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The Turner Case.
Wc publish this morning a letter in
reference to the Turner case. We never
entertained a doubt of his guilt from the
firßt moment of his arrest; but we bad
serious doubts of his conviction. Appoint
ed through the influence of Sumner, Cress
well and others against the indignnnt pro
testations of the citizens of Macon, his con
viction would be a hard blow to ( /rant and
his administration. The carpet-baggers
and scalawags of Georgia were on the side
of Turner, and, fearing the effect on the
party, they importuned the administration
to use its influence in the culprit’s behalf.
This accounts for Turner's acquittal. We
do not, however, intend to let this matter
rest. Our correspondent shows up the
corruption, by the means of which Turner
has escaped the clutches of the law for the
present at least. He will give some rascal
ly and rare exposures in a future letter.
What did the Telegraph mean in saying
that Turner would be discharged from the
Department? Come, brother _Clisby, tell
us what you know. The only way for the
people of your city to get rid of this incu
bus Turner is to keep his incompetcncy
and rascality prominently before the peo
ple of the country. This will force public
opinion in your favor and compel Grant to
relieve you of your affliction.
Our Kaltway bystem—Augusta and Mo
bile.
For many years Augusta has been rec
ognized as the best cotton market in the
.State. This foci has drawn many bales of
cotton here for sale which might more con
veniently have been shipped to other mar
kets. Tbis Jacl has also caused other cities
to make extraordinary exertions to afford
such superior facilities to the planters and
interior cotton buyers as to induce them to
abandon our market to secure the benefit
offered by our rivals. This competition for
the trade which naturally sought a market
here is still being pressed with remarkable
energy and vigor on all sides of us, and we
are daily hazarding uot only the trade we
now have, but that also which the progres
sive development of the material resources
of the interior is bringing into existence by
our own supineness and inactivity.
The construction of the Air-Line Road,
now a fixed fact, will cut off from us a con
siderable trade which we now get by way of
Athens, and will also deprive us of a large
portion of the wagon business which wc
draw from Elbert, Hart, Madhfcn, Frank
lin, and other eastern and northeastern
counties. This Road will also divert a con
siderable portion of the through trade and
t ravel which now comes to and through Au
gusta by the Columbia & Charlotte and
tlio Central and W aynesboro Roads. The
injury which threatens us from the
construction of the Air-Line Railroad
may be prevented, and indeed that road
made subservient, in some degree, to our
interests, by the extension of the Georgia
Railroad from Athens to Clayton. The
interests of the latter corporation require
that this extension should be made with
ail possible dispatch. This extension will
give us two lines to Knoxville and Cincin
nati, and will draw to Augusta a rich and
valuable trade from Northwestern Caro
lina, which now flows over the Greenville
& Columbia Road direct to Charleston.
Tho importance, pty, the prime necessity,
for the construction of the Clayton exten
sion is so apparent that wc can Dot doubt
but that the Georgia Road will build it at
once.
Tho Griffin A Decatur Road, which is
already graded from Griffin to ornearNew
nan, will undoubtedly bo pushed forward
into Northeast Alabama, and at no distant
day to Decatur. This road will cut off
from Augusta a large and valuable trade
which wo have enjoyed for many years.
Tlio proposed line from Atlanta to Decatur
would, to a considerable extent, neutralize
the damaging effects of the Grilfin and De
catur Road, aud bring to us a valuable
trade which would otherwise find a market
outlie Gulf. Atlanta, anil the Georgia,
ami the South Carolina Railroads, will be
compelled to build this road. Augusta
might and doubtless would assist in the
work were it necessary to secure its accom
plishment.
The rocent development of the intention
of tho Central Road to construct a main
trunk to Atlanta direct from Tennille,
warns us that we may, in a short time,
bo required to give up a large portion of
tho local trade of tho tier of counties em
braced within the triangle marked by the
Macon A Wes Urn, tho Georgia, and the
Macon A Augusta Railroads, and to lose
at Atlanta muoh of the trade emptied in
to that great central distributing point by
the various roads oenteriug there.
Tho lease of the Southwestern Road to
tho Central, cuts us off from the trade
which we hoped to reach at Macon by tho
oomplotiou of the Milledgcville Road.
The city aud people of Augusta have in
vested largely in tho latter road, with the
hope, amounting at the time almost to
a certainty, that its completion would bring
to this city a largo and valuable cotton
trad* from Southwestern Georgia. The
settlors and present inhabitants of that
portion of the State were emigrants from
Eastern and Middle Georgia, who, in ear
ly life had olose business connections with
our city. They would naturally desire to '
renew their old business connections, and
to re-open their old associatiens with our
merchants. The consolidation of the
Southwestern (for it amounts to this) with
the Central Road, thoroughly excludes us
from reaching that trade by way of Macon
The truth is, that in our eagerness to
reach forth and grasp tho Western trade,
lor whioh there has always been strong
competition, and which at best is but
slightly remunerative as compared to the
rich ootton trade of the Southwest, we
have overlooked and entirely neglected a
field whioh is of easy access, and covered
with a trade far more valuable than any
which we might hope to teach by our
Northern and Northwestern connections.
The white harvests of the vast cotton
fields of Southwestern Georgia and South
Alabama lie within our easy grasp, and
invite us to come and reap a harvest
whieh will give our old town renewed life,
and establish our trade on a scale of mag
nificence whioh our people have not for
years past dreamed of. Tho trade of
Southwestern Georgia rightfully belongs
to Augusta. The great currents of trade
throughout this whole oountry flow from
Southwest to Northeast, inclining east
wardly. Take a map of the United States
and trace the direction of the great main
trunks in every State in the Union, except
our own, and it will be seen that they have
the general direction we have just indi
cated.
That our own system does not now con
form to this railroad laic is due m&inly to
the fact that our principal lines
were projected when the system was
in its infancy, and when the resources of
the State wore neither developed nor prop
erly appreciated. Another reason for this
lack of'unison with the great railway system
of the oountry is found in the fact that our
principal liue—the Georgia Road—which
was originally projected on the proper line,
was diverted from its original direction by
the action of the State. Macon and Co
lumbus were the points demanded for its
termini, no less by the general railroad
laws, of which we have spoken,than the de
mands and wants of the trade of those cities
and Augusta. This fatal mistake in the
location of the Georgia Road has led to
the oonfusion, want of unity, and ruinous
competition which now seriously affects
our whole system. This blunder brought
into existence the Central Road from Sa
vannah to Macon, with its branch to
Milledgeville and Eatonton —it forced the
construction of the Southwestern Road,
by which the trade of that section is taken
up into the interior to find an outlet to the
sea —it caused the construction of the
Albany & Thomasville and developed the
necessity for the Griffin & Decatur Road.
Can this blunder be now remedied ? is
a question fraught with great interest te
the whole people of this State. So far as
Augusta and the interests of Southwestern !
Georgia are oonoerned, wesay it can. We J
insi . forthi can !>c accomplished at
a cost almost insignificant when compared
to tho results which will follow. How is
this to be accomplished? We answer, by
the construction of a Railroad from Augus
ta via Louisville, Wrightsville, Dublin,
Hawkinsville, Vienna and Starksville
to Cuthbert, and thence to Mobile.
This fine would become the great
trunk line from New York and Washing
ton to New Orleans. It would penetrate
the best cotton growing country in the
South. It would drain a large area of
Territory now without railroad facilities.
It would divert an immense trade to this
c'ty which now goes to Macon, Savannah,
and Apalachicola. It would secure us a
monopoly of the eotton raised in Jefferson,
a large portion of Washington, all of John
son, Laurens, Pulaski, Dooly, Worth, Tel
fair, Lee, Randolph and Miller, and a con
siderable portion from Wilkinson, Twiggs,
Emanuel, Montgomery, Houston, Sump
ter, Dougherty, Clay and Terrell counties.
It would bring to this city one hundred
thousand bales of cotton annually, in ad-'
dition to what we now receive. It would
i do this withont drawing a single bale from
any of the roads now leading into the city.
I This would be all new business—business
which never can get here unless by the
t road we now propose.
This line would, in addition to the im
mense cotton trade which it brought here,
open up and secure to our city a valuable
wool,fruit and cattle trade. It would make
Augusta not only a great eotton centre,
bat it would make it the great wool and
cattle market of the State. It addition to
all this it would open up to us thermal
valuable timber and lumber trade iu the
world. But we need not speak further of
the many and manifest advantages which
would result from the construction of this
roail They arc so apparent and patent
that all can see them.
Can such a road be built ? How can it
best lie done? What is the duty of Augus
ta in the premises? These are questions
of vDal import. They demand the careful
consideration of our whole people. In a fu
ture issue we shall pursue the inquiry, and
in the meantime invite -the views of our
friends.
|be Income Tax.
The Herald , Times, and other leading
pap rs are discussing the income tax,
which expires by limitation at the end of
1870. The Heraltl takes the broad ground
that the condition of the finances of the
country will warrant the abolition of all
further taxes on men’s earnings. It
further asserts that a powerful pressure
will ha brought upon Congress during its
next session to abolish immediately what
it ju-lly characterizes as “this UDjust, un
equal, and consequently unpopular law.”
