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THE TELEGRAPH.
BY CLISBY Sc REID.
T1I.MBATH BITII.DING. CORNER CHERRY k SKCOXD STS.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 18G9.
OnlNiilu ('onlonlR.
First Riok.—A Challenge to the Govern
ment—Swnyzo Demands a Hearing, rnblic
Meeting at Dawson. IIow the Radicals view
Seniors Election. A Coup d'Elat in Tennes
see—A Littlo Game of the Stokes Men. The
Chinaman in South Carolina. Tho Port Royal
Railroad. University of Georgia.
Forirru Paoe.—About Enfaula. A Georgia
Scene.
Nontli Carolina.
Gloomy reports wcro brought to ns yesterday
from the old Palmetto State by gentlemen just
from that region. In respect to crops an almost
entire failure is reported. The State has been
parched by drought for about two months, to
be drowned out by cold rains within tho past
two or three weeks. Except in a few bottoms
the corn crop was an entire failure. The cotton
was small and stunted and promised a very
meagre yield, but we aro in hope it will do bet
ter than is anticipated.
The worst aspect of South Carolina is, how
ever, presented in its social and political con
dition. Negro politics have had their perfect
work there, and a large portion of tho State is
uninhabitable by the whites. Nothing but emi
gration is talked off in many sections of South
Carolina. Great numbers of the whites are al
ready leaving, and moro are preparing to get
away as fast as they can—sacrificing their prop
erty to accomplish that object. On tho other
hand, there are largo additions to the negro
population from the adjoining States, and the
prospects are that the lower and tide-water sec
tions of tho Stato will bo entirely abandoned to
tho negroes, and relapso into wilderness and
barbarism. Tho condition of affairs in that
once most wealthy and productive section iH al
ready appalling, and fast becoming worse. Its
- utter sacrifice to tho Moloch of radical poli
tics seems to bo inevitable, and the failnro of
tho crops there threatens to involvo tho popula
tion in tho horrors of starvation.
Tbc (.rain I’ro.spectM.
A gentleman, who has just returned from a
trip to Washington, brings melancholy reports
of tho crops upon the whole route, and in tho
Western country, as reported from that section by
varions persons whom lio met in 'Washington
city. Outsido of Georgia tho corn crop is al
most a total failure up to tho Potomac. Drought
in the early season, with excessive and gener
ally cold rains since, have ruined tho great bnlk
of the corn. None, except in some swamp and
low-gronnd localities, seems likely to bring even
a nubbin.
Tho AVestem country, so far as ho could
lonrn, would produce little or no surplus. Illi
nois, Indiana, and Ohio would need all thoir
com to fatten their hogs. Tho prairio lands of
Illinois had been water-soaked over sinco tho
seed was planted. Tho season was unusually
nnpropitious over tho wholo AVest, and grain is
bound to bo scarce and high.
Our informant says tho TEixaturn is not a
whit too fast and too earnest in impressing upon
Georgia fanners the necessity of eking out
their corn supplies by every possiblo expedient
which mny relievo thorn from tho necessity of
depending upon tho foreign market. Every
effort must l>o made to get nlong upon our do
mestic supplies of food for slock, or tho pooplo
must make up their minds to pay high prices.
Tlio TeunesNec Election.
Ah everybody anticipated, tho Tennessee elec
tion has drowned out Stokes and his party,
and it remains to bo seen whotker they will at
tempt tho ridiculous usurpation foreshadowed
by the dispatch pnhlishod on our first pngo. Wo
can hardly credit them with such audacity un
less they aro powerfully backed in AVashington.
Party necessities may prompt tho Congressional
radicals to almost any thing, nnd they know they
are forever gone np in Tennessco unless some
thing is done. In tho last gubernatorial election,
Brownlow rocoivod 71,181 votos against 22,518,
for Etheridge—showing very noarly fifty-two
thousand radical majority. Tho Into election
indicates a majority for Senior scarcely short of
Brownlow's, and, as it determines tho speedy
enfranchisement of tho white Confederate vo
ters, it is evident unless something is done by
tho Radicals with Tennossoo, she will bo of as
little sorvico to them horeafter ns Kentncky.
Tloimi Cotton.
A specimen of this excellent variety of the
cotton plant has been on exhibition for seve ral
days at tho house of Messrs. Greer A Lake,
in this city. Tho stalk is of medium height,
hut it exceeds in quantity of fruit any specimen
whioh we have over seen. It was grown by
our enterprising citizen, Jndgo J. W. Knott, at
his residence npon tho suburbs of tho city. It
is stated npon reliable authority that the price
of seventy cents per pound was refused in Sa
vannah last season for a hale of this cotton. It
is equal in staple to the finest Sea Island cotton,
whilst the yield per acre exceeds it. Wo un
derstand that it was grown by Jndgo Knott ns
an experiment. Tho resnlts so far are highly
satisfactory. He has hut six acres of it in cul
tivation, and some wiso men estimate that he will
pack two nnd a half hags to tho acre. AVo beg
Mr. Knott not to be making any such ridiculous
crop as that. Twelvo lmndred pounds of this
cotton to the acre would bo worth, say ifSIO.
Dr. Thomson's Proposition.
AVo invite attention of tho Stnto Fair Com
mittee to Dr. Thomson's Proposition. Is it not
just tho thing ? AVe think so ! Tho Framo of
the Armory Building—an immense structure—
stands stripped ready for taking down nnd
erecting wherever tho committee propose, and
the site indicated by the Doctor is certainly a
good and convenient one, and may bo prefer
able to tho river site. AVe hope they will look
into the matter at once. There is no tirao for
further delay.
The Mobile ltiot.
