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[From the Liverpool Courier.]
Uirrrt Trade with the South.
As it is impolitic in domestic econo
my to pul all the household eggs in one
basket, so it is inanvisable in national
policy to be dependent on one customer
or friend. The monopolist of trade or
friendship may turn his favors into a
new channel, in which every serious
detriment m iy result to the discarded
victim. Gi*-at Britain and the United
States, however, appear to be putting
themselves within this peri! in the mode
of conducting ther respective trades.
The commerce of the two countries
flow through one channel, in which
there happen to be numerous obstruc
tions, serious leakages, and not a little
hostility. The whole seaboard trade
ot the United States is concentrated in
New York—thither the raw cotton ot
The Treatment of the Sonlh.
The Statesman condenses a vast deal
of truth on this subject. It says the
malignant and persecuting spirit mani
fested by the Radicals towards the
Southern people is almost a parallel in
the records of human bitterness and
vindictiveness. There never lias been
an hour since the war when the South
could not have been safely restored to
its old relations to the the Union, not
only without danger, hut with the great
est benefit to the public interests. It
might have been done within two
months after the war ended, and, if it
had been done, we should now’ have
peace in fact as well as in name ; our
commercial prosperity would have
been restored, or national debt greatly
reduced, and the whole country put on
the broad highway to its former wealth
, , , w i • i and greatness. Every candid and
the &ou.h .s transported for shipment to j r3liona , man knows lhal lhis wouk]
Liverpool, the manufactured goods ot j h;ive [ )een the result ol a conciliatory
Lancashire pass through the same , icv lowarda the South, and no G ne
hands cu route to the American custom- 1 " -
er. Oa the eastern coast of New York
enjoys a monopoly of American com
merce, and it is clearly to the inter
of this country to break the exclusive
power, lest it be wielded against us to
the national detriment.
to the provisions of the Legislature a- i INTERESTING FIGURES,
foresaid, having taken into our serious From Willis Sr Chisholm’s Cotton
consideration the said Constitution, Report for Sept., 1869, we collate the
* * by these presents do, in virtue of the following figures :
lowers and authority given us by the people
pretends the reverse but the vile party
mercenaries, who, for the sake ot per-
,;I) " | sonal and political aggrandizement, are
' deliberately sacrificing the peace, hap-
| piness and prosperity of the nation.
The course of the dominant party in
the North to the Southern people since
On the ground of economy, too, there : t |, e u ar | ia5 beer, baser anil more fiend
ish than the w’ar itself. Unjustifiable
as f he war was, it was at least redeem-
are reasons why a wider and
tercour>e should be lostered
the two countries. The
States, now steadily recuperating
soon agam become the great cotton field
reer in-
between
southern ei j by a semblance of courage, although
displayed on a side w'hich had the odds
in its favor of only five to one. But
ill
of ttie world, and it is important that there has been no one redeeming qual-
the raw material should find its way to j py m the conduct of affairs since the
war terminated. It has been pure
British mills burdened with as few' im
post.-as possible. The prevailing sys- I devilism, and nothing else, and wil
tern makes the New York middle-men j ^ ake its place in the records of human
rulers ol tiie market, and adds needless cruelty by the side ol the Inquisition,
of the said State for that purpose, for and
in behalf of ourselves and our
constiuents, fully and entirely assent to
ratify and adopt the said Constitution.
Done in Convention, at Augusta, in the
said State, on the 2d day of January,
A. D. 1788.* (Ibid, 323.)”
“As to Georgia, the Constitution of
government was completed by this act,
and it was done solely in virtue of the
powers and authority given by the
people of the said State, and not by
the people of any nation. This alike
shows that the phrase we the people
meant Georgia, and destroys the whole
theory of the Massachusetts school.”
From the New Orleans Picayune, 23th.
Southern Historical Society.
Confederate Losses during the Civil War, 1861-
1865—Correspondence between the Secretary
of War, Dr. Joseph Jones, and Gen. S. Cooper,
formerly Adjutant General of the Confederate
States.
New Orleans, Aug. 2, 1869.
Gen. S. Cooper, Alexandria, Va.:
Dear Sir—You will please excuse
the liberty which I take in trespassing
upon your valuable time.
I have recently been preparing, for
the Southern Historical Society, a pa
per upon the losses of the Confederate
Army, from battle, wounds, and dis
ease, during the civil war 1S61-5. The
following general results of my investi
gation are most respectfully submitted
to you for examination and criticism :
Killed, Wounded and Prisoners of the Con
federate Army during the War, 1S61—5.
