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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
tfhvoniclc k Sentinel
•AUGUSTA. Ci A. s
ffEBIMIAI MOKMMi. JI'LV It.
Fink I’kaches. —We are indebted to :
Mr. Stanton, who has a fruit farm near
Bcrzclia, for a basket of most delicious 1
peaches—fully ripe, large, juicy and finely
flavored—of the * Amelia” variety.
Mr. Stanton is one of the most success
ful fruit growers in the South, and he
promises to give ua for publication, in a
Jew days, his theory about the failure of
the peach crop in the South, and the rente- j
dy which, from actual experiment, be has i
t-uceeesluliy used in protecting his peaches j
from destruction by cold and by the
C’ureulio.
The High Constable or South
Carolina.—The preliminary examina
tion of John B. Hubbard, the High Con
stable of South Carolina, charged with the
false imprisonment of William flint and
Pleasant Sharptan--fu!l particulars of
which were given in the Chronicle &
SEM in el of several dates since-was con
ducted before Justices Ells and Vcrderey
on Monday morning *
The evidence adduced was considered
fully sujficiei/t to warrant the Justices in
deelaiing that there was probable cause for
Undine him over fur trial at tho next term
ol the Superior Court. Tho accused was
required to, and gave bond in the sum of
five hundred dullard in each case to insure
his future appearance.
The KllglliUHy Question Parllanit-a'.a
ry haw.
'I here is a point made iri .Judge Speer’s
letter, which wo published last week, in
volving a quesdon of parliamentary law,
which we desire to answer very briefly.
We were surprised that a gentleman so
well acquainted with the laws and regula
tions governing deiibeative assemblies in
this country and in England should have
contended that legislative bodies could re
open nr rehear ea-es of contested elections
when they have been once decided by
them. The very contrary ir true.
No instance, we think it may be safely
affirmed, can bo found upon record where
such an adjudication lias ever been re
opened and reversed, or where any legisla
tive b idy has decided upon the eligibility
of a member ever having again reheard
the case. Properly speaking, the negroes
wore not expelled from our Legislature.
Tncy were simply held to be ineligible un
der the law. Tho decision was one of a
contested election. It is exactly simi
lar t> the celebrated ease of Wi'kes
and Luttrcll in the Britisli Parliament
Wilkes had a majority of tho votes. Lnt
troll was the next highest on the poll. Tho
British House of Commons hold Wilkes to
be ineligible nd award'd tho seat to Lut.
troll. The grounds upon which the House
held Wilkes to be ineligible wore utterly
wrong, but their decision was nover re
versed, so far as the composition of that
Parliament was concerned, and was never
overruled in principle until after the over
throw ol’the administration and the new
Parliament came in, when, after another
election, Wilkes was awarded hir seat.
The matter of contested elections before
Legislative bodies, or the qualifications of
membership therein, is totally different
from the usual matters of legislation. On
this subject each House is made a judge,
and thus constituted a court audio mak
ing their judgment upon it, is governed by
the same general principles of law which
govern all other courts. This question is
not usually raised upon tfo lirst organiza
tion of the House. Tho membiix who has
tho return takes his seat. There is no
adjudication until tho question of legal
qualification or election is raised by some
body, and when it is raised and settled by
the judicial decision ofthe House it isuever
reversed by the House, and if a re hearing
is forced it is settled upon the principle of
res No instance of such re
versal, we suppose, can be found upon
record.
Uenerai Hancock.
rho New York 1 braid thinks that the
Pennsylvania Democracy will have an
"easy thing” in the Fall election if they
have the sagacity and pluck to put in
nomination for Governor General Hancock.
It also says that the nomination of Gen.
11., which would bo equivalent to an elec
tion, would insure his successful candidacy
for the Presidency in 1873.
Wo have no doubt but that Gen. Han
cook will reocivc the nomination for Gov- j
ernor if he will consent to the use of his 1
name in the nominating Convention. We i
arc inclined to doubt, however, his accept- ‘
aucc.
“TIIK DAY \VK |IIOVT] t'KLKBBATK." \
The Negroes Knjoy the “Fourth” Alone.
PROCESSION AND SPEECHES.
. I
MODERATION THE ORDER OP THE IUY.
The fourth of July liaviug this year
laden on Sunday, Monday, the fifth of
the month, was observed throughout tl.o
Union as the anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence. Before the
war the people of the South looked for
ward to this day with the greatest pleas- j
ure, and entered into its celebration with
more ol earnestness aud genuine eutbu- j
si ism than the inhabitants of auy other |
section of iho Union. Sir.oo the organi- I
.-.ation of the Southern Confederacy, how- [
ever, and iho lour years of war waged in j
i.s del. ~e -though unsuoeessludy waged
the leehugs of the Southern people have
undergone a greet change in this respect. I
They no longer are inspired by the memc- !
ties which this day arouses in the breasts ot
the natives of the N.rth and West, and
the glorious "Fourth," unnoticed and un
honored by the whites, has been turned
over to iho exelusiv ; guardianship of the
freedinon. who, hot* ever, have heretofore
accepted the charge,and celebrated the day
in them >t approved manner. For the first
four times after the war, when the
"Fourth” arrived, the negroes would come
in throngs to Augusta from an area of
fifty or sixty miles around the city
aud monster processions of five or
mx thousand men would mar h through
the streets armed with guns, swords, pis
tols and -a.-.s, while the Parade Ground
and City H i Park would scarcely contain
the O': : s which would assemble to
hear the "speeches,” the inevitable ac
companiments of every demonstration in
this city.
THE PROCESSION
Ou yesterday, we suppose that not exceed
ing two 1 Ti.d J negro men and boys yore
in the j> r - —(xe.usive of the women
who trudge ai ■ a tile -dc walk—while
of arms, wc saw nothing save a few axes
carried by the members of what seemed to
be a company of pioneers. Tb .- procession
was formed about tea o'clock and marched
through the streets in the fallowing order :
First rode three colored ' gemmn,” ap
pa.-emly the bosses of the occasion, one >f
them as .okas a crow, riding a horse as
black as himself, clad in a uniform as blue
as the skies oi the Mediterranean, woilo a
gorgeous sash was tied around the waist of
the colored Napoleon. His two aids were
more modestly decked, wearing civilian's
clothes, but each adorned with a sash simi
lar to that worn by their leader. Follow
ing them came the music, behind which
marched the “Pioneers;" the Society of
Walters; tue Yeung M«*n * B*>n<»vnl»nt
Society; a Temperance Association, and
the tag, rag and bob-tail. On the two
sidewalks* large number x of uegro women
marched along and kept pace with the
procession.
• THE BANNERS.
First, of course, was a tremendous copy
of the “flaunting lie” borne by a double
; jointed son of Anak, a drayman ofthe city.
Following the “old rag” was a banner up
on which was emblazoned the rather trite
I motto, “Disunion and Slavery are no
i more;” the Waiter's Association carried
Ia flag with the letters, “U. S. W. A.,”
organized March 20th, 1869; the Benevo
lent Society “Y. M. B. A.” June 17, 1860;
a banner with the words “Band of Hope,”
i another one with the legend, “Won’t You
Volunteer,” evidently belongs to some
colored filibustering asiociation, to which
i we now call Preddent Grant’s attention, in
i order that he may arrest the members for
a violation of the neutrality laws; a flag
with “Cold Water Army” o it must have
! been borne by the patrons of Brayton &
Evan’s bar-room and was meant, we sup
pose, as a slur on the “refreshments” fur
| nished his guests by “John Allen, jr;”
“Freedom and Equality is our Motto” and
“Lincoln the Father of his Country and the
! Saviour of Our Liberties” were blazoned
I in letters of gilt on a couple of pennons
borne by dusky worshippers ofthe “late
lamented.”
THE CITY HALL PARK.
After the negroes had sufficiently enjoy
ed themselves inarching through the baking
streets, the procession entered the City j
Hall Park, where a large number of
“African maidi” and matrons had assem- t
bled, and where the speeches were to bo |
delivered by the invited orators.
