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THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. BCRBOOS AND J, B. DDMBLB,
SATURDAY MORNING:::::: SF.FT. 28.
Cotton.—It li estimated tlwt between
seventy-five and one hundred bales of cot
ton were brought to town yesterday front
the country, some of which wua sold as low
as 15 cents.
Tukn and Now.—.foe Williams, “the
colored orator from Tennessee,’’ Is coming
to Atlanta. Our neighbor of tho Intelll•
l/encer says “arrangements will be made for
the address ” which Joe Is expected to de
liver to tho “ respcctublo white men " of
Atlanta. Duo notice of Joe’s arrival and
of the “ arrangements ” for his reception
will be given in the Intelligencer. Joe Is a
nigger. Of course he is, and as black as
the ace of spades. True, but Jus runs the
Democratic schedule. Ah—well—yes—
ahem—now we understand. But who
pays Joe's expenses? Who are tho dele
gation appointed to meet him at the cur
shed ? Who aro the chief buglemcn of tho
occasion? Can the “respectable white
man's organ " tell us ? We presume “ all-
thc-talcnts ’’ party will have reporters on
the ground. Ret us have the speech by all
means.
CSTWe learn that the Hon. Noun II.
Swayme, of Ohio, one of the J ustlces of tho
Supreme Court of the United States, spent
Thursday In this city, and left on yester
day to hold a term of the United States
Court, with Judge Ballard, at Louisville,
Ky. We regret that this eminent Judge
could not find leisure from bis judicial du
ties to have passed some days in Atlanta.
Our people would have been pleased to
welcome In their midst so distin
guished a citlr.cn. Judge S.ls the father of
Gen. Wagbh Swamp, commander under
Gen. Tore, for the District of Alabama.
C3TThe sketch of the “Newnan Camp
Meeting "will recall to the memories of
the old and middle-aged the scenes of their
youth and early manhood, when camp
meetings and “quiltings” were among the
most popular religious and social repasts
in Georgia and Tennessee. Most of our
old men will remember that when “they
were young,” the camp meeting season
was looked forward to as a sort of annual
jubilee, wherein worldly cares and vexa
tions were for tho time forgotten. Our
colored friends now seem to lie going|
through the same spiritual tutilagc^H
CSTTho United States District Court,
Hun. John Ekskink presiding, after a ses
sion of nearly three weeks duration, has
adjourned over to the 15th of October.
During the sitting, an unusually large
amount of important business was trans
acted. The Petit Jury was discharged
yesterday.
HJ'Docs anybody understand tho pres
ent political status of our excellent
neighbor, the Intelligencer? Is it for or
against Convention? Is It for or against
Reconstruction on the basis of the Con
gressional enactments?
We ask theso questions In all sincerity,
and without Intending disrespect. Come,
friend Whitaker, show us your hand.
How Executors ark Elkctkd by tub
Radical Oiioans.—General Pope has
made a good thing for his Radical organs
in compelling public officers to advertise
In them, and prescribing no limitation as
to price. They have taken advantage of
this omission, Hnd plied on from 60 to 02N
per cent, on the customary rates of the
country. An Ordinary writes us that for
elutions dlsmlasory ho la charged *10,
while he has been accustomed to pay here
tofore only *0. We suppose there Is no
remedy for this Imposition. It Is necessa
ry In order to support Radical newspapers
in the South, and the public Interest Is not
to be considered.—Macon Telegraph, 27tA
I nnsmuch.as the Opinion has.becn selected
as the official paper for some thirty conn'
lies, and Is therefore included in tho cate
gory of wliaat tho Telegraph calls “Radical
organs," It Is due to us and all concerned,
that the Telegraph state who that Ordinary
Is, and in what paper he advertises.
Is certainly not the Opinion, fur we have
hut one price for legal advertisements, and
that Is the same prescribed by law, nud
which the Mlliedgevlllo Union, and other
papers lmvo been charging for the last ten
years.
It Is therefore right and proper, that the
Telegraph should give the name and local
ity of tho paper that has thus transcended
Its llmlU In charges.
Cotton Itbms.—Columbur.—Tho Sun
and Times of tho 20th says:
Tho market was yesterday at tho ex
treme of dullness. None scarcely was told
nt the warehouses. Northern middlings,
nt the extreme, may bo quoted almost nom
inally at lOcenU. Majority of cotton told
was bought on tho streets at l&^conts to
HIM cents, tax Included, Scarcity of mo
ney and orders Is the cause. Receipts 301
bales—11 by M, and G. R. R. U by Opelika
Railroad, 83 by river, and 253 by wagons.
