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Newspaper Page TextCOLUMBUS:- FRIDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY 11. Cost of Cotton Cdwceb. —We ' publish in another place an admirable article under the above heading from pen of our fellow-citizen, W. H. Young, Esq. The article was contributed to the Farm and Home. The World Almanac.— Wc are in debted to the publishers of the New York World for a copy of their almanac for 1870. It is one of the most valuable compilations of the kind which has ever j fallen under our notice. Fame. —The Farm and Home pub lishes the admirable essay on labor, by our friend as townsman, Francis Fon taine, Esq., and credits it to William Fontaine. __ We Don’t Believe It.—Forney says: President Grant has subscribed SSOO to the New Era, a weekly paper edited by Sella Martin, colored, and published in Washington City. "Mack” writes that it costs twice as much to collect four millions of revenue at New Orleans, under Mr. Grant’s brother-in-law, as it costs to collect sev enteen millions at Boston. It is said that Young Swain, a son of the founder of the Philadelphia Ledger, is about to start anew cheap daily in Philadelphia. He is worth three mil lions, and is reported to have set aside half a million to put the new enterprise on a permanent footing. Calling on Hercules fob Held. —The Macon Telegraph and Messenger calls on Mr. Wadley, for help to break up the freight blockade at Chattanooga, i While the “Green Liners” were travel ling around, drinking “Green Seal” and smoking Partagas, Blodgett and his minions permitted the State road to go to ruin. The Fbanking Privilege. The movement in the postofhee Department to get up public sentiment in the way of memorials for the abolition of the frank ing privilege, will cost the Government nearly $20,000. The cost of printing the circulars sent out to postmasters foot up at the Government printing of fice nearly $2,000. Confed9 Looking Up.—Parties in Petersburg, Virginia, have recently received orders for the purchase of Con federate money of a date anterior to 1864, and the Index of that city says that, whether for curiosity, or for the sake of old times, or with the hope of ultimate redemption, a few thousands or millions are carefully stowed away there. Prolific Corn.—Mr. J. 0. Roper, of Kingston, Georgia, has sent to us a peck of his prolific corn. It is accom panied by certificates from well known planters in that section of the State, to the effect that it matures early, yields very largely, and can withstand the worst of droughts. We intend to try it, and will report results. Mr. Roper charges six dollars per peck for his corn, and will not sell less than a peck. As it is a matter of prime importance for our people to make corn and to have good seed, we refer them to Mr. Roper. The Confederate Dead.—Mr. Mer rick, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the Maryland Leg islature, reported a bill to appropriate $3,000 for the purchase of a lot of ground in which to inter the remains of the Con federate soldiers who died at Point Lookout, in Bt. Mary’s county, whilst prisoners of war during the late civil strife, and enclose and ornament the same, which was read a first time. Bravery.—A Washington telegram says : Dispatches to the Internal Reve nue office, detailing a late successful expedition of Assistant Assessors and Deputy Collectors in the Fourth Dis trict of Georgia, in search of illicit dis tilleries, mention the fact that the men behaved with very great gallantry in the face of formidable indications of an attack on them by many of those en gaged in the illegal operations, large numbers of whom wero arrested. Editorial Controversy —We have read with interest not unmingled with pain, an editorial warfare which haß been carried on for weeks past between the Mobile Register and the Tribune of that city. From the inception the con troversy has been sharp and severe; and from the cut, thrust and parry, be tween masters of fence with quills, it has degenerated as such things usually do, into a personal quarrel. It is not our provinco to pronounce upon the merits of the controversy, but as a friend and admirer of Messrs. Forsyth and Eggleston, it is our right aud duty to call for a cessation of hostilities. The Tribune of Tuesday last closes its arti cle with the following significant para graph : Self-respect, and our respect for the public, will preclude us from continuing this controversy further with the editor of the Register ; as the public can no longer have any interest in that, which, after this clear and unmistakable expos ure, necessarily becomes exclusively personal. Tho gentlemen named have no laurels to reap outside of the field of their pro fession, and we trust they will permit their tempers to cool and will reserve their fire for a common enemy. Ala bama and the South cannot afford to spare either Eggleston or Forsyth. Wiiat is Thought of the “Oldest and Mort Influential” Abroad.— The Mobile Register contains the fol lowing complimentary notice oi the late effort of the Atlanta Intelligencer,which was disseminated by telegraph : Under this head we published a dis. patch of the sth inst., from Atlanta, in which “the oldest and most influential Democratic journal of the State of Geor gia” is represented as denouncing the Georgia Conservative delegation to Washington. The journal referred to turns out to be the Atlanta Intelligen cer, a ridiculously arrogant claim for a paper invariably too weak to copy from, and recently too questionable in its pot itics to respect. Florida Pine Apples. —Tho Jack sonville Union says Mr. Benjamin Ba. ker, of Key West, Fla., has sold his crop of Pine Apples this year for nearly seven thousand dollars. The crop was gathered from less than an acre and a half of ground. He has one hundred and fifteen thousand plants which will be in bearing next year and these cover less than seven acres of ground, and if sold at the same rate of this year’s crop, will net him sixty thousand dollars.— The Union thinks the Pine Apple crop of Florida next year, will .exceed two hundred thousand dollars in value. Presto, Change.—lt is reported that a complete change in the military affairs of the Southern States is about to be made. Gen. Terry, who is at present ill at Atlanta, has been summoned to this city, and will probably be here sometime this week.— TFasfa’nyfon dis patch. Mercifal Heaven ! It is to be hoped that Georgia is to be afflicted with noth ing worse than Terry. A Little Light from Washington. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger of yesterday, has the following special telegram from Washington. We give it as a matter of political interest to Georgians at this time. We do not see much in it to hang a hope upon, but it appears that Bullock has as much con trol of the Telegraph at Washington as he has at Atlanta. We think a little more explanation is needed from the Agent of the New York Associated Press, who furnishes news to the South ern Press: The Anti-Bullock Delegation was be fore the Senate Judiciary Committee to day. The Bullock-Blodgett party will be heard to morrow. A majority of the committee favor admitting Hill and Miller, unless good evidence is given to warrant a different conclusion, and will so report. Moderate Republicans arc much en couraged, and the proceedings before 1 the committee to-day are said to have been very lively. Three of the Radical members of the Committee bore down very heavy on Bullock, charging him with willful de ception, and treated his pretensions with contempt. In an interview with the President to day, Grant expressly denied the false telegrams got off by Bullock through the Associated Press, and the statement he caused to be published in papers here, that the President favored anew election of Senators by a purified Legis lature. The President and Gen. Sherman are known to be in accord with a majority of the Judiciary Committee on the question of the admission of Miller and Hill. Astonishing.