Newspaper Page Text
THE DAi 'jY QTvflON.
THURSDAY ZJLA TIOX.
~ ~jC»i . rr^ rr^
_ _ ee Official Advertiser.
OFFICIAL PAFXB FOB THE COUNTIES OF
Baldwin,
Fayette,
Jaeper,
Bartow,
Forsyth,
Monroe,
Bibb,
Fulton,
Murray,
Gordon,
Newton,
Ganwil,
Greene,
Paulding,
Chattooga,
Gwinnett,
Polk,
Cebfc.
Heard,
Sam ter,
Dade,
DeKalb,
Henry,
Nfoon.
ATLANTA, Q-.Au-:
FRIDAY MORNING::: NOVEMBER 15
Mail Failuuk.—The Montgomery mail
failni to come through last night—the
train* having failed to connect at 1' est
l’oint.
Madame Itumor is busy locating
:he time when, and place where, the State
« onvenlion will assemble. It requires no
wisdom to announce that as soon as both
points are determined, the Delegates will
be officially advised.
The Uevifia Convention*
Tke fact that many able statesmen and
inri't have been elected to the Convention,
in this State, is being utterly ignored by
the di-union press. Their purpose is evi
dent : First—to mislead their home read-
ir -. and prematurely prejudice them
again-t anything that may cminate from
the Convention. Second—to mislead the
rteople of the North as to the real intellec
tual strength of the body just elected by a
large majority of the people of Georgia.
A -omewhat intimate acquaintance with
a number of the {grntlemcn elected, war
rant- us in contradicting the slang refer
ence now being published. We conceive
that it was not necessary to elect old party
hacks to ensure a good organic document.
We imagine, also, it is better as it. Politi
cal charlatans made the holding of the
contemplated Convention necessary. They
brought our troubles upon us. The people
have decided not to trust them for relief.
In this they acted wisely. The interest of
the State and her people are in good Lands.
Of this we feel assured. And it matters
not what the home grumblers may have to
-ay. They can only harm themselves.
Reconstruction will advance, step by step,
despite opposition, until it is an accom-
plishetTfact. Mark the prediction.
general Meade axd the Presidency.
The Gettysburg (Penn.) Star and Sentinel
-ays: Previous to the late election in
Pennsylvania, the Democracy in that State
»pproached General Meade to obtain his
views respecting the Presidency. It says
that the politicians presented the case very
plausibly, and urged the Genral to become
their candidate. He replied substantially
that there was three difficulties in the way:
1st- He preferred his present position—
a Major General in the regular army.
2d. He had no taste for the duties of the
Presidency.
3d. He called himself a Republican, and
•ntended voting the Republican ticket at
ihe October election.
ir It is stated that it is not intended by
the recent cotton regulation to require
permit* and bills of landing for the
removal of cotton from point to point
within the district where the same is pro-
duced. as in the ease of removal front such
iistrict. It is also decided that a Collector
The Next Campaign.
Those of our readers who do not read the
disunion press of the State, can form but a
very imperfect idea of the bitterness
which characterize the daily appeals for
organization to defeat the Union men of
the State.
It is not enough that officials are abused
without stint, and by the use of language
familiar only in the vicinity of the Fish
Market. It does not suffice to indulge in
the use of such slang respecting the advo
cates of Reconstruction as w ould not be
deemed respectable at the Five Points.—
The members elect are asb&Herf generally,
and their future action prejudged.
The madness that dictates the policy of
these disappointed factionlsts must be met
by cool, calm, wise and energetic action on
the part of the friends of the Union and
Reconstruction. To lay down their arms
now, would involve the loss of all that has
been won—nay, more, it would continue
for years all the political and financial dif
ficulties under which our State and people
are now laboring. Enough has been gain
ed to ensure final success in the great
work, if there should be no dallying
among our friends. Meetings should be
held and addresses delivered, and docu
ments circulated, as heretofore. All hon
orable appliances to influence voters
should be used. This done and nothing
will he necessary bebond energetic efforts
to get the voters to the polls.
The test vote is yet to come. Let the
working Republicans remember this and
govern themselves accordingly.
miscellaneous.
The Nashville Gazette says: ‘“Men con
versant with matters agricultural assure
us that from ten to fifteen fold the usual
amount of wheat will be sown this fall.
Our planters have become heartily sick of
cotton. Thousands on thousands of acres
devoted*last year to the delusive staple
will be sown m wheat. The call for seed- cratic that furnishes telegrams to
wheat is most extraordinary. From two | fche preg3 Everything that can be thought
The Hew York Tribune and Gen.
Grant.
From the National Republican.]
An extract from the New York Tribune,
apparently putting that influential paper
in a position antagonistic to Gen. Grant,
was thought of sufficient importance to be
telegraphed all over the country a few days
since. Such is the custom of the Demo-
Ferional.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger states that Mrs. Sena
tor Sprague (Judge Chase’s daughter) ar
rived at New York from Europe on Fri
day.
Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Mrs.
Cady Stauton, together with “other promi
nent ladies of Kansas,” have projected an
extensive campaign in the Northern and
Eastern States, and have arranged for
meetings next month in the principal cities
of New York, Massachusetts, and Penn
sylvania to ngitate the question of female
suffrage.
Seth W. Payne left New York city on
Monday, purposing to walk to San Fran
cisco in one hundred and fifty consecutive
days, on a wager.
Robert A. Johnson, of Louisville, has
filed a petition for adjudication in bank
ruptcy against himselt. He reports debts
and liabilities of over $600,000.
The Cincinnati Gazette thinks that Val-
landigham has the best showing for an
election to the Senate. He is stumping the
State and rousing the mud-sills.
A Washington special of the 7th to the
Philadelphia Inquirer says that on that day
“ B. H. Hill, of Georgia, and John Minor
Botts had a long interview with General
Grant.”
In noticing this the Columbus Enquirer
says: “We are satisfied that Mr. Hill was
in Georgia at that date. Perhaps it was
Hon. Joshua Hill who had the interview.
The New York Sun says that William
B. Astor. Alexander T. Stewart and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt are the three wealthiest
men in the United States. Mr. Astor is
reputed to be worth about fifty millions
dollars, Mr. Stewart about the same, and
Commodore Vanderbilt about forty
millions.
Young Iturbide, who was at one time the
recognized heir of the ill-fated Maximilian,
is in Washington.
A selection from the diaries of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert will shortly be
S ublished under the direction of her
lajesty.
Charlotte Cushman, the actress, is said
to be worth $300,000. which brings her in
an income of about $25,000.
John M. Hendrix, of Knoxville, a prom-
to three thousand bushels could be sold
here daily, if obtainable. Tiie mills have
ceased making flour, because it is more
profitable to sell the wheat for planting.”
The report of the committee of the Cin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce, to which
has been referred the subject of strongly
recommending Congress to take the tax off
cotton and sugar produced in this country,
was on Saturday adopted, at a full meeting
of the Chamber, by a unanimous vote.
Over nine hundred members were in at
tendance.
The Nashu.i, New Hampshire, Iron Com
pany have lately commenced, with good
success, the manufacture of steel tires for
locomotives, hitherto done only in Eng
land.
It is said that the annual reports of the
several Departments are in a state of for
wardness that insures their completion in
time for the delivery of the President's
message at the beginning of the regular
session of Congress in December.
The New York Herald claims that its
daily receipts average $6,000, or over $2,-
000,000 per annum.
Two thousand recruits, ready at New
York for the Fifth Military District, are to
be forwarded this week.
The new steam frigate Wampanoag. the
largest American vessel afloat, made her
trial trip from New York on Monday.
The immense coal heaps on the Cuaard
docks at Jersey City have been on tire for
several days from spontaneous combustion.
The Bremen ship Carl arrived at New
Orleans. Sunday, brin^in" another load of
German emigrants. The Texas papers an
nounce that large numbers of German em
igrants are arriving in that State.
Boston is suffering from a lack of dwell
ing houses, and a Boston paper says that so
great is the demand that when a wheelbar
row of bricks passes along tbe streets the
progress of the vehicle is checked until a
curious crowd has elicited front tbe pro
prietor thereof where tbe house is to be
built and its probable rent.
The new tariff of the Atlantic Cable has
the following modifications, which goes into
effect on the 1st of December: The toils
between New York and Great Britain or
Ireland, for a message of ten words not ex
ceeding fifty letters. *25 Each word after
the first ten words, $2.50. Tbe address, date
and signature to each, of five words, is free
for messages written in plain words.
The Germans of St. Louis have succeed
ed in obtaining the repeal of tbe Sunday
liquor law in the city.
No New Yorker should boast of his tem
perance after midnight and before sun
rise.
The editor of the Louisville Democrat is
advertising for a “fair” compositor.
Tbe best way to get along with people
who are too much set up—Up set them.
A private letter from the interior of
South Carolina -ays that the most abun
dant corn crop is now harvesting which
has been known for many years. It. is
selling at fifty cents a bushel, but there is
little sale for it, as but few have money to
purchase.
The new California State House is to be
a tine one. It covers, with its angles, near
ly 60,000 feet, and from its present line will
be 226 feet to the top of the dome, the cir
cumference of which at the roof will be
207 feet.
In papers from many parts of the Gulf
States we find the opinion expressed Jhat
cotton planting will be abandoned to a
great extent next year.
