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Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, DECEMBER 21 18G3.
The Morning News-
Onr friend of the Savannah Morning News
discourses at great length npon our Editorial,
“Congress and Georgia—What is to be done T
and, of coarse, takes wide issue with it. The
chance of satisfying Congress by a voluntary
compliance on the part of our Legislature with
the late decision of the Supreme Court of Geor
gia is so small, that we doubt if it will pay for
the trouble of again taking up the glove or the
cudgel with our contemporary. And besides
that, wo have said our say on this subject and
cleared our skirts of all responsibility. We
have advised a compromise on this point if pos
sible ; but would much prefer that the action of
Congress rather than the action or non-action of
the Georgia Legislature should defeat all at
tempts at compromise. It is a consolation, in
misfortune, to feel that it comes through no
fault of our own, and we can stand trouble as
well as the Morning News.
Congress nn«I Georgia*
The Senate on Saturday morning at half-past
one o’clock passed a bill to reconstruct Georgia
again in such a shape as to reserve the right of
reconstruction in perpetuity. This left the
House Saturday and Monday to pass the bill be
fore adjournment for Christmas.
From Brunswick.
Tho Appeal of Friday morning reached us by
scon yesterday, and we presume it came by
freight and accommodation train. This is an
improvement on the old transit of five to ten
days; but before another week we hope to be
with ten hours of Brunswick. We clip the fol
lowing from the Appeal:
Four. Murder.—John B. Miller, Esq., a mem
ber of the Brunswick Bar, visited the term of
eourt held in Camden county on the 11th day of
November, and started on his way home on the
16th of said month. After leaving the house of
Mrs. Bang, in Camden county, on the afternoon
of the last named day,he has not been since seen
Diligent search and inquiry has been made,
without any traces of his whereabouts having
been discovered, and the opinion prevails that
there has been foul play npon his person.
FUxlwat Gun>E.-*-Our thanks are due to Mr.
B. W. Wrenn, General Ticket Agent on the
Western and Atlantio Railroad, for a copy of
the “Traveler’s Official Gnide of the Railways
-«»nd Steam Navigation Lines in the United States
and Canada.” This iB the organ of the Nation-
id General Ticket Agents’ Association, which
fact gives it a stamp for reliability and author
ity which no other guide book possesses. It is
evidently prepared with great labor and cau
tion. It contains the time tables of all the rail
roads in the United States and Canada, together
with accurately prepared maps of many of the
more important roads. It is a more elaborate
work of the kind than any heretofore pub
lished.
Messrs. Mxlledge and Akerman.—A case is
Just printed which shows there is one exception
to the rule that “ few die and none resign.”
The Atlanta Intelligencer prints a latter of June
7th, from JohnMilledgeto AmosT. Aberman, in
which the former proposes to resign the office of
iS. District Attorney when the former shall get
his disabilities removed, inasmuch as Akerman
has been nominated by the President and con
firmed by the Senate; but Congress had neg
lected to relieve his disabilities. Mr. Akerman
makes his best bow at the same date, and now
if the President don't give Colonel Milledge a
better office, there’s no profit in being good.
The Pennsylvania Iron Masters are again
in mortal distress about tho tariff. They want
more protection, and say if there’s to bo a re
duction of twenty per cent as threatened, half
the fnmaces will bo closed. The iron masters
understand tactics, and meet every demand for
reduction with a heavy advance in their requi
sitions. In this way these iron masters, who
have been on the brink of total ruin for thirty
years, manage to accnmnlate very handsome
fortunes.
“Social Science.'’—Social Sciehce is pro
gressing in the North. Having disposed of mar
riage, the Now York Scientists are now npon the
proposition, “shall children be reared at the
. public expense ?” The point is not yet decided.
It should be referred to the “Reconstruction
Committee.” What does Sumner think ?
Chinese Laborers.—English dispatches of
tho 1.1th, say that Coopmanschapp, the Chinese
merchant, of San Francisco, is negotiating with
the North German Lloyds Steamship Company
for the transportation of coolies from the Chi
nese ports by way of the Suez Canal to New Or
leans.'
