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TUESDAY MORVIA’tJ, SEPT. 4.
Copious and gentle showers have
fallen during the past week in Pike
county, Ala.
The Provost Marshal General’s Bu
reau And Office have been abolished by
recent orders.
While the quarantine lasts at Mobile,
mails will be sent to New Orleans via
Meridian and Jackson, Miss.
Close calculations made by competent
men show that $40,000 will put the rail-
Poad between Tuskegee and Chehaw
in complete working order.
Turtu-st bale of new cotton was re
ceived! in Augusta last Friday, weighed
443 pounds and was sold to E. M. Bruce
& Cos. at fifty cents per pound.
Among the names of those announced
to speak at Philadelphia meeting to rat
ify the recent Convention is that of Gov.
Jenkins, of Georgia.
The Memphis papers announce the
death in that city, on the 22d, of Dr.
William C. Bryan, an eminent physi
cian of that city, m the 58th year of his
age.
We learn from the Memphis Ava
lanche that the President has appointed
Rolfe S. Saunders Collector of Internal
Revenue at that place, in the place of
Rouell Hough, removed.
While the clerks of the First National
Bank of St. Louis were eating lunch in
the cashier’s room, on Tuesday, a pack
age of SIO,OOO was stolen from the desk
by some person unknown.
Napoleon is said to have informed
I the Pope that the French troops will
I evacuate Rome on the very day named
I in a late order, and that His Holiness
I must treat “politically and financially”
I with Italy afterward.
The President has directed a pardon
I to b*c made out for Chas. M. Conrad, of
I Louisiana, a member of the rebel Con-
I grer,s. Mr. Conrad was Secretary of
I War of the United States under the ad-
I ministration of President Fillmore.
The Herald’s Washington correspon-
I dent says he has excellent authority for
I stating that Jeff'. Davis will be released
I on bail or parole soon, holding himself
I amenable to the process of the court
I which is to dispose of his case in Octo-
I her next.
The announcement which has appear
ed in several papers to the effect that
Major Gen. 0. O. Howard had issued
an order directing that the issue of ra
tions to both whites and freedmen by
the Bureau officers be discontinued is
correct.
It is stated that since the Atlantic
cable has been laid Napoleon has kept
up a constant telegraphic communica
tion with Maximilian, there being by
means of the ocean cable, a continuous
telegraphic line from Paris through
London and New York, to Galveston,
Texas.
It said that Victor Emanuel attrib
utes the Italian naval defeat at Lissa to
the presence on board of the Austrian
ships of a ruimb'v of American Confed
'.raieotn' »*> " P :~a'<Usl’fc oi ihe Federal
build u vessels, were furious
in their and teiiuiiiution to destroy them.
Amnion meeting at Reading, Penn.,
yesterday, resolved, among other things,
that-Henry J. Raymond, “by following
the lead of the infamous Andrew John
son,” “has become unworthy and odi
ous,” and therefore urged his expulsion
from the Chairmanship of the Republi
can National Executive Committee.
A public meeting was to have been
held in Opelika on the 27th to appoint
Delegates to the great Railroad Con
vention to be held in the city of Macon,
Ga., on the first Wednesday in Septem
ber next. At this meeting a proposi
tion was to be submitted, for the town
of Opelika to subscribe to the Capital
Stock of the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad.
The Fall term of the Circuit Court for
Mann county, Ala., commences on
Monday the fid day of September.
About two hundred new cases have been
entered on the appearance docket. It is
understood that Judge Dougherty will
make a strong effort to dispose of the
old cases which have been an incubus
to the Court for years.
The quarantine regulations at Mobile
commenced on the 22d. The order is
said to have been issued by direction of
General Grant, applies to all vessels
coining from New Orleans, and is to
" continue in force for fifteen days. The
Mobile papers bitterly denounce the
order, as it will accomplish no good.
Persons can reach the city by rail.
Theodore Morris, of Pike county, Al
abama, was, on Friday, brought before
Commissioner Wyatt, in Montgomery,
on the charge of raising a oue dollar
greenback to a ten, and attempting to
pass it upou Mr. O’Dwer. Morris plead
guilty, and and in default of a bond of
$2,500 went to jail, to appear at the
next term of the District Court. He is
quite a young man.
- In consequence of fraudulent circulars
having been issued by opponents the
National Union Executive Committee
at Washington give notice that official
circulars sent from these rooms are
signed by the chairmru of the National
Uiion Resident Fxecutivc Committee
a/d its secretary, and all moneys in
tended for its use should be addressed
to Charles Knap, Esq., chairman of the
National Finance Committee.
A general order was issued on the
night of the 2fid by Gen Sheridan, re
voking general order No. 68, issued by
General Baird, declaring martial law
and appointing a military governor,
but continues in force Gen. Sheridan’s
general order No. 15, declaring martial
law to exist for the preservation of the
public peace and preservation of life and
property, which was tlio status existing
before tho riot.
The_Commis9ioner of Internal Reve
nue has designated the following points
in Alabama where the cotton can be
assessed and marked according to law.
For the First District of Alabama:
Mondays, Thursdays and Wednes
days— Deraopolis and Greenville.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays—
Pollard and Eufaula. Mobile at all
times.
For the Second District of Alabama:
Mondays and Thurdays—Montgome
ry, Selma, Tuscaloosa and Girard.
Wednesdays—Benton and Wetump
ka.
Wednesdays and Thursdays—Bluff
ton.
Thursdays—Vernon.
Fridays and Saturdays—Game syllle.
VOL. VIII.
Duvall’s official majority (three coun
ties unofficial) is 37,360. Total vote
158,000—13,000 more than ever before
polled.
Hon. A. H. Ward has been nomina
ted as the Conservative Democratic can
didate for Congress in the 6th Kentucky
district.
Havana letters of the 18th state the
slave trade is on the increase. Seven,
hundred Africans had been landed at
one time.
It is reported that the Governors of
Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana will
attend the Convention of Southern Loy
alists at Philadelphia.
Henry Ward Beecher has been se
lected as Chaplain of the National.Sol
diers’ and Sailors’ Convention, to be
held at Cleveland, Sept. 17.
Provost Marshal General Fry has
been mustered out of service, and his
papers turned over to the Adjutant Gen
eral of the United States army.
Priton Probst, Robert Gray and Pat
rick Kinley, are the names of the detec
tive officers in New York arrested on
charges of complicity with thieves.
The Atlantians are discussing the
matter of street railways in that city.
The matter lias been before Council and
referred by that body to the Street Com
mittee.
A Western editor asserted, apparent
ly in good faith, that a cotemporary
likd gone to Heaven, and he exclaimed,
enthusiastically, “bully for our enn
temp !”
General Sweeny requests the name of
some competent person in each circle of
the Fenian Brotherhood, to be appoint
ed to the task of reorganizing the mili
tary force.