The boards of health in Memphis, Vicks
burg and New Orleans, continue to report
cases of yellow fever, notwithstanding that
heavy frosts have occurred in those places.
should not exact a fee of the taxpayer for | incut citizen, committed suicide two or
marking his cotton. j three days ago by drowning himself in
Holston river. Cause—failure in business
Freedom ok the Press.—Judging from j and despondency.
damaging to the Republican party runs
through with a looseness, while, whatever
is at all favorable to that party, is garbled
and perverted, as was the Tribune s article
on Grant.
The amount of the article is that the
Tribune prefers Chief Justice Chase to
Gen. Grant; and the ground of the prefer
ence is that Chase is fully committed to the
principles of the Republican party, while
the opinions of Grant are somewhat doubt
ful. But, in the whole article, there is not
one word of disparagement of Gen. Grant,
unless the first three lines of the following
paragraph may be so considered. These
three lines were all that the concern which
supplies us telegraphic news thought prop
er to send:
Gen. Grant ire esteem by no means a great
man. nor even a very great General, yet he
lias, in every position he has filled, evinced
a modest good sense, a practical, unosten
tatious sagacity, which have justly won for
him a large measure of public confidence.
He is not by training a statesman ; yet his
negotiations with Gen. Lee. and the terms
of capitulation conceded by him at Appo
mattox. evince a wisdom and breadth of
view which few among our statesmen
could have equalled, and none of them has
surpassed. We do profoundly honor and
esteem him that be lias never uttered one
syllabi*- that savored of exultation over the
defeated rebels, or called down vengeance
on their heads. Tbe blood-and-thunder
policy of execution and confiscation, which
we intensely loathe, has had no more effec
tive opponent than thi3 taciturn, reticent
first soldier of tne Union.
Let it be for ever understood, then, that
our preference of Gov. Chase is based on
no dislike to Gen. Grant, nor even on a
low estimate of his abilities. We presume
he has no judicious friend who would pro
nounce him equal in capacity or experi
ence. as a civilian, to the Chief .Justice; we
trust no friend oftbe latter will tail to ren
der the General a hearty support should
lie be made tbe standard bearer of Repub-
lican principles in the great struggle now
opening. \Ve. at all events, shall not hesi
tate. in that case, to do our utmost for bis
election.
Tbe Tribune’s article concludes in this
wise:
If our principles do not sustain us, we
must go down. And. if we shall attempt
evasion or concealment, we shall deserve
to go down. Any candidate who repre
sents our principles and glories in avow
ing them, we shall most heartily support,
whether he be Chase, or Grant, or Coltax.
or any other. If it were possible that the
Republicans should discard their plain
obligations, and stand on an unprincipled
race for victory, we should feel little inter
est in their success. But this they will
never do.
From the New York Herald ]
Den of Thrieee In a Church.
Odd Fellowship.—The report of the
Grand Secretary of the Order in the Uni
ted States has just been issued. He reports
tbe membership at the present time to be
217.886, there having been an accession tbe
past year of 33.764 members. Tbe receipts
for the past year have been $1,965,714 01. of
which $1,760,123 56 were from laxlies un
der the jurisdiction of tbe Grand Lodge,
and $.05,594 45 from bodies under the juris
diction of tbe Grand Emcainpment. Tbe
total relief dispensed in tbe same time was
$690,675 97. of which $625,820 26 were by
the bodies under the jurisdiction of tbe
Grand I .edge, $508,064 98 being for sick
and disabled members. $101,137 87 for bu
rying tbe dead, and $16,618 08 for educat
ing tbe orphans of deceased members. The
relief dispensed by the bodies under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment,
was $61,855 12.
XK If AD V EHT1SEMKX
A Singular Discovery—The Loft of a Church dupot a id „
a Hiding Place for Robbers-^*15.000 Haul "a t ?aot‘* g!' SovemK?u '
of Stolen Property. SEALED PROPOSALS will be recrir
, , -.r , < , ... office until 1* o’clock u. WEDVFsn*?
In the village of Little Neck is a neat lit- ber nth, 1867, at which time they wm L Vor * m ,
tie religious edifice, an Episcopal Church, for supplying- i oe optnai.
and in the garret of it nestled a gang of
burglars and thieves, aliout five in number,
and who, it is conceded, have been the ones
that committed the depredations in their
community of late. In this garret the pro
ceeds of many a night's laDor has been
concealed. Here the gang actually lived,
did their cooking and the like, without the
slightest interruption from anybody. In
this attic were found articles of every de
nomination-solid silver ware, plated tea
sets, coffee urns, tea pots, silver pitchers,
carpets, guns, pistols, swords, pots, hard
ware. and even groceries. It will be re
membered that a short time since the pub
lic schools were broken into throughout
ihe whole county, and books inkstanas,etc«
were carried off; these same things have
been found; the churcht-s were robbed of
their carpets and cushions, and these, too,
have been f< and, together w ith the carpets
and cushions stolen from the church in
which they chose to make their headquar
ters. They have lived here a long time,
and have many a Sunday sat looking down
upon the congregation as the Rev. Mr.