:n A
In 1S54-5—Crop of the United States
was 2.847,339 hales. Receipts to 1st
September, new crop, 26.079. First
bloom, June 11th. First frost, Nov.
13tb. Consumption of the United
Slates, 706,412. Consumption of j
Great Britain, 2,101,000. Shipments
to Great Britain, 1,623,600 ; to France !
409,931. Shipments to Great Britain!
from India, 307,293. Average price in j
Deuce, 5f; in cents, SL
In 1859-60—Crop, 4,004,717. Re
ceipts to 1st Sept., new crop, 51,600.
First bloom, May 20. First frost Oct.
30th. Consumption of the United
States, 972,043. Consumption of
Great Britain, 2,523.200. Shipments
to Great Britain, 2,5S0,700 ; to France
589, 5S7. Shipments to Great Britain
from India, 509 691. Average price
in pence, 5| ; in cents, Gi al2f.
In 1S61-2— Shipments from India
to Great Britain were 9S6., 290. Av
erage price in pence, 16 ; in cents,
42J. In 1866-7, 1,847,759.. Average
price in pence, 11£ ; in cents, 26£.
In 1S6S-9—Crop ot the United Slates,
2,260,557. First bloom, July 2d. Re
ceipts to 1st Sept., new crop, 1,082.
Consumption ofthe United States, 995,- |
127. Shipments to Great Britain from
the United States, 989,677; to France,
224,000. Shipments to Great Britain!
from India, 1,452,070. Average price I
in pence, 12J ; in cents, 25J.
charges x> iiit* grower amt manufactur
ers. Bui ihe policy of New York and
the rest of ilie North is antagonistic to i
free trade. Massachusetts and its con
geners desiie to luster local manutac- .
lures by a high protective tariff ; they j
would drive foreign competitors out ol
the field by differential taxes; and give
a non natural stimulus to their home
mills until they are strong enough to
stand on their merits. This country ;
has already felt the evil effects ol this |
repressive policy in the diminished ex
ports of manufactured goods.
Nothing ca i be done, we are afraid :
to abeviale the burden of the protective ,
tariff until the Americans recognize the :
iuct that impost levied upon the foreign
er, who produces more cheaply than !
and of the atrocities perpetrated by
American savages upon their captives.
FROM OLR FOREIGN COMMISSIONER OF 1MM1
GRATION.
COL. SA.m’l WEIL IN GERMANY.
Editor Constitution : For the
information of the people of Georgia, I
ask a place in your columns to say that
I have a communication from Col.
Samuel Weil, the Foreign Commission
er of Immigration for this State, an
nouncing his safe arrival in the city of
Bremen.
He set sail from Baltimore, on the
steamer Berlin, on the 14th of July,
and after a pleasant passsage, of fif
teen days, landed at Biemen on the
the home manufacturer, are | 29th of July. It is his purpose to make
charge? upon the retail consumer,
system compels the public to pay more
for goods than they would he required
to pay if the cheaper commodities of
the foreigners—who work under mure
favorable auspices—were admitted into
the market. The Americans are really
taxing a community for the advantage i
of class, hut as vet the tolly has not
been made clear to their understanding, i
The North is chiefly, perhaps solely I
favorable to this fallacious principle, its
interests being antagonistic to those ot '
the South. The former is a manulac-
tur»-i desirous of securing the exclusive
right of supplying the people, and seeks
in piomote this policy by subjecting
foreign rivals to burdensome charges. 11
The Sc.utii, being a grower of raw ma
terial, is interested in obtainining man-
ulactuiured goods at the lowest possible
price, irrespective of the locality of
their production ; but the North, for
the ‘’■protection” of its own interests,
levies a different tax on foreign goods,
which falls with undue severity on the
Soul h.
This state of ihings cannot be altered
at present, but is existence is another
strong reason why needless charges
should be avoided on trade with the
cotton crowing districts. There is no
possible reason why raw cotton should
be exported, and foreign goods import
ed, through New York. It is a circuit
ous route, involving waste of time and
needless expense. These may be
avoided by the establishment ot direct
trade between Eutope and the South.
Let the raw cotton be exported direct
from New Orleans, Savannah and
Charleston, let the Manchester manu
facturers and the Liverpool brokers
deal direct with those ports, or, better
still, with the planters in the country.
And in the same way the manufactured
goods required lor the consumption of
the Southerners should be landed at the
nearest port, not shipped to New York,
and thence reshipped to their destina
tion. Ail this unnecessary handling ol
articles of trade enhances their selling
price, and ultimately falls on the con
sumer.
