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CHRONICLE it SENTINEL
DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY
BY W. 8. JONES
From the Atlanta American.
State Road 'Hauameitieiit.
We have already shown iu these columns that
the net protits of the Western it Atlautic Railroad
the liret year under Gov. Brown fell below the aver
age of Gov. Johnson’s four years, atiil below the
net protits of Gov. Johnson’s first year. We have
shown tfcie from the Reports of the Superinten
dents, and the Messages of Gov, Johnson—all
Democratic authority—and there has been no de
nial, no attempt to disprove our statements. Why ?
15acau»e what we state is true and cannot be dis
proves By the same documents, we have also
shown that the business has fallen off uuler Gov.
Brown s administration. This is a fact which can
not and will not be denied. We will now proceed
to show that the Western <fc Atlantic Railroad
ebould have increased instead of decreased, by
exhibiting that such has been the ease with other
Roads.
We Rive the gross namings of the following
Roads for the last two fiscal yearj of each:
Atlanta dr West Point, last year $362,060 97
Previous year 292,990 09
Increase, (about 23percent.) $09,064 88
iyusoofi6e Road, last year $201,050 t*B
Previous year 145,007 22
Increase, (about 33 per cent.) (56,043 76
Georgia Road, last year $1,154,601 08
Previous yeat 1,036,572 33
Increase, (about it per cent) $118,048 75
Central Road, last year $1,353,7:22 00
Pisvicus yeai 1 122,614 85
Increase, (about 20 percent.).... $231,107 15
fiootb Western Road, last year $547 ,876 43
Pi svious year 391,540 16
In ’rta c e, (about to per cent) $156,336 27
Maron & Weetern, last year $325,192 42
Pisviousyear 291,979 13
Increase, (about 11 percent) $33,213 29
Ti,e above tacts and figures are all taken from the
Reports published by these incorporations. It the
i-tficers are truthful men, the facts are real aud true,
it will he observed that the lowest increase is
about eleven per cbnt —the highest about torty per
rent —end theaverage about twenty five per cent,
i: the increase ha;-, been so general over ail the
Mtaie, on at! the Roads whose Report* we have
r-een, ought w e uot to look tor an equal Increase on
the State Road 1 As this is a main trunk Road,
w ith more teedeis than either, ought not the State
Road to have increased more tbau either of the
others I We think every fair-minded person will
agree that it ought But if it has increased accord
ing to the axerage increase of other Roads, what
rt.ould be the gru»s earnings of the Western tfc At
lantic Road the present fiscal year ?
Gross earnings last year, were.. $800,001.28
Add 10 per cent lowest aveiagc 80,600.00
Estimated gross earnings this year SBBO,OOI 23
'That is what the gross earnings should be this
vear, if the increase is only that ot the lowest of the
above Roads. Now, what should it be if the in
crease had been* qua! to the average increase of
the six Roads whose Reports we have quoted from
_au increase which we thick it is tair should have
taken place !
Gross earnings, last year SBOO,OOI 28
Add 25 per cent, average increase of the
six Roads, 2W,000 00
Estimated gross earu’gs this year $1,000,001 28
As the Report has uot yet been made, and will
not be for over a mouth yet, we, of course, do not
know the actual amount of gross earnings, but we
shall proceed to show that they have not increased
—«>r, it they have, therein a most awful aud sue
picious discrepancy somewhere.
Before, however, we proceed to do this, we will
give the estimate of Mr. George Yonge. maJe in
October, 1853, as to what he estimated the net
earnings of the Ko&d should be for a series of years
ending with Sept. 30, 1858.
For the year ending Sept. 30, 1801 $300,000
Sept. 30, 1855 355,000
Sept. 30, 1856 4(H) 0(H)
Sept. 30,1857 450,000
Sept. 30,1858 500,000
and this sum, or upwards, for 1859 and ait succeed
ing yetrs. Have Mr. Tonga's estimates been real
ized ' We will see :
Actual nett earnings to Sept. 30,18. R $338,000
>* “ Sept. 30, 1855 429.0(H)
o “ Sept. 30,1856 4(H),000
o « Sep:. 30, 1857 465,000
<« o Sept. 30,1858 406,000
Tue above figures show that the tour years of
Gjv. Johnsons administration, the actual nett
earnings exceeded Mr. Yonges estimates by over
$290,009, or an average of over $50,000 per annum.
Jf. proves the correctness of Mr. Yonge’s estimate,
when the Road is under enlightened management.
For four years in succession the Road paid uiore
man one of the most accomplished Railroad men
in the State estimated it would Is not this satis
factory evidence ot the value of any opinion he
may give aa to the prospective earnings of a Road,
or in reference to the causes of a decline in Its busi
ness 1 We ask the candid inquirer it it is uot 1 For
ourselves, we think it is, and we Leiteve the public
will agree with us.
But Mr. Yonge’s estimates were based on a pro
per and enlightened management, and when the
Road was under such management it met hia an
ucipations. Bat Mr. Yonge never thought such an
iud.viduai as Joseph E. Brown would ever have
Ihe management of it. When be got to ba Gover
nor mat ers changed ; and, es the above figures
show, {taken trom the Superintendent’s last re
port,) the grees earnings and uetprcli'a both tell oil'.
Judge Dooly is said to have remarked tLat the
Almighty might know meet things, but there was
cue thing he didn’t know, and that was, what the
verdict ot a petit jury would be. We think Mr.
Yonge could estimate so as to know Euine thiugs in
l eference to Railroads, their manegement aud pro
pact: "6 earnings, but he cculd’nt foresee that a
conceited booby would ever be Governor, aud,
hence, could not estimate the damage be would do '.
As wid be seen, the net profile of the year ending
September 3), 1857, were.... $165,000
For the year ending September 30,1858... 406,060
Decrease, Brown’s first year $59,600
The gross earnings for the year ending Sep
tember 30th, 1857, were $900,808
For year ending Sept. 30, 1860 800,001
Decrease, Brown's first year $100,007
Now, we infer, legitimately, that all the net earn
inffi of the current year Lave been paid into the
Treasury. 1) so, they will prove to be only $400,-
0)0 We presume that as Gov Brown s and Dr.
Lewis' friends beast over his economical wotking
of the Road the first niue months of his manage
meat, that he has continued to work it still quite as
cheaply; if not, Governor Brown, Dr. Lewis, the
Democratic press, and writers aud speakers are
attempting a base deception. I fence, we infer,
further, that he i running the Road at 33!, per cent
of its gross income , and, if this be so, then the
gross earnmgs of the Road have fallen to only
$690,000 , a decrease io business of $260,000 in one
year! Jf this 1 nferenoe is not correct, then expenses
consume a greatei per cent of the gross earnings
than Gov. Brown and hie pailiz&ne desire to make
:he public believe. But the gross earningt hare
(t -creased
In the last Annual Report of Geo. Yonge, Esq.,
to the Georgia Railroad Gompanys we find the fol
iowing passage, which succeed,a etatementof the
annual gross earnings ol the Htale Road tor the
seven years last passed. Mr. Yonge says :
“From the above figures it will be seen that the
Western Ar Atlantic Railroad could only be sus
tained by its through busineaa—yet, 1 regret to say,
that Road in no case participates with its connec
tions (prorata) in rates which are iound necessary
to retain the traffic it enjoys ; and in some cases its
<•marges amount to a prohibition to Western pro
ducts, which are delivered at Augusta and Macon
■< 1* Baltimore."
