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SAWTELL A JONES
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H. H. J (I N K M, X»m»t.
Thursday, jvit n; isoo.
•0L Tho Intent mown from Cuba in*
dicntes heavy reverses to tho rebels.
The Now York nrrcste were n groat
damper to their cause. . v
MT The Virginia election sonde a
thrill of joy throughout tho Boutli —
Tho old Dominion hud tho good senso
to accept oven of half way monstires,
where all could not bo obtained, and
wont into battle with might and main
for a Conservative Republican, against
extrema radicalism.
Let us lonrn a lesson of wisdom from
tbo Mother of Staton, and feel our way
carefully, until we touch bottom again
in a restored union.
Then indeed may we uufnrl our ban*
were with reform inscribed upon them,
and unceasingly ntrivo to undo nil tliu
wrong which bus been fastened upon a
conquered people.
MP* The following slip wo clip from
tho Rsinbridge Argun, simply to express
our tlianke for tho confidence reposed
in us by our able and respected contem
porary.
No country paper would carry with
it greater weight than tho "Argus, ’’and
wo trust should the convention ensemble,
out esteemed brother will attend in per
son, and give us the benefit of his wis
dom end experience, in council,
A convention w0 should hnvo, by all
means, that the duties, courtesies, und
prerogatives of tho press should be duly
defined and enforced among its mnm_
hers, and a printers guild be establish,
ed to reduoo to uniform system, rates
and charges of all kinds.
Atats I’urm* Association.— We are plenseil to
see Mm l.ufJunnc lb-porter continue* in nrivo-
ntti' n Blxte I’m* A*eod>illen for Iho imitiml
•wneflt of Dm craft throughout the Hlute. We
have always I'avonal Mich nn liislltotlon. iuh! bo-
•love, Ifjwo|i«rlj mnna^eil, it hoiiIiI provenmit
IJ honefleUI.
Wo *hall not be stile to attend Iho Conven
tion ourac-lf this j»r. Mioul.l It Ini culled, nml
hence, have no pri hreiiee ua to where It nbonhl
Railroad Consolidation.
We have refill'ned from the expres
sion of noy opinion relative to the late
great purchase of the Central Builroud.
because yirtuiilly tho interests nml policy
of tho two roads have been identical for
ninny years.
Indeed at one time the suine presi
dent (tdmint8U.-rud.thu affairs of each.—
We aro certain also that a step so im
portant would never have been taken
without the full sanction of a majority
f the parties interested.
Again, while wo tn-.ty deprecate the
existence of vast inouo|io:ies, of uny kind,
which ulways tend to oppress the people,
no means can bo devised to prevent,
them.
It is merely u question of the momon
turn mid pow< r of capital.
Thus should the Itotlisehilds and Dar
ings enter into n coalition for the pur
chase of every railroad in Georgia, and
offered such Inducements to tho several
companies ns made it obviously to their
advantage to null, who could interfere
to provoot the transaction ?
In the tho present instance tho Cen
tral railroad pledges itself to adopt no
schedule of freights which will be une
qual and partial in its operutinn. Wo
nro disposed to btllleve thut these prom
ises will bo executed in good faith. Ill
the moan time howovor, a* vigilant and
froe people should uso every exertion to
bo independent of this, and ull other mo
nopolies.
Happily the chm tor of tho Bninbridgo,
Outhbort and Columbus Kuilroud, pin-
cos the remedy in our own bunds. Let
this whole section then unite ns one
mun in the speedy construction of this
new road. We consider the Into con
solidation, worth a half million of dol
lars to tlui entorplise. It lias served to
onnvinco the doubling, confirm tho wa
vering, und add new zeal nml energy to
the friends of the underInking.
No reasonable doubt now exists ns to
the early completiou of this roud, which
will open up a now era of prosperity to
ilia pooplo of South Western Georgia
University of Georgia.
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iMiki* known our rvndliivM to ntilili- liy tin* nc-
lion of Mm Oouvmitlon, nml bureliy authoring
Col. II. II. Joan*, of tho rmhlrnrt Appciil, to
sot M our proxy, provided ho will consent to
”"r hutnbla about.
IIctirkmxnt from the Journai.and Mks*
■knurr, or A. W. Rases, Rsq —This
gifted gentleman whom we hnvo known
sinoo ho was a stripling at Athens, has
taken off his armor, and sheathing his
keen Damascus blade, ever wielded
with potent effect in behalf ol truth and
country, now retires to tho sweet pri
vacy 0/ domestic lifo.
