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Ovonitlt & Jfntinel.
fflßmaiT MiKHIB. JUT 21.
“Reply to Hancock. '
We direct attention to the article in
defence of “Traveller” to be found in our
agricultural column, entitled “Reply to
Hancock.” This article is from the pen
of a native Georgian—a plain, practical,
sturdy farmer. While defending and sus
taining “Traveller” the writer treats the
subject of forced immigration by btate
power in a practical way, as affecting the
interests of cotton producers. His argu
ments are advanced solely from this stand
point. While there is being mahifested a
feeling favorable for the encouragment of
natural, healthful immigration, at the ex
pense of the State, lately inaugurated by
tbe State Legislature, excites grave appre
hension in the public mind and is being
seriously and thoroughly discussed. It is
o. rtaioly worthy of the fullest and frankest
discussion. It will give us pleasure to aid
in the diffusion of the ar/uments for and
against this policy by their publication.
Our Mllledgevillelnvestigating Commit
tee.
A committee of three officers and thirty j
privates of the United States army have
been sent to the ancient capital of the
State. This committee of observation, ex- !
a ruination and investigation are specially
charged, at whose instance we know not, |
upon what authority we are not informed, :
with inquiring into the management of the j
cuuvi l of the State of Georgia. The fife
and the kettle-drum, the bayonet aDd the
knaps.'ck and the tent, typify the charac
ter of the examination and the powers of
the Committee as to these civil matters,
file alleged cause for raising this commit
tee of thirty-three is imputed mismanage- j
ment of Penitentiary convicts by Grant,
Alexander & Cos., railroad contractors, j
and public rumor, which has been
conveniently put abroad, asserts this
mismanagement to be too little regard
for the rights of tbe convicts and
too great a regard for the rights of the
community. We know nothing'of Grant,
Alexander & (Jo’s, management. It may
be, they may make hard labor in Railroad
building excessive punishment. By gen
eral reputation these contractors are assert
ed to be energetic and industrious, and
prompt in their obligations and faithful in
their contracts. They have been life-long
at the business, aud are experts, one of
the firm at least, to our knowledge having
commenced life in the Btate of New York
with the shovel, and the former, following
the same occupation then as a duy laborer,
which he now follows as a contractor, there
is every reason to suppose that he is a
practical judge of the exact amount of la
bor which may be justly required of the
convicts employed.
But whatever this Bayonet Committee
of observation, examination and investiga
tion, consisting of throe officers and thirty
privates of the United States army, may
report or do in the premises, we have the
singular speotacle presented of having
the civil matters of a State government
.supervised by military power, clad with
all the paraphernalia of war, in times of
peace.
Those convicts were duly tried and con
victed by the civil courts of the offences
with which they were charged. Our so
called Governor executes a contract with
a firm by which, without any [surrender
of executive powers, this firm utilizes,
without expense to the State, but for their
own benefit, this convict labor. One
would naturally suppose that the Ex
ecutive did possess, and would exercise,
the power to provide a legal remedy for
an infringement of the law of the State by
i lie contractors and see that the judicial
sentences that had been pronounced by
ihe civil courts were properly carried out.
But we see that this power has been vested
in the military forces of the United
States. Let us have peace. Let us Lave
another Peace Jubilee. The Boston Jubilee
lias had no effect.
Short Weights in Cotton.
We frequently hear of cotton shippers
complaining of the loss in weight cotton
shipped to Now York. The following
from the New York Journal of C ntnerce
fully explains the oause. Our factors
and others interested should make a note
of thus and govern themselves accordingly
during the Dext season. The parties in
Now York, to whom cotton is shipped,
should be held responsible for the deficien
cies which may occur. This stealing of
cotton seriously allects the pockets of a
large class in every community South :
New Yoke, July 9,'1809.
Messrs. Editors :—Cumplaiut is often
made of losses in tho weight of cotton. To
day while looking out of.my office window
1 saw a solution of this whole difficulty.
Opposite there is a cotton warehouse (and
there are several others in the neighbor
hood), and l saw the thieve^ stealing the
cotton as it eauie from the warehouse.
The word stealing tells the whole'story !
All hands steal. The caitmen, the labor
ers, the samplers, and hosts of girls and
boys, mid meu and women, that are hang
ing around, all steal. And the warehouse
men themselves wink at it, if they do not
profit by this wholesale stealing. If you
will spend a lew minutes at my office al
most any day you may witness jll that I
have detailed above. At tbe same time,
probably, you may see a policeman leis
urely walking by ignorant of all that is
going on. A short time sinco I called the
attention of a policeman toaoase of ootton
coaling and he told me that he would not
arrest a cotton thief if he saw one in the
act. llis excuse was that the Polioe J us
tiee would not notice him and that he
would get nothing but abuse lor his pains,
and that if ho persisted in doing his duty
that ho could not keep his place three
months. This is a dreadful condition of
things. In my neighborhood are several
places where this stolen cotton is openly
bought, aud the thieves can be seen going
in and out at all times of the day, aud their
business is no secret.
Now, Mr. Editor, I ask the question,
can this thing go ou and our community
not suffer ? Mon aud women are not the
only ones engaged in this business, but
scores of little children are included among
the thieves, and they show as much skill
as their elders-
This city will suffer in its business unless
this is stopped. It is not safe to send cot
ton to New York for sale. I would not
do so, and would advise my friends not to
do so, unless a stop could be put to this 1
wholesale thieving. A loss of one or two
bales to a hundred is trifling, it must be
much.greater. Ourjudgca and police will
do‘nothing. Cannot our cotton merchants
devise some plan to stop it ? If not, the
day cannot be distant when it will be a
bold and reckless mau that will send his
cotton to New York for sale.
An Oi.i> Subscriber.
hr.nit’s Views of lUe Virginia Election.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tima, who seems to speak by
the card, gives Grant's views as to the
Virginia election, which may be fairly
summed up to be that it the Walker party
get back iuto the Union, he will go with
Walker and the Conservatives. But it
they failed to be recognized as loyal he is
for Welles and the Radicals. This is,
heads l win ; tails you lose. The state
ment of the Times' correspondent is as
follows :
Numerous statements Juice been put forth
relative to the position and sympathies r
tin Resident and members of the Cabinet
respecting this Mryinia election , to the ef
fect that they accept the result as a full in
dorsement of the policy of the administra
tion, which is substantially the policy ol
Congress. These statements Juice been
<c lioily without authority , and have been
colored to suit the wishes of the parties
making them- The attitude of the Presi
dent on the Virginia election and its re
sults, if lam not misinformed, is this :
jhat he hopes the results of the future
wii. l abundantly justify the promise of the
present, that the progress thus far made
toward securing the admission of the
State, the enforcement of the laws, the
protection of person and property and
Irc edom of opinion is encouraging; but he
f nevertheless, not /pee from anxiety that
these results , note so near accomplis h ment,
omv yet be jeopardised by the activity and
demands of the element which has '“*** *°
<mtai mental m the election, and which si
• ourts power and injiueuce , and fosters'
prejudice and passion, as in days gene bu. 1
Ihe President lias faith that the busioe'-
interest?of Virginia, and the necessities ol
the iuture, may overturn and neutralize
(he inauenco which gets its inspiration
fr.ra a worship of the “Lost CfiSise.” !
Lmixi /ration to the State will largely aid
tou- xcsult, and protection to person and
property and tolerance of opinion are ne
«?,sary to foster immigration. So far as
the rresuient ssy m] uithies with either tide ,
tt a o concerned, l happen to know, not-'
withstomling all that na* been said, that
if h" •"/ htul a vote in the recent election
it have cast it for the Welles tidal
auil the expurgated Constitution.
A loanee for Profitable Speculation.
1‘ .blic curiosity has been aroused to the
1, iw st pitch by the discussion in the pub
lic press concerning the Pig-tail, rat and
pu;.q,y cating-birds-ne.-w-sucking, Josh
wor shippers, tire -crack cry inhabitants of
the Celestial Empire. With none is this
curiousity greater than with “colored
wards of the nation.” Their inquiriesare
minute and searching as to the nature,
habits, appearance and capabilities of the
tea-drinking, opium-eating Celestials that
will work for two dollars a week and live
upon a pint of rice arid an ounce of ba
con, with whatever lizzards and frogs
and grasshoppers, kind fortune may
send to their platter. Their feats
of strength and power of endurance,
their manners, dress, skill and knowledge,
are ail matters of interest, and their num
bers awakens especial thoughtfulness in
look which is always followed by a sig
nificant silence. There is, however,
a staggering skepticism—half credu
lous, half distrustful which can
only be dispelled by actual sight,
that ri.-es superior to all knowledge gained
by tbe ear, and to all confidence in the
credibility of tbe narrator. We venture,
however, to assert that any enterprising
Burlioghame who will make a tour of the
I Southern States with a troup of twenty or
: thirty celestials encostume, exhibiting their
j feats of juggling, -wallowing swords, and
eating live coals of fire, during the com
ing Fall and Winter months, would create
a sensation ar.d carry off more cotton earn
ings than i)an Gastello and his mule, or
R ibinson and his Ku-klux klan have ever
done. Seeing is believing, and will com
mand in this instance full reward.
The New Regime.
Lately there have appeared in the New
York papers advertisements purporting to
come from Congressmen, offering to sell
appointments to the naval school and
military academy. We ask Mr. Greeley if
this is not monopoly ? 11. G. is now en
gaged on that topic in his Tiibunic essays
ou political economy and iliustrations by
practical examples is just what is needed.
