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COLUMBUS:
TUESDAY OCTOBEB 17, 1*7J,
-Tmn of N*torfl|M**-
Oh Y**r In sriuuice
' $S.M.
The Mol lo rMloMohlo.
It Monm that there wae ■ disgraceful
election riot io PMUdelpbi* on Tu.ad.jr
Whether aoreral m«D wore killed and a
number wounded, a* one report atatea, or
whether the eaaualliaa wan aondned to
the wounded, aa another aeoowat haa it,
there ia no doubt that a deaporate attempt
WM made bjr Biambaraof one party to
prevent members of the other party from
raerciaing their political righto. In Worth
Carolina six or right men have beaa aan-
tenced by a U. B. Cant to long tarma of
impriaonment and heavy tana for whip
ping a man (ao Charged) beoaaaa they did
not like bia political ooana. Bat thla
cannot poeaibly bo made aa dtlaotaad fla
grant a violation of the Xa-Khn or En
forcement act aa the PhlthiKphia riot.—
Now lot ns aee what the United States
Courts will do with
lalora of the Knl
The Texas
The telegraphic aeeounto advtoa aa Of
the election of the UemoetaUe eandtdotts
in ail the Congreaalonal Dirirtoto of TaS-
aa. If so, thia ia a grin of thaaa Uepre-
eentatives, and the following are the
namea of the Dcmocrata elect: 1st Dis
trict, IV. H. Herndon ; lid, John C. Con
ner (re-dected); ltd, I>. O. (lidding* i
41b, John Hancock. There was no elec
tion in Texas, this fall, for Blata offloera
—the Undid Uovarnta and legislature
having post|>oned that eleatioa with a
view of “prolonging" their power.
Aa we expected, Ur. Stephens, in his
paper of Tuesday morning, intimates
that he regards the platform of the De
mocracy of New York aa a repudiation of
the “new departure." We congratulate
the lteuocretic party of the country on
the discovery of another way of aayiag
the .ante thing in sueh tarma M lo make
it satisfactory to Ur. Stephens and his as
sociate agitators. Mow 'lot aa have
peace" io the family.
According to a apeeiri dispatch, dated
Washington, Oct. (ith, to the Savannah
Adrcrtiicr, Attorns/ Oaneral Akerman ia
at last shout to do one oat for which not
only the people of Georgia, but those of
the whole country, will applaud him. The
dispatch aaya that he “intends to rsstgn,
and will devote the balanoe of hia life to
.spaaing and defeating the schema of
Cameron, lielano, et ah, for atarilng the
Georgia State ltuad from the pooplo."
The fin el (hirer..
The extent of the conflagration is re
ported by a dispatch of tha loth lo Inolnde
all of the south aide south of Vsn Bunn
strsst, snd s considsrabls portion of tbs
city went of Cblasgo riser snd north of
Vsn Buren street. Those acquainted
with the streele of Gbieago can form an
idea of tha extant of tha burnt diatrint
from this statement. Wa cannot, though
we have a map of a portion of the oily be-
fore us.
A dispatob of Thursday night reports
the number of dead bodies found np to
that time fit, and that *2 bodies wars tak
en from tbo basements of two houses.
Dispalchoa of the same date eay that a
careful catiiuaU make* the number to be
cared for during the winter 70,000.
A Hirer! rasBMtlea With Ortfla.
Wo are pleased to And tha following
editorial article ia the (Irian Mitldk
< ’’rorf/iim of the lOthiaat. A short time
ainoe acme of the oitlrens of Griffin pro-
prosed s deflection of our Columbus and
Atlanta Air-Line Iteilroad so aa to make
Griffin, instead of Atlanta, the toruiinus.
The present proposition we understand to
l>e a road from Griffin to minuet with tha
Atlanta and Columbus road. Ilia die-
•anno from Griffin to tha line of the road
cannot ba great, and the proposed ooa-
nootiun would ha important to us, be
came it would greatly shorten our com
munication with Ihu Georgia Iteilroad, by
means of the road from Griffin to Madi
son, whioh will no doubt soon be built.—
We suppose that tha distance from Oo-
lnmlms to Augusta would ba shortened at
least forty or fifty miles by a direct rail
road lino to Urlfflu and to Madison. The
following is the article of the Miilillr
tieogion :
lUiutoAu raon Guirrix to Oou'niiva.
We have been shown a communication
addressed to Mr. John E. Moss, by Mr.
John D. Dunn, of Woodbury, Meriwether
county, indicating quite a revival interest
in the matter of a railroad connection be
tween Griffin and tha Columbus and
Home road via Woodbury. Mr. Dufin
represents the people living on the pro-
poeod route aa being vaiy anxious for
railroad faoilitiea, and willing to back
their wishes by liberal subscriptions.—
W e think that auofa a connection would
greatly benefit Griffin, and wa are aalis-
11 ed that our people will take hold of Ihu
gnterprise liberally. Wo know that pri
vate aubacriptiona to a h.—!—tur amount
can be recured by touching at tha Flat
Shoals. Indeed, wo an at u low to know
why the Mat Shoal road to Woodbury la
not the preferable one in many respects.
If wo are correctly informtd, Woodbury
is two uiilua nearer Grt«c by way of the
Mat Shoals, than any other routs that ia
now open, and such n Minnariliwi it
seems to ua, would vary materially ia-
creaao tha aubsrriptiona along the line,
and we kuow, would enlist the active in
terest of men of large who would
feel no interest ia ins matter nnlam the
mad'did touoli the Shuala. Mr. Dunn
writes that a subscription of shoot fliO,-
000 haa bean mads, and can readily he
doubled. Equal liberality at other pointa
will neoure the connection beyond a
doubt, and we bops ao important a mat
ter will be agitated.
■ —
The Opelika 'True I hum understands
that the Otty Council refused la submit to
the people of Upelika tha proposition lo
subscribe $'.',,000 to the East Alabama A
Cincinnati iteilroad, and says that it ia
not sufficiently advised to aay whallMr
they did right or not.
Wa relnru thanks lo tha President and
Heeretary of tha “Akhama Agricultural
A klechaniuri Association" for a compli
mentary ticket to the Second State Fair
of Alabama, to ba bald near Mootuomarv
from October Slat lo November oik.
The Secretary of War, in hia laatan-
nual report, (page 6) lays i
Since lbs eommaneemaat of the pres
ent fiscal year there haa beaa raahaed
from arias of anrplua anna and ordinance
to citixena of tha United States the ——
of *6,600,000.
And Ihu “cltiaaos of tha Uailed States”
no doubt bought the larger portion of
thaaa arms to be sold to Vranee to aid bar
in bar war with Friph. Great Britain
has to make reparation tc flaa Ui
Btotoa far tha munitions of aw which bar
nabjMto aoifl to oar ia$s SanUMta flbnfct
•racy. Whan Uarie Sam hw the money
wellaflffihnrfl, ha trill ao Aaubtbeiaa
humor to MH Wa f rid aw tin the
question vhofhur ho ewto Osffiaany any-
I be Federal antbori-
Careiina ate ao erbifrery
'wmd oppressive aa 'to teaks oar boost of
popular ffaedom and |*olUica] toleration
• niockffp. No wlicr* else in the ou-
lightewej world are me* ao severaly puu-
iabed fck offtiucea ao light, or ao vindict
ively annoyed by prosecutions intended
only to intimidate or hurra*** them.
TM titM Raleigh papers Itriog ns ac
counts of the arrest, by a United Htutos
llafahal, of the editor of liie Sentinel, on
a ohsrga of “ conspiracy to injure him
(the Marshal; ia bis pert.on and property
on aooonnt of bia lawful riisctintge of the
dntiaa of hia office." The •‘conspiracy
in the editor (lion. Josiab Tur
Mr) acting as couusul for men who bml
Nought suit against the Marshal for false
and imprisonment, and writing the
warrant for the arrest of the Marshal!