— There are some things in the world in which there is no hum buggery. That which we see ourselves admits of little doubt. Wo have alrea dy instanced the great relief which Rev. Dr. J. 11. DeYotie, pastor of the Baptist Church, has received from the specta cles which Dr. Bernhardt had fitted to to his eyes. The acute pain or dull suffering which the pupils have under gone for years has been almost com pletely removed, and soon it is hoped will entirely disappear.- The relief was almost instantaneous with the use of the glasses. An old gentleman, whose name we cannot recall,from Salem, Ala., came to Dr. 8., at his rooms at the Perry House, the other day. He had not been able to read a line in six years. The Doctor fitted a pair of glasses to his eyes, and he could readily peruse the smallest print. We might cite other instances which have fallen under our own observations of Dr. B’s skill in his profession. He has given relief and joy to hundreds during his brief stay in Columbus. Superior Court insTOnmv—Rut one case met consideration, that of Pow ell against Brown. The jury had not returned with a verdict when court ad journed, and it was understood that the verdict would be brought in “sealed” this morning. In this case, in addition to other defences, “relief” was pleaded. This question was fully entered upon, and during the investigation the Judge said: that he would not fully decide upon the “relief points,” because the Court above him had paused upon them, and it was not for him, in an inferior jurisdic tion, to decide. He would say this much, however, on the question presented : he would not hold that because the plaintilf had been a soldier in the late war, or had “aided and abetted the re hellion,” that therefore slavery was abolished. He looked upon the people in this jurisdiction as having been under “Providential control”—what they did, they did of their own volition, or be cause they could not avoid it, therefore he would not visit upon them pains or penalties. This case riveted much at tention, more especially as Judge John son remarked that, as he had been against the late war, his position might not he understood or properly apprecia ted. In the case mentioned, Gen. Ben niDg moved, and Ingram & Crawford were opposed. Singular Effect of Tape Worm.— We have heard of Tape worms making people eat like elephants, but a ease has recently occured here which develops a phenomenon, in connection, with those interesting reptiles, which may interest our medical friends. A young mechanic in this place, fond of dancing and occa sionally addicted to benzine, went into the country a few days since to do up some furniture. After visiting tho city to get his glue pot which had been forgotten, the master of the house found him stretched on the floor in a somnam bulistic state. Kicking the furniture polisher up, he asked, “Is this the way you do work?” “Well,” said old glue pot, “You orter kill me for this, but the fact is I’ve got a Tape worm about a fiundred feet long in mo, and every time he goes to sieep 1 just drop right down, no matter where I am.” Death of B. H. Matthews.— This gentleman, called by his friends Britt Matthews, was buried at Buena Vista, Marion county, Ga., on Wednesday.— He died the day before after a brief ill ness, on his farm, near that town. His age, we presume, was about thirty-five years. He was well known in this city and extremely popular with all. He resided here lor some time. In the be ginning of the war he will be remem bered as the Quartermaster Sergeant ol the 2nd Georgia Regiment. He was a high toned gentleman. Carolina Fertilizer. Allen, Freer Illges, at the Fontaine ware house, have it for sale and are agents of the company. The chemical analysis, given in the advertisement, shows it to be'one of the most valuable of fertili zers, with every ingredient to perma nently enrich the soil ami stimulate the growth of corn and cotton. See ad vertisement. The Tennessee Judiciary.— ln the course of the debate in Tennessee Consti tutional Convention, whether or not the seats of the present Judges should be Vacated on the adoption of the new Constitution, Col. John Baxter, of Knox, said, “this question was not one of party, it rose above any such consid , erations. He knew a felon who presi ded on the bench and pretended to dis ! penso justice. There were men upon the bench whom one-half the people of the counties would swear they would not believe them on oath. He wanted to get rid of these men, not to give place to friends, but to do justice to the peo ple of the State. He hoped that the Convention would not be trightened by cries that this was a party movement, The people of the State had been run over by these men, and they owed them no manner of regard in the way of retaining them in office.” This is a picture of the class of Judges we may expect to have fastened on the people of Georgia, should Bullock suc ceed in his present effort, to set asidei as illegal, the action of the Georgia Leg islature previous to the unseating of the negroes. _ The New York Times says that the expenditures of our Government are “prodigious.” If there was a bigger word than ‘prodigious’ in the language, j -hat word would better express the facts. | TELEGRAPHIC. Kr-»p Washington. Washing;on. February 10. —lt is blowing a gale. Wilson, of Massachmeets, several other New Englanders, and three South ern Senators, will vote for Bradley. His confirmation becomes more proba ble. There’s no pr-.s- nt doubt of Strong’s confirmation. The House is discussing the Fenian prisoners. The Ways and Means Committee heard the whisky delegation in lavor of extending the time for bond; repre senting that thirteen million gallons are now in bond and will not be ready for market under three years, and that the present pay meat of the lax would involve many holders in ruin. The ar guments seemed to impress the Com mittee tavorably. Senat:—Many petitions tor the remo val ot disabiliiin s. A bili was introduced withholding grants from agricultural committees which make distinction on account of color. Butler’s bill, in addition to the con ditions heretofore published, provides that the removal of disabilities shaft not a fleet property lost, captured or destroy ed by the army of the United States. There was also an amendment exclud ing army and navy officers from the benefit of the bill. Terry and Sheridan both at the W hite House. The Supreme Court considered cotton anpeal from the Supreme Court. The point argued to day, was whether the Government is responsible for the value of properly when seized, or only for the amount realized and in the Treasury. Revenue to day $277,000. Customs for the week ending the sth, a trifle over $3,000, 000. House—Roots of Arkansas, introduc ed a bill to encourage the establishment of a line of steamers to European ports and the ports of India, China and Ja pan, and to promote emigration to the Southern States. Referred to Special Committee on the cause of the decline of American commerce and shipbuild ing. The Secretary of State interrogated why the Spanish Government paid cer tain claims in legal tenders, instead of gold, as stipulated by the treaty of 1834. Appropriations resumed. Adjourned. Senate — The appropriation hill to supply delicienees in the Navy Bureau, was amended to read $3,000,000. Pass ed and goes to the House for concur rence. Mississippi was considered. The debate mainly Ummieri to Dersonal ities. The question before the Senate is admission, pure and simple. Adjourned without action. The President i3 quoted as saying that the report of the interview between himself and Georgians was inexact in some respects. He considers that the question of Senators belongs to Con gress. Lieut. Garretson relieves Capt. Schi rache as Bureau functionary at Charles ton. From Montgomery. Montgomery, Feb. 