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FKIIIAV jKIH.MMi, M4BCH 11.
Heavy Declines.—Thus far on the
season cotton has declined in Columbus
about 12 to 12£c, and in New York 13 Jc
We heard one who is well posted say
the late declines had caused a loss to
holders in Columbus—speculators—of
1300,000.
The reader will find in another column
of this issue, an address from the Com
mittee appointed by the Americus Rail
road meeting for that purpose, to the
people of the counties of Sumter,
Schley, Marion, Worth, Dooly and
Chattahoochee counties, through which
the proposed road is intended to run.
In it the authorities of this city and
the Board of Trade are invited to be
represented in a Convention proposed
to be held at Americus on the 19th inat.,
next Saturday week. It is certainly an
important work to this city, and one
that should be encouraged by our peo
ple. It is confidently expected the
counties addressed will be represented
in the proposed meeting in the persons
of their best men.
An Alabama Lkgislatob “Check
ed.”—All know Troup, a colored man,
who has been so long connected with
Gammers Bine. Troup has the least
patience in the world with those who
do not answer promptly with their
checks to the call of baggage masters.
Troup can tell his numbers the darkest
night that ever shed its blackness on a
people. Wednesday’s Montgomery
train brought one Daniel Hill, colored
member of “de Alabama Lagslater,”
from. Bullock county. He is of the col
or of ten cent sugar, and wears specta
cles with all the p'mposity that $9 per
day speechmaking invests a negro. He
assumed a striking attitude, near the
baggage car, his three checks displayed
in the palm of a hand held Legisiaturely
before him. The baggage master called
No. 986 several times. No answer.
Troup got mad as he saw the number
in the member’s hand. Crier thought
Hill had number, and asked him if he
did not. “No, sah,” was the reply.
“You’re a d—u liar,” yells Troup,
“there ’tis; you d—n fool, if you can’t
read give yer checks to somebody who
can.” The “15th amendment” ponied
up the check in dignified silence. Some
one told Troup who “de gemman”
was. He replied, “That’s nothin; he’s
a d—n nigger, like me; can’t lead and
can’t whip nobody.” Hill, next time,
wo doubt not, will read better.
At the late term of the Superior Court
of Walker county, Judge Kirby presid
ing, in the excess of his loyalty, and
following the action of Judge Johnson
in this Circuit, anticipated Gen. Terry’s
order, and on his own order, stayed all
proceedings in his Court in which any
matters occurring before Juno, 1865,
were involved. He gave as a reason
for his action in the premises, that if he
did not do it Gen. Terry would. As
we understand the status of the affair,
Gen. Terry has never manifested any
disposition to approve and carry out the
request of the so-sailed Georgia Legisla
ture. Until he issues his order of ap
proval, we consider the resolution of
the Legislature a dead letter, and the
action of the Judges in the premises
extra judicial.
Vast Difference. —lt takes about
$8 50 to carry a bale of cotton weighing
500 pounds to New York. One line of
boats advertises to carry a bale to New
Orleans for 50 cents. The steamers
also take freight at ten and five
cents per barrel, and carry passengers
to Eufaula, ninety miles, and give two
meals for 60ctsand sl, and Apalachico
la, some four hundred miles, furnishing
all meals, for $3.50 and $1.75. The
•rates are due to competition, and may
be made still lower. It seems to us that
these rates will turn the channel of
trade to New Orleans. Eight dollars
saved on a bale of cotton is quite an
item. The advertisements of both lines
appear in this paper.
Active Preparations.— The agent
of the Barnett Line informed us yester
day that the repairs on the Barnett and
Shamrock were vigorously progressing,
and that they would be in servico in a
few days. This line has now two boats
running. The Independent Line has
three. The more in business, the better
for Columbus and her active river men.
The repairing of boats at the Navy
Yard forms quite an item, as often some
SSOO per week are expended in wages,
all of which goes to our merchants.
The Pittsfield and North Adams Rail- ;
road, in Massachusetts, is not remark- 1
able for speed. Asa train on it recent
ly came to a dead halt, a passenger ex
claimed : “Well, 1 wonder what we
have stopped for now V” “Why,” ex
plains a fellow-traveler, “it’s to take the
the cow catcher off the engine and put 1
it on behind, to keep the cows from
running over us.”
The Georgia Medical Association. |
—The “Georgia Medical Association”
will meet in Macon, on the second
Wednesday (the 13th) of April. Ar
rangements have been made with all \
railroads in the State, to pass delegates
for one fare, upon their showing certili |
cates es membership. —Macon Telegraph |
Remedy for Meningitis. —A gentle
man informs the Macon Telegraph that i
the application of warm cloths, as hot
as they can bo borne, constantly to the
back and neck of patients suffering from
meningitis, has been found very effica
cious in Florida.
The last Union Springs Times con
tains the announcement of the death of
Dr. John Hughes Thomas, which oc
curred at Tallessee, Ala., on the 24th
nit., aged about 75 years. Dr. Thomas
resided many years in what is now
known as Bullock county, and was es- j
teemed one of its most valued and es
teemed citizens.
Rev. Dr. John McClintock, said to be
one of the ablest scholars and preachers
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
died of typhoid fever on the 4th instant,
at the Drew Theological Seminary,
Madison, New Jersey, of which institu
tion he was President. He was in the j
57th year of his age.
TUe Opehka Locomotive says the
Executive Committee of the East Ala
bama Agricultural Society held a regu- ,
lar meeting in that place on Tuesday.
It says the Committee are straining I
every nerve to make the next Fair sur
pass any that has yet transpired in Ala
bama since the war. Success to their
efforts
"Father what does the printer live
on.”
"Why child?”
“Because, I heard you say you had
en’t paid him for three years and still
take the paper.”
"Wife whip the child. (Aside) I
dont know how the printer does live if
all treat him as I do. He is prompt
every day to me, yet I neglect him.”
— Exchange.
A clergyman consoling a young wid
ow on the death of her husband, remark
ed that she could not find his equal.
“I don’t know about that,” remarked 1
the sobbing fair one ; "but I’ll try.” j
Mr. Beck After Bntler.
In the course of an excited debate in
the House, on the 4th, on the Georgia
bill, in which the Democrats partici
pated freely, Mr. Beck, of Kentucky,
in reply to Beast Butler, spoke as fol
lows of the proposed new policy of the
Radical party. Mr. Beck said:
Dangerous as was the avowal of the
gentleman from Massachusetts, that he
intended by this bill to give anew lease
of power to the Governor, the Legisla
ture and the present State officers of
Georgia ; revolutionary as was that an
nouncement, it is as nothing compared
with other avowals of the purpose to
which I knew the Radical leaders of the
Republican party were rapidly ap
proaching. That avowal of the gentle
man was in substance that he wanted
to pass this bill as a precedent, to show
to the people of this country that Cun
gress has the right to exercise the same
power over any State, no matter where,
that, in its opinion, does not properly
protect life, liberty and property with
in its borders. That Congress claimed
the right to seize that State by the
throat and compel it to do w hat Con
gress chooses to say it should do. He
pointed to the State of Tennessee and
announced that, it his friends would
stand by him, he would seize her as he
now proposed to seize Georgia. 1 knew
that the more Radical men of the Repub
lican party were rapidly approaching
that point, but this is the first time that
I have ever heard the purpose deliber
ately avowed upon this floor. It re
quires a bold man like the gentle man
Irom Massachusetts to avow it now,
and it is well that it has been avowed
It is well for the country now to under
stand it. It is not particularly because
the Republican party wants to retain
power in the State of Georgia that this
bill is to be passed, but because they
want a principle established which will
authorize Congress to seize any State,
no matter where, that does anything
that Congress may believe is wrong in
tire treatment of citizens of that State
within herown borders, in regard either
to the persons, liberty, or property of
her citizens.
