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S.iTDBDAT IHOKNINO, JUNE 12.
A letter on business, dated Diamond
Hill, Abbeville county, South Carolina,
Juno 4, says “our wheat crops are ex
cellent. We have drenching rains, and
bottom lands near the margin of water
courses are mostly inundated.”
Hon. Sunset Cox, who is now taking
a pleasure tour in Northern Africa,
writes to the New York World that he
lias seen a darkey woman in that region
weighing four hundred pounds.
A negro, signing his name “A. Fore
man,” in a card in the last Selma, Ala.
Tirneß, announces himself a candidate
for Congress, to represent the First
CoDgreseional District of Alabama—
the Mobile District—subject to the de«
cision of the Radical Convention for
that District to be held in Selma.
>lr. B. Burnett, living in the vicinity
of Rienzi, near the line of the Missis
sippi and Tennessee, gives to the Cor
inth News the result of an experiment
made by him this season in wheat rais
ing. A pi ece wus Rented of the
most barren quality, upon this land
thirty bushels of cotton seed were sown
per acre, then the wheat in the ordinary
way, and turned under with a turning
plow. His crop is now ready for har
vesting, and it is reckoned twenty bush
els of good wheat per acre will be gath
ered.
lIONOK TO THE HkUOES OF MERCER.
—The members of the Ciceronian and
Phi Della Societies of Mercer have or
ganized a "Memorial Association,” 1
with a view to erect a suitable monu
ment in honor of the Alumni who fell
in battle, or died in the late war. The '
two societies are represented by the fol- :
lowing Committees :
Ciceronians —J L. Hillyer, U. Ligon
McWhorter, W. Y. Alexander, W. A.
Buchannan.
Phi Deltas. —A. J. Beck, W. W. Lan
drum, P. C. Hudson, J. K. Dykes.
Crops in the Valley.— We learn,
says the Talbotton Gazette, from| i friend
living inthisgrauary of Talbot, that the
grain crops were never in better contli- !
tion. The yield of wheat will be very
large. No disease having attacked it,
the grains are fuller and heavier than
for many years past. The corn and
cotton crops are in good condition, and
hid fair to keep up the reputation of the
Valley as the best farming section in
the State.
The Radical Nominee. —Tlie black
and w bite menagerie, which has been
session in Opelika, Ala., for the past
three days, after many exhibitions of
anger, confusion and hate, early yes
terday morning threw aside Norris,
late incumbent, and Bingham, State
Treasurer, and nominated Robert S.
Heflin, of Randolph county, as the rad
ical candidate for Congress from the 3d
Alabama District. Ho is represented
to be as bad as either of the several can
didates. Several of the negro delegates
returned here yesterday. The Demo
cratic Convention is to be held on the
17th at Dadeville. The Conservatives
are in a majority in the District and
ought surely to be able to defeat the
radical nominee.
County Taxes Collected —To yes
terday the Collector, Mr. Enoch Wil
lett, had collected $70,210 for the State
and County taxes from Muscogee, and
expects to bo able to collect five or six
thousand dollars more. He has been
very diligent and successful. Os the
$70,000 collected at least $65,000 have
from the city, or from those who
do business here. The Eagle and Phe
u\x Factory Company alone pay more
lax than the whole of Chattahoochee
county, the Collector tells us. Os the
amount collected, $26,802 85 belongs to
the State. The County Treasurer has
been paid $35,000 as the county’s por
tion. Out of the remaining $9,000 ofli
cers salaries, some $4,500, must be sub
tracted. Perhaps the county may re
ceive some seven thousand dollars addi
tional, but most of the money that re
mains to be collected consists of polls,
&c., which belong to the State. The
taxes are very onerous—heavier than
ever before; being sll on sl,ooo—s4
for the State $7 for the county. In all,
the treasury of the latter will probably
receive some $43,000. Ordinary Duer
relieves all from double taxes who have
a reasonable excuse. In addition to the
heavy taxes, our people have to carry
another burdensome load in tlie shape
of City taxes, and then comes the Uni
ted States to take the rest. This city
is well taxed, if nothing else. We are
in hopes the County tax will never be
as high again. The bridges built since
the war, and fallen down, have been
substantially re-built, and only one,
Bussey’s, remains to be constructed,
l'he Grand Jury in due time will report
upon county matters. The county tax
returns showed $7,083,236 independent
of professions, &c.
A Gigantic monster seen in the air !
Beautiful and lovely females being
hurried to untimely graves by thou
sands ! A state of affairs truly alarm
ing. Old men and young men called
upon to assist in rolling back this tide
of destruction. Yes, with lightning’s
speed, tly and proclaim the untold
treasures to be found by using Drom-
LM.de’s& Co.’B ‘English Female Bitters.’
It cures all female complaints and
irregularities after everything else fails.
It cures married and single, old and
young females. Physicians of reputa
tion say so; editors testify to its won
derful effects. It arouses, regulates and
restores. It is prepared by physicians
and sold by druggists all over the coun
try- ,
Mobile Postmaster. —Gen. Pierce
is the last to lose his head by the Grant
axe. A soldier, who fought his w T ay to
a Major Geueralcy, under Grant, for
the Union, and who answers no politi
cal sin, except that Andrew Johnson
appointed him, is forced to give place
to a home scalawag, named Bromberg,
who tought on neither side, until vic
tory was declared, and who then com
menced an active warfare for African
supremacy over his people, and office
for himself. Why doesn't Grant be
consistent, and resign the Presidency
in favor of a carpet-bagger, a scalawag,
or a negro ? The office would not suf
fer by the exchange, for he has shown
himself the smallest potato in the radical
heap.— Mobile Reg.
J. A Butts & Go., Butnbridge, Ga ,
say : We have heard some say they
would not take ten thousa»d dollars
for the benefit derived from Simmons’
Liver Regulator.
Rev. S. Gardner, Attapulgus, Ga.,
says : For all derangement of the liver,
dyspepsia, diarrhcea and piles, Sim
mons’ Regulator has no superior. It
acts like a charm.
John J. Allen, Bibb county, says :
I can confidently say that it has done
me more good than ail the medicine I
ever used. I shall never be without it.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator seems to be
gaining golden opinions, and every one
should use it. _
Facts for the Ladies.—Over 1200
Yeßts with One Needle. —It will be
ten years next March since I purchased
a Wheeler & Wilson Sewing-Machine,
which I have used ever since in vest
making. In that time I have made
more than 3500 vests, and have done all
my family sewing beside. I have used
the needle now in the machine for nearly
four years, and made with it over 1200
vests. Mrs. A. St. John,
No. 23 Alexander St, Rochester, N. Y.
MRS. I>K. MART WALKER.
It may be of some interest to our read
ers to know something of this ‘woman’s
I rights individual,’ whose pertinacity in
office seeking has disgusted even Radi
cal politicians. Our first knowledge of
j “he, she or it,” was obtained in the
| winter of 1864, when she (we so speak
for brevity), was brought to Gen.
J Wheeler’s Headquarters, then at Tun
nel Hill, Ga. She was captured or
“picked up,” between the pickets of
the two armies, by some of General
Wheeler’s scouts who were hovering
about the Federal lines. She was riding
| a small darK bay horse ; on a McLellan
saddle, “after the manner of men.”
! Her dress was “bloomer” of heavy blue
broadcloth ; with cavalry-top boots
feet rather large for her size. She is a
I small cymbling-headed woman, weight
about one hundred pounds; height
about five feet, four; blue eyes and
i brown hair. Her hair was combed
smoothly back and pinned up, under a
silk nap regulation hat. She wore
j brass buttons, and a Surgeon’s sash of
green silk. She claimed to be an As
sistant Surgeon in the Federal Army,
but bad no papers to show for it. The
truth, as we learned it from a Federal
officer, captured four days after, was
that she had applied lor a Surgeon’s
commission, but had failed to get it,
and was then what wis known in the
army as a “contract doctor,” a sort of
help for surgeons, called into service !
when needed. She was not on duty at j
the period of her capture, but was at
tached to the staff of a certain Federal
Brigadier, of rather liberal views on
moral and military matters.
She was extremely loquacious, and in
accent and manner a fair type ot the
women of her section. She manifested
an intense anxiety to become a “mar
tyr to liberty,” but was not gratified,
being treated as a lady. She was al
lowed to sell her saddle and equipments
and to receive the proceeds. She was
sent on to Richmond and thence into
the Federal lines, much to her disap
pointment and chagrin, with no adven
tures except those which “occurred to
her mind” after she marched home.—
Subsequently to the war she went to
England with “tales to tell,” but failed
to obtain the notoriety for which she
thirsts.
