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ToCAi AFFAIRS,
U»K. O. J. Staley, Esq.,at Marianna,is our
duly authorized agent for .West. Florida.
Muscooee Railroad Meeting.— At
the annual meeting of, the stockholders
of the Muscogee Bailroad'company, the
following gentlemen Cverc elected Di
rectors and officers for the ensuing year:
President— i. L. Mubtian. 1
Directors— rj. P. Bozeman,
L. G. Bowers,
L. T. Downing,
8. M. Fajrrak,
R. L. MotfT,
J. Rhodes Browne.
Siqterintendent—W. L. Clark.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. M. Biv
ins.
Owing to the fact that a sufficiency of
stock was not represented, no action
was taken on -any of the measures
mentioned in the President’s report.
The 24tli of October next was ap
pointed as the time of the next meet
ing. Stockholders will be notified that
their stock may be represented by
proxy, if they are unable to attends
Contrasts. —The fines and costs im
posed by the Mayor of Montgomery for
the month of August amount to about
SI,OOO, of which $445.55 have been col
lected by the Marshal. The number of
offenders was 131—38 whites and 93
blacks.
In Columbus,a city of about the same
size, the number of arrests during the
same month was 21, of whom eight
were whites and thirteen blacks. The
fines imposed were SBS, of which
$53 were collected. From this we
jouge that Columbus is the most order
ly city.
Goods Passing Through and Ar
rived.—We notice that a large lot of
goods—heavy groceries from the West—
for several days past have been received
by the Opelika road. Tw rrcre~ trom
Si T.ouJn ana Western cities and came
via Mobile. Large dray loads of box
goods for Montgomery and other points
are being carried through from the Mus
cogee -road. They came from New
York via Savannah. Fall goods are
arriving also in this city. Both the
Express Agencies appear to be doing a
good business.
The Ladies of the Memorial Associa
tion of Columbus, Georgia, tender their
sincere thanks to their friends in New
York City for a purse of $239 received,
with a list of contributors, at the hands
of Mrs. James F. Winter and Miss
Liela Howard. The donors are regis
tered as honorary members of the As
sociation, and the contribution appro
priated as requested—to the burial of
the -dead at Resaca.
Mrs. Robt. Carter, Pres’t.
“ C. Dexter, Treas.
“ C. J. Williams,
Corresponding Secretary.
Large Returns.— Mr. Jos. E. Web
ster, the Assessor of the Second Dis
trict of Georgia, consisting of thirty
four counties, informs us that for the
fiscal year ending June 30th. the prop
erty assessed in his district amounts to
over $2,300,000. On this amount taxes
must be paid to the United States Gov
ernment. This sltnr is considerably
larger than the returns from some of the
Northern States. Since the 30tli over
SIOO,OOO have been assessed.
Mr. Webster will leave for Washing
ton in a few clays, when lie will endeav
or to get the Treasury regulations’ so
modified as to let cotton seek its proper
mart, and there he weighed and assess
ed. Tb’is privilege is now granted to
whose market is Co
lumbus. A
Day* for Weighing Cotton. —We
learn trota the National Intelligencer
that the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue lias designated the following
places and times where cotton is marked
and weighed in the Second District of
Georgia :
Macon—Monday, Wednesday aud
Friday.
Columbus—Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Albahy—Monday and Saturday.
Hnwkinsvllle—Thesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
Bainbridge—Monday and Saturday.
Fort Gaines—Monday and Saturday.
Fort Valley—Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
Americus—Wednesday and Thurs
day. • -V
Cuthbert —Tuesday and Friday.
Georgetown—Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Griffin—Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Had the Right Idea.— Yesterday we
overheard a conversation between two
negro men. They were arguing con
cerning the rights of darkies. One said
“I golly you’ve got to work for de
white folks or you’ve got to starve.
Quicker nigger knows dis, better for
him. Nigger better be on good terms
with white folks he’ll make by it.”
If this advice was only followed how
much trouble and annoyance could be
avoided.
A Desired Curse.— The Richmond
Examiner pronounces cotton a curse.
‘‘Our man” would like to receive a little
of that curse, especially when it is worth
thirty cents per pound.
How to Enjoy it. —ln a very learned
and clever article on “Kissing,” Chas.
Astor Bristed says : “Finally the man
w.ho enjoys tins beautiful interchange
of lips and hearts must not practice it
promiscuously. There should be no
limit to the kisses, but a very decided
limit to the number kissed. Make it
common and you debase aud destroy it
at once.”
Brick Pomeroy does not know but
what Bristed is . right. Hence in his
paper, the LaCrosse Democrat, he says :
“We are making up a small and se
lect circle to whom we will confine our
kissing attention. There is room for a
few more ladies in it, who may leave
their names, residences, and carles de
visile at the Democratic office until fur
ther notice. The Bristed theory
be a correct one—we propose to give it
a fair test.”
Our devil is likewise opening a list.
Applications should be made early.
The Local prefers, his in a more quiet
way, though lie by no means objects to a
trial of the Bristed theory. It may be
a good tiling, as Brick says, though a
fair and impartial judgment cannot be
delivered until a full list has been made.
The End of the Elopement.—
We learn from the Atlanta Intelligen
cer of Sunday that sergeant Haycock
and Miss Alicette De Haven, an ac
count of whose elopement we gave a
few days since, have been held apart in
durance vile at the “Planters’ Hotel,”
awaiting the arrival of the young lady’s
father. He reached Atlanta Saturday
afternoon and sought an interview with
his daughter, and an entire reconcilia
tion took place, and she consented to
return to her home in Selma. The
Yankee sergeant passed into military
hands, and will be returned to hiscQm
mamd to answer the charge of desertion.
He was taken in charge Saturday after
noon by a guard of two men from the
Atlanta garrison.' All parties left for
Selma Sunday morning.
COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE DAILY SUN AND TIMES, )
Columbus, Ga., September 9, 1866. f
■ cotton—New cotton ia coming in very slow
lyi This, In a great, measure, is owing to the
| raina. These, it isl reared, will greatly injure
the growing crop, while it will affect the bolls
already open. The past week 98 bales have
been received*—alf but five, which came on the
M. a Cl. R. R., were from wagons. Market
dull at 22@27 "cents—the best grades of new
cotton commanding the latter figure.
weekly statement.
Stock Sept 1,1866 2,801
Received past week. 98 98
Total, j 2,959
Shipped past ty6ek.... *3 53
Stock Sept. 2,906
Gkneual Market. —Some improvement in
and rope. Prices unchang
ed. Few Fall dry gpods on hand.
Domestics—Oshaburgs, retail, 30e; wholesale
28c; Yarns $2 6Q@ts3 f) bunch.; sheetings and
shirtings (Macon) 24@270.
Country Produce—Beef 7@Bc; chickens 25@
30c; eggs 30; butter 40c ; pork, none; sweet po
tatoes Bsl per bushel.
G©£D-»-Buying 143—selling 145.
Silver—Buying 133—selling 135.
Transactions extremely limited.
Exchange on New York % c premium.
Columbus Bank Bills 20c on the dollar.
WHOLESALEAIIDBETAIL MARKET—CORRECTED
WEEKLY.
Wholesale. Retail.
Bagging—lndia-,, 45 45
Kentucky 45 45
Bacon—Sugar-cur’dHaros 30 j 30@ 33
Plain “ “ 26@ 28 30
Clear Sides 25@ 26 28@ 30
Shoulders .... 20@ 21; 24
Butter—Goshen
Western
Country , 40.i 60
Candles —Star 27@ 28 50
Adamantine.... 35 50
Sperm 00 75
Candies 35@ 1 25 75@ 1 60
Cheese—Western Reserve 25@ 30 40
English Dairy... 40
Cigars—Havana 90 @IBO 10@ 33
Domestic 17 @6O 5@ 15
Coffee —Rio 30@ 35 40@ 50
Java...." 45@ 48: 6(1
Copperas 7@ 8 15
Corn, '.vith sact 1 60@i VO 1 tn
Flour—Fine 11 @l2 ;
Superfine 13 @l4 8c ft.