GNAsniNG of Teeth, and Snatching
of Haik.— Our information from Atlan
ta is to the effect that the passage of
Butler’s bill, with Bingham’s amend
ment, kicked up a most tremendous
bobbery among the faithful. Some of
them swore the dispatch was a Ku-Ivlux
forgery, and others declared that it had
not been received at all. Around the
Opera House the crowd mustered strong,
and such cursing and groaning, such
pulling of'wool and rolling of eyeballs
was scarcely ever seen.
Tbe general impression was that Bul
lock & Cos. were everlastingly smashed
—laid out cold as a wedge, though of
course this was “inside” talk. A good
many of tbe members of the Agency
who reside in Atlanta, were almost fit
to burst with regret that they had not
realized more out of their places, and
swore they would make up for it while
the sun did shine. The prospect of hav
ing to go to work after November next,
was terrible to both white and black
loafers, and they filled barrooms and
cake shops with their lamentations.
Altogether, the occasion was not by
any means a joyful one to the interest
ing crowd at Atlanta who condescended
to help empty the Treasury. We are
informed that the excitement was so
great that the two organs there, in the
confusion, actually spaced out a batch
of proclamation printing to double its
present “richness.” One can judge I
from this circumstance how the news
must have fluttered the “ring.”—Ma
con Telegraph.
William Edwards, of Georgia.—
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune, in giving the result
of the examination by the House Com
mittee into the business ot selling ca
detships, thus refers to the case of the
so-called ex-representative from this
Congressional District. The writer
says:
William Edwards, a member of the
Fortieth Congress, from Georgia, gave
his appointment to the Naval Academy,
signed by him, with the name of the
appointee left blank, to Ethan A. Saw
yer, of Georgia, to sell. Both were in
Washington at the time. Sawyer sold
it for S6OO to two fellows named Bird
sail and Macarthy, claim agents in
Washington, and they filled the blank
with whatever name they pleased. Ed
wards, when the trade was reported to
him, got angry, and told Sawyer that
he had been cheated; that the appoint
ment was worth SI2OO or SISOO. Ed
wards demanded SSOO of the money,
but Sawyer only gave him $350, to ena
ble him to pay his hotel bill and get
home. Afterward Edwards drew on
Sawyer for SIOO, but the latter refused
to pay the draft. Mr. Edwards has
made no defence before the Committee.
The Fall of Gold—lts Cause.—
The New York Herald, of Saturday,
has an article on this subject, from
which we extract the following anwer
to a question that is very generally ask
ed among business men. It gives, how
ever, only a portion of the causes of the
fall of gold, or, to speak more correctly,
the appreciation of currency :
At tho present time there is a plethora
of the precious metals in the great finan
cial centres of Europe. They have been
accumulating lageiy in the Banks of
England and France, and money is so
abundant that it is loaned at two and a
halt per cent, interest. This plethora
and the exportation of United States se
curities abroad; with the large amount
of product exported, prevent a drain of
gold from this side. Here is the real
secret of the fall of gold just now. As
long as the cotton crop and other pro
ducts are going out and a large amount
of bonds are exported to balance the
trade against us there will be no demand
for gold.
Another cause, is found, too, for the
equalization of trade and value of the
precious metals in the operation of the
telegraph, which brings the commercial
nations of Europe and the United States
in instant communication. But we have
yet to see to what extent and how long
the exportation of our products and
bonds will pay for our importatations.
If we knew that, we might form an
opinion as to the price of gold in the fu
ture. We must not forget that the more
bonds go abroad—the larger the debt on
the other side becomes—the greater will
be the demand for specie hereafter to
pay the interest. At the same time,
should peace continue in Europe and
money remain so abundant there, large
sums may be sent to this country for in
vestment, and thus help to increase our
products. It is not wise, therefore, to
jump at conclusions from the present
state of feelings.
We are pleased to learn that Colonel
Pennington intends to push forward the
work on the Opelika and Oxford Rail
road. We hope, and from all we can
ascertain believe it will not be a great
while, before the iron horse with a long
train of cars following it, will go puff
ing into our neighboring town La
Fayette.— Opelika Locomotive.
John Trott, of Sumner county, Ala.,
and Thos. Jamison, living near Lauder
dale Station, were assassinated in their
beds, Thursday night, at the residence
of the latter, by a party of negroes who
have been "Kukluxing” that neighbor
hood for some time past.
The death of James Robinson, the
champion circus rider of America, is
announced in our Western exchanges. ;
He *s reported to have died at Cincin- j
nati, very suddenly, of hemorrhage of
the lungs.
Ihe Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road is now running from Chattanooga
to the south line of Etowah county, j
Alabama, several miles southwest of
Gadsden.
The Rome Courier contains the
names of sixty-two persons in Polk
county, Ga., who have availed them
selves of the Homestead exemption. i
AUDRfcSM
To the People of Sumter, Schley , Marion,
Worth , Dooly and Chattahoochee
Counties.
The citiz ;iis Os Sumter county inter
ested in opening the shortest practical
rail commuuicauon with Savannah and
Brunswick, are earnestly requested to
attend a raifioad meeting <o be held iu
Americus, Saturday, the ll>-ti inst.
The people .if fti.nii, Dooly, Schley,
Marion and ChatLauoochee counties,
interested in the construction of a lail
road from a point on the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, near Isabella, in
Worth county, to Columbus, Ga., are
invited to hold meetings in their coun
ties prior to ine time, and send dele
gates to the meeting in this place pre
pared to co operate with us.
The city authorities, Board of Trade,
and dtlegates representing the citizens
generally of Coiurauus, are also solicit
ed to attend this meeting, aid us with,
thur counsel, and contribute to the ob
ject bought.
Will not al. who are 1 interested iu lire
agricultural, commercial and manufac
turing prosperity ol the section to be
penetrated by mis road, bestir them
selves m this noble enterprise V
The completion of this road shortens
the distance by rail trout Savannah to
Columbus 30 mile's and to Americus 57
miles—relieves the people of this »eC«
tion from a system of railroad monopo
ly and unjust discrimination which Las
been borne by them until intolerable—
enhances the market value of cotton one
cent per pound—and enables the farmer,
producer, and every other class to pur
chase supplies of every kind at corres
pondingly lower prices.
Columbus and Aineriem received
90,000 bales of cotton tiris season—this
Road saves tbe planters producing this
cotton five dollars per bale, which
amounts to $450,000. The decrease in
the price of merchandize purchased and
consumed by the planter saves him
another $450,000. Give to the planter
this Road for two years, and his nett
savings during the time pays the entire
cost thereof; at the same time your mer
cantile and manufacturing interests are
augmented with gigantic strides.
