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As heretofore, since the war, the following are the
pries** for noticet of Ordinaries, Ac.—To iik paid in ad
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Kee > von self unceitfnglv 1 before the public; and it
matters not what t'usl ess,rop are ••ngng--d in. for, if
inleOlgentlv an I in liWtHously pur-u.-d. a fort une will
be the resil't Hunt s Merchants’ Magazine.
“After t begin to a verti-e mv ironware freely,
bitsini ss increased with am iz tig rnpldlty Kor ten
yen's east I it ive spent, £3u.000 year)', to keep oiv
Btiperi*.r wares bes re the public Had I been timid in
nlvertising. I never should li-ive po-sessed my fortune
of fiAVt.iMlo”. McLeod Mellon. Birmingham
*■ Advertising like Midas’ touch, tu'irs e very thing to
fnhl «. it, your ilariirg men ilraw millions to their
coffers ” —Stuart t 'lay
• Vhat audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
rtit'fnl use of printer’s i i*-*, is to success In business ’’ —
lie ctier.
'A'i-ho't tlie aid of advert.'isemen’s I*ou and have done
noth ng in my p euUt’ions I have the monfccotnple e
fai h in “printers" ink.” Ad ve. tising is the “royal road
to h isiness ” —lt irnpm
Professional Pards.
n'l niR \ M PER DUE hnvinf nor 110-
nen lv located it The Hock, tenders his pr' fessional
b rvici-s to tie Mirroundir g m>m«rn)ty. and prondses to
M>n c no labor or attention to tliose wno in n patronize
him. july22—ditto
O WlH’iril & Atr rtiev< ~...1
t ’ t 'onnspl’iirs rALaw, *7a Will practice
in the several r’liurt-. nfihe "sf‘*te of Oeftrgl 1, and attend
promptly to nil business Cntnist.-d to their eare.
m 11 siNPWicn [inn*‘2t fimo.] w. x. brai.L.
I) » Y \t ) V l*f> M ri\ K Vl'-in Hi -pr
) Law.Oriffln. On. Olficeln Almah Hall, next door
to the ''Tan Okkiok VVill practice in the t'ouptiis
& imposing the Flint''ircuit, and in the United States
ourt. Attention given tucasys in Uatikruptcy,
mavß !y } l , .
O'Y \ l/*.Y Nil XV \ I.LY V-r r-M s„t
I. tw, Orttfin. <’»4. VA'ill practice In all the coun
ties comprising the Flint Judicial <'ircuit. and in the
C'uin’les «ts MeiiiVetber, Olavton, Favette and Coweta.
'' HI practice in the Supreme (’ourt of (!e>>rgia and the
District • 'ourt ot the United -Tates tor the Northern and
South ern Districts of Georgia
n npnnai.i.t. [aptlft ly] L. t poyau
TV \ LLK N \tror ev n* l< w Thmn
• aston. Oa. Will practice in the counties coin
t’fblng the Flidt .tildieial Circuit, and elsewhere by
special contrict-.. All business promptly attended to.
Dttice in Cheney’s brick tmilding. inchll-ly
D'i I K KEN'* VI*E • •«■•••- lii- pr. fe--
sional Services tc the citiZeh- of l hoinastou and
iurr iiinding country. May be found Curin t e day at
1* H Ibirdiiway’s itore, at night at the former resi
de ec ..f h irlfes WiLoh. jan 14 ly.
IK KEI»L) ! N>». Vt nr **v n* L w
• Harnesvil e, i’ike cn . Ga. Will practice in the
c mnties comprising the Flint dudi tial (’ir nit, and
*1 ewhere by special ontr ict Al usiness promptly
Attended to Othce in Klder - building, over < 'hatnber's
1 in Store. aiUfti- y
r P'IO'I \N BEALL AtP'tnev m L*w,
I Thomaston, <>a. Will yir.ic*iCe in the Flint fif
tult and elsewhere by special contr act. aug27-ty
• jw .''l l —•—l r■* | -
J 1 HI N 1. H A Ll» Artur .pf fid D •nn-olt . r
• t Law Will practice |o tihe counties composing
the Flint Dlrcuit. In the Htipeetne Court, of t.eor la,
*nd in the District t’ourt of the ITnlted States for the
No-thern and Sou hern Districts of <>eorgia.
