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Capture of n .notorious Mule Thief.
Hunt Pester and Officer Ferrell, of the city
i recently captured a very notorious negro
ai"ii Riehard Pry, alius J. N. Barnes, charged
'■ ii haviiiiT stolen on the 3d day of July last a bay
fre-.n the plantation of Mr. James A
s v 'Tett. es Houston county, for which offence a
-raut had been issued for his arrest by Hon.
•' "i- M Logan, of this city. About the same
nr l.'ie negro had also stolen a full set of harness,;
I '■ ■ ■ and bridie, from a Mr. llodgea, of Wash
- county, and other valuable property that as
prt has hern uucl&imed by any one.
1 circumstance which led to the negro’s ar
v - **’• fact of his offering for sale In this city
; t "f harness for fourteen dollars, that he said
c ...1,1 pun based at a Cherry street establishment
,' r r *2“te*n dollars only a day or two previous,
r ; ' 1: ’uqulry it was found that no such a trade
’em made at that establishment, and suspi
excited, the negro was taken into cus-
M} at once. Upon his arrest the negro seemed
peusuaily reticent, hut dually told Officer Ferrell
M. if the police would only take him to the
r mb n , untv jail he would inform them
_ a ' K ' a P stolen property might be recov
[ | * Jea ' of course, could not be enter
.' and the n .to told the officers to go ahead
* st they could out of it. The po-
I ; uuder i instructions, conveyed him last
j t u jail in 1 erry, Houston county, where
I l>e tr ’ ed f°r the offences charged upon him.
I feel t.-n
l v ; . and T '' igiis about an hundred and
[ He is sow* twenty-five years
fc-Tr,'.'? ‘ k con, P lesio “. and quick spoken.
■ c.s a very determined, resolute
a.- 1 oio y Is oangs to an organized gang
| ' plunder upon a large scale.
, him, Li- career of iufamv
,■; t ’ ’ ' ■' termination by the decision of
[.- ' :r ‘ "f practical, hard-working
l all the stock they care
H ' uied that on Tuesday a communica-
I ~ . ’ r :u this distinguished gentle
■ MM to the in-
I ed him by the Executive Committee
r- f- 'v a 'J j A?ri, ;' ultura ’- Society, in which he
H.> ■‘ l j tejges their kind remembrance,
a- on his way to the State of
ft health wHI permit him
■ . ' ' - -shall be happy
M _ , , ' sincerely hope the State may
* J - v b ~ presence amorgnsnponsoim
w! 6103 , T!le eub]wt of agriculture
■-•beds- , U & Uvorite theme of this illstin
* connected with
(ffwflia lottwil and ißessenget.
The Disorganizes of Labor Pro
scribe the Journal and Messen
ger.
Tiie following extract is made from tlje
report of Wednesday’s proceedings of th|e
Negro Labor Convention, published in the
Macon Daily Telegraph of yesterday monii
ing:
The President called the attention of the Con
! ventiou to an article in the Journal and Messeh
oek, of this city, which he caused to be read. The
purport of the article was to ridicule the Conveh
, tiou and those connected with it. The President
stated that this paper was owned by J. W. Burhe
Jr Cos., who sell, annually, thousands of dollarls’
wortii of Sunday school aud other books, papers,
| eto. to the colored people of Georgia.
He advised them in the future to withdraw thetir
patronage from all parties who use such expres
sions toward colored people, declaring the time
had come for our people to assert their manhood.
The above was received with immense applause.
We are not surprised that the Journal
and Messenger is put under ban by this
ill-conditioned, motley gathering. The
firm of J. W. Burke k Cos., though willing
to do full justice to men of all races, and
.seeking to get all the patronage that they
can, without compromising the dignity of
the white people, whose organ the Journal
and Messenger has been and will continue
to be, care but little for this paltry fulmina
tion. We have, however, a few facts and
reasons to present for the consideration o :
our readers, which will account for the pe
culiar counsel given by the presiding sane
tionary of the Convention to his misguided
hearers.
While deeply sympathizing with every
movement that looks to the real welfare o :
the negro race, the Journal and Messenger
will never so far concede the entire equality
of the races as to recognize a convention o f
illiterate negroes—plotting under the guid
ance of such incendiaries as Turner, Long,
Bryant, and others of their stamp, to destroy
the harmony now existing between laborer s
and their employers—by publishing a repor; 1
of its proceedings, in which its leaders aiv
honoredjwith extravagant titles ; not even
though it might swell the bulk of our daily |
edition to never so great a number of copies
Let who may, aid aud abet these leading di.y
organizers, and stir up—directly or iudii
rectly—strife between those who are now
good friends, we decline the infamous posi
tion.
In regard to th# sale of books to the ne-!
groes, we have this to sav. We have never
bid for their patronage. When they come
to our store, we treat them kindly, and sell
them what they want. But when they ask
us to surrender our self-respect, and make
concessions which no white man ought to
make to gain their patronage, we decline
to do it.
This course of the convention gives us no
uneasiness whatever. More than a year ago,
at a meeting held in this city by the negroes,
a similar pronunciamento was issued, and
the little darkies were specially enjoined not
to buy even a slate pencil from J. W. Burke
& Cos. Well, what of it? Our business goes
on, and our books will show a very consid-
| eruble increase instead of a falling off.
Furthermore, we have this to say : The
negroes will find out in the end that we are
among tlieir best friends. We wfill do any
thing in our power to promote their perma
! nent welfare, which we believe lies in stay
ing at their homes and places of business,
!in cultivating amicable relations with their
employers, and with the native Southern
whites, who are their only and true friends.
We shall always urge them to out loose from
tlie counsels of such disorganizers as Turner
and Bryant, who only want to use them for
the promotion of their own selfish, mercenary
ends. When they come to look in this di
rection for permanent relations with the
people of this country, aud to give up their
win! sciieuies under the lead ol a set oi mi.->-
chief-makers, they will find tlie Journal and
Messenger always ready to help them. But
until then we shall pursue the even tenor
j of our way, despising alike tlieir threats and
j the malice of their aiders and abettors.
J. W. Burke k Cos.
The Result of tlie Elections iu
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
However the Democrats in Ohio and Penn- ’
i sylvania may make plausible excuses for tlieir
| recent defeat at the elections, the fact re
mains that they were beaten, aud that Radi
cal executives and Radical legislatures were
elected to rule those two great common
wealths. It is true, the Radical majority
iu Pennsylvania lias been diminished, and
what are called great “Democratic gains
have been achieved, but that does not de
tract sensibly from the victory which the
Radicals have won, and which will naturally
increase their prestige and embolden them
iu tlie future as a party, whom tlie people
; have commended as good and faithful ser
vants.
Mr. Pendleton had very great local popu
larity a stainless name, a high reputation
for talent and political attainments, but he
was the representative of what .is known at
the North as “Copperhead Democracy,”and
he was the author of what is called “ the
greenback theory”— paying the public cre
ditor in the currency which he loaned to the
Government. Thus he had arrayed against
him from the outset, not only the Rad
ieals proper, but the more bitter war Demo-
crats, and all the moneyed interests, whom
self-preservation has taught to detest Mr.
Pendleton, as the most redoubtable of their
antagonists. His election as Governor of
Ohio would have had far greater significance
than a mere Democratic victory, and the
Radicals knew it, and banded together all
the elements of opposition to defeat him.
In Mr. Pendleton were embodied all the old
principles and traditions of the Democratic
party, when that great organization ruled
the land. Boldly and nobly he made the
fight, knowing as he did that defeat amount
ed to political extinction, and he can not
have concealed from himself the knowledge
that he was the most obnoxious candidate
to all non-Democrats who could have been
selected. Many a citizen of Ohio voted for
Haves, not because he liked Hayes, but be
cause ho detested and feared Pendleton.
