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HENRY ('LEWS A CO’S ACCOUNT
i'ITH THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24.
AGENTS FOR THE COURIER.
MILTON RUSSELL, La Fayette, Gtu
J. K. SMITH, Cellar Grove, Walkor Co., Ga.
WM. STRANGE, Rock Springs. “
.1.8. SMITH. Airline, Chattooga Co La.
R. W.JONES, MeUville, “ **
WM. HIX, Snbligca,
DR. A. CLEMENTS Villar.jw, “ “
THE LEGISLATURE.
This body hits sul sided into a placid,
calm,us flat and ,-s stale as the unruffled
eut lace it a prairei mud puddle. Nt tv
hills am iallii g upon it as last and as thick
as leave- in Valcn.brosa, but none of th nt
wc’gl.ty enough to disturb its placidity or
to urouucc a r.file
We reported in our last the election rd
Hon. Thou.as M. Norwood o tlte Uuited
Slates Sit ate. The protest offered by the
"itiui; 1 if’was too weak even to make
the feiutest sort of a splash and served no
other purpose ihan to illusriate the laun-
iug iuibeciiity o!' its authors, it may how
ever serve its turn in Washington and be a
scotch for the declining cause of Foster
who is also a Blodgett.” It is not known
what action the acting Governor will take
in he picwiscs.
In the Seuats a little life was manifest
ed up >u the discussion of the public prin
ting. but after a few squibs the matter was
laid on the table.
The House elected a speaker, and clerk
pro tern. Mr. J. B. Cummiug was elected
speaker,and Mr. Carrington clerk pro tern
A discussion then cniuedupon the matter
of a committee, consisting of Linton Ste
phens, E. II. Worrell,W.P.Fleiuming.I L.
Harris and T. W. Alexander to investigate
the affairs of the State,in which the friends
of the measure were successful, and the
bill was ordered to be printed. We do not
object to the gentleman named in the com-
miss : on, but do not see t'ie propriety of the
the Legislature going outside of its
own body for a commission to do that
which it could very well do itself. It
is not lo overwhelmed with business
that it could not tpare a committee to
make this investigate rn.
PROFESSOR VILLE’S AGRICULTU
RAL LECTURES.
Translated by Miss E. L. Howard.
We have received a copy of this excel
lent work published by the Plantation l’ub
lishiug Company, Atlanta.
The lectures were published in serial
form by the Plantation, and attracted
much and very favorable attention as they
made their weekly appearance. We our
selves read them with a pleased interest
and on more than one occasion directed the
attention of our readers to the value of
their suggestions,as well as to the excellent
manner which characterized their transla
tion, and now it is with pleasure, not un
mixed with pride.that we present the work
in its complete body, to the notice of our
readers. It is a work useful in its designs
and in its effects, agreeable and interestin
in its style, and as the work of a Georgia
lady, one whom onr city had the honor of
claiming as her own, it cannot fail to re
commend itself to the favor of every farmer
in Cherokee, Geoigia and Alabama. We
can but congratulate the fair translate up
on the excellence of her work, and the ad
mirable nse to which she has put her un
mistakable talent and accomplishments
The work is published at the suggestion
of the State Agricultural Convention, and
is cordially endorsed by that ho ly. It i
for sale by Henry A. Smith of this city.
The Story of Creation.—This was
the subject of an interesting and highly
scientific lecture delivered at the Rome Fe
male College last Friday evening by Prof.
Samuel C. Caldwell. It was delivered under
the auspices of that splendid Institute,and
for the immediate entertainment of the
young ladies of the College, but the gener
al interest of the subject,and the wide range
given to his arguments by the Profe.-sor,
adapted it to the appreciation oftbe public,
and quite a number of ladies and gentle
men were present to hear him.
The interest of the subject was still more
intensified by the elegance of style, and pu
rity of language, in which the lecturer pre
sented his thoughts. All were well enter
tained,and we congratulate Professor Cald
well upon the complete success of his
effort.
We are pleased to know that this is to be
but the beginning of a series of lectures, to
be delivered during the winter, under the
same auspices. There is no system of in
struction more pleasing and affective than
that of public lectures, ar d we do hope
that our citizens will encourage the enter
prise with their presence and approval.
Col. Howard will deliver the next lecture,
and we bespeak for him a full audience.
We present below some items of the ac
count of this company against the State of
Georgia. An agent of this company is
now in Atlauta, looking alter the claims.
As Messrs. Clews & Co.,made the account
with Bullock, despite the protests aud the
rnings of the State Treasurv. we think
that it ought >o look lo Bullock fur ; ay-
nu-iit. The Legislature ought not to allow
ce cent of the claim.
If Bankers have no mote financial skill
than to trust every Radical rogue that of
fers to plunder a people, they ought tot to
expect honest men to make good their ven
tures.
I et the claims of Clews & Co , he closely
examined, and when they can satisfactorily
explain their couuectiou with Bullock, it
will he time enough then to consider their
just detnutuls. Uutil that is ilou , it will
be a robbery of the people to appropriate
one cert to them.
[From the Atlanta Sun.
Account ot Henry Clews & Co.
Tax Collector, Capt. S- C. Trout, has
been appointed Agent of the Fair Associ
ation, and is authorized to solicit Stock.
(Shares §10.)
We hope that the citizens generally will
take Stock, at least one share, and thereby
enable the Directors to place the Associa
tion upon a firm and settled basis ; and get
out a very attractive Premium List, and
that at an early day. We understand that
the Directors expects to getout the Premi
ums on field crops in December, anyway by
the 1st of January. This looks 1 ke busin
ess, and will give farmers a good opportu
nity of prepareing and culvivating their
crops with a view of contending for prem-
ians.
A Grand View.—One of the most mag
nificent views that ever one beheld, is unfold
ed from the top of the Water Works. In
every direction the scene stretches out in un
rivalled beauty and variety. The City nest
ling at the foot,then the rivers winding their
Bilvery paths through the yellow fields and
crimson forest, while beyond, tier alter tier
of hills arise, until in the far distance, the
blue of Heaven stoops to kiss their hazy tops.
It costs a steady nerve to climb the inner
scaffolding that leads to its top, but when
once up, the adventur is more than repaid
by the grandeur of the view.
Soon the work will be done, and then by
the spiral stairs that wind around the tank,
the ascent will be pleasant; and no place in
the City will he more eagerly visited.