EVOLUTIONS OF THE TROOPS.
In front of the City Hail the dusky col- j
utun halted, and the word of command was !
given by tho sable chiefian, “tensium but- I
talion! make reldy, butt ranks, march!
Banners to de fro Lt. ’ Owing, probably
to want of drilling, the ebony warriors did
not obey the command of their genera! as
well as might have been expected, and
things got a little mixed. The order to
“bust ranks” was obeyed so promptly and
the ranks exploded so promiscuously that
“banners to de front” couldn’t be very j
easily obeyed. After some little tima spent j
in endeavoring to make “de dam niggahs’
learn tactics,” matters were put to rights,
“dc banners” came to the front and every
body was ready to listen to the speeches
prepated by the orators of the occasion.
the speeches.
Or. the steps were a number of the negro
dignitaries, who lolled hack in their chairs
with a’l tho consciousness and affectation
of their white brethren on such occasions.
Five or six whites were also present on the
platform—Ben. CoDly, Vaughn, S. P.
Spillman, J. E. Bryant, A B. Smith and
J. M. Rice. The exercises of the day were
commenced by the reading of the Declara
tion of Independence and tho Emancipa
tion Proclamation—the reading being per
formed by Boleher, the negro Assessor.
Tho first speaker was a negro by the
name of Harmon, who congratulated the
crowd upon “lurnin out on dis ere noble
uccasion. lam not guine to gib you ony
liirmul norashun ; but I does feel dat it
am became my duty to gib to you sum few
’liminary obsgiva'ions on dis glorius jubi
lee uv our nashun’s freedum. Owin to de
sac dat de fourth of de munt happin to
came on a Sunday, wo is celumbratin to
day preparatory to de fourth. The subjic
upon which I shill preajucate myself,
shill be in respec.s to do race ob which I
hab de honor to be a member. It am
charged by desponsibul parties in dis State
dat da cullurcd man am not de friend of
de white folks; but I, as a indiwiduil,
rodigniotly inject to dis objurgation, an
deny dat such am de sac, I say dat de cul
lured peepul hab no sich feelins, an dey
neber tiuk to fitc do white man ; but if
dcro am any sich feelin o’ ranimusity it
come from de hrests of de former masters.
An I, as a indiwidual, am bound to say
dut I am ’stonished dat dis support hab
gone fort ober dis broad an happy lan ov
freedum. l)e only ting dat de cullered
peeple am invidius enuf to desire am dat
peace and good will shud resist ’twixt de
races ; an I feel insured dat strife neber
cum till de whiteman take de bread frum
de mout uv de cuilured infant.
THE ORATOR OF THt HAY.
J, W. Randolph, colored, was intro
duced as the “orator of tho day,” and
spoke, as nearly as we could report it, as
follows :
Fellur citizens : I amonabulto rispond
to your call and am compelled to say dat
it am ’tirely onpossibul an out ub de ques
tion for me to ’liver any norashin on dis
occashun. lam labrin dis mornin onder
a very sebere infiicshun, uv hoarseness an
am in subsequence not in de exquisite con
disbun fur speakiii. 1 congratulate you
on de bery reposin number uv cullered
pussous dat I see heah on dis anniversary
uv de races freedum. lam proud dat so
much interest hab bin resibited by de
j American or de Anglo-African r„ce. In
seclusion f dink dat it suffice mejto make
i de objurgation dat dis am a butyful [day ;
dat dis am a butifuler reinonstration and
j dat, best uv all, I gib you de butifulest
I norashun of all And having delivered
j this modest perorati n, the orator of the
‘ day drank six dippers of water, wiped his
sable brows and took his seat amidst the
j applause <>f his delighted audience.
REV. CARPET-BAGGER SPILMAN.
llev. Carpet-bagger Spilman, whose re
cent adventure at Waynesboro has so fired
the Northern heart, was the next speaker.
The Reverend carpet-bagger is a young
man of most villainous aspect—having the
appearance of an escaped convict and the
brogue of a deown east Yankee. The Rev.
1 carpet-bagger professed to have the most
unbounded love for what he was pleased lo
| term “our own Mutiny South-ah." He
I told a pathetic story of a young Confed
! erate soldier whose life he had saved upon
the bloody battle field of Shiloh-ah, aud
who, when the war was over-ah, emigrated
to Brazil-ah; but soon came back and
wrote the Rev. Carpet-bagger that this was
the best Government the sua ever shone
upon ah. He hoped that the whites and
: blacks would always get along pleasantly
ah, and that there would be no troubloflic
tween the raees-ah. But the colored peo
ple must have their rights and privileges-ah,
and if the State government did not give
’em to’em ah, the United States govern
! ment would-ah! At the conclusion of
I Spilman’s address an unknown negro was
introduced. He rode the eagle-bird, and
mounted aloft furiously for about thirty
five seconds, and then was taken out to
the pump, perspiring marking ink and
thoroughly exhausted.
SPEECH OP MAYOR RI'SSELL.
In response to reported calls. Mayor
Russell came forward an 1 addressed a few
remarks to the freedmen. He said that he
: had no idea of being called on tr speak;
; but, as he was up, he would make a few
remarks with reference to the hostility
which a previous speaker said existed be
tween the races. He thought this feeling
was fast dying out, and that it was to the
interest of both parties that good feeling
should take its i lace- It was true that
there were bad men on both sides who
•aused trouble; but he would assure the
colored men if they behaved themselves
the true white men would always
stand by them. Lot the deid past bury
its dead. Let us show the world how well
.Le two races can live urn .her. He ad
vised the negroes to be patient and they
should have all fliea' iifthts They must
no: be in a hury to crawl to the *op of the
ladder, but wait awhile and ail would be
well. They must not think the whites
were their enemies, for they were
their friends, and their mutual pros
perity depended upon the preservation of
good ieeliug. He bade them behave
themselves and they would be treated
kindly. He gave to them his best wishes
. for their happiness, and hoped God would
bless them all.
CONLEY SAYS “a FEW WORDS.”
Calls were ntxt mads for Conley, aid
alter some little delay, caused by a diffi
j culty iu navigating with his fiat boats
j among the crowd, a passage was cleared
! and the feet reached the stand in safety.
! Os course he had no ilea of speakieg, but
would merely make a few remarks. lie
wa-, delighted to see so many colored per
sons present at the celebration. He
heartily endorsed ail that Mayor Russell
had said ; he saw nc reason why the
whites and blacks shouid'nt live peaceably
together, and he hoped that in luture
they would do so. This was the great day
of the nation, a- a he congratulated the
colored people upon the manner in which
they celebrated it.
A. B. .SMITH’S ORATION.
One A. B. Smith, a bad likeness of
Foster Blodgett, personally, was next
called upon and made a very conservative
speech, delivered with a horribly Yankee
accent. He commenced by rejoicing at
h aring the music of the yßolian harp
among the trees, and at beholding the sea
of upturned faces before him. There were,
he said, three things which he loved.
First, he loved his God ; second, he loved
ail of his fellow men, and third, he loved
the dear old fl ag of his country, and he
was thankful that the blacks, too, bad at
last been permitted to bask in freedom
beneath its fold-. He was delighted with
the speech of Mayor Russell, and his heart
beat in sympathy with his. He honestly
believed that the whites liked the negroes;
he had travelled much through Georgia,
and had always found the white man the
beet friend of the colored people. Though
he might differ with the white men of
Georgia politically, yet he was forced to
believe that if the negro’s rights were ever
threatened, they would stand forth to pro
tect them. All the stories which are gotten
up about bad feeling between the races
and to cause that feeling, were gotten up
by designin 'parties and were mean politi
cal dodges. He believed the time was fast
coming when all would live iu harmony to
gether. He regretted that so few whites
were present on this occasion. He thought
that they should honor the day and the
flag, and hoped that tho time would soon \
come when every citizen of Augusta would j
rally around the Stars and Stripes. He j
knew tho negroes were ignorant, but they
were susceptible of great improvement, j
They must educate themselves and show
by obeying the law that they are fit to
govern themselves. They mu3t must put
their shoulders to the wheel and work
faithfully for their employers. Heeon
oludcd by praying that God would assist
them and save their souls.