Tbeaa men bad bad the Marshal arrouted
for imprisoning them without cause,and a
Htata jndicUl officer had bound him over
the charge. Turner in accused
of advising them to bring the suit, also
with writing a card which was published
in tha Sentinel over the hignature of two
of them. The Marshal a I no again urrentod
one of the young men who had brought
suit against him for telso imprisonment,
Ac., and the U. H. Commissioner bound
him over in the sum of *2,600 to unswor
the new charge.
Bimultauooui.ly with the occurrence of
theae proooedingn at ltaloigb, we notice
the arrival at Albany, N. V., of the ai*
North OoroliuianH convicted of “Ku-klux
act* by the U. H. Diatrict Court for North
Carolina a abort timo ainco. They are to
aerva out in Naw York loug teruia of im
priaonment at bard labor for whipping a
luan in North Carolina! We have road
of tha Autocrat of Russia wending unu
at hia ploasnro or tor criminal offences,
to Hiharia tor loug terniH of pennl aorvi-
tnde. lint wo doubt whether auy acta of
that ahaolute government are more harsh
nud doapotic than the proceod:uga by
which the Ku-Klux or Enforcement act is
being executed in North Carolina. And
the intimations are that the aarno mode
of “enforcement" ia to bo brought to
bear upon the other Houthern Hiatus be
fore the Preaideutial eloctiou
tm: mitilRiiiii ■Nvm.
The mail acoounhi ounftrm the Muni
telegraphic report* of the riot in Philadel
phia on the day of the lain election. Four
or Are men were killed, and almut twenty
wonnded. It is estimated that fully two
kindred gnua and pistols were fired
during the disturbancan. There haa nov-
tl been snch a political or party conflict
ill the South, except the not iu New Or
leans two or throe years since. Tbo ac
counts allow, too, tint it was commenced
by the colored Radicals ; though nouio of
the Northern Kudical paper* charge it to
Democratic opposition lo negro voting,
evcnthiir own accounts hIjow that the
police were chiefly engaged in conflict*
with and in Hiibduiug negro rioters. Hov-
crai iiugroca were shot by the polico.—
I’hiladcphiA being a city under exclusive
Radical government, the atroirg presuiup.
Uon ia that the policemen were Radicals,
and it ia pretty certain that they would
not have o IT ended the Htata and city Radi
cal rulers by making uujuatifiahlc or uu-
neceaaary attacks oil negro votera.
Tha following ia the aworn statement
of oueof the principal witticaaoa, made iu
court:
The aecouuta of Mr. McNtchol, who
keep* u liquor store at the northwest cor
ner of Eighth and Emelina at rout a. and of
Ills wife, aro that all day, tip to the com
mencement of the disturbance, a gang of
drunken colored men congregated about
that locality, insulting every reapnctsble
woman that passed along, spittiug at Mrs.
McNichol throo different time* while on
her door atepa, and tiring four or five
shot a at four white men who w ere wnlk-
mg along quietly talking to each other;
tlml when faHiah Chase, a colored man,
residing at No. Mil Emetine street, pitHaed
them on lua way home, after voting the
Democratic ticket, they cheered him, said
there goes that Douioerat and what they
woro going to do to him, which waa not ^
understood by tlieir lienrors ; that kuIikc- !
(itKinilv ill in- mttaetL ml liim nl hied etu.ii
Aria,
On Friday last, the City OvOaeil of
MilledfleviUo, by onhaanca of record,
twiifored Co tha OtmIt at Uaargia a farm
of five buadred aeras, far tie Aframttu.
rat and IHUtarf Voltage, So ba locaMfl
anywhsra tha Mate stay akooa* on tbs
city foraniott. This land In worth now
per acre—iu nil say *2/1,000.
And on the same day the Trustee* of
the Mtlledgevillo Presbyterian. Church
High Hvboiil, msdo a iJeed of Gift to the
HtAtw of Oeorgia, for the Sam* trust, of
all the old Oglethorpe College buildings,
sixteen iu uuml«er, and flfty acres—port
of their laud, lying on the west side of
the railroad iu sight of the Slate House,
snd about two luilea from Ibe Governor’s
House, or Milledgevillc depot. The deed
is to bo held a* so escrow by (len. Col
quitt, Prenideut of the Georgia Bute Ag
ricultural Society, deliverable to the Gov
ernor for tbo use of the Bute as soon as
the State by law shall catabliah either all
or any department of the Agricultural
and Military College on the grouuda.—
This church gift ia a noble bounty, worth
fully aa much aa all the land given io
Georgia by Congress.
Now the State ia fairly challenged to a
friendly contest of generosity. Will ahe
fall below the mark of her own people,
the wanted anil war-*: ricken, but reviving
people of Milledgevillc ? Will she not
match them—double match them, and
follow the example of Kentucky on thia
subject. If the Legislature choose, they
cau have the Agricultural and Military
College both in the State House and the
Church College, the Oglethorpe College,
(they are in sight,; hut better still, if the
people of Georgia aay so, the State House
cau be kept for a State House, and tbo
Agricultural College cau be located in
sight, util at tlio Presbyterian College, so
generously offered lo the State as a free
gift. That is the best of all.—XouUuni
ltccorder.
More iliuut the < IiIibro Hrc.
lHHl’A-ieULH or \\ l.WNLHDAY NtOHT.
lies thr Nm|>|»I) AfTcrt* tin* I'rlrc.
The cotton crop of last year amounted,
iu round numbers, to 4,. , t00,000 bale*,
and wtm sold at ulmut lH^o., the ruling
price in the interior markets of the Houtli
during the mouth of October. The ap
proximate uniformity of the price
throughout the season waa remarkable.—
At llljr. per pound, the atnplo brought
*U7.M) per hale of AtM) pound*, and
*2lM),Uf*O,0U0 for the 4,1100,000 hales.
[Tk« bn lea did not probably average f»oo
pounds, hut we make the calculation tliu*
for facility of comparison. J
The prevailing entimate of the crop of
this year, in England and in our Northern
markets, is fully :UMN),GtH> bale*, and it in
upon this cNtimate of supply that the
present price of lHc. per pound in our
Interior Houthern markets in obtained.—
Wa believe, with very strong reason, that
the erop will fall considerably short of
three millions of hales, but that dives not
change the estimate upon which the
groat speculator* and the mills arc pur
chasing. Lot us ace, therefore, what
A,0U0,000 of hales at ltta. per pound would
bring, and by comparison ascertain how
little the Houth would loose if the North-
ara and European estimate of the crop
should prove correct. A frit) pound lisle
at IMo. brings *110, and of bales
at tha same price would bring *270,0tHi,-
000—a loss of *20,2At),tNN> as compared
with 4,000,000 bale* at Utjc. lint from
this *20,2**0,000 must of course bo de
ducted the saving in picking, ginning,
baling, hauling aud storing tlio l,:too,tMMi
balsa overplus.
llut the stroug probability is that the
crop will fall considerably short of throe
millions of hales, and that when this fact
is ascertained the price will advanoe. A
crop not exooeding 2,.‘*oo,(HK1, and an ad
vance to 25c., are nutiuipated by hoiiio.
Let us work out this sum, and see what
tha loos iu the whole crop would be. A
of f*(HI pounds, at 24*0., *12.**—
2,^00,0( 0 halos of MMI pounds at *12.*»—
*•'112,i»00,(MM), Here wo have a gaiu of
*22,600,000 by the loss of 1,#00,IHMI bules
of the production!
It is true that the short ness of the crop
is uot altogether, or even iu the greater
part, attributable to the diminished area
planted, and therefore plautors will not
realize the full bonutlt of a shorter crop.