This Road is designed to pass through
a section greatly in need of rail commu
nication—a section famous for the pro
duction of cotton, but heretofore incon
venient and at times almost inaccessible
to market. Notwithstanding the many
disadvantages under which the planters
of this section have labored, they have
generally prospered, while many have
grown rich. If such has been their
success over serious disadvantages,
what may they not do, when these dis
advantages are removed'? Place it
within their power to use fertilizers,
for instance, and you place it within
their power to grow from three to four
bales of cotton where they now make
but two. Put it within their power to
save hauling their cotton to market at a
cost of from one to three dollars per
bale —relieve them from railroad mo
nopoly and discrimination, and put
them within such close connection with
Savannah and Brunswick as to enable
them to realize a cent per pound for
their cotton more than they now re
ceive, and you thereby enable them to
realize from six to eight dollars per
bale more than they have been accus
tomed to. Open to these people, by tbe
contemplated Road and others to con
nect therewith, tbe shortest route to the
waters of the Mississippi and the trade
marts of the West, and thereby relieve
them of railroad monopoly in that di
rection and enable them to supply their
farms with stock, bacon, corn, lard, j
flour, oal9, lime, coal, &c., &c., with I
present ones, and they, with these ad
vantages and many others too numer
ous to name, will prosper as never did
Ia people before. They will flourish as
I the green bay tree—-this section will
1 blossom as the rose. The wealth of
i this people through the channels of
commerce will pour itself into the
towns and cities and mark them with
prosperity such as has been noted in
the West—almost as by magic their
population, commercial and manufac
turing resources will be quadrupled.
This prosperity is now within our
! reach. We deserve it not and cannot
i attain it without exertion. The utmost
i efforts of all good citizens are required.
i Others have had prosperity within their
; reach, but dallied and did not put forth
their hands to realize. Shall this be
; said of us ? We trust not. Let una
nimity of purpose and concert of action
between all parties interested be had.
A single laggard may thwart this
scheme. Is there one interested in this
enterprise, who is willing to reap its
promised harvest and yet not willing to
contribute all in his power to the suc
cess of this measure ? If there is such
an one, we conjure him to arouse from
his lethargy, bestir himself and not let
it be said that he was the drone who
defeated the noblest enterprise of the
day, for developing the Agricultural,
Commercial and Manufacturing re
sources of our section.
Let every one feel that this measure
is Iraught with the richest rewards—
that his earnest and most liberal and
persevering efforts are required to ac
complish the object—let him act prompt
ly, honestly and earnestly out of this
impulse and success is ours.
W. J. Patterson, Chairman.
J. J. Granberry, j
W.C.D D ood!’ [Committee.
8. H. Hawkins, J
Americus, March 2d, 1870.
Ttae Black River Tragedy
The New Orleans Picayune of the
Bth, says :
The rumor is current now that young
Jones, who escaped from the house the
night his father and brother were kill
ed at Harrisonburg, made his way
down to New Orleans, and is at present
in our city. At the time the attack was
made upon the house, and when it was
discovered that it was useless to make
any defence, he left his father and broth
er and went up into the second story.
From thence he passed out of one of the
windows, and by clinging to the pro
jecting bricks dt the chimney, managed
to conceal himself in its shadow until;
after the search was over and the at
tacking party had left.
As soon as he could get down with j
safety, he procured a pirogue and pad 1
died along down the river. He was :
finally, it is said, taken on board of a j
steamboat, and it being suspected that 1
some of the attacking party were on I
board, he was concealed by the officers j
in the hold of the boat until she reached
this city.
Col. Jones and his sons, it appears, !
were expecting an attack, but did not i
expect it to come before the examina- j
tion took place.
This is corroborated by the letter :
which Col. Jones wrote to Gov. War- j
moth, asking for assistance from the I
military, in which he was joined by I
Sheriff'Ballord, both seeming to antic
ipate trouble at the time of the exami
nation.
When the attacking party announced
themselves from without, Col. Jones
seemed to take in the situation in a mo
ment, and remarked: “There they are.”
Besides the' ladies in the house, there
were present Elijah B. Cotton and
Sheriff Baliord. Before the door was
broken in, the younger Joneses, it is
: said, proposed to their lather to make
fight, but he replied that it was useless.
As soon as the door gave way, the par
ties attacking ordered ail the females
and innocent parties out of the house,
and Colonel Jones, throwing a sheet or
counterpane around him, passed out
with the rest, and had reached the front
gate before he was discovered and shot
down.
The elder of the two sons passed out
at the back door, and had reached an
opening in the picket fence in the rear,
through which he was passing, when he
was discovered and shot down.
Mr. Cotton, it is said, expected that,
as the excitement was so great, he
might be shot also; but as soon as it
was discovered who he was, he was as
sured that no harm would come to him.
The panic in Catahoula is so great
that the people are unwilling to express
an opinion pro or con in the matter of
the killing.
Pottery Manufactory in Mont
gomery.—We learn from the Mail that
Col. Gindrat, having procured from
England, a number of experienced pot
ters, will soon commence making a su
perior article of pottery and crockery,
similar to the best English ware. It
says they will soon begin operations on
an enlarged scale, and are determined
to make the pottery business a success
BOM I’IATI OJi PEABOni.
Don Piatt, who has been sick with
ir fluenza in Washington City, is at his
post again, and delivers himself of his
sick-bed experiences, and some few
thoughts on th.e late George Peabody.
Having, as lie has said, a great con
tempt for Lt. Gen. Phil Sheridan, that
worthy may look out for a roasting
about the Indian business. Here is his
last:
THE SICK-BOOM.
There comes a time to a man when
he feels that he is as useless as an Ag
ricultural Bureau, and as mean and
worthless as Pig-iron, Cake, or J. Oh !
Dickey. That is the time when every
bone seems to assert itself, and the
pulse ceases throbbing its funeral
marches to the grave anti beats the long
roll. Then a man is reduced to one
confidential friend—the Doctor. And
what a blessing it is to have a cheerful,
hopeful, confiding one—a physician
like Doctor Bliss, who, with more pa
tients than hoars in the day, treats you
as if your case was the one absorbing
case of all, and your life the most pre
cious to his medicated soul of all the
lives in the Capital.
lt is singula', considering the tact
that sooner or later one must accept the
situation and pass out into the un
known, what a prejudice we have
against dying. I suppose the oldest
teilow of us ail—the last remaining spec
imen ot the seventh stage, sans teeth,
cans eyes, sans taste, sans everything—
but lite, —still enters his protest at being
taken off. The only man I ever knew
wno took a philosophical look at the
business and aiscounted bis own death,
, was the great philanthropist Peabody,
whose remains we bad suck a lime get
; ling buried.
And his philantlirophy was very like
his dying, a matter ot calculation, and
not oi impulse,—not tfie less wise on
that account. The way our rich men
hold on to their riches, and cast them
1 as far into the outer world as possible,
that is out to the cemetery where a
monstrous abuse of good marble and
good truth give evidence of their inten
; tion at least. They would, if they
could, carry their little horde of dross
i into the eternal city of golden houses
laud streets ot precious stones, where
| they would be worthless, owing to
i the increased volume of specie, or to
■ that other place whore they wonld yet
j bo useless, owing to tbe melting and
smelling process forever going on.
Peabody was wise in bis generation.
He tasted some of his posthumous hon
ors—not all, (that were not possible)
in advance. Uid, ieeble and dyspeptic,
what were all his accumulated millions !
Through long, hard grinding money
getting, he awakened alter many years
to find the pleasure of this world faded
from his sight. He could not with all
his wealth, purchase one youthful im
pulse. And so he handed over the bulk
for charitable purposes, and while the
I world was ringing in his praise, he
turned his face to the wall and died.
And yet what a mocking all that
praise must have been to the old broker.
He knew he could not help, but knew
that it was all without foundation. No
generous impulse had prompted the
gift. It was a cold business transaction.
“For your good opinion I give you so
much money.” We shut our eyes and
sing out to the good opinion. Os course
no end of well meaning people unac
quainted with the fact will be disgusted
at this talk, and no end of flunkies who
know that the great philanthropist was
the meanest, closest, hardest old Shy
lock that ever accumulated wealth on
his country’s misfortunes, will be loud
in their denunciation. Oh! brother,
there is not an American living who
knew Peabody in London, but know
that every shipwrecked sailor, stranded
American, helpless sick women from
the United States, gave him a wide berth
as one who accompanied refusal with
insult. You can’t crowd that illustrious
philanthropist down our throat, gentle
men—let him be buried to any extent,
so long as Christ’s illustration of the
charity of the widow's mite remains on
record. It is notthe amount of money
that makes the gift precious, but the
amount of feeling that accompanies it.