We ask, shouid not Congress put these
appointments at auction for the highest
bidder 'l
The Eternal Fitness of Tilings.
A modest Mexican, acting through
| Sabos Iturbide, has such a magnificent col
i lection of solid silver articles, as tokens of
‘transporting delight at the abolition of
! slavery to the principal actors;” to General
i Grant, a coffee set of thirty-six pieces; to
j General Sherman, an eggboiler and hold
j er; to W. H. Seward, an inkstand, pen
! holder and call bell; and to Mrs. Lincoln
j a card basket. Grant and Sherman have
i received their tokei't),
The Contest In Pennsylvania,
The Democratic party of Pennsylvania
have resolved to make the 15th Amend
ment to the Federal Constitution a promi
nent issue in the present political cam
paign. This Amendment has been rati
fied by the Legislature in defiance of the
Constitution of that State. This ratifica
tion is the work of a Radical majority, is
received and accepted by the Radical par
ty as complete and final, notwithstanding
the tact tbe State Constitution which
giv tu right of suffrage to a colored
population of' 50,949 remains unaltered.
The State Constitution of Pennsylvania
gives tho right of suffrage to even/ white
male freeman of the age of 21 years who
has resided in the State one year, and in
his election district ten days prior to the
election, and who has within two years
paid a State and county tax. It was open
ly admitted by the Radical majority of the
Pennsylvania Legislature that if
passed upon by the people, the Fif
't'.’cnth Amendment would be defeated.
The Democracy, therefore, enters this
campaign with the confidence which this
admission gives, as the assailants of the
Radical party, for the bold, shameless
fraud which they have practiced upon the
j people by the surrender to the Radical
Congress of the right to control the elective
franchise which the State reserved at the
formation of the Federal Constitution.
Imports ami Exports for the Fiscal
Vear 1860 at the Port or New kork.
The imports .of foreign goods at the po t
of New York for the yea ending Jane
•30th, 1869, amount to $295,202,490,
valued in gold. This is an increase of
$51,4 9,445 over the amount of goods
imported during the year 1868. The im
ports for the last six months, beginning
January Ist and ending June 30th, foot
up $171,649,519, beiug an increase of
$44,008,656 over the imports of the same
time last year. The amount of merchan
dize entered and stored in the Governmnt
bonded warehouses during the past six
months amounted to $73,110,314, and the
am ount withdrawn for sale foots up $52,-
987,225, whieh shows an increase of over
twenty millions of dollars of merchandize
stored in Govermnout warehouses since
January Ist, 1869, ready to be drawn out
as the demand arises. There will be,
therefore, no scarcity of goods.
The exports of produce during the past
year amount, iu currency valuation, to $158,-
766,435 against $166,163,863, in 1868 ;
and during the last six months ending June
30th, they have amounted to $81,792,169
againsts79,lol,3l2, in 1868. Theexports
of specie during tho year have been $37,-
189,892, against $76,309,886 iu .1868, and
during the last six months $15,451,893,
against $49,103,600 during the same time
last year.
It appears, then, that our imports have
! increased more thau fifty millions of dol
! lars this year over the last; that our im
ports exceed our exports by about one hun
dred and eighty millions of dollars iu gold
this year; that we are sending abroad to
pay for these goods, one half less specie
than last year;that we have increased this
year at the port of New York, thefjuanti
ty of goods more thau there was immedi
ate demand for, to the arnouut of twenty
millions of dollars. It is clear that we are
getting about one hundred and eighty
million dollars worth of .foreign goods,
valued in gold, or about two huudred and
fitly millions valued in currency or bonds
ou a credit ; beyond doubt on our gov
ernment credits or bonds, which are
plentiful. The policy in practice
seems to be to raise the value of Govern
ment bonds to as hig i a price as possible,
so that they will sell abroad; encourage
importations, getting all the goods that
can be got and pay for them in Govern
ment bond?, and keep all the specie pos
sible at home. This looks like sharp prac
tice for collecting the Alabama claims,
for in two or three years more the bonds
of the Government will be held abroad—
we will have plenty of merchandize and
spdeie, and a foreign war will be a profit- '
able solution of ihe great financial ques
tion of how to pay the Government debt.
flow Southern Farmers are Swindled in
Xew York.
Our farmers are interested to know how
j they aie sometimes dealt with by Xorth
tn correspondents, and why it is the vege
:■ « trade has proved so near a failure
■!. This they will learn by read
ing toe f cowing article, copied from the
1 New York Sun, of the sth inst:
: A ease of swindling, which is of corn
-1 mon and almost universal occurrence, has
i J ust brought to light in an affidavit
made by Mr. Robert C. Lowry, of Florida,
j before Marshal looker, which deserves
the fullest exposure and condemnation of
the press and public. Mr. Lowry is an
extensive agriculturist, and for some time
past has been selling the produee of his
iarui in this market through the agency of
a friend named J horn pson, and the com
mission house of ,of stand No. —.
Bulkhead, South of Barclay street, and .
I No. *\V est street, near \ easev street.
Mr. LovTT w ws - s J regular reader of the i
couf try editions of r^e § u, h wherein he
quJ.'wl New Yori; for such
goods as he had to fell. He was u.f reo) I
enabled to calculate almost to a cent what
amount of money should ba returned to
him, less the usual commission, ten per
oent., but he did not anticipate such large
reductions from these sums as he was
obliged to bear when his cheeks were for- ;
warded. His suspicious were aroused
and he determined to ferret out the mat
ter it possible. Having in early life had
s°uie experience in detective business, he i
“put up” a job for & Cos., which!
would work like a charm. He came to j
New York, called upon bufriend Thorny.- j
son, and Mated to him his suspicion.. Mr.
Thompson felt a sort of moral obligation;
to assist in the matter, and he readily ;
went to the commission house and pur
cha-ed five efates of beans with Mr. i
Lowry's card still on, for which he paid
two dollars aod fifty cents each, and took a
receipt therefor. Mr. Lowry shortly after
appeared on the scene, and requested a
settlement, which was made out in due
form, but the five crates of beans were
credited as having been sold for one dol
lar and fifty cents each, from which the
commissions were afterward deducted.
Some sis ty or sixty dollars worth of farm
produce was treated similarly in this sin
gle transaction. As soon as Mr. Lowry
received his agent's statement, he pro
duced the bill of Mr. Thompson,and asked
ifor an explanation. There was then a ter
rible flutter a'l around, aod offers to "set
tle the matter” and not expose the swindle
were numerous and pressing. But the
victim would not listen to compromise. He
took his receipt and statement, to
gether with the cards from the crates, as
collateral evidence, and embodied the in
formation above given in the form of an
affidavit, and asked for the issuance of a
warrant. That instrument was granted,
and the accused parties appeared before
the marshal and again offered to compro
mise: but Mr. Lowry, by diligent inquiry,
had become satisfied in the meantime that
this species of swindling is extensively car
ried on by commission merchants here,
and that scores of his Southern neighbors
have been served like himself, and he again
refused to compromise. He intends to,
prosecute this firm to the fullest extent of
the law, and break up the contemptible
practice, if possible. It is belie ted that
other Southern victims will take the same
course, and thus put an end to a system
which is alike injurious to tho consumer
and the producer, but which fills the
pockets of soulless middlemen.
Letter from CrawfordviUe.
Crawfordville, Ga., July 12, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
It is not very often that anything from
this quarter claims a place in your columns.
It is rare that anything occurs here, either
good or bad, that would prove worthy of a
public record. We may, however, claim
for our county, microscopic as are its di
mensions, the credit of having been, since
the war, one of the most quiet and orderly
in Georgia.
But, within the past week, the monoto
ny of our little town has been disturbed
very pleasantly by the first educational ju
bilee that has taken place here in a num
ber of years. During the war our Acade
my fell into disuse and consequent
dilapidation, an apathy came upon the
people in regard to education, and, save a
few small schools, the subject was wholly
neglected. During the present year, how
ever, a more lively Interest has been
awakened, and an independent school,
conducted by Mrs. Trippe Mitchell, has
been largely patronized by the very best
material the community could furnish.
Encouraged by her friends and patrons,
she determined to close her term with some
public exercises, which would serve as an
agreeable entertainment for her pupils,
and at the same time furnish some marks
of her skill and their industry. In carry
ing out this design, we are happy to say
that she has nief with complete success.
The examinational her several classes in
Geography, English Grammar, Physiology,
and Latin proved, beyond question, not
only that they had been well taught, but
that they had exercised no common degree
of industry. We have ppver seen pupils dis
j play mote promptly, or evince a more thor
| ough acquaintance with, the top is dri
cussed, while the extensiveness of the
field o?ejr which this examination reached,
i and the shortness f>( thg time allowed for
i preparation, forbid anysusptoion of special
: drilling. At night there was a very
| agreeable entertainment, compositions,
j speeches, dialogues and music, all of which
i passed off plea antly and successfully,
j Mrs. Mitchell, her pupils, aqd her patrons
I have all abundant reason to be proud of
her examination and concert. Tho depart
ment of music in this school is under the
charge of Mrs. S. J. Harmer, whose skill
as a pianist no one will doubt after once
hearing her play, T. D. Robinson, Esq.,
qf Greensboro, closed tho exercises of the
day in a most happy address to the audi
ence, which did him great credit, both as
a writer and speaker. The de icate com
pliment paid by him to our much' honored
i and beloved citizen, A. H. Stephens, was
received with rounds of applause by the
audience. Mrs. Mitchell will reopen her
school the 9th of August, and we would
advise all who desire to place tneir chil
dren at a good school, to send them hero.