"Ihe gross earnings of the State Road actually
fell oft the first year of Gov. Brown’s administra
tion SIOO,OOO. There is reason to believe it has
fallen off more tbau that this year. Th 9 opinion is
strengthened by the fact that the receipts of the
Georgia Road from the Western &. Atlantic Road
have decreased, and the passage quoted from Mr.
kenge Western products are driven oil the Road
by prohibitory rates—Alabama Rig Iron driven off
by prohibitory ratee—the gross earnings of the
Road diminished thereby one and two hundred
thousand dollars per annum, aud yet Joseph E.
Brown ie lauded to the skies as the model Railroad
overseer, and as a model Governor !!!
Bob Toombs and the Press—We learn from
the Augusta Dispatch that the burly blusterer, Bob
Toombs, who disgraces the State of Georgia by the
occupancy of a seat in the Senate, levelled bis artil
lery against the newspaper press in his late speech
at Lexington.
We are not surprised that this traitor to his form
er friends and principles should denounce the pub
lic prees. While professing Whiggery, his violent
abase of Democracy provoked the Democratic
press to skin him unmercifully; and since he has
acid out to the Democrats, his insulting defamation
«,t Lis former associates has compelled the prees of
that pariy to denounce him as he deserves. His
general bullying and blustering about Washington
Gity provoked a scathing from even a neutral
piesa fHarper’s Weekly)—so that we do not won
<*■ > he expresses great contempt for the prees.
i here is not, however, a single sheet in Georgia,
however contemptible, but can fully reciprocate this
Iceling with the honorable Senator.— Watchman.
A number of prominent Philadelphians have
addressed ex-Benator Cooper, requesting an ex
n.*e6sion of his views relative to the expediency of
insisting on a reduction ot postage and an increase
of duties, ae issues in the approaching national
election. His reply is looked for with some interest
by dabbieis tu State and Federal politics.
Dleiutige about the Japanese.
A letter from Shanghai, China, of June 14, writ
feu on board the Powhatan to the Journal of Com
metre contains some interesting information about
tee Japanese, end their facility in mastering the
English language, also descriptive of limit manners
and babit3. The writer, it appears, kept a eohool
at Nagasaki, and tbu3 speaks of the deportment
towards bint and towards one another of his pupils :
“Japanese Bots at School.— How gracefully
they walked in! How low they bowed, all these
coming forward to shake hands. What smiles
always sat upon their faces, while they iustautly sat
dowu to the table, aud vigorously commenced the
studies of the day ! Nor wa3 their oourtesy to me
greater tbau to one another ; for when one came in
later thau the rest, they rose to receive him, while he
held his head almost to the (loor in return. Not one
instance of disobedieuce or disrespect occurred; not
one angry or discourteous word was uttered—not
one moment’s passion was lowered upon a single
face. Sentiments of natural affection soon sprang
up, which was strengthened to the close of the
school r.cd made the last hour truly painful.’’
la the course of his rambles with those pupils, he
discovered what looks like another Aceldama.
Ihe Site ok the old Prison. —Through their
aid 1 succeeded in discovering where the old prison
had stood iu which so many Christians were incar
cerated, starved, and tortured, till they died, and
more interesting stilt, the very hill on whioh thou
sands of martyrs had been put to death by burning,
by suffocation, by suspension by the heels while
half of the body was crowded into a hole dug in the
ground, by crucifixion, and cutting the body into
pieces, and then throwing the whole into the bay
over whioh the hill hung.
lie found the utmost difficulty in teaching them
how to pronounce the letter L, which they always
slid into V. lie adopted the following novel mode
of communicating the true meaning of the word
organ, a musical instrument:
The Smith s Forge.— How could the idea be
communicated? 1 could give the form of the in
strument, and put my fingers upon the keys; but
where whs the invisible agent which gave the
sound 1 1 was profoundly' perplexed, and all my
attempts at explanation by signs were in vain.
At last 1 remembered the blacksmith's forge which
I had seen in the city, and succeeded in making
them understand what I meant —striking on an
imaginary anvil, pulling at the bellows' haudle,
and puffing my cheeas to eipel the air. Instantly
they caught the idea of the bellows. Next 1 lo
cated the imaginary bellows behind the imaginary
organ, putting a man to blowing, while I fingered
the imaginary keys in front, and with my voice
struck out strains which, if they did uot quite equal
those of Orpheus, were certainly as useiul to the
ycuug Japanese, who instantly caught the ideas,
and bloke out in shouts of delightful admiration.
The patronymics of some of the boys might be
interesting aa samples of Japanese names. The
following are a few :
Kitamra Mothohitero, Isabasi Shedsura, Swasay
Yasiro, Misia i Sodataro, leoda Keinoske, Nalaby
asli Eteyameliu, Nisi Zomida, Namura Gauechiro,
Yocoyama Matanojaw.
Japanese Chi'rogiiaphy.—They had never
written with a quill, but instantly used it with the
utmost ease, but from habit preferred the hair pen
cil universally in use by the Japanese as well as
the Chinese. India ink was the only kind used.
Their specimens of ehirography are so much alike
that it is hard to distinguish one from another, while
the round, manly hand could be improved by no
master.
The boys evinced much affection for their teach
er, as welt as great aptitude in acquiring the Eng
lish language. They enaeavoreo to make him
prolong his stay among them, but finding they could
uot succeed, two of them wrote in English (alter
only two mouths’ study of the language)—
“Master .teacherof the English language
to me, has been very kind during his stay here,
therefore I will never forget his labors.”
Another wrote—
“ How long will the ship Powhatan tarry in this
Bay ? Your discipies will take sore great contri
tion if you go to America, as you are the fit master
to give your forlorn disciples lessons.”
“lie snowed the Lieutenant Governor a copy of
the Journal of Commerce—“the first American pa
per ever read by Japanese.” They have no news
papers in Japan, hut he fovtud a good printing
establishment at Nagasaki, having one large
machine press and two or three small ones, with
metallic Roman and Japanese type and good paper
in abundance, and a bindery in connection, the
whole owned by the Government, and all labor in
composition, in press-work aud binding, performed
by the Japanese, without the least aid or supervi
siou ot the Dutch. The idea of a Japanese news
paper was a new one, but struck the Governor
and interpreters favorably. It is a question simply
of time.