Terrible Cold Weather.—They are having
frightful cold weather in Atlanta. The papers
of the 17th say the skating rink the night before
was literally crowded and everybody had a good
time. No one broke through the ice. It is
Strange what a difference a few miles in latitude
will make as to temperature.
The Atlanta New Era sees it stated that many
of the emigrants who have loft their homes in
North Carolina and Northern Georgia and gone
West, are returning.
A number of the leading citizens of Atlanta
are out in a card expressing their high appre-
■ nation of Oates.
‘Brice Pomeroy.—The Western dispatches
•.report that Pomeroy’s Democrat would suspend
publication yesterday, and that the printers
have not been paid for toreo weeks. A sharp
.correspondence is said to have taken place be-
'tween the proprietors of the Son and • Brick
"Pomeroy, in which the latter is urged to pay up
die rent or clear ont of the building.
Discourses of Father Htacinthe—This book
has just been received at Burke & Co’s., Book
' Store. At is a book of two hundred pages, and
-will be read with great interest, by all curious
sco the strong points of the great French pul
pit orator. The book contains a very life-like
portrait of the Father. _
* The weather was exceedingly disagreeable in this
sanction yesterday. It was cloudy, cold and windy,
making it very unpleasant to look after out-door
-business. There was, nevertheless, considerable
■hustle and stir on the streets in the forenoon, and a
very good day’s trade for Saturday was done.
There’s nothing like traveling to improve a
piety Since the learned Professor of the At
lanta Constitution has come down from his Ce
leetial voyage in the balloon Hyperion, he has
been able to perpetrate the following:
We think we disoero in the above sesiqnepe-
Aalian splutter of high embobberative pyrotech
nics, the juvenile idoeynoracy of the venerable
cDoctorissimo Olisby. Our conglomerifying con-
* temporary is to be excused, however, as he
. must have previously “jumped the impannel
* of ton impound and scatterlopbisticaled all over
-Jthe equanimity of the forest, ’ and conldn’t stop
himself. So mote it be.
Good friend, try another voyage and three
more glasses.
Under Sentence by the Doctors.—There
■ Is a concurrence of opinion among the leading
physicians of Europe, who have examined the
probable pathological condition of Napoleon
III., that liis days on earth are very short. The
-euuuaing up is that possibly within a month,
■probably within three months, certainly within
six months at least, the Imperial lamp will go
out for want of oil, even if it be not sooner ex
tinguished suddenly by one of those unexpected
accidents which may at any time occur.to in
terrupt tire placid course of chronic malady,
Religions Re-Union.
We clip the following from the Southern
Christian Advocate:
More Overtures Awaiting Us."—The New
York Methodist, of December 4th, says: The
Commission on Methodist Union, appointed by
the General Conference of 1868, met in Phila
delphia last week. They were met by the rep
resentatives of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, among whom were two bishops. After
a pleasant interview, in which nothing was de
finitely determined, it was decided to meet with
the African brethren again in May, 1872.—
Friendly overtures to the Methodist, Methodist
Protestant, and Sonthem Methodist churches
were authorized. The last of these will be pre
sented to the next Southern Methodist General
Conference by a sub-committee of the Commis
sion. .
The point of a re-union of tho Protestant de
nominations North and South, is o£e which is
destined to assume a growing interest and dis
cussion from year to year. It is not for ns to
speak npon points of difference on Christian
doctrine, discipline or usage, if any exist, which
may stand in the way of snch a re-union; bat
aside from these, we believe the moral and re
ligions power of all these denominations, and
their influence for good npon tho country at
large, would be much increased were the ancient
status resumed. They would be powerful agen
cies in promoting sectional harmpny and a bet
ter State of feeling; and since the Providence
of God seems to have decreed a common na
tionality—the first deduction of reason from
that fact is, that the sooner kind relations are
restored, the better for all parries—and for the
Sonth particularly as the weaker party.
