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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.
Volume XLTV.-No. 11.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN II. MARTIN '....Editub.
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1872.
•>Tinu «f KoWrlpllon—
On. Tear iu v , t*-30.
The lltlnbridfr. (ulhhert A folambaa H. B.
Au udvoriiatiuifut appear* in the paper#
of ttainbridge and Cuthbert, from which
it appear* that Judge Stro/.ior, of the
Albany Circuit, ha* granted an injunction
ou the suit of Lyon, McLeudou A Co.
against thi* Company, aud an order ap
pointing a Receiver. L. P. 1). Warren,
of Albany, is named ah Receiver, aud it in
made hia duty to collect the property and
effects of the road, with authority to coin-
proiuiHe any clrtiuiB due to it, also to oncer-
tniu ai d report upon all claims against the
road, and to hold the property aud report
thu claims to a term of the Court to bo
held on the lih Monday of April next,
in accorduuco with this order, Mr. Warren
notifies creditors of the toad to present
their claims, with proofs, to him, atC'ntb-
licrt on the 1-th of March, aud at Baiu-
bridge ou the Sth of April next.
President Wadley of the Georgia Cen
tral Railroad. in a communication to the
Savannah AVir*, gives a contradiction to
thu reports that “the Central Railroad ia
in 80iuu way cuuuected with an effort to
Hecuietho possession or coutrol of the
South Carolina Railroad." He says thut
Ho such project has been eoticrivedor
entertained by lain or his company.
The Atlanta ('oust it fit ion, referring to
the reported offer to Col. P. W. Alexander
of a lucrative position ua editor of a Cana
dian newspaper, says: “The Columbus
Sun scum* to doubt the information of
the lifjmhiiciiii. The offer waa unques
tionably ma le to P. W. A., but we have
reason* to hope that he will not accept it.’*
Lewis (1. Crawford, son of the late Rev.
N. M. Crawford, has been appointed
Assistant Clerk of the Supremo Court of
Georgia, vice B. F. Abbott, resigned.
The Bainbridgo Democrat reports tho
death, lust week, of Messrs. Henry l^uu-
iels, \V. Broome'and J. C. Blotiut, all
worthy citizen* of Decatur county.
Omi'rnor smltli ami the Supreme '.la dire*. It ip.
The Kuril/ County .Vum Iiuh charged
ainl reiterated that Col. Iletbert Fielder
withdrew from the coiitsst for the Demo
cratic nomiuntion fur Govotnor with the
understanding that Gov. Smith would, if
Humiliated aud elected, appoint hiiu (Col.
F.) to the Supremo Court Judgeship. We
have had no iufotuiutiou ou thin subject
directly from Gov. Smith, but we have
otherwise learned enough to aatisfy ua
thut Mr. tlrouby is laboriug under a nii*-
appruhfusion, or has beuu imposed upon.
Wo know that Gov. Smith when ap
proached before tho nomination by
friend* of other gentlemen than Col.
Fielder, with proposition* of a kindred
nature, not only declined to euteituiu
them, but gave auch reasons a* would pre
clude him from making any promise* or
bargains whatever. If any supporter* of
Gov. Smith suggested to Col. Fielder tiiat
he might obi.on u Judgeship by with
drawing from thu contest for thu Guber
natorial nomination, Gov. Smith was not
a party to it had no agency in sanction
ing or making it, aud wak in no way
bound by it. Col. Fielder i* u deserving,
talented and rising lawyer and politician ;
but there were /**•*)/ cousidcriftion* in thu
way of Lis appointment to thu ltuuch of
the Supreme Court, a* will bu apparnnt to
nil who bear iu mind the fact that Gov.
Smith and Justice MeCay aru from South
western Georgia, ami C. J. Warner from
a coutiguou* part of thu Slate. What
complaint and |>lnti<%blu if not j tint com
plain! would there have been, if the
Governor and all three of tho Supreme
Judge* had Leon taken from u auction of
tho State embraced within u radtua of
about one hundred miles? We re|>uat
our well-settled conviction that Gov.
Smith was neither a party to nor even
cogni/.aiil of uny promise th,t Col. Field
er should bo appointed to a Supreme
Judgeship.
Cotton "IMinc I p” Aitkin.
Tho upward uturt again taken by cotton,
reported in yesterday'* dispatches, simply
aiguilles that those who control tho market
have purchased what they wuut for the
prenent, and have therefore ceased to
“bear" the muik. t. Tliere was no good
cause* for the l.»tc depression, for it
curred at a time when the lightness of the
receipts were daily adding proof that the
high crop estimates were erroneous. But
our great staple huving fallen within the
ooutrul of gambling speculator*, must he
luftdu to submit to the ibictuntiou* by
which they make money, aud would not
now be froo from them if it were kuowu
to a bale, a year in advance, what the de
mand uml the supply of the world would
be. Tho only reliable remedy—and per
haps even that would uot be a thorough
remedy—would be the recovery by the
planters of tho South of such a state of
prosperity ar.d independence a* would
enable them to checkmate tho gambling
speculator* by offering their cotton
quantities sufficient only for the demand*
of the legitimate trade. We cau conceive
of only one way by which inch a state of
prosperity can be reguined, and that i*
by the planters of the bonth making
them*elve* independent of the Northern
capitalist, tho Western provision dealer,
and the “advance" merchant at home, by
raising larger provision crops and lea*
cotton. But tho yearly practice of our
planter*, whatever may bo their verbal
assent to the correctness of this proposi
tion, shows that it i* almost hopeless to
look for recovery in that way.
If anything except the interest* and
Death of Dr. A. W. fry we*.
A note from Midway, Aim., informa ua
of tha death of Dr. George W. Grymes. au
old and moat estimable and much respect
ed citizen. He died suddenly, at bit home
in Euon, last Thursday night-being in
cheerful spirits and apparently in excel
lent health only five minutes before his
death. lie hud just retired, and bia loud
braathiug was the first admouitiou the
family had that anything waa tha matter
with him. Thus, in calmness and appa
rent freedom from pain, passed away the
life of a good man and gentleman indeed,
who hail done much for the happiness of
hi* fellow-urea and nothing to give (tain
or sorrow to any one. We had known
him well for many year*, and uruebregre!
to hear of his death.
Hon. W. C. Oates, in a communication
to the Henry County toy inter, defends
tho Legislature of Alabama from some
harsh stricture* by the editor of that pa
per. The luyintt r had aaid that “No
Legislature iu Alabama ever commenced
with more llattering prospects. The peo
ple looked to the Democratic House for
protection, and fondly hoped for some
good legislation. Hut alas, how disap
pointed 1" To this Mr. Oates replie*: —
“No Legislature in Alabama ever assem
bled with leas prospect* of accomplishing
any! lung except to preveut the enactment
of bad lawM. The concurrence of tho
two House* of the General Aasembly is
necessary to pass a law. The Senate was
couijffiaed of thirty-one Radicals And two
Domoorata; tie House of thirty-six Rad
ical* and sixty-four Democrat*, and only
of tboMo Democrat* had legislative
experience. Whoever looked to tho Leg
islature, thu* orgauizod, for harmoniona
action, which ia necessary to seenre the
paaxage of great measures of reform,
were aituply unreasonable. The people
have been protected by the “Democratic
Jiouiie” at leaflt to the extent of prevent
ing tho paaKAge of bad law*." Mr. O.
cite* tho following action as proof that
the Democrat*, who were responsible for
the brief prolongation of the aea*ion, im
proved tho extension by securing the
passage of legislation of luuoh impor
tance and necessity : “The locatiou of
the Agricultural and Moehanicql College
at Auburn, by which timely action alone,
the large grunt from Cotigrc** to estab
lish a first-elan* College for the edticatiou
of our young farmers and mechanic*, was
waved from reverting back to thu United
State* government; the paaaage of the
bill to establish a sinking fund to pay off
bonded debt of the State and re*tore her
credit, and the new I'lection bill, which
providua for challenging voter* iu future
elections, and punishes f redolent and il
legal voting, by which atone the people
are secured in hoiieNt and fair election* ;
the A. A C. Railroad bill, and ibo act to
provide for the elootion of an additional
Uongreiwman, tusy lie poioted to a* tho
result of the rxten*ion or prolongation of
the session of the Lcgi*lature, in which 1
think that the people will feel no di*np-
poiolment. Ilia really a matter of a*-
toniHUuieut that no much good ha* been
accomplished under the oircum*tsnee*."
