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TUESDAY MO KM NO, AU«. 17.
SoutlieoHt Alabama Railroad.
We learn from an advertisement in
ihe Newton (Ala.) Star that the requi
site amount of stock in the Southeast
Alabama Railroad has been taken, to
authorize an election for President and
Directors, and that a meeting of the
stockholders him been called at Newton,
Dale county, on the 4th of September,
for that purpose. This road is to act as
an extension, Imm some point on the
Chattahoochee liver, at or near Colum
bia, of the Atlantic and Gulf road, to
Pollard, Alabama.
In the same paper in which we find
the notice is a very encouraging letter
from Colonel Screven, President of the
Gulf road, uiging the projectors of the
Alabama extension to presß forward
with tl)e work, giving them to under
stand that his road will not only un et
them at the Chattahoochee, but will
give them material aid it necessary.
The Star says the capital stock of the
road is two millions, and that ol this
amount only six hundred thousand re
main to be taken.
This road will pass centrally through
the county of Dale; the territory once
the county ol Coffee—now Coffee and
Geneva; and through Covington, to Pol
lard, in Conecuh county. The territory
of these counties, except Covington, is
lor the most part fertile, and when pen
etrated by a railroad, will be encour
aged to produce a large amount of cot
ton. s
It was this territory on which we
counted largely to swell tin: trade and
commerce of Troy, on the completion
of our road to that point. A railroad
through it, connecting Dale, Coffee and
Geneva counties, and a portion of Hen
ry county, with a direct and short route
to Savannah by the AUautic and Gulf
road, will materially affect the pros
pects of Troy, and the receipts of cotten
counted on by this city and the Central
road from that quarter.
The surface of the ground over which
the road will pass from the Chattahoo
chee river to Pollard, is of a most fa
vorable character for cheap railroad
construction. The grading cannot pos
sibly cost over three thousand dollars
per mile. Aud in case they complete
twenty miles before the 17th of Februa
ry next, it has a State endorsement of
its bonds to buy iron, rolling stock, &c.,
of SIO,OOO per mile. Ot course they
will so act as to secure the endorsement.
Munificent Charity.— The Radi
cals keep many thousand negroes in
the vicinity of Washington to control
the political affairs of that city. On
election days, those fellows come in
armed with razors and bludgeons, take
the polls aud keep white citizens and
property holders from voting. They
are supported partly by Howard of the
“lluro,” and contributions from the
North. Donations from the latter
source are becoming scant, as may be
seen from the following item from a
recent report of the President of the
society which keeps these idle vaga
bonds from work:
“Three barrels of beans and three of
dried apples were given us from the
North for distribution to the poor,
which hare been carefully apportioned,
the latter entirely to the sick, which gilt
has been greattully appreciated.”
A “Buko” School master Comes
to Grief.— One Major Ames, an ex
treme radical and negro school teacher
at Seguin, Texas, fell in love with one
of his pupils, “a queenly Ethiopiauess.”
The last Argus says : The news there
of came to the ears of the parents of the
youthful maiden. Hate burned in the
bosom of Her dad, who went for our
Lothario. He sought the advice and
assistance of his friends. A dark cloud
gathered over the hopes aud fortune of
this loil dispenser of education. Just
as our hero had retired for the night, a
colored delegation waited upon him,
and out of their abundant charity treat
ed him to a coat of tar anil feathers.
After finishing his toilette, the Veloci
peJed him on a rail; for the space of
three hours, until he was made to
exclaim : “Buffer this thing to finish,
and I will depart hence.” He depart
ed for parts unknown.
The American Needle Cotton Gin is
creating quite a furore in Macon among
cotton men. It has been on trial at the
Findlay Iron Works on several occa
sions lately, and crowds of gentlemen
who are interested, one way or another,
in the great Boutheru staple, have been
flocking to see the wonderful results.
The Telegraph says gentlemen who
have examined the cotton in the seed,
and then again after it had been run
through the gin, are delighted with the
result. It is claimed for this gin that it
does not injure the staple in the least in
the process of ginning. If this be true,
and the gin is durable, and not more
liable to get out of order than the saw
gin, it is certainly a valuable invention
and what has long been needed to clean
the Peabody and other upland long sta
ple varieties.
Oim Cohn Prospects in the West.
—The Cincinnati Commercial of late
date says :
The corn is suffering from the drought.
A quiet, heavy, general rain within a
few days, followed by warm weather,
would make millions of bushels of corn.
The roads are masses of dust. Each
wagon on the highways has it pillar of
cloud. The trains raise a fog, and pa
tent ventilators that keep the dust and
cinders from flying through the open
windows, are in demand.
A. Substantial Democratic Tri
umph.—Election returns from eighty
counties in Kentucky, gave Tate, the
Democratic candidate tor State Treasu
rer, a clear majority of 49,520. Out of
the eighty six members elected to the
lower House, the Republicans return
only five.
Second Rale.— The second bale of
new cotton was brought to this market
yesterday, from the Wright plantation
at Oswichee, Russell county, Ala. It
was sold by Messrs. D. P. & R. Ellis,
auctioneers, to Geo. P. Swift, Esq., for
30 cts. per pound. The cotton was
classed middling.
Curious.— Near the residence of Mr.
Robison, in Austin, Texas, may be seen
a large and thrifty mustang grape-vine,
bearing acorns. The vine is supported
by a black jack, and has a plentiful
crop of its natural fruit. In addition
thereto, it produces perfect acorns from
its joints. This hybrid performance
bas been inspected by a score of citi
zens. Texas is the land of strange
growths.
Miss Van Lew’s administration of the
Richmond Postotiice is pronounced a
decided failure.
VOL. XI.
“Calawagg,” The Springs, “Crops,”
Ac., Ac.
(From your varacions anil special correspon
dent.)