SKOWHEGAN ON THE STUMP.
Bryant succeeded Smith and made a I
speech almost equally Conservative, fie :
said he was glad to be able to address them j
on that day ; for just ninety years ago was |
that declaration signed declaring all men
free and equal. The colonies then waged j
a war with Britain tad conquered, fighting j
for this very prime .de of equality. Fori
nut' y years the South took this declaration
as applying only to whites ; the North
thought it included the negroes also. The
likes between the two parties were n ore
and more closely drawn until at last the
nation split and war came. The hosts met
in battle and up to January, ’63, the South
was successful ; but at that time came
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and
then the tide changed. The soldiers of (
tho South fought bravely and honestly but j
they were vanquished and the stars and j
bars weut down. The Southerners were a
brave people ; but they were conquered.
Thun came a contest of ideas which has
lasted four years, but which has, at last, I
been terminated by the recent decision of
the Supreme Court. The colored people
at last had the right to hold office and
equal political rights with the whites. He
believed it to be just that all men Bhould ;
enjoy these rights and he was glad that he
could now say wiLh truth that he lived in j
the land of the free. He knew that but [
few whites liked this state of affairs ; but j
he wanted to see the day when all the whites
would like it. Although this was the case
the negroes must not act violently. Ideas
could not be implanted in the whites by
force and bayonets. Violence would do
no giod. Tho negroes must remember
that the whites were as honest in their
opinions as they were. They must con
vince the Democrats that the Republicans
were right and then they would all live
peaceably together and wc woull have a
good country. He, himself, had always
believed that the negroes had a right to
hold office aud was glad that it had been so
decided. Education was now what the
negroes needed; this was (he all-important
thing. They need not fear having their
| right to hold office abridged. Ia 1865
they feared they would lose their freedom,
but he told them better ; and now he told
them they would never lose the right to
vote and hold office. Tho Constitution,
would be soon ameuded so that these privi
leges would bo forever secure. He ap
pealed to the foreigners, aud especially the
| Irishmen, to tell why they came to this
country? if it was not in search of liberty ?
Were not their hopes in the stars and
stripes; and was not the flag to them an
emblem of liberty ? A few years ago a
party tried to take away the Irishman’s
i rights, but couldu’t do.it; to-day they try
| to take the n°gro’s rights, and this can’t
Ibe done. Aud now he wanted the Irish to
know that if ever half came to Ireland it
will come from the Republican party.
Another great conte;t was coming on now
that the others had been finished. This
was the contest for free education. Many
wealthy people were opposed to educating
the poor whites and blacks; but free eduon
tion was needed, aud we must have it. It
is found in the North, and must, also, be
found in the South, and its good influence
will so in show the negroes fit to hold of
fice. Id conclusion, he begged the colored
people to pledge anew their fealty to the
great party which had given them rights
and equality.
PAY AND VOTE.
At the conclusion of Bryant’s address,
White (black) called tho attention of the
negroes to the recent action of the Grand
Jury, with reference to defaulting tax
payers, and advised ye colored men to
down with their dust, in order that they
might vote at the next election.
NEGROES ACTING LIKE PEOPLE.
Benton, colored, was the next speaker.
He did't like Judge Warner’s idejs about
negro eligibility tooffiee, and thought that
the sooner they were put down the better
it would be. He advised the negroes to be
industrious; it wouldn't do to let the white
people do all the work. He congratulated
young Africa for the zeal displayed on the
occasion, and hoped that they would pros
per. He had one word for Mayor Russell:
he thanked God that one white man had
such ideas as he had, all would then be
well. He thought the colored people were
doing finely. He had jus: made a trip to
the country, and found some of them act
ing just like white people —raising ten
bales of cotton to the acre.
After Benton closed, the miserable car
bet-bagger incendiary, J. M. Rice, made a
short speech to the negroes, in which he
displayed as much of his venom as he
dared, aud tried to inflame the negroes as
much as possible against the whites. We
1 do not care to ptint the cur’s remarks on
the occasion.
This wound up the ceremonies and the
negroes, forming again in procession, left
the Park. As tar as we could learn they
conducted themselves in the most orderly
manner during the day, and we gladly
give them credit for their good behavior.
Machine Poetry. —The machine was
started on the 30th of June and ran a few
moments. The journa’s becoming red hot
;it stopped. Here is what it produced :
The Poets may sing
Os the glorious Spring,
And the beauties of Summer, too;
Hut as for myself, me;
It's a thing I can't see,
With the 'mercury at 102.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1860
ORAM’S POSTMiSTER.
Turner Arrested f>r Passing Bogus
Money.
HIS CONFEDERATE ALSO IN LIMBO.
On the nineteenth of last month a
, mulatto woman from Hancock county,
named Marian Harris, stopped in this city
I on her way from \S ashington, aod suc
ceeded in passing about §450 on the mer
j chants of Augusta in “b 11s on the First
National Bank of Jersey City, which had
; been stolen from the Treasury in Wash
ington while unsignei and the President’s
and Cashier’s signatures forged. On the
Wednesday succeeding Mr. Mullarky
; found that the bills were worthless, and,
i pursuing the woman to Atlanta, had her
! arrested. At the time of her arrest there
was found on her person $95 J of tho bad
| bills- and $467 of good currency. The
proof against her, we suppose, not being
sufficiently strong, she was dis
i charged, after restoring nearly all the
* money of which she had robbed the
I merchants here. Oa Thursday Mr.
Murphey, of the Atlanta Police, arrived
I here and returned on the night of that
: day, taking with him Lieutenant Purcell,
of the Augusta force, to assist him in un
ravelling the plot, as heretofore it had been
I found impossible to get anythirg outof her,
I and it was thought that by bringing her to
1 this city, where the crime was committed,
I that operations could be conducted with a
better hope of success. Oa Friday morn
ing L*eut. Purcell reached Atlanta and
immediately re-arrested the woman on a
warrant issued by United States Commis
sioner Smith. On Friday night he took
the cars with her and started home, but
when the train reached Union Point be re
ceived a dispatch from United States Mar
shal Srnythe directing him to return with
his prisouer to Atlanta. On receiving this
message Lieut. Purcell transferred the
woman to the up-night train and went
back to that oily. On the cars, we are in
formed, the woman’s courage gave way
and she made a clean breast of the whole
transaction.
She stated that some time since she
went North with a lady from Maeon,whom
she left soon after her arrival in Philadel
phia. She said that she formerly knew H.
M. Turner intimately when they both liv
ed in Hancock county and meeting him
North the intimacy was resumed- She
travelled a good deal between Washington
and Philadelphia and often saw Turner in
the former city. On a day between tho
first and the fifth ot June, Turner gave to
her in Washington between $1,600 and
$1,700 of this spurious currency, which
she had been passing, instructed her how
to get rid of’ it and made her promise to
divide with him tho good money she re
ceived. Sho then returned to Philadelphia
and from that time to the tenth was in
constant correspondence with Turner on
tho subject. On the tenth of the month
sho started to Georgia. She passed SIOO
of the money in WilmingtoD, where
she stopped several days, SIOO at
another place and finally $450 in th’is city,
as stated above.
Lieut. Purcell and the woman arrived in
Atlanta on Saturday morning, where the
accused secured the services of several
fine lawyers—among others, Hon. B. H.
Hill, General L. J. Gartrell and' Colonel
Luther Glenn. After an examination be
fore United States Commissioner Smith,
at which the woman still testified against
Turner, a warrant was issued for the ar
rest of the latter, and the authorities in
Macon telegraphed to secure him. This
warrant was placed iu the hands of Lieut.