Mr. Gate* wah a leading and most influ
ential member of the Houae of Repra.
Hcntative*.
Au electiou for Sheriff, to fill a vacancy,
has been ordered to be held iu Meriwether
on the 8th inat.
Cotton Planting in Texan.— 1 The
Hbrevoport (La.) Times nay* : “We
gret to learn from our Texas exchange*
tuat the planter* of that State intend
planting more largely in ootton than they
did last year. And tb*t i* one drawback
to the country resulting from ihe high
price of cotton. It prompts a large plant
ing of the staple and a consequent de
cline iu price the succeeding year, with
no grain in the country."
The Removal or Political Dikarili-
tilm.—The WuNhington correspondent of
tho New York Time* writos a* follows,
umlordate of 20th ult.:
Tho House to-day manifested a deter
mination to do away with any nece**ity
for a General Amnesty bill by removing
political di*abiiities by tueana of special
bill*. Mr. Whitely, of Georgia, offered
a bill relieving several hundred in hi*
Congressional district, and having *igni-
fied hi* williugue** to accept similar bills
a* amendment*, they were hurried in by
the Representatives 6f every Southern
State to the number of nearly fifty. A
rough estimate puts the number of names
presented at two thousand. When thi*
thing had been going on until the olerk'a
desk was piled nearly half a foot deep,
Mr. ElJridge suggested au amendment
removing disabilities from all the rest of
mankind. It was understood that no
names were *eut up save those of per*on*
who had applied for amnealy, but Mr.
CoUger was in tribulation lest Jeff. Havin'
name had been smuggled into the liat,
and Mr. Maynard in*i*ted, with a pertina
city which heosme ludicrous, that all the
name* should be read. Having passed
tLi* wholesome bill, and being in a mood
for it, the Houae, at the requeat of Mr.
Young, took up and passed a Special Am
nesty bill, which came from the Senate
last session, and which remove* diaabi i-
ticn front M2 4 persons. A few more
Mondays of equally expeditious work and
there will be nobody loft to be benefited
by the Amneety bill, which is hanging
fire in the Senate.
The Aomcoltobal Collbobs. — 1 The
Committee of the recent Agricultural
Convention in Washington, presented
their memorial to Congress hud Tuesday.
They say:
“The fond arising from the grant of
land* will be wholly inadeqaata to provide
inch institutions as were evidently con
templated, and which are demanded es
pecially by the great farmiug population
of thi* country, whose groea products for
the last year are estimated to have been
more than onr whole national debt.
“Iu their name*, we eoue before you
aud ask for a grant of lands, or a part of
the proceeds of the sales of the thousands
of millions of aores of the pnblic domain,
in order to plant upon a broad, liberal,
perpetual basis those institutions which
are your own offspring, and wbieb, in
their infancy, ate straggling for larger
growth aud usefulness, and should reoeive
your oontiuucd fostering eare.
“Allow us to sat that less than wfcat
.. , . , your houorabla body baa wisely given to
whims of IL Je«duig .peculator. ««r, ,odow on. r«lro«d oorporution will gi«
needed to givo luwurance th.t the im
provement now reported in cotton will be
maintained, it might be found in the de
creasing receipt, of thi. week. The; ere
quite light, both in porta end the interior
cities, for the part of the week now ex
pired, a. compared with the first daj. of
the last week or the corresponding deye
of last year; and the evidence aceamu-
latsi 'week after week, that theraoeipte
pf the latter portion of the current eeaaon
fill ha greatly abort of than* of lift.
to each State and Territory, in addition to
tha previooa grant, one great free iados-
triel inatitntion, whoaa Ueaoinfe will flow
to general! one on born.
Tha Atlanta Sea Era Ihna flatly oob-,
t radicle the rutuor that it waa about to
change proprietor hip;
"There U not the slightest foundation
for thla statement by tha Baa. Ur. Uor-
rill never did, nor flow ha new, own a
dollar ia tha bn ulohliehmaal Be In
not now, norhM-fce eonr baan, i
of the paper. Tha paper ia net far real.
('orn'-tpoutlaura »f Uu* KithnitHnl lii-patrli. j
Washington, Feb. *27.—Tho “master
ly inactivity*’ of tho Democratic party, j
indicated through their representatives in |
both branches of Congress, tronbles the 1
-iroHrriptionihts of the Radical camp no ;
ittle. They have never given the De
mocracy credit for discretion at any time,
and a favorite am well n* suucriug remark
relative to thu futmn operations of that
nditicul organization, from H.idiot*] lips,
is* been that the leaders will certainly
make **fool*" of them*elvea agaiu. This
reru rk ha* cot been a strange one in
this capital, but ita utterance i* becoming
“beautifully less," and hoiuo vory serious
thoughts are taking possession of those
who have hngged that fond delusion to
their souls, 'ihe results of tho Di-niocra-
cy eschewing any such character in Vir
ginia. Missouri and Teuni’Asoo, are re
opening to th* vision of the loud-uiouih-
d disciple* of Radicaliam, who have
ruled aud nearly ruiued for mo loug, and
Ihe indications that they will Utko n na
tional turn ufhird no relief from tho de
moralization that i* now spreading rather
widely in their stroughcld*.
There aru expression* of grout anxiety
in all quartt is u* to future party develop
ments; hut on the part of the ioudorN of
the opponent* of tho Radical parly there
aeem* no disposition to hurry. Compla
cency rales, and it is evident that they
consider that ample time reiuaius yet in
which to open thu campaign.
Tmox.
quid' act* Favuiiimli Morning New*.
Atlanta, Feb. 29, 1872.
OOY. RMTTTT AND TltE RAILROAD llONPH.
It in believed here that the Governor
will carry out the policy inaugurated iu
hi* Lito proclnmntipn touching thu Chero
kee (Curterevillu aud Yau Wert) Rail
road, uml apply it to other road* where
bond* of tho .Statu huvo been issued, or
cu.husod in tho huiiiu illegal and fraudu
lent w.iv. iu other words, it is believed
that the bonds bailed or endor*ud, a* the
aae may be, to thu BriiiiNwick aud Alhu-
ny Railroad, or to tho Cuthbert and Ca
milla Railroad Cuiupuuy, or to any other
pany, if obnoxious to the same ob
jection*, will bu treated in the same way
the Cherokee bond* have been treated.
HENRY CLEWS AN1> CO.
If this should he thu com* then Henry
Clew* A Co. will find that their evil prac
tices buvu profited them but little. It iH
aaid that lids firm wroto to Gov. Smith
some weeks ago, ami made u polite lou
der of their Her vices to thu Htato a* expe
rienced ttuano.era. This was liaudRoiue,
but tho Governor's leply wus quite a*
handsome, llu thanked them lor their
otter ; said he appreciated tho samo fully,
ml would curl tail ly call upon them
'believer he foULd himself iu need of
ihtir services.