Beare was explaining the Bil le an 1 while
he was composing his sermons during the
week. It is still more remarkable how they
succeeded in entering the church so often
during wet and stormy nights without leav
ing some tracks which would indicate their
situation, A young man named Alfred
Townsend has *be£n arrested upoR suspi
cion of being accessory to the robberies,
and the detectives are now upon the track
of others who are leading parties in the
affair. Tbe church was presented, a short
time ago, with a new organ, the one w’hieh
they then used being out of order, and it
was abandoned, and- the new instrument
erected. When but a few weeks in church
the back was taken out and the pipe and
bellows carried up stairs, which they used
for the purpose of nicking the stolen sil
ver. Thi9 act was charged against New
York thieves, as was all the others. In the
same place were found sto\es and every
necessary article for their use. The amount
of goods discovered will amount up to
$15,000, and from present indications, there
are chances of ferreting out similar dens
of depredators. The prisoners were com
mitted to jail, to be brought forward when
the remainder ot tiie band were arrested.
Knight is willing to turn State's evidence,
under tiie thought that it will free him from
punishment for either erime; and Town
send is said not to have been connected
with them for months past, but is willing
to testify against the parties in hopes of
sretting tree himself. Here tiie ease rests
for the present. It lias created more ex
citement on Long island than any prevoius
occurrence, including the recent murders.
Tbe people caine to Flushing from every
town in the county, to get a view of the
luo w ine Fratllin ^ Timber, green
I68,lb0 ^hueetmg, straight edge* inch,
feet Pine k erb ? r, I ing - * x H*7xl6;
i rqtii 7»- ne %, ardH . < lor finishing; dry ;
152,333 feet I mo Flooring,' 1^x7, tonguil
Jpd grooved, dry. dressed on one
9 500 linear feet Crown Molding O G «
inches wide;
8,390 linear feet Crown' Molding, O. G
inches wide;
680.000 Sawed Shingles, not less than t
, ^ inches wide. 18 inches long:
4,000 pounds 3d. Fine Cut Nails;
462)00 pounds Cut Nails, 4d. to 30d;
467,600 Laths, ^xl^j inchesx4 feet;
5.497 bushels unslacked Lime:
23,976 “ clear, sharp ;SanJ:
450 “ Hair;
892.000 Brick—% hard, }^ merchantable.
All to be delivered at the “Swift Race Track ”
Atlanta, Ua., where the material wol be ia
speeted.
Bids will be made for each article separate’,*.
Delivery of one-fourth the amount of fr.iii- ■
Timber, llrick, Sand and Lime will be required to
commence within ten (10) days a ter contract
is awarded, and all articles mentioned here a
must be delivered by the 31st day ol lieremSyr
proximo.
Proposals will be in tbipucatk, and endow l
by sureties, as usual.
The Government reserves the right to reject aa t
or all bids, <<u select seen pakts of Bins as u»r
BE FOB THE BEST 1MTEBE8T OP TUE sEaVICE
Proposals should be addressed tu uie under
signed and and endorsed on the at velope: ' Pro-
2>Osals for the delivery of Lumber, green or dry,
>..il» or Brick/’ as the case may be
B\ order of iirev. Brig. t.en. li Saxton. t_mci
<4 M. fl. J. FABNsWoRiil,
1st Lieut. 34th infantry , A. A VI M ,
novlA—d6t in charge of Depot
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALK.
BY virtue ol an order tro.u the < ourt or Ord -a
ary of Fayette county. Georgia, will be void be
fore the Court House door, in Payett. *iUe. in
said county, on the first Tuesday in January, IMS*,
between the legal hours of sale, the land belonging
to tbe estate oi Allison t*pi«-r, deceased, late of
Fayette county, being known as the plantation of
s..id deceased," being lot.- Non 34 34 35 4t.
parts of lots Nos 3ti. 37. 43 ami 5S all in toe 9ta
district of Fayette county, the part* ol lota beiag
101 >4 acres of lot No. 36, lu! svue of lot No 56,
50 acres oflot No 37, aim Its* acres of lot No. 4i.
making in the aggregate 1.347 acres, more or le~»
8old in parts or panels o suit purchasers —
bold for thebrHclitol llie heirs aud creditors ■>C
said deceased. Terms cash. November 1-. Iref?
ALLISON sl’IKtt, Atiamiiatraior.
novl.V-wi,ls Pi inter *» c«-tlu
EXECTIOKN sale.