Purcell and-one of the Deputy United
States Marshall, and the party immediate
ly left fjr Macon, arriving there on Satur
day evening. The officers found Turner
seated in the Postoffice, and at once ar
rested and hand cuffed him. The same
evening he was placed in the cars, carried to
Atlanta and placed in confinement in the
military barracks. Turner seemed much
dejected when arrested, an 1 manifested a
good deal of trepidation.
The examination of the two prisoners
commenced yesterday morning in Atlanta
beloro tbe United States Commissioner,
but the proceedings are as yet kept secret,
as other parties may be complicated who
have not yet been arrested.
New Books.
Our New West. Records of Travel be
tween the Mississippi River aud the
Pacific Ocean, with details of the Scen
ery, Mines, Agriculture and Social Life
of the New States and Territories. By
Samuel Bowles. E. Nebhut, pub
lisher, Social Circle, Ga.
We have received from the publisher a
copy of the work bearing the above writ
ten title. It is u very interesting and well
written book of travels, giving an account
of the wanderings of the writer aud a few
companions in that part of the United
States now known as tue New West, com
prising that region of country situated be
tween the Mississippi River and the Pacific
Ocean. The recent completion of the cen
tral Pacific and the Union Pacific Rail
ways, which, uniting, form a continuous
chain from Chicago to San Francisco, has
opened to the world all that vast extent of
territory—comprising in area more than
half of the United States—lying between
the waters of the Missouri and the West
ern Ocean, which has hitherto been, save
to the Indian tribes of the forests and
prairies, and a few adventurous white men,
terra incognita■ Os the wonderful re
sources of these regions the great mass of'
American readers know almost nothing.
; Che urghty river 3 , one of which —the Co
lumbia-, is but little smaller than the great
“Father of Waters”—their forests and
the ; rairies, or land oceans, the snow
capped summits of the Rocky Mountains
—tho American Alps—the gorges and
canons, the mineral and agricultural re
sources of this vast territory are as unfa
miliar to the American citizen as the
jungles of Central Africa or the steppes of
Siberia. This book of Mr- Bowles, then,
coming at the time it does, is calculated to
supply a great public want, and will be
found an exceedingly valuable volume to
i those who desire a knowledge of the
"New West,” and to those tourists
who, Dot content to receive informa
tion at second hand are desirous of seeing
the country for themselves. It presents
to us, in a very attrattive form, the results
of two years ramblings in the region de
serted He gives U3 vivid pen pictures of
the Central Parks and mountains of Col
j orado—the American Switzerland ;of the
i Utah Mormons and their polygamy and
I political pretensions ; of the Sierra Ne
vada and their scenery in California, in
i’ eluding the wonderful valley of the Yo
j Senite and its neighboring groves of mani
, moth trees ; of John Chinaman and Lis ■
place in the industry, denies tie life, and
1 business of the Pacific States; of the
; scenery of the Columbia, the wonderful
river that breaks through continental
ranges of mountains : of the condition of
mining andagriculture in the States of
| Colorado, Nevada, Oregon aui California;
and of the grand commercial and indus
trial future which awaits this new Empire
l of the West. Nothing seems to have
; been left uatolu which would, in any de
j gree,aid to the information or amusement
! of the reader.
Tae typographical appearance of the
| work is very handsome and corresponds
| weil with the contents. It is handsomely
illustrated with full-page engravings de
scriptive of the scenery and incidents of
j the travels.
The book is for sale by the publisher, J.
Nebhut, Social Circle, Georgia.
Railroad Iron. —The Georgia Railroad
is transporting two thousand tons of rail
road iron for the Wills’ Valley Railroad,
and four hundred tons for the road from
Knoxville into Kentucky. The iron is
i shipped from New Y’ork.
The I'. 8. Mfnisterto Madrid.
The World, and other papers North, are
raking up the filthy and criminal antece
dents of Dan Sickles, U. S. Minister to
Madrid, and denouncing the Grant faction
for appointing such a man to represent the
Government abroad. We look at thig
matter from a different stand-point. There
was a time in the history of this country
when it weuld be a shame and a disgrace
to send such a character as Sickles even to
the Couit of Dahomey, were such a mis
sion on the slate. But the case is differ
ent now, and Sickles is, in our opinion, a
very creditable representative of the
present government, especially the pres
ent administration. We c3nnot, therefore,
well understand hew it is that the World
is so persistent in its denunciation of,
Sickles when the man possesses the neces
sary qualifications to truly represent the i
miserable sham which now constitutes |
this*so-called Republican government.
The editor says :
“It is a great abuse and prostitution of
our foreign missions to convert them into
asylums t’or broken reputations. They are
instituted for the public good, not for the
private advantage of male Magdalens.
Those who think General Sickles has, in
some degree, redeemed his lost character,
might justifiably be wiling to see him the
ineumoent of some office which would
bring him into contact only with men,
and not give him a presumptive title to
special recognition by circles of which
self-respecting ladies aretbeKfe, grace and
ornament. But our government has no
right to thrust into foreign society a man
whom the social code of every civilized
community would exclude. It has no
right to give him a diplomatic position as
a means of forcing his way through the
barrier of a social o-tracism. It hais no
right to assume an insolent dictation over
that class of tbreign society with whom a
minister ought to mingle to be of any ser
vice to his own country Whether he shall
reeive invitations, and whether his own
invitations shall be accepted, are purely
social questions to be freely decided by
tho voluntary choice of the society to
which he is sent; and nothing could be
more unwise, or more insufferable, than
for our Government to assume to change
or revise the ordinary code of social ethics
in a foreign capital, and demand the ad
mission on official grouucb of a man who
would be spurned and excluded for his
personal character.”
If the ordinary code, or any other code
of respectability, was observed in foreign
capitals, there would be very many vacan
cies in the foreign missions. Sickles,
Kilpatrick and others of the same stamp,
who now rep.esentthisgovernmentabroad,
arc about a fair average of the respecta
bility of the Radical party, and we can,
therefore, see no great objection on the
score of indecency, for the reason that tho
same objection would be applieableto their
successors. The strictures of tho World
audits objections to the appointment of
Sickles are not well taken, because a
change from the same source would not
help the matter. Sickles’ character is as
good as Kilpatrick’s and Kilpatrick’s-is as
good as any of the others. The thing can
not, therefore, be remedied except in one
way : The people of the North must ap
ply the remedy— restore the government
to its originalstatus; give the people of the
South their rights ; and place the govern
ment in the bauds of patriots and states
men. Until you do this your Sicklescs and
your Kilpatricks are just the very men to
represent you and your government in tho
Courts of Europe.-
Chinese Immigration.
The Statesman , in commenting upon a
recent article published in the Galaxy in
relation to the probable tide of Chinese
immigration soon to set in to this country,
says that it is a subject well worthy of the
gravest consideration. The rapid influx
ofthe Chinese, notwithstanding the great
discouragements to their immigration
into the Pacific States, their power of living
and multiplying under circumstances that
would insure the extinction of Caucasians,
tho certainty that the disabilities under
which they now suffer will be removed so
soon as it becomes worth the while of
political parties to bid for their vote, which
will insure the arrival ot every new multi
tude from the teeming soil of China; al
these facts point to a time, and that not far
distant, when not merely the balance, but
the preponderance of power in these States
will be held by the Chinese, and when all
this section of the continent —itself an
empire—will be Mongolised.
There are two sides to tiris very grave
question. In the first place, it cannot be
denied that as immigrants, merely, there
are none better than the Chinese. They
arc peaceful, law-abiding, sober, and
thrifty. As laborers, though physically
weak, for tho most part, they are indus
trious, intelligent, docile, contented with
moderate wages, and able to subsist in
good health on a minimum of food, and
that of a cheap kind. Chinese labor has
rendered enterprises possible that were
impossible without it, and made under
takings profitable that before were help
lessly bankrupt. There is no doubt that
a large Chinese population will add in
calculably to the material wealth of the
Pacific slope.