The school was conducted without any reference
to compensation, but the Governor sent him some
presents,—rendered valuable by being accom
panied by a bit of.
Fish Skis —I was sent a hanceome lacquered
cabinet ana box, ol small dimensions, but exquisite
workmanship, each tastefully enveloped iu white
paper, which a cord of gilt strands tied around, be
tween which and the paper was inserted a piece of
dry fnh shin, a foot long and an inch wide, which
one might hare thought belonged to a fish caught
off Cape Cod. This queer article always accom
panies a letter from a dignitary, and even from the
Emperor, bring designed to remind the recipient
’that as the ancestors of the Japanese were once
poor fishermen, the descendants, like them, should
be industrious aud economical. .Such a custom is
worthy ot the best day of the Spartans. For myself,
1 shall value my bit of fish skin from the Governor
of Nagasaki higher thaum gold snutl box from the
(Jueen of England. A few Japanese words in
naming charades s, on a strip of paper attached to
the principal article, made the contrast most sin
gular, if not indeed ludicrous.
Additional by the Europe.
Halifax, Sept. B.—The steamer Europe, from
Liverpool on the 27th uit., arrived here last night.
The rumens from Zurich are to the effect that
some progress in the Conference is being made, and
it will probably come to a successful conclusion
early iu September.
Saiuinia refust to accept, even provisionally,
the annexation of the Duchies, without consulting
the other powers, particularly France.
The Italians maintain a firm attitude in regard to
their national independence.
The harvest in England and France is about
completed.
The steamship Ocean Cjueen arrived out on the
25th, and the Persia oil the 27th.
A Berne, Switzerland, telegram of the 24th says
the French and Austrian Plenipotentiaries had
regulated the settle neut of the affairs of Lombardy,
with the consent of the Sardinian Plenipotentiary,
and that the arrangement was expected to be con
firmed by the sovereigns.
Ass airs in the Duchies are to be treated as di
rectly between the courts.
At Paris and Vienna, the impression prevails
that the conference will be successiully concluded,
early iu September.
Austria, it is ea:d, had modified her instructions
to her Plenipotentiaries.
The trotting race near Liverpool resulted in the
defeat of the American horse, Jack Rossiter, by
the English horse, Daw. The American horses
Mountain B >y and Dreadnought, obtained the 2d,
3d and Ith places in a field of seven borees. Pem
broke s two year old colt, Umpire, won two more
races at Slorkton.
The Loudon Advertiser's Paris correspondent
says French engineers had been sent to survey the
wtiole line of the coast from Bologne to Calais,
and to fix upon a spot for a seaport sufficient to
contain a lieet of titty transports, aud that the Min
ieters of Marine had notified si.balterau officers
that titty transports, each capable of containing
2000 men, must be ready opposite Dover, Eng., by
the commencement of the ensuing year. The
writer says full confirmation of the fact has beeu
telegraphed to the English government. He con
jectures that an altercation with Belgium will sup
ply a pretext foi a rupture with England. This,
however, is regarded as a canard.
Ic is thought the Belgian Senate will reject the
Antwerp fortification bill.
The object of a defensive league between Tus
cany, Bologna, and Modena is stated to be to pre
vent the restoration oi the fallen governments, and
lay down a basis for assimilation in their institu
tions.
The National Assembly of Modena was pro
rogued on the 23d, having previou-ly unanimously
voted decree* confirming the dictatorship of Farina,
and giving him full power to contract a loan of
5,000,000 livres for the erection ot a monument
to commemorate the vote decreeing the forfeiture
of Francis V. and the annexation to Piedmont, and
charging the dictator to negotiate with foreign
powers for the restitution of political prisoners.
Vienna letters express apprehension that the
difficulties of the Italian question will uot be set
tied at Zurich, aud give a report that the furloughs
to Austrian soldiers returning to Italy have been
suspended, and seven corps d’armee, out of twelve,
will be retained on a war footing.
Advices fiom Canton state that a fleet of 192 (?)
vessels preoed id the French, English aud American
Ministers up the river Peiho, to force, if necessary,
a passage to Pekin.
Eighth District. —The candidates for Con
gress in the Eighth addressed the citizens of Ogle
thorpe one day last week. We learn that Col.
Wright not only used up bis very weak and feeble
antagonist, but lett not even a grease spot! How
any man can vote for Jones in preference to Wright
we cannot imagine. We oaunot believe that a
majority of the vaters of that District will do so.
It was thought that Mr. Stephens would assist
Jones; but we learn from the Chronicle So Senti
nel that inasmuch as nobody helped him he is not
disposed to take any part in the present contest.
This is right and consistent. Little Elick seems
still bent upon “ toating his own skillet. Bobuel,
on the other hand, is “doing hiß level best” for
Jones. The people will know how to appreciate
euch conduct. — Athens Watchman.
Eighth District. — The news from the Bth Dis
trict is of the most cheering nature. The gallant A.
R. Wright is making a noble tight, and bis pros
pects are brightening daily, aud it is believed that
he will be tr umphautiy elected ta Congress. His
opponent ie evidently a aiau of ordinary acquire
ments, and unequal to the task of meeting Ranse
Wright iucceeelully iu debate. — West Point Citi
zen.
<%otttde & Sentinel
SUNDAY AIOKNING, SEPT. Ji, iS5f).
FOR GOVERNOR,
WARREN AKIN,
OF CASS.
FOR CONGRESS—EIGHTH DISTRICT,
A. R WRIGHT,
OE JEEKEKSON.
FOR CONGRESS:
2d Dist.—MARCELLUS DOUGLASS, of Randolph.
3d DUt.—THOS. HARDEMAN, Jr., of Bibb.
4th Diat.—WU. F. WRIGHT, of Coweta.
7thDist.-JOSHUA HILL, of Morgan.
Bth DUt.—A. R. WRIGHT, of Jsfleraon.
COL. A. It. WRIGHT'S APPOINTMENTS.
At the earnest solicitation of hia friends, Co!
A. R. WRIGHT haa been induced to change hi®
liat of appointmenta, so as to meat hia opponent, be
ginning at Elberton on the 25th inat., aa follows
Gibson, Saturday, 10th “
Louisville, Tuesday, ldth Sept.;
Bark Camp, Wednesday, 14th Sept.;
Milieu, Thursday, 15th Sept.;
; Augusta, Thursday Night, 15th Sept.;
Waynesboro’, triday, ICth Sept.
Saw Dust, Saturday, 17th “
Between the 19th and 25th, the 25th an<l 27th,
the 27th aud JOth, the 3Dth and Ist September, the
Ist and lid, the 5d and 6th, I will Qll any appoint
ment our friends may make forme, that will enable
me to meet the next regular succeeding one. If
they desire extra appointments, they can make
them without consultation with me, and I will till
j them when I reach their several counties.
