortify bis movements at the next session
of Congress for the same purpose.
This is not. the road to peace.
Can a Provisional Governor be Re
moved by the President ?
Tho Express Agent who fills tho Govern
or’s chair, not by tho will) of the people,
nor for the good of the State, assumed be
fore the General Assembly and in his rep
resentations to Congress that he, tho so
callcd Governor, was only a "rovisional
Governor. If his Expresseleney’s views
arc correct, who is ho amenable to?—cer
tainly not to the General Assembly, nor to
the people of Georgia, but to the Presi
dent of the United States as Commander
in-Ch:ef of tho Army and Navy of the
United Slates. He is provis’onal Govern
or by his permission, and his only. He
holds his office by virtue of the authority
of the United States, and that only; and,
like any other officer, can be removed or
suspended at the pleasure of the Execu
tive. If reconstruction is a failure, and
Georgia is not in the Union, the only au
thority that can be reooguiz .1 as legal is
that of the Commander in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States —
Genera! Grant. Is Bullock Grant’s official
representative? If he is, and the Presi
dent wants peace, let him remove or sus
pend him.
The Adkins Murder.
The Scalawag Coroner, one of Bullock’s
appointees, refused, although solicited, to
hold an inquest over the remains of Ad
kins, as required by law. We arc happy
to learn that the commanding officer at
Warrenton, sent to investigate this matter,
has ordered Bullock’s Coroner to have the
remains disinterred and an inquest held
according to law. Will Bullock’s Corouer
obey the order ?
W e arc also informed, through private
letters, that the military are making a fair
but thorough investigation of everything
pertaining to this murder to be reported
ito Washington. The deposition of Mrs.
Adkins has been taken, and also that, of
the negro driver, which Belcher, by Bul
| lock’s contrivance, reported as having been
! murdered the week previously, together
: with those of many other witnesses. It
seems, therefore, that although Bullock’s
: Coroner would not have au investigation,
we are likely to have an impartial investi
gation after all, by the military as well as
’ that which will take place at the next ses
sion of the Superior Court by the Grand
Jury.
The Radical Want.
The pressing Radical want, just now, is
the murder of a few innocent, ignorant
negroes, it is essential for party interests.
The Pennsylvania election comes off this
Faff. The Radical party have forced the
Fifteenth Amendment through the Legis
lature. contrary to the will of the people, ,
and in direct violation of the State Con
stitution, which requires that amendments
shall be submitted to the people. The
Radicals know that they will lose the
Keystone State unless th-'y can have a few
negroes murdered, to divert public atten
tion as to the true issue. How many does I
it require to save the party? How many
negroea are Bullock, Blodgett & Cos. going
to have killed?
Georgia in the Memphis Commer
cial Convention.—The foUawing named
gentlemen from this Slat >, delegates to the
Memphis Commercial Convention, were
assigned positions on the various important
Committees appointed by that body. It
wiil be seen that Augusta has two repre
sentatives :
Emigration—E. Hulbcrt, of Atlanta.
Direct Trade—W. Grayson Mann, ot
Savannah.
Finance and Banking A\ ■ B. Johnson,
of Macon.
Pacific Railroad—Hon. Nelson Tift, of
Albany.
Improvements of the Tennesse River —
Dr. C L Reiwine, of Atlauti.
Railroads —Virgil Powers, of Maeon.
Manufactures and Mines—General W.
Phillips, of Marietta.
Improvements of the Mississippi River
—Charles F. MeCay, of Augusta.
River and Canal Improvement —J. 31.
Selkirk, of Rome.
Agriculture aud General business—D. E.
Butler, of Augusta.
Term for people who quarrel in their
1 cups—cau tankardous.
Thought* for Serious Reflection.
In view of ti e desperate efforts which
; are being made by Bullock and hi;
clan of sedition-mongers, to excite the
wrath of the Northern people against the
South,.and particularly against the peace
ful citizens of this State, we urge our
I people everywhere to be extremely cau
tious and earnest in their efforts to prevent
collisions or violence of any kind between
the whitetfllr, I the blacks, and above all
i things to frowu upon all attempts which
i may be made by Bullock’s pimps to pro
dace ill-blool between the two parties in
! the State.
The truth is apparent row that al; the
‘ schemes of these boid, bad men to put u-- 1
again under a military tyranny will fail,
unle.-s the more thoughtless ar.d head
strong of our friends are and
provoked into measures of retaliation and
Violence. These creatures can ouiy live
upon the excitement which their incen
diary condui t keeps alive. They need
daily, or at most weekly, accounts of “hor
rible outrages, to be cent forward to
Greeley and Sumner for Northern cocsuiup -
tion. Tti» Northern mind is rapidly and
surely settling down to the conviction that |
the lives and property (.fall classes of peo- j
pic in Georgia are as safe here as in'any
portion of tho Union. This conviction,
should it become fixed and general, surely 1
presages the downfall of extreme Radical
ism in the South.
It is With the hope that such disastrous j
consequences to their power and prestige;
here may be averted, that systematic I
efforts are now being made throughout the j
Statqjto produce collisions between the
whites and blacks. Those infamous agita
tors care not a fig who or how many, or
wh-at class may suffer most. They would
be delighted to have a hundred negroes
killed daily—they would ghat over such
results, and rejoice iu their inmost hearts
to see the land reeking in the blood of
these poor blacks, whose particular friends
they loudly proclaim themselves to be.
These cold-blooded machinations must
bo thwarted, The good men of the State
must be more cautious and prudent than
they have ever been. They must make
up their minds to wink at provocation,
and it' need be, in some cases, insult.
The peace must be preserved. This is in
dispensable. The slightest disturbance is
at once magnified into a horrible Ku-klux
outrage, and spread, throughout tho
North as an evidence of the bad feeling of
our people toward negroes and hil whites.
AVe know that there is not anywhere in
this broad land a more peaceable, orderly
and law-abiding people than our own. We
know that there is less of crime, of tur
bulence, of infractions of the criminal laws
in this State than in#my of the Northern
or Western States. It is this very -condi
tion of quiet and peacefulness which ex
cites fhc fear of Bullock and his imps and
which urges them to acts of insult, provo
cation and malice. The people or Georgia
can well afford to let these malignants
severely alone. They must inevitably gink,
never to rise again, if they are thwarted
now in their last desperate efforts to bring
about collisions between the races. It is
their last dying effort, and we hope and
believe that good men everywhere will let
them dig their own political graves and
plunge headlong into them. They want
bloodshed, riots, violence and defiance of
lawful authority. We want—the people
want—the co miry wants—peace and good
order and willing and cheerful obedience to
lawful authority.