The Reservoir is now completed and the
Messrs. Noble deserve the hearty thanks of
the City, for their persevering zeal and ef
forts. The works will be a monument of
nonor to them as long as they stand.
The aceouut which this firm, wh > are the
agents cud conlederates of Kimball, Bul
lock, Blodgett & Co., have presented against
the Stat of Georgia, is a fearful otic, a bare
inspection of which is enough t' make an
honest man sick at heart.
We have not the time nor the space to
devote to comments, but must content cur
selves, this morning, with presenting a few
facts.
ills claim against the State, amounts to
over 81,000,000. Among tile items are
numerous drafts drawn by Bullock for large
sums of rnouey, the proceeds of Se.me of
which have come into the State Treasury,
but others are umecouutcd for. There are
large numbers of charges for commissions,
interest, advertising, telegraphing, express
charges, &c.. who e amounts swell up enor
mously, aud cause astonishment at the im
pudence of the man who can find the hard
ihood to present them.
The charge for commissions alone is §93,-
749,45,and lor advertising814,320. These
commissions and advertising charges are all
for his eff rts to sell bonds which h ivc been
issued by Gov. Bullock. The firm have n
sepe'ate accouut for trausactions connected
with the old bonds of the State redeeming
such as were due, paying interest, expen
scs, &c., amounting in all to over 8300,000;
and his transactions in connection with new
bonds to over 8700,000.
We give a few of charges for advertis
ing, in connection with the old bond account,
begining December G, 1S70. During the
month of December be claims to have paid
the following: New Y'ork Herald, 8G3 80;
S. A. Sackctt. 8227 50; Commercial Ad
vertiser, 8272 50; New York Sun. 8300;
Evening Express, 8180; Evening Post,8110
25; Evening Mail, SI 80; New York World
8203.
In January, 1871, New l’ork 27
§177; Standard, 8163 80; Evening Post,
§183 50; Daily Star, S14S 50.
In Ap ril for advertising in New York,
Ph ladelphia aod Boston, S3S0 70.
In July following, from the ISth to tin
25th, in various papers, §2,095 57; am
from that time to the end of the u.onth,
S96S.
In August last,the charges for advertising
were SS89 79, a single item of which is
publishing “Bullock’s letter,” §300.
In December last, the firm claims to
have paid the Continental Bank Note Com
pany 83,467 for engraving State bonds.
On the 4th of January last, 8547 S5 are
charged for “foreign dispatches,” and on
the 24th of March last for “telegrams,”
§262 03, a D d on the 29ih of .May last for
“foreign telegrams.” S20S 32. On thi-
same day (29th May) he charges expenses,
on 717 bordsof 81,000 each, sent to Eu
rope at various times, §1,702 50.
On the 1st of September last they charge
“expenses on bonds to Europe,”81,332 60-
and On the same day “cable tele rams.”
S417 45, making a total of §2 750 50 on a
batch of 8933,000 of Stale bonds sent to
Europe.
All this is au addition to the claims on
account of State Koad drafts and notes o!'
Foster Blodgett, which we laid before our
readers a few days ago.
There are numerous items of express
charges, indicating that Clews & Co. paid
the Express Company for delivering to them
State bonds sent for redemption, which, il
true, is a fraud upon the people of Geor-
g‘“-
The debit items in this huge account Sli
ten of twelve closely written pages, while
there are only two items on the credit side
of the accouot—both for the p-oceeds of
the sale of State bouds On the 15th of
February last, credit is given for the pro
ceeds of sale of 500 gold bond of $1,000
each at 87-1. equal to §427.500 ; and o: the
7th of Septemeer of 1 150 bonds of §1 000
each at 861, equal to §994.750 ; and in all.
§1,432,250 fur the sale oi §2,650,000 of
bonds.
There is something suspicious on the face
of this statement of bonds sold. A gen
tleman of this city fried fo sell some of
Bullock’s gold bonds in New York last
spring and could not get an. offer of more
than 50 ceDts ou the dollar. Finally Mr.
Clews gave hitn eighty-five, rather than
allow them to be thrust upon the market
for just wbat they will bring. We doubt
if Clews & Co. have made a bona fide sale
of a single bond, for it is believed that the
Bullock bonds have had next to no h
able value in New York. It is particularly
believed that no t ne could be found on the
8th of September last, who would have
given S6i for the new bonds which Bul
lock & Company have been trying so hard
to sell.
For the Rome Co,crier.
Innovation ou the Labor System,
Mr. Editor,
It devolves upon me to address you these
lines, thereby hoping to reach the minds of
interested parties, believeing that we will
have a coucert of action in trying to change
the present system of labor to one th.-.t will
he more satisfactory to the laud holder, and
also to the renter. Our present labor system
being so unreliable, and our white popula
tion beit g so unprepared for the great
change, that has come upon us, we find it
necessary to adopt some method by which
our couutiy may he more fully developed,
which can be done by a system of mechani
cal labor. The scientific mind that has been
torpid is now made to act in compliance
with the exigences of surrounding circum
stances, which circumstances, thea-eelves de
mand a change in our labor system which
is almost utterly failing to sustain the
farmer. We know that the honest laborer
who cultivates the soil for his support will
have the t etter chance to aid and coinfcrt
his family, impiove their minds, and elevate
his owu condition, when it is plain that
he cau on the sat; e an.ouut of work in one
fourth of the time, aud do it better aud
with more ease. This cau he done by
Agricultural machinery, then I would say
to all of the farming cnmmuuiiY, let us
change our system of farming, and give
more attention to th • grasses, small grain,
aui stock raising. By '.his means we will
control the price ol our cotlon by not being
cutnpcllcJ o sell before we are ready, thus
enabling every citizen to improve his con- Superintendent pf Public Works of Gcor-
dtttcu, and help to improve the condition
of his country, which cauuot he done with
out the co-operation of the farmer and honest
laborer. The aspirations ot the governing
class, there may be sought among the intelli
gent, honest, laboring communities, because
they will be prepared to appreciate aud
sustain the bone and sinew of our country,
then wo 'wilt learn to 1 now that political
chivalry can he fouud out side of the battle
field, which has tended to destroy produc
tive industry, and put to shame the am
bitious enterprize of the most brilliant
genius auinug the rising generation of our
country The great moral basis oft his new
system will teach men lo know that honors
come according to their merits, we uo not
fi-id this class ravaging and tearing down
but rather cherish, and upbuilding, for the
purpose of in lustry. When we get an
effieieut useful system of labor established
to that eud, then we w ill not hire aud make
contracts ith laborers, and the very next
day find them at work for other parties,
which has been the experience cf many of
