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TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 10.
The “Nineteenth Century.”
Messrs. Appier & Thornton have laid
on our table the August number of the
“Nineteenth Century.” We are pleas
cd to notice that this magazine keeps
at the high literary standard with which
it commenced its career.
Important A Washington dis
patch of the 3d says : Giant’s coachman
returned this evening, with the Presi
dent’s two horses, Egypt and Cincin
nati. Secretary Cox failed to reach the
depot in time to receive the animals,
hut afterwards called at the White
House stables and telegraphed the Pres
ident that all was correct.
Health op Hon. Jefferson Davis.
—We have the pleasure (says the New
Orleans Picayune) of announcing to
our readers that in a letter very recently
received from him by a relative of his,
Mr. Davis speaks of his health as by no
means as precarious as has been repre
sented.
A WF.Tom'Y Gathp.ring.— The fat
men’s clambake is to take place at
Gregory’s Point, Norwalk, Conn , on
the 30th of August. Every man weigh
ing two hundred pounds and over is
entitled to be present from any part of
the world. The fats will meet at Mouth
Norwalk, at ton o’clock a. m., Friday
August 20. _
ItelM lH nntl Traitors.
We publish on the outside of our issue
of this morning a very remarkable arti
cle under the above beading, from the
N. Y. Times. Those who read it must
agree with us that taking it from first to
last, in spirit and temper, it is the worst
article that has appeared in any North
ern Journal since the war. It is scarce
ly necessary to say that the article in
question was written since the death
of Mr. Raymond, whose later efforts
all looked towards a cordial and
complete restoration of good feeling
between the estranged sections. The
article itself is provocative of comment,
so much so that the natural reply to it
will readily suggest itself to every true
Southern man, who may read it. We
have only to say at present that if res
toration is to be brought about, by the
acceptance of the terms proposed by the
Times to the people of the South, we
sincerely trust the day which shall mark
the end of earthly things, may find the
North and South without a single bond
of Union.
“True as Gospel.” —These words
deserve to be chiseled in marble and to
In; immovably fixed at every street cor
ner of every town and village of the
country :
“One of the means by which we may
build up a town, and bring prosperity
to our business generally, is for every
one to patronize home institutions,
especially in articles that are manufac
tured here. Keep the money in our
town is the way to make it rich, and
every man that sends away for work he
win just as easily get done here, de
prives the town of just that much
wealth, as well as discourages enter
prise.”
('{iliiuibnsat Ole Textile Exhibition
- Speech of Dr. B)iN»ey.
In addition to the fine display of man
ufactured goods, made by Columbus at
the Textile Exhibition at Cincinnati,
Ohio, our friend and fellow citizen, I)r.
Ilusscy, President of the Eagle and
Phenix Manufacturing Company, was
present. From the Cincinnati Commer
cial we take the following synopsis of
his speech at that banquet:
“Gentlemen Your motto lias been
‘Welcome to the mass of the South and
West.’ I am from the South, and am
free to testify to that welcome. It has
been unbounded —it has been more than
we looked for, or expected. Wo dis
cover that we have gotten among men
witli largo souls. It is said somewhere
that from the fullness of the heart the
mouth speaketh. But, gentlemen, I
have not language to express my feel
ings on this occasion, and it would be
eloquent to remain silent; but the many
attentions and kindness shown since we
from Georgia have been in your magni
ficent city, has overwhelmed us. It has
been the custom to call my native State
—Georgia— the Empire State of the
South. So it is equally or more befit
ting that your city should be styled the
Queen City of the West. Ten years
ago I was in your city, and it is wonder
ful to see what you have done in the
way of improvements since that time.
You are a live, progressive people.—
And, in coming among you I hope you
will in some measure impart to us a
portion of your energy and enterprise,
lu former times, when we had to travel
by river and stage coaches, the distance
from Cincinnati to Georgia was great;
hut now, by the aid of the telegraph and
railroads, we are brought in close prox
imity. And from the recent action of
your City Fathers and citizeu,s l see
that you intend very soon, by a large
appropriation, to have a shorter and
more direct railroad route to reach the
borders of our Empire State. Go on,
gcutleuieu, in the noble work. We will
do all that we can to extend the straight
Hue to the orange groves of Florida. —
We of the South are poor now, but we
look hopefully for anew and brighter
era. While you have the lands to pro
ducc the corn, bacon and flour, we have
the climate to produce the great staple,
cotton, to that certainty and perfection
which belongs to no other country.
God in His providence and wisdom has
made this a great country. And being
neighbors, should we not be friends.—
Should we not look and work to each
other’s interest ? I am glad that this
opportunity has been presented lor our
meeting and placing side by side, in
honorable competition, the textile lab
rics of the South and West. I made,as
I thought at the time, a sacrifice to be
with you; but, gentlemen, I have been
more than paid tor all. We re
ceived ovation upon ovation, from Gov
ernor, Mayor, committees and citizens.
Our hearts have swelled within us in
viewing your noble city, your hospitals,
your asylums, your numerous churches,
your beautiful and quiet resting place
fur the dead, where one could almost
afford to die, being confident that his
mortal remains would repose in such
serene and beautiful quiet. And last,
but not least, your suburban palaces,
good enough for Kings and Queens, and
whose hospitable occupants know no
bounds.
“But enough. Gentlemen of the
Committee and citizeng of the Queen
City of the West, let me, in conclusion,
again offer to you, for myself and those
1 have the honor to represent from the
South, for your kind and constant at
tentions and hospitalities since we have
been among you, our thanks. And may
this meeting of manufacturers be the
hegining of anew and prosperous era
in the history of our country; and may
the hospitalities and reign of the Queen
City last forever.”
Struck by Lightning.—On Monday
last, during a thunder storm, at the
Plantation of Col. F. G. Arnett, a few
miles below this city, on the river, the
lightning struck and killed six hogs and
one mule and completely disabled
another,— Bainbridge Argus.
VOL. XI.
The Trno Power or the South.
There is progressing at present in the
city of Cincinnati, Ohio, an Exposition
of the various textile fabrics manufac
tured in the several States of the Union.
It is a matter of profound pleasure to
to us to notice that in this contest of
skill and industry, the poor, persecuted
maligned bedeviled and oppressed
South puts in a powerful appearance
All of the States of the South are rep
resented, and from the exhibition made
it is plain to see that the true power of
the South lies in her ability and capac
ity to manufacture the staple she grows
at a less cost than it can be done in any
other clime, or by any other people.
The South was a political power in the
old government. Her statesmen mod
eled the Constitution and administered
the government in its best and happiest
days. The men of the present day have
shown themselves true sons of noble
sires, by the sturdy fight they have
made against Radicalism for the preser
vation of the rights and guaranties of
human liberty. Even now all political
parties are courting the power and influ
ence of the Southern white man. But
we will venture the assertion that from
this Exposition at Cincinnati, the North
and the World will find new cause to
respect and admire the power of the
South. Georgia took the lead among
her Southern sisters at this exhibition
and from the list published by the Cin
cinnati Commercial wo make the fol
lowing record :
Jewel Mills , Warren county , Oa.