She has been married, but how much
we don’t know. When asked if her
husband was living, she answered dis
tinctly that it was none of our busi
ness. For some minutes, after Mr.
Tift’s formula, wo regarded her with
“silent observation,” and came to ex
actly the same conclusion, and have
never since resumed our investigations
in that direction.
Affairs in WarreutoD.
We are glad to learn (says the Au
gusta Chronicle) that the infamous pro
ceedings of Bullock and Norris, his
man Friday, has been brought to a sud
den and decided close. The civil au
thorities have interposed and released
the gentlemen who were arrested, upon
their executing proper bonds, to appear
and answer to the civil courts the pre
tended charges suggested against them.
In the meantime Judge Andrews, the
presiding Judge of the Circuit, which
embraces Warren county, steps forward
and lays the strong hand of the law up
on Bullock’s pet,and forbids him to act
or in any way assume the functions of
Sheriff. Here, then, is an end of Bul
lock’s judicial career, at least, in the
Northern Circuit. Ho assumed to de
cide that Norris was sheriff of Warren
county. Judge Andrews decides he is
not, and we incline to the opinion that
Andrews is a little better lawyer and a
more upright Judge than the Beast
Bullock.
We hope that this unpleasant affair
will now be allowed to pass off without
further or other excitement. The peo
pie of Warrenton are entitled to much
credit for the very judicious and highly
conservative course they have adopted.
They have exhibited great patience and
forbearance under the most gross and
unprovoked outrage, and have well
sustained their previous good character
as peaceful and law abiding citizens.
With Dyspeptics everything is wrong.
Food does not digest; sleep does not
refresh; wine does not cheer ; smiles
do not gladden ; music does not charm,
nor can any other joy enter the breast
Os the miserable dyspeptic. You must
get lid of it, or it will become seated
and confirmed, and life will be a burden
and existence a curse. Plantation
Bitters will do away with all this.
New life, strength and energy will take
possession of you. The damask will
again bloom upon your cheek, and the
luster in your eye will again be as bright
as in your healthiest, happiest and most
joyous days.
Magnolia Water. —Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and
sold at half the price,
june 8 To WdSt & W.
Northern Testimony to Southern
Quiet. —The Iveokuk (Iowa) Constitu
tion thus truthfully talks:
It is a well known sact —a fact which
is confirmed almost daily, by the testi
mouy of Radicals themselves—that the
personal satety of no decent man, be he
Northern or Southern, is in any more
peril in Georgia than in Massachusetts
or any other Northern State.
Mr. Bullock ought to read the letter
written by Mr. Medill ol the Chicago
Tribune, on that subject, while on his
recent trip through the Southern States.
Mr. Medill frankly says that the South
ern people, and the people of Georgia
among the rest, quietly tolerate men
and things, that no Northern communi
ty would tolerate. His description of
the genus carpet-bagger is about as cut
ting as anything we ever saw.
TnE Case of Georgia.— We find the
following paragraph in a Washington
special to the Cincinnati Commercial:
Washington, June 6 —' The Adminis
tration is somewhat embarrassed in de
termining the political status of Georgia,
as she was not included in the supple
mental bill, which passed Congress in the
last hours of the session, with the States
of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas; and
she is also not represented in both
branches of Congress. The president
has, therefore, submitted the question
to the Attorney General for his opinion
If he shall decide the State as still out
of the Union, under the laws of Con
gress, it is not improbable that the
President will assume that Georgia is
iu the condition of the other unrecon
structed States, and recognize her only
as under a provisional government.
A Long Drought.— The Charleston
News says there has been no rain of
any consequence in the neighborhood
of Charleston since March 17, and dur
a period of nearly three months,
enough rain has not fallen to penetrate
I the soil to a depth of more than two
S inches. So long a drought at this sea
son has no parallel, we believe, in the
I memory of our oldest citizens. All the
farms near the city are suffering greatly,
: and nearly every cistern in the city is
dry. ___
Items from the Lafayette (Ala.) Re
porter of June 11th :
Shot —We learn that Mr. Stokely
Towles, son of Col. Toliver Towles,
was shot on last Sunday evening, by
Robert Banks. The difficulty was caus
ed by Banks filling Towles’ pockets with
rocks On last Sunday the two boys
met. and Banks presented a pistol and
fired, the ball entering between the
eyes but fortunately no serious damage
was done, as the ball did not enter the
skull. ,
Sad.— It causes us great regret to
state that Mr. A. D. Pate, a well known
and highly respectable citizen of this
i place, has lost his mind, and in conse
j quence sent to the Asylum at Tuska
loosa. It is hoped that he will be kindly
treated, and ere long restored to his
| family.
SCSBAT MORNING, JUNE 13.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—The Greens
boro Herald says Mr. Stephens is im
proving and can now sit up and attend
to business most of the day.
The Savannah News contains nearly
a column setting forth the improvements
in process of construction in that city.
Their estimated value will exceed one
million of dollars.
Breach of Promise Case.— A suit
for a breach of promise of marriage
which occcupied several days has just
been concluded in Chicago. The suit
was brought by Miss Amanda Craig,
of Cincinnati, against a Mr. Sprague-
The result was a verdict of one hun
dred thousand dollars. The jury was
no doubt influenced in the amount of
their verdict by the fact proven that
Sprague not only violated his contract,
but lied about her and conspired against
her to blast her character. Miss Craig
was an educated but poor lady, and
Sprague an illiterate blackguard, said
to be worth half a million.
The last Athens Watchman, noticing
a visit at its sanctum from Dr. M. F.
Stephenson, the distinguished miner
alogist, of Hall county, says the Doctor
has settled the mystery concerning the
rock found in an Indian mound in
Clarke county some time ago, to the
editor’s entire satisfaction. From the
Doctor’s explanation the editor thinks
there can be no doubt but that it was
dressed by the Mound-Builder’s, a race
which has passed away—the race which
left their records in the rocks in Gilmer
and Forsyth counties, and various other
places. But where shall we find some
one able to read those records and unfold
to the world the wonderful story of the
now defunct Mound-Builders?
Rail Road Sale. —The Opelika Lo
comotive, of the 12th, states upon the
authority of Governor Smith, of Alaba
ma, that the Montgemery and West
Point Rail Road Company have sold to
the Georgia Rail Road company that
part of their line of the road from Opeli
ka to West Point; and to the Georgia
Central company, that part from Opeli
ka to Columbus. For some time it has
been whispered around that such a trade
was under consideration, and that if
consummated, the project of a road from
this city to West Point would lie aban
doned by the Rail Road interests agita
ting it. We have no doubt the pur
chases have been made—the authority
is good. Whether or not it will have
the effect of killing off the enterprise
from this city to West Point, will doubt
less depend on the liberality of the Cen
tral Company in acceding to such
through schedule rates as the Georgia
Rail Road may desire to make between
this city and the West, and with Charles
ton.
Loss in Cradling Wheat.— We
venture the opinion, says the Washing
ton Gazette, that few persons know the
quantity of wheat wasted and lost in
the fields every year, by reaping with
the -ordinary grain cradles. Experi
ments last year by Samuel Barnett,
Esq., indicated an average of five to
eight bushels per acre, even on the best
handled crops.
The matter may be tested accurately
by any one who will spend an hour in
doing it. Twenty one feet each way is
the one hundredth part of an acre, full
measure and as nearly exact as neces
sary. A spot may be selected of average
ground in the field after the wheat is
shocked up, and twenty one feet each
way marked off carefully. Then in a
few minutes every head wasted or left
on the spot may be picked up and
rubbed out. Weigh the grain accurately
and multiply the result by one hundred,
and you have the waste per acre. Di
vide the pounds by sixty and you have
the number of bushels. We should be
glad to publish some tests of this sort.
Unfortunate Difficulty. —We
learn from the Mississippi papers that
an altercation occurred in Jackson,
Miss., on Tuesday evening last, between
Col. E. M. Yerger and Lt. Col. Joseph
G. Crane, United States Army, com
manding the Fourth Military District,
and acting military Mayor of the city,
in which the latter was stabbed and
killed by the former. One version of
the affair is that Mr. Yerger, not having
paid his city taxes, the Mayor ordered
an officer to levy on Mrs. Yerger’s pia
no, which exasperated her husband, as
there was other property that might
have been levied on as weli as the piano.
So, on meeting the Mayor, after the
levy, he spoke to him about it, and ap
plied some opprobrious epithet to him;
the Mayor then struck Yerger on the
head with a cane, and Yerger drew a
dirk (which he wore, open to public
view, at his side) and stabbed the May
or, killing him.