Plain Extra 115 @lB 10 do
Extra Family 20@22 12 do
Fodder..... -3
Hay 2 2
Lard 25@ 28
Leather— Kip. ." .' 4 @ 6 5 @7 .
Upper.... 3 @ 4 4 @p
Lime cask,6 bus 6 2 ft bus
Liquors—Brandy 6@25 2@6f)bot
Bum 3@ 4 150 do
Gin 3@ 4 1 50@2 do i
Schnapps 16 @l7 2 do
Mackerel—Bids, acc. Nos. 20 @24
’X “ “ 11 @l2 50
kits “ 4 @ 4 50 4 50@5
Meal 170 180
MolasesS—New Orleans.. 1 125
A , Golden Syrup. 1 50 2
Ga. &Fla. cane 75@ 90 1 J
Pork—Mess, bbl 38 @4O j
Potatoes—lrish, bb1....
Sweet, f) bus
Powder—FFFG,kegs 55 1 00
Half kegs 70:
Quarter kegs... 75
Rope—Machine-made, 25, 30 j
Manilla 30 40
Rye-, 2 j
STllt —Liverpool g 25 3 50 I
Shot—Drop 3 75@4 i 20c Wlt
Buck 4 : 20c f) It. !
Soap—West ern 13@ 15 i 14@ 16
Soft 6! 8
Colgate’s 19 25
Soda—Kegs, ft 15@ 16 25
Packages, ft It 16@ 18; 30
Sugar—Cuba IS 25
A 20@ 22! 25 I
8.. 19@ 211 25 i
C 18@ 19 j 25 |
Prime 19@ 20;
Choice 19@ 21:
Tea—lmperial 2 j 3
Oolong 1 25 2 50
Tobacco—Chewing 50@ 1 25 1 75@1 75
Unsound. 30@ 35;
Sound and com.. 40@ 50
Sound medium.. 60@ 75;
Yellow (lino) 1 @ 1 25:
Smoking,ft gross j 5 @l2 |<>oe@sl It.
Twine 40 45
Whisky—Rectified 2 50@4 |3 @5
Bourbon 3 50@6 I7 @9
Robinson co !3 50@4 501 5
Cheap Grade...; 2 25
Wines—Sherry ’I 5 @G 50 ! 2@J3$lbot
Port 5 @6 50j2@3 do
Claret ft box 7 50@ 9 Ll@i 25 do
Ohampagn est doz; 25 @SO i3@s do
I Ratification meeting in If arris Coun
ty.
At a public meeting in Hamilton, on
the 4th inst., at which all the old politi
cal parties were represented, Dr. T. F.
Brewster was called to the Chair and
James Patillo requested to act as Secre
tary, ~r t
On motion of Hon. W. I. Hudson the
Chair appointed a committee of five,
viz: Hon. W. T. Hudson, Maj. Flynn
Hargett, Hon. J. J. W. Biggers, Col.
James M. Mobley, Hon. M O. F«rky,
and J. M. Wisdom, Esq., to prepare t
business for the meeting.
After an absence of a few minutes the
committee reported the following pre
amble and resolutions:
Recognizing in the Great National
Unitfn Convention, recently held in the
city of Philadelphia, the true spirit of a
Constitutional Union, believing the ac
tion of that Convention, in the “Decla
ration of Principles,” and “Address to
the People of the United States,” to be
well calculated to restore to all the peo
ple of all the States the blessings of Free
Government, and cherishing the hope
that principles at once so sound and
conservative, will find a ready approval
in the hearts of the people, and through
them exercise a salutary influence over
the future legislation of our National
Congress, the people of Harris county,
in mass meeting assembled, do resolve,
1. That we do hereby ratify and en
dorse the action of said Convention,
and hail the harmony and unanimity
that characterized its deliberations, as a
cheering indication that true conserva
tism, and fraternal good feeling will
soon prevail throughout our whole
country.
2. That our thanks are due to Presi
dent Johnson for the noble, manly and
patriotic manner in which he has en
deavored to preserve the dignity, equal
ity and rights of the several States of
the Union.
Speeches were delivered by Judge
Hudson, Col. Mobley and Dr. Bedell,
urging the adoption of the preamble and
resolutions, after which the motion to
adopt was carried unanimously.
On motion, the Columbus papers
were requested to publish the proceed
ings of the meeting.
The meeting then adjourned.
T. F. Brewster, Chairman.
Jas. Pattllo, Secretary.
Suspension of Taxes in Georgia.
—The Savannah News thinks that as
Governor Jenkins has sold a sufficient
amount of bonds to pay the United
States tax, he has not authority to sus
pend the collection of tax on lands.
The News quotes the following law in
support of the opinion-.
An Act to authorize the Governor un
der certain circumstances to arrest the
State Tax upon land for the year 1865.
Sec. 1. Beit enacted, Ac., That in
the event that his Excellency the Gov
ernor should not be able, by issuing
bonds, to pay the land tax levied by the
United States Government amounting
to five hundred and eiebty-iour thou
sand three hundred and sixty-seven dol
lars and thirty-three cents ($584,86733)
so that the same will have to be paid bj r
the owners of land so taxed, that then
in such pase His Excellency the Gov
ernor be, and he is hereby authorized
to arrest the collection of so much of
the State tax as is levied on lands in
the State by virtue of the tax bill to
raise a revenue for the year 1865.
Sec. 2d repeals conflicting laws.
Approved March 12, 1865.
Dastardly Outrage. —On Wednes
day in Atlanta, an okl man named
William Berry, about seventy-six years
of age, who resides in Henry coun
ty, was begging for the means
of a livelihood. He managed to get
twelve dollars and a half through the
charity of some of our merchants and
others. On Wednesday night, just
before the time for the Georgia train to
leave, he was knocked down by some
negroes in the vicinity of the Car-Shed,
and his hard-earned money taken from
him. The negroes who committed the
dastardly act had made their escape be
fore the policemen came up.
Crops in Screven County.—The
editor of the Waynesboro’ Times re
turned a few days ago from a trip to
Screven county. He reports that the
crop prospects are much better there
than in Burke. The, grain yield has
been unexpectedly heavy. The cotton
crop will turn out a reasonable profit,
Onr Railroad System.
An article from a correspondent,
which appeared lately in this journal,
reoommendihg the connection of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad at
Station No. 5 with the Georgia Central
Road at Milen, thereby placing 'this
eity in close connection with Macon,
Columbus, and all points beyond, is at
tracting some attention in Georgia.
The great value of this enterprise can
not be questioned, and if a charter can
be had from Hie State of Georgia of a
liberal character, and the Georgia Cen
tral Railroad be willing to place the
Charleston Road on a system of equal
ity with their own road in their freight
and passenger charges, the enterprise
should be pushed through without a
moment’s delay. This line would give
us the nearest route to Macon, Colum
bus, Montgomery and Tuscumbia. At
this last mentioned place it strikes the
Tennessee River at a point where it
is at all times navigable, which fact ren
ders a connection at Tuscumbia greatly
more advantageous than one at Nash
ville, the Cumberland river below Nash
ville being very uncertain. At Tus
cumbia steamboats ply to all points in
the Great West, and were this route
managed with skill and business tact,
it would soon attract all the freight from
the Great West which now cofnes here
via Baltimore and other points by sea.
In addition, it gives Charleston the best
possible route through the great cotton
belt of Georgia, and penetrates a part of
Alabama which is full of resources.