They plautcd for throe luillioua aud a
half, aud ouiployod a force capable of
making a crop as largo as that, but ad
verse soasous have probably reduced
what they will gather to two millions ami
a half, llut thane figures sufllco to show
what could be gainod by voluutanly limit-
a iag the supply to the pressing demand.
Chicago, October II.—The total loss of
grain is definitely ascertained to be one
hundred thousand bushels.
Four veHt.el* were funded with graiu for
the East to-day, and the eastern move
ment will continue, as them are fully one
million bushels now in store. Water was
let into the southern divihiou this after
noon ; so all populated portions of the
city are now supplied, insurance items
have been gathered from trustworthy
sources. The Royal Insurance Company,
*180,000; the Impe-
Hi,tMMf; North brills!*,
(MS). Good authority
loots up the Joss of Liverpool ami Loudon
insurance companies at *l l <*i(Ml,(MM). All
United Ktatcs courts will do with tlio Chicago companies are bankrupt. All the
pieritly they attacked him at his own
house, using an axe, and killed him, and
that his diilighter told them that when he
was Miuck ho fell on his owu floor.
Iu North Carolina, recently, oight men
were sentenced to long terms of impris
onment at hard labor in a distant Blate,
and to heavy lines, for merely irltijij,iit(j a
Radical on accoiiut of liis politics (so (l f Liverpool, l
charged.) This was done by a Federal rial, Liverpool, *'
Ooiirt executing tlio Ku-Klux or Enforce- ' Liverpool,
uieut act. Now let us sec what Ihu
Radicals iu Philadelphia who lillttl
Democratic negro because of his politics
and his vote.
The following are the names of tlio
United Htutos Senators whose terms ex-
bunks will be able to resume business,
number of bank vaults have been opened,
snd thoir contents, without exception
were uninjured ; every bank ill the city
claims that iu timo it will be able to pay
! every dollar of its indebtedness, 'in*
polico continue to capture thieves, burg
CMMiwytloa of I'atlaa la 4lvtot
■SST:
(Xroai the FiiiuiM'irtl Obrwti< l* r Oct. t.f
In the preparation of tbs articis on i
Um cotton consumption of Groat Hritain,
kt the GhrouicU of lost weak, thert waa
a misapprehension of aoaia of tha data
employed, arising from oar not having
before ns the whole of the report of Mr.
Redgrave.
It seems, on examination, that in some
of the .official statements of tha notion
spinning power of the United Kingdom,
during several years past, the sum total of
the cotton spindles has included spindles
used for doubling and twisting with those
for spinning. Obviously only the number
of spinning spindles should be taken for
computing the consumption of cotton, as
the others work upon a part of the same
cotton in a later process.
Mr. Redgrave a report of all the spin
dles at the end of 1M7<) states their num
ber at 87,86!*,208. Of thesw he reports
standing (not in use; 2,140,100; total
spindles at work at the end of 1870 were
86,210,118. We have not the actual num
ber at that date of the doubling and twist
ing spindles, but if in ibe same pioportion
as in past years nor cent. ) they were
2,870,088, leaving tne spinning spindles
at work in 1870, 02,8851,480
These figures, as stated above, were for
1870, and were made up from returns re
ceived during the last two months of that
yeur. Since tbo English spinners began
to make large proflta, near the close of
last year, the number of working spiuning
spindles has beou largely increased, and
as rapidly as the capacity of the machine
shops would permit. Accordiug to infor
mation from the IMist authority in Man-
hubiuess of this country. A consuiumn- j cheater, the old Kpiiulles heretofore idle
tion so much to bo desired can be accoai- j (“standing"; have been put in order and
iJiHbod by ber intending aid ,nd ci.cour-1 "I’ “ u ' i 1 ,, B, 11,e l “ l twu jV*
... , , , and new spindles have been adding at the
agemeut to the railroad scheme men- . ruto of per week, or two millions
tioned l*y “Midway". To mo it has been | per year. Iu a full )ear this would add as
a matter of surprise and wonder, witli all ! f’dlows: old spindles started up 2,110,1H)
of ber manufacturing interests aud facii-
k SaUraoJ la Mi Ayala-
KeUUtr Mniuirer:—l am glad to so* a
latter putRsbod im your imne of Hunday,
tka Mb, calMug the alttntkm of lbs citl-
aana of Coluaabua sod Ibe marebauts gen-
araliy to a railroad pcojoct from soma
point on tbo M. AO. Railroad, Via Mid
way aud Clayton, to Ozark—openiog a
direct line of communication from this
section to Colombo* and ao Eastern mar
ket—the natural and, all things eqntl, in
evitable channel for our staple products.
Just so oartoin as “the star of ornpirc"
and tide emigration take their flight to
tbo West, will the products of that emi
gration flow to the East—aa waves are to
flow back to tbo sea in the same direct
line from which they advanced. Parents
always send their children East aud North
to acquire education and acoomplish-
menta, because there they find all the ad
vantages that accumulates with wealth.
Cotton, for • similar reason and in aearch
of tbo nearest seaport, will and has fol
lowed the same backward course, until
Savannah has been made the socond larg
est shipping point of all the Southern
porta.
Now if Columbus will make an effort
aud unite with us iu bonds of iron, extend
to us the facilities for truditig with her,
and furnish a more direct Eastern outlet,
she cau regaiu and keep the extensive
fklfawKlie
N^trCBU
Adthaor* Svrainit JoUmLJ
They aqp flat But let ua sotyecWbeir
professions to tha teat Of common senna
nod the touchstone of logic. They pro
tend to venerate the DocUrition of Inde
pendence because it declare*..that “all
men are crested equal;** And, professed-
ly, thii is the foundation upon which they
erect their auperatructnre of negro equali
ty. They advocate the equality pt the
negro with the white race because the ne
gro ia created the equal of the white man.
Hence their claim that the negro ia a
“man and brother" to the white man.—
Very well. What doea “equality" mean?
aud what do ae understand by that term
as applicable to men and things? It
means that men or things, to which it is
applied, are absolutely equal—for equali
ty is * term which cannot be added to or
substraoted from. Hence two races of
men which era “created equal" are equal,
just as **two halves are equal to a whole
I Euclid]. If f therefore, two races of
men are “created equal," there ean be no
shade of difference between them physic
ally, intellectually, morally or socially.
Now, the “Republicans" declare this
equality between the uegro and Caucasian
races; and this is why they demand for
the negco equal righfa and privileges.
Rut how do they practice their theory ?—
They declare the negro must be free ;
the Macaw sad Wtotera Maltreat l*ate 0me«
Gov. Bullock employed the following
able attorneys to represent the interest of
the State in the lease ease of tha Macon
and Western Railroad: Anderson A La
nier, of Macon; A. O. Bacon, of Macon;
B. B. Hinton, of Marion; Wu. Phillips,
of Marietta.
We are informed that the Governor got
ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown and Chief Jus
tice Loehrane to determine the aiee of
their foes, which were settled at *1,260
etch, making an aggregate of *6000. At
least the feeM of the Macon lawyers are
thus, and we understand the others are of
the 8ame size.
As (he Supreme Court decided that the
HUde had no interest in this lease case, it
will be seen that the employment of coun
sel to represent the States Interest was
unnecessary, and it opens up to probabil
ity the suspicion that bos been emphati
cally expressed, that Gov. Bullock is
spending the Btate'a money to gain Dem
ocratic friends. It is fortunate, however,
that he selects such men as the above,
who arc incorruptible, snd who would
have spurned the fee had they have
thought such a thing was contemplated.
But there is another view to this case.