1 piece Heavy Cadet Kersey, All-wool
Filling; 1 piece Heavy Dark Gray Ker
sey, All wool Filling; 1 piece 4-4 sheet
ing, Jewell Mills ; 1 piece 7-8 Shirting,
Jewell Mills; 1 piece Osanburgs, Jewell
Mills. To be sold at trade sale.
Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Oa.
1 piece Heavy Bro Jeans, 1 piece
Heavy Bro Jeans, 1 piece Heavy Mix
Jeans, 1 piece Gray Mix Jeans, 2 pieces
White Twills, 1 piece Striped Twills,
4 pieces Mix Twills, 1 piece Striped
Twills, 1 piece Bro Kersey, 1 piece
Truck for Trowsers, 1 piece Green Juans
1 piece Lt Bro Jeans, 1 piece Gray Jeans
1 piece Blue Jeans, 1 piece Gray Sati
net, 1 piece Mix Satinet, 3 pairs 8-4
Cotton Blankets, 3 pairs 10-4 Cotton
Blankets, 2 pairs Cotton Crib Blankets.
To be sold at trade sale.
Macon Manufacturing Company, Ma
con, Bibb county, Oa,
1 bale 4-4 Macon Sheeting, 80!) yards;
1 bale Macon Shirting, 811 yards. To
be sold at trade sale.
Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Mus
cogee county, Oa.
1 bale Striped Osanburgs, 1 bale Strip
ed Osnaburgs, 2 coils Cotton Rope.
Trion Colton Factory, Georgia.
1 coil Cotton Rope, 1 bale 4-4 Trion
Sheetings, 800 yards.
Troup Manufacturing Cos., Georgia.
1 bale 7-8 Osnaburgs, 419 yards ; 1
bale Cotton Yarn, 250 lbs.
E. Steadman, Covington, Ca.
1 bale Cotton Yarn, 1 bag No. 700
Cotton Yarn, 1 bag Carpet Chain.
Empire Slate Mills, Steadman, Ca.
1 bale No. 2 Batts.
Steam Cotton Mills, Columbus, Ca.
1 hale each Nos. 8, 10 and 12 yarns;
1 coil 5-8 rope.
Fontenoy Mills, Augusta, Richmond
county, Oa.
1 bale 20 pcs Yarn, 50 Bundles 6to
20; 1 hale Shirting made of No. 15 Yarn,
spun on ring and travelers, 54 pick to
inch. To be sold at trade sale.
Houston Factory , Took, Cooper Cos.,
Houston, Heard county, Ca.
1 bale 4-4 Sheeting 900 yards, 1 bale
4-4 Sheeting 900 yards, to be sold at
trade sale.
Augusta Cotton Mills, Augusta, Rich
mond county, Ca.
1 bale Heavy 4-4 Sheeting, 842 yards,
1 bale Heavy 7-8 Shirting, 829 yards; 1
bale fine 3-4 Shirting, 890 yards ; 1 bale
Heavy Drill, 675 yards. To be sold at
trade sale.
Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Ca.
1 piece brown satinet, 1 pieee gray
satinet and 2 pieces linsey.
From the recent compilation of an
exchange, we take the following exhibit
of the present manufacturing power of
the South:
Mills, Spindles, Dolton spun,
No. No. Ijbs.
Georgia 21 69,782 10,334, SSO
North Carolina.. 17 24,249 3,537,000
Virginia 10 36,(>G0 4,000,000
Tennessee 0 13,720 1,847,20)
Alabama 8 25,190 2,820,580
South Carolina.. 6 30,588 4,174,100
Mississippi 6 8,752 1,547,000
Toxas 4 8,528 1,372,100
Kentucky 3 0,264 1,075,000
Arkansas 2 824 258,C00
In addition to the above, manufacto
ries of every description are being erect
ed iu every State of the South.
In the last number of Deßow’s Re
view, a work which should receive the
most liberal encouragement and sup
port from the Southern people, W. M.
Burwell, Esq., editor of that journal,
himself a profound thinker, able writer
and accomplished statistician,in an arti
cle entitled “Gen. Lee as a Teacher,”
indulges in some observations pertinent
to the subject of which this article treats.
He writes:
If wo allow twenty per cent, of the
youth annually educated for those who
succeed in professions, it is, in our
opinion, a fair estimate. What, let us
ask, did the South do with the other
eighty per cent ? It is very true that
they made better and more intelligent
cotton planters and voters, but how
were they worth more than as many
hard - handed laborers? 1 hose men
would have made the merchants and
navigators, with their thousands of ships
and sailors; they would have made the
master manufacturers and shipbuilders;
the architects and the railroad contract
ors. The principal and subordinate de
partment of these industries would have
employed the youth ol the South profit
able and honorably. They would have
strengthened the South, as similar men,
conducting similar interests, strengthen
and dignify England and France. But
if the young men of the South, educated
for professions, were not successful in
those pursuits, it by no means followed
that they could not have pusued agri
culture to more advantage. Many of
them were younger sons, who had a po
sition to sustain in society, without ad
equate means. Society would not tol
erate their tvorking in the field with the
slaves, and society had not furnished
for these young men any other employ
meat. What were they to do ? Many
emigrated from the Southern Atlantic
States and planted themselves in Ohio
and the Northwest; many more, at a
later day, to the Southern States and to j
Texas, before it bad been admitted into
the Union. Os these men it may be said
that they held the foremost rank. We
may mention W. H. Harrison, Zachary !
Taylor, and Samuel Houston as types
of the class that emigrated from the
Southern Atlantic States because they
could do better elsewhere. If any read
er will think oyer the Federal soldiers
in the late war whose ancestors came
from the South—if any realize the fact
that the conquest of the South came
from the region won and planted by the
i South, they may realize what the want
of varied employments, suited to the
I capacity of all, has occasioned our
i unfortunate country. There can be
no better occasion to vindicate South
ern youth from the unjust injurious as
persion cast upon their alleged want of
energy. There was a long period in
Virginia when the young men who cid
not enjoy the means of agricultural
prosperity were compelled to do as the
cadets of all impoverished countries
have done. We well remember when
THE WEEKLY SUN.
the unemployed young men of Virginia
were engaged almost exclusively in
politics, on their own account, or as
neophytes or strikers for others. They
had an indefinite idea that it might lead
to office, or they wrote, rode, spoke,
and fought duels for their friends, and so
contracted the disease of chronic poli
tics, which is many degrees worse in its
consequences than inflammatory rheu
matism. Some, to fill gaps in their
time, or income, resorted to the race
course, and, by an easy gradation, to
the gaming table. We have known es
timable young men, from the mere fail
ure of the statesmen to provide them
employment adequate to support their
positions, become professional gamblers.
They maintained their association with
respectable society. Society itself re
cognized racing as a business pursuit.
One of the most eminent men that Vir
ginia has produced was Win. R. John
son, Esq., the turf Napoleon of his day.
He was a man of great ability, acquired
a large fortune by running and breeding
horses, and represented a district in the
Senate whenever his party could pre
vail on him to run. Suppose this abili
ty had been employed by his native
State in commerce. Would not Virgin
ia have had her Vanderbilt or her Mor
gan ? Is there anything more difficult
in the organization of sail or steam
lines than in the arduous and perilous
vocation of raising or running horses ?