Shipped, 170 by 51. R. R.
Montgomery— 1 The markat declined an
other cent on tho 25th. It was dull at 18
cents. ,
Important Rcmohip Turn:.—The follow
ing Item appears In the Washington Star
of tho 25th. The statement herein made
lias since been contradicted by telegraph,
wo believe:
It Is said that Gen. Grant will shortly
suggest to tho commanders of the live mll-
lUry districts that the elections ho held in
each of tho districts on the same day. Abo,
that tho l’rcsldent and Gen. Grant havo
recently had a consultation on tho sub
ject, and agreed lu their views In refercaco
to it. ■ :
Savannah vs. Momi.K.—The press of
Mobile are endeavoring to arouse the peo
ple of that city to a realisation of the dan
ger that Is threatening their commerce by
the enterprise of their “formidable rival
Savannah.”
THE TWO “ PICTURES."
Her (Georgia’s) status, says Judge Har
ris. “U that of a State out of the Union."
The terms, “out of tho Union," plainly
Imply the existence of the Union. No logi
cian will deny that. But,
The Intelligencer emlor-es Judge Harrib’
decision as to the status of Georgia; it
therefore, by Implication, recognises the
existence of tho Union.
If, therefore, the Union exists, whatsaved
It? Republicanism or Democracy? Tho
doctrlue of state Rights or tho old Whig
theory of Federal Supremacy ? And,
If (as Judge Haiikis and the Intelligencer
agree) Georgia is a conquered State out of tho
Union, and tho power which represents the
Union Is the conqueror, who, according to
the law of uatlous, has the right to dletato
the terms of her readmlssiou ? Judge
Harris says the conqueror 1ms this right;
tho Intelligencer endorses Judge Haiiiiis’
opinion, and yet It professes to see a dis
crepancy between the proposition that the
Unto a hue been sored, and Its correlative
that Georgia te a conquered State out of the
UnionI We had given you credit for n
clearer head, brother Whitakkk.
Washington Gossip.
General Grant’e Position—The Southern Elec
tions.
A Washington letter of the 23d says the
report concerning tho anticipated post
ponement of theuntlclpated elections In the
South was official, coming from President
Johnson himself. On enquiry at General
Grant's headquarters on the evening of the
23d it wus ascertained that Grant had not
hnd any correspondence with the military
commanders on the subject of postponing
the elections.’nnd suggesting a uniform
day for the election of all the Southern
States.
According to tho President, he and Gen.,
Grant had agreed that such a course should
be taken, but although this alleged under
standing has been existing forsovcral days,
Gen. Grant has as yet taken no steps in the
matter, and it is given out scml-ofllclully
from the War Department that he will do
nothing in the matter, neither in tho way
of ordering nor suggesting, hut will leave
everything with the military commanders
themselves. According to this statement
of the position. If Mr. Johnson wants
postponement, he will be compelled to or
der it on his own responsibility.
1'KIISOXAI. DIFFICULTY.
About one o'clock on tho 22J, ns Senator
Patterson, tho President’s son-in-law, of
Tennessee, and Gen. Kyle, of the same
State, wero conversing together in tho of
fice of the Ebbltt House, tho former rose
from Ills scat and slapped the latter upon
tho face with Ills open hand. Gen. Kyle
immediately grabbed tho Senator by the
throat, and ordered him to sit down, and In
this position they remained until friends
interposed and separated them. Senator
Patterson said something about shooting,
but In a very little time after the affair a
reconciliation was effected, anil the two
left the hotel amicably.
rnnsoNAL.—Col. Bolling Holt, son of (ho
late Hines Holt, of Columbus, Georgl, died
at his residence near Columbus, on Tucs
day night of tho present week.
The proprietor of the White Sulphur
Springs, In Virginia, Is said to have made
*40,000 this season.
Parton says Mrs. Stowe lost *200,000 for
want of an International copyright.
The Captain General of Cuba died on
the 26th Instant.
The Richmond Examiner takes Pollard
to task for omitting all mention of General
Mnhono In his new volume. ~ Lee and Hit
Lieutenants. It doesn’t admire the steel
platen, for “the veteran General Henry A,
Wlso Is pictured as a beardless boy. not yel
out of Ms twenties. In another, FItz Lee
looks like a consumptive who had just ta
ken a dose of cod-livcr oil. On another
plate, Jeb Stuart’s name Is spellod Stew
art."
