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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1869)
)L«) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. (throniclc & Sentinel AUGUHTA. OA > OCTOBER 20. DUEL. —We iiarnthuta party of gentle raco came to this City from Charleston on Saturday lift, between two of whom a challenge bad p? %e<l on the Friday pre vious, and cn Sunday went down to Beach leiarid for the purpose o: “closing their correspondence” in accordance with the “Cod On arriving there, the difficulty was amicably adjj-ted, without the ex change of ary st.of. We did not learn the name.- of the parties, but are pleased to learn t .'it the affair was a bloodless one, and that all returned homo Monday in good spiri's, and satisfied rith their little trip, » lii -h cn led so much pleasanter than was previous y anticipated. Railroad Meeting. —Tne Board of Directors if the Augusta & Hartwell Railroad met at the Augusta Club Rooms Tuesday for the purpose of consulting in regard to the interests of this proposed road. There was no regular business trans acted, furthern than an agreement to meet the City Council last night for the purpose of laying before that body the importance of this road, and a,Ling some action in re gard o it. The proceedings of the City Council wili be found elsewhere. Radical Despotism.—lt is said that Maynard, Stokes and other Radical Ten nessee Congressmen have threatened that Johnson shall not be permitted to take his tea if elected—that the Senate will reject him, as it did one or two Maryland Senators elect, on the ground of disloyalty. This threat, says the Columbus Enquirer, makes us the more anxious to hear of Johnson’s election We believe that nothing woul 1 make more certain the overthrow of Radicalism at the next Brest dontialelection than that very thing. It is time, we think, that the people of the country should cease to be deterred front doing what is pr tper and right merely be cause the Radical party threatened to undo it by high handed and wrongful means. Speculating in North Carolina Bonds.—The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel charges that the Governor, Trc usurer and another party, from that city, compose a ring now in New York for the purpose of manipulating the State bonds. On Wed nesday last there bonds fell to forty ceuts on the dollar. The Sentinel says that the ring men oouibine to put tho bonds down a,, low as possible and then buy them. As soon as they buy them the price or tho bonds is put as high as they can get it by combination, promise ofp tying the inter est, >te ~ and then they sell out tho bonds which they bought at a mere song. For oxamplo, they buy the bonds at forty cents on the dollar to-day; to-morrow or next day they manage to run the bonds up and out at fifty or fifty-two cents on tho dollar. This margin in tho sales of hun dreds of thousands of dollars makes for tunes for the ring- The people of North Carolina are overwhelmed with taxation on bonds issued by tho last Legislature for railroad purposes, which, together with the increase necessitated by the aocrued iutorest on the State debt proper, makes the taxes nearly ten times the amount they were prior to the war. Bethany Church —Tho . Methodists of Bethany and vicinity have recently built at; elegant Church, which will be dedicated on the fifth Sabbath of this month by Rev. J. 8. Key, of Macon. We learn that there is a small balance still due on tho church edifice. The presence of Dr. Key, it is hoped, will attract a large congregation. Called Meeting or the City Coun cil. —The City Council met at 8 o’clock on Tuesday night, pursuant to notice pub llslu'd in this paper that morning. Pr; sent: Mes.-rs Sibley, Meyer, Allen, Jones, Gargan, Goodrich and Jackson. The Mayor being absent from indisposition, -n motion Mr. Allen took tho Chair. Tho reading of tho minutes was, on motion, dispensed with. The Clerk read the following communi cation as exph na ory of the object of the mooting: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of Augusta: Gentlemen I have the honor to transmit herewith tho following extract from the Minutes of the Boardof Direct ors of the Augusta and Hartwell Rail road Company, adopted by them at their last meeting held in this City, to wit: Resolved, That a Committee fr-iiv this Board, to consist of Dr John L Wilkes, K Lockhart, Robert 11 May, J I* VSiliiams, Col Win Mattox, D J L Turner, Marion McDaniel, and L> r II 11 Casey, bo appoint ed to wait on the City Council oi Augusta, and preseut the claims of this Company to them, and solicit such material tod to ward its completion as they, in their wisdom, may see proper to give. Knotted, That the Committee meet in Augusta on tho second Tuesday (12th) October for the purposes of their appoint ment. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Chas- Id Abbott, Secretary. Augusta, Ga., Oct, 12, 1869. The Committee w ere then invited within the Bar, whereupon Dr. Casey, the Presi dent of the Road, presented, in a few forci ble and appropriate remarks, the advan tages arid importance of the lload, and gave a history of the projeotof the enter prise now under discussion. He thought that the reason why the City Council ot Cincinnati had uot aided this work, was because that of Augusta had done nothing in the premises, and that if Augusta would now aid it and send on a delegation headed by its Mayor, to Cincinnati, that city would give it liberal assistance. Take a tape line, said the Doctor, and place it on a map from Cincinnati to Knoxville, thence to Nashville, thence to August*; then take the same line and place it from Knox ville to Clayton, thence t>y the Hartwell Road to Augusta, aud you will find enough lelt to carry the Hoad to Port Royal! Short routes being the order of the day, this is a point of importanee. A gentle man from South Carolina had informed him that Mr. Calhoun favored this route some twenty five or thirty years ago ; but the project was defeated at that time, and not brought up again uutil the present. The Doctor exhibited a map. showing the routes referred to, and proceeded further to explain the advantages of bis Road ; but we regret that we cannot, at this time, give a full report of his speech, aud shall uot even attempt a fad synopsis, for the reason that we cannot, in so brief a space and so short a time, do justice to it- We will only add here that he reported thedis tauee tirom Augusta to C avton at 150 mites; and the aggregate co<t of the road at $300,000. The amount of subsc:iption he estimated as foil >ws : $2”5 000 country subscriptions, $500,001* county subscrip tion'. f 1,500,000 from State aid; Augusta, sav s•> > 000 —making a total of $2,625,- 000. The Doctor was listened to with mark' and attention. He was followed by Dr. Wilkes, who also made avery interest ing and timely speech on the subject, giv ing bis views upou it in a forcible and im- pressive way. W. VV Montgomery, Esq., also ad dressed ;! •' meeting iu hi? usual eloquent and iutcti ting style. H wa» by Mr. Brown, repre senting the Port Royal Railroad. He stated that 1 represented the New York capital which had been iuvited to this en terprise. Tuts capital was tor the purpose of constructing the Southern Pacific Rail road aud other roads, of which the Port Royal Railroad was a link, as also certain European steamship lines. He regarded, in this connection. Augusta as a great railroad centre of the South, and said that fe w people estimated the value of the latter road, and gave, in brief, his view ot its importance. Mr. John Davison made a few remarks also on the subject; and was followed by- Mr. Chapman, also of the Port Royal Railroad, who stated that he expected to have fifty miles ot this road in running or der within ninety days. It is also the in tention of the Company to establish a line cf steamsfips to Europe. Mr. Chapman is an agreeable speaker, and evidently an earnest worker. On motion of Mr. Sibley, the report of the delegation was received and referred to the Railroad Committee of Council to report. There being no further business, Coun cil, on motion, adjourned. Governor Height, of California. G vernor Height, of California, being in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday last, was called upon to address the people of that city, upon the issues of the day. We extract so much as refers to the fifteenth amendment and the Chinese. He said : Suffrage is not a right, but a political privilege. No map is by any right entitled to vote, it is a privilege. We require a five years' residence before the intelligent •hite men of foreign lands are permitted to vote. If it was a right they should vote at ODce. We require bur young men to be t wenty-ooe years of age. If it wasa right they should vote as soon as they are able r o go to the polls and hand in their bal ots. But the wte-le teaching of our system of i government is that it is a privilege to be 1 regulated by the proper governments. If I you allow the Chinese to vote, it becomes a i mere question of money. They have no idea of eur form of gov ernment They know no more about it than we do of the heaven we all hope io attain. You have only to go to one of the men who hold them in subjugation and bargain with him for either their labor or their votes, and you