Springs, near City Puffton, Ga., )
August 10, 1869. }
Eds. Sun and Times: This place
may be a sort of terra incognita to your
readers. Its locality may be as un
known, even to the learned, as the in
terior of Africa. It may be as fabulous
as the waters, (so long and earnestly
sought by Raleigh and other vision
aries) which wiped away the wrinkles
of care, plucked from age its furrowed
sorrows and bestowed on decrepitude
all the elasticity of youth. It is cer
tainly a most wonderful spring—won-
derful for its bright, sparkling, medi
cinal waters—more wonderful for its
sublime scenery, and most wonderful
tor the attentions of its polite proprie
tors aud servants, the infinite variety
of the table and the number and supe
rior refinement of its visitors. Here,
we have daily arrivals from all parts of
the world—the Celestials, with the
aroma of tea, fresh upon their lips—-the
Mexicans, with onions and garlic—the
Spaniard, with segars—the Dutchman,
with lager—the Trapper of the West,
with Old Bourbon, and above all, that
most original, villainous, ancient and
fish like of all smells that ever offended
nostrils—the Simon pure extract De
Alricana. Here, French savans, Eng
lish philosophers, poets and historians,
German Counts, thick as clusters of
bees in the garden of Frebizond, meet
you at every step. Here, American
Shoddy is in its element. It pufis aud
struts and swells like the frog in the fable
Here, is nightly and daily played upon
the stage the Ass and the Lapdog. The
vulgar stare, the loud laugh which
shows the vacant mind, the sickly
affectation is there in all its luxuriance,
hut nature, like murder, will out in all
its coarseness. Money can build cities
and navies—it can endow schools—it
can revolutionize States, it can create
Kings, Dukes and Earls. It may he
as omnipotent as my Lord Coke said of
the British Parliament—“do anything,
except make a man a woman”—still,
its power is limited—for it cannot con
vert a natural fool into a Solomon, a
blackguard into a gentleman or a virago
into a lady. Figs grow not on thistles
and the mighty oak that braves the
lightning and tempest for a thousand
years, springs only from the acorn.
I see a correspondent of the Chaly
beate Springs says we have no fast men
or women here. Then I say it niU9t
be “demnitiou” dull there—as monoto
nous as a house where husband and
wife never lecture each other on the
science of Language. What would
Saratoga or the world do without last
men and women ? Without the latter,
we indeed would be a shiftless set, and
they, left out in the cold with no
breeches to wear. They are the salt of
the earth—the very spice of life—the
perfume ol the flower—the milk in the
eocoauut. Without them, existence
would be as tedious as a twice told tale,
a rainy Sunday in the country with
nothing to read or the tick of a clock
over a sick bed, at midnight. We here,
have a particular fondness for fast men
and women. Here, the one are most
loudly eloquent, always eschewing the
“soft and low voice,” which old fogy
Shakespeare says, is an excellent thing
in woman. The other, follow religious
ly the advice and example of jolly old
Jack Falstaff, of brave old Jack Fal
staff, and forswear thine potations and
addict themselves to Old Rye or “Chan
ticleer Narrative,” vulgarly called Cock
tail. Here, some actually walk with
legs, (if there he such things known,)
and others again lide on velocipedes
simply to exhibit their—agility. Here,
in a word, near the renowned city of
Puffton, we have
Drinking, dancing, Addling, masking.
And other things that can be had lor asking.
Are we not a lively people ? Come
here ! Leave the dull city and, as is
said in Arkansas, come and take two
drinks with us—put your horse in our
corn crib and we will close the door
with a fodder-stack.
The examination of the Puifion
“Cawlege” (I mean of the students of
the “Cawlege”) came off on yesterday.
As the boy said when run over by an
apple cart—“l am not able to describe
the occasion” so I send you the follow
ing from the “Puffton Ilornblower” of
to day :
Never since the memory of the old
est inhabitant did ever a more delighted
and intelligent audience assemble, than
on yesterday, at the examination aud
grand exhibition of our “Cawlege.”—
The Baud from Clatterdowu discoursed
eloquent music. Its heavenly harmony
brought back the days when Or
pheus with his fingers touched the lyre
aud trees danced and rivers turned back
their course in sympathy with the di
vine sounds.
Gen. Bullifrog was the orator of the
day. His voice is most musical and in
manner and matter he surpassed the
Roman and Grecian Speakers. His
subject was the utility of flies, fleas,
snakes, bed bugs and shrews, and he
proved by the most convincing logic
that without such stimulants, man, be
ing naturally lazy, would relapse into
barbarism.
Squire Solon Jones, Gen. Zenophin
Smith and the Rev. Peter Simple made
a very learned aud satisfactory report as
to the morals and cultivation of the
classes.
Bud Jones and little Johnny Groat
did extinguished honor to their instruc
tors by reading the “Bad boy in the
apple tree” (God bless old Noah Web
ster !) to an audience half asleep.—( The
“Hornblower” is sarcastic )
Little Joseph Brown delivered a very
learned essay on the science of political
aud legal thimblerigging, aud Master
Elick Skillet on the art of sticking to
the bark on both sides of a tree, at one
and the same time. Jim Smith, a
freckled faced boy with sandy hair and
turned up nose, was loudly applauded.
ts :s subject was—“ The coutessiou of a
Radical, or Lying aud Stealing now the
only Keys to the Temple of Fame and
Riches."
Little Alice May and Mary Jones
declaimed “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star,” and “Lazy Sheep” much to the
gratification of their mother aud the
female portion of the assembly.
We shall give further particulars in
our next weekly. In conclusion we
congratulate the Puffioa city com
munity, upon the success of the
“Cawlege,” and having secured the
services of Professor Gooseberry and
lady to preside over its sublime pros
P< Somuch for the “Pufflon Hornblow
er,” which next to the “Tin Bugle,
we consider the best paper in Amer
ica. We say this much in its favor, in
consideration of having just discussed
a bottle of whisky with its Editor a
present from his neighbor, Johnson of
the “Eagle Saloon.”
The “craps” are excellent in and
about and around, and crops up and
down, under and above Pulfton city
and its tributaries.
Traveler.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
The Dead Democracy.
A pretty presistent effort has been
made of late to kill off the Democratic
Party, the murderous weapons being
pens and ink. We do not think the
effort has been very successful, though
an invitation to its funeral has been
freely circulated, amd several profes
sional mutes have donned the sables and
prepared countenances for places in the
procession. One journal particularly
active in the assassination plot has been
rewarded with pap from the spoon
wielded by Bullock, and has been the
recipient of the further honor of being
quoted and praised by the New York
Times, a journal that declares that all
Southern men of respectability are here
after to be known and called “Rebels”
and Traitors. At last accounts Democ
racy was very lively in Kentucky, Vir
ginia and Tennessee. The Radicals
look upon it as a very lively thing in
Pennsylvania, and the subjoined ex
tract from the Cincinnati Commercial,
the chief organ of Radicalism in Ohio,
would indicate that it is neither a cold
corpse, or in extremis, in that quarter.
Commenting on the nomination of Mr.
Pendleton, the Commercial says :
Pendleton is doomed to defeat, we
presume, but the necessity of putting
forth their whole strength is upon the
Republicans. The vote by which Hayes
was elected does not show an extensive
margin to base assurance upon. The
Democratic party is formdiable in
numbers aud discipline, anil the friends
of Pendleton who have forced this uom
ination upon him, will make prodigious
efforts toelect him. It may be depend
ed upon that he will get more votes than
Rosecrans could have received, and that
the Ohio campaign this fall will at ouce
attract attention throughout the coun
try as of national significance. Upon
the result the future of the Democratic
party, in a great degree, depends. Sue
cess woulcT confirm its conservatism
and reactionary tendencies.