Two things are eqnally remarkable in tho riot
at Mobile, as detailed in the telegrams—tho au
dacity and intolerance of the Radical negroes,
and tho way they scampered from the sound of
their own guns and pistols.
Open Cotton.—Mr. Sol. Johnson, of this
county, bronght to this office yesterday a cotton
stem three inches long, with three open bolls
upon it—the first we havo seen of this crop.
Mr. Johnson says the mst is injuring his cottqp
very much.
Utley s Cotton Press. —This Press is adver
tised to-day by Mr. R. P. Glenn, Agent for the
State. Its advantages aro set forth in the card
and planters are invited to examine into its
merits. After a while Mr. Glenn proposes to
exhibit, in Macon, one in fnll operation.
Crops in the West.—A friend who has just
returned from Cincinnati says the crops from
Marietta northward, as far as Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, are literally burnt up. From Mur
freesboro to Cincinnati they are very fair.
Wk are indebted to T. AV. Freeman for four
pears on a single twig which will weigh as many
|mnnds nery nearly. They are from a troe on
his place, in town.
The gold receipts at the Savannah Custom
house for the past two months were upwards of
sixty thousand dollars.
letter from Soatfc Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C., August, 18G9.
Editor* Telegraph : After a safe and splendid
trip of eighteen hours I find myself in the midst
of this once proud, but now prostrate, capital.
The track of tho Central road seems to be
well nigh as smooth as glass, and tho long trains
move with the regularity of the snn in his conrso
through tho heavens.
AVhen travelers from the South reach Au
gusta, on their way North, they usually toko the
new rood direct to Columbia in preference to the
old lino by way of Branchville and Kingsville,
not only for the reason that the former is a much
shorter route, bnt also because it affords greater
soenrity in travel, and is adorned with coaches
of tho most beautiful workmanship and most
comfortable arrangements.
AVm. Johnston, Esq., of Charlotte, N. 0., is
the President of this Road, and is, l>y common
consent, pre-eminently fitted for his laborious
and reponsible office. Wo know of no similar
officer in tho South who enjoys a larger share
of public confidence and esteem. And then it
may bo safely said that the conductors on this
lino aro model men in their calling. Mr. Wolfe,
particularly, is universally lionized by the trav
eling community.
The crops in the State are not verypromising,
thongh they have been mnch improved by the
recent rains. It is plain that all the material
interests of Carolina are moro completely para
lyzed than those of the other cotton States, and
tho evidences of recuperation are manifestly
moro slow nnd uncertain. The heart of this
peoplo has been broken by a succession of
heavy disasters. Nearly all tho civil offices in
this commonwealth aro held by foreigners who
do not understand the character and habits of
this population or by radicals who have no sym
pathy with the citizens of this section. The
Legislature contains ninety eight negro repre
sentatives, nnd tho Board of Trustees of the
Slato University is a mixture of black and white
members. It is mainly owing to this circum
stances that tho most eminent professors, such as
tho I-qcontes, aro seeking chairs in other insti
tutions of learning, nnd that multitudes of tho
students aro flocking to the University of Vir
ginia and to other literary centers of less note.
It is tho sober belief of somo of tho wisest
men here, that this Stato is in great danger of
being abandoned to tho^supremo and universal
sway of tho blacks. They havo already a popu
lar majority of forty thousand, and thoir ranks
aro rapidly swelling by tho accession of laTgo
numbers from tho neighboring States. The ne
groes of Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and oven
from New England, regard this n sort of political
and moral Paradiso for their people, and the
white race is gradnally retiring before tho mshing
tide l>y African immigration. What a strange
spectacle will bo presented to tho civilizod world
when in the land of Calhoun, Choves and Hayne
and Ilarpor, ovory public person from tho Gov
ernor down to tho lowest official shall present n
black faco and wooly head. From snch a pitia
ble fate, may tho good Lord deliver this patri
otic and noblo pooplo.
My heart has sickened at Uio sight of tho wide
spread and wanton devastations of this grand old
capital. Eighteen hnndred noblo palaces and
cherished homes were enveloped in tho destrnc-
tivo flames of Federal hatred and revengo, and
forty ncrcs of architectural grandeur and artistic
ornament were made a mighty heap of melan
choly ruins. This fearful conflagration was not
tho result of chanco, bnt the premeditated pur
pose of tho Gommonder-in-chiof of the Union ar
my. His own men doclared repeatedly that when
they entered tho city, that it was to bo destroyed.
Then a well arranged system of signals was
adopted to indicato tho hoar for tho commence
mentof tho work of destruction. Moreover,
Gen. Sherman was seen riding through tho
streets without making any efforts to arrest tho
devouring elements. And, in addition to all
thU, the police of Colombia were prevented by
their couqnerers from using any means to
qnench tho raging fires. Tho crimes committed
during tho progress of the flames are too heart
rending for recital. Tho awful night of tho 17th
of February, 18C5, will never bo forgotten whilo
history is trno to her mission, and so long os hu
man hearts are capablo of sympathizing with
tho pains and woes of humanity, nnd human
lips can utter oxccrations against tho avowed
enemies of liberty and happiness. AYhon an
unprejudiced posterity comes to render a right-
eons verdict in tho case,woe bo to him who med
itated and oxeented this monstrous deed. W.
The State Fair—A Proposition.
Editors Telegraph: Appreciating with yon
tho “glorious privilege of being independent,”
and sympathizing with tho Agricultural Execu-
tivo Committoo in their efforts to procure the
best location for the fair. And, moreover,
thinking it best to spend our money where wo
can control our purchases without being com
pelled to make indefinite expenditures from
year to year, I conclude to say to tho committee
that on tho score of buildings they need have
no fear, for I can myself famish them at short
notice, on whatever ground they mny select,
some forty thousand feet of floor room in as
good buildings for their purpose ns they could
desire—fourteen thonsand feet in ono two story
building—tho old armory, which for strength
and capacity is almost equal to a line of battle
ships, and would mako a fine appearance any
where.