We know the temper of the people of
Georgia. We know that they are tired of
strife —that they yearn for peace and good
neighborship. There may be, and doubt
less are, in some neighborhood <, a3 there
are in all countries, a tew restless, exoite
able and inconsiderate young people who
chafe and fret under the repeated wrongs
and injuries which these disturbers of the
public peace, Bullock and hiscrew, are con
stantly creating in different sections of the
State. These warm blooded young men
must be advised and controlled by their
more considerate and experienced neigh
bors. Let youth listen to age —let lecling
be regulated and controlled by reason; let
passion be made subject to prudence and
good sense, and we honestly belieye that
all the diabolical intrigues and deeply laid
plots of the Bullock insurrectionists will
speedily come to grief.
If anything further was needed to enforce
the views here presented, let our friends
read carefully the extract which we publish
elsewhere >n this issue, taken from the
11, raid s Washington correspondence. Let I
them observe how the lying representations
of Belcher have excited tho-great l'ghts
of Northern Radicalism, and ponder well'
the consequences which would probably
follow from an attempt to enforce Butler’s
villainous schemes.
Bo’cher’s latter is only one perhaps of
thousands of like character s:nt weekly |
from this State, These letters are taken 1
in Washington as truthful representations j
of tho state of feeling here. It matters
not that the lying assassin retracts his inali. j
cious slander. The withdrawal is made
through the columns of a newspaper
which has but a limited circulation at the |
North. The lYorthorn people read the
original charges, but they never see the j
confession that they arertotsi-y untrue.
Again, we say let us bo patient and for- j
bearing and prudent a’d quiet. Let us
stand by and rigidly maintain the laws as j
our only shield and protection in times of
trouble and dark une rrtaintv.
Affairs in Texas.
We loarn from the Washington corre
spondent of the Il< raid that General \A.
T. Clarke, of Tex is, had a long interview
with President Grant Friday last regard- l
iug the condition of affairs in Texas. Gen
. oral Clarke gave a very different statement .
from that laid before the President Thurs
day, by Major Moore, another gentleman
from Texas, who urged a postponement of ;
the election until next November instead •
of Juring August. General Clarke de
clared that tho true policy to be pursued j
was to restore Texas and all the States as ;
soon as consistent with the interests of the j
people of these States. He said that I
August would be a better lime, because
the people would not then be engaged tn ‘
gathering their crops, andbecause it would j
enable the State to be represented in the -
Congress which is to assemble here next
December, besides so much the sooner
I restoring the blessings of civil government.
! The President questioned General Clarke j
! very closely as to the alleged outrages pre
vailing in Texas, and was informed that
th augii disorders occurred there as well as
in other Southern States, still the general
condition of affairs was satisfactory. The
reports of outrages and violence were
1 grossly exaggerated, and he had no doubt
that the restoration of civil government
would prove a remedy ail sufficient. The
j policy of some of the politicians in Texas
seemed to be something like putting
j Spanish flies on old sorest Instead of try-,
mg to conciliate they did everything in
their power to feed the prejudices of the
unreconstructed element. President Grant,
toward the close of the interview, seemed
to l-e much impressed with the statements
of General Clarke, and remarked that he
would do all iu his power to restore Texes
and Mississippi with as iittle delay as con
aistent with the true interests of the people.
Frost.— The Madison (Ga.) Farm
Journal, of the 22d instant, says it learns
from Judge Wm. Neal, and other gentle
men of this county, that a slight frost was
visible on the morning of the 2’jt-h inst.
He, however, says it did no material dam
age to vegetation. This is the only ins:anue
of the appearance of frost, at so late a
date, in this section within the recollection
1 of th- oldest inhabitant.
Designs of Radical Leaders.
Thera is nothing more mean, cowardly,
; despicable and infamous, than the effort
which is now being mad : by Radical lead
ers to bring about a conflict of r&o - in the
South, for their cwn personal rgsrandiz;-
ment. Eiger and unscrupulous, they seek
to retain places of power and position,
plundering the people and tue Govern
ment. even at the price of innocent blood.
The origin and growth of the Radical party
is from deeds of violonce, spoliation, crime
, and bloodshed. There is now left to it do
| other aliment but crime, and upon this
1 Radical leaders hue their declining hopes
; for the renewal of the life and power cf ihe
: Radical party. Every crime committed
| ia the South is tortured to a political bear
ing. It is no answer to these miscreants
| to challenge a comparison of the criminal
record-, North, South, East and West.
It is of no avail to point out by the record
| that life and property is as safe in any
I Southern State as in any Northern,
Eastern or Western State. It is of
| no moment that hundreds of thousands
i of Northern men traverse the South in
perfect security; and that thousands of
Northern men have quietly settled as eiti
- zees within Southern borders, and steadi
ly and uninterruptedly pursue their calling,
with as much confidence and security as
! upon their native homesteads. Crime at
the South is demanded. It would have
been an inestimable boon of incalculable
value, to have had a single Northern
traveller or immigrant killed at the South.
There has been no sue'n act of violence’;
not a single person has suffered, even under
withering exactions and cruel tyrannies;
even the .killing of one single Northern
man at the South has been denied them.
Failing in this, their last hope now rests
upon having some poor, ignorant, innocent
negroes butchered, to bolster their dying
power, to glut their lust and greed for
plunder.
The Radical party Ins lived and pros
pered by crime, and Radical journals min
ister to the demands made for a now life
and new prosperity, in spite of truth, de
cency anii common honesty; * and Radical
lciderslike Sumner and Butler,foment bad
blood between the sections, in lying de
mands and cowardly menaces. Witness the
following extract from the Washington
telegraphic correspondence of s he New
York Herald of the 221 inst. The Her
ald says:
“Senator Sumner, General Butler and
other prominent Radical Congressmen
have been urging the Secretary of War
and the President to adopt some vigorous
policy ia Georgia which will bring the
malcontents down there more effectually to
their senses. The immediate cause of the
attention bestowed by Sumner and Butler
upon Georgia is the numerous murders
which are reported as having taken place
there recently 7. They complain that nobody
has been caught and nobody pub,shed.
Both tho President and Secretary of War
have promised to look into the matter, but
they leave it to • the military authorities.
Sunnier says if he were President he would
have t'-o military authorities preservo or
der there or he would go down to Georgia
and do it himself. Butler thinks the mili
tary commander does uot go the right way
about it. If be were the military com ;
mander iu Georgia and a political murder ;
was committed he would issue a procla- j
mation setting forth that unless tho inur- j
derer were delivered up within a certain
time, with the evidence to convict him, he ;
would destroy every green thing for a space j
of ten miles square around where tho mur- 1
der was committed. A course like this, j
Butler thinks, would put an end to th:
murders and insure the punishment of tho
murderers. Sumuer would be more mild ; j
he would content himself with taking
hostages. Butler says he tried that jp the
South before, and it had no effect. The
other plan, he think?, would work ad
mirably. Whether . Grant will instruct
General Terry to adopt it in Georgia re
mains to be seen.”