The limes does not go the whole length
of its cotemporary. It considers the re
peal of the tax impracticable, hut advo
cates its modification. It says :
“A uniform tax of five per cent, (it tells
us) is too high. It increases the tempta
tion to fraud, and operates harshly upon
the possessors of small incomes derived
from labor or trade. It should be reduced
to two and a half per cent, on incomes be
low some fixed figure, or on all incomes
derived from industry or trade, as distin
guished from those derived from realized
property. Whatever injustice there is in
the tax as now levied consists in a total
disregard of the essential peculiarity of in
comes which are contingent upon the ac
cidents of employment and health or the
vicissitudes of ever varying competition.
The clerk or the professional man, whose
income may cease every day, or the mer
chant, whose t rofits of this year may be
swallowed up in the losses of the next, are
required to pay the rate that is paid by
the retired capitalist or real estate owner ]
whu.- c incomes arc as certain as anything
humun can be. The anomaly is so glaring,
and the hardships it inflicts are so cruel,
that its continuance is indefensible. It
might not he fair to exempt one of these
classes from the tax while retaining it on
the shoulder of the other, hut some dis
crimination is called for with the view of
relieving what may be called contingent
incomes from a load which incomes that
are certain are abundantly able to carry.
A reduction of the tax to half the present
rate in the case of the former, should not
bo delayed.”
The revenue from this source is immense,
affording a wide field fur fat offices aud for
unlimited stealing. The office holders in
this department can afford and no doubt
will resort to lobbying and bribery for the
purpose of continuing this law in force.
They may succeed. Rat the indications
are that the Herald and Times reflect the
opinions of the people and that the law, if
not entirely repealed, will he essentially
modified- It is true that the law does not
bear heaviLy upon our people for they have
very little income to return. However we
should like to see the law repealed because
it is acknowledged to he “inquisitorial, op
pressive and unconstitutional.”
The Condition of the Cotton Trade.
The London shipping Gazette has an
article on tho condition of the cotton trade
which is full of promise for the South. If
Providence favors us with the sunshine and
the rain in season and due proportion for
the growing orop, the planter has a splendid
prospect of highly remunerative prices.
The following is the article to whioh we re
fer :
“The cotton trade is still in a very pecu
liar position. The straggle between Liv
erpool and Manchester, which has been
going on for so long a time, has resulted
in the partial defeat of the latter. The
position of the raw material is statistically
strong, while the stocks of cotton goods
throughout the world have been greatly
reduced in consequence of the restricted
exports from this country. Holders of
raw cotton have been further favored by
the fact that money has continued cheap,
whieh has given them a considerable ad
vantage in the contest with the spinners.
Thero is very little doubt, however, that
the latter have pursued the right policy in
limitin'* their purchases to the utmost ex
tent, and they may not have oause to re
gret having done so. The restricted con
-uuiption which has been going on has im
parted a healthy tone to both the Liver
pool and Manchester markets, and more
activity may be anticipated in both, until,
at least, present wants have been supplied.
The immediate cause of the return of ao- !
tivity is the condition of tho Eastern mar- ;
kets, which must by this time be pretty !
well bare of goods. The shipments to In
dia, as we have frequently pointed out,
have been on an unusually small scale for
some time past, and altogether out of pro
portion to the requirements of so large a
population. On the other hand, the ex-
ports to China have been greatly on the
increase. These, however, have been
rapidly absorbed, especially so far as the
Northern ports are concerned—a fact
which goes far to prove that we are as yet
unaware of the great capabilities of the
China market, trade with which would al
most appear to be in its infancy. The
American markets have also shared in the
improved feeling, not, however, from an
exhaustion of stocks, which are at present
sufficiently large,but rather from the grow
ing belief that cotton must continue to ad
vance in consequence of the altered aspect
of affairs. From South America, too, the
reports are such as to lead to the belief
that, now that politics have assumed a
more peaceful attitude, the usual supplies
of cotton goods will be required. From
this changed position of the cotton goods
market, it is evident that an increased de
mand for raw cotton may be anticipated-
“It is difficult to see, however, how any
great increased demand can be satisfied out
of present resources. The quantity of cot
ton on hand in Liverpool is very small,
having only increased by 13,700 bales
since the opening of the year. It may be
noted that the average stock held during
the twenty j ears ended 1860 was no less
than 747,000 bales, the quantity on hand
at the present time being 365,800, or less
than half that amount. Even if we take
the case of the last three years, the stock is
at an unusually low ebb. In July, 1866,
the quantity held was 1,020,000 bales; in
1867, 738,000; andm IS6S, 603,000—the
average being 775.«X)0 bales. It has, how
ever. been gradually declining, until it has
reached tl.e present low figure. But any in
crease iu consumption would force prices
up to such a point as to prohibit shipments
of goods to any great extent, and we doubt
if the foreign markets are yet sufficiently
denuded of goods to allow of any material
increase in prices abroad. For this reason
we incline to the belief that the activity
which has lately set in through the Man
chester market is of a temporary nature,
and will not be maintained in the face of a
continued rise in the price of the raw ma
terial.”
Cincinnati Southern Railroad.—
The Nashville Banner says that dispatches
received at Chattanooga from Mr. D. N.
Stanton, President of the Alabama & Cin
cinnati Railroad, now in Boston, that
directors for Southern division of the
Cincinnati & Chattanooga Railroad, com
prising some of the best men of New York
and Boston, were electe i on last Thursday.
Merchants of New York and Boston have
subscribed $2,000,000 to the road. Mr.
Stanton, who is President of the Alabama
A Chattanooga Railroad, was also chosen
President of the Southern division of the
Cincinnati Road.
Ilow Ulan be Dune?
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette hits upon anew scheme
for the speedy reconstruction of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas. It is plausible to
say the least of it, as it is “all in the farni
y.” Perhaps a “hound purp” or fast nag
to Ulysses would help a loDg the business.
The Gazette correspondent says:
The difficulty in “reconstructing” Vir
ginia. Mississippi tad Texas can be settled
in a jiffy if the people of those colonies are
sharp enough. If they make a false step
all is lost l I learn that their fate, how
ever, is in their own hands as yet.but alert
ness is the word.
To counteract the design of the satrap
of Virginia of modelling the Legislature of
the “Mother of States” to suit the extrem
ists instead of answering his inquisitorial
political catechism recently addressed to
each member, let them in a body assemble
in caucus, and tender formally the two
Senatorships to Dr. Sharpe and Mr. Corbin,
the two favorite brothers-in-law of the
President. And why not? Are they not
quite as acceptable to the substantial men
ot Virginia as McKenzie, or Walker, or
Stearns, or Wallack?
After electing Dent Governor, let Mis
sissippi forthwith choose him and Jesse
Grant, the venerable father of Ulysses, to
the same respectable legislative body. As
for Texas she can pick and choose, for
there are “a few more left.”
If this policy shall be pursued and fully
carried out without “mental reservation”
(and I hear it has the approbation of Judge
Sharkey, who has been eminently success
ful in patching tip agreeable compromises
as to “reconstruction ”), the admission of
the three outside States will be assured—if
not, then assuredly not.
France and Napoleon.
liouis Napoleon, Emperor of the French,
has taken the bull by the horns. The re
sult of the recent elections, and the riot
ous demonstrations accompanying them,
proved to the Emperor that his policy was
not popular, and that the people would and
must have certain reforms, peaceably if
he would, but forcibly if he must. Na
paleon, like a wise ruler, makes a virtue
out of.a necessity, and boldly takes the
initiative in the measures of reform de
manded by his people. In his message to
the‘Jhamher of Deputies he declares, in
substance, “that the reign of personal pow
er established with the coup d’etat of
1852 is at an end, and that the Legislative
Body is henceforth ‘to have that extension
which is compatible with the funda
mental basis of the Constitution.’ The
Corps Legislate/ is henceforth to lay down
its own rules, to regulate its own acts, and
to elect itself the bureaux, or committees to
which all questions are first referred for
examination and discussion, before being
reported upon for general deliberation.
Greater privileges are to be allowed in
offering amendments, aud the Chambers
will not hereafter be called upon to reject
or accept measures as a whole, as delivered
them by the Ministry. Amendments to
the Tariff are to be submitted to the Legis
lative Body, and the Budget is to be voted
upon in sections, so that any particular
clause may be rejected, without putting a
stop to the entire financial plans of the
Government. Ministers may henceforth
he chosen from the Corps Legislate/, and
there is to he an extension of ‘the right of
interpellation.’ ”
It is very questionable, however, whe
ther these modifications will satisfy the
mercurial Frenchman. He does not want
anything done by halves, or by degrees.
He wants the whole hog, and that instant
ly. The Conservative papers are favor
ably impressed with the reforms; but the
opposition, or revolutionary journals, are
very bitter in their strictures, characteriz
ing the whole business as a farce. If the
French people know their interests, they
will not change Louis Napoleon for a
ruler who might turn out a tyrant and.an
enemy to France. Republican govern
ment does not suit the Frenchman. Over
throw the Empire, establish a Republic,
and its President will essay an Empire
on the ruins of the Republic. France has
grown great and prosperous under Na
poleon. Frenchmen should be content
with the concessions of their Emperor,
who lives only for the honor and glory of
his country.