Again, as to location, if they don’t liko tho
swamp, or reserve, I can famish n fair ground
of as many acres as they want, at tho railroad
junction, just outside tho city limits—much of
it beautifully level, and whore a toco conraecnn
be had ns long as necessary, with never-failing
springs on tho premises, and plenty of well
water—as good as any in this section. Where
fonr lines of rail meet, so that goods can be de
livered directly from the cars of either the Cen
tral, Southwestern, Macon nnd Western or Ma
con and Bmnswiek Railroads. The ploughing
matches may be had on tho premises, too, and
the wholo may bo arranged just to suit the Com
mittee. Tho ground can lie reached from the
passenger depot by two lines of rail, and is bnt
a short distance to those who prefer walking.
Wih facilities snch as these, and others that
might be mentioned equally good, it is hoped
the Committee will not feel compelled to enter
into any bonds to any freedmen’s bureau, or
informer whatsoever, bnt make snch selection
of the ground at once, and order the erection of
the buildings as may suit them, independently.
Respectfully yours, M. S. Thomson.
Macon, Augi_u,t C, 18G9.
The Alabama Manual and Statistical Reg
ister, is a pamphlet of soveral hnndred pages,
edited by Joseph Hodgson, of tho Montgomery
Daily Mail, and published from the office of
that paper. It is well printed and filled with
statistical and other information in relation to
tho State, and its actual and comparative agri
cultural and mineral resources, which is of the
high^t value not only to Alabamians bnt to all
others inquiring into the condition of that valu
able State. Mr. Hodgson has done good service
to Alabama in the production of this book and
we trust he will be well rewarded for his labor.
The Coolies.
Who and what is a coolie ? What are his
ideas, his customs, manners and religion ? what
sort of workman is he, and what are to be bis
relations to our society and onr laws ?
The central parts of the continent of Asia are
a vast elevated platean, walled in by giant moun
tain peaks. From these, flowing to the south
and to the east, are several great rivers, longer
and wider than the largest of our streams. In
tho time of Abraham these wide, fertile valleys
were peopled, and for ages they have swarmed
with an immense surplus population. Nearly a
third of the human race lies packed along theso
shores. They cover tho rich lands in such
Rwarms as to make the little farms look like ant
hills, or bee-hives. So much in excess of all
other life is the race of men in China and India,
that hnman muscle takes the place of brute la
bor, and a gang of a dozen or twenty men per
form tasks which wo accomplish with a horse or
an engine.
Many centuries ago, two great thinkers had
the genius for stamping their ideas deep into
these races, and forming millions npon millions
of these tawny swarms after one pattern and
with uniform character. These teachers were
Buddha and Confucius, and their maxims are
scarcely surpassed by the Mosaic Law, as rules
to make social relations permanent, harmonious,
and orderly. But they have less power to in
spire the masses with a love for personal excel
lence, an ambition to rise in life, or aspiration
for dignity, worth, and holiness. In this respect
they differ by the whole heaven from those think
ers and Rystems by which the leading nations of
Europe have been inspired nnd moulded. -
For a score of centuries, the average China
man has been indnstrions, mild and respectful.
Ho is small, not much taller or heavier than onr
women. He will do as he is told, bnt he is lack
ing in ambition and hope. His religion inspires
melancholy, and suicide is a frequent way of
escape from . the chafe and pressure of life's
burdens. His priesthood teaches him to respect
tho rights of property, to render to parents and
magistrates implicit and unquestioning obe
dience, to be kind to animals, to be content
with a little, to live cheaply and waste nothing.
On tho other hand, ho lias very little of what
we call self-respect; he is fall of petty deceits
and all those vices of character which make
persons despicable, bnt not noxious or danger
ous. Ho cares very little for abusive words,
hardly knows wliat wo mean by the word honor;
is sly, subtle, and tricky, bnt seldom malicious.
He knows how to take care of himself, is imita
tive and quick to learn, cooks well, and can get
as much comfort and health out of three yards
of cotton cloth and three pounds of rice or meal
as any other hnman being.
It will not require an argument to show that
beings educated in these notions, descended
from parents who for ages havo cherished snch
ideas, aro thoroughly nnliko any of tho Euro
pean races. There are now a hnndred thousand
of theso human beings under our flag. In a few
years there will bo a million, and presently sev
eral millions. Questions respecting their rights,
thoir status, their oath and their ballot are now
impending, and anon they will bo planks in onr
platforms and issues in our campaigns.
A great many of tho Chinese will bo taken in
to tho valleys of tho Sonth.to work npon cotton
and sugar estates, where they may replaco the
African. Tho mines of tho Pacific and Rocky
Mountain States will absorb others. They will
to somo extent do tho work of tho Irishman,
with mattock and barrow. Just treatment
ought to be secured for them by special and
well-considered provisions of law. Thoy aro
hereditary and life-long minora. Ages of bond- I
ago havo snapped tho foundations of character,
and emasculated their manhood. Bronght hith
er by ship-loads, and cast ashore on remote
plantations, or immured in distant mines, they
become tho easy prey of a raco that too lately
conld be stigmatized as n nation of slave-drivers.
California has not as yet seen tho propriety
of allowing tho Chinaman to testify in her
courts. He is classed with boys, Indians, and
idiots. It is doar that legislators should at
once give to this peculiar people special and
kindly attention. If they have no proper con
ception of a Christian oath, this alono should
not be taken as a violent presumpsion that they
an- incapable of telling the truth. Juries can
safely be trusted as judges of the weight that
should be attached to their testimony in court.