Hon. Reverdy Johnson —Sumner’s
Sueech— England. —A correspondent
of the New York Times gives an ac
count of a professed interview with the
Hon. Reverdy Johnson, late United
States Minister to England, at his coun
try residence, near Baltimore, a few
days ago. Mr. Johnson said :
“Sumner’s speech is absurd ! Do you
know what they say of it in England ?
Clarendon says that it is absurd and
preposterous; that it is not the speech
of either a lawyer or a statesman ; that
its propositions are wholly inadmissi
ble.” “Why,” said Mr. Johnson,
“this same Mr. Sumner wrote to Mr.
Bright on the 19th or 20th of last Janu
ary that the protocol which I sent here
would have been almost unanimously
approved if it had been received three
weeks sooner.” Mr. Sumner said to my
colleague, Mr. Vickert, that a month
earlier ‘it would have been as welcome
as champagne.’ Bright denounces
Sumner’s speech in the strongest terms.
“Why don’t the English papers pub
lish Mr. Sumner’s speech?”
“Why, because it is too nonsensical.
Clarendon says that the United States
as a Government have no claims against
England as a Government. The Uni
ted States have private individual claims
against England, and England has pri
vate individual claims against the Uni
ted States. These the English people
and Government are willing to submit
to an arbitration. Clarendon says that
England might as well say that she
would reject the treaty because the
holders of the Irish Republican bonds
might come in under its terms. The
Americans whom I have met abroad
denounce Mr. Sumner as much as the
English people do. It is a foolish speech.
Take that point which he makes about
a blockade. That decision in the prize
cases in 2 Black is totally against him.
The English papers have not published,
and will not publish his speech.”
Mr. Johnson was very indignant on
this subject. He could not tolerate the
idea of attaching any importance or sig
niflcance whatever to the idea of the
Massachusetts Senator. He started up
I from his seat, and walking up and down
| the room, nervously and rapidly said :
“The English Government will never
1 accede to the Snmner demands. Clar
endon won’t yield one inch trom his
position. They have taken it, aud can
not be shaken in their resolve. They
| are a very proud people, a powerful
| people, and cannot be frightened.”
“ What do you think of war between
England and the United States, Mr.
| Johnson ? What would be the result of
it ?”
“The result would be unfaverabie to
us. In the first placd, our debts are
equal. But there will not be, and can
not be, a war so long as there is any
common sense left to the two peoples.
But, to talk about it for argument’s
i sake, England was never better prepar
ed for a war than she is now, and the
United States is less able to enter on a
contest of the kind than she was during
the rebellion.”
CHINESE LABORERS.
As this subject is engrossing the atten
; tion of the Southern mind at this time,
and particularly the planters of Alaba
ma, the following letter from Charles
W. Lightner, Esq., a • distinguished
Mining Engineer, of California, ad
dressed to a friend in Memphis, Ten
nessee, will throw some light on the
subject. We find it in a late number of
the Memphis Appeal:
Stockton, Cal., May 26, 1869.
Dear J. M.: I will give you my ideas
of the Chinese question. My absence
trom your present field of labor for scr
long a term of years, renders me unfit
to draw any comparison as to labor em
ployed in the Valley of the Mississippi
and that of the Chinese. I can only
compare the latter with that of the ordi
nary unskilled labor here, and there
fore in handling the subject you must
do up the comparison yourself. During
the past three years I have worked from
seventy-five to one hundred Chinese, at
the Borax Lake and sulphur manufac- 1
tory in Lake county, and all my obser
vations there lead me to freely say that
both the manufacturing of borax and |
sulphur would have been a total failure
with any other kind of labor. I had ]
several kinds of labor to perform with j
them ; the first, required them to be \
over their knees in the soft alkaline mud 1
in which the crystals of borax is found. I
The second was the employment of
hands on shore, firing up under the !
boiler, assorting the material, dissolv
ing the borax in particular solution I
varying in temperature and specific 1
gravity, stringing the tanks, selecting j
and packing the marketable crystals, |
marking and numbering the boxes, etc. j
At the sulphur works the labor consist- i
ed in mining and selecting the ores,
loading them in cars, charging the re- j
torts, firing up in the furnace, refining !
and packing the sulphur. I have found
them as a class patient, honest, indus
trious and intelligent, and, with the ex
ception of the carpenters and black
smiths and one foreman, at the sulphur i
works, the entire work was done by '
them. One remarkable trait in their
character consists in this, that you have
rarely to teach them the same thing
twice. Once having shown them a \
method of working, and they adhere to
it with an almost mechanical perseve
rance. Even in the refining, they be
come conversant with the use of the
hydrometer and thermometer, the time
required for crystalizing, the quality of
the salts, etc., etc. I believe they could
be instructed into being the very be3t
ot sugar boilers, soap manufacturers,
and other trades in which constant
watching is required, and in which
white men, once acquiring what they
conceive to be the important part of a
process, are apt to overvalue their ser
vices and strike accordingly.
The wages paid them are $1 50 (gold)
per diem (ten hours) for working in the
mud and water, and in the sulphur re
fining ; $1 20 (gold) for ordinary shore
and mining work—house rent free, fuel
fr.ee, they boarding themselves. This
they were content to do. Their grand
staples, rice at eight cents per pound,
tea seventy five cents per pound, were
furnished and deducted from their
month’s pay.
* They bring to this country a few na
tional prejudices, principally a jealousy
of one party of a different section ; pol
itics or religion, I am satisfied, have
nothing to do with their difficulties.—
These aro rarely carried to any extreme,
and are developed more in a stubborn
dislike to work with a rival party and
a total want of charity or even pity for
the troubles of any one not from their
own Chinese locality. I have found it
better when working one hundred or
so to have them of two parties—exciting
the one by the other. A few words
from a white overseer will at &ny time
quell a disturbance. Let them have
separate quarters, and fields or parts of
work allotted to them, and there will be
no difficulty in managing them.
They care but little for holidays, and
are supremely indifferent to the elective
franchise, whether at general or prima
ry elections; like a tolerably bad article
of whisky, if cheap, drinking it entirely
out of working hours ; and detest tolls
and taxes as fervently as Highlanders.
They are all fond of gambling, but it is
the policy of the overseer to stop it, as
one will often gamble off months’ wages
in advance, and like ourselves hate
paying for “dead horses.” They gen
erally, when in large bodies, ask for
two or three days in February (New
Year’s), and one or two in September
full moon (good days) and will work
all the better tor having these holidays.
They make but little show of the little
religion they have, and take no pains
to make proselytes to their belief, ignor
ing the idea that an outsider can ever
see their heaven under any circumstan
ces.
Now, as to inducing any large por
tion of them to migrate to your district,
it is asking too much for a party here to
venture it. An agent leaving this coast
to canvass the older States for a market
for their labor has too much to learn,
and too" short a time to learn it in.—
While there are here plenty of men who
are familiar with the method of getting
any number together for any mining or
railroad contract; and s while the “six
companies are able to turn them out by
the thousands, it is another thing to ask
them to go so far away from the only
line of communication they have with
their native home. The uncertainty of
the climate, and the people they have
to go amongst, the nature of the work
they are to be employed at, the facili
ties for obtaining their favorite food,
rice—(and here let me say they have a
poor opinion of Carolina “swamp seed,”
and would starve on it, their small
grained rice being much richer and
more farinaceous,) —and pork (fresh)
will for a long time, or until they are
satisfied in these respects, prevent them
from leaving here. Should a company
of men, in say Memphis or New Or
leans, raise a fund of $500,000,1 believe
that by sending out a proper agent, who
would be associated with some party
here, in whom the six companies have
confidence, they would be able to se
cure from 4000 to 5000 men who would
be willing to try the experiment. I as
sure you that arrangements could be
made for their passage overland, and to
Memphis at not to exceed $75 to SIOO
per head. This would be replaced out
of their fwages, and the money being
refunded would go towards sending on
more. With their immigration to your
section, it will be necessary to have a
store at some point where their traders
can supply them with the various fish,
clothes, medicines and nick-nacks,
whicn they consider indispensable to
they health and comfort. The agent
coming here should be well guaranteed,
and acquainted with the quality of la
bor to be done in your section, and
should be prepared to give positive as
surance as to the good treatment and
prompt pay of the men leaving here, as
the companies are shrewd and intelli
gent, and are in a great degree respon
sible for the return of the men to China,
dead or alive. I believe that plenty of
good field laborers could be induced to
go—all other things satisfactory—at not
to exceed S3O (gold) per month, they
boarding themselves, and it is possible
that they may be had at a much lower
price.