10 —The General Railroad law extending the time in which railroads can get State endorse ment of SIO,OOO per mile was discussed in the Senate to adjournment. In the House a resolution to adjourn on the 25th was adopted. There is much anxiety felt as to whether the present Senate will draw so as to allow one half the Senators to be elected this fall. A special session of the United States District Court will be convened here on the 14th inst., Judge Busteed presiding. As there seems to be a probability that the impeachment of Judge Busteed is about disposed of, there is much satis faction here that the regular session of the court will now be held without in terruption. From New Orleans. New Orleans, February 10, 1870. — Two cotton pickeries (Kepling and Collins’s) have been burned —loss SIOO, 000. Charles Merryfield perished in the flames. Two policemen were to day danger ously shot by a negro; one policeman then seriously shot the negro. Privale dispatches report the destruc tion of the business portion of Port Gibson, including the post office and hotel. From Rlcbsaantl. Richmond, Feb. 10—In the Legisla ture the House Judiciary Committee re ported adversely to a resolution referred to it at the brief session in October, proposing the re-ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments. Jas. McDonald was elected Secretary of State and ffm. F. Taylor, Ist Audi tor. An excursion party of twenty gentle men, including the following members of Congress arrived here this afternoon, Means, of Ohio, Fisher, N. Y., Wood ward, Pa.; Spink, Dacotah and Booker, Ya They came from Washington, Fits Cotton Fly. Crenshaw County, Ala., ) •Tan. 26th, 1870. ) Editors Mail: Allow me, through the columns of your widely circulating paper, to inform your many readers, that in my opinion the secret hiding places of the notorious cotton fly has recently been discovered. My friend and neighbor, Mr. James P. Norman informs me that he had oc casion to cut a dead pine tree on his plantation on the 25th inst., and in the fall of the tree the shell burst off, and from their refuge came many of those flies, which he says were the pure cater pillar, the origin of the worm which has in the past struck terror to the hearts of the millions. If your readers find that the worm or fly does seek refuge, from the cold blasts of a winter wind, behind old shells and other places, then I would sugges that all old trees and woods generally be tired at some suitable time all over the Gulf State. It is earnestly hoped that this matter will he looked into, and if this is found to be a remedy, thousands of dollars may be saved annually thereby. Respectfully, &c., J. C. Middlebrook. Receipts of Guano at Macon. —We learn from a clerk in the Central Rail road office, that up to this time no less than eight million pounds of guano have been received and delivered into the hands of dealers and consumers at Ma con since the 15th day of last November. Eight million pounds more have passed over ihe road to other railways and gone into the country—generally to South western Georgia' This total amount of sixteen million pounds does not, of course, include that of local manufac ture and that coming from other points. The receipts are now averaging 200,000 pounds per day, which will continue without diminution until the 15th of March, after which it will more or less fall off. There are now 500 car loads at Savannah to come forward, all of which has already found a market, or at least has a prospect of ready sale as fast as received. The receipts are nearly, if not quite, double what they were last season. The manufacturers of the commercial manures will find difficulty in supply ing the demand. The standard quali ties—those known from years of actual test—will fall short,— Macon Telegraph, < From the Southern Farm and Home. I‘KOFIT AND LOSS FROM PLASI ISO. BY W. H. YOUNG. At what price can a planter afford to laise cotton since the wai? is a question often asked. I propose to answer it. As the cost of production depends upon the fertility of the soil cultivated, it becomes necessary to arrive at the cost of running the plantation, and also the probable production on different qualities of land and the price the crop is worth when made. To begin : I sup , pose a planter possessed of a farm con sisting of 500 acres; say 300 acres open land; 200 acres wood and waste land. Os the 300 acres open land 1 assume he will cultivate 100 acres in corn, and 200 acres in cotton and that the place has all the necessary houses for himself and family, negro houses, gin, screw, stables, cribs and all fenced, and then estimate the INVESTMENT. Plantation as above described, valued at >5,000 9 mules necessary to cultivate 300 acres well, >2OO each 1,800 1 horse, saddle and bridle, neces»ary for outslue use 160 2 wagons and 2 sets harness 400 Pluws of dlffeient kinds, per mule, >10... 90 Plow gear, say bridles, traces, collars, lines, each >5 45 Corn and fodder to feed 9 mules and 1 horse, per head, >llO 1,100 Bread and corn for 18 hands, overseer and cook, 20, 200 bushels at $1 25 825 Bacon for IS hands, overßeer and cook, 2u, >4O each 800 Axes, hoes and other larm tools, estima ted cost 50 Bed and bed furniture, chairs, crockety, pans, pots, etc., etc., for overseer 05 No furniture or expense of living for planter and family. Arnoant invested >9,825 ANNUAL EXTENSES. Interest on Investment, call It >9,900, at 7 per cent, per annum 693 Average wages of 18 Lands at >l2O each. 2,160 Wages of overseer 600 Wages of Cook woman 50 Bacan for 18 hands, cook and overseer, 4000 lbs. at 20 cents 800 Biead, corn tor 20, 260 bushels at >1 25... 3-5 Corn and fodder for 9 mules and 1 horse, 10, >llO 1,100 Depreciation of mules and horse, and deaih, valued at >1,950,10 per cent.... 196 Depredation of pfowo and plow gear per mule, 35% per cent 49 Depreciation of axes, hoes and other tools, 60 per cent 25 Depreciation of wagons and harness 40 Incidental expenses, estimated at....... leo Amount of annual expenses >6,037 If the annual expenses as stated above are too high or too low to meet the views of others, let them deduel; from or add to, accordingly ; the difference will not materially affect the general result. production of the farm. In order to arrive at the production of the farm I would assume what are the results on different places, according to the quality of the soils, and in doing so, I may affirm that the different re sults are shown almost every year in this section. I value the corn produced at $1 25 per buShel, the same price at which it is charged up, and the bales of cotton at SIOO each, or 20cts per pound average for every 500 lb. bale. STATEMENT NO. 1. 100 acres, yielding 500 bushels corn at >1 26 per bushei, is > 626 200 acres, yielding (1 bale to 6 acre3i 33% hales at >IOO per bale 3,333 Total yield, 300 acres > 3,958 Cost of production 6,037 r.fws > 2,079 STATEMENT NO. 2. 100 acres, yielding 600 bushels corn at >1 25 per bushel > 750 210 acres, yielding (1 bale to 6 acres; 40 bales at >IOO 4,000 Total yield 300 acres > 4,760 Dost of production 0,037 Loss > 1,287 STATEMENT NO. 3. 100 acres, yielding 800 bushels corn nt >1 25 per bushel > 1,000 200 acres, yielding (1 bale to 4 acres) 60 bales, at >IOO 4,000 Total yield 300 acres > 6.0C0 Dost ol production 6,037 Loss > 37 STATEMENT NO. 4. 100 acres, yielding 1000 bushels corn at >1 25 per bushel > 1,250 200 acres, yieldiug (1 bale to 3 acres) 66% bales at >IOO 6,660 Total yield 300 acres > 7,916 Dost ot production 6,037 Gain > 1,879 STATEMENT NO. 5. 100 acres, yieldiug 1500 bushels corn at >1 25 per bushel * i,eic 2JO acres, yielding (1 bale to 2 acres) 100 bales at >IOO 10,000 Total yield 300 acres > 11,875 Dost ol production 6,037 Gain > 5,838 BTATEMKRT NO. 6. 