Bat there is a view of the matter in the light
of which the importance of reunion becomes
clearer. A third of onr population in the
Sonth is colored, and this population the North,
era branches of the Protestant church have,
since the war, aspired to take under their es
pecial charge as a branch of their domestic
missionary operations. Now to what extent
these operations have been conducted in an un
friendly spirit and temper towards the South
ern whites and corresponding denominations in
the South, we will not assume to judge. It is
certain, however, that much suspicion, distrust
and hard feeling have grown out of them. But
in the nature of the case these doubts and dis
trusts would arise, nnder the circumstances,
even if they had no solid foundation. There
would be rivalry, and rivalry breeds suspicion
and contention.
Bat when these denominations reunite, all
this will naturally cease. The Sonthem mis
sionary work amon^the negroes will naturally
revert to the labor and superintendence of tho
children of the soiL The Sonthem people, with
the aid of Northern contributions, will then re
assume the entire work of directing the relig
ions and edncational charities of the Chnrch,
and all popular apprehension that these influ
ences will be exerted in the interests of social
discord and of distrust and ill-feeling between
the races will vanish.
Then the white teachers and preachers to the
colored population will cease to complain of so.
cial proscription—for all this proscription is
based on the popular idea that the operations of
Northern Churches are condacted with a malev
olent temper and with unjustifiable purposes.
We have no space to dwell npon this subject;
bnt it is one which the Protestant chnrchcs of
the Sonth should consider with candor, and with
a view to the removal of all possible hindrances
to reunion when Providence opens tho way.
That may or may not be a period far distant in
the fntore, bnt we believe that whenever the
time comes when the Baptists, Methodists and
Presbyterians of the Sonth and North may re
unite without sacrifice of principle, they ought
to do it.
The Angnsta Constitutionalist,
In publishing our article upon “Congress on
Georgia” at full length, side by side with his
able review of it, has illustrated fairness and
propriety in the discussion of snch important
questions as tho article propounds and seeks to
elacidate. By this course he has given his
readers the opportunity of seeing both sides
and of comparing the weight of the considera
tions presented, and there we are qnito willing
to leave the matter. Tho doubt whether Con
gress will wait upon the action of the Georgia
Legislature, and the moral certainty that the
whole influence of the Radical destructives in
the State will be exercised to prevent any com
promise by the Legislature, as well as the wide
division upon the subject among the Democratic
diembers themselves, admit little or no reason
able hope that anything can be done by the
Democrats to avert that “thorough” reconstruc
tion which onr destractionists are praying for.
The Darnell' nmt O’Neal “Outrage.”
The Atlanta slander mill, for the purpose of
backing Governor Bullock, telegraphed to New
York and Washington a frightful account of an
assault in Milledgeville, npon two Radical mem
bers of tho Legislature, and the agent of the
Associated Press sent ns a message to ascertain
the facts. Accordingly, we telegraphed inqui
ries to Mr. Bonghton, of the Federal Union, on
the 17th, and received here the following yes
terday:
Milledgeville, Ga., December 18.
I know nothing abont an assault npon Dar
nell, or Peter O’NeaL There has been none so
far as I can learn. There has been a small dis
pute between Peter O’Neal and a man by the
name of Walls. Whisky too ranch. Darnell
professed to believe ho was in danger. No one
else thought so. A very trifling affair altogeth
er. I never heard of it until yesterday.
S. N. Boughton.
Bollock and the slander mill aro bard np in
deed when they are forced to feed Northern hos
tility to Georgia on the scum of snch idle drun
ken broils.
Messrs. J. KI. Anderson A Son.
This firm, at their headquarters in the now
Brown House Building, on Second street, aro
more thoroughly devoted to the great cause of
“sustentation,” than any men we have met with
in Macon,for four years, six months, two weeks,
three days and a half. Not to be too particular,
we will omit hones and minutes. There was a
magazine of fat Western beef in that establish
ment, snch as" the poets sing abont. There were
also all parts of that divine creature the hog,
except the bristles. There was fat mntton, and
poultry, including fine tnrkies, and there were
sausages, besides all kind of Baited meats, and,
in short, the most reasonable chance to supply
the larder which has occurred to us for many days
—and this institution is permanent as long as
the weather permits.
Valuable Book.