He found banded against him all the various
; factions into which anti-Democracy is divi
ded, and he only found supporting him
those who are Democrats dyed in the w’ool,
who, like Mr. Pendleton, opposed the war
against the Southern States as wrong, and
who are unwilling now to accept the situa
tion so far as to yield their convictions.
This is very commendable consistency,
but it will never defeat the giant power of
Radicalism. As the opposition, animated by
the honest belief that the country will be
ruined and the government practically des
stroyed unless the Radicals are overthrown,
it is our duty, as the party making the
attack, to accept the alliance of every shade
of hostility to Radicalism which is willing
to join us in striking the blow. We cannot
afford to reject a single recruit, or insist that
no man shall join us to fight our battles in
the future who is not prepared to demand
to-day protection to slavery in the territories
as an essential article of faith.
Now. at the risk of being assured of being
weak-kneed, or ready to compromise, we
confess that we want to preserve Republican
government in America, and that we are
willing to accept the alliance of any individ
uals or classes who, animated by the same
purpose and filled with the same conviction
that the Radicals will certainly revolutionize
the government, will join hands with us to
deal the blow, even should they refuse to
accept our theory in reference to slavery in
the territories, and the Lecompton Consti
tution. To win, we must go ahead. We
must assume the offensive and not be con
‘ttwaUly thtre&ckipg sursflvw frehiad eld
crumbling earth works. We may cherish
our traditions and hold in our hearts that we ’
of the South had quit# as good a right to
take our slaves into the Territories and be *
fully protected by the law, as the Northern l
man had to take his furniture there. But
this question is no longer a live issue. The
issue of issues is to overthrow the Radicals,
and so long as the Democrats do not recog- i
nize the folly of attaching greater importance
to their party history than to success, they <
will be defeated as they have been in Ohio, *
until finally the integrity of the organization
will give way under the demoralizing pres
sure of continued defeat. To preserve the
government in its republican form is to per
petuate the principles as well as the organi
zation of the Democratic party. The one
cannot exist without the other, therefore
whoever aids us to achieve the victory must
necessarily remain with us. and satisfied of
the truth and soundness of Democratic doc
trines will soon espouse them, and be of us
as well as with us.
If the defeat in Ohio and Pennsylvania
would serve as a warning to the Democracy
in the future it would be equivalent to a
great victory.
The Louisville Convention.
The subjects which have engaged the atten
tion of the remarkable body of men who
were ass-mbled in convention at Louisville,
K)., (luring me gio.vi.ei pan u( il.<. j,,,.*
week, embrace almost everything that re
lates to the development and prosperity of
the whole country, but more especially to the
South.
While now and then the little rivalries and
jealousies of particular localities showed
themselves in a slight degree, and the au
thors and supporters of certain projects
showed a rather extravagant faith in the su
perior advantages of tlieir pet schemes, on ;
the whole, harmony of feeliug, concord of
purpose, a common desire to promote tin •
welfare and progress of the Southern States,
to build up the waste places, and remove the
rugged seams of war, prevailed, and the ut
most kindness of manner aud language, the
utmost courtesy, uay we would say cordial
ity of feeliug, distinguished the intercourse
of the Northern and Southern members.
It is objected to all such bodies as the
Louisville Convention that it is a waste of ■
time and energy to attend them, because
they have no power to carry out their ob
jects. It is true that they cannot directly
execute what they decide is best to be done.
They can only advise and recommend, but
both the people of the United States and
Congress will pay proper respect and atten
tion to the deliberations of such men as
composed the assembly at Louisville, who
were the representatives of the enterprise,
industry and business interests of all the
States, who were entirely conversant with
all the facts relating to the subjects they
discussed, and the business of whose lives it
had been to study carefully and master
thoroughly the minutin' and bearing of even
scheme which they proposed for considers-!
tion and debate.
Os the large number of questions which
were submitted to committees, carefully re
ported aud discussed by the Convention, the
most important were those relating to immi
gration, direct trade with Europe, the im
provement of the means of communication by
land and by water throughout the country,
the improvement of the levees of Missis
sippi and Louisiana, the construction of a
Southern Pacific Railroad, and the modifica
tion of the present system of finance and
taxation. These questions were well and
| ably discussed. No hasty or inconsiderate
j action was taken. No chimerical schemes
»<ac (.lupuovu. * —y -
Everybody seemed in earnest, and animated
by a desire to do the best he could. The
whole count ry will recognize the importance
of these matters. Most people admit that
, foreign immigration of some sort is abso
lutely essential to the rapid development of
| the South; but whether the immigration to
be encouraged and looked for, is that of the
Caucasian race .of equal intelligence, and
kindred habits and morals with ourselves,
or the immigration of mere laborers from
j China or Japan, is not yet settled, and we
think that the Convention did wisely in
postponing final action on the subject until
further and more practical information is
obtained.
The Convention’s action on all the other
subjects to which we have particularly re
ferred, has been, we think, eminently wise
and proper, and must commend itself to the
approval of those with whom rests the
power to carry out the advice of the Con
vention. Everybody will agree that some'
plan should be adopted by which the im
mensely productive lands of the valley of
the Mississippi, which are now practically
useless, owing to the continually recurring
overflows, shall be redeemed and made to
yield their rich contributions to the wealth
of the Union. The people of Mississippi
and Louisiana themselves are unable to per
form the great work. They will contribute
to the extent of their means, but without
Government aid, and that to a liberal extent,
the work cannot be properly done.
But if the Convention did nothing else,
the opportunity which it afforded men from
every section of the country to meet, con
verse, and know each other, did vast good.
The Northern man who came South full of
prejudices and preconceived ideas in regard
to the Southern people, and so also the
Southern man, have found their mutual
estimate of each other erroneous in every
particular, and they now go home with en
larged and correct views, disposed to do
justice, to promote friendship and good
neighborhood, and thus reconstruct the
Union on the only enduring basis —the
harmony and good will of the people of the
whole country.
We are satisfied that the Louisville Con
vention has done great good to the country,
and we believe that very important benefits
will accrue to us in the immediate future
from the deliberations of that body.
The Free-Trade League.
The New York World publishes a commu
nication from the Secretary of the Free-
Trade League, which shows that the efforts
of the League and their results are such as
to satisfy the present friends of the cause
and convince its tacit or open enemies of the
progress it is making towards so revolution
izing that public sentiment which is now in
favor of “protection” as to effect, through
Congress, the overthrow of the present op
pressive tariff! The truth seems to be,
according to the discoveries of the agents cf
the League, that a large majority of editors,
and the ablest statesmen in the country out
side the ring of Radical politics, are even
now opposed in opinion to a protective tariff:
and that the people, wherever they have had
a chance to hear and read both sides, are,
almost universally inimical to it. What is
wanted, and what is being done by the Free-
Trade League, is to unite and mobilize this
abounding weight of opinion, and bring it
to bear en masse against the monopolizing
interests which have hitherto held sway over
Federal legislation.
A Washington dispatch says : Mr. E. B.
Washbume, Minister to France, estimates
that 815,000 in gold will be required to meet
his contingent expenses in Paris during the
next fiscal year. His salary amounts 817,500.
There are not wanting those who, in view
of this handsome estimate, rather sarcasti
cally recall the vehement speeches on econ
omy delivered by him ill the House Os Rep
, wvataures,
MACON, GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1869.
I he, Commercial Convention.
editorial correspondence of the journal
AND MESSENGER.
Louisville, Kt., October 15, 1869.
The exploit of the day in the Convention
was the adoption of the majority report of
the Committee on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, which recommends the road known
as “the 32d parallel road,” through Marshal,
Texas, and El Paso; and the defeat of the
minority report recommending the 35th
parallel route through Louisiana, Arkansas
and Kansas, which is the route which Mr.