100 acres, yielding 3000 bushels corn at >1 25 per bushel > 3,750 200 acres, yielding (1 bale per acre) 200 bales at >IOO 20,000 Total yield 300 acres > 23,750 Cost ot production 6,037 Gain > .7,713 COMPARATIVE STASEMENT. If, as per statement No. 2, the production Is 0 bushels ot corn per acre and 1 bale ol cotton to 5 acres, the loss is >1,2 7 and the land can by fertilizing at a cost of >lO per acre, be made to yield as per statement No. 5, 16 bushels corn per acre, and 1 bale cotton to 2 acres, leaving a profit o/>5,838 From which deduct the oost of Fertilizers >3,000 There will remain a, yroju su or deducting cost of Fertilizers ol The loss in one oase and the gain In the other making a difference of >4,125 on the same amount of land cultivated, The different estimates cover the great majority ot cases iu this section. It must not be overlooked that the price of the crop all around is fixed for cot ton at 20 cents per pound, clear of all warehouse charges, freights and com missions; in other words, 20 cents net, a price I fear we may not rely upon. No observant planter with these figures before him, will continue to cul tivate land that makes him no money or makes him poorer every year. If his land will not produce enough to pay for cultivation, he must cease planting it or must fertilize it so that it will pay. An outlay of $5 to $lO per acre will increase the production, two three and fourfold; plenty of proof of this is all around him —even the past year when it was supposed the good effects of fer tilizers were in a degree lost by the protracted drought. If the planter cannot raise the means to fertilize his thin land, let it rest. Why pay for labor and other expenses and further wear out his land and lose money besides ? Let him reduce the acres down to the number he can manure if he would have the profit and loss account on the right side. He must rid himself quickly of the old custom of planting poor lands largely, “scratching in the ground" and “getting in the grass" and thus making poor crops. He must plant no more than he can manure high ly, plow deep, and cultivate well; and not until he pursues this course will he make money by farming. The well known established guanos can be pur chased at about $75 per 2000 pounds, say 200 pounds per acre and that will fertil ize ten acres well, though 300 pounds and 400 pounds per acre will pay still better. Os course planters will avail themselves of cotton seed and all home made manures, so far as they can, and use commercial manures on the remain der of the land they cultivate. A South Carolina Scalawag.— Under its “religious” head,the Charles ton News of a recent date, says : Speaker F. J. Moses will deliver a lecture next Thursday night, for the benefit of the African Methodist Epis copal Church of this place. There will, doubtless, be a large audience. It has been suggested, with a view of giving all of Columbia’s citizens an opportunity of hearing the Speaker, that he repeats his lecture week after next, in Janney’s Hali, and that he will have scenic ac cessories. First scene, Moses in the bulrushes ; socond, Aid-de camp Moses clinging amid political revolution to the desk on which he wrote Governor Pick ens’ order to fire on Fort Sumter; third, chameleon Moses “under two flags,” with appropriate mottoes by Ouida; fourth, ambitious Moses cling ing to the dizzy heights of fame, the highest pinnacle surmounted with a cap (which, if it fit he will wear,) bearing the inscription, “Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina ;” fifth, disappoited Moses tumbling headlong from the heights he essayed to climb, into the gulf of political and social ohliviion. With these scenes, and the doubtless novel way the Speaker will have ol handling bis subject, the lecture will be entertaining, if not beneficial. A Pardon.—Bullock has pardoned his brother thief Jeremiah Toole, a dis tinguished colored kleptomainiac of Au gusua. “A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.” Vtl* Alliteration Proposition. We nrnEtioued a few days ago that an effort was being made by the citi zens of Chattanooga to have a small strip of Tennessee, including that place, annexed to Georgia. The matter has been brought to the attention of the Tennessee Legislature. That body ap pears to have taken a very different view of the proposition to that presented to th orgia Legislature by Mr. Nesbit of Dade county. The shape in which' it has been presented to the Tennessee Legislature contemplates the annexation of the county of Dade, and the people of that portion of Georgia lying north and west of the Etawah river, and also that portion of Georgia west of the Coosa river. The resolu tions ask the appointment of a commis sion of three from each grand division of Tennessee to visit the Georgia Legis lature with full powers to negotiate with the authorities of the State of Georgia for the annexation of the above describ ed territory to the State of Tennessee. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. The Nashville Union and American says upon that point: We can assure our Georgia neighbors that Tenuesse has not the remotest idea of parting with her “City of the Moun tain and the Flood.” It would certain ly be more in consonance with the con venience of the residents of the territo ry (we intend no pun), that at least those citizens of Georgia who have to come through Tennessee to get to At lanta, should be added to Tennessee,, than that we should consent to a change of our boundaries, which would occa sion a yielding to another State a ter minus of two or more important rail roads. Tennessee cannot consent to Mr. Nisbett’s proposal. Fromtlia Utile Rock (Ark.) State Journal. Khnws Cotton Seed Uulier. Manufactured by “Diamond Mill Man ufacturing Company" of Cincinnati, Ohio. Jones, McDowell Sc Co.,Agents, Little Rock, Ark. We this morning, by invitation of the traveling agent, Mr. W. Lennox, were present at a trial of the above machine, at the foundry of Messrs. Brodie & Ashworth. We saw as follows : Cotton seed, fresh from the gin, was taken and fed to the machine, the result was most satisfactory. It disposed of cotton seed at the rate of 15 bushels per hour, and the result was, that the seed hulled, seperated thoroughly, and dis charged in clean and unbroken kernels from one spout, and the hulls at another. The mealy portion of the whole, in the meantime was being emptied at the third spout. The conclusion was in stantaneous, all three of the operations being performed at the same time. The machine is perfect within ilseli, so far as we are a judge, and will fill a want long felt and wished by the plan ter enabling him to ship seed to oil mills already hulled and ready lor the press, and at the same time iurnishing him with food lor stock second to none, outside of corn from the stalk. Mr. L fuHj- i-iudoratciii'Js Mil UlO minutiae of its construction, and con trolled by him it works wonders, in its way, even in this the last half of the 19th century, noted far beyond any predecessor for its energy and inven tion. This Cotton Seed Huller is for sale at the Hardware Store of Hall, Moses & Cos. in this city. The Central ana tlie Ailuuac ami Gull Kailroaa injunction lane. GEORGIA SUPREME COURT. Central Railroad, et al., vs. Stephen Collins, et ai. Bill lor injunction from Bibb. McCAY, J. The State of Georgia, being a stock holder in the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, may, on her own motion, become a party to a bill filed by other interested persons against the city of Savannah, the Central Railroad, the Southwestern. Itaiiroad, and the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, to enjoin the consummation of a contract by which a controlling amount of the stock of the Atlantic and Gulf Road is about to pass into the control of the Central and Southwestern Roads. A citizen of the State, as such, is not a proper party to a bill lo enjoin a Rail road company from illegally making a purchase of stock in another Railroad company, but if there are other proper parties to the bill, this