We commend this enterprise to our
business men.
The above is from a late number of
j the Charleston News.
We ai’e pleased to find that the city
I of Charleston is waking up to the im
‘ portance of the Opelika and Tuscumbia
' link in the Savannah and Memphis Rail
; road. The proposed initial point on
the Charleston and Savannah road is
, fit miles from Ul.arlce
ton. From Coosawhatchie to Milen is
| 33 miles—making the whole distance
i from Charleston to Milen 94 miles.
From Milen to this city is 211—from
this city to Tuscumbia 248 miles—ma
king the whole distance from Charles
ton to the navigable waters of the Mis
sissippi at Tuscumbia 553 miles. From
Charleston to Johnsonville on the Ten
nessee River below Tuscumbia, (which
is her present nearest connection with
the navigable waters of the Mississippi
river,) is G7o miles. To make the con
nection with this city and Montgomery,
only 33 miles of road remains to be con
structed. It will foim almost an air
line road from Charleston to Montgom
ery, when the road from Union Springs
to Montgomery is completed—being
392 miles against, 483 by the present
route via Augusta and Atlanta. By
the proposed route the distance between
Tuscumbia and Charleston is only 15
miles greater than that of Tuscumbia
and Savannah. Wc think there can be
little doubt that the Georgia Legisla
ture will grant the charter privileges
necessary to make this connection if ar
rangements can be made with the Cen
tral Railroad Company for the equality
of privileges, of which we think there
can be little doubt.
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
A special meeting of the Cotton Plan
ters’Convention met at the City Hall,
Macon, Ga., on the 6th September, Col.
J. V. Jones presiding.
After the Constitution and
were read, an invitation was given by
the President for membership. The
following gentlemen appointed as dele
gates by the City Board of Trade: J.
H. Anderson, J. DeLoacbe, J. B. Ross,
J. F. Greer, H. L. Jewett, C. H. Rog
ers, Henry Horne, O. A. Caldwell, G.
A. Dure, O. G. Sparks, N. L. Whittle,
P. E. Bowdre, were received as honor
ary members. Also the following gen
tlemen as delegates representing the
different counties were ad mitted as mem
bers :
R. M. Orme, MlUedgeville ; Col. J. S.
Thomas, Milledgeville ; Joel Juss, Wil
kinson : James G CPlyina-toii, do; Jas.
A. Miller, Houston ; If. H Houser, do ;
D. M. Brown, do ; James Tooke, do ;
J. S. Cooper, do; G. L. Slappery, do ;
Benj. C. Yancy, Athens, Ga. ; J. C.
Freeman, do - r James Finley, Bibb;
Rev. C. M. Irwin, Lee ; Dr. C. Rodgers,
Macon.
t The following resolution was offered
by Mr. I>. M. Brown;
Resolved, That the President of th c
Cotton Pin liters’ Convention be instruc
ted to appoint committees on business)
as contemplated by the Constitution of
this organization.
Mr. Benj. C. Y r ancy, of Athens, ad
dressed the meeting in a very impress
ive manner on the deplorable condition
of our .country, owing to the fact that
labor and capital are being withdrawn
from the agricultural interest to an alar
ming extent, to be unprofitably invested
in our cities. He also alluded to the
great fatality existing among the ne
groes, and advocated the necessity of
encouraging immigration and recom
mended that our State Legislature ap
point agents to visit Europe, to trulj r
represent our climate, resources, etc.,
encourage immigration to our country.
He also read an essay on this subject, by
Col. F. Schaller, giving much interest
ing and valuable information in regard
to the German character, etc.
Mr. Jas. A Miller moved that the
Convention adjourn until 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Carried.
afternoon session.
The Convention re assembled at the
appointed hour.
Col. J. S. Thomas offered the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That the addrcssof Col. F.
Sclialler, read by Col. Ben. C. Yancy,
be accepted and approved by this Con
vention, and that it be submitted to the
State Legislature for consideration.
Resolved, That this Convention ap
point a committee of three to memo
rialize the Legislature to aid in sending
a Commissioner to Europe to encour
age immigration.
The following gentleman were ap
pointed by the President:
Col. J. S. Thomas, Col. R. M. Orme,
Col. Ben. C. Yancey, Chairman.
The following resolutions were offer
ed and unanimously adopted:
In view of the magnificent charities
dispensed to the destitute and suffering
people of the South, by those of Balti
onoTc, flowing from a pure sympathy
and unaffected benevolence, they have
caused all eyes in this section to he
turned towards her in admiration and
gratitude, which will be cherished and
strengthened into a future intimate and
durable relationship; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Convention, in
behalf of the people of Georgia, return
grateful and heartfelt thanks to the “no
ble and patriotic women of Maryland,”
and their sympathizing helpers, for
such substantial outpouring and affec
tionate sympathy in the great cause of
Southern relief.
Resolved, That it behooves the agri
culturists of Georgia to encourage fre
quent interchanges of opinion and ex
perience among themselves, upon the
great interests of labor and production,
by forming fraternal associations for
their mutual advancement and indus
trial progress, in every county in the
State.
Resolved, That the Convention at the
earliest period practicable will establish
an agricultural press, and by its own
organ sustain and espouse the indus
trial and agricultural interests of the
South.
Resolved, In consideration of the
great economy, facility and security of
the iron hoops, the Convention approv
ed their practical utility 6 years ago,
and do now recommend to the cotton
growers throughout the South the gen
eral use of the iron clasp, instead of
ropes, for baling cotton.
Resolved, That the Convention, in
its deliberate action, not only recom
mend, hut do earnestly invoke, the Leg
islature of Georgia, at the next session,
to give liberal encouragement and am
ple protection to the wool growing and
sheep husbandry in this State.
On motion, the city papers were re
quested to publish the proceedings of
this Convention.
On motion, the Convention adjourn
ed to the 2d Tuesday in November.
J. Y. JONES, Pres’t.
O. A. Caldwell, Sec’y.
The Virginia farmers are making mo
lasses from watermelon juice.
Railroad Meeting.
SAVANNAH AND- MEMPHIS RAILROAD.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 5, 1866.
A meeting of the delegates from va
rious points having been appointed for
tea o’clock this morning,
Col. J. R. Slaughter, President of the
Savannah and Memphis Railroad, ad
dressed the audienfie, stating the object
of the meeting to We to induce capltaF
ists to.embark In this road, and to push
it through to completion as early as pos
sible, and presented the various advan
tages of the proposed route over "all
others, and by his figures proved it to .
be one of the most important under
takings, to the people of Georgia and
Alabama, as well as -to the Western
States, ever under consideration; by
winch our freights will be reduced 25
per cent., and' vast resources of unde
veloped mines of copper, iron, coal#
etc., opened in the Southern States, here
tofore of no available use. His argu
ment was explicit, replete with statisti
cal -data and to the point. He was fol
lowed at length by Messrs. A M. Allen,
of Columbus* Col. Nisbet, of Macon,
Col. Kennedy, of Opelika, and others,
all evincing an earnest desire to see the
road pushed through to completion at
an early day.
On motion the Macon Committee were
ordered to introduce a report expressive
of the opinions of the people of this
city, in regard to taking stock in the
road.
On motion of J. Y. Greer, Esq., it
was resolved to adjourn the meeting
until 2 o’clock, P. M., to await the ar
rival of other delegates.
5 O’Clock, P. M
The Convention met, according to
adjournment, and the report of Ul'i*
Committee from Macon
sented, which was received,
and ordered read :
me main delegation beg
mit the following report:
We are deeply and favorably impress
ed with the importance to the commer
cial interest of the South, of the Savan
nah and Memphis Railroad. Constitu
ting, as it will, an important line of
transportation of the products of the
Western and North western States, we
cauuot too highly recommend it to the
lavorable consideration of capitalists, as
well as to the sections of country that
will be most immediately benefitted by
the facilities which it will afford in the
way of cheapening the transportation of
provisions and the supply of minerals—
such as coal, iron, marble, and slate, in
exhaustible supplies of which arc con
tiguous to the line of said Road.