Fr.-mont advocates, and with which he is
permanently connected. The victory of the
32d over the 3oth parallel was received with
loud shouts of applause, and so general was
the rejoicing, aud exuberant its manifestation
that a motion for a recess of ten minutes “to
take a drink” was passed unanimously. The
reports of the Committee on Agriculture, on
Continuous Water-line Communications, on
River Improvements, on Taxation, on Rail
roads, on Direct Trade, on Finance and
Banking, were considered aud disposed of
with becoming promptness and with refresh
ingly short speeches. There was a little
i debate and some exhibition of jealousy on
! the adoption of the report on Direct Trade,
in which some members of our Georgia del
; egation took part.
Tl»« report alluded to an offer made by
a Commodore Jansen, of Holland, to start a
line of steamers from Rotterdam to Vorfnllr
Va., anil thanked the Commodore for his
offer. This, it was thought, gave an undue 1
prominence to Norfolk over other Southern
ports, aud as we of Georgia think that we
have a couple or more ports worthy of Mr. !
Jansen’s attention, we took care to make it
known that Norfolk is not, as some of our ’
Virginia friends seem to think, the very best, |
the safest, the surest, (and a number of other
superlative things) in all the Southern States. -
It may be that some of our enthusiastic j
delegates from Georgia “flew off the handle” ;
to some extent, and were more vociferous |
than the occasion demanded, but if they
erred at all, (which I do not say) it was
certainly on the right side. They would not
allow Georgia to be overlooked, nor would
they give the consent of silence that Nor
folk is a better port than Savannah or Bruns
wick. I was greatly struck by the common
sense and matter of fact character of the
speeches made during the debates to-day.
Especially was I pleased with the remarks ol
Erastus Brooks, of New York, (editor of the \
New York Express.) He was very earnest,
eloquent and wise, in his counsel for the
protection and advancement of Southern
interests, and is really entitled to the grati
tude of the Southern people as one of their
few Northern friends in deed, and for the
able advocacy of Southern constitutional
rights in his paper, the Express.
The subject of finance and banking was
postponed, and properly so. It was not
possible for the committee to present any
thing but a very crude and imperfect report
on so comprehensive and important a sub
ject, and had discussion taken place there
would have been no end to the financial
nostrums which would have been presented
for popular favor.
The Convention adjourned at 5 o’clock
until 9 o’clock to-morrow, and all the dele
gates who are here propose to attend a ban
quet which the citizens of Louisville are to
give in their honor at seven o’clock this
evening, and where speeches, toasts, senti
ments, etc., will abound. The entertain
ment is to be a great affair. It will cost sev
! eral thousand dollars, and the wines, which
are of the choicest, have cost upwards of
Could not the thousands of dollars -wliieh
will be consumed in an hour at this banquet
have been better and more profitably em
ployed?
But while on this subject it is but justice
to mention the splendid hospitality aud cor
dial good will shown to all strangers by the
citizens of Louisville. They left nothing
undone which would contribute to the com
i fort and pleasure of their visitors, and they
did all this with a cordiality of manner, and
an unaffected desire to please, which were
| very acceptable to us all. We had a real
Kentucky welcome.
I learn to-night that his Excellency, the
i Governor, will proceed hence to Washing
ton City, where he proposes to arrange some
political matters, and perhaps will communi
cate to some of his distinguished friends,
the “liberal proposition” of the train oi
cars. Mr. Hulbert, too, goes to New York,
but the ladies and gentlemen who came here
! on the Governor’s Special Train, and hud
“nothing to pay aud plenty of the best,”
will be carried back in the same agreeable
manner, lacking only the company of the
two distinguished officials to whom I have
referred.
As I am bound to attend the Banquet,
which is to be a ‘ ‘big thing, ” I must conclude.
Louisville, Ky., October 16, 1869.
The Banquet last evening iras really a “big
thing,” big in point of numbers present, in
the importance of the guests, in the size of,
the room, the abundance and quality of tin .
food and drink, and in the apparent enjoy
ment by all—entertainers and entertained
The place selected was Glover's skating
rink, (an immense hall, where the ladies and
gentlemen of Louisville enjoy themselves
very much skating on roller skates.) Tin
room is about 300 feet long by GO or 70 wide,
magnificently lighted, and surrounded on
all sides by rows of chairs. It was here the
delegates assembled and were received by
the committee. The supper was served in a
lower room of the same size, and was really
sumptuous in all its arrangements. After
everybody hail eaten and drank sufficiently,
the company returned to the upper hall,
and then began the inevitable speech-making,
which lasted for several hours. All the
speeches were good, but the best were those
of Mr. Brooks, of New York, and our fel-
low-citizen, Hon. Thomas Hardeman. 1
enclose a copy of the bill of fare, which will
give a much better idea of Kentucky hospi
tality than I could possibly give within the
short limits of a letter.
BILL OF FARE.
Oysters— Raw oysters, spiced oysters, oyster pat-
Dishes —Boar's bead, ornamented
with iellv arouse, larded: mallard duck, roasted,
saddle venison, with jelly; boned turkey, decora
ted with jelly; beef, ala mode; Westptiaba bam,
baked, garnished with aspic jelly; beef tongue or
namented; roasted turkey, cranberry jelly; brut
z and ham ala Parisieune; lobster salad, remoulad
dressing chicken salad, mayonnaise; game pie,
with traffics; spiced beef, la Grande; roast pig.
with jelly braized saddle Southdown mutton;
boned quail, sherry jelly; boned mallard duck,
15 Aide e jfdha. —Chicken broiled; quail roasted
with ovster; beef cutlets; broiled quail; fillet of
beef au truffle; salmon, coupeon; lamb's tongue,
uickled; chicken, roasted. . ,
F fishes —English chow-chow; Spanish olives:.
cranberrv jelly; French mustard; calf foot jelly;
sardines; Madeira wine jelly; pickled onions; cur
rant iellv Worcestershire sauce ; horse radish
beets ; Madeira wine jelly: claret wine jelly.
JYyrfaWes.—Tomatoes; celery; lettuce.
Center Ornament*. Locomotive [Progress ]
Cornucopia— [Kentucky hospitality. Glob— [ln
dustry.] Ship—[Commerce. J
Puramids —Almond macaroon; egg kiss pyra
mid ; fancy coke pyramid; jelly drop; cocoanut
macaroon; cocoanut pyramid; union star; or
ange pyramid.
Ornamental Cake*.— Sponge cake; lady cake;
merangue cake.
Small Pastry. —Cocoanut macaroons: lady fin
der* : eg®- puff* : almond macaroons ; alined kiss
es : croquets; pound cake; jelly slices; spice jum
bles.
Dessert. —Grapes, oranges, apples, raisins, pears,
nuts.
VINE LIST.
Champagne lUmM.-Krug & Cos., Reims. ; Ver
zinay Veuve Mansutaine; Sillery Mosteux; V erzi
nay; Delmouico; Heidxlck.
Satin Wines.— Golden Eagle Spark. Cawt; Cha*.
Bottler; Virgin Island; California Hock.
, Claret TFin«.— Kwl GU«kO.
Cyan,
Although every drop of the wue, every
bit of the food, aud every cigar rt re con
sumed, I saw very few who seemed to be the
"worse for wear. The crow J vrm surpris
ingly sober.
This morning at nine o’chck the Conven
tion reassembled. The clief subject of
discussion was the Report 01 Immigration.
Some of our friends opposed Uie “importa
tion of Chinese coolies” vith great vehe
mence and determination, and the most
vehement and determinedof all was Mr.
Eli Shorter, of Alabama, who opposed
Chinese immigration on tbs ground, among
others, that if the South, raising only two
million five hundred thousaid bales, cannot
get more than twenty etnts per pound,
what will she get when tie Chinese raise
from six to seven millions of bales ? Gov
ernor Lubbock, of Texas, replied as vehe
mently in support of the imaigration of all
the inhabitants of the flowery kingdom if
they will come, and contended that there
are other interests at the South which de
serve to be considered besides cotton. The
subject was not definitely acted on. It was
evident that if it was discussed until a de
cision could be had the Convention could
not adjourn to-day, aud it was therefore
referred for future consideration.