Th on iston. Oa . dune ISth. 187 '-Iy.
4 XHHRSON & iMcOVLLV Atturnevs
A V at Law. Cnvingtop, t’enrgbi. 'Vlli atterid reffu
•'Hy. and Prai-tice in the Superior t’ourrs of the
t"untiog ~f Newton, Itutts. II nrv. Stialding Pike
M m oe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and Jas
per. live 0-1 J
}V'lE> \! MVTIIE'VS. A* t rnev ot
Laws, Talbot ton, Ga. will practice all the counties
e ‘ "P wing the ‘ hatiahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
•PeeUl contract decl<*-ly
U*BER r p TRIPPK A' lurnev h* Low
| Forsyth, Ga Will practice in the State Conns
a" 1 in th.* United States' Uistricl Court at \tlanta and
84v ann:ih. (Ja. dec 0-ly
TA HUN T. A't'»r»i«*g h' Low Barrifexs
• vilie, t;a Will practice in all the counties of
lUm Hint ' ircuit and Supreme Court of thv State.
MAKIOV BET 11 LI NK. A r rr,.*v at
Law, Tiiboton, Ga Will practice in all the
"nties of the Chattahobchee (Nrcuit, and Up*on and
' rr >wether counties declS-ly
I ) ‘ KO iEK S will cnntiniio the nrot'fioft
A ' dtdiciDe. Office at B. D. Uardawav’s Drug
* rp dects-ly
[A I<IVV TII \NN All. t« plftosp-l to
bn. n '‘"/Y •bft.cUJzens of that ha will continue
fw Pfoctice id Medicine t 6 Its vafiong hruß'-h.-ff *t
r VMRJ A \T \LRER AttoropY nt Low
tie ''t'range, Ga. Will practice in fircuit Courts of
j lt *’*nd in the United States District Courts.
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSES. FLEMISTER & BROOKS,
corhkr ok hill and bolompn strfets,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
OtLri respect fully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
in store, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
and very latest styles of
LADIES' FINE DRESS GOODS,
LADIEV&CHILDRE\S' shoes,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ WOTIOYS,
MILLINERY, die.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know nothing about, to be found at our Store.
r< X / i 4'f i ... I ■’ 4>- *w*' V? *
MILLINERY !
The Choicest., Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
the inaket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER & CO.,
mayl3-tf GrHlin, Georgia.
AN DIIE W SlTl I ILL’
MANITKAOTtTRERS AND PRALKRS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, &c., &c.,
AT
J. & T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Soul li west of Thomaston, Ga.
\\l R won'if ro-inpptfit'l V inf rm nnr
vV friends and the public generally, that we have
estaldi-hed a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at the above named pla"C, where we maryifaeture and
keen Con-tnntlv on hand superior Furniture ”f all kinds,
iaii' tii-;. and grides. W** are prepare.) to fill all or
d* i's tor COFFIN s, and do all kiods of Cabinet, work
with neatness and dispatch We fl itter ourselv<*s that,
we can please all that, kn.uv good work when they see
it Our facilities and advantages in preparing our own
I,timber and Manufacturing nur ow Work enabl. sus
to oft. r anv quantity, better varieties, an ' and eh ediy
better bargains than other Furniture dealers in this
section of country. We earnestly lequest all that are
in need id anything in our line to cdl and examine < ur
stock, as we feel satisfied that we enn give sati-lactien
in style, quality and price. All work warranteed to he
as represented. Orders solicited.
may2o-ly JAB ANDREWS & L S. HILL.
FOUR GOOD BOOKS.
Should be Had in every Family.
Devotion it, and practical p .ivc'ott
FYMILV BIBLE, rontnininsr a copious index.