What Wendell Phillips Wants.
Wendell Phillips is a fanatic of the ex
treme wing ot tho Radical party. He is
the great high devil, the shining fight who
reflects the opinions of a strong element in
the New England States. In the last
number of' Pliillips’ Anti-Slavery Stand
ard, he has the following blood and thun
der article, in which he denounces Grant
and the administration, and threatens
Georgia and the other Slates with all sorts
of vengeance, if he had the power to inflict
it. He says:
“Still, while the Chief Justice plots to
bring rebels into power, this shiftless and
incapable Administration allows State af
ter State to slip out of its hands. It is
time someone should souud a note of
warning. We gave Johnson six months
trial, and are willing to wait as long for
Grant. We mean, therefore, to express
now only oiir serious fears, not our settled
distrust. When Grant, so absurdly and
without consultation, flung an Adminis
tration at the country, wo trembled at such
proof of his unfitness for his great place.
And every hour’s experience with that
Administration has increased our fears.
What we demand of the thoughtless and
timid men who made a mere camp captain
of our President, is that they save us from
the consequences of their mistake by sur
rounding him with men who comprehend
the hour, and are brave enough to meet
it. Gen. Grant has all the physical courage
that the Virginia campaign of 1865 needed.
He has shown himself too weak and irres
olute to conduct the Virginia campaign of
’69. A soldier’s courage is one thing.
Gen. Grant has it. A statesman's courage
is a totally distinct quality. Hitherto
Grant has given no evidence of possessing
it. In the camp one of his chief merits
was that he knew how to choose his agents
admirably, in civil affairs he has blunder
edin his choice like a child.
******
“Until Georgia admits colored men to
their Legislative seats, fill every other of
fice in the State icith blacks to make reb
els understand the Government and keep
the balance even. Throw the whole
weight of the National Government into
that scale in Tennessee, Mississippi and
Texas, which will give loyal men the rule
—loyal men sustained by education, land,
political rights, and by the business so fos
tered and protected that it will remodel
the State.
“The nation gropes and feels round for
a Government —and grasps only air. Mr.
President, if you cannot draw your sword,
at least show your hand ! Rebeldom is
doiDg great things illegally. Your ad
ministration is doing nothing strictly ac
cording to law.
“The pilot who sleeps at the helm is as
guilty as he who deliberately runs the ship
upon Gibraltar. The blood of the mur
dered loyalists of Georgia is on the skirts
of this Administration. I would rather be
Lee at Appomatox—no, not Lee, the exe
cutioner and assassin of Libby Prison —be
any knave rather than Lee—but I would
rather be Pemberton, surrendering at
Vicksburg, than Grant successfully and
safely defied in the White House.
“Wendell Phillips.”
English Emigration Statistics.
The general report of the Emigration
Commissions has been presented to both
houses of Parliament. From the Peace in
1815 to the end of 1868, the total emigra
tion from the United Kingdom comprised
6,498,670 persons. For those fifty-four
years the average was 120,345 individuals
per annum, but for the ten years 1859 to
1869 inclusive, the average was 170,150.
Although the number of emigrants convey
ed by ships from the United Kingdom in
1868 was greater than in the preceding
year, there was an actual decrease in the
exodus of British subjects.
The foreigners who, in 1863, formed
only three per cent, of the emigration,
amounted to more than 26 per cent, in
1868. It is stated that the foreigners con
sist principally of Germans, Swedes, and
Danes, who land at Hull, and are convey
ed thence to Liverpool, where they em
bark for North America, and proceed to
the Western States. Ireland was the
great emigration mart, but this promises
to decline yearly with the increase of home
employment. The Irish population at one
time gave SO per cent, to the emigration
census; this fdl to 60.34 in 1863, excluding
foreigners and those whose nationality is
unknown, and last year was but 47.02 per
oent.
Cotton Crop In Richmond.
Augusta, July 31, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
In a ride of ten miles to-day, 31st July,
1869, 1 passed ten fields of ootton —eight
were badly smitten with rust. This will
destroy, at least, two-thirds of theproduets
of these fields. Piney Woods.
Vindicate the Laws.
The reported outrage in Columbia coun
ty of the shooting, by disguised parties, of
a negro man and woman, who were guilty
of an aggravated assault upon a citizen of
that county, carries with it no mitigating
circumstances or valid [ leas of justification.
Ihe prisoners were safely lodged in the
jail at Appling where there was no possible
chance of rescue or escape. In due course
of time the case would come before the
Courts and, the law being in full operation,
the prisoners would in all probability have
been punished. The offence which the
negroes committed was an aggravated one,
it is true. They attempted to commit
murder. Granted. Had they been killed
in toe fracas no blame could be attached.
It would then become an act of self
defence and the law would have justified
it. But this reported outrage—this assas
sination of two human beings—was per
petrated several days after the difficulty
took place- It was doce in cold blood,
under cover of the night. It is a
disgrace upon the people of Columbia
county, and we trust that the guilty parties
will be made to suffer for their tearful
crime. It, therefore, behooves the good
people of Columbia to arrest and bring
these desperadoes tojustice, to crush out
such lawlessness, and wipe out the dis
grace which this offence rests upon them.
The laws are iu furce; the courts are open,
and there is no longer any excuse for these
acts of violence. All good men should,
therefore, unite in checking this evil, and
in vindicating the majesty of the law.
Apart from the sinfulness ot the crime,
and the evil impression of the’ demoraliza
tion of society which the acts of a few
desperadoes cause to be spread abroad
throughout the country, these outrages--
thcactsofa few reckless characters—en
danger the bast interests of the people of
every county in Georgia. It is just the
thing that our worst political enemies
want to make capital out of. The Radi
cals seize upon these isolated crimes of a
few passionate, ungovernable and reckless
individuals, and use them as just pretexts
for oppressing our people, and placing the
whole State back again under military
government.
The people of Georgia should see to it
that the evil inclinations and lawless acts of
a few bad men shall not endanger the
liberties of Georgia and the welfare of her
people. We, therefore, call upon the peo
ple of this District (and wc hope the press
of the State will follow the example,) to
prevent all acts of violence, and to arrest
and punish the guilty. The man who com
mits a crime now is our worst enemy and
the best friend of the Radicals.
Though there may be less crime in
Georgia than in any of the North
ern States, and though murders
there are of frequent occurrence, yet as
soon as one occurs here in the South, it is
made to have a political bearing, and is
used to slander and oppress our people.
It is, then, the solemn, bounden duty of
every respectable citizen of the Stale to
counsel the indiscreet and turbulent, and
to repress crime.
If crimes arc com uittod, the guilty
should bo arrested and made to suffer the
extreme penalty of the law. Let feeling
and passion be subordinate to the law and
the constituted authorities who are acting
under and in pursuance thereof. Our lib
erties will not then 1)3 endangered. The
machinations Os our enemies will be frus
trated. The fair fame of Georgia will be
vindicated, and our people, relieved from
the political uncertainties aud embarrass
ments which dow encircle and depress
them, will be again free, contented and
prosperous.
Already we see one of the effects of the
foolish and criminal conduct of a few
thoughtless and intemperate persons. An
account of the murders having reached
General Terry at Atlanta, he has dispatch
ed a military force to Appling to investi
gate and arrest, if possible, the guilty par
ties. Had those indiscreet and vio
lent men not usurped tho prov
ince of the civil law, there would have
been no excuse to quarter the military in
uny part of tho Ojuuty. Tho .Radicals of
Georgia arc being aided by the commission
of just such outrages as this Columbia
couDty affair. Their plan of., operations
lias been “to work up outrages” in various
parts of the State, to influence Congress in
tlieir favor; but now this one outrage, com
mitted by a few desperadoes, will be seized
upon, magnified and perverted so as to
work injury to the people of the whole
State,
The December session of Congress will
witness another powerful effort to put
Georgia back under a Military aud Pro
visional Government. These isolated
cases—the work of irresponsible and des
perate characters—wiil be pointed out as
evidences of the disloyal and rebellious
spirit of our people. The interests at
stake are too great and important to be
imperilled. Our people cannot afford 'to
have their liberties, fair fame and interests
jeopardized by the acts of the lawless who
constitute themselves jury, judge aud exe
cutioner. And yet, this is the serious
danger which threatens the State.
To avert this calamity, the law-abiding
and influential meu of each county should
direct their strenuous and persistent
efforts. Let it be remembered that every
act of violence committed works against
the best interests of the citizen and im
perils the liberty of the State. We, there
fore, earnestly beseech our people
to unite and, by their influence
example and concert of action, prevent the
occurrence of lawless acts, so that civil law
may be obeyed and respected, and the
rights of all classes—white and black—
secured. By the observance of those wise
and salutary obligations which rest upon
every citizen, the schemes of our enemies
will be frustrated, the liberties of the peo
ple will be secured, .and tLe State rescued
from the overshadowing despotism which
threatens through Congressional inter
ference.