On the 4th Cortina took Revnosa from
the liberal commandant and pronounc
ed for the French. »Gen. Douay left
Saltilo for Monterey on the Bth instant
with 4,500 men. Bazine was at San
Luis sending reinforcements.
The State capitol at Milledgeville is
being repaired. Gas will be introduc
ed before the meeting of the Legisla
ture. The members will furnish their
own in daylight. Plastering and paint
ing and good gas will produce quite a
change in the building.
Gov. Orr has issued a proclamation
convening the Legislature of his State
on the 4th of September next, in extra
session, for the purpose of adapting the
State laws to recent acts of Congress,
and for the relief of the financial em
barrassments of the people of the State.
Another Atlantic Cable Company is
about to commence work, intending to
connect America with Europe via Ber
muda and the Azores, and thence to
Lisbon, a distance in all of about 2,100
miles, six of it being to Bermuda, six
from the Azores to Lisbon, and the re
maining distance between Bermuda and
the Azores.
The United States Consul at Havana
noHfies all whom it may concern that
a strict imarantine has beta established
in the casaof all vessels coning from
the to Cuban ports. The
isatMariel, 45 miles
west of All United States
decided “foul” by the
says: Never,
*mory of the oldest iu-
been such a pros
pect this and adjoining
•P. Lewis thinks
that 25 barrels per acre on
a portion of his land. Well, if we can
not afford to pay $2 or $3 for wheat we
can at least have plenty of corn bread.
The Selma, (Ala.) Messenger says:
“We hear of factories springing up all
over the countr)-. At Camden, Wilcox
county, a wealthy Company have taken
the initiatory steps to erect a large
building, and fill it with the most ap
proved machinery. At Carrollton,
Miss., a factory is now in operation,
which in a short time will employ 180
spindles. In Marengo county they are
making arrangements to manfacture on
a large scale. At Cuba Station, Sum
ter county, a factory is shortly to he in
operation.
The Union Conservatives in Maine
are opening the campaign in gallant
style. Public meetings are notified
throughout the State and the people are
everywhere indicating an interest in
the approaching election unequalled for
years. They are anxious to see peace
practically restored to the whole coun
try and the old business and social re
lations between North and South re
vived. They have had enough of tur
moil, blood, war, and now long for
those amicable relations which will en
sure reciprocal prosperity and national
quiet and advancement. The birds of
ill-omen have been abroad long enough;
it is time for halcyon days. The elec
tions come off' on the second Monday
in September.
The New York Tribune arouses the
Radical forces, and calls them to action.
“We shall,” it says, “have a desperate
struggle this fall. The coalition is
strong against us in crafty political
managers, strong in official spoils
and will be strong also in money.”
These are promising suggestions. We
hope tbsit the united efforts of Conserv
atives may be as effective as the Tri
bune fears that they will be. It will be
wonderful if they are not. The Con
servatives have every possible advan
vantage in the struggle. They have
tho Executive with them; they have ex
perienced and zealous leaders; they
have the intelligence, the commerce,
and the entire industry of the land on
their 9ide. They also have a profound
conviction of the justice of their cause.
Why should not the Tribune tremble?
The National Intelligencer says new
life has been imparted to business oper
ations by ibe pTospectsnow afforded by
the proceedings of the National Union
Convention, and the President’s proc
lamation of sincere confidence in the
future prospects of the country, under
conservative counsels, will invigorate
industry and enterprise. Commerce
between the North and the South will
be restored to its former activity, and
its field of operations will be enlarged.
The product of cereals in tho West and
of cotton in the South promises well for
active business the coming autumn.
The heavy stock of goods now on the
hands of importers and manufacturers
will be in demand for Southern and
Western consumption, and 'probably at
lower prices.
If the wise suggestions of Secretary
McCulloch, in his recent letter to a
Boston Committee, be carried into
practical effect by legislation, the fur
ther depreciation of Government credit
and securities will be arrested, and a
gradual advance towards a specie stand
ard be secured.
THE WEEKLY SUN
The Paris Patrie says the Emperor
Napoleon will cede Veuetia, as handed
over to France by Austria, direct to
Italy, to be held as part of the kingdom
of Victor Emanuel.
It is said that President Roberts and
Gen. Sweeney are not on the best of
terms, and that anew split in conse
quence will take place in the Brother
hood.
Fred. Douglass, the negro, has been
elected a delegate from Rochester, N.
Y., to the Loyal Southern Convention
to be held in Philadelphia on Sept. sth.
We don’t see how Ashburne, Saffold &
Cos. can object to the association.
In New York City, anew, capacious
and elegant hanking house foi the sole
accommodation of colored people, has
been opened. All the officers of the
concern, from the President down, are
colored men, several of whom are very
Wealthy for men of their class.
Courtlandt Bullit, United States Mar
shal in New Orleans, will soon be tried
for malfeasance in office, a wealthy cot
ton broker charging him with extort
ing $14,000. one-fifth of the amount of
the sales of cotton, which lie threatened
to seize unless paid that amount.
Maj. Gee, whose long trial before a
military commission, in Raleigh, N. C.,
recently ended in his triumphant ac
quittal, has returned to his home in
Quincy, Fla., apd resumed the practice
of medicine his old profession. His
trial cost the Government nearly a quar
ter of a million of dollars.
Philadelphia has decided to ratify the
action of the Restoration Convention
on the 17th of September, the anniver
sary of the adoption of the national
Constitution. The meeting will be a
monster one, as conservative men of
all shades of opinions upon other sub
jects can unite as a band of brothers in
support of the restoration policy of the
President.
A New York dispatch says: “The
amount' abstracted from a bank vault
noticed last evening is now stated at
$90,000. It appears Messrs. Crocker,
Wood & Cos. had deposited in the vault
of the Marine Bank a box containing
the money and securities, and it was
carried off by some person or persons
unknown. The police have the matter
in hand, but with faint hope of securing
the offenders.”
A petition to Congress, signed by
Union men of Louisiana, representing
that, after combatting for four years the
armed force of the rebels and traitors,
they are not prepared or willing that
these same rebels and traitors should
return among them, assume authority,
treat with contumely and contempt, and
otherwise abuse them. The petitioners
set forth at length their grievances, and
call for protection.
The third National Convention of
Spiritualists met at Providence on Tues
day. There were about three hundred
delegates present, of both sexes. Mr.
Pierpont, of the District of Columbia,
assumed the chair; hut in the perma
nent organization Mr. Newman Weeks,
of Rutland, Vermont, was chosen presi
dent, and a number of ladies and gen
tlemen vice presidents.
It is expected that the Convention
will continue in session for a week
A Richmond (Va.) dispatch states
that a near friend of Jefferson Davis
confirms the report, current some time
since, that he objected to several of the
passages in the recent work entitled his
prison life. He, however, did not say
that the passages were absolute false
hoods, but simply that they were high
ly colored, and in numerous instances
objectionable, because given to his phy
sicians as confidential, or merely social
utterances.