objection is not a good ground of general demurrer. If one be a bona fide holder of stock in a Railroad company, and file a bill to enjoin the compauy from making a purchase not authorized by the charter, it is not a sufficient reply to the bill, that the plaintiff is not in good laitli seeking the interests of the company, but is acting in the interests of a rival road. Each stockholder has a right to stand upon his contract, as provided by the cnarier. The banking powers of Central Rail road and Banking company, and ail the incidents thereto, expired on the 14th of December, 1868, and after that date, the general powers of the said company to buy and hold real and personal prop erty and make contracts, are confined to such property and such contracts as are incident to the building, managing and maintaining the Railroad contem plated and provided for by the charter, and the purchase of stock in another, and especially in a rival Railroad com pany, is outside of the object of the charter. Neither the Central Railroad Compa ny nor the Southwestern Railroad Com pany, is authorized, by its charter, to become a stockholder in other Railroad Companies, and a court of equity will, at the instance of stockholders in the roads enjoin a purchase of such stock by said companies. A railroad company chartered for the purpose of building and maintaining a railroad from Savannah to Macon, with general powers to purchase and hold personal estate, of any character what ever, is not authorized to become a stockholder in a railroad from Savan nah to Bainbridge. Such purchase is wholly beyond the purpose of the char ter. it is a part of the public policy of the State, as indicated by the charter of sev eral railroads from the seaboard to the interior to secure a reasonable competi tion between said roads for public pat ronage, and it is contrary to that policy for one of said roads to attempt to se cure a controlling interest in another, and any contract made with that view, 'will be set aside by a court of equity as illegal, beyond the objects of the char ter, and contrary to the public policy of the State. The act of December, 1861, authoriz ing the connection of the Central Rail road and the Atlantic and Gulf road, having, as is expressed in the preamble, ! been passed in furtherance of the late ! rebellion against tjie United States,is no indication of the policy of the State to permit the Central Railroad Company, to acquire in any manner, a controlling ; interest in the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road. When the city of Savannah and the | Central Railroad and Southwestern ! Railroad Companies entered into a con tract by which the said city transferred to said Railroad Companies 12,383 shares of stock in the Atlantic and ; Gulf Railroad; 307 shares in the Mont gomery and West Point Rail Road; 424 shares in the Savannah and Augusta Railroad; and one share in the South western Railroad, and the Mayor of the ; city of Savannah was a stockholder in the Central Railroad, and the |said city one of the original corporators in said i Central Railroad: Held, That even if the Railroad chai ters are not public laws which all are not bound to notice, that the city of Savannah is charged with notice of the powers of the Centraland Southwestern Railroad, and cannot stand upon the . footing of an innocent actor without notice. Judgment affirmed. An Indianapolis woman recently gave birth to a child during her husband’s absence, and just before his return “the neighbors” borrowed two other babies and placed them in bed with the little stanger. When the father asked to see his child the coverlid was turned down, and although -he must have been im mensely surprised, he cooly turned to his wife and asked, “Did any get away ?’ ’ SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 12. Ryland Randolph, Esq., editor of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, was married on 2d inst., to Miss Katie Clay Withers, of that city. Emigration from Denmark to Ameri ca has assumed such gigantic propor tions—and gives promise to still further extension—as to cause some alarm in the minds of thinking Danes, who ask each other to what it will “all amount.” To day the people of Barbour county, Ala., are to vote on the ratification of a subscription by that county, of three hundred thousand dollars to the Bruns wick and Yjcksburg Railroad. Barbe cues come off at Clayton and Louisville to draw the people out. They don’t do things by halves in Barbour, and we look for a rousing majority for subscrip tion. The Pay fob Prostitution.—Bul lock is going to pay his organ, the At lanta Intelligencer, for the permission it granted him to publish its prostitution from one end of the country to the oth er by telegraph. The weak and depraved old concern publishes the following notice, double leaded, at the head of its editorial col umns : “Eleven thousand copies of the Intel ligencer will be issued on Sunday next.” There is some precious piece of vil lainy in store for the people of Georgia. Another Great Event. —One of the most interesting facts of the day, says an exchange, is the arrival of the Great Eastern at Bombay, and the suc cessful laying of the cable connecting England with her East India posses sions. Messages were exchanged on Monday between Bombay and London, and there is nothing now to prevent the former from shaking bauds even with Han Francisco. The Railroad Case —We copied in yesterday’s issue, the opinion of Jus tice McKay iu the injunction case, to prevent the Centraland Southwestern roads purchasing the Savannah stock in the Atlantic and Gulf road. A later Atlanta Constitution conlains the opin ions of Chief Justice Brown, and Jus tice Warner, in the same case—Chief Justice Brown sustaining Justice Mc- Kay’s opinion, ami Justice Warner dissenting. Their great length prt cludes their insertion in our columns. The New York Tribune rest is to the election of the negro Wright as Su preme Court Judge in Sou: h Carolina, in these gingery terms : The election of a colored man to the position of Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of South Carolina, is one of the most striking and singular results of the Tne new Judge is described as the best educated negro at the South. Not more for his own sake than for the sake of the race he represents, toe trust that the singular ex periment will not prove too hazardous, and that his conduct will just ify his pro■ motion. How a Bad Arrangement Works. —We commend to those persons who are advocating governmental monopo ly ot the telegraph in this country, the following cable dispatch from London dated February sth. It will be remem bered that the government took posses sion of the wires in England on the Ist of January : Extraordinaiy scenes are occurring at the telegraph offices throughout Eng land. The dissatisfaction is general, and complaints o f delay and errors have been greatly multiplied since the new arrangement went into effect, in this city particularly. Crowds of people surround the offices, ana mere is me utmost confusion. The Revenue Law of Alabama makes it the duly of the tax collectors to sell al public sale to the highest bidder on the first Monday in March, all, or a sufficient amount of such lauds on which taxes are due and unpaid, to pay the taxes on the same. The law provides that the owner of said land may have the privilege of redeem ing the same at any time before the ex piration of two years from the day of sale, on paying to the purchaser at the tax collector’s sale double the amount of the purchase money, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum. Our readers in Alabama would do well to make a note of tnis, as the time for such sales are near at hand. A Model Conservative.