our best citizens. Now wo purpose to organ
ize a Literary Agricultural Debating Society,
for tlte general improvement ol our country,
and to be governed by rules and regulations,
and we do think and hope, that cur law
make s will legislate f>r the improvement
of our country in th it respect. Our laud
holders and laborers each year, see the
number and value of arable acres increase,
while the proportion of these who pi siess
land of their own, might diminish. Each
year we sec more shivering and nakedness
which could be avoided, aud material I'fe
rendered more smooth and comfortable, and
this would not reduce the demand,' but
increase the necessity for labor, for then
wc could clear up lands, build fences,
blast rock, dig ore, construct dams, houses,
ketones, and rail roads, and be better pre
pared to cultivate the soil. But now for the
want of some good reliable system oflabor
we find the country neglected, and every
body trying to get to town, aod into trade,
while there are hut few who have it, that
are willing to invest their capital or land
or tlte improvements of lands, which would
elevate the condition of our country and
improve that of our fellow man. Now le
us look at llie condition of our social system
with its legalization ofland monopoly, and
maxim of “every man for himself,’’ which
dies not do justice lo a country like this
rich and beautiful valley, to change this
system of agricultural labor, we want smaller
nodies of laud, more land holders, aud
plenty of agricultural machinery, au ! let
this be controlled by the directions oi well
organized associations, and let th-m keep
progress with the advancement of the age,
in the use of all the best of stock, newly-
invented machinery, and the most, success
ful place of using them for the purpose cf
developing our soil, and adding to the
wealth of the country When the mechani
cal labor system takes the placed' the
present one, and we raise less cotton, and
more stock, and grain, ai d live more sell
relying, by the manufacture of all kinds of
fabrics, out of the cotton, the marble, slate,
iron, and minerals, that abound cverywl ere
in our country, t! eu ne will he a more in
dependent, self relying, and happy people.
This important enterprise so pregnant
with grand results to our Section, as well
as to the nation, is receiving the considera
tion of the press North and West, and is
everywhere findi g judicious favor.
It is an enterprise that should engage
the good wishes of every man who has the
national interest at heart, for it; rcsnlts are
to be measured only by a national prosper
ity. The great West will find through it
an outlet for its plethoric stores, while the
East and the South can receive by it their
needed supplies. But it i3 not only in a
material point of view that the enterprise
has a national importance. The cornmer
ci d link thus established between the two
sectiocs will serve’ to hermon’ze the politi
cal differences and by uniting their inter
ests will allay their predjudices.
IfCougress had appropriated the Ko
Klux fund to the work on this canal it
would have been far better, and the South
ern people would this day have had a much
better opinion of tbc administration.
Ofthis great work the Washington Pa
riot says:
Wc have noticed'n the Atlanta papers
the synopsis of an address, delivered before
the Chamber of Commerce of that city, by
Colonel B. IV. Frobel, State Engineer and
Then '
and
ill the citizen
■ fCedar Valley,
day be unpointed, at.
that purpo c.
1 am veiy truly,
James M. Trottli*
atlicin News Itcn
t h tee
kil
■f he celebrated English Ticbborne trial
was resumed on the 7th instant.
Rome, Ga., Nov. 20tb, 1871.
To the. Citizens of Rome:
I did not wish to convey the idea in my
former article that all those who have been
successful in their own business would not
make good aod efficient Councilmcn, I
did not mean that, tor I would much pre
fer them to any others, if wc could elect
them and they would devote that time and
attention to tho interest of the City that that
interest demands. I am free to admit wc
have had a few to do this hut as a geneial
thing they are men who attend closely to
their own private interest and have do time
to attend to anything else, and are not like
ly to neglect it for the very -mail compen
sation paid to Councilmen. Some will,
others will not. The idea that I intended
to convey was simply this, a manbtiagsuc-
cessfull in his own business and others be
ing cle/erand a popular man was no guar-
antee that they would make us good and
efficient Councilmen. As I before staled
I prefer good business and clever mrn, but
before-voting for any one, we should first
have Eome assurance that they arc men
who will discharge their duties faithfully,
even at a sacrifice of their owu private in
terest should it be nece sary. These who
make good councilmcn will necessarily have
this to do. The question is, who will do
this. We should vote only for those who
we think will without regard as to whose
ticket they are on, or whose friend they are.
No other influence should coni roll our
votes. That will be strictly adhered to by
Davie Crocket.
Mansfield ::n-l vicini'y, in lb.llf, <
Texas was vis'l.d tho last of Octet),,
a toriiuc hail sturin, which lasted
quar ers of an hour, unroofing house:
ling sti ck in the trouts, tearing brittle
the size- of a man’s arm from trees, a
seriously w lauding ttr.ny persons, s
were unfortunate enough to ho canglit in it
The Post, published at Weathersl'ord
Parker county, Texas, says: “The Gov
ernment is going to open a military ion
from the tern in us of the Missouri, '-'aosas.
and Texas Railroad direct to Fort Rich
ardson, crossing Ited River at What
Ranch, just below the mouth of the 13i.
Wichita. This will be of incalculable
benefit and service to tho Texas cattle
drovers.”
The Nuvasota (Texas) Tablet, of the
4;h inst., says: "One thousand persons
are about to lettle on lands just outside of
town, with every facility offered to them by
the owners, and at a normal rent for some
of the best land io they country. A Catbo
lie church and school house will be built
for them, also quarters ; a priest will reside
in their midst. There ars thousands of
acres which will be offered with the same
inducements to immigrants settling in our
tnidss.”
The Floridian has been assured by Mr
Rttlan, the French agent, that thousands
of Frenchmen would immigrate to Florida
if they had jropsr encouragement. Se
to it, then, that they have the proper en
couragement, Mr. Floridian.
The route of the Tallahassee (Fla ,) and
Georgia Narrow Guago Railroad, has been
located from Tallahassee to the Georgia
line, and the work of grad : ngis to be com
menced as soon as labor cau be procured
Goon at Guessi.no.—Rev. Theodore
Tiltou of the Golden Age says :
Perhaps we are blinded by prejudice;
jerhaps wc are willful and obstinate; per
naps wc arc crotchety and hypercritical;”
Well perhaps you are, and perhaps you
are more hypocritical (ban hypercritical,
and peril a p; the category ofyour weakness
es does not stop there, so suppose that you
perhaps again Mj. Tilton, and everybody
will agree with yon.