But there is another and a higher view
than the pecuniary one. A large Chinese
population will of necessity be admitted
to political equality, which will tring so
cial equality in its train. The mixing of
the races cannot -be avoided, nor its
consequence, a hyorid population. As this
writer puts it: “the teeming population of
our hemisphere two or ffiree centuries
hence may have more Citings and Changs
in their genealogical trees, than Smiths
and Browns; for, other things being equal,
the predominant blood will be that of the
race best able to maintain an undiminished
rate of increase.” This he calls a process
of Americanising the Chinese : we call it
I Mongnlising the Americans.
When we consider of how transcendent
importance is this question of race, how
far, not merely our own prosperity,
freedom and progress, hut those of the
whole world, depend upon the brain and
nervous system of the conquering and en
lightening race, and that hybridity of this
kind, once introduced, can never again be
culminated—it is well worthy considera
tion if it is not too heavy a price to pay,
even for billions of bushels of wheat and
casks of wine—yes, for the weight of the
whole Sierra Nevada in solid gold.
The Bread Supply.
The statistics of 1868 show that in that
year the United States produced 980,000,-
000 bushels of wheat and corn, or about
28 bushels per capita. Os this amount
only 18,000,000 bushels, or about two per
cent, of the entire yield, were exported. In
thesameyear the five lake ports of Chicago,
Milwaukie, Toledo, Detroi" and Cleveland
received 84.500,000 bushels of corn and
wheat, which they shipped to the East,
18.000.000 buohehs going abroad, anu
1 06,500,000 bushels being ceusaaiod in this
ountry.
A comparison between the Eastern and
Western States shows that the former have
to rely upon the latter for their supply of
bread. In 1868, the New England States,
Pennsylvania and New York, with a pop
ulation of 8,965,453, produced 68,133,489
bushels of com and 22,289,620 bushels of
wheat, together worth §136,221,261. The
statistics of each of the above States show
that while Pennsylvania produces corn and
wheat to the value ol §l9 for each of its
inhabitants, and New Y'ork to the value of
§ls, Massachusetts produced only s2l,
and Rhode Island s3l, Vermont produces
812, Maine s4i, New Hampshire 85, and
! Connecticut $6.
The four Western States, lowa, Hli
i nois, Ohio and Michigan, with a popula
tion of 6,186,806, produced in 1868 of
corn 320,200,985 bashels, and of wheat
61,785,539 bushels, together valued at
8324,104,803. Os these four States,
lowa raises of corn and wheat the value of
$72 to each inhabitant, Illinois, S6O; Ohio,
$35, and Michigan, SSO; or altogether
they produce 62 bushels to each inhabit
ant. The New England States, New
York and Pennsylvania, taken together,
produce tea bushels to each inhabitant,
and rely for the rest upon the surplus
which comes from the lake ports.
Expiration of U. S, Senators’
Terms. —The terms of Senators Yates,
Gtimes, Ross, McCreery, Fessenden,
Wilson, Norton, Thayer, Cragin, Cattail,
Anthony, Fowler, Williams, of Oregon,
and Howard, of Michigan, expire March
4, 1871, aod most of the elections for their
successors will take place next year. Great
interest is, therefore, manifested iu the
election of certain State Le rislaturos this
Fall. The fight has already commenced
for Cragin’.s place in New Hampshire, for
Grimes’ place iu lowa, and for Fowler’s
place in Tennessee, and in Rhode Island
the little Sprague swears that the great
Anthony shall not have another lease of
official life iu Washington.
Singular Medical Case —A South
ern Georgia paper records one of tho most
curious and iateresting medical cases
which have ever come to light. No one
who has not read it will think of doubting
its entire truth. It appears that a Ger
man, living at “Cracker’s Neck,” was
for several years afflicted with a terrible
thirst, which water would tot allay, and
doctors could not. At last a “Uroscopic
doctor”—whatever that may be—came to
the conclusion that the man was troubled
with worms, and gave him an emetic, on
which he threw up ton fish worms, three
lamprey eels, seven crawfish, one mud
turtle, five lizards, two tree frogs, one bull
snake, a section of worm fence, and the
worm of a copper still containing sixteen
coils. Ho at once complained of being
better, and has steadily improved ever
since.
Arrest of Counterfeiters.—Wc are
informed, by a dispatch from Washington,
that Col. Whitby, Chief Detective in the j
service ofthe Uaited States Treasury, as
sisted by John Clarvoe, his principal at- I
tache, has mado arrests in Maryland,
Pennsylvania, New York aod several
Western States, of counterfeiters and
counterfeit money, plates, presses, dies
and other materials. About one dozen
men altogether have been arrested in the
last six weeks. The Indiana gang were ar
rested some days ago near Fort Wayne,
while engaged in making money; 400 000
counterfeit notes of twouty-five cent cur
rency were seized, with twelve sets of steel
plates, fifty sets of dies, several presses,
and a lot of iuk and other material. A
number of important arres's and seizures
lately made will be given to tho public in a
few days, which will show the complicity
of expert counterfeiters equal to anything
ever before heard of in this or any other
country. The twenty-five cent counter
feit note, just captured, is a finished imita
tion, and a large amount of it has been
circulated by tbe gang. The late arrest of a I
Government officer in Western New York,
who was found to be in complicity with
Sims, promises developments of great im
portance to the secret service. It is said
that Sims’ friends expended $20,000 to ob
tain his pardon several years ago.
Progress of the South Georgia and
Florida Railroad.—The first train load
of iron for the above road arrived at
Thomasville, from Savannah, on Saturday
evening last, and the work of track laying
commenced near the Thqmasville depot
Thursday morning.
Dalton and Morgantown Railroad.
Mr. Edward White, President, and the
Chief Engineer of this road, are out on a
recounoisanca of the route for a couple of
weeks, when the plans will be drawn and
an early survey commenced.
The Wheat Crop.—The Griffin Star
says that the wheat product of 1869 has
seldom been equalled. Abundant crops
have been produced in tbe West, and in
the South the yield was never better.
Prices in Tennessee rule at about $1;. in
North Georgia, atsl 50 ; iu this vicinity,
at about $1 25. Os course prices will re
main unsettled until the crop comes in
more freely.
The Charleston Opera House Fails.
—The Charleston Courier says : We had
hoped to chronicle the completion of an
Opera House by next Fall. We hpd hop
ed to see a proper exhibition of the legiti- •
mate drama. We had hoped to see our
business increased, and real estate in the
city enhanced in value. But Charleston
loses all these golden opportunities because
her merchants and business men cannot
raise ten thousand dollars.
A Georgia Patriarch.—There died
at his residence, in Clinch county, Ga., on
the Bth of April last, Samuel Register,
aged S3 years and 9 months, lie was by
occupation a farmer—a useful man, be
loved by his friends and respected by all.
He had seven sons and seven daughters—
one hundred and twelve grandchildren,
and one hundred and fifty-five great grand
children, making in the aggregate an in
teresting family of two hundred and eighty
one souis.
“The XIX Century”—July Num
ber. —We Lave received the July number
of this sparkling Southern Monthly, and
find not an uninteresting page between its
covers. Old soldiers of both armies will
be especially pleased with Confederate
Reminiscences of the War, which are writ
ten in no sectional spirit. The “Adven
tures of Blockade Runners” is anew and
attractive field of literature. All will read
with pleasure the tales ui‘ V tshriu Sarmin,
which embody Sanscrit Wit and Wisdom ;
while the articles on Duels and Duelling,
Intellectual Growth in the Southern States,
the tale from the Old Lawyer’s Port-Foiio,
the Talmud, the racy Editorial, the Scien
tific and Agricultural Department, the
“Dishes and Spoons” for ladies, the Jum
ble of Sense and Nonsense, and lastly, the
funDy caricatures of South Carolina militia,
entitled “Scott’s Tactics —Revised Edition
Printed in Colors,” present as rare and
varied a table of contents as is to be found
in any magazine in the country.
“The XIX Century ” may be found at
thestoresof Geo. A. Oates and D. Quinn’s.
Yearly subscription $3.50, Single num
bers 35 cents.