Now what are all these threats hnd
menaces of these valiant Radicals predi
cated upon? mere reports—false reports—
malicious, lying reports. The Bullock-
Radicals of Georgia impose upon Belcher,
tho colore ! United States Revenue officer,
and taking advantage of his simplicity and
credulity, induce him to write a letter to
Sumner filled with these lie3. Rhodes is
affirmed to be killed, but it turns out that
Rhodes is quietly at work attending to his
business. Stone is said to be killed, but
here again, Stone having served his time
as a politician and legist ;tor, works as a
day laborer for several months on the
Government works at Atlanta, and then,
of his own accord, becomes a boss over
field-hand? upon hisold Mistress’ farm. Ad
kins ’ carriage driver is alleged to have been
murdered; but the negro man who drove
Adkins’ bugy-wagon turns up alive and
well in the hands of the military, and is set
free after having made his deposition as a
witness. Not ono of these reported mur
ders have tho slightest foundation in fact.
Hundreds of people of the State have seen
these nportaUmurdered men', alive. Not
one. dead. Belcher himself finds out that
he has been imposed upon—that those he
reported dead are alive, and openly apd
candidly confesses that he lias erred —and
yet Sumner, upon these reports, demands
hostages; and Beast Butler demands that
every green thing, fjr ton miles around
where these reported murders, have taken
place should be destroyed, and that inno
cent men, women and children should be
starved and burnt out, and all this upon
mere reports. This is a proposi ion worthy
of Beast Butler.
Is it not time, ivlicn mere reports cafl !
forth such threats as these from Radical j
leaders in power, that Southern people ,
should look to their own safety? Is this the j
road to peace ?
The Cotton Trade.
The position of the cotton and the cot
ton goods trade (says the New York
Shipping and Commercial List of the
15th in?t,) has undergone no essential .
change tor the better, on either side of the
Atlantic, during the last month. There
has been a slight shading in prices of the
raw staple, but the decline has not kepi |
pace with the fali in goods, and henee |
there is continued complaint from manu- !
facturers of a lack of profits, and a genera! j
feeling of uneasiness. Stocks of cotton are .
everywhere below last year, while the sup
plies of goods are 1 xrger, though the pro
duction of the litter in England has lately
been eutailed to the extent of twenty per
cent. The production of goods on this
side of the Atlantic has not thus far been
lessened to any appreciable extent, though
it is evident that, unless the present de
pression and apathy in the market shall
give place to a better tone, an abridgment
of the hour.? of labor will be forced
upon the mill owners, as it has been on ,
the other side of the Atlantic. In this 1
way. accumulated stocks may be worked
off, and a proper margin between the
eost of the raw staple and the value of the ;
manufactures restored. The state of trade
in this country, bad as it is, is not so dis
heartening, apparently, as it is in England.
AVe have no such account? of reduced
wages of operatives, improvident strikes,
and general paralysis, from our own man
ufacturing dtsiict?. as w; have received
from England during the last two or three
months, accompanied by heavy failures.
The failing off of 10,807,000 pounds of i
yarn, and 61,416,000 yards of goods ex
ported from England during the first quar
ter of the eursent year, compared with the (
33me period'in 1868, wiilgo far to explain i
the present distress among the Lancashire
; spinners. From the present outlook, it
does not scent likely that prices of either
; cotton or goods wiil undergo aay marked
charge, until such time as a better idea
, can be formed with regard to the probable
• supplies of the raw staple for next ye r,
, when the market will probably be subject
ed to anew orueaL
j As it is necessary in England to run the
1 mills full time, in order to realize a profit,
AI GUST . GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, ISG9
the losses co the masafaetarerp, in conse
quent* of the short time movement, which
tins been forced upon them by deficient
supplies of c >tton. must be estimated by
scores of millions of dollars ; while to the
operatives' the losses and privations are
I even more serious. This state of affairs,
• naturally, has the effect to renew the exw
; tions of the Manchester Cotton Supply
Association tostim late increased supplies
! in the new sources, and this they are and oing
by the extension of railways in lodia.
and the employment of increased capital
there and in every other country where
the -staple can be raised.
From the views and effortsof the Eng
-1 lish capitalists to obtain supplies from
; other sources besides the United State?,
; our countrymen will understand the neees
, -i r y of Ending eve y exertion to secure at I
; least a share of the profitable trade in j
I which they formerly , enjoyed a monopoly.
; Ii is for our planters and capitalists to con
sider how this groat end may be best af l
! f.cicd. It is evident that labor must be
more thoroughly organized in the South,
and that the’ essentials of pet feet order [
. tnu-: bo secured in order to attract capital
to that section. Every consideration of
sound pvli.-r ; nd statesmanship demands
that no c-ffV.t should be spared to recover
our pro; Ae in the cotton trade.
The Cation Crop.
Al e eon'.inuo to receive from all sections
most di-aouragiag accounts of the cotton
| crop. Too co v.i m t.J cold nights and tho
recent eel i winds which have prevailed
| thr y.i >u f the entire eastern and middle
seetior.. of the Stale have caused the plant
to die and many localities the crop has
been plowed up and replanted iu corn.
I There can bo no longer the slightest
doubt that the crop is at least twenty to
twenty-five days later titan usual and that
i the stand is generally very deficient. If
I the season should becoiaa more favorable
| at au early day a fair crop may be made,
but this is quite uncertain.
Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
We loam that there are over two
thousand hands now employed in the con
traction of this important Road, and that
rapid progress is being made on the work.
That portion of tho line between Bruns
wick and the Gulf road is nearly com
i p'.eted—only a gap of ten miles remain-'
ing to be finished. Passengers are now
taken from Savannah to. Brunswick in
twelve hours over this route —the ten
miles of unfinished road being accom
plished iu comfortable hacks.
There remains to ba completed only
about forty miles of the line between
Macon and the Gulf road.' Large working
parties are engaged on both ends of this
section in pushing the construction rapid
ly forward, and it is believed that the
latter line will be opened ia time to meet
the fa!! trade.
Harvesting Wheat. Harvesting
wheat commenced on the wheat lands on
the outskirts of this city Wednesday. The
wheat is in line condition, well matured and
there seems to be a fine prospect for a large
yield.
The Murder ok Dr. Geo. T. Pater
son.—AVe learn from the Savannah Ad
vertiser that among the true bills found by
the Grand Jury of Chatham county on
Monday was one against Mrs. Catherine
13 Paterson, charging her with the mur
der of her husband, Dr. James T. Pater
son, the announcement of whose sudden
death at his own hands, in his room at the
Pavilion House, on the 16th of May, 1868,
so startled our community, as the facts
connected with' the affair, and as then
given, seemed to bo wrapped in some mys
tery. The details of the case as then de
veloped were that tho deceased had re
turned home late atnight, and being some
what under tho influence of stimulants.
and unable to sleep, had taken a quantity
of lau lanum, from the effects of which he
died. The day after lib death occurred
his remains were conveyed to Augusta,
where be formerly resided, for burial, his
wife accompanying them. The matter,
although talked of for some days, soon
died out, but was shortly afterward
revived by Mrs. Paterson’s making appli
cation, through her attorney to the Courts,
for control of the property of deceased,
■which application, we believe, was refused
at the request of the creditors of the de
ceased, the estate being insolvent. The
facts connected with the death of Dr. Pat
erson, of which there has b ;en so much
conjecture, were silently being worked up
by the brother of tho deceased, who had
the stomach cut out and examined by Col.