The people of the Southern Stales
are awakening to the importance of es
tablishing direct trade between Europe
and their own ports, alike as matters ot
economy and self ii terest. A Com
mercial Convention has been formed at
Memphis, whose policy it is to bring
prominently and in a practical form
before European capitalists, the profit
able field lor the employment of capital
in the Southern States. The associa
tion is slated to represent “all the lead
ing men in the South and Southwest,
and to be entirely free from all politi
cal questions. It is a commercial and
economical movement, in which Liver
pool possesses exceptional concern, and
about which we shall learu further in
a short time. The Southern Commer
cial Convention has deputed an author
ized representative to visit the great
centers of commerce in this country
and the continent in order to give au
thentic information on the present po
sition and prospects ol the South, and
to foster direct "trade between the cot
ton fields of America and the factories
ol Europe. Mr. I*• C. Moreliead, the
gentleman deputed «>u this mission, has
just ariived in Liverpool, and the ad
dress lie is about to deliver to the
Chamber of Commerce and the Cotton
Supplv Association will deserve espe
cial attention, from the importance of
the subject and the authoritative man
ner in which it will be elucidated.
Year.
Killed.
Wounded.
Prisoners.
1861--..
.. 1,315
4,054
2,772
1862....
.. 18,582
68,659
48,300
1863....
.. 11,876
51,313
71.211
1864-5.
... 22,000
70,000
80,000
Total
. 53,773
194,026
202,263
If the deaths from disease
be added,
the sum
total will
represent
the entire
hailed as a superior ble.-sing in compari
son to the boud holders grasping monopo
ly. The country will be put through a
course of instruction that will prove that
there are always two sides to a question,
and the wrong side is now before the
country iu all of its hideous forms and ras
cality. There is a retributive justice that
never slumbers, though it may permit
wroug to revel for awhile, the reckoning
will come, and it will be severe on the
evil doers. He that sows to the wind must
Inferiors: — In Monarchal Govern-
ments, the nobility in contradistinction
from the mass of the people. In republi
can America, the aristocracy of the purse
as against the honest and daily laborer
or, more properly speakiug. Capital v s . I K
bor. He is our inferior, who is beneath U3
in virtue, truth, morality and iuteyrity
aud the millionaire, destitute of these vi r
tues, is poor indeed, who stands beside the
pauper rich in them. “Many meu may b e
MILLEDG-EVILLE:
Tuesday * October 12, 1869.
FOR SALE—A COPARTNER WANTED.
The present editor of the Southern Re
corder, as executor upon the estate ofthe
late R. M. Orme, Sen., desires to sell the
deceased’s half interest in the paper.
We desire an active and energetic co
partner, one who will take charge of the
out door business and financial department
of the papei. We have a plan ou foot that
expect to reap the whirlwind, and he that our superiors without being our equals-
.j i * and may be nominally our inferiors
to whom we are by no means equal.”
Innovation :—The unanswerable ob,
jection urged against all improvement by
non progressive minds who prefer to run
in the ruts made by those who have gou 8
before until they get so deep that they
cannot see either to the right or left of
them, and believing that there is no high-
er ground of advancement or improvement
To say that all new things are bad, i 8 (o
say that all old things were bad in their
commencement, for the most ancient were
once new. True philosophy and common
sense says : Try all things and hold fast
ad vises violence, may expect to fall by
the hand of force.
OGLETHORPE COLLEGE.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees
of Oglethorpe College in Macon on the 6th
inst., Dr. Cunningham, of LaGrange, was
elected President of the Institution by a
unanimous vote. Rev. Prof. Smith still
fills his old chair, and the Rev. G. W-
Petrie, was elqpted to fill the chair vacated
by the Rev. C. W. Lane. Mr. S. Bates
fills his old chair as Professor of Aucient
Languages. The Honorary degree of
D. D-, was conferred on Rev. James E
Evans, ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church,
we think will prove of great advAtage to ; and that of LL. D., on Hon. Washington j tbat wb j cb j g g 0od> prejudging nothin®
the paper, aud all that is needed to make j °® ’ 0 acon ' a - until submitted to actual trial. Innovat
the Recorder a handsome paying institu- -There seems to be some discontent j tion is t h e crucible in which everythin? i,
tion, as it was before the war, is the right! amou g the Trustees relative to the present ! and new iin provements 'J
kind of man to aid us. Our business is location of the College at Midway, aud rejected
too large for us to do it fuff justice in all j the 7 are auxioQS to remove it to some other
depaitments. We prefer oue who has a
practical knowledge of the printing buai-
ness.
location. Atlanta, as usual, getting wind
of the matter, offers 840,000 iu property or
NEW BOOKS.