TUB llONI* INVESTIGATION.
There in uiiotlivr well authenticated re
port in otficiul ctreles, vi/: that tho uow
.Superintendi!))! of Dublin Works has boon
itiHlructed bv the Governor to proceed at
an early day to collect up all thu eviduncu
bearing upon tho isMie and endorsement
>f bonds by Gov. Bullock and Muting
Gov. Cotiluy, t!.u dates of the bonds,
when and by whom isaued, w hen and by
whom endoiKud, \^a u and by whom dm-
gotiutoil, and, n* lar us ponsiblu, into
whoso baudh they huvo passed; wbother
the provision* of the chattel* of thu huv-
oral railroads conuoo&cd with thu»o bunds
and tho ooustitutiou of thu Sin'o have
boon complied with, and nil other tacts und
ircumstHiice* of an authentic character
which may servo to illustrate ihu history« f
the boiidsaud parties couiioctud therew ith.
Affidavit* will ho taken, as well an certi
fied copies of procofMlings in the court*,
together with uny correspondence that
may have been h <d. All thi« evidence,
wheu oollectud and collated, will bu en
tered upon record, and tho paper* careful
ly filed away with u clear, impartial aud
Nucciuct Statement of tho whole mutter.
This will bu done to tho end that our
children twenty-live, fifty, or one hundred
year* hence, if then called upon to re-
ieem any of those bonds which may have
been illegally and fraudulently homed or
endorsed, may know what thu truth is,
sad govern themselves accordingly. We
know how difficult it is for Legislature*
and Gungres-cu to resist tho payment of
claim* thut have coma down from a form
er generation. Glitiiuaiits usually pre
serve or collect up such evidence a* they
may uoed, while tho other side—the pub
lic--nhtuinUf id of these precautions, pro-
erve* no proofs, and finds itself at lust
compelled, a* it were, to pay the most
fraudubnt i.nd preposterous cluiniH.
Gov. Suiiih wishes, not only to protect
the pio out generation, but to protect pos
terity a* well. Thu good and gnnuine
bonds he would pay; tho f.»l*e and illegal
he would neither pay, hiuist'lf, nor nutter
posterity to pay, it he can prevent it.
THE “lENNEHHKE CAU COMPANY P!»AUI>."
Much ho* been said about the bogus
“Tennessee Cur Company,’’ from which,
though on ideal association, Foster Blod
gett made largo purchase*, though he
uever obtuiuod any cur*. A. L. Harris,
better kliowu >.* “Fatty Harris," late su-
f ierviaor of thu State Railroad, any* that
hillock would give instruction* for the
necesMary requisitions to be made out for
cars, which were entered upon the books
of tbe Road, aud then instruct Blodgett
to give his note as Huperinteudent for tie
money, in this way, note* to the amount
of $l/i0,0()<) or mote were put out. Over
$100,018) of the note* weiu pluced with
Olews «V Co., and upon which they ad
vanced the luouoy.
WHAT FATTY IIAIUlIK SAYS.
Harris hu* made another statement re
cently before tho committee charged with
the investigation of thu imiijagemunt of
the Htate lto id. Ho siya that if the Road
had been properly uianuged it would bsvo
paid into the Tieumiry •t:HH),000 per an
num, in addition to all necessary expenses,
Ao. If thi* be added to the £7o0,0(H)
audited by the Auditing Committee, it
would make *1,000,000 virtually stolen
from the people of Georgia in one vear.
Tbe responsibility for all thi* is placed
by Harris upon Bollock. But this state
ment is to be received with some grains
of allowance in one respect. Harri* is a
devoted friend of Blodgett’*, aud is in
different, if not hostile to Bullock, whom
he and the Ring charge with all their
misfortunes. Bullock is had enough, hut
the prevalent opinion here in that Blod
gett, Harris and Hoyt are infiuitely worse,
Bullock i« said to have been a good-
natured fellow personally, and took plea
sure iu allowing his frieuds to atesl what
they wanted—looking leas to his own
interest than to theirs.
a muct op stamps.
Harris and Hoyt are a brace of precious
scamp*. They were two of Kheruiuu's
ravening “bummeiH,” when ho swept
through Georgia with a sword in one hand
and a torch in the other. Some month*
ago Hoyt was anxious to lead tho military
against the “infernal Ku-KIux." About
the same time Harris, an officer on the
htate Railroad, waa charged with the
agreeable duty of “organizing" the Leg-
ialatare—driving out white men with the
bayonet, and putting iu negroes, carpet
bagger* and scalawag*. Where are they
now ? Oue is iu the custody of au officer,
aud both are under heavy bonds for their
many crimes.
THE STATE BO AD.
It ia understood that A. J. White, one
of tbe Bute Road lessees, haa sold bia
interest to B. H. Hill for $14,000. It ia
farther sUted that the net earnings of the
road for January were about $90,000!
OOKECEEE.
In a Bad Puoht.—A Washington cor
respondent seys: “Gonkling and Mor-
. lew, after a debate with Carl Bohnrx,
» *M( as if they had Uen fooling with a
tbNafcfeg machine/"
NMprnuf Court of Ororfls.
hATdUDAt, March 2, 1872.
I'UATTAUOOCUKB CIBCUIT.
No. 78 withdrawn; J. L. G. Kerr v*.
Alfred Gollius. Blaudford A Cruwford
for plaintiff in error ; Hinton A Kou and
E. H. Worrill contra.
'ihe following cases were argued:
No. 74, takeu uu yesterday eveuing.
No. 70, Hpecr A Hook* vs. Hamuei G.
Hart; Lien on crop, from Marion. Haw
kins A Guerry (t»y ibe Reporter) for
plaintiff in error; liintou A hou and K.
H. Worrill coutrs.
No. 77, J. A. Booth Versus A. M. Butt,
administrator ; Coiupluiut, from Marion.
E. II. Worrill, G. J. Thorutou aud John
Peabody for plaintiff iu error; M. Jl.
Blaudford contra.
No. 79, H. C. McGehoo ot nl. versus ,
James 'i’aylor; Trespass, from Marion, i
Blundford A Crawford for plaintiff iu
r; Thornton A Spencor aud K. 11.
Worrill contra.
The heel of tho Circuit being reached,
the Court weut back to the cau*u* passed
over.
No. 4.‘» withdrawn : Thomas Rainsetnl.
ver*u* Theophilu* Rapp, administrator;
Relief, from Muscogee. M. II. Blatul-
ford, B. A. Thornton, Smith A Alexander,
for plaintiff iu error; L. T. Downing
contra.
No. 72 dismissed for want of proper
service; John For.sher vs. Elizabeth Sab a,
administratrix, ot al. ; Suit ou bond, from
Mariou. F.. M. Miller, B. B. Hinton uml
E. If. Worrill for plaintiff in error; M.
H. Blaudford contra.
The following cane* were argued :
No. Lnwruuce Rooney versus Mary
Hnmuii* et al. ; Relief, from Muscogee.
M. H. Blundford for plaintiff iu error ;
Peabody A Brannon contra.
No. 89, M. A. Slruppcr, administratrix,
tmis Henry McCauley and Wife; Eject-
incut, from Muscogee. Blaiidlord A Craw
ford, W. F. Williams, B. A. Thornton and
Win. Dougherty for plaintiff iu error; 11.
L. Dunning contra.
No. M, Ma*ou J. June* versus A. C.
McGetiee et al. ; Relief, from Muscogee.
Peahmly A Brannon for plaintiff iu error;
Blaudford A ihorutoii and J. M. RusmiII
contra.
7, D. H. Burts, administrator, v*.