Anew and enlarged list of the sign
ers to the call of the disunion Conven
tion at Philadelphia on the 3d prox. is
published. Among the names are those
of Hahn, Dostie, King Cutler, Judd
and Richardson, all of the Convention
rioters at New Orleans on the 80th ult.
The meeting of the Southern malcon
tents will endorse the New Orleans
mobocrats ; and under the lead and ad
vice of their Northern prompters will
lay the pipes for future mobs in the
Southern States.
Sidney E. Morse, of New York, has
just patented a curious philosophical
instrument, which is called a bathome
ter. You throw it overboard, with its
appendages, in the ocean, where water
is miles deep. It goes down like a shot,
and as soon as it touches the bottom it
turns and comes back to the surface.
You pick it up and the true depth of the
water where it struck the bottom is
seen on the scale of the barometer, just
as you see the degree of heat on the
scale of a thermometer.
Major Gen. John A. Logan, of Illi
nois, and Major Gen. Benjamin F.
Butler, of Massachusetts, enjoy the
enviable distinction of being the only
prominent officers of the Federal army
who insist that “ the leaders of the re
bellion” shall be punished with death.
A better state of feeling was to have
been expected of Logan, who has the
reputation of having been a good sol
dier ; but nothing better could have
been expected of Butler, who has tho
reputation of having been no soldier
at all.
Major General Jeff. C. Davis, Assis
tant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s
Bureau for the State of Kentucky, re
ports the freedmen, generally speaking,
as industriously employed at fair wages,
and that ninety-five per cent, of the
colored people are self-sustaining. There
are ninety colored schools in the State,
with an aggregate attendance of 2,328
scholars. Much opposition is manifest
ed in some portions of the State by
white malcontents, styled “regulators,”
to colored schools, and several instances
are cited where they have been broken
up and the teachers driven from the
State. Gen. Davis recommends an
increase of the military force by a
squadron of cavalry,to prevent outrages
upon freedmen. The usual wages paid
field hands is sl2 per month and ra
tions, and in tobacco-growing regions
from S2O to S3O per month.
First New Cotton at Vicksburg.
—The Vicksburg Herald notices the
receipt and sale in that city on the 21st
instant, of the first bale of new cotton
this season. It was from the plantation
of Maj. P. M. Doherty on the Yazoo
river. It closed good middlings and
sold for thirty-four cents.
An Affecting Parting.— The Rich
mond Dispatch, in announcing the re
moval of Gen. Terry, from the com
mand of the Department of Virginia, and
his transfer to Utah, expresses the
feeling hope, that he “ may agree with
the canibal Indian that eats him. ”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUE&bAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1866
Grand Ratification Meeting in
East Tennessee.— The Knoxville
Commercial learurs that the East Ten
nessee Executive Committee have de
cided to issue a call for a grand mass
meeting of the entire people of East
Tennessee, to take place on Wednes
day, September 10th, to ratify the pro
ceedings of the Philadelphia Union
Convention.
The Arkansas Election.— A letter
to the New York Tribune, from what it
terms “a loyal Union citizen of Fayette
ville, Arkansas,” states that elec
tion in Arkansas has resulted in an
overwhelming victory for the Rebel
party. Nearly all their candidates were
men who served in the rebel army.”
This is distressing news to the Tribune
and its radical tribe.
The First of the New Cotton
Crop in Charleston.— Messrs. E. H.
Rodgers & Cos., on Adger’s wharves,
received and sold yesterday the first of
the new crop of cotton which has reach
ed this market, consisting of two bales
of low middling. It was from the plan
tation of Mr. W. T. Ulmer, of Barn
well District, S. C., and brought 33
cents per pound.— Charleston, Courier,
Aug. 23.
Railp.oad Election in Montgom
ery.—On Monday the citizens of Mont
gomery, by a vote of 290 to 67, decided
to give city aidofsl,ooo,oootothe South
and North Alabama Railroad. The
papers say the vote would have been
much larger but for the inclemency of
the weather. Montgomery by her le
gal voters thus again evinces her fixed
determination to aid largely in the
speedy completion of this road.
Continues to Rain. —The Tallahas
see Sentinel of Saturday, 25th, says it
has rained every day in that section
since Thursday, the 16tli of August,
that day included. We profess to know
but little as to what effect it will have
on the crops ; but should think it is a
little “ too much of a good thing. ” This
sudden change from the long season of
dry and hot weather .which preceded it,
has had the effect to cause chills and
fever to he quite prevalent.
Savannah and Memphis Railroad.
—The letter from Opelika, Ala., and
the circular accompanying it, which we
publish in the Courier this morning,
will be read with interest by our busi
ness men. Not only the people of
Louisville, but those of every city and
county in the West and Noitliwest,
merchants, manufacturers, and farmers,
have a direct interest in the completion
of the Memphis and Savannah railroad.
— Louis. Cour. 35 th.
To be Removed. —A gentleman from
the North reports that Gen. Foster, the
Commandant, is to be removed from
Florida, and all the negro troops with
him. The white troops that were at
tacked by cholera off Savannah and
have been quarantined on Tybee Is
land for some time are to replace them.
We are told that Gen. Foster has been
guilty of many acts of oppression, and
his removal will be hailed with joy by
the people of Florida.
Cholera at Mobile —Dr. Ketchum,
the President of the Board of Health at
Mobile, reports that for the week end
ing on the 25th there have been four
fatal cases of cholera—all negroes—in
the city. The Board of Health urged
upon citizens the importance of seeking
relief from the diarrhoea, which is usu
ally premonitary of an attack ; of exer
cising care in diet ; and in the vigilant
observance of all those sanitary meas
ures, domestic and personal, which
have so often been impressed upon them
as necessary during the prevalence of
this disease.
Bennett’s Offer to the Confed
eracy.—There will shortly be publish
ed, says the New York News, a record
of the proceedings of the secret sessions
of the Confederate Congress. This in
teresting publication will reveal the fact,
beyond dispute, that James Gordon
Bennett sent an agent to the Confeder
ate Government offering to sell the in
fluence of the New York Herald to the
Confederacy, and to advocate the se
cession movement, for the sum of
£50,000 in gold, to lie paid in England.
This offer was duly considered and re
jected, upon the grounds : first, that the
New York Herald had no influence,
and could not be of service to the Con
federacy; and, secondly, that, judging
from Bennett’s antecedents and known
character, he would not keep faith with
them, but would be false to his bargain
at the first opportunity that promised a
reward for his treachery.
This is one more chapter in the his
tory of the infamous career of this bad
old man.