Opelika ana Oxford Knilmaa.
The Opelika Recorder says its editor
had a short interview with Gov. Smith,
of Alabama, at the cars, as he passed
through that place on Saturday morn
ing, in which the Governor informed
the editor that he was on his way to
Boston in response to an urgent tele
gram, to confer with parties in the in
terest of the Opelika and Oxford Rail
road.
Capitalists begin to see the importance
of this road as a link iu the extension
Southward of the great Southern road
from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, iu
which the city of Cincinnati has already
voted to invest, iu its corporate capaci
ty, ten millions of dollars. The import
ance of extensions South from Chatta
nooga, of the Cincinnati Southern road,
has taken hold on the thoughts of Bos
ton capitalists, who are always wide
awake searching for objects in which to
profitably invest their accumulating
surplus capital. They have already
purchased the charter rights aud prop
erty of the line of road with which two
companies struggled in Alabama for a
number of years, and made but small
progress for want of money. We allude
to the Northeast and Southwest and the
Wills Valley road, commencing at Me
ritlian, Miss., on the Mobile and Ohio
road, and terminating at Chattanooga.
The entire money arrangements to com
plete this road have been made, and the
work of construction is rapidly pro
gressing under the management of their
sagacious and energetic Vice President,
Ex Gov. It. M. Patton, of Alabama.
These capitalists are now turning their
attention in another direction, and have
an eye to an extension from Chattanoo
ga Southward; and it is these capital
ists, doubtless, who have invited Gov.
Smith, who is one of the charterces and
stockholders of the Opelika and Oxford
road, to Boston, to consult as to the
policy of making the Opelika and Ox
ford road a link in, or a part and parcel
of a line of road from Chattanooga to
Opelika—taking the line of the Chatta
nooga and Meridian road from Chatta
nooga to Bentonville (about the corner
of St. Clair, Cherokee, DeKalb and
Marshall counties), and from Benton
ville build a road across the country to
Oxford. The distance from Oxford to
Bentonville is not more than forty
miles. This arrangement would give
an extension from Chattanooga South
ward to Opelika, by building 110 miles
of road. By this route Chattanooga
would be reached from Opelika at a
distance of not more than 180 miles,
being 60 miles nearer than the present
route via Atlanta.
We shall look with much interest for
the return ol Gov. Smith, to hear the
result of the conference.
Kill of Injunction vs. Brunswick mid
Albany Kill Iron.l Company and N.
L. Angrier, Treasurer of the State ol
Ueorifia.
The parties complainants are Robert
Habersham, Anthony Porter, Wni. B.
Hodgson, Francis Sorrel, R. D. Arnold,
S. Cohen, Wrn. Hunter, A. 8. Hart
ridge and James Monahan, tax payers
and citizens. Henry Brigham, Presi
dent, and R. T. Mills, holder of bonds
of the State of Georgia; Eliza A. Jones,
administratrix of M. B. Jones, holder ol
capital stock of Brunswick and Florida
Railroad Company, Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad Company, Central Railroad
and Banking Company, and Southwest
ern Railroad Company.
The bill claims that the franchises of
the Brunswick and Florida Railroad
Company were never legally sold, under
the direction of Henry S. Welles, to the
parties controlling them at this time ;
that there was no legal foreclosing ol
the mortgage by the laws of Georgia,
hut the whole transfer was fraudulent,
mill and votd. That there is a prohibi
tion under the charters of any roads
being built within twenty miles of the
the same, with or without aid from the
State, which right, by various acts of
the Legislature and deed of release, is
now the property of the Atlantic & Gull
Railroad Company. That the act ap
proved March 18, 18G9, giving aid to
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad Com
pany is unconstitutional in this, that it
recognizes an obligation on the part of
the State of Georgia, which was incur
red in the insurrection and rebellion
against the United States, which, under
the fourteenth amendment, is held “il
legal and void”—besides many other
points Macon Telegraph
A Model Farmer.—A correspond
ent of the Macon Telegraph thus de
seribes a model farmer, whom he found
in the neighborhood of Griffin, Ga. :
Mr. Stilwell has raised all his meat
since the close of the war—has hogs
enough to make his meat for two years
to come, and he feeds about forty per
sons on his immediate place. It is a
genuine treat to eat his good old home
cured hams, middling and snap beans.
He is manufacturing a fertilizer that I
think is going to be a good thing. He
says he can make it at less than one
half the cost of Peruvian, and I think,
from what I have seen of his experi
ments with it, side by side with Peru
vian, there is no difference between
them. He will manufacture it in quan
tities this winter.
That man will make money, while
his neighbors who borrow money at 2£
per cent, per month to buy corn from
Illinois, and bacon from Cincinnati,
will grow poorer.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1869.
From Washington.
Washington, August 15. —Congress
man Bowen has commenced legal pro
ceedings against the Mackeys for alleged
slanderous publication in Charleston
News of 13th.
Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, is here
after the State’s quota of arms.
Washington, Aug. 16.—A letter from
Dent to Grant is published, wherein
Dent protests against Grant’s support
of the “bitter enders;” claiming that
the Government foiled the bitter enders
in getting possession of Mississippi un
der the defeated Constitution, but now
supports them. Dent expresses the
opinion that, notwithstanding Cabinet
support, the bitter enders will be de
seated in Mississippi.
Supervisor Prey, of North and South
Carolina, is here, and reports the seizure
of 40,000 boxes tobacco within his dis
trict, and much machinery.
It may be confidently stated that the
assertions regarding Hoar’s opinion of
the Cabinet’s instructions, and Canby’s
intentions regarding the exaction of the
test oath from the Virginia legislators,
are speculative, nothing definitely is
determined.
Revenue to-Jay $795,000.
Coin in the Treasury $107,000,000,
including certificates.
The Interior Department has been
drawing heavily on the Treasury this
month for pensions—a single warrant
amounting to $10,000,000.
There are $68,000,000 worth of legal
tender 10’s afloat. $25,000,000 have
been taken up since the order for their
withdrawal.
Acting Secretary Richardson has pre
pared instructions to Collectors, Naval
Officers, Surveyors, and Appraisers in
which he reminds them that in accord
ance with existing regulations no sub
ordinate officer ol the customs can be
removed or appointed without the pre
vious sanction of the Secretary of the
Treasury. *
Receipts from Internal Revenue from
all sources for year ending June 30th,
was as follows: Distilled spirits $43,-
800,000; tobacco $22,200,000; fermented
liquors $5,600,000 incomes $23,100,000;
stamps $15,505,000—t0tal $110,205,000.
77 districts are yet to he heard from.
From New York.
New York, August 16 —The Fed
oral building in Chambers sirui-tis filled
with people anxious to witness the pro
ceedings iu the Pratt case.