Besides, their labor contracts ought not to be
left to the working of tho common law of
wages. Ignorant of onr language, unused to
onr ideas, insensible of what wo call a moral
obligation, by tho very censtitntion of thoir
minds confounding tho displeasing of a superior
with tho idea of wrong, tho law should mako
generous presumptions in their favor, and fence
them with wiso safeguards against the cupidity,
tho exacting temper, nnd tho domineering spirit
of tho Saxon raco.—JY. Y. Tribune, 8d.
From Dongberly.
Tho Albany Nows of tho Gth, has tho fol
lowing :
The Weather and the Caors.—Wo feel too
gloomy to write on this subject. The rains con
tinue—not light showers merely, but heavy,
beating, swelling floods, and frequent. For sev
eral days past wo have hnd but littlo sunshine,
and tho weather prognosticators croak tho fatal
prediction that there is to be no “let up” for
thirty days to como. Cotton is already seriously
injured, and each hour of this weather enhances
tho chances for total disaster. Tho under bolls
aro now rotting; tho upper and younger fruit
is falling; tho rnst is spreading havoc, and tho
coming of tho caterpillar is no longor a doubtful
question.
How precarious and uncertain aro farming in
terests. Ten days ago the prospect for an un
paralleled yield of cotton in Southwestern Geor
gia was as promising as tho heart could wish;
now shadows aro npon ns and rain is threatened
all around.
Another week will tell the story. Sunsliino and
heat will save tho crop—continued rains will
ruin it.
From Florida.
Tho Floridian of tho 3d, has tho following:
Rain, Rain, Rain !—It docs nothing bnt rain,
day in and day out, to the great disadvantage of
tho planters nnd everybody else. Fodder is be
ing now pnlled, and if we don’t havo dry weather
there will bo mnch damaged. We aro told that
the caterpillars are increasing in somo of tho
cotton fields in the county and things begin to
assume an alarming aspect Wo have had rain
constantly for tho last two weeks, and if it don’t
bring on the worms wo shall bo very agreeably
surprised.
Rumors of catorpflar multiply, and there is
no longer any donbt cf their presence generally
throughout tho State. Intelligent planters, injtho
faco of such rainy weather as we aro now having,
predict an early destruction of tho crop, somo
think by tho first of September—somo earlier,
somo later.
Saul Among the PaornEis.—Tho Knoxville
Whig praising Andy Johnson! That is no less
strango than tree. Bnt Andy’s being at Marys
ville, where ho thrice braved their drawn weap
ons and threats of instant death, drew on the
Whig as follows:
“Amid the excitement ho stood as calm as if
no danger had menaced him. Tho cries of
‘take him down!’ ‘shoot him!' and others as vi
olent, thongh crouched in language loo inde-
centfor repetition,were met with glancesof cold
defiance. He was a man of marble, save that
his eye flashed with unutterablo resolve to
maintain to the last tho course ho had marked
out. His friends were determined to protect
him at all hazards, and when the third effort at
intimidation was thwarted, the enemy gave np
the attempt in disgust and despair.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Biot in Mobile.
Mobile, August 6.—Last night a serious riot oc
curred in this city, beginning at an out-door Radical
meetiDg, to celebrate the triumph of the Radical
candidate for this Congressional District. The
meeting was a largo one, and composed wholly of
negroes, with the exception of a few white leaders.
During the whole of yesterday rumors were in
circulation that tho negroes were very much excited,
defiant, and threatening, and meant to bnrn in effigy
the Democratic candidate for Congress, CoL Mann.
Several citizens called on tho Mayor and Bomo of
tho Radical leaders, and advised them that it would
ho better to postpone the meeting; for if the effigy
threats were carried out the white people could not
be restrained from an attempt to resent the indig
nity by force.
It was thought that these representations had the
desired effect, and that there would bo no meeting.
At eight o’clock, however, tho tar barrels were
lighted, and tho negroes began to flock in until the
crowd swelled up to a thousand or fifteen hundred.
Many came with guns, and almost all with concealed
arms—pistols, knives, and razors.
Nothing occurred to disturb tho harmony of the
meeting, except the inflammatory talk of the car
pet-bag speekers, until about ten o’clock, when a
jocose dispute between two citizens, on a subject
entirely foreign to politics or the meeting, attracted
some attention, and in pressing up to soo what it
was about, a white accidentally trod on the foot of
n negro. Just as the altercation about this was
settled, a pistol shot was heard, and this was the
3ignal for a general firing. Tho wholo crowd dis
persed immediately. Tho firing was continued a
few moments, as tho crowd scattered, and in ten
minutes a dead quiet reigned, broken only by the
tread of white patrols.
A detaclnnent of United States troops wore sta
tioned at the guard house, at tho request of tho
Mayor, in anticipation of trouble. Thoy took no
part in the fray, oxcept to march up town to look
after and stop somo firing.
It is not known who fired tho first shot. It was
tho natural result of tho excitement. There were
not over ono hundred white men as lookors-on at
tho meeting. Tho casualties were few, considering
tho number of shots fired and the close quarters.
Many gnns must havo been shot in tho air. Tlirco
negroes were killed outright, five polico officors
wounded, and fivo negoos and tlireo whilo men also
received wounds.
The Mobflo Register of this morning comments
on the riot as follows:
■ last night's work, dono after onr oditorial of
this morning was in print, is a * sharp and quick ’
commentary on tho dangers wo forecasted from tho
present aspect of affairs. It is a burning shame
that this community should ho exposed to outrages
liko this, and tho community owes it to itself to
tako Measures to protect itself against a repetition
of them.