This being done, and after that unre
deemed humbug, Hiram Walbridge, of Nc»
York, had made a buncomlje speech, the
usual vote of thanks to everyone and every
thing wore adopted, aud the Convention ad
journed sine die.
The best feeling prevailed. The Northern
man aud the Southern man, the citizen of
Maine and the citizen of Texas, Kansas and I
Georgia, Massachusetts and South Carolina, ;
fraternized aud seemed to part with regret.
They had met and been mutually agreeably
disappointed in their estimate of each other, i
They had found that they had both been
prejudiced and that their prejudices were to
a great extent unjust.
The next Southern Commercial Conven- i
tion is to meet in Cincinnati on the 12th
October, 1870. This body was pressingly i
invited to visit Cincinnati and Vie the guests,
of the city, but I have not heard that any of J
the delegates accepted the official invitation.
In my next I shall write of Louisville and
her people. Until the Convention adjourned 1
I had not much opportunity to see much o
the city; but as I cannot leave here to-night
and travel through to Georgia, I prefer to
spend the Sabbath here rather than in Nash
ville, and give myself the opportunity of see
ing more of t his city and her excellent peo
ple.
Since I wrote on the 11th, I have met
Ex-Governor Bariali Magoflin, of Ken-;
tucky ; Lieutenant Governor Lubbock, of j
Texas, once A. D. C. to President Davis ;!
General T. N. Waul, of Texas, aud General
N. B. Forrest. They are in high spirits
and in excellent health, and believe that the:
“good time” which so many have said is
“coming,” will come sure enough before
very long. Messrs. Lubbock and Waul be
lieve that “Jack Hamilton ” will be elected
Governor of Texas, and are glad of it. If
that is the “good time,” poor Texas is to
ba pitied.
For th® Journal and Messenger.
A Trip Down ttie Macon and
Brunswick Hoad.
Mr. Editor: Having recently made a trip
over the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
about eighty miles, it may not be uninter
esting to give you a few dots.
At six o’clock in the morning, which comes
quite early these mornings, I repaired to the
depot of tha M. & B. R. R., in Macon,
where I found my friend, Gapt. Schmidt, !
! --n U.T IV-i— of Vs. 1 - L '
„„n;ug nonets, eic., ™., * c.uin
just about to start for No. 6, the lowest
point to which regular freights run. To
this point trains run three times a week—
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and
return same day.
I took my seat in a tolerably comfortable
car, connected with the freight train, and
was soon under good head way. There were
quite a number of passengers on board, aud
we had a pleasant time. We stopped a few
moments at the various stations, where we
saw familiar faces. At Coley’s Station I got
out and saw the ground on which the fatal
rencontre took place between poor Doc.
Mason and Coalson.
At Dyke’s Station, (O. 5.,) I found a flour
ishing little village called Cochran, after
the President of the Road. Here there are
stores, workshops, and lawyer, and doctor
shops, all that go to make up a flourishing
village. They have here a comfortable
church, where Rev. Mr. Robison, of the
Methodist Church, preaches monthly. The
branch to Hawkinsville leaves the main road
at this point.
At about twelve o’clock the train arrived
at No. 6, called Fostersville. Here 1 saw
my old friend, General Ira R. Foster,
who, in conjunction with C. R. Armstrong,
of your city, is running a steam saw and
grist-mill. Gen. Foster is one of the men
whom time seems never to affect. His ac
tivity and energy is as great now as it was 1
when we knew him twenty-two years ago in ]
Cherokee, Georgia. Having lost a large
property by the war, he is now actively en
gaged in trying to repair his fortune away
down in the pmey woods. Here he dwells
contentedly in a little double cabin with his j
wife and two daughters, who have been ac
customed in better days to a goodly man
sion, with all the comforts of life. Such a j
man deserves success—he will be pretty sure
to find it.
Having arrived now at the terminus of
regular transportation, we had to rely on
the chances for going to a point thirty-four
miles below, whither we were destined.
Through the kindness of Mr. Hurst, con j
luctor on the construction train, we had no
trouble in getting down to No. 8. He had
been instructed by Mr. Raiford to await the
arrival of the freight, and we got aboard
what is called the gravel train, and away we,
went. At one place we left the regular track
of the road, and went for three-quarters of a
mile through the woods, where the ties and
rails were laid on the wire-grass. Up hill
and down, here we go. I believe a road
could be run through some parts of that
country for many miles, without a cut or
embankment by going round through the
woods. Os course, to get a straight track
there must be cuts and embankments.
After a pleasant ride of two hours on this
gravel train, we arrived at No. 8, and here
i we had to leave the car, for we could go no
further on the railroad. A friend met us
and carried us to our destination, the Mont
gomery camp ground, about fourteen miles
from where we left the railroad.
The opening up of this road will be a
i great blessing to the people of the country
i through which it passes. Already little
I places of business are springing up, and what
is more, postal facilities will be afforded to
a people who could scarcely get a mail
heretofore.
I fouml the people exceedingly hospitable
and kind,” and feel that it is a blessing to be
placed in more intimate relations with them.
At No. 8 I met CoL Robertson, Mr. Watts.
Col. Law, and other gentlemen connected
with the road, nearly all of whom assured
me that a train would pass through from
Macon to Brunswick by the Fair. Oh!
won’t it be elegant to tike this trip; and
won't nearly everybody waut to take it.
After spending a few days pleasantly we
returned, taking same route back.
I take great pleasure in testifying to the
courtesy of the officers and contractors of
the M. ’& B. R. R., extended to our party on
this interesting excursion. Viator.
Too IxQrisrnvE. —“I went in to bathe,”
said a Yankee, “but before I was long in the
water I saw a huge double-jawed shark mak
ing rapidly towards me. What was to be
done ? When he was within a yard of me,
I faced round, dived under the shark, and
taking a knife from my pocket, ripped the
monster up.” “But didyou bathe with your
clothes on ?” asked an ’astonished listener.
“Well,” answered the story-teller, reproach-
I fully, “well, I do think you aeeda’t be SO
'Wraatioa particular, ”,
For the Journal and Messenger.
Direct Trade with Europe. |
Mr. Editor: Your suggestion for the for
mation of a Line of steamers to run between
Savannah and Liverpool is one of vital im
portance to the South.
The system of sending cotton through
New York to Europe is just as unreasonable
and unnatural as it is to send it to New Eng
land to be manufactured. There can be no
reason why freight should be any higher
from Savannah to Liverpool than from New
York. The freight from Savannah to New
York—<l ravage, wharfage, storage and com
mission—is all an unnecessary tax on the
planter. Add to this the profits realized by
the New York speculators, and it will amount
to very near the difference between the value
of currency aud gold". The planters would
at this time realize very near as much iu
gold for their cotton, were it shipped direct
1 from the South to Europe, as they get in
currency when shipped byway of New York.
So far as the interest of the South is con-
cerned, there is no use for any commercial
intercourse at all between the South aud
North. There can be nothing produced iu
the Northern States that cannot be produced
iu abundance in the South. It follows then
that the whole of the expenses of the com
mercial intercourse between the two sections
falls on the South. This is the very thing
that has impoverished the South and en
riched the Nortli. Tills was lUe cause of our
subjugation aud present dependent condi
tion, and while this continues the Soutli
u-111 i-umaiu poor, and become still poorer
aud more dependent, and the North will be
come more arrogant and overbearing. We
might just as well expect the rain that falls
from Heaven on our laud to remain in our
creeks and rivers, as to expect the profits of
Southern labor to remain in the South
while this commercial intercourse continues.
What is it for but to carry our cotton to New
York speculators and New England manu
facturers, and to bring buck just what they
see fit to pay for it in trade ?