TnE Grand Duke Alexis, has not yet
put in an appearance at New York, and
ahoddydom is in a terrible state ofsuspenso.
Another oue of the trooly loil saints
has come to grief. Pension Agent Cal
houn, has been detected iD a defalcation.
It only requires the mask to be drawn
aside to show every Radical office-holder to
be a rogue.
gia, upon the subject of water communica
tion between ilic Mississippi Valley and
Atlantic Ocean. The address givts the
outline of a proposed cacal, to connect the
Tennessee river at Guntersville with the
Coosa at Gadsden. River navigation is
then used to a point fifteen miles above
Route, Ga., on the Etowah river. There
■ he canal leaves the river, running in ti
sutheastern direction down the valley of
the Octuulgee to Macon, Ga., from which
there is a good water navigation to the sea.
An appropriation was made bv Cong
its last session, for a survey of the line
above mentioned, aDd we glean from Colo
nel Frobel’s addre-s that the survey prom
ises very satisfactory results.
Should this project prove to be practica
ble, at a reasonable cost, of which there
seems to be do doubt, it will mark a Dew
era in the material development- aud cotn-
merciel progress of the vast region drained
by the Mississippi river and its tributaries.
It will afford the outlet to the sea, so lou:
and aidently desired by the West, whic!
has engaged the attention of some of th
best minds in our country for years.
A glance at the map wiilsltow the prom
ineDt features ofthis line. The Teunessei
river, sweeping with a remarkable bond
southward,reaches within twenty-five mites
of the Coosa. The lat er river, with its
tributaries,bold aud navigable streams.pon
etrates northeastern Georgia to a point
within ten miles of the head-waters of the
rivers of the Atlantic slope. It is not prob
able that this very narrow ridge,separating
the waters of the Atlantic aud Gulf, can
offer any serious obstacle to the skill ol
modern engineers. A canal,not exceeding
150 miles in length, is all that is necessary
to connect the navugable waters of the
West and South. From St. Louis, the
great centre of Western trade, it is 1,932
miles to New York, by way of the great
lakes and Erie canal. By the proposed
Georgia route, it is only 1,088 utiles from
St, Louis to Savannah, being a saving by
the latter route, sf S44 miles. This route
would never be closed by icc, thus en
abling the Western farmer to ship his
crops to market as soon as harvested, in
stead cf wailing for the melting of the ice
on the lakes and Erie canal, or paying rui
nous rates for transportation by rail. As
matters now stand, it costs the Western
farmers more than one-half of their crops
to get the other to market. On the pro
posed route no marine insurance or tran
shipments of freight would be necessary.
A barge loading at any point on tne
Misissippt or its tributaries could discharge
Iter cargo on shipboard at Savannah, with
out, in the meantime,breakingbulk From
St. Louis to the Gulf, by the Mississippi
river, it is 1,370 miles; from the same point
to Savannah, it is 1.088 miles by the Geor
gia route, thus saving 272 miles, besides
the entire distance from the mouth of the
Mississippi river to Savannah, and thus
avoiding the dangers, delays, and high
ratis of insurance incident to the passage
around the Florida peuinsula.
These advantages are incalculable, and
ust command the serious attention of
Wt-stcru men. Benefiting, as this ean:.I
wid, such a large area of our territory, it
becomes a work oi nati >ii;il importance. Il
s ill be a great inland highway, unintcr-
r : 'ed iu time o: war, thus affording safe
transit for Government stores to almost any
point in the Union. Mr. Calhoun once
said, inaspeeeh at Memphis,that the Mis-
sis-ippi river was an inland sea, and should
bo treated as such by the Government.and
that he would voti lor Government aid to
any route that would connect it with the
Atlantic. Southern products furnish two-
thirds of the value of the cxnorts of the
United Stales, far the reason that these
States, lying along the Atlantic coast, have
easy access to market. The South,although
the has never had her share in the distri
bution of public favors, is not ’the section
shat will be chiefly benefited by this canal.
The great West and Northwest, with their
million of lockcd-up treasures, are the real
beneficiaries, and now that the wry secerns
open to them for a cheap aud convenient
outlet to the sea, we think that they will
not he slow to take advantage of it.
Messrs. Clews Ac Co.
The Atlanta Constitution of the 18th
contains a weak effort to bolster up the
claims of Clews & Co., against the State
for moneys alleged by them to have been
advanced by them as agents of the State,
and for the nse and benefit of the State.
The Constitution says:
Mr. Crosby is a pleasant, intelligent,
quiet, modest gentleman, under middle age.
His appearance and manners are decidedly
prepossessing. He talks frankly about
this matter, says Clews & Co. have nothing
to conceal, and that they are willing to af
ford the luliest insight into the entire de
tails. He states that when Clews & Co.
were urged to become tie State’s agents,
they knew no'hing against Bullock, and
they felt complimented to represent the
financial matters of so great and famed a
State as Georgia. Recognizing Bullock as
the Governor, lully authorized to act for
the State, they have advanced him in good
faith ail the money ho desired, not consid
ering themselves bound ta look to its dis
position. At the same time, they are ready
to give all the assistance they caD, and tell
all their information, that may lead to
light ou the subject. They simply ad
vanced funds as desired, and have partici
pated iu no misuse or improper appropria
ti n of those funds. They have charged
interest for the money, and commissions for
negt Hating securities. They have in all
eases taken Bullocks order for all their ad
vances and expenditures for the State.
They have forwarded regular monthly
statements of their accounts to Bullock,
and Mr. Crosby was surprised when he
came hero to find that Bullock had pock
eted them, aud not oae was on file in aDy
office of the State government. Mr. Cros
by did not even bring the account with
him, expecting to find it on file in the
State House, and had to telegraph back for
a copy for presentation to the acting Exe
cutive. They feel io this matter that Bul
lock has treated them very badly.
Now all this sounds very prettily, and
with one-eye shut would gone down as
slick a- grease, but Mr. Crosby, aud the
Constitution man, ought to remember that
only so late as one month ago whenreasurer
Angier wrote to Clews & Co. fora financial
statement of their account they replied
that they were not the. Agents of the State,
and declined to scud them the account.