The United States troops are well
supplied with ball cartridges and ra
tions, aud are still guarding Marshal
Barlow.
Pratt will be produced before the U.
S. Commissioner at 2 o’clock.
It is rumored that a requisition for
the prisoner has been received from
Gen. Reynolds.
Later. —Proceedings in the case of
the Government against J. H. Pratt
came to a stand this afternoon by the
discharge of Pratt by U. S. Commis
sioner Osborne. The announcement ol
the decision was received with cheers
by an excited crowd of about 2,000 per
sons.
Geo. W. Rutter, President of the First
National Bank of Memphis, was arrest
ed here, charged with the embezzlement
of $600,000 Tunnessee school fund. He
is in jail.
In discharging Pratt, Osborne said
himself anil the Attorney General had
pursued the course they had because
they deemed it right to maintain the
authority of the United States. It was
simply and purely because there were
no facts sufficient to hold the prisoner
that he should order his discharge.
Pratt left the Court with his friends.
The soldiers returned to Fort Schuyler.
From Virginia.
White Sulfhub Springs, W. Va.,
August 16—To day the Committee ap
pointed by the National Board of Trade
to report upon the most feasible route
for the transportation of heavy pro
ducts of the West to the Atlantic coast,
met here. Reports were submitted
from William M. Burweli, of New
Orleans, Thomas Monroe, of Dubuque,
and Robt. W. Hughes, of Virginia, were
read, and all referred to Mr. Hughes to
be digested into form.
The committee will remain in session
several days.
George Peabody has donated to the
trustees of Washington College, of
which Gen. Lee is President, $60,000,
to establish an additional professorship
recently proposed by Gen. Lee.
Mr. Peabody’s health has improved
so much that he was able to dine at the
hotel to day. As he appeared, leaning
on Gen. Lee’s arm, the crowd gathered
around with demonstrations of congrat
ulation on his convalescence.
From Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, August 10.— The Na
lional Labor Convention assembled—
-200 delegates present.
The exblockade runner Hornet, hail
ing from Portland, Me., cleared for
Liverpool via Havana, was captured on
suspicion of intention to violate the
neutrality laws. The Hornet had 25
men aboard armed with revolvers, and
was attended by a tug, which escaped.
I'ram l'bnrl«»ton.
Charleston, August 10.—The base
ball match between the Savannah and
Charleston clubs passed off quietly this
afternoon, the former being victorious.
Very few negroes were on the ground,
and there was no attempt at a disturb
ance. _
The Fifteenth Amendment. —Hon
John Quincy Adams said the other day
to a New York Sun “interviewer :”
“I think,” he replied, “that it will
make but little difference whether it is
adopted or not. It is inconsistent with
the former portion of the Constitution,
and is, therefore, invaled. If declared
adopted, when the Democratic pari)
comes into power it will simply ignore
it.”
The Rock Island Paper Mills
Property is advertised to be sold on
the first Monday in September next, at
Opelika, by the United States Marshal,
under an execution from the United
States District Court of Alabama. The
name of the defendant in the execution,
is not stated. The property is valuable
and if the sale conveys a valid and in
disputable title, a bargain will doubtless
be obtained by the purchaser.
Gov. Senter, of Tennessee, ended one
of his recent speeches as follows; "La
dies, a word before we part. When,
then, the day of the election arrives,
get up early, prepare a good breakfast,
have the shaving waterand towel ready,
let nothing but smiles and cheerfulness
posssess you, and when the good old
man starts for the polls go with him to
the gate, put your arms about his neck,
kiss him, then ask him to vote for
Senter.” That speech would have
settled a better man than Stokes. Sen
; ter, certainly understands the ropes.
The Harvey.
We copy below an extract from a pri
vate letter from Col. Harkie, Chief En
gineer of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and
Columbus Railroad, to the editor of this
paper, which will be interesting to
many of our readers:
Hannahatchee Creek, Aug. 14.
Dear Sir : —The survey by the river
route followed the valley of the river
from Columbus to the mouth of Shell
creek—a little north of Jamestown.—
Leaving the river at that point, it passes
about half a mile to the west of James
town, crossing the Hitcheta at Rains’
Mill, and thence direct to the Hanna
hatchee creek, about two miles west of the
Turnpike. The most expensive points
is crossing the Upatoie and the Hitch
eta, and the ridge south of and near the
latter. Some improvement may be made
by leaving the river near the mouth of
the Oswitchee. Another improvement
may be made by running east of the
present line from Jamestow'n to a point
about two miles south of Hannahatchee
creek. Though the present line is am
ply sufficient for a preliminary survey.
A point about half a mile west of
Jamestown is controlling. The line
will be good to within one mile of
Lumpkin. Further than that, I can say
nothing definite at present.
The Crops.— The prospects of a fair
cotton crop are still encouraging. The
rust is not general, nor destructive ex
cept in spots, confined, in most part, to
guanoed lands, and, it is presumed, the
present delightful weather will have a
tendency to arrest it in its progress.—
Some of our planters make no complaint
of rust.
The caterpillar is stripping a few
fields, in this county, while in many
others it has not yet appeared. We
see no indications of serious damage
from this source. Indeed, the most
critical period has passed, and should a
general attack be made late in the sea
son, it will probably be more an advan
tage than otherwise.
All other crops are in a flourishing
condition, and promise an abundant
yield. —Bainbridge Argus, August 14 th.
Two Irishmen stopping at the Island
House, Toledo, last week lit their gas
and, with windows open, sat down to
enjoy a chat. The hungriest of Toledo
mosquitoes soon flocked in and drove
them desperate. The clerk, who was
summoned to devise some defense
against them, told them to close the
window aud put out the gas. They act
ed on the suggestion and placed them
selves between the sheets. Just as they
began to doze a lightning bug, which
had strayed into the room, caught the
eye of oue of the travelers. He roused
his companion with a punch. “Jamie,
Jamie, it’s no use ! Here’s oue of the
craturs sarchin’ for us wid a lantern !”
While our corn crops in Early, Mil
ler, Calhoun and Clay are better than
they were ever known to be before, aud
we will here after have our corn cribs
and smoke-houses at home in place of
in the West, yet we are sorry to say
that the late heavy rains, together witli
the rot, rust, boll worm and caterpillar
at this time throughout this entire sec
tion, is bound to cut off our cotton crop
from a third to a half. There is now no
longer a doubt that the cotton is affect
ed with all these calamities, as almost
every planter reports one or all of them.
But the more the crop is cut off the
higher will be the price for what is
made.— Early County News.