John T. LI »yd ; Trunafer to United Htatua
Court. 1‘aaltoily A Brannon, E. H. Wor
rill and E. ti. Rmtoid for plaiutiil iu
error ; Blaudford A Thornton (by J. M.
KuhsuII) contra.
J. P. Spior versus Charles E. Lumbdiu ;
Injunction, from Pike; w*a set for the
heel of Macon Circuit. J. F. Redding for
plaintiff iu error; J. A. Hunt contra
BnrnEMK Court of Gkokoia.—March
a, 1872.—After the delivery of opinion*
iu cases argued heretofore, the Macon
Circuit w-uM taken up.
No. 1, Thomas J. Woolfolk et al. vs.
Dank F. Gunn motion to *et aside judg
ment, from Bibb —was argued. White A
Guwtiu, Hum Hall, fur plaintiffs in error,
Jameson A Nh.be!, B A W. Jlill by tho
Reporter, contra.
No. 2, Rosa K. DeLany vh. John P.
Fort, administrator. Illegality from Bibb
—was argued. Nisbot A Jackson for
plaintiff iu error. Whittle A Giistiu
contra.
No. ff, Weems A Cowles vs. Fnshbauui
A Dautienberg. Complaint from Bibb
wus argued. A. (). B-icoit by Judge Jack-
son for pluiutiff iu error. Poe, Hall A
Poo, contra.
No. >1, B. B. Lewis vs. R. It. Daniel.
Petitiou to ecnsolidnte cases from Bibb —
wus argued. Whittle A (Listin for plain
tiff in error. Lanier A Aiu!er*on contra.
• No. o, George C. Harris v*. The Macon
and Western Railroad Company. Case,
from Bibb, was withdrawn, l.nnhr A
Anderson, Bui’ou A SiiumoiiH, Weems A
Cowles, for pluiutiff in error. Whittle A
Gustin, contra.
No. li. Joe Harper vh. Tho State. Mis
demeanor, from Bibb, was dismissed for
want of prosecution. P. Jl. Bedford for
plaintiff in error. R. A. Nisbit, contra.
No. 7, llowson A Bronson vs. C. B.
Riley, administrator, complaint, from
Houston, wus argued. Killen A Martin,
Poe,Hall A Poo, lor plaiutitt’ in error. C.
C. Duncan, coutra.
No. 8, Jacob Hryau v«. the Htate,cheat
ing and swindling, from Twigg*, was ar
gued. J. JJ. Jones, by II. H. Hill, for
plaintiff iu error. No appearance for thu
Htate.
No. 9, Rowland A Tobiason vs. M.
Daily, nonsuit from Bibb, wus argued.--
Poo A Hull for plaintiff' in error. luuiier
A Anderson, contra.—Atlanta Const it u.
tion.
We clip the following items from tho
Atlnntu Sun of Tuesday :
A Big Item.—The Htate Road Invest^-
gating (’ommittoe yesterday discovered a
discrepancy of over $;*0,04M> iu the uc-
count of a certain corporation with the
Htute of Georgia, during Bullock's admin
istration ; and it iu estimated thut the
entire uiuount will be recovered.
The Htuem.—From passengers on the
Western A Atlantic Railroad we learn that
the snow storm along tho lino of thut
road, uml further north iu tho mountains
of East Tennessee, was unusually severe.
The snow at Dalton, and even at King
ston, fell to u depth of nine inches, while
in F/tst Tennessee it uttuined u uniform
depth of cighteou inches. In the vicinity
ot Tilton about one huudred telegraph
pole* were blown down. Tho uuow bus
not yet entirely diMuppeared iu this
section.
And tho following from tha CohHtiluUoa
of tbe same date :
Hmakii Ur.—Ou Saturday night, tho
thtough freight train No. 2, on the Geor
gia Kuilroad, ran oft' the hack two miles
below Rutledge. He von or eight ours
were wrecked. The accident was caused
bv a broken rail. Tl.u toad was suou
cleared of tbo wreck.
A Heavy Drain.—A commercial statisti
cian in thi* city estimates that Atlanta
requires 1,000 barrel* of flour aud 00,000
bushel* of corn per week, or . r i2,0(8i bar
rels of Hour aud bushels of corn
tier annum, to meet tho demuud* of trado.
This is equivalent to a drain of $:t. r »,<X>()
per weak, or $1,820,000 per utiumo.
This, in addition to the arnouut paid out
for mules, bacon and hay, foots op a
heavy drainage upon us.
Fred. Douglas's Treatment in a Rad
ical City.—The Eric (l*a.) Observer, of
the luth ult., relates the following account
of the manner in whioh Fred. Douglass
waaroceiv din that city, well kuowu as
oue of tha Radical strongholds in Penn
sylvania :
On Huuday Fred. Douglas*, tbe noted
colored orator, stopped hero with the in
tention of tuking tho Monday morning
train to Pittsburgh, where be bad a lect
ure engagement. At tbe depot ho step
ped up to tbo door of au omnibu*, wheu
the driver ooolly drew it, shut and drovo
off. He walked over to another, and was
treatod in thu *ume mumier, the bus man
paying no heod to a call from a by-stand-
er that a passenger wanted to get in.—
Dongles* then went to Kterrete’s livery
stable, where he secured a carriage to
oonvey hint to tbe Reed House. Arriving
there, ou registering hi* name, he was no
tified that his meals would be Meut to biH
room, where he was compelled to oat
them during hia stay in the city. Doug
lass took oat his Tribune almanac, and
os learning from it that Erie county gave
2,400 Republican majority, he waa in a
tempest of rags. Hers is s community
whioh pretends great love for tha colored
man, and yet when the biggoat one of the
race cornea along he is insulted in every
direotion. He didn't qnite say “d—n
auch friendship,” but it waa easy to be
■sen that he thought it. Where, ohl
where, were oar load-monihed “ohsmpi-
ons of freedom," that they didn't open
their boosas to Fred., end entertain bins
like men and brother?"
Mill 117. AM) tONKl.ING.
Gr<ti*Mc Sketch of These 7V</ Senatorial
Ctunnpinna—bchurz as a Debater—Jfis
Style of Deli very and His Mammon
tin Kinor -Conkliny as I Debater -Siam
Sj t cimetia of Sena tonal h’Uupn net.
CorrH.potHlrnr* of U,o Now York WorR
Washington, Fell. 21.—Carl Srhurz,the
oonti.Tl figure of thu debuto on the “urms
question, ’ is not yet forty-threo years
old. Ho was born at. I.i »lur, near Co
logne, { 'nsnntiny, March 2, 1829, nud w *»
educated at the ooTegiate institution in
Cologne, and nftei winds nt the University
of Buuu. He was editor of a paper iden
tified with tlm revolution of 18Is, Ho
took putt ill the dofui.ee of liaatadt, alter
which hu fiod to Hwi'zcriuiid. Subse
quently ho resided in Pari* and Loudon,
whuru he was n teacher uml aucwHp'ipur
correspondent for time years. Ho emi
grated to this country in ls.Vj. In I silo
a delegate to the Chicago Conven
tion, taking a leading i art iu it* proceed
ing*. llu wo* Holtult-d by President Lin- ,
ruin, iu 18i»J, ns ^Minister to Spain, which
position lie hoou ro-igm d to receive tin*
appointment of Briga.ii mGeneral of vol
unteer*. lie wus engaged at the second
battle of Bull Run, and at the battle* ol
I'humu UoiKvi'.lc, Gettysburg, and Chatta
nooga. After the war ho was appointed a
iiiiiisBioncr to visit tho Southern States
1 report upon Iho affair* of the Freed-
u * Bureau, iu Isti.Tund 18Ut» he was
a Washington correspondent !< r the Now
Yoik Tribune, and hu was uuhst-quuutly
connected with thu press ol Dot roil and
St. Loins. He was a delegate to tin* Chi-
n vent ion of lM»«s, and wn* ducted
to the United States Senate to tniuuoed
Ilcnduraon. Hu took hi* seat Muruli I,
1m»9, and bis torui of service will expire
Match II, 18m*. Hi* cnioi-r us u Senator
ny bu Haiti to luivu just begun.