Southerners in New York. —We
find the following paragraph in the
New York editorial correspondence of
the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Both the ladies mentioned are daugh
ters of Col. Chambers of this city :
“A number of Southerners are here
spending their money as freely and en
joying themselves as fully as before the
war. Among the number here now are
Brig. Gen. Wilcox, of Alabama ; Gen.
Battle, of Alabama ; and Brig. Gen. N.
Harris, of Mississippi; Hon. Thomas
Hardeman, P. W. Alexander Judge
Lyon and Col. W. F. Wright, of Geor
gia. I have met quite a number of
Georgia ladies here also. Among them
the widow of the gallant and accom
plished Col. Harris, of Merriwether,
who fell a sacrifice to his country’s
cause in the late war. Mrs. H. is still
in delicate health, having never recover
ed from the shock produced by Ler hus
band’s untimely death. She is accom
panied by her sprightly and accom
plished sister, Miss Chambers, of Mus
cogee.”
Great Ratification Meeting in
Memphis. —One of the largest and most
enthusiastic gatherings ever convened
in West Tennessee was brought togeth
er m Court Square in Memphis on the
25th, to ratify the action and the delib
erations of the National Union Conven
tion at Philadelphia.
Lieut. Gen. N. B. Forrest was called
to preside, and the list of Vice Presi
dents embraced many of the most dis
tinguished citizens of the vicinity, with
out regard to past party affiliations.
The meeting was eloquently addressed
by Lieut. Gen. Forrest, Gen. Stoneman,
U. S. A., Hon. Gustavns Henry, Hon.
L. C. Haynes, and others, all of whom
heartily and strongly indorsed the de
liberations of the great Convention, and
exhorted the people to give their undi
vided support to President Johnson.
The occasion was in every respect cal
culated to inspire the masses with hope
for a speedy restoration of all their po
litical rights.
Railroad Heeling at Opelika.
A portion of the citizens of Oueljtej
and vicinity met at Col. S. F. Flo®
noy’s store, on Tuesday, the 28th in
for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the Convention to be held at Macon*
Ga., on the first Wednesday in Septenj
ber next.
On motion Frank. Watkins, Esqi
was. called to the Chair and J. Wh
Phillips requested to act as T
The object of the meeting being ex
plained by Col. T. F. Flournoy, on mo
tion a committee was appointed to pre(
pare business for the meeting. That
committee consisted of the following
gentlemen: Col. T. F. Flournoy, Jas.l
R. Greene, Esq., and Dr. E. C. Bowen.
After retiring for a while, the commit
tee returned, and reported the following
preamble and resolutions :
Whereas, A Convention has been
called to meet at Macon, Georgia, on
the first Wednesday in September
next, for the purpose of taking steps to
facilitate the building of the Savannah
and Memphis Railroad. Therefore be it
Resolved , Ist. That the town of Ope
lika be represented in said Convention,
and that ten delegates be appointed
who shall he fully authorized to co
operate with other delegates in said
Convention in promoting the interests*!
of the Savannah and
2. That we favor the subscription by
the town of Opelika of the sum of $50,-
000 to the capital stock of the Savan
nah and Memphis Railroad, and to this
end we hereby request and instruct the
Town Council to make an application
to the Legislature, at its next session,
to have the town charter s« amended as
to authorize and legalize the subscrip
tion of stock by the town of Opelika in
the sum above stated.
3. That upon the passage of a law for
: that purpose, as above provided, the
Town Council, through it Intendant,
j shall immediately give at least ten days’
notice of an election to be held by the
real estate owners of said town, at
which the question submitted shall be
(voting by ballot) —“Subscription” or
“No Subscription.” If, upon count
ing up the vote, it is found that there is
a majority of votes cast for Subscription,
the corporate authorities of the town of
Opelika shall proceed in due form, to
subscribe, in behalf of the town, $50,-
000 to the capital stock cf the Savan
nah and Memphis Railroad, by issuing
the bonds of the town, maturing
years from date, and redeemable earlier
at the option of the town.
4. That a specific tax, sufficient to
meet the annual interest accruing on
said bonds, shall be estimated and as
sessed from year to year, upon all real
estate within the corporate limits of the
town, and that in all taxes arising from
real esiate the bonded debt shall have
pre-eminence.
5. That we reaffirm our oft-repeated
expressions of confidence in the ability
and efficiency of the officers and Direc
tory of this Road, and that its able Pres
ident, Col. John R. Slaughter, deserves
especial commendation for the energy
and zeal with which he has applied
himself to this work, amid the embar
rassing circumstances by which he has
been surrounded.
The resolutions were taken up,
amended and passed in the above form.
The following delegates were appoint
ed by the Chair to represent the town
of Opelika in the Macon Convention:—
A. B. Griffin, Esq., R, C. Jeter, W. C.
Ross, J. W. Phillips, Capt. J. M. Ken
nedy, Dr. E. C. Bowen, Rcv.E. D Pitts,
Col. T. F Flournoy, J. C. W. Rogers,
and J. H. Swearingen, Esq.
Speeches were lifade during the pro
gress of the meeting by Col. Frobell, oil
-G-a.,. J. H. Esq., Capt. jA
M. Kennedy, J. K. Greene, Esq., Coir
T. F. Flournoy and others—all breath
ing a spirit of determination to prose
cute the great enterprise to its final com
pletion.
On motion, the press of Columbus,
Macon, Savannah, Opelika, Dadeville,
Tuscumbia, Memphis, St. Louis and
Louisville, were requested to publish
the proceedings of the meeting ; where
upon the meeting adjourned sine die.
F. Watkins, Chairman.
J. W. Phillips, Secretary.
The Gainesville (Ga.) Eagle says Mr.
E. M. Johnson has just returned froma
meeting of the officers of the Air Line
Railroad, held at New York. He re
ports that the road will be built from
Atlanta to Gainesville, and that from
that point two surveys will be made
one to Cheater, S. C., via Anderson C.
11., and the other to Salisbury or Char
lotte, N. C., via Pendleton, S. C. This
road, it is claimed, will, when built, be
tho shortest route from New York to
New Orleans—as direct a line as practi
cable, and that the trip between the two
points over it will be made in fifty
hours.
We have seen this and paragraphs of
similar import going the rounds of the
press for several weeks.
At the time the Air Line Road was
first talked of and surveyed to Gaines
ville, there was no talk of shortening
the route from Augusta to Columbia.
Since then a road has been projected
and is now near completion, from Ham
burg direct to Columbia, S. C., which,
when completed, will shorten the dis
tance between these two points, as
compared with the present route via
Branchville, near one hundred miles.
This will make the distance from At
lanta to Charlotte very little, if any,
greater than that proposed Air Line
road. With these facts before them,
we hardly think shrewd capitalists at
the North or elsewhere, will be willing
to place their money in an enterprise
which promises so little advantage in
distance when so many better invest
ments are presenting themselves. Tit*
Hamburg and Columbia road killed that
Cock Robin.