Of course n lawyer takes fees as they
come, tlieir legitimate professional ser
vices being in the market snd bringing
them meat and bread. But this whole-
_ sale employment of largo uumben* of at-
that he must be prtrtected in all his civil torueys at the caprice of the Executive at.
rights, and that ho must have all the po- State expense should and must be stops
lineal privileges which tho white mau «n- ped. The people dernet d it, and it ia
joys But, right here, they stop. They
of the pressing duties of the new
do not admit the negro to their society. — Legislature to attend to this.
tio.‘i and her meuuntilo advantages, she i
I and now spindles 2,000,000; total added
j dating the year 1,110,180. But it is evi-
■ dent that only a part of this yearly addi-
‘ takeu for t*
allowing her sister cities to take from her j lion should be takeu for the arirttyt of
vary <l<».r» tbo Undo Ibst luuiUmrioly uud ll,iH 7"“'" ‘ nor “ ,u, « iu cuui|.utiu s tbo con-
, . . . | sumption of cotton.
locally belongs tv her.
Thu long continued and extensive h
i and social relations of Ibe past ought
ption
As to ttw present average consumption
f each spindle, a word or two may be
he number of working spin-
to uurrtut Culmul.iw iu Uhiim every oilurt I '“ vu r“« u , 0 '’J" 11 1 "’'“ >
* ..I 18(# J than in 1M(#8, and was largely in
to aid iu building a narrow gauge 1
from some point on the M. A G. R. R.
through Bullock and Barbour couutics to
Dale, unless she feels incompetent to co|a*
for biisiuess with other cities in a direct
out-of-the-way line, aud without tlio strong
lies of friendship.
In a recent report from Montgomery,
she boasted her cottoii receipts were pro
portionally lurgely in excess of Columbus
and Macon, not becauso tho crops were
tuoro forwatd or better, but that she hud
creased in 1870. Nothing trustworthy
bo pro heated upon the vurying uiul irreg
ular business, so pro tides* in 18(5!», for
comparative work of spindles. For JMi8
the average working number was said to
bo thirty millious, using up '.Kifl, 188,600
pounds, equal to 88] pounds per spiudle.
But iu thut yeur iho major portion of tho
cotton was of sorts inferior to the Ameri
can in staple uud clouiiliuOriH, therefore
requiring more time and more muteriul
per Hpindlc than if American cotton had
been used in tho large proportion of 1870.
1 luring the last named year the average
number of spindles running was thirty-
access to a greater extent of country thau 1 Jtnt | u millions, using* 1,07s,204,-
And why ? It cannot be because the ne
gro is not wealthy or respectable, for he |
uisy be both. It cauuot ba for want of w
education and culture, for Fred Douglass j received somewhere near five hundred
has more of both than Grant. Yvhy, tiioiiKHiid dollars since our last bonds were
then, is the “man and brother" excluded , issued. Of tho new issue a million and a
from tr/uU Black Republican society ? Ji j half of currency bonds are oat and two
is because* be is s neyro. Who will dare millions of gold bonds. Money is scarce
Atlanta Constitution, VMh.
How Anon It.—sTroaenrer Angier has
deny it ? Suppose Ilirutu Grant has
gro acquaintance who ia wealthy, and
whose moral character is withont u taint.
Of course, ho has many negro friends
who are as moral and respectable as he ;
and if they are not so “well off," it may
be because all the “giftu" go to him and
none to them. We say, suppose Grant
has such a negro acquaintance, is such a
egro (ir
in the State Treasury.
The State llond dumps in its rcgnlsr
monthly allowance of *26,(MJO, but that is
gobbled np before it gets comfortatbly
located in the TTeasurer’a till. And this
valuable contribution aeeius about all tho
limp State Treasury is getting. We trust
that Rufus did his duty iu California as
the Executive of Georgia, in making
equal/ If not, whose i Georgia bonds float buoyantly
at this time lost year, and was extending
ill to
pil e with tho present Congress, and whoso , lnrs and incendiaries, aud generally deal lll ° bnvlucii* of the city—throwiiig out ho
aurcetmors have to be chosen by the Leg- with them iu asuiumury in
1 pounds
islalurcH of their several States at tlieir \ further trouble. Measures havu I,
taken for the immediate rebuilding of the
next scHsioiiK: Messrs. Blair of Mo., Da
vis of Ky.; Vickers of Md.; Colo, of Culifor-
olic Hotel.
Boston, October
prevent- | iron urm.s uud drawing iu trade from <
ry direction.
Recently, on a visit t
T he Transcript j heard prominent merchants deplet ing the
Kellogg, of Louisiana; Nye, of No- ; says the insurance companies of Boston ! loss of trade from this country,
tin • spencer of l* av<J suffered ifevurely by the grot
’ ! Those having ageueies in Chicago u
msns ; Jerry, of ; Nuliolm | f flow England, Hide A Im
vadu ; Howe, of Wise
Alabama ; Rice, of Arkansas
Connecticut ; Morrill, of Vermont; Os- and independent." A dispatch from the
born, of Florida ; Sherman, of Ohio ; , agent of the first named company states
Harlan, of Iowa ; 1'oof, of North Caroli
nu; l’omroy, of Khiihiih; rutterson, of , [*
New Hampshire; Morton, of Indiana;
Josses lo he *600,(/IM). The office. - ..
I the New Englund Company estimate its
at *700,(MMI, and voted this morning
kl .. of cash orders by the thousand, us iu for
ro the ! , J
alher, I nior limes, they now seldom see a mer
chant from this country in Columbus. 1
a as told their trade a few years ainee ex
tended as far and evoti beyond Clayton,
and was all a paying trade. N<
10 pounds cotton,
tr spiudle.
In these calculations no alluwauc<
nude for cotton usod for i ’her than *•
t ning purposes, u quantity which if kn<
Columbus, I might reduce the average of cotton s
lo less thau 80 pounds per spindle, ft is
not necessary, however, for us to make
any allowance on that account, us our
present purpose is a comparison of liku
data for past and present years. In lM(id
ral years previous the average
equal'' is he? If he ia Grant's equal,
why should Grant exclude him from tbn
society ol his family ? “Ob," says a Re
publican, “we do uot meau that the negro
is tit for uncial equality with the whito
man." Why not? If ho is “creatod
equal," ho is equal.
What kind ol “equality" is that which
walks arm in arm with the “uinn and : wagon,
brother'' to the |*oils, aud then kicks him
out of the parlor because he iu a neyro/
tha
troubled sea of credit.
We do not complain, however, that few
of our bonds are selling. The better for
the people. The public will have the
more when Rufus retires to the shades of
hiH fine baru or returns to the glories of
the Yoseiuite Volley in California to muse
eer past greatness, and run an express
Atlanta Constitution.
Au expedition whose result* will bo
If Grant, Crusswell, Fulton A Co. exclude • looked for with interest by scientific men
negroes from their society, is it not pluin will leave tha United States in shout a
that these “Republicans" regard negroes month. The object of the expedition is
os tkoi r inf triors/ Ho regarding the ne- j to ascertain the ualnre of the animal life
gro, as we know they do, will they tell us [ of tho bed of the ocean iu the Htraits of
that the negro was so “created" ? On the Magellan, and northward via the Oulapa-
other hand, if they believe, as they say gos Islands to H in FVancisco. Of thia ex-
they do, that the negro is “created equal" pedition the Daily Patriot, of Washington,
with tho white umn, how dure they ignore i 1). 0., osys : •
the society of the negro? How dare they { The expedition, which goes out under
degrade what the Citutor has put upon a ; tho auspices the United States l-o»t 8ur-
level with them ? But they tell us they 1 vay, will sail iu the iron screw steamer
have the right to exclude from their koci- I Hussler, now being bnilt for that service
ety whomsoever they see tit. Of course : is Philadelphia. The Hussler, it ia
they have. But. the negro being “created ' thought, will be ready for depurlure in
1'ial" with them, arid therefore being en- I four weeks' time. Tho appurutu* to bo
-4 86
suspend business for the present The Columbus take the initiative and <
Conkling, of New York; Hawyer, ol Houth j Hide A Leather Company's liabilituis foot
Caroliua ; Hill, of Georgia; Trumbull, of
Illinois ; Corbett, of (Irogoii, and Camer
on, of Pennsylvania—24 iu nil.
up nearly the same. This company bus
also suspended. The Independent Com
pany advises its patrons to cancel their
policies and reinsure, pending reports
All of the above named Beimtors aro 1 Loin their Chicago agency. Several other
eluHsed us Radicals, except Blair of Mis
souri, 1 >aviH of Kentucky, and Vickers of
Boston olUcuH are also reported severely
j crippled.