Board is cheaper here than elsewhere,
j and we can vouch for it that no one has a
: greater facility of imparting knowledge
than the luuuii esteemed and highly ac
i complished lady teacher at this place.
o.
A LAUD.
Clause's Chapel, Savannah River; j
Burkb Cos.. Ga., June 30tb, 1869. j
Dear Brethren and Friends:
We have thought proper, ia this way,
to let you know what is going ou here,
believing that the time has come when
the greatest vigilance and watchfulness is
i necessary to preserve peace. and good
j order in our once glorious but now down
' trodden and oppressed State ; and that
j unrestrained candor is demanjed.to protect
i ourselves against the politico' machina
tions of carpet-baggers coming in the guise
of Christianity.
On last Sabbath, June 27th, several
citizens were called upon toattenda moot
ing of the blacks, and witness the exer-
I cities of the day. There appeared op this
| occasion one Dr. Powell, white, and two
| colored wen, Palmer ana Lacy, from the
j city of Augusta. The two colored men
1 claimed to be Eiders of tbe Methodist
i Episcopal Church North, having- been
j formerly members of the “Zion Church.”
It appears that the two colored men
that claimed to be elders, had visited this
1 Church of “Zion” before, advocating the,
doctrines of the great Church of Zion ; but
at this time they came to sow the seeds of
distrust, and dimension, and division, and
to turn this Zion Church over to the
Methodist Episcopal Church North—as
asserting, boastingly, that there was
plenty of money now ready, made up to
contribute to build Churches, free schools,
&c., and that this would be given freely to
this Zion Church if it would only ‘urn
over to the Methodist Episcopal Church
North; further saying that they had al
ready free schools ia operation in A ugusta.
The arguments brought to bear by these
parties, through the influence of this man
Powell (white), tended wholly to produce
division and antagonism between the
Southern whites and the Southern blacks,
were entirely sectional,and in the endif they
prevail, will be utterly destructive to the
happiness of both races in the South. \Veso
regard them after deliberate judgment.
We protest against all such designs
which are calculated to bring discord aDd
strife amqng us. This wo conceive to be J
the ultimate end of this effort, although
coming in the name of Christianity and
avowed as Christian benevolence. The
plain, patent design is to make the black
race subservient to carpet-baggers, for
political purposes. It has this and can
have no other design because it works the !
overthrow of an existing Christain organi
zation and demands complete,absolute con
trol.
We, as Southern men,now feel and have
ever felt a deep respo isible interest -in
the Christian welfare of the black race, and
will ever do all that in us lay, to spread
among them gospel truths, and the elevating
influence of Christian grac -—to do all that
is ostensibly claimed by the M. E. Church
North,save its political proseiyiism. But we
solemnly and earnestly protest against this
introduction of sectional p.-iitiei! religion,
which is plainly the object sought by over
turning this Church and its union with tbe
M. E. Church North. In giving expres
sion to these sentiments we feel confident
we express the sentiments of the mass of
the people of the South.
To the blacks, we say, why be bought
up ? Why be re-enslaved ? Is money
and polities a part of the Christian scheme
of salvation ? It is necessary to know how
you stand in this matter. If you stand
upon high Christian ground, desiring to
dweli in peace with all men, ail you have
to do is to let our people know it, and you
will have true friends who will aid you and
assist you in pushing on the good work in
the Church which you have recently es
tablished ; and peace and harmony will
ever reign among us.
Hoping that you will consider well this
matter, we are yoar friends,
W. R. Dixon,
G. M. Griffin.
J. M. Holland.
Blodgett to be Provided For.—He
Atlanta Constitution says it is reported in
■ that city that the incorruptible Treasurer
of the State Road, W. W. Clayton, is to be
removed to allow Foster Blodgett to take
the position, and that Hulbert, Walker and
j Flynn, will have to “walk tie plank.”
J ~°nior Bullock knows he is “playing his
, U ’"~ ~, A he wauls Us play it strong,
lastcara, an,. - .'j
. ~»'not btsi, why.
Ihe banks being closed a fc _.
he tarns his attention to the State ...
it a protest could be of any avail, we would
heartily enter it against such a policy. The
prospect is that the State wili lose even
the $25,000 per momh that it now gets
from that source.
The Financial Yit w of BallocK’f Par
dons.
Jim Bambridgo Argus presents the
financial phase of life Exnresselency’s Ex
ecutive clemency. A negro was recently
convicted ‘‘of enticing ani decoying a
servant from an employer,’ ’ and for this
offence was tried, found guilty and sen
tenced to pay a fine of ten dollars. His
Expresselency, “Governor of Giorgiaand
commander in-chief ofthe Army and Navy
and the mihtia thereof,” furnished by the
United States Government of the Radical
party, issues an “Executive proclamation
“seven squares ’ in length, and putlishrs
it in his thirteen official “organs.” The
cost of each publication is twenty-one
dollars, and the aggregate cost two hun
dred and seventy three dollars. This cost,
of course, is paid for out of hisExpresse
lency's general fund, the people’s money.
This is his Expressleucy’s wise and liberal
economy. Who discounts these claims on
the Treasury?
Lrant ou a Scalawag—Recommendation.
The Coiiectorship of the port of Charles
ton his been a matter of loyal interest to
the truly loyal. Tpe contending aspirants
for the place were Mr. George H. Clarke
and Dr. Mackey, and the' claims of each
were so evenly balanced that it puzzled the |
judgment of the President to decide be
tween them. The Charleston News dis
closes the argument which determined the
judgment of tho President and the loyalty I
of the successful aspirant.
One day when Grant was weighing the :
aspirants and an even balance was ail that j
had been obtained, a telegram from F. J.
Moses, Jr., arrived, requesting the Presi
dent Dot to decide upon the appointment
until Ins iottor could be received, and stat
ing that every Republican in the State was
in favor ol Mackey being retained and all
were opposed to Ciark.
Grant took a long whiff from a Havana,
doubtless presented by one of Clark's
| iriends, who anticipates being sent on a
j foreign mission for his remembrance, and
j spoke thusly to said friend: “1 can’t ap
! Point Clark, for here's the Speaker of tho
House of Representatives assures me that
every Republican in the State is opposed
to Ciark and in favor of Mackey. - ”
“But, General,” said the friend, (may
j it not have been Timothy Hurley?) “do
I you know viho this F. J. Muses.is?”
Alter taking a long puff, the General
admitted that be didn’t know him.
Said the friend, “Why, ho is the son of
the man who boasted that he persuaded
North Carolina to secede, and is himself
the man who, as aide-de-camp to Governor
Pickens, hauled down the United'States
flag at Fort Sumter in 1861.”
Said the General, after sucking at the'
segar for a moment, “That is a of a
recommendation; I appoint Mr. Clark;”
and Clark became Collector of the Port of
Charleston,
Cheering Prospect for the Planter.
We find in the United States Econo
mist , ofthe ltlth instant, published at New
York, an article on the cotton trade in
England and America, which so fully ac
cords with our own views on the subject
that we cheerfully publish and direct to it
the'special attention of the planter. The
prospect ol good prices for the new crop is
decidedly encouraging :
Adyiees from England show tlja, there
is no abatement in the extreme depression
that has characterized the cotton trade lor
sometime past- From the Commencement
qf tbe present' year trqde has been
duller than has been known at any period
since the gloomy days of short supplies
during our civil war. The prospect,
amounting almost to certainty, that the
supply of cotton from all sources for the
•current year would fall below the average
demand for consumption, maintained prices
of the raw material, and even advanced
them to rates that absorbed the profits of
manufacturers. The latter found it im
possible to effect sales at remunerative
prices, ar.d were compelled to make a re
duction of wages, to the amount of from
five to ten per cent., which was finally
carried after a “strike” of some weeks’
duration. But the reduction of wages was
not equivalent to the advance in the staple,
and the result is that manufacturers were
forced to continue Operations in many pases
at a positive loss, with the worse altera a-
I tive of a suspension of work. Colton
j machinery being so fine and delicate, it
i rapidly deteriorates when it is disused.
Os course this condition of affairs could
not last forever and the news by mail and
cable, ol failures in Manchester, and de
pression in the cotton trade generally,
creates very little surprise. The fact is,
the supply of cotton at the present time.is
inadequate, and the usual result of limited
supplies is seen in the advanpe of prices.
The depression must, therefore, continue
untii consumers of cotton are compelled to
yield to the necessities of manufacturers.
The indications now are that the latter
contingency is the mope probable. The
supply of cotton this year is not likely io
exceed last year’s average, while it may
fill below it. Jt is as yet too soon to pred
icate anything of tbe American crops.
But unless disasters occur, it maybe l ex
pected to be fully up to last year’s supply.
But the success.can hardly be exoected to
; reach 100,009 bales. At present the crop
looks well, with not more than ihn usual
reports of disasters at this period of the
year. July is the critical mouth, and a
few weeks more will place us in a position
to m ake more reliable estimates.