If he had undertaken manufacturing,
was there any bar to his achieving the
same success with Lawrence ? Might
not such men have managed coal mines,
and iron foundries and forges as well as
they did race horses and cotton planta
tions ? But the success and example of
a man so extraordinary as Win. R.
Johnson misled thousands of youth; the
intellect and energy of the country was
long turned to the pedigree, or the time
of race horses.
THE PRESS OF GEORGIA
Salem Dutcher, Esq,, former editor of
the Augusta Constitutionalist, now cor
respondent of the New r York World,
has contributed to that journal a very
readable article on the “Southern
Press.” From his admirable letter we
make the following extract as to the
press of Georgia:
Coming to Georgia, this terrific State,
where horrent Ku-Klux defy the great
heart of the nation and its gizzard, and
Congress to boot, there is a large and
respectable press. In Savannah are
three papers, the Republican, News
and Advertiser. The two prior were
seized on by some pressmen attached to
Sherman’s army when that force reach
ed the city, but both of these editors
have since died, and the papers have
reverted to Southern men. The editor
of the News, it may be mentioned, is
Major W. T. Thompson, author of
“Major Jones' Courtship.” Both pa
pers are strongly conservative, as is also
the Advertiser, where it touches on pol
itfes, which is not often, its field being
commercial matters, in which it is quite
reliable and does well. Coming to
Augusta, there are two of great weight
throughout the State—the Chronicle
and Sentinel and the Constitutionalist.
Both possess a respectable antiquity as
things go, the former having been etab
lished in 1785 and the latter in 1799.
Savo when the Constitutionalist was
closed by some poor creature wbo phi
landered about here in 1865, it is not
known that there has been any inter
mission of publication with either of
these papers since they were started.—
The editor of the Constitutionalist is
James R. Randall, the author of “Mary
land, my Maryland,” “There’s Life in
the Old Land Yet,” and other favorite
Southern poems. The other paper, the
Chronicle and Sentinel, is managed
with much tact, and, on occasion of
matters of interest in the State, has
been known to present a column or two
of special intelligence by telegraph—
“no great shakes” for a leviathan like
The World, but a thing not often ven
tured on down South. Atlanta posses
ses the Intelligencer, the Constitution,
and the New Era. The Intelligencer is
an old established paper, of strongly
pronounced Confederate antecedents,
but now charged with an undue weak
ness for the person who surreptitiously
assumes to be Governor of Georgia,
“Captain-General, Governor, and Com
mander-in Chief in and over the State
aforesaid,” as the old style of Georgia
law hath it. Out upon him! The
Constitution is anew paper and a news
paper, is in favor with the workingmen
in Atlanta, and is said to prosper.—
The New Era was Bullock’s paper,
but is now * ‘ agin ’ ’ him It is for
Grant, however; always lias been
its editor claims, and to appearance,
truly, to have been the first to nominate
that eminent dummy for the Presidency,
and it do seem hard that, while any
number of wild niggers are violently
thrust into fat consulships, there is
nothing for this warm first friend of
“Me personally.” A pleasant little tale
is hereabouts extant on the Jupiter
Tonans of the Era. When reconstruc
tion first came about he said he would
take no sides as yet—“a cautious ad
vance on an open rear.” Now, this
rear remained open so long after almost
every other paper in the State had come
out against the horrible dogma of negro
equality, that Bill Arp, an up-country
humorist sent word to our editor that
he had better take an astringent and
close his rear. My modest pen blushes
to write these things, but what would
yon? Are the eccentricities of genius
not to be noted ? The corruscations of
wit to be forgotten ?
In Macon, Georgia, are two papers,
the Telegraph and the Journal and
Messenger, both edited with ability,
though the tone of the former is not
relished by some of the old leaven. The
Journal and Messenger is edited by
General Wm. M. Browne, at one time
one of the four colonels who acted as
aids to Mr. Davis, and a writer of pre
cise elegance. Columbus has two pa
pers, the Sun and Enquirer, both old
papers, and, as befits journals in the
very penetralia of King Cotton, con
servative to the core. The editor of the
Sun is that gentleman who acted as
secretary of the convention which
framed the constitution of the Confede
rate States, a document, by-the-by, that
is the Federal Constitution over again,
with some few improvements it might
be well we should adopt, among others,
that provision whereby a vote of two
thirds of each House was necessary to
pass a money bill. This would put a
stop to some of the thieving.
He concludes his letter with the fol
lowing just estimate :
From all that has been said, it will be
gathered, first, that the press of the
South is well to do ; second, that it is
very much united in sentiment; and,
third, that the sentiment is bitter, though
not so shown. These are important ele
ments to be taken into any political
calculation looking beyond the imme
diate future, for certain it is that tlio
day is coming when tins potent instni
mentality, which is now latent tor al
most every purpose save that of inform
ation, will rouse itself to the fullest
measure of incitement within its power.
It is fearless, exasperated,wary, united,
without opposition. S. D.
A Scion of the “Little Giant.” —
A Washington correspondent says in a
recent letter : “Robert Douglas, sou of
the great Senator, and Frivate Secreta
ry of the resident, is a short, round
shouldered, ungainly looking fellow,
who wears a palm-leaf fan and a cane,
the latter much too long and thick for
such a little body, reaching up to the
second button on his shirt front. Rob
ert’s speeches cannot be called a success
as yet, but I am told that he is a very
kind, amiable young gentleman, and
really has many traits to remind one of
his father. He discharges his duty well
and draws his pay regularly—virtues
which do not always go hand in hand
together—and is a number one sound
Republican.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17,1869.
Blodgett's Bondsmen.
We have examined the Tax Digest
for 1868, in the Comptroller General’s
office, to ascertain the status of Blod
gett’s bondsmen, and give below the
result of our examination. The Di
gests for 1869, have not been returned
to the Comptroller’s office :
Allowance must be made for these
honest gentlemen turning an “honest
penny,” since their giving in of prop
erty.
W. P. Rhodes, Augusta, one poll.
William Gibson, Augusta, one poll.
J. A. Pool, Augusta, one poll.
William Doyle, trustee for children,
100 acres laud, valued at $2,000.
Ephriam Tweedy, Augusta, city
property, SB,OOO ; stocks and bonds,
$1,100; household and kitchen furni
ture, SBOO ; other property, SSO. To
tal, $10,400.
Herbert Stallings, Augusta, land,
$800; city property, $2,000; other prop
erty, SI,OOO. Total, $3,800.
H. O. Hoyt, Atlanta, real estate, $lO,-
000; money, $2,500; household furni
ture, $1,200; other property, $1,572.
Total, $15,272.
M. J. Hinton, Atlanta, real estate,
$6,000; wild land, SI,BOO. Aggregate,
$7,800.
J. L. Mathieson, Buck Head District,
Fulton county, 202 J acres of land,
$1,500; money, $500; other property,
$320. Total, $2,320.
G. P. Burnett, Rome, land, $10,000;
city property, $17,600; money, $5,000;
capital in mining, $500; other property,
$2,000. Total, $35,100.