Memories of the War in the Sonthem Department
of tho United States, by Henry Lee. Lfentenant
Colonel. Commandant of the Partisan Legion
during the American War. A new edition, with
Revisions and a Biography of the Author, by
Robert E. Lee. New York: University Publishing
Company, No. 4 Broad street.
This is a new edition of a well known and
valuable work, beautifully printed and illustra
ted, with the addition of numerous field maps and
the biographical sketch by the illustrious de-
scendent of Light-horse. Harry. Mr. H. J.
Neville is the agent of the work for Macon.
The Atlanta Intelligencer asks ns to pub
lish, as a piece of Georgia nows, that the name
of Judge Jared Irwin "Whittaker does appear at
the head of the Intelligencer os its proprietor.
We have never said anything to tho dbntrary,
It was tho Atlanta New Era. Will the Intelli
gencer force ns to correct all the errors of the
Atlanta press ? Is not that asking a little too
much? Pray, be considerate, my venerable
young friend.
Affairs in Georgia.
Ku-klux Operations in Lowndes.—The
Valdosta Times gives this melancholy report of
Ku-klux doings in Lowndes county:
If the Ku-klux outrages upon hogs are not
stopped, bacon will become a luxury of the past.
Every day do farmers in this part of the coun
try behold their porkers at their call come up
missing. We have heard of as many as half a
man’s stock mysteriously disappearing, to be
seen no more. These musing grunters are sub
jected to untold outrages—knocked in the head,
tlxeir throats cut, then scalded to death, in the
dead of night, far from their native pens, nor
are they allowed to squeal for assistance. These
outrages are attributed to the negroes inordin
ate love of pork.
Vie invoke the aid of General Terry. *We
cannot see our beloved swine thus ku-kluxed,
without appealing for assistance for them.
We possessed an interest in six lovely shouts,
which were the pride of our heart. We were
joyfully anticipating the time when, in the lan
guage of the poet, such
splendid visions quickly rise,
Of smoking stews and backbone pies.
But one morning they came not to the festive
trough, nor have they since appeared. It is
probable that they fell into the hands of the as
sassin. Such a state of affairs needs the special
interference of Congress.
The some paper has the following .-
Wo wore shown yesterday a turnip raised by
Mr. Jelks, of Bellville, which was the lorgost
wo ever saw. It weighed eleven pounds, and
it was thirty inches in circumference.
Wm. G. Smith, for somo time Ordinary of
Lowndes county, died on Wednesday last at the
residence of his father.
New Railway Route from Augusta to the
West.—The Augusta papers chronicle a very
important railway movement in that city, made
last Wednesday, in which the Augnsta and Hart
well Railroad was consolidated with tho Port
Royal Railroad, nnder the direction of Messrs.
H. R. Casey, G. T. Jackson, G. D. Chapman,
of New York; H. H. Boody, of New York; W.
H. Thorpo, of Fairfield, Conn., A. W. Greon-
leaf, of New York; T. L. Morgan, of Augnsta;
O. D. Ashley and Henry Budge, of New York—
generally men of large means and great enter
prise. The scheme is to extend the road np
through Rabun Gap and unite with tho Knox
ville and Kentucky Railroad, thus constituting
a great trank lino between the West and tho
Atlantic at Port Royal. This scheme will open
tho shortest and cheapest communication with
the West to a very large portion of Georgia,
while it will also develop an important section
of the State much in need of railway comnni-
cation. Wo think it will prove of immense
value to Augusta, and will give even Macon a
choice of lines of Western communication. Tho
Augusta papers say its early completion is not
a matter of doubt.
The Guano war in Augusta is re-opened and
rages, and the guano men have been finally
routed and compelled by resolution to put their
compounds in close storage at once.
Murder.—The Chronicle and Sentinel says
Johnson Baker was shot and killed by a party of
negroes on Ray’s Creek, a few miles from Au
gusta, Tuesday night last. Bakers brother last
September had a difficulty with a negro man
and killed him, for which offense he was arrest
ed, tried and acquitted. Tho negroes in the
neighborhood becoming vindictive and mena
cing, Johnson Baker, who lived in Warren
county was induced to come and reside with his
younger brother in order to protect him. On
Tuesday night Johnson Baker and his brother
returning from Augusta were fired npon and the
former killed.