The Southwest Looking Up.
The New York Journal of Commerce
has advices from the cotton region of the
bouthwest, whieh report the bottom lands
improving iu price, in expectation of the
arrival of Chinese labor. A real estate
agent in Mississippi writes that the price
of plantations along the river has advanced
from twenty-five to fifty per cent, within
the past few months. Similar information
comes from several points in Louisiana.
The cotton crop ia these two States prom
ises very well, and the planters are intend
ing to invest their surplus in the purchase
of more alluvial lands, to bq ready for the
Chinese immigration which, it is thought,
will be under fair headway by the next
season. In Louisiana it is proposed to set
a large force of Chinese at work, as soon
as they can be obtained, upon the rebuild
ing of the levees—which are now in a sadly
dilapidated condition. The levees of
Mississippi are fortunately in a much bet
ter state. They have been finished to the
extent of two hundred and fifteen miles,
and but ten more await completion. Todo
the remaining work it is proposed to raise
$300,000 by a tax of one cent per pound on
the new cotton crop, and also by a small
land tax. We are happy to record these
evidences of enterprise and renewed hope
in the Southwest.
Radicalism to be Squelched In Tennes
see.
. The contest in Tennessee grows warmer
as the time for voting approaches. Stokes,
the torch-and-turpentine candidate, has
given up all hopes of succeeding by the
votes of the people, and is endeavoring to
scare the timid portion of the population
by threatening them with a military gov
eminent in case Senter is elected. It is
true that General Grant has been earnest
ly appealed to in this direction, but it is
understood that the response has not been
particularly encouraging to the partisans
of Stokes. A special dispatch from Nash
ville to the Courier-Journal at Louisville
presents the annexed view of the campaign
and its surroundings: “Stokes’ friends are
fain to believe that the triumph of Con
servative Republicans in the coming elec
tion affords ample ground for overthrowing
the State government and erecting a mili
tary despotism in its stead. Senter’s ma
jority will be so overwhelmingly large, and
this after a fair election, that it is really
hard to divine how any pretext can be con
cocti! as justification for carrying ou l
Stoks’ military programme. The fact is
that ixtrenie proscriptive Radicalism dies
liarJjn Tennessee, and this last bayonet
dodgi i3 simply tho spasmodic expression
of itshxpiriug kicks. From all the indica
tions (he Legislature will contain but few
met iprs opposed to immediate enfranchise
ment. All those nominated by the Senter
partyire squarely committed to the prompt
remotal of political disabilities, while quite
a nuqfcer on the Stokes ticket are pledged
the ssne way. The number of straightout
Consqvatives elected to the Legislature
will jjobably not be as large as was antici
pated; ten days ago, as in a number of
counties such candidates are giving away
to heiter men as a concession to the mag
naaiupus policy inaugurated by the Gov
ernor fcnd now being carried out. In this
couu'jj there are three sets of candidates,
but itds not improbable that there will be
a eom»romise between the Senter-ites and
the Conservatives, although it is pretty
certaii that the latter can elect their men
withop any help whatever.”
Letter front Indian Springs.
Indian Springs, July 26th, 1869.
Chroiicle & Sentinel:
I an again at this defightful and licalth
restoiiug resort. I find here quite a large
numter of persons, mostly from this State,
whilea few hail from Tennessee, Alabama,
Arkafsas and the Caroliuas. At the Mc-
Intosl House, where lam stopping, we
have Tom eighty to an hundred guests,
and a 'urge crowd are expected to arrive
to-day and to morrow. At the Elder
House and Varners’ there are about as
many as we have here, though these are
mostly invalids. The daily routine here is
similar to that at all our watering places.
\Ve rise rather late iu the morning and
walk to the Spring before breakfast.
After quailing a goodiy quantity of the
delightful water as it trickles from its
sourca io the solid granite, we repair to
the Hotel, where we take a nice breakfast,
consisting of delicious hot rolls, broiled
chicken, fine beefsteak, eggs, tomato,
rice, sweet and fresh country butter, milk,
coffer, ate. Breakfast over some sock the
bowling alley, some the billiard saloon,
some the velocipede rink, while others
seek diversion in 'a game of whist or
euchre.
At eleven another visit to the Spring,
and auoi her gulping of its waters. After
resting here a while wo again seek the
Hotel where most of us take a “nap” be
fore dinner, which comes off at 2 o’clock.
For dinner we have line beef lamb, chick
ens, ham and an endless variety of fresh
vegetables well cooked and seasonably pre
pared. After dinner the ladies all meet in
tho Parlars where, for an hour or two, con
versation, music and cards are indulged in.
After this a couple of hours of rest 'and
then all tepair again to the Spring, where
we lounge, chat, drink the water, ride the
flying horses, bathe in the Sulphur Water,
and as twilight advances return to the
Hotel for supper. After which dancing,
cards, music and conversation until eleven,
when we all retire.
The air hero is cool and bracing. When
I left Mueon the Thermometer indicated
for several days from 92 to 96 degrees of
heat. Since I have been here the average
has been below 85 degrees with constant
cool and refreshing breezes. The nights
are absolutely delicious—no musquitoes—
no nets—no sweltering heal like that you
have in;the city, hut cool, bracing winds
which require you to draw up the covering
short ! y alter lying down. If your city peo
ple coul honly spend a single day and night
here you would be able to realize how easy
it is to be comfortable in Summer without
a fatiguing trip to the North.
There is no water in America superior
to this in the cure of dyspepsia, rheuma
tism, diseases of the skin liver, bowels,
kidneys, and indeed all diseases incident to
our climate. Affections of the throat and
lungs are not generally benefitted by the
use of this water. Indeed, I believe that
consumptives have generally found the
water injurious.
To pleasure seekers the inducements
offered for a sojourn here may bo found in
what I have said in the beginning of tbis
rambling letter. If they would bo cool—if
they desire to sleep well—if they wish gay
and lively society—if they are fond of:
dancing—if they love music, come here,
stud when you come be sure and inquire for
and stop at the Mclntosh House, kept by
Collier & Boys, who will greet yon with a
hearty welcome and assiduously cater to
all your wants and pleasures. W,
Letter from Macon,
Turner’s Release—Hoio his Release
was Effected.
Macon, Ga., July 27, 1869.
Chronicle & Sentinel':
Your readers were doubtless surprised
at the release of Turner. Asa week has
now elapsed since the trial and nothing
further has been heard from the boast of
the Telegraph that Turner would certainly
be turned out of the postofliee, I propose
to give you and your readers a slight in
sight into these farcical proceedings.
It is well known here tfiat when the
case was first closed and the Commissioner
took time to consider the evidence thafhe
had made up his mind that the evidence
required that T. should be committed for
trial. Indeed, a written decision to that
effect was drawn up by the Commissioner
to bo delivered upon the re opening of the
Court.
In the meantime Bullock and the Radi
cal wireworkersat Washington were active
ly engaged in pressing the administration
to ease up the prosecution for tho sake of
the parly. Constant communications were
being sent back and forth from Atlanta and
Macon to Washington and the several
postponements were made with a view to
from the Postoffice Depart
ment at Washington. Letters and tele
grams were sent by Sumner and other
leading Radicals, insisting upon T’s. re
lease. Sumner wrote a long letter .to
Swayze urging him to hold up and let
Turner off, and, finally, the whole of
Grant’s administration were thrown in the
scale for Turner, and the prosecution, as
might have been expected, kicked the
beam—went up—collapsed.
While this correspondence was going on
skillful and unscrupulous agents were set to
work on the mulatto woman, Harris, and.
large promises were made to her in order
to induce a retraction of her first and
truthful statement, which, unequivocally,
implicated Turner as the thief and forger
of tho stolen notes. How well they suc
ceeded was shown in tho very remarkable
tale the woman told when under examina
tion during the trial.
This whole trial was a miserable farce
from beginning to end But the evidence
was so strong against Turner that he would
undoubtedly have been committed but for
Atlanta and Washington influences. A
letter has been discovered written
by Turner to a negro preacher at
Marietta—a Presiding Elder, I believe j
—which, for low 'and filthy ob
scenity and utterly depraved sentiments,
exceeds anything I have ever seen in the
English language. This letter was written
in reply to one asking Turner to procure
for the writer a free pass on the State
Road. The original letter, I learn, has
been sent to Washington, and it is thought
when Cresweli peruses its contents that
even his stomach—known to ho very
strong—will revolt at its contents, and
that his dcarfriend Turner will be removed
from office.
There is a secret history about the Tur
ner aud Swayze affair, and the causes
which led to the delay in the investigation
against Turner, whieh I have discovered
and wili fully develop to you in a few days.
The weather has been excessively warm
here for some time, but within a few days
we have had refreshing showers which ;
have moderated the temperature very j
much. The rains have been very general
in this section and in Southwestern Geor
gia, and if' reports are true came none too
soon for the crops.