The N. Y. Tribune very truly—though
perhaps tauntingly —says: “A fresh aud
brilliant career of greatness is open to the
South if she can but see her true and lasting
interest.” All that is necessary for the South
to attain to an eminence that cannot be
reached by any other section of the globe is
to change her policy in her industrial anil
commercial pursuits so as to become abso
lutely independent of the North —produce
her own provisions, manufacture her own
supplies of everything, without regard to
the number of bales of cotton that may be
raised, and establish direct trade btween the
Southern ports aud Europe.
But who is to make a move in this enter
prise ? Capitalists in the cities are not i
directly interested. Many of them are con
nected'with the North, and it may be that it
would be to their interest to continue the
present course of trade. The farmers and
planters alone are directly interested, and
unless they take some steps in the matter,!
there will scarcely be any thing done soon.
This State, and perhaps every cotton;
’ State, will no doubt be represented at the :
State Agricultural Convention by the most
| talented planters and business men in the!
: South, aud a more appropriate time and
j jtlaee may never happen to take this matter
] into serious and earnest consideration,
i The emancipation of slavery litis thrown
the whole machinery of the industrial pur
suits of the Soutli out of joint. This ren
ders it necessary that we make such changes
in our industrial and commercial pursuits us
! our changed condition demands.
Tlie South can never take a rise by rais
ing cotton, no matter how high the price
1 may be, while slio fails to make her own
supplies. Let her industrial pursuits in
agriculture, the mechanical arts, aud maim-,
! facturing be so adjusted as to enable her to
make her own supplies, and to become in
dependent of the North, and the day star of
her future prosperity and greatness will have
risen.
But in order to succeed in this great
enterprise there must be concert of action,
co-operation, and a combination of means.
The proceeds of even a small crop of cotton
would put a great many factories in opera
tion, provided it was applied to that pur-«
\ml wliy can it not lie ?„ Canuot tlie;
Southern.i- t-* »
make tlieir own shoes, harness, sanities, ac.,
and make their own carriages, plows, aud all
I kinds of farming implements ? If they do!
this, anil produce their provisions, nearly
the whole of the cotton produced will be a
surplus which can be applied to pushing the,
manufacturing interests of the Soutli. This
'great surplus is growing every year. All
that is necessary is, to keep it here by stoji
ing the leaks through which tlie life-blood
of the South is running out.
Let the most comjietent and influential
| planters and farmers take hold of this mat
; ter in earnest. It is of vastly more impor-
I tance at this time than politics. We have
no power in the Government; but if we act
wisely we can render many of the acts
framed by the party in power for our oj>-
pression, harmless. We can do more: We
I can turn their own batteries against them
selves. We can turn the “odious tariff” to
our advantage. Southerner. I
Oak Grove, Oct. 13. 1869.
Correspondence Journal and Messenger.
Letter from Down Soutli.
October, 15, 1869.
Mr. Editor: Were it not that I have assur
ance that small favors are thankfully received
at your sanctum, I should not have the j
temerity to forward you a letter from this
latitude just at this time.
The cotton crop is gathering. There has
been a diversity of fortune among planters,
giving rise to some wonderment. A few
have escaped the ravages of the caterpillar
almost entirely. Others are partially dam
aged, but the great majority have been
swept clean of all but the first crop. The
few who planted short cotton congratulate
themselves on their superior foresight, as
this was less injured than the long. Their
meeting better success than their long
staple neighbors, has resulted in resolution,
| on the part of a good many of the latter, to
plant short cotton next season.
If our farmers are successful in saving
i their seed cane, their will be considerable
! increase next fall in the production of sugar
| and syrup.
Cold weather is stealing upon us; conse
quently sickness is abating. Niggerdom is
all agog with small sacks of cotton in the
;seed, and smelling odorously of mean
whisky. The demoralization of the “friend
and brother” is as much of a “suckcess” as
: the nasal orators on peculiar “moral ideas”
j could possibly desire —for the purpose of
picking his pockets.
We, of your sister State, watch the rail
road development in Georgia with inereas
jmg interest. Go ahead ! When you shall
have connected the “State of Rabun,” by
j bars of iron, with the rest of the “Empire,”
i that will be an achievement to be handed
down to posterity in song and story, by the
1 reporters, who, no doubt, will be ticketed
for a free airing through the “Gap. ’ Os
course, however, the railroads projected
through the Southern part of the State,
have a more immediate interest for us, and
we heartily wish them “good speed.”
The proposed publication of a first class
agricultural paper, by Messrs. Burke A Cos.,
strikes me to be the “fattest take” those
thorough and progressive printers have yet
put out. One of their liberal premium
lists would make a compensatory adjunct,
perhaps, to their prospectus. Our farmers
much need current agricultural literature
and science, given to them cheap; for the
great body, who would be most profited by
it, are not able to subscribe to many news
papers, and the purchase of books on their
specialty, is quite out of the question.
Zee.
—A New York paper has this announce
ment: “On Wednesday, at noon, Lord
Hubert Le Roy S. Ainslev, of doubtful title,
was married to Miss Lillie, daughter of the
late Isaac M. Martin, Esq., formerly of
Staten Island. The marriage ceremony was
performed by flie Rev. Dr. Bliss, at the res
idence of Mrs. Lawrence, on Murray Hill,
and was witnessed by about twenty young
couples. The parents of the happy couple
were absent.” One of the parent., “the
late Isaac M. Martin,” must have been una
voidably absent. As there seems to have
been few cards, the probability is that the
old gentleman didn’t get one.
—lt is said there is to be a grand hunt
through Africa for the missing Dr. Living
stone by a corps of English explorers. If,
when they shall have ionnd him, he should
go and lose himself again, as he has been
doing annually for the last tea years, they
' ought to let him stay lout,
i— — —■ r
(Irani Ton rustin' nt.
Office S. A. Socibtt, I !
Macon, Ga., Oct. 30,1869. | |
The Superintendent of the Tournament announces
to all concerned, the following rules for the gov- j
eminent aud information of those who may wish to j
enter the list:
I. Each gentleman desiring to enter the list will
communicate with Mr. W. W. Collins, of Macon,
Ga., informing him what knight he wishes to rep
resent.
A Each knight will appear and ride In the cos
tume of the cnaraeUr he personates, and no one
will be allowed to ride unless iu costume, and
properly mounted.
8. The enrollment of names will cease on the
15th of November, aud the knights will draw for
the order iu which they will ride, each knight re
taining the position he' has drawu, and no exchange
will be allowed.
4. The Tilt will be a circle of two hundred and
twenty yards, with six ring staff's, at intervals of
thirty yards, leaving forty yards for the start.
5. Size of ring two and a half inches in diame
ter. Length of lance, nine feet.
0. All movements of the knights will be regu
lated by the bugle.
7. Fifteen seconds time will be allowed to
make the distance of one hundred and eighty yards.
Any knight consuming more time than this will
either lose his ride or ride over, as the Unices may
determine; also, iu all eases of accident the
judges will decide.
8. The knights Liking the greatest number ol
rings within the time specified, shall he entitled
to the first prize, and to crown the Queen of Love
and Beauty. The second the second prize, and to
crown the first maid of honor, aud so iu the lasi
prize, there beiug as many maids of honor as the re
are prizes.
9. There shall be at le isi one delegate appointed
from every couuty that is represented by knights
who will choose five umpires to act as judges on
the occasion.
10. There shall be four marshals appointed by
. the Superintendent, whose duty it shall be to pre
serve ordt r and secure the services ol a Sudani,
baud for the occasion; the marsnals to be mounted j
and designated by a red sasli, worn diagonally
across tli, breast, irotn left shoulder to tight Itip. i
11. All questions that may arise must be decided j
iby the judges, aud their decision is final.
13. That each knight pay to the Superintendent ]
the entrance fee of ten dollars before contesting
for the prizes.