How Rain is Formed. —The follow
ing short explanation will show the
philosophy of what within the past
seven days has been the most common
“local” occurrence:
1. Were the atmosphere, everywhere,
at all times, at a uniform temperature,
we should never have rain, or hail, or
snow. The water absorbed by its
evaporation from the sea and the earth’s
surface, would descend in an imper
ceptible vapor, or cease to be absorbed
by the air when once fully saturated.
2. The absorbing power of the atmos
phere, and consequently its capability
to retain humidity, is proportionally
greater in cold than in warm weather.
3. The air near the surface of the
earth, is warmer than in the region of
the clouds. The higher we ascend from
the earth, the colder do we find the at
mosphere. Hence the perpetual snow
on the very high mountains in the hot
test climates. Now, when from con
tinual evaporation the air is highly
saturated with vapor, though if it be in
visible and the sky cloudless, if its tem
perature is suddenly reduced by cold
currents of air rushing from a higher to
a lower latitude, its capacity to retain
moisture is diminished, clouds are
formed, and the result is rain. Air
condenses as it cools, and like a sponge
filled with water and compressed, pours
out the water which its diminished ca
pacity cannot contain.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
By Telegraph from Europe.
Liverpool, Aug. 28.—Evening.—
Cotton closes steany j sales to-day 10,-
JMO bales; Middling Uplands 13|d.
flat and prices nominal with
downward tendency. Provisions quiet
and generally unchanged.
| London, Aug. 27. —Evening—The
market is easier with an advance of
in Consols. The closing quotation for
Consol3 89. American securities con
tinue firm, and Erie and Illinois shares
Ihave advanced. United States 5-20’s 72.
Liverpool, Aug. 28—Evening.—
i Cotton market dull and declining.
pPrices are a penny lower. Sales to
day 8,000 bales; middling uplands 13£
jj@l3£d. Breadstuffs Market weak and
prices declining. Flour and wheat
Irooping. Corn declined Cd. and mix
fd Western is quoted at 263. 3d. for 460
lbs. Provision market generally un
! changed; Lard especially dull, and
prices nominal. Sugar firm; Coffee
gUady; Rice firmer; Rosin steady and
36s. 6d.
aPondon, August 28 Evening.—
Money Market is without change. Of
ficial closing price of Consols 89 j for
money. Market for American securities
improving and prices slightly higher.
Five-Twenties 72£.
Florence, Italy, Aug. 28 P. M.—
Maxzini has refused to accept the am
nesty granted by Victor Emmanuel. He
declines to he a subject to the King on
terms preferring exile to such a po
sition.
Liverpool, Aug. 29—Noon.—Sale3
of cotton tOrday estimated at 10,000
bales. Middling uplands opened at
13|@134d.
Advices from China report that the
papers of the missing*schooner Golden
Peal were found at sea and a vessel was
sent from Hong Kong to search for her.
An arrival reports seeing the Great
Eastern on the 19th.
London, Aug. 29tli—Noon.—Open
ing prices for Consols 89| for money ;
Five-Twenties 72£.
The Paris Morning Post says the Em
press of Mexico so far succeeded in her
mission as to induce Napoleon to ex
tend the time of payment of money
due France. He refused to loan Maxi
milian ten million francs for the equip
ment of troops in Mexico, but consented
to furnish material from French arsenals.
Napoleon also agreed not to withdraw
the French troops before January.
Prjuhjh, Aug.« 28.—The headquarters
of the; Prussian army were removed
from 'this city to Topelso, northwest
frontier of Bohemia.
Southampton, Aug. 29.—Steamship
Hermania Whiled for New York this
morning with $300,000 in specie.
Reception of tbe President.
Balti tore, Aug. 28. —The Presi
dent and party left Washington 7:30
this morning. At each station persons
were com, regated to pay their respects*'
and even where the President was re
ceived fi manilest attentions of de
light ®l®;4niiapoli3 Junction Gov.
Swann, /'yland. welcomed him t,o
the Statej aCil accompanied tlitPparty to
Baltimore./ On arrival in Baltimore
the excursionists were met by a com
mittee of forty citizens, with the Mayor
as their Chairman, and escorted in open
carriages to the President street depot
for Philadelphia. Large crowds were
gathered both at the Railroad Stations
in Baltimore and on the line of the pro
cession to get a view of the excursion
ists, who were greeted by the waving
of hats and handkerchiefs and with
deafening cheers.
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 28.—Here
as at other places on the line of road,
the President has been greeted with
hearty good feeling, and was formally
received. After his brief remarks, by
request, the President appeared on the
rear platform, when the surging crowd
pressed forward and many shook his
hand. Car and workshop -windows and
balconies were crowded with spectators
repeatedly cheering, and occasionally
bands of music playing amidst the sur
rounding excitement.
Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—President
Johnson arrived this afternoon and was
welcomed by Col. Jas. Page, in behalf
of the merchants and mechanics, irre
spective of party, as the Chief Magis
trate of the Republic, the chosen pro
tector of their rights and liberties ; that
through him the union of all the States
would be restored and peace reign in
fact as well as in name. The President
said that he knew how to appreciate a
reception from the people of Philadel
phia, and that war had ceased forever.
We had had war enough ; all Ins efforts
had been to restore peace and a perma
nent reorganization of the Government.
The President’s remarks were greeted
with great applause.
Gen. Grant was also cheered.
The President w r as then escorted by
the military, under Gen. Meade, the
civic bodies, merchants, etc., to Conti
nental Hotel, where he subsequently ad
dressed the vast crowd. He will be ser
enaded to night.
Hew York, Aug. 20. —The President
was met by delegates and crowds of
persons at Burlington, Vt., and Tren
ton, N. J., where demonstrations of
respect were paid. He arrived here
this afternoon, and while crossing the
river, seven hundred salutes were fired
at the pier. He was received by differ
ent municipal committees and citi
zens, among whom were Alex. T. Stew
art, Wm. B. Astor, Com. Vanderbilt,
Moses Taylor and others. He was then
escorted to City Hhll, when Mayor
Hoffman welcomed him to the great
Metropolis, to which the President re
plied in felieitous terms. Subsequently
heads of City Departments were pre
sented, and shortly afterwards the Pres
ident was escorted up Broadway by
military and civil processions, and final
ly to Delmonico’s; then the military
passed in review before the President—
the officers saluting, and the soldiers
and citizens cheering.
This evening the President and party
will participate in a splendid banquet
at Delmonico’s, and afterwards proceed
to sth Avenue Hotel. The march of
procession was witnessed by hundred of
thousands of spectators. The number
exceeding, if possible, that which lined
that great thoroughfare on occasion of
the funeral of President Lincoln. The
civil and military authorities co-opera
ted with the Citizens’ and Merchants’
Committee with remarkable unanimity,
and thus gave to the distinguished guest
the grandest reception ever accorded to
From Washington.