The city is quite dull, the hot weather
having driven a great many of the people
to the country and the different watering
places. Most of them have taken refuge
at that most delightful resort the Indian
Springs, where they are having a cool, de
lightful time. I learn that there is a large
crowd at the Springs, and that Collier &
Boys are keeping a splendid house. Among :
those from this city now there are Colonel j
Simmons and family, Colonel Hardeman
and family, Colonel Whittle and family,
Colonel W. B. Johnson, Colonel J. B.
Ross, C. A. Nutting, Esq., and a score or
more of the beaux and belles of the city.
Quis.
Letter fr%m Wilkes County.
Washington, Ga., July 30, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
We have been favored recently with
copious showers. It was just in time to
save an almost entire failure of the corn
crop. I believe now. if seasotis continue,
there will be a fair crop made. Cotton
looks well, and without a drawback, there
will be a lull crop made.
Bob Arnold was executed here to-day
for the murdsr of Thomas Thaxton, in
March last. He denied his guilt to the
last, and believed that he would escape the
extreme penalty of the law by pardon or
otherwise.
There was an immense crowd of his
color to witness his execution. There
most have, been fully two thousand per
sons present. Everything passed off quietly
and there was off use for the U. S. detach
ment of infantry sent, I suppose, to pre
serve the peace and order. "Let us have
peace’ ’ was emphatically carried out, and
Uncle Sam’s pets were not neoded. In the
language of some poet,
“We are still able to reign,
We are not yet insane.”
“Dixie,” 1
FROM TEXAS.
Further Particulars of the treat Flood.
GREAT loss of LIFE AND PROPERTY.
We published Thursday an account of
tae great flood in Texas. From our ex
changes of last evening we gather the
following, which is credited to the Galves
ton News July 18 :
Tj Eagle Lake, July 16, 1869.—Mr.
Uerr/ has just returned from San Antonio.
He reports the Guadalupe river ten feet
higher than ever known before ; the en
tire valley was overflowed, which is now a
perfect wrecac ; nine-tenths of the crop of
Gonzales county is entirely destroyed.
Gom.al river rose to the third story of
Norris’ cotton factory at New Braunfels ;
ail the material and machinery is destroy
ed ; the woolen factory and every flouring
mill and every bridge on the river have
been swept away.
Reports from San Antonio say the water
is over both bridges in the city. No par
ticulars.
j I'he San Marcos is higher than ever
known. One white boy, two Mexicans
and eleven negroes were drowned. Crops
in the valiey entirely destroyed. The
Nevada is very high ; but little damage
done the crops, mostly on uplands. The
stench arising from decaying vegetable
matter arouud Columbus and Alieyton
causes a great amount of sickness, ami the
othpr towns are almost uninhabitable.
THE COLORADO VALLEY.
A gentleman well acquainted with the
whole Colorado valley from Austin down,
and who examined ttie most of that valley
immediately after the overflow in 1852,
gives the following as a near approximate
estimate of the loss of cotton by the pres
ent overflow in lour of the river counties :
In Colorado county 8,000 bales.
In Fayette county 6,000 “
In Bastrop county 4,000 “
In Travis county 2,000 “
Total 30,000* “
The ab -ve estimate is based on some
knowledge of the extent of bottom lands
cultivated, aud on letters recently received
showing the elevation of the water. Very
little information has been received of the
condition of the country below Columbus.
Ihe same gentleman has received, how
ever, a letter from one planter stating that
almost one-third of his crop has been de
stroyed. This is the Foote plantation,
some live or six miles below Columbus. If
two-thirds of the crop on that place has
been saved our friends think it affords
good reason to hope that the loss has not
been so great in the bottoms below.
THE FLOOD AT COLUMBUS.
'J lie Colorado Citizen, of the 15th inst.,
estimates that at least one-third of the
crops of these counties, bordering on the
Guadalupe and Colorado rivers, have been
destroyed. A large number of cattle and
other stock have been drown .si, fences and
build lugs swept away, housos inundated
and furniture demolished.
We condense from the Citizen :
At this point the river commenced to
rise so rapidly on Saturday morning last,
that it was impossible for many of the
citizens to get their furniture removed
from their houses. With many it was a
flight for life. At noon the water was
running through the wes ern pait of the
town, from half a mile to a mile from the
courthouse, in depth estimated at from
live to twenty feet.
The Messrs. Brooks used all their boats
in bringing families out, and more boats
were built and put into use. No one was
drowned here that wo know of, but we
learn that Wilson Wood Drumgoole, wife
and two children, were drowned in the
vicinity of Eagle Lake.
At present the waters slowly recede, the
.river having fallen about six‘feet. Many
of the families have, removed to their
dwellings, though the water yet swims a
horse in the western part of the town. '
The Citizen learLS ttiat the Guadalupe
river has overflowed its banks, and ruined
about one-third of the crops in the coun
ties bordering that stream. Its ravages
are represented as worse than those of the
Colorado, though this report is doubtless
exaggerated.
THE OVERFLOW AT LAGRANGE.
We have the New Era of the 16th. It
gives a graphic description of the flood.
A partial list of the losses aggregates over
$42,000. These losses are but a drop in
the bucket to the immense loss sustained
by the sweeping away of fences,corn cribs,
stables, barns, .and houses. And again,
the loss of all these is small in comparison
with the immense loss sustained by the de
struction of the finest corn and cotton crop
that has grown in the valley of the Color
ado for years.
Wo four the greatest loss is yet to come.
The flooding of the country, and the rank
vegetation rotting in the hot sun, is almost
certain to produce disease and (loath.
There is 'much distress, and we fear there
will be much more as the results of this
overflow.
Farther from the Texas Flood.
Under date of July 21st, the Galveston
News' agent writes :
The crops on the uplands thus far are
very good. Not a single farm on the. river
escaped the flood, and many were totally
destroyed.
A private letter dated Clinton, DeWitt
county, 14th says:
We have had no mail communication at
this place for near two weeks. Highest
overflow of the Guadalupe liiver ever
known, exceeding that of 1833. Immense
destruction of property in the valleys.
Nothing definite as to losses.
The latest received numbers of the San
Marcos Pioneer contains particulars of the
flood in that section. We copy as follows :
The bridge over the Comal, at New
Braunfels, was washed away, which is a
great loss, the mills and factories on
that stream sus'ained considerable damage
—just how much we ate not well informed.
In our own morg immediate neighborhood
we have not been injured to so great a de
gree as was at one time feared, although
many crops arc in a very bad condition,
and some few a total loss. Blanco caused
the most damage, and is said to have been
higher than ever before known by old resi
dents of the country. The mills are more
or less iujured, some of them almost irrep
arably, aud many farms were left com
paratively bare of fences. On the San
Marcos, above the mouth of Blanco, com
paratively little damage was done, aud that
little due to the back-water from Blanco
raising the stream over its banks and sub
merging a portion of the crops in the bot
tom. Altogether, though the flood has
been very disastrous, tlia community
should be thankful :hat its damages have
not been even greater.
The Brcnham Banner , of the 20th says:
Dr. Pottus has a letter from Richmond.
The crops on O'aney and Peach Creek, rieh
planting sections, are entirely destroyed.
Parties are now at Richmond trying to
engage corn of the new crop at $1 per
bushel. The worm is reported to have
made its appearance on several plantations
in the vieity of Richmond.
The Austin Gazette, of the 19th, says:
Nothstanding the great losses by the late
flood, so abundant arc the crops of West
ern Texas that the product of corn and cot
ton will still be large. The injury to indi
viduals is serious, but it will not fall as
heavily upon the public. '
The San Antonio Uerall, of the 16th,
says: .
Though undoubtedly great damage has
been done to the cotton on the bottom
lands, the dry weather we are having will
do much to bring out the injured fields as
well as make magnificent crops on the up
lands, which of themselves promise a yield
that, at ruling prices, will make ouf State
rich..
The Colorado Cithen r of the 22d, says:
Notwithstanding the great loss by the
freshet, at least 20,009 bales of cotton will
be shipped from Columbus. It estimates
the loss at.about one-third of the cotton
crop.
Corn and cotton have been 7ery serious
ly damaged by the late high water in the
fertile valley of the Acquiila.
Prom the 4th to the 6th inclusive there
was constant heavy rain at Lockhart,
Caldwell county. Tbe Flow Boy , of the
10th inst., says : The whole valley of
Plum Creek has been submerged. The
stream lias been higher, many say, than
it was ever known. Thousands of acres of
corn and cotton have been under water,
much of it entirely out of sight. The dam
age to fences has Deen great, to crops con
siderable. The full extent not yet ascer
tained.
Parties Irom Coryell county report the
late rise in the Leon and its tributaries,
in their section, as unprecedented, and
much damage as the result to crops and
fencing.
INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT FLOOD.
The Austin papers contain the follow
j ing:
A negro passed down the river during
the freshet on a log. The last seen of him
he was four miles below Austin, waving
his hands.
At Webberville, the destruction is wide
spread and complete. Most of the resi
dents are iu moderate circumstances ; and
all they had was in a few short hours
swept away from them. Asa general
thing they saved little else than what they
had on while escaping. Furniture, cloth
ing, provisions, cows that furnished milk,
and every species of movable property was
destroyed. They were engaged in trying
to make available what little that was left
in the houses in a damaged condition. In
the large prairie there is not a rail left,
fences are gone.