Rain?, the we.l-knowu chemist of this city;
and from the true bill found against Mrs.
Paterson by the grand jury, of the Superior
Court, would seem to leave no doubt but
what the jury, which is composed cf in
telligent men, had good evidence and suf
ficient grounds for their action before
bringing in a b.ll of murder against Mrs.
Paterson. Mr?. Paterson, we learn, is
now ia some of the Northern cities, either
Baltimore or Philadelphia, and wc sup
-1 pose will shortly be informed of the action
i of the Court, il she is not already in pos
-1 session of the facts.
Another Lie Exposed. —On Wednesday
we published a list, taken from the Macon
Telegraph, to which paper it was furnished
by a Radical, a list of the Republicans who
were said to be rofugeeiug in Atlanta and
Augusta, afraid to go to their homes. AVe
received Wednesday the following letter
from one of the parties who was punished
as having found an asylum in this city ;
Augusta, Ga., May 26th, 1869. _
Messrs. Editors: i see by an article in
your paper of today, that I am represented
as a refugee liom my native home, and
that I am afraid to return. This is news to
mei and will be to my old friends and ac
quaintances.! cannot imagine from whence
the author derived his information,certainly
not from me or from the people of my
county. I would not notice the article on
my own account, but I feel it is due the
peo oleos my county who have so often
honored me with their confidence, to con
tradict the statement as being utterly with
out foundation. It is unnecessary for me
to say that 1 am opposed to further re
construction, and to further military rule
over the people of Georgia. I think they
are capable of enforcing civil law, and I
am certainly desirous of giving them the
privilege of doing so. “Let us have peace. ”
In this Conner ion. it may not be amiss to
say that I am no longer a member of the
honorable body to which reference i; made
havia,, several days since tendered my
resignation. My business called me to
Augusta, and is the reason of my being in
the city, and not the fear of injury or hurt
to myself bom the people of my county;
for if there is one place above all ethers, and
it was necessary for me to fly to a place
for refuse, it would be to my native home,
amidst the iriends oi my youth.
Respectfully, AYm. F. Holden.
The Telegraph, of yesterday contains
also a i t -cr from Thomas J. Speer, a State
Senator, and another so-called “refugee,”
who denies most emphatically that he is •
afraid to go home; and says that he knows
of no violcnco or outrages being perpetra
ted in his District. The Atlanta Era \
publishes a card from Piatt Madison, a
Representative in the Legislature from
Lincoln county,and still another “refugee,”
; who also pronounces the statement that he
| is afraid to return among his constituents
a falsehood, and says that he is in Atlanta
; on business.
■ The Refutation Still Goes On.—
The Slander Mill Choked by its own
Falsehoods.— Mr. John Neal, of AVar
rra, whose name is mentioned in “Radi
cal?’ ” card to the Macon Telegraph, as
one of the refugees in Atlanta, afraid to go
home for his political opinions, pronounces
the statement an unmitigated falsehood,
as far as he is concerned. He has just
come from home, and was treated kindly
t there. He also says the charge is untrue
bout Gardner. —Atlanta Constitution.
Usurpation of Federal Power.
“Instructions have been sent to the
military commander in Georgia to institute
a thorough examination into the recent
killing of Mr. Adkins, a member of the
Georgia Legislature, and to find out, if
possible, the perpetrators efthe asaassina
i tion, that ju?t:ta may be meted out to
i them.”— Exchange.
j The Rational Intelligencer , cammcnticg
j the above, says ; “Here is another com
ment on the so-called reconstruction of the
Radical party. Georgia has a civil gov
ernment composed of executive, legislative,
and judicial departments. Has the Gov
ernor notified the. President that his civil
government is powerless to protect the fiit
izens, to punish crime, or to execute the
laws, and besought the aid of the strong
arm of the central power? Has not the
Third Military District, as constituted by
the reconstruction aets, been disbanded,
and all its civil functions surrendered into
the hands of the State government ? Have
the courts fii’ed to prosecute criminals,
and to take cognizance of crime ? Nothing
of the sort. By what authority, then,
does the Secretary of War order military
investigations int o the commission of
crimes in contravention of State laws?
Why has he not instructed the military
commaudant ol New York to investigate
the killing of Rogers, and the commandant
ol Indiana to examine into the facts of the
lynching of the Renos ana others at Sey
mour? The authority and obligation are
alike in all the State?.”
Air Line Railroad.—The Atlanta
Intelligencer says the engineers are making
preliminary examinations for route
through Gwinnett and Hall counties.
Memphis Branch Railroad. The
stockholders of the above road have or
ganized by tho election of the following
gentlemen as Directors ;
Allred Shorter, W S Cothran, S P
Smith, A Griffith, I) S IVintup, C II
Smith and Samuel Noble.
AV S Cothran was elected President of
the road.
The Lie Nailed.
Thomson, Ga., May 24, 1869.
Editors Chronicle t& Sentinel :
AVe notice in your daily of May 22d an
extract from the AVashington Chronicle of
May 17th, in which lying extract it is
stated, a negro was driving Joseph Ad
kins’ carriage when said Adkins was killed;
also, that afterward said negro was also
killed when near Thomson Station.
Beth cf these statements are miserable,
unmitigated lies ; lor Adkins bad no car
riage with him when killed, neither has
the negro been harmed by any one, but is
still in Warren county, alive and well.
Yours truly, F.
OIU TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENCE.
On the Wing,. May 22,1869.
Editors Chronicle <fc Sentinel :
On the morning of the 17th inst. I left
Bartow for AVaynesboro’, a distance of
about sixty miles. Dense acd heavily tim
bered swamps, shrouded with long moss
with occasional Cyprus ponds, and these
old fields covered over with a yellow weed
resembling a sheet of gold, was the scenery.
of the route. I asked a gentleman what
kind of a weed was that which looked so
beautiful, and ho replied he did not know
its name but it was only found on pine land
perfectly exhausted, and the production of
this weed seemed to be its only redeeming
quality. Vast ponds frequently spread
out before our vision, and on a halt of the
train, our ears were diverted front the rat
tle of wheels to the barking of frogs and
the whine of mosquitoes, I would think
a supply of patience and forbearance, and
“Costar’s Exterminator” would be in de
mand around these ponds. The streams
and ponds through which some of them
flow abound in fish of vast quantity and
variety. These can be caught at all sea
sons of the year, and are one of the com
mon luxuries of the table. On my arrival
at Waynesboro’ I found the Burke Court
in session and Judge Gibson presiding.