can get either of them upon very low terms. If you ever permit this, popular liberty and suffrage becomes a farce, and the people will be ready to jump to and endorse any measure that will seem to be better than transparent shame. You are mistaken if you suppose this is a distant question. It is not. You have the railroad by which they cau be poured upon us ia untold numbers. If you adopt this amendment, there is only one step to make them full voters, and in every respect our equals in the power and control of the government- That additional step is sure to be taken, for the reason a large majority,and among them the leading men of tho Republican party, have already declared themselves in favor of pet mining them to vote ; they will come here in large numbers. They can put upon your shores, within a shoit time, ten millions of this ( debased and ido'atrous class. They have no wives to provide for, no families to bring up. They give no money to charitable or school pur poses. There is nothing of them but what the Rs.dicals propose to make of them — voters that will come up like cattle and vote as they are directed by those who wi,l pay them the most money. lu California we propose to exhaust ev ery legitimate means known to our laws to prevent tho consummation of so foul a wrong, so great an outrage on our system of free government. [Great applause ] l think that even yet, in the States, we have power to prevent it, and by our love of God given rights and liberties we have heretofore enjoyed, we are determined to doit. [Applause. J They aroalready impi rt ing into our large cities—Chicago, for in stance— Jhinese to take the piaco of the women that have heretofore done the work io our laundries. Do you like it ? Aro you willing that these cheap laborers shall take the place and snatch from the mouths of the women of our land the poor piitance that by hard labor they have been enabled to earn ? No, No. [Gr at ap plause.] A Singular Transaction. The New York Tribune, of the Ist inst., has the following : “Baring Brothers & Cos., foreseeing an opportunity for a ‘neat’ turn in the iate attempt to bull gold, borrowed from our Treasury, through Embassador Motley, some $10,000,000 of gold on a deposit of securities in London. When the riso of Friday last was at its height the order to sell this gold was given to a broker, who ‘planted’ some $9,000,000 of it on Albert Speyers at ICO. So the transaction stands. Albert Spoyers has purchased $9,000,000 of gold of the Barings at 160. They (the Barings) can ‘oover’ at a 130. Profit on tho turn, $2,000,000 —t/Speyors pays for the gold. Up to this time, it is believed, he has not done so ” So the Administration at Washington loans the public funds to English gold gamblers to enable them to operate in Wall street, and make their pile. Is it to be supposed that the Baring Brothers & Cos. were not advised that tho Washington Administration would not interfere with tho gold market for a stated number of days ? Corbin, the brother-in-law of President Grant, operating with Fisk, Gould & Cos., in New York, and Baring Brothers & Cos. operating wi'h Embassador Motley, in London I llow much gold the Treasury at Washington loaned Corbin has not yet transpired. Sham Bepublicanism, at Washington, is making a beautiful display of itself. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Be " c-Bindery. —Every description of Book Binding and ruling done at this office. Also L!ank books of every kind male to order at short nodoe and on reasonable terms. ts Seymour on the Situation. —A repor ter of the New York Sun has interviewed Mr. Seymour. Mr S. says hedon’tread newspapers much. He is emphatic about the fifteenth amenlatent: I hold that tho action of the National Legislature in coercing the Southern Slates to adopt it as a precedent condition to their readmission, is a preversion of the Contitu tion. These States ought to be permitted the same freedom ofaction as the Northern States. Cm iccticut, Ohio, and other States voted negro suffrage dow a. Why does not Congress coerce them into regula ting this question of suffrage? The course of the Republican party in all this recon structs n business is greatly to be de plored. For to place all the power in the hands of a few unprincipled adventurers an 1 ignorant negroes, and to treat the re spectable portion of the oommunity as the Republican party has done, tends to bring our system of government into contempt. Beayy Loss and Prompt Payment.— The Imperial Fire Insurance Company of London, which was the heaviest sufferer in consequence of the late disastrous fires of Patterson’s stores in Philadelphia, promptly and cheerfully paid ts their poli cy holders the large sum of $250,687 20, at their branch office, Nos. 40 and 42 Pine street, New York As soon as their loss was known in London, the home office im mediately telegraphed E. W. Crowell, Esq., to “j ay the entire amount with the utmost promptitude.” This speaks well for the '‘lmperial,” whoso asset s are still over twelve millioas of dollars, and whose affairs are managed by prompt business men on both sides of the Atlantic. J. & T. W. Coskery are the Agents for this lo cality. The Savannah Municipal Election. —The Savannah Democracy routed the Radicals completely at the election Mon day. The following is the ticket elected :* For Mayor. —Col Johu Screven, For Aldermen —First District—D T Scranton, John O Ferrill, James O'Byrne; Second District—W M Davidson, M J Solomons, Geotge N Nichols; Third Dis trict —Wui H Tison, R J Davant. Jr, Alfred Haywood; Fourth John Schwarz, Michael Lav;n, A M Sloan. Church School-—We learn that the “Church School” in tfiis city, under the Rectorship of the Rev. Mr. Hunter, of the Church of the Atonement, has begun its first session with very encouraging pros pects. The number of pupils is already quite gratifying, and is, we are pleased to learn, constantly increasing. The engage ment of the servioe of Prof. Gaymer in the French department assures more than or dinary advantages to those who desire pro ficiency in that language. The terms will be found very moderate. We invite at tention to the advertisement in another column. The Fall Trade.— The editor of the Greensboro Herald pays the following handsome compliment to the dry goods house of Mr. C. Gray; Christopher Gray, 242 Broad ; '.eet, Augusta, Ga. It is with no small degree of pleasure that we ctill the at*mtion of our readers to the advertisement of this house. We know of no firm in Augusta that we can speak of with more pride, or that we * would more readily recommend to our Greene county friends. The proprieter, Mr. Gray, though a Southern man, is living in New Y’ork, the great hoad-centre of the Dry Goods market, where he can watch the market and purchase his goods at the very lowest figures—this is a priv ilege not enjoyed by every Southern mer chant —therefore he is enabled to oompete with any house, in every respect, south of Baltimore The polite and courteous at -1 tention which every customer receives at this house, js still another commendable feature. We ask our friends, visiting Au- I gusta, to stop in at this house and judge i for themselves. The Railroad Question In our Municipal Affairs. The appearance before our municipal authorities of a retpect&ble and influential I delegation of citizens from adjacent coun ! ties, seeking aid to build a railroad to Aa- I gusts, revives a question for public con sideration long since mooted, but as yet undecided. This question is, whether it would test promote the prosperity of the city by building to the Georgia Railroad side lines or branch roads, or develop the city by independent connections. This is the qu«.°tion--*he sole question—not pub licly uttered and expressed, but neverthe less the engrossing question which dis closes itself in discussion somewhat halt ingly but nevertheless plainly, and it arises from a conflict of interest existiag most frequently in the breast of every indi vidual. By reference to an able article, to be found in another column, under the signature of “Countryman,” unannounced, but clearly and boldly expressed, this question is presented under the plea that the Hartwell er Clayton project will fail for want of money, and a side line advo cated, which presents many favorable features worthy of careful analysis and de liberate consideration; and as such we j commend it for careful perusal by our citizens. Reviewing the history of the past the striking feature that presents itself is not as to which policy may orought to be adopted, but that the city drifts with no policy at all. Arguments are presented, but there is no action. Interests are arrayed, but nothing is determined. Hence there is no progress. In the life of cities, as with all things, there must be an advance, a progression, and expansion, or there fol lows decline, decrepitude and deoay. There is no half way point, no point ol equilibrium. The rule is absolute, but while absolute is more dependent upon aetion, and energy and enterprise, than upon accepted axioms in political econo my or dormant advantages bequeathed by nature. Progress is the result of aetion. Ttie life of a oity is artificial, creatod and sustained by art, and the law of its progress is energy and activity. Commercial currents are the life currents; and