We are only paying him our just debt
in according his remains great honors.
He bought them, and that is all.
Suddenly in the midst of our beauti
ful weather came a dread disease upon
Washington. People far and near, old
and young, were seized with sore
throats. Apparently not much. There
was a feeling of fatigue or weariness, a
slight fever, and then pains in the
limbs. The patient did not find it nec
essary to go to bed or even call in a
physician, until suddenly death would
step in and the sufferer as suddenly step
out,
I have a melancholy friend, a gentle
man, who reads the cholera reports in
season, and always prognosticates evil
results. He has ever on hand an un
limited supply of fatal cases, just in
point. He visited me twice a day, ani
mated by the best of motives, and would
j sit by my bed with his chin on cane,
j and comfort me as follows :
“How’s ye’ir throat? Better look
out. Heard about Lieutenant Leo ?
iAh ! Singular, you didn’t. Quartered
I out at the Barracks. Had a slight sore
j throat, just like yours. Told his broth-
I er officers, night before last, to leave
I him, thought he could sleep ; felt fatig
! ued and drowsy. They did. Next
i morning sent to call him to breakfast.
Found him dead, grasping the door
knob. Had been dead twelve hours.
Doctors said he must have felt himself
choking and got up and dressed to call
help, reached the door and fell. Hard
work to unloose his grip of door-knob.
Better look out; go off in the twinkling
of a telegraph.”
Again: “Heard about Miss Payne ?
Not heard about Miss Payne ! Why,
she died down stairs this morning. A
most distressing case. Everybody in
tears down stairs. Proprietor blue as
indigo. Most lovely girl ; just home
from Europe. Sick a little over a week.
In her bed only two days. She was the
picture of health. Had no thought of
dying. Some friend sent her a bouquet
this morning ; sat up in bed and laughed
over it like a child ; suddenly fell back
and expired. Deposit about the heart
caused clot. Better look out, I tell you.”
What a blessing such a friend is. I
found myself feeling around in search
of the boot jack to brain him. But,
poor fellow, he meant it for the best.
Visit to Columbus. —Last week it
was our pleasure to make a slfort visit
to Columbus, where we met many of
our old friends and acquaintances. Co
lumbus has improved a great deal in the
last three years, both in a business sense
and in appearance. The war closed
and left the city almost in ashes. Not
even a respectable blacksmith shop
could be found the day after the Federal
soldiers left the place; factories, machine
shops, work-shops of every description,
were destroyed, either by fire or were
torn down and their machinery rendered
unserviceable; nothing remained save
the dwellings, empty business houses,
churches, and two grist and flouring
mills. The railroads, cars and carshops,
and bridges for miles around, were de
stroyed so completely as to render the
city every way desolate and uninviting.
Yet, in the short time that has elapsed
since then, every damage has been re
paired, has grown into a proud
and flourishing city. No more does the
“old fogy” spirit prevail among her
citizens. A remnant of it will crop out
occasionally, bat it has no weight.
Everything is being improved, and no
opportunity is lost to advance the in
terests of the place. While there we
conversed with several prominent busi
ness men. They spoke hopefully of
the future growth and importance of the
city.— Union Springs Times.
A destructive fire occurred in Savan
nah Wednesday night. It broke out in
the store occupied by Messrs L. J. Guil
martin & Cos., commission merchants,
North side of Bay street, between Bull
and Whitaker. The flames spread rap
idly, and soon the whole Interior of the
building was on fire. There were about
five hundred bales of cotton stored in
the building, which was burned. The
building is one of the old Planters’
Bank property, owned by Wilcox, I
Gibbs & Cos., and was fully insured.
The cotton was owned by Gilmartin &
Cos., and is stated to have been fully in- j
sured. The entire loss is set down at
between fifty and sixty thousand dollars, j
which will fall on insurance companies,
of which R. H. Footman & Cos. are :
agents.
HATIBDAT MORSISU, MARCH 12.
Gold and Silver. —We heard of a
workman on Thursday who sold a quan
tity of gold and silver, in amount some
where under SIOO. He got 110 for the
gold and 105 for the silver. As gold
wa9 advancing yesterday we suppose
lie regrets the transaction. In these
days of fluctuations, however, each one
must determine for himself what is best.
The most experienced financiers are
often at fault.
Du. Bernhardt, the Ocdlist. —
Unite a thorough scientific education
with skill and long practice, and won
ders are ever being accomplished. The
example of Dr. Berndhardt is a case in
point. He is a finished oculist, having
made the subject a speciality for years.
His experienced judgment enables him
to detect any deficiency in the eye, and
to supply that kind of glass which will
best overcome the difficulty. His spec
tacles are of fine make and finish.
During his stay here, which will not be
very much longer prolonged, he has
performed some astonishing cures and
given relief to hundreds, and afforded
universal satisfaction. The afflicted
should call on him at his rooms in the
Perry House.
The Mobile and Girard Railroad.
—A gentleman who lives at Troy told
us yesterday the railroad was completed
to within four miles of that place.
Very little work was required except
laying the rails, and that wa3 progress
ing very slowly.
Notice. —The debtors and creditors
of the estate of D. McD. Furguson are
referred to notice.
Dr. William Richardson, an eminent
physician of Houston, Texas, died in
that city on the 25th ult., aged sixty
eight years. He was a native of Clarke
county, Kentucky.
Dr. John W. Leflwich, of Memphis,
Tennessee, ex-Mayor of that city, and
Representative in Congress from the
Memphis district in 1867, died in Lynch
burg, Va., on Sunday night last.
The Elvton Sun. —We have receiv
ed the first number of a weekly paper,
from Ely ton, Ala., bearing the above
title. Its get up is creditable—in poli
tics, it is Democratic. It is conducted
by Robert 11. Henley and Charles E.
Cantley.
Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, has
pardoned and remitted the sentence of
nearly 200 penitentiary convicts, includ
ing several murderers, since November,
1869. He certainly must be running
against Bullock.
Mr. Isaiah Corley, while waiting for
the train at Geneva, last Saturday, had
$405 lifted from his pocket. He bad
sold his crop of cotton, and was await
ing the train to return home. Hard on
Corley.
Mr. James Nixon, lying iu a state ot
inebriation across the track of the Mo
bile and Ohio raidroad, near York sta.
tion, was run over and killed last week
The Enterprise Star says he was an old
and respectable citizen, with only this
single vice attached to iiis name. It
proved one too many.
Corinth and Elyton Railroad
A charter has been obtained for a Rail
road from Elyton to Corinth. This will
seriously damage the prospects of the
Savannah and Memphis road, as both
roads will occupy pretty much the same
ground from Elyton to within about
thirty miles of Tuscumbia.
B. Y. Sage, Chief Engineer of the
Georgia Air Line Railroad, in a note
to the Atlanta Constitution, says “the
Air Line Railroad Charter, in South
Carolina, has not been repealed, nor is
it likely to be. I have unquestionable
authority for tho correction, and was
present up to a late day of the session
personally.
The Georgia Bill. —The Georgia
bill passed by the House admits Georgia
to representation, provided that all leg
islators, before resuming their seats,
shall file the oath that they are not inel
igible under the 14th Amendment, or if
ineligible that they have been relieved,
under penalties of perjury.