A. R. WRIGHT.
The Northern Mail failed yesterday afternoon
beyond Richmond, Va.
Mr. Toombs—The Path Marked Out.
A short time since wo learned that Senator
Toombs designed making one speech, as an antidote
to Iverson, which he would publish. Soon after
he made the Lexington speech, hia organ ia this
city gave notice that it would publish that speech
in a few days, but abandoned the idea, with the
intention of reporting fully the speech the Senator
was expected to deliver in this city on the night of
the Bth inst. We are now infonned that the report
of the speech—a full verbatim report by a Steno
grapher-had mysteriously disappeared from the
Constitutionalist office, and consequently the
speech can not be published untd Mr. Toombs can
write it out. We have waited very patiently, pre
terriog to have an authorized exposition of our
Senator's views, before remarking on them. But
the canvass is f ast drawing to a close, and only
j three more numbers of our Weekly will be in the
j hands of our readers before the,'election. Our pri
: vate opinion is that that speech will never be writ
i ten and never published—just like the Lexington
: speech—or at least, not uuti! it will be too late to
be overhauled by the Opposition before the elec
j tion. Consequently we are constrained to base our
j remarks concerning Mr. Toombs’ extraordinary
course, upon the report of our neighbor of the
Dispatch, of the Lexington speech, and the speech
at Concert Halil, which we ourselves heard, aud
we think no injustice has beeu done the speaker in
the Dispatch report.
We pass by the sneeis aud side thrusts of the
i Senator at the press, editors and reporters, simply
! with the prayer of our Savior for the people who
j jeered him. We care nothing at all about them.
We presume the press respects Mr. Toombs b* little
as he can possibly respect the press.
The feature of moel extraordinary significance
j in the present attitude of Mr. Toombs is the decun
| elation of the South jru Rights position of his col
| league—Senator Iverson—and hia declaration of
adherence to the fortunes, now apparently so llat
! tering, of the Illinois aspirant—taking the ground,
as Douglas does, that our present remedy, It we
I need any, for the protection of slave property aud
the rights of slaveholders in the Territories, is thr
courts— the Federal Judiciary—and emphatically
declaring that he would not insist upon the passage
of any more laws for our protection because even
the insisting upon that would drive off Northern
Democrats. The Senator has probably forgotten
how savagely he opposed the submission of our
rights in the Tern'.ories to the adjudication of the
courts, as proposed in the C lav ton compromise of
1848. Then he was will.ug to drive off Northern
whigs with whom he was acting, to disrupt the
Wbig party, even to let “ chaos come again,” rath
er than submit to the Judiciary. Alas, what a
change has come over our Senator since that time '•
The fiery aud eloquent young Hotspur of 1818 has
gently aa a sucking dove bowed the knee to Black
Douglas iu 1859.
The Senator sneered at the Opposition politicians
running about, crying Squatter Sovereignty in the
Kansas bill, and regretted to find some Democrats
guilty of the same thing, including his colleague-
His colleague, like a true man, ‘‘owns up” and says
that lost Kansas to the South. Mr. Toombs did
not deny his opposition to Squatter Sovereignty ia
1848; for he then declared it werse than the Provi
so. and that to sanction it was treason to the
Soutii. But both Gen. Cass and Douglas declared
in 1854, that the very Squatter Sovereignty of 1848,
was embodied as the law of the land in the bill o 1
1854, and reiterated in the Platform of 1856, both
of which received the Senator's sanction. Mr.
Toombs admitted that he differed with Douglas
and his wing, not about the constiuction of the
act, but about the constitutional and rightful
power of the Territorial legislation under the act.
There can be no doubt that Congress, by the bill,
transferred all its own constitutional power over
the subject of slavery in the Territories, to the
Territorial legislature. It could transfer nothing
more—it has transferred nothing lees. All the
South agreed to that, but with the distinct under
standing that it was unconstitutional for the
legislature—the creature—as well as for Con
gress—the creator —to exclude slavery from the
commou domain, or to render it valueless by
any kind of legislation. Now the North insists—
Douglas leading aud the whole Northern Democra*
cy following—upon the Constitutional right to ex
clude us, either by positive pruhibilroy law, or such
other hostile legiel&tiou as would amount to the
same thing. The North insists further that it never
will submit to Congressional protection, and never
will submit to any such interpolation in the party
creed. Right here, Southern Democratic Dough
faces strike hands with the base, cruel, black-heart
ed,.deceitful, treacherous enemies of the South, for
the sake of a corrupt party organization. Right
here, the fight must be made, right here resistance
commence, right here must we determine whether
our Constitutional rights shall be at the mercy of
Territorial action, or whether we wili still hold on to
the Democratic party. The question mußt be me t
and determined iu this canvass so far as Georgia is
concerned. The Opposition is determined now to
make Congressional protection against hostile
Territorial legislation are essential and a paramount
part of the creed of any party w r hich gets its sup
port. Toombs, the Constitutionalist, (aud we pre
sume Mr Jones) and others of the Democracy are
prepared to succumb, and will not give a pledge to
insist upon protection, or to demand such pledge
from their Presidential nominee. The Opposition
make it a point of resistance if Congress fail to
grant protection when demanded, and give fai
notice beforehand.
The Democratic party in Georgia, judging by
their ablest leaders, wili not do so.
People of Georgia, people of the indomitable old
Eighth, under whose banner do you fight ? Let your
voice answer at ths polls.
The position of Hon. Chnrle# J. Jiiikus in the
Gubernatorial Contest.
As we are frequently asked what is the position
of our distinguished fellow-citizen, Mr. Jinkins, as
between Gov. Brown and Col. Akin, we take
great pleasure in stating for the information of all,
and we state it on the reliable authority, that Mr.
Jinkins, though out of public life, aud desirous to
remain so, is in favor of the election of Warren
Akin io the office Governor of Georgia, and will
vote for him.
Opposition Nominees.in Richmond.
The Convention of the Opposition in Richmond
county nominated, this forenoon, the Hon. Thomas
W. Miller for the Senate, and Col. Wm. J.
Rhodes and the Hon. William Gibson for the
House. This is ons of the best tickets in the State
and it only remains for the people to go to work
and elect it by three hundred majority.
Col. Milledge, formerly for many years the
Representative of Richmond, iu a very graceful
aud rnauly manner, decliusd, on account of private
considerations, to allow his friends to use his name
injthe nomination, aud pledged Lis hearty support to
the nominees.