these run neither North, nor South, nor East, nor West, but just where the energy and activity arid the en terprise of the citizen forces them. The enterprising Yankee draws wealth and strength from the Polar seas by his whale ships, from the fleecy staples of the South, from the gunny bags of India, from the spices of Ceylon, the hides of Brazil, and the silks and teas of China, and the guanos of Peru and the Pacific Islands; ut terly regardless of assumed natural laws. He defies the established laws of trade, for >he makes others by energy and enterprise, and becomei wcaltby and powerful, in spite of every disadvantage of a sterile land and an inhospitable climate. But with the Yankee there is nothing indeterminate, nothing undecided. The point to be at tained is decided promptly, and action, sharp and quick, follows perseveringly. For more than a score of years Augusta has argued. Her merchants have suffer ed for want of interior connections while the argument progressed. The debate has been long and exhausting; so has been the delay. Everybody has reoognized dolefully that something ought to bo done. But what that precise something could not be decided in the conflict of interests. It has been generally conceded that the better policy would be to develop the Georgia Railroad into a thoroughfare like a great stream, by extending its arms like con fluent tributaries. This we believe to be the dominant idea te-day. But, it is stated, that branch roads do not pay, and whether stated or not, this idea has been made the governing policy. The result has been inaction and but a creeping pro gress, which has hardly atohed for losses which restricted boundaries, caused by emigration to the North and to the South west, and no advance toward making available advantages possessed by no other inland city on the American continent. Nor is this all. During our “eighth of an inch” of bonded progress, progress has been made elsewhere and outside of us: and this has out off much of what formerly was at our command, and. therefore, in the language ol the President of the Georgia Railroad, while advocating the Savannah Valley Railroad, “our city should seek to com pensate herself lor past aggressions and daily inroads.” The question as now presented takes the form of an extension of the Georg a Rail road from Athens to Clayton, or an inde pendent line connecting with the North west—the adoption of a side line policy, based upon the acquired credit and pres tige and accumulated wealth of a power ful corporation fully identified by interest, or an independent trunk line polioy making another radiating line from an established railroad centre. We have greatly mis taken the condition and interests not only of our own immediate citizens and those of adjoining counties, if this question is not to receive shortly a determined answer. Farmers are daily instructed in this neces sity for railway intercommunication by the depredations and delays and vexations to which they are subjected. The daily in stances of the sacrifice of fertile lands in accessible by such avenues and the high values of inferior lands easily reached by public transportation teach a lesson too pointedly to be lost. No batter illustra tion can be found than the exhibition which tae Provisional President of the Augusta and Hartwell Road presented before our City Council. Iq a few coun ties there have been subscriptions to the amount of $275,000 obtained from indi viduals. In addition to this the people promise subscriptions in county bonds to ; the amount of $500,000, an amount more ! than one-fourth the estimated cost of the | projected road. With such a local sub j scription upon a line which, beyond doubt, j can be made a trunk line to the Great West, there is but litTe doubt that this expressed want will find aid in some quar ter, but not for Augusta’s advantage. Agam, our merchants chafe and fret un der the difficulties and embarrassments and burthens of “the eighth of an inch” progress policy—a halting, corroding, de pressing policy, which determines nothing, and does nothing. Clearly and unmistakably the time for a fixed, determined policy for the city of Au gusta is at hand. Let us, then, have a decision. Shall we have a Grend Trunk Line, with its confluent branches pouring, as by a great stream, the trade of the in terior toward us as to the estuary for the five great Southern ports of Brunswick, Savannah, Port Royal, Charleston and Wilmington? or anew trunk line reaching Ito the granaries of the Great West with all the advantage* of reciprocal intertropi cal trade ? “Now is the Accepted TiME.”--Mr. James W. Turley, late of the firm of Gray & Turley, invites special attention to his announcement of fancy dreis goods which he has now in store at his new es tablishment, second door above Schnei der’s corner. Mr. Turley has an attractive and desirable lice of goods. His expe rience and acknowledged capacity in his speciality, combined with his urbanity and integrity, have won for him a leading posi tion among our dry goods merchants, and he is determined to sustain his past reputa tion by keeping al* ay* on hand a supply of first-class goods in order to meet ail the wants and requirements of the public. The ladies will fiad this the accepted time to visit Mr. Turley’s store and examine his stock. He is selling cheap for cash. He believes in the old maxim of quick sales and small profits. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2 », 1869 Special Correspondence Chronlele Jt Sentinel. Buttock goes back on Fsrrow—Dmcnright Robbery of the Treasurg—An Outrage Committee—Miserable Management o / the State Road —Hulbert Overrated- The Trick Dog at Work—Faper Dud — Anew Leech to be Fastened on the State Road—ilodd Revenge—Classic Addi tions to the Opera House. Atlanta, October 12, 1869. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: I find .that in my last letter I was mis taken as to the Attorney General getting a salary of $2,000. The Legislature, in the general appropriation act, affixed his salary at $1,500, with a proviso that he attend to all cases in which the State Road was in terested, but the Governor vetoed it. That left the Attorney General under the ope rations of the Code. Section 1642, provides, as his fees, “for every wntten opinion he is legally required to make, $25;” “for services in any case where the State has an interest, and his services are required, the payment of his necessary expenses and $50.” j Section 7, paragraph 2, article 5 of the Constitution, declares it to be the duty of the Attorney General “to act as the legai adviser of the Executive Department, to j represent the State in all criminal and civil i cases, in the Supreme and Superior Courts, : when required by the Governor, and to | perform such other duties as shall be re i quired by law.” What are the duties required by Jaw ? | Sections 404, 405 and 406, article 1, chap ! ter 8 of the Code, specifies the duties as i follows: 1- To give his opinion in writing, or oth | erwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the State, or with the duties of any of the Departments, when required by the Governor or either of the State House officers. 2. To prepare all contracts and writings in relation to any matter in which the State is interested when requested. 3- To attend, on the part of the State, to all criminal causes in any of the circuit s, when the Solicitor General thereof is pros ecuted, and to all other criminal or civil causes to which the State is a party, when ordered by the Governor. 4. To perform such other duties as are or may be required of him, or whioh neces sarily appertain to his office. Thus the duty of the Attorney General is plainly set forth. But, more than this, the 22d section of article 2, chapter 1, de clares “when any suit is instituted against the State, or against any person, in the re sult of which the State has an interest, un der pretence of any claim incoesis’ent with ’its sovereignty, jurisdiction or rights, the Governor shall, in his discretion, provide for the defence of such suit, unless other wise specially provided for.” All cases, civil and criminal, in the Superior and Su preme Courts, having been specially provided for, the Governor has no law for retaining counsel in such cases. Section 6, paragraph 1, article 3 of the Constitution also declares that “no money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appro priation made by law.” Governor Bullock having vetoed the section of the General Appropriation Act appropriating money for salary of Attor ney General,left that officer entitled to on ly the fees laid down in the case. But the Governor wishing to override vetoed the section. Do not the people see the flagrant robbery ? The Governor over rides the Constitution, ignores Farrow and robs the Treasury. If the Attorney Gener al is as incompetent as the Governor would make the public believe, why not have him impeached or removed ? He is cer tainly entitled to more than the $3,000 of warrants for written opinions, and S3OO per month from the State Road. Verily hath Bullock gone back on his secesh friend. Your readers will recollect that the last Legislature created an “Outrage Commit tee” to visit Warren and other counties. Well, that Committee never visited these counties. Af.er the adjournment of the Legislature, the Outrage Committee met here a day or so and adjourned. Govern or Bullock paid them SBOO, and tho Treas urer of the Committee, J. G. W. Mills, presented a warrant for $716 50, which the Treasur< r refused to pay, as the Com mittee had been discharged by the Legis lature- Bullock probably got the money to pay them from the State Road. The State Road is miserably managed. Not a day passes without an accident of some kind. This is owing to the inexperience of its employees. Merchants here com plain of freight being detained at Chatta nooga, and upon investigation it turns out that the agent there is off, leaving the office to his careless son and some negroes. Hulbert has received more credit than he is entitled, except in the case of registra tion frauds. Much of the credit for his railroad speeches is due to his private Secretary, a man named Peterson, former ly an editor hero. Builock is running the road io his own interests. There are too many clerks and under strappers at the depot 1 Wby the State Road only paid $25,000 last month, and the Georgia Road over SIOO,OOO, will bo explained soon. Blodgett is working his wires to oust Hui bert and step into his shoes. Then, in stead of coal and iron, “gold” will be de veloped—in pockets! 