WILT, tie sold Inj ore Ole .ourt Moose door, t*
the town of Fa; ettc\ide K.c. etre county , i, on
the first Tuesday in -I .unary ISfib. between the
legal hour- of sale, eu.,1 ban ol lot ol laud No 1 *■*
on the read . rom Fayette vide to Palmetto lot V
25. on said road two n. lie w > »t of Beune-ti's Mil'»,
iot No Ht and lot No 107 all in the 7th ti-tn t
ot Fayette coonti. good l/aine House on the plac'r
and outbuildings, containing in the aggreatc
7“Sii acres, more or les- Sold as the p*aT estate
belonging ’o “In- • state of John I>'V mghn. 4*“
. , i S. Li for the ' raelit ol the heir* and
articles and tiie ingenious men who have i creditor, of said estate, irmis cash Sovem
been so expert at their business. In the | ber 12th, IS67.
loft were foiaid various letters which had
been commenced, but. not suiting tiie com
poser. were thrown around carelessly. One
or two of them are evidently in the hand
writing of a female.
tiovlS— w tds
M Ii. D'VAT'.illN Exc. utor
Prlncr’s fee fl 1 )
the bitterness with which the officials in
•his State arc assailed by the Disunion
prv««. and the equanimity with which all
assaults are passed by, we long since con-
luded that the officials aforesaid were the
nihlest mannered set of men ever clothed
with power. And herein they exhibited
oiuiucndable wisdom. It could do no
good to the cause of Reconstruction, were
«.en. Pojie. or his subordinates to notice
the hundreds of personal assaults that
have been made. They have a work to
perform, which is being done quietly and
without ostentation. The “vipers are
gnawing a file.'*
Thk Post Officb Department.—The
National Intelligencer says: The report
of the Postmaster General will be finished,
it is stated, this week. We understand it
w ill show a deficiency in revenue for the
current year, which is thus accounted for
at the Department:
While the postal revenues for the year
actually show an increase of $1,000,000.
the opening up of the mail service in the
Southern States, the increase of salaries
of postmasters to the extent of half a
million of dollars, the additional subsidies
of the ocean mail service, and other
increas'd expenditures, have resulted in
creating a deficiency, which, it will be
remcin!*ercd, was always the state of the
ca-e prior to the war, and which was the
result of the large and unremunerative
mail service in the Southern States.
A Matrimonial Item.—The New Or
leans Bulletin, of the 25th instant, contains
The following:
A foreign gentleman, of some literary
pretentions, who has fought at least one
duel on account of his partiality for the
fair Sex. is said to have been captured, and
will 1h* led to the altar by a dashing widow
of -even husbands, not yet fort) • Hus-
ivand No. Idled in a foreign land; No. 2
breathed hk last in 1819. here in the Crcs-
<vn t City; No. 3 lived till 1S52; No. 4 died
the vear following; No. 5 lived till 1857;
;iie vear following the death of his succes-
-*»r-No. C was mourned by the bereaved
.v idow: No. 7 lived almost to the close of
tlto war, dying in 1864. since which time
the widow has been lonely, though enjoy-
; nir a fair share of worldly goods. No. 8.
that IS TO bn. ha* our bok wishes for
health, happiness, and “may his shadow
never grow less." ___
Cf The average Republican majority in
Iowa is twenty-nine thousand four hun
dred and twenty-three*
Ex-Governor Wells, of Louisiana, has
determined to test the legality of his
ejection from office by sueing for his full
salary.
A family council has been formed to
watch over the interests of the Empress
Charlorte; the Prince De Ligne and Count
De Tlieux have been called upon to take
part in it, conjointly with M. Teseh.
Mr. Burns. Comptroller of State, was
in Augusta on the 13tli.
Alabama Finances.—A report to the
Alabama State Convention, based upon
statistics furnished by Gov. Patton, fixes
the debt of that State as follows.
Amount of Bonds bear
ing five per cent, inter
est payable in London
in 1806, and renewed 20
years - - - -
Back interest on same,
funded with 5percent.
Bonds - - -
Amount of Bonds boar-
* ing six per cent, inter
est payable in London
in 1870 - - -
Back ieterest on same
funded with6 percent.
Bonds -
$643,000
61,000
688,000
82,560
Amount of Bonds bear
ing five percent, inter
est payable in New
York
Back interest on
funded with 5 percent
Bonds, payable in 1866,
$1,482,560
-$2,109,000
same
473,850
$2,582,850
Amount of Bonded debt
Amount of eight per
cent. Bonds sold since
1865, issued by act of
Legislature, approved
December 15.1865 - $55,500
$4,065,410
Destructive Conflagration, in Sa
vannah.—The Republican, of Wednes
day. says a little after twelve o’clock, a fire
broke, out in the picker room of the factory
of tiie Savannah Cotton Company, on
Berrien street, Bobertsville. The fire orig
inated in a heap of cotton lying in a cor
ner of tiie room above designated, and is
supposed to have been caused by gravel in
the cotton. Tiie foreman of the establish
ment, immediately upon discovering tiie
fire,-ordered all hands to work to try and
extinguish it. and every effort was made
to cheek the flames. It was thought at
first that the fire would be put out, but the
limited supply of water was soon ex
hausted, and the flames spread with fearful
rapidity over the whole building, which,
being of wood, and all of inflammable
material, was totally destroyed in an in
conceivably short space of time.