The French Cable. —The French cable,
it is now said, will not be landed on the
Jersey shore. The Great Eastern will
probably arrive at the island of Sc. Pierre,
near the south coast of Newfound'and, in
the first week in July, and notice to navi
gators has been issued as a warning
against collision. The Great Eastern will
proceed no further than St. Pierre. From
that point the cable will be taken up by
the steamers Scanderie and Chiltern ,
which will land the shore end at Duxbury,
Mass., about the first of August. Dux
bury is a town of four or five thousand in
habitants, in Plymouth county, thirty-six
miles south' ast of Boston. It is about six
miles from the railroad station at Ply
mouth, and, in consequence of its retired
situation, has hitherto been little known.
As the western terminus sis the Brest cable,
however, the place in importance.
Coolies Coming to South Carolina.
—The Bennettsville Journal says: We
were pleased to notice, a lew days ago, a
number of Englishmen and others, gentle
men of capital, on our streets, in search of
land, with a view to purchase and settle in
the district. We understand that these
gentlemen have in contemplation the pur
| chase of several tracts of land, and will in-
I troduce the Chinese hborers t<s cultivate
the soil. We hope they will succeed in
1 i heir object.
I Sales at the Market.—’Tesday was
the first Tuesday in July and legal'sale
day for the county of Richmond- The
crowd at the Market House was not as
large as is usually the case on such occa
sions, and consequently the bidding was
; not so spirited. There were no sales of
real estate by the City Sheriff, and but
j little offered by the auctioneers. Some of
that which was put up had to be with
drawn for want of a bid. and the property
sold was generally knocked down at ex
tremely low figures.
- A small quMtiiy of stock and a few sec
ond hand vehicles wore sold at tolerably
! fair prices. ■
Below we give our usual monthly r.eport
of sales at the market commencing with
the sales by- the City Sheriff:
SALES BY ISAAC LEVY.
City Lots No. 274, 275, 3io, 371, 372,
373 and 469, situated on Taylor and Cal
houn streets. Sold at five hundred dollars
each to Perkins & Bro.
House and lot situated on the Southeast
corner of Ellis and Centre streets. The
lot’s dimensions being 102 feet by 139 feet.
Sold for four thousand five hundred dol
lars to George T. Barues.
Three one-story frame houses, built on
leased land, on the corner of Washington
and Calhoun streets. The first sold for
thirty-two ; the second for twenty-six, and
the third for forty-two dollars.
BY BIGNON & CRUMP, C. V. WAi-KER, AUC
TIONEER.
One house and lot on the Sand Hills.
The building having ten rooms and twenty
one acres of land attached. Sold for four
thousand dollars to A. C. Dortic.
The steamer Hard Times, as she lay- at
the wharf, with ail her apparel, tackle and
furniture. Sold to John A. Moore for
five hundred and five dollars
The house and lot on the south side of
Greene street,between Jackson and Camp
bell. The lot fronting 55 feet on Greene
and running back to Telfair street. Sold
to R. L. Agnew for nine thousand nine
hundred dollars.
Oue house and lot situated on Jones st.
The lot fronting 60 feet on Jones and run
ning back to Reynolds. Sold to Mr. Wil
son for four hundred dollars.
Freeman’s warehouse and lot, situated
on the west side of Campbell, between
Jones and Reynolds streets. Fronting 189
feet and running back 167 feet. Bid in at
ten thousand dollars.
House and lot five miles from the city.
The lot containing eighty-seven acres of
land Bid in at fifteen hundred dollars.
A lot of land in Cherokee county con
taining forty acres was sold to D. T. Cas
tleberry at 20 cts per acre.
One hundred and ninety acres of land
ia the same county were sold to Samuel
Levy at 1 acts per aero.
Two or throe thousand acres of land in
Appling county were sold, in lot.-', to C. F.
McCay at prices ranging from 16ets to
18ets per aero.
BY DAY & DICK, C- B. DAY, AUCTIONEER.
The Banking House and lot of’ the Me
chauies’Bank situated on the North side of
Broad, between Washington and Centre
streets. Tho building a large three story
house w-ith granite front. Cost over
$20,000 to build it. Sold to Dr. 11. 11.
Steiner for seven thousand and seven hun
dred dollars.
Two hundred and forty-eight and a half
shares of Columbia & Augusta Railroad
flock were sold in very small lots at the fol
lowing prices.: sll (old) sllj, slli, sll|,
SIIJ, SIIJ, sl3f, sl3, sl3l, sl3,
sl2l.
One house and lot situated in the Mauge
Survey, corner of Lawrence and Mill
streets. Lot measuring 100x208 feet.
Sold to J. 11. Kcegin for two hundred and
thirteen dollars.
The Cuban Revolution.—lt is re
ported that the Catalonian voiunteors
guarding the line of the Neuvitas Railroad
have mutinied and refused to guard the
line any longer. They demanded of the
Colonel to be placed in active service. The
Colonel presented .the claim to General
Letona, at Puerto Principe. The latter
immediately arrested the Colonel. The
volunteers then marched to Puerto Prin
cipe, liberated their Colonel and seized and
imprisoned Letona. It is expected that
the Catalonian and local volunteers will
try to shoot General Letona.
Recent advices from Cuban sources state
that after the recent repulse the
Spanish forces in the Cinco Villas district
were reinforced by 2,000 men, regulars
and volunteers, which increased the gov
ernment forces to nearly double that of
the Cubans, and they we re compelled to
retreat. Several small bodies were cap
tured by the Spaniards, one body number
ing eighty-five men. Among the latter
were a number of Americans, all of whom
are reported to have been executed by or
der of General Lesca, who, it is said, is
the commander of the expedition, im
mediately after their capture. Nearly all
the large plantitions in the district have
been destroyed. It is repci ted that the
Cuban General is concentrating Lis forces
to meet ibis column under Losca, and that
news of a decisive battle is expected every
day.
New Cars on the Columbia & Au
gusta Railuoad.—On Tuesday morning
we receiveu a dispatch from Mr. Bouk
night, Superintendent id' the Columbia k
Augusta Railroad, stating that the pas
senger train on tbit road yesterday even
ing would consist of several new coaches
just from the company’s v.-niksbops in Co
lumbia. On the arrival of the train We
visited the cars and were much pleased
w:th the very handsome appearance which
this production of Sou: her a workshops
presented. The train consisted of four
cars—a “ladies” coach, two-second-class
passenger coaches and a mail, baggage
and express car combined. •
The ladies’ car is of the pattern known
as the “mmitor,” is forty-five feet in
length, and will seat more than sixty pas
sengers. The major part of the wood
work is of ash, beautifully grained, while
the backs of the seats, panels and arms are
of maple. The window shades are of
poplar and are simply varnished, the wood
having a beautiful natural grain. The car
is handsomely furnished —the seats being
covered with crimson plush and the floor
with Brussels carpeting. In the ven
tilating apparatus are fifty or sixty panes
of handsome stained glass. The second
class car was very neatly fitted up, though
not so handsome as the obg first described,
lathe arrangement of the mail and bag
gage car everything ha.s been arranged
with an eye to convenience, and the build-,
ers have succeeded admirably. The mail
car especially looks like a miniature post
offioe, and is supplied with every hook,
drawer or compartment that the agent
could desire. The outsides of the cars are
paruted with the best English orange
chrome, and, though the color is by no
means a pretty one, we are told that it is
more durable than any other that could
have been used for this purpose.
We were told by Mr. Woife, the con
ductor, that all of these cars are of South
ern workmanship—that everything about
them was made in the Company’s work
shops. The woods used—the maple,
poplar and ash—grew in the forests of the
Carolinas, and all the carpenter and iron
work was done in Columbia. We noticed,
as a decided improvement, a newly in
vented brake in U3e on this train, which
enables the brakeman to stop the train
much more easily than by the old system.
This train, we think, will compare favor
ably with any now in use on the Southern
liailroads. It returns this morning to
Columbia to take the stockholders of the
Road to the Convention, which meets to
i day in that city.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXYUI. No. 2m
The Steamship J. W. Everman.—
From the following paragraph, which we
| copy from the Philadelphia Age of Friday,
it will be seen that the steamship ./. IF.