“As to where tho blamo lies there la no room for
question. Theso deeds aro tho direct outflow of
tho maddened passions of negroes, inflamed and
lashed into fury by tho public harangues and privato
instigations of tho foreign Radical* in onr midst.
It is a question for tho public to decido how long
theso incendiaries eliall bo allowod to oxposo tho
pcaco of society and tho safety of women aud
children. Wo hope that a public mooting will bo
hold to answer this question.”
Tho result of tho olcction in tho First Congres
sional District is uncertain. It will tako tho official
count to dodde.
Personal.—We had a call yesterday from
Mr, Ragland, of that sterling paper—the Colum
bus Enquirer, and were pleased to find him in
good health and spirits. Also, from an old
acquaintance, A. T. McIntyre, Esq., of Thomas
county, who does not bring as encouraging re
ports from his section of the State as we should
like to hear.
More Rain.—We were in hope to get along
without a rain yesterday, but a heavy shower is
imminent after six o'clock, evening, and it is
evidently raining hard in the northwest.
Brag Acres.—A few days since the editor of
the Macon Telegraph gave an account of an
acre of very fine cotton near the city, which he
had seen, and cautioned the Eufanla experi
menters to look to their laurels. One of our
“invincibles,” laboring under the impression
that the acres here are hard to beat, desires us
to ask our brother of the Telegraph if the pro
prietor of his acre or any of his friends desire
to 4 ‘back their judgment” on the success of said
experiment.—Bluff City Tim es, ~>th. *
No betting, friend Times. Let your braggers
do their best — thoughtfully, perseveringly,
prayerfully—or they will be whipped out.
Cuors in Pulaskl—Late com looks green
and vigorous, but the drouth in June and July
materially injured early com. For several days
past we have had rain in excess, and cotton
is commencing to shed its blooms and fruitage.
Rust has also made its appearance, bnt not
enough to cause serious apprehensions of in
jury. Bright sunshine is now needed ; the
heavens at date of writing are over-cast, and the
clouds betoken rain. Health of county unusu
ally good for this season of the year.—Daw-
kinscillc Dispatch.
The caterpillars are doing considerable dam
age to the trees on the Boston Common. On
Friday a steam fire engine played a powerful
stream on several of the trees, and thus thou
sands of the worms were destroyed.
The Politicians on Tennessee.
Washington, August C.—It is generally conceded
that Tennessee has gone for Senter overwhelming!}'
—perlaps by forty thousand majority. No county,
so far as heard from, gives Stokes a majority.
Tho Tribune says: “ For a long time tho result
of the Tennesseo election has been conceded on
both sides. The fight made by Mr. Stokes ha3
been tho hardest kind of up-hill work, and his
chances havo diminished moro and moro certainly
as tho timo for voting drew near. Tho few returns
at hand as wo write indicate that tho majority fc*r
Senter is oven a larger figure than claimed by bis
partisans.”
The Herald says: “A moat gratifying point of
tho news is that tho contest passod off quietly, and
that all refreshment saloons wcro closed during tho
day.”
Tho World says: “It is very gratifying, in view
of tho efTorta xnado by a portion of Grant’s Cabi
net to securo tho election of that bold Radical—
Stokes. Moro important than this is tho probability
indicated by tho returns, that a majority of Lao
members^of tho Legislature juat elected aro con
servative—thus sparing tho nation tho disgrace of
tho addition to tho United States Sonate of another
Radical. Whether tho Senator to bo elected bo
Andrew Johnson, Bailie Peyton, Emerson Ethe
ridge, or somo person whoso namo lias not yet
transpired, remains to bo seen. It is enough if tho
Radicals havo been beaten in a Stato which they
havo hold by the throat for years, tlirough a system
of disfranchisement as sweeping as it was outrage
ous. Thus, ono by ono, tho States that voted for
Grant and Colfax aro repenting of their folly, and
courageously ranging themselves under tho banner
of tho Democratic party.”
Tho President says when offices havo boon hold
for eight years tho incumbont, however capablo,
must give place to persons equally capablo who
suffered from tho war. This railing applies to Ken
tucky, and its operation iB illustrated in tho case ol
Edgar A. Needham, Assessor at Louisville. The
President has directed Needham’s suspension, and
ordered the commission for Horace M. Buckley.—
Boutwcll insisted that Needham, having boon a
faithful officer, should bo allowed to resign. Tins
policy was adopted. Needham telegraphed to-day
whether there are charges. Answer: nono what
ever.
Secretary Cox and Gen. Sherman will accompany
Robeson and Porter in an inspection tour in tbo
Tallapoosa.
Internal Revonno, to-day. $G30,000.
Boulwell goes to San Francisco.
Customs from tbo 24th to 31st, inclusive, wero
tliroo and tliree-quarter million dollars.
From Tennessee.
Nashville, August 6.—The returns show that
Senter haa carried Middle and Western Tennessee
by a sweeping majority. For Stokes there is prob
ably a majority in East Tennessee. Tho State has
gene twenty-five to thirty thousand for Senter. Tho
Conservative tickets for the Legislature are elected
in all tho districts carried by Senter. It is probable
tlat tho Conservatives will havo a majority in both
blanches.
From Alabama-
Montoomerv. August 6.—Returns aro still mea
gre, but enough is known to rendor it certain that
Buckley aud Hays (Radicals) havo been elected in
the Second and Fourth Districts, hv negro majori
ties. Dix and Sherrard (Democrats) are elected in
tie Fifth and Sixth Districts, by white majorities.
Retains from the First District are too indefinite to
pronounce npon with certainty, but tho impression
ii that Back is elected. The contest in the Third
District is very dose, and ono hundred votes will
probably decide it.
From Lowndes County.
