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EsoP.-Here is fable written
many years ago by Esop. 1t has a
very palpablo application to matters in
this country:
ga certain man having bought a
blac kamoor, was so simple as to think
that the color of his skin was only dirt
and filth, which he had contracted for
want of due care under his former mas
ter. This fault he imagined might
easily be removed. So he ordered the
poor black to be put into a tub, and was
at considerable charge in providing ash
cs, soap and scrubbing brushes for the
operation. To work they went, rub
bing and securing his skin all over, but
to no manner of purpose, for when they
had repeated their washings several
times, and were grown quite weary, all
they got by it was that the wretchcd
blackamoor caught cold and died.
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MIXED SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA.

A few days ago it would have been
dificnlt to point out any way in which
lGoyernor Yarmouth could render him
self more obnoxious to the people OF
| Louisiana than he already was. He has,
however, since contrivcd to do so. In
connection with certain Conway, State
Superintendent Of Education, he has re-
yived the disunted question of mixing
blacks and whites in the public schools,
and boldly takes the ground that both
races must be received together in every
school under the State control. The
Gubernator;al plan for public education
in Louisiana is fully shown by the fol-
lowing extract from a letter addressed
to Conway. the Governors tool,N to a
teacher in New Orleans:
Miss An reply to your favor
making certain inquiries as 70 the
school, ! beg leave to make the follow
ing answers:
TO tho first qucstion-"Arc the pub
lie schools of tho city and State to be
mixed answer, yes.
The second question-t.'Do you think
it would be desirable, all things consid-
cred, to attempt to mix whites and
blacks in the same schools 2" ans
wer The question is difficult to answer
for several reasons: First, because al
least one third of the "blacks" are al
ready mixed, with "whtc" and "black'
blood in the veins of the same individ-
uals, so that if "black" should be ex-
cludcd from school, it would be difficult
to determine whether you were not, ex-
GLIDING more white than black. Second
because many who are considered
"back" arc as white as Queen Victoria,
and it would be impossible to detect any
trace whatever of any other than "white
blood" in them, so that it would be quite
impossible to apply rule making the
distinction practicable. But to make
the answer perfectly free from indefn-
itencss, | will say that | deem it high
time that oppression of any class be-
cause of color or previous condition
shouId die out and be buried, there
fore feel as if it would be desirable, all
things considered, that those who are
classod as "backs" and "whitcs" should
attend the same schools. would class
scholars in the public schools according
to merit, personal character and deport-
mcnt; not because Of the color God saw
fit to give them.
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GEN. TERRY ON RELIEF.-As the opin-
ion of our military commander is likely
to be for some time at least the supreme
law of the State his view of the Relief
Act.is not wholly uninterestiug to the
public. 1t is thus set forth by CORES
pendent of the Macon Telegraph: cap
propos, while on the subject of "Rclief,'
we may add, that Gen Terry, on re-
cent occasion, was very decided and
outspokon in his views on the subject,
and freely condemned all such measures
as in pal pablo violation of the Constitu-
ton, and the teeth of the late Supreme
Court decisions. He further character
lied the late relief resolution of the Leg
islature as nudity, and not, in mis- opin-
ion, worth the paper on which it was
written"
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AS THEY VOTED.