Unquestionably our loss will bo his
gam; as none but the Editor is awuro
of tho unrest, and lifu of uonsuloss toil
and responsibility, which attaches to
that profession. Mr. Reese |x>s«oaBod
a brilliant imagination, fine powers of
description, and a quick nnd active
mind. Home called him rush, but ael-
diwn was this the fact, llis decisions
were like the intuitions of a well bal
anced intellect, seldom at fault. Wo
ahull ntiaa his knightly quill nnd spright
ly vivacity—may prosperity nnd the
blessings ofhoavon attend him wherever
his lot nay bo cast in future.
General Drown, who succeeds him, is
well known as a forcible writer, nnd wo
boliuve is au.oxporienoed journalist also.
hucoesa to tho now editor, nnd tho
enterprising proprietors of tho old Jour
nal and* Messenger.
Ignored Cm.—In the interesting map
published in yesterday’s (Wednesday,)
Macon Telegraph by Col. ITulbvrt
showing the rmiintions of our Railroad
system, completed, nnd projeotod, from
Cinoiunntti,South, the Duinbridgs, Guth-
bert and Columbus Rond, had no place
whatever in tho picture. Tho airline
project Is safely conducted from Cin
cinnati! to Chatanoogs, thence to Romo,
tbanco to West Point, and thence to
Culu mbus.
Hero the whole nchamo pegs nut
witkoMt even any mention of the last
great link, nnd the crow is made to
gyrate with a sudden whirl 100 miles
North of East lo Macon, and then take
a now departure for tho Ocean.
But if the Colonel knows uothiug
, about, or designedly ignores those "low
grounds of Borrow,” wo can inform him
(bat affective measures have been taken
to bridge that hiatus in a straight lino
to tbe Gulf end a market, whieb ho has
created fur us.
The great West shall not lose 160
miles on the lust utngo of the journey t
after levelling mountains und filling in
valleys, to comptma Columbus by the
nearest route.
I»et us build our mad quickly, and
divert through our midst like n rushing
tide, the vast products of the North and
West. To the front, reserves, **<J down
with the dust. Jupiter helps those who
Anniinl Report of tlie Hoard of
Visitors.
Atlanta, July 1, 1 8fK>.
Iht ExcrUwy, Ooternor /tillloci:
Hm—The undersigned, appointed by
y«»or Excellency ns members of thu
Hoard of Visitors, to nttend the exond
nation of tho graduating class of the
Stnlo University, respectfully submit
tbe following report:
The Hoard entered upon its duties
with nn honest intention to make a faith
ful report as to the subjects committed
to them, giving praise or censure, ns
eiihor might be desetVud This was
deemed especially necessary, ns while
there Iiiih been. much ignorance ns to
tho condition of the University since
the war. Wo confess us Georgians,
thnt the result of our examination has
surmised as much ns it has gratified us.
The mode of examination in the Uni
varsity Iiuh undergone an entire change.
Formerly it was oral, nnd in many re
spects objcctinnul. Now it is wholly
written. The young men of tho grail-
mtling class nro aiOcmbled in tho o^xntn-
mnntmn room. They nro required to
five a pledge ol honor thut they do not
enow the questions to be propounded.
They are allowed from nine A, M. to
one J*. M. to writo their answers. No
books are permitted. These questions
were extremely full, ns will appear from
the printed copies, which we have the
honor herewith to submit in connection
with this report.
Tho answers covered from twclvo to
runty-throe pages of foolscap paper.—
An examination more fair, honest, and
ihuroughly searching, never has been
witnessed by us. Tho examination
‘viueed a thorough ncqunintnnco with
the eirriuulum of tho University, which
is n full ucudumic nnd literary course ;
lUn.no.Ai> Extension,— We learn thut
tho Central Kuilroud lias commenced
tho survey of tho routoofrom Albany to
Newton, Raker County, nnd design to
oxtond tho Albany branch to the latter
point.
Well, tho old Central is able to pay
tho Piper) and some private parties ut
least will be benulitlod by this move.
borno think the motive is to kill off
tho Camilla nnd Thomusvillo road, and
it is rumored that many subscribers to
tho lutter nro seeking lo crayfish out of
their engagements.