Washington, Aug. 27.—1 tis under
stood that the President’s party to start
for Chicago will embrace some 25 per
sons. Secretary Seward and several
members of his familypSec’y Welles
and lady, and Postmaster-General
Randall will go, the other members of
the Cabinet find it impossible to leave.
Gen. Grant and his chief of staff, Rawl
ings, Admiral Farragut, Gen. McClel
lan and lady, Surgeon-General Barnes
and lady, will be of the party. Sena
tor Patterson and lady, Col. W. G.
Moore, Col. Robert Moore, Marshall
Godding Mr. L. A. Gobring/of the
Associated Press, and Mr. W. W. Ar
den will accompany the President.
Washington, Aug. 28. —Cornelius
Mendell has been appointed Superin
tendent of Public Printing, vice John
D. Defries removed. Richard W. King
has been appointed Collector at New
bern.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Official in
formation has been received from Mad
rid of the confirmation of the royal or
der granting to Major General Wm. F.
Smith, President of the International
Ocean Company, the right to establish
line& of submarine telegraph between
the United States and the West India
Islands by way of Cuba.
Reception of Pronideut loiuoon.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—At a meet
ing of the Merchant’s Exchange a com
mittee was appointed to receive and
welcome the President to the oily oa
his arrival. At the Com Exchange a
resolution was offered to appoint a com
mittee to co-operate with the Merchant’s
in receiving the President, but was de
feated, receiving only four votes, while
the negative was almost unanimous.
The Journeyman Tailors Society of the
city have resolved to turn out en masse
to receive the President.
Railroad Accident.
New York, Aug. 27.—A train load
ed with petroleum on the Erie Railroad
collided with another train near Narrow
zury, N. J. The petroleum caught fire
and burned the whole train and three
dwellings and 50,000 feet of lumber.
Mr. Williams, while endeavoring to
rescue his tw r o children, was fatally
burned. His wife jumped from a two
story window and immediately gave
birth to a child. Loss 80,000.
From China— Marine Disaster, Ac.
San Francisco, Aug- 26.— The Brit
ish ship Twilight, from Hong Kong for
Sandwich, lias been wrecked near the
island of Piccary—one hundred and
fifty three Chinese passengers and’one
Englishman were drowned.
The flag ship Hartford had arrived at
Ilong Kong from Amoy, and reported
that the Imperialists had beaten 6,500
rebels, causing them to retire.
The Soldiers’ Convent ion.
Washington, Augr 27.—There are
the strongest indications that the Con
vention of Soldiers w)io endorse the
President, to be 'at Cleveland on
the 17th of September,, wijljjrove to he
a grand success. Many prominent offi
cers in the States of the North will par
ticipate. N6 less than seven Generals
from New York, in addition to those
who originally signed the call, have
requested their names to be affixed to
it. Among tlieui Ate ixifijk Egau, G,u
ham, Disbrie and Ferrero. Hundreds
of letters are received daily by the
Committee from soldiers who endorse
and sympathize with the movement.
Trouble in the lVig;wam.
New York, Aug. 29.—Raymond has
met threats to expel him by calling
a meeting of the National Executive
Committee by virtue of his position
as Chairman. Gov. Wardlow, of New
Jersey, writes a letter thereupon de
nouncing Raymond a3 the betrayer of
his party.
From Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Aug. 29.— J. Laur
ence Getz, democrat, editor of Reading
Gazette, lias been nominated for Con
gress. The Republicans have nomina
ted W. D. Kelly, Leonard Myer, Chas.
O’Neili and Jno R. Syndall.
The democrats audconservatives that
support llie President’s policy express
great indignation at the course of the
municipal authorities for refusing their
hospitalities to the Prestdent and his
party, and by this action, or refusal to
act, have placed themselves in an ex
ceptional position, all other cities hav
ing tendered hospitalities.
From Mexico, «!fce.
San Francisco, Aug. 27.—A letter
from Mexico states t hat a portion of the
expedition under John Burney, lauded
safely in Sinola, with 4,000 muskets
and 6 pieces of artillery, and is now sup
posed to be with Comma.
The town of Mariposa, Cal., was
destroyed by fire on the 25th. Five or
six buildings were saved. The estima
ted loss is 1100,000.
From the West Indies.
Boston, Aug. 28 —Advices from Hayti
to sth inst. have been received. Avery
destructive fire occurred at Cape Haytien
on the 26th July, damage being estima
ted at about $700,000. The insurgents
had advanced upon Cape Tlayticn, but
were repulsed by the government troops
under General Mcmtes. At last accounts
they were in full retreat into San Do
mingo.
Deaths.
New York, Aug. 28.—Dean Rich
mond died yesterday in this city.
Rev. John Pierpont died suddenly iu
Boston last night, aged 81.
Washington, Aug. 29.—Ex. Gov.
J. M. Morehead, of North Carolina,
died yesterday at Rockbridge Alum
Springs, Va.
Cholera.
New Orleans, Aug. 27.—Cholera
deaths for 48 hours, ending this morn
ing, 26.
New Orleans, Aug. 28.—Only four
teen deaths from cholera yesterday.
Cincinnati, Aug. 27.—0n1y eleven
deaths from cholera yesterday.
Cincinnati, Aug. 28.—Twenty-five
deaths from cholera yesterday.
New Yorl, Aug. 28.—Only 2 cases
of cholera were reported in the city to
day. The official report shows there
were 114 deaths from cholera the past
week. In Brooklyn 6 cases reported
to-day, 8 fatal.
Delegates to the Union Convention.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25.—The
following Delogates at laTge were ap
pointed to-day by the State Convention
of the Union Republican party, to the
Convention of the Southern loyalists, at
Philadelphia:
Hartford county, Geo. J. R. Hawley,
of New Haven ; Ex-Gov. Dillon, New
London ; Ex-Gov. Buckingham, of Lith
field; Ex-Gov. Hocly, of Fairfield ;
Gen. Ferris Windham; Hon. G. W.
Phillips, Middlesex : Hon. B. Douglass,
Tolland; Cbas, A. Atkins,
NO. TANARUS(.
Selma and Vulf Kitilrnaci.
The following letter w£s addressed
by Col. Lapsley, of Selina, to Hon. W.
11. Crenshaw, Chairman of the Rail
road Committee at Greenville, in reply
to a communication by the latter, en
closing the report of Mr. J. T. Milner,
in relation to the importance of re-es
tablishing the Mobile and Girard Road
on the old route, via Perdido station,
on the Mobile and Great Northern Rail
road, and the connection of Selma by
railroad at Midway, on the Selma and
Gulf Railroad. It appears in the Green
ville Advocate, of the 23d inst. Col.
Lapsley acknowledges the importance
of the connection to Selma :
Selma, Aug. 2d, 1866.