Also, the Constitution of Georgia can
never be amended to deprive anybody
of the suffrage or right to hold office, or
school rights.
Bingham’s amendment stops the
present administration holding over,
displacing any more officers, or post
poning elections.— Atlanta Const.
Ominous. —Tho New York Sun, Re
publican, says Grant is wholly incom
petent to weather the storm about to
burst on the party, and thinks he should
be invited to resign, or at least to change
his Cabinet and policy, and give it to be
understood that he will not, under any
circumstances, be a candidate for re
election. Even this, it thinks, “would
noi save the Republican party from
being torn by factions,” but “it would
be a step in the right direction,” and
might prevent the party from being
rent in twain at the next Presidential
contest, if not sooner.
We learn that an affray occurred at
Eatonton, Ga., a few days ago, which
resulted in the almost instant death of a
man named Perryman, from pistol
shots, by a Mr. Souter. There had
been an old sued existing between them
for some time. On the day of the kill
ing, Perryman came into town, and af
ter taking several drams, commenced
cursing Souter, when the latter fired
three shots at him, and each taking ef
fect, resulted as above stated.
Gold Discovered in Richmond
County.— We are informed that a prac
tical and experienced miner from Lump
kin county has recently discovered con
siderable surface indications of gold
deposits in the vicinity of Rae’s creek,
on the Augusta canal. As an experi
ment, about a peck of rock, gathered in
this locality, yielded, when powdered
and washed, a teaspoonful of virgin
gold. This miner is convinced that a
more careful investigation would devel
op a general and valuable deposit of the
precious metal in the neighborhood
alluded to. — Constitutionalist.
Tobacco as a Crop.— We have been
requested to urge upon our country
friends the importance of raising tobac
co as a crop in this section. Our soil is
said to be specially adapted to its growth
and maturity—producing double the
amount of tobacco to the acre, and of a
superior quality, to that grown in Yir
ginia. It is very profitable. We learn
that an old gentleman, of this county,
with a young son, and only one horse,
cleared SBOO last year off of his tobacco,
after making corn, wheat, etc., to do
him. That baats eotton planting all to
pieces. Won’t somebody tell us bow
to cultivate tobacco ? If enough of our
farmers should plant it there woutd be
no trouble to get a factory started in
our town.— Dalton Citizen.
The Alabama and Chattanooga rail
road is being built, particularly from
Chattanooga in this direction, with a ra
pidity unparalleled in the history of rail
road construction in the South. At last
accounts the trains were running to a
point fourteen miles above Ashvilie, St.
Clair county ; and upoD the completion
of the bridge over Wills’ Creek, (which
will be finished to day, as we are in
formed,) the trains will run withiirsix
miles of Ashvilie—about forty five
miles northeast of Elyton. By the first
of July trains will run to Elyton— Ely- j
ton (Ala. ) Sun.
Tbe Cotton States Mechanics' and
Agricultural Fair Association.
It has been decided (says the Augusta
Constitutionalist) to hold the first grand
Fair of the Association one week earlier
than the period originally fixed upon.
It will open to the public on October
25tk and continue five days. The work
-of laying out the ground has been en
trusted to a competent engineer, and
both science and skill will be brought
into requisition to ensure the most per
fect plans for the purpose that can be
devised. The list of premiums, amount
ing to over SII,OOO, will soon be issued.
For the benefit of those who may desire
l to compete for premiums on field crops,
for which immediate preparation might
be necessary, we give a few of the lead
ing prizes to be contested for:
For the best and largest crop of cot
i ton produced upon ten or more
acres of upland, with statement
of the mode of cultivation, the
amount and kind of manure used,
the period of planting, the num
ber of times plowed and hoed,
and the variety of cotton. The
land to be measured and the cot
ton weighed in the presence of 8
reliable and disinterested witness
es, with their affidavit. The or
iginal fertility of tho soil to be
taken into consideration. One
bale of not less than 450 pounds
to be exhibited as an average
sample S2OO
For the largest and best crop of cot
ton produced upon one acre of
upland, with same requirements
as above $ 50
For the largest crop of corn grown
upon two acres of upland, not
less than seventy-five bushels per
acre, same requirements as for
cotton; two bushels to be exhib
ited as sample SIOO |
For the largest crop of corn grown
upon two acres of lowland, not
less than one hundred bushels per
acre, same requirements as for
upland corn SIOO i
For the largest crop ot sweet pota
toes raised per acre, one eighth of
an acre to be dug; certificate of
yield to be furnished by three
disinterested persons, with two
bushels as sample $ 25
For the largest crop of Irish pota
toes, same requirements as lor
sweet potatoes $ 20
For the largest crop of Indian corn
grown by any white boy under 16
years of age, upon one acre of
land—the rules in relation to the
field crop to be complied with— i
silver patent lever watch, woith.s 25 j
For the largest quantity of cotton
produced by any white boy under
16 years of age upon one acre ol
land—requirements as above—
silver patent lever watch, worth. $ 25
For the best twenty bales common
upland cotton SIOO
For the best ten bales common up
land cotton $ 50
For the best five bales common up
land cotton $ 25
For the best one bale common up
land cotton $ 10
For the best one bale upland cotton,
long staple $ 10
For the best five bales Sea Island
cotton $ 20
For the best bale (400 lbs.) Sea Is
land or black seed cotton raised j
on upland $ 25 ’
The following is an extract from the
rules for exhibitors:
No article will be received for compe
tition unless it is tbe bona fide produc
tion or manufacture of the exhibitor.
The premium offered for other field
crops will appear in tbe list, which will
be ready in ample time for their pre
paration. The list will be gotten up in
neat pamphlet form. Ten thousand
copies will be issued and distributed
throughout the country.
WYOMING.
The Dawn of the Millennium—A Grand
Jury of Women Sworn—A Lady
Bailiff Attends Them.
Laramie City, W. T. March 7. —The
judiciary of Wyoming sustains the right
of women to serve as grand jurors.
All the ladies drawn as grand jurors
were present at 11 o’clock. A motion
to quash the panel was not sustained.
At 11:55 a. m. the first panel of lady
grand jurors in the world was sworn.
None asked to be excused. A lady
bailiff was appointed lor the grand ju
rors.
In impanneling and charging the
grand jury, Judge Howe said : “Ladies
and gentlemen of the Grand Jury—lt is
a novelty to see, as we do to-day, ladies
summoned to serve as jurors. The ex
tension of political rights and franchises
to woman is the subject that is agitat
ing the whole couutry. I have never
taken an active part in discussions, but
have long seen that woman was a vic
tim to.the vices, crimes, and immorali
ty of man, with no power to protect
and defend herself from these evils. I
have long felt that such powers of pro
tection should be conferred woman, and
it has fallen to our lot here to act as the
pioneer in this movement, and to test
the question. The eyes of the world are
to day fixed upon this jury of Albany
county, There is not the slightest im
propriety in any lady occupying the po
sition, and I wish to assure you that the
fullest protection of the court shall be
accorded to you. It would boa most
shameful scandal upon our temple of j
justice and courts of law if anything 5
should be permitted which the most sen
sitive lady might not hear with proprie- j
ty and witness; and here, let me add, :
it will be a sorry day for any man who :
shall so far forget the courtesies due and
paid by every American gentleman to j
every American lady as to even by a j
word or act endeavor to deter you from
the exercise of those rights with which j
the laws have invested you.
“I will conclude with the remark.