Entertaining this most favorable opin
ion of the importance of this road, we
deeply regret that the financial resour
ces and obligations of the City of Macon
are such that we cannot, at present, af
ford it material aid by subscription of
stock.
As the President of the Road, Col.
Slaughter, very properly remarked, in
his opening address, this road will he
the centre of a great rail road funnel
opening at, both cuds ; one end ofwhich
will terminate at Tuscumbia, connect
ing with its various collateral Railroad
branches, and also with the navigable
waters of the Tennessee river ; the oth
er end terminating at Opelika, with
connections with Mobile, Brunswick,
Savannah and Charleston. The roads
now in course of construction from Ma
con to Brunswick and from Macon to
Warrenton—the latter lbrhiing a direct
connection with Charleston—will afford
important outlets and feeders of the Sa
vannah and Memphis .Road. These
roads when completed, together with
the Central Road, will form completing
tines of transportation to and from the
main branch. The city of Macon hav
ing subscribed $250,000 to the Macou
and Brunswick, and Macon and War
renton Road, and which will require all
of her available resources, for some
years to come, we cannot consistently
with our obligations to said road, desi
rous as we are for their early comple
tion, further encumber the city for the
present, by assuming other obligations.
Whilst regretting that such is our sit
uation. we indulge the satisfactory as
surauco that the completion of said roads
will add materially to the value of the
stock of the Savannah and Memphis
road, thereby affording material au( and
encouragement in its early construc
tion.
At the same time we beg to assure
the delegates here assembled, that as
soon as we can do so, in the exercise of
a wise financial economy, we will glad
ly subscribe to the stock of the Savan
nah and Memphis Railroad Company.
Whilst the foregoing embodies the
views of a majority of the main delega- !
lion, yet-there is a respectable minority
of said delegation in-favor of reconi-;
mending a subscription to the stock of
said Company.
Stephen Collins,
Chairman Committee. j
At the conclusion of reading, the re
port was variously discussed, and finally !
adopted.
On motion the City papers were re
quested to publish the proceedings of
the meeting.
The business being over, on motion
the meeting adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman.
STEPHEN COLLINS, !
Chairman. i
S. B. Burr,
Secretary.
Freshet at Cincinnati.—A dis- |
patch of the 3d, from Cincinnati to the i
Louisyille Courier says :
Heavy storms visited this region yes- 1
terday and last night, causing floods
that have resulted in damaging property i
to the extent of hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Deer creek stream, running through
the eastern part of the city, was a scene
of turbulent and destructive inundation.
This morning, just before daylight,
about thirty tenement houses, built on
made ground, were swept away, the in
mates barely escaping alive.
Longworth’s celebrated wine. cellars,
containing 150,000 gallons, were over
flowed, raising the temperature and
causing the champagne bottles to go off
in a deafening tusilade. Hundreds of
casks of wine were afloat for a while.
Three extensive tanneries were com
pletely gutted by flood, inflicting im
mense loss.
Cornahan’s slaughterhouse was great
ly damaged.
The Erwin culvert iu the eastern part
of the city, was ripped open for a con
siderable distance, and an awful stench
prevails in that region.
Accounts from other sections of the
country give equally disastrous ac
counts. The iofal damage will reach
three or four hundred thousand dollars.
Several persons were drowned, and a
number of railroad bridges are reported
swept away on the Dayton and the
Marietta roads.
A Tttrute to Gallantry.— A cor
respondent oft.iie Huntsville (Ala.) In
dependent, in bis “Memoirs of the 19tli
Alabama,” relates the following inci
dent of a charge made by the regiment
upon the Federal works on the 28th
July, 1864, during the siege of Rich
mond :
So fatal was the charge the regiment
made, that seven color-bearers were
shot down in succession ; the last, see
ing the flag about to fall from the crush
ed arm that bore it,.seized the shattered
staff and waving it far in advance,
planted it upon the enemy’s breastworks
just, as the death-wound struck him ;
ere the regiment could follow him, over
whelming numbers forced them to fall
back, and the colors remained in the
bands of the enemy. But it is gratify
ing to know that such peerless courage
was appreciated even by the foe ; for
two mouths later, when the regiment
again passed the spot, a neat-looking
mound near the fortifications, with the
following inscription on its head-hoard
marked liis resting place :
nERE LIES THE COLOR-BEARER.
of the
NINETEENTH ALABAMA REGIMENT.
He was a. brave soldier, and planted
his colors upon our works ! May he rest
in peace.
Mr. M. A. Hawkes, of Marblehead,
Massachusetts, who accidentallyydnot
his bride while they were on tjjdfr bri
dal tour at St. Paul, Minneg&ta, last
week, sat holding the head of his bleed
ing and dying wife, when some scoun
drel robbed him of his pocket hook, con
taining $3lO.
Secretary B«ward on Congress—lie
Makes a Prophecy.
We extract the Following from Secre
tary Seward’s Buffalo speech:
I was going to use the illustration—
perhaps I ought not to-'- of the traveller
who got bewildered on his journey, and
was shown two roads, one of which led
to his destination and the other in the
opposite direction, and his decision final
ly was that he had not good sense enough
to take either road ; and so it is with
Congress —they take neither road.
There they are. [Laughter and cheers]
Where are they ? They sny we should
adhere to party. 1 have been a party
man. I have belonged to three or four
parties, and I have been generally con
sidered a very consistent party man,
and the enemies of those parties have
generally thought me a tolerably effec
tive one. I was never accused of insta
bility. 1 knew as a party man that the
; J#©rse of wisdom is to foilow the head
of the [tarty ; but there are a great many
who differ from me, and if they think
that instead of following the nominated
and chosen head of their party, the way
to make that party successful is by fol
lowing the tail—if they are such fools
they must take the coqsquences.
[Cheers.] I will not follow the tail of
a party. lam not such a fool. Who
is the head of their
“ Thad. Stevens.” Laughter and
cheers.] I ask, who is their head in
the State of New York? [A voice—
“ Horace Gveelj.” Renewed laughter
anff_c]recrs. ] Very well, if I mean to do
a party any good, I want to make it
successful. Now I invite them to put
their head man h nomination, and I
do not agrftf fl'Uli'you in your opinion
j of Mr. Groly, by any means. [Laugh
| ter and deers.] I want them to nomi
j nateMe man they intend to nominate
forjgjlrernov of the State of New Y'ork
Tp^testtheir principles in. the election,
! 110 W some six weeks off. “If he is not
1 majority dT 40,000 do not
■jiojjhei, ILau#lam. | Must I
liiy'i-o-cxiWnit, and
to follow a party divided,
distracted, weak, imbecile, vacillating,
! and absurd, seeking its own destrue
-1 tion ? I have done a very different
! thing. We set the railway train on the
track, the cars were all empty. It was
under the guidance of the conductor,
Andrew Johnson. All the privileged
scats were offered to this party that
complains of desertion. They were the
very firsfinvited to enter ; but no, they
would not enter, and now, wdien they
see that it is fast filling up with out
siders, and is passing by them, they say
they liaVt' been deserted by the con
ductor. bLaughter and Cheers. ] Now,
I want to kuovt-^biVtlp l - leader of their
party is in the.UnitecFStates. There is
no party that can exist, stand, or live
in the United States that does not exist
in every part of it in a state of peace
and not in revolutionary condition.
Who is their leader ? [A voice, “Thad.