Tho air is thick with reports of new
loads and roud extensions, and some
must come to grief.
Wo hope tho tula uf the Killkenny
cats will not bo ro oniictcd by this
wholesale war against each other. At
present it looks ns though every plan
ter expected a highway through his
own proinisos. Thu only result our
vaticination onn prefigure, is tho gener
al hunkruptuy ol tho Htute.
It was an evil day when state aid
boonmo tho hobby and pet or gruon horn
legislators. It soama they carried their
zeal so far, as even to grant liberal aid
to a Tennessee Rond which only touches
n small portion of little Dado, and will
suhtraot thousands from tho business ol
the Western and Atlantic Roud.
Tho folly of our ticnorul Assembly is
only equalled by tho Pounsylvania Leg
islature. That body bus adjourned ni
ter tlm passage of 1600 bills, 60 only of
which were of general utility. The re
mainder woio private and local, to the
sore depletion if tho public treasury
a-id tho scandal of good men. "You
ticklo me, and ill lioklo you" ia the only
well settled policy of the day.
Tho now White House will bo
located three miles from the capital, to
give Emperor Grant a trotting course,
in tho direct line of duty. His next
step should be to plnoo Jerome, Uonncr,
nnd other Turf men in the cabinet, and
then with a cigar connoisseur ns consul
to IUvnnuah, the Gonoral’s household
arrangements will bo nmplo. IVir V-
Km per cur.
A Ssn Francisco paper of tho
27th ult. says a contract has been made
in that city to supply 20,000 Chinose iu
borers to ho employes! ns plantation
handa in Tennottaee. Tho sumo paper
commends tho Chinese lalmrora for the
mannor In which they performed their
work on the Pacific railroad, and thinks
general attention has been attracted to
this claae of labor for the reason that
they have proved themselves unsurpnss-
•d um rough workers. Tho Tennuuieo
i migrants receive their I aro to tho
Stato and $20 per month wagon. An
other force of 25,000 is being contrac
ted for to proceed to Mississippi.—Ski*.
Niton.
(’action.—We Imvo rend an opinion
from a prominent physician of New
York,'that riding babies back nurds in
their littlo carriages causes insanity.—
We notice thnt babies are very often
hauled in that position. It would bo
well for mothers to put a stop to it.—-
The Fourth of July.
Sunday was the fourth of July, the!
The Trials of Editors
NVe muke the following extract from
anniversary of American Independence. nn address recently delivered before th*-
Then* was bid little, if any, obsefVuuce "Iowa Press Association’’ on this sub-
of tbe day in this seetinn of country, so ject:
fur us we are aware, but whut there j lo sneaking of the revenue of the
wui took place on Monday. press, I cannot refrain from expressing
Within our recollection this day was my viowg oji iho subject of frmi mlver-
rmt ullowed to come nnd go with such liscmento. There is ulways to be found
— : — «o- in every considerable community a set
of men who imngine by some dispense
insignificant observance. We remem
ber well when there were several cele
brations in this county on evory return
ing -fill of July, each occasion passing
tiuu they ought not, like other mortuls,
to pay for what thoy recoivo. Editors
off with great eelut. First there oarfie j Irave extraordinary facilities for makim,
tho minister of tho gospel, who invoked 1 their acquaintance, nnd arc very kindly
a blessing on the duy, nnd asked the permitted to contribute gifts to their
God of nations to prosper ami bless
Next came tho reading of the Declara
tion of Independence, that sacred instru
ment which sets forth to the civilized
world tho enuso which impelled our
fathers to sever their political connec
tion with Great Hritnin, and declare
themselves n free nnd Independent nn
lion. This was listened to in breath
less silence, nnd as tho render conclu
dec!, fervent ninem, ns well to the groat
truths set forth, as to the long list of
grievances nai rated, went up from the
assembled multitude. Now the orator,
generally n citizen chosen, for his elo
quence, arose nnd delivered a discourse
suited to tho duy and the occasion.—
As ho nurrnled, in burning words tho
story of the settlement of this country;
how our ancestors werodrivon from their
comfortable homos in the Old Word,
because of religious persecution; how
they had to contend with the wildness
of nature, nnd the savage fierceness of
the nnllvo inhabitants found here ; how
ull wnfl overcome and the wilderness
was mode to bloMoin like the rose, and
cities nnd towns, und villages sprung
up on waste places ; how, when the
sparce settlements had grown into rich
•otunioiitvuultliH, and were in a condi-
siippoit. In what otho r branch of bus
iness would this bo tolerated ? Allow-
a wider scope ol literary culture than tion to pay tribute, the motlur country
wo have before seen on similur ocensons; taxed them whhuut their consent to
higher grade of nverngn scholarship help fill the c* ff-rs of the English King;
and a most rumnrkiiblufui-ility of writing j how our fathers, with a manly inde
n duiiiunl, combined with fluency and
accuracy uf expression with the pun, an
acquirement of great Vuluu to the ntn-
dunt. Thu examination evinced one
fact vital to the prosperity of literary
iuslitiit o:in,thu existence of un tnUnU car-
dialii between tho professors and stu
dents, u fact which alone can uocount
for the accurate and varied scholarship!