The flood on the prairie left the corn tops
visible in most places, though in spots were
out of sight. At the timber below the town
a large mass of debris is to be seen. Lodg
ed against the timber it a vast collection of
rafts, drift wood, houses, dead cattle, and
every other conceivable thing that can
usually be found in the river bottoms.
Rumors of people floating down stream on
driit wood arc rife. A dead negro man
was found on Friday- The water was all
over the Gilleland’s prairie, between Rick
ett’s and the creek. Decker’s 'branch was
a large creek. Hornsby’s prairie was under
water. This was covered by farms.
At Austin City the bed of tlie river, from
the mouth of Barton creek to Shoal, has
entirely changed. 'Hie old bed was filled
up, and the new channel runs where the
old sand bar was. The island above the
mouth of Shoal creek is now part of the
main land. Whether there is any ford op
posite the town is uncertain. The face of
the river valley looks much changed. There
is little to remind one of the old appear
ance.
CHICAGO.
CHURCH TROUBLES IN COURT.
Chicago, July 27.—At ten o’clock this
morning the court room was crowded to
hear arguments on the motion to dissolve
the injunction lately issued by Judge
Jamison, to arrest proceedings in the
Ecclesiastical Court, couvened for trying
Rqv. C. E. Cheney. S. Corring Judd and
W. C. Gowdy appeared tor the Ecclesias
tical court, and Messrs. Fuller, Rich and
Thompson for Mr. Cheney.
Mr. Fuller, on behalf of the complain
ant, made a motion for continuance of the
case until a future day, and based his mo
tion on the ground that the answer of re
spondents had not been tiled until yester
day afternoon, and that the answer was
accompanied by an affidavit of Bishop
Whitohouse, all of which on such short
notice the complainant had not had time
to meet.
Mr. Fuller read his own affidavit setting
out the above facts, and that the allega
tions contained in the answer of Rev. I)r.
Chase and other respondents, in some re
spects were untrue. That, if time was
given him, witnesses could be produced
by whom it could be pr ived that one of
the defendants who is one of the assessors
in the ecclesiastical trial, had expressed an
opinion as to the guilt of Mr. Cheney which
allegation was denied in the answer of re
spondent tiled yesterday.
Mr. Fuller further asked leave of the
court to silo a supplemental and amended
bill- The court denied the application of
continuance. On the question of tiling a
supplemental and amended bill, the court
said that if after a hearing upon the origi
nal bill and answer, it was indueive to the
rights of the parties, he would allow them
to be tiled without prejudice to the in
junction.
Judge Jamison also announced that he
had ordered injunction to issue upon a
reading of the bill and without notice upon
representations made to him. That if no
tice was given to the Ecclesiastical Court
such proceeding might have been had by
that body, in the way of hurrying these
trials to a conclusion, as would be of irrep
arable injury to Mr. C'heney and the de
signs and effect of the injunction evaded.
Mr. Judd, in support of the motion for
the dissolution of the injunction, entered
into an elaborate argument. Takingup the
averments of the bill tie denied the aver
ment of material injury aud made allega
tions as to the growtli and development of
Christ Church under Mr. Cheney’s care.
Tli* counsel endeavored to ridicule by
quoting the well known quotation as the
moving cause of avement, “Whoso blow
eth not his own horn the same shall not be
blown,” and affirmed that blind justice
would unsheathe her sword for the humble
curate in his cottage as well as for a rector
who expands himself in a church of palatial
proportions.
The counsel insisted that a civil court
had no authority to interfere with an eccle
siastical tribunal, and if it bad that the bill
was not sufficient to warrant the present
proceedings. He also insisted that the
proceedings were all regular on their face.
That ample justice had been done. That
the strictest impartiality had been sTrown,
and leaving the narrow ground of technical
canonical restriction asserted in broad
terms, that whether the proceedings were
in fact canonical or not, the bishop had in
his own person the inherent right of disci
pline irrespective of and above all canons.
Before Mr, Judd concluded, the court ad
journed until 2 o’clock. At 2 o’block the
court met, and Mr. Judd, counsel for the
assessors,resumed his argument, and finish
ed at 3 o’clock.
He was followed by Mr. Thompson, in
behalf of Mr. Cheney, who spoke for an
hour, and was followed by Mr. Fuller,
who had not .finished when the court ad
journed.
The argument will be continued to
morrow, and will probably last nearly all day.
Ciucago, July 28—-In the Superior
Court of this city, Judge Jamison presid
ing, cases having a hearing assembled at 9
o’clock this morning, and Hon. M. W.
Fuller resumed his argument on behalf of
Rev. Mr. Cheney. He *ited numerous
authorities in support of the hill upon
which the injunction was granted. lie
dwelt at some length on the facts that
went to show that the ecclosiastical court
was improperly constituted, and laid
special stress upon the fact that the law
of the land should he recognized in ecclesi
astical courts.
He cited evidence to prove that com
mon law principles had always held, and
do now hold good in such cases, and he
challenged any one to show a rule, a' line,
or a word in the canons of the Diocese of
Illinois which was contrary to the applica
tion of common law iu their courts. Con
sequently the right of challege could not
be refused. If, as the prosecution held,
the assessors are in point of fact associate
judges, then he would refer to Blackstone,
which showed that the right to challenge
judges formerly existed, and at the pres
ent day this is replaced by the right of a
change of venue.
The ground, of one of the exceptions
made was that one of the assessors who
was to judge of the law and fact, and to
see that the trial was fairly conducted, had
already formed aud expressed an opinion.
He proceeded to show that in the law
governing courts martial the criminal for
good and just reasons may challenge after
the jurors have been sworn. The humani
ty of the common law in the matter of the
right of challenge was dwelt upon.
He next referred to that part of the ar
gumentof Mr- Judd wherein he compared
the ecclesiastical court to the trial of the
President of the United States, and had
said that Senators in such cases cannot be
challenged. Mr. Fuller read from volume
three of the trial of Mr. Johnson, where
Senator B. E. Wade was challenged, which
challenge, however, was for good reasons
withdrawn.
He held that canon No. 20 really iutends
that the right of challenge shall be given.
In what part of the canon, he inquired, is
it laid down that the right of challenge
shall be refused? We challenge the Rev.
Mr. Snyder, and have witnesses to show
that he was disqualified from sitting as
assessor. The right of challenge was ab
solutely denied. The next question in the
exceptions filed to the jurisdiction objection
to the citation, is that it affirmatively as
serts powers as b longing to the Bishop
not given him by the canon.
At this point the court adjourned until
afternoon. At the re-assembling of the
court, Mr. Fuller continued his argument.
He claimed these exceptions were such as
should have been sustained, inasmuch as
they went to the jurisdiction of the court,
and that this court had the right to exam
ine iuto their objections and decide wheth
er the ecclesiastical tribunal was proceed
ing in conformity with the laws ol the
church. .
It had been charged that there had been
a waver by the interposition of a plea, hut
this plea had never been delivered,and was
recorded by the member of the court who
was under the suspicion of bias, and in the
face of protest.
Mr. Gowley closed the case. His argu
ment was devoted entirely to its legal as
pect. If the complainant had not denied
his guilt, his hands not being clean the
court could not interfere. He then review
ed the steps which had been taken before
the church,, intending that appearance be
fore the court was submission to the court,
but he did not press the point.
He then reviewed the question of tem
poral interest upon which interposition
was asked, arguing that there was no suffi
cient showing that the salary would neces
sarily be stopped, and if it was stopped the
contract with the church was not set up to
show that if illegal proceedings were taken
he could not still recover under his contract
with the church.
He claimed that the bill also failed to
aver fraud, but it does state irreparable in
jury and the possibility of a multiplicity of
suits. He denied that the bill supported
either, nor does the bill show that there is
no remedy at law, and the bili must he dis
mis.sed-
He then considered the contents of the
bill, which he found to be an application of
one court to enjoin another tribunal in the
prosecution if its rightful authority to direct
the discipline of a minister.
He had failed to find aDy authority or
warrant for such interference. A court of
equity would not restrain a prosecution at
law, unless to enable the procurement of
evidence, until at least judgment is taken
and an equitable defence may be set up.
He concluded by saying that the proceed
ings in organizing the ecclesiastical court if
not regular, were under the canon beyond
the reach of investigation, as they did not
go to jurisdiction, and claimed that there
was a complete waver on the part of Mr.
Cheney, by reason of his having excepted
to the presentment. This concludes the
arguments. The court will render its de
cision on Friday.
The Girls in Columbus.—The girls iu
Columbus evidently marry and become
mothers at a very early age. One of the
Columbus papers says it saw a five-year
old girl the other day “at the Council
Chamber—there to ask assistance for a
sick mother and other sick children.”