1 hap Norris and Dr Blount, like Hungry curs, are standing by with glistening eyes, expecting to come in for some of the crumbs. Look out for breaks on the State Road. I cannot, in this letter, say more on this sul'jeet. Farrow and Angior are having a paper duel, and we trust to have some rich developments from them in a few days. It is rumored that in the event of Blod gett becoming Superintendent of the State Road, he and Bryant will embrace, and the Republican will get all the State Road printing, leaving the Era and the lntelli gencer in the cold. The Era —poor thing —is still of the demi-monde character. The Intelligencer quarters with Bullock daily, having become steel-ed to higher emotions. Bullock, who is pecuniarily interested in the Opera House, has succeeded in getting the pious Postmaster here to remove the Postoffice to tue Opera House, to revenge himself on Treasurer ADgier, who owns the building now occupied by the Postmaster. When the National Hotel and Kate Underwood take up their quaiters in it, has not yet been ascertain ed. More anon. Hannibal. The Wilkes Slander. LETTER FROM JUDGE REESE. Washington, Ga,, Oat. 12, 1869. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Gents—You are right in saying that no such shocking occurrence as that related in Friday’s Republican has happened in Wilkes, nor do I believe it has happened anywhere. Tie freedmen of our town as sure me that they never heard of it until this newspaper came. Having every op portunity of knowing through the wagon ers, daily in our place, from every section of our county and from persons attending a great religious meeting, which has been going or here for two weeks, this state ment of the freedmen ought to be con clusive. I am somewhat amazed that Capt. Bryant could have been so badly hoaxed. Very respectfully, Wm. M. Reese. The Skinned Negro Hoax. Washington, Wilkes Cos., Ga., 1 October 11, 1869. j Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: In Saturday, the 19th instant’s issue of the Georgia Republican , published in your city by J. E. Bryant, I see an ac count of a terrible crime committed on a citizen of this (Wilke*) county. A negro is first whipped to death, then tied to a tree and skinned, by a band of despera does. This is published on the authority of an individual who saw the person of the negro tied to the tree, after it had been skinned. All this is news to the good peo. pie of Wilkes county. I have, since seeing the article alluded to, inquired diligently, and can find no one who has either seen or heard of anything of the kind among the whites or the blacks. The Editor of the Republican claims to be a good citizen of Georgia, one who wishes to see peace and prosperity throughout the length and breadth of the entire State, and begs of you, Messrs. Editors, as well as the Editor of the Constitutionalist, and other Democrat ic papers in the State, to join with him in uniting the people as one man to put down this lawless ep : rit. Now, in tbe name of all the people of this county, whom Mr. Bryant’s re-liable informant has outrageously slandered, I demand of him to give ua the name of his informant, when the deed was done, what was the name es the deceased, with whom he lived and the precise locali -1 ty of the crime, all of which is withheld in his article. We war. ihe editor of the Republican to assist us ia putting a stop, not only to the crime ol murder and skin ning negroes, but also ttat of slander and lying. He must sußtiitiate the charge brought against us, or jablicly make .the proper amends for the geat wrong which he has done us. This is she only course left to Mr. Bryant to pnve . his faith by his works, and to show uat be is indeed a good citizen of Georgia, % friend and ad vocate of peace and tranquilly, and not a part of the filthy scum whwfi the storm of revolution passing has Uftpigh and dry upon the shores of our Sute, and who, true to their instincts inhraed from their paternal ancestors, will tell the truth when a lie is possible. Gsa> Wilkes- COMMUNICATED. Halo yon i) ale, 6, 1869. Gen. A. R. Wright, Augusta Dear Sir—ln compliance wth the 6th of a series of resolutions, pased by the Choir at Little Ogeechee Chfrch, of this county, I write, and send wth this the resolutions, asking that you e so good as to give them an early insertio. in your es teemed paper, the Chronioliii sentinel. To our mind, there are no gre,ter evidences of the advance in enlightenmrat, the culti vation of refined taste of our people than that two of our churches in ttis immediate vicinity have recently adoptd instrument al music. Ip the day whenihe notes of the organ shall be heard frojthe humblest place of worship in our land and music be a part of our “household'words,” then may we say, we aro truly a cultivated and ’ refined people. We hops the time is not j far distant when the teaching of music in 1 our “day” schools wi l ! bs tte rule, and not, as now, the exception. l T our attention, Genc-al, tothe publica tion of this matter will oblge nany of your friends in this community, ant Yours, very truly, W. D. Hamilton. PREAMBLEAND RESOLUTIONS OS OGEECHEE CHOIR. Whereas, with a view to ail and re vive the singing in om Chuich, here at Little Ogeechee, that branch ol the relig ious worship, without which all others would be but vain, and futile ittempts to advance the cause of our Redeemer’s Kingdom here on earth, and which had reached a low ebb in our nidst; and Whereas, feeling the nfcessiy of adopt ing measures to eDlist the interest of the people in this great work, wi, nearly all of whom are members </f tbii and other Christian Churches, formed otrselves into a Choir, and by permission of his Church in conference assembled, sdopled the use of the Organ as a means of aiding us in the consummation of the objectsought, viz: The formation of an effieieit Choir in Little Ogeechee Church ftr tte praise and worship of our Heavenly Fither. And whereas, our action in this matter has been assailed, our motives impugned, and even the Christianity ol those of us who profess to be such, denounce! from the pulpit, and by some individials as being the promptings of proud hearts and mere formal attempts to worship God ; all this especially in opposition to instrumental music in the Church. Tiere’ore, be it Resolved, 1 st. That while we do not entertain hostile or unkind fellings toward those who may simply differ with us on the subject ol instruuenui music in Churches, we do regard those who have made or may uereafter make such unjust attacks upon out motives and our Christian characters is alluded to in the preamble above as btingnot unfriend lp to the cause, but their renarks strie ly personal and evidently intended as insult ing rebukes to those chtrchts which, in the country in this enlijhtosed day, are endeavoring to improye in this most de lightful and important branch of God’s worship. Resolved, 2nd, That wa regard all oppo sition to instrumental music as contrary to Holy writ, and that we any at tacks which may be mail upon it as being not only imprudent, but detrimental to advancement of tho worsaip of our Heav enly Father. Resolved, 3 id, That vc, as a Choir, pledge ourselves to stand firm one to an other, and with an united effort, and aD uubrokenfront,stem the storm ofopposirion which is at this juncture meeting us, feel ing that we are but contending lor and building up that institution in our church which has been so long neglected—having the Bible for authority. Resolved, 4th, That we request and re spectfully insist upon having ihe hearty co-operation of Union Church and all others now engaged in furthering the cause of the adoption of instrumental music, and that while we would not presume to dic tate, we would suggest the adoption of similar resolutions to those, thereby show ing in the start a fixed determination to carry out the spirit and interest of the oh ject sought. Resolved, sth, That wemost heartily ap preciate the effort and th« zeal which the Rev. W. J. Murrow, the esteemed Pastor of this Church, has manifested in sustain ing aud encouraging us i« the action which we have taken iu this matter. Resolved, 6</i, That these resolutions be published in the Daily Chronicle & Sentinel, and that Hon. W D. Hamilton be requested to communicate with Gen. A. R. Wright with a view to their early appearance in that paper. Ogeechee Church, Sunday, October 3rd, 1869- 11. P. Brewer. Secretary Ogeechee Church. OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT. On the Wing, Oct. 9, 1869. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Nothing of special interest transpired during my sojourn at the Warren County Superior Court. Owing to the very pleas ant and favorable weather for picking cot ton, not a groat maty people were in at tendance. The citizens who were charged by Norris with complicity in shooting him, and under bond for their appearance at Court, were on the gtound and I suppose ready for trial, bat their accuser failed to appear, whether for vant of evidence or manhood to face the issue both), I cannot tell, but should think hmi subject to prosecution for the isjurics inflicted upon citizens without a legiliy authorized prov ocation. But, however culpable, I should release him on the ground that he stay where he is. I learned there were nine divorce cases for trial, all of which ic was thought would result in sundering the nuptial tie. Some of the ladies who wore parties to these affairs and their friends, were on the ground and quite determined on a success ful prosecution of their claims. I observed a venerable widower, who seemed quite interested, and I guess will be on hand for their future consideration. While at Warrenton I went out two miles aod spent a night at the rural house of Major J. D. Shivers. The best corn I have seen anywhere the present year was in his fields along the road, where the drought prevailed perhaps as severely as anywhere else in the surrounding coun try. But his success was mainly attribut able to a superior method of farming, wh.ch is so philosophical, simple and prac tical that I wonder it is not generally adopted, especially where subject to such disastrous droughts. On Wednesday evening I went out with Mr. R. C. Gunn to Camack, and in about an hour after I was sa'lyicg over Union Point. At night-fall I went to the Hotel and asked if supper was r.ady, and re ceived the reply it, was all over with, sol concluded to spend an idle hour or two in hearing a lecture and witnessing some phrenological demonstrations ac the Church. Went on up iu the direction of where I heard the bell, saw the Church illuminated, went in, sat down, and soon a gay and pleasant little crowd of males and females, were assemhied. An elderly gentleman arose and commenced a lecture which soon put me to sleep. Af ter about an hour I awoke and returned to the store of friend Carlton, where I was cordially invited to sojourn until the ar rival of the train. M the absence ot the father Id'ouud the son and the associate clerk, the quintescence of politeness, and lavish to their layers. The odor from smoking pots aod skilieta soon aroused my drowsy sensibilities to a conscious neces sity, and I asked the colored man and cook if he had any coffee and he replied, “aosir,” but Ishould have some; and in a few minutes, with my hospitable young friends, 1 was seated at the table, well supplied with tea, coffee, crackere, fried biscuit, beef steak and rabbits. Our sumptuous repast over, we discoursed pleasantly until near 12 o'clock, the train arrived and soon I was aboard and dash ing through the darkness of the night for parts far away' On the next day at 10 o’clock I arrived at the Pine House, on the Augusta & Columbia Railroad. We • slept aboard of an old hack, reeling from the infirmities of age and toil, and were soon swinging and jostling along the road to Edgefield, South Carolina. On our ar rival we found the Superior Jourt in ses sion and a small crowd in attendance, con sidering the extent of country and popula tion represented. About twenty criminal cases were on docket, and it was thought all would be tried. I heard a portion of the pleadings in a murder case, and have rarely witness ed a display of greater legal ability. The closing speech for the prosecution by Gen. Gary was eloquent and powerful. His thrilling appeals to the jury to sustain the laws of civilization, were not without effect, and afforded a fruitful source for his Honor's charge. I was somewhat amused at the character of the charge. He left no gaps down in the shape of giving reasonable doubts in favor of the prisoner, no shirking, no dodging the issue, which was sworn duty to convict or perjury to acquit. Said the case had beeD up once or twice before, resulting in mistrials, hut he saw no reason or justice in it, the ease was very plain, and the evidence stroDg and conclusive, and the sum and substance of it was, they had that fellow to convict, i He rasped the Counsel for the delence, held him up to ridicule, but thought the prosecution worthy of serious considera tion. He told the jury to retire, which they did with the issue before them —swear ! to lies or convict the accused. After being out an hour or two the jury returned with a verdict of guilty of man slaughter, with a recommendation to mercy. They had up two other murder oases the next day, and I witnessed the. empan elling of the jury for their trial, whioh did not occupy more than fifteen minutes. In this work the Clerk of the Court and Solicitor both officiated. The Solicitor asked the juror if he had any bias or preju dice on his mind either for or against the prisoner at the bar. To which he replied, “none.” The Clerk exclaims, “prisoner, look upon the juror; juror look upon the prisoner. Prisoner, what sayest thou?” Prisoner answers “I’ll take him,” and the juror is sworn in, the work of accepting or rejecting him not exceeding two minutes. No time for juggling or reflection upon the com patency of the character presented. The Judge, with his black silk robe on, is in his seat, and officers of the Cour* posted at the doors and alone the aisles, with a ten-foot staff in hand to preserve order, gives you some idea of a south Carolina Court. Tbe juries at Edgefield were mostly negroes. I saw a jury that consisted of one white man and eleven negroes, and they were for trying a couple ofnegro fellows charged with raping and then murdering a white lady. A New England negro lawyer was on hand, and had been haranguing the Court and jury in behalf of bis sable clients. Really the state of civil affairs in this district, or county, must be trying to the patience and intelligence of the white people. I learned that a most exorbitant, unjust and oppressive system of taxation was be ing practiced, especially upon Und-holders, by the usurpers of civil authority. One and a half per cent, was the State tax on land, and the owner not allowed to estimate its value at that. This was done by commissioners who frequently returned land at ten dollars per acre that would not bring two dollars and a half if put on the market. Verily the whites arC in a deplorable condition, and I think a general giving way under the pressure is quite apparent. But demor alization will rather augment than abate the evil, and wisdom would dictate the diffusion and cultivation of the principles of sobriety as the surest safe guard to civil and political re-action. Traveller. Thomson and Broad River Railroad. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: This is a busy, go-ahead age, and the American people the most restless and progressive of any. Progress aud im provement being the watch-wcrd of the day, evidently those who do not be up and stirring must be left behind. The people of Lincoln, Eibert and Hart are out in tho cold, but they want to improve their con dition, and not be left out any longer. In fact, they want a railroad, and intend to have such an outlet if possible. They have not the available surplus means to build a road themselves, and, therefore, must ask outside help ; but they will also help themselves as far as able. The Air-Line Road, from Atlantato An derson, will doubtless be built, but it is in tended for a special purpose—through business —and not mainly for the benefit of the country through which it is to run, though that will be vastly benefited. All railroads, whether they pay stoekholde s or not, benefits tbe country, the land holders and laborers, along their line, and hence these latter should use every avail able means to accomplish their building. The Augusta and Hartwell Road has been loug talked of, and has been chartered. 