We clip the following interesting items from
tho Valdosta South Georgia Times, of the 4th :
A Yeah of Storms.—From all parts of South
ern Georgia we hear reports of storms, that are
galloping over the country, tearing down fences,
unroofing houses, and ruining crops. In Ber
rien, houses have been blown down. In Pierce,
rhero have been numerous storms, and consid
erable damage done. The frame of the Metho-
odist church, which was building, in Blackshear,
was blown down. We heard of one place, Sir.
Berry Henderson’s, that was visited by two hur
ricanes, one in the track of the other—an unus
ual occurrence. The damage to roofs, trees,
fences and crops, was extensive.
An unusual amount of electricity seems to ac
company these storms. Several trees and a
chimney have been stricken, within a short
time, in Valdosta.
Down the Railroad tho crops aro looking
finely, and reports aro favorable from all adja
cent sections. It seems to be tho general opin
ion, wherever we have inqnired, that if the cot
ton is not destroyed, the country will bo in a
better condition than it has since tho war. A
great deal of rain has fallen in tho’ flat country,
east of this point.
Remarkable Cotton.—Wo havo been linndod
a sprig of cotton grown on Capt. Wells’ planta
tion, which lias eight full grown forms in tho
spaoe of two inches. It is of the Dickson va
riety and is hard to beat. Mr. J. 0. Wisen-
bakor has somo of tho same variety that has
produced as much as six grown bolls in tho
somo space—two inches. Also hard to beat.
Caterpillar.—Dr. Mackey informs ns that
the caterpillar is in his cotton eating away.—
We have not heard positively of its appearanco
on any other plantation, np to tho present wri
ting. Wo hope the dostructivo insect will not
spread early enough to destroy the crop, nnd
thus blight tho hopes and prospects of onr wholo
country.
"Numbs Killer” Cotton.—Mr. A J. Bes-
sent has shown ns a sample of tho nbovo variety
of cotton raised by him. It is* claimed for this
cotton that it is not subject to either rust or
caterpillar. Tho staplo is good, nnd it will be n
valuable cotton for this country. Tho canso of
its grotesque name is its resemblance in color to
tho “nigger killer” potato.
Hu«k Bunch of Grapes.—Col. R. A Pooples,
yesterday evening, gavo ns a bunch of grapes
grown on his arbor, that excels any thing of
this kind wo havo seen. There are twenty-
eight clusters npon a vine, fifteen inobes long—
all of them very largo. There certainly could
not havo been less than two thousand lull-grown
grapes in tho bunch—a handsome present, for
which tho Colonel has our thanks.
I Grant Still Running.—A darkey of tho
blackest hue presented a ticket at tbo offico of
tho Tuskaloosa Art Association, on tho day of
election, and told the smiling agent that he
wanted him to put that in “theboxT” A glance
a tho paper satisfied “Ben” that tho new Amer
ican citizen had made a mistake, and forthwith
proceeded to catechize him. “What do you
want to do with this piece of paper ?" was tho
interrogatory. “Dat, sar,” replied tho “citi
zen,” with great dignity, “dat nm a vote fur
Grant." “But,” said tho agent, “Grant is not
running.” “Well,” said nig, “it’s all de samo,
it am bis son, Buckley Grant; and I is bound
to go for him.” Throe or four who wore pres
ent just yelled, and tho darkey, looking back
in disgust at tho crowd, said: “Dero wcro moro
fool white men now den before freedom.” That
“citizen” will swoar ns long as ho lives that ho
voted for “Buckley Grant.”
Drought in Newton County.—Tlio Coving
ton Examiner of the Gth instant says :
The drought in this immediate vicinity, con
tinues. Wo havo not had rain enough to wet
the ground, half inch deep, in eight weeks.
Owing to tho protracted drought which has
visited our section, tho com blades have ma
tured very rapidly, and many of the planters in
this locality havo already commenced saving
their fodder.
We loam that the number of visitors attend
ing tho commencement at Atlanta, this week,
far exceeds any former occasion. Tho hotels,
private boardinghouses, etc., are literally crowd
ed to overflowing.
ADJOINING PASSENGER DEPOT,
MACON, GBORGIA‘.
.1. S. SCHOFIELD,
Proprietor.
IVC AUSTUTF ACTUTILE S
Foreign News.
London, August C.—Tho seizure by tbo American
Government of gunboats building for Spain, elicited
the following comments:
Tho Morning Star (Radical organ) saya: “The
American Government, having exhibited vigor in
favor of Spain by inforcing tbo neutrality laws, now
proceed, equally vigorously, against Spain, aud
for tho same cause.” The writer regards the recog
nition of Cuba by Fora as ill-advised, though spir
ited. In spite of all predictions, tbo Cuban insur
gents seem to l>o ablo to hold their ground. Tho
whispers of a cession of Cuba to the United States
is now louder than over. Americans have desired
to come into possession of that island for the past
twenty years. Now, tho obetaclo of slavery having
been removed, if a fair purchase can be effected, all
parties may bo satisfied with an arrangement which
will give another Stato to tbo American Union and
remove a great perplexity from the arena of Sp:inish
politics.
Tho Nows concludes an article as follows: “Con
sidering all tho circumstances which make it difficult
for Spain to keep hold of her unwilling colonists
in America, and reflecting that Cuba is now in in
surrection, Spain will be fortunate if twenty mOlons
of dollars ever reach Madrid, as the price of Cuba.
General News.
Augusta, August 6.—Heavy and continued rains
are working inj ary to the crops.
George B. and James Addison have surrendered
themselves to the authorities, for shooting Charles
and J. D. Creswell, in Edgefield, yesterday, diaries
Croswell is dead. J. D. Creswell, charged with
criminal intercourse with a sister of tho Addisons
is dangerously, but not mortally wounded.