The following is the vote taken by
ayes and nays on motion to table Mr..
Scots resolution to appoint committee
to consist Of three Radicals andt Dem
ocrais, not members Of the Legislature,
to investigate the charges Of dishonesty
made against Bullock BY Treasurer An
gier:
Ayes-Afcssrs. Atkins, Aflen, Of Jas
per; Allen of Hart; Bell, Bethemc,
Beard, Barnes, Bradford, Carson. Camp
bell, Clover, Claiborne, C"stin, Colby,
Cunningham, Darrell, Dai%, Duncan,
Ellis, Evans, Frank, Floyd, Goodwin,
Gober, Gardner, Guilford, Holcombe,
Houton, iEIaren, Hamilton, Hughes,
Hutchings, Hooks, Harrison, of Han
cock Hall of Meriwethcr, Joiner, Jack
son, johnson, of Towns johnson of
Spalling; johnson Of Forsyth; Lee,
Under, Madden, Maxwell Maui, Moore,
Nesbitt, of Gordon ; O'NeaI, of Baldwin ;
Porter, Perkins, of Dawson; Reid, Rog-
ers, Richardson, Strickland, Simms,
Saultcr, Smith, of Charlton; Smith, Of
Muscogce Twccdy, Thomason, Turner,
Watkins, Warren, of Burke; Williams,
of Harris; Williams, Of IIarslson-66.
Nays-NIcssers. Anderson, Brown,
Bryant, Caldwell, Clcghorn, Cobb, Err
win, Fitzpatrick, Fielder, Fowler, Fryer,
Gray, Higdon, Hardness, Hook, Hum
Der, Harper, of Sumner; Harrison, of
Franklin; Hall, Of Glynn; Kytic, Math-
ews, Mccormick, Nash, Pouk; Phillips,
Perkens, of Cherokee; Rainy, Rosser,
Rumph, Stone, Sisson, Scale, Shackel-
ford, Scott, Scroggins, SorrclIs, Waltz
all, ofWarrcn Welchel, of Qui!man-40
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The HOWARD INVESTIGATIONS WHAT
HAS BEEN PROVED. -Thc correspondent
of the New York Herald thus sums up
the effect of the testimony thus far taken
in the investigation of the conduct of
General Howard as head of the Freed
mans Bureau:
The prosecution contend that they
have already proved that Howard pur-
chased the ground whore the Howard
University now stands and erected the
building out of the funds appropriated
by Congress for the Freedman's Bureau.
They think that they have shown that
he was largely interested in the manu-
facturc of the patent brick out of which
the Howard University is constructed;
that the money for these brick was paid
of the Bureau funds and put into the
pockets of General Howard and his as
sociates 1t is also in evidence that he
asked and received an acre Of the ground
purchased for the Howard University
by the Bureau funds, for himself, and
that he has erected a private residence
upon it, all at the expense Of the Blu
reau.
The trustees of the University have
testified that the institution is a private
corporation, in no sense connected with
the government; that the government
has no control oft, and does not receive
any revenue or benefit from it. At the
same time it is held that the money for
its erection was paid out Of the govern
mcnt funds, and that the salaries of its
professors and teachers are now paid out
of bureau funds. Builders and archi-
tects have testified to the fact that the
material known as the patent brick, out
of which the building was constructed,
is worthless for building purposes, and
that it would not answer fer private
dwellings,, much less for large public
building. Some fifteen witnesses have
been summoned for the next week on the
part of the prosecution. There is no
prospect that the investigation will soon
end. Mr.. Wood who made the charges,
is determined to sift the matter to the
bottom, aud will not be put off with any
attempt at whitewashing. The main
point so far ELECTED is with regard to the
Howard University and the manner of
its construction. 1t is said, however,
that the prosecution has evidence of
more damaging character which they
will bring up in due time.
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THE WHITE WASHING COMMITTEES

The following committees were APP
pointed by the presiding officers of the
Agency just before the adjournment
AS majority on both are in the pay
and service of Bullock, the public will
pay little attention to their report. -
They were appointed to cover up or be
willfully blind to Bullock, Blodgett e
Co.'S manifold and magnificent financial
and other operations, and we will not do
them the injustice of supposing they will
defeat the object of their appointment
We are pretty sure, however, to have
healthy minority reports from the hon
est men on these committees, and to
their statements the PEOPLE will look for
the truth.
House Committees-On the State
Road-Messrs. Lee, Maxwell, Phillips,
Tweedy and Parks.
On the Governor and Treasurer
Messrs. Bethune, Shumate; Bell, Price
and Darnell.
On the neutrality-suspicious.. Hill
yer, McAuthur, Simms, Rawls and Tur-
ner.
Senate Committees-On the Peniten-
tiary-Messrs. Speer, Wallace and Can
dler.
On the Railroad-Messrs. Brock
Colman and Wooten.-Telegraph G Mes
ccnoay
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A reply will probably be made to the
letter Of Dr.. FULLER, Of this Issue, and
We viii merely remark that the commu-
nication of "Cobb" published last week
was provoked by the uncharitablc, coarse
and unjust accusation, -'thou hast lied
unto Cod made as was believed,
against Mr.. FARRELL. The truth is, as
we understand, Mr.. j., in his eloquent
address before the Union Missionary
meeting, at the Presbyterian Church,
spoke of the work which had been done
in foreign Missions by all Christian de-
nominations in this Country, but made
but ono slight reference to any dcnom-
ination, and that not the Methodist, and
vet as he did not go out of his way to
saw that the Methodist Church North
had given much and the Southern
Church little, towards foreign missions,
DIR. FULLER accused him of "lying unto
God"
Or. FULLER may talk of Christian
fraternity-but it exists not in him nor
in his branch of the Church save as
Sumner feels it towards the troddcn
South. Before the war our Churches
had little to expend on Missions as our
Northern friends monopolised all the
profits of our slave labor, leaving us little
to bestow even upon that charity which
begineth at home. The war devastated
our land, while it prospcrcd the North,
and we have had little to bcstow since
But it does not follow that those whose
hearts are in the Missionary work should
be denied the privilege of speaking in
its praise though they belong to tho
Methodist Church South. Christian
fraternity! What sort of fraternity il
that which denies the lawful action of (
large body of Christians. Denies thei
secession to have been legal or authorised
brands them as herctics and refuses t(
recognise them, save, as in the late civil
war, but upon an unconditional surren'
der ?"
- In civil government there is something
II n the principle of unity which justified
rrcndcr; in Church government when
unity requires moral reimbursement
before an assumed "higher power" We
should decline.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT OF GEORGIA.