as well an tliu quiet, order, and gentle
manly deportment of the pupils. Thu
chairs of rheloriu and modern languages
have been recently lilted by gentlemen
eminent in these departments. The
Faculty, as imw organized, is one of
singular ability and zeal,
As a result of this visit, and after la
borious examination into the whole de
tails of the University, the Roald take
great pleasure iu giving it ns their opin
ion that, no far as sound morals, mod-
ration in expense, and completeness of
education for literary and profeseiounl
life aro involved, no institution on thin
continent, nnd very few in Europe, offer
greater inducements than cur State l’i
versily. Wo soo no reason why the
youth of Goorgiu should be sent out of
tho State to obtain the form of education
to which wo have referred.
Tho institution is now working to its
utmost capacity Yet, while tho litera
ry, ocndoiuiu and scientific courses are
full and complete, we are pained to con
fess that the University is niHU-oaarily
deficient In tho means of applying the
sciences to the wants and emergencies
of the pruseiil day. We need educated
pendemo that olmllcngcd, and still
challenges, tliu admiration of the wot Id,
refused to pay tins unjust tax, and how
when the Rritiah King tned to enforce
it with the bayonet, they took arms *nd
resisted his demand—and after a long
and bloody war succeeded in establish
ing themselves us nn indu|M'iideut nn
tion. Every word Hint fell from tho
lips of the oru or sank into the hearts
of his hearers, and their patriotism was
kimlh'd with a fervent hunt. Then came
tliu benediction nnd soul-stirring music,
und tho assemblage dispersed amid tho
smiles of woman, tho waving of hunker-
chief, and tho loud hurrahs of men.—
Thin wus followed by a public dinner,
where toasts wero drank, and whore
wit nml sentiment wero mingled with
patriotic aspirations. Mm h was the
method the generations that lived twuu
tv, thirty, or forty years ago took to
declare their gratitude nnd venorution,
for tho fathers of tho Kcpuhlie, as well
as their love for tho government they
hud established. Such occasions ns I
have described were a flunk and rnuiily
offi'iing of a grateful people on the al
tar of their country.
Rut these celebrations, itTe seen no
longer. Tho generation that is grow
ing up aiu strangers to them. Those
wlio lire soon to fill tliu pieces of the
present octora on the bu*y Mngo of life
aro not taught to reverence tho birth
day of our political liberty, nnd keep it
snored as wero their fathers What D
tho reason of this T Is it beonuso the
ing that one has nut tbo preiss under
somo obligation, d<
Womex and the Laws.— We have'
rarely seen more good sense compressed
into'a ainall space, nnd cortnintly -have]
seen nothing which strikes more direct
ly ut the vital point in tho female suf
frage question than tho following re
marks in the 5th of July speech of Hon. j
Ellis W. Morton, orator of the day ul
Boston :
"Woman should not vote, because'
God has not given them tho power to
enforce their will, nnd luw without moans
to execute it is not a luw. Woman’s
strength is in her weakness; her de
fence is in her defencelossness. Rut
such strength ami such defence will not
sustain governments. The man is a
criminal who negiocts to provi le the
shelter of a roof (br his wife, and stund
w loos he not •goncrully , ready to*defend it. Government is on-
expect to'get back more thuo trie worth My the she.ter of society. Man must
of his services 7 erect it and defend it. Woman’s law
If a man docs an editor a favor of a the itluence of her virtue, her mod-
New Advertisements.
TTUPr MAftV.
rcmnrkublu value, let him have hia re
muneration, cash.