1 have no opposition to make to that proposed road, and would gladly see it built; but 1 think it will never be built, at least not in our day. Certainly it can not be built without large outside aid, and whence is that to come ? Augusta cannot help much, if at all, for she is already very heavily in debt on railroad account —tho Columbia and the Milledgevitle—which yield her nothing. Sunly Charleston and the Carolina Railroad have no interest in a line which latterly proposes to tap their own Blue Ridge-, and thus dtvid what would otherwise pass through Co lumbia. The Georgia Road’s interests are antagonistic to the Hartwell, as the latter would take some, bat very little, of the termer’s business. What, then, is to be done? Lincoln must and will have a road, and she must necessarily go for that one which holds out the best prospect of being most certainly and speedily built. I think she will never get a road unless it be the ons named at the head of this communication, starting from Thomson, the most thriving town on the Georgia Road, and running thence by Raysviile or Clay Hill, direct to Lincoln ton, and thence to Broad River at Thomp son’s Factory. The whole distance from Augusta will not exceed eighty two miles, of which thirty seven miles, Irom Augusta, to Thomson, are already built. The re maining forty-five miles would pass almost entirely through a rich farming country, and could be buiit as cheaply as almost anysother named forty-five miles —much more cheaply than any forty-five miles of the Hartwel 1 . When the road once reach ed Little River nearly all of Lincoln would be practically opened up to the outside world, and when it reached Lin colnton the whole county would have railroad facilities, except a small corner in the fork of Savannah and Little Rivers, and even that would not be hopelessly When the road reached Thomp son’s Factory, then the people of Elbert and Hart could build it on into their counties. How can the road be built? By the people at each end and aloDg the line, and by tha powerful aid of the Georgia Koad. The latter road has already three branches —irom Camak, from Barnett and from Union Point. Yet all these places make little or no progress, while Thomson, less than twenty years ago almost entirely in swamp, is now the most wide-awake, live town on the road, second only to Madison and Covington, which are old towns. The people ol that part of Columbia, through which the road would pass, need and want a road, while those in the lower part of the county, for at least twenty five miles of the proposed Hartwell Road, are in different to that road, being able to avail themselves of good earth roads, or even of the Georgia Railroad. The business men of Thomson are active and energetic, always ready for any good work, in the midst of a productive country and good farmers, with good schools and churches, a newspaper, good water and health, and numerous stores and dwell,ngs. The read can be built to Rrysville, thirteen miles, almost straight, on a level ridge, and across no creek. At Raysville, it is in agitation to build a Cotton Factory, which would beh) the road, as the road would help it. There it would strike the gold and copper belt, which ceases at the Fraser or Magruder Mine in Lincoln, and no more mineral is reached till we pass Hart. Crossing Little River, eleven miles, over one small creek (L jyd’s) and Dry Fork, a branch near Lincolnton, through a finely weeded country, brings us to this venerable county site. The beat lands in the county, except the small belt on the two rivers, is near Lincolnton, and to the East, North and West of it. From Lm colnton to Broad River is a first rate corn and cotton country. The proposed road would not interfere with the Washington Branch, being eighteen miles from Washington at the Dearest point—Kaysville. It would be an important feeder to the great Georgia trunk, and would stimulate production and develop new industries, especially minirg and manufacturing. There is excellent water power on Little River, not only at Raysville, but a few miles above at Col. J. Belknap Smith’s mills, and furth r up at Johnston A Dyer’s mills, and below at Clay Hill, McCord’s, Moseleys & Lock- hart’s mills, all convenient to said road, except Lockhart’s and Johnston & Dyer’s. The gold mines !are Dear Raysviile, and to the west and north of it. The best indi cations are traceable twelve miles paral lel with the gold miles. The road would run near the rich mineral deposits of Grave’s Mountain, and would touch the great Curry tract of unbroken oak and pine fore-t. There is lead ore, and proba bly coal also in Liucolton. The people are interested in this road, Augusta is inter ested, the Georgia Road is interested, and this section certainly desires State aid as much as -any other section. Then let us agitate, agitate, agitate, all put eur shoul ders to the wheel and roll on the ball, till this outside country of much riches, devel oped and undeveloped, is opened up, and made to yield its treasures from its cheap lands, its forests, mines and water power. Countryman. SOITUKKJf HISTORIICAL SOCIETY. confederate losses during the CIVIL • war, 1861-5. Correspondence Between the Secretary, Dr. Joseph Jones, and (Jen S. Cooper, Formerly Attorney General of the Con federate States. New Orleans, August 2, 1869. Gen. S. Cooper. Alexandria, Fa.: Dear Sir :-- You will please excuse the liberty which I take in trespassing upon your valuable time. I have recently been preparing, for the Soutuern Historical Society, a paper upon the losses of the Confederate army, from battle, wounds, and disease, during the civil war, 1861-5. The following general results of my investigation are most re spectfully submitted for examination &Dd criticism : Killed, Wounded and Prisoners of the Confederate Army During the War, 1861-’65. Year. Killed. Wounded. Prisoners. 1861 1,315 4,054 2,722 1862 48,582 68 659 48,300 1863 11,876 51,313 71,211 1864-’ 5 22.000 70,000 80,000 Total 53,773 194,026 202,283 If the deaths from disease be added, the sum total wilt represent the entire loss. The returns of the field and general hos pitals are known for 1861 and 1862. Confederates killed in battle, 1861 ’2 19,897 Deaths caused by wounds in field hospitals 1,623 Deaths caused by wounds in gen era! hospitals 2,618 Deaths caused by disease in field hospitals 14,597 Deaths caused by disease in gen eral hospitals . 16,741 Total deaths in the C. S. A., 1861-’2 55,476 Total wounded in C. S. A.,1861-’2.. 72,713 “ prisoners “ “ .. 51,072 “ discharged “ “ .. 16,940 Total wounded, prisoners and dis charged in 1861-’2 140,725 If it be fair to assume that the total mortality of '63-4 was fully equal to that of 1862, then the total deaths in the Con federate army, 1861-5, Was atleast 160,000, exclusive of the deaths in Northern prisons, which would swell the number to near 185,000 ; and if the deaths amongst the sick and wounded on furlough, be add ed, the grand total of deaths in the Con federate army during the entire war did not fall far short of 200,000. According to this calculation tho deaths from disease were about three times as numerous as those resulting from the casualties of battle. The available Confederate force capable of active service in the field did not, dur ing the entire war, exceed six hundred thousand (600,000) men. Os this num ber not more than four hundred thousand (400,000) were enrolled at any one time ; and the Confederate States never had in the field more than two hundred thousand (200,000) men capable of bearing arms, at any one time, exclusive of sick, wound ed and disabled. If tbe preceding ealeulation be correct, we have the following figures, illustrating the losses of the Confederate armies during the war: Confederate forces actively en gaged, 1861-5 600,000 Total deaths Losses of C S A., in prisoners, ’6l-5, which may be considered as total losses, on account of the policy of non-exchange by the United States 200,000 Losses of C S A by discharges, dis ability snd desertion 100,000 If this calculatioo, which is given only as an approximation, be correct, one-third of all the men actively engaged on the Confederate side were either killed out right upon the field or died of disease and wounds; another third of the entire num ber were captured and held ipr an indefi nite period in Northern prisous; and of the remaining 400,000, at least one-half were lost to the service by discharges and desertion. At the close of tie war the available force of the Confederate States numbered scarcely 100,000 effective men. The resolution, unsurpassed bravery and skill with which the Confederate leaders conducted this contest is shown by the fact that out of 600,000 men in the field about 500,000 wore lost to the service. At the close of the war 100,000 Confeder ates were opposed to one million (1,000,- 000) Federal troops. Your approval or disapproval of this calculation is most respectfuly solicited. The distinguished ability with which you discharged the responsible and ardu ous duties of Adjutant General of the Confederate army, qualifies you, above every other officer of the late Confederate States, to decide how far such calculations may approach to accuracy. With great respect and tbe highest es teem, I have the honor to be, your obe dient servant, Joseph Jones, M. D., Secretary and Treasurer Southern His torical Society, Professor Chemistry Medi cal Department, University of Louisiana. Near Alexandria, Va., 1 August 29,1869. } Dr. Joseph Jones, Secretary and Treas urer of the Southern Historical Society , New Orleans, La. : Dear Sir—l have tha honor to receive your kind and interesting letter of the 2d instant, and beg you will accept my best thanks for the same. I have closely examined your several statements in respect to the Confederate military forces during the late war, as well as the casualties incident thereto, and I have come to the conclusion from my general recollection, which those state ments kave served to cnligh'en, that