Physically he it. tad, sinewy and lean.—
Hi* physiognomy is pure Teutonic. A
fair forchc ol, under durk-btowu, curolosr*
ly combed hair; sallow check*; u slnuply
ut nose, with deep indentations ubuvn
Haring nostrils; u reddish nniatache and
reddish beard, pretty clearly trim mod;
a strong jaw, uml lips that can smilu
‘utly orcurl into u sneer like Mephii-
tophilcs’ own, and oyus siugiiluriy ex
pressive und piercing—these aro the fra-
f Carl Suhnrs. Between 11 aud is
every forenoon he walks up tbo avenue to
the Capitol with a heavy overcoat u nipped
around him, his left hand holding itr
folds together over his chest, uud his
right hand swinging u Midmvu eano.
in thuHoilute, divested of hi* overcoat,
his figure appear* the more lithe and slen
der. ills movements aru in striking con
trast with the slow, formal ami studied
iimvoiii'TiIh of many of the elder Heuu-
tois, bring full of nevouiN vivacity and
graco. I lis manner is eoiiitesy itself.—
Generally, his first business utter taking
bis scut appears to ho tho wiping of hi*
Npuct.icl a with h spotless hiiiiilkoiuliief.—
By the time this litllo thing is done, the
Heiialor has iu a series of swift glances
surveyed the chamber, galleriua and all;
and many aro tlm imperceptible signs of
personal recognition which Hush from his
keen eyes. In the timo of debate ho is a
careful listener. Hu never insults an ad
versary w li lie llml adversary is speaking l»y
a mean pretence nt lining engaged in lelter-
wriling or the examination of papers; on
thu contrary, it huuiuh natural to S' liator
Hchnrz to pro*erve the dumuatior *»f a
gciitlenntri tuword* ell his as*<»i'iat«s nt nil
t tun s. This politeness on his part doubt-
Ichm has its iiilluciiee, in conjunct! m with
thu f.'Huiuatioi) of his iiluliin s, to secure
for him, whenever hu himself arise* to
address the Somite, an attentive audience
on the Hour. Hu is always charged with
something to say on every important
question; Inil he has the sense and tact
to reserve himself for ocemjous when his
voles and inflttotioo could not wall bo
spar-d. JL* is never trivial; never umkiM
milch of small topics. T hwruforn, win u
Curl Hcliur/. gets on bi^ ford, tiiaro i* g» u-
crally « reason for i\ and ho does uot
often Hit down without vindicating hoiuo
principle worthy Midi nil advocate.
Ill a debate fitted like this one fo cuii
oat. all bis power*, he mukenu magnificent
figure, ills firm yet elastic posture; his
gestnies, commanding, graceful, vehe
ment; Ids voice, now tinging loud, now
subdued to impresatYu monotone*; his
irrosistible German accent ; the close
reuHoning, eiunnlative logic, suicasiu, and
eloquence *>f hi* Hpeueb ; hi* line, iicr-
vous Kuglish ; uud above and beyond all,
tho manly enrncHlne;<* and fervor with
which be is evidently defending a princi
ple dear to hi* heart,, make him a great
orator. But ltd* i* not all. Nobody can
appreciate the greatness of mind of Curl
Hchnrz who Iiuh not bad soiucoppor! unity
of appreciating the real abilities und
character* of the men w hom hu has buuu
called on to oppose in tbu Senate. There
aro hoiuo very vulgar, envious truit*
among these .Senators associated, too,
with considerable intellectual powers.
And liiuro aro some in!died* in the
Chamber which popularly puss current ua
greut minds that have i.evr r been brought
into comparison with a mind so bright,
cleur, direct, nud keen uh Carl Schuiz s.
What i* dinlly t (hiving to a student of
the current debate* is tho domination of
such a mind us his over tho hoinhast, thu
legal quibbles, the stump orutoiy, and tl.u
rickety logic, of Heunloriul quack*. It
suggests tbu poise of uu caglu in thu
“blue Hurouo" uhovu u Hack ot cackling
wild geese.
Thu lovc.dilo side of Carl Hcliur/'* char
acter is, of course, thu social uml domes-
tiu Mite. Hu has a noble wife und ouu
child, und a 'quiet homo in Washington.
There, on .Saturday evening*, bis friend*
are entertuihed with conversation m.d
music. There i* eeitulnly no difficulty in
conversing with tho Hen a tor, bueauae he
tulks fluently iu three langimgcH, und l
don t kuow how many tuoru. Jiuhisa
true Gcnuan fondness lor music, and is
said to be u lino amateur pianist.
Candid people who bavu beard the Sen
ator del ate, admit that if thu Aininislra-
tioii party had not ltu&roe Coukiing ui it*
front, it would have boon a good deal
worso whipped than now'. Thi* Heuator
iu in fact thu only man on the Adminis
tration side who ha* the ability to coin-
pete at all with Carl Hcbuiz at such u
juncture.
Couklirig i* a foil, not of Ft eel, but of
liruss. Hi* oibtoiy has tbu ling ot hell-
luetal. llu receive* tho must deadly
homc-thiuhtu in duimte on*a shield ot
brass. All abufts of logic, w it, nut u u,
eloquuucu, or diuduiu ; ail liludguonM of
proof or fuct, glance uside from In* buck
ler of pure bras*. His overweening self-
confidence, discourtesy to bi* adveisaiics
iu debate, insolent, ovoi bearing, disputa
tious manner, uud turgid, involved M\h*,
make him ut tunes li j.ujnJu), aggravating
Hpectacle.
He bu* a wonderful knack at darken
ing counsel. Far more deft ia hu ut thi*
than hu i* at logic. Ho cun seem to bo
rusuoniug when lie is in ta«*t talking the
vet test baldetdash. Often have 1 sat in
the gallery iLtcning to him aud waiting
for the i»*Ub of an urgumont no twisted,
involuted, and graudunu us to t-xc.itu thu
strangest anticipation*. 1 have rchlom
found out wlnit ho was driving at on any
ubslrnct question; yell have heard him
ao tenure and bcwudut an opponent with
hie Htupendou* emphasis aud rhetoric that
the poor victim had no more fight left iu
him than if he had buuu flayed, lie cau
ignore defeat, and talk on after he ho*
been brayed a* in a mortur, a* if be had
decidedly the best of tho argument. Or,
at the conclusion of u speech by some
Senator who bus, as it wruro. torn him to
Utters iu debate, ho is capable of ho com
plaoept and supercilious a smile, and ac
confident a glauco around tho galleries,
that people who do uot know him *sy to
thsnuelvse. “Ah, he could reply to that
if he oared to i it didn't hurt him much,
after all."