“Fruitland Nurse kies.' ’—The Aunual Cata
ogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, tfco.,
cultivated at “Fruitland Nurseries,” uear this city,
by P. J. Bxrckmans & Co., has beeu laid on our
table. The season haa been a favorable one for the
growth of young trees, which present a fine, thrifty
appearance, and with proper care in transplanting,
cannot fail to succeed aud give satisfaction. Thoir
stock is extensive and varied, and iu the fruit de
partment, comprises a carefully selected collection
of the best native varieties and those peculiarly
adapted to the Southern climate. The character
of the proprietors for reliability and integrity
entitles them to the confidence of the public, and
all customers may rely confidently on their orders
being promptly aud faithfully filled. It is only
necessary to say a word as to the superiority of
Southern over Northern grown fruit trees. The only
plea in favor of the latter ia the difference in the cost
t of the trees, and we once more caution our readers
not be misled by a false economy— for such they
will find it to be in the end. A correspondent of
the Southern Gul tvator says :—“To succeed iu
growing fruit iu the South, get from Southern
Nurseries, trees of Southern varieties, which are
known by experience to suit our climate.”
We invite attention to the advertisement of
JFruitland Nurseries,” in another column. Copies
of the Catalogue will be sent on application by
mail or otherwise to P. J. Berckm ans & Co , Au
gusta, Ga.
Col. Wright at Saw-Dust.—A complimentary
dinner will be given to Col. A. R. Wright, at
Saw-Dust, in Celumbia County, on Saturday, the
17th September, inst. Ail persons are invited—es
pecialiy the ladies.
Deßow's Review. —The September number of
this staunch Southern periodical haa been received-
It is filled with able and interesting articles. Terms
$5.00 per annum. Published monthly, in New Or
leans, aud Washington City, by J. 1). B. Deßow.
Editorial Withdrawal.— Mr. W. M. Chase
; has withdrawn from the editorial conduct and pro
; prietorahip of the Southern Banner, published at
Athens, Ga 1-Mr. .las. A Sledge wiii in future be its
sole editor.
The Englishmen in Paris.—The Paris letters
state that during the recent festivities several
American fiigs were displayed, but not an English
flag was seen, although the number of Englishmen
in Paris ia five times greater than that of the
Americans.
Opposition Convention.
A Convention of the Opposition party of Rich
i mond county was held at Concert Hal! on the 10th
j inst., pursuant to previous notice, for the purpose
| of nominating candidates to the next General As
| sembly.
On ifiotiou of the Hon. Foster Blodget, Por
ter Fleming, E<q , was called to the Chair, aud
D. H. Ansley requested to act as Secretary.
The Convention being organized, the Chairman
briefly stated the object of the meeting, where
upou it was moved and carried that a Committee
consisting of two from each Ward in the City, and
two from each County District be appointed to nomi
nate suitable candidates.
The Chan appointed the following gentiemen un
der the motion :
Ist Ward—Aipheus M. Rogers, G. A. Parker.
2J do. Thoa. li. Rhodes,,las. W. Burch.
II do. Wtmbinicton E. Archer, Hinbai rl-.oi.
lth do. John T. Miller, John I) Butt.
124th Dist. Hansel Shaw.
119th do. Henry P Walker, Floyd Thomas.
123,1 do .Im E. Burch, Edmond Tabb.
j lulet do J«s (’av* ley, J. C. Murphy.
Baloie the Committee retired Col. Jno. Milledge
being present, addressed the Convention—return
ing his tbauks to tire party for its previous support
and declining a renomination.
After an absence of ate w minutes the Committee
re-appeared and announced the following ticket,
1 through their Chairman, Alpheus M. Rogers, Esq.
For the Senate—Hon Thos, W. Miller.
For the House —Hon Wm Gibson and Wm. J.
Rhodes.
The report being submitted, was unanimously
adopted.
The Committee, through their Chairman, also pi e
*ented the following resolutions, which were adopt
ed with equal unanimity :
Resolved, That the Opposition party of Richmond
County cordially approve of the manner in which
our late Representatives tbo Hon. Jno. Milledge
aud Dr. Jas. T. Barton, have discharged the uuet
reposed in them, aud iu their voluntary retirement
from the public service, they hare our beet wishes
for their individual prosperity.
Resolved, That our thanks aie also duo to the
Hon. Wm. Gibson for the devotion which he has
ever manifested to the principles of our party, and
having expressed a desire not to return to the Sen
ate—the Committee take pleasure in tendering him j
a nomination for the House, and in requesting his j
acceptance of the same.
The Chair, on motion, appoiuted Col. Johu Mil.
ledge, Hon. Foster Blodget and A. C. Force, a
committee to notify the above named gentlemen of
their nomination, and to request their acceptance
of the same.
The Hon. Wm. Gibson being present addressed
the Convention aud accepted the nomination ten
dered him in an appropriate speech.
It was then moved and carried that the Chair
appoint at its leisure an Executive Committee of
the party, to consist of three from each Ward of the
city aud District in the county, for the better or"
gauizatiou of the party, and to supply any vacan
cy that may occur iu the Legislative ticket.
Col. John Milledge being called upou, addressed
the Convention iu a short but happy speech, pledg
ing his hearty support to the nominees.
It was then moved that these proceedings be
published.
Porter Fleming, Chairman.
D. H. Ansley, Secretary.
The War Feeling in France against Eng
gland.—The Uaivers, of Paris, has in the past few
weeks published articles of more than usual ani
mosity towards England. In one of them it says :
“All that we say is, that if England continues to
conduct herself as she has done with respect to
France, she wili end by rendering war inevitable.
Between honor or war France would not hesitate,
and she knows that soldiers would issue from the
earth. Why, then, (addressing itself to The Sieole,)
if you are only true patriots, do you seek to make
the interests of your country subordinate to an
alliance prejudicial to its grandeur ? Why do you
make yourselves the champions of our eternal ene
my 1” &c. “The new English Parliament has al
most exclusively devoted the six weeks of its ex
istence to the question of preparations for defepce,
and we may add of aggression, if a favorable occa
sion presented itself,” &e.
The Island oe San Juan. —The New York
Express, referring to this island, lately seized by
Gen. Harney remarks;
For some time past it is said to have been occu
oocupied by British subjects as a sheep pasture, for
which it is said to be admirably adapted. It is some
seventy thousand acres in extent, and covered, for
the moat part, with fine grass. The disputed own
ership has its origin in the vague wording of trie
Oregon treaty, which provides that the dividing
line separating the territories of the two countries
shall “ run {westward with the 40th parallel to the
middle of the Gulf of Georgia; thence southward
with the main channel, to the Straits of Fuca, and
through the middle of those straits to the ocean.” It
now turns out, however, that there are two “ main
channels,” the Rosario Straits and the Canal de
Haro, and though the former is the one chiefly used
by vessels going to Frazer river, the latter is the
wider. Between them lie a number of islands, the
chief of which is San Juan. The British claim that
the Rosario Strait is the “ main channel” referred
to by the treaty, and if this beconoeded. it will give
them possession of the intermediate islands. But
the American commissioners contend that, as the
Canal de Haro is the widest, so it ia ueceesarily the
“ main channel," aud by this rendering of the trea
ty the islands in dispute become American ferrito
ry. This ie the ease as it stands.