Foreign Exports of Cotton.—The Savannah
News says that on Wednesday J. H. Graybill
cleared the brig Gerrie Bertha, Soule, for Liv
erpool, with a cargo of cotton, consisting of
1287 bales upland.
J. H. Gardner and Co. cleared the British
bark Wentworth, Bent, for Havre, with a cargo
of cotton, consisting of 1G54 bales upland and
22.1 bales Sea Island ; aggregate weight 819,109
pounds, valued at S310.778 72.
Milledgeville Municipal Election.—At the
recent election in Milledgeville, Col. L. H. Bris
coe was elected Mayor, Peter Fair, Clerk, and
J. B. Fair, Marshal. Tho following gentlemen
were elected Aldermen: Joseph Staley, Samnel
McComb, E. Trice, J. W. Caraker, P. Taylor,
and Henry Temples.
Twenty-five shares of Atlanta and West Point
Railroad stock sold at LaGrange last week at
prices ranging from $103 to $106 .10 per share.
The twenty-five shares brought $2,191.
It is stated that Mr. Stephens’ second volume
on the war will be ready for deliveiy in January.
Another Torped?) Accident.—A little child
bad her head nearly blown off Tuesday by biting
torpedo. She thought it was candy. The face
is much swollen. The accident occurred in oue
of tho “Faotory Boarding Houses” in Colum
bus.—Columbus Sun.
Flanked It.—Seeing at the depot yesterday
the large number of ministers that had come
from the Montgomery Conference, a bystander
asked Rev. Dr. Evans if they had come up to
see the circus. “No,” was the reply, “they
mean to flank it.” The Montgomery road
passes around where the tent was spread.
[Columbus Sun.
Columbus cotton statement shows receipts to
the 15th, 40,621; shipments 28,616; slock on
hand 11,624.
The Board of Trustees of the Colombns Pub
lic Schools passed on the 14 th, condolatory re
solutions upon the death of George Peabody.
The Cotton Situation.
From Easton & Co. ’s last circular we condense
the following:
Since September 1st, Now York has reoeived,
gross, 250,354 bales. Sale.s.of the week 19,228
bales, inolnding 7,360 to spinners; 1,553 to
speculators, and 10,310 to exporters:
Statistical Position.
Stock in Liverpool
Afloat from India;
Afloat from America
Stock in London
1869
....319,000
.... 77,000
....178,000
....101,470
2868
265,360
76,000
9.1,000
159,470
Afloat for London
Stock in Havre..,..
Afloat for Havre J...........
.... GOjOOO
.... 74,620
.... 43,536
67,000
41,527
45,639
Stock in Bremen
.... 2,420
8,121
5,791
253,031
51,384
Afloat for Bremen
Stock in XL S. ports........
... e;429
....300,313
Stock in interior towns
.... 70,470
Total 1,237,265 1,1G7,9G3
Increase in visible supply 71,302
Stock of cotton held by Manchester spinners
at the mills, now 100,000 bales, same time 1868,
130,000 bales. Middling Orleans, now 12@
12jd.; then lid.
There is a change noticeable in tho pnblio
feeling in regaid to future contracts. The or
ders to buy on Southern account have been
heavy this week, as also have those to cover
short sales. While we think as well as ever of
the fntnre of cotton, wo cannot see any good
reason for nndne excitement jnst at present.
The Southwestern rivers are now navigable,
and a continuance of free receipts may be ex
pected. There are 178,000 bales of American
cotton afloat for Liverpool, a large portion of
which would arrive with a change of wind.