The public debt of Georgia is stated
by the Atlanta Intclligencert to be So, Ol4,-
500. The interest amounts to $780,
900 annually. Two more years of the
present dynasty and what Wilt be
1t is believed that the State Road
should pay into the Treasury $4,000
monthly. Will it pay off the debt 7
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WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT 2

>The Atlanta Mtciligencer in speaking
Of the recent adjournment of the so-callcd
Georgia Legislature, regrets that the
democratic members offered any opPosi-
ton to the dominant party while it com
pliments the latter by saying 'as for the
Republican members of the body they
stood square up to their party leaders,
save few exceptions, twas Hunscriord
one of them p and carried all their party
measures. One good thing was DONE
Dr. Angler, the Treasurer, was directed
to honor the Governors warrants. This
is a singular editorial coming from a
democratic standpoint.
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Speaking of the negroes, the Albany
Indiana Evening Journal says: We
at the North did not chattelize them, but
we condemned them to painful degra-
ding inferiority."-Oh, no, we at North
didn't chattelize the negroes. We were
too good and pious for that. When , we
found. after many years of most diligent
experiment, that it wouldn't pay to keep
them, we sold them to the slave drivers
of the South, and washed our hands Of
the business forever. Let us pray
CoarieT-JouraRI.
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Very truly yours,
THOMAS w. CONWAY,
State Superintendent Of Education.
IMMIGRATION.

The Agricultural and immigration
Convention of South Carolina is in ses-
sion in Charleston, that State, North
Carolina and Georgia arc represented.
The report has many valuable sugscs-
tions calculated to encourge European
and Northern immigration to the South.
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A LARGE COTTON FACTORY.

The Armory Buildings at Macon arc
to be transformed into an immense Cot
ton Factory. The Capitol stock is $780,
900 all of which is taken by New York
capitalists, save $4,000 by the City of
Macon. All kinds of Cotton goods arc
TO be manufactured.
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MERCER UNIVERSITY.

There is quite an animated COMPETE
ton for the location of this Institution
between the cities of Macon, Griffin, At
lauta and Forsyth. Marietta possesses
all the advantages of either place and
others which they cannot claim. Upon
these she rests her claim.
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TIE REBELLION IN CUBA.-General
Jordan recently arrived in New York
and reports the Cuban cause in better
condition than at any former period and
is confident of its success.
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SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTIONAL
Western press dispatch in the Nashville
Banner, of Friday, dated Louisville,
May 9th, says upwards of 500 delegates
are in attendance at the Southern Baptist
Convention now in session there. Rev.
DR.. Nell, of Georgia, was elected Presi-
dent. Reports from foreign and domes-
tic missions were read, A resolution
which in effect, looked to cooperation
with the Northern branch of the church,
was lost by an overwhelming vote.
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State of Georgia, Cherokee County:
WHEREAS Mark S. Paden Executor of the last
Will and Tcstamt mt of Mark Fowler decd, repre-
sents to the Court in his petition duly filed in my
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cerned kindred and creditors to show cause if any
they can. why said Executor should not be dis
charged from his trust as Executor aforesaid. and
receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in
August 1870, this 2Sth, day of April 1870.
w. r. D. Moss, Ordinary.
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MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
THE METHODIST CHURCHES.

Friday Morning May HS, 1870.
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EMAINING in the Post Office at Marietta,
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-04-25

4 Confederate medical officer has estimated
that the whole number Of Confederates killed
daring the war was SO, 778, and, including those
vino died by disease the number lost was 100
GOO. lie says the whole available force Of the
Coufederates from first to last was OO.OOO-
Mr.. Geo n Stuart, in lecture in Philadel-
phtl. on Thursday night, stated that the num-
Ter Of men enlisted in the Union army during
the war was 2.6OO,O55. The number Of COM
ris,ioned vessels was 7Sl and the number Of
colgrcd soldiers 1895. The total number of
men in service when General Lee surrendered
O. General Grant was over a million. The
government spent for the maintenance Of the
struggle a5oyi three thousand five hundred
u lions Of dollars. The costor the South can
nrt be computed. The expense Of the slave
property and the crops which we.s Ioss arc
y.mputed at five thousand million dollars in
gold. Mr.. Stuart stated that the proportion Of
tho South for ,ao national debt had now to be
paid, and Will make a thousand million dollars,
causing the aggregate loss 20 tie South to
amount to fully SIX thousand million dollars.
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A Terrible Tragedy.