Tlinddcus Stevens lives In a plain, two-
storv brick bourn In Lancaster, Pennsyl
vania, and a correspondent says “ its doors
always turn on hosplta hlchlngcs.
When George Augusta Sala went to the
United States to write lletlon for the Lon
don Telegraph, ho hod In progress a novel
called “Quite Alone.” which was running
through All the Year Round. In the con
fusion of Ids American career, ho forgot
all about Ills plot, and the novel Mail to be
Mulshed by auotlier hand.—London Corres
pondence lioslon Advertiser.
Raphael Seniiiica announces that lie has
no longer any connection with tho Meim
phis Bulletin.
East Tbnnksskk Itbms.—The Knoxville
and Kentucky lhillroad Is now completed
to Coal Creek, a distanco of thirty miles,
and the cars are making dally trips to and
from the creek. At a recent meeting of
the stockholders, they accepted the State
Directors appointed by the Governor.
Fielding Osborn, formerly a citizen of
Knox county, was killed by lilz brother-
in-law In Arkansas, a few days since, for
alleged scandalous conduct toward his sis-
tcr-ln-law.
The Knoxville Whig, of Tuesday, says
Mr. Tucker, County Court Clerk, of Blount
county, has been In that city several days,
signing the bonds to bo Issued bo Blount
county. Ii\ payment of subscription to tho
Knoxville and Charleston Railroad.
Rbvivalin Uomk.— 1 The Romo Courier
of yesterday, says the revival at tho Meth
odist Church at that place still progresses,
and the liveliest Interest prevails. Rev.
Jefferson Pearce, of Atlanta, has assisted
tho excellent pastor, Rev. Mr. Thigpen,
with untiring clforta and eminent success.
Some forty persons liavo Joined that
church alnce this meeting commenced, and
the altar Is still crowded with mourners.
Candidates von tub Convkntion.—It Is
reported In Democratic circles, that L. D.
Burwell and George S. Black, of Floyd
county, will he candidates for the State
Constitutional Convention.
Tho Newnan Camp rtlccllns—Olden
Time Nceuea--.iloral l’rogrenN of
tho Nogro,
The friends of true progress, who road
and admire your truly progressive Journal,
would doubtless ho Interested In reading
an account of what is doing In tho West
ern part of the State for the advancement
of tho Intellectual, moral and religious
well being of tho colored people. A num
ber of schools have been established,
churches have been built, and vast multi
tudes. numbering sometimes many thou
sands In tho congregations, havo been
preached to. The results, so far, have been
most salutary. Hundreds of children and
adults have been taught to rend, many of
them to write, and some of them the
ground rules of arithmetic. The beneficial
effects of their tralulng aro visible In the
Industrious, orderly and peaceable conduct
of the freedmen.
Throughout an area of five or six coun
ties, where the blnck people have enjoyed
these advantages, there has not been a sin
gle crime of any magnitude committed by;
a colored person. Now and then may be
seen Instances of the Indulgence of thoso
vices which were common to them while
they were slaves. But they are everywhere
gradually rising above the dominion of
these vices, and aro looking up to the
maintalnance of a good character. Notli-
lug lias contributed more effectively to
their moral education than tholr religious
meetings. The ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church have conducted a series
of camp meetings, at which there were
many thousands of colored people, and at
some of them a considerable number of
whites. The latter wore not mere Idle
spectators, but In many cases deeply inter
ested worshippers. They looked on with
"astonishment while they witnessed scenes
of religious excitement anil displays of
Divine power such as reminded them of
the old camp meeting sccnosof twenty and
thirty years ago.
The following wero the places whore these
meetings were held, nnd the estimated
numbers in attendance; WestPoint,2,000;
WhllcsvUle.2,000; FranklinAOO; LaGrange,
5,000; Grantville, 1,200. Thus, these men
brought within the range of thoso meet
ings not less than fifteen thousand people,
and there were about five hundred acces
sions to the church. A description of
these meetings will suffice to convey a
proper idea of the character of all of them,
and tho blessed Influence which they aro
likely to exert upon tho country at large.