Stevens.”] No, they will not accept
him as their leader. They offer you no
individual name. Their name is, “The
Congress of the United States,” audthe
Congress oftfot- United States is a force
I that exists until the 4tli of March next;
j then their party is to have no head
j whatever, because that Congress so con-
I stituted is gone ; and the next lot will,
; in all probability, be in direct opposi
; tion to it ; and, 1 suppose, in that event,
the party will he gone too. [Laughter
and applause.] That is the wisdom of
their partisanship .Why, fellow-citi
zens, I have known something about
what it costs to make a party successful.
I have known what it costs to create a
party in the United States of America
that shall take control of the Govern
ment of the United Statefc Let me tell
you that you are seeing tibday the other
and most unpleasafiiT’experiment, that
of a great party that lias controlled the
destinies and powers of tilecountry, and
saved it, lying down and destroying
itself.
That is what they propose to do.
I propose to have no lot nor share in
that thing, not heeause it would be per
sonally because the country
requires your services and mine upon
higher principles than thejsiiccess or in
ability of any party. [Cheers.]
Impeachment of Gov. Pierpont.—
The New York Herald s Richmond cor
respondent says ;
“The almost
universally ti ut“tviIi t)(!
impeached myct winter Legisl
ature, or deposed by the Convention
which is iikely to assemble, for his reck
less and unjustifiable exercise of the
pardoning power. A glaring instance
of this sort is furnished in his pardon
recently of a negro named Long, who
was sent to the Penitentiary few eighteen
years for the killing of a lady named
Mrs. Whitehurst at Portsmouth on the
occasion of the negro celebration of the
passage of the Civil Rights bill a few
months ago. The negro tlas pardoned
three days after his confinement, and
without a shadow of justification save
the petition of a few radicals in Ports
mouth and Norfolk. Far from feeling
any remorse for the murder of this inof
fensive lady, the villain, while on his
way to the Penitentiary, remarked to
the officers who had him in charge that
he cared nothing about his imprison
ment, that he left enough behind to car
ry out the work which lie had inaugur
ated.”
The New England Whaling
Fleet.— ln spite of the ravages of the
privateer Shenandoah, the whaling fleet
of New England has thoroughly recov
ered its original strength. There are
304 vessels, averaging 350 tons burthen,
now on whaling expeditions from vari
ous New England ports, and the fleet is
the largest sent to the whaling grounds
by any country in the world. Yet in
the past fifteen years the business has
greatly decreased, and petroleum has
lately taken high ranks as a successiul
competitor to whale oil. The chief por
tion of Hie New England whaling fleet
comes from New Bedford, which lias
174 sail.
The Georgia (?) Delegates. —The
Macon Telegraph lias the following in
reference to the reputed Georgians who
signed the call lor the Radical Philadel
phia Convention. Wc believe with the
Telegraph that most of the names are
fictitious. By the way all the delega
tions, except the Georgia one, is men
tioned in the proceedings of the Con
vention. Has it fizzled out ? The Tele
graph thus speaks of a few of the mem
bers : ■*--
Henry G. Cole is a Northern man,
and was once a hotel keeper at Marietta.
G. AY. Ashburnc is an adventurer,
who left the country 10 avoid conscrip
tion. Is a Yankee by birth and in
stinct. He resided awhile at Colum
bus, Ga.
Jas. L. Dunning was agent of tlie
Freedmen’s Bureau at Atlanta, and is a
Northern man.
Ambrose Spencer is a Yankee ; lived
a few years at Americus, Ga.
W. G. Dobbins is a Northern man ;
lived some years at Griffin, Ga.
J. E. Bryant was once agent of the
Freedmen’s Bureau at Augusta—a Yan
kee imported since the close of the war,
and the man who was discharged on
account of swindling the poor negroes.
Has the Thing Lit ?—A gawky
backwoods hoy was once at a depot
at one of the Georgia railroads, and
was. of course, deeply Interested in gaz
ing, for the first time, at the “fixins. ”
Finally, he got inside the car, and
while indulging his unbounded curiosi
ty, the whistle screamed, the bcdl rang,
and the steam-horse began to surge at,
the rate of 2.40.
“Oh, Lordy,” shouted the boy, “stop
it; I ain’tgwine.”
Bursting forward, he opened the door
and jumped out on the platform. Ju J
then tlie train was crossing a deep a n J
cadaverous looking gorge on tty ,^j e
work, and seeing the earth and {j. ee _
tops beneath him, he fainted ar f c ]j
Directly he came to, and lookin'
the conductor, who stood nev /°heex
okimed, with a deep sigh,— *’
lit ?” 11 ’ L ° rtly ’ Stl ' anger ’ haa the thing
“Sambo, am you poster’ , in tbe natu .
ral sciences?’ ‘Sartingl y _ ob course 1
is.’ ‘Den can you tell me de cause of
de great rot in potato* ifor de ]as m
years gone by?’ ‘Oh, r Jat ' s easy enough
tor de merest chile lr 4 scientific larnin.
Pe great rot mpoW CQe s is all owin’ to
de rot-tater-y motif /n ”
TELE GRAPHIC
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
By Telegraph from Europe.
London, Sept. 7. Noon. The
Times to-day ertitorily denies the re
port which had obtained.some currency
of a projected ma trimonial alliance be
tween King of Greece and Princess
Louisa of England.
Pakis, Sept. 7.—-'Napoleon’s health is
not good, and it is doubtful if lie will go
to Biarritz. V
The Queen of Spain has paid a visit
to Empress Eugenie at Biarritjs.
Vienna, Sept. 7. —Gen. Frank, Aus
trian Minister, lias resigned in conse
quence of ill health.
The Austrian official Journal denies
that Austria has.any idea of appropria
ting any National object in Veuetia.
Liverpool, Sept. 7, Noon. The
Bankers’ Circular reports a decline of
a half penny per pound in cotton on
week’s sales which foot up fifty thou
sand bales ; middling uplands 13d.
London, Sept. 7, Noon. Consols
89J; Five-twenties, 72f.
New V ork, Sept. 6.—A Berlin special
says Count Mettenrich, Ambasssador,
has been recalled from Paris.
Liverpool, Sept. s—Evening.—Cot-
ton dull; declined £d ; middling up
lands 13d.
London, Sept. s.—ConsolsSffj; Five-
Twenties 73.
Berlin, Sept. 6.—Peace negotiations
are progressing between Saxony and
Prussia.
Orders have been given for the reduc
tion of the Prussian army.
Berlin, Friday, Sept, 7., p. m.— The
bill to annex Hanover, Hesse, Nassau,
and Frankfort, to Prussia, lias passed
the Chamber of Deputies.
Tlie Prussian Constitution is to take
effect on October Ist, 1867.
Count Bismark has introduced a hill
for the annexation of Schleswig-Holstein
to Prussia, with the exception of one
District ceded to Aldcburg.
Saxony gives up to Prussia'the Fort
ress of. Kongesten.
Liverpool, Sept. 6—Evening.—Cot
ton market steady and no change in
prices ; sales 10,000 hales ; middling up
lands quoted at 13d. Breadstuff's ac
tive and higher. Wheat advanced 4d.
Corn advanced 6d. per quarter. Pro
visions quiet without material change.
Berlin, Friday, Aug. 8. —The Prus
sian Chamber of Deputies has passed
the bill for the annexation of Hanover,
Hesse-Nassau, and the City of Frank
fort. A bill for the annexation of
Schleswig and Holstein has been 3entin
by Count Bismark.
The German Gazette and the Belgian
press are hostile to these movements
and fears for the future are entertained.
London, Saturday —Noon.—Lord
Northbrook, formerly Sir John Barring,
died to-day.
The Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone
in a speech delivered’at Salisbury last
evening,, urged upon the Liberals to
support any good reform bill which
should be brought -forward in Parlia
ment by the Derby administration.