< ‘onc..r<tanri> Dic’ion irv of Rit.ltcal Terms (Uoffraph
tcal and Historical Index, ife<- Fourteen hundred pages
furnished in three styles of hi ding
1. \ M'S o' BUSINESS tor all the stales in the Union
I’v iheophilus Pardons. I. I. D This volumeottnkriins
forms fr m nos every trade or profession. tnortg 'g*s,
<le ds. hills of sale. 'euM s. h >nd, articles of copartner
sh'p wilfc a wards Jo* hiipfished by the National Pul>-
li-hing • o . Nemphis. Tenn
'l'll o. I IFF. OF DEN. K. F LEE. by-Us D. Mct’ihe,
author of a life of Stonewall Jackson. Thi> hook should
find its way Into every f milv as it is one of the best
wri ten aceounts of the heroic deeds of the Great Vir
ginian vet published
LI HT IN THE EAST, by the well-known writer,
Fleetwood.
Mr JOHN A COCHRAN has taken the Agency for
• Upson and Pike countibs. and wi 1 cad upon the people
with these invaluable books immediately opril 1 - St.
NTEI* KOHCOPES,
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CII ROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Invite the attention of the Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above goods, ot their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDF.S
and
GRAPHOSCOPE.
NEYV VIEWS OF YOSEMITES,
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 llt'OttWAY, New York,
Oppo.-ite Metropolitan Hotel.
Importers and Manufacturers of Photograpllic
Materials. inchlS 10m
The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY.
G EN. W. M. BROWNE,
IIUTOE,
At $2 00 per Year in Advance.
r pHR S-CMtul \ <>!u»»»e commences with
1 November number. Now is the time to sub
scribe. Address, J- W. IH'LKK, <fe C<>.,
octs ts Macon. Ga.
DR. THOS. /L WARREN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFFR.'S hi* services tn the C’ f 'Z'' r ’‘ s s 's
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment ot
CIIISONIC DLSEAf^ES.
Those at a distance can ran consult him by letter
Otbce over George Beecher «fc to , iil Street.
april29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
'T'flE (Vfizen* oh Upsoo nnj ndj-ir*#*r«t
I counties arc resfx’etfuny informed that I have
moved my stock M* Ihe store (» Mr IVm Wallace, and
am now prepared to execute work in my line of busi
ness, on the most favorabl te nits. R. p iring of all
kinds done at thesh<»rteßt nqUce. and i the neateat nmn
ner. I have facilities i<*r turning on* good w .rk, an<i by
stnet attention to bu-lnesa hope to receive a liberal
Shan- <>f patronage. Very respectfully,
aprilStf WM L. BRYAN.
DENTISTRY!
E ttn-L r<i«rf>pJ hoin<y pp tn:(nenfiy
1 located tn Thomston. still tenders thier professional
set vices in the practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
Upson and adjoining eounfF-s Teeth Inserted off g Id
silver, adamantt eo r rubber. All work warranted and
a go and fit guaranteed. up stars over M ILSON
SA WYEK’b store.
decl) ft BRYAN A SAWYER.
TIIOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
M ITT REAS, official information has been received at
this Department that JAMES TQOMBS, a desperate
C aracter, recently convicted of murder and confined
under sentence of death in the common jail of Houston
county, has made his escape from said jail and is now
at large;
Nnw, therefore, Iliave thought proper to Issue this
my proclamation, hereby offering a reward ot FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for the appr* hension and de
liv. ry of the said James Toombs to the Sheriff of Hous
ton county, in order that he m iv be punished Lr the
offen«e of which he stands convicted.
Given under mv h;md and the Great Heal of the date,
at the Onpliol in Atlanta, this foiirtienth day of May,
in the year or «ur Lord Ftghteen Hundred and
Seventy-one. and oitlie Independ nee of the United
States of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G Com no, Secretary of State. july22 4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BtTLLCK,
Governor of sold State.
WHEREAS, There is now pending tn the Superior
Court of M useog ecounti a I ’.ill of Indictment, charg
ing Sharp Johnson w ith the crime of murder, alleged
to have been committed upon the body of Emanuel E.