We have received from D. Appleton Sc
\ money, if the College is located in that Co., publishers. New York, the following
to notice ?
ON THE ROAD TO A FORTUNE.
We met a little fellow the other day
with a lot ol bottles which he was bus
ily engaged in cleaning with water and
sand. Upon asking what lie was going
to do with so many bottles, the little
fellow replied ; “I’m going to sell them
sir, so as to get money enough to pav I j ,,
r iP r - i J i promptly and energetically as the nature
for my schooling. It takes all the mon-1 „ , . .,
ey mother can earn to pay for |„ >u8e ! of tl.e case preseats itself.
J . JL. J f if U,
Will our exchanges do us the kiudness j city. Macon is also on the hid, or at least I interesting books :
AN AGENT WANTED.
We desire to get an active energetic
Agent as our collector. One who has hail
some experience in the collecting business
and knows how to dun a man elegantly,
it is urged by some to offer $50,000 for its
location there. It will be the height of j
The Subjection of Woman” by J
Staart Mill. He is out iu favor of wo-
folly for the Trustees to listen to any such men voting and makes a very good argu-
inducemeuts; and as men of commoB : ment in their favor, and thinks that wo-
seuse, they know that the influence of a mau should be elevated to the elective
city to boys is anything but good. Instead franchise. He says, to give the reader a
of removing the College from Midway,! concise idea of his views :
they should resolve that it is the right ' ‘‘Let us, then, continue our exertions
place for it, and all that is needed to make on the suffrage; inviting all who wish for
loss.
The returns of the field and general
hospitals are known for 1861-62.
Confederates killed in battle, 1861-62 19,897
Deaths caused by wounds in field hosp’ls 1 ,G23
“ “ “ *• “ general” 2,(518
“ “ “ disease “ field “ 14,597
“ “ “ “ “ general “ 16,741
Total deaths in C. S. A., 1861-62 55,476
“ wounded “ “ 72,713
“ prisoners 11 “ 51,072
“ discharged “ “ 16,940
the latter city his headquarters for the
present.
Col. Weil informs me that there pre
vails in his native land, a prejudice
against the country and people of the
South, resulting from tin* studied and
persistent teaching of the enemies of
our section. For want of proper infor
mation on the subject, the German peo
ple are nlraid of our climate, and have
been lead to believe, from Northern
journals that the South is no place fora
happy home or a prosperous life.
The German press has caught the
infection, and its influence is set a-
gainst us. In that country as well as
n regions nearer home, our reviled
| and persecuted section has had no ad
vocates or defenders. Agents of rail-
raods and land companies, from the
Northern and Northwestern Slates of
this country, are to be found all over
Germany, and they make it a special
part of their business to villify and
traduce the Southern States and people.
Col. Weil goes amongst the people of
his native land, prepared to meet these
traducers of the South, and refute
their slanders. Bold and fearless as
he is, Georgia will find in him a dili
gent and faithful representative of her
interests. He carried with him facts
and figures and documents, which,
coupled with an experience of eighteen
years residence in the State, will ena
ble him to place Georgia- in her true
light to show that no State or country
under the sun, presents to the sober,
industrious, and enterprising emigrant
more advantages than may be found in
this commonwealth.
Col. Weil enters upon the duties of
his mission earnestly and hopefully,
lie will at once have his circulars prin
ted and distributed, and from his head
quarters at Bremen, he will travel in
the interior, diffusing correct informa
tion among the people as to the climate
resources and capabilities of Georgia,
with a view of inducing such of the
German people, and such only, to
come to our Slate, as will make good
citizens and add to the wealth and pros
perity of our people.
It is the purpose of Col. Weil to in
duce, if possible, a large steamship
company to establish a line from Bre
men direetto Savannah, and if he should
succeed in this, many of the impedi
ments to immigration will be removed.
By your kind permission, Mr. Editor,
I will continue to inform the people
through your columns ofthe movements
and operations of our Foreign Commis
sioner.