On the other end require him to pny
for what the paper bus done for him.—
It is ns reasonable to expect tho carpen
ter to ehiuglo your house mid the tuilor
to make your clothe* without charge, as
to prepate und publish matter for anoth
er's benefit without compensation.—
Long obituaries, mairiages ornamented
by extracts from all the poets, and
lengthy puffs of some one's corner lots
of improvementn, come under this class
of advertisements. This custom of gra-
turious notices and advertisements from
uny nui.rtor ought to cen«o, for tho rea
son that it would be a benefit to the ed
itors pockets, nnd would in some degree
abate an almost intolerable nu sance.—
The editor's puth has more thoruM thun
roses, and there is no law, human or di-
vino, that should oblige him to shouldot
tho burden of those who are lazy or
stingy to tako care of themselves. I’oo-
plu will come to terms where they find
their interest involved in a reasonable
compliance.
csty and herlieauty ; and that law, read
at tho heurthstoue, is transcribed in
halls of legislation by linuds able to
ni.iintuin it. Those who claim that our
laws would be purer if women voted
should know that they are already bet
ter than society is. Mun legislates, not
according to what he is, but according
to what he ought to be. Our laws are
as tender of the rights of women as they
are favorable to the welfare of men.—
The bouty of our government ia suffi
cient for all.’’
Tmc Extension nr tiie Ati.antic and
Qi'ir Railroad.—Wo are pleased to
learn thut tho President und Rounl of
Directors of the A. & Gulf Kuilroud
have resolved upon tho immediate ex
tension of their road to Columbia, Ala.
tho starting |>oiiit of the South-Eastern
Alabama Railroad. Thu latter roud
cannot be begun at this end of its line
without tho co-o|>cration ami assistance
tho former road could afford ; and tin
Directors of tho Gulf Road pluiuly see
the importance to them ol tho construc
tion of the Afab.unu road from Colum
bia westward.
The oiiginators of the Gulf Road en
terprise Dover contemplated tho haltiug
of the road midway. Thoy sufficiently
declare their design in the name, Atlan
tic ami Gulf. To connect theso two,
the charter was intended ; and tho hi
lory of the^work demonstrate! that i
very life depends upon its completion to
tho Gulf. Ill tho present undeveloped
condition of tho country penetrated by
the roud, the local business is insufi -
oient to meet the expense of running it,
especially while its powerful und un
natural rival, tho Central Rood, is doing
ull it cun to wrest its legitimate busiiiuM
from it. Let it be extended ; und we
merchants, fnrmurs, engineers, miners | prosent generation are lo.s patriotic
and mcuhtinicH. Iho present funds of
tho University will not allow such nu
application of science. Tho Board cam
not refrain from expressing to your Ex-
uolloncv their earnest desire, and, ns
they holievo, the earnest desire of
thoughtful Georgians generally, for the
eslaMishment of several schools of ap
plied Huicm-u by thu Mtute. For in
stance. a school of science applied lo
manufacturing, mechanics and rniuing
ut Atlanta ; a commercial suhool, in
volving thu principles of commercial
law, at Augusta or Macon ; und a school
of agriculture at some houlthful nnd
eligible location. We have already a
school of eugiiiours at Athens.
It is believed that tho citiea would
furnish a lurgo portion, if nut all of
the funds nccessnrv to inaugurate these
several schools. All of theso schools to
ho under the general supervision of the
Chancellor of the I nivwrsity, nnd
through him of tho Stato. An annual
exhibition of tho result of the training
in these schools before the Legislature,
would not only inform tho State ol tho
progress of its youth, but would bring
the University in all its departments in
lo uolive ami ultimate uuion with tho
pooplo of Georgia,
All of which is respeotfully submitted.
. U. llr-NnitRsn
M. II. ItENnKHSON, I). D.
P. M. But BELEY,
W. J. Bcott,
G. W. Howard.
Salks for Ft/rcKK Delivery.—The
following sides of cotton were made in
Now York last week : For July, IDO
bales ou private terms; ftr Outober,
100 boles on private terms ; for Novem
ber, 100 bales nt 26|o., 5100 at 20Jo ;
for November or December, 60 bales at
26|o ; for December, 200 at 26Jc. ;
860 at 20o. ; 1,400 on private terms,
probably 25} a 20c. ; for Dooomber or
Junuury, 100 bales on private terms;
for Juuuary, 200 at 25a, 800 ut 25jc.