I aitl in said county of Muscogee, <>n pr about, the 1 Oth
November, 186!*, and it being represented to me that
the said Johnson h is fUd from justice:
I have thought.proper to issue tills my proclamation
thereby offering a reward or FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the apprehension and delivery of the said
Sharp Johnson, with • vid. nee to convict, to the Sheriff
of sai J c-ninty or Muscogee, in order that he may be
l»iought to trial for'.he offense with which he stands
in doted,
Given under my hand and the Great s e .il of the State,
at theCapttol in Atlanta, this seventeenth day of July*
in the year, of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven—
ty-one, and of the Independence ofthe United States
ot America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting Secretary of State. july22-4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
by urn s n. bi’i.i.ock.
Governor of sul«l State.
WHEREAS, Olficial information has been received
at this Department that an assault with intent lo mur
der was committed in the county of Habersham on or
about the 13th of June last upon the petson of Isaaac
Oakes, by one ENOCH DP KSON, and that the said
Dickson has fled from justice:
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this
tr.v Proclamation, h.-reby offering a reward of ONE
THOUS \ND DOLLARS for the apprehension and de
livery 01 the said Dickson, wiih evidence sufficient to
convict, to the Sheriff of Habersham county. In order
that he may be brought to trial for the offense with
which he stands eh ,rg -d.
Given under my Hand and the Great. Seal of the State,
at the Capi 01, In Atlanta, this fourteenth day of July
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sev
ty-one, and of the Independence ofthe States
the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State. july22-4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BA’ RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State*
WHEREAS, Official inform-tfoh has been received at
th's Department that one I*hl< tis Fricks, a notori- us
character, has of late committed many depreda ions
upon the good and law abiding citizens of Lumpkin
county, and the counties a’j >cent thereto, and that
several indictments are now pending again-t him in
those counties, charging him with assault with intent
to murder, -arson, horse stealing, and other divers
crimes: and
Whereas Notwithstanding the diligent eff.iris bv the
civil authorities in endeavoring to rppr-'hend the said
Fricks, he has succeeded in eluding th-ir vigilance,
and is still at large g'eatly to the terror and the disturb
ance of the peace -nd good order of said communities :
Now, therefore, believing that the offering rs a suita
ahle reward is essential as a means ofhringing to justice
the said Fricks, I have thought proper to issue this rr.y
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of HY’E HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery
ofthe said Phlens Fricks to the Sheriff of Lumpkin*
county, and an additional reward of FIVE HUNOdEU
DOLL A RS on ids conviction of any of the felonies with
which he stands charged.
Given nnder mv hand and the Great Seal of the State,
at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the twelfth day of -Tu’y,
in 'he yea;sof onr Lord Eighteen Hundred and -seven
ty-one. gad ofthe Ind- p. ndence of the United Stats
of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. ju!v22 2t
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE OF GEORGIA,
Atl»nt*. 0» , August 1871
Pursuant to secti n Ist of th- Tax Act. approv- and Hth
of March. 1859. whl h an‘horiies the Governor with the
assist mce o' the ' 'omprr*filer General, to assess and evy
such a per centag'- on the tax ibte property as wi'l pr'iv
duce. in he ••slim -tion ofthe Gov»-rTr<>r. the sum <>* five
bun red theusand diVlnra. exclu-ive of specific tax--s.
and after approximating as nearly .as pract cable the
amount in value of nil taxable property in the Stale as
exhih f and in t ie P g-'-ts ; it is
ORDERED; That four tenths of one per cent, be as
sessed and eoffecfe'd upon the amount of »he value of
property re'nrn>-d by < ach tsx p-iveU «nWect to taxa
tion ad vulo fin. RUFUS. B. BULLOCK,
Governor
Madison Comp’r General. kugs-4t.
yViISCELLANEOUS.
The Cotton Prospect.
A few weeks ago there was great, pgelte- <
met t in the cotton market attendm! by an
advance in price of rix cents jer pound. A •
yrcut nart of the advance then and all of tne
excitement were dud to the reports if re
duced p'antipj; ntid it jury to the crop by
protracted bud weather. Every point un- !
favorable to iuture eupplv from the crop of
lsTl was grossly exaggerated. Speculative
opinions and rash stt tements of individuals
were doubly fortified and supported by un
wiranted and absurd sta’ements Irom the
Agricultural Bureau at VV'asnington, which
i*i Etiffiat and wi re ignorantly supposed to
hftv#s rue value.