Respectfully,
GEO. N. LESTER,
Domestic Commissioner*
Total wounded,prisoners and discharg
ed in 1861-62,
•}
140,725
rent and what me and Sis can eat, and i ^ e re 8 ret to sa Y but we ^ ave some j a first-class Institution, is that Presbyte the better education of woman, ail who de
I want to get an education somehow, ! subscribers and advertisers*Avho ueed con- j r j aug should be true to themselves and to | sire justice to them iu respect of property
so that when I grow up I can buy a slant attention to get pay out of them,and L heir If t h e y allow or send their ; and earnings, all who desire their admis-
house for iny mother. We asked j the more we indulge them, the more in- ! gons c ff [ 0 other Colloges, of course the Iu- j sion to any profession or career now clos-
him how many bottles he expected to j different they become. \\ e therefore desire ; Station will suffer. There are enough ! ed to them, to aid -our enterprise, as the
se in ore er to purchase such a house a mau who can impress just such men, that p res byterians in Georgia, South Carolina ! surest means of accelerating the particular
as he would l.ke, when the little fellow j we are fo earnest about our pay, aud that
philosophically remarked ; “II a fellow | ^Le day of indulgence is over, and that
don’t begin he never can go anywhere; L h ill be dunned ag oftcn
1 know it s might}’ small business, but |
it’s honest, and it’s the best I can do.
By-and-by when I can get a good
as often as a true
Musselman prays, which is five times dai
ly. We are forced to collect, to settle up
and Alabama to give tone to Oglethorpe, improvement in which they feel a special
and if it is in a languishing condition, it is interest.”
and not on We have no objections to woman hav
ing her financial rights, but when it comes
i because of their indifference,
i account of the location.
The idea that a particular location can ! to voting, holding office, Ac., we object
runs which would swell j camstances may Surround him, will be ' d a y s f° r souie °f leading newspapers I flourish if located on Floyd’s Island in the as a literary production. .
sons, w tc ou ( sw sure make fVi^nds and succeed in af- North to “interview” leading meu and give Okefenokee Swamp. j Also, two cheap volumes
T'.l e Zh a ™,l tr •« life, beyond .he _ possibility of a I to th. public ,lteir views upoa A. "YES? ^ Pleasaa. .od deli,
Uonfimi your tongue, lest it confine you.
Confidence is the compaehn of tuccess.
GEORGIA.
From an article in the New York
“Citizen Sf Hound Table," we notice
that Georgia was the fourth State, of
the “Old 'Thirteen,” to ratify the origi
nal Federal Constitution, which she
did by a unanimous vole, or> the 2d
day of January, 1788. A3 this remin
iscence ofthe past, may he interesting
to our readers, we extract from the ar
ticle referred to, the following history
of that important event:
“There was little or no opposition
in tins Stale, and no demand for a-
mendment8. Her Convention, being
called to consider the proposed plan,
and the accompanying letter and reso
lution, ‘and to adopt, or reject, any
part or the whole thereof,’ (Ibid, 323,)
unanimously ratified the Constitution
—the substance of her ordinance be
ing as follows : ‘Now know ye that
we, the delegates of the people ofthe State
of Georgia, in Convention met, pursuant
600,000
200,000
200,000
If it he fair to assume that the total
mortality of 186:3-4 was fully equal to
that of 1862, then the total deaths in
the Confederate Army, 1861-5, was at
least 160,000, exclusive of the deaths
in Northern prisons
the number to
deaths amongst the discharged for
wounds ami diseases, and amongst the
sick and wounded on furlough, be add
ed, the grand total of deaths in the
Confederate Army during the entire
war, did not fall far short of 200,000.
According to this calculation, the
deaths from disease were about three
times as numerous as those resulting
from the casualties of battle.
The available Confederate force ca
pable ot active service in the field did
riot, during the entire war, exceed six
hundred thousand men. Of this num
ber. not more than four hundred thou
sand were enrolled at any one lime ;
and the Confederate States never had
in the field more than two hundred
thousand men capable of bearing arms,
at any one lime, exclusive of sick,
wounded and disabled.
If the preceding calculation be cor
rect we have the following figures, il
lustrating the losses of the Confederate
armies during the war;
Confederate forces actively engaged,
1861-5
Total deaths in C. S. A
Losses of C. S. A., in prisoners, 18C1-5,
which may be considered as total loss
es, on account of the policy of non
exchange by the United States
Losses of C. S- A. by discharges, disa
bility and desertion 100,000
Tf this calculation, which is given
only as an approximation, be correct,
one-third of all the men actively engag
ed on the Confederate side were either
killed outright upon the field or died of
disease and wounds; another third of
tire enire number were were captured
and held for an indefinite period in
Northern prisons ; and of the remain
ing 400,000, at least on-half were lost
to the service by discharges and deser
tion.
At the close of the war the available
force of the Confederate States number
ed scarcely 100,000 effective men.
The resolution, unsurpassed bravery
and skill with which the Confederate
leaders conducted this contest is shown
by the fact that out of 600,000 men in
tire field about 500,000 were lost to the
service.
At the close of the war the 100,000
Confederates were opposed to one mil
lion (1,000,000) Federal troops.