13. in case of two or more knights taking the
rings the o me number of ti ties, ttu-y shall decide
bv riding through one time, ami if tney should tit
the secoud lime, they will continue to ride thiough
until it is decided by the judges.
Perhaps there will be some feav knights w ho will
prefer to have the bar attached to the list of per
formances, there tiring the ring to take and bar to
be jumped. To those persons we will say that wt
will accommodate them If possible. There will be
a tine Canadian thorough-bred horse, wortii SSOO,
ottered as first prize, and corresponding oiks lor
second, third, etc.
W. W. Collins, Secretary.
Papers of the State please copy.
Tlie Labor Convention.
The latest Intelligence we had of this delibera
tive body was tha., Wednesday nigl.t until mid£
night, tile delegates were running the machiui
under a full press of steam. We did not report
the proceedings of the Labor Convention any niort
than we should have reported the sayings and
doings of a deliberative body that had convened
from all parts of the {State to consider the most
practical method of paving the streets of Macon
with window glass, for the simple reason that the
objects of Doth conventions would have been simi
lar iu value aud practical utility.
The future condition of the negro as well as the
white man, in this country, depends altogether and
eutirely upou circumstances that none of us can
foresee or anticipate. The majority of the colored
race are working shoulder to shoulder with their
white brethren, and Heaven smiles upon their ex
ertions. Each is more or less dependent upon the
other in thousands of ways, and we really believe
tliat, as a general thing, each arc doing the besl
they can i«*r the future prosperity <>f all.
Now and then some disaffected laboring men
throw broadcast their seeds of contention, and en
deavor to persuade better men than themselves to
join with them heart aud hand. The result every
sane man can foresee.
If Northern emissaries will cease to interfere be
tween the people of the South, black and white,
everything will move on harmoniously. The em
ployer will pay cheerfully every cent he can afford to
pay for labor, and the employed will labor faithfully,
content with the wages he receives. As we have
many times baid, we say to-day: Let us all live
peaceably together, and do the best we can for each
other—turning a deaf ear to those pestilent disor
ganizers, whose vocation is to keep the whole
country in commotion and anarchy. We say with
tien. Grant: “Let us have peace.”
“Done Broke.”
Having some business at the City Hall ihursday,
we went up stairs aud took a look at that motley
assembly—the “Long” Purley-ment of anti-lubo
rers. The- Pow wow was in full under the
lead of those tire brands—Turner, Long aV: Bryant.
We did not stay long, but we discovered in that
short time that the Daily Jouhnal and Messenger
was not at all in favor in the delectable gathering—
not a eopv of it was to be seen, though we did see
a huge pile of the Telegraph upon the desk of the
Secretary, while about every other delegate had u
copy spread under his nose for attempted perusal
"We heard Thursday evening that the thimr “broke ’
• - * hat most of those present from
tin* rural districts i e i liro ed to their “long” col
lards and middlings', wimnruiej «.«x ~~ »—.--
tain to find rather short, if they attempt to carry
' out the programme of their “Long” wrong leader
at Christmas.
Fruits of the Convention.
A negro porter who has for a long time held 11
good position in a large establishment located in
Third street, Thursday morning, took his employ
er one side, and submitted his new s‘.*ule of prices,
stating that if he did not receive the pr.ee he
demauded, he should leave on the first of next
month. “ Good as wheat 1” was the only response,
and in less than an hour the place was ottered to,
and accepted by, a white man, who was glad to
take the position. A few hours later, the colored
gentleman became a trifle uneasy, und suggested
to his employer, that he had thought over the
matter, ami on the whole, had concluded to remain
at the old figures. “ Your place is already taken,”
was the reply; “don’t give yourself any uneasi
ness” ; and the discomfited darkey has the chance
of going after a situation as soon us he likes. It is
about the wav we thought that the grand labor
movement might possibly work, after a fair trial.
<»rlt*r’a Almanac for IH7O.
Most of our old fashioned farmers could give up
flteir scythe-handles just as readily os they could
do without this essential requisite to the success
of their farming operations ; and ns Messrs. J. V\.
Burke k Cos. are now printing a very large edition,
iu order to meet the demand, it would he well for
country store-keepers to send in their ordets early.
Read the advertisement in our paper to-day.
Kicckoii I Keer.
A colored gentleman came into the book store of
i. W. Burke it Cos , Thursday, and spent five dollar
for books The clerk, not wishing him to be de j
ceived, said: “How is ittliat you came hereto
buy books after J etf Long’s resolution ?’’ * Tshaw, ]
reckon I keer what them fellows say!" said the!
; sensible colored man, as he gathered up his bundle (
and walked out. Such is life.
Big Potatoes.
Mr. John P. Hunt, of Jones county, has brought
us some of the lilie- 1 sweet potatoes we have seen
this season They are really good to look at, and
i we have no doubt will be as good to eat
Striking Coincidence.
We find the following item in the New
York Sun, of last Saturday :
The following Is a verbatim report of a converse
lion between two young ladies who had just linisk
jed their education at a classical school: “Were
you at the picnic?” " Yes, ami we bad a high old
j lime of it.” “ I wanted to go so bad, but mother
was so hard pushed 1 couldn’t get off.” “I was
! rigged, but I couldn’t corner you any where in the |
woods. We had a bully time, and you know 1
promised my gallant tuat he should have a sight at
you." “Well, I’m sorry, but you bet I’ll put in
iny big licks at the Fair"”
They must have been Atlanta girls, or else
we have, in the following paragraph, which
we clip from the local column of the Atlanta
Constitution, of Tuesday, a striking coinci
dence of thought and expression:
Is fok the Campaign. — The following is a ver
batim report of a conversation between two young
ladies of the Gate City: Says Emma to Hattie,
j“ Were you at the calico ball ?” Oh, yes,” replied
Hattie, “and we bad a high old time of it.” "I
wanted to go so bad, hut mother was down with a
nervous attaek, and I could not geloll'." “ I look
ed for you a long time. You know I promised my
beau that he should have a look at you.” “ Well,
I'm sorry, but you bet I’ll put in my big licks at
tbe Home Fair.” King Hans had better look out
A Mistake. —It is a common mistake to
plant pines and spruce-firs near the margin
of one’s walks and carriage roads. Few
persons know or stop to inquire how large
these trees will spread as they grow to ma
turity. They look pretty and docile as they
stand in the nursery-rows, and so the little
beauties are set within arm’s length of the
walk, where they can easily be seen and
petted. But in a few years the young
giants begin to show their strength and
large proportions. They throw out their
arms in lusty rigor, stretching from fifteen
to twenty feet on either side, over walks and
grass plots, and adjoining shrubbery, dark
ening the windows and doorways, very much
to the surprise and confusion of the planter.
The result of the whole is that either the
tree must be cut down, or their lower
branches l>e hewn off', which latter opera
tion is a virtual destruction of the trees.
Any method of planting which does not
forecast the future bight and breadth of
trees, whether planted singly or in groups,
is mistaken. —Hearth and Home.
—A surgeon in Fredericksburg, Virginia,
recently fractured a finger on each of his
hands while making a poxt-mortern examina
tion of the body of a man whose death was \
caused by lockjaw. His hands soon became
inllamed and swollen, and the pain intense
and at one time serious apprehensions were
entertained as to the result.
—General Grant wrote his gold-swindle
letter to the owner of Dexter in great haste.
The letter, itself, contains evidence enough
that he couldn’t have spent more than three
hours and a half upon it. A man who can’t
write a respectable letter even when he
squares himself and takes it leisurely, should
‘never vrrue ia haste.
A Noble Hod-Carrier.
ROMANTIC ADVENTURE OF AN AUSTRIAN BARON.
From the Galesburg (III.) Press. October 9.