Ooe month of warm. dry. favorable weath
er ha* passed, tmd behold, what a change!
“0 non has no friends.” is the exprigsive
phrase in market. Prices ha v e fallen about
two cents, without reviving faith ; the de
cline nas rather ir creased the tendency to
further depression. The crop story from
every quarter comes he’ter and hotter, as if
the writers, repentant of folly, would cause
its expression to be forgotten. Low esti
mates has ceased, as if everybody ut la<t
had come to see that they serve no other
purpose but to exhibit the fatuity of their
makers. Yet there are some opposite facts
of the past and present that may be u«pful
ly considered Th> cotton c r op of 1870 was
very large, unexpectedly so to the ex/erit of
5< 0,00 ' to 700.000 bales, hecaus** of the un
parabdled maturing season. The produc
tion of other countries was up to its usual
average. Tne great trod sudden exee-s in
supply depressed the market va'uo ul c >t
ton mi the spring to range only about 8 per
cent, higher in gold than the average price
at the same period in the three years pre
eee ling the war. AH other articles e( trade
and manufacture (*xc“pt wool, a kindred
article) bore values 15 to GO per cent, high
er than in 1858 GO. Cotton had fallen too
low. It was fairly entitled to an advance
of ljd., or 3 cents in gold, to place it upon
a level with other commodities, irrespective
of any reduction of supply or any further
itiCrease of consumption, as compared with
the quantities of 1870-1. About one half
the advance in May and June was then
legitimate (only too early and too rapid )
even with a favorable report ot growing
crop.
England has had one year of remarkably
good business in all branches of her cotton
trade. It has been good enough to start
new spindles for the • nsuing year England
does not set up new spindles, except to re
place old ones, in years of unprofitable and
“disastrous” hu-iness like 'hat which mark
ed the years of 18G4 to 18G9, and they are
not well ii f rmed who talk and wr te of the
great increase in Bri'ish cotton si indies in
those had years Now it is charged The
impetus of profit is giv*'n as in 1857 to 1801.
and the increase f r the work of 18712
may wei 1 he large. O.i the continent the
restraint of war is ended. Spindles lately
idle tire in motion again, and new ones are
building, under the powerful incentive of
profits which, good when cotton was worth
12.1 , have hec .me very good with cotton
at 8d ; and the reduction ir» price of cotton,
shared in the reduced price of emton goods,
has enlarged the market den and for those
goods.
There is ample reason to suppose that in
the average of twelve months from tin* Ist
of October next there will he three and
one-half to four millions more spind'es in
running order than in tfie twelve months
preceding. The question will arise, Will
trade and consumption take off all the pro
duction ofthe spinning power so enlarged?
And most men, looking at the abundance
and cheapness of money and the ever ex
tending areas of trade, will answer, Y r es, if
riot prevented* by enhanced prices
If so much he true, then the world wants
for »he next year four hundred thousand to
five hundred thousand hales of cotton in .re,
than was required for tin* current year.
Whence is it to come? Should the rest
of the world keep its supply up to that of
1870-71. our crop would need to he not.only
4.300 000 bales again, bur as much more as
the increase in consumption, or else the
surplus at the end of next year must fie
reduced by whatever our crop fails of that
increase. We hazard no estimates of
growing crops, but we remember that the
extra.odinary yield from the large planting
of 1870 was, to the extent of half a million
hales at least, due to sueh a season as may
not he repeated lor many years. We know
that the early st rt of this crop w as under
conditions w hich, though grossly exagger
ated, were yet unfavorable. It. is for every
one to discount fmtn last year’s production
so much as to him seems good in arming
at a probability for this tear. If Ue crop
falls off 600.000 hales—that is, if it turns
out to he 3,7>0 00 > hales—and the con
sumption itt the world shall he 5U0,000
biles more than this year’s, then it follows
surely that the surplus at the end of this
year will ho reduced by 1.100,1X4) bales at
the end «>f next year. ll<>w much w.-uld
that leave to go into the next year. How
much would that leave to go into the next
year with ?