Everman has been withdrawn from the
| Philadelphia and Charleston steamship
: line. Her place, however, is soon to be
supplied with another steamer, to be com
manded by Captain Snyder. The Age
i says:
Another Philadelphia steamship has
| gone to New Yoik, the favorite J. IF.
Everman, formerly ori the Souder’s line
j from this port to Charleston, S. O. She is
inteuded to run between Mew York and
Wilmington, N. C. Whether she has
changed owners we are unable to say. Her
place, however, on the Charleston (S. C.)
line will be filled by a fine new steamer
called Empire, to be commanded by Capt.
William Henry Snyder, who leaves the
Everman with, we understand, the whole
crew of the latter vessel. The Empire will
arrive in Philadelphia in a few days.
Grant’s Postmaster.—Through pri
vate sources, we learned yesterday that
the examination of 11. M. Turner and the
two negro women who have been arrested
recently for passing bogus money, is still
progressing before United States Com
missioner Smith, in Atlanta, The pro
ceedings are kept secret, for what reason
we don’t know, but wc are informed that
Turner confessed bis guilt, but implicates
a man in Washington city as being the
head of the affair. Efforts have also been
made to induce Lieut. Murphy to proceed
to Washington to arrest this party, hut he
has refused to go until he sees what dis
position will be made of Turner and his
associates. The extraordinary secrecy with
which the United States officials at Atlanta
are conducting what should be a public
examination, seems a little ominous, and,
we arc afiaid that some scheiiie is on foot
by which Turner will be enabhd to escape
from tbe punishment he should receive, if
he be guilty ofthe crime with which he is
charged. It would certainly be a bitter
mortification to President Grant if this
negro Turner, whom he appointed to
office in the face of such strong opposition
for no otner cause than that he teas a
negro, and a desire to hnmiliate the peo
ple of Georgia, should bo convicted of a
felony so soon after his installation in
office, and United states officers, as a
general thing, arc not very anxious to do
anything which would, perhaps, *offend
the head of the Government- We await
further developments to see if our suspi
cions will be confirmed.
Cruelty to Convicts. Colonel
Chr.stopber, the United States officer de
tailed by the War Department to investi
gate charges of cruelty to convicts made
against Grant, Alexander & Cos., contract
ors on the Macon & Brunswick Railroad,
was busy in this city yesterday taking affi
davits. A colored ticket of-leave convict
from the Macen & Brunswick Railroad,
named Smith, testified that on one occa
sion a negroconvict named Sutton recciv and
more than five hundred lashes for some
offence and that he died from the iff
the flogging. The same party also lesu
fled that on another occasion another
negro convict was flogged with such sever
ity that he died soon after. It is general
ly believed tliatthis testimony was “cooked
up” in this city before the arrival of Col.
Christopher; that when he goes to the Rail
road where the convicts are at labor he
will find that the charge of cruelty is en
tirely without foundation.
Murder in Floyd County.—From
the Rome Coijrier wc learn that a murder
was committed at the residence of Mr.
Hampton Penny, who lives near Judge U.
W. Thomas, in the lower part of that
county, last Sunday evening. David
Partin, a young man, killed Stiles Mont
gomery, a grandson of Bartley Montgome
ry, who was a sober, industrious young
man, about nineteen or twenty years old.
He was stabbed three times, either of which
would probably have proved fatal. The
origin of the difficulty is said to have been
about some woman. Partin made his es
cape.
Public Debt Statement.
The following is the recapitulation of the
statement of the public debt of the United
States, July 1, 1869, issued from the
Treasury at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon :
Debt Bearing Interest in Coin, viz :
Bonds at Spe-- cent., issued
bef.ire March 3d, 38 >4 .-.$ 27,022.000 00
Bonds at 5 per cent.(HMU’.-O
1 sued, uudur act of M >rch
3, 1364 191.567,30 > GO
Bonds of 188 1 at 6 p r cent. 283,677 500’00
5 20 bonds .wt 6 per c ‘nt...1,601,663,*<00 00
Debt bearing Interest in Lawful Money ,
viz:
CartiScates 3 per cent.. In
terest $ 52,120.000 00
]NavY pension fund, 3 per
cent, interest 14.000,0 0 00
Debt bearing no Interest, viz :
Demand and Legal-Tender
notes £56,056,832 00
Postal ands ractional Cur
rency 32 062.027 73
•Certitic tea oi nolo dep’ted 30 489,64 J 0 >
Debt on which internet
has ceaaed since maturity 5,063,883 64
Total debt—princ pal out
standing. $2,597,724 983 37
accrual, S4B 569,-
t ’93 79, It as amount oi in
ters .sr paid in advance,
$1,122,182 47 447 310 70
Total debt—princ : pil and
interest 2,615.170 294 16
Amount in Treasury.
Coin, belonging to Gov
rnent $ 79 710,072 62
Coin, for which cer ificat's
of deposits are outstand
ing 30.489 640 00
Cu r*ucv 87,097.818 89
S i.king fund in bon '* bear
ing coin in’ereat aud ac
crued iattrebt i-hereon.. 8,867,282 07
Amount of public debt.’es3
rash and sinkiug fund in
Ternary $2 499.002,480 58
Amount oi public debt, less
c isb and sinking iuad In
Treasury on the Ist ult.. 2,505,412,6:3 12
Decrease of pub ic debt
during the past, mouth... 1f,,1 0,132 54
Decrease since March Ist,
1869 30 400,779 43
The statement of bonds issued to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and
branches, interest payable in lawful money,
show totals as follows: Amount outstand
ing, $58,638,320; interest accrued and not
yet paid, $1,065,469 44; interest paid by
United States, $3,310,053 25; interest
repaid by transportation of mails, etc.,
$1,529,189 26; balance of interest paid
by United States, $1,780,863 99,
«UU TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENCE.
| SPECIAL CDBBttP.jrDKSCE OT THE CHBOS.’C'LE * hKJH INEL
On the Wing, July 3d, 1869.
Editors Chronicle k Sentinel:
On my arrivrl at Augusta I went to the
Globe Hotel, and found the courteous and
polite Pro arietors full of life and busy in
j their attention to every department of this
popular resort. This is the place to meet
and commingle with the people from all
parts of the country, to see fine looking
men and pretty girls, the fashion, taste and
etiquette that prevails, and yet as good if
not the best fare in the city. Here I had
the pleasure of greeting ex-Governor 11.
V. Johnson, oue of the best Executives
Georgia ever had. I shall never forget the
4th of July oration he delivered before the
military companies of Georgia in Mdledge
ville, in the year 1857. His genius never
took loftier "flights perhaps than on that
occasion, and the effort would have honot
ed the most renowned American states
man. Pity that wa can’t have such uieo
at the helm of public affairs nosvu-days.
In my stroll around, I called in to tee
Doctor Tutt’s celebrated Drug Store, an
elaborate description of which I cannot
pretend to give. It would take a mechani
cal and scientific genius, expert in sketch
ing, to give R-’ything like an accurate idea
of this magnificent institution. I regard
it as one of the great attractions of the
city, one that will do much to supplant
humbuggery and supply the public with
everything in the drug line of a genuine
character. The Doctor is doing a very
extensive importation business, and his
preparations may be relied on as pure and
good.
In connection with the store is a labora
tory with a chemical apparatus for fluid
extracts, also an apparatus of English in
vention which turns out 1,000 pills per
minute.