The returns ot Hoyt and Hinton are
from Hie Digests of the present year.
To recapitulate and sum up the pecu
niary worth of the bond, in 1868, was
W. P. Rhodes and William Gibson,
nothing. J. A. Pool, nothing, just
gone through Court of Bankruptcy.
William Doyle, nothing, only trustee
for children. Ephriam Tweedy, $lO,-
400—property came by wife; Herbert
Stallings, $3,800; 11. O. Hoyt, $15,272;
M. J. Hinton, $7,800; J. L. Mathieson,
$2,320; G. B. Burnett, $35,100. Total,
$74,692.
Now, to take off exemptions would
be $4,000 in greenbacks for each : E.
Tweedy, $4,000; 11. Stallings, $3,800;
11. O. Hoyt, $4,000; M. J. Hinton,
$4,000; J. L. Mathieson, $2,320; G. P.
Burnett, $4,000. Total, $21,120.
Take $21,120 from $74,692, and we
have $53,572. Just a fraction more
than one-half the amount of the bond.
Mr. Burnett is broken. Take from
$53,572, Burnett’s $31,100 over his ex
emption last year, and this immaculate
Radical—Foster Blodgett—has his grasp
upon the State Road Treasury, with its
millions, with but the paltry, farcical
pittance of $22,472 to stand as the sum
bound to the State of Georgia, to secure
the vast interests at stake.
We call the attention of Governor
Bullock to this grave wrong, and we
tell him that the honest discharge of
Executive duty, requires him to look
into it, and rectify the iniquity.— At.
Const.
llow the Chief Rioter Escaped.—
Our readers will remember that at the
recent riot iu Mobile the white radicals,
as upon every other occasion, escaped
harm, the niggers furnishing all the
food for powder and bail. The Mobile
Tribune give the following account of
tile manner of the escape of Griffin, the
chief radical and rioter of that city.
The instigator of the riot was seen by
very few after the first shot was fired,
and many were the pious wishes ex
pressed during the night for his safety (?)
We hear this morning that Griffin spent
the entire night lying flat of his belly iu
a two horse spring wagon iu the rear
of Robinson’s stable, with three lusty
negro men spread over him like a
mantle. Early this morning he was
seen creeping timidly to Ins office with
his shirt outside of his pauts, and his
hair and mouth stuck lull of straw,
picked up in the bottom of the wagon.
A huDgty goat chased him for several
squares, but gave it up when the wind
blew from him to her.
Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Poi.itical
Views. —Referring to the report that
Governor elect Walker, of Virginia, had
invited General Lee to attend a confer
ence on political matters, the Ljmch
burg Virginian says:
We can assure our cotemporary that
there is no danger that General Lee
will do a foolish act. He is no politi
cian, and has no idea, we believe, of
embarking upon such a stormy uncer
tain sea. That he is sincerely devoted
to the interests of Virginia, no man can
doubt. That he desires reconstruction,
and would advise his people to put
themselves into practical relations with
the federal, or, as it is now called, the
national government, we have every
reason to believe. But he will not en
ter into any conclave of politicians.—
The people would not desire it, even if
Gen. Lee were willing to compromise
his present position to gratify that wish.
It is proper to add, in this connection,
that there is no reason to believe that
such a meeting as that referred to was
ever suggested, perhaps not thought of
—by Governor Walker.
The State University. —The editor
of the Macon Journal and Messenger
writing from Athens says :
The Board of Trustees at their meet
ing after the close of the exercises,
unanimously adopted resolutions which
were offered by General Toombs, ex
pressive of the grief of the body at the
death of General Howell Cobb, and in
which the life and public services of the
illustrious deceased were feelingly
sketched. This tribute of respect to the
memory of their great colleague was
paid with heartfelt sorrow. I under
stand that the Board made some impor
tant changes in the undergraduate
course, the principal of which is after
study of the regular curriculum for the
two first two years, leaving it optional
with the student to devote himself to
such one or two branches of study as he
may select, thus doing away with the
necessity for ail to pursue the same
course of study. This change was, I
learn, proposed by the unanimous de
sire of the Chancellor and the entire
faculty, and I hope that it may prove a
salutary reform. It was not unopposed,
however. There are many, both on
the Board and outside of it, who think
that the system which has sent out into
the world so many distinguished men
as that which heretofore existed in the
University, ought not to be changed.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Supreme Court. —Morning Session.
— Friday , Aug. 6, IB6o.—Argument was
resumed and concluded in No. 9, Chat
tahoochee, Reese vs. Burts, administra
tor; illegality, from Chattahoochee. E.
G. Raiford for plaintiff in error; D. H.
Burts for defendant in error.
No. 10 is N. Hutchins et. al., vs. B.
H. Bigham. Debt, from Harris. Ram
sey & Ramsey, by R. J. Moses, Jr., for
plaintiff in error; C. J. Thornton, 15
Hill, by L. E. Bleckley, for defendant
in error. By order of the Court it was
dismissed because there was no evi
dence in the bill of exceptions.
No. 11, is John H. Lovelace vs.
Charles A. Smith, el al. Debt, from
Harris.
L. L. Stanford, (by brief.)
James M. Mobley, by L. E. Bleckley,
for defendant, was argued.
No. 12, is John Walker vs. Jas. Jack
son. Ejectment, from Schley.
W. A. Hawkins, by R. Lyon, for
plaintiff in error.
B. Hill, Blanford & Miller, for defen
dant in error. Administration of the
record having been suggested, this cause
stands continued till next term.
No. 1, on the Chattahoochee Circuit,
which had been put to the heel of the
Circuit, is James L. C. Kerr vs. Wm.
M. Brown. Complaint, from Marion.
B. B. Hinton, B. Hill, for plaintiff in
error.
Blanford & Miller for defendant m
error.
Mr. Hill stated that the question in
this cause was decided adverse to plain
tiff in error, another writ of error was
sued on, and he, therefore, withdrew
, the record.
By Telegraph from Europe.
London, Aug. B.—Midnight—The
Canada loan bill has passed Commons.
Madrid, August 9.—ln consequence
of the participation of the clergy in the
Carlist demonstrations, Minister Zeulu
orders Bishops to issue a circular re
commending the clergy to obey the
laws, and threatening the withdrawal
of power to preach and hear confessions
from all disobedient.
London, August 9.—The old cable
company have reduced the tariff be
tween any point of Great Britain and
New York to $7 50 in gold for ten
words, and 75c in gold for each extra
word. Press half rates. Reduction
commences Aug. 10th.
London, August 10.—Royal assent
was given to the bill purchasing tele
graph lines.
Paris, August 10.—The Patrie says
large bands of the Clerical party have
assembled in the Northern districts of
Spain well armed.
A great Carlist demonstration is fixed
for the 15th.
London, August 10.—Gladstone is
again very ill.
Newfoundland, Aug. 10. The
steamer' Cleoptra, from Montreal to
London, was totally wrecked on Sunday
near Trepassey. Crew and passengers
saved.
From Washington.
Washington, Aug. 9.—The Mexican
Minister and Claims Commissioner ar
rived to-day.