Nkw Yonx, October 11.—Tho follow ing
Maryland. It is pretty certain that these j additional losses are reported : Home (of
three gentlemen will eitlior he re-elected i New York) *160,000; Commercial *80,-
or imoooodnd l.y Duiuoor.L. It is aim. uh. ! ***> • H 0 *""* **“•.«»»; L.u.«r tf-W.OlHI;
Hiiruil that UmuocrutH will l.o oloctml from . Auiarjc . u 4 ,o.-,„,ik)0 ; Itiwolul*
Alabama, N(*rth Caroliua and Georgia. A 0<Mi ; Washington *4(M),0(HI ; Yonkers A
Democrat, too, will bo chosen to All 1 Now York *8(M),(MM>. The above are all
tlio OeoruiA vaount m-nt loft l.y Dr. Millar ! '' 1 " , jL. ou " ,|, .t" ioB ; ' ll10 ,, ."' f ?r d
, , . . I *1,200,(MMI ; Manufacturers *8.*0,INM);
and claimed by Blodgett, iho Democrats f Pacific, of Han Francisco, *600,(MM). The
i gaining tlio Bonn- , .Etna, Hartford, and Homo of New York,
' have each about *I,(hhi,(MH> insurance iu
i the burnt district. The Pli(i>nix, of Hart-
J ford, has *7(M),(MM) insurance there. Sev
eral others are reported, but the losses are
have good prospects
tors to be electod in Louisiana, Nevada,
Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Ncv: York mid
Oregon. Thu olortioii of Radicals iu
California, Vermont, Connecticut, Ohio j comparatively hiiihII.
and Pennsylvania in already assured. | t|
[ We may remark that Messrs. Hill of
Georgia, and Trumbull of Illinois, are not
Hiieh reliable Radicals us to niako their re-
election very gratifying to that party. |
Iu 1>7I the proportion of American
tt< n used has increased largely upon
t l t ,t ! that of 1870. Less of it is therefore re-
(iinc ' f°r a given product in yarn, but a
number of spindles will also use
. of it in a giveu time, hecuuso of its
i
forward at ouee aud sigh no longer over
the “days of Auld Lang Hync," but lot ua { better qualities—a double gaiu to the
mparison, therefore, with
1870, the allowance per spindle should,
we sre persuaded, be about thirty-tive
pounds per spindle.
The total quantity of cotton consumed
sing that good old song “Home Again." j spinner.
Columbus being a large stockholder in 18*0, th
tho M. A G. R. R., will be protecting her
interest by enhancing the value of that
stock by this branch road ; and it will ex.
tend the Ceutral Railroad interest by bo- ; * n Great Britain
coming an additional feeder. j been ns folio
Uncle Jesse.
titled to full equality with them, how
comes it they select their society entirely
from tho white race ? They select no ne
groes at all! They exclude some whites,
to be sure, but not because they are ir/iitr.
Yet they kick out aU their “colored broth
nsed In the soundings will probably con
sist. iu part, of the instruments invented
by Mr. Sidney E. Morse aud his brother.
Prof. Morse, which have already proved
their vuluo and adaptability in taking
(Hidings in the deep lakes of Central
And this New York. Tha Navy Dopurtinont haa
ran" because they are nra,
Is “equality." 'Iho “colored brother" is [ detailed a number of olHccrs to aocorupauy
not “kicked out" for any thiug else than j tho exi>edilion. Commander P. (’. Jolrn-
ho is a negro ; for it is certain son will be lientennut commanding the
In
during late
Bales.
has
Tha City Council of Havatiuah has vo
ted one thousand dollars for tho Chicago
sufferer*, with an expression of regrot
that the financial condition of the city
just now will uot allow a larger contribu
tion.
In tha Fifteenth wurd of Philadelphia,
MU* Carrie H. Burnham, haviug been
previously registered, tendered her vote.
Hha waa accompanied by her uounael, Mr.
Tho people of Rhode island voted last
week upon a proposition to amend their
Htuto Constitution so as to removo tlio
real estate qualification fur voting from
foreign-horu citizens. Tho proposition
was defeated by Radical opposition to it.
Tho “foroigu-boru citizens" of Rhodo
itizuiis of the United States—
made so by its naturalization laws, with
which they have complied. And yet they
must possess a property qualification- uot
required of natives, white or black -l*e-
Upon Wiiat Pkim ipi.e the Lkhikla-
TV UK Slloiti.u OisUANlZK Ml. Stephens,
ill yesterday's issue of the Atlanta Sun,
utter referring to tho reports that havu
gone forth from Atlanta in regurd to the
formation of certain rings or ooiubiuatioiiH
having for their object tho organization
of the Legislature iu the iuteresta of cer-
laiu selfish sclieiucs, speaks these words
of wisdom, which i says the Macon Tele
graph ) should lie read and heeded by
every honest member of both houses.—
lie says:
Let tho Legislature organize upon no
principle except Democratic principles,
on which tho majority was elected. Up
on thoso principles they can give no coun
tenance to corruption in pluces either low
or high. In the selection of thoir otlicerH,
therefore, lot both Houses look ruaiuly to
foro (boy can volo in Rhod. Inland, i. i OmT
Hot h 18th Amendment needed to make
these citizens of the United States, resid
ing iu Rhodo Island, equal in “rights,
privileges aud immunities" to citizens of
the United States residing iu other
States ?
Tho Montgomery A Lufaulu Railroad
bus reached Kufaulu.
Tho tract of land (100 acres) and Iho
buildings known aa tho Uowdor Mills
property iu Augusta, will bo sold at pub
lic auction on Thursday, tho nineteenth
of the present uioutli, by ordor of Gou.
O. O. Howard.
The A. A (J. Road.—Tho Montgomery
AdrertiHi' is reliably informed thut tho
State of Alabama bus obtained undispu
ted possession of that purl of the above
KiUoro. Tho judge informed her that ho J * 0A ‘ l 1 ' ing iu ^ ho S,wto wf Georgia
waa instructed not to receive her vote.
and that ua soon as tho necessary prelimi
naries cau bo arranged trains will bo ruu
through on regular schedule, from Chat-
tauooga to Meridian.
After a loug argument the lady proceeded
to the Court of Common l’leos and made
application to tho l>euch for a mandamus.
Judge Allison refused to hear the argu
ment, stating that ho had no power to
iaauc a maudamus. This waa not the
place to argue the queatiou. If a legal
voter waa rafuood he had hie action of I of ‘o[io'ber, at loVciock
prosecution against election officers to fall! tendauoe is desired.
Mate DrMorratiu foMMittn-.
The members of the State Democratic
Executive Committee are requested to
meet at the office of the Chairman, in tho
city of Macon, on Tuesday, tho 24th day
A full at
tack upon. Iu thia opinion Judge Alii-
iron waa upheld by his brother judges aud
(ha matter ended.
Cummn Anukisson, Chairman.
'liie Raleigh Sentinel makes, briefly and
pointedly, the following statement of tho
Tho paper* in Iho Houth that hare boon j ' n,ost Federal outrages in North Caroliua,
agitating against tho “new departure"
profess to believe that tho result* of the
lot* Northern elections, and what they
to which we referred the other day
“We had advised eight men, strangers
all to ua, to sue and indict Carrow, the
U. H. marshal, and Booher. hi* deputy,
coll tho refusal of tho Now York Demo-: for imprisoning them contrary to law!
orate to “depart," hare killed tho move-
moot.