Tho Newnan camp meeting commenced
on Wednesday evening, September 11th,
and closed the follow ing Sunday night at
UJi o’clock. There wero nine white
preachers, aad about twenty colored
preachers and cxbortcrs In attendance. On
Sunday the number of people were vari
ously estimated at from four to six thou
sand. A brush arbor, about one hundred
and fifty feet square, had been erected In
the suburbs of the city, near tho railroad;
on one side a stand, or elevated platform,
nearly twenty feet square, had boon built
for the accommodation of the preachers,
with an open area in front of about 20x40
feet for tho “ mourners,” usually colled the
“altar.” Tho crowd gradually Increased
until Saturday, when It became too large
to he sheltered by the ample arbor, and a
portion of the congregation went Into tho
church.
At first a few of the white people came
out at night and seated themselves on the
railroad, a little way off, or reclined In the
corners of tho fences, within hearing of
the preacher's voice. As the meeting ad
vanced, they timidly approached nearer
and nearer, until they gathered around the
outskirts of the assembly, some sitting In
their carriages, some sitting on the ground,
othere standing wherever they could ob
tain the best position to view the moral
spectacle. Thus they continued to ap
proach. until Sunday, wbeli they ventured
to accede to tho pressing Invitations of
their colored friends, and took seats whore-
over they could find them In the congrega
tion. Many of them, however, could get
no seats, and they pressed In on all sides
iqsin tho outer verge of the assemblage,
listening eagerly to the preselling, nnd se
riously contemplating the religious exer
cises of tho negroes. At one time they
numbered several hundred, and many of
them confessed that they had never wit
nessed the like before.
Sunday nt 11 o'clock, and Sunday night
presented scenes that had never before
been realized on tho soli of Georgia. Be
neath and around the rude brush arbor
wero assembled thousands of colored peo
ple, with many whites, listening In breath
less stillness to tho Wonl of Life. At the
close of each service, when an Invitation
was given to aceker* to approach tin altar,
hundreds rushed forward Into tho opon
area, and prostrated themselves for prayer.
The Christian people gathered around
them, singing, praying, and shouting.
their ferver warmed amid these
devout exercises, the shouting, singing,
nnd praying roso upon tho evening nlr
like the sound of mighty waters. Hern
night bo seen a group of a score or more
with clasped hands, np-llftcd eyes, stream
ing with tears, and swigging to and fro,
while with ccatatlo features, and In voices
of sweetest melody, they sung the songs of
redemption. There is a poor, blind man,
tho sweetest singer In this new-born‘host
of freqdmen, and around him arc clustered
hundreds who join him In the enchanting
chorus;; while, with hands and feet, and
the motions of their bodies, they keep time
to ttio heavenly strains. : Ho Is from La-
Grange—poor, Mind, almost helpless, biit
bo Is pious and has been the “singing pil
grim” of these camp meetings, ills name
Is Billy McFarland. His fame as a singer
has spread far and wide over this section of
country.There Isnnothcrlnterestlnggronp.
The whites have huddled together In alarge
crowd in rear of tho preacher’s stand, and
a zealous mulatto exhorter, Frank Joaopb,
from LnGrangc, seizes tho opportunity to
make an Impression upon them. IIo goes
Into their midst,sometimes kneeling,some
times standing, and assuring them of his
love for all, beseeches them to repent of
their sins, and Join the “old mother Metho
dist Chorcli.”
I have attended carnp meetings from my
earliest recollection In Georgia, have heard
many excellent sormons, and witnessed
many wonderftil displays of God's power
at them, but I have never, except at La-
Grange, seen a meeting that would com
pare with theono nt Newnan. It remind
ed one of the old fashioned days of Meth
odist camp meetings in the days of my
boyhood.
The preaching, ns to mutter nnd manner,
was excellent. It was spiritual, pointed,
powerful. It cut its way to the hearts of
all, and W»s attended by the demonstra
tion and power of tho Holy Ghost. Five
sermons, preached Friday night and Sat
urday noon, by Rev. Dr. Pretty man, of
Atlanta, ycre Incomparable for simplicity,
eloqucpce and unction. Somcoi Ids flights
and Illustrations I never heard surpassed,
llov. — Standing, an Englishman, lately
a Wesleyan Missionary In Australia,
preached two powerful sermons. Rev. C.
51. C'aldwoll made, also, a powerful effort
Sunday r. M. on tho Christian Armor. The
colored preachers and cxbortcrs nil- did
well.
5Ionday morning, from 8 to 9 o’clock, the
crowd gathered at the depot, and while
they were waiting for the train tho sound
of singing, shouting and rejoicing contin
ued the sumo as If it had been at the camp
meeting altar. Two box cars were filled
with the colored pcoplo going down tho
rood, and all the way to LaGrange they
continued to shout, sing, rejoice and pray.