The vicinity of Central avenue and Jefferson
street was yesterday afternoon tsays the Balti-
more Sun 3d. thrown into state of the
widest excitement by one Of the most frightful
tragedies that has perhaps ever taken place in
this community Mrs. Catherine Marsh, resi-
ding with her father, Michael Dwyer, at 80
Central avenue, near Jefferson street, killed her
four young children, by cutting their Threats,
and cut her mother also in such manner that
but slight hopes are entertained for her re-
covery.
1t appears that about o'clock in the after
noon, Mrs. Marsh proceeded TO primary school
No.l3, on Jefferson street, near Caroline, where
her eldest child, named James, a bright boy of
eight years of age, was at school she took
him from the school room, it is said, against
bis wish, and conducting him to a shed in the
yard, cut his throat from ear to ear with a
large butchers knife which she had previously
borrowed from neishboring grocery store on
the pretense of desiring to cut meat. Leaving
the child's body where she had slain it, Mrs
Marsh then proceeded to her home, with the
knife recking with the blood of her first born
concealed under her apron, where she found
her mother, Mrs. Nellie Dryer, aged fifty
three years, sitting at tbefront window, sewing.
She at once approached her, and with the same
knife cut her throat in such terrible manner
as to render it doubtful in the opinion of the
physicians, if she can recover She then cut
the threats of her three remaining children
William, aged six years, Mary Jane, aged four
years, and George, aged two years. The heads
Of the children were nearly severed from the
bodies.
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Rsdieal Efrontery.

Tie nest unblushing attempt vet made by
tie EsdiCsls in Congress TO swell their ranks
was y6at Of the election committee proposing
g rut out Martin. Democrat, and install Sy-
rhor, Radical, although the latter was beaten
hv over 1900 majority in louisiana district.
The ventilation Of the case showed that the ef-
frt 10 behalf Of Sypher was too shameful for
a majority to swallow. A resolution was T.
ual,y adopted. declaring that no valid election
was held in the FIRST louisiana district in No
vember, 1868, and that neither Sypher nor
Martin was elected to represent that district in
C'r-rcss. It was pretty clearly shown that
the tariff men were willing 20 violate truth aud
Justice % get au additional vote.
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CONGRESS.

In the Senate on Tuesday, Mr.. Sumner pre-
seated memorials from citizens Of the United
Stairs, asking that the President be authorized
- appoint land commissioners through which
eolored people may acquire homesteads. An
other bill wasintrodaced TO enforce the fifteenth
amendment. The Georgia bill was again taken
up. and another protracted debate ensued, last
ing till midnight, and resulting finally IN tne
adoption Of a substitute for the whole pili
making the Georgia State governments provi-
sionsl tin uezt November, and excluding re-
presentation in Congress TIL after new eiec-
lion fcr members Of the Legislature
The House was occupied chiefly during Inc
la7 session in discussing the report OF the
committee on elections in fa7or Of admitting }.
II. Sypher. republican, as Representative from
the first Louisiana district, and against the
claims Of Mr.. St Martin, the democratic con-
testant
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A Modest Request.

The biz foT the admission Of Georgia having
been amended in the Senate by Pomeroy 5
proposition declaring the existing government
OF Georgia provisional, constituting it the third
military district, and providing for an election
Of legislature on the 18th November, 1870,
tais amendment became a substitute for tie
House bill. Gen. Butler stated that be was
obliged to be absent for ten days, and modestly
asked that the bin lie untouched until he re-
turned, and this was granted So Georgia
must remain out in the cold, and the country
at large must be content to see the political
cau'drOn boil for some weeks longer, to suit
Mr. Buffers convenience. It is the common
belief that no other man 10 Congress could have
the face to make such request
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NEARLY Cur IN Two wIyB 4 SAw.-Sam.
uel Cassidy, an esteemed citizen Of Spencer
Ind, was instantly killed on Saturday morning
in the saw-mill belonging to Ellis & Brother
two miles west of town. He was head sawyer,
aud was en- gaged in saving fence posts, and
in order to prevent fitch from breaking off,
placed a handspike under it to hold it up as
thecarriase came back. The handspikecaught
against something and suddenly threw him
backward upon the revolvingsaw, which struck
him between the point of the right shoulder
and neck, ranging diagoually downward to-
ward the left side, cutting him nearly in two,
causing instant death, Hs leaves wife and
one child.