How often lias it been said and written
that “ Truth is stranger than fiction,” and
every day further verifies and corroborates
the axiom. The elements of actual romance
pervade everything around us. and event
and accident sometimes give birth to occur
rences and incidents tliat seem truly astound
ing. Every day men become richer and
men become poorer. With oue flash of the
telegrapii hundreds are ruined, and, conse
quently, others become enriched. But it is
uot our purpose, at present, to deal with
generalities and speculations, but to narrate,
as accurately as possible, an event that has
startled our German citizens from ther usual
propriety, and caused them even for a time
to forget their local church feud.
On Thursday afternoon last, Colonel Carr,
the postm ister, received a heavy sealed doc
iment at liis office, postmarked “Vienna,”
and directed to “Herr Carl Vo# Vechter,
Galesburg. Knox county, State of Illinois,
United States of North America.” Know
ing that the massive letter must lie of im
portance from its crestt-d seals and general
official appearance, he dispatched Mr. Win.
Cost, chief clerk of the office, in search of
the Herr Von Vechter. Mr. Post made
diligent inquiry of several, but could uot
find any trace of the individual wanted,
until he met w ith Mr. John Loos, the well
known saloon keeper on the east side of the
square. Mr. Loos knew a Charley V- -cliter;
ae was working on the new lxotel building,
tnrl both walked over there, whore they
found Vechter about to ascend a ladder,
with a hod on his shoulder. When Mr. Post
handed him the letter, and lie had read it,
the delight of the hodman knew uo bounds.
He threw his hod full of "brick away, aud
unbraced Mr. Loos, calling him his dearest
friend. The letter contained a draft for
87,000 on the First National Bank of
Chicago, and lie insisted on paying 51 r.
Post 8500 for being the bearer of such joy
ful tidings as the document contained,
which, of course, Mr. Post refused.
This morning, Herr Von Vechter, arrayed
iu a suit of fashionable clothing, and having
passed through the hands of the barber,
called at our office, in company with Capt.
Henry H 'inrich, an attachee of the Free
Press establishment. No one could recog
nize in the noble-looking personage before
us the ex-hod-carrier. His manly and com
manding ajipearance attracted general atten
tion and remark, and the ease and suavity of
his manners were truly remarkable. He
clearly aud succinctly related to us the
eventful chain of incidents in his career,
which terminated in his carrying a hod in
Galesburg.
In the year 1857, llerr You Vochter, being
then 19 years old, and of a noble family,
entered the Austrian army as lieutenant,
and, through regular gradations, in 18(10 rose
to the rank of major. In the month of Sep
tember of that year, lie was insulted at a
levee, by thecolonelof his regiment. Proud
nil high-spirited, he resented the insult,
and a challenge was passed between the two
officers. They met—pistols at ten paces
land the colonel fell.
i With great difficulty Vtehter eluded the
| authorities, and at length escaped to Eng
land. There he remained but a short time,
and finding no suitable employment, he em
barked for the United States, and upon his
rrrival proceeded to Chicago. He arrived
there the day the intelligence of the fall of
Fort Sumter flashed through the country,
and his means beiug nearly exhausted, he
enlisted in the 9th Illinois, then beiug or
ganized. The man who had worn the epau
lets of an Austrian officer for utore than
three years, carried a musket in the ranks of
that battalion, and was severely wounded at
i the battle of Pittsburg Landing! When he
i was mustered out, lie obtained employment
of various kinds, and endured many vicissi
tudes incident to tin- lot of a laboring man.
|He feared to write to his relatives, as the
! Austrian Government might learn his where
abouts aud cause hisuppreln-usion underthe
i extradition treaty, auil so he suffered and
j toiled iu silence, until finally he found liim-
I .self iu Galesburg, carrying a bod on the new
: hotel.
The packet he received yesterday eou-
I tuined a full pardon under the sign urnnuel
of the emperor. The colonel had only been
severely wounded, and freely’ acknowledged
that lie alone hail been in fault, and that the
jSealll’of Ills'uncle’, 'Von \. rnlierVfs splurge
estate and the title of baron. Thus has the
humble liod-carrier been elevated and re
stored to his proper jilaoe, aud at the time
he lauds in his native country, he will re
jeeive his commission of colonel of his old
regiment.
Previous to his departure on the 9:20 train
for Chicago—from whence lie will go to New
York, where he will embark for Europe, he
made generous presents to many who hud
I befriended him here. Captain Ernrich iu
| forms us that a marriage iu high life will
take place in Vienna shortly after the baron’s
ai-rival there.
Reader, this is an actual occurrence, and
one that truly demonstrates that “truth is
I stranger than fiction,” indeed.
Almost Death In a Balloon—Five
Miles Above the Earth—A Thril
ling Adventure.
One dull day iu August, just after noon,
:a balloon rose in the air at the foot of Cloet
j Hills, on the western edge of the centre
plain of England. It was inflated with tin
lightest of gases which chemical skill could
produce, und it arose with amazing velocity.
A mile up and it entered a stratum of cloud
more than a thousand feet thick. Emergiug
from this, the sun shone brightly on the air
line; the sky overhead was of the clearest
and deepest blue, and below lay a cloudland
—an immeasurable expanse of white cloud
whose surface looked as solid as that of the
earth not wholly lost to view. Lolty moun
tains, and deep, dark ravines, appeared be
low the peak and sides of these cloud moun
tains next to the sun, glittering like snow,
but casting shadows as if they were solid
rock. Up rose the balloon with tremendous
velocity. Four miles above the eartli a
pigeon was loosed; it dropped down as if it
was a stone. The air was too thin to enable
it to fly. It was as if a bark laden to the
deck were to pass from the heavy waters of
the sea into an inland unsaline lake, the
bark would sink at once in the thinner
water. Up, up, still higher! What a silence
profound! The heights of the sky were still
as the deepest depths of the ocean, where,
as found during the search for the last At
lantic cable, the mud lies as unstirred from
year to year as the dust which imperceptibly
gathers on the furniture of a deserted house.
No sound, no life—only the bright sunshine
falling through a sky it could not warm.
Up—miles above the earth—higher than
the inaccessible summit of Chimborazo or
Dawangiri. Despite the sunshine, every
thing freezes. The air grows too thin to
support life, even for a few minutes. Two
men only are in tliat adventurous balloon—
the one stirring the air ship, the other
watching the scientific instruments, and re
cording them with a rapidity of long prac
tice. Suddenly, as the latter looks at his
instrument, his sight grows dim ; he takes a
lense to help his sight, and only marks
from the failing barometer that they are
testing rapidly A flask of brandy lies
within a foot of him; he tries to reach it
but his anas refused to obey his will. He
tries to call on his comrade, who has gone
up in the ring above ; a whisper in that
deep silence would suffice—but no sound
comes from his Ups—he is voiceless. The
; steersman comes down in the ear ; he sees
his comrade in a swoon, and he feels his
own sense failing him.
He saw at once that life and death hung
upon a few moments. He seized, or tried
to seize, the valve, in order to let out the
gas. He seized the valve with his teeth, it
opened a little —once, twice, thrice. The
balloon began to descend. The swooned
marksman returned to consciousness and
saw the steersman stuuding before him. He
looked at his instruments; but now the
barometer was rising rapidly; the balloon
was descending. Brandy was used. They
had been higher above the earth than mor
tal man or any living thing had ever been
i»efore. One minnte more of inaction—of
compulsory inaction—on the part of the
steersman, whose senses were failing him,
and the air ship with its intensely rarefied
gas would have lieen floating unattended,
with two corpses in the wide realms of
space. m
—Two new diamond fields have been dis
covered—at the Cape and at Victoria —and
the prospect of the supply lieing greater
than the demand soon is good. While the
fashion for diamond- has l>een on the rise in
this part of the world it has declined in
Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Portugal, and in
deed in all parts of Europe excepting Paris.
Diamonds used to Iks, in disturbed coun-
tries, for the middle and higher classes a re
source for hoarding iu political troubles,
which gold and silver furnished to the lower
classes. The improved political condition of
many countries ana dunminhed both modes
of hoarding,
VOL. XI. NO. 30
STATE NEWS.