Hon. W. IT. Crenshaw :
Dear Sir—My recent absence from
the State will give you a sufficient rea
son for tire delay of my response to your
valued favor of the 10th ult. I have
read with much interest the report of
Mr. John T. Milner, and am conversant
with his history as an engineer. I re
gard him as one of om* best, engi
neers, and good authority on all rail
road questions which he has investi
gated. I concur fully in the views
i, presented in this report While
'he shows the great value of the system
' presented by him, it carried out., to the
| fortunately located .1 1 prosperous
town oi Greenville.
| exhibiting the interest Mobile lias, and
| Columbus too, in constructing the Mo
! bile and Girard Railroad on ihe original
; route, via Burnt Corn, Midway and
I Greenville, seems to me to amount to !
demonstration. He demonstrates too,
I think, (regarding his statements as
facts, which I do not question,) the ne
cessity to Mobile, of the proposed con
nection at Greenville, or some equiva
lent, measure if there he any other, un
less she intends to succumb, and sur
render to Pensacola without a struggle,
the great bulk of the rich harvests to be
reaped in the future, from the wide and
extended tields destined to pour their
rich and varied products through the
best and most inviting channels to the
Gulf. Mr. Milner, in his clear, but brief
summary, has not extended his survey
as he would have done, had he intended
to briug to view all the important facts
aqd considerations hearing upon this
subject. But what lie lias presented is
sufficient to awaken the keenest interest
in the sections ami places more directly
interested. 1 regard the interest of Sel
ma, in this project, though secondary
to some other places, and some other
enterprises, sufficient to awaken a live
ly interest in her citizens, and to induce
a disposition to render such aid as they
may be able to afford, for its accom
plishment. At present, however, Selma |
is not in a position to lend a helpyiff !
hand ; all her resources, and that of
citizens being demanded by present e *
igencies. Selma has to provide for a
considerable debt which accumulated j
during the war, and citizen® with bbt*
few exceptions, have no surplus means,
having to make large expenditures to
replace the numerous buildings destjojfe
ed by the federal troops on the capture
I of the place, near the close of the war.
I hope, however, the time is not distant
! when they will have the ability to assist.
• The Selma and Gulf Railroad is a favor-
I ite projeet with them, and they look
| forward with great interest to its early
; accomplishment. It will be much facil
! itated by the very feasible plan proposed
| by Mr. Milner, if carried out.
Very respectfully yours,
J. W. Lapsley.
Prussia.
HER ACQUISITIONS ON THE MAIN—EVAC
UATION OF BOHEMIA.
Berlin, Prussia, Aug. 22.
The Prussian commissioners have,
with the Sanction of the government,
concluded a peace with Bavaria;and
blessed minus tad ■ jit ;cufia ai-3 very
advantageous to Pruss/a and in accord
ance with her original demand.
Bavaria cedes to Prussia the northern
district, composed of Liclitenfels, former
ly called Upper Franconia, and the wall
ed town of Kulmbach.
The Bavarian government also un
dertakes to pay Prussia 30,000,000 of
florens as an indemnity for her expense
in the war.
Hesse Darmstadt cedes to Prussia
the territory of the landgraviate of Hes
se Hamburg, a State which was admit
ted a member of the confederation of
the Rhine in the year 1817, and lies di
rectly between Rhinish Bavaria, Rhin
ish Prussia and Birkenfield.
Prussia also obtains the exclusive
right to garrison the Fortress of May
ence, for which duty Hesse Darmstadt
hitherto contributed 2,000 infantry, be
sides giving 333 men to the federal Ger
man army.
Under the treaty Bavaria retains the
territory of Upper Hesse, which will be
joined to and ineorpoi a ted € witli the new
confederation of Northern Germany,
the organization aud limits of which
will be arranged after the peace treaty is
perfected between Prussia and Austria.
Berlin, August 22.
The Prussian troops which had pene
trated into Bohemia, during the opera
tions against Austria, commenced to
evacuate the territory It, is thought
they will have completed the work by
the 15th of September.
Kulmhach is a walled town-in the cir
cle of Upper Franconia on the railroad,
forty-eight miles northeast of Nurem
bitrg. It contains about four thousand
inhabitants
Licliteufels is a town on the Main,
with a station on the Nuremberg and
Neumarket railroad, twenty miles north
east of Bamberg. Its population is less
than five hundred.
Hesse Homburg, a landgraviate of
west Germany, consists of two separate
territories: Ist, Homburg proper, about
ten miles north-northwest of Frankfort,
bounded north, west, and south by
Nassau, and northeast and east by Hes
se Darmstadt; 2d, Meissenheim, about
thirty miles southwest of Mentz, bound
ed north by Rliencsh Prussia, from
which it is separated by the Nalie. The
total area is 106 square miles; of which
32 belong to Homburg and 74 to Meis
senheim. The population is about
twenty-five thousand, and the govern
ment’s revenue is chiefly derived from
gambling.
Ober Hesse, the northeastern prov
ince of Hesse Darmstadt, contains a
population of 310,000.
Important to the Planter. —Our
Chamber of Commerce at its last meet
ing appointed Maj. W. H. C. Price, as
a commissioner to proceed to Washing
ton to endeavor to effect a change in the
present cotton tax in reference to ship
ment. As the law now stands, it is un
lawful for the producer to remove cot
ton from his plantation until the tax is
paid and the bale marked, or tagged.
Major Price will endeavor to have it so
arranged that the planters throughout
this section will be “allowed to bring
their cotton to the city and pay the tax
aud have it marked here. This is a
very important matter, and if the Ma
jor succeeds in his mission, it will he of
great advantage and convenience to our
planters. lie left for Washington this
morning. —Montgomery Jfail, 2 at7i.
The Irnsn Emigration. —The Cork
Examiner states that within a short pe
riod four vessels, which run between
Queenstown and New York, have
brought back about two hundred pas
sengers each, the majority of whom
were Irish. The Irish “immigration”
is cltiefly artisans of the lower grades,
and laborers who left Ireland lately,
and who have not succedcd in finding
in America the well paid employment
they expected. They state that if wages
are higher in the United States, the
price of provisions has much increased,
as compared with the period preceeding
the civil war, and that their position
would consequently not have been im
proved by remaining there. Emigrants
are still leaving Cork, howeyer, in con
siderable numbers.
* Important to Farmers.
Decisions by the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue. •
The following decision have recent
ly been given by ?the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washington. *They
are important to farmers,* In ■fftWSar as
they untangle some of the knotty
points of the law: t
1. Farmers will not be required to
make return of produce consumed in
their own immediate family.
2. The farmer’s profits from sales of
live stock arc to be found by deducting
from gross receipts of animals sold, the
purchase money paid for the same. If
animals have been lost duting H the year
by death or robbery, the purchase
money paid for such animals may be
deducted from the gross iucomo of the
farm. >
3. No deduction cati be. nyule by the
farmer for the value of services render
ed by Ids minor children! whether he
actually pays for such services or not.