The eight uicu had been decoyed to the
city ns witnesses and imprisoned without
kuowing why or wherefore. In a legal
Vffi— . , „ , ,. knowing wny or wncrerore. m a legal
\*tj wall. And now K aoJ policy— J „„ sought io rodrere our own
inseparable from common aonso—requires , grievsuces lost year, wo sought to redress
that tkry should “dry up.” j theirs, la lunlice and maduess, i’hillips
- ^ m «»■ — j and his dogs arrested the magistrate, Mr.
A dispatch of the 10th iust., from Han 1 Lew, who bound Carrow and his deputy
Frenriaro, give. . tUt conlreJictioo to ' °”‘ rc '" ,rt ' , Al lbo T" '‘ ,u ?. h »» r -
•h- ... ... rested us fur advising uud eounscliug tho
1 of an organization in this i wriest of tho mnrshul uud his deputy. \V*
country to effeot a revolution in Mexico | were not put in jail without a hearing, but
and the annexation of that country to the j R* ve ***** m the sum of *2,600 for our ap-
Uri-dSUIre to pMticu'KSS^
Uriy eupiiriie m denying that Uenerri , lp on Um effldeeit of Heeter, (»bo never
eew them before), that they were kuklux,
wentlojeil beeanee they ooold not give
bail iu Um euui of flMUO. They den
ed a trial, which wae refilled them."
any connection with or
fiaovtodgeof the aeheree.
On necount of a tie occurring at tha
Mnedkm et tori year, there hw beea a
triuey in the UgUriive ■■-'-g.tinr of
Haretoon oonaty. Thia vuaaey was
•flafl a few dqra riace by the election of
UM. Head, Daw., by a majority of 47
Homebody in Pieroe oountv, more pioua
then wise, indicted tho Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad Company for a violation of tho
Hobbath for running thoir oars through
that county. The Grand Jury whioh waa
i last weok, ignored the bffl.
[Savannah JtepuNican.
tixed dcturmiuatiou to bo govoruod iu ail
thoir actions, from tho boginuiug to tho
ond, by uo policy, but that which shall
host vindicate tho honor, dignity, aud
rights of the State, as well as tho rights
aud interests of tho people at largo. If
auy discrimination is made iu guardiug
the rights and interests of ono class with
more vigilanco than those of another, let
it be iu behalf of tlio tax puyiug, laboring
class, who are earning thoir broud, iu some
department of industry or other, by the
sweat of their brow.
Lot tlio rights and interests of this
class, who arc scattered all over the laud,
and who cau neither form coiubiuatious
nor employ lobby representatives, be the
special objects, if aiiv are, of their great
est care aud watchfulness.
Tho total number of Germans residing
iu tho United Hlatos is 1,(»'.K),600, distrib
uted as follows ; Alabama, 2,482; Arkan
sas, 1,6851; California, 2!) t 7<M; Connecti
cut, 12,4 451; Delaware, 1,142; Florida,
.61)7: Georgia, 2,701; Illinois, 2051,77*8;
Indiana, 78,(MMI; Iowa, (i(*,lti2; Kansas,
12,776; Kentucky, 80,818; Louisiana, 18,-
Maine, 608; Maryland, 47,046; Mas-
Kucliusottu, 151,072; Michigan, (54,448;
Minnesota, 41,5184; Mississippi, 21,0(50;
Missouri, 1151,(518; Nebraska, 10,064; Ne
vada, 2,181; New Hampshire, 4556; New
Jersey, 61,(MM); New York, 81(5,002; North
Carolina, 004; Ohio, 182,807; Oregon,
1,876; reunsylvauia, 100,14(5; Kb. do
Islaud, 1,201; Houth Caroliua, 2,761;
Tennoasee, 4,6510; Texao, 254,086; Ver
mont, 870; Virginia, 4,060: West Virginia,
(5,2512: Wisconsin, 1(52,814; Arizona, 5170;
Colorado, 1,46(5; Dakota, 6051; Diatrict of
C'oluiubia. 4,020; Idaho, 888; Montana,
1,2*18; New Mexico, 682; Utah, 5168;
Washington, 046; Wyoming Territory,
062.—JYCff York World.
Tkain Attacxzd by Neoboes. —The
Vicksburg Herald is informed that tho
down pasaonger train on the Misaloaippi
Central Railroad was stopped lately, at
Grenada, by a hand of negroea, for what
purpose is not known. The road bos but
lately discharged the negro brakesmen on
the passenger trains and put white men
iu their place*, and it ia supposed to have
been the discharged negroea who made
the row. They were armed, onr inform
ant tall* ns, with clubs and pistols, and
attempted to foroe their way into the
sleeping coach, when the brakesman fired
into them,wounding one, when the other*
retired and tho Inin proceeded on ita
way. mftw
“A Poopbbt ia not Without Hokob,"
Ac —General Albert Pike, of Aritanaoa,
tho diniifutehod lfanon, recently visited
Newburyport, MoamahnmCts, tha pltoe of
hia birth. A little mpper, to be gtven
him by hia friend* at ono of tho hotels,
re spoiled by tha lanffinH aaying that
there waa not money enough in tha otty to
buy a supper of him for n rebel general.
Anothar pnblioan was found, be waver,
who was not *o aidant, and fiihishonaa
tha supper took place aa prepared.—X T.
i Jtoprm.
lighter tha
1870 only
arc all net <
Tho uve
Htstr lluate OtllrcrH. , Iu 18158
Editor* ConstitutionAn a diversity j Iu I?*GK
of opiuion exints among intelligent men { av, ' ru M
as to the time wlieu the electiou of Statu j
House (iffieurs will take place, yuu will
plense publish the following view of the I*”** •
Hiibject. If auy gentleman entertuius a Li 1 M (5'.*..
diflerent view, I hope ho will give it to 1 Li ] M,is •
the public: # j Engl.u
Article III, section 1, paragraph .*» of heavy
tho Constitution provides that the Gener
al Assembly, after the firm meeting under
that iUHtrumuut, “shall meet annually on
second W«Hlncsday in January, or on
h other day as the General Assembly
may prescribe." By an act approved 26tu
October, Is7t), tho General Ahneiubly did
proscribe that from and after ith passage
tlint body should meet on tho “first
Wednesday in Novouibor of each aud
every year," consequently, the approach
ing session of the Generul Assembly elect
ed in 1870, meets on the “first Wednes
day in November," which is tho first day
of tho mouth.
By srticle III, soction I, paragraph II,
f the Constitution, “the members of the
House of Representatives shall he elected
for two years." Tho Senate is a body a!- i
ways in existence l*y reason of tho terms ]
if retiring members being tilled by el<
Bounds.
787,080 1,078,201,610
528,400 841,686,620
101,840 8851,488,6(50
glit of baleft was:
Consumption, Importation,
Bounds.
880
5164
864 5164
uinuHit's a larger proportion
•s American) than is inclml-
xpurt,* which averages still
her total import, being tor
6(5 pounds average. Those
fights, iniuuti tare,
gu weight of bales used in
lly an net approved I’.ltL i ltiitmii. m U-M waa. aa«ivi n above,
- 08(5 pounds instead of 5(70 pounds, as we
printed it; tho hitter being the uverage
weight of the stock at the close of the
year. The largo proportion of Auiuricuti
bales entering into the supply for the
Use hi that kingdom hi 1871, should, aud
probably does raise the average wught to
loo pounds, and perhaps more.
From the foregoing duta our readers
can readily arrive at a correct conclusion
as to the weekly consumption of cotton
in Great Biituiii during 1871 for spiuning
purposes.