Receipts and Exports.—The receipts this
week have been 98,480 bales, against 86,744
bales of corresponding week last yoar, and the
foreign exports 62,049 bales, against 47,573
bales in 1868. The totals, so far this year, can
be seen in the tables given above. Tho follow
ing table will show the totals at each port:
The Fifteenth Amendment:
Tho Washington correspondent of tho New
York Tribune has tho following, which may go
for what it is worth :
The importance of ratifying the Fifteenth
Amendment has appeared to tho Democratic
friends of Chief Justice Chase in a novel and
interesting form lately. It is asserted by influ
ential Democrats, who favor the nomination of
Judge Chase for President by the Democratic
Convention of 1872, that the ratification of the
amendment will be of infinite service to the
Democratic partisans of the Chief Justice, inas
much as he can bring to bis support an immense
negro voto, which no bona fide member of the
party can do- Pendleton, Hendricks, Hoffman,
Gen. Hancock, and others, being all on record
as against negro suffrage, cannot, it is urged,
receive the nomination in caso the Fifteenth
Amendment is adopted by the required nnmber
of States; and it is farther urged by these
friends of Mr. Chase that the Democrats cannot
hope to beat tho Rcpnblicans except with the
aid of the negro vote. Tho Chief Justice having
always been on the side of the colored men, it
is claimed that he has their sympathy and confi
dence to a greater extent than any man in the
country. In this view of the ease, it. is not im
probable that many of the Democrats wil regret
to see the Amendment become a part of the
Constitution.
A Washington letter to the Baltimore Gazette
says :
There is a rumor in town to-day that informa
tion has been received from Democratic sources
at Albany that no effort will bo made by the
Legislature of New York to repeal the vote of
that State in favor of the Fifteenth amendment
(so-called.) From all l ean learn, I think there
can be now no doabt that said “amendment”
will, at all events, be declared adopted by this
administration under any circumstances. What
ever Georgia, New York or Ohio may do, or re
frain from doing, therefore, will sot, in the
least, affect the action of the government, eith
er in the Legislative or executive branches.—
The country must bear with this additional out
rage until next Congress, when it is to be hoped
that tho possession of one of the Houses of the
National Legislature will enable Democratic
States to wipo ont not only this bnt the whole
series of unauthorized enactments—“amend
ments”—inflicted npon ns the past nine years.
Woman Suffrage.—Tho following is the act
of tho Legislature of Wyoming Territory, es
tablishing female suffrage:
Be it'enacted by the Council and House of
Representatives of Wyoming Territory :
Section 1. That every woman of the age of
twenty-one years, residing in this Territory,
may, at every election to he holden under tho
laws thereof, cast her vote. And her rights to
the elective franchise and to hold office shall be
the same under the election laws of the Terri
tory as those of electors. ,
Section I. This r.ct shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
It may be necessary to state that the common-
law right to enter into marital relations is not
repealed by the passage of the above act.
New Orleans.........
1868.
340,485
I860.
325,172
Mobile
89,120
122,049
Galveston
54,341
68,050
Florida
5,763
2,459
Savannah
134,584
216,259
Charleston
70,913
113,GI5
New York.
60,592
79,604
Boston, etc.
35,960
49,078
Total to date
.. 791,758
976,322
distribution of becehts.
1869. '
Stock 31st August 10,911
1868.
43,594
Received since
... 976,322
791,758
Total
... 967,233
835,352
384,340
Exported
... 510,472
Stock
... 300,313
... 176,448
253,031
Bal. to Spinners
197,981
From the Broker’s Circular, of November 25,
we take the following figures:
AVERAGE WEEKLY DELIVERIES.
Trado.
Export
Import.
1869.
46,420
10,521
2,692,971
1868.
51,830
13,333
3,013,614
AT
SEA*
American.
East India.
Stock.
1869.
115,000
175,000
388,060
1868.
90,000
194,000
330,480
Mid. Orleans.
Fair Surats.
18G9.
11M.
7jd.
1868.
. 11 Ad.
8|d*
The cotton at sea is
G,000 bales
more than
last year, and the stock is 57,580 bales more.
The import so far this year is 320,643 bales less
than last. The average weekly deliveries aro
8,222 bales less than last. The consumption of
American cotton has averaged 15,283 bales for
the past six weeks. Of the sales that week, 24
per cent, were American and 46 per cent Su-
rats. Stock of American 6 per cent., and of the
Surats 79 per cent, of the whole.