Chicago, August 6.—The Chinese merchants,
Singman and Chaychew, had a reception at the
Sherman House last night. They leave for New
York on Monday.
San Francisco, August 6.—Gen. Rosecrans lias ar
rived from Mexico. He was serenaded by the Young
Men’s Vocal Club.
Karine News.
Savannah, August 6.—The British bark, Bessie
Young, 86 days from Liverpool, is ashore on St.
Catharine s bar. A tog has gone down to lighten
her off.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT a.
0K0. B. TURPIN. J. MONROE OODKN.
TURPIN & OGDEN,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Real Estate & Insurance Agents,
A RE offering forsaleseveral very desirable Dwell
ing, Building Lots and Plantation?. Also, Saw
and Grist Mills and a large amount of Timber Lands.
Parties wishing to sell or lease Real Estate are invi
ted to place it in their hands. They make no charge
unless a sale is made.
Parties wishing to purchaso or rent are invited to
examine their list.
Agents for Phoenix, Lorillard, Manhattan, Citizens’,
International and Washington Fire Insuranco Com
panies of New York, and Imperial Fire Insurance
Company of London.
Mutual Life Insuranco Company of New York—
Assets over £12,000.000.
Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York—
Assets over $5,000,000. jel3-3in
FOR RENT,
STORE, on the corner of Mulberry street and
Court-house Square, known to be one of the best busi-
ne ; s stands in the city. There is a large lot adjoin
ing the Storo. which I will rent with it if desired. I
will take pleasure in showing tho premises to any
ono who may call within tho next twenty day.«, after
which time the opportunity to rent will cease.
Apply at the Store, to W. T. MORGAN.
aug7-lt
GEORGIA No. 2.
SEW BILLIARD ROOM, SEW TABLES,
F
ig7 n
DISSOLUTION.
T IIR Copartnership heretofore existing between
JOnN L. SIIEA A JAMES W. KNOTT, was dis
solved by mutual consent on the 1st of August, The
business will be continued bv JOHN L. SHEA.
JOHN L. SHEA,
JAMES W. KNOTT.
Macoa, Ga., August 6. ISO'J. aug7-4t
G EORGIA, DOOLY COUNTY.-Whereas. Charles
W. C. Varnadore applies for the Guardianship
of the person and property of Charles R. W. E. Mims,
minor and orphan of Win. H. Mims, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all con
cerned to be and appear at my jffico on or before the
first Monday in September next, then and there to
show cause, if any they have, why said Guardianship
should not be entrusted to s id applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
August 2,1869. WM. 11. DAVIES.
aug7-w30d Ordinary.
G EORGIA. BIBB COUNTY—J. Clarke Swayxe has
applied lor exemption of personalty and setting
apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass ou
the same at 10 o’clock a. m , on the 16th day of August,
1869, at my office.
C. T. WARD.
aug7-2t Ordinary.
OATS, OATS, OATS.
1£xPin BUSHELS PRIME
IdUU TENNESSEE OATS.
Just received and for sale by
aug6-3t* JONES, BAXTER & DAY.
FOR RENT,
F ROM 1st OCTOBER, THE FLINT HOUSE, cen-
trally located and convenient to business. For
terms and particulars, apply to the undersigned, at
Southwestern Railroad Depot.
aug5-eodl2t R. W. BURDELL.
WANTED,
O N GOOD COLLATERAL SECURITY. Twelve pr.
cent, will be paid for the use of Two Thousand
Dollars for too, two or three years. Interest paid
monthly. Address
r n W. H. SHADY GROVE.
a**5*3t 8. W. R. R. Box.
SCHOFIELD’S
PATENT COTTON PRESSES,
SUGAR MILLS, GRIST MILLS, SAW MILLS,
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
MACHINERY and CASTINGS of all kinds.
SCHOFIELD’S PATENT COTTON PRESS.
r|tIHS PRESS mu { t commend itself to the cotton planters of tho Southern States for its durability, sim-
L piicity of construction, and case with which it can be operated by either hand, horse, water or steam power,
the change from one to the other being effected in a few minutes. A great advantage this Press possesses, is
that it occupies for hand power only a >paco of fourteen feet square, and may be placed and operated in tho
Gin House, thus avoiding the nocessit^ of taking cotton out of he house to ho packed. It can be used g. any
kind of weather; the Press being in the house, rainy days a-o no obstacle to packing, as i» the caeJPnith
wooden screws. Another advantage is, when you get Schofield’* Press, you have a Press for all time, and ono
not liable to decay or breakage, aa is tho ca-c with the old wooden screws, and most other iron’screws and
presses This is evident from the fact that tho screw is iron, cither wrought or cast, and tho frames are of
wrought iron, and no part of tho Press liable to decay touches tho ground/ The frames may be made of
wood, at the option of tho planter. Planters may purchase either the screw and nut alone, and put the framo
and box of wood to it themselves, or m iy purchase the screw, nut and iron frames, and put the wooden box
to it, or they may purchaso tho Press complete, with screw, nut. iron frames and box, making the most com-
ploie Press in use. Presses complete, as last named, aro in moro general use, and givo great satisfaction to
nil parties using them, a* will be seen fromjettors in my possession. Parties in need of Cotton Presses would
do#ell to call, if possible, and examine* nunc; or if they should favor me with their order, they may rely
upon getting a Press that is all I c’aim for it. ...... T
Having the most extensive Iron Works in the city, and the greatest variety of patterns of all kinds, 1 am
able to furnish parties with any kind of machinery or castings at short notice.
J - . fil, SCHOFIELD.
HAND POWER PRESS.