Among the gentlemen of the Bar present
were the Hon. H. \ r . Johnson, General
AVright and Judge Ilook of Augusta;
Wilkins and Alexander of. Jefferson;
Knight & Present, of Emanuel; General
Dußuse, of Wilkes; and Shewmate of
Alexander. Not many of the citizens were
in attendance upon the Court, only those
I suppose who were oo business. I
observed quite a umber of fioely dress
ed and good looking gentlemen on the
ground who were engaged in a highly in
teresting intercourse with the people, and
learned that they wore Augusta mer
chants.
They seemed quite courteous and po
lite, a pleasant word for all, and really I
was much pleased wilk their appearance
and deportment.
By the way, Messrs. E liters, I find that
your Augusta merchants are quite popu
lar abroad.
Some of the leading citizens of Jeffer
son say they want to ship their cotton to
Augusta iu the future, and but for the
arbitrary measures of tho Central Road
would doubtless do so. Somo will send to
Augusta anyhow, but it would be a gen
eral thing if the tirms ol transp’ortation
would admit of.it.
While at VVaynotboro’ I read an ac
count of tho horrible treatment of a
Northern Methodist Preacher by the Ku
klux, at that place, (which, if true, was
not half as bad as they treated Southern
Preachers in Tennessee), and I set about
to investigate the matter, and could not
find a single man, white or black, that
knew anything about it. If such an event
(although circumstances would often justi
fy them), yet so rare in this country, had
have transpired, it does seem that some
one would have heard of it I gaessyou
may safely set it down as a base and slan
derous fabrication, characteristic of the
source from which it originated.
I mu t assure you that lam highly
pleased with the people of Burke county, |
and was cordially invited to visit them
again, and nothing would afford me greater
pleasure than to do so. Mr. Sturgis, j
proprietor of the Hotel, .se?rued to bo !
quite a gentleman, polite and courteous to \
his guests, and gave ample satisfaction to i
all. His servants were prompt and at- 1
tentive arouud the tables and to the rooms, )
which is quite an item in' hotel accommo
dations. •
By the way I am sometimes forced upon
my wits to remedy the defects of negro
waiters, but are generally successful. At
an up-country Hotel not long since, a ne
gro hung lazily around tho table, as if in
different to everybody and everything.
I asked him where was the progamme.
Said he did’nt have none, but would have
some to-morrow, cooked in any way I
wanted it.
I asked him if he pleased to hand me
some bread ; the word please seemed to
put electric fire in Lis heels, and he leaped
to and fro over the room, and I was soon
bountilully supplied. Another negro i
commanded him ta go and do something, '
to which he replied, “hu3h yer mouf, I is
waiten on getitermun now.”
The farming prospects oi Eutke Lave ,
already been reported, and are correct. The j
cotton lias Loon seriously injured, and !
much of it killed by the cold weather, and ,
but for the fertilizers, there would have
been a clean sweep and the necessity of re
planting. I believe it is gent rally con
ceded that fertilizers are a great protec ■
tion against the cold: which, i suppose, j
results both from chemical heat and su
perior development in the germination of
the seed. Traveller.
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Georgia Railroad A Banking Company.
Messrs Editors: I propose, as the Presi
dent and Directors of the Georgia Railroad
& Banking Company are continually called
upon for endorsements of the Bonds of’
other railioads, and for subscriptions to
; other Railraad Companies, to disdhss the
legal principles which should regulate their
actions, which principles will be enforced
upon them by legal power if not volun
tarily respected aod obeyed. The Georgia
Railroad Company has no power to ap
ply its property or credit to any purpose
not recognized in its charter; it can no
more act legally and validly outside of its
chartered limits than its locomotives can
run outside of the track prepared for them.
Even amendments to its charter not ap
proved by a shareholder, or not acquiesced
' n to such an extent as to raise the pre-
sumption of consent thereto, no matter
with what majority carried by the Direct
ors or Stockholders in Convention, when
such amendments change the objects of
the original charter are not binding.
Speaking for myself and others having
« large interest in this Company, I would
say now to the President and Directors
of the Georgia Railroad Company that
the time has come rigidly to adhere to the
charter of' the Company, and failing so to
do they Hud themselves involved in litiga
tion with their constituents.
In support of the first proposition re
specting the powers of this company, or
any other Railroad company in this State,
I would cite the following rules announced
by the highest Courts in England and in
this country: Iu 73d E. C. Law Reports,
p. 811-814, in the great ease of E. A. Rail
way, the Chief Justice delivering the
opinion of the Court, says, “It is clear
that the defendants have a limited authori
ty only for the purpose of making aud
maintaining the Railway mentioned by the’
act, and that this can only be applied for
the purposes directed and provided by tho
statute. Indeed it is not contended that a
company so constituted can engage in new
trades not contemplated by this act; but it
is said that they may engage iu other un
dertukingshowever various, provided the
object of the Directors he to in ‘reaso the
profits of their own Railway. This is, in
truth, the same proposition in another
form; lor if the company cannot carry on
anew trade merely because'it was not con
templated by the act, they cannot embark
in other undertakings uot sanctioned by
this act, merely because they hope the
speculations may ultimately increase the
profits ol the shareholder. They cannot
engage in a r.ew trade, because they are a
corporation only for the purpose of making
and maintaining the Eastern couuties rail
way. Whatever be their object or the
prospect oi' success, they are still-bat a cor
poration, for. the purpose only of making
and maintaining the Eastern counties rail
way, and if they canm.t.embark in new
trades because they have only a limited
authority, for the same reason they can do
nothing not authorized by this act,
and not within the scope of their au
thority. It is no answer to a share
holder expecting his dividend to say
that his money has been expended upon
an undertaking which at some remote
period may be highly beneficial to the line,
she cases in equity cited by counsel have
proceeded upon this view of the subject
that the act enjoined was not allowed by
the charters of the companies.”
In Coleman us. Eastern C. R. Company,
lOßeavanlo, the Master of the Rolls
says, “It has been very properly admitted
that railway companies have no right to
enter into.new trades or -businesses not
pointed out by the act ; but it has been
contended that tkeyffiave a right to pledge,
without limit, the funds of the Company
in the encouragement of other transactions,
however various and extensive, provided
tho object of that liability is to increase the
traffic upon the railway and thereby in
crease the profits to tho stockholders.