The sales for future delivery have been as
follows: December, 100 bales at 24§c., 600 at
241 c., 250 at 24?c., 500 at 25c. January, 700 at
24jc., 250 at 24§e., 200 at 244o., 100 at 25c.,
100 at 25Jo. February, 200 at 24ic., 400 at
24 gc., 200 at 24jC., 300 at 25o., 100" Middlings
at 254c. March GOO at 25c., 100 at 24Jc., 50 at
25jc.j 100 at 25gc., 200 Middlings at 25Jc., and
200 at 26c. April, 600 at 25Jc. On private
terms, 550 December, 650 January, 1,100 Feb
ruary. 550 March, 300 April. Free on board at
New Orleans, 1,200 on private terms. Mobile
700, Savannah 200 at 23,5c., Charleston 200 at
23 Jc., and 200 at 24c. Total, 12,050 bales.
Georgia.
President Grant asks Congress to pass a law
authorizing the Governor of Georgia to call to
gether the Legislature of that State. The Gov
ernor has the authority to do this already, and
Congress can neither add to the authority nor
diminish it. Ilis powers and duties are defined
by the constitution and laws of the State, and
are not within the control of Congress in any
respect whatever.
The President wants Congress also to provide
that when the inemliers of the Georgia Legisla
ture meet, they shall take the oath prescribed
by the Reconstruction acts. The oath to lie
taken by members of the Georgia Legislature is
prescribed in the Georgia Constitution, and, in
asmuch’ as members of the Legislature, as well
as the Governor, are creatures of the State law,
Congress has no right to define either their
powers or their duties.
Is not Georgia a State? If not, what is she ?
Have not her representatives been admitted
into the House of Representatives, and have
they not voted there as the.representatives of a
State? Was not her electoral vote for Presi
dent and Vice-President counted in the Senate?
When she has thus been formally and officially
declared a State, or recognized as a State by
both houses of Congress, what body has the au
thority to declare her a non-State, and to treat
her as such?—Charier-Journal.
Colored National Labor Convention.
The National Labor Convention of colored
men, at Washington, which adjourned sine- die
last week, passed a resolution complimenting
Isaac Meyers, of Baltimore, its originator and
President. He made a speech during the meet
ing, in which he said that in Baltimore about
two hundred and fifty colored men banded to
gether after being discharged, through white in
fluence, from the shipyards, and purchased one
of their own, at a cost of $10,000, and to-day
tho yard employs two hundred and fifty colored
men and fifty-five white men, and is in a pros
perous condition. Some of the white men now
employed in the yard are the same who helped
to kick the colored men ont of the yards in Bal
timore. He would not endorse tho political
Workingmen’s Unton of ibis country, because
tho Repnblioan party had done too much for
his race, and no colored man in tho land should
attach himself to the former organization, as its
object was to break down tho great Republican
party and form a Democratic party.
A committee of colored men waited upon the
President on Saturday, when Senator Harris,
colored, of North Carolina, a delegate to the
National Labor Convention, made a speech, in
which he thanked the President, in the name
of the colord people, for appointing black men
to office, thereby recognizing their claims as a
part of tho body politic. He said that one of
the objects of the convention waB to secure
land for the laborers of the Sonth, so that they
may become permanent settlers and independ
ent citizens. There are eight millions of acres
of land that may be used by Congress to secure
theso results, and they desire to secure the
President’s influence to prevent any renewal of
the lapsed land grants to -railways and other
corporations, to the detriment of actual settlers.
The President replied that ho could only aid
the matter by suggestion and recommendation,
and that he would give the matter his attention.
Interestinq to the South.—Tho Now York
Bulletin of a late date, says :
“Tho English Cotton Supply Association have
sent an agent to inquire into and report full par
ticulars regarding the production and manufac
ture of cotton in the Southern States. The gen
tleman filling this position has arrived here, has
visited the Sonth, and is probably, ere this, on
his way back to report Iris experience, which,
wo aro rather anxious to know, as pending this
action of tho association a nnmber of English
capitalists staud ready to poor their wealth into
the South, which must largely contribute to its
prosperity and advancement. That the benefits
to accrue from snch investments are immense,
is beyond question, and we regretexceedingly that
this should be made by foreigners, while large
amounts of unemployed capital at the North
shonld bo allowed to remain idle.”