That very letter of Clews & Co. showed
that there was a He somewhere, as they had
before in a published card impugning the
motives o! Treasury Angier iohis denuncia
tion of Bullocks illegal issue ol bonds, aud
championing the cause of Bullock, stated
that they were the Agents of the State.
The truth is Clews & Co , Bullock and
H. 1. Kimball are all a precious set of
rogues together, and together they ou;ht
to be punished. Not one cent ought to be
appropriated to the payment of their
claims, aud the member of the Legislature
who votes for such an appropriation will
sign his own political death warrant. The
people are tired of being plundered by
Northern rogues, ind no false notions of
Essay on Fruit Culture.
The fo lowing Essay was read befor j the
Cherokee Fair Association, and was award
ed a p*eaicm:
In enumerating the fruits best adapted
to onr section, the A; pie is first in impor
tance, both for home con.-umtioo, aud for
market purposes; and yet we find but very
few good apples grown iD North Georgia,
or in any part of onr State, yet we find
large orchards of appl-’ trees perfectly
healthy, and of enormous size. Why is it
then that wc have so little good fruits? for
the following reasons, most of the orchards
in this country have been grown from
scions, or sprouts taken from the too s of old
trees, and have become diseased and shed
their fruits, for when aD apple tree becomes
diseased from any canse, and its fruit rots
before it matures, a sprout taken from its
roots, or a few from its top carries all the
property of the oil tree, disease and all.
Again, as every apple seed that grows and
makes a tree piodoces a new variety of ap
ples, and per aps not one in a hundred is
worth propogaling, yet when this country
was first fettling, every variety that grew
was propogaled and from their rootssprouts
were taken to plant young orchards, and
consequently nearly all the trees planted
was of an interior quality Again, no one
variety of apple can be preserved or per
petuated design than the natural life oftbe
apple tree, and as most of the apple trees iD
this section are iu the decline of life, the
fruit is fatting, and a sprout taken from the
root o: a few front the top of an old tree
will make anot' cr tree, but not a young
tree, they are as oid as the parent stock,
they are a part aDd parcel of it carrying
with them all the properties of the old tree
and its age of course; so when the parent
stock goes out by the laws of nature, all
the trees grown from its roots or too will
go out. Natures laws are unchangeable,
and tlte'days of every plant from the Hog
weed to the sturdy Oak are numbered, but
there is another reason why so very few
good apples are grown in our section which
is this; nature producets in every climate
the only varieties of apples that will succeed
in that climate, and of late years since our
people have turned their attention to plant
ing grafted apple trees, they have bonght
them from Nurseries iD New York, or
somewhere North, and varieties of apples
produced there, where the seasons are so
much shorter than ours, are oot adapted to
our long hoi scasoos, and the consequence
is, the varieties we buy for late winter ap
ples, ripen here in August, and rot before
winter. But we are told that these varie
ties of apples will soou become acclimated
and do well, butthis is a mistake, they may
be planted here and regrafted again and
agan, but the original properties never
change, and nature only laughs at our fa-
honor will prevent them from putting theii I efforts, when we attempted to change
heels upon it. These bonds were illegally
issued. Many, c-f them were forged, and it
is no repudiation to refuse to pay them
We have enough honest debts against
to keep us poor for many a day without
making good the I. O. Us of gamblers.
General Sherman ou the South—What he
thinks of the Union Men at the South.
General Sherman is oft to Europe, aod
Prince Frederick, of the White IP use, son
of Ulysses First, goes with him. Thu won
der is that Ulysses himself is not off too.
He came to New Y'ork to Lid Shermarn
and Frederick ban voyage, hut could not
stay very long, as important business called
him back to SVashingtsn. At least, so the
papers say, and perhaps they say truly.
For does not every one know that Gen,
Grant is ruining himself both physically
aud mentallyby closed application to business
t the capital, day in aud day out all the
year round. Probably the next thing an
nounced from that quarter will be that he
is utterly broken down by wearying atte-
tion to affairs of State. No man can stand
that very long unless he takes a little recre
ation now and then, which, ol course. Geo.
Graut eaDnol be induced to do. We really
think he ought to take a trip to Europe,
aud as to the government getting on without
him fora while, well' perhaps it might.
Tiie Germans of Chicago evidently
agree with De Quincey, that a ’gift-horse
may be looked in the mouth. The Crown
PriDce aud Emperor sent to ths sufferers
by the fire 1,500 thalers (81,125,) which
was declined iu the following more pithy
than polite language:
Resolved That we, the undersigned, for
nterly subjects iu Germany, request the
committees instituted fur the relief of
Chicago to indignantly reject tlris miserable
pittance thrown to us by His Majesty the
Emperor of Germany and His Royal High
ness the Crown Prince of Prussia and lady;
and be it further.
Resolved, That tho undersigned sub
scribe the sums figuring after their names
below, iD order that they may, together
with the 1,500 thalers, be distributed
amoug our poor countrymen who have
been rained, maimed, or crippled by the
Fr .nco-Prussian war, and who are to-Jay
yet German subjects.
A New Y’ork Herald reporter took a
parting gouge at General SbcrmaD the day
before he departed for Europe, and drew
the following cautiously expressed but
evidently honest opinion out of him. After
speaking of “The March to the Sea,’’ the
repoiter said:
“The movement was splendidly execut
ed, General; but is it Dot time that we
let up’ on the South? The war is over. I
know the rust is au inch thick ou my army
rifle ”
“I dou’t care to speak plainly on these
matters. It is not in my line of duty. I
think, however, that when the war was
ended, warfate against our brethren of the
South should have ceased. The negroes
are well disposed and a kindly people, but
they are not. as a class, posted in the science
of government, they are apt to make
mistakes and behave rashly But have no
doubt whatever that cv-ry thing will turn
mt right in the end The Union men in
t South were uevtr a very fine class of
people, and some d< wn there now wuuM
be better o ,t of it; but their presence iu
THE LATE INSURRECTIONARY STATES
affords no proper excuse for acts of law
lessness.”
“Then, General, you do not approve of
the repressive acts of the federal govern
ment ?”