A strong wind was prevailing at the
time, and the sparks were scattered far and
wide. Ere the fire companies could get to
work, a number of dwelling houses, on
Wilson street, had caught nre. and the
flames were making fearful headway. It
burned for about an hour, and in that
space of time had destroyed eight dwelling
houses. All the buildings on Wilson
street, except some three or four, were con
sumed.
The most serious loss to the city was the
cotton factory, which was doing an excel
lent business. The loss of the company is
about $15,000 on building and machinery,
on which there is an insurance of $10,000,
which is divided between four different
compaines. The building was a large
wooden one, and full of the necessary ma-
chineiy for the manufacture of cotton bat
ting, in which the company were doing a
heavy business. As an average, eighteen
hands were employed by the company.
We understand *tbat the buildings will
be immediately re-erected, larger than be
fore. and with more conveniences.
We estimate the total loss by the fire at
from $20,000 to $25,000. Total insurance,
$11,500.
Sixteenth Section Trust
Fund -
University* Trust Fund
School Fund -
Bonded Debt
Total Debt - - -
$4,120,910
$1,710,000
300,000
$2,010,000
4120.910
How to get Married Faswionabey.—
The fashion now is, at Church weddings,
to stretch a broad white ribbon across the
A Prairie Fire.—Trie Cincinnati Times
of tiie 8th says :
We learn that as the train on the O. &
M. Railroad was appr<*a hing Vincennes.
Ind., from the west, it was discovered that
tiie prairie west of the Wabash river, in
Lawrence county. III., was on fire—tiie
whole country for twenty-five miles being
completely enveloped in flames. Houses,
barns, fences. Ac., were being consu l ed.
and it is highly probable that not all tiie
people living in the vicinity escaped. At
one point the train ran through a body of
tire, but with such swiftness that the cars,
and all inside,escaped uninjure. Tiie tres
tle work over the Wabash bottom, five
mile? west of Vincennes, which is nearly a
3 uarter of a mile long, was enveloped in
ames, so that the passengers and baggage
were transferred to this side, and the West
ern train returned to this city.
lf*A Mayor was elected in Brooklyn on
the day of the late State election. The
candidates were Archibald Bliss, Republi
can; Martin Kalbfleisch, Copperhead; and
J. A. Tallroadgp, Independent. The vote
stood—Bliss, 14.278; Kalbfleisch. 14.961;
Ta 11 madge, 3.244. Majority for Kalbfleisch
over Bliss, 683. Notwithstanding that the
Copperheads carried Brooklyn and Kings
county by 14.000 majority. Charles Schurig,
the Republican candidate, a one-armed
soldier, was elected County Register by
2,000 majority.
A Gang of Villains Arrested.—The
Charleston Courier, of yesterday, contains
an account of the arrest of two white and
six colored men, who tore up the track of
the South Carolina Railroad, near Colum
bia, on the 12th of October, for the purpose
of throwing off and plundering the train.
They have made a confession, and, it is to
be hoped, will get tbe full benefit of the
law lor such cases “made and provided.”
The < otton Trade.—The United States
Economist says: “It is not to be concealed
that those best acquainted with tiie cot
ton trade of tiie U nited States are becoming
dubious as to whether our jankers can
hold their ground in competing with the
growers of other countries. When plant
ers could grow cotton at six cents per
pound it was generally conceded triat we
had a virtual monopoly of the cotton trade.
W T e then supplied England with three-
fourths of her importations of cotton, and
there was no tendency on the part of other
countries to dispute our ascendency. Our
cotton was a much better staple than that
of India and was marketed in much lietter
condition, and the Eastern product was
used only for the very commonest pur {los
es. But now all is changed. The extreme
scarcity of American cotton has necessita
ted the Lancashire spinners and manufac
turers to adapt their machinery to tiie In
dia staple, so that it is now found to he
available for many purposes to which for
merly it had never been applied. The ad
vanced price ha-* caused greater attention
to be paid to the culture and packing of
tiie Eastern staple; while tiie hand
some prouts realized by growers
and factors have induced a much larger
area to lie planted, and have in every way
consolidated and strengthened the cotton
trade of India. At the same time, the
opening of railroad communication with
rlie cotton region has placed the planting
districts in more direct communication
with tiie capital and enterprise of the cotton
ports. India is thus not only-in a position
to grow cotton as clteaplv as ever, but has
the motives and the means for increas
ing her crops indefinitely. There is
naturally a hesitating about largely aug
menting the crop in that couutry until it
is ascertained what is likely to be the sup
ply from the United States. In the event
of an average crop being raised here, the
price of the staple would be reduced to a
figure which would Involve heavy losses
to the growers and the merchants in India;
and this must be regarded as the reason
why the cotton crop of the last two years
has not been increased to the extent which
might have been expected from the high
profits realized upon its culture. Should
it appear to the cotton traders of India
that the American crop is likely to be
permanently redneed. there would un
doubtedly be a prompt increase in the
India supply; but until the probabilities
upon that question are more definitely
developed the India supply is likely to be
regulated with caution.”