I presume you are already posted as
to the work done ou the Central Pacific
Railroad. Tlie bulk of tbe grading and
excavation was done by labor, and in a
most satisfactory manner. As to its
durability and cheapness, it is now a
settled question that the entire Pacific
coast system of railroads for the future
will be built by Chinese, so far as the
unskilled labor is concerned, and this
will be all the argument that is necessa
ry to show that it is the best that is
available. With this fact before the
people of your district, it would be well
for them to send a party here who
would thoroughly investigate, the sub
ject, and with power to arrange lor the
introduction of this labor into your cot
ton and sugar plantations. I have no
doubt that in time it will work wonders
for your section, and if carried out ou a
large enough scale, will restore the
South to its old position as a commer
cial and producing country.
C. W. L.
We also append a letter addressed to
the Appeal, by Mr. Anderson, an intel
ligent Tennessean, who has resided in
California, and had opportunities of
studying the character and service of
Chinese as laborers :
June 7,1869.
Editors Memphis Appeal: An expe
rience of several years with Chinese la
borers enables me to confirm every
statement made by Mr. Ligntner, in
his very sensible letter published in
Sunday’s Appeal. Much more can be
truthfully said about these people to
commend them to the Southern people
at this time. Besides being patient, in
dustrious and faithful, they are the
most docile, obedient and tractable of
all laborers I have ever seen. You can
teach them to do any thing required to
be done by a laborer, and they learn
the lesson readily and cheerfully.
A lesson once taught them is never for
gotten, and the labor is always per
formed in the same way. They exhibit
as little desire to improve upon the plan
of work given them to perform as they
do to shirk it. When once fairly em
ployed under a contract which is plainly
understood by them, they obey implic
itly, willingly and cheerfully every
order given them by the employer or
his agent, and they are no less obedient
to the law's of the country. Asa law
abiding people they will set an example
which might be followed by my own
people in any part of the country.
Physically they are weak, compared
with the white man or the negro. They
make up this in steadiness and perse
verance. Let them be generally intro
duced into the South, and in my judg
ment, we have the problem of the ‘labor
question in the South’ solved.
The wages paid them by Mr. Light
ner, is the rate of day labor in mining
operations. This is work which can be
done only at certain seasons of the year,
and it is the hardest kind of work.
Steady farm hands can, I think, be em
ployed at much less rates in California,
they can certainly be engaged for much
less in China, where they get from ten
to twenty dollars a year. We will soon
have definite and correct information
on this subject.
The practcal question suggested by
this letter and these facts is, what is the
best and most feasible plan of introduc
ing this species of labor into the South
at once? Like all other projects for
the future benefit of our oppressed sec
tion, it will require time and means to
carry it into successful operation. The
Chinaman must be brought here. He
is not a pioneer. He will never try a
new experiment until he is convinced
of its certain success. Success with
him as a laborer is to procure constant
work, at regular wages, with certain
pay. Let him be certain of getting
these things, and I believe be would go
to the ends of the earth to find them.
Yours truly, B. P. Anderson.
From tlio Atlanta Intelligencer.
On Immigration.
Atlanta, Ga., June 9, 1869.
It will doubtless be of some interest
to the people of Georgia to know, that
Col. Samuel Weil, Foreign Commission
er of Immigration, has departed upon
hi3 mission. He left this city for Eu
rope on the evening of the sth instant,
taking with him quite a number of books,
pamphlets, and documents relating to
our State, and will in my judgment,
discharge the duties of his position with
ability, energy and fidelity. He will
keep me advised of his movements, and
the public shall have the benefit of all
items of interest connected with his
mission. Among the documents car
ried out by Col. Weil, is a manuscript
circular, prepared by the undersigned,
and to be printed and circulated in Eu
rope by the Foreign Commissioner.—
This circular sets forth fairly and can
didly the condition and resources of the
State, embodying many useful facts and
statistics, going to show that no State
or country combines more of the ele
ments which go to make up a comforta
ble aud happy home than are to be
found in the State of Georgia. Our ob
ject has been, and will continue to be,
to induce good citizens, laborers, arti
sans, mechanics, etc., to immigrate to
Georgia, and to invest capital in Geor
gia lands.
To the end that the people may know
the spirit iu which we are endeavoring
to execute the law under which we
were elected, I give the conclusion of
the circular, addressed to the people of
Europe, which is as fellows ;
“I have thus given you a candid
statement of the general features, condi
tion, and resources of the State of
Georgia. I have faithfully endeavored
to avoid everything that would mis
lead or deceive. The State has no
public lands, and cannot, therefore,
offer to emigrants gratuitous homes,
but we can, and do, invite you to come
aud find cheap homes, and obtain pro
fitable employment, in a land where a
man of indus.ry, frugality, and moral
principle can always make his way
to competency and fortune. We invite
you to come amongst us, and dwell
safely, securely and happily, upon a
generous soil, and beneath a sunny sky.
We do not require that you be rich, or
high born, or that you be backed by
titles of nobility; but we simply ask
that you be sober, industrious and vir
tuous ; that you come to our State with
the settled purpose of identifying your
self with the best interests of the coun
try ; and that you intend to make a
law abiding, useful citizen. We are
candid enough to state, that as much as
we need population, labor and capital,
rather than see Georgia filled up with
an abandoned and refuse population
from poor-houses, jails, and places of
dissipation and vice, we would prefer
that her lands should remain forever
unoccupied and untilled, and that all
her vast resources and capabilities
should lie dormant until doomsday.—
Therefore let it be understood, that we
do not invite the indolent, the dissipat
ed, and the vicious, but that we will
meet the virtuous, the industrious, and
the good, at the very threshold, and
whether they be rich or poor, titled or
untitled, we will give them the hand of
cordial welcome and kindly attention ;
we will protect them against imposition,
aid them in finding homes and employ
ment, and extend to them all the good
offices of a generous and hospitable,
people. The Land and Immigration,
office is in this city, on Whitehall street.,
fronting the rairoad, and is open at all
times for information and assistance to
those who may wish to settle, or pur
chase lands, in the State of Georgia.”
Geo. N. Lester,
Home Commissioner of Land and Iza~
migration.
June 7,1869.
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Tbe Warreuton Affair.
The following telegram, which we
clip from the New York Tribune of the
7th, explains the authority upon which
the late outrageous proceedings of pre
tended Sheriff Norris was founded:
"Gen. I'erry in Command of the Be
partment of the South—Orders given to
Arrest the Murderers of Senator Adkins
Union Men to be Arrested. — Atlanta,
Ga., June 6. —Gen. Terry assumed com
mand of the Department of the South,
on the 2d inst. Sheriff Norris of War
ren county, who has been refugeeing
here since he was driven from his home
by the Ku Klux who murdered Doctor
Darden, proceeded to Warrentonon the
4th with an escort. Orders were given
to the commanding officer at that point
to furnish Norris with taoopsasa posse,
to arrest the parties who assassinated
Senator Adking, and committed other
gross outrages. The commanding offi
cer at Warren ton, not deeming the pres
ent force of one hundred and fifty men
sufficient and called for more, and two
additional companies go down by to
morrow morning’s train. Gen. Terry
is in perfect accord with President Grant
and Gov. Bullock, and will do all in his
power under the civil law to break up
the insurrectionary organizations and
protect the loyal men. The Union peo
ple here begin to feel that the President’s
, declaration that they will be protected
i will soon be realized.”
Associated Press Dispatches.
By Telegraph from Europe.
London, June 12—Noon.— Consols
925. Bonds 79|.
London, June 12 —Evening.—Bonds
firmer at 80|.
Liverpool, June 12.—Noon. — Cot
ton quiet, Uplands llj, Orleans 12d.,
sales 8,000 bales.
Liverpool, June 12—Evening—Cot-
ton sales 10,000 bales.
Havre, June 12. —Cotton opens un
changed, on spot 144 J.
Cordova, Spain, June 12.—A Re
publican meeting held here; 50,000 per
sons present. Deputies from evsry
Southern province participated, and
protested against a monarchy. Revo
lutionary speeches were made. The
Spanish and American flags were en
twined and elicited great shouts for
America and Grant. While the meet
ing was in session the military and civil
guard interfered, and a panic ensued.
Women and children were trampled.
Several lives lost. The crowd then
barricaded the streets, and a serious af
fray threatens.
London, June 12.—The House of
Commons postponed the debate on the'
Alabama claims to 10th July.
The House of Lords debated the dis
establishment bill. No action.
The Times has an"editorial on the
state of affairs in Paris. It says of the
crowd which demolished the kiosques
and sung the Marseillase at midnight;
“It is not their political power which is
to be feared, bul we must remember
that it is a long time since a crowd has
disturbed the peace of Paris. A pheno
menon worthy of attention, coming, as
it does, after an election which gave
nearly half the votes of the country to
the opposition.”