Professor Harkness telegraphs to the
Superintendent of the Observatory here,
from St. Louis, that the results of the
eclipse observation was more favorable
than the most sanguine expectations.
Took 123 photographs, 2 of totality.
Revenue $920,000.
Spinner is overwhelmed with de
mands for fractional currency, but none
on hand.
Work on the cast-iron light house at
Southwest Pass, Mississippi, is ordered
to be pushed to an early completion.
Collector of Revenue of the Ist Lou
isiana District, reports $185,000 in
crease for May, June and July, as
compared with the same months last
year.
Robeson leaves on an inspection tour
along the coast immediately after Cab
inet Tuesday.
A meeting of the Union League is
called at Philadelphia on the 11th of
August, to make provision for Texas
and Mississippi elections.
Congressman Hamilton, from Flori
da, is here, endeavoring to oust Con
servatives from the Pensacola Navy
Yard.
The Mexican Minister presents cre
dentials to morrow.
Delano wants more clerks..
Boutwell declines Delano’s impera
tive wants for labor, and will be sup
plied from clerks from other Bureaus.
Cresswell is here.
Sherman remains here until Friday
when he will join Robeson’s inspection
party on the Tallapoosa.
Hoff will bring his flag ship, Albany,
home with him.
Internal Revenue Department con
templates a withdrawal of the present
stamps and issuing others less easily
counterfeited and revamped.
The Swiss Consul General has re
turned from a visit to the Western
Swiss Colonies, and reports them pros
perous and contented. He predicts a
heavy immigration this year, many go
from Virginia, Tennessee and North
Carolina.
The President arrives early to-mor
row.
Washington, August 9.—The Cu
bans have official advices to the 13th :
Spanish troops in insurrectionary dis
tricts have been reinforced by all the
disposable force in the Island, prepara
tory to active operations. Several
small engagements in Cinco Villas
District resulted disastrously to the
Spaniards with a loss of 400 killed and
wounded and prisoners.
It is reported the Cubans hold Hol
quin with its fortifications and stores.
Cespede’s government will be re
moved to Holquin, as a position very
strong.
Reinforcements from the United
States continue to arrive. Two hun
dred and twenty-five recruited in In
diana, Ohio and Kentucky joined Qucs
ada on the 28th, bringing arms, ammu
nition and large supplies of camp
equipage. Health of the Cubans is
good.
Eroiu Sau Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 9.—Hon. A.
G. Thurman, Chairman Democratic
Committee, Ohio :
Sir—After the war I resigned’ a very
desirable position in the army and left
my State to secure at least the possibil
ity of fulfilling duties deemed sacred to
my creditors and family. These duties
forbid me the honor of leading the
Democracy of Ohio in the pending con
test for Governor.
(Signed) W. S. Rosecrans.
From New York.
New York, August 9. Bowers,
Beekman & Cos., dry goods, failed.
Liabilities $3,000,000. Failure is at
tributed to a steady decline of woolens.
Pratt, an alleged Texan rioter, was
remanded to custody by U. S. Marshal.
Commissioner Osborn will hear the
case Thursday.
From Augusta.
Augusta, August 9—The caterpillar
is reported in some sections of Georgia,
Florida and South Carolina. No seri
ous damage yet. Weather chilly for
two days. Thermometer down to 70.
Superior Court. —This Court re
assembled yesterday morning at 9 o’clk.
The case of Peterson Thweatt, Admin
istrator of the estate of A. H. Ruther
ford vs. Jno. W. Duer, Ordinary Mus
engee county, was tried. The Judge
decides that a writ of Mandamus should
be issued against the Ordinary com
pelling him to levy a tax upon the
people to pay the insolvent cost due
Rutherford as Clerk of Superior Court.
The case will be carried to the Su
preme Court.
The Result in the Third District.
—We are at last enabled to give the
vote in the 3d Congressional District.
Parkinson received majorities as fol
lows : Lee 101, Chambers 219, Clay 312,
Tallapoosa 134 G, Coosa 228, total 2206.
Heflin received majorities in Talladega
783, Macon, 1102, Elmore 312, Russell
187, Randolph 82, total 2466, giving a
majority to Heflin of 260 votes.— Mont.
Adv. 10 th.
While on a visit to New Jersey last
week, among other regards shown him,
President Grant was presented with
fifty acres of land. Small favors tbank
futly received.
The bridge across Tobesofke creek
; on the public road in Bibb connty, fell
j in Friday last, with a terrible crash,
i Fortunately no one was on it.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG 11.
B. E. Wells, Esq., present Chief En
gineer and Superintendent of the Mo
bile and Girard Railroad, was, we learn,
at the meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad,
in Opelika, on Saturday last, elected
Chief Engineer and Superintendent of
that road. We also learn that Mr. Wells
has accepted the position, and will in a
short time withdraw from the Mobile
and Girard road and enter upon the du
ties of his new office.
Mr. Wells has long been connected,
as Engineer and superintendent of roads
in Georgia, and has filled his present
post on the Mobile and Girard Railroad
for some ten years, with credit and
ability ; and although we must regret
his loss to that road, we rejoice that
his valuable services have been secured
to the great enterprise, in its results,
to this city. With two such able and
efficient officers as Jones and Wells, the
road is bound to go forward to an early
completion.
In this connection, we urge a general
attendance of our citizens at the meet
ing to-night at the Board of Trade
Rooms in Epping’s building, to con
sider among other important matters,
the ways and means to aid this road.
Muscogee County Tax Returns.
Mr. Geo. Ilungerford, Tax Receiver,
has kindly furnished us with the follow
ing returns of the property of the coun
ty for the year 1869. We place by its
side the statistics of 1868. So that the
reader can easily perceive where there
has been an increase or falling off in
values:
1869. 1868.
Polls 835 wliitc, 403 col’d.. 1,318 1,436
Professions 62 51
Auctioneers 2 2
Potograpliers 2 2
Billiard Tables 8 7
White chidren be ween u
and 18 926 1,010
Deaf and Dumb 1 4
Number of hands employ
ed between the ages of
12 and 65 390 676
Total number of acres of
land 128,870 127,023
VALUATIONS.
Aggregate value of land. .$1,036,689 $1,059,804
“ “ elty
property 2,865,443 3,142,350
National Bank (1,000 sh's)
value 112,000
Amount of money and sol
vent debts 734,154 973,910
Merchandise 799,831 808,851
Capital invested in shlp’g 4,700 9,400
Stocksand bonds 144.325 272,365
Cotton manufactories 902,450 669,600
Iron Works, Foundries, &e 39,600 12,200
Value of household and
kitchen furniture 70,415 90,000
Plantation and other tools 10,225 1,300
'Value of all other property 264,486 272,807
Aggregate value $0,9»0,218 $7,212,667
Total value after deduct
ing S2OO 6,889,033 7,872,807
Polls, professions, &c 2,542 2,665
frkkdmbn’s puopkrtt.