Crops in Florida.—Accounts during
the past week from this State are de
cidedly cheering, and show that the
Florida planters were far worse scared
than hurt. Having lost every crop
since the war, they may be excused for
being a little demoralized by a few
showers and the appearance of a cater
pillar here and there. Late letters say
that the caterpillars are still there, but
in no great numbers, and thus far no
appreciable damage has been done by
them. The corn crop is represented as
the best ever made in the State, and the
present prospect of cotton satisfactory.
—Saxannali Republican, loth.
Important to Planters. The
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Com
pany wish to purchase cotton in the
seed at the highest market price; are
also prepared to gin cotton on shares.
Parties not owning gins will find it to
their advantage to bring their cotton to
these mills, where they can either dis
pose of it or have it ginned without de
lay. All interested should read adver
tisement.
Trial op the Jefferson Prison
ers.—The trial was still progressing on
the 4th instant. We learn from the
Shreveport South-Western that Wil
liam Smith, colored, one of the witness
es against the prisoners, has changed
front, and testifies that his previous tes
timony was given under fear of punish
ment from Bostwick, the detective who
has shown so little regard for decency
or justice.
Mr. Kern and family—of wife and
several children—in Columbus, Missis
sippi, were poisoned recently from eat
ing green beef tongue. It is not known
whether poison had been placed upon
the tongue by evil disposed persons, or
whether the tongue was that of a dis
eased animal.
We see in the Huntsville (Ala.) Dem
ocrat a descriptive notice of a splendid
new locomotive engine and tender, just
turned out of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad Company’s shops in that
city. We are pleased to see this effort
to keep our money for the propelling
power of our railroads, at home.
Early Frost.— The Wahalla (8. C.)
Courier of the 13th instant, says: “We
have been informed that heavy frosts
have fallen during the last few night in
what is known as Horse Cove, N. C.
Frost in August! Quite early.”
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
has just decided that intermarriage be
tween a member of the colored race and
a member of the white race is unlawful,
and therefore void, according to the
laws of that State.
It is said a White Pine miner in Cal
ifornia has a cabin lmilt out of chunks
ol high grade chloride ore, estimated at
$2,000 a ton. The house is sixteen feet
square, and the rock in its wails, if
crushed, would yield about $75,000.
Wheat is pouring iuto Richmond
from all portions of Virginia. Two
mills, Gallego and Haxal’s, are running
day aud night, and turning out 0,000
barrels of flour every twenty four hours.
The classification of the members
elected to the Legislature in Kentucky
stands—Senate, Democrats 34, Republi
cans 2, Independents 2. House, Demo
crats 83, Republicans 5.
The Caterpillar in Burke Coun
ty.— The Augusta Chronicle learns
from a correspondent, writing under
date of August 14, that this destructive
enemy of cotton has made its appear
ance in the lower part ol Burke county.
The proportion of white to the negro
population of Tennessee stands 826,782
whites, to 275,719 blacks.
WEDNESDAY MOKNINO, AUU IS.
A letter from Weldon, N. C., dated
August 12, says there has been no rain
in that vicinity since the 12th of June,
and that tiie crops are suffering badly.
Four hales of cotton were received in
Macon on Monday—two from Albany,
one from Americus and one from Fort
Valley. One was consigned to Macon,
and the other three to New York.
When Rogues Fall out Honest
Men get their Dues. —A Washington
dispatch of the 3d says : Wood, the ex
detective,in a circular published to day,
charges that during the impeachment
trial, Secretary Boutwell offered him
SIO,OOO for certain information to be
given against President Johnson.
The Difference. —“ Alabama
bonds, ” says the Selma Times, “de
clined 2 per cent, in the stock market in
New York when the result of the elec
tion became known. And Tennessee
bonds, in the same market, advanced
five and a half per cent, as soon as it
was known that the Radical party had
been defeated.”
Educational.— LeYert Female Col
lege has an advertisement in our paper.
The institution is under the Presidency
of Rev. Henry D. Moore. It combines
all the advantages usually possessed by
such schools, besides being located in
one of the most pleasant and healthy
villages of the State. Those who wish
to send their daughters from home to
school should consult the claims of this.
A praiseworthy feature in its conduct is
the education of ministers’ daughters
free, and its reasonable facilities offered
to the daughters of destitute deserving
widows. Peruse the advertisement
carefully aud bestow upon the college a
liberal share of patronage.
Religious. —The revival at Wesley
Chapel continues with unabated inter
est. On Sunday last about twenty-five
persons presented themselves for admis
sion into the church, making upwards
of fifty since the meeting commenced.
Ou Sunday night, after a sermon by
Rev. Mr. Stewart, the altar was again
crowded with mourners.
Daily meetings continue in St. Luke
and St. Paul Methodist churches, with
indications of good results. At least
three have professed conversion at the
former, and a number of penitents pre
sented themselves for prayer on Sunday
night and Monday morning. A reli
gious interest is now being awakened
throughout the community generally,
which by the pious is considered an
omen of gracious results. We would
be pleased to hear that every church in
the community had caught the enthusi
asm.
Noble Warriors.— The New York
Times says :
The Secretary of War has issued a
general order charging upon the army
the practice of drawing pay twice for
the same period of service, and “under
circumstances which precluded the sup
position of iuadvertance or mistake.”
Honest aud old fashioned people call
that stealing. We suppose these shoul
der strapped vagabonds charge for
wearing the uniform, and also charge
for insulting Southern women, robbing
negroes, and writing lies to Northern
Radical journals about the Southern
people generally.
Tall Bragging.— The New York
Tribune lets off the following, editorial
ly, on New England valor :
The dedication of a “Soldiers’ Monu
ment” at Plymouth, Mass., which has
just taken place, reveals the fact that
the little town sent 836 men to the war,
of whom 72 fell upon the field of honor.
There’s not a village from Maryland
to Mexico but can show a better record
than that, for live and dead men. But
we would ask how many of the seventy
two fell from shots or from the canteen?
What has become of the balance ? And
how much bounty money did the gov
ernment have to pay the village of Ply
mouth ?
Eagle and Phenix Offices. —Mr.
E. A. Faber has just completed a very
handsome row of offices for the Eagle
& Phenix manufacturing Cos., which in
point of appearance and convenience
are unsurpassed. The building is of
brick, two stories high, embracing store
rooms, sales room, warehouse, offices
for President, Secretary and Treasurer,
Superintendent, sleeping rooms, vaults,
water closets, aud in short everything
necessary for the carrying on of the ex
tensive business of the Company, as
well as the comfort and convenience of
the officers.
We saw in several of the offices fire
places arranged with the Philadelphia
low grate, and mantles of Cincinnati
slate, an article closely resembling the
finest black marble, but costing one
third the price of that article. Other
arrangements equally tasty with proper
regard to economy. This building adds
an attractive feature to the property of
the company, and is a handsome im
provement to the city. The brick work
and plastering was executed by Mr.