The Daily News has an article on the
subject, saying: “Europe must look to
an independent and increasing minority
in the Corps Legislate fora cessation of
armed peace in France, which will be
hardly less disastrous to the interests of
civilization than prolonged war.”
Paris, June 12.—Tumults in the
streets continue. Cavalry paraded all
night, but met with no resistance. Ar
rests continue. Streets become more
tranquil after midnight. A strong de
tachment of militia were posted in the
streets to prevent an outbreak.
Three editors of the Siecle and sever
al members of the Rochefort Electoral
Committee have been arrested.
t'roiu Washington.
Washington, June 12'—The Cubans
have dispatches reporting the follow
ing: Two expeditions of over 600 men,
with arms, ammunition and provisions,
have safely lauded and joined the pa
triots. The men are tried soldiers of
the late war. Desertions from the
Spaniards to the Cubans are increasing.
There are frequent collisions between
tlpj troops and volunteers, whose ani
mosities are irreconcilable. The Cubans
have organized their force into two ar
my corps. Gen. Thomas Jordan com
mands one. A battle tied ween Jordan s
and Lescan’s forces is daily expected.
Jordan has over 2,000 Americans in his
corps.
It is ascertained certainly that the
negro Turner, postmaster at Macon,
has not filed his bond. Details regard
ing his case withheld.
No property seized by any Internal
Revenue officer will be released by or
der of the Internal Revenue Commis
sioner until the officer who made the
seizure and the Assessor and Collector
of the District have reported the facts
in the case, with recommendation, or
had ample opportunity to make such
report or recommendation.
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Compound is the best and cheapest soap
ever produced. We refer to advertise
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Tall Stalk. Mr. Bates brought
into our office yesterday a cotton stalk
about two feet high. It was not very
prolific in squares, however. Seem to
have a good deal of sap. It was of the
“Six Oaks variety” and had been
heavily manured. It was the best stalk
in the field. Cotton generally will not
average more than eight to ten inches
in height at present.
NOTICE!
FROM this date, we shall DELIVER NO
GOODS, on order 4 or .otherwise, except for
Cash, or a sasisfactory guarantee that they
will be paid for when promised.
J. ENNIS & CO.
April 10,1869 d&Wt^
Discovery of an Ancient City in
Sonora.— The following account oi the
discovery of an ancient city in Sonora
is translated from the Estralla de Occi
dente of Ures:
A friend writes us from Alta, the
Ifollowing letter:
I will inform you of anew discovery
made by D. Pedro Urias and his neph
ew, whilst coming from the Rio Colora
do in search for a mine, which they
found near Tinajatain the Prieto Moun
tain, from which place two pounds of
metal were taken out which produced
$1 50 worth of silver.
From the mountain summit they saw
two wild horses, which they captured
after a chase of one day and a half. —
During the chase they lost their way
and commenced walking toward the
south.
After walking for two days in the
wilderness, they found an ancient city,
which had never been heard of before,
with a grand temple similar to the one
in Carboca, with three towers and a
dome, with three bells. Two saints in
their niches in a good state of preserva
tion, were found inside of the building.
In their rambles about the ruined city
they found six date trees and a great
number of pear and other fruit trees.
A spring of fine water and the ruins of
a metal foundry were also discovered.
Here the party stopped to procure lead
to load their pistols. After remaining
two days in the said place these men
went in the direction of Rio Colorado.
After having walked two days longer
they arrived at a ranch. Here they of
fered twenty dollars to the inhabitants
to be conducted to Tulito.
The Mexican Government regards
this as an important discovery, as the
said city possesses good elements for
mining and agriculture.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.— A Washing
ton dispatch to the Western Press
says :
Alexandor Stephens, of Georgia, in a
letter, in one of the Washington papers
to day, in rt to some criticism on
his history of Uie rebellion, take a very
1 gloomy view of the situation, and ar
gues that we are drifting into consolida
tion and empire. Nothing, he says, can
' prevent the establishment of imperial
' ism but a determined effort on the part
I of the people to preserve free institu
| tions. The remedy, he says, is not in
j secession. That was tried and found in
sufficient. It must be at the ballot-box.
He calls upon the people of the several
| States to seriously consider whether
! they will maintain free institutions or
• accept imperialism.
Arriving—A considerable portion
of tbe machinery for the new mill of the
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Com
pany is daily arriving from England
and the North. The Company has
been exceedingly fortuaate in its pur
chases, having procured some new and
valuable machinery at a great advan
tage. It is probable the brick work on
the new mill will be commenced to
morrow. The operations are being
pushed forward with energy.
COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE DAILY SON AND TIMES. 1
Golfmbus,|G a., June 11, 18ti9. <
Financial.—Gold, buying, 137; selling, 140.
Silver, buying, 130; selling, 135. Sterling 148
Exchange on Northern anil Eastern cities,
buyingdiscount, selling )( premium; on New
Orleans, buying par; selling J. premium
United States Currency, Loans, per month,
1@1!4 per cent.
The banks on first class security are lending
money at 1 per cent, a month. Br kers how
ever generally ask and get 2 per cent, for their
loans, owing, however, to the collateral offerou.
Gold closed Saturday in New York at 138'4 ;
rose Tuesday to 138'%, and Thursday to 139)4,
and closes to-night at 139 1 4@139?£.
Cotton.—On the week Liverpool has ad
vanced )(d on uplands ; New York l)ic. Now
York is higher than at any time this season.
The receipts at the ports this week are much
larger than those of the corresponding time
last year, but they have been drawn from the
stocks ol the interior towns. It is now thought
prices will rule high the remainder of the
season. The growing crop is at least three
weeks behind hand, and the supply will be
hardly sufficient to carry the mills through the
year,even though the receipts continue three
times as heavy as in 1867-8. Unfortunately
the change comes too late to beneiit planters
generally. Manchester now has 86,"00 nales;
same time inIS6S, 125,000 bales. The deficiency
in vlslbleßUpply amounted last Friday to 90,411
■bales, and by to night will probably exceed
100,000. The commercial crop is 71,000 bales
short of that to same period last year.
Seasons in this section continue fine. The
cotton fields are free of grass and prospects are
favorable to the reception at Columbus ol
75,000 to 80,000 bales, if the weathor continues
favorable, and the worm and caterpillar re
mains away, and it the labor can pica it out.
On Wednesday and Thursday delightful and
heavy showers fell. The cotton plant is back
ward some weeks, but Is growingrapidly. The
three manufactories here will consume m the
neighborhood of 4,000 bales ; those in Upson
county about 1,7:00 more. Next season the
consumption will be much larger as tivomoro
mills will be In operation.
On the wees the stock here has been decreas
ed 959 bales. Os the stock remaining in the
warehouses probably 50 to 100 belong to the
manufactories. Saturday middlings were
quoted at 27)4@28c., sales 36 bales ; Monday
280., sales 605 bales, 436 bales, a mixed lot,
classed strict good Ordinary on the average,
brought 27c.; Tuesday 28c., sales 43 bales ;
Wednesday at 28)4c., sales 65 bales ;
Thursday 29c., sales 67 bales, (29c. was asked for
a lot of 160 bales classed good styles Low Mid
dling). It Is almost Impossible to purchase
middlings, except, with lots of Inferior grades.
High prices have tended to bring I rout the
country a portion of the little cotton remain
ing there. Including all that the factories
have, or will receive, that has, or will not pass
through the warehouses, our receipts tor the
season will not amount to 48,500 bales against !
85,685 last year. We have heard of no sales
forfuture delivery. ... ,„ ,
To-day’s sales 124 bales, market closing dull
at following nominal quotations, aud with
great scarcity of middlings.
Ordinary 26c.
Good Ordinsiry 27c.
Low Middlings 28U0.
Middlings 29c.
Good Middlings 30c.
Warehouse sales for the week 930 bales.
Week’s receipts 66 bales against , 15 the
corresponding week of last season and 38
the previous week of this year—o by S. W. K.
R., 27 by M. & G..R. R., 4 by Opelika R. R.,
1 by river, 34 by wagons. Shipment 1,025 bales
—964 by S.| W. R. K., 25 by A. Sc G. R. R.
Lino, 36 lor home consumption.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1868 280
Received past week 60
“ previously 47814 47880
48160
Snipped pastweek 1025
“ previously 45982 47007
Stock on hand June 11,1869 1153
Gompabative Statement. 1868-9.—Stock
September Ist, 280; receipts since 47,880; total
shipments 47,007 stock;june 11, 1869,1,163.
1867-B.—Stock September Ist, 368 bales ; re
ceipts since, 85,502; total shipments 84,461;
Stock June* 13, 1868, 1,399.