Tho above cut shows tbo Press as put up complete at SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS, for working by
four hands. Those arc all that aro necessary to operate it, nnd havo racked as much ns 1100 pounds in size of
ordinary hale. Whenputupns8hownabovc.it may bo takon down at any time and placed on a wagon in
half an hour, and put up again in littlo over that time.
PRICE FOB. HAND POWER:
Wrought Iron Screw Press, complete.......: $165 00 I Wrought Iron Screw $90 00
Wrought Iron Screw, with Iron Frame? 150 00 | Cast Iron Screw 70 CO
HORSE POWER PRES&
. This Press for Horse P-'wer may be of either cast or wrought iron screws, wrought iron screws being cut
with three inch pitch for Horse Power. It may be put up either with or without iron frames, an iron framo
being preferable, as it cannot break, and will never need repair?, as is the case with wood. In putting them
up complete at my establishment, they do not differ from the Hand Power only in pitch of thread of screw,
and different kind of levers for working. One horse can pack five to eight hundred pounds on this Press.
PRICE FOR HORSE POWER:
Wrought Iron Screw Press, complete— $1G5 00 1 Wrought Iron Screw _ $ 90 00
Wrought Iron Screw, with Iron Frames 150 00 I Ca-t Iron Screw 70 00
This Press to run by water power, for which I furnish the necessary additional machinery $50 extra.
SCHOFIELD S
SUGAR CANE MILLS AND KETTLES.
Thrsc Cnnc Mills have been ton Ions used by tho cano-Krowcrs of Georgia to need any reeonimen.iiMr.n
other than planters ueinz them. They are put u|, in the best style and of best quality of iron, nnd eneh Mill
turned. Parties wanting Mills can be furnished, the best, by se *'
ining for themselves.
PRICES.
iding i
' calling and cxa(D-
Eightcen inch Cane Mills..
Fifteen inch Cane Mi 11?.....
..$65 00 I Twelve inch Cane Mill? JS8 00
.. 50 00 | Eleven inch Cane Mill * 33 00
SYRUP KETTLES.
30 Gallon, 40 gallon, 50 gallon, 60 gallon -
80 Gallon, 10O gallon....... .. ..
... 30 cents per gallon
... 25 cents per gallon
GO GEAR.
8 feet Gin Gear, with Gudgeons and Bolts $26 50 110 feet Gin Gear with Gudgeon*
8 feet Gin Gear, with Bolts .. : 20 00 10 feet Gin Gear,’ with Bolts.......'
8 feet Gin Gear and Pinion.— IS 00 110 feet (Jin Gear and Pinir.n
9 feet Gin Gear, with Gudgeons and Bolt? 28 50 12 feet (Jin (Jear with Gudgeons
9 feet Gin Gear. withBoIts 22 00 12 feet (Jin Gear.’ with Bolts
9 feet Gin Gear and Pinion 20 75 112 feet (Jin (Jear and Pinion
auirA-eon Awzm
and Bolts,
and Bolts..
*31 50
25(0
23 50
37 50
33 50
...... 27 Z>
FINE HORSES AND PIGS
M R. BOB SIMS, of Kentucky, a gentleman who
has been trading in live Stock in this market for
the la«*t fifteen years, has now for sale, at the Stables
of S. H. Holmes, on Plum Street, opposite the Passen
ger* Shed.
THIRTY-TWO HEAD OF HORSES,
Allia good condition, well broke and of excellent
quality. For sale cheap, lie will, alse. have in a few
days, 50 head of tho celebrated PREMIUM BER-
SI1IKE PIGS, raised by Mr. Jas. W. Laytham, of
Paris, Bourbon county, Ky., the bo*t Stock raider in
the country, and ono who never fails to take a premi
um at Fairs for his hogs and pigs. Planters and
others desiring good horses and fine pigs are invited
to examine of Mr. BOB SIMS, at
aug5-6t HOLMES’ STABLES.
JUST RECEIVED,
, LARGE LOT i
TENNESSEE FLOUR, of all Grades,
BACON, COBS AND OATS.
ALSO.
SUGAR, COFFEE,
SALT, TOBACCO, cte.
Foraale, Cheap for Cash, by
„ - GOOD k BOSTICK,
ansfi tf 68 Third street.
For Sale,
the Ocmulgee River, three miles from the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, and known as the Coalson
Plantation ; 600 of cleared land and in a fine state of
cultivation. The place is well improved, and one of
the best Cotton Plantations in Georgia. For partic
ulars apply to the undersigned, atBarnesville, Ga., or
Knott A Hollingsworth, Macon, Ga.
augl-dlm* W. P. HEAD.
DENTAL NOTICE.
D R. EMERSON will be absent from Macon a few
weeks from this date, July 12,1869. # Notice will
be given of hi* return. julylO-tf
. RUTI.KIKJK PIS EG A
a. R. farramork.
JOSEPH FINEGAN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS & COMMISSION
MERCH A-JtSTTS ,
BAY STREET, - - SAVANRJlB, GA.
r IBERAL AD\ ANCKS made on Cotton consigned
j to us or to our Correspondents in New York and
Liverpool. _ aug5-3m
TURNIP SEED,
NEW CHOP.
A nother large lot of landretius growth
just received, by
p, . . . HARRIS, CLAY A CO., ,
^ TnP? 1 1 * a °d Pharmaceutists, corner Cherry and
greets and corner Fourth and Poplar streets.
aug6-tf
Q UININE, Morphine, Opinm, Calomel, Blue Mas?-
Rhubarb. Aioes, Copperac, Indigo, Spices and
everything pertaining to our business. Besides our
retail and dispensing department, we are always
pared to fill orders for Merchants, Pnysicians aud
others who buy in quantity.
L. W. HUNT k CO., _
aug5-tf 82 and 84 Cherry street,