Faber, the wood work by the Eagle
Plaining mills, under the superinten
dence of Capt. McAllister. There is
now one story of the new factory up,
and the work is progressing satis
factorily. Success to all their enterpris
es.
Appletoddy of Alarama.—A
Washington dispatch says: A. J. Ap
plegate, tlie Lieutenant Governor of
Alabama, also holds the office of store
keeper in the custom house at Mobile.
Collector Miller, of that port, recently
submitted the question of Acting Secre
tary Richardson as to the eligibility of
Applegate to hold two offices, and the
decision was that he was disqualified by
no United States law, but by the revised
constitution of Alabama im person hold
ing office under the Federal govern
ment could tie eligible to any office of
profit or trust under the State Govern
ment; therefore, it was necessary for
Applegate to give up one of the posi
tions.
A Distinguished Honor. Hon.
Judah P. Benjamin, late of the Confed
erate Cabinet, but now of England, has
after two years appearance at the Brit
ish bar, been made Queen’s Counsel, an
honor almost without precedent in the
promptitude of its bestowal. Aside
from making him senior counsel in
whatever cases he may be employed,
the promotion will considerably add to
bis emoluments. Being on the Liver
pool and Manchester circuit, be will be
retained in commercial litigations of
importance.
A corner lot in Cincinnati, which was
sold in 1798 for $5, was lately sold at
auction for the sum of $120,500.
ttraut Flanked.
As far as he is capable of understand
ing anything, we believe Grant is in
favor of having matters go along
smoothly. He desires to provide for his
relatives, fill his own pockets, drive fast
horses and smoke fine cigars in peace.
That he has any policy looking to the
administration of the Government, or
is capable of forming any such policy,
is too preposterous for belief. He is
nothing more or less than a piece of
putty in the hands of Boutwell and
Hoar, who were put into his Cabinet to
run him. And they are running him
with such speed and success, as to
promise a speedy tearing to pieces of
the Radical faction. Grant desires hia
brother-iu law Dent to be Governor of
Mississippi. Not that he cares for the
people of Mississippi, sympathises with
their distresses, or wishes to give them
a good State Government, but simply
because he wants his brother-in law to
have a good fat place. He even writes
to Dent that he shall bo gratified at his
election, if any honest and respectable
man is to be elected. But he has yield
ed the management of liimselt in the
Mississippi business to Boutwell & Cos.,
This active and unscrupulous political
firm having succeeded their
favorite in Virginia by twenty thou
sand, and their special pet Stokes, in
Tennessee, by seventy, are anxious to
try it on someone in Mississippi. The
idea with them is, that Congress will set
aside the election, aud give their friends
and favorites the offices and pickings.
Iu order to manage matters expeditious
ly in Mississippi, they persuaded Grant
to remove such officials in that State as
conld not be reached by the guillotine
of Ames, the Military Executioner.—
The poor imbecile creature was com
pelled to comply. He slashed oil' the
head of Wofford, Postmaster at Corinth,
a distinguished Federal soldier, but
before lie had time] to aim a successful
blow at another federal officer of dis
tinction, the latter flanks him and
exposes the rascality and corruption ol
the whole business in the following
plain and mainly letter, which we find
in a late number of the New York
World :
Washington, D. C., Aug. 10, 1869.
To his Excellency U. 8. Grant, Presi
dent of the United States :
Silt: I respectfully tender my resig
nation of the office of Attorney of t lie
United Stares for the Southern District
of Mississippi. Though the office is not
one of much importance, I cannot re
tain it without being identified, to some
extent, with an administration whose
acts, so far as they relate to my own
State, I cannot approve. Major Wof
ford, anjofficeir of the late federal army,
who, in defiance of the contumely and
reproach heaped upon him by the
Southern people, supported bravely and
almost alone in his district the recon
struction policy of Congress, has been
removed from office. From the late
approved published statement of your
views lam justified iu the belief that
this is done in accordance with the
established policy of your admiuistra
tion. From the same sources I learn
your confidence in and support of Gen.
Ames, an officer who has degraded his
position as military commander of the
Fourth Military District, by exercising
its functions solely in furtherance of
his own personal and partisan ends,
unhesitatingly avowing that he desired
to use the high office of Senator from
my State as a stepping-stone to the ap
pointment of Brigadier General in the
r egular army, and whose whole course
in that State has been marked by a
tyrannical exercise of power utterly an
tagonistic to the spirit of the reconstruc
tion laws. Asa resident of Mississippi,
and one of the founders of the Republi
can party in that State, though never a
political aspirant, I would be false to
my State and to the Republican prinei
pies which I have always maintained,
if I longer obtained the office to which
your kind preference has assigned me.
I am*very respectfully your obedient
servant, G. Gordon Adams.
A Slice Little I.te.
The New York Tribune has a man
who writes letters from the South in its
office. It is a trick of the trade quite
common among New York journals.—
In one of the late efforts of this suppos
ed traveller, which is mainly made up
with extracts from a report from the
Agricultural Bureau, a little lying is
thrown in to give the thing local spice
and character. After commenting on
the neglect of the graves of the soldiers
of the Confederacy, as compared to the
care and attention exhibited by the
North, the expense of which was paid
out of the public Treasury, the man in
the Tribune office indulges the imagi
nation of his readers and his ever ready
capacity for lying as follows :
I am led to conclude that the rebel
leaders had little respect for the com
mon soldiers, and that after they were
dead and could no longer be of any ser
vice, they gave them no further thought
or care. Between Branchville and
Charleston, 8. C., I had a long talk
with a plain common sense planter,
who had a small place of 500 acres, six
slaves, and a store, and he described the
passage of Sherman’s army by his house,
while he lay concealed in a swamp.—
They burnt his store, and one officer
told his wife that they were going to
burn the house, but if she would give
him S2O in gold, he would save it. Not
having it to give, he told her to take out
her things and they would burn it; and
while she was doing so, another officer
came up and told her to take in her
things or her house would be burned.
She told him how it was, and he got off
his horse and went into the house, and
kicked the first officer alll the way into
the road. The planter saw the army
commence marching early in the morn
ing, and they marched all that day and
until late at night, and then they march
ed till toward evening the next day;
and they found all his horses and mules,
and carried off: all his slaves, and did
not leave them a mouthful to eat.
He never felt so bitter toward any
body aa he did toward the North when
he saw everything gone ; but now that
it is sll over, and that he has got agoing
again, he said he was glad of it; it
ought to have come before, for as things
were neither he nor his family could be
anything unless they owned two or
three hundred slaves. “Sir,” said he,
“those rich planters would hardly speak
to me. Yes, Sir. they treated rne like
a dog, and now our oidy salvation is to
have Northern men come down and set
tle among us ”
Sales for Future Delivery. —We
quote the following report of cotton
sales for tuture delivery from the last
New York Mercantile Journal:
For future delivery we note the fol
lowing sales : Low middling, Septem
ber delivery, 31c. ; October, 29c. ; No
vember, 271. ; December, 2G£ to 27ic.