“I think a mistake has been made. They
arc not ail rascals in the South. The ma
jority of the people are the bes’ citizens of
the republic. The young men that follow
ed the retreating Confederates into Texas,
the men of tho Army of Virginia and the
lads of the tVest who leaned toward the
South, were capital fellows,though mistakeu
These, in my opinion should have been ap
pointed to positions under the government
as Marshals, Postmasters, Internal Revenue
Collectors, aud to other federal and State
officers instead of being driven ioto opposi
tion. I really believe that these young
men represented the South and that they
were
READY TO CRY PECCAVI
and support the government. I am sorry
they were Dot treated properly. But it will
be all right in the end.”
The reporter was about to inquire of
General Sherman (though not expecting
an answer) what he thought of the present
complexion of national politics, wheu
another visitor entered aud made his bow
The Herald representative then rose, aDd
wishing the General a good time iu Europe,
took his departure
Actixo Governor Conlet has vetoed tho
election hill, and it now remains for the Leg
islature to pass it over his veto. This tho
House will promptly do. but fears have been
expressed that the Senate will not bo so true
to their principles, and with a time saving
cowardice will shirk their duty. We do hope
that such fears are unfounded, and that the
Senate will promptly rebuke the effrontery
of the man who holds his office only by its
suffrancc and not by Constitutional law and
right. After this exhibition of Conley’s spir
it wc want the time hurried on that will put
a legal Governor over our people.
It is urged as a means of intimidation that
the Federal Government will interfere in the
event of an Election, and with martial law
Conley will be held in his seat, Sach argu
ments are unworthy of honest men. If
Grant does interfere, it will bo
serve his own ambitious ends, and not to fa
vor Conley, and in doing this the responsi
bility will bo attached to his own actions.
No extraneous fears or partialities ought to
influence the Senate in the matter,
They owe it to the people to do their duty,
and the people will hold them to a strict ac
countability, and we believe that the Senate
will do its duty. It cannot be that it is so
demoralized as some would represent it to be.
The Ring may all he a myth, conjured
into being by the fuddle^ brain ot disappoint
ed aspirants. We sincerely hope it is, and
that the telegrams this morning will announce
1 her laws—and we bad as well try to grow
oranges in Cherokee Georgia, as to try to
grow appks produced in New York, the
success of one would be abont the same as
the other. How then are we to obtain
good varieties, 1 mean by good, choice
first, rate apples, equal to any iu the
world. I answer by seclecting those choice
varities produced here by nature, such as
the Shockly, Yates tender skin, Launten,
and many otters, for we already have va
rieties grown from the seed in oar own
section that cannot be surpassed by varie
ties found in any other Section. These
varieties gives us first rate apples all the
year round, but just as loDg as our people
continue to Duy and plant trees from
Northern nurseries, they will have but
little fruit.
The best method of cultivation must
claim our attention, and as we have the
highest authority for saying a corrupt tree
caDnot bring good fru : t, it becomes nec
essary for us to see that the tree is all
right, and in order to this we most save
the seed to raise the stocks to grrft in,
then cut the graft from those Souther- seed,
varieties known to be good, and the tree
healthy, at one years growth from the
graft plant io the orchards bed back to
about two and a half feet, dig the holes
four feet each way, and eighteen inches
deep, and fill up with rich top soil, plant
the young tree no deeper thaD it stood in
the nursery, cultivate the land between
the rows every year in Potatoes. Peas, or
Corn, uever suw grass in a young orchard,
and never by any no-ans plant Wheat, or
Oats. Oats is more injurious to young V p-
ple trees than any crop you ean plant, ami
be sure not to allow the Cows to tromple
down the little trees, or let the Rabbits
r.le them. All lands that are rich and
dry will grow Apple trees, a Southern ex-
p-riencc always best. Never trim up Ap
ple trees so as to expose the body to the
Sun. The best litre to prune A; pie trees
is June and January.
Next in importance is the Peach, and no
section of the United States, grows the
peach to greater perfection than our own
State. From the first of June to Decembti
we can have plenty of this delicious and
wholesome frjit, but it is with the peach like
it is with the apple, there are but compara
tively very f w go.'d peaches grown in our
scctiou. The reason is the peach like the
apple, is produced from the seed, but never
reproduces its like but often very nearly,
particularly the white peach so well known
ns the White English, anJ you will find
many old farmers who will positively assert
that this variety of peach will reproduce its
like every time, bat they are mistaken, as
we find on close examination, there is
d.f.Tcnce in flavor, size, shape, or time of
ripening. I have in my mind an orchard
in Cherokee, Georgia, of one huodied bear
ing trees, all grown from the seed of one
tree, and the owner contended that they
were all the very same, identical with the
old tree, but ou examinatiou, fouud that he
was mistaken, they were ail white but no
ten exactly alike. To grow the peach suc
cessfully, and have a sucoesiou of good fruit,
the trees must be grafted or buded, then
sow the seed in the fall in rows three feet
apart, thin out in the spring when the
plants comes np to one foot in the drill,
cultivate through theSummer to keep clear
of grass and weeds, about the first of Sep
tember bud them with choice varieties, such
as you wish to grow, insert the bud four
inches from the ground, be sure and put iu
wood back, in the following Winter cut off
the old stock one inch above the bud, culti
vate the following Summer as . b rforc, the
next Fall they should be removed from the
nursery and set in the orchard, when set in
the orchard take off all the limbs, and ent
off the top of the main stock so it will stand
when planted about two f et high, plant
but little deeper than the tree stood in the
nursery. Any dry land will grow peaches,
but the highest elevations are the best. Be
fore planting the land should be well pre
pared by subsoiliug fully twelve inches
deep. The peach borer is the wont crneDy
we have to contend with, in growing the
peaeh tree and the only sure way to guard
against this pest is to raise around the
young tree in the spring, (say the first of
April,) a hill of earth eight inches high,
and let it remain there during the Summer,
and remove it about the middle of August,
the young borer will then be found in the
bank sue inches above the ground, and for
point of a knife. The peach tree should
be headed back every season, and the land
betweeo the rows cultivated and manured a
little with compost every year. The can
niog of peaches in our section ought
to be made a large business, canned fruit
is now the third interest in the City of
Baltimore, and lands in the State of Mary
land, are selling as high as two hundred
dollars per acre to grow peaches, and
those lands are not better than the average
lands of Floyd County if proper attention
was paid to cultivating the White plum
p-ach in all its varieties from the earliest to
the latest; capital would come iu to put
it up lor market, aud we would scon have
canning establishments iD every connty,and
peach growing would soon become a source
of wealth to our people The pears also
deserves our attention, lor the varities of this
fruit that suceeds well in cur section, we
are dependent mostly on the Southern
parts of France; we have as yet t o native
pears so far as 1 know; that is with culti
vation I am awate several varities have
been claimed as native, but I ant satisfied
the claims ate not well founded. Among the
many varities introduced into onr sectioD,
a few only do well, but there are a few va i-
tics that do suceed admirably, aud can be
grown very profitably, beside it is one of
the greatest luxuries we can grow, a rood
pear is a desert prepared by nature when
iu her happiest moods, and aDy attempt on
our part to improve it only spoils it. The
pear when* grafted on the quince stock
makes a dwarf tree and fruits early, and is
best adapted to yards and gardens, where on
a small space large quantites of fruit can
be grown.