E Al'MlNIHTUATloN
lion iu accordance with the terms of said j '^ 1U Boste... - -...
paragraph. It follows then that tho pres- ! political affairs of Oh
ent General Assembly which con
November, 1871, will meet again iu 18
iu tho saiuo mouth, because it
for two y
Code, State House office
be elected “during tho sitting or aeaaiou
which immediately precedes tho begin
ning of the term which they are to fill. —
The term which the successors to Iho
present Statu llonso officers are to be
tilled, begius on tho 1st day of Jauuary,
18751, consquently tho present Legislature
at its session in November, 1872, (uuluhs
tho present law l*o changed; will elect the
next Statu House officers.
VxBITAS.
Commenting upon an intimation in tho
Era that the State Road prosecutiou
nuiouuted to a farce and “would end in
smoko," the Atlanta Sun of Thursday,
ys:
What lias really been done, ao fur, is
the arresting and bindiug over to court
of the following persons: I. B. Harris,
N. B. Hotchkiss, B. W. Wren, James
Mullins, W. 1). K. Millar, J. C. Alexander,
Joseph Fry aud Foster Blodgett -all, ex
cept two of these, u|*oii the affidavit of
Major C. B. McUalla We have seen a
list of over twenty names whoso cases,
with specific charges, will ho presented to
tue Stump.—
res that tho
c disturbing a
in ' proper national huluuco. It says
Thr
cat of the Govoruiucut is now
3 it is elected | transferred to tho Ohio stuiup. As h<h»u
By sectiou 18(54, Jrwiu s as the Ohio campaign comes on, we find
Grunt trundling out there iu his gift pal
ace ear and canvassing at horse trots ami
public institutions; Mr. Boutwull reciting
Ins speech from elegantly printed docu
ments, which, prepared at public expense,
aro bv tho same means sent broadcast
over the lund ; and Mr. Robeson, leaving
his native Jersey, uftcr dropping sufficient
of the oil of Bresideutial udulution at
Bliiladelphia, to aid with his voice The
cause of the office holders against tho
pcoplo' in the same State. Never before
wus the spectacle seen of tho employment
of un entire Cabinot iu tho business of
stumping in Stuto campaigns for the in
terest of the Administration; and the
concentration of this uuusual official in
fluence iu Ohio is yet inoro remarkable."
BmonAM Yorxo Before tue Court.—
Salt Lake, (h’t. 8. — Brigham young, ac
companied by a number of elders, appear
ed at court this afternoon and was held to
bail iu five thousand dollars to auswer.—
Ho passed through the crowd from his
carriage np stairs to tho the court room
alone. Many hats were removed and oth-
er expressions of respect shown, but no
the Grand Jury—the result of which we | shouts or noisy demonstration. ITis ap
pearance before Judge McKeau was quiet
aud dignified, but ho seemed evidently
very feeble. Tho oflicera of the court
showed him all kindness, providing a
large easy chair aud keeping the crowd at
a distance.
Tho counsel of Brigham first put in a
plea of abatement, which was overruled.
The next movement was to quash the in
dictment on the ground of the indictment
eunmerutiug sixteen separate charges in
alleging that he lasciviously cohabited
with sixteen different women. During
the argument on this question Brigham
retired. Hemstead for defense will con
tinue speaking to this motion to-morrow.
Everything quiet to-night, although mul
titudes of exciting rumors are in circula
tion. Iu the event of conviction there
may be trouble, scarcely otherwise.
Macon cotton receipts from 1st Septem
ber to the night of the I Itii footed up <*,-
848 bales. LaRt year np to and including
the week ending the 1 ith they were 18,-
226 bales. If we get 600 bales a day for
tho next three days, we shall have 7,848
against 18,220—showing a falling off of
1 u.878 in the first sit weeks of the cotton
year, or between 66 and 6(5 per ceut. do-
cliue.—Tfleyra}di, 12/A.
“After this year there will be no inter
nal tax except on whiaky, tobacco, and
beer." So said Senator Sherman a few
day* ago in a public spoach. Ha la ohair-
man of the Sonata Finance Committee.—
Tbo Democracy are ontitlad to credit for
at toast that maoh. But for thoir ex
posure of tho rathtooo plundering of tho
people, tho Radicals would have gone and
bankrupted tbo whole country to enrich
themaefvee. Now that important elections
are ponding, they ean afford to talk of
eooaamv and the redaction of taxes. Bat
they narer did it until they Mere
[JI«M OMfra, lit*. locwi-SoriJniw* BepuNka*.
M»e. We ere inolincd to the opiuion
lli.t there in uot mmh farce in it.
We le.ru from the He.nl forintr News
tbnt the trinl of John 1’. Urills, for the nl-
lugeit umnler of hi. father, John A. Grif
fin, iu that county, last (all, took place in
the Superior Court of Heard county, week
before last. The trial occupied the court
Wednesday, Thurada}, Friday, and wua
concluded on Saturday, and reanlted io
an *M]nittaI. The other portiea implicated
(Ur*. Huaao Kuowloa, daughter of the
murdered mau,aud Thoniaa Teal,) were re-
lewed on bail. It will be recollected that
llieae portiea, shortly after tho death of
old Mr. Griffia, closed out their atfuira in
Heard and went weatward, taking up in
Arkansan. The auapidon of foul play was
ao atroug agrinri them iu the minds of the
good people of Heard, that the eaae waa
reported to Gov. Bullock, and he offered
a reward of two thooaand dollar, for their
apprehenaion. Thia canned them to be
hontod up and brought back.
F.tal Accinatrr.—Yeatarday afternoon
ua tha freight train on the Central railroad
waa ooanng over the Walnut Creek bridge
ohout three milea from tha eity, a brake-
man by the name of King, who waa ut the
tiara attending to hia dariaa oa top of on*
of the can, waa knocked off by coming
in non tact with tha reflate of the bridge.
Whan token up his hand waa found to
have bean tnwrtad by the blow. The un-
fortunate man wa immediately brought
to the oriy and to anything dons to aUavi-
ato hit aafariagr that humanity oradanoa
ooold raggari Ho remained In an ap-
parenttyiaaanribieeoodttioa until a lata
hoar at night, whan hia spirit calmly pars
ed away from earth. We understand that
tha daaaaaad iaaaon of Mr. J. W. King,
of Houston eoanty, and wna known aa a
Hint Grant A Co. du auHnr-iute with mane
wbito men u ho are, intellontnally and
umrally, far interior to euuu negroes.
That Graut rufunoH (o RMtotinte with
negroes is pluin, since be kicked the ne
gro military officers out of the ball room
ut Irotig Branch, and shoved a “very re-
spuctabto colored man," who had *.ur-
chnsed a ticket to dine with him lutefy at
('incinnati, out of the dining-room !—
What sort of “equality" is thin ? And as
Grant acts in this regard, so do Ureswell,
Bond, Fulton A Co. Away with nJl such
hy|K*critioal blatherskites. Why,
liossler, and, in additiou to BroteMor
Agassiz, tho scientific personnel of tue ex
pedition will include Bn’lessor Hill, ux-
iiresidcnt of Harvard University, Dr.
White, Dr. Hteintaken, and Count, Pour-
Ulea.
The moat interesting question nnder
dhtoussic i in tiiu scicntitlic world is as to.
the nature of tho life exuding at the bot
tom of the son ; nud wo hope that this ex
pedition a ill threw coimidprshlc light on
the autijecL—\foink Tribune.