Notably in tho debate last Wednesday
Senator Ooukliug'u ) o.iudiug declamation,
and his ability to withstand without
wincing the keenest knife of criticism,
were illustrated. In hia speech that day
ho called Senator Hcburz to accouut for
“offensive aud nnfouudcd" insinuations
agtiiimt tho President in connection with
thu general-order swindle, and aftor quo
ting homoihiug*that Senator Hcburz had
fluid, went on to explain :
“1* that tho language of courage? Is
that a hold and manly allogatiou ? No,
*ir, it i* enyouoii'od imputation, smoth
ered ut.derm nth cunning words, wrapped
in tbo drapery of mysterion* hint; it is n
bathed arrow, selected a* tho most deadly
arrow in the quiver of malice or of *luu
dor : it is a statement poiuting iu design
rig. t nt tho Prosiduut of tho United
Hiatus and pointing nowhere else; it i* a
dvclnriUioa by a Senator in his place,
wi;h his outh upon him, with hi* respon
sibility about him, hhperiling the Prori-
fli ’fit by indirection, mid vo that respon
sibility might be ovudud, without evi
dence, without warrant, without rniisotm-
blo euuso, without truth, nud it was ut
tered as n part of a demand for invuutign-
tkni."
At tho conclusion of thi* hnrangno Sen
ator Hchurz replied in tho following unan
swerable words :
“Sir, lut mu again turn to tbo thing
thut looks like argument in thi* contro-
vorsy. A case bus been dragged in by
the Senator from New York from wrhich 1
will not let him esuapo ho easily. I asked
him whether the fact* 1 had stated in re
gard to thu general-order biiHiiteaa wore
not correct, llo did not say they weto
not. Ho did not assert that it. wa* uot
u uinnt scandalous Hystoui of plunder.—
Hu did uot UKHort that it hud not heuu in
vestigated by u committee of thi* body,
and that the Hcandul lmd not been ex-
ported in tbo glaring light of day. JIu did
not assert thut the Secretary ot thu Treas
ury had not investigated aud reported
against it. He did not nsnort that thin
very Nnmo scaudal is not existing to this
very day. Ho did not deny the correct-
inM of my logical conclusion, that if
public opinion \va* not strong enough to
remove it, thut if tho fecretary of tho
TroiiHUiy, in spite of hi* udvorae opinion,
wa* not Ktrong enough to aholiah it, thefu
mu d hu home power stronger than public
opinion and stronger than tho Secretary
nl tbe Treasury to sustain it. Let bim
indiilgo in pliriiKe* ever so magnificent;
let him walk up and down hero with an
air ever so gorgeous; lot him Hay to luu
that what 1 *luted was over so huso, yet
the truth of it lie cannot deny, and there
I hold him. | Manifestations of applause
in tho galleries, which were checked liy
tho Yieu-Presidout. | And now, sir, here
we stand before tho country, ouo of us
exposing himself to ubinquy for a cause
which hu ha* proven to tie just and ac
cording to c.Htnblishud truth, nud thu oth
er vociferate.! against him iu tha most
magniloquent way, who ha* Hot yet
shown that ho possesses tbo courage iu
thu facu of ‘the powers that bo' to draw
nu honest conclusion."
{'oakling made flo reply.
Yut lloseoe Gonkling, with nil thono
fault*, is, i.s 1 Haiti at first, thu only Huuu-
tor who has thu self-eoiitidunue, tho im
perturbability, to oppose Curl Hchurz ill a
running debutc. llo is tbu readiest, most
indomitable of all tho Administration
Heuators, and manage* to get the advant
age of many ndversurieu by worrying
them out of temper. If hi* manner when
spunking wore nut so exceedingly offen
sive, he would often bu heard with pleas
ure. Hi* chief power, however, oousht*
in invective, and ho is too much iu thu
habit of impugning the motive* of oth*
or*. Ho eau state a case, when it suits
him to do so, with admirable precision ;
but he cull also envelope it iu a cloud of
word* and phrase* which would bu im
penetrable ton logician less powerful, di-.
reel and merciless than Carl Hchurz. At
present hu hangs before all who have li*-
tuned to the current dubutu, impinged on
the point of Hcliurz's rapier. It remains
to be seen how ho will manage to extri
cate himself.
In private lifo, I am told, Hunntor Conk-
ling is a model of courtesy. His manmr
toward* men, though highly dignified and
somewhat formal, is propiliou* uud often
winning. For women hi* demeanor has
ut first a stately and rather oveiawiug
ehoiTii, but tho crust oneo broken, “My
Lord Roacoe," a* bo i* familiarly nick
named, seldom full* to propit into and
please. J. B. H.
4(.tin Kook unit (lifter Norton.
Senator Trumbull, in hi* speeeli in re
ply to Mr. Morton during the debate ou
Mr. Huiuner's resolution for an inquiry
into lliu Hale of arms to Frauce, hit off
Morton* reiterated appeal* to party
whenever it is proposed to investigate
the corruptions of Grant’s administra
tion, by the following caustic reference
to u well-remembered revolutionary inci
dent :
Thi* cry of party [ party ! upon nil oc
casion* to provout investigation aud the
exposure of ubuses, remind* mo (said
Mr. TimubuU) of what waa said by Pat
rick 11 miry of one Johu Hook, who
brought suit to recover pay for a couple
of sttiers taken by the commis*ary of the
revolutionary army for famishing sol
dier*, who wore exposed to the weather
and hard pressed, aud whom nny man
with a patriotic heart iu hi* buxom would
lmvc rejoiced at an opportunity to have
fed and oared for ; but Hook followed up
tho army, dumundina pay for hi* steer*,
and ia described by Henry us ho appeared
at Yorktown, wheu Cornwallis, with thu
last British urtuy, marched out of hi* in-
truiiehmcuta aud Kurrondered to the
American forces. On that occasion, say*
Jlenry:
“Triumph lighted up every patriot face
—and the shout* of victory and the cry
of ‘Washington and Liberty’ wore heard
a* they rung und oehoed through tho
Aiuoricuu ranks, and wuru reverberated
from tbo bill* and shore* of tho neighbor
ing river. But, hark ! what notes of di*-
cord uro these whieli disturb tho genoral
joy and silence tbe acclamations of victo
ry ? 'They aro tho note* of John Hook,
hoarsely bawling through the American
camp, beef ' beef! beef \ [ Laughter, j
“And sb, sir, wheu tbe country ia reuk-
g with corruption, and an inveHtigution
is | reposed to ascertain whether it exists
among Government officials, wo are met
with tho cry of party! party ! party ! and
that is the speech heard from the Heuator
of ludiana in opposition to every inqui-
r y*”
Mr. Trumbull cloRod hi* elaborate de
fence of the Liberal Republicans and
their doctrines in thono emphatic word* :
“The principle* enunciated in tho Mis
souri platform denounced by tho Senator
from ludiana u* anfi-Repubticnn are (ho
principle* upon whioh thu Republican
party has won all it* triumph*, and whioh
will go down to posterity upon tbe aunal*
of the future history of the country as
constituting its proudest record. They
uro tbo principle* for which I have always
contended ; and, God helpiug me, they
are tho principle* for which 1 shall con
tend to the end."
New York, March 4.—A letter from
Hcuffletown, N. C\, gives a full account of
thu Lowry gang of outlaw* and their dep
redations. Sixteen murder* have been
committed aud over 800 robberies, and
not a man lost to the band. They live in
n swamp, and are a mongrel raoc, being a
mixture of Italian, negro aud low whites.
Tho leader of the band can neither read
nor write. Ho expresses a willingness to
leave the Htate, but hi* gang will uot per
mit it. One of tho Sheriff* declare* the
ouly way to rid the Htate of them is for
the government to declare the whole
county under martial law, and draw a mil
itary cordon aronud it, with determined
army officers, to capture and kill the out-
J lawa.
Ti-xaa Slut Mir*.
A correspondent t .f tlio Houston Tele,
graph, writing from Bren ham. furnishes
that paper with thu following interesting
statistics :
At annexation in 18Iff, the taxable prop
erty of Texas amounted to $HI,.".91,lT.'i.