This is a question for yon to decide for
yourself; no man has any right to in
terfere. It seems to be proper for wo
men to sit upon grand juries, which
will give them the best possible oppor
tunity to aid in suppressing dens of in
famy which curse the country. I shall
be glad of your assistance in the accom
plishment of this object. Ido not make
these remarks from any distrust of gen
tlemen ; on the contrary, lam exceed
ingly pleased and gratified with the in
dications of intelligence, love of law,
and good order, and gentlemanly de
portment which I see manifested. I
will now listen to any reason which any
jurors may make for.being excused.”
It is said of Gladstone, that he cuts
down trees for recreation, in Hagley
Park, the supposed site of Thompson’s
“Castle of Indolence.” He was at
work three days for three hours a day
in cutting down a beech tree fourteen
feet in circumference.
That dignified and classical old paper,
the New York Post, over whose desti
nies Mr. Wm. Cullen Bryant, the poet,
presides, says, “The blondes are more
empty-headed than ever—they have
been bailed out. Since they were driv
en from Chicago thoy claim that theirs
is a chased exhibition.”
A striking example of the inheritance
of homicidal propensities is furnished
by the sons and grand-sons of Dr. Asa
Crosby, twelve of whom became medi
cal practitioners.
Walker, the artist, and author of the
great battie paintings of Chepultepec
and Gettysburg, has received an order
from Major General Hooker to paint
the celebrated "Battle above the
Clouds,” at Lookout Mountain, the
price to be $16,000.
The Thomas, Fulton, Denison and
Clayton families, of Baltimore, draw
seventy thousand dollars in salaries
&e., from the Government.
Professor Blot is going into the White
House. There is one too many there
already, but, as the Professor is to con
fine himself to the kitchen, the balance
of power will be preserved in both cab
inets.
One of the most noted musical critics
of England—George Hogarth—is dead, i
He had reached his eighty sixth year,
and had written at various times for the
Morning Chronicle, the Daily News,
I.iUstrated London News and other
journals, besides publishing several
books on musical subjects.
The people of Covington, Ely. will ,
vote, on the 21st of this month, upon
the proposition to subscribe $400,000 to j
the Cumberland and Ohio railroad.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Bf Telegraph from Enrope.
London, March 10.—The Conserva
tive banquet was largely attended by
eminent men. Numbers of letters were
read. The policy of the Government
was condemned by all parties. Sir
James Packingham, speaking for the
army, said: “To disconnect the army
and reduce its force by 24,600, was an
injudicious remedy. It was easier to
dissolve than re-embody the army.
Happily, the country had another force,
indestructible and armed with truth,
namely, the Conservative party, enlist
ed to defend long-established institu
tions, not excepting the Irish Church.
Paris, March 11.—Louis Noir,whose
brother Pierre Napoleon killed, com
plains that proscription seems directed
against tho dead brother rather than
Pierre.
Rome, March 11. The Pontifical
Court c ntests in emphatic terms the
claim cif the French Government to be
represented in the Ecumenical Council.
Berlin, March 11.—The North Ger
man Gazette says the cla m of Pope to
infallibility only shows how liable he
is to error.
From Wssbiugtim.
Washington, March 10th, 1870.
The Republican Senators caucussed an
hour over the Georgia bill. Bingham’s
amendment was the topic. No vote
reached. The caucus seemed about
equally divided, aud unless there is lut
ther action in caucus, the bill as it came
from the House, supported by Demo
cratic Senators, will certainly pass.
Morton, Drake, Thayer aud Cameron
spoke again!, aud Trumbull, Edmunds,
Ferry and others spoke iu favor of
Bingham’s amendment.
House.—The Air-liue Railroad bill
is up.
Swann yielded to Joulin to introduce
a bill which would opeu eight million
acres of land, and against which propo
sition there would be no objection. It
turned out to be a bill revising all land
grants to the New Orleans and Opelou
sus Railroad The proposition received
a storm of objections.
Senate.—Sumner objected to present
consideration of amendment to the rules
for the consideration of treaties for ac
quiring locality in open session.
The caucus is so equally divided that
both parties are afraid to call a vote on
Bingham’s amendment to the Georgia
bill.
A motion to adjourn to to-morrow
was defeated. A motion to adjourn to
this evening was defeated. A motion
to adjourn sine die was carried.
A close poll of the Senate shows ten
majority for Bingham’s amendment,
and unless another caucus is called, the
adoption of the bill as it came from the
House is regarded as certain.
The feeling in the caucus was quite
bitter, and should another caucus be
called, it is likely the friends of Bing
ham’s amendment would remain away.
Revenue $355,000.
No Southern nominations to-day.
A negro delegation Ifrom Tennessee
called on the President, with a memo
rial for protection against outlaws. Six
Congressmen accompanied them.
Senate.—The citizens of Mississippi
petition for the abolition of the franking
privilege.
Funding bill resumed.
An official document from Gen. Rey
nolds, announcing the adoption of the
amendments by Texas, was laid before
the Senate. Senate in session to-night
on the funding bill.
House.—Air-line Railroad postponed
to Tuesday.
Bill reducing army officers resumed,
and after various amendments, passed.
It consists of fifteen sections.
Washington, March 11.—The Pres
ident has pardoned two negroes sen
tenced by a, Military Commission at
Manchester, Va., to imprisonment for
life for the murder of Addison Sorer.
The Georgia negro legislators have
protested by telegraph, through Revels,
against Bingham’s amendment.
The Foreign Committee of the Senate
considered the San Domingo treaty.
Gen. Babcock and Com. Porter ad
dressed the Committee in explanation
and support of the treaty. No action.
House.—Patents.
Senate.—lndians.
Supreme Court.—On motion of Phil
| lips, who advised the Court, Yerger
was turned over to the civil authorities,
and the habeas corpus in his case dis
missed.
The Senate passed the funding bill
by 36 to 10. Adjourned to Monday
when the Georgia bill will be the spe
cial order.
A delegation from the National
Banks is here lobbying against the
Funding bill.
House—The morning was consunfed
with private bills.
After a struggle between the friends
of the deficiency and tariff bills, the lat
ter prevailed. The House went into
Committee of the Whole on the tariff.
After an hour’s speech the deficiency
bill was taken up. It aggregates two
and a half millions, including for repairs
on the custom houses at Savannah 15,-
000; Mobile 15,000; Richmond 25,000.
No action. The House meets to
morrow for debate.
Senate—A protest "of Georgia logisia
tors says they represent 90,000 colored
voters of Georgia, who by the passage
of this amendment wilj bo delivered
over, bound hand and foot, to their most
bitter enemies ; that the colored people
will be driven away from the polls.
On motion of Trumbull, Georgia was
made special order for to-morrow.
A motion for a Joint Committee on
Indian Affairs was defeated by Colfax’s
vote.
From Havana.
Havana, March 18.—Sugar active at
B@Bj for No. 12.
A military court martial have con
victed and sentenced to death several
parties now in New York, implicated
in the Villa Naeva riot.
The insurgents attacked a plantation
near Santia Dccuba, killing six opera
tives.
The Freemasons recently arrested for
bolding a meeting are still in prison.
From Richmond.
Richmond, March 10.—The Legisla
ture passed the homestead exeuip ion
hill, exempting $2,000 in property from
execution; also, a bill requiriug otlice
holders to take an oath to support the
State and Federal constitutions.
From
Jackson, March 11.—Alcora was in
augurated to-day. In his inaugural,
regarding Judges who have long tenure
under the Constitution, he says: "Our
Judges must be men of standing, that
society cannot presume to ignore; they
must bo men learned in the law beyond
their fellow men; of courage and ot
conscience in hearty accord with the
mission of the men charged with the
consolidation in this State of the work
of reconstruction.”