For Ike Chronicle «.$• Sentinel.
Democratic TestTnony.
Mp Editor What has Joseph E. Brown done
—what stroke of policy is be the author of so much
greater than any of his predecessors, that entitles
him to so much consideration ? la it hi 3 superior
management of the State Railroad ? I suppose his
tools all over the State will answeryes ! In whatre*
spect is it superior to the administration of Gov.
Johnson? Has he made more motley ? I answer
he has not, as much, as I will soon show. Has he
cleared more nett ? I say no. And will show that
too. What has he done then ! I wi!lj!ethiß friends
and puffers answer that question. The last year
of Gov. Johnson’s administration ending the 30th
of September, 1857—C01. James M. Spullock the
(then) Superintendent jjof the W. &. A. R. It., re
ports the gross earuiugu of the Road, from the 30th
Sept., ’56, to 30th Sept., ’57, to have been $900,808
95. The expenses of working and maintaining for
the. same period, Col. S. says was $135,827 55.
Leaving a balance (c any oue will see by sub
stracting the leaner from the larger sura) of $464,•
981 H) as nett earnings ot the Road. Remember
that laat fact. Now what became of the last men
tioned sum (as nett protits,) is the question that will
arise ?
Well, Col. Spullock informs us that SIOO,OOO of
the amount was paid into the State Treasury.
That accounts for so much of it. But you will say
there remains over $300,000 unaccounted for. 1
might drop that here, by saying with the Federal
Uuiou, that the money was appropriated to neces
sary and legitimate purposes—and that is the truth.
But C'oi. Spuliock has left ua more definite status ;
he says : ‘‘Since my last report, new warehouses
(or depots) have been erected at Allatoona and
Chicamunga; Dalton depot has been completed,
and the one at Cass station nearly so; 300 tons T
rail Imre been recently received.” Go!. Spullock
says, in another place, that: “Up to 1852, (Gov.
Johnson came into office in 1853) the Road had
scarcely any equipment, find was paying other
Roads for repairs and rent of cars and engines, at
high rates,” (this latter statement, the Roads from
whom the cars were rented will verify.) Now what
was the state of things when Gov. Johnson went
out of office? I will allow Col. Spullock to
answer that question, taken from his report ; he
says: “The rolling stock on hanc is 53 locomotives,
15 passenger cars, 9 baggage cars, 458 box freight
cars, 104 platform cars, 29 stock cars, 27 coal cars,
17 gravel cars.”
That is a pretty good item is it not ? And shows
plainly vital became, of the inoney. There has not
been a single car nor engine bought for the Road
since. And this is the state in which the bragging
Gov. Brown found the Road, And right in the
face of all these facts this upstart from Cherokee,
would make the public believe that Gov. Johnson
either stole the money, or squandered it. But I
will leave this statement to the justice of an impar
tial public—who are anxious to leam the truth, and
are not paid to build and bolster up the political
fortunes of an aspiring detnagugue.* Now. let us
see what Gov. Brown has done. lie went into
office the latter pari of 1857. Gov. Brown’s fiscal
year ended (as everybody knows) the 30th of Sep
tember 1857. Now let’s see what the earnings of
i the Road were Irom October Ist. 1857, to September
30th, 1858,
I wui in order to do Gov. Brown no injustice,
I give the statements of Mr. B. May the Treasurer of
1 the Road. Mr. May says: “Thegross receipts (or
earning of the Road) from September the 30th,
! 1857. to September the 30<fj, 1858. were sss.\-$ s s.\-
j 139 16
You wili see by subtracting the gross earnings of
Gov. Brown's administration, from those of Gov.
Johnson’s—that Johnson’s is $18,607,77 ahead of
Brown’s. Nobodyv deny this statement. VVVi
how do you aco-'.u thus be? on the part of
Gov. Brown? 1t... ly done. Gov. Brown did
it by bia narrow com.;,.c miners, littleness, “ penny
wise and pound ieolU u In the first place he |
raised the rates upon . rough” freight sr high, :
that it became tho interest i shippers to send their j
g‘ Ods by some ober Read, which lies lest to tho j
State Road many thousands of dollars. And again, j
j he has put doiru the freight on pig iron that is j
| shipped from Gartersville to Chattanooga, Tenn ,to 1
$1 35 per ton. The significance of thus lowering '
| the tales on pig iron will be appreciated when the
! public is informed that Dr. Lew s the Supeiintend
j ent owns nine tenths (if not all) the pig iron that is
j shipped from Gartersville, And now 1 will show a
lull® favoritism. Cothran and Elliot of Rome, Ga ,
j are large shippers and dealers in pig iron, which
. they ship from Kingston,Ga., to Chattanooga,'Teim.
The public will bear in mind that Gartersville and
Kingston are both in Cass county and near togeth
i er. Now, how much reader do you suppose that
Dr. Lewis charges them a ton for tueir pig iron ?
They have to pay $3 25 per ton, while Dr. Lewis
! only charges himself $1 35 per ton, is that favor
i itism ? Is not Dr. Lewis using the W. &A. li. R.
i for his own peculiar interests ? Don’t he charge
| himself less than anybody else 7 I eay he does—
j neither will he deny it. But I must go back to the
report of the harmleao an t siißDle-minded Treasu
rer, Mr. May. 1 have shown that. Brown’s gross
income was less than that of Johnson. 1 have also
' cited a few instances above to account for that
deficiency. Now let us see what the expenses were
troin Sept. 30 ’67, to Sepl. 30, ’SO. Air. May says
ihey were. $394,227 81 It will be seen by sub
j straoting the expenses of Brown’s administration
; tor one year, from those of Gov. Johnson for hit
; last year in office, that Brown’s expenses are $41,-
i 599 71 leas than Johnson s. Brown deserves credit
for that. 1 have always thought Mr. Johnson too
liberal, while Brown is on the other band niggardly
and mean. But as any one will see, this $41,000
and upwards, saved, does not make up for the
$ 18,000 and upwards lost in the gross earnings from
mismanagement and corruption. Now let's see
what Gov. Brown s nett earnings were for bis first
year’s administration. Well, snb.uract his $394,-
227 84 expenses, from his $852,139 16 gross income,
and we have $457,911 32, as ne-tt earnings. Now
you remember that Gov. Johnson’s nett earnings
were $464,981 40,* hie a gives $7,070 08 in favor of
{Johnson. Now is cot this plain ? Now is there a
j man in Georgia who cannot see that Gov. Johnson’s
| nett earnings on the \V. is: A. R. R. are greater than
\ those of Gov. Brown ! When I ask tiffs question
j 1 have r,o reference to those newspaper editors and
i hirelings, the size ot whose hoe cake depends upon
| the loudness of their puffs for Brown. They would
I consider purgatory a paradise tor Johnson, it Brown
j gave them the wink to send him there. The peo
p!e should, therefore, be careful how they take the
statements of newspaper scribblers that are in the
•' pay of Brown and bouud to do his dirty work.