There is, however, no authority for saying
anything of that kind.” So in Salomans
vs. Laing, 12th Beavan, 353, he says: “A
railway company incorporated by act of
Parliament is bound to apply all the moneys
and property of the company for the pur
poses directed and provided by tho act and
for no other purpose whatever.” The
same principle was adopted by the Lord
Chancellor in the 2nd McN. &’G.,389, and
in 16th Jurist, 914. “If the contract is
illegal, as being contrary to the act of
Parliament, it is unnecessary to consider
the effect of dissentient shareholders, for
ii the company is a corporation only for a
limited purpose, and a contract like that
in question is not within their au
thority, the as ent of all the share
holders to such a contract, though it
may make, them all personally liable to
perform the contract , would not bind them
in their corpomle capacity, or render
liable the corporate funds." In the case
of Stevens vs. Rutland and Burlington,
Railway Ist law, Register 154, the Chan
cellor of Vermont, says: “When it is
clearly shown that a corporation is about to
exceed its power, and apply its funds or
credit to some object beyond their authori
ty, a Court of Equity cannot refuse to
grant relief by injunction.” In New Jer
sey, 2d,Starkton Cn Rep., the Chancellor
says “that a Court of Equity can Interfere
at the instance cf a single stockholder, to
prevent the misapplication of the funds of
the company.” In 7 Geo. 221, the Ma
con and AVostern R. K. Company, a com
pany chartered to carry freight and pas
sengers from Atla.nta to Macon, was de
clared to be unable tn engage in tho busi
ness of transporting produce through the
city of Macon and across the bridge from
their Railroad depot to another Railroad
depot.” From these very plain and con
clusive authorities, upon the powers of
Railroad corporations, it may easily be
seen haw futile will be the efforts of the
Directorffof the Georgia Railroad Compa
ny, and of the other Railroad companies in
this State to bind the property of their
several corporations by endorsing bonds,
subscribing for stock, and lending credit
when such powers are not contained in
their charters. And if lam not badly
mistaken many bonds now paraded in the
newspapers of the day as safe invest
monts will prove but traps to catch
gulls. In support of my second propo
sition respecting the effect of an
amended charter upon original stockhold
ers ihe following rules are announced by
the best authors and the highest courts:
Rediield page 12, says : “jn thid coun
try it has been he'd that the acceptance by
tho majority of a corporation of an amend
aatory set does not bind the minority un
less it be an amendment within the or
dinary range of the original charter giving
increased facilities for the accomplishment
of the same objects. If it he a funda
mental alteration of the Constitution of
the company (its charter), it must have
either the expressed or implied assent of
all the corporators to make it binding.”
In 5 Hill, N. Y. Reports,where the Presi
dent ar.d Directors of the Hartford k
New Haven Railroad Company procured
an amendment to tho original chatter,
which was accepted by the majority of the
stockholders in convention, but not assent
ed by the department, C. J. Nelson (now
of the Supreme Court of the United
States) tliusexpounds the law: “It is
most obvious if incorporated cotqpanies
oan succeed in establishing tkb. sort of ab
solutacontrol over the original contract
entered into with them by the several cor
porations, there is no limit to which it
may not be carried short of that; which de
fines the boundary of legislative authority.
The proposition is ton monstrous to b ; en
tertained for a moment.. Corporations
possess no such power. Indeed they can
extend no powers over the corporators be
yond those conferred by the charter to.
which they have subscribed except on the
condition of their agreement or consent.”
In this case ac amendment to the original
charter allowing the Railroad Company to
charter or purchase steamboats to the
amount of $200,000, accepted by the ma
jority of the stockholders, was held not
binding on one who did not assent to the
amendment.
In 11 Geo. 48, the Supreme Court of I
Georgia held an amendment to a Railroad
charter so different aud foreign to the pur- j
pose of the original charter, though assent
ed to by the Directors of the Company, as
to have no binding foroe on John G- \Vin
ter, and to operate as a release from his
subscription for stock. In this case the
Court ad apts the principle laid down in the
case in oita Hill, above referred to, “that
corporations can exercise no control
over the corporators beyond thoso con
ferred by the charter, which shey Lave
subscribed, except on thu condition of their
agreement or consent.”
Prom these authorities it may be seen
how far the Georgia Railroad Directors
and Stockholders in Convention assembled
can validly commit dissenting or non-as
senting stockholders to contracts to be en
tered into under amendments of the char
ter of the Company. In other words,if
the Legislature has amended the charter i
of the Georgia Railroad Company so as to '
allow that Company to endorse another J
Company’s bonds to the amount of five :
hundred thousand dollars, even though j
the amendment has been accepted by_ the
President and Directors and Stockholders ■
in convention assembled, a stockholder not
consenting to such amendment can, by an
injunction, prevent the President and Di
rectors of the Company from making such
endorsement. “Vekbum Sap.”
Sudden Death.-— We regret to learn
i that Judge Jeremiah Inman, an old and
| esteemed citizen of Burke, died suddenly
at his residence near Bark Camp, in that
; county, on Saturday morning last.
He had been out in his plantation during
, the early morning, and returning to the
I house about ten o’clock, lay down on a
sofa to rest. A few minutes afterward a
servant entered the room and found him
dead 1 . It is thought that he died of dis
ease of the heart, as he had been treated
for that affection privately. In his death
society loses a valuable member and the
county oi Burke one of its most valuable
and benevolent citizens.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 22
j. MEMPHIS.
THE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
Memphis, May 21. —The convention
opened in the regular way. Numerous
letters and telegrams were read from dis
tinguished persons regretting their ina
bility to be present, and sympathizing with
and endorsing the work already done.
Pilot Knob, No., May 20.— Seventy
five in at Pilot Knob to
greet the Memphis convention and assure
them of u cordial support in all proper
measures to cement the union and de
velop the resources of our common coun
try. Norman J. Coleman,
President.
The committee on direct trade made
amended report omitting objectionable,
clause discriminating in favor of Norfolk,
endorsing direct trade schemes inaugurated
at other Southern ports, and the report
was unanimouslv adopted.
The Committee on Finance and Bank
ing reported resolution that the conven
tion recommend and urge Congress to so
anaeud the national bankiug laws as to
give the Southern and AVestern States fair
and equitable proportion of banking capi
tal and circulation cither by rc-distribu
tion or an iucrease as their wisdom may
determine.
Resolved, That this Convention favor.?
a reduction of the interest on the national
debt by any means consistent with a faith
ful discharge of the obligations of the
government to public creditors.
Resolved, That this convention recom
mend the Legislatures of the various
States to repeal all usury laws or laws
which tend to impair the validity of con
tracts, that capital seeking investment may
be rendered more secure. The resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
A arious resolutions were offered as
amendments, but voted down.
Gen. Duff Green read an elaborate
memorial on the subject. Referred to the
Standing Committee.
The Committee on Manufactures and
Mining reported in favor of recommending
the Legislatures of the various States to
encourage manufactories by the enact
ment of laws freeing capital invested in
mining and manufactories from taxat’oo,
thus inviting the world to bring its capital
and put it to work to develop our internal.
resources. Congress is to xernpt from
duty machinery for manufacturing raw
material.
The Committee on tho subject of mining
asked further time to propose a report to
be presented to the next Convention,
granted; also recommending the Govern
ment to establish a bureau ot manufactures
and mining under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior. The Committee
on Mississippi river levees, and improve
ments made an elaborate report showinx
the necessity of improvement, and asking
the Government to aid in removing the
bar at the mouth of the river, and pro
testing against the construction of any
bridges over any navigable streams, unless
capable of permitting the passage of the
largest steamers at high tide.
Also, a report on the subjeet of levees,
in favor of asking the early attention of
Congress on the subject and endorsement
ot bonds for this purpose when the legisla
tures of the States interested shall "have
provided for tho interest on the same.