From Oil City.
Oil Citv, March 11.—The fire which
threatened the entire city was, by the
great exertions: of the people, extin
guished, after burning a railroad train
and a number of tanks.
COI.OXKI. YEIIUEK’K CASE.
A Letter from Colonel Yerger to the cor
respondent of the Commercial at Jack
son.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 27, 1870.
To the Editor of the Commercial:
I have asked and obtained permission
to publish the following:
Knowing how very conflicting are
the views with which E. M. Yuiger’s
fatal encounter with Colonel Crane is
regarded, and aside from the speculative
prooletn whether or not he was at tho
time reasonably conscious of his act, it
would be unfair to him now, not to say
that he solemnly believes that when he
dealt the blow he was striking for his
life. B. P.
Camp Jackson, Mi9S., Feb. 2G, 1870.
Benn Pitman, Esq., Correspondent
Cincinnati Commercial:
Sir—Your note of this date is at
hand. My friends seem more concern
ed than myself regarding erroneous
publications. It is very honorable in
you voluntarily to seek to repair a
wrong, however unintentional, and it
is proper for me to make a courteous
reply.
It is not wonderful that false rumors
and misrepresentations should occur
concerning a case which, much to the
annoyance of my friends aud myself,
has created an excitement scarcely less
than the Burr-Hamiltou tragedy. Even
my religious faith has not been spared.
Apropos of this matter, it has been my
observation that most men imagine ail
men mortal but themselves, aud especi
ally chuckle at their ueighboi b ignor
ance in matters of religion. Years ago
the conflicts and contests of religionists
directed my aUtnuon to the necessity
oi a uni .’d frith, withu* “mie Holy
ana Apostoiie wami.” it 1
inclined to Rome in this emergency, I
scarcely think it furnishes a fact detri
mental to my intellect. Os this, how
ever, it does not become me to speak;
only to say that stronger brains than
mine have succumbed to the unwonted
tyranny which oppresses the Southern
people.
My children laugh at the fancied pun
ishment your pen represented; especi
ally as it is well known I never interfere
witu the prerogatives of the nursery.
Iu this connection 1 may illustrate with
an anecdote concerning a great Atheni
an Governor, who, looking upon one oi
his children, said, “This child is greater
than any man iu Greece, for the Athe
nians command the Greeks; 1 com
mand the Athenians; lus mother com
mands me, and he commands his moth
er.”
You have very truly said 1 am “con
scious of no wrong to man,” only to
God. Although 1 may accept your
picture of Nemesis weighing joy aud
sorrow “with the neatness of an apoth
ecary,” usually selecting her victims
from the happiest of earth, yet it gives
no man a license to call me "criminal,”
until so pronounced by the law of the
laud. Why not hold the Government
responsible lor the unfortunate conflict,
and arraign it for having substituted an
archy for constitutional law, sectional
ism for patriotism, dictatorship for
liberty, bad faith for national honor?
Y T ou were not misinformed concern
ing my deep sympathy with the afflict
ed family, but decidedly so as to the j
many ridiculous and even romantic
stories concerning the same. Time
will develop the true author of the ca- j
lamity, which has brought death and |
misfortune into two families, who were i
prosperous and happy. Let the public
wait.
In your letter to the Commercial you
slate that 1 imagine I have the sympa
thy of a vast majority of the people of
the entire community. If sympathy in
this case means indignation at the un
warrantable invasion of civil rights by
the soldiery of a dictator, I know I have
it. lam not a proper subject for any
other kind of sympathy. When rulers
are virtuous, the people are peaceful;
when they are not, the people are dan
gerous. I claim not to be a representa
tive man of the South, notwithstanding
the persistent and, perhaps, malicious
representations of some, that I have i
“enlarged upon the vanity of Alcibia
des and the ambition of Cmsar.” These
by plays have their day. I claim only
to be an advocate of peace and justice, j
and arejurn to the first principles of the
Government as the only hope to pre
vent disintegration in the future. My j
“ambition” is to secure a fair trial by a j
jury of my countrymen—my “vanity,” ;
perhaps, a firm belief in my acquittal.
As to the suggestions of a political
origin as exciting the difficulty, It is
false. I never saw my opponent until
that fatal June morning, and when I
inquired his name, which he gave me,
I could but recognize his abrupt presen- i
tation before me as an acceptance of the
challenge.
I will answer as well as I can, your
inquiries concerning the present status j
of political feeling in the South.
There is but one way to restore the j
greatness of my people—you must ap
peal to the people themselves. Gover- i
nors may elevate themselves, but they
have not the honor to make a State per
manently glorious. The whole heart
of a people must palpitate in great re
generations, and would it not be well
for the party prominent now to recog
nize the invariable historical truth that
massacres and oppression do not pro
mote loyalty or peace. The people un
derstand justice when they see it, and
will not be satisfied with its shadow. 1
know this people by heart; they are re
fined in their notions of government.
Not so with savages, who, when robbed
of their birthright, look only to revenge.
We of the South understand the phi
losophy of the revolution ; we know it
has centralized tho Government. We
accept it, at least for the present, and
simply ask protection and release from
military rule. If let alone, wo can take
care of ourselves, and, perhaps, of the
nation.
If there is wisdom in the party now
in power, they will emulate the concil
iatory policy of the great Napoleon,
who placed even political enemies in
his Council of State. He was ever on
the alert to prevent the spark of rebel
lion from becoming a universal blaze.
It was the wisdom of conciliation which
to this day makes this dead lion power
fui.
It has been well said by some politi
cal philosopher, “woe to that race in
which a revolution produces no fruits;”
in which the thunder bolt smites the
high places, but does not purify the air.
To suffer in vain is often the fate of the
noblest individuals ; but when a people
suffer in vain, “let them curse them
selves.”
Will the North understand our hon
esty now, or -will they wait until it is
too late ? They should know that the
question of Caucasian emancipation is
not a question of “ifs and buts,” but it
is a question of “must and shall.”
Spartan kings reverenced the magis
trates elected by the people, and shall
it be said that American rulers can
spurn the majesty of republican customs
without resistance 1
llow beautiful to behold generosity
and modesty in the conqueror, and
withal so wise; how noble, even in con
quest, to repair misfortune by generous
consolation.
In reply to your suggestions concern
ing the Reconstruction Acts, and mili
tary arrests under them, I point you to
the decision in the case of the Earl of
Lancaster, as well as the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
the Milligan case, which appear to be
the result of principles maintained in
Magna Cbarta and tho Constitution of
? the United States. It is difficult to be
: lieve that the States will long consent
to abandon their sovereignty or the peo
ple tolerate a government which is more
1 onerous than was that of George 111.
Unless there is greater public virtue and
a return to original landmarks, the
Government can’llast a decade. Dawes,
Sprague, and, perhaps, Sherman, of
your own State, and other prominent
members of the Radical party, clearly
see this. If, like a great ship at sea,
the Government is about to founder in
a ground swell of public opinion, what
will be its fate when the real storm
comes 1 The greatest hope is in the
abandonment of all political parties as
now arganized, and an honest support
and encouragement given to the Admin
istratiou in all patriotic efforts. This
will strengthen the conservatism of the
President and purity the halls of Con
gress. American statesmen would do 1
weil to take a lesson in political science
from the Gormans of New Orleaus in
their recent organization.
As to the future of Mississippi, I have
great hopes under the administration
of General Alcorn. He is a man i
refinement, political experience
questionable ability and nneeriiv' Ui!
will, doubtless, infuse his senti ai,li
to a considerable extent into i,u Ulent ‘
iu this State. He has the eonthi,.