Number of acres of land. 1,229 1,044
Aggregate value 43,180 38,121
City or town property 31,260
Tax on polls 516 516
Who’s Wife?—About the close of
the war a young woman of this city
was married to a man, whose name we
withhold, who lived with her some
time on good terms, but finally they had
a little domestic squabble, and the man
left for parts unknown. He had been
absent a couple of years when his wife
concluding he was dead was married
again, and has lived_ with her second
husband a year or two very pleasantly,
Yesterday husband No. 1 hove in sight,
and the two met in the same room. No.
3 told No. 1 if he claimed the wife he
would retire. The latter replied that
he did not want her. The matter stands
just so. The womanis very sick, and the
husbands hold each other in abeyance.
The matter will probably be left to her
decision. What the finale will bo we
have yet to learn.
Corn Declining in Nashville.—
This article, which advanced in the
Nashville market recently, and sold
early last week as high as one dollar
and five cents, has dropped to ninety
five cents,at which figures it was selling
on Saturday last. Judging from the
stream with which it is flowing into
Nashville from the country, at the
rate of over three thousand bushels per
day, and knowing that it must accumu
late on account of the lessening of the
Southern demand, we may safely cal
culate that in a week or two it will
lower to the standard of eighty cents in
that city, a point at which it stood for
many months during the spring and
summer.
The North and South Road.—The
Columbiana Guide says Gov. Patton
was in that place last week looking af
ter the interest of the North and South
Road. It reports six hundred hands at
work between Lime Kiln and Mont
gomery, and that the only serious ob
stacles the company have to contend
with is, the crossing of the Alabama
River and Brock’s Gap, this side of
Elyton. The work on the bridge is
going ahead, ope of the pillars being
already completed and the foundation
of the largest one, on which the draw of
the bridge is to turn, is being laid. If
the river does not hinder the work, it is
expected that trains will cross by the
first of November. Mr. John Gray has
contracted to complete the work on
Brock’s Gap in nine months, his forces
begin the work next week.
The iron of this road is already pur
chased and a portion of it afloat. By
the first of October track laying will be
gin at Lime Kiln towards Montgomery,
and by the Ist of May we expect to visit
Montgomery over the road, and Elyton
by the first of July, 1870. From the
energy exhibited by those connected
with the road we see no good reason
why the whole road should not be com
pleted in twenty months from this date.
Savannah and Memphis R. R.—We
are glad to learn that there is a good
prospect of some portion of this road
being built, before the close of the year.
The Board of Directors met on Sat
urday last. Mr. B. E. Wells, of the
Mobile and Girard R. R., was elected
Chief Engineer. President Jones was
authorized to advertise for proposals to
do the work on the first 40 miles.
The bonds issued by the County of
Tallapoosa, in aid of the road will be fur
nished in a few days and put upon the
market. These bonds are handsomely
engraved and of chaste design, and
there is already considerable demand
for them. The county of Tallapoosa
(which has only 300 negro voters) went
some 2500 votes majority iu favor of
subscription. The county is almost
wholly cut off from Railroad facilities,
and is now almost unanimous in de
manding the completion of the road.
At a low estimate, the taxable proper
ty of Tallapoosa is $6,500,000 ; and a
tax of J of one per cent, will be ample
to meet the interest upon its bonds.—
The financial affairs of Tallapoosa have
long been managed with great ability,
by the Judge of Probate, Hon. A. D.
Sturdivant, and for this and other rea
sons the bonds are considered good in
vestments by the people along the road
and about Opelika.
We wish the Road all success.—Ope
j lika Locomotive.
The body of a dead infant child was
found on Sunday morning last, near the
burnt African church in Macon. When
found, the dogs or hogs had eaten off
the head, left arm and both legs. The
examining physician gave it as his opin
ion that it was born alive Saturday
afternoon or night. The body was in
such a state that it could not be deter
mined as to which race it belonged.
Noble Words from n Noble Man.
We publish in another column an
interesting account of the proceedings
at the delivery of a testimonial from
Southern gentlemen to George Pea
body, Esq., the celebrated Banker.
Mr. Peabody’s princely charities have
made him one of the most renowned
men of the present century, if his won
derful financial success had not already
given his name an earthly immortality.
The words:
“I should be glad if my strength
would permit me to speak of my own
cordial esteem and regard for the high
honor, integrity and heroism of the
Southern people,” should be deeply
engraven on every Southern heart.
They are the honest and heartfelt ut
terances of one who, after opening his
purse to the dire necessities of a pros
trate people, has nobility sufficient to
rise superior to the prejudices of race
and education, and to cast aside the
passions and resentments which have
belittled and disgraced the people among
whom he was born and reared. In
giving utterance to the sentiment which
we have quoted, Mr. Peabody but puts
in language what the people of the
world think of us, whose misfortunes
have been so dire and distressful.
Though resident in England, during
the late war, yet he retained his citi
zenship and allegiance to this country,
and was doubtless a true and strong
lover of the Union. Removed from
the active scene of strife and its sur
roundings, he was enabled to look upon
the fratricidal conflict in sorrow rather
than in anger, and it has been his privi
lege and pleasure to put upon record,
words that will live long after his ac
cumulated treasures shall have been
cast to the winds, and the history of
his munificence been forgotten by men.
And we of whom these words have
been spoken, should not only cherish
the memory of the man who has helped
to lift us from the dust and emblazoned
our virtues, but should so live and
act both in the present and the luture,
that our “honor,” “integrity” and
“heroism” may be transmitted as price
less legacies to_ the remotest of our
generation. The South unites heart
and soul in the testimonial tendered by
her representatives to George Peabody
—a man with a purse and soul.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Better from Tallapoosa.
The Election — Dadeville — S. <f M. R. R
—The Crops &c., d'c.
A recent visit to tho hills of Tallapoo
sa, embracing the section of the county
between Opelika, and Dadeville, demon
strated the fact that her good people
are rapidly recovering from the sad
effects of the late “unpleasantness,” all
having gone to work with a will and
determination to build up, on a firm
and more prosperous foundation, tho
fanning and railroad interests of that
portion of Alabama. Nature has done
her part, and it only remains for the
people to do theirs: and from appear
ances, the county of Tallapoosa is not
behind.
The white people, as a general thing,
are greatly mortified and disappointed
at the defeat of Parkinson. While he
received a majority of 1346 votes over
the “mean white” radical Heflin, still
bis majority was not as large as it should
have been.
Dadeville is a very pleasant li * tie.
village, nestling quietly among the hills,
inhabited by hospitable citizens,
abounding in excellent water am I cool
and healthy at all times. Her people
are fully alive to the importance of the
railroad system, knowing full well that
in this direction alone can the country
be developed and made prosperous.
Tallapoosa has already voted liberal
and material aid to the Savannah and
Memphis Railroad, which, when built,
will place that heretofore isolated sec
tion in direct line by rail with Mont
gomery, Columbus, Savannah, &c.
The writer is gratified to know, from
personal knowledge, that the S. & M.