—Senator Trumbull i3 the model Conservative Republican so-called. He opposed the Virginia Bill tooth and toe nail. He denounced it as “unjust and perfidious.” | He called Sumner “cuss names” for advocating it. Yet when the final vote came on, he turned his back upon hon or, conscience and self-respect by voting for the odious Drake amendment. Nay more, he, soon afterward, developed his hypocrisy and malice by reporting a bill calculated to rivet the manacles of j the XVth Amendment, forcing negro equality before and behind the law. In view of such a record, well may the Missouri Republican lash him as a plausible villain who “violates the promptings of his own reason, by hum bly obeying the dictates of a faction who disown him for his fickleness and despise him for his cowardice." Milwaukee has under consideration a magnificent scheme for intercepting the trade of Chicago, and making herself! the metropolis. It is neither more nor less than to construct a railroad tunnel j under Lake Michigan, across to the i State of Michigan, and thus obtain a shorter route to the East than any now | in existence. The distance is eighty- 1 six miles, the depth of the water less than 450 feet, and the total cost of the work is estimated at $109,000,000. The method of operation would be to sink wrought-iron tubs, at a distance of one , mile apart over the entire line, down to the tunnel bed, then pump out the water and excavate the tunnel in both direc tions from each crib. Air would be furnished by fans worked by steam, and light by magneto-electric machines. Adjournment of Richmond Sure rior Court.— We have already noticed that the Judge and lawyers of Savannah have declined to go through the farce of i administering law and justice while the State is under military rule. The Au gusta Constitutionalist says: Soon after the court convened ihe members of the Bar held a meeting, with reference to the propriety of an- ; other adjournment of the court. There was a division of views upon the ques tion as to whether it would not be prop er, in view of the unsettled condition of State affairs, to adjourn the court, at least to the first Monday in March, to await the development of matters likely to affect the status of the courts. A vote upon the question showed that twelve members of the Bar favored ad journment, and nine opposed the propo sition. Judge Robertson was accord ingly requested to adjourn the court to the first Monday in March proximo. A Hit— A Palpable Hit.—All of the Senators except two, from the re constructed States, voted for the rejec tion of President Grant’s appointment of Judge Hoar as one of the Justices of the United States. Cotton at Montgomery.— Week’s receipts 588 bales; total receipts 64,153; stock Thursday, Feb. 10th, 12,925, — Middlings 22|c- Superior Court Yesterday.—Re lief ! Relief! was the burden of the song, as the defence to every case called had that plea in full. At 1 o’clock it was supposed that the case on hand would occupy the usual hour, and the other jury and other parties had per mission to retire until this morning. The case, however, was shortened, and at about 2 o’clock the Court adjourned till 9 o’clock to-day. In the case mentioned yesterday a verdict was found for the plaintiff in the amount of SBOO in gold. Change of Firm.— By reference to notice it will be seen that Mr. Martin D. Hood has purchased the interest of J. C. Pemberton in the firm of Pember ton, Hood & Tatum. He is a gentle man of educationand large experience in the business, and will welcome all old and new friends. The firm have one of the largest stocks of drugs, chem icals, perfumes, toilet articles, &e., that was ever offered in the market. They have been purchased of the most cele brated manufacturers, and are warrant ed fresh and pure, and equal to the low est in point of price. Their stock is unsurpassed. Call on them. Corcoran’s Cotton Chopper.— ln company with a number of gentlemen, we rode out yesterday to the Alabama plantation of Hon. Win. A. MoDougald to witness the operation of the chopper, invented by Mr. Corcoran, an ingenious mechanic of Girard. Unfortunately, we arrived too late for the exhibition. We are told by one of the best of prac tical formers that it “blocked” off rows, taking two at a time, each measuring some 330 yards, iu seven or eight min utes. The plow is provided with pro tectives to prevent the dirt from being thrown around the plant. It is drawn by one uiuie. It does the woik of eight hands. Such a saving as (his is worthy the attention of any planter. Mr. Cor coran intends making a slight improve ment which will make his machine per fect. By encourging him, planters ad vance theuiseives. and iminenselyAbeir section. Archduchess Elizabeth. —We re eeived a line by telegraph the other night which informed us that the Arch duchess Elizabeth had fled from Aus tria and embarked for America. The telegrapher did not, however, inform us why she fled, or who fled with her. It will interest our readers,nevertheless, to know that she is a cousin of the Em peror Frances Joseph, is thirty-nine years of age, and has been married twice ; first, to her cousin, Ferdinand of Modena, who died in 1849, and sec ondly to another cousin, the Archduke Charles Ferdinand, wno is a general of cavalry and an old man. By her first husband she had a daughter, now liv ing, the Archduchess Maria Theresa, who was married two years ago to a Bavarian prince, and has just had a child. The fugitive Elizabeth is there fore a grandmother at thirty-nine, and that calamity to a handsome, proud spirited woman may have something to do with her self-exile to the wilds of America. The Atlanta Intelligencer, Bullock’s chief organ, has the following telegraph ic correspondence between the two most distinguished statesmen of the Radical party : Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7, 1870. To Vice President Colfax, Wasing ton, D. C.: Sir—ls we elect Senators before revising the barbarous Code of Georgia, and enacting a mixed jury and militia bill, the Republicans are defeat ed. A. Alpeora Bradley. Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 9, 1870. To President Grant, Washington, D. C. : Please answer quickly, yea or no, should we vote for Senators before re pealing the black Code of Georgia? A. A. Bradley and Others. To A. A. Bradley, Georgia Legisla ture : President has received your dis patch. He cannot advise you—prefers that you use your own discretion. Horace Porter, Secretary. We are at a loss which most to ad mire, A. Alpeora or Hiram Sam Ulys ses. From Texas.— The editor of the Ope lika Recorder is in receipt of a letter from Col. A. M. Maddox, who recently went to Texas from Lee county. He writes that in consequence of the heavy emigration to North Western Texas, the price of provisions has become very high, and that lands are advancing rapidly. The Colonel settled in Free Slone county, where he purchased good, well improved lands at $5 per acre. He reports that Rev. Charles Stanton, who also went from Lee, settled in Collins county where improved lands ore now held at from $5 to S2O per acre, accord ing to improvements. He states that on some places, three or four families occupy a room eighteen feet square. Railroads in Texas.— The road from Galveston is completed to Colum bus, on the Colorado. The road build ing from ludianola to San Antonio is completed as far as Victoria. One prong of this road will soon be completed to Austin. The one leading out from Houston has been extended over two hundred miles into the interior, and is rapidly extending. The Southern Pa cific road, starting at Shreveport, La., and crossing into Texas, at the town of Marshall, has been completed about forty miles in a west direction in that State, and the work of construction is being pused forward with great energy. More than a thousand hands are at work on it. Iu a short time Texas will be behind but few, if any, of the cotton States in railroad facilities. Southwestern Railroad Company. —The Macon Telegraph and Messenger says : At a meeting of the stockholders of this company, held yesterday at their office in this city, the old Board of Di rectors were re-elected to serve the en suing year, as follows : Wm. S. Holt, President. DIRECTORS. Wm. M. Wadley, T. M. Furlow, John E. Jones, Alex. R. Lawton, John L. Mustian, Virgil Powers, John McNab. The Annihilation of the Wicked. —This doctrine, according to the Meth odist Home Journal, is taking root and spreading among thinking men, both in and out of the church, and both iu and out ol its ministry, with a growth that is obvious and threatening. It is asser ted that the question whether the Scrip tures promise perpetual existance to any but Ihe good, must soon have a thorough re-hearing in that denomination. •Western Freights Blocked.