Liverpool, Saturday Noon.
A quantity of Fenian munitions of war
has been seized in Liverpool.
The R. M. Steamship Jura sailed to
day for New York with £290,000 in
gold.
Florence, Saturday.— lt is rumor
ed that the Cabinet have tendered their
resignation to the King.
The Nayone says that until after a
vote in Venitia, no arrangement, will be
made in the political and military ad
ministration of that portion of Italy.
Vienna, Saturday—A. M.— The
Saxon Royal family have held a council
on the intention of the King- to abdi
cate. Tlie result is not stated.
Parts, Saturday —Noon.—Earl Cow
ley has resigned his position as British
Embassador to France.
Shanghai, Aug. 6, via London, Sept.
B.—The chief of the pirates in the China
Sea has been captured.
London, Saturday Noon.—Con
sols 89£ for money. American securi
ties—The current prices of American
are as follows: U. S. 5-20s 72% ; Erie
45-; Illinois Central R, R. shares 78|.
Liverpool, Saturday —Cotton mar
ket steady and unchanged. Sales
10,000 bales ; middling uplands quoted
13d. The breadstuff' and tallow markets
are firm.
Douglas Monument.
Chicago, Sept. 7. — The President
concluded his remarks at the laying of
the corner stone of the Douglas Monu
ment as follows : “I am present to show
my high regard for a man who perished
in public service, and whom I respected
and loved. I have no eulogy to pro
nounce—it has been doue better than
I could do it. Some men may wear
the civic wreath which the nation
weaves for those who serve their
country in lofty positions, or their
names may be engraved upon the im
perishable records of nations. This
column is reared to the memory of
the legislator and the representative
man. A course of duty performed
was his whole living and his re
ward will be the inscription of his
name high on the cenotaph, erected by
a greatful nation, to commemorate the
services of those who lived and toiled
for their people and the Union of the
States. [lmmense applause.] Fellow
citizens : I believe in my heart that if
we could communicate with the dead,
and cause them to know what was
transpiring on earth, w r ere it possible
for Stephen A. Douglass to be disturbed
from his slumbers, he would rise from
his grave, shake off his habiliments of
the tomb and proclaim, 'the Constitu
tion and the Union they must be pre
served.’” [Great applause. ]
Chicago, Sept. 6.—The President ar
rived last night and was met by a gr eat
crowd. He spoke to the crowd from
the balcony of the Sherman House: No
disturbance.
Chicago, Sept. G.—The corner stone.
of the Douglas monument was laid to
day. Tens of thousands of persons were
present.
Gen. Dix’s add res is said to be a
master-piece of oratory
Radical Convention-
PHiLADELPm A Sept. G.—The address
and resolution 0 f the Convention en
dorse the pr ,p cy 0 f Congress, and op
pose the r estoration of the Southern
States or ( n ic conditions proposed by
Preside jIS ,] o hnsou as too lenient, and
declar 0 that the amendments to the
C°R dtitution are the only loyal and con
st' . iutional plan lor restoring the rebel
): (Ous States to the Union.
In the evening session, Hamilton pro
tested against the mode by which the
Border States had overslaughed the
Southern Union States, and that the
minority report of the Committee favor
ing negro suffrage be presented to-mor
row.
The Convention have virtually split
on the negro suffrage question. The
Border States delegation are for adopt
ing the address and resolutions and
this morning desired to adjourn sine die ,
but this was stringently opposed by the
Southern men, and finally it was agreed
that the minority should make their re
port in favor of negro suffrage, and that
it be taken as part of the regular pro
cwdinga of the Convention.
Probably the Border States Will take
no part in the proceedings of the Con
vention to-morrow.
Philadelphia, Sept. B.—An exci
ting debate took place in tlie Radical
Convention to-day on the Address re
ported by tlie Commit tee on Recon
structed .States. A scene of the wildest
excitement ensued, showing ..that the
Reconstruction Delegates were more
bitter and antagonistic than before. The
border States retired—many of the del
gates left this morning, leaving the Con
vention almost entirely in the hands of
the friends -of negro suffrage. The
Committee on the Address were almost
unanimous against negro suffrage,
whilst that on resolutions show 10 in
opposition t 0.5 in lavor. The delegates
who were in favor of negro suffrage
were invited to step to the Secretary's
desk and sign what was called the
Charter of Universal Freedom.
Resolutions were offered and adopted
in favor of subscriptions for the publi
cation of the proceedings of sympathy
for Dostie, of New Orleans, of thanks,
to loyal citizens of Philadelphia, and
for the presentation of expensively
bound volumes of the proceedings of
the Convention to Anna Dickinson
and Fred. Douglass. After some other
proceedings tlie Convention adjoyrned
sine die.
Front Philndeljphio.
Philadelphia, Aug. B.—a. targe
meeting held to-night in front of the
Union League House was addressed by j
Carl Schurz, who reviewed the situation i
of affairs and the policy of the Pfesi- j
dent.
Tlie Circuit Court of Buchanan coun
ty has continued the cases of the preach
ers arrested for not taking '.the test oath j
until the decision of the United States
Supreme Court is announced.
The State Adjutant General has issu
ed orders to disband all militia organi
zations not in conformity with the State
Convention ordinance.
The action of the Philadelphia Con
vention generally satisfied the radicals
here.
From Europe.
Farther Point, Sept. B.—The
steamship Peruvian from Liverpool on
the 30th via Londonderry 31st, has
passed this point,
The steamship Jura from New York
arrived out on the 31st,
Liverpool, Aug. 31.—Tlie Broker’s :
Circular reports cotton sales on the 31st 1
of 16,000 bales, including 2,500 bales to j
speculators and 1500 to exporters. The
market has been easier, with a decline
of ,jd on American and l@2d. on other
descriptions. Market closed quiet. Or
leans Fair Middling Mil.; Mobile j
Fair 15^d.; Middling 13jd.; Upland Fair
lad. Stock in port 800,000 bales. .
Cnlnrailo Election.
Chicago, Sept, B.—The Territorial
Board of Canvassers of Colorado fin
ished counting votes on the new Con
stitution, on the evening of the sth inst.
Geo. M. Cliillicotte, the republican can
didate for delegate to Congress had an
alleged majority of 108 over Hunt, the
Administration candidate; but Gov.
Cummings gave the certificate of elec
tion to Hunt, and the majority of the
Board of Canvassers gave a certificate
to Cliillicotte.
Tlie Atlantic Cable.
Heart’s Content, Aug. B.— Tlie
shore end of the cable of 1865 was land
ed at 4 p. m. to.day The electrical
condition of the cable is perfect and
messagesare passing over it. A second
cable will be laid across the Gulf of St.
Lawrence immediately.
HuAUT’s-OoNTi; NT, Sepl . ,7. Adi- -
patcU from tlie Great Eastern reports
tlie cable paying ottt well and wbo ex
pect,s to arrive at Heart’s Content on
Saturday.
Invitation to President Johnson.
Nu\v Orleans, Sept. B.—A meeting
of prominent citizens held here to-day
invited the President to extend bis four
to New Orleans.
Republican Convention.
New YoftK, Sept. 6.—Lymon Free
man is the permanent Chairman of the
Republican Convention at Syracuse.
Fenton was nominated for Governor.
Kail road Accident,
Rochester, N. Y, —A shocking acci
dent occured on the Central Road, near
here. Tlie Express train run off the
track, killing five persons and wound
ing many others.
Cholera.
Mobile, Sept. 6.'—Tlie Board of
Health reports four eases of cholera for
the past five days—three negroes and
one white ; two negro cases fatal.
Flection—Nomination.
New York, Sept. 7. —Holbrook,
democrat, has a majority for Congress
in Idaho territory of one thousand.