At each stopping placo on tho way tho
people, astonished at so strange an occur
rence, gnthercd In crowds to look upon the
novel spectacle.
Sitting in the hindmost passenger car, I
had a good chance to observe the counte
nances anil hear the remarks of the pas
sengers. Some, as might be expected,
mocked and made witty remarks, others
looked serious, while every one was struck
with surprise and wonder to see scamp
meeting on a railroad train. One passen
ger said: “Well, well, this is the first port
able camp meeting that ever I saw.” The
polite and gentlemanly Superintendent of
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Col.
L. P. Grant, has a claim upon the gratitude
of the colored population for granting
them the privilege of going to and from
these camp meetings at half the regular
fare.
These meetings have exerted a most
wholesome influence wherever they have
been held. They have stopped tho mouths
of galnsaycrs. mid confounded those who
havo charged us with preaching politics at
our meetings. There liavo been eight or
ten camp and two days’ meeting held by us
since tho 1st of August, and the subject of
politics was not once named at any of
them.
God Is with this people, blessing them
temporally nnd religiously, and the mis
sionaries and teachers among them are
moulding n power that will bo felt for
good over all our beloved but unfortunate
territory. This Is the true conservatism.
J. H. Caldwell,
Tub Conflict of AuTnonrrr m Ten
nessee,—Drowniow vs. Andrew Johnson.—
A Washington letter, of the 25th, says
The Government has been Informed of
the impending trouble In Nashville. It
npjiean that the city authorities have de
veloped their purpose to bold the munici
pal election of that placo on Saturday next,
under the amended charter of 1858, and In
defiance of Browntow’s proclamation, that
the Tennessco franchise act overrides the
charter and gives the negroes the right to
vote. Judge Gant and four other Con
servative lawyers prepared an opinion,
which declares that tho election ought to
lie held under the provisions of the amend
ed charter of 1808; that the negroes have
no right to vote; that white male cltlacns
over twenty-one years are the only voters
under the chnrter; nnd tho Commissioner
ol' Registration has no right to appoint
Judges and Clerks of election under that
churtcr. Tho government la Invoked
to aid tho corporate authorities of Nash
ville to enforce their election uuder tho
charter. If necessary, by tho force of arms,
the proclamations of Gov. Brownlow, to
tho contrary, notwithstanding. On the
other hand. Gen. Coo|ior, of tho Tennes
see Statu Militia, declares he will enforce
the frauclilic law, and allow negroes to
vote on Saturday next, oven if It takes
the entire militia of the State, who aro
under arms, and he boasts that he can
soon take possession of tho city of Nnsh-
vlllo. It Is she only Conservative placo
left In Tennessee, and the Radicals are
determined to capture It. Bloodshed and
revolution were regarded as certain to be
Inaugurated on Saturday. Without un
dertaking to doetde any of tho points of
the controversy, It has been determined
by tho Government to preservo the peace
ut tho point of the bayonet. Gen. Grant
telegraphed to-night to General G. U.
Thomas for him to proceed at once to
Nashville and assume command. General
Grant says In the dispatch, If necessary,
cull for more troops,. but It Is to he hoped
that he can insure peace without resorting
to great force.
I’or
• nisi.
Ex-Gov. Clnlbornc Jackson, of SIlssIs-
IppL has married and Survived two sisters
r Ills first wife.
A Jaffidon harness maker has been fined
£500 for sending his foreman to personnto
him In tho jury box. Tim client wad not
discovered till several trials had been con
cluded.
The sale of Queen Victoria's Memoir of
Prince Albert Is very large In England.
Two editions, eleven thousand copies lu
all, were sold In a few days after Its appear
ance, though tho price of the London edi
tion Is *5 50 In gold.
HTTMton wants Rochester to send
Fra. Douglass to Congress.
Cotton—IU Prices Una Prospects,
The Round Table contains a highly In
teresting artldoon tho prices and pros-
peots of cotton. It is too long for repub
Mention In foil, hut some of tho most Im
portant points aro subjoined:
FRICKS.
Georgia cotton Is first quoted In Eng-
land In 1793, viz; Is, Id. to lz. lOd. for up
lands. with India cotton at lOd. to Is. 4d.