—The following telegram addressed to this pa per and received late yesterday will ex plain itself: No freights South since last Monday. Road receives to-morrow for all points South except Columbus and points on Montgomery and West Point railroad. Defection alleged to be in said road. O. W. Thomas & Cos. Negroes Coming South.—The Ope lika Recorder says every day the cars come loaded with negroes passing west ward to fill contracts for labor in Mis sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. It learns that upwards of one hundred are now on their way from Virginia, for the plantations of Mr. William Ross, in Lee and Montgomery counties. TELEGRAPHIC. From Wasliigrnton. Washington, February 11.— The morning’s Sun has the following: “The President to-day pronounced all reports which have represented him as express ing any opinion on the merits of the Georgia situation, for or against either of the contending delegations now here, as simply untrue. He reiterated what he has before declared, that it was a question—especially the Senatorial part of it—that belonged entirely with Con gress, and he did not propose to inter fere with it, and he confessed his sur prise that a gentleman should seek an interview with him on the matter, and then go away and misrepresent him.” Banking and Currency Committee are examining Grant’s Kitchen Cabinet regarding the gold panic. House.—Pensions. Committees unimportant. Senate. —Sherman introduced a reso tion that the United States recognize the existence of a war between Cuba and Spain, and will observe strict neu trality. Sherman said the people would not stand the Government’s indifference much longer. There was a deep feel ing in the West on the subject. Resolution referred to Committee on Foreign Relations. The abolition of the franking privi lege was resumed. Hill and Miller, Georgia Senators, are here ready to present their claims at the proper time. Should the present Legislature elect others, Hill aud Miller will contest beiore the Senate. Treasury balance shows one hundred and three millions, including silty mil lions of gold certificates aud twelve millions of currency. The Treasury has advice of the seizure of J. Kincofts & Go’s establishment at Chicago. Revenue to-day $475,000. The President appointed Thomas F, Wilson, of Pennsylvania, Consul at Malamoras. Senate—The bill for the sale of lauds on sea islands in Beaufort county, S. C. was reported. Sherman offered a resolution reciting sympathy of the U. S. with the people ol Cuba aud all American colonies in their efforts to secure independence from European powers. It declares that the United States recognize the ex istence of a state of war between the kingdom of Spain and the colony of Cuba, waged on the part of Cuba to es tablish its independence. And the U. S. will observe strict neutrality between the belligerent parties, as is their duty under the laws of nations. After a brief discussion, the resolution was re ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill to abolish the franking privi lege and Mississippi hill were consider ed but not disposed of. A motion to postpone latter for one day being de feated by one vote. Adjourned tilj Monday. House Howard was interrogated about the cost of the Freedmen’s bu reau since its organization. The death of Hopkins was announced. Adjourned. The balance of the imprisonment of Charles L. Pitcher and John A. Rich ardson, sentenced to four years’ im prisonment by military commisssion at Texas, has been remitted by the Presi dent. They were sentenced October last. The documents for franking which Gen. Wm. I. Smith was censured by Tennessee Legislature, were from the Commissioners of Public education. From Virginia. Richmond, Feb. 11. George liyce of Shenandoah has been elected State Treasurer, he receiving 119 out of 157 votes cast. He is a native of Shenan andoah and in that county cast his vote for Hale, Fremont and Lincoln for President, and was Secretary of the State constitutional convention. The conservative member who nominated him explained that it was done as an indication that Virginians intended to forget party differences. Dr. Chas. R. Boykin, a well-known physician, theatrical lessee and dramatic author of some note, was killed to-day, by discharge pistol in his own hands. He was author of “Cabin and Parlor,” a play for a long time performed in Southern theatres, as an offset to Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Alex. Gardiner, colored, aged 35, was hnng at New Kent C. H. this morning for the murder and rape of Mrs. Stew art ana murder of John Baker, her col ored farm manager. The prisoner the night before the execution confessed that, with John Kennedy, who after wards male his escape, he agreed to murder Baker. They found Baker in the field, and Kennedy shot him. They then went to Mrs. Stewart’s house, and Gardiner heard her crying, and a few minutes after Kennedy came out saying he had ravished and murdered her. They fired the house and burnt her body, and threw Baker’s body in the river. On the scaffold this morning Gardiner only said, “I am not guilty, I don’t know whether I am going to heaven or hell.” A crowd of colored women around the gallows assailed him with cries of “you are going to hell that’s where you are going.” The drop fell and Gardner died in stantiy. i'roiik i\4 h York. New York, Feb. 11.— The under writers consulted over the legal tender decision. The impression prevails that companies must demand gold for prin cipal and interest on contracts made prior to the act. A committee was ap pointed for consultation with other money institutions. From Memphis. Memphis, Feb. 11. The steamer Maggie Hays from Orleans for Pitts burg exploded near Helena, Capt. Mar tin, the 2d Engineer and eight deckers killed. The steamer Commercial, in passing, rescued the balance of the pas sengers. Montgomery and Troy Railroad. —We had the pleasure, a few days since, of meeting and conversing with Daniel 11. Cram, Eaq., President of the Montgomery and Troy Railroad. We are gratified to be able to state that this gentleman is fully alive to Lis duty, and is taking immediate steps lo commence the survey of the road, and place it un der immediate construction. —Troy Ad vertiser. Latest from the Georgia Situa tion.—The Macon Telegraph has the following special from Washington : The Anti Bullock delegation has printed, by direction of the Senate Ju diciary Committee, their statement and charges of alleged fraud on the part of Bullock, for presentation to the commit tee on Saturday. Bullock was instructed to file his answer on the same day. Gen. Terry had an interview with the President to-day, on purely milita ry affairs. Politics were not discussed. Certain subterranean noises, says a Spanish paper, similar to those made by a train just starting, have recently been heard at Cadiz. These sounds are pro duced at intervals in different points of the city; and what is very strange is, that the Governor is almost always in formed by anonymous warnings of the hours when the noise will be heard. • ALAUAMA kEGlsi.