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
BY virtue nf nn onirrfW>m the Tonrt ol Orolit
ry ot' Fayette vownty. Georgia will he will heferc
tiie court iiuu>e in" Fayetteville, in ..ai-l county,
on the first TuesUay in Janu .ry. 1S6S b**ta^«-n the
leiral hours of sale, the Unrf belonging to the
estate of Richani Kason. •ieeenM <l late of mu-1
<-ounty.it being tiie .ouliieasl corner oflot £0
316 in the 5th Ui-trict ol originally Henry, now
Fayette county. contaitiinK 8# .n-rev more or le--*
Solii for the benefit ol heirs and creditors of *j;<!
deceased. Novemh.-rl3ih.lSS7
RACHEL EaSON, Xdruinistratiix
nov15—wUls Pri ter'« fee $5
AUCTION.
Office Depot & Disbcrhino cjvaptkkm aster 1
ATLANTA. Ga . November 11. 1NB7 (
I WILL sell at public auction, eommenrioir u
10 o’clock a M. i'Hi KsDaY. Noveinlie. 31*:,
1807, the following prlilir grogerty, to wit.
27 Horses
10 Mules.
5 Ambulances,
2 Single Sets Amhiilanc** liaine>»*.
22 Single Sets Mule Ilames*.
Sale to take place .11 front of l -. s.atde*. (IaLI
Whitak* r'*> corner Line and Pry.>r stiveL*. a.
lanta.
Terms— (,'u.-!i in Treasury Notes la-fore property
is removed, which must h done on d »y of -ale
By order of Licv Hri*. Geo Kuliu* Saxton,
Chief Q M I I FaKNSWoKTH
1-1 Lieu*. 34th I.ifa.«ti y. A A ty M .
nov13 - !Sr. Tnrhu. gcoi . v,iot
BARTOW MORTG AGKSHELIFF SALT.
WILL ueso'd neime the Court House door, in
the town oi* a. tcrsvillc. liartow county. Georgia,
within tin itaal hours of s-th*. on the liotTiif*-
<lay in January, 1n*>n. the following property,
to wit:
The settlement of land eight hundred and Arty
acres (Cod, .iiu.-c or less, on which Dr G. G. Ito*
and others nowin the fourth distrii l
and third uti-tiuMT K.irtow oouaty. Levied oa
at the property of Gu.tavus H. Bates to satisfy
one Bartow hiipartaa Gotti* Mortgage 11. fa. in fa
vor of Horace J. Bates vs. Gustavus II. Bate*
Property (K»iut*-d out >v defendant November
"th. 1867. W. L. GOODWIN, Sheriff
nov9—wtd* Printer’s fee $5
IS" Some editor says that the destiny of
the world often hangs on the smallest tri
fles. A little rnift' between Charles Bona
parte and his love Letitia. might have bro
ken off a marriage which gave birth to
Napoleon, and the battle of Waterloo. To
which a contemporary adds: “Yes, that is
— . a fact. Suppose a little iff mhad taken
aisle up which the bridal party pas*, above place between Adam and Eve! What
which none but invited guests are allowed
to sit. The bridesmaids enter in pairs, un
attended by gentlemen—the groom with
then ?”
CW" The Dawson Journal regrets to
his future mother-in-law—the bride with • learn that the house of Vr. Benjamin liar
$6,130,910
Savannah.—Mayor Anderson, of Sa
vannah, received a communication Satur
day from Secretary McCulloch, of the
Trersury, in which he states that tbe nj -
drographic party which have been engaged
in making surveys and improvements on
the coast of Maine, have been ordered to
Savannah for the purpose of removing ob
structions from that harbor and deepening
the channel. This we learn from the Re
publican.
her father. Two of the groomsmen pre
cede the whole party, and the others be
hind. After the ceremony, each of them
gives an arm to one of the maids, as tl e
party leave the church. At least such is
the latest Philadelphia fashion.
d**n, seven miles from Dawson, was burned
down on the 2d inst. The family were ab
sent at the time, and nothing was saved
except tbe clothes they were wearing. Two
bales of lint cotton were also burned.