Your approval or disapproval of this
calculation is most respectfully solicit
ed.
The distinguished ability with which
you discharged the responsible and ar
duous duties of Adjutant General of the
Confederate army qualifies you, above
every other officer of the late Confed
erate States, to decide how far such
calculations may approach to accuracy.
With great respect and the highest
esteem, 1 have the honor to be, your
obedient servant,
JOSEPH JONES, M. D.
Secretary and Treasurer Southern
Historical Society, Professor Chemis
try Medical Department University of
Louisiana.
Gen. Cooper, in replying to Profes
sor Jones’ letter, expresses the opinion
that his estimates ‘ must be regarded
as nearly critically correct.”
Beware of inquisitive people } a
wonderful curiosity to know all is gen
erally accompanied with as great an
itch to tell it again.
place somewhere I’ll do something, as ^ ar as P 0SS ‘hIe, the estate of the late R. j give tone to such an Institution is all stuff j for her own good and dignity of character,
VOU see ifldon’L I heard a roan say M. Orme. A single man preferred, and and the poorest of excuses ; just as J/ 8 ! God never intended any such thing, the
the other day that the smartest men in none accepted without a good endorsement. elemenfo^hhiS ) rantin & of ^natics to the contrary.
“The Man Who Laughs” by Victor
Hugo, in one volume complete. It has
• . , i i , . i . • , , ,. , j a man great if he has me ciciucma wuuiu
this country was poor boys once, and : as to his moral and socral character, which llimseI f to be great . Merit ig not COD fined
what other people have done I can do, j must be good. i to localities, aud if the Presbyterian
I reckon. Anyhow I means to try for
it.”
That boy, we do not care what cir- !
Senulor Sprasue—His Views.
It has become quite fashionable now a-
! Churches throughout the State of Georgia, i created something of a sensation, some
I South Carolina and Alabama will be true . . , , . ,, ,
to themselves. Oglethorpe College would ! P ra,sin S and some condemuln S the work
' 1 ‘ ! Price 50 cent9.
of Thackaray’g
delightful reading.
doubt, if he only continues as he has tions of the day. Seuator Sprague has
begun. He possesses resolution, ener- been interviewed by a reporter of the New
gy and a self-reliance that cannot tail
to crown his exertions with success. I
It is a great pity that there are not
more like him, for they are the kind ol
hoys of whom the South lias every rea- j
son to be proud. Most little fellows
would have thought it loo tedious to J
begin so low on the ladder of fortune,
yet they are about the only ones who
successfully manage to reach the top.
[.lour. <y Mess.
The Port Royal Railroad.
Work on this road is progressing very
favorably, and the the engineer corps
Y'ork Herald. We fiud the following as
| the views of the Senator relative to the
South, or at least what he once thought of
j the South. The reporter says :
As to the national debt, it has been ma?
j uipulated since the close of the war, Sen*.
! ator Sprague considers it an unmitigated
i evil, a national curse. The $2,500,000,-
000 rtbich, invested in slaves, gave the
Southern slaveholders dictatorial control
j of the federal politics and the federal ad-
; ministratiou.now.transformed into the same
; amount of federal securities, gives the
bondholders the same despotic control of
the central government and makes the re'
Synods should be whether Presbyterian- Fnl , WOfth the m agked .
lump' through Oorlethorne t J J
ism is worth sustaining through Oglethorpe
College, and if it is, then go to work to !
Also, the 4th and 5th series, bound edi?
arouse the fathers of the Church to come tions of Appleton’s Journal. As interest-
up to its support like true men, regardless fog reading as can he found iu anv work
of location Had we as many sons as , of 1;ke character published
jLgyptus ot old, we would not desire to
send them within the influence of a city.
Give ns at all times some quiet spot like
Midway, Oxford or Peufield, for College ; M. Coopor & Co., Savannah, or from the
Price 50 cts.
per copy.
All of the above books can be bad at J.
locations. Midway is on the direct line of j publishing house of D. Appleton & Go.,
j 90, 92, 94„ Grand St., New Y'ork.
The Messrs. Appietong throw upon the
Railroad, and no objection can he urged
against it on that point.