In 1799 Georgia cotton ranged In prtco In
Liverpool from Is. 6d. to 5s, and Indlacot-
ton from lid. to 2s. df In 1803 the quota
tions respectively wero 8d. to Is. 3d, and
9d. to Is. 2d. Between 1800 and 1814 the
lowest prices at which middling uplands
were sold In England was, In 1811, viz;
MJzd, with Murats at lOkfd. Tho blgliost
prices known at any period between the
year 1800 nnd tho breaking out of tho
Southern rebellion wns In 1814, when up
lands were sold in Liverpool at 23d. to 37a.;
sea Island 42d. to 72d, nnd Snrnts 18d. to
25d. Between 1814 and 1834 the lowestcot-
tim year was 1829, when uplands were
quoted nt 4J£d. to 7d, sea Island from (kl
to 21d., anil Murats from 2%d. to 5)jjd,
These very low prices were no doubt caused
by tho heavy Imports of 1827 and 1828,452,-
210 bales bulng in stock at Liverpool ut the
close of the former year, and 405,880 halos
at the end of tho latter.
punixo AND AFTER THE WAB.
But to leave tlicso figures for tho pres
ent, let us see whnt was tho course of prices
III this country for cotton during tho late
war. The fluctuations In tho artlclo from
April, 1801, to July, 1801, at New York,
wero only 3conts per pound,viz: from IShc
to 16Jic. In Soptcmbcr of that year mid
dling uplands lmd rDsn to 22c, and in No
vember to 22)4c.; In December early, to
28jijC, and on December 25, 1801, to 37c.
per pound. Theso wero all gold values, ns
peclc payments wore not suspended until
unitary. 1802. The year 1801 closed, how-
vor, in Now York with only about 15,000
bales on hand. Tho article increased In val
ue very rapidly afterword,but did not reach
Its maximum price In currency until the
23d to 25th of August, 1804, when middling
uplands were sold In Now York at §1.90
per pound. Tho statistics of 1804 aro cu
riously interesting, and at the risk of tir
ing our readers wo present them. The
following table shows the per ccntago of
premium on gold, and tho actual prices of
cotton In this city nt various times In that
year:
June 13, 1861, gold 95 premium, mld-
llng upland cotton §1.25 currency.
Juno 18,1804, gold 90 premium, middling
upland cotton *1.60 currency.
June 23,1804, gold 115 premium, middling
upland cotton Si.47 currency.
Juno 29,1804. gold 144 premium,middling
upland cotton *1.47 currency.
. July 11,1804, gold 185 premium, middling
upland cotton *1.68 currency.
July 21,1804, gold 158 premium, middling
upland cotton *1.03 currency.
July 28,1804, gold ISO premium, middling
upland cotton *1.02 currency.
August 3, 1804. gold 158 premium, mid-
dltng upland cotton *1.68 currency.
August 18. 1805, gold 158 premium, mid
dling upland cotton §1.78 currency.
August 23,1804, gold 158 premium, mid
dling upland cotton §1.90 currency.
August 23,1864, gold 134 premium, mid'
dllng upland cotton §1.80 currency.
September 8, 1804, gold 130 premium,
Iddllng upland cotton $1.86 currency.
December 30, 1804, gold 127 premium,
middling upland cotton $1.80 currency.
From this It appears that between the
13th and 18th of June, 1801, with no ad-
vnuco In gold, cotton roso 25c per pound,
and on tho 11th of July of that year, on
which day gold reached Its maximum of
uo less than 185 per cent, premium, cotton
sold at 22 cents per pound less than It did
on August 23d, 1804, when gold was 27 per
cent, lower. On July 1,1805, the gold pre
mium stood at 40 per cent, nnd cotton at
44 cents per pound; nnd nt tho end of 1805
gold stood at 46 per cent, premium and
cotton at 40c.
Now, while wo write, the gold premium
is about 45 per cent., anil middling
uplauds are selling at 25 cents per
pound, currency, or about 17,‘•i cents, gold;
about the same prico ns was paid In
August, 1801. Ofcourscthooxtraonlinary
flucutlons which we hare named built up
and destroyed many a fortune, Gains and
losses In cotton were enormous, tho latter
In many well known Instances amounting
to no loss a sum than $700 or more per bale.
5Iany casta are known of almost ridiculous
hardship. In soiuo of thorn equivalent to a
total loss of the cotton on tlio part of tho
planter, by reason of charges only, whore
advances had boenjmade him, other than
freight and government dues. At this ino.
ment wo are credibly Informed that an In
voice of about two hundred and fifty bales
of cotton Is offered for sale, In this city,
which will result In a loss to the parties
Interested of more than $100,000.
TUB STAPLES.