Itl 1840 to $.M,mi2.:wo.
in to t]iiiii,::u4,02.*>.
Ill 18.')9 to $221,2T.B,
In 1871 to IN 170,478.778.
The report* from Iw»o to 1870 aro not
before it*. The greut falling off' sinco the
war is attributable in part to emancipa
tion. in 18.V9 thu negro property in
Texas wa* valued at over $84,000,000.
VALUE or OTHER PROPERTY.
1 S.*»9, 1871.
Land *8.'k.*:92.720 $79,02K.d04
Town lot*.... 14.197,207 27,711,801
Horses H,:’.29,ioff 10,4.17.070
Cattle 10,0.»7,242 19,081,272
Thu total number of cattlo iu Texas in
18.'9 amounted to 2,701,192. In 1871 tbo
number i* 9,0.'*1,910.
There nre. ia tho Statu ro Vent con conn-
tie* that have a population of over 19,000.
We givu theii n.linos and the osscssud
value of their property in 1*71:
• l'r«i|i!>
Austin 1.*i,0S7 $2 T (; 10,79;;)
Bexar 10,019 o, 491,489
Collin 14,019 4,ll4,l'9iO
Dallas 19,914 9.499,7.17
Fannin 19,207 2,400,191
Fayette tG.Mkt 9,072,880
GulvuHton 17),290 17), | li.*),427>
(r ray bo n...'. 1 4,2*7 2,120, MU)
Harris 17,977» 19,109', 7.9)
iiariisou 19.211 2,289,919
Lamar 17..79U 2.021.999
McLennan 19,7.00 2,879,79)2
Rusk 10 910 1,7.80,028
Smith 10,782 1,899,070
Travis I.'kl.'.s 7.,7.97,019
Washington . . 29,104 4,727,870
Marion county, in which the city of
Jefferson is located, has a population of
87.10, uml it* property. is cal mm tod ut
%'2,77»1,97»4. A statement has gone tbo
rounds of tho T. xa*- papers that Juttersou
contain* a population ot |9,obo. This of
comro must bo < rroueous.
To one tariff ally wuulnng llo progress
of events, tbu study of statistics is pin.
fouudly luturoUiug. 'The above figures
show that capital i* rnpi ilv «oiiiuntrating
in thu large cities. Galveston county,
with a population only little more than
half uh large uh Washington, hu* throe
times its wealth.
These figures dispel our debit ions. It
has huou finmgbt that u large portion ol
tho wealth of Texus- was iu ca’tle, and yet
our hoi-M)b uiu the most valuable.
In spito of ike effort if those who
would dethrone it, codon is still king uud
likely to inffiitaiti it. supremacy. It is
estimated that tho crop in IV\a* tur 1871
wall go largely over loo 01*1 bah *, aggro--
gating iu value more Hi u ^90,000,000, a
sum kufllciout to pureliusu all the liotsus
and cuttle in tbu Htalu.
(From Hi. X. O. Ti..j
Oiiiit hiiu itiiii Kri! Hirer KivcffitH.
Tho probublu receipt* of cottou from
tho Red and Ouachita livers for the l'ust
of the hcHsoti is u very important ques
tion at present, and one «>u which there is
a great diversity ot opiuion.
The following statistics, which bavu
been prepared with greut care, will, no
doubt, throw some light am the subject :
'The receipt* ut New (Means from U«d
river all lunt season were 2*1,919 liulus,
and from the Ouauliitu 17<t,97.8 ; making
a total of I97.,t;7l fioui tliesu two Rtreaiu*.
For thu si\ luuniliN of thi* senson up to
March 1st, thu receipts from the Ouachita
haVula uti 72,100 halos, and from lied
river 17.9,011!; making u total of 2:11,170
huh *. During the same period last year
tho receipts from the former source were
91,711, and from thu latter 199.700bale*;
making a total of 291,7*01. Thu falling
off this year for tin* six month* has there
fore been only 927. bale*.
This much for tin* past receipt*. What
aru wo tu infer of the future supply to
come oat of Ibese trihuinrion ere the
close of uoxt August ? 'i lm best informed
among our fuctui* think that the cotton is
nearly all out, aud receipts heuctfurth
will bo very light, except, prrhups, from
tbu extreme points in Upper Texas along
Red riv<*r.
This opinion, too, seem* to l.u borne
out bv tho receipts Unis far. For the five
months to February 1st, the total from
hulh rivur* was K.8.222 halo*, against
17,1,791 lust year; so that there was an
iucreiiMu of 19,191 bales. Since that time,
however, there has been u rapid reduc
tion, tbe receipt* for February this and
lust year being as follows:
From in I Rivur, Fr .m Oimrlilla.
1872 97,,(if(i 27,914
1871 90,1 (0 49.900
Ducrease fit 10
It will be seen ther b.ru that the
amount came to bund du«i, /; J*u!<rmiry
was nfiarly lfi,uvo b . 1 •- than in ;" 71.
a reduction of over 2* per e»-i»i. S'K'h a
rapid falling oil :s evtt..ti b indicative of
an exiiuo tun. «.t .In- -1; ply. if this rule
of deerta-.e h to go on. r. t. ad of gutting
from tbuhe M.itic.-s 2(» 1,000 bales more
from this date torwurd, as last year, we
shall not get one-third that amount.
Tbo receipts for tbu lust six month* of
1871 teouimuroial yeaf) uru set forth iu
tbu following table :
From From
Ouachita. Red River.
Mar ell ,91,8tH) I7..H99
April 19,718 91,1)7.8
May 7,18:) 92.272
June 1,7,21 11,04)9
July * 1,919 1:1.007
August^ 771 4,918
Tbr l)i'(-|s-iit Sunur f-.r Mmi) Year*.
About 7 o’clock ou Friday night, *uow
commenced fulling iu thi* city, und con
tinued until about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. For some timo after tbu storm
begun, tbe suow milted uh fast a* it foil,
bnt toward* midnight tbu ground was
covered, and eleveu inches bed lullun ore
tbe aturm ceased.
Tbe storm appeared to have been gen
eral throughout thi* seetiou. Wu learn
that tbe depth of snow at Dalton. Ga.,
was eighteen inches; lit Cleveland, Tetui.,
ten inches full; und ut Bristol, Tuuu., tbo
snow wa* eighteen, inches deep.
Tbe snow deult very severely with the
telegraph wires. Tbo city was entirely
cut off from communication with any
point, cant or west, until uhoiit noon. At
tbi* time the lino* wure partially repaired
placing thi* office in cumiuuuicuticii with
ObaUsnooga und tho offices oast of that
place to thi* city. At 2 o'clock p. m., the
wirea got all right a* fur eust a* llnger*-
viile Junction, und at dark (he fluid wus
still unable to go beyond that poiut.
Night put u slop to further repairs, but
tbuy will bu recommenced nt au early
hour thu morning, and by noon Bri*tol
will be ouubled tu exchange salutations
with Knoxville, and business will go on
over tho wires iu that direction a* usual.
Tho “oldest inhabitant" being inter
viewed, declare* thut the fall of suow wa*
deeper thnu at any time duriug hia loug
and eventful career. Tbe snow melted
rapidly and thu *!recta were anything bnt
pleaaaut to pedestrians.—KnoJ-cille Dress
di Herald, 3d.
The Washington correspondent of tha
Atlanta Constitution culls attention to tha
fact that tha Senate bill that was passed
through tho House last week upon motion
of Gen. Young, aud whioh relieved the
disabilities of over 9,000 persona in Geor.
gia and olhor Southern State*, must agaiu
pass the first named body before becom
ing a law, as it was origiually paasod by
that body duriug tbe last Congress.