Immigration-Reply to Hancock.
| Nditors Chronicle & Sentinel:
In your issue of the 22d inst., “Han
cock makes his appearance again. I read
“H.’s” letter over several times, and at
each reading of his letter I discovered that
he did not appear to get at all serious until
toward the close of his letter. This caused
my mind to revert back to the days of my
boyhood, when my father made it a part of
his daily work to curry his horse “Crock
et,” wh ; ch wis a spiteful, ticklish crea
ture. “Crocket” invariably put himself in
a position to be curried, but so soon as I
applied the curry-comb he began his “tor
tuosities” and attempts at biting, kicking
and pressing me against the walls. But as
“Crocket” was only “firing sqibs,” I usu
ally (by currying a spot at a time) succeed
j C( I in currying him all over.
“In all seriousnss," if “Hancock” real
ly has “Long Tom” or any other “great
gun,” he should fire it at once, for fear
spectators might conclude that his “great
gun,” if not “busted,” was very much dis
abled, and that his battery only consists of
small guns and stove-pipes. It is certainly
very imprudent in any one to impress an
antagonist with the belief that he is well
armed unless it be really true.
“Hancock” says that “K’s” letter is
“replete with sinerosities, tortuosities, per
versions and sophistries,” and that it is
“scarcely” au attempt at a reply. These
•are commodities for which I presume
“H. ” will receive all they are worth in
market, and wo leave for others to judge.
By “perversions” we presume that
“H.” meant to say we had misrepresented
the people of the county on the subject of
immigration. If this inference bo correct
why did he not say so, and not attempt
such a “flank move” as he has on this
point. We “stick” to “Traveller’s”
remark, and “II.” will find that
he has not taken back, nor wiU
not. “Hancock” says: “We must
request him (K.), in replying to us, not
to take the illustrations of a fact as a fact.”
Why, “Mr. H.” do you mean by this to
shut the door and lock yourself up, and by
so doing, thwart auy attempt at a reply ?
Strip your letter of yuur “illustrations”
and there will be none left. Did your
figures lie l If not, then we must deal
with them just as you did, as practical
facts. You built your “Paradise” with
the $24,800,000 “clear profits” which you
received from your 1,200.000 bales cotton,
and K. must let your illustrations alone.
No, sir, these “ illustrations" are sugar
teats, from which the people of Hancock
county may suck in the pap of immigra
tion. We put the blister pn the right spot,
and if the pain is severe youmustendure it.
“H” says “when we stated in figures
what Georgia could do, we did not sup
pose any one would suppose we meant it
should be done at once." Let us probe this
wound a little. “H” says 24,800,000
dollars “clear profits,” &c., &c. “What
shall we" (not our children) “do with so
much money annually? We” (not the
next generation) “cannot afford to let it lie
idle.” “Georgians mustte up and doing' ’
(at once, not in 1875). “We must go
ahead” (at once, not by and by) “for
other States are moving in earnest. ’ ’ Now,
will “H” say that he did not purpose
throwing the flood gates of immigration
wide open, aud grow his illustrated 1,200,-
000 bales cotton "at once." lias “H”
resolved on making that flank move, or is
he only firing “small guns” at “appro
priate game.” Acknowledge that your
“great, gun” has bursted, or that your
ammunition is exhausted from firing
squibs at “appropriate game.”
“H” says “we exptesslyand unequivo
cally argued that an excess of production,
as well as an excess of’population were great
evils, blit that they were self-curing, but
Keither did not, or would not understand
our proposition.” “K” did understand
you, but we object to your "self-cures "
we prefer to use preventives. Don’t ignore
the old adage, “an ounce of preventive,
&c„” for it certainly would be folly to de
stroy our only certain source of income by
excess of production or otherwise, when
it can be so easily (for a long time) avoid
ed. Away with your self cures and all
such nostrums, and join us in sustaining
and retaining upon his throne aur king
(cotton), since it is only through his in
fluence that we have any power at all left
us, and when we dispose of him letais de
mand at least thirty cents per pound,
which, by prudence, and foresight, weeando.
Cotton is now bearing a good price, an I
the simple appearance of a big crop would
reduce the price to ruinous figures. The
whole world (outside the producers) are
combined to reduce the price of cotton.
Don’t invite the world to come aud share
our prosperity, when the effect would be
the blasting of all our dividends. Remem
ber that the increase of the whites is great
(saying nothing of the blacks), and they
must have land to cultivate. Shut the
doors against immigration and away
with your “broad prosperity,” which,
perhaps, means all Europe. A prosperity
embracing the cotton States is sufficiently
‘ '‘broad. ’ ’
Don’t, we beseech you, don’t rely on self
cures; they can only be administered when
it is too late. If it were possible for your
self-cures to remove your immigrants from
the cotton States it might, in some way,
commend itself, but this is impossible, and
we presume its advocates will claim for it
no such virtu ;s.
‘II says “if he (K.) opposes judicious
immigration let him give his reasons.” We
have waited patiently for “H.” to define
‘ 'judicious immigration,’’ as we don’t wish
to be bit, kicked, or pressed against the
walls, when we apply the curry-comb.
I will simply state that I am opposed to
the immigration of plantation laborers, in
every shape and form, “judicious ” not
excepted, upon the grounds that it will
“cheapen the price of cotton,” and, in my
judgment, any such labor for the Southern
plantations will prove inefficient, and
thereby increase the cost of produc
tion. Again, “II” says, “let him (K.)
lay aside all selfish considerations,” &c.
This appeal might have some significance
if I .held all the cotton lands in the South,
but such is not the fact. “In all serious-
ness’’ we are free to confess that we are not
so generous as “II.” affects to be. We
claim that our own poor and landless should
be.provided for before going to Europe
and elsewhere to find others to bestow this
great philanthropy of which “II.” appears
to be cha npion. The most of the poor
whites amoDgst us are worthy. They have
a common sympathy with us, they are
skilled in the culture of our fie'd crops, and
this is more than I could expect from your
immigrants, even though they be admitted
through your “judicious” ohannel.
“Let him (K.,) prove that nearly every
body but himself is deluded as to the natu
ral increase of the negro in a state of free
dom, and that increase will make better
laborers than their lathers and mothers.”
Since I have no data from which to prove
the natural increase of the negro in a state
offreedom, and I suppose “H.” has none
for disproving it, we had better decide to
“pass.” I feel under no obligations to
prove that the increase will make better
laborers than their parents, as I never as
serted it. But, compulsion being the only
incentive to field lab r, it will he very dif
ficult lor “If.” to prove that the next
generation of the negro will not be as
available and faithful as their predecessors.
“H.”says“ilf cotton should he so cheapen
ed from any cause, no matter what,” &a,
&c., as to bring the price of labor below the
cost of production, it would be a great
evil; also, that “the argument is just as
good against any one cause as against im
migration.” Here “H.” requests us to
“stick a pin” and reply. Well, let us esti
mate the presentcrop of cotton being grown,
with our present labor and by the use of
fertilizers, improved implements, Dickson’s
sweeps, &c., at 2,500,000 bales, for which
we receive 30 cents per pound. And the
; next year, or whenever you chose, by means
j of immigration (“judicious” it maybe),
■ you in Georgia alone J,200.000
! bales, other States producing in like ratio,
and thereby produce a crop of at least
10,000,000 bales, and the price should fall
to five cents per lb. (and I do not thick it
would be that) would not the deolins be
| chargeable to immigration ? Is it not the
last mile of a journey that lands you at
your destination? Is it the first days of a
drought that damages your crop, or is if
the latter? “H.” says again : “ tye pro
pose to use cheaper and letter labor to les
sen the cost of production,” etc., “labor
that wiil improve, cheapen and elevate the
labor we now have.” Well Mr. “H.,” no
one will mistake this for a “great gun.”
Where will you get your "letter labor to
lessen the cost of production?” Wiil you
do it by introducing (judiciously) amongst
amongst us men who cannot plow at all,
who, under the most favorable circum
stances, perhaps, could not hoe half an
acre of cotton per day, nor pick fifty lbs. of
cotton ? Is this your good, labor by which
you propose ‘elevating’’ our present labor
and by this "cheap, letter and elevated,”
labor “H.” contends that he will lessen
the cost of production, and thereby “build
a paradise?” Lastly, “H.” says: “We
regret ‘K.’ should have committed so
many errors in his reply.” Well, Mr.
“II.,” why don’t, you hold these errors up
to the light, or fire your “great gun” it to
them and route them, so that others as
well as yourself, igay see them.
Klux.
Value or Meteorological Observations.
An instrument which can accomplish the
registration ol unshine and cloud would
furnish information of the utmost value to
agriculture and some of the most important
industrial pursuits of our country. We
may illustrate what is here meant by taking
one of the most valuable of our farm crops
—the hay crop— as our example, though,
as will be seen, the remarks apply to all
other agricultural products. On a fertile
soil the weight of grass that may be pro- j
duced depends on twooonditiona—thejaup-1
ply of a sufficiency of rain, and the fun idl
ing a sufficiency of sunlight in the eleven
weeksbetween the middle of April and tie
last of June. The rain brings into tic
growing plants the inorganic materials they
require from the soil, and of course furnish
es their requisite supply of water; sunlight
terms in them their various organic and
nutritive material. N ow last year (1868),
during the period referred to, there was a
copjops supply of water, but, owing to
prolonged cloudy weather, an insufficient
supply of light—the grass was all the time
growing, as it were, iu the shade. When
haymaking came, observing farmers re
marked how much longer than they gxpect
ed it took to cure the grass, that is, to get
rid of its water, and how great a falling off
there was in the resulting weight of hr .