Os course, any statistical problem of this
sort is subject to the perturbations of prices
of cotton and of goods, stunulati g or re
straing action, and therefore the pud must
he indefinite. But to merchants and man
ufacturers there is matter w >rth thinking
of in the imp riant facts that we present
and the suggestions thru tfiey earry.
We extract ibe following fr. m our ex
changes ;
“The New Orleans Republican is sarcast
ic. Hear it :
One of the liveliest newspaper paragraph
ist in the c uturv i- Ale t k Stephens, of the
Atlanta Sun. lie had a squib in his last
i.-suie which was only five columns long.
Bur Ah ck is a sb *rp pamgraphist in spite
of this sarcism Witness the L uisviile
Journal alluding to thp rep fr that thp little
man hid gained ni<*e pound- since he was
last weighed, remark that he must have
had one of his editorials in his po,-ket 5
whereupon Ah-ck keenly retorted: Tt *Le
Journal editor should put one of 7iis
editorials in his pocket, he’d go up like a
balloon.” We have not had rite J urnal
editor’s reply ycr, hut we rather think he
Won’t “go” A'"nk anv Fe*trf
TnE narrow gmign qa, n>n is being
agitated in upper East Tennessee.
Governor Lindsity ut ChatUnooga.
Gov. L ndsay, of A! »bnnii, ha vino arrived
in Chattanooga on Wednesday morning,
was met. according to appointment, by a
large number of creditors, employees, and
leading citizens of the place, t> whom he
made known Lis views ot the railroad situs
ati'>n. As reported by the Times, he thus
explained the linbilmos of the Company to
the State of Alabama :
“The State of Alabama had endorsed the
bond' "f this company to the amount ofs4-
720,000 and had loaned her own direct
bonds to the amount, of £2.4*00,000 more.
Site has a pri. r ben, both by statue and
deed, to the amount ul endorsement. Oa
the Ist day of January the road was in de
fault for the interest on both the end rsed
and loaned binds. Alter some delay f>r
the necessary legisluriim, the State paid
this inteiest, and h is since paid the interest
on both classes of b >nds which fell due in
July, amounting in all to nearly $6,000,' 00.
llis chief object throughout had been to
protect the paramount interest of Alabama
by lertinj; the company ffo on and complete
the enterprise 11“ had ignored‘the charac
ter <d the St.iotoos, their ultimate designs,
and their honesty nr fidelity.
The Governor sta’ed. at some length, the
r as ns that bad led him to lose faith in the
Stantons, ant] said that having hoc'tne sat
isfied that they “were making an effort, and
would he successful in completing a sale
under the second mortgage, ignoring tlie
claims of all other parties,” he conc'uded
that “unless prompt action was taken the
Stare and all other creditors would lie left
out.” Hence, he had directed General
Clanton to take charge of the road. He
said further :
“lit* did not desire to ride rough shod
over the creditors. The State claimed the
right to take the road hut it did not propose
to do S'i by force. He proposed to let the
creditors here in Chattanooga appoint their
own custodians to take charge of the prop
erty. and let it he used on the road, or lie
would appoint a receiver to take the proper
ty, and give bond for it. lie thought the
road in this way would ultimately pay the
debt. He thought fie could sell out to
morrow to a responsible party who would
protect the State and pay the employees,
and the greater part of the floating debt.
If it was necessary to call* the Legislature
together, he w mid do so, hut not unless
there was something to be done which he
could not do. lie thought he had all nec
essary power.”
Tlie Approaching Cholera.
The steady westward strides of the chol
era are now becoming a matter for serious
consideration. Its sudden appearance in
the Baltic ports suggests the probability
that ve may soon hear of it in England,
and even on ves-els crossing the Atlantic.
Precautionary and preventive measures
have no d<*ubt served to check the progress
of the cholera on this round, as on previous
visitations. But we believe that human
means have never yet availed to prevent its
running its course around the world. In
view of the probability of its early appear
ance on this continent, the reports of its
progress in Europe are interesting to us.