Tho best cotton produced In the world la
undoubtedly the growth of our Sea Islands,
that Is. tho Ishinds which fringe our
Southern coast from South Carolina to
Florida. The quantity of this, however, Is
seized by the custom bouso authorities
upon the pica that they were not tho pro
duct of this country. It was not until
1791, that any conslderablo quantity,name
ly; 189,310 lbs., was exported from the
United States. Tho following tablo shows
jhetetal exports atdlfferent periods there-
use
mi.
Tho following are the exports to Great
Britain alone slhco 1850, tho total quantl-
being computed at an aver
age of 460 lbs. to the bus:
}*>•• ggjMS'in lbs.
JMoa.2! ite'imi .no.ow.tsi n*.
T.VTS Ibi.
. me,ooo.ooo iu.
To August IS, lam.
ss,too,ooo lbs.
IMS.. .**J»im lbs
UW taSooSooib.:
, .IT),000,001
Theso fllgurcs show that in but Uttlo
!"°[ e Ownflxty years our export of cotton
i'KJfiKSd *0® about 0,000.000 pounds to
truly.
1,100,000,000—a wonderfol
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
From tho New YoriTPros ’Association.
Mobile, Sept. 27.—Nino cases of yeUow
fever wore reported for tho twenty-four
hours ending at 6 o’clock yesterday eve
ning, and five the day before.
Tliroo negroes who committed an out
rage at Dog River, somotlmo since, wero
hung to-day. An immeuso crowd was
present. No disturbance.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Tho case of
Frazer, Trcnholm & Co, has bcon settled.
Terms unknown.
Gen. Crawford’s command has loft Lou-
tsvlllo for Nashville.
A special to tho New York Herald says
the Leagues In Virginia aro being aban-
uoneu.
Tho custom receipts for tho week end-
4 i . — States Ob
servatory, is dead.
Tho Consul at Palermo, reports the con
tinuance of tho choler,a, but in a mildor
form.
Tho Cabinet session Lasted two hours to
day. All the members were present.
Secretary McCullough has issued a cir-
cular forbidding subordinates communi
cating Treasury news to correspondents.
Nasiivillk, Sept. 27.—Gen. Thomas holds
conference with the authorities to-day.
It is stated that Gen. Cooper, in secret
meeting, said thcro wero tnreo ways to
meet the emergency—by bullets, bayonets,
matches.
1’HU.ADELPitiA, Sept. 27.—Tho political
excitement is increasing.
Gens. Hancock, Sheridan, and Sickles aro
Inthocity. The City Council extend hos
pitalities to all of them.
Dr. 51. N. Gordin, was arrested here to
day. with an amount of counterfeiting
aparatus.
Richmond, Sept. 27.—Judgo Farker. of
the Circuit Court of this State, has render
ed a decision that old hanks tnnking nu
assignment under the actof Fcbruaiy,1800.
cannot give preforenco to nny class of
creditors; thatnoto holders liavo prefer
ence over depositors; mid that deposits In
Confederate money nro to ho treated as
debts of tho hanks to the extent of its valuo
ut tho time of deposit.
A conslderablo majority of tho journals
of tho State oppose the calling of a Con
vention.
New York, Sent. 27.-Tlio Evening Ex-
ross says tho feeling In tho cotton market
i gloomy. Private telegrams from Liver
pool report a further decline—some quota
tions as low as SUaSjtf. Fears are enter
tained of more failures.
No cable news to-day.
New Orleans, Sopt. 27.—The Republican
has frill election returns from tho first, sec
ond and third municipal districts of tho
city. Tho first district voted 2,340; tho
second, 2,253; and tho tlilnl, 2,297; total,
7,090. Nearly all tho votes cast were for
Convention. Tho number of registered
voters In theso three districts Is 24,235. Tho
Republican expresses apprehensions that,
unless tho vote is heavier to-morrow, tho
proposition for a Convention will fiill, as
tho law requires a majority of thoso regis
tered to vote, or tho election foils.
Interments from yellow fever to-day up
to 0 o'clock, 77.
riuriun. inc quantity Ol tins, iiunuu'r, 1*
not important, nud, indeed, this year bids
folr to he very much less than usual. But,
apart from flic quantity, the best qualities
of Egyptian rauk nearly ns high lu Liver
pool ns Boa bland, and the cotton of Brail!