Let there be an end to all this nonsense
about location. We have the College and market as cheap reading matter as any
tho grounds, and a few thousand dollars, other house in the United States. All
not more than $3,000, will put the build? standard works and current literature are
mgs in good repair. Let the citizens of
Milledgeville be awake to their interests.
publican party aud its leaders their sup- Read communication upon the subject.
have completed the sur\ey to within j p| e tools. It will be as bard, perhaps, to
ten miles of Augusta.
shake off the bondholders’ despotism as it
titf" There will be a Tournament during
the Macon State Fair, and it will doubt- | To the Men ol
published by them, and at figures so low,
that every family should have a small
library for family reading.
to bring to Augusta much ot the trade ffew England idea was, that as slavehold
ers wo bad dictatorial control of the gov\
eminent and that the continued war upon
The route runs through the best por-1 was that of the slaveholders
tions of Barnwell District, and promises j It would seem (rom the above, that the ; less attract a good deal of foterest and at?
teution. It will certainly add to the i
pleasure of the occasion. And we hope to
see a nnmber of Knights on hand. Bald
win will be represented. The following
is the list of prizes and regulations at the
Tournament, for the coming State Fair :
A Magnificent saddle, bridle aud spurs ;
A Beautiful silver mounted repeater; a
that has formerly lound its market by j
the river at Savannah.
We learn that the rails are now! , u c . ,
being shipped from New York, and ; slavery was tbo resnU of t ha, je.loas feel-
will be laid from lire junction of iho ta *- It is true lhal our Jeaersons, Madi.
Charleston and Savannah Railroad lo sous, Monroes, Marshalls, Pinkneys, Ma
Allendale by January next, and at this Eonf - Lowndes, Crawfords, Clays,Berriens
rate we may expect to see the line all( l a h oat other great men from the
Milleuseville and BaJJwia
County,
The Oglethorpe College in your midst
lost most of its funds by the war aod was
taken for a Confederate hospital. The
buildings aud grounds cost about $75,000,
and are now out of order, and need repair.
Taking advantage of this, a strong paity
has arisen who desire to remove the Col
lege to Atlanta. The people of Atlanta
completed to Augusta by the coming South, did have a great deal to 6ay about , beautiful silver short sword ; a magnificent offer to give $40,000 if the Trustees will
May
1 he building of the Pori Royal road, government ; they were great men inde-
which may now be considered a fixed pendent of being slaveholders or coming
the policy and measures of the general set of spurs; a beautiful horse blanket; a ! remove it there.
silver mounted pair of derringers ; a mags
r ...- ... , , i — e — o i nificent carved silver urn. The last men-
| S ' l a .!‘ < i t .!! r ...°. JjeC l I fi -0 ™ slave States. Hence,their power and ! tioned prize to be given to the victor over
Men of Baldwin ; business men of Idil-
ledgeville ; will you not help to repair the
houses and keep this noble school at home ?
• i • i i ii * t l uvmciuiv wvuivv. *xvuv,v,iuuh uuucu pri&r iu uc given iu tuo v iciur uver —— 1
I ■j’n 1 aiK | i u H ueuce > an( ^ were dictatorial, it j one excellent knight from each of the res' i The danger is immediate ; a few days will
by all chisses outside of Charleston and < , , , , ...
Savannah. It will compel the author-! wa9 becaU8ft they kuew the y were n $ ht 10
ities of Charleston and Savennah, as a j their measuieH - an(i would and dld tattle
matter of self-preservation, to allow the j tbe sectional views of New England. The
South Carolina and Central railroads cry of“slave-ocracy” was the catch word
lo push their tracks to the wharves of to inflame hatred aud sectional jealousy
those eities, and in the latter place, if
necessary, lo permit the Central road
to move on to Tyhee, lor the purpose
of saving much useless drayage and
lighterage. With Port Royal on the
one side and Brunswick on the oilier,
Savannah will no longer he able to
to the South, and not,, after all, love for
the negro, or freeing him upon a principle.
It was to break down onr influence that
war was made upon our rights, that even
tually culminated in aotual war, and those
who saw great good in the destruction of
levy tribute upon articles of commerce s ' aver y> are now groaning uuder the re-
merely passing through her limits. All lentless grasp of soulless bondholders.—
the arguments once used against Au- They have, to use a significant expression,
gusta can now be applied to Savannah swapped the witch for the Devil, and are
and Charleston. We were urged, for beginning to repent of the bargain,
the general good, to permit the Caroli- 1 There is no comparison as between the
na road to cross the liver; we were i fo rmer slaveholder and present boudholds
asked lo consent to a full connection of
all the roads centering witnin our lim
its. These applications have been
granted all. We now request of the
two seaports of Charleston and Savan
nah to remove, their obnoxious tribute.
[ Constitutional isl.
A Novel Device for Saving Rusted Cot
ton.—One of the effects of rust on cotton is
to dry up the half grown bolls, and con
tract and harden the shell or case which
covers the lint. It rarely occurs that this
outer covering is so much hardened and
contracted as to prevent the boll from
cracking or opening a little. 'This year,
however, the rust has been so bad that
these rusted boils do not crack.