Dr. Tutt is a native of Georgia, a grad
uate of one of her leading literary institu
tions, and fully qualified for the high and
responsible position he sustains to the
public, and I bespeak for him a large
amount of the wholesale and retail trade of
the country.
i On Tuesday morning I left on the Au-
i :usta k Columbia Train fir Oramtevdie,
: 'outh Carolina. This town is known
1 'hroughout the Southern country as the
; site of an extensive C .fcton Factory
I did not have time to go t broach the
| »uildings, and had onL partial exterior
j observation, and consider them equal in
extent and finish to anyin the country,
i From this place I took the South Caro
j iua train to Akin, a place noted in days of
yore as a great Summer resort - for people
>f the low country, but more recently for
nvalids fyom the North during the Win
ter season. This town is situated on the
highest point of land anywhere between
Augusta and Charleston, being about 400
feet above the former, and 600 feet above
the latter city. Its elevated position, free
dom from malaria, and subjection to a high
ly oxygenated atmosphere make it a favor
ite resort for persons suffering with pul
monary diseases.
I learned that some who came there
trora the North last Fall thus effected,
looking pale and emaciated, returned home
m the Spring flushed with health and al
most entirely relieved. Mr. Smvser keeps
the hotel with special reference to the ac
coinmodation of such visitants and will
doubtless make them easy and comfortable.
From this place I went to Blaekville and
thence to Graham's Turnout; the former
is now the counfy site of Barnwell county.
They have done away with the district
system in South Carolina and nnw all are
denominated counties. The citizens were
eery courteous and polite to me indeed ;
full of talk about Georgia, eulogizing her
e yil affairs, but, of course, I could not
join them with a clear conscience and had
but little to say.
If Carolina has auy worse thieving and
swindling machines than those that curse
our beloved old Georgia, f pity her.
There was some excitement upon the
subject of organizing the Courts sutject to
the new law, which requires one-half the
jury to be negroes, and a moeiing was to
be held at Blaekville the following Monday
for that purpose. Some of the whites
declared they would not sit ou any such
juries, and if this feeling is general, per
haps all will he darkies. Such a system I
should think very trying to the i alienee of
his honor (if he has any), ana the bar. I
heard of a case where the Judge delivered
his charge, and told the foreman, a big
black fellow, to go up to the room and
not to oorne back again until he
found a verdict. He went to the room and
after searching every corner and.crevice
returned lo the judge and told him he
eculd’ut tiud qo verdic up dar. Perhaps
he was the fellow that said the Preacher
took his text in Paul’s book, on the St.
John’s river. 1 guess a system of govern
ment that ignores all qud fieation,
makes ignorance competent to responsi
bilityand position, is something new under
the sun. Our Carolina friends are quite
sanguine of a change from the present sys
tem of humbuggsry, and the inauguration
of a state of affairs more in keeping with
the civilization and refine i-ent of- the ago.
So mote it be!
Traveller.
HOLT.
IIE IS HANDLED WITHOUT GLOVES.
From the New York World.
It is stated in Washington that the con
temptible order just issued by the War De
partment, discharging “Hospital Steward
Tonry,” from the service of the United
States for marrying the daughter of the
murdered Mrs. Surratt, emanated from
the noble soul of Mr. Judge-Advocatc
-1 General Holt. Nothiug can be more
reliable. Ho t was one of the chief
agents in the murder ot Mrs. Surratt, and
the whole career of the man proves him to
bo capable of avenging his own crimes up
on the victims of those crimes, even to the
third and fourth generation. But we warn
General Rawlins that he cannot hope to
escape a share of the ineffable scorn and
indignation excited by so paltry a piece of
malignity if he suffers it to stand as per
petrated in his name and with his consent.
It is a disgrace to the nation that such a
person a9 Holt should be retained in its
service ; it is a disgrace to the army that
he should be suffered to wear its uniform;
it is a disgrace to hqnorable men that they
should permit, themselves even official in
tercourse with him. For the offences by
which-Holt has earned the infamy which
in history will attach to his name have
been offerees not only against the laws of
the land, such as partisan passion might
have provoked and partisan acts of Con
gress may condone, but against the laws
n! God, of humanity, and of honor. They
jrow their origin, not from a perverted in
tellect, but from a corrupt heart, and they
put their perpetrator into one category,
not with the Alvas and the John Knoxes,
but with the Yargasses and the Jef
freys of the past. In its small way this
wretched piece of spite, levelled at the
daughter of the woman whom he pro
cured to be murdered by a military com
mission, exactly reproduces the temper in
which he dealt with grave matters ot life
and death during the war. Let a siugle
example suffice. We violate no confidence
in relating it, for the times are fast com
ing in which the real nature and not the
factitious repute of men conspicuous on
either side in our late struggle will decide,
as it ought to decide, the feeling of the
people toward them; and the true records
should begin, therefore, to “leap to light.”
At the height of the war, a well known
journalist of this city, who had for some
time published in his paper “personal no
tices” of th ■ whereabouts and well-being
ol Southern prisoners in Northern prisons,
was notified from the War Department
that this practice gave offence and must be
discontinued. Going to Washington the
journalist explained to Secretary Smnton
t hat he was only reciprocating publications
as to Northern prisoners in the South
which were suffered to be made in the
Southern papers, and begged that no ob
stacle be interposed to prevent so humane
a thing. Stanton, to his credit be it men
tioned, declared ibat the order had been
iisuedin his absence, and referred the
journalist to Holt. The saute explanations
and representations were made to Holt in
his turn. He listened impatiently, and, when
the journalist had concluded his statement,
made this reply, which should link his
name fbrever in a fitting union with that of
th i judicial assassins of the gentle and
re bleLady Alice Leslie: “These person
a's, sir, are aid and comfort to" the enemy.
If by them you should communicate to a
Southern mother the uews that her rebel
son was dying of consumption, but cared
ftr, you would be guilty of treason, and I
should be for punishing you as a traitor.”
It is satisfactory to know that this
atrocious speech was responded to in
words quite too strong tor our columns,
though not by any means too strong (what
words could be so?) to brand the speaker’s
nature. The man who uttered them, and
who on every pcssible occasion matched
them with deeds as black, is restricted
now, by the altered circumstances of the
times, to the comparatively harmless
amusement of discharging a hospital stew
ard for honestly marrying a poor giri,
wiiom he no doubt would have promoted
the hospital steward for dishonestly sedu
cing and ruining. But is it fitting that
even such a license of mumbling malignity
as this should be left to such an one un
der a commission signed by the Chief
Magistrate of a Christian people?
P'rom Kuropu.
London, July 6, p. in.—Unusual do
j.i essiou exists in the cotton trade in Lan
cashire, and soveral heavy firms have
suspended.
Dispatches from Cork report continued
Fenian outrages; the police were recently
attacked and several injured.
Cork, July 0, p. m.—The Common
Council unanimously passed resolutions
nailing for relief of Fenian prisoners.
Brest, July (i, p. m.—Signals good and
uli well aboard the Greit E intern.
Lisbon, July ti, p. in.—Late Kio Janeiro
■ vices place AlcMahon at Buenos Ayres.
Madrid, July C, p. m.—A number of
lb-publican demonstrations have oecurrod
th oughout CaUy)onia.
Notwithstanding our loud and blatant
jd.;,:ications over thereturn-of peace, and
the healing of sectional strife, the corre
spondent of a leading Radical paper of
this city confesses that “throughout the
rural districts of the South, the feeling of
hatred toward ‘Yankees’is of the fiercest
and most unappeasable type.” The im
position of negro equality by force and
arms upon the people of Georgia, accord
ing to this correspondent, is something
that Georgians will never permanently sub
mit to. 'They bide their time. When it
is considered that our extremes! Radicals
and bitterest enemies of the Southern
people have had their own in dictating the
harshest terms to the South, who is sur
prised at the discontent and disaffection
there ? In fact, the young men of the
Southern S ate3 are represented a-; thor
oughly disaffected. The Radical Congress
has been too revengeful, and has laid too
heavy a hand upon the South, to bring
about anything like a sincere accord and
acquiescence in the settlement of difficul
ties. At present the trophies of the Radi
cal party are a vast national debt, and the
while people to the number of ten or
twelve millions of a vast region of the
United States burning with a sense of
wrong and oppression. Os - course the
South is conquered, but a conquered peo
ple are not just the right sort of citizens
ior a country whose government used to be
said lo rest on the will of the governed.—■
Boston Courier!.