I Have I done Gov. Brown injustice in this state
[ meut of figures ? I know- 1 have not. I don’t
t rink there is a man in Georgia, even the Governor’s
tools, who will deny tLe Lulli fulness of this state
ment.
Now reader, can you see anything in this state
ment of tacts, that places Gov. Brown in any light *
superior to Gov. Johnson in his management of j
the W. & A. R. It ? Do youst e anything in his i
management that is inimitable ? That is so good
no body else can do as well ?
Do yon think it would ba any difficult task for
Watren Akiuto do as well ? Don’t you believe
any body of common sense and honesty, could do
as well? Now this is the record upon which
Joseph E Brown claims the support of the people
of Georgia, and brags that he expects to be elect
ed by thirty-six thousand majority. And blandly
says he don’t think he can be satisfied with less.
I will here say, in justice to Gov. Brown, that i
think he wii! do better this year than he did Last
year. The indications nre now- favorable for him.
And if he does, that is nothing to make him the
“prototype of Old Hickory.”
What else could he do with the money than pay
it into the State Treasury ? The Road was fully
equipped by Gov. Johneou, and Brown had but
little more than tho ordinary expenses of the Road
to pay. Does he deserve credit for not running
away with the money ? Anybody that has got
sense enough to keep the Road in working order,
is obliged to make money from it. But Gov. Brown
is right to depend upon his management of the
State Road for his set support, for that certainly is
his best record But it is impossible for me, after a
comparison of the administrations of Brown and
Johnson, to see anything in tLe conduct of tho
former, that entitles him to the support of the coun
try over any one else. And if there is nothing suffi
ciently redeeming in his railroad conduct, to enti
tle him to the support of the people, over every
body else, ought not his other record or records to
damn him? I think so, and believe it will. The
people only want a little light; they will get it, too,.
before the October election.
I have extended this too long now.
Yours, &c., Anti-B. Democrat.
Congressional Election in Utah.—There is a
probability that the Mormon candidate for Congress
in Utah has been beaten. The candidates were,
Dr. Hurt. “Gentile;” W. G. Osborne, Independ
ent, and Captain|VV. H, Hooper, Morman. A letter
says:
On last Monday me off the strife. We say
strife, because it w . c- first time, we presume,
that any oppoaitic- made, in politics, to the
powers and proselytes t tiffs kingdon, and surely
it took many of them unawares, found them like
the foolish virgins—negligent of their privileges,
aud, when it was too late, lamenting over their folly.
Returns are incomplete, yet sufficient to cause
the chosen to tremble, lest they are defeated. So
confident were the faithful, that in this city only
about 1,000 votes were polled, and we presume
throughout the settlements, a much smaller ratio!
whilst at Camp Floyd and Fort Bridget, the strong
hold of the Gentiles, every man qualified was at the
ballot-box; so, while the Saints have cause to fear
we have to rejoice. And if they complain that un
qualified Gentiles voted, of whom we know none
we point to their unnaturalized voters, of which we
know some, as a set off. We anxiously await the
returns, and fear defeat only through the running of
two candidates. &
Big Atple. Ibis morning Mr. J. 11. Dsrbam
of this place, showed us an Apple, of the kind
known as the “Pound Sweet,” weighing “pounds,
ounces, circumference, 11 inches, diameter 4
inches The Apple was raised on the plantation of
o. N. Anderson, Esq , near Conwayboro’, S.C., and
can be seen at the Drug Store of Mr. Louis B.
Erambert. Who can beat this ?
Wilmington {N. C ) Journal,
For the Chronic’ e Sent ire;',
Jir. Toombs’ fSpserb,
Mr. Editor:— l am not a ciikeaof JC! ut
but happened to arrive ia your city yeHerdav
and learning that your distinguished Senator, th !
Hon, Robert Toombs was to address y u u, I jj 8
termined to hear him. Ha is to soma exten m
representative as well as yours; consequent i
have a right to express my views of him as a Bstv
tor. I must confess that I was sadly disappoint
i i the Senator-hut not in the man. Imagine iy.,
feelings wbeu I look at him in 1810, battling for th*
Whigs in the moat bitter denunciation oj the Den,,,
crats, characterizing them as thieves, plundered
and robbers. The next time I hear him, he i 9ei
tolling that same corrupt organization, as the only
honest, Constitutional, aud reliable one that i
the United States ; and venting his spleen tip;® ti a
insignificant party—the Opposition. I repeat i
was indignant, aye disgusted with politics ; I
not know the day when I have seen the demagog ,
so plain, lie would dictate to the peop’e of y f(i ,,
State, that tney must sacrifice his colleagues, at-a
get an honest one like him, or if they did not, C
would quit his position if he ever does quit if p
will be when the people force him to do ho, or he
gets some position that it i 3 quite evident he L UOw
working for. Mr. Editor, Mr. Toombs, is what i
call a politician ; if the Opposition, I care not what
their creed is, should gain the ascendency in Gem
gia, I shall expect to find him battling for them.—
He is decidedly the egotistical—he is decidedly de
ficient in that diguity, that should be embodied f n
the position of a Senator, from the Empire State
the South. He alluded to Mr. Calhoun,—would ha
could emulate the man and the Senator in hkn
Mr. Calhoun discharged his duty, and was madas,
enough to leave it to the intelligence of the people
to decide for themselves. He never stumped his
State to vindicate his acts white in Congress ; ha
w&3 always willing to leave local matters to tbs
people—he never meddled in thr.ss matters—ln !V-t
he had none of the demagogue. Mr. Toomb a r
eently has unnecessarily assaded on the etunio h
Georgia, the acta of the two distinguished Kepis'
sentatives, who possess more honesty of purpos
in one session, than he has had in all his poiiuca’
life ; how ungenerous too in him to assail &:i old
veteran in his grave—shame to man and repraha
sibieju a Senator! He, (Mr, Toombs) wouldjdieta’s
to the people of South Carolina, in the choice ot
Representative—this develops what he is. Mi
Kiitcr, should I perchance be in your city in l*i,i
where will I find .Senator Toombs ! I came to the
conclusion before he got through that he had been
controlling the Government and was going to con
tinue to do so. “What a long Up! our cat' has.
St8ANGER
Crops Weather, Ac.