Nor was this all. The diminished quantii y
ot nitrogen-zed material it contained caused
it to be less nutritive; a greater weight of
jt was required tofatten cattle, or even to
keep them in good condition. The effo it
was felt by those interested in raising ani
mals for sale,and eventually in the duality
and cost of butcher’s,meat.
The object of meteorological b-ervations
is to enable us to record the ; and pre
dict the future state of weatl,,, and that
tho imperfect manner in wt:V, this has
heretofore been accomplished has been
mainly aue to the unreliable and unsatis
factory mode in which such observations
have been made. When self-recording
machinery such as New York has now j,,
her Central Park, shall have been estab
lished ip all large cities, the problem of
predicting the weather will undoubtedly be
solved. One: most important agency" is
however, essential to'this result—it is tele
graphic communication between such
various observatories. A little considera
tion will show how this which is at presbnt
a vague conception floating in the popular
mind, can be carried into effect. Already
telegraphic companies, desirous of aiding
the progress of science, send over (heir
lines without compensation brief dispatch-, s
of the state of the weathef and aspect of
the sky. They report, for instance, that at
set. Louis it is cloudy— at Charleston the
wind is from the north. They also giv
the height of the thermometer. Rut this
information is really of little u?e. What is
wanted is a statement of ch imps in the
weather, with the time of then- beginning
and end. Thus if it were stated that a
rain-storm began at Raleigh, in North
Carolina, at 2 A. M ; that a rain-storm be
gan in Richmond, Virginia, at 11 A. M.;
that the same occurrence happened at
Washington at SP. M.; at Philadelphia
at 10 P. M., the infureiK-r vou*!d he (hat
this was iu laefc tin 1 same rain-storm advaoe
ing northeastwardly, and that it would
reach New York at about three o’clock on
the following morning. In like manner if
the time of ending were given a' such suc
cessive stations, its time of ending at others
not given might be foretold. If to this
information were ‘added the quantity of
rain that had fallen in succession at each
place, the condition ol the storiu, as to
whether it was on the increase or decrease,
could be indicated, and perhaps the point
at which it would die out. Now what is
here said by way of illustration in the ease
of rain, applies also to wind-storms, torna
does , periods of great heat, periods of
great cold, and other atmospheric pheno
mena.--J.W. Draper, in Harper's Mag
azine for August.
Sheffield Manufactures and tUc American
Trade.
A question of great importance to the
trade of Sheffield and the district lias just
arisen between tiie majority of our leading
manufacturer.- and tbe representatives us
the United States Government with refer
ence to the invoicing of steel and hardware
goods tor export to that country. The point
at issue has reference to the prices at which
goods are invoiced, and as to what shall be
considered tbe actual market value or
wholesale price of the goods prepared for
exportation. On the one hand the steel
merchants and manufacturers are said to be
invoicing their produce on the terms which
they have adopted fur at least tea years
past, and which they hold to be a just and
reasonable standard; but, on the other hand,
the United States authorities appear to be'
of the opinion that the various qualities in
dicated should be put down at higher fig
ures, and the increased duty paid according
ly- Whilst the dispute is pending, affairs
seem to have assumed a serious aspect as
regards its effects upon the trade us the
town. Already one or two oi the principal
firms engaged in the steel trade have given
notice of their intention to place their
workmen on short time, and one of the
first houses in the trade has at once stopped
the exportation of steel irorn their es
tablishment -here.to the United States for
the present. With regard to finished goods
similar difficulties have ariseD, and we hear
of several extensive orders having been
suddenly countermanded in consequence 0 f
the action which has been taken in the ease
of orders now ready for transmission, but
which cannot be duly forwarded in conse
quence of tho refusal of tbe consul to
certify the invoices at the rates which have
hitherto been adopted. Ou Thursday a
number of gentlemen largely interested in
the matter waited upon Mr. Abbott, the
United States consul in Sheffield, and
Mr. Farwell, an agent of the United States
Government, but iheir interview does not
seem to have had any result satisfactory to
the trade generally. Yesterday a meeting
was held, at which nearly all the leading
firms in the town were represented, but as
yet no definite conclusion as to the course
of action has been atrivod at, and the mat
ter remains in abeyance. It is hardly
necessary to say that considerable excite
ment has been caused in the town, and the
operatives ate anxiously waiting the issue,
as the question is to the u a most serious
one. — Sheffield Telegraph, July 3-
Dental Convention.
Dental Convention.—Some forty-fivs
delegates to the adfivo Convention from
various Southern States uic-t ;;t. the City
Hall yesterday morning at ni o o'clock.
The Convention was organized by the
election of Dr. James D. Knapp, of New
Orleans, as President ; Prof. Gorgas (who
is a professor in the College at. Baltimore)
as Secretary ; and Dr. W.' 11. Morgan, of
Nashville, as Vice President.
Messrs. Morgan, if Tennessee; W. C.
Arington, of Tennessee; .loues, ol Georgia;
Chandley, of New Orleans, and Gorgas, of
Baltimore,) were appoimed to prepare a
suitable constitution and rules lor the As
sociation.
The report was under discussion during
yesterday. The Convention accepted an
invitation from the Faculty of the A llama
Medical College to visit the College.
The members are intelligent looking
gentlemen. Business seemed ]l, asantly
conducted. We will give full proceedings
after the adjournment, which will per
hap B be to-day.-— Atlanta Intelligencer ,
July 281/*.
On last night the Convention proceeded
toeloot permanent officer.-', with the follow
ing result:
President—W T Arrington, of Mem
phis, lennessee.
Vice-Presidents— W Reynold- ,of South
Carolina; L Augspaih, of Vkansa.%; ,J G
MeAuley, of Alabama-
Corresponding Secre'ary—F J S Gor
gas, of Baltimore.
Recording Secretary-.) G Angell, of
New Orleans.
Treasurer— W G Redman, of Louisville,
Kentucky.
Executive Committee—W 11 Morgan,
of Tennessee; J S Knapo, N ,v o-l-
W SChandier, New Orleans J R Walker*
New Orleans; Albert Hap , Atlanta.
Both the outgoing and incoming pre. id-
officers made interesting speeches.
The subject of selecting the place of
holding the next meeting ,*me up, ami
Memphis, Niw Orleans, Savannah,’Au
gusta, Baltimore, Columbia, S C, and
Montgomery, Ala., was discussed. ’ Tin
names of all other cities were withdrawn
and New Orleans selected. ’
The President appointed the. following
committees:
On Membership-Drs J S Knapp, La,
Jones, Ga., G J feriedricks, La.
t I \^?f J lCa^ QD T"P r 8 W SChandier, La.
J £ Wa k 4 r ! J Angell, La.
Denta Education— Drs FJ S Gorges,
Md., J I H Brown, Ga, W M Reynolds,
Physiology and Surgery—Drs F Y
Q *’ 5 Rambo ' Ala ’ J Fouehe,
Dental Uhemistry-Drs J G MeAuley,
Ala W II Burr, Ga, E M Allen, Ga.
Dental Therapeutics—Drs. F Y Clark,
ga, G J Fredericks, La, II Marshall,
Operative Dentistry—Drs W II Morgan,
lenn, J louche, Tenn, II A Lowrance,
Ga.
Mechanical I' mi-fry— Drs WG KcJ
“an, Ky, EWL r. Mu, Ga, S G Holland,
Ga,
Dental Literature—Drs JP H Brown,
ka. H A McDaniel, Ala, T J Jones, Ga.
Voluntary Essays—Drs J R Walker, La,
J M Day, S C, W S Chandler, La.
Histology and Microscopy —Drs V T
ArriDgton, Tenn, T J Jones, Ga, John G
Angell. La.
At one o’clock, the convention adjourn
ed until 8 p. m., and went on a visit to the
Medical College. At 3p.m. a dinner will
be given them at the National.— Atlanta
Constitution, July 29th.
The Committees, noticed in our evening
edi.ioD, were appointed yesterday morning.
In our notice of the first day’s proceedings
the name of Dr W S Chandler, of' New
| Orleans, was omitted, and the word “sa
; lieot,” was rendered “silent.”
Yesterday the following honorary mem-
I hers were elected: Dr L P Cutler, Holly
' Springs, Miss; Dr Robert Arthur, Balti
more; Dr W H Thackston, Virginia; Dr
T B Hamlin, Nasbviile; Prof Samuel
Gross, Philadelphia; Prof Warren Stone
New Orleans; Prof Paul F Eve, St Louis’
ProfS H Stout, Atlanta. S ’
A letter from Dr W 1111 Thackston of
Virginia, was read and ordered spread
upon the minutes.
Drs Holland, MoAnley and Ford were
appointed a committee to report cn the