If his adult children, work for him and
receive compensation for their laboiy
they are to be regarded as other labors
ers in determining Ins income.
3. Money paid for labor, except such
as is used or employed in domestic ser
vice, or in the production of articles
consumed in the family of the producer
may he deducted.
5. No deduction can be allowed in
any case for the co'st of unproductive
labor. If house servants are employed
a portion of the time in productive la
bor, such as the making of butter and >
cheese for sale, a proportionate amount ’
of the wages paid them may be deduct
ed.
6. Expenses for ditching and dealing
new land are plainly expenses for per
manent improvements, and not deduct
able.
7. The whole amount expended for
fertilizers applied during the year to the
farmer’s lands may be deducted, but no
deduction is allowed for fertilizers pro
duced on the farm. The cost of seed
purchased for sowing and planting may
be deducted.
3. If a person sells timber standing,
the profits are to be ascertained by esii
matiug the value of the land after the
removal of the timber, and from the
sura thus obtained deducting the esti
mated value of the land on the Ist day
of January, 1802, dr on the day of pur
chase, if purchased since that date.
9. Where no repairs have been made
by the tax payer upon any building
owned by him during the preceedlug
live years, nothing can be deducted for
repairs made during the year for which
his income is estimated.
10. A farmer should make return of
all his produce sold within the year, but
a mere executory contract for a sale is
not a sale; delivery, either actual or
constructive is essential. 1 The criterion
by which to judgk whether a sale is
complete or not, is to determine wheth
er the vendor still mains in that char
acter a light 0v.%. Ihe property; if
property were lost or destroyed, upoft
which of the parties,.in the absence
any other relation 1 between tliein
that of the vendor and vendee, frould;
the loss fall. '
Rmul News for I lie Hiiiitfry.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
of Monday, the 20th instant, publishes
the following, which will give our read
! ers some idea of the iuexhaustible fer
tility of the Western country :
T AWithin six weeks, that is to say, by
Ist of October, will be harvested
one of the largest corn crops ever pro
duced in the United States. Nothing
can look more luxuriant than the fields
of grooving corn that cover thousands of
acres in the vallies of the Ohio and Mis
souri rivers, where one-half of the en
tire crop in the United States is pro
duced. A writer in one of the Western
papers calculates that, as a bushel of
corn contains sixty solid pounds of
grain, the crop of the current year, even
if it should not exceed, 80,000,000 bush
els, will amount to tour thousand eight
hundred million (4,800,000,000) pounds
of grain, besides an equal weight in fod
der. The value to the country of such
an aggregate of agricultural wealth,
springing from a single crop, is not easi
ly conceived. Though wheat realizes a
higher price per bushel in the market,
its positive value as a life-sustaining
product is much inferior to that of
maize, since the former averages hut
little more thou one-third as much to
the acre in the quantity grown. The
statistics of the production of corn in
.the United Slates for the last twenty
five years are as tonows, viz :
Bushels.
In 1810, total crop 377,531,875
In 1850, total crop 592,671,104
In 1800, total crop 830,451,707
In 1866, total crop (estimated) 1,039,000,000
The writer, whose calculations we
have noticed, remarks upon this show
ing as follows : “The increase being at
the rate of four per cent, per annum,
the aggregate crop of 1866 will-be over
one thousand millions of bushels ! Es
timate this at sixty cents per bushel, and
conceive, if you can, the feeding power
of this enormous quantity of ludian
corn.”
No wonder that the farmers of the
West exult in the prospects afforded by
their luxuriant fields. They have sure
ly been disappointed, as no staple of
agriculture seems so well adapted to re.
sist the changes of our climate. Taking
the last twenty years together, the aver
age yield per acre in the “Buckeye
State” is not far from thirty-three bush
els. Corn is a commodity which should
not he despised.
The RoTHScniLDS in a Richmond
Court lmportant Suit SBO,OOO
worth of Tobacco Involved —Messrs
James de Rothschild, Alphonse de
Rothschild, and Gustave de Rothschild,
partners under the firm of Rothschild
Brothers, Paris, by their counsel,. W.
W. Crump and Robert Ould, have filed
bills iu chancery in Judge Lyons’ Court
in two suits, one against John S. Loomis
and Richard H. Dibrell, and the other
against John S. Loomis aud William
W. Weisigcr, setting forth that in 1859
and 1860 they purchased aud paid for
three hundred and sixty-six hogsheads
of very superior tobacco, expressly
adapted to the French trade, and that
they deposited two hundred and fifty
three hogsheads for future shipment in
the warehouse of It. H. Dibrell, known
as Anderson’s warehouse, and one hun
dred and thirteen hogsheads in W. W.
Weisiger’s warehouse, known as My
ers’s warehouse, the former worth iu
market now fifty-five thousand dollars ;
and the latter twenty five thousand dol
lars ; that they took the usual ware
house receipts from Dibrell aud Weiai
ger, but they refused to deliver the to
bacco to them or their agents; that
some time last year John S. Loomis
(who is a special agent of the United
State Treasury Department) claimed
said tobacco, and required Dibrell and
Weisigev to hold it subject to his order
and control. It appears that Loomis
has recently had the tobacco opened
and sampled, and has advertised it to
be sold at auction on the oth day of
September next.
The Messrs. Rothschild pray for an
injunction to restrain Loomis and his
agents from taking possession of the to
bacco or interfering with it in any way,
and to restrain Dibrell and Weisiger
from delivering it to him, or removing
it from their warehouses. They also
ask the appointment of a receiver of the
court to take possession of the tobacco,
and ask that it may he decreed to be
their property.
Judge Lyons awarded the injunction,
and required Dibrell to give a bond,
with good security, in the sum of $75,-
000, and Weisiger a bond for $30,000,
conditioned to "have the tobacco forth
coming to answer the decree of the
court. These gentlemen decline to exe
cute the bonds, and Sergeant Thomas
U. Dudley took possession of the to
bacco.
Os course it will be understood that
Messrs. Dibrell aud Weisiger were at
all times ready to comply with their
obligations as warehouse men, but were
restrained by the' agent of thto tlnited
States ; and that Mr. Loomis is only
acting for the Government, aud aiming
to discharge his duty as an officer. It
is really a suit between Messrs. Roth
schild and the United States Govern
ment.—Rich. Dis. , Aug. 25.
A gay Lothario, in Dowagiac county,
Michigan, recently elopeu with his step
mother, taking SBOO of greenbacks be
longing to the “old man.” The latter
was very willing to spare his new wife,
who, for some time, had preferred his
son to himself. He therefore sent an
officer after them and recovered the.
greenbacks, lettiDg the amorous pair
slide.