S. M. F. College.—We are gratified to
learn that the Grand Lodge of Georgia. at
their recent communication at Macon, ap
propriated the sum of three thousand dol
lar;*, for tiie purpose of paying the Presi
dent's salary, lor the ensuing year, and the
repair of the buildings of the above nam
ed institution. Tiie college buildings were
very considerably dismantled during the
war, and one-third of this sum will place
them in handsome repair. Now let every
friend of this institution, and especially
the Masonic fraternity of this State, give
their united support, and re-establish its
prosperity and make it what it once was,
the tride of the noble Order.— Covington
(Ga.) Enterprise.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
BY Virtue ol authority in me vested by lion
Lawson Black, Register in Bankruptcy. I will
sell at auction, to the highest bidder, on Saturday.
16th inst, the followinglist of articles:
Cases Brandy
Bottles Brandy
Bottlen Bourbon Whisky
Bottles Old Cabinet Whiskv
Bottles Old Rye Whisky
Bottles Old Nectar Whisky
Bottles Peppermint Cordial
Bottles Plantation Whisky
Bottles Wine Bitters
Bottles Tonic Bitters
Bottles Stoughton Bitters
Bottles Champagne
Bottles Holland irin
Bottles Monongahela Whi«ky
Bottles fine Old Ambrosia Whiskv
• Bottles Mint Julip
Large lot Segars (assorted)
Large lot Demijohns (assorted
Barrels Vinegar
l arge lot Paper Bags (assorted)
One lot Paper Twine
Large lot Canned Oysters
Large iot Smoking ’fobacco (assorted
Yeast Powders
Cases Catawba Wine
Large lot Bar Soap (assorted;
Excelsior Matches
Wrapping Paper
Brooms, and many other articles not necessary
to mention.
OnkLargxIbon Safe.
Terms Cash. November 4. 1867.
nov 5 dtds B. W. YORK, Assignee
►*-
CSPIn consequence of the rise in the
river at Louisville, one hundred workmen
i on the big bridge there hat e been dis-
Bp-Very pretty is the following idea
taken from tne local column of the Pica-
yune: “The light of love is very beautiful j charged.
amid scenes of sorrow, and as the moon- i e
beams seem holier and more tender round ! ES" A West Point cadet has invented a
a ruin or ehnrchyard than in festive balls,; flexible rammer for guns in the turret ot a
go is affection brighter when bestowed monitor, which will le convenient in any
upon the wretched than when attracted by place where there is little room to work a
youth and happiness.” j gon.
CTWe are informed that in the ticket
agents’ convention yesterday, the agents
agreed upon revised rates for fares—fixing
the same rate via Augusta as by way of
Knoxville, from tiie West and Southwest,
to New York, Philadelphia, etc.—Augusta
Republ Cm
fiTMr. Ashley intends to introduce a
I bill, on the first day of the session, to pre-
; vent tiie new Democratic Ohio Legislature
from re-districting the State. It provides
that States shall only be re-districted in
the year following the decennial census.
Accident to a Steam Fir* Engine.—At
a fire in Savannah on Tuesday last the air
chamber of steam fixe engine John W. An
derson was blown off. The explosion
scattered the crowd very suddenly, but no
one was seriously injured.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Orriina
ry of Forsyth county, Georwut, we will offe* for
sale, before tbe Court House door in tbe town rt
Cumming, Ga.. on the first Tuesdav in December
next, the plantation lying about twelve mile*
north east of Cumming, Georgia, conraininx
eighty-eight acres, more or less, well improved in
every respect, belonging to the estate of Henry
E. Gober. late of said county, deceased. 8oldft<'
tbe benefit of tbe heirs and creditors of said de
ceased. Terms cash. October S3. 1867.
MART J. GOBKR. Ad»’rx.
ROBERT A. BAKERS, Adm’r
oot27—w40d Printer’s fee !■’
ADMINISTRATOR'S '» ALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Court •
ry of Newton count . Geo; gia. will be sold on th:
first Tuesday lu IH-realirr, 1867, at the Court
House door." in said county, uetween the leg*
hours of sale, ihe tract ol laud whereon .lame* I*
Johnson resided at the time of his death, contain
ing eleven hundred acres, more or less, and ad
joining lands of Robert J. Henderson, John Day.
Ktnr\ Camp. John Austin and others. Ter®#-
One-halt * a»h or on 30 days, and balance at U
se ured. October £3.1967.
J. M. PACE, Administrator
oct24—w 40d Printers fee $5
GEORGIA, Paulding county.
TWO months after date I will apply to the Over*
ot Ordinary of Paslding county, Georgia, tor
leave to sell the real estate belonging to the esta»«
•f K Griffin.deceased October80, Bit, . .
THOMAS GRIFFIN, AtolsbbMN
PrUter*i fseff