than thoir nnocsturs, nnd have less love
nnd veneration for the memory of the
great and good men who achieved our
nntiounl Imltqiendonuo and framed our
government 7 It cortuinlv looks like a
decay of theso virtues. Homo one soys
that when n people rosso to observe
their great national Hays, they forget
tho ovents that made them national.—
Wo believe this to he true. \Ve hnvo
doily evidence that the living genera
tion Imvo luss respects f..r tho Revolu-
tionory Fathers and the work of their
hands limn had those who preceded
them. Wo have proof as strong ns Ho
ly Writ of the decay of public nnd pri
vale virtue. Tho lessons of wisdom
handed down from tho fathers of tho
Republic—nnd even from Washington
himself—are hold in less cstoem than
tho sayings of somo political mounte
bank, who for n Inief period rides on
the wave of popular opinion. We hav*i
man} indications thnt tho moorings of
the government are snapping asunder,
and unless great caro is exercised -the
ship of state may soon bo drilling upon
the rocks. Tho founders of our gov-
crumout are seldom quoted now, and
the general demoralization that prevails
has gone far towards sapping thut gen
uine love for conetitutiouul liberty that
was once the boast of our people. Pol
iticians dislike to hoar tho story of the
Revolution, for it is a standing rebuke
to their conduct. Will the Fourth of
July be ever reiustntod in tho affec
tions of the people ?—Doyleslown lkmo
crat.
Ilieu Ur.—The Virginia papers are
in h high state of “jubilation’’ over the
result ol the late election. The Rich
mond hnquirer "goes off’ after this fash
ion :
We have rerUunhj got 'em.
The enemy is routed horse, foot, and
dragoons. Wells is ruined—u poor,
wretched | olitical bankrupt.
-Dr. H r.is is I eaten. Bowden is
beaten. Everybody is beaten except
the Walker ticket.
Humphreys is beaten. Chandler
beaten. Joe Cox is beaten. Mansfield
is la-atcn. Lewis Lindsay is bcuteu-
Richmond and Henrico are redeem
ed. Albemarle is redeemed, I’ittsyl-
vania we hope is telcemed. Charlotte
we hope is redeemed.
Norfolk city is redeemed. The
dings of redemption come from every
quarter.
The State is redeemed. The mnjori
ty of Walker may reach 50,000.
Wo hone Governor Wells will get out
of tho Gubernatorial mansion aa prompt
ly as possible. We wuiit to ventilate
it and fumigate it.
Victory has perched on our banners,
Bond got iu just at thu death. We arc
glad he is here.
Throe cheers f« «r the "True Ucpuhln
cans !" Three olu ors for Governor Walk-
Three groans for all who are sick at
the stomach.
WHICH BITTERS i I
WHY”
SOLOMONS!
THOURANDS
WHO HAVE DEKINXD BENEFIT
FROM THEIR USE. SAY
SOLOMON’S
Strengthning and Invigorating
BITTERS
ARE
THE BEST
Made!
The Test Oath in Vinitnu--TIii
Wasingtou correspondent of tho Net
York Tribune says: "Generl Canby's
decision about thu test oath does not
seem to give uneasiness, ns it is thought
thnt thu Attorney General will support
Grant in his instructions in the oases of
kuih uw M , SIIUWI UI1U wo Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
lr “l" le ” 1 «**«• •** uppliad; th„™ will
i.riilim .. ,»,nr» tim» l„„i™ » quorum ol the now Legislature
bridge in a short time, millioii/.u<] and
instructed to run out the lino to Colum
bia, and to muke estimates of the gra
ding end bridging, prepurulory to let
ting out the c utruct for completing tbe
entire line.—llainbrldyt Argm,
Tiie I’enitkntiaht.—Wo learn (says
the Augusta Chronicle of Sunday) thut
the 8tuto Prison or Penitentiary was,
with all its convicts, work shops, tools,
materials, machinery, etc., leased on
Tuesday lust by tho so called Governor
to Messrs. Grant, Alexander k Co. for
a term of years. Wo do not know up
on what authority this transfer of the
Mtute convicts is made, but presume
thnt somo recent legislation has provi
ded for it, or such shrewd gcutloinun ns
the lessees would not huve entered into
such a contract.
This lease will set adrift a considera
ble number of loafing Radical* and scala
wags who bold positions as Keeper, As
sistant Koeper, guards, watchmen, book
keepers, etc., of tbo PouLontiurv, nnd
in this view of tho transaction wo have
something to cofmuend it.