Also, for the committee to memorialize
Congress on the subject.
Tue report was ab'y supported by Gen
Alcorn, of Mississippi, and Hon. Erastus
Wells, of Missouri, showing the pa a uouut
interest of improving navigation ov. r all
railroads, as it was a highway Vanderbilt,
Fisk, and all combinations of bulls aud
bears could not control.
Various resolutions were offered as sub
stitutes, suggesting various methods of
leveeing. The report was adopted, ex
cept that portion referring to bridges,
which was recommitted.
Thecommitteeon Tennessee rivermadea
lengthy report showing the advantages to
be derived from the improvements in that
river, and urging the Legislature of the
Stites interested to urge upon Congress
the necessity of carrying out the improve
ments suggested by Gen. Weitz l, aud for
the appointment of a committee to me
morialize Congress on the subject. The
report was unanimously adopted.
The committee on river navigation re
ported in favor of Congress making appro
priations for the completion of the Louis
ville canal, and that thegovernment should
take charge of tho same and reduce tolls.
Also for the appointment of a committee
to memorialize Cortgress on the subject.
Report unanimously adopted. The com
mittee also stated that further time was
necessary for consideration of the subjeet
aud other kindred subjects, and asked for
a committee of one from each State to ful
ly digest them, and report at tho night
convention, aud also to memorialtza Con
gress upon these subjects.
The Committee on Agriculture and Gen
eral Bu.-dness, repotted in favor of publish
ing the preliminary report of Commodore
Maury on the physical survey of AGrginia.
Also for the appointment of a oommittee
of three from each State to be appointed
to solicit aid for that purpose. Report
adopted.
Tho special committee on the time and
place of the next meeting, reported in favor
of another convention at Louisville, Ken
tucky, on the 12th of October next. Also
for a committee of one from oaoh State to
prepare a constitution and by-laws for the
convention, to be reported on at the next
meetiug, aud that standing committees
shall hold over a report. Adopted.
The Committee on Immigration reported
at great leDgth, opposing tho introduction
of immigrants other than Caucasian, but
recommending urgent efforts for securing
thoso from whatever country they may
come, and assuring them protection, set
ting forth that the piesent labor system is
wholly inadequate for practical purposes.
Also, showing the great difficulties to be
encountered iu securing immigration, eith
er from China or Europe, and without rec
ommending any of the many plans already
devised to secure immigrants recommend
ed that measures be taken to refute tlte
false and slanderous representations in re
gard to the South, which arc circulated
throughout Europe, and fa? this purpose
recommend the appointment of agents f'oi
that purpose.
Also, liar a number of purposes at the
North aud for landing emigrants at South
ern ports. A substitute setting for h that
emigrants, from whatever point, shall
enjoy the same privilege as native born
citizens was with other resolutions adopted.
The usual vote of thanks to officers, the
press, the citizens, etc., was adopted, and
at 10:30 the contention adjourned sine die.
The State Road.
Its AfoutMu Payments and what they
Should Be—Letter from the Chairman
of the Finance Committee—Letter from 1
Treasurer An gin:
Greenville, Ga., May 18, 1869.
Editors Macon T Irgraph: The accom
panying is a true copy oi a- letter in my :
posses?ton from the Hon. Mr. Angier,
State Treasurer. It was written, as you
will see, in response to one addressed to
that gentleman fay myself.
Soon after my arrival at home from At- I
lanta, I received a number of letters from !
worthy men and tax-payers, complaining
at tho management ofthe State Road. It
was said’that the Superintendent, with
double the business that the road pre
viously had, was paying monthly (qta the 1
Treasury $25,000 as net earc,i»*s, whilst
the Superintendent during the adroinistr a- j
tion of Gov. firowa, paid from the same
source and for the same time from $40,000
to $50,0Q0 as net earnings.
As I belonged to the committee in the
House of Representatives whose special
duty it was to look after the financial inter
ests of the State, l felt that a censure was
implied in these complaints against that
committee. I knew it to be unjust; I knew
that no committee labored more ztalously,
or with more honest desire to do its whole
duty, than did the House Committee on
Finance. The truth is, the njanagemen*
of the road was never brought before the ‘
committee. Attbcfhst session a spec al
committee was appointed to look after tiiis
property, and if there ws,-. anything wrone
or improper in its management, they did
not say so. Yet I feel there could be no j
impropriety, at least, under all the circum
stances, in my obtaining all the informa- (
tion in my power. Hence my letter to the
Hon. Mr. Angier and his reply.
That the Superintendent, for whom I
entertain none other than the kindest feel
ings, might make a satisfactory explana
tion, I forwarded to him, some two weeks
ago, a copy of the Treasurer’s letter ac
companied by a letter from myself, ex
pressing tho hope that he would consider
it due alike to himself and to the people of
Georgia to make a satisfactory explanation.
No answer has been received—Committee
is unnecessary.
I am induced, however, in this connec
tion, to take the liberty of submitting,
through your paper, to the peop'e of Geor
gia, the following extracts from a private
letter of a large tax payer, and who pos
sesses at once a clear head and a pure heart;
“I have never never (as a businee t m in)
had but one opinion in regard to it. The
road should be put under a Board of Di
rectors—say three good judicious business
med, elected by the Legislature for two,
four and six years. By that means you at
all times have two experienced men on the
Board-‘-every two years there would be a
Director to be elected. They should be
elected with the view of furthering the iu
terests of the road and not of a party. The
roa l should be run to promote the interests
j of the whole community, and not that of a
I party or a particular set of men who may
happen to be_ in power. Place it beyond
the. control of Governors or any other set of
politicians who are seeking office; not
allow them to trade off places on the S'ate
Goad for votes and influence.
In the e\ cut I did not do that I would
.ease out the road to responsible parties
for a term of years, say ten or fifteen
years, for so much money paid into the
ireasury monthly in advance—the road to
be returned with ail the fixtures in as com
plete a state as when received. Some
such plan should be adopted to protect the
people. The road should and can he
leased for some $40,000 a month. That
would be much better than s2s,ooopaid iu
by the present managers.”
Gentlemen, I will thank you to publish
this, together with the accompanying
copy of the Treasurer s letter.
Respectfully, W. H. p. Hali
i /t™. i '
VLopy.\
lueasurek s Office, )
I. Atlanta, Ga., April 3o, 1860. J
Dear Sir : Your favor of the 25th inst
making inquiries respecting the “State
Koad, is received. “The bitter complain
ings of prominont and influential men,” of
tvhich you make mention, are quite com
mon. For the net earnings for the month
ot September last, the Superintendent
paid into the State Treasury $25,000. The
business of the road was then reported
very light, us has been usual at that season
th ®/ ear - Since then, especially during
the W inter months, it was reported that
the business od the Hoad had greatly in
creased t still the monthly payments for
uet earnings boro no increase, but contin
ued even at $25,000.