they must be regarded as nearly critically cor rect. Most of the returns from which you most probably have derives your informa tion, must have passed through the files of my office in the Confederacy, and if refer ence could be made to all the records of that office, they would, 1 have no doubt, enable you to give nearly a complete his tory of the strength apd operations of our armies in detail. The files of that office which could best afford this information, were carefully boxed up and taken on our retreat from Richmond to Charlotte, N. C., where they were unfortunately finally captured, and, as I learn, are now in Washington, where they are properly ar ranged in a separate buildiDg. with other records appertaining to the Confederacy. I presume that by proper management, reference might be had to them. Indeed, I had at one time contemplated to make an effort to renew my acquaintance with the records by a personal application to the authorities in Washington, bat I finally abandoned the idea. It would afford me much pleasure to furnish you with the information in the tabular form you have suggested, but it would be quite impossible for me to do this without reference to those records. I can only state from general recollection that during the two last rears of the war the monthly returns of our armies received at my office exhibited the present active force in the field nearly one-half less than the returns themselves actually called for, on account of absentees by sickness, extri duty, furloughs, desertions, and other casualties inc : dent to a campaign life. These returns were kept with great secrecy, in order to prevent the enemy from becoming acquainted with our weak ness. Another disadvantage was also felt in the limited number of our suitable weapons of war, and I believe it will be found, on examination, that the most ap proved and tried arms in the hands of our troops were captured from the enemy in battle. These, anl many other incidents of a like nature, if brought to light, would exhibit the greatest disparity between the two opposing forces, if not alike in the number of troops, as you have exhibited in your tables, at least of sufficient import ance to satisfy every unprejudiced mind that we were constantly laboring, through out the contest, under every possible dis advantage. I perceive by the printed prospectus of the “Southern Historical Society,” which you were so kind as to send me, that time must be given in collecting the necessary NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 42 facts which are Jo be the basis of this im portant work, before it shall be prepared and given to the public. To this eDd it will be my endeavor to contribute, lrom time to time, snch faots as I may be en abled to collect, aod as may be deemed of consequence by the society. With great respect, I have the honor to bo your obedient servant, S. Cooper, Proceedings of the Executive Commit tee of the State Agricultural Society of Georgia. Office Geo. State Aric’l Society, ) Macon, Ga., October 7, 1869. j Ata called meeting of the Executive Com mittee of tbe State Agricultural Society iu this city, to be held to-day, there were present the following members: Mr. J II Fitten, of Rirtow- Joseph B Jones, of Burke: Dr. J S Hamilton, of Clarke; Josiah Hillsman, of Crawford; Samuel I Gustin, of Bibb; Mr. James A Miller, of Houston; Jas A Nisbet, of Dade, George S Obear, of Bibb; W J Russell, of Clarke; Dr. J D Smith, of Houston; Col onel J J Smith, of Washington; Captain B H True, of Morgan: Colonel John 8 Thomas, of Baldwin; D W Visher, of Houston. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. C W Howard, being absent, and Mr. Yancey, the President of the Society, being present, be was unanimously requested to serve the Committee as its Chairman, and he consented to do so. The Secretary being called upon for business to lay before the Committee, sta ed that the premium list,-in several features, needed revision. Mr. Jones, of Burke, then moved that the premium for Devon cattle be made equal to the premium for other classes of cattle, which was agreed to, which makes the premium for Devon cattle read as fol lows : For the best Devon bull, 3 years old or upward, silver cup S2O 00 For the second best Devon bull, 3 years old or upward, silver cup... 10 00 For best bull 2 years old or upward, silver pitcher 15 00 For best bull, 1 to 2 years old, silver cup 10 00 For best cow 2 years old or upwards, silver cup 10 00 For second best cow 2 years old or upward, plate 500 For best heifer 2 to 3 years old, silver eup 10 00 For best heifer Ito 2 years old, plate 5 00 Mr. Yancey moved the addition of the following premiums to the list, which was agreed to: field crops. For the hest sample of leaf tobacoo of five pounds, p1ate........ 5 00 fine arts. For the best painting in oil —the sub ject to be chosen by the author, silver cup, or $lO 00 Mr. True moved the following additional special premium, in resolution, as follows: Whereas, There is danger that the plant ing interests may suffer from the combina tion of capital in the form of “Cotton Rings,” the object of which is to reduce the price of ootton in the hands of the planters, that speculators may profit by their loss, therefore Resolved, That a premium of one hun dred dollars be offered for the best essay on the “Policy Planters should Adopt to Protect themselves against the Combina tions of Speculators and Capitalists.” Mr. Vischer moved the following addi tional premium in the class of premiums for horses ol all work. Agreed to. For the best gelding SIO,OO Mr- Vischer moved that anew class of premiums be adopted, to-wit: ForG.orgia horses of all work, and that the premiums offered for horses of all work, open to the world, be adopted as the premiums for Georgia horses of all work. Agreed to. GEORGIA HORSES OF ALL WORK. For best stallion over 4 years, pitchers2o 00 For second best stallion over 4 years, cup 10 00 For the best stallion over 3 nor over 4 years, plate or 5 00 For the best stallion over 2 nor ever 3 years, plate or,. 5 00 For the best horse colt over 6 m’ths, plate or 5 00 For the best brood mare, with colt by her side..., 20 00 For second best brood marc, with colt by her side 10 00 For the best mare 4 years old and over 5 00 For the best brood mare with mule eolt by her side 10 00 For the best filly 3 years old 10 00 For the best filly 2 years old 8 00 For the best filly 1 year old 5 00 For the best gelding 10 00 On motion of Mr Jones, the premiums for the fifth class (matched aod single horses) was amended so as to strike out the word gelding, whioh makes the premi um list read as follows : For the best pair of matches raised in Georgia.... S2O 00 For the best single harness horses raised in Georgia 15 00 For the best saddle i.orse raised in Georgia... 15 00 For the best heavy dr- ft horse rais ed in Georgia 15 00 The subjoot of the appointment of judges beipg under consideration, on mo tion, the subject was postponed till the session at night, and, upon the invitation of the Mayor, the Committee agreed to visit the Fair grounds at 3 o’clock. NIGHT SESSION. On motion of Mr. Russell, of Clarke county, the following premiums were add ed to the list on manufacturing : For the best bale of sheeting or shirting made from Nos. 30 to 40 —open to the world $lO 00 For the best bale of jeans made from No. 20—open to the world.. 10 00 On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Baldwin, the premiums for velocipedists and gym nasts we e stricken from the conditional premiums offered in the circular of the Secretary. The revised list of premiums, offered by the Secretary, now stands as follows: For the best barrel of sugar of Rib bon and Green cane raised in Georgia $25 00 For the best barrel o£ syrup of the same eane, raised in Georgia 10 00 For the greatest yield of syrup per acre of the same cane 10 00 For the greatest yield of sugar per acre of the same cane 10 00 For the best barrel of sugar from the Sorgho or China or African sugar millet 25 00 For the best barrel of syrup from the same cane 10 00 For the largest yield of sugar per acre from the same cane 10 00 For the largest yield of syrup of same per acre ;... 10 00 For the best gin for ginning up.and long and; short staple cotton 10 00 For the best dynamometer, to be te°ted with the plows on the ground...... 10 00 For the best large thorough bred filly, three years old 8 00 For the best knight in a tourna ment 20 00 For the second best knight in a tour nament 10 00 For the most interesting collection of minerals and fosails found in any one county, exhibited by an individual or agricultural society. 10 00 For the best collection of minerals and fossils, or either 10 00 For the greatest varieties of wood from any one county, the samples to be in sections, sawed vertically to the grain, showing the annular rings of each tree, the samples to have a bark on it 10 00 On motion of Mr. Smith, of Washing ton, the following additional class of pre miums on horses was adopted, open to the world: Fortbefastest trotting single harness horse. $25 00 For the fastest paciogt horse, open to the world 25 00 For the fastest pair of trotting har ness horses '.. 