The Quince also grows well in our sec
tion, and can be shipped to Baltimore, New
York and Boston, where they always com
mand high prices.
The Flumbcanlegrownherefor amateure
purposes, if great pains are taken lo pre
serve it from the corculia.
The Nectarine is not a distinct variety of
fruit, but belongs to the peach family, and is
grown more for ornament than profit.
Some varieties of the Cherry grow well
here, particularly the sweet varieties, and
will pay well il we keep onr temper when
the little birds come to divide with ns.
The Blackberry is at home here, and
twenty varieties can be lo uid in aDy old
field better than the far famed Langston
The common Black Cap Raspberry of our
country i-t the best we can plant. The
Strawberry grows well everywhere in this
country, aud no farm should be without a
bed.
On the whole, I know of no section of
country that grows more varieties of good
fruits than Cherokee, Georgia.
Dalton, October 10, 1871.
B. Hamilton.
t ., , areaeriouj 'y inclined tort
that there is a great doal of haul ^
the common workings of free
Education is a good thing, aaj
be glad to see every boy an j . We
land educated, but that it Lt to 1®°
«aeraofallourtroubles,poli tici l ) eike K
pecuniary, , e do not believe v >
wi " h -e D „„2 i n
ntum one single day. W e of‘t
have been taunted with our -
the natter of popular educate, 0 ""' 1
Free School, o< the
up to us n models of human ltlJ
worthy of all imitation ta “ ce 6t:t
Now we do not see bat what oar „
are just as good as these enli.ht.L^
and that the true interests ofsriS
knowledge arc as effectually served”' 6
there. You will hardly find ac u,S
whole land thu j, J ept fr0B
cause of the parents’ inability ' l *’
tuition. Lis the carelessness of
ness to
“■■lift
Son
Agricul'ural Publications as Premiums.
To the Editor of The Plantation:
The plan adopted by the Directors of the
Fair Association of the Cherokee-Country
of Georgia and Alabama, of awarding Rur
al Publication as premiums at our Monthly
aud Annual exhibitions works admirably,
aod not only gives UDiveisal satisfaction
but creates increased interest among all the
exhibitors to secure those kind of pre
tniunts.
The ssociations awarded a great many
publications during the year, and would
bare disposed of a great many more at the
close af the Annual Exhibition, on the eve
ning the tickets for premiums were delivered
to the successful ccmpetators,had not some
one pat a report in circulation to the effect
that they were redeemable only by Judge
Jcs. E. Veal, who was on the ground with
a fine display of jewelry. It is dne the
Judge to state that be bad no hand in pat
ting the report in circulation. The Direc
tors knew nothing of thereport until a great
many bad taken place, who would have pre
ferred those publications. Those who se
lected books were supplied by A.Ormberg
& Co., on the grounds, who bad a Sue as
sortment of Rural Books on exhibition.
Such as they did Dot have, they ordered
at ooce, aod have since suppiyed them.
Those selecting weekly aDd monthly journa’s
will commence with the January numbers,
1872, and run through the year.
To give you some idea how the plan
works, I send yon the enclosed order:
The “Southern Cultivator,” for 1S72, ad
dress W. A W. L. Jones,Athens, Ga... $2 00
'The Plantation,” for lS72,Atlanta, Ga.... 3 00
“The Rural Carolinian,” for 1S72, Walker,
Evaas A Cogswell, Charleston, South
Carolina ”... 2 00
Tho Farmer’s Home Journal,” tor 1S72,
address Homo Journal, Lexington,
Kentucky 3 00
§10 00
Dear Sir: I ten-1 inclosed, two premium
tickets, 85 each, amounting to S10 00. I
wish lor them the four Agricultural papers
named above, subscription to commence
with the January unmber. tor the year
1872. Please atteni t* this io time, and
much oblige, Yours truly,
Jas. B. 8cllivav
To T. J. Perry, Rome, Georgia.
By the liberality ol the proprie ors of
these papers and j urn )Is, the Association
makes 83 00 by the opperation; for in
stance. the publications cost the Associa
tion as follows:
thepaM^e of^e Elei^on Bm over theact- the lack of moisture, and from heat, will
Cultivator. $1 50
Plantation...^. 2 00
Rural Carolinian 1 50
Fanner’s Home Journal 2 00
No one will deny but what Mr. Sullivan
will realize far more practical benefit frern
these publications than he would from a
enp or pitcher. His children will read
them, and learn tunny nstfnl and valuable
lessons frotn them, which will do them
good all through life. The Rural Press
has been exceedingly liberal to our Associa
tion, and enable the Assoc aticn to do more
than itconIdotherwi.se have done. The A
sociation will continue the plan and enlarge
upon it another year.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable year,
the Association done much better than its
most sanguinary friends expected, and will
be able to offer a very attractive premium
list next year, for its Monthly and Annual
Exhibitions. Cherokee-Goorgfa and Ala
bama can afford to get np as^goodan exhibi
tion as any State Fair. She has all the
essential elements necessary. Nothing is
lacking but a united effort. She can ex
hibit more aud greater varieties of ccrials,
stock, minerals,manufactured articles, etc.,
within h?r bounds, than any one State can.
The only thing we need is to gel her citizecs
to act; this we hope to do another year.
Very respt ctifally,
Thus. J. P&rry.