The Unionists and Democrats of
Michigan have nominated Major Gen.
Alphus Williams for Governor.
Progress of the President.
St. Louis, Aug. B.—The President
was received with much enthusiasm at
Alton and in this city to-day. Speech
es were made by tbe President and
Seward.
Removal of Postmasters.
Baltimore, Aug. B.—Several post
masters have been removed in Francis
and John L. Thomas’s district on ac
count of hostility to the Administration.
The l T uio,n League Building Fired.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—The Union
League building was fired this morning
and badly damaged. The Janitor was
arrested as the supposed incendiary.
Markets.
Hew York, Sept—Noon.—Gold 147. J.
Exchange quiet; lOG] for sixty days;
107 for sight. Colton firm at 33@35.
P. M.—Gold 14G. Flour firmer ; sales
GBO bids. Southern at $lO 50(rf$15 50.
“Wheat firm. Corn 1c higher; sales
143,000 bushels at 82£. Oats dull. Pork
heavy; sales 4,750 bids, mess at $33 25.
Lard dull. Cotton firm; sales 1,500
bales at 33@35c. Groceries quiet. Spir
its Turpentine dull. Rosin firm. Pe
troleum dull ; sales 300 bbls.
Arrived : Steamer Virgo, from Savan
nah.
Mobile, Sept. B.—Cotton sales to
day 200 bales of lower grades; low
middlings 26@27c.
New Orleans, Sept. §. —Sales of
cotton to-day 1,000 bales. Market
steadier and unchanged. Gold 145.
Arrived —Steamer Gen. Barnes from
Savanna li.
The Press publishes the following j
San Francisco, Sept. 1. j
Hon. A. J. Hamilton, of Texas, care ;
of Hon. J. W. Forney, of Philadelphia.
The Pacific States send cordial cqn
gratlations to your convention. May
your deliberations promote the adoption
of the only wise plan of reconstruction,
that proposed by Congres.
(Signed) F. F. Low,
Governor of California.
11. G. Blaisdell,
Governor of Nevada.
A. C. Gibbs,
Governor of Oregon.
Geo. L. Woods,
Gov. elect of Oregon.
Major General Wright, says the Gal
veston Bulletin, has been relieved from
his command in Texas, it being his de
sire to be remitted to his regular rank
in the army, which is that of Colonel.
letter from Judge Abell to Lien.
Sheridan.
'New Orleans, Aug. 29,1866.
Gen. P. H. Sheridan ;
Sir —Not having bad any official or
other intercourse with you, and never
haying seen you to my knowledge, I
was surprised to find tlie following
words contained in a telegram from you
to the President of the United States :
“Judge Abell, whose course I have
closely watched for nearly a year, I now
consider cue of the most dangerous
men that wc have to the peace and quiet
of the city.”
Not having seen you in the court over
which I have the honor of presiding, or
elsewhere, I am not prepared to believe
that you were incog, watching my foot
steps and habits ; for if you had been,
you could not have made such an asser
tion. In my habits lam temperate and
regular; in my words, kind. In my
judicial station I know naught but fi
delity to the State and humanity to the
unfortunate, of whatever age or color,
brought before me.
lam, therefore, General, forced to the
conclusion, that if you have watched
me at all, it i; through the record, in my
decision and charges to the Grand Jury,
all of which has been correctly publish
ed in the journals of tlie country. lam
of the mind that you will find few peo
ple of the Slate who agree with you in
the estimation of my character. You
must allow that, if dangerous, lama
nicest unsuccessful agitator, for until the
assemblin', of the would-be Convention
on the bmli of last month, the civil
courts of Ihe State have faithfully ad
ministered the law, nnd as effect
ually pre-W'Ved the peace, as in
any oily of the Union—the dis
banding of two powerful armies and a
vast influx of negroes, notwithstand
ing. It needs no argument to prove
the, efficiency of the civil government of
Louisiana. Lused every effort that ar- j
gunient, p’Ssunksiou, and direct charges j
to the Gnu dpi ury could accomplish, to i
prew.r.t meeting.
I was a member of tlie Convention of
’64, and knew well that after the adop
tion of fl»,e constitution by the people l
the Conv< ntiou became 'functn? officio,
and so charged the Grand Jury, on two
occasions, previous to the meeiing. It
is impossible, General, that you can pre-!
tend that I had any complicity in the j
assembling of the “would-be Conven
tion,” and of course uo peace-breaker
in that respect. It appears to me, that :
in common justice you should have
stated the facts upon which you based*
your assertion—an assertion "which ap
pears to astonish everybody.
Gen. Sheridan’s plainness of speech
invites plainness.' I fully agree with you
in your statement to tlie President that
“the immediate cause of this terrible
affair was the assembling of the Con
vention.” And lam clearly of opinion
that, it never would have assembled
without some assurance of military
guardianship. The members asserted
at almost every corner of the streets, up
to the very day of assembling, that they
had such assurance. Gen. Baird said
lie would arrest the Sheriff of the parish
of .Orleans it he attempted to execute
the" process of the civil courts iu arrest
ing, the Con ventimiiats. I firmly be
lieve that had the military authorities
been halt'as earnest as I was in opposing
this attempted usurpation there would
have been no meeting of the so-called
Con ven l ion, and consequently not a
drop of human blood shed.
• Gen. Sheridan, I never participated
in the rebellion iu any manner, and the
ideaol magnifying theffe conventiouists
into persecuted Union men seems to me
ridiculous. Some of its leaders raised
troops for the Confederacy, others held
office under it, and another voted for ,
the hanging of Hon. B. F. Flanders, j
an origins], Union man, and aided in !
expelling him from the .State.
As to the status of Northern men in
New Orleans, whether they be Union
Conservatives, it is that of perfect safe
ty, for since the establishment of civil
authority in this State, in September,
18G4; there has not been a single case, to
my knowledge, iu which a Northern
man lias been molested.
Those of them who came to this city
with capital or skill, for the purpose of
bettering their condition, are welcomed
and favorably received; those who
came to encourage strife are entitled to
no respect, and receive nope. All good
men must deplore the tragedy ol the
aOtli of, Iff.month, but it was brought
l on by thg meeting of a lew adventurers
I \»k«> to alter the constitution
; of the State, against the will of the
j people, and who had secured the at
! tendance of a large number of armed
j negroes to defend them in their attempt
|ed usurpation. The meeting was not
opposed by the military.
This, Gen. Sheridan, all must agree,
I was an act .that, could not he tolerated
j by the freemen of any town, city or
State, from Maine to California. To
alter the of a town or city, or
constitution of a State, belongs to the
people.
These men had no more right to al
ter the constitution of this State than
the negroes whom they called to defend
them.
All sympathize with tlie colored peo
ple, who were deceived and misled by
the leaders of the Convention. I assert
that .tire colored people of this city and
State would be peaceable, prosperous,
! happy and useful members of the com
munity, if their pretended friends would
let them alone.
General, I am now nearly fifty-five
years old, and have never seen a more
direct thrust at the character of a man,
and in my case, without the least foun
dation, for I respectfully defy you or
any other man to show an act of mine
dangerous to the peace of the city or
State. If you think your assertion just
or dignified, rejoice in it, I do not; nor
do I think, among good men of this
great country, it will add to your repu
tation or injure mine. You, however,
have done me the honor to connect nry
name with that of his Excellency Gov.
Wells, and Mayor Monroe, in your
dispatch of the 3d to the President, the
removal of whom you recommend. This
seems, in.connection with your charge
against me, to form a sort of coincident
iu this, that had the Psesident of the
United States adopted your views, and
, removed the three of us, the people’s
treasury, city and State, as in the days
of Banks and Butler, would have fallen
into military hands.