The grounds for anxiety in the English
cotton trade consist, in the probability of
only a very slight increase in the supply of
American cotton, and the .certainty of di
minished supplies from other sources. Not
withstanding all of English
capitalists, for the last eight years, backed
by the powerful aid of the government, to
encourage the growth of cotton in India,
Egppt and other places, the crops this
year will fall below the proceeds last year.
This result paralyses the trade, and ac
counts for its depression.- On the 25th of I
J une the stock of all kinds, on hand Liv
erpool, wa£ 888,480 bajes, against a stock of
607,330 in the corresponding period last
year. Here wo have a reduction of no less
than 218,850 in' the stock on hand. The :
cotton at sea for Great Britain, June 24,
was: American, v ./OffObales; East India,
520,000; total, 599,000 Laßs, At the
same period in 1868, the total amount of'
enttou at |ea was 537,000 bales. The fol- :
lowing table shows the changes in the mar
ket, June 24, as compared with the same
date in 1868:
Balts.
\ Decrease of exports 354,450
j Increase of quantity taken for con
sumption 139,310
j Decrease of export? 871,070
| Decrease of stock 218,850
! Decrease of speculation 47,240
The amount of cotton on hand.in Liver
j pool and at sea. June 24, 1868, exhibits a
grand total of 987.480 bales, which, at the
average weekly consumption, in 1868, pf
53,880 bales, leaves only an eighteen weeks
available supply for consumption in Great
Britain. The continental shipments would
reduce this estimate somewhat. The
balance of cotton to come forward from
East India will not make more than a
few_ weeks’ difference in tbe supply.
The present condition of the" American
market precludes further exports to aDy
extent. On the week ending July 3d the
total stock in all American ports amount
ed to only 57,933 bales, against a supply of
95,081 at the same period in IS6S. Take
it altogether, according to the average of
last year’s consumption, England has not
much more than twenty weeks' supply of
cotton on hand and at sea. The con
sumption this year is, of couise, below the
average of last year. Otherwise, by the :
time our new cotton crop begins to ecme i
forward Manchester would be very nearly
reduced to its last cotton bale-
i The American market corresponds in
many respects to the English. -Tempted
j by high prices, we have sold too much Cot
| ton, and have scarcely enough for home
consumption. Unless manufacturers re
i duce their productions during the next
tew months, the price of the raw material
must advance considerably above present
j rates. We notice that the National As
: sociation of Cotton Manufacturers and
i Planters, at their meeting in this city
last week, recommended manufacturers
to curtail operations, on the ground that
the maximum of supply during tbe inter
j val before the new crop comes forward
: will barely cover tbe minimum of con
sumption. A stoppage of machinery is, 1
, therefore, urged as essential.
A review of the cotton trade on both
sides of the Atlantic indicates an upward
I tendency of prices. Southern planters '
i will have the advantage of throwing their
new crop upon a high market Whether
, prices can be maintained depends, of
' course, upon the actual supply. But
judging from the most probable estimates
iof production in the South and in East
T ~Ai*. (t. -jgj is not likely to be suf
iu... ' ""’<*» of ear to warrant
fieiently in "■''’eraGje
anticipations of any cou-._ ---ns j
tion—if at all—in present quotation
the staple, 1
A Railroad Kxlension.
The Cuthbert Appeal says that, the Cen
tral 11., road lias commenced tha survey
ol the routs from Albanvio Newton, Bak
er ciiuaty, with the design to extend the
Albany branch to the latter point. Tbe
Central continues true to its ancient policy
and rectangular connections to maintain its
monopoly by forced trade.
Schools far Applied Sciences.
The late Board of visitors at Franklin
University recommend a school of science
applied to manufacturing, mechanics and
mining at Atlanta; a commercial school,
involving the principles of commercial law,
at Augusta or Macon; and a school of
agneu.ture at some healthful and eligible
loeat-on. 4\ e have already a school of en
gineers at Athens.
Tne sentiment of che Board seems to be
to divide and conquer ; spread the Uni
versity all over the State, and make
the Chancellor a sort of Governor-Gener
al of education. We. hope, before the
scheme is entered upon, the Gcueral As
sembly will, following the example of Illi
nois, first bring to perfection the Univer
-Uy at Athens, and give us such an insti
tuitoo as the people want, which will not
be' inferior to any on the continent, and
aid in the development of other existing
Colleges in the State.
The Political Schools of Die South.
Ihe accomplished correspondent of the
New York World , in a letter of July Bth,
with no unfriendly spirit, sketches the
characteristics and pictures the attitude of
old political leaders, and presents an out
line of leading features of anew school of
politicians in the South. The viewsstrike
us as being presented rather from a stand
point of Northern expectation than after a
cool survey of current events; rather from
what may be desirable than from what can
be accomplished. The outlook is from old
Tammany, as if' in the days of oid, when
and from which point the observer could
sweep the horizon as with a glass - , mark
weak points to he strengthened, count the
opposing force and provide against fore
shadowed assaults, and when, after deter
miding the centre of individual interest,
and its consequent the centre of political
influence, a plan of campaign
would be devised, arranged and put
forward for execution. There is do
allowances made for shifting upward of
power on the one hand, nor for venal de
fection on the other. It is forgotten that
sentiment or chivalry has been banished,
and that cold, unpassionless, calculating,
time serving interest, has been made the
single political exponent. Whether or
not this is to remain so rests not with the
people of the South, but with the people
of the North—not with the leaders of the
South, whether f.ew school or old school,
who are in tho current, but not ofthe cur
rent whieh irresistibly sweeps along.
Hence the writer is led to create distiuc
| lien as to schools, and to do injustice both
to the efforts and the opinions of “old po
litical leaders.” But it part of our
intention to enter the field of criticism to
whieh we find ourselves almost uncon
sciously wandering. The play is with you,
gentlemen, not with us. For the purpose,
however, of seeing ourselves as others see
us, we reprint the following extracts from
the interesting letter of the World's cor
respondent :
“The old leaders of the South are, as a
rule; despondent., aud, so fur as they per
i mit their deep disgust at the cuVrcnt situa
tion to be overoocne by any speculation as
to the future, are looking out for the em
pire. In a prior letter, I had occasion to
state that there was much talk about im
perialism throughout the Southern coun
try, aud nowhere, perhaps, is the impres
sion that the republic is ripe for a funda
mental change deeper than among the old
secession statesmen. Personal 'disgust,
the sense of conquest, impaired fortune,
aud failing years have much to do with this
state of sentiment; but its real origin is
doubtless to he found in what, for lack of
a better term, must be called the political
dislocation of the South. The old ties of
party, tVie old means of intercommunica
tion and conference, have been rudely
shattered and broken, and no new scheme
of unison has arisen in their place.
Public virtue they declare, is fled, and
with it the hope of constitutional "liberty
on this continent. The calmness of the
North under indignities offered her by un
faithful public servants, they consider a
fell sign of a readiness for servitude ; and
just here tli re is generally a proud decla
ration that the South fought rather than
• submit to what she- thought a meditated
grievance, but the North takes every af
• front like a lamb. Public virtue, is gone,
money is' become the god of the people,
anu despotism the goal to which the coun
try is hastening. In these severe reflec
tions. it is not always the case that the
South escapes. What is termed the a: athy
of her people is at times lashed as bitterly
! as what is called the servility ofthe North,
ft was always a good trait in the old
Southern politician that he spoke his mind
freely, and up to this day, when he breaks
forth on the degeneracy of the times, he
can “swing around the circle” with an
impartiality of objurgation that spares
nothing.
But, beyond this old school, there is a
now school of politiciansrising iutke South,
fully as bitter, but greatly more pliant.
These are mostly young men, and the
events or tne day-are giving them & stern
and hard education the country will yet
feel. On all points connected with the
past, this new school sits at the feet ofthe
old. On ihcrabstraet rightfulness of seces
sion, on the beauty of State sovereignty
land “what the war was for,” the 3 7 ouug
; men ofthe South stiff listen with pleasure
; so the elders. It is only when coming to
the question, “What is to be done?” that
a divergence appears. Here the old school
has but iittle to propose. It can be elo
quent on the past, bat, when brought face
to face with the future, permits indigna
tion to obscure'its judgment and paralyze
its ability. The hew school is more practical
and more cool. It never troubles its brain
about a rea.s-ertion of the secession idea,
its interest in apy discussion ofthe subject
apparently beginning and ending with a
justification ofthe abs ract rightfulness of
the doctrine; it would hot have the ne
groes returned into slavery in any condi
tion ; it favors immigration ; it believes in
railways, direct trade, and in internal im
provements: anff, above all, it bates tho
Radical party with a connantraiion of en
mity that ,ew iu the North, save Wendell
Phillips, and occasionally the late Mr.
Raymond, seeai to have fathomed.”
[communicated.]
Johnson Academy at Monroe Bxamlna»
Don, the.
Editors Chronicle <jr Sentinel:
An interesting examination of tho
i students of thisschool took place on Thurs
: day and-Frijav last. The large crowd in
attendance evinood qaqsijal interest in the
exercises. The Principal of tigs school,
; Mr. A. J. Bu rruss, a teacher of established
reputation, end his assistant, Rev. Thomas
H. Rurruss, with Miss Perry ip the Prima
ry Department, constitute a board of in
; struetion rarely equalled in similar insti
tutions TS.L statement is verified by the
number of students in attendisßag during
| the past session, an average of nearly one
! hundred, and by their progress. They
were subjected to a rigid examination by
I the Principal, assisted by other gentlemen
; of ex- ertetce in teaching, particularly Rev.
i G. A. Nunnally, and Trustees, patrons
and spectators were satisfied with the ie
sult. There has been no superficial instruc
tion, it had been thorough an i exhaustive.