I have heard Geo. A. Austin remark
several times that, he would pay monthly
in advance, $40,000 into the State Treas
ury for the biro ol the road for teu years,
and, in connection with heavy moneyed
men, would give any required bond to pay
the amount rcgulaily monthly in advance
and return the road, including rolling
stock, supplies, eta, in as good condition as
when received. This would be sls 000
a month more than the State is now’ re
ceiving. I know nothing further than what
may be inferred from these general state
ments, never having heard the Superin
tendent make any remark on the subject
He may be able to give a satisfactory ex
planation why the net earnings are no more
or *why they have uot increased with the
increase of business.
Respectlully yours,
it ur ANQrEU, Treasurer..
lion. W. 11. I. llall, Greenville, Ga.
(ieorgia Items.
Mr. Thomas P. Vale, a v rintcr in the
Alews oihee, died at Savannah on the 24th
iu the 23d year of his age.
Mobile and Girard Railroad.—The
Columbus o«/i, of Sun 'ay, says that it
was publicly stated at th • auction sale ol
stock in that city the day before, and on
the authority of Presidcn Wadley, that
this road would pay dividends in a year
and a half at fartht st.
Murder.*—A white man by the name of
Stanley was killed in the southern part of
this county on Saturday night last, by a
negro man known as Alford Cooper.
Cooper was arrested and committed to jail
on Monday, where he will await his trial
.before the Superior Court.—Sparta Jour
nal, 22 and.
Dead.—We are pained to announce iU
death ol Mr. Green K. Dennis, at hisreiT
dence in this county, at 7 o’clock Tuesdav
evening, May 18th. Mr. 'Dennis was a
wealthy and highly esteemed citizen ol'
Coweta. His disease was an affection ol'
the liver.
Wheat. The wheat crop is promising.
I'RUlT.—There will be a bountiful sup
ply of fruit.— Newnan Banner, 22i7.
The water power of the Chattahoochee
at Columbus is said to exceed that at
Lowell, Massachusetts.
she slacou 'Telegraph says that the re
sult of the first quarter’s experiment shows
tuat the tuition ol trhe poor children in
li'bb county, at the low rate of lu cents
per day, under the present plan, will cost
the county $12,000 yearly.
A correspondent says that in Talbot
county, the cotton, corn and wheat are
doing finely.
If lorsyth continues to improve and
lmfla up in the future as rapidly" as she
has for tho past two years, wo will soon
have the satisfaction of knowing that we
aro the denizen of the livest and best busi
ness town in Middle Georgia.— Monroe
Advertiser.
There was a hail-storm in Butts last
i hursday, which extended into a portion
of Monroe. We suppose there was no
material damage done.— lbid.
Freight Again.—A large shipper of
freight from New York to this place re
ceived, yesterday, by the Fernandina route,
5,293 pounds of freight, at a cost of
$129 05. The same freight by the Central
Bead would have cost $203 78. He deals
in but one class of goods—so there can be
no mistake as to the classification. Till
recently he has always got his freight by
the Central route. The money difference
in favor of the Fernandina route, in this
case is $75 73. The difference in time
was not a matter of consideration.—
lumhus Enquirer , 21st.
Fire —Loss of Property. —A fire on
Sunday morning last between one and two
o’clock, wbethor accident or incendiary is
not yet known, destroyed the steam mill,
machine and workshops of Messrs. W. ft.
Keough & Cos., near the, depot. The
flames had almost entire possession of the
building before any alarm was given and
the destruction was complete, amounting
to about $5,000 and no insurance. The-e
shops were valuahle to the town, and the
proprietors aro worthy and industrious
i oung men. They have much sympathy
in tho community on account of their
heavy loss. — Washington ( Wilkes) Ga;..
Bankruptcy.—Since the adjournment
of the Unitod States Courts, the following
petitions for final discharges have been
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Courts:
Salmon D. Sladfc, of Linton; James W.
t/'ovington, Robert 'i homoson, Robert W.
Blair, William Palmer, Dexter B, Thomp
son, deceased; Giles P. Williams, Jesse li.
Sikes, and Louis Margolius, of Columbus;
H iram Bankston, of Savannah; William
0. Norvell, of Augusta; William Taylor,
of Irwinton; Jeptha H. Conner, of Daw
son; Albert Wilcox, of Macon; James D.
Tennison and George 11. Low, of Calhoun
county.
Cotton for Liverpool.—Messrs. Ed
m nds, Gardiner & Cos. yesterday cleared
t he. ship Bazaar, tons, Captain Jef
ferson, for the above port, with bales
of upland cotton, weighing 1,474,041
pounds, valued at $387,889 34; five bags
o .sea island cotton, weighing I,43Bpounds.
va ! ued,at $862 80, and sixty one packages
of furniture, valued at $2,000. — Savan
nah Republican , May 23.
Truly Disheartening.—We were
shown yesterday a hundred oi- more cotton
plants, which had been promiscuously
drawn from different portions of the county,
out of which not u dozen could be found
that would-havo lived to bear fruit. The
Lives appeared healthy afid fresh, but.
tUeij i»rdines3 in growth led to an examfna
ti -a of the plant, when it was found that
the roots were dead, there being small
fibrous roots enough just under the surface
cf the ground to keep the plant alive, while
the main root was entirely dead. It is be
lo ved that ninety per cent, of the already
ihin and irregular stand will die out when
the present cool and damp weather gives
w;y to the warm dry days of June.
Cuihbert Appeal.
Another Ku-Klcx Murder.—Pre
5. iiing that the military are here for the
purpose of investigating the outrages that
are perpetrated by the mysteriousK.K. K..
and as-ist the officers of civil law in the
execution of their duty, should they re
(piire such assistance, we would, call their
attention to the following discovery, and
revelation, of' a horrible Ku-Klux outrage
by the energetic confidential Secretary of
our absent Governor;
Atlanta, Ga., May 7.—The T,lbu„e\
speciai'says Radford C. Robades, a promi
nent Republican of Warren eouty, wa.>
| killed at his residence near Warrenton, on
i Wednesday night. Letters from that vi
; cinity report continued outrages by prow.-
j ing bands cf the Ku-klux.
j There it is gentlemen. Now do your
\ duty. Hunt up Mr. Robades’ residence
! and you will find Mr. Robades. It' ha wu,
killed he has never been buried but is still
on terra firma, and should be looked attar,
and when you find hijn give us a detail 1
r?pcrt of where be lived and how he died
—anything to establish the fia that any
one by that name ever lived in Warren or
adjoining countie:!. We will pul fish ka,
information, “free gratis for no;bine.”—
Warrenton {(la.) Chpr f >\ May 17.
Advices received at St Paul represented
much suffering among the Sioux Indians
during the past Their supplies did
not reach them regularly and were impi >p
erly distributed, and. in edr-,sequence, (o: ;y
or fifty old men, women, anil children are
reported to h ivo starved to death. D ~a
also played sad havoc among then and
the tribe has been greatly ted Deed.