The receipts aro, thus far, 37,622 bales short
of those to sam e time last season.
After this date last season 183 bales were
received.
Liverpool and New York.—On Saturday
Liverpool closed active, uplandsll%d, Orleans
Liverpool active, uplands ll%d, Orleans ll%d;
New York firmer, 30-%c. Tuesday Liverpool
firmer, uplands ll%d, Orleans 12d ; New V ork
aotive, 310. Wednesday, Liverpool quiet, at
same figures; New York active, 31)4c. Thurs
day; Liverpool easier, at same figures ; New
York quiet, 31)40. To-nlghts closing dis
patches give Liverpool quiet, uplands 11%(1,
Orleans 12d ; New York firmer at 31 : ..c.
Manchester fabrics less favorable.
The Liverpool circular telegraphed to-day
reports the stock afloat at 586,000 bales,
whereof 80,009 are American. Sales of the
week 78,000 bales. Exporters took 12,000, spec
ulators 10,000. Stock 435,000 whoroof 248,000
are Amerioan.
Bombay shipments since Maylst22o,ooo bales
The New York circular telograplied this
evening gives the net receipts of the week at
all the United states ports at 10,133 bales
against 11,690 the previous week, and 2,718
the corresponding week of last year ; exports
to Groat Britain 17,160 ; exports to Uontlnont
8,945. Stock on hand and on shipboard not
yet cleared at all U. S. ports 109,645.
At tub Poets.—The latest mail dates gives
the receipts at all the ports sinoe Septem
ber Ist, 1868, at 2,211,133 against 2,247,718 the
same time last year ; exports 1,387,005 against
1,635,000 ; stook 168,000 against 135,000. Es
timated stook August 31, 1868, at all ports,
383130 ; same time 1867, 80,296.
This oomparison with last year shows a de
crease in rooelpts of 36,585 bales, a decreaso
in exports of 247,995 and an increase In stock
of 33,000. This report lnoludes the overland re
ceipts.
General Remarks. —During the week trade
has been heavy in the provision line on a
credit, and light for oash. The mortgages of
lands and ouming crops for supplies is becom
ing general again. The stock of corn is very
light. Large amounts arc sold before It arrives.
The demand lor grain will be very heavy for a
monthortwo, until tho growlngcrop is gather
ed. Bacon has slightly advanced ; so has
common sound and middling bright tobacco.
There are also some changes in rectified whis
ky. Except in neoessaries of life, little is
doing. Stook, hath mess and rump pork, very
light. The margin betwen them and bacon is
too small to cause a demand. Endeavors are
being made to cheapen freights from the West.
Our factories are piliDg up goods for trade of
next fall and winter. Demand at present for
cotton goods Is light.
Freights —via Central Line —cn cotton per
100 pounds to Savannah 45c.; to Charleston
65c.; to New York, Philadelphia and Balti
more $1 39 ; to Providence and Boston ;jil 60.
Per Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Line, via
Bainbridge—per K)0 pounds of cotton—to Sa
vannah 460.; to New York $1 30. Special
rates made by this line.
Fernandina Route—vis, Apalachicola, Cedar
Keys and Fernandina,pr 100 pounds ol cotton—
to New York,Baltimore and Philadelphia*! 25,
to Boston and Providence tl 50. Insurance to
New York 1)4 f) cent.
To New Orleans, via Apalachicola, $2 50.
River freights 25c. per bale ; per barrel 25c
Factor'.' Prices. —There are now running
| at Columbus 14,000 cotton and woolen spindles.
Next winter the number will be increased to
28,000. Including the factories in Upson county
t here are now in operation 19,OOO.Wegive whole
sale prices: Sheeting 4—4, standard weight,
14)4c.; sewing thread, various sizes, 16 to it, 70e.
Knitting do., In balls, 05c.; bleached do. 75c.
Franklin osnaburgs 22c. by the bale. Yarns
$2; Eagle and Plienix goods : (Cotton) Brown
drills stripes 18e.; checks 21o,; gingham,
do. 22c.; pantaloon do. 25c.; tickings 23025 c.;
Denims, brown and blue, 20c.; Rope 5-16.
%, \4, -J4, qr., half and whole colls, 40c.; do,
U Inch 46c.; Wrapping twine 60c.; Cot onades,
heavy, 28030 c.; Cotton blankets, per pair, ss®
$S 60 ; do., colored, *6 50 ; do. buggy $4 50.
Woolen goods : Cassimeres, for Summer wear,
60c.; colored yarns, £ lb. bunch, $2 75 ;
Phenix tweeds 30035 c.; Trout Line 70c.; Co
lumbus Co.’s goods, not Included in above,
shirting %, 13e.; batting pr. lb., 30c.; wool
rolls esc.; wool carding per lb. 17c.
City Mills Prices.— The following are
the quotations of the Empire and Palace
Mills : Per hundred pounds, Flour, “A A
Excelsior” 37 wholesale, $7 50 retail ; I ,A”
$6 5o wholesale, $7 retail; “B” $6 whole
sale, 660 retail; “C” 15 wholesale, to 50
retail. Com meal and hominy per butshe
*1 20 retail. Shlpetuffs, retail, $3 per hun
dred pounds. Bran and shorts mixed $1 50
per hundred pounds, retail.
Cotton Saturday. Middlings
29c. A lot of 160 bales, classed good
styles low middlings brought 28 Jc.
Warehouse sales 215 bales. Receipts
21 bales—l 7 Opelika R. R, 4by wagons.
Shipments 138 bales, all by S W R R.
Total receipts since Sept. Ist, 1868,
(including 280 bales stock at that date,)
48,181; shipments 47,145; stock 1,036.
Receipts same day last season 0;
shipments 63; total receipts 85,860.
total shipments 84,461; stock 1,399.
MAKHETN.
New York, June 12.—Stocks firm
with aa upward tendency. Money act
ive at 7 per cent, and 1-16 commission.
Sterling 9§. Gold 139§. ’62’s 22.
North Carolina’s 60, new 56J; Virgi- ,
nia ex-coupons 56, new 61; Tennessee
ex-coupons 67, new 64j; Louisiana’s,
old 70, levees 66.
Flour dull and drooping. Wheat
dull and 1c lower. Corn l@2c better.
Mess Pork firmer at $32 50@32 75.
Lard firmer, steam 19A@19J. Cotton
quiet and firmer at 31 £c.
P. M.—Cotton firmer, sales 3,500
bales at 31fc. Money easier during
bank hours, supply liberal at 7 per ct.,
subsequently abundant at 6. Gold 139|.
Cincinnati, .Time 12—Whisky 92@
93c. Mi ss poi'k in hi at $32 50. Bacon
firm and scarce, shoulders 14c., sides
18c., closing | higher. Lard held at 19c. j
Louisville, June 12. Shoulders '
14Jc, clear sides 18Jc. Mess pork $33.
Flour dull, superfine $4 58@5.
St. Louis, June 12.—Whisky firm a*'
94c. Provisions dull. Mess Pork $33-
Shoulders clear sides 18@18$c.
Lard quiet.
New Orleans, June 11.—Cotton re
! ceipts to-day 467 ; for the week, gross,
! 2,251, net 1,600; exports to-day 2733,
for the week to Liverpool 7,382; conti
nent 3597; coastwise 2793; stock 40,-
| 784. Sales to day 550. Sales of week
! 11,000. Market firm and steady; mid
dlings 29£.
Mobile, June 11.— Cotton market
active; sales 1700 bales; iow middlings
27J@28; receipts 96; exports 00. Sales
of the week 6300; receipts of the week
902; exports to Great Britain 4087, to
' other foreign ports 450, coastwise 4924,
stock 17,747.
Savannah, June 12.—Market quiet
but firm, middlings 29@29Jc, sales 250
I bales; receipts 471.
COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY THE BOARD OP TRADE
Wholesale, Retail.
Bacon—Clear Sides.per lb. 20 @ 21 @
Ol’r Rib Sides.... 19'4@ 200
Shoulders 160 180
Sugar-cur’dHams. 20022 22@ 26
J>lain “ “ 17@18 200 22
Mess pork—per bbl 36 00037
Bagging—lndia 260 260 28
Kentucky 260 280
Borrteo 270 28®’30
Butter—Goshen 66® 600 i
Country 300 350 40
Brooms— per doz. 3 0004 60 36® 86
Cheese—English Dairy 230 25®
Western 190 260 |
N. Y. State 19@ 25
Candles—Star 20@ 250 i
Sperm 560 600 I
Cigars—Domestic,per M... 18 00050
Havana 90 000180
Coffee—Rio ft.. 23057 26® 33 |
Java... : 40045 460 50 1
Corn—Yellow Mix’d bu.. l 26®
White II 26®
Hay—Seutliern..per cwt. i 60® 2 00@ I
Northern 12 400 2 60
Flour—Fine. ... f) bbl i \
Superfine ,8 00@ | @
Extra :9 00@ jlO 00
Double Extra -12 00® i 9c
Fancy 13 00014 \ 100
Iron Ties lift- •! t@ 8 1 lj>@ j
Leather—White oak, sole. | 46@ 60
Hemloek, “ 35® j 40
Frenoh calf skins 4 50® 6 00
American “ |4 00® j 4 60
Upper Leather. 3 00® 4 00.