An attractive feature of the occasion was
an address lo the school delivered by Rev.
D. E. Butler on Friday morning. Mr. But
ler. always a good speaker, was unusually
interesting and instructive. His speech
W3S practical, abounding ia useful sugges
tions as well as in eloquent passages. At
the conclusion of the address a dinner for
the public was spread by the ladies in the
beautiful grove that surrounds the Acade
my It i? needless to add that the dinner
was heartily discussed and boundlessly en
joyed.
Tee exhibitions on Thursday and Fri
day nights were highly creditable to teach
ers and pupils. The elocution would com
pare favorably with that at aDy College
commencement during the present Bum
mer, and,considering ages, it was decidedly
j better than may be expected at many
Colleges.
Mr. Nunnally tenderei the thanks of
th° patrons to Mr. Burruss and his assist
ant? /ir their fidelity and success in the
discharge es their arduous duties.
Purple.dispersed with the prediction
j that who -school was re-opened, about the
: 18th day of August, the number of stu
. dents would be largely increased. The
healthfuiness of Monroe, the cheapness of
; board and tuition, and the moral tone of
the community, present great attraction to
all parents who wish to educate their chil
dren. No school in Georgia can exhibit
higher elahn3 for patronage. M.
Monrec. Waftonco., Ga., July 12, JSS?.
Telfair Att3p-sr: James McLeou, j
Jr., of Telfair county, reports that cotton j
opened on bis plantation on the 22d of
J tin,-- ja-j.. fj?hL b the first open cotton we <
have ' ’ (
1 COMMUNICATED.]
Ii Was in ills Bpccclies Pocket.
Editors Chronicle ifr Sentinel:
About the t'.mc ot the commencement of
cur late war I was travelling on one of our
Southern railways and, by a change of
cars at night, thrown among a number of
students who were returning after the
close of a term at one of cur Southern
medical colleges. They were, as might be
expected, in a i Tly mood, having been just
turned loose from hard study and close
confinement. They 7 cracked jokes and told
many anecdotes, one of whicti made an im
pression upon my mind and a lodgement
in my memory, and in these latter days I
think a close observer may see a great deal
of comparative truth in the story. Some
of the students had commenced the ac
quirement of the profession in a medical
college, either in New York or Philadel
phia, but, owing to troubles then brewing
and insults given, they withdrew, came I
home and entered Southern colleges. The
story of one was, that while in a Northern
college they had procured the subject of a
yankce for dissection, and that, for himself,
he took the examination of the heart, its
surroundings, its flowings to and from, and
where, said he, do you suppose I found it?
Some said one place, some another. No,
said he, I feund it in his breeches pocket.
This, though a joke, is certainly a striking
and pre-eminent characteristic in the ani
mal and the history of the latter ages is a
perfect demonstration of the fact. But I
do not mean that all men born North are
yankees or animals. There are men born
at the North that are among our best citi
zens, and there are many such; still these,
and for the u>e I have for them in this
article, I am willing that they shall
remaiu there; and this brings me to
notice the address of Colonel Lester to the
people of Georgia which was so heartily en
dorsed by his Expresseleney the Governor.
Ho says his position has thrown him into
an extensive correspondence with persons
residing in different sections of the United 7
States upon the subject of immigration to
Georgia and the investment of capital in
her lands. This correspondence, together
with what he continuaiiy sees in tho news
papers, discloses the fact that the North
ern people have a settled impression upon
their minds that a general spirit of lawless
ness aud inobocraey prevails in Georgia;
that lynching is either approved or winked
at by our people; that civil administration
does not afford protection to life and prop
erty ; that the lives of men are destroyed
on account of their political opinions ; that
it is not safe for Northern men to reside in
Georgia, aud that officers,courts and juries,
either from harmony of feeling with offend
ers or from indifference as to crime, will
not bring to punishment those who violate
law. He further says there is no just
cause whatever for this impression upon
the Northern mind. He well knows that
the great body ol the people of Georgia arc
opposed to violence, lawlessness, lynching.
and mobocracy in any shape ai>d in every
form; and Colonel Lester knows as well as
every other man in Georgia that has a
thimble full of sense, that there never has
been an act of lawlessness, lynching or
mobperacy in Georgia that is not strictly,
truthfully and rightfully chargeable to the
people of the North. They have made
war upon us and by their numerical
strength overpowered us; destroyed’ our
property; freed our negroes ; turned them
loose upon us; put a military guard over
us ; enfranchised the negro; disfranchised
the whites;_ then they have sent or have
suffered their emissaries to como amongst
us protected by the military, collected the
negroes from the work of their employers
by 'the thousands, delivering inflammatory
speeches to them, bewildering them and set
ting their heads and turning their hearts
against their old owners, and those they
were raised with and played with from
their infancy up, and who were the best
friends they had on earth, which very,
many have now learned, and for tfcisreasou
are now trying to get back, too. All this
the people of the North have done, and
now because our people have, in a few in
stances, in defence of our property,' our
lives 'and the protection of the virtue and
lives of our mothers, wives and daughters,
made some resistance, wo arc charged with
being outlaws, Ku-kluxes, and every other
character that would belong to a heathen
tribe. But by whom are these charges
made,? They are made for vile purposes
by the wretches sept here, as well as a few
black-hearted villains they have bought up
for the purpose. They have manufactur
ed murders and outrages deepest
and darkest dye—located it and then her
alded it North, when the citizens of
the locality had never heard of it, and
were perfectly quiet, submitting to all the
odium and deviltry that had beeti heaped
upon us. UoL Lester has come out in an
address to the people, ia which he denies
the charges .made against us as a people.
This add ■ess has, no doubt, gone North,
yet he asks us to hold meetings in every
county in the State, and got every one to
turn out —have them conducted by our
best citizens—pass solemn resolutions, con
demni ig all this evil doing—pledging our
selves it shall not be the case again, and
that all those who will come and invest and
i settle among us shall be protected. I have
heard of till sorts of humble submission,
begging pardon, &e., but if there is any
such thing as puppyish humiliation, this
would-be,Capt. Lester's programme in a
nut-shell. Never,' never, never! May
heaven deliver us from such an act
of degradation ' Let them believe
what they profess to believe. They
have imbibed the opinion from the
fabrications of lies of their own brood of
miscreants, and if, believing these things,
will keep from among us them and their
capital, for the good of our country and
our people let them believe it. Let me ask
my Georgia friends, who are anxious for
Northern capital aud Northern immigra
tion here, a few questions: Don’t you look
upon these capitalists as a keen, shrewd,
far-seeing set of men ? Do you believe
they would invest in lands or privileges of
any kind that would not pay them hand
somely ? Don’t we all knew and fe-l the
necessity of more labor here ? Suppose
you who have one or two thousand acres
of lapd sell half of it to one of these
Northern men, and suppose' twenly five or
fifty men of every county does the same
thing, you will want, no doubt, to work
as strong a force next year as you do now;
these new parties will have to have labor,
where is it to come from ? They are going
to have labor, and if they can’t get our
laborers, which they will be apt to do, and
thereby injure us in our farming opera
tions, they will bring a class of laborers
that might produce bad society and dissat
isfaction generally. Again, if our lands
are a good-inveitment for these Northern
capitalists, they would certainly be for us.
If we sell tho land what will wc do with
the money ? W.e can’t invest in anything
safer and better than land. Besides, wo
would hi crippling ourselves in tho way of
labor- Why should we want other people
to cornu hero and cultivate our lands ?
Don’twe krow the more cotton we make j
the less price we get? Then let us work !
what Jand we can with what labor we can j
get, and reap the benefit dupselyes. I !
cannot see .that we are under any obiiga- I
tion to throw our facilities in the hands of |
a people who have and are yet acting so
heartlessly toward us. Cotton is bearing a
good price, and if wc will be contented to
hqld ogr lands and work them with what
labor we liaya we can n.ever reduce the
price so low but what we eati make more j
money than wo ever made .in our lives, j
Again, our native population is increasing t
so that we will, in a few years, want every |
foot of iasd Ha have for those that are |
coming on.
But, ttiy friends, the great and crowning
secrefs for our future advancement in
wealth and prosperity,*mr people seem to
have their eyes (dosed against. Would
you believe that the cotton factories of
Augusta, Columbus, Athens and other
places, to say nothing of other manufac
turing establishments in the State, are
paying much the largest dividends of any
other investments in the State; then, why
throw away the profits that might be so
easily converted to our use? There is no
doubt that there is a much , greater per
cent, made upon the capital invested in
making the cotton into cloth than therois
upon the capital invested in making the
cotton,and, if our people would go into this
matter with that unanimity of feeling and
interest that they should, they could do it
with their surplus and not interfere with
their ability to raise the same amount of
cotton that they now do. It is true-they,,
would be under the necessity of employing
competent machinists and superintendents
to carry it on, but where is such work
without this? This is a matter our people
should look well to, for there is no doubt
that if they lie still in this matter too long
that our good Northern friends will take
hold of it to our injury. Our interest de
mands prompt action. We have struggled
on till we have very, nearly got the reins ot
our Stjpe government in our hands, but if
we open our arms and doors for all the
North, with their capital and operatives,
oar doom will soon be settled and sealed
as slaves and dependents. Heaven deliver
us ! And, lastly, it does appear that these j
people who seem to have such terrible :
forebodings as to their safety among such
a people as we are. if they were to come I 1
should fear their hearts might be like the 1
man the students got hold of—-in the wrong i
place for good citizens and good society.