Some bona fide purchases have been
effected on European account, on the
following terms ; New Orleans, in De
cember, 2GJ to2oJc. ; Savannah, in De
cember, 20 to2o|c. ; both low middling,
free on shipboard.
Row in Tuskegee. —A negro boy was
killed by a negro policeman in Tuske
gee last night. He was disturbing reli
gious worship at the negro church, and
was boisterous. In undertaking to ar
rest him, a difficulty arose, and the po
liceman struck him with a club which
produced death. — Mont. Advertiser.
NO. 24.
The Rust.—a letter to the Macon
Telegraph, from Crawford county, dat
e i August 12, says “August, that all
important month with cotton, did not
think it necessary that Manchester
spindles and looms should go but half
time. The flattering prospects that
prevailed some fifteen days ago have
been driven into the yellow leaf of age
by that all destroying disease—rust.
The best farmers concur with me in
putting the amount of cotton in this
section at a half crop. Corn would have
been a little better with one more rain,
but I think it is a good average crop ”
A letter to the same paper from Dooly
county, dated August 14th, says: “Since
I last wrote you the planters of Dooly
have been greatly dispirited ou accouut
of the rust, which, to a greater or less
degree, has damaged the cotton crop
throughout tho county.
To what extent the cotton crop of the
county has been injured by the rust the
revelation oi time only can tell —but we
do know that a lull crop of cotton eau
not and will not be made in Dooly this
year. The cotton is now opening, aud
some of the planters are daily gathering
from eighty to one hundred pounds per
hand.
The corn crop will be short, on ae
count of the drought, but it is hoped
that a sufficient quantity will he gather
ed, if economically used, to subserve
the necessities of the people.”
A planter in Screven county, Ga.,
writes to the Savannah Republican
that the rust has made its appear
ance in his cotton, ami, he supposes, is
general throughout the county. He
thinks it will cut short the crop fully a
fourth. Previous to its appearance the
crop was the best since the war.
The Honesty of By-Gone Days.—
The New York World says:
When Mr. Buchanan was the last
President of the United States, Hon.
Howell Cobh, Ids Secretary of the Treas
ury, invited him to a trip on the noted
revenue cutter, Harriet Lane. He went,
but when he found that the expense of
the voyage was to ho charged to the
government, gave orders to have the
bills sent to him for settlement, which
they would have been had not Mr. Cobb
prevented it by paying them out of Ids
own private purse. Now the govern
incut is mulcted, however, to the extent
of thousands of dollors by the excursions
which, first, President Grant aud Mr.
Borie, and second, Admiral Porter and
Secretary Robeson, make hither and
thither. The expense incurred by the
Tallapoosa is not great enough to war
rant the impeachment of those who
juuket around in her, but the incident
related of Mr. Buchanan shows the dif
ferent instinct which a born gentleman
entertains of his duties from that held
by his latest successor.
Brutal Assault Upon a I). N. Olliecr
Only a day or two ago we were com
pelled to record the painful intelligence
of the arrest of a moniber of the Board
of Regents of the University for the
murder of a late member of Congress
from Alabama. Now we have to re
cord another arrest—that of Mark D.
Brainard, Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Montgomery county and carpet bagger
par excellence, for a murderous assault
upon the U. 8. Collector of Revenue,
Capt. Francis Widuier, late of the U. 8.
Army.
Capt. Widtuer was peacefully smok
ing his’eigar in his office on Sunday af
ternoon, when Brainard entered and
commenced expostulating with him for
the keeping in office of a gentleman
whom he suspected of being a Demo
crat. Capt. W. informed him that he
was satisfied with his assistant, that he
was competent, that he had the confi
dence of the people, and was as loyal
as himself. It sems that Brainard was
anxious to oust this officer and get the
place for his friend, the Senator from
Autauga, Farden. Upon Capt. Wid
mer’s defence of his friend, carpet bag
ger Brainard became very rude and
boisterous and at last denounced the
deputy-collector with an abundance of
oaths. Capt. W. informed Brainard
that he should not use Buch language in
his office, and ordered him out, where
upon Brainard drew a Derringer pistol
from his pocket. As soon as Widuier
saw his intention he rushed at him for
the purpose of disarming him. Colonel
Cadle caught the assassin’s arm aud the
bullet flew past its mark. Brainard
then struck the Collector over the head
with the pistol, inflicting severe injuries,
and attempted to draw another pistol.
He was, however, secured in time to
prevent another shot. Soon afterwards
the murderous Clerk was arrested by
the authorities. To day he will he tried
for attempt at murder.
This Brainard is the same man who
not long ago locked himself iu a room
with one of his deputy clerks anil at
tempted to shoot the deputy in the
stomach by getting down on his knees.
He is a very dangerous man, and the
law should be rigidly enforced in his
erse. No man’s life is safe so long as
such a ferocious bully is at large.—
Montgomery Mail.
Tiie Mississippi LKVEns.--We are !
more than pleased to learn that the
contract for building the levees In Boli |
var, Washington and Issaquena eoun !
ties, has been awarded to Capt. W. M.
Williams and Marlin Keary, both of;
whom are well and favorably known in
this city. This is the largest contract
ever awarded in the Mississippi Valley,
and in letting the same to these gentle
men, the Board were assured that they
had the means and ability to advance
the work rapidly. Some idea of the j
magnitude of the work can be formed,
when we consider that it compromises'!
fifteen hundred thousand cubic yards of
earth, and the capital required for the
undertaking will approximate one mil
lion of dollars.— Vicksburg Herald.
The New York Estimate. —The
New York Shipping List, in its com
mercial review, thus refers to New York
estimates ol the growing cotton crop.
It says :
In regard to the growing crop, esti
mates are more than usually conflicting,
ranging from 2,000,000, the lowest, to
3,000,000 bales, the highest estimate.
Between these extremes various esti
mates are made. The average, howev
er, is about 2,500,000 bales.
We were conversing on Monday with
a gentleman who had just arrived from
Ilawkinsville, by the Brunswick road,
who spoke very discouragingly of the
cotton prospects in many portions of
Twiggs ank Pulaski counties. The rust
is playing havoc in many cotton fields
and he showed us several bolls as large
as a thimble, and larger, which he had
found on the ground around the stalks.
They looked more like they had been
frost bitten than anything else. Our
informant said he did not know how it
was in the adjoining counties to those
named, but he knows that in many
places in Twiggs and Pulaski, the cot
ton plant will yield poorly, indeed.—
Macon Telegraph.