We learn that it is the purpose of the
lessees to leave only a few of the convicts
in the Penitentiary—-iuat enough to pro
vide the tools, carts, implements, shoes,
clothing, ota, for tboso who will bo put
to work on onr lines of railroads. Next
week the entire conviot force, amounting
to about six hundred hands, will bo put
to work on the Augusta k Macon road,
und tlul tbe road wilt be completed by
next spring.
ARE
DURABLE, SIMPLE and CHEAP I
The Vengeance or Heaven.—Tho
Knoxvillu Press and Herald of the -1th
in&L, says thnt ol the knot of Rudical
Ku-Klux engaged, some fifteen months
ngo, in cruelly whipping Pureoo Neal,a
Southern Methodist preacher, while trav-
ling in pursuit or his calling, three
have since died, 0110 was lately thrown
from his horse and killed, a fifth is in
jail for crime, u sixth was struck by
lightning, and in tbe same storm the tree
to which Noul was tied while thoy were
whipping him was rent in twain by n
thunderbolt.
In Acronn wrro Grant.—Grant msde
a speech tbo other night at the Now
Haven depot, nnd for onco w e agree
with him iu toto. Ruing called out by
the crowd on tho platform, ho respon
ded by saying, that "he wished it wbh
daylight.” There we aro with him.—
Cotton.—Our cotton crop of last There the whole country is with him.—
year was 2,480,803 bales, or 972,357- It is certainly the mo«t infernally long
200 pounds, worth about $26,000,000 in : and dreary night which any country on
currency. This was grown on about earth was over wrapped in. Tbe "dark
2,800,000 acres. Tho whole cotton ages" two thousand years ago, which
growing nren of tho Union, leaving out engulfed Greece and ( Rome, did, not be-
Kentuoky, Missouri and Virginia, is gin. \Ve beg his Imperial Majesty to
426,31)5,440 acres—so that the last crop J change his favorite axiom of "let us
represents only about one sixtieth of our Imvo peace,’’ to "let us have T1 ay light;”
land which can produce cotton. Tho ' and see if the Intter will prove more effi-
estimated number of hands employed in 1 cacious than the former.—X. Y. Ihy
making the last crop is 810,208, of Boot.
whom one-fourth were white men.— j T** TT
Our rivals in cotton growing aro falling I Crops. 1* rum nil parts of the oountry
behind. Smyrna has virtually aban-1« , f ar » thafc the crops ore suffering
cloned the business; Egypt, iu 18G8. *V r t, ‘® want of L ra,a In some places.
produced only 19C.035 bales against, lherc h;ls uot been a good season for -». . ■ ■■■ —- , ,
404,411 in 18*55; India in 1868 pro-1 al,,,ut fe,s or , ' eV011 woeks * a,ul t,1 « B r " f * Beef Market—Competition Defied I
quorum ol the now Gogislstui
who can tako it. * Iu thnt event 11 now
election would huvo to be ordered.
New Advertisfllnents.
PLANTERS
AND
COTTON DEALERS.
\17K AE*iB »endw jrn" ° ,ir WfTiw* 11 Cnttoa
V V Factor* and I'unimlMinn MrrcbanU, *t our
old »t*ud on Third 8tr**t, and plcdga uuraairaa to
cooduct atricily a
COMMISSION BtrsnK. S,
And tball (Ira apecial cart aad atlaatlon to all
buaineaa entruated lo ua.
We ralnm our aincere thank* to our old pal.ona
for paat favor*, and *ulicit a continuance of tbe
ua a trial, aa ar
a tbe aal* ol Cotton a i
JONATHAN COLLINS & SON,
Cotton Factors,
JylS «m MACOX, OA.
The Letehworth Patent
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Orders are reapectfuilr aoheued.
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sudden rise in consequence of the dry for ‘be balance of the year, tho aubKribar* p:«i«e
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bind and (ore quarter roa»t rrapectirely, audio
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stables at Washington, being one for
ach member of tho Cabinet; therefore
Ollly 8,000 miles of wire i8 re- J eell** uiuch lower aa our competitor* desire,
the Cabinet stands seven hordes and one quijed to complete tho telegraphic cir-| „^L |, “.V“_^ oerw “ pu “ ,ie d ' TiJ * ,k,5r »***
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