The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-04

whites and biaoks-ocmmander OF the Third Military
District, embracing Georgia and Alabama, has, with
extensive staff OF officials, his headquarters here He
has his arrangements for the registration OF
the voters under the laws OF Congress. and In few
days the work will begin. Satisfied at last that the
Supreme Court will not and cannot do anything for
them, the whites understand. In this and the ad
joining States, entitled TO registration intend, all OF
them TO be registered without fa IN order TO prevent
And pass on the midst Of The tranquility, aud
law and order OF Sabbath day.
From Atlanta 10 MacOn-A Southern City
Untouched bv tho War-Imposing Relics Of
tho observation-disclosures In the Wheat
Harvest-Cotton and Corn Looking Up--A
Good Cotton Crop Dependent n Late
FaiI-A Marder Case-A Negro Witness
Backs Down-Generai Howell Cobb Gains
the Discharge Of the Accused. &c.
MACON, Ga, May 20 1897.
The run from Atlanta down 10 Macon by rail 10 along
the crest OF broad barren ridge of country for one
hundred miles and during this entire distance there Is
not bridge, for We do not cross single stream The
waters in the rich owlands right flow into the
Gulf, and those left by the 0cmugee dow into
the Atlantic The soil Of this ridge table land Is red ~
brick Dust aud much has been exhausted by cotton
and left to run up into old field pines This IL curious
where the original forest dozen varieties OF oaks
As we approach Macon we discover that the wheat
harvest rpening. and learn that In the neghborng
low lands the planters ara gathering il In. They say.
too the crop in central and southern Georges
better, and only sorry that they had not
larger breadth Of ground What they have will
DO great relief 70 them though enough for their
necessities But the northern section OF the
State where wheat is the great staple, will out
Immense crop Plentiful rains having been followed
by hot summer weather-Qhc thermometer Is this
afternoon among the nneties)-cotton and corn
hnth kiuur Tho ia hi hat
planters call good stand but tho is two
weeks behind hand, the summer weaths run two
three weeks further into the autumn than usual
the frost will nip OF derable portion Of the crop.
With good season running well into the fall, Georgia
will probably produce this year three hundred thousand
bales and the whole South two millions; but the crop
can hardly b. more under tho best conditions and
may DO less by half a million.
One OF the misgvings OF the planters in the matter
OF labor From this time the growing cotton will
quire careful aud constant working and the freedmen
1t Is feared, will be drawn of from tn sr work TO attend
10 political meetings, elections, &c. thus causing the
UNDERSTANDING generally prevail between tho
planters and the laborer and by eng the latter
an interest in the CROP by making IL their interest TO
produce large crop, tho planters doubtless win have
faithful work
Governor Jenkins has solemuly warned the people
OF Georgia that they have planted UGH cotton aud
too Little corn empty all the cribs Of the plant
crS, and dependent they all upon Northern
supplies He may be right but the Southern people
take peculiar pride in cotton; although in working it,
from the constant turning up Of the sol TO thu evapo
rating power OF the The best lands rapidly
hausted Thus cotton and tobacco OF ak things,
speedily kill the land. and corn comes next The time
is not far oil when the Northern system of adding
hing the soil will have DO applied the richest
lands OF Georgia and Alabama
Observing large crowd OF whites and blacks at the
Court House here to-day for Macon is county town,
We went over, and found murder trial progressing.
white man IN the county had been found murdered
upon tho evidence Of negro the officers Of the law
had brought up for trial white woman and two negro
men as tie guilty parties When put 10 tho test how
ever, The negro witness broke down by conessng that
40 hat falsely accused the prisoners. They
;ordingy discharged, and the poor white woman
especially congratulated by the crowd, whites and
backs. General Howell Cobb (Mr Buchanans Secretary
u the Treasury returned TO the practice of the law
vas Of cosnsei for the His example is bat
" thousand in those states whore lind it
AIRY In the decline Of life to begin The world again with
hard work 10 repair the disasters ent&Ied upon them by
he
The city Of Macon Spared by Sherman because
lot necessary to his great object OF junction with Grant,
emains untouched by tue ravages of the war. The |
and elegant arsenal building put up for the Of
he confederacy, is occupied the barracks Of
detachment OF General Pope's troops while the still
more imposing rebel arsenal remains unfinished and
occupied. Tho city, Of some twelve fifteen thousand
population, IL substantial inland centre Of trade,
we infer that il has already known something OF
amalgamation from the negro melody under our win
dow
o. didn't you de pretty yalow gal,
De gal with the waterfall.