Harness “ j 600 j 65
Dry Hides. I IS® [ 20
Green “ j 7‘4@ 8
I Lime ft cask,6 bus 4 26® j 4 60
j Lard, prime leaf ft ft.. j 22024 j 23025
Mackerel—No. 1. .ft bb1...'28 00030 |
No. 2 18 60020
No. 3 !15 00® 16 000 j
No. 1, 1 5 bbl ..J 12 00013 114 50®
No. 2 “ 1 10 00011 ! 11013 50
No. 3 “ ;8 50 ;9 00
No. 1 kits 3 760 f 4 00
Meal fl bush.. 1 20® 1 26@180 '
fi Molasess—N. O. ft gal 1 80090 1 000126 ,
Florida I so® j ’ 1000 i
Cuba I 600 66:
Golden Syrup. .1 00@l 35 1 600176 j
Onions—per barrel 7 75® 1 ou®
j Oil—Kerosene....per gal.. j @ | 76®
Linseed,raw ® I 35®
“ hol’d 11 50® 1600
Lard 0 75® 12 000226
Train II 60® 1 50®
Potatoes—lrish, %) bbl ! o 00® 76 cpk j
Powder—Ky. Rifle, pr. keg 8 00® 60@76c1t,
“ “ '/> “ ,4 60® 4 750
“ “ ‘4 “ 2 50® 2 76®
Rope—Manilla, ft ft 28® 30® 3D
Cotton, ft ft j 40® 46 60® 1
Machine Made | 10® 11 1 ‘-1 1 4
Rice—ft ft 12012 % 14®
1 Salt—ft sack 2 75® 3 000326 I
Kanawha,bbl. of7 bu. 6 0005 50
, Shot—ft sack 3 60® 20cprft |
! Sugar—Cuba, ft ft 15@ 160
A, ft ft 19@20 22)4025
B, ft ft 19@19'4 20@ 22
C, ft ft 180 200 21
j Starch—per ft 11® ® i
Tea—Green, ft ft 2 000 2 500
Black, 1 5001 76 2 000260 j
| Vinegar— ft gal I 40® 760100
Tobacco—Unsound @ ®
Common, Sound, 650 ®BO |
Medium, bright, 70® 900
Fine, 750 90®
Extra 1 00® 1 250
Navy 60®65 0 j
Wool—Unwashed, free of
burs 300
Washed,free of burs 35®
| Whisky—Rectified, ft gal.. 1 15@1 G 0 2 00@250
Bourbon 2 0004 00 3 no®lo 1
Turpentine porgal.. |1 00®
I White Lead per ft 16® j 18®20 !
! Hardware—wide Iron, ft ft 8® I 90
Refined,..."... H'4@ I 70
Sad Irons, 80 l 10012)4
Lead, 8ar,.... 14® 1 150
Nalls, ft keg.. 6 000 6 000
Castings, ft it,. 6 )4@ I 9®
Axes, ft doz... 15 00@18 1 60@175
Stoel,plow,ftft, @ 12)4
“ Cast 300 35®
Buggy Springs
per ft 26@ 280
Horse and Mule
Shoes per ft, ... 10 12)4
H orse Shoe
| Nails per ft.... 33)4038 360-40
HARRIED,
On Wednesday, June 2d, at tho residence of
! the bride’s lather, by Rev. Dr. Backus, JO
SEPH D. BETHUNE of Fauquier county,
| Va., (formerly of Columbus, Ga.,) to MARY
| AGNES, daughter of Charles Clarke, Esq., J
of Baltimore, Aid.
- —-
DIEM,
i Departed this life in Titus county, Texas, May
21st 1869, arter an illness of about three weeks,
which she bare with remarkable patieuao and
Christian resignation, Mrs. MARTHA J.
BLACK, wife of Mr. Edward M. Black, and
daughter of the late Dickinson Jones, Esq., of
Tallapoosa, oounty, Alabama.
Stockholders’ Meeting.
Savankah and Memphis Railroad 00., ) |
Opelika, Ala., Juno 9, 1869. S j
The Annual meeting of the Stockholders of i
this Company will be held at the Office of tho
Company in OPELIKA, at 10 a. m., on j
Thursday, the First day of July next.
SAMUEL G. JONES, Pros.
jelltd
a>— —Extra Special Notice —Beware
of Counterfeits! Smith’s Tonic Syrup
has been counterfeited, and the counterfeiter
brought to grief.
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP.
The genuine article must have Dr. John
Bull's private Stamp on each bottle. Dr. John
Bull only has the right to manufacture and
sell the original John Smith’s Tonlo Syrup of ]
1 Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label on caoh
bottle. If my privato stamp is not on the bot
[ tie, do not purchase, or you will be deceived.
See my oolumn advertisement, and my show
card. I will proseoute any one infringing on I
my right. The genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup
oan only be prepared by myself.
Tne public’s servant,
Louisville , Ky. DR. JOHN BULL.
ap2l ts
Dooin. Window Sashes %vitli
Lights and Itlinds, for Sale,
majL.ow COST i
A FINE lot of Window Saahos with tflass
lights. 14x22 and 10x12, Blinds, Doors,
&.C., several hundred dollars In valuo, and suit
able for firat-class dwellings and other houses,
for sale at Boston invoick prices with only
h alp cost lor freight.
Apply to MRS. H. T. HAEIi,
Einwood,
Columbus, Ga., June 3,1809 dlaw2t
For Sale.
A SMALL. STEAM ENGINE, with Boil
er, Pumps, Pipes, &c., all complete, and
j lltted up expressly to order, lor Plantatlou use,
will bo sold low for casb.
For terms apply to
CO BUM BUS IKON WORKS CO.,
| to R. M. GUN BY.
Columbus, Ga., May 29, 1809 dWlm
J. H. HAMILTON
HAS just received a largo assortment of
FRESH CRACKERS, at wkoesale and
retail.
])ARBY T, S Pure SUGAR CANDY by the box.
Couutry-cured H/vMS, SI I) ES and Shoulders,
DRIED BEEF, OYSTERS, PICKLES, SAU
CES, &c.
FRESH COUNTRY' MEAL, BUTTER and
EGGS always on hand.
I'KEHII FLOUR ni MILL PRILLS.
GROCERIES and STAPLE GOODS gene
rally, at wholesale and retail, cheaper than
ever before, for Cash and Cash only.
J. H. HAMILTON,
Corner Franklin aud Warren streets.
May 30, 1869 dim W2t
WASHING MADE EASY!
No Humbug!
rnHil undersigned having purchased the
I Fateut Right of WELDON’S EXCEL
SIOR LABOR-SAVING WASHING SOAPS
for tho counties of Muscogee and Harris, will
disposo of Family Rights lor the Manufacture
and use of them in said counties. No patent
washing machine, wash-board, or hatting
stick necessary, Full directions for making
and using these soaps accompany each set of
Receipts. The Patentee, a North Carolinian,
claims lor this Soap superiority over all oth
ers ever before Introduced to the public, for
the following reasons which are clearly set
forth in the Letters Patent, to-wit: It can be
Manufactured at loss than half the cost ol any
soap ever produced, it can be used successfully
in any kind of water, cold or hot, hard or soft;
it will prevent woolen goods from contracting
in boiliug; it does not injure colored goods,
hut rather makes them more brilliant. All
that is necessary in using It Is a few minutes
boiling and a thorough rinsing. Having thor
oughly tested the value and merits of these
soaps in my own family I beg to refer the in
credulous public to the following certificates
from some of the first ladies and most experi
enced housekeepers ol Columbus. Other tes
timonials can be produced if necessary:
Columbus, Ga., June 3,1869.
1 Mr J. H. Hamilton—Dear Sir: Having made
and used “Weedon’s Excelsior Labor-Saving
Washing Compound” 1 take pleasure in re
-1 commending it to house-keepers as the best
and cheapest preparation 1 have tried. Fol
lowing the directions It does all it promises
without tail. Respectfully,
MRS. R. R. GOETCHIUS.