Savannah.
The Republican reports that the first white
frost of the season in that latitude occurred
Sunday morning last, the 17th, which is
several weeks earlier than usual. The
potato aud tomato plants were considerably
blackened.
The same paper is glad to notice an unu
sual activity in the lumber business for this
season of the year. The wharves along the
lower end are filled with vessels loading
coastwise and foreign. One house alone,
Mr. B. P. Johnson, has shipjied mue cargoes
within the last six weeks, und all vessels
suitable for lumber and timber are in de
mand.
Under the head of Savannah interests
abroad, the Republican Iras the following;
It is proposed to send an intelligent, and
energetic commercial agent abroad, as the
representative of the business interests of
the city, and especially for the promotion of
direct trade and immigration to our seaport,
- aud to keep him there so long as Ins services
shall be found available to that end. The
suggestion is a good one, and we are so con
fident of good results, that we have no hesi
tation in urging that, if necessary, the eu
! tire expenses of the mission be paid by the
city. It will be a small matter thus paid,
while it would be both heavy and unjust to
expect it from the pockets of a few enterpris
ing individuals or corporations.
While we approve the plan, we also rejoice
to hear that in casting about for a fit and
proper mutt for the office, the attention of
the projectors has been fixed upon a citizen
who possesses the necessary information and
superior qualifications for the duties to be
performed.
Tlie number of interments in Savannah
for the week ending October 18, was 20,
against 26 the corresponding week last year.
Atlanta.
The Constitution loams tliat Bullock has
panloued James W. Lloyd, indicted for kill
ing a uiau named Connor, several years
since.
The Georgia Railroad Company has en
joined the City Council of Atlanta from en
larging Butler street. The ease will be ar
gued before Judge l’opeou Monday next.
The Constitution gives some particulars of
the writ of Judge J. I. Whitaker, against his
Honor, Judge John D. Pope, in Fulton Su
perior Court. The declaration alleges tha
Judge Pope is indebted ou all account to
Jared 1. Whitaker in the sum of 8 '.Uti2 25
Ou said account he is entitled to a credit o
$3,280, leaving a balance of 83,682 25. The
Constitution hams that Judge Pope loaned
Judge Whitaker some money iu 1805, and
that this suit is to recover what is claimed
to be usurious interest paid on it.
Katonion.
The Press and Messenger learns that many
distinguished gentlemen invited to the Put
nam County Pair, have written expressing
their determination to he present. The Fair
grounds have assumed the appearance of an
industrial exhibition sure enough. An im
mense amount of work has been done, und
iu a short time. The stalls for stock are far
better than they were last year, and room
for the exhibition of domestic fabricks, ma
chinery, etc., far more abundant. A force
is now working on the track, grading the
same, aud making everything ready for
a fair trial of speed. Everything now pro
mises a fine exhibition, and a gathering of
Middle Georgia people which w ill reflect the
spirit of this enterjirise in other localities of
Georgia.
Mr. Buther, “Boss” of the working force,
is about completing a music staud for the
1 centre of tlie grounds. One other matter
w orthy of mention, is the excellent arrange
ment made for seating the jieojile. Visitors
and contributors may expect every arrange
j merit lor their comfort on the grounds. Res
taurants are being constructed, and the J’r- ss
| and Messenger learns that Mr. Pugh, of Mil
jeon, iu connection with Mr. Sehaub, will
! erect a sky-light gallery on the grounds.
C'olumbiiN.
The Enquirer learns that the visit of the
1 distinguished Methodist Bishop Kavauaugh
Ito Columbus, will embrace the third and
fourth Hum lays in November next. The
editor considers the Bishop oue of the finest
jiuljiit orators who Vver preached iu that
city, and looks forward to this visit as one of
great pleasure and profit to the community
of Inw,o
The Sun says that tlie Central Railroad,
now the lessee of tlie Southwestern and Mo
bile k Girard Companies, is contemplating
the erection of large depot buildings at that
point. The increased business of the roads
demand enlarged accommodations; and it is
determined to w r aste no more money ou tem
porary structures, but to build those which
will stand the test of years. The City Coun
cil on Monday night granted all that the
President of the two roads desired.
Hawkinsville.
A correspondent o? the Dispatch, writing
from Hawkinsville, says :
The corn crop in our county, with some
exceptions, is as good as it was last season.
Euougli has been made, by carefully hus
banding, to Vupply the demand. Cotton
crops are usually good. Some have suffered
severely from rust and caterpillars. How
ever, the amount gathered will exceed last
year’s crop. Cane, potatoes, peas, etc., have
suffered proportionately.
A (hen*.
The Watchman says that Chancellor Lips
comb, of the .Statu University, has organ
ized a night class in rhetoric and composi
tion writing, composed of young men whose
business engagements are such that they
cannot attend in daylight. The class meets
on Friday evening oi each week, and is
taught by Dr. L. free of charge.
Professor Charbonuier ha. also established
a night class in drawing, &c., for the benefit
of mechanics and laboring men. Prof. C.
is a very superior teacher, and the Wutchmvi
learns that those connected with his class
are improving rapidly.
The Watchman copies the premium list of
the State Fair, and says : “We are inclined
to the opinion that the Fair will be a grand
success, notwithstanding the fact that we
have ha<l a very unfavorably year for crop
ping. The exhibition of fine stock, farming
implements, machinery and manufactures,
will, we have no doubt, excel everything of
the kind ever attempted at the South.
"There will he a large attendance of visi
tors and exhibitors from other States, no
doubt ; and the Executive Committee de
serve credit for their liberality in inviting
distinguished guests.”
The Jews op Berlin. —Some one curious
in such matters, has culled from a recent
census of Berlin, Prussia, the following in
teresting and extraordinary facts:
Only four percent, of the inhabitants of
Berlin are Jews, but fifty-seven per cent, of
Jewish boys and sixty percent, of Jewish
girls receive a thorough education, against
twenty-seven per cent, of the boys, and only
sixteen per cent, of the girls of all other
crr.«-«is. tUavo «n> in the city of Berlin three
hundred and fifty-eight families who have
private tutors and educate their children at
home; of these families, one hundred and
forty-three are Evangelical, twelve Catholic
and one hundred Jewish, while pro rata only
fourteen would be Jewish. Os births in Ber
lin fifteen per cent, are illegitimate. Among
the Jews in that city only two per cent, aro
born out of wedlock; still-born children,
four percent.; only one percent, among the
Jews. The mortality among the children
during the first five years is twenty-five per.
cent.; only seventeen per cent, among Jew
ish children. The per centage of marriages
is also much larger among the Jews tnan
among the members of all other creeds in
that city.
Cleaning Marble.—lt may be of some
value to telegraph operators who have mar
ble-based instruments, and housekeepers
who have marble-top furniture, to know that
the common solution of gum arabic is an ex
cellent absorbent, and will remove dirt, etc.,
from marble. 1. Brush the dust off the
piece to be cleaned, then apply with a brush
a good coat of gum arabic, about the con
sistency of thick office mucilage, expose it
to the sun or dry wind, or both. In a short
time it will crack arid peel off. If all the
gum should not peel off, wash it with clean
water and a clean cloth. Os course, if the
first application does not have the desired
effect, it should lie applied again. 2. Make
a paste with softsoap and whiting. Wash
the marble first with it, and then leave a
coat of the paste upon it for two or three
(lavs. Afterwards wash off with warm (not
hot) water and soap.— Stientifl,: American.
New Railroad Enterprise. —Gen. H. C.
Wayne has been elected President of the
Turtle River and Screven Railroad, char
tered by the last Legislature to ran from the
contemplated city of Parland, (Colonel’s
Islandj to Screven, No. 7, A. a G. Railroad.
The new road will be flanked on troth Sidra
by the Macon and Brunswick and the
Brunswick and Albany P^ulroads, — Atlanta
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