Is nearly all of longsti ' ‘ ‘ '
next to Egyptian. Tho _
80cintlon of 5Ianchcster have Just Held their
annual meeting, and tlielr report states
American seed has lately been more ex
tensively used In Turkey. India, the Bra
zils and elsewhere, and that tha result has
been the growth of a better quality, and
that cotton from Smyrna and othor dis
tricts has realized in Liverpool noarly uz
high a price os tho produco of tho United
States.
Tho quantities of the four principal
classes of long cottons which wero Im
ported Into England In 1800 aro as follows!
Out of a total Import of 3,749,538 bales
thcro wero 1,162,745 hales American, 407,-
050bales Brazilian; 200,221 bales Kg
tlan, and L807,15O bales India. Our
Island seed was planted In Egypt In 1827
anil yields finely. It U a singular fact
Decision in a School WmrriNa Case.
The case of B. U. Anthony vs. L. M.
Chase, was tried a few daya since, 111 Nor
folk county, 5Iass:
Tho case Is tho one known os tlio “Rox-
bury school whipping ease,” and was ap
pealed from a lower court. Tho defend
ant, a school master In Roxbury, whipped
the plaintiff for an offense committed out-
sldo of tho school, and while It was not In
session. The lad threw stones, to the dan
ger of pedestrians, and the master being
Informed, whipped him, Tho boy’s fother
being one of lloxbury’s city fothers, could
not brook such an Insult, and carried It bo-
fora tho courts.
Tho Judge garo his construction of tho
law bearing on tho case as follows: Tho
relation between the teacher and tho
scholar Is a peculiar one. It partakes while
tho pupil Is in school of a parental charac
ter, anil Is, If he chooses It, absolute and
without ajipcal from any qunrtcr when ex
ercised within Its proper limits. Such also
is tho power of the parent. Ills authority
Is absolute at home, on tho same conaitlons.
if he chooses to oxcrclsc It. A good parent .
desires to co-operate with tho teacher, anil
Is tliankftil for any proper correction of
his tlilld. A good teacher desires to aid
parents In training up his pupils In habits
of good order and obedience to authority.
Botwccn the school and homo tho jurisdic
tion of tho teacher and the parent la con
current. If tho teacher sec* or knows a
boy to violate the laws. If ho finds him ac
quiring habits of a dangerous character. If
he secs him becoming vicious, and his ex-
amp) i Injurious to othen, or calculated to
effect Ids own standing nt school or nt
home, It Is Ids duty to Interfere, to restrain
and reform. For this purposa It Is his
right to punish, to n reasonable extent. If
no other method will avalL But tho
teacher must hold himself responsible to
the law In Ills punishment nnd be carcfltl
not to transcend In severity Its humane
that notwithstanding cotton Gad been amt proper limits,
known In Egypt since tho days of Neither counsel desiring to h<' heard
Pliny, its cultivation had been nbaudond- ~
cd, and It was not until 1831 that any
energetic attempt was mado to revive It.
In that 5’oar but 00 bags wero made; In the
next year about 60,000; and In 1821, no lesa
than 140.000 bale*. Wc liavo not at hand
tho statistics of Its recent growth, hut are
persuaded that largo quantities would bo
exported thence were labor more abund
ant. Egypt nml Turkey togetherexported
[land nearly 414,000 bales In 1805.
to Engli
Egyptian cotton was first imported Into
England In 1823, although the cottons of
Brazil were known there OS early as 1781.
To theso facts, at may bo added that the
Import of cotton Into England, from all
countries, was. In 1701. 1,983.808 pounds;
In 1751. 2,970,010 (minds; and In 1800,
50,010,732. ffo.
The flratexportof cotton from tlio Uni
ted States to Great Britain occurred In 1781.
Ill which year an American vessel arrived
at Liverpool with eight' boles, which wero
further, the Jury rendered a verdict In
vor of Sir. Chase of “not guilty," w IthOlIt
leaving their scats.—Boston Voice.
IIowto 8ave Kerosine On..—Wo find
tho following In one of the l’cnnsylvania
exchanges. It will bo easy for any one to
try It:
A short time ngo wc published an article
from an cxcliaugo to the effect that sail
In a kerosine lamp was a great saving of
oil. We have since fully tested it, and It Is
renter saving than wus stated In tho nr-
Ic reforred to. Fill the lamp half fall of
oniraon salt, then fill up with oil. It
burns with a clearer flam'd, and It Is a sav
ing of more than twenty-five per cent. In
oil.
SIoxey in Savannar.—One of the Sa
vannah papers of this week says money
has never been known so scarce In that
city.