Columbus, Ga., June 6,1869.
Mr. J. H. Hamilton—l have tried No. 2 re
ceipt of ‘‘Weedon’s Excelsior Labor-Saving
Washing Compound,” and find It the best ar
ticle I have over used for the purpose of wash
ing. I have tried several Washing receipts,
but the receipt above mentioned answers the
purpose better than any I have heretofore used.
I regard It as a great labor-saver, and expect
to Continue Its use.
MRS. J. D. JOHNSON.
Columbus, Ga., June 5, 1869.
Mr. J. H. Hamilton—Dear Sir: I have mixed
and used ‘‘Weedon’s Labor-Saving Washing
Compound” and after a lair trial am able to
say ft Is satisfactory In Its results, being an
economy in labor, material and time, and
equally good on fine and coarse fabrics white
or oolored, It Is also excellent for cleansing
China, Tin Ware, Ac., discolored from long
use. It may be used readily by a feeblo person,
and I think it is not as injurious to clothing as
the ordinary mode and material used for wash
ing. MRS. K. B. MURDOCK.
Uolumubus, Ga.. June 1, 1869^
Mr. J. H. Hamilton—l have used Weedon s
Labor-saving Compound” made from recipe
No 3, “to double oommon soap and am well
pleased with the result By tbe use of Soap
made as d.recteil, clothes can be cleansed with
a third to half the labor ol the common soap,
and the olothes made much whiter. 1 have
used several receipes, but this tar exoela
them all. Ireoommend this compound to all
housekeepers and washers and ironers as a
labor-saver. MRS. H. G. DaWOLF.
The price for a Family Right is three (3) dol
lars. It oan be sent by mall on receipt of the
money. In a lew days I will be able to furnish
the artioleSifor making these soaps at a very
low price.
J. n. HAMILTON,
jeeeodfcWtf Oolnmubus, G^_
MUSIC BOOKS
BOUND m TUB BUST STYL »
l)R. JOHN -BULL’S
Orent It eme ili e h !
DU. JOHN BULL
Manufacturer and Vender or the Celebrated
SMITH’S TOMl! S\W!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
Chills ana Kever.
The Proprietor of this celebrated medlolne
justly olaluis for It a superiority over all reme
dies ever ottered to the public lor the ease, cer
tain, speedy and permanent ourc ot Ague and
I'evor, or Chilli and Fever, whether o! short or
longstanding. He rofors to the entire Wes
tern and South-western country to boar him
testimony to the truth of the assertion, that In
no case whatever will it (all to oure, if the di
rections aro strictly followed and carrlod out.
In a great many cases a single doso has been
sufficient fora oure, and whole families have
been oured by a single bottlo, with a period
restoration ot tho general health. It is, how
ever, prudent, ami in every ease more certain
to cure, II its use is continued In smaller desos
for a week or two after the disease has boon
checked, more especially in difficult and long
standing cases. Usually, this medicine will
not require any aid to keep tho bowels In good
order : should the patient, howovor, require a
cathartic medicine, after having taken throe
or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of
BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY PlI-LS
will bo sufficient.
DR. JOHN BULL’S Principal Office.
No. 40 Fifth, fitisN Ntreet,
IOIT* VMi.I.F, KY.
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
To my United States aud
World-wide Readers.
I have roceivod many testimonials from pro
fessional and medical men, as my almanacs and
various publications have Bhown, all of which
are genuine. The following letter Irorn a
highly educated and popular physician in
Georgia, is certainly one of the most sensible
communications 1 haveeverrecelvod; Dr Clem
ent knows exactly what he speaks of, and hia
testimony deserves to bo written in letters ol
gold. Hear what the Doctor says of BULL’S
WORM DESTROYER:
Villahow, Walkor County,Ga., \
June 29, 1866. (
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir—l have recently
given your “Worm Destroyer” several trials
and find it wonderfully efficacious. It lias not
failed In a single Instance to have tho wished
for etteot. lam doing a pretty largo country
practice, and have dally use for some article of
tne kind.
I am free to oonfoss that I know of no remedy
recommended by the ablest authors so oertatn
and speedy in its effects. On the oontrary they
are uncertain in tho extreme, My object in
writing you Is to find out upon what ter ms 1 can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can
got it upon easy terms, 1 shall use a greatdeal
of it. lam aware that the useol such articles
is contrary to tho teachings and practice of a
groat majority of the regular Hue of M. D.’s,
but I see no just causo or good sense in dis
carding a remedy which we know to he effi
cient, simply because we may he Ignorant ot
Its combination. For my own part, I shall
make It a rule to use all and any means to al
leviate suffering humanity which 1 may be
able to command not hesitating because
someone more Ingenious than myself may
have learned its effects first, and secured the
sole right to secure that know ledge. However,
I am by no means an advocate or supporter
of tho thousands of worthless nostrums that
flood thooountry, that purporttooure all man
ner of disease to which human slosh is heir.
Please reply soon, and Inform me of your best
terms.
1 am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. 1).
iiiiirs Sarsn'mi'illa
H (iOOl) REASON for tlic CAPTAIN’S FAITH
READ THE CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND
| THE LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER.
BaM-ron Barbaokb, Mo., April 30,1866.
Dr. John Hull—Dear Sir—Knowing the effi
ciency of your .Sarsaparilla, amt the healing
and beneficial qualities it posessce, I send you
the following statement of my case.
I was wounded about two years ago, taken
firlsoner and oonfined for sixteen months. Be
ng moved so olten, my wounds have nut heal
ed yet. I have not sat up a moment since I
was wounded. 1 atn shot through the hips.
My general health is Impaired, and I need
something to assist naturo 1 have more faith
In your sarsaparilla than In any thing else.
I wish that that Is genuine. Please express
me hall a doxon bottles, and oblige
OAPT. <J. P. JOHNSON,
St. Louis Mo.
P. S.—The following was written April 30,
1805, by Mrß. Jennie Johnson, mother ol Oapt.
Johnson.
Dr. Bull—Dear Sir—My husband. Dr. O. S.
Johnson, was a skillful surgeon ami physician
In Central New York, where ho died; leaving
the above O. P. Johnson to my cars. At thir
teen years ol age he had a ohronio diarrhoea
and Bcrofula, for which 1 gave him your Sarsa
parilla. It cubed him. I have for ten years
recommended It to many In New York, Ohio,
and lowa, lor scrofula, lever sores, and goneral
debility. Perfect success has attended It.
7 he cures effected in some cases of scrofula and fe
ver sores were almost miraculous. 1 am very anx
ious for my son to again have reoourso to your
Sarsaparilla. He Is fearful of getting a spu
rious article, hence his writing to you for It.
His wounds were terrible, but I believe be will
reoover.
Respectfully,
JENNIE JOHNSON.
BULL’S CKDKIIN HITTERS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arkansas Heard From.
TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL MEN :
Stowkv Point, White County, Ark., /
May 23,1868. (
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir—Last February 1
was In Louisville purchasing drugs, and I got
some of your Sarsaparilla and Oedron Btttors
My son-in-law, who was with me In tho store
has boon down with rheumatism for some time,
| commenced ou the Bitters, and soon found hli
, general health Improved.
Dr. Gist, who has been In bad health, tried
i them, and he also Improved.
Dr. Coflee, who has boon In bad hoalth for
1 several years—stomai ii and livkk affected—
he improved very much by the use of Bitters.
Indeed the Oedron Bitters has given /ou great
i popularity, In this settlement. I think I could
sell a great quantity of your medicines this
1 fall—especially of your Oedron Bitters and
; Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, careot
Klckett A Neely.
Respectfully,
U. B. WALKER.
Prepared and sold by DR. JSO. BULL, at his
i LubroJory. Fifth SI., Louisville. Ky.
Allot tho above remedies for sale by
PEMBEIITOH, IIOOD Ac TATUM
AGENTS, COLUMBUS, GA.
March 2, 1868 t s
FOR SALE.
ONE
R. Hoe & Co.’s Patent
MELARUE CHIMER PRESS
No. 5,
sue, luaide Bearers, 31x46.
Will be sold for $1,500!
j It ean be seen at the SUN OFFICE.
Any Information ooncerning It will be
given by addressing the undersigned.
Also, a lot of
SHAFTING and PULLIES
FOR SALE,
adapted to running the same by steam. Also,
A Fount of Bourgeois,
somewhat worn, about 200 pounds,at S3 cte.
per pound.
TWO PROOF I’UEHSEH,
COLUMN RULES, CHASES, Ac.
THOS. GILBERT & CO.
| Ueorglaxnd Alabama Blank
>nd numerous other Blanks, for .sale at thu
cßtce.