* Rome, Georgia, November 7, 1S77.
ent or else the uowillin (Q
services of the child ‘ lt
Our schools have always been ' ! "" f '
poor, and the promiscious throwing ^ "*
the doors will not advance tbe i n = . 0?t ° of
the least, while the liability , 0 d ' 6 ‘*
and break down meritricJ'S
the compel,.ton of coupon seboob
in oar opinion overbalance all ° ”
they will do. ' **
uttia
Eutjvg
Bishop Dupanloup, of Orleans I’ n:
written the following letter on the '
iri- educsti ° D, ° ,hc *****
Orleans, Oct. 30,16j;
SIR—I have read in the I m L H -,,
£S3
nounces that M. Jules Simon
tea his labors upon the law n f T*
aud compulsory instruction The
tbe Councils General being almost
where io s ,ppn r t of it, that law will P
said, be brntight forward at the ,V “
of the Chamber.” Permit me to - Jill
regret those lines. Ido not tnow k™
such a subject can be prejudged fc- '
Councils General, the session of whirl ^
scarcely commenced, and I dona
stand, moreover, how such a questi"
could be settled belore being ,hJZ!
examined; for assuredly it is Ter j
very complex, very difficult. I ■
much as any one that there shall not h,
•ingle young Frenchman nor a single yctar
French woman unable to read and ”
and I am the successor of a bisk
in the seventeenth century, founded
own expense 200 gratuitous .
schools in the diocese ot Orleans. B-
considerations of more than one k-nd
be taken mto account,and without {tetaj.]
ing to develop them completely in thislti
ter there are some that present themsdva
at the outsat, and are of a nature loath
seri :-us minds reflect. 51. Duruy, who ,J
daring io many thing.-, and was urged J
his master in this question, did nut fa
to settle it, so beset did he find ithydifil
culties. He bad submitted it lo the Aesil
emy inspectors, and the majority of tit is
specters— sixty at least—replied that lit,
gratuitous system did not favor the p.
gress of primary education; that in alia
ses where the school was gratuitous it wa
less assiduously frequented. I have I*
fore me their reports, which eipre-ij
state the fact, and give the reason of lit
fact. The Councils General in 1867-68-63,]
although pressed on this point by the Ii-
perial government, did not show deal
selves more favorable. I bare read thirl
reports. It will perhaps be said, ft
there is a simple mode of causin': tit
schools to be well attended; it is a
render them compulsory and to fora]
all the children into them. As k
me, I do not consider these means nunpit.1
When the time comes I shall, in the present
state of education and morals in France,]
have some very serious things to say.
the facts remains that the gratuitous sys
tem is not in itself favorable to the atteal-
anc at the schools and the progres cf is
struetton. Moreover, the gratuitous in
tern will destroy most of our reiijm
schools, for this decisive reason, that tie;
will no longer be able to sustain the toe-
petition of the gratuitous schools Anfa
religious school destroyed, all our ehUba
will be handed over by compulsion lo up-
tern of instruction which, if * e may jniz
bv the efforts recently made in Paris dcra
the Couiomne.and elsewhere at this momsnt
might 1 ecome an immense social and rs|
licious dancer. Ad independent ouht
daneriT. nothin- would be jained from e
educational puin* i f view; h r these prim:.;
relitrious schools, which will thns t-e d-
troyed. it is ; roved by i fficial statisticsbaw
the superiority; that is to say, that, fc;
thev fi nref-ra larger
compart
among the scb-iolsthat the iesp-ecton
good schools. Finaiiy. tt should hs It.*-]
that the scholastic remuneration at
present time amounts to about t’entj as
lions. These twenty millions are pud t
the rich for themselves and the poor;
gratuitous education is accorded j
the poor, to all who reed it. In
ing gratu : tons primary instruction nr
rich as well as the poor by ,
general ’•ate inscribed upon the had?-
public instruction, the poor—thatjMO
Roman Catholic Missionaries from England
to the. Frecdmen of the South.
ing Governor’s veto.
I soon die, or is easily removed with the J Fxeedmen
The New York Herald of the 19th
says ;
The members of a Catholic clerical mis
sion sailed from England for America yes
terday . It is said that the clergymen con
stitute tbe first missionary body which has
ever left tbe shores of Britain proper fer
this country. The priests come to labor
among tbe colored freed man oftbe repub
lic. His Grace Archbishop Manning of
Westminster explained the intention oftbe
Church in commissioning them, after a
mass of benediction had been celebrated.
He said that as Eoglandhad imposed negro
slavery in America it was fitting “that En
glishmen should be tho first to move for
tbe amelioration of the condition of tho
lewly emancipated race.” A very praise
worthy, Christain sentiment, and one which
may herald a very useful 'missionary work.
Now Chat Brndder Howard and his whi
ning Bureau is out of the way there is a
chanoe for some real good being done for
pUUlIC IlI3> • UUIUU, ■
the largest number ol taxpayers,tt® ‘-'I
Cfrnnot pay for their schooling muI * ® ?• I
nothing now—will pay then, and F ar - r , I
the rich. There is, I know it, a reasonI
tuanv won by people give at once, w |
out having reflected on the question, *
that the Prussians—for we are mac
at this moment to the imitate >n 0
—that the Prussians conquered ns
they knew how to read better t an
That the Prussians can read I too* -j
but I also know—for I saw a goofl *
them during six months of long an
full memory—that if they bea *
not only because they knew now
b rt because they knew huW to oWF ^
gratuitous and the compulsary 9-“^
education may be decided on; tor ^
like ours everything i« decided ot ^
sion and with great rapidity-
the moment for serious decision ^
least it will be accessary to know -
is wanted and what is possible,
the little I have just writteo a“
other things still to examine he
ing a resolution. Iam.&c., , ,
Felix, Bishop oi 0
A Family of Emigrants 16 >" ' ^
applied to Thos. J. Perry, EaUe . -
agent at this place, to be sent
Texas by express C. O. D-> 8 .
their relations would meet them
pay charges and take teem oa '^_
To Can Sweet Corn .—I D “^ fi
last year, and had splendidduo .
to do so, it shonld De well se0 . ;,«.■!
salt, pepper and white sugar, coe
deal, say au hour. Peas can D ^ft-oit-"
the same way; then cau, SJ ® e r .
Marta B„ Andover, N. T-
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The demand for troops to ^ ia iW |
enforcement of the Ku K ^ttorotf
South exceeds the supply. 1 . , d h
General and Secretary of V»w ^
conference for the redistnbu ^ (;jt-
io the martial law district 10
olin3 ' rTcwri*-
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COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool, Nov. fins *
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