The Vicksburg Herald of the 13th says;
“We are informed that the genuine cot
ton worm has made its appearance on
the Davis Bend plantation and in the
neighborhood of Warrenton.”
A telegram from Galveston on the
13th, says the worms have appeared in
the cotton on a number of plantations
along the Gaudalupe and San Maria
rivers. But few have appeared in up
land crops.
From Washington.
Washington, August 17.—Commis
missioner ol Customs writes Collector
of Customs, at New York, forbidding
Cleat ance otliccrs collecting other fees
than those imposed by Federal regula
tious.
Secretary Rawlins says Cauby will
not exact the test oath from the Virginia
Legislature.
No indications of a change in tho
Cabinet at the War office.
Revenue $300,000.
Revenue Supervisors of New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois are here,
consulting over whisky bauds, which
appear never to have been so gross as
now.
Delano has determined to prosecute
to the utmost extent every violation of
the law.
The Femau Col. Nagle jumped from
a window iu New York aud was killed.
He was iusane, and imagined liu was
escaping trom a British prison.
Judge Dent lias written Boutwell a
remonstrative and denunciatory letter,
wherein Dent says: “By some strange
and dexterous management and occult
political strategy you have so worked
upon the confidence of the President as
to cause him to flourish the club with
which you intend to break his head."
From Mobile.
Mobile, Aug. 17.—The weather lias
been dry and very hot, favorable for
pulling (odder, until this morning, when
it commenced raining, aud still coulin
ties. Many planters have finished pull
ing. The corn crop is made. The
weather has no effect, with exception of
a few localities. The cam crop is ma
king an average yield in the country
tributary to Mobile, hut will not he
enough to last through the next crop
season. The cotton accounts generally
very favorable, with promise of an in
creased yield over last year.
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, Aug. 17—The weather
for the (last week has been very warm
aud dry. The cotton is suffering from
rust. The caterpillar is reported iu
many plantations. Thu corn crop is
made and will be a very good one iu
this section. The first rain for ten days
fell this afternoon, and it promises to be
a heavy one.
From Augusta.
Augusta, August 17. — Weather hot
aud dry; no rain iu this section during
past week. The early corn was cut off
by the drought, but the late crop prom
ises a fair average.
Nrliool “Headers” ivilli Modern Ini
provemonlN.
The Detroit Free Press thinks (says
the Montgomery, Ala., Mail,) the
present style of Behind “Readers" not
only “slow,” hut a long way behind
the requirements of the age. Accord
ing to the opinion of its editors, the fol
lowing style would be about up to the
mark. We recommend it to the con
sidcration of our distinguished Board
of Regents of tho University, now in
session at the cnpitol:
“The horse is on his ni st. He is a
fine horse. Oau lie make his mile iu
two minutes ? Borne horses have the
scratches. Bo do some hoys.
“The goose is on her roust. She is a
flue quadruped, and has a tender tenor
voice. Can the goose fly far ? No;
neither the goose nor tho rhinoceros
can fly far.
“Here is a man. Ho is a fireman.
He belongs to No. 10. If you are a
good boy you will someday he an angel
like that fireman. It is a dangerous
thing to be a fireman. They sometimes
gel their heads broken.
“Hero is the gas works. It is a high
i building. All our Congressmen are
I horn here. Do Congressmen ever steal?
| You may be sure that they do.
“Do you see that small hoy? lie is a
good boy, and supports his mother by
selling newspapers. His father don’t
have to work any more now.
“Here is the picture of a young widow.
Bee how ‘sad’ she looks. Her husband
could not pay her dry goods hill, aud so
he—died. Do you think she will got
another man? She will try hard.
“Here is the sea side. You see that
‘swell’ there drinking spring water?
What is ho here for ? For his health.
Will he get it ? Yes, if his father’s
mrney holds out and she don’t get en
gaged first to that fellow with the paßto
diamond.
“Do you see this colored man? Seo
how fast he runs ! He is ‘running’ for
an office. IJe was a poor lad once, and
worked for his clothes and victuals.
Now he don’t.
“This is a picture of Horace Greeley.
What is he doing V He is mailiug
strawberry plants to his subscribers.
They are fine plants, and yield about
a bushel a plant. This is 'political econ
omy.’
“Here is a fine likeness of Colfax.
See how he smiles ! He is looking at
the White House.
“This is a scene in Tennessee. That
man there, weeping, is Htokes. Why
does he weep ? Has he much money ?
No; lie can’t see a Sent er. Poor man I
He will doubtless find someone in
Washington who will sympathize with
him
“What is that man doing there?
He is counting over government green
backs; he is a public official. See bow
fast he counts ! Those one dollar bills
on the left hand side are the money he
is to return to the Government; those
ten dollar bills on the right are the mo
ney he is going to put into his pocket.
Is it a good thing to be a public officer?
Now you’re talking I
“Here is the face of a reporter. See
how joyful he looks. He has just
heard that a man has cut his own
throat, ami be is going for the item.
Should you like to he a reporter, and
get licked on dark nights, and sec dead
persons, and climb up four pairs of
stairs ?”
A correspondent of the Memphis
Avalanche, who has been on a trip as
far southwest as Marietta, Qa , in a
letter to that paper from Marietta on
the llili, thus refers to the crops. The
writer says:
“All along the line of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad through the
red clay hills of Northern Alabama, as
far nH Huntsville, the cotton appeared
small and badly in want of rain, save
in a lew spots of bottom land, along the
small watercourses. Whenever an
opportunity offered of interrogating the
people, the general complaint was of
‘drouth’ and ‘short crops ’ So it is
throughout Northern Georgia, but
along the valley between Huntsville
and Chattanooga, and down the course
of the Chattahoochee, the rains have
been abundant and the planters are
luxuriating in the prospect of ‘the lar
gest crop for years.’ Os course the
dry weather has greatly injured, aud,
in many places, entirely destroyed the
corn.
The Caterpillar.— We are very
much gratified to observe that our coun
try exchanges do not talk so much of
the caterpillar, or in fact of any of the
enemies to cotton, as they did a short
time since. We infer from this that the
alarm created by their first appearance
has not been justified by their depreda
tions, and that the indications now are
that not much damage will be done,
except perhaps in isolated instances.
At least wo hope that such is the case.
Mont. Mail.
♦
Cotton Prospect. The Canton
Citizen, of the 13th, published in Madi
son, one of the best cotton counties in
Mississippi, says:
From information received from
planters from different parts of the
county, we are pleased to say that the
crops in this county, as a general thing,
are in good condition. The corn crop,
owing to the late, cold and wet spring,
will be short. The cotton crop at pres
ent promises well, and uuless attacked
by some of its many enemies, in the
shape of insects, will turn out a fair av
erage yield.
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