R. R. is a fixed fact, and will be con
structed at once. The bonds of Talla
poosa will be placed on the market in
a few days, and it is understood that
the citizens will take them at a g >od
price, thus enabling Col. S. G. Jones,
the President of the Company, to
prosecute the work between Opelika
and Dadeville with dispatch. Twenty
miles of the road are already graded,
which leaves only a few miles to be
graded to reach the latter place. At a
meeting of the Directors, held in
Opelika on Saturday last, Mr. Presi
dent Jones was authorized to place
twenty miles under contract without
delay—the Directors fat this meeting,
elected Mr. B. E. Wells, of the Mobile
and Girard Road, as Chief Engineer.
Mr. Wells is an experienced and ener
getic officer, and it is understood that
he will at once give his time and atten
tion to the S. & M. The officers of the
Road are, S. G. Jones, President; Sam.
E. Holt, Secretary and Treasurer, and
B. E. Wells, Chief Engineer, all com
petent and energetic officers, and
possessing in the largest degree the
confidence and esteem of all con
cerned.
The crops throughout were never
known to be more promising at this
season. The cotton, while it is small
and a little backward, is healthy and
the yield will be good, while the corn
crop is all that could be desired. A
fine crop of wheat and oats has also
been gathered—which taken altogether,
places Tallapoosa “high above want,”
and with her railroad completed on the
high road to prosperity. W.
Terrible Fire in Sweden.— Seve.n
Hundred. Houses Destroyed —B,ooo Per
sons Homeless. —An appalling disaster
has fallen upon the usually busy and
thriving town of Gefle, in Sweden. On
Saturday, July 10, a fire broke ovu. in a
carpenter’s shop in the center of the
town, and a strong gale from the west
blowing at the ti me, the fire spread rapid
ly, and in a few hours the whole of that
part of the town which is situated on
the north side of the river was burned
down. Seven hundred houses and
tenements were destroyed, and 8,000
houseless persons, out of a population
of 13,000, having lost almost everything
they possessed, are now camping in
the open air. The loss is estimated at
$2,500,000, and many of the working
classes aie uninsured. Committees for
assisting the Miller -is h ive been imme
diately formed in Sw den and all hav
ing business connections with Gefle, or
otherwise taking an interest in Sweden,
are invited to come forward with their
aid toward the same object.
From Mobile.
Mobile, Aug. 11.—Daniel P. Reid,
a prominent citizen of this city, who
was accused by the Radicals of firing
the first shot at the Radical meeting
last Thursday night, gave himself up
i for trial yesterday, and was honorably
| acquitted by the Mayor this morniDg.
Some eighteen, white and colored wit
nesses of unimpeached integrity, both
for the prosecution and defence, were
examined, and swore positively that
Reid did not fire the first shot. There
was but one witness who swore Reid
! fired the first shot, he was a negro,
! named Abraham Brown, who has per-
I jured himself.
NO. 23,
Agricultural Picnic at .Spring Villa.
The regular monthly meeting of the
East Alabama Agricultural Society was
held at Spring Villa, the beautiful place
of Col. Penn Young in Lee county, Ala.,
on Tuesday last. Col. Young, with his
accustomed liberality, had suggested
that the occasion be seized upon for an
Agricultural picnic, and tendered his
spacious grounds, beautiful lake, boats
and his teeming orchards to the guests
of the occasion. When we reached the
place we found a large company of
ladies and gentlemen assembled from
the surrounding country, and among
them a number of our own belies and
beaux and substantial citizens. The
people themselves, the equipages, stock,
and servants, to say nothing of the gen
erous and tempting basket dinner, gave
evidence that we were in the midst of
a country that was growing and pros
pering under intelligent and energetic
cultivation. From the planters assem
bled and from our observation we learn
ed that the crops in that section were in
a healthy and promising condition,
though a little late.
The morning was spent in rides on
the lake in the sail and row boats and
the “Merrimack,” a huge boat built by
Gol. Young especially lor the accommo
dation of the Executive Committee of
the East Alabama AgriculturaUSociety,
iu walking about the grounds and in
conversation by the older, and games
by the younger people. After a colla
tion the Society met and was called to
order by Chas. A. Peabody, Esq.,
President. The minutes of the last
meeting were read by Capt. Sheldon
Toorner, Secretary, and a very full at
tendance of the members of the Society
was found to be present.
Mr. Otis D. Smith then read the fol
lowing report, which was received ami
adopted :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SULKY CUL
TIVATOR OF MU. H. C. A. SMITH.
Your Committee have performed the
duty assigned them, and submit the
following report:
The Cultivator used by Mr. Smith is
a two horse Cultivator, known as the
“Buckeye Sulky Cultivator.” A des
cription may not ho uninteresting. It
m constructed so as to run astride the
low. The wheels are about five feet
in diameter, and the axle is bent up, so
as to run three feet clear above the
row. The frame or stock to which the
plows are attached, consists of two
parts, and is suspended from the axle,
in such a manner as to run two plows
upon each side of the row. In guiding
the plows, one stock or two of the plows
can be moved at a time, without moving
the other two. The driver sits upon a
sulky seat, and directs the plows with
his feet. The plows can be directed
with more ease, and promptness than a
common plow. By an Ingenious ar
rangement the plows can be subjected
to only a certain amount of strain, thus
obviating all danger of breakage from
catching in roots and rocks. By a
lever worked by the hand of the driver,
they can be instantly raised from the
ground so as to pass over any ordinary
obstruction without stopping the team.
The Cultivator itself is very strong and
substantial,, yet light and of easy draft;
when working four plows the draft is
not greater than that of two ordinary
plows. It is finished in workman-like
style and complete in all its parts.
Mr. Smith’s crop is planted in the
ordinary manner, no particular pains
being taken to align the rows, yet the
plows are guided with the greatest caso,
and there is no more danger of plowing
up the plants than there is with the
ordinary plow. The Committee tried
the plow in cotton. The plowing was
more uniform and regular than ordina
ry work. In siding cotton, the Culti
vator plows will run nearer than the
common plow, leaving a ridge of only
six inches between the furrows, thus
materially lessening the work of the
hoes. In rows of ordinary width when
four plows are used, by runuiug through
once, a row is cleaned.
Any kind of plow can be used, which
can be used upon a common stock.
Mr. Smith used two sweeps which he
had made by a common smith, and they
did good work.
The Cultivator cau bo used as well in
corn as in cotton. It also can be used
to bed up cotton ; when used for this
purpose, five plows are attached.
From their observation and experi
ence, and from the result of Mr. Smith’s
experiments, who has used it two sea
sons with success, the Committee are
prepared to recommend it as a valuable
farming implement, when the land is
level or moderately rolling, and wholly
free from stumps and large rocks.
While it will not supercede theuseof
the ordinary plow, it is a valuable aux
iliary in laud suitable for its use, culti
vating from 8 to 10 acres a day, saving,
when in use, the labor of two head of
stock and three men. In conclusion
the would call the attention
of the members of this society, and
farmers generally, to this Cultivator as
a valuable labor saving implement
which will perform all it promises iu
laud suitable tor its use.
G. W. McLkank,
L. Mullens,
O. D. Smith,
C. A. I‘KAJiODY.
MOWERS AND REAPERS.