General, my highest ambition is to
serve the State with fidelity, while she
requires my services; my greatest desire
is the restoration ai once of my coun
try to unify, prosperity and greatness
—my strongest, antipathy -against usur
pation.
And, whether T fall by the hands of
i sneaking a: a-Mns, or my reputation be
] struck <W.,, v>v tl«« detainer, these are
; lliy sentiments and they will not.
■ change. A Edmund A bell I would not
reply to your unfounded assertions. As
1 Judge of the First. District Court of
! Now Orleans, it is my duly to repel
them, and take Ibis public mode of ad
dressing you, as il is tlie public which
is interested in my services.
Very respectfully,
Emiund Abell.
Santa .liinii Tries to Bribe Judge
itariiuril.
New York, Sept. 2.— The case of L.
W. Montgomery against Gen. Santa
Anno, came up yesterday before Judge
Barnard, in the chambers of the Su
preme Court. A motion is now made
to vacate the order of arrest granted
against, Hie defendant in the present
suit. Montgomery claims to he the
agent of Santa Anna in his latest Mex
ican scheme, and now asks $25,000 for
services rendered.
During tin' testimony of the affidavits
Judge Barnard handed an anonymous
letter to the counsel, which he had re
ceived, offering him a bribe in case lie
determined the question before him in
favor rffSanla Anna.
Siintii Carolina Legislature.
Special to the Macon Telegraph.
Columbia, Sept. s.—The Legislature
met in extra session to-day. The Gov
ernor’s message urges a modification of
the negro code so as to extend the juris
diction ot the civil courts over all class
es of citizens. It recommends the ad
mission of negro evidence in till cases,
as a matter of justice and policy; de
clares the proposed stay law to be un
wise and unconstitutional, but advises
abolishment of imprisonment for debt
and extension of the bankrupt law;
urges that provision be made for the
impoverished people of the State ren
> dered destitute by short crops, and sug
gests the sale of State bonds to raise
money for that purpose. The message
closed with a hopeful view of recupera
tion of the State and restoration of the
Union.
Has Nature an antldoto for acquired dis
eases'? All who »ufier believe they ought to
and can be cured. Tho Plantation Bitters
prepared by Dr. Drake of N» w York, have no
doubt benefltted and cured mt.ro persons of
Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Sour StonuvoU,
of Appotito, Sinking Weakness, Gen or at De
bility, and Mental Despondency, than any oth
er article in existence. They are composed of
tho purest roots and herbs, carefully prepared,
to bo taken as a tonic and gentle stimulant.
They are adapted to any ago or condition of
life, and are extensively popular with mothers
and persons of sedentary habit s. iu
Holloway** Ointment and I*lll*.
Quinsy or inflammation of tho throat is very
prevalent during tlio Spring anil Fall of tho
year. Thousands of persons have Immediate
recourse to these medicines on the first symp
toms of attack, and thus not onlysavo but even
dispense with the advice or attendance ot a phy
sician. Colds produced by the rapid and fre
quent changes of the atmosphere during this
season, are speedily cured by the pills. These
remedies fortify tho body against, (he Inclem
encies of the winter. Sold by all Druggists.
sops Ot
The warm Season and its Warning*.
Disease is stalking among us. Tho warm sea
son warns us all to look well after our own (''in
stitution, for little do we know the moment we
may bo seized with sickness. Medicine is usc
ful'al all times, if the prescriptions are worthy
of that due consideration, so much demanded
by our natures. Malarious maladies must be
overcome, and whatever ts taken, must wnrk a.
baleful effect upon the Laver. Thl is very es
sential, and why Radway’s Rkoulatinu
Pills are without precedent. No medicine
like them. No poisonous drugs in their ingre
dients—but a purely vegetable comportb .l, well
coated with gum, so as to make them taste less
to tlie palate. They work upon the Bowel*
charmingly, and so' mild arc their operations
as to please the most skeptical. They help flio
‘•inner man” in various forms and ways, over
come what, mercurial properties destroy, save
lives where desperate medication throws them
away. Beyond a doubt, Radway’s Knot la
tino Pills are the surest remedy for di.vases
liko unto Asthma, Vertigo, Hysteria, Dyspep
sia, Fevers, etc., ever introduced to tho,public.
They control tlie River to awonderful'iexlent,
revive-life in old persons, and give gone Val sai
isfactionto the patient ot either sex. Tlioy save
life, do good, and in their workings are with
out precedent. They are tasteless, also vegeta
ble in extract, are sugar-coated, and their
I virtues, their efficiency are known world-wide.
Sold by Druggists. Priceo 26 cents per box.
1 sopß2\v
Wanted,
il DY a Virginia lady of considerable evpcri
' i J ence in teaching, employment as A- iff.
i ant Teacher in a Public School, or to teach in a
private family. She teaches tho English
branches; also music on the Piano.
Apply at this office, or to
■ sep9 alt Wit J: H. HAMILTON
, VI. BATES. .J. E. DICKENSON. 11.0. TOWNSEND.
Bates, Dickenson & Cos.,
Cotton Factors, Forwarding Mer
chants, and
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS,
Apalachicola, Fla.
Particular attention given toall busines jen
trusted to them. Established Dec. 18ti5.
sepfl W9t*
Choice Lands for Sale.
I AM nmv offering for sale a
.splendid Plantation of 411S5t^jS' s U
acres, 4 miles north-east of
renceville, Henry county, Ala.
It is well watered, with about
200 acres in a high state of cultivation, some of
which is fresh, with good enclosures. The wood
land is as well timbered as any in the State
oak, hickory and pine.
The land is alt i ich for this country, with good
log buildings.
I will give a man a ehauoo to make a good
bargain, as 1 am determined to go West.
For further particulars apply to
VVM. CRADDOCK,
auglh Wat* Lawreneovillc, Ala.
ALABAMA WAREHOUSE !
WARNOCK & CO.,
Warehouse and Commission
MERCHANTS,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
S. B. Warnock. W. L. Salisbury.
duly 1,1866
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HAVING LATELY ADDED LARGELY TO THE
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BLANK BOOK BINDERY,
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the shortest notice. We would especially call
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business, having prepared ourselves to make
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/VtrwK IBD|4M medicine,
Ikknl imfj I Cures alt diseases caused by
star AM m Jy // self-abuse, viz:— Sjoermaior
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V Night - Emissions, Loss oj
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alter all ether medicines have failed. Thirty-two
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Price $2 per bottle, or three bottles for SS. Sold
by all druggists; or will be sent by express to any
portion of tho world, ou receipt of price, by tho
solo proprietor,
Dr. W. R. MERWIN, 37 Walkor St., N, Y,
Cherokee Remedy,
CHEROKEE INJECTION,
does not fall to euro Gonorrhea, Gleet and aH Mu
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Whites in Females. Tho two medicines used in
conjunction will not fall to remove this dlsagroeoblo
complaint, and in thosd cases where other medicines
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Price, Remedy, Ono Bottle, $3, Three Bottles,
“ Injection, “ “ $2, “ “ |5.
The Cherokee “ Cure," “ Ilemedy," and “In jec
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druggists all over tho world, for their intrinsic worth
and merit. Bomo unprincipled dealers, however,
try to deceive their customers, by selling cheap ami
worthless compounds,—in order to make money—
tn place of tlieso. Be not deceived. If the drug
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will send thorn to you by express, securely packed
and free from observation. We treat all diseases to
which the human system is subject, and will be
pleased to receive full and explicit statements from
thoso who have failed to reoelve relief heretofore.
Ladles or gentlemen can address us’ in perfect con
fidence. We desire to send our thirty-two page
pamphlet free to every lady and gentleman in tho
land. Address all letters for pamphlets, medicines,
or advice, to the sole proprietor,
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