. 0. T.
Murrain in Caitle.—We have been
informed that for the past week this fatal
disease has been raging with alarming effect
in the country around Dalton, in the north
ern part of this State. Cattle die in the
woods and fields after a yery short illness,
and if some remedy is not discovered the
people will ne^“ r have work ; s , tock or
■" - short time. Many of tne
■Violent remedies have been sug
gested by various persons a.-,' sure cures,
but an early death is the only relief after
the distearner assumes its hold,
fvr *■
Fronijhr Macon Tclcjrnph.
Tin- turner < sc.
The above case came before U. S; Corn
miss oner W. C. Morrill, yesterday, • at 10
o’clock. The original affidavit and war
rant were objected to by Col: Jno. B.
Weems, counsel for the defence, on tho
ground that the allegations made in the
affidavit, even it true, failed to make a
case of felony, in that ihe affidavit merely
stated that the accused had in his posses
sion counterfeit bills with intent to pass'
them. To constitute a felony under the
law, the accused tuns: have attempted to
pass the spurious bills. The objection was
sustained ; and at the suggestion of Col.
John Milledge, U. S. District Attorney,
the original affidavit was dismissed, and a
new one was made, upon which warrant
was immediately issued. The first war
rant was is>ued before the District At
torney appeared in the ease. These pre
liminaries being satisfactorily arranged,
the Government introduced the following
testimony :
11. T. Powell, sworn, says: He is a
Teller of the City Banking Compauy ;
place of business on Third street, city of
Macon, Bibb county, State of Georgia; is
irequentlv called on to test the genuineness
of bills ; H. M. Turner, some time this
year, some months ago, presented at the
Bank a #IOO note-; witness thinks, for
deposit—perhaps to be changed ; it was
rejected as counterfeit , Turner said he
got it from som-e woman ; Turner never
asked that the bills should be marked to
guard the public against the same, but
took it and left.
Cross-examined—Am not positive as to
the time of the occurrence; the bill was
brought for deposit or to bo changed—
not positive as to which. Turner never
had any account, at the bank except in his
own name; cannot say whether there was
anything there to Turner’s credit; Turner
presented the bill as before stated, when I
informed him that it was a counterfeit and
cQuld not be received. W. P, Goodall,
Cashier, also examined the hill; both of us
'expressed doubts as to the genuineness of
the bill; Turner washed to pass the bill to
the bank; Turner said very little, simply
that ho got it from a woman; docs not
think Turner said he wished to deposit or
got change for it on account ol the woman.
Witness Knows counterfeit bills when he
sees them; is not frequently deceived; have
not been deceived for two years past, in a
good light; have never seen the original
(dates of the National currency; Turner
did not ask witness to examine the bill
This occurred this year—bill was a Nation
al Bank note; does not remember the
name of the bank; did not have any original
bill of bank with which to compare it;
may have boon one in the bank'; cannot
say whether bill was rejected for general
or particular reasons; had at bank a SSO
note which was abstracted from the Treas
ury Department, or First National Bank of
Jersey City. In such cases as that they
are rejected on account of signatures; re
ject bills for ge -oral features aud for sig
natures; the bill presented bad many bad
features; gave. Turner to understand that
we would not take the bill, believing it to
be remembers .but this one
time that Turner offered any bills; none
but au expert could have detected the
note as a counterfeit.
J. Clarke Swayze, sworn, says: He
knows H. M. Turner; Mr. Turner came to
witness on the 4th of July, at his office,
and produced a subpoena and a letter from
Gen. Gartrell, of Atlanta, and said “he
(Turner) was ruined.” and wished to have
witness’ advice as to the best; course for
him to pursue iu the matter; 1m said he
expected to go to / Atlanta; in defending
his course to witness in the transaction, he
went on to say that he had given SI,BOO of
this money to a colored woman, by the
name of Marian Harris; that he had done
so for the reason rbat he apprehended that
he might be killed on his passage from
Washington city to Macon, and that he
did not wish for this money to be found on
his person; he stated that the money was
to be held for him until he reached home;
witness understood him to mean counter
feit money; Turner afterward stated that
he had placed this money on a scat in the
car, between him and Marian Harris; this
he offered in defence of his (Turner’s) con
duct; he said he instructed her not to try
to pass any of this money, but to return it
to him when they reached home; he also
stated that there was a controversy be
tween them as to its genuineness, and she
insisted that she eauld pass it; he insisted
that she had better not try to do so; wit
ness refers entirely to the counterfeit
money; this conversation occurred at wit
ness’ office, Cotton Avenue, city of Macon,
county of Bibb, State of Georgia; witness
has knowledge that Turner had in his pos
session a counterfeit SIOO hill at another
time; at some period between four and six
months ago, Mr. Turner was in my office,
and Mr. 0. T. Ward, the Ordinary of Bibb
county; Mr. T. produced a SIOO bill, and
remarked that he had presented it at
some bank in Macon and they had object
ed to itsguineness; Mr. Ward looked at it
and thought it a good bill; that he would
take it and ascertain whether it was good
or not; Messrs. W. and T. left my office,
and I know nothing further about, that
note. •
Cross examined —Witness said his fee'-
ings are not hostile to Turner; are
friendly as far as he regards him as a
criminal; have no prejudices or ill-feelings
toward him; did not tell Jeff. Long, in my
office, on receipt of intelligence ofTurner’s
appointment as postmaster that I intend
ed to crush or kill him, or words to that
effect, and the Republicans must help me
to do it—nor at any other time did he say
any such thing; i am editor oftbe Ameri
can Union, _ published it} this city, did
write the article in said paper of the 9th
inst., headed “Turner in Irons.”
At this point iu the examination, of tho
witness; Col. Weems, counsel for the pris
oner, read the following editorial from wit
ness’ paper of the ( Jch instant, for the pur
pose of impeaching his testimony, as the
editorial was written five days after
the statemeuts of prisoner had been
made to witness :
“Turneii in Irons.”—The wish was
undoubtedly father to the thought in this
case. r ilie rebel papers ot Augusta wore
filled last Tuesday with dreadful accounts
of Postmaster Turner’s arrest, and under
the weight of “irons” carried to Atlanta
to be tried as a counterfeiter. It h, super
fluous lor us to say that '.here is no truth
whatever in the assertion. Mr. Turner
was supconacd as a witness iu the case of
a colored woman who was arrested upon a j
charge of passing counterfeit money, and:
■went to Atlanta on that business, but as I
the tequei showed, he knew nothing
about it.
This is regular rebel warfare, and Mr.
j Turner may expect assaults and accusations
i of this kind, though his sinning amounts
i only to being Postmaster at Macon,
[ These charges are made and promulgat
; cd by traitors and men who arc guilty of
defrauding tbo government.”
The Commission refused the admission
j of this editorial as evidence,
i Witness said he did declare -and publish,
| after Turner’s confessions were made, that
| there was no truth in the charge made
against Turner in the Augusta papers,that
he was taken in irons to Atlanta as a prison
er ; I may have told P. W. Doyle, during
the month of May last, in this city, that I
intended to’give Turner hell, or words to
that effect, but it was in connection with .
political matters and not with the. matter
now before the Court; I did not tel 1 a
person on the corner of Payne’s di ug store,
about three weeks ago, in the presence of
Wtp. .Tones, “that Turner was ad -d son
of a b —b, and that I wouid soon put him
where the dogs would not bark at him.”
T. C. Murphy, sworn, says : I reside in
Atlanta : am a member of the special
police in that pity; [ arrested Marian ;
Harris; when I arrested her she was in
the company of another woman from Au- j
gusta ; I asked her if her name was not ;
Marian Harris ; she said “no,” her name
was Marian Sims ; she said she was direct !
from Washington City; her trunk was mark- j
ed with a full name, and she said it was j
hers ; I took the woipan to the guard- j
house; I showed the Marshal of the day j
a dispatch ; I proposed to seareh them ; 1
Marian objected, but the other was willing. !
Mrs. Harris was first asked to step aside :
I sent a man to make a search ; she whis- !
pered something to him ; could not tell j
what she said ; she took out a pocket- j
bookheie; offered it; another gentleman :
and myself opend the hook and found
$950 (nine SIOO hills and one SSO) Na- j
tional Band currency counterfeit notes in j
it, and $407 genuine greenbacks ; all the 1
counterfeits were on the First National j
Bank of Jersey City , found a oeuain let- I
ter in Mrs. Harris’ trunk which she de- j
dined to have opened. This is a copy of !
the letter.
“Washington, D.C , June 6, 1860.
Mr*. Harris—Jif. Aft Friend : I- halt
start South Wednesday or Thursday morn
ing. You hau better go home, too, from
what I can hear about your people. If
you conclude to go with me, you had bet
ter start on Tuesday night. Come to
Washington, and if I don’t meet you at
the depot, get a carriage to bring you to
the corner of Third street and South Caro
lina Avenue. Answer at once whether to
wait for you or not. Direct to the same i
plaee, corner 3d st. and S. C. ave , I
Washington, D. C,
[Signed] H. M. Turner.
Answer at once.”