! the “newly enfranchised ” (whnT 01
exhibited more moderation in
than any oilier,) as well , s „ atl
! hold upon the old Whig H 9 r ' ln l?
uve element. ’•'<tvh
Again thanking you tor the „ ,
i off « r to repair au unintentional
I am, &c., respectfully yourg " 11 !-’
_ E - M- Ykhulk
From the Rural Uarulinian
THE Fit KM II.VI 101,0* y,, J (
REPORT
To the Honorable Executive Comma
the State Agricultural and
Society. mn> tul
Gentlemen : As I am a coinn ,
the prize to be awarded for the h« , or
acres of cotton, Ido herein certiivu
tmy five acres ofland is au upland &
surrounded by a gradually rising ’
that it was wet and cotnparativi v
; productive when I bought it, , nU J"";
have by underground draining n r 1
I iLK. and careful and judicious uim
ment, brought it to a very him, “
. fertility aud productiveness
In making my drains l’ cm
i two feet wide by three au.i
-and filled twelve inches wifi* ‘| )r "|" l|:
!or stones, and threw iu straw ",
i stalks to keep the earth trom j- j
I amongst them ; I then filled " ut , :ii
earth. These drams I pr. hr n, ‘
having tried both.
In November, 1868, after .- 8i , ,
my corn, 1 broke up the ground \\ ,' U
I half shovel plow, six inches ciur "
! followed this with with a tv,oi
! plow, being a bui -tri.gt,
! 1 “W. Widened near me point,'the‘better
t j pulverize the soil. The lot remained
m this condition until January when it
was harrowed with a large two horse
iron-toothed harrow, which completed
pulverized the soil, and left the ground
clean and level. 8 UM
On the first of April, I plowed and
harrowed again, then laid off the rows
four feet, aud put the fertilizer in tu
iu the drill, using a mixture of Peruvi
an Guano 200 pounds plaster 300 pouuih
anti leached ashes 500 pounds per acre’
1 then threw up bedseight indies ami
boarded cli to four inches, aud com
menced planting on the 27th of April
using the Boyd’s prolific seed, procured
from Mr. Beckham, of Richland district
8. O. The seed were planted three feet
apart by a compass in the hill, and coy
ered with the hoe, the plowing to be
done only one way.
The cotton came up well, andassoon
as up, I sided closely, then hoed, then
threw back the soil with a plow, and
thinned out to one stalk iu the hill. |
next ran a half sweep close to the cotton
two furrows to the row, afterwards ran
one furrow to the row’ with a sweep,
breaking out the middles, and followed
with the hoes to kill the grass. Iu An
gust, another hoeing was given to "lav
by” the crop, cotton then lapping in the
rows. The thorough preparation of the
land before planting prevented the ce
cessity of much labor in cultivating the
crop.
From the five (5) acres were picked
and weighed 12,510 pounds. The ma
nure cost as follows : Guano $44; plas
ter, sl4 ; ashes, $4 ; stable manure,
S2O; total, SB2.
Iu competing for the prize on the best
one acre of cotton, I certify that the
land is the same as the five acres, and
cultivated the same way, the onlydif
ference being in the kind of manuiv
used, and time of putting it on.
Eighty cart loads of manure, at a coal
of twenty-five cents per load, were
broadcasted and plowed under iu
March. The land was thrown up in
beds four feet apart, and the Boyd pro
lific seed planted in hills three feet apart,
covered and cultivated as were the live
acres. This single acre yielded a much
larger crop than the average of the live
acres, the harvest being 3,960 pounds of
cotton, with a cast of S2O for manures.
Your obedient servant,
[signed] J. M. Crawford.
South Carolina, Richland County.
Personally appeared before me, J. M.
Crawford and L. R. McCormick, who
made oath that the above statement is
correct.
[Signed] J. M. Crawford,
L. R. McCormick.
Sworn before me, this 10th day fit
cember, 1860.
[Signed] Edward Hope,
Magistrate ex oflicio.
Discovery in Sullivan County, lull.
Footprints of Civilization One Hundred
and Eighty Feet Below the Surface of
the Earth — A Sea Serpent Exhumed .
From the Sullivan Union.
One of the most singular and wonder
ful discoveries of the age was made m
j the Currysville coal mines, a lew days
ago. At a depth ol .one nundred and
eighty feet, while the miners were cut
ting through a slate stone, they discov
ered the petrified body of a serpent.
We examined this petrification, uuu
can say, with truth, that it is the lines;
specimen we ever saw. Untortuuaieij'
ii was broken into three pieces, anils
piece from near the centre is miesiug
perhaps thrown out in sliver ol stuue
A limb had evidently fallen across ttu
serpent about eight or ten inches iron:
the head, and mashed the pan umiei
neath flat, and, strange to say, ever
this thin part was formed iuio sum
stone, and was taken out peril ct. I •
wrinkles in the body of the surpeui, in
its writhing as if to extricate lisell lion
the stick that tell across it, were as per
feet and natural as the day the affair
took place. The head is shaped like
that of an eel, and the tail, from xndica
tions, must have been supplied with a
broad fin, or a fiat, fleshy substance, a*
propeller. The eyes and rnouib can be
distinctly traced, while the body is coy
ered with small sunken spotß, similar
to those on a hog-skin, though not f
small or numerous. This specimen is
five feet three inches long, and near tea
inches around the largest par', of ibe
body.
In addition to this most singular - -
! riosity, perfect impressions ol leaves,
limbs, brush and other samples of veg
elation were taken out at this enorinom
depth. Among these was a beautilu*
1 impression of what is familiarly cailti
snake weed, or fern, which grows in s:
most every valley throughout the hi
ern couutry.
The most singular specimen is yet l
be described, and in attempting to com
municate the fact to our readers, we fee
as though the history of our earth :•
: just as much a mystery to the preset:
generation as it was to those who in
habited it before the flood—the “b** 1 ;
having not yet been told.” Tho sole b
a shoe, or sandal, was taken out i’>'‘
complete state of petrifaction. 1 1
heel is almost perfect, and the Impß"
sion of something in the heel, resell
bling tacks or nails, is plain ana ah 1
tiuct. This specimen is about eig
inches long and the usual width.
When this discovery is seriously Cu ‘ , :
sidered, in connection with the genew
formation of the earth for a cucubo
ence of between seventy and
miles around—there not being a hue
any material height—not a ravine oi
depth worthy of remark-—not a cavo
and the Wabash the largest
within this scope, and the earth «l ni, j'
level, and thickly and heavily tinaoeiiA
what mind can go down intotueM
els of the earth one hundred anil eig •>
feet beneath the firmly rooted aged os •
of the forest and solve the mystt’
there unfolded ?
The Gfovcrnor elect of rexaa— "
ward J. Davis—in a letter to I’resiueL
| Grant, on the 24th ult., enclosing tLlt
action of the Legislature on the h ,ur
teenth and fifteenth amendments, h ,u
refers to the Indian troubles on
froniior settlements. He says:
Whilst it is advisable to retain l
States troops in the interior tor _
present, the frontiir calls for const
ble add tions to the military torcc
I the protection of the settlers, or else
adoption of some new policy --ha ■
put au end to the liarrassing wa■ ■
that has disturbed the border ot i •
since annexation. 1 believe that t
been suggested by the military u , ”
1 ties of the United States that the
tory of Texas known as the “fan
j die” be added to the Indian -
as a reservation for those savagesw •
infest Texas. Some such measure,
war of extermination, seems neces? .
to secure permanent peace here,am
lievo the Government of the great e
pense attending the maintenance
large bodies of troops on our frontier-