We copy the special dispatch concerning it
to the New York Herald :
London, July 31. —There is a growing
uneasiness in London about the threatened
coming of the cholera, which has raged lui
more than two years in Russia.
The Russian authorities have hitherto
withheld publication of all accounts about
the ravages of that disease. Letters from
Constadt and St Petersburg describe the
progress of the cholera as alarming in the
extreme. In spite of tin* sanitary measures
of the government it is now steadily spread
ing; ami has advanced as far as the German
frontier.
The German government hns quietly
drawn a sanitary cordon along the borders
of Russia, in order to prevent the cholera
from passing the frontier. In spite of these
precautions the disease has already made
its appearance in all th« Biltic ports.
It has also carried « fF many vict ms in
Poland whence it threatens to spread into
Prussia, Galiicia and Hung try.
There are great apprehensions in Eng
land that the cholera may advance, as it
has usually done, through Germany into
Western Europe, including the British
Islands.
The disinfection of the fields of battle in
France is pr igressiog very slowly, and if
the disease spreads rapidly it is believpd
that the ravages in France will be terrible.
These fears are heightened by the pres
ent indications that the cholera may come
bv sen a- - well, arid the British government
has prescribed strict regulations for ships
Com ng from the Baltic ports.
CasM ß ~f cholera have already occurred
in Hull, whither it hail been brought by
emigrants fr m North Germany on their
route to Anteriorl.
Governing W iyr-.—Brigham V >ung has
again bpen telling his di-ciples what he
knows about wives, and if he is not ns well
P'jsti and on that suhj ct as any o her man in
America he has been terribly maligned.
This is a sample < f his talk : “I say to you
wiio want to g ivern your wives, set them
tin example continually that is good.
them kiv, There is niy husband, and he do
anything th»r htv-ought not to do? No he
does not. He prays, he is faithful, humble,
meek, and w.,fk-; T see nothing wrong in
him ” If a man pursue this straight-for
ward. manly God- like c« uiß“ he will find
woman in her Dhic** bv his s def dlowing
him. When we find an elder »«f Israel do
this we fimj plenty ot women who will go
along wiih him ”
Ihe Ladie-of hie South —A Richmond
letter to the O-wego Gaiette says :
1 he young ladies of the South are with
very few ex •en'ions, beautiful ;nd we pee
no sickly, ugly, or eon-urr.ntive looking
females, such as are to he found in the
North. They dress in tho rrnst excellent
and remarkb e neatness and wo encounter
none of the brassy faced and ovetdre-sed
girls that confront yon on many occasions
at home. The v<>nng gentlemen. hoWetef,
are generally ordinary looking in compari
son, and dress remarkably plain.
Constitutional Amendment—Kate of In
teu»t;
The Staunton Spectator says:
“Amendments to the State Constitution
of irginia are effected in this wise:
Ihe General Assembly first proposes an
amendment, thru the proposed amendment
is referred to the General Assembly to be
chosen at the next general election, and if
agreed to by n majority of the Assembly
then chosen, then it wiil be submitted to a
vote ot the people, and if approved by a ma
jority of their votes it becomes a part of the
organic law of the State.
It will be seen that to nmend the Consti*
tution by adding to or taking from it, three
steps are necessary —it must be agreed to
by two Legislatures (the second ot which
must be chosen after the amendment has
been proposed by the fi>st) aid then be ap
proved by a majority of tho voters of tho
State voting upon the question.
I’ho last General Assembly, bv joint reso
lution, proposed to amend the Constitution
by striking from it that clause which allows
12 per cent, per annum to be charged for
the use or forbearance of money.
If this proposed amendment be agreed to
by a majority of the Legislature to be chos
en in November nest, it will then be sub
mitted to popular vote, and if agreed to by
a majority, the clause referred to will no
longer be a part of the Constitution.
The rate of interest will then be a sub
ject of statute law, as it was before the
adoption of the present Constitution. It
will then devolve upon the Legislature to
fix the rate of interest, or to leave money,
liko other things, free to command whatever
price the market may afford.