Georgia.—A friend writing to ua from Upson
county says: “We are suffering very much just
now, and have been for eight or ten days p*-
from the b >ll worm, that greatest of a'i scourges T,.
the cotton planter. The prospect two weeks ay
was all tha 1 : heart could desire; now it is anythin
but flattering. The egg is deposited in the top nr
the cotton stock and at the extremities of the a.,
per limbs, and when hatched out the worm com
mences its descent, cartying destruction to eve- •
form and boil it attacks. The harvest in this ami
adjoining counties is frightful, and the weather now
upon us isju-t the kind in which the worm r;o;.<
and flourishes. This tiny but innumerable army
fortunately, is short lived, and vet it leaves greater
desolation in its track than the warring hosts tha?
met at Solferiuo. I hear also of a good deal id
wet weather iust in the cotton. What wi.h the
wo:m aud the rust, and the equinoctial gale tha!
j seems to be woikirg up from the north east, we
j are likely to have a blue time of it.”— Savanna l
j Republican, I (hit.
| During the past week, we have made it a spa
; eial business to inquire of planters from different
i parts of the county, to what extent the cotton crop
\ has been injured by the recent heavy rains, and
5 have been pleased to hear a much more favorable
1 report than we feared wo should have. That tha
• crop has been injured, there can be no doubt. In
j some places by low lands being ovei flowed , on
t such land the cotton has the rust, as might have
| been expected. Some planters say their cotton is
• ii juied by the rot; others that it ia eheddiug con
. siderably, Arc., but nevertheless we hope for a tole
rably fair crop—much less, however, thau w<- anti
• cipated some months ago. Some are of opinion
■ that the people will be deceived in their corn crop
; that there will ba more shuck and corn. But
f we are of opinion that the crop will be tb - larges’
- that has been gathered in this county lor many
j years.— Sander scale Georgian, 7th.
I The (.lantersof this aud adjoining counties are
complaining considerably about the injuries ea*
. tained by tte boll-worm in their cotton. Two weeks
t inea only a few had been noticed, now they ai s
1 becoming more or leas destructive to every
| attacking in some localities had grown boUt. Wha:
Sinay be the result of this terrible vermin, on ti.=
crop of this section of the State, time only can sis
j teimine.— Madison {Ga ) [*isitor,7ttt
Alabama A hieni writing to ua from Earfcr-tr
■ county, Ala., Sept. 6:b, says: lon may rely upon
it that the cotton crop oi this countv is very
seriously cut off. The run has almost entirely de
s'rcyed the late crop on all the uplands, and tha
boil worm has very mater ally injured the crop on
tiie bottoms. I Lave seen land that would ornicEri
ly produce t,2(hl pounds ot seed cotton to the a'-c,
that will not make more than one hundred in col
sequence of the ravages of the worm. The upland
• -.-op will be open and picked out early in t Kv.ober.
Vr hatever may be the late ot the crop elsewhere,
it is bound to be short bore. -CGumbui
Planters in some locations make strong com
plaints of the diminishing prospects of their cotton
crops. Not only has the weed shed its squares and
bolls greatly since the long wet spell, but the
worms have in some places triads their appßaraii< c
A tanner of Russell county, Ala., told us yesterday
that a short time ago be counted on l f>o bales, hu’
does not believe that he will make half that num
ber; aud such is the complaint of many others
The weather for several days pa;d has been
cloudy and cooler, seeming to threaten another
spell unfavorable to cotton.— Colmnbu* Fn ;., "a,
From gentlemen whose travels over this county
have afforded them a good opportunity of knowing,
we learn that crops, both corn and cotton are very
promising. Thero is a iittle complaint in some sec
tiens ; but, wejudge from what we can learn on ti.«
subject, as a general thing, the present crop win
be an abundaut one.— Jasper ( Walk,, count,,) Ad
ver User.
After several days of very warm weather we had
1 quite a refreshing shower on Sanday evening, YYe
learn from the planters, that though the corn crop ia
quite short in some places in the county, owing to
the drought in the early part of the season, the coi
ton crop Las not been so much damaged by sub
sequent rain as was anticipated. —Greenville /./
(.eager.
Mr Peyton Graves, of the Montgomery prams,
tells us that the cotton has latterly sbedded very
much in the prairies. Mr. G.’s calculation is, that
there is a falling off of oue fourth from las’ year’s.--
Montgomery Mail, 9 th,
Mississippi —We are sorry to report a great amt
unexpected fading off in the prospect for a full yield
of cotton in this county. Up to the let of Angus’
not a murmur could be heard from a single Indivi
dual. In the early part of the month wo had frs
quent showers, which kept the weed growing to t
bearing finely, but it stopped at a very critics!
period, aud dry hot weather supervened, greatP f ■
the injury of most qualities of land. We bear tbs'
the rust has already swept over many plantations
that the squares and bolls have fallen off, and tbat
the uplands, &n<i in tact every : here on tl>2
wet bottoms, scarce is a bloom is to be seen VVa
cave never know nso splendid a prospect for a
ciop so suddenly blighted, and we are certain tlist
we not in the least exaggerate when we say, jndg
mg troin the reports we have received the injury
already amounts to fully oue fourth of what the
ciop promised one month ago. Corn never ws:
better ; and we have that Csiieolation left, that with
a lage corn crop we always have flush lime
[Cambridge Republic, l.s/ <3:5.
..Hardeman at Hamilton.— We learn verbalh
that Mr. Hardeman, the Opposition candidate fen
Congress in the 3d District, addressed a large crowd
a <r on oa Tuesday. His speech was a very
effective and able one, and inspired hie supports
with much enthusiasm and confidence. Dr. 0 f’
Gibbs, a prominent Democrat of Harris, repudiai
cd Brown and Speer, and declared himself for AkO
and Hardeman. There are other indications in
Harris, betokouiug a large Opposition majority hi
the county and the triumphant election of Mr.
Hardeman.
Hon. D. P. Iliil followed Mr. Uardeuian in "
patriotic and spirited speech.— Columbus linn
rer.
Emancipation of Russian Serfs. —A SI. D
tersburg letter says :—“On the 20th of September
the Hereditary Grand Duke will enter his sixteen^ 1
year, and, according to the laws of the empire, will
attain his majority and take part in the delibe.s
tions of the Council of the Empire, and be present
at the Councils of Ministers. It is believed os tbs;
day the general emancipation of the serfs of KussU
will be proclaimed. The Grand Duke Constantine
is to return to St. Petersburg for the occasion.--
Grand fetes are to be given in honor of the eveid-
Akin in Cherokee.— From various private
sources we are rejoiced to learn that Akin’s pop ll '
lardy in the Cherokee country is unbounded. D”
people are with him, and not only so, but tha lea d
ers are daily going over. Such men as Calhoun, ot
Atlanta, W. W. Clayton and J. W. Harris, ot
Cass, aud host; of othor leading friends of Gov.
Brown at the last election, are now warmly sup
porting Akin, as we learn upon good authority-
We are not surprised at this. Can there be & ‘’jp*
gle intelligent man in Georgia who is not hearti y
ashamed of our Governor 7 Grant that be w uom
est and patriotic and everything else that hi«
friends claim for him—still, he is eueb uaignorarnns
a# to make intelligent men ashamed of him.
[ Watchman.