Flacw.—Mayor yesterday, roeoir-
wicked and oruul" as is tho “Southern : L5l(M) flagj of evory sort, size, and
rebel," and with all the hatred whioh ! *hapo aud description, with which ho in-
“loyiil" men bear towards tho “southern tends to decorate the exhibition hall* on
the Fair Grenada. From tho tri-color of
i would not prefer snch ! belle Fr »uco to the crossed keys wof the
•traitor" aa a non-m-lair, or IIeati uf tbe Church ; from tho meteor
flag of old England to the double-Loaded
Eagle of Brnmia. All are there, each “hi
bright blazonry of purple and gold, azure
and scarlet sheen.". The several Staten
will have thoir urius represented on ban
ners suspended around Floral Hull, ‘and
the grand old banner of the Empire
Statu of the Houth, onr loved Georgia,
will fioat above them all, “full high ad
vanced. Macon Telegraph, 14 th.
traitor," thore is not one “loyal" man
a million who
“rebel" nud
even ns a bett-J'eUtn» % to any negro.—
Would Grant not rather aleep with Jeff.
Davis than with the most “loyal” negro
in the feouth ? And if ho, why ? Is there
any other reason than that Davis is a
•r/idc man. and that tho “oolored broth
er" is a uegro ? Away with such infernal
hypocricy. Why, lh« stupidest negro iu
the country ought to aee that all this
blathuriug of “equality" in hia ear is
bush ; and that those who blate it are a
sot of miserable aud infamous swindlers.
Ho ought to know that they do not nrac-
tico what they preach, and do uot beliuve
what they sny. Certainly, every intelli
gent negro should know, that, while the
“gonerai run" of Republicans are blow
ing “equality" in his ears for bin cote,
they aro all the time saying to themselves.
“duiuu the negro." Who says “smoke ?"
Mlrhiaan in Flawra !
Detroit, Out. 11.—Thu news from Han
Clair aud Huron counties of this State i*
uf the most distressing character. All
that portiou of tho State east of Hagiuaw #
Bay and northward to a point forty miles j »VsmiU»vi]L
uhuve Port Huron ban been completol} [ i ellvo {ur OohUUW tbu morning. Wbito
Tub Rohehon Outlaws.—The Wil
mington, N. C., Journal of Tuesday nays:
The campaign in Robeson county has
bt*«n abandoned, and Henry Low rev, the
hero (»f Hcuflltdown, remains bowi-of the
situation. Thu forces sent there by bis
accidental Excellency have not fulfilled
the expectations formed of them, and the
people of Rohesou ure to be agniu left to
the |*itiie8* mercy of the savages. Tho
troops stationed there have all been with
drawn, they having arrived in this city
yesterday, via the W., C. A R. Railroad.—
They comprise detachments from Com
panies G and K, Fourth United Staten
Artillery. The former aro to rejoin their
and the latter
opt by fire.
A uuuibcr of lives are ascertained to
have perished, aud the probabilities are
that we have not heard tho worst.
Thu flourishing villages of Fonesville,
White Rock, Elm Creek, Hand Beach and
Huron City are entirely destroyed. Rock
Falls and Port Hope are partially burned.
Nothing has yet l*eon heard from Port
Austin. The report sent is that R is
hardly possible they have escaped.
At all these towns there were large
stores, many of which were filled with
wiuter stocks ; also extensive *aw mills,
shingle mills, docks covered with lumber,
all of which were swept away. It is said
there is hut one dock left ou tho shore
above Forester.
Steamers which left Port Huron last
night for the relief of the sufferers, re
turned this evoniug, bringing back soma
forty mou, women and children, five of
whom are severely burned.
The revenue cutter FeasendoD, which
meu aro arrested l*y the hundred, but it is
impossible to secure a dozen mulatto out
laws.
' ■<•♦>»
Enormous and uncontrollable firee
among the Western forests purbaps givo
an indication of the process by which the
vast plains of the Weat were first denuded
of timber. After a forest is burnt, the
host that fins penetrated many feet into
the soil, will have destroyed the life of
every seed or'root, so that a new growth
of trees will not be seen for many years.
But the produotive strength of the soil is
not destroyed by the fire, and the burnt
space is soon overgrown with grasses aud
weeds propagated from seeds borne by
the wind. Tne annual, or frequent burn
ing of the dried grasses kills any yoaug
tree that may obunce to grow, while tha
roots of the graasea are not killed. Thna
will new timber be prevented from grow
ing, wbile the once timbered spaces en
croach steadily upon contiguous forests,
started for Port Austin, picked ep a sail! Thu* process haa, perhaps, been going on
boat ou the Lake . containing Mr. Isaac I for many hundreds of years, until the pra-
Green, principal owner of Foreatville,
together with his family and eighteen or
twenty others, who hod escaped the fiames
at Foreatville.
Ohigln or the Chicago Fir*.—The
Commercial Advertiser’s dispatches report
os follows :
Late on Sunday evening a boy want into
iriea have replaced foresta wherever pra
irie Area could reach. The cultivation of
the pralres will In part suspend this fiery
conquest of the woods; but nothing ean
restore the wide wilderness of grand old
forest trees that may once have covered
what are now grassy plains.
The prairie finds vindicate their forest-
producing capacity whenever timber trees
, are planted on them. At the cost of *
a stable on Dokoven street, near the river j few dollars per sere a large growth of
on the west aide, to milk a cow, carrying ! timber for houses, fences aud fuel may be
with him R kerosene lamp. This waa grown from the previously naked buffalo
kicked over by the oow, and the • burning • pasture. It is not s violent draft upon
fluid scattered among the atraw. This I the fancy to suppose that the raising of
was the beginning of the great fire. A , timber crops will in time become one of
single extinguisher on the ground, or j the leading, most needed and most lucre-
active work of the police in tearing down ' tive industries of tho West.—JVVto Orleans
one or two shanties, would have prevented ' l\<ayune.
the spreading of the flames ; but tha en
gines were waited for, end when they
arrived, the firemen, stupefied by their
exertions at tho first fire on Saturday
night, worked slowly and clumsily. Their
efforts were unavailing; the wind from
the southwest blew a gale, and rapidly the
CAPxrr.En.—We lesm from Mr. Taylor
George of Milford, that 8am Long, the
murderer of young Mr. Ivey, in Baker
county, was recently captured, and is now
confined in jail at Newton. From oil the
circumstances as related to us it was n
flames shot from house to house, and ; blooded murder, aud we hope to sea
from board-yard to board-yard, nntil the - Um cause fairly investigated, giving jua-
district burned the night before had been Dee to all aides.7V leg rap*.
rcdcted ‘ I Narrow Gauge.—We learn that et aa
* ‘ election held in Lnmukin county, on Bat-
The T vlladroa lioBBRRi.—Wo under- ! UR ] a y 1 the vote was almost unanimous in
etaud that Samuel Kmoot, the Talladega . favor of the oounty subscribing *26,000
Radical Tax-Collector, who pretendld to
have been robbed of *7,600, bos been ar
rested after a hot chase, and is bow la jail
at Talladega to await a preliminary trial
for the attempt to defraud the oounty.—
Thia is just as everybody expected. Not
one of these radical soounarels can be
trusted. In josMoe to the people of Tal
ladega we will state theft Smoot was none
of their choosing. H*» with Pelham, and
other* of hi* stripe were forced upuu the
people by Congressional dictation, and
General Meade’s beytmote. There were
neat men in the oounty that
notion honset i
had anything to do with I
#nm Courier,
wanly uut
tteaUon.—
to ■ narrow-stage toed from Dthloueg*
to GtinwriU*. GnineniUe *bo rated on
the setue dt} to enliecribo $1*0,000. Thin,
with the printe irabecription of over
$30,000, it ie thought, will insure the
building of the rood.—Xtlattfa Contt..
A Danbury Mper toy*: An out-of-town
eoupto applitd to ono of tho Danbury
drug riora* on Wqdnaaday for Bod. water.
“Whto ayiap?” propounded tho dork.—
“Syrtto—ayrap, reperiod the bneulie fop,
with an ineiMulaua atore, and than laan-
ing forward ba impreaairel} added:—
“Stranger, money ia no object to nt to.
toy; you kin pot augar in them."