The New' Departure.— Judge Craddock,
of Kentucky, in a campaign speech recently
delivered in that State, said :
But I am asked what 1 propose to do with
the amendments. I have already said that
the amendments must stand or fall upon
the question whether they have b**en pro
posed and ratified as required by the fifth
article of the Constitution. If they have
not been so proposed and ratified, then they
are not binding. I use the language of the
article itself, “they are not binding.” Not
binding on the States ; not binding on the
functionaries of either the State or Federal
Government; not binding on the people, or
any one of the people. They are void, not
voidable, but void. But if they have been
proposed and ratified as required by the
fifth article ns aforesaid, then they are bind
ing, and as much so as any other part of
the Constitution.
I am one w ho believes that they were not
proposed, not ratified pursuant to the re
quirements of the fifth article, and in this I
have the concurrence of the whole Demo
cratic party —the neW departure men and.
all—as well as a large portion of the Radical
party ; and so believing, I am not willing to
stultify myself by admitting that they are
binding as parts of the Constitution. Y am
not willing to forestall an examination of
the question, even if it could he done, by
resolutions or platforms. I am for leaving it
open freely to be investigated by any tri
bunal having competent jurisdiction of the
subject. Ido not propose to set on foot any
lawless nr revolutionary modes of resistance
to the enforcement of the amendments.
That there are peacefully and legal modes
of determining the question can scarcely be
doubted. It seems to me that this is the
true position for the Democracy to occupy.
Proposed Monument in Lon Din to
Stonfwall Jackson. When the tidings
reached England that “Stonewall Jackson”
had fallen in battle* there was a profound
feeling of regret. Leading men in London
set to work at once in order to devise how
they could best give an expression of their
simpathy tor the cause in which a great
and good min had fallen. It was resolved
to raise subscriptions in order to erect a
monument with an appropriate inscription.
Plans were sent in to the committee ; a
design selected ; and at last the monument
was so far finished as to he taken to Ameri
ca in pieces and there fitted. An elpgant
railing to protect and adorn the monument
was also constructed.
Whin all was ready for shipment (it is
believed) on acc mnt of strong and some
what offensive representations by tho Amer
ican Minister then in London* the English
authorities put forth strong influence not to
send off the monument for the jtresent.
These influences at the time prevailed. The
packages were taken to an artist’s studio in
a back street in London, and are probably
there still.
A sketch of the monument was given at
the tirnein on° of the leading journals, with
a severe and withering condemnation of the
government, for the mean course they sug
gested and enforced.
The inscription contained strong expres
sion of sympathy on behalf ol the Southern
States.
facts we learn from a gentleman
who wa’B in England at the time.
The Louisvilie Courier Journal thus
speaks of the wife of Gen. Gordon, when
noticing the arrival of our beloved hero :
“Gen. Gordon rose rapidly and high in
Confederate confidence, but his wile is as
remarkable in military annals as many a
heroine of olden story. She, with her two
boys, in a barouche, followed tho army of
her husband, and she was never a hindrance
or an embarrassment to his movements. At
Winchester, in the Valley of Virgina, when,
T'»r the first time, his troops fell hack before
vastly superior numbers, she, who was sup
poi>e«T by tier hu-b tnd to be thaoy miles in
the rear, happened to he in the town, and
saw the critical condition of the Confeder
ate cause. She deeended from her carraig",
and amid.-t the rush of retreating men, tne
bursting of shells and the whiz of bullets,
se z- 1 hold of the very pers ins of soldiers,
and turned th»-m hack to the fight. Her
resolution, coolne-s, and heroic spirit rallied
hundred*, and returned them to her hus
band at the front. The incident was known
aM over \ irginia at the time, and in the
army.”
An exchange s.i>s: uie wav must be
discovered whereby the cost of gnyernirig
the propie shall be reduced, e’se we shall
become over tnfed and bankrupt.” It is
not the cost of governing the people that ia
likely to bankrupt us. It is the cost of the
rase itifv •>{ those who do tho governing.—
Coiir ier- Jo urn xl.
NO. 3(L