10 00 For the best single harness horse 10 00 For the best pair of harnes a 10 00 The Secretary asked the Committee to consider if any special privilege could be granted to county societies tenting on the ground, whereupon the following resolu tion, on motion of Mr. True, of Morgan, was agreed to: Resolved , That the Society will furnish one tent to each agricultural society camp ing od the ground , all individuals so tent ing to pay two dollars, except members of this society. On motion of Col. Thomas, of Baldwin : Resolved, That exhibitors dissatisfied with the award of any Committee, shall have the privilege of appeal to a Special Committee appointed by the President for the purpose. The letter of invitation to the Executive Committee to visit the Annual Fair of the Put Dam County Agricultual Society being submitted, the following gentlemen weTe appointed a delegation for the purpose : Mr Smith, of Washington ; Mr Gustin, of i Bibb ; Mr B T Harris, Col P M Lewis, j and Captain B H True, of Morgan. The following gentlemen were appoint ed members of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society to fill va- canoies : Col Junius Wingfield, of Put nam ; John Mclllehaney, of Muscogee ; A V Bramby, of Fulton. , •• Oq motion of Mr. Nisbet— Resolved, That the appointment of judges be made by the President and any three members of this committee, not ex hibitors, to bes leeted by the President — Mr Hamilton, MrFitten, Mr. Nisbet. On motion, Dr Hillsman, of Crawford, was added to the committee to regulate the establishment of booths on the ground. On motion of Mr Nisbet— Resolved, That W K DeGraffenried, L N Whittle, 8 I Gustin, Wm T Holt, C A Nutting, A 0 Bacon, E Winship, B A Wise, A L Maxwell, B H True, Wm W Brown, Col W C Morrill and T C Nisbet be requested to receive and welcome our invited guests. On motion of Captain B H True— Resolved, That Mr J V Grier, of the city of Macon, be appointed Forage Mas ter for the Fair grounds,with the exclusive right to sell hay and grain within the en closure, subjected to such regulations as may be presented by a sub committee ap pointed by the Chair. Messrs Obear, Gustin and True were ap pointed the committee. _By Mr Yancey— Resolved, That, having carefully in spected the Fair grounds and buildings, the committee feel fully assured that they will be placed in suitable condition in ample time for the exhibition. By Mr True— Resolved, That two auctioneers be ap pointed to confer with exhibitors for the sale of all implements, goods, etc, brought on the ground for that purpose, and to sell the same. Auctioneers appointed are Messrs Geo M Logan, of Bibb, and Isaac Reese, of Morgan. By Mr Nisbet — Resolved, That the Secretary be in* structed to make arrangements, by public renting or by contract, lor restaurants on the Fair Grounds. Resolved, further, That the Secretary make arrangements for board and lodgings of the Committee, on the grounds, during the Fair. By Mr Nisbet— The policy of this Committee in extend ing invitations through our Secretary, has been to bring to our . Fair all men who sincerely sympathise in our object and aims. We neither, on the one hand, ex pect to entice distinguished men from dis tant States by what we have to exhibit, or on the other, was it our design to be ob sequious. Their presence here is desired that they may see how quiet and peaceable and how earnest and active our people are in building up their material interests. And espeoiaily do we desire the presence of persons from the States North and West of us, wt o are representative men, as guar antees and enoouragement for exhibitors to come from those sections and show us improved models of agricultural imple ments and machinery, and for their thor-. ough-brcd stock. Resolved, That our Fair grounds are open to all men of all sections, and hereby give assurance to all who attend that a cordial welcome awaits them. Resolved, That we earnestjy hope the press of our State will reoognizo the cor rectness of the foregoing principles, and will give to our enterprise their support and co-operation. By Mr. Yancey— Resolved, That the Secretary be in structed to express to the Governor the appreciation of the Committee for his offer to send the cars of the Western and At lantic Railroad, for invited guests, to Lynchburg, and that the offer is aocepted ; and that he have similar instructions to make expressions to Superintendents or Presidents of other roads who may make offers of their cars on liberal terms to bring invited guests from any direction ; and that the gentlemen named in the reso lution appointing ,the Committee of Re ception be authorized to make any and all arrangements they may deem necessary to make these offers available. By Dr. Hillsman— Resolved, That the Secretary be in structed to arrange and publish an order of the day for the business of the Society, lor the speeches, lectures and essays,/ and for the other exercises and entertainments expected and proposed to come off during the Fair. On motion, the Committee adjourned, to meet in Macon bn Friday, 12th day of November next. D. W. Lewis, Secretary. Pennsylvania Election. Washington, October 13, noon.—A careful comparison based on partial re turns from thirty counties, including Philadelphia and Allegheny, shows a Democratic gain of nearly 4,000. The re maining counties must average nearly 200 fain t' elect Packer. Geary’s majority in ’hiladelpbia is 3,339. Philadelphia, October 13, noon.— Both branches of the Legislature Repub lican. Philadelphia, October 13, noon— Senate 18 to 15, House 36 to 17, giving 29 majority on joint ballot. All the papers but'he Age give the State to Geary by from 5,000 to 10,000, which claims 5,000 for Packer. Washington, October 13, p. m.— Geary’s majority in thirty-six counties is nearly 5,0t0. The remaining thirty counties must average 157 gain to elect Packer. The vote is very close. The chances are in favor of Geary. Ohio Election. Cincinnati, October 13, noon.—Hamil ton county gives Pendleton 500 majority and elects the entire Democratic municipal ticket. Pendleton is defeated by a very small majority. Corrected returns may elect him. House Democratic, Senate Republican. This defeats the State’s sanction of the Fifteenth Amendment. Cleveland, October 13, noon.—Re turns from the 3d, state Hayes loses 5,000. This average carried throughout the State will elect Hayes by 5,000. Many Demo cratic strongholds still unheard from. Washington, October 13, p. m—The few detailed returns from Ohio indicate Pendleton’s election, FROM WASHINGTON. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette. The West India Real Estate Business — Negotiations for the purchase of Earth quakes, etc.—Renewal of Treaties—Re port of Special Envoys to San Domingo. Washington, October 8. —The treaties made during President Johnson’s admin istration for the acquisition of real asiate in the West Indies, expire, by limitation, on the 15th instant. A tew weeks ago, however, the Government sent Gen. Bab cock, of the President’s staff, and Senator Cole, of California, to San Domingo to report upon its resources and capabilities, ahd while on the island they arranged for an extension of the treaty until the as- I sembling of Congress. President Baez also made a proposition to our Envoys to annex the whole of San Domingo to the United States, this coun try assuming her debt, which is about one million and a half dollars in gold. Under any circumstances the Bay of Samma will be leased for $200,000 per annum. Messrs. Babcoek and Cole have submit \ ted a glowing report upon the variety of ; reeources and capabilities of the Island. J It is understood, also, that the Govern ment has sent a note to Denmark, i requesting the extension of the treaty for 1 the purchase of St. Thomas, which expires j on the 1 Ath. Y, j Bloody Doings in Jackson County, I Florida. —On last Tuesday,the 28th ult., | near the Natural Bridge, in Jackson coun ty, Florida, there was a negro picnic— Done present but negroes. A negro Con stable, Calvin Rogers, an overbearing per son, was present and claimed to have been shot at. He theD called for Wyatt Soar lock, one of his friends, who on his ap proach to Rogers caught up a child, and he and the child were killed by one shot irom some unknown person. Rogers, w : th the party, returned to Marianna, and with a party of whites and blacks, went in search of the murderer. They oould find no cine to the perpetrator of the deed. A jury of inquest composed of whites and blacks found that Scurlock died from a gun shot in the hands of an unknown person. The jury met on Wed nesday, the 29th, and made up their ver dict on last Friday. On Wednesday night, the 29th ult., a white man named Columbus Sullivan, in going from his residents to hie gin house, was shot in the eye and shoulder by some unknown person, and a negro boy with him wounaed slightly. On Friday night, October Ist, . Col. McClellan, a prominent lawyer of Marian na, was badly wounded, and his daughter Maggie killed. Calvin Rogers and other negroes,circumstances point out as the per petrators. Oscar Cranberry, one of the negroes suspected, was killed on last Sat urday morning. —'Macon Telegraph. We learn from a gentleman from Flori da, that Col. McClellan and his daughter, when shot, were sitting on the front porti co of Mrs. Attaway’B house, in Marianna, in company with other ladies and gentle men.— Columbus Sun.