A Burke planter came to this city last
week and purchased tweuty-three little
hammers, one for each of bis pickers, and
a gentleman front that neighborhood in
forms us that a lively hammering of cotton
bolls is going on there. The hammer is
carried in a case hung at the picker’s side,
aud when a hard boll is encountered, a
smart tap forces the casing open, and the
cotton is thus secured. As strange as this
may appear, we are informed that this is
literally true.— Chtonicle 4 Sentinel.
er ; the former was as liberal in his views
as the latter is close and grasping in bis
calculations, and bis patriotism never
reaches beyond his bonds or gold.
The $2,500,000,000 in slaves were scat
tered from Maryland to Texas, and among
a people noted for liberal views, and
bouud together by no “rings” that could
be concentrated within twenty-four hours
notice. It was not a positive money cens
tre, nor could it be wielded unanimously
for the accomplishment of a specific ob
ject. Tbo very nature of the property
forbid its centralization. Recognised as
au institution by the Federal government,
being a peculiar aud distinct property, it
was ever sensitive to the attacks of its en
emies, no matter from what motive. It
was never aggressive, hut was always de
fensive.
Seuator Sprague and other men of like
thinking, will wish and pray for that same
slave-holding control that he much
bated, before five years has passed over
his head. The “slave oligarchy” will be
pective companies, for the most lovely lady
present.
Tbe prize list will be altered somewhat,
in order that each company may have one
memento to its distinguished knight; then
these experts of the companies will con
tend for the championship of the State.
A beautiful tribute to order will be given
as a prize to tbe largest and best discip
lined order of knights.
The order of arrangements are, 100
yards stretch. Ring and post, each, m
yards. Three rides, of teu seconds each,
to every man.
Entrance fee is S10 per knight, that tho
prizes may be appropriate with Georgia
wealth and chivalry, and tbe grounds suit
able for tbe friendly contest.
Suggestions as to changes in programme
and orders for beautiful cavalry camps, as
some of the companies will ride through
for the fun, should be addressed to Secre
tary Agricultural Association.
Camps will be less expensive and more
pleasant than tbe best hotel in the place.
Address all communications to tbe Super
intendent of Tournament, care Georgia
Agricultural Society, Macon.
The XIX Century, with Ex>-Governor
Perry, Wm. Gilmore Simms, Rev. Dr.
Hicks and others, for contributors, is eqnal
to tbe best of Northern Monthlies. It is
iu itself a “circulating library” of choice
literature, cheap at $3 50 a year, which
all can welcome to their homes and fire
sides. The October number is before us,
full as usual of entertainment.
Inquisitiveness :—A morbid desire to
acqnaint yourself with yonr neighbors af
fairs ; a hankering after such knowledge
as will do yon no good, but perhaps do yonr
neighbor an injury ; a curiosity to learn
things that are not at all curions. An in
quisitiveness after such knowledge as will
benefit mankind, is both alike commenda
ble and desirable.
decide the matter. We iuvite yon to a
public meeting at the Court House, on next
Saturday, Oct., 16tb, at 11 o’clock, A. M.
This, October 9, 1S69.
Rev. Robert C. Smith,
Samuel G. White,
William McKinley,
R. H. Ramsay,
Rev. Charles W. Lane.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1S69.
Editor Southern Recorder :
I promised, while yon were here, to let
you bear from me and to keep you posted
as to events transpiring iu tbe “City by the
Sea.” Since yonr return, but little has
transpired that would interest you. hot
as your many readers are probably uot
posted in Brunswick affairs, I have con
cluded to give them au account of tilings
as they really exist in onr midst.
First of all, we have a magnificent har
bor with eighteen feet of water ou the out
er bar at low tide. Oue foot more at lo*
water than tbe bar at Savanuah at hif>
water. Then we have tbe Macon & bruna-
wick Railroad, which will be completed
during tbo comiug month. Arrangement
have been made with New York men to
run a line of Steamers to New York
soon as tbe road is completed. This of it
self will mark a new era iu travel and tue
transportation of freight in Georgia, lb-
Macon. Sc Brunswick road extends to «■
point at some distance below tbe town and
to tbe water’s edge. This will save dray
age which, at the present, aggregates tbe
neat little sum of $100,000 per annum, »
cotton alone. Instead of this amount g°'
ing to swell tbe pockets of the citizens
the “Hub,” it will be saved to tbe pla«te r
and other shippers. Then, insurauce i*
less to Brunswick than to Savannah. Le*
anj on* who wishes to test the matter,