Mr. Thomas Frazer then gave an
account of a Buckeye Mower and Reap
er of bis own. He lias ÜBcd the ma
chine for the past two years. Can reap
from ten to fifteen acres per day upon
good land. It will do as much wmk
as five ordinary cradles, and do it bet
ter. It economizes in the loss of grain,
and will in a single season save grain
sufficient to pay for the cost of it. Can
cut very close to stumps with it.. Mr.
F. thinks the mower a better thing than
the reaper. Last year he cut twelve
or fifteen thousand pounds of hay on
creek lands with it. Cut down weeds
with it as high as a mules back. With
care it can be used upon almost any
kind of land. Can jump ditches of
ordinary length and depth. Expects to
cut two tons of hay with it the present
year, equal in quality to Northern hay.
Can cut and gatlior hay enough with,
it, from otherwise valueless lands in a
season, to pay for the machine. Cost
the machine two years ago, two hun
dred and fifty one dollars.
FRUITS.
Mr. F. T. Cook, proprietor of Fruit
land Farm, near Opelika, exhibited
specimens of the Concord, Catawba
and Diana grapes, from vines two years
old. The grapes were very fine indeed,
especially the Diana. Mrs. Dr. Mc-
Coy, of Salem, Ala., also exhibited
some very fine specimens of the Con
cord grape.
ORAI-E CULTURE AND WINE MAKING.
Capt. Toorner then read a communi
cation from Joseph Pizzala, Esq., of
Montgomery, Ala., on the subject of
grape culture and wine making, which
will be found to be practical and inter
esting :
There are many ways of cultivating
grapes, but I deem this the best, as the
land can be used at tlic same time in
raising anything else you may dosire.
First Year—l. To begin the culturo
of grapes, let us first find a hilly place
with good soil.
2d. Dig ditches two feet deep, and
ten feet apart, horizontally of the hill.
3d. Plant the vines one. foot deep in
the ditch, two together, leaving a space
of four feet between each, in clear soil
without manure, the ditch must be kept
opeu one foot.
Second Year—lst. Trim each trunk
of all its branches but two, trim the two
left till only three or four joiuts remain.
2d. At the loot oi each vine or vines,
stick down firmly a bough of a tree or
bush, from four to eight feet high, in
the form of a pole, leaving branches on
it, as they will support the vine.
3d. Manure and fill up the open
space of one foot left the first year, in
the meantime, if the space has become
filled up, clean it out before putting in
the manure.
4th. Iu the spring, visit the vines oc
casionally and break off all the buds
below the two branches above men
tioned.
Third Year—lst. Now, remove the
pole and plant one at least eight or tea
feet long and about five inches iu diam
eter ; tie or nail to this a cross polo
about four feet from the ground. Be
fore planting the upright pole burn the
end that is to bo planted iu i.ho ground
to prevent its rotting soon.
2d. Trim off again all but two branch
es, trim off one of these until only four
or five joints are left, let the strongest
one be three or four feet long, whicli
may now be bent in the form of a 6 or
9, an arch or the handle of a jug ; this
latter being moro familiar to most of us
will likely be preferred.
3d. Fasten to tho upright pole a small
one, with tho branches on, just above
where the branches of tho vine are tied.
4th. When the grapes first come on
do not be anxious to gather too many,
hut break off all the shoots but the three
first next the main vino, all below the
bearing branches and all tho ends of
brandies two joiutß from the grapes.
Tho young branches left next the main
vino must be tied up to tho upright pole
and bush for support.
Fourth Year—lst. Now you will cut
off the branch that bore last year and
bend down the two that wero tied up
last year, and proceed each year lit the
same manner; if you have three branchs
bend two, if only two, bend down two,
if both very strong bend both.
TO MAINTAIN THE VINES.
When tho vines are old and appear
to be failing, should there be a branch
near the ground, cut it so as to leave
hut three or four joints. Tho following
year it may bo used as a substitute for
the old vino ; should tho branch appear
on a healthy vine' and the one noxt to
it be dying, by leading tho branch along
one foot undor ground, it can be made
to supply the place of the dying vine.
TO MAKE wink.
Ist. Gather the grapes fully ripe, as
sort them, make sure there aro no rotten
ones among them, put them in a vat
large enough to hold them all, cover the
vat with a blanket and let them sit
about thirty-six hours without being dis
turbed, now have large wooden poun
ders and pound them well, bo sure
they are all broken, cover again,
let them remain about twelve hours,
make a small hole then down
on the side of the vessel, and tasto the
wine- You will find it warm and
sweet, take a churn dasher and churn
about ten minutes, pressing the grapes
to the bottom, cover again and let them
remain three days, during which time
churn them every twelvo hours ; after
it has ceased boiling and gets cold do
not touch it again for twenty-four or
thirty hours, then make a hole on the
side low down and draw off the wine
as long as it comes off clear, and put it
iu a cask, to be laid on tbo side in a
cool place, with the bung simply laid
over the hole ; do not move after this.
It will be lit for use in January or Feb
ruary.
Take what remains in the vat and
press it, put the juice in another cask
leave as you did the first cask, tUia with
be fit tor use in April or May, but the
older the better.
From the red grape you have red
wine, from the white you have white
wine. Distill the mass yoff have press
ed the juice from,and you have cognac.
Tasting the wiue is to most persons a
very simple process, but my mode is to
first smell it, second open your mouth
and take a good swallow, third throw
your head back and say aba, aha, like a
Dutchman when he says yes.
Truly yours,
Jos. Pizzala.
THE COM IN Q FAIR.
Dr. Bowen, Chairman of the Kxecu
tive Committee, then announced that
the annual Fair of the Society would he
held at Opelika in Octobor next com
mencing on the 12th of that month and
continuing for four days, and that iu
the mean time committees would exam
ine the variousgrowing crops. Ho also
stated that large accessions had been
made to the list of life members and that
work would shortly he commenced on
the general enlargement and improve
ment of the Fair Grounds. He feeling
ly acknowledged the encouragement
and aid given by the citizens of Colum
bus to the Society and expressed the
earnest hope that our farmers and busi
ness men would add to the list of life
members. A call was then made for
life members and about fifty gentlemen
gave iu their names with a subscription
of twenty five dollars apiece.
UItAQ COTTON.
Upon enquiry we learned that fertili
zers and careful cultivation has been giv
en to the present crop, and that Mr. Pea
body will have many and formidable
competitors for tbe brag acre of cotton
at the coming Fair. Tbe Society is in
fusing a healthy spirit of improvement
and competition among its members,
and is doing great good to wards build
ing up the material resources of Eastern
Alabama.
Time and space forbids us to more
than mention, now, the princely hospi
tality of Col. Young and lady, and (o
acknowledge tbe kindness and attention
shown to us by tbe generous and open
hearted people whom we met. We pro
pose at another time to devote an arti
cle to a description of Spring Villa and
its adjuncts, including its energetic and
public spirited owner.
We learn from the Citizen, that a
most destruetive fire occurred in Can
ton, Miss., on Tusday night, tbe 3d
inst., destroying somo eighteen wooden
buildings,•composing one of the busi
ness blocks of the town. The buildings
were occupied by merchants and shop
keepers. Loss estimated at $40,000, on
which there was an insurance of $16,-
650.