August a, March ff.— Colton doll;
middling 21 |o,- receipts 'J&0-, aulas 7(8).
A Wore! to Southern Yowiti? Men.
To the Editor of the Journal of Com-
mare:
There nre many Southern young men
engaged iu business in New York. They
aru to' bo found iu every branch of trado.
The city is crowded with them, and the
number incrouscs every season. Scarcely
a mail arrives that doc* not bring score*
of npplicutiuu* for situations. A* soon a*
a youug man finishes his educnliou down
south, and, in many instances, before tho
completion of hia Htndies at school, ha
fauciuH that ho is cut out for a salesman,
and thut Now York is the divinely-appoin
ted theatre in w hich to play hi* part in
life. Instead of remaining in his down
trodden Htato and helping to build up ita
lost fortune* and waste place* ; instoad of
devoting hi* energies and giving hi* la
bor to tho Buff ering Month, ho chooses to
dusurt her iu tho hour of noed to eke out
u precarious oxistence fqr awhile and then
return homo filled with disappointment
and disgust.
It is fair to presume that n few of these
youug southrons iut from au honest cou-
v.otiou that they can bolter their condi
tion by coming north ; bnt in a majority
of instance* the probability is that they
act without proper reflection and desire
to livo in tbi* city simply to nee und ha
seen—to frolic uml have fun. Let mo give
them a word of w arning nud mlvice.
New York i* not a place for runuing
around looao. It is not a city for enjoy
ment aud o.iHc. BV-r/.,. hard work, con
stant work, is tho word iu the great me
tropolis. Ot all tho cities iu thu Vnited
H tut os it i* tho poorest for siaipo-minded,
du-m,thing Hulcsmtn. A young man horn
find* his level quicker tliun water. It may
create somo HurpriRo among those, who,
after many perplexing failures to obtain
situations, cling to tbo idou of coming, to
bo informed 1 h it New Y'ork i» not vyly
filled to replutiou with southern salesmen,
but that hardly one in fifty |of those who
iccoud in securing places run Ires moro
thun u soanty support. Yet such i* tho
fact. Making money is tho exception—
uot the rule—and that too af ters year* of
patient industry and unceasing activity.
There are snlesoinu in this city to-day who
have honestly toiled for tifteun or twenty
/oars and cannot, to huvo their necks,
h >\v anything but uu empty purse. Tho
apid •influx of raw ami inexperienced
young men from tho Hoiith is gradually
but surely rendering thu financial condi
tion of lUo old salesmen more precarious.
It iH like overloading thu lifu-boat—tho
Niirgo is coming uud all will go down to-
gothor.
Hound judgment dictates that this slato
of thing* slum Id cease. 'Iho error i*
manifold nud egregious. It deprive* tho
South of men who should bo engaged iu
developing her vast resources, who should
ho plauting cot tun ami corn ami ruining
meut: It i* full of anxiety, disappoint
ment and final disgust, and it works hurm
uml duuuigo to those who, after hard
struggling, have built up a trado that
scarculy doe* moro than support them,
ibeir wive* and children.
To such as aro meditating thi* grave
mistake, the writor iwho has some'uxperi-
enoeiu such matters) would offer a kind
ly word of udvico : for tho unke of your
State, for your own sakcH, stuy at home.
Thi* advice is cheap, it cost* you nothing,
but if you do not hood it, your unwise re
fusal will cost you much los* of time aud
abundant voxation of igiirit.
Now York, Feb. 28. Salesman.
lluu. YV. A. Ilmulley.
The New Y’ork Sun of n late da to ho*
tho following to say about a bill reeontly
introduced in Gougres* by Mr. Handley
in relation to bids to tho Post Office
Department for muil service 011 Southern
route*.
Tho bill introduced iu Congress l>y Mr.
Handley of Alabama to regulute bids for
service in the Post Office Department re
quire* bidders to file sureties for tho
faithful performance of Iho work iu an
amount equal to tknt paid tho lost con
tractor, and provides that iu case of tho
failure of the lowest bidder, thu contract
shall bu giveu to thu uext lowest, and no
in until ouu is .found to perform the ser-
ice. It also provide* that proceeding*
against delinquent bidder* and there sure
ties iu each case’ shall hu coiumoueod
within niuuty days after their failure to
fulfil the term* of their proposal.
The bill is intended to put uu uml to the
systom of straw bind*, under which the
FostiunMler Gciieral ha* had it in hia
power to give coutractR to hi* friemls and
sorvieoablo advocate* of Grant’s renomi-
imtiou, without regard to the claims of
honest competitors. The scandalous man
ner in which poslul route* in tho South
huvo been jobbed out for tho benefit of
disreputable) politician* who havo per
formed no survico themselves, nor ever
intouded to do so, ha* excited wide-spread
dissatisfaction : and tha moan* propos
ed by tho ingoniiuus Creswull for prevent
ing tho obnoxion* straw bid*—namely an
act of Cotigross which would virtually
huvo given him authority to disregard tho
bid* of all contractors, and give the routes
to whomsoever he pleased, nt any.price he
should *ee fit to name—was ouly intended
to increase tho facilities of tho depart
ment as a political aud money-making
machine. Thu adoption of Mr. Handley *
bill would probably prove n serious dam
per to thu great expectations entertained
by tho Cabinet officer who has already
doubly immortalized himself; first, by hia
connections with tho Chorpeunipg swin
dle ; and second, by his enrno*t and self-
Hucriticiug effort* to elevate the reputation
of tho Post Offiee service by prohibiting
the poor carriers from issuing their cus
tomary New Year’s addresses.
Planter*.’ Ilauk Koblinl—!*»*■ ’$16,000,
Last Monday night the Planter*' Bonk
at thi* place was rubbed of $17),000. The
entrance was made through the roar door
by tha use of a lever made of cast steel for
tho purpose. After opening the door,
they proceeded to opou tho vault door.
They attempted to drill out the bolts in
tho lock, bnt finding that plan too slow,
prized opou the vuult door with their
crow-bar*. It appears that tho* worst job
of all, was the easiest performed, that waa
obtaining entrance to the money safe.
This was douo with gnu powder placed
in the safe lock some how, and exploded.
Several gentlemen heard tho noiae, but
did not suspect anything. The bold act
wa* perpetrated about 1 o’clock in tho
night. They left some of their tools in
tlm Bank and others under a bridge near
Mr. B. F. A vera * alore. The tool* con
sisted of crowbars, brace and drill, ono
dark lantern, some kind of screwo, a pair
of hsnd-ctiff'*, Ac., making a complete set
of burglar* instruments.—Fort Valley
Mirror, tit/i.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad.
A Statement is copie 1 into the State Pres*
ou the authority of a correspondent. of
the Savannah News, that Mr. B. H. Hill
purchased a half share of stock, from
Mr. A. J. White, for $19,000, and that
the road netted $90,0(H) profits for the
month of January. Gpon inquiry we
find the former statement cotrect, save
tlmt Mr. Hill did not purohase for him-
Nulf. Tho latter part is oertainly incor
rect ; we have no idea that any auob prof-
ita were realized. If »o Mr. White
would hardly have aold.—Atlanta Coh*
stitution.
The ramie plant ooatlnnee to enlist
considerable interest in many parts of
the South. It is now generally ooneeded
that it will be a profitable crop, more
profitable than sugar, cotton, rioe or to.
baoco, whenever a machine
whioh will be to the ramie USte what
Whitney'. «w B in wm ori ? fB ^
ootton fibre. A ntoebine- “
nooeeaery to m»ko it in » fnf2212** **
th. moot wln.bl. •"Rf