The Government here introduced the 1
counterfeits.
Court the.i adjourned to ten o'clock this j
morning.
South Carolina Stale Agricultural fair.
Special DitpaUh to the Charleston Daily i»vm*
Columbia, July If.—The Esocmive
Committee of the State Agricultural eio
ciety met to-day, and have tirade arrange
ments for the Fair iu November. The
Secretary is^ to i*-sue premium lists t„ tie
amount ot lour ‘i'dur*; to be
ran- i i/V if Hon. John C.
Breckinridge was Cheaeu the annual ora
tor, and a committee‘appoititedoh < ILinese
labor. The Committee adjourns to-night.
MEMPHIS.
Celestial Aspirations.
Memphis, July 13 —The Chinese Labor
Convention was called to order at 11
iv no? ltc ,? recnlaw Opera house, by
H Cherry, President ot the Chamber
of Commerce, after which, prayer by Rev.
I uggles. Charles Kortechf was chosen
temporary Chairman, and responded in a
brief audress, setting forth the objeots of
the Convention, and tho great necessity
ot cheap labor in order to develop the re
sources of the- country. Col. Loon Trous
dale was chosen temporary Secretary.
A committee of one from each State
represented to report on permanent organi
zation was as follows : For South Caro
lina, Dr. Green; for Tennessee, E M Ap
person; for Mississippi, General Miles ; fir
Georgia, Dr. F F’ Taber; for Alabama,
Col Gus Henry; for Louisiana, Judge \V
II Sutton; for Arkansas, T C Flournoy;
for Missouri, J M Davis; for California,
C M Wycker; for Kentucky, D G Reed.
Cos! J W Clapp, of Memphis, then de
li veredjan exhaustive oration. In his ad
uress he denied the object of the meeting
was antagonistic to white or black labor,
but showed that iu England the proportion
ot area was six acres to every laborer,
while in eleven Southern States it was 258
acres.
ISHAM G HARRIS, PRESIDENT.
The committee on permanent organiza
tion reported the permanent Chairman,
Gov I sham G Harris, of Tennessee, who,
on taking the chair, briefly responded,
saying that they had met. for action and
not for talking.
A. long list of Vice Presidents aud Secre
taries was then adopted.
A committee of five was appointed on
order of business as follows: Judge Sut
ton, ol Louisiana; Gus A Henry, of Alaba
ma ; Robertson Taber, of Tennessee; T C
Flournoy, of Arkansas; and A R Speers,
of Mississippi. After some unimportant
business, the committee reported the fol
lowing order of business:
A communication to consider the most
practicable means in inducing labor from
China or India, as the population best
suited our climate, on which J W Clapp
was appointed chairman.
After appointment of committees on
transportation, finance and immigration, a
telegram was received from St. Louis, say
ing that Keapmanschap would be here to
morrow. The convention adjourned until
10 o’clock to morrow. The meeting was
very large and represents the capital of the
Southwest. Delegates are continually ar
riving.
Memphis, July 14. —The Chinese Labor
Convention met tlys morning at 10 o’clock.
The attendance was large and chiefly com
posed of planters and land owners of the
neighboring States and surrounding coun
try. Reports were submitted from the
financial committee favoring a joint stock
immigration society, with offices at the
principal cities; from the immigration
com mit.toe, promising a welcome and pro
toction to all immigrants from China and
elsewhere); from the transportation com
mittee, stating that immigrants cam be
brought to Memphis in lots of live Fun
di ed and over from the Pacific States, by
rail for fifty dollars each, and from Hong
Kong to San Francisco for from eighty to
one hundred dollars in gold.
TYEKIM-ORIt GIVES AN INTERESTING AC
COUNT OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
Tye-Kim-Orr, a Chinaman, two years
in this couutry, now residing iu Louisiana,
addressed the convention. He stated that
over 70,000 Chinese are now laboring in
the West Indies. Among many much
distress prevails, because they were not
selected with pro per care as .to effective
nock hands, laborers and artizans. Many
were vicious criminals, who have been
sent on plantations to work at labor they
are not familiar with. Aggriculturists can
easily be procured through the proper
agents from the inferior of Chiua. In
Cuba they are paid four dollars per month.
Farm hands are' paid from eighteen to
twenty dollars per year.
In China living is so cheap that 150
pounds of rice cost us there two dollars.
Women work in the fields of China. Only
city women have small feet. One in ten
is a lover of strong drink. Comparatively
few are opium eatei*s ; it is a luxury that
only rich and city people can afford to in
dulge in. Ol filly now living in Donald
sonville, La., ODlyoneis a whiskey lover.
They are all easily managed,being patient,
industrious, docile, tractable and obedient.
The products of China are in many ways
similar to those of the Southern States,
and the agriculturists would easily be
come successful workers of Southern lands.
KOOP-MAN SHOP.
Mr. Koop-Man-Shop arrived at noon,
and addressed the convention, stating that
his house has directly and indirectly
brought thirty thousand Chinese to Cali
fornia, where sixty thousand are now en
gaged as mechanics and on railroad works.
They are paid from 90 cents to $1 10 in
gold per day as laborers. They can he in
duced to come from San Francisco here at
about S2O per month, but can be obtained
much cheaper in China, and under a five
year contract could be had from $lO to
sl2 per month. Mr. K. says they are not
at times reliable unless security is exacted,
and will take service with others if higher
wages are ottered them.
The convention adjourned until to-mor
row at 10 o’clock..
The Virginia Election.—Governor
elect Walker, of Virginia, spent nearly two
hours with the President to-day. Secre
tary Fish, Boutwell and Kawlings were
present during a greater portion of the in
terview. Waiker was verv emphatic in
his representations to the President of his
intention to give his administration a full
and hearty support in governing Virginia.
The President was very cordial, and an
swered that he hoped he would succeed in
carrying out his representations. A failure,
he thought, would be ruinous to the State.
Secretary Rawlings remarked'during the
conversation that be thought Virginia was
the only truly reconstructed State in the
South. The Walker men have a large ma
jority in the State Legislature, and already
the question of United States Senator is
being canvassed. The candidates named
solar are l)r. Sharpe, formerly of Rich
mond, Va., present Marshal of the District
of Columbia, and brother-in-law of the
President: Franklin Stearns, an old Union
resident of Richmond, and the person'who
nominated Walker for Governor in the
Convention; Mr. McKensie, Congressman
elect from the Alexandria district; D. W.
D. Wallach, of'Culpepper, who was a can
didate for Congress in McKenzie’s district,
but withdrew in McKenzie’s favor; and
A. B. Johnson Barker, a wealthy and in
fluential citizen of Richmond. — New York
Tribune.
Mercer University. —The Commence
ment exercises of this Institution opened
on Monday last and closed on Wednesday
evening. The Commencement sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Tucker, Pres
ident of the University, in his usual able
and eloquent style. With the Ther-
I mometer in the nineties, hardly expected
to find a largo audience, yet wo were rno-t
; agreeably surprised in this respect. The
j exanination of the students was thorough
and searching, and their proficiency show
ed that they had been under tho tuition of
able teachers, anti had made good use of
their time The Sophomore Priz*e Decla
j mation, which came off on Monday, was a
j most interesting occasion, arid the young
| gentlemen who participated in it, all ac
quitted themselves with great credit. The
first piize was awarded to Kx-r B-
Topper, of Wilkes, and the second
jto John J. Brantly, of Greene, two
i young men who have it in their power in
i the future to prove themselves an hontr
! to their Alma Mater. The original Poem
; was delivered by Mr. R. J. Larcombe, of
S ’vannah, who well deserved and receiv
ed the praise of all who heard him. The
graduating class, fourteen in number,came
fully up to the expectations of their friends.
We regret that a want of spaoe and other
unavoidable reasons, prevents us from par
ticularizing, and giving a more extended
account of the proceedings. Suffice it to
say. everybody who attended was pleased
and came away fully satisfied that if Mer
cer University was equalled by other in
stitutions of learning in thisorother States,
that it certainly is not surpassed by any.
The able corps of Professors have ample
reasons for being satisfied with their labors.
Long life to them ftll and prosperity to
their University. —(freenetboro Herald.
I An Important Improvement to the
; Power Doom. —The Herald chronicles an
j important improvement to thopowerloom,
j which our manufacturers will have to look
I into. It is in the shuttle, which is driven
; by anew contrivance, which moves it by
i the application of a steady mechanical
! power, so that it can be driven any dis
. tance am) stopped at any point, thus se
| curing a uniform selvedge any width of
• fabric desired —avoiding clatter and dan
; gerand saving power in running the loom,
j It is called LyalJ’s positive motion.
Death of an Odd Citizen.— Mr.
! Moses E. McWhorter died at his resi
dence, in this place, on Sunday night,after
an illness of several days. The deceased
was, we believe, a native of South Caro
lina, hut has been for many years a citi
zen of this town, and was extensively
known both as a merchant and as agent,of
Princeton Fjctory. At the time of his
death he was a member of the firm of J.
S. England & Cos. He has been, for many
years, a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and was fii-bly respected as a
citizen and Christ an. He leaves a widow
and two orphan daughters. -Athens
rVulairmiH.
—m
In 1858 the consumption of tfour in
Paris amounted to 2,000,000 quintels
(4 J 5,000,000 Douncjs), whioh is equal to
about 615.000,000 pounds of bread.