^nu,. Wednesday—ln the Senate, a bill introduced by Martin, allowing legal publications iu the Columbus Enquirer was tabled. The bill to aid in the con struction of railroads was, after discus sion, re committed with instructions iu report Thursday at 10 a. in. Bills to aid the South aud North Railroad was re committed, aud to aid the Vicksburg and Brunswick Railroad was tabled temporarily- They are to come iu the general Railroad bill Bill to declare members of the Board ot Education in eligible to the office ot county Superin tendent, after being atneuded that the bill shall not interfere with any Super intendent now iu office and not apply until the expiration ot the terms oi the present board, was tabled. Yeas, 13 • nays, 12. Committee reported tavora'- bly on hill to authorize the Governor to endorse the first mortgage bonds of the Montgomery aud Mobile Road to the extent of $2,500,000, made a special or der for Friday, 11 a. in. The bill in re gard to the annexation of West Florida to Alabama was made the special order for Friday 1 p. in. Senate committee reported House engrossing badly done, but was unable to say who was the iu’ competent person. HOUSE. Bills were passed to amend the 3d Section ot the Act to incoporate the M. E. Conference, and also one to incorpo rato the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama ; to allow confirmed inebriates to enter the Insane Asylum at Tusca loosa ; in reference to the Orphans Home of the Synod of Alabama ; to es tablish a Medical Board in Tallapoosa county. A long discussion ensued con corning the incompetency of Clark, the engrossing clerk, and recommending his discharge. Final action deferred until next day. Committee reported favorably on bill to prohibit live stock running at large, made special order for Friday ; also reported favorably for ad ditionul compensation to jurymen. The Governor notified the House that he has approved bills lor the relief of Juo. 8. Colvard, a minor of Macon co., to relieve the disabilities of persons against whom a divorce from the bonds of matrimony had been decreed ; to in corporate the town of Midway in Bui lock county ; fixing the time for making assessments ; to empower the commis sioners court of Chambers county to iH sue bonds to liquidate the present in debtedness of ihe county. Alabama Legislature. —Very little was done iu this body on Thursday.— In the Senate the special order—the general bill to aid in the construction of railroads in Alabama, was taken up.— The Committee reported sundry amend ments, which, with the bill, were read and considered seriatim. After consid ering the bill from half past 10 lo a quar ter past 3 o’clock p. m., the Seuato ad jourued without completing the amend ments to the bill. In the House, various propositions lor an adjournment of the body, were rnado and voted down. Finally a resolution to adjourn on the 25th inst., prevailed Alabama Legislature, Friday.— The Senate passed the general State- Aid Bill by a vote of 29 to 1. House consumed the whole day dis cussing the revenue bill, and, without action, adjourned. i'lio Kale of I'Adet Vacancies. The resolution which passed the House of Representatives the other day, to investigate the sales of cadetships at West Point Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy at Anna polis by members of Congress, is likely to produce some very damaging devel opments—that is, if the facts are ever permitted to reach the public. A short time ago the following advertisement appeared in the New York Herald: United States Naval Academy.—Vacancy tobe tilled beiore June, 1879; parties of means address Congressman, Herald office, for one week. On the 11th of January last this ap peared iu the New York Times: Unitod States Naval Academy, Annapolis.- - A cadet vacancy to be tilled beiore .1 une. Par ties of means address “Congressman, box No. 142, Times.” Also, West Point cadetship. And on the 2d of Ihe present month the following was printed in the same paper: United States Naval Academy.—Vacant oa dotship to be tilled before June. Parties o means address “Congressman,” box No. 142, Times Office, Also, West Point vaoancy. It is said that many scalawag and carpet-hag members of Congress from the South have realized considerable sums of money by the sale of theso vacant cadetships, some of them re ceiving as much as two thousand dollars for a single one of them. The sales have been mostly made to Northern men, who, having effected a trade, would send their sons to reside, for a few weeks before the appointments were announced, in the districts of the members of whom the purchases were mado, iu order to prevent any suspicion of the fraud. As this species of traffic has become very profitable to the mem bers engaged jin it, it is not to bo won dered at that the number of cadetships has been largely increased by the pres ent Congress. When the resolution to have these rascalities investigated came up, not one of the guilty parties dared to vote against it. A vote against it would have been rogarded by the country as a confession of guilt. And now let us see what the proposed investigation will amount to in the end. The parties engaged in these frauds upon their constituents should be promptly expelled from the body to which they are more than a disgrace; but if it should turn out that they are alt “loyal,” and untainted with the heresy of conservatism, there is no hope that they will be punished in any way whatever. Tho thing will be whitewashed by the committee of iD vestigation, and that will be the last of it in Congress. And then the trade in cadetships will go on as usual. —Louis mile Courier Journal. Atlantic and Gulf Itatlrend. The fifteenth annual meeting of iiie Atlantic and Gulf Railroad was held iu Savannah on Wednesday. Col. John Screven, as President, and the old Board of Directors were unanimously re-elected. The following resolution was also unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is expedient and proper that the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road should be extended at as early a day as is practical, and that the Presi dent and Board of Directors be and they are hereby instructed to extend the road as soon as the financial condi tion of the company will admit of the same, aud that the State be asked to grant such aid as is granted to other roads. From the Republican we get the fol lowing synopsis of President Screven’- 1 report: The annual report of the President and Directors of the Atlantic and Gull Railroad Company, for the year ending January 1, 1870, was submitted to the stockholders at their meeting yester day, from which it appears that the gross earnings of the Company for the year 1869 amounted to $784,32J. Actual operating expenses.. 509,797.19 Net earnings $274,532.56 Being an increase of $181,270.75, as compared with the year 1808. The receipts of lumber at Savannah, by the road during the year, amounted to 22,828,500 feet, paying the Company $77,403, being an increase es 8,747,072 teet, as compared with 1868. The receipts of cotton at Savannah by the road for tho year have been 0,400 bales sea island, and 49,766 bales ol up land-total 56,166 bales, being an in crease of 1,173 over 1888. The passage earnings wereslßß,6Bl. .->0 an increase ol $31,275.16, equal to 1 1 per cent over 1868. ..... . The total amount of freight earnings for 1869 was $569,831.93, an increase oi $136 527.04, or 31 per cent, over 1868. While tho gross earnings have in creased 30 per cent, the operating ex penses have increased hut 14 per ceii. The tertilizers forwarded from vannah amounted to 4,429,691 poun'A being an increase of 3,301,208 pounds over the year 1868. . . , This very able report contains tabuiai statements of the operations of every department of the Company dur ng the past pear, showing that while the n earnings of the road are being rap dl> increased the machinery and rolling stock are also being increased. The Savannah Advertiser sayß th rice mills are groaning under tne press ure of business.