The name of the English poet, Milton, j
nas )usi oeen given 2 "IT?- nt * wl " joerceu j
in the Faubourg Montmatre. Pans, be- i
tween the Huns liamartine and Dt*> Mar
tyrs. i-i • I
AGHIOULTU-AL.
Immigration— BepjyTo Hai i- it.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
In your issue of July 10th, apjearsa
communication signed “Hancock” (whit s,
I presume, was written from Hanex-k
county) in reply to “Traveller.” He says
that ‘Traveller’ states what is not true of
his friends in Hancock. Also, that “he
( Hancock”) knows of but one gentlem ,n
of much prominence in the county who is
oppose! to judicious immigration for any
reason, much less for the one suggested by
Traveller.” Now, I think, “Hancock”
is very much mistaken in this. lie cer
tainly has not talked with the people, at
least with the people of this section of
Hancock county. I know if no gentleman
in this section of the county, whether of
much or of little “prominence,” woo is
in favor of an expenditure of the public
un s for the promotion emigration.
I know of no one who is u i gto src and
lLl W y nmte f T h ibr "-'I urpMe L
know oi no one who is in t - 0 1 an ira
migratton to this State Mil:, b “ to ra se
3,000,000 bales cotton; not even 1,200 uoo
bales, assuming that the immigrants will
pay their own expenses, and that other
cotton States will follow in the • ame path
and increase in their ratio.
M e will take the county at large and
see how the people stand upon this sub
ject, immigration, i krn.w of no better
way of judging than by the voice of the
people when called together to consult and
act upon matters pertaining to their own
interests as individuals.
At a meeting lately called in this county,
there was an instrument of writing, < n
couraging immigration, presented to the
people for signatures. I have been in
formed that about twenty only signed the
paper. I was not present at this meeting,
but have learned, from good authority,
that this was the actual result of tho im
migration meeting in Hancock coumy.
Does this look as if “Traveller” mis.-ed
the mark far ? “Traveller” has not taken
back that remark, for it is t rue. “Hancock "
appears to boa little alarm.. 1 for fear our
labor will seek the Jlis.-k-ippi. bottoms mi
soon as the levees shall have boon repair
ed. This is as much entitled to considera
tion as the prevailing idea, that the negro
will take the course ol' .he Indians, and
“play out, vamose or evaporate.’’
T our space will not admit of ourgiving all
our reas ?ns for opposing immigration.
We oppose it, both from the social and the
political effect it might have, keeping
steadily before us as lights of past aud cur
lent hist ry. It there were no other
reason, we oppose it from the wry fat
that it will have a tendency to cheapen
the price of cotton without effecting a cor
responding decrease in t o ■ cost of produc
tion, taking “Hancock’s” figures as a
basis of argument. How much profit could
we realize from our labor and capital,
should Georgia raise 3,000,000 bales, .or
even 1,200,000 bales and all the cotton
States to raise in the same ratio? Taking
“Hancock’s” figures the South raise at
least 30,000,000 bales. What would he
the price of cotton, supposing this amount
to be raised? Will “Hancock” say that
it would be worth 20 cents? Does he say
this would not “cheapen the price of not
ion ?” In my opinion it would not pay
for ginning and packing cotton for market.
Why “HancockY’ figures would make
Georgia a “paradise.” Build school
houses, Churches, railroads, factories,
cities, workshops, castles (in the air), cot
tages, barns, canals, Ac., Ac.!! The
very thought of this makes my hair “all
stand on een.” I apprehend it would be
old paradise turned bottom side upward;
but I would advise “Hancock” if he
brings this about, ti farm on the tenant
system and sell his share of the cotton in
the seed, and employ his pen in unceasing
opposition to all manner of taxation.
Again, “Hancock” intimates that it is
inconsistent to oppose immigration, and at
the same time encourage the use ol' fertil
izers, deep plowing, improved seed, Dick
son’s sweeps, Ac., Ac. Not so, Mr.
“Hancock.” Our object in encouraging
the latter is to reduce the cost of produc
tion, if, by these means the cost of pro
duction mil be proportionally decreased.
Our reason for this is obvious: “Han
cock” should have opened first with bkir
mish firing, lo gain full knowledge of his
ground. Instead of prudently doing this,
he has opened with a furious fire from a
great gun, overcharged with a load of
3,000,000 hales for Georgia alone, which
bursts at the first tire. When, therefore,
he comes to fire his full battery, similarly
overcharged with the same sort of loads,
for all the cotton States, like results wil
follow, and breastworks of cheap lands, big
profits, Ac., will be utterly defenceless, and
he and all of us will cry in vaia for quar
ter. Klux.
July 13, 1869.
Andy Johnson and Useless Grant.
Ex-President Johnson's Spssedi, at, the
National Capital.—Radical Fear that
Johnson will Get into the. Senate. -
Grant's Popularity Waning.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Telegram writes as follows:
Andy Johnson’s talk with a reporter and
his subsequent speech on being serenaded
by some of the old Conservative citizens of
Washington, have been the principal topic
of conversation during the past week.
Whether Andy Johnson showed bad taste
or not, whetHcr it comported with the
dignity of an ex-chief magistrate to so
plainly discuss the merit:; of his successor,
whether in fact he merely spoke tho truth,
or gave utterance to the thoughts ol a dis
appointed and jealous man, or not, are
questions about which people are pretty
well divided, aud which, perhaps, will not
be settled by the present generation. Tho
strong parti: an feeling of rim times wiil
have to be smothered and effectually crush
ed out before people will be i.i a proper
frame oi mind to judge dispassionately and
impartially. Rampant Badieaiisui aud cop
perheadism wiil have, to be numbered
among the things that were ore the world
can decide whether in Andrew Johnson
there is anything above the petty politician
or demagogue, and wiicther Hirmau
Ulysses is a silent .Solon or an unspeakable
humbug. Andy Johnson hol l y proclaims
to the world what he believes, tiisr. garding
all mere conventional rules, and asserts
that Grant is the largest farce “oyer thrust
upon a people-”
“A second Washington,” shouts Anly.
“Oyes, about as much like George, the firs
father of his couutry, as tho plucked goose
of Diogenes was to Plato’s mu.”
“That idol of ;he people,” exclaim
Wendell Phillips, “whose silence is wisdom
and the puff of whose segar is statesman
ship.”
Both of these an fine piece:-; „ roi-m
and it would be hard to (k t-mir-, j H
the more admirable--A-: ndcll’s.
It is pretty certain, however, iLa Andy’s
amusing illustration has to : ; e osation.
It was one of those Illicit ;m<; hiis which
live, and it is not at ali i i,probable “the
plucked goose” will st : ; , Gra;,: quite
as adhesively and perm . i.i Mead
duck” plaster will attach ti poor John
Forney.
There were many Republics;, s present at
; the serenade, who went to job. in the ridi
j cule and derision of the ex P,-blent, hut
I Mr. John-mi m
i bis blows were so well and ed, and ,his
adherents were so la. ./ . edomiuant,
that the aforesaid it om in us made
no unpleasant damon li uion. On the
contrary, some of them ( j >ye<l the pokes
at Grant amazingly, and Uughed outright,
especially over the “oluck i goose” and
the motto of iuiperalism. Altogether this
last speech of Andy is regarded as the best
he ever delivered. He as gone from us
again, but not without leaving behind an
impression that he still lives and has con
siderable combative material about him,
which will bother Grant and his party
more than they will relLh. “That John
son will be a tnorn in the side of our party
as long as he lives,” said a prominent Re
publican, after reading a report of the cx-
President’s speech. “Say what you will
about him, by thunder, he has the devil’s
own fight in him. I tell you, sir, if he
ever gets back to the Senate he will make
some of us sweat, and I confess it looks
extremely favorab.c to the Democn s or
Conservative party carrying both Governor
and Legislature, and then, good by to your
Radical party in Tennessee forever.”
Good ly, indeed, for onco let Andy attain
the helm, and if he don’t “sweat” out all
the Radical philosophers it won’t be his
fault, or for lack of inclination.
It is remarkable how very soon Grant’s
star has commenced to descend. Only
four months m and , -ecui, | 0 ; ; -vc
become one of <>• m :
the country. It - friends are few* .indeed,
and those few not, of the calid or e thusiae
tic order. His reticence has ecu id to ex
oite curiogity, and now only occasions op
pressiveness and repulsion. If it is puton,
he ought to fake it off once in a while, for
the constant wear is rubbing it threadbare.
Its novelty is gone; its wisdom is played
out. You hear on every side au inquiry
very much like this, “What sort of a man
is it that don’t say "something some time
or ether? Can a man have anything in
him who can’t say a word op. any occasion,
neither at apubiic norat a private j
dinner party, nor to a few college hoy.-?’
The other day i was talking to a foreign
minister hero and found ho had the same 1
idea ofGrant. “I have attended fifteen/
diplomatic dinners,” said tho minister!
“and met Grant at them all. It was a i
ways snew in his vicinity. He was col*
taciturn, and unhappy looking. He neve
smiled, never let off a joke, never talk#
but ,yes’ or 4io, ‘and never touched the wi ■ •
save as a lady, taking one glass of oh*,
pagne at the terminaiioti , f the d'" /
I don’t like Grant say { u ;f;
siana uiui without .-ayii.e win,; wouldiii.t
be oreditablc to him, Alii am sure f i
that he acts like a man greatly dU-'mißog,
or extravagantly ignorant.