BY "FEL EG R APH
Macon Post Office—Radicals or Rebels.—
Swayze who is in Washington, representing tho
Fourth Congressional District of Georgia in be
half of another reconstruction to suit his pur
poses, and writes to his paper as follows:
There are two or three applicants hero for the
Macon Post-Office; but Washington is so firmly
fixed in it, that it is thought impossible to oust
him. He Las the whole military r.t his back,
and the President has sent in bis appointment,
after the strongest appeals against him. His
democratic clerks will have to “get,” however.
Tho Conservative party, so-called, that pro
fesses io exist in the Sonth, has no countenance
hero. It ia Radical or Rebel, and a man who
comes here to ask for a place on the plea that
he is conservative, at onco excites suspicion of
his dishonesty; and this state of feeling has
been induoed, more by the action of Georgia
than any other Southern State. Under the new
bill, Georgia will be the best reconstructed
State of the ten, and all because her people are
more honest than those of other States—those
who were rebels worohonest enough to sayso,and
the Radicals wero honest enough to resent it and
protest before Congress against it. I now have
an abiding faith that both parties will see tho
necessity of abandoning proscription and preju
dice, and join bands against it for the great
good of a great State.
Swayze, no doubt, states the case truly for the
administration when ho says a man who does
not prove himself a radical will be held to be a
rebel. That is tho doctrine and practice of the
administration—is it not ?
The Sen Lions.
On Saturday last we visited the Cliff House,
situated beyond the bay on tho Pacifio Ocean.
The great attraction there is the sea lions,which
inhabit a cluster of rocks .100 feot from the
shore. The hotel is built on a rock fonndation
which is washed by the waves of the ocean, and
a broad verandah is attached, from which we
got a good view of the lions. More than a hun
dred of them were lying upon the rocks on Sat
urday, and schools of them were playing abont
in the water. When they come out of the water
with their fin-liko feet upon the rocks, one of
which rocks is 80 feet in height, and tfcey go to
the vory top of it, they lie in the sun till they
are thoroughly dry; then they setup a loud
barking like mastiffs and finally waddle down,
and plunge; head first into tho water. They re
semble seals, though their bead3 are heavier,
and they are bodily mnch larger. They weigh
from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds, and one old fellow,
the king of the colony, who has loet «ne eye,
, weighs, it is said, at least 3,500 pounds. We
saw him on the top of the high rock, and drew
him np close with glasses. He was a monster-
ous piece of blabber, nnd roared like a bull dbg.
Ho swims over to another celony of the sea
lions, thirty miles distant, and spends two or
three weeks among them about twice a year.—
His name is “General Butler.” These animals
are protected by tho State laws, and are net al-;
lowed to ha kilted. We could distinctly see a
few seals among them, and some little young
sea lions. The old ones fight fearfully some
times, anil lear each other’s flesh in a shocking
manner. They have four tusks each as large
as those of an Asiatic lion.—Hartford Times.
Thursday’s Debate in the Senate.
The following is part of a dispatch published
in the Chronicle and Sentinel, in relation to
Thursday’s debate in the Senate npon the re
construction of Georgia:
OHIO opposes the infamy.
The most prominent part in the debate was
taken by tho Democratic Senator from Ohio,
Jndge Thurman.’ He delivered a long and
most brilliant speech in opposition to the meas
ure. He rested his argument on the broadest
constitutional grounds, proving that it would
bo a most flagrant and unheard of usurpation
of power on the part of Congress to make a
State adopt any amendment to the Constitution
by force and violence. Ho contended that
Congress had no right to interfere with the
present Government of Georgia, and certainly
none to add fresh terms to those already im
posed. He also warmly defended the action of
tho Georgia Legislature.
The speech of Judge Thurman has prodneed
a profound sensation hero in all circles, and is
admitted to be the finest Senatorial effort which
has been made in years. Men who remember
the Senate aa it was thirty years ago, say that
it reminds them of the speeches which used to
be delivered before that body by Henry Clay
and John O. Calhoun.
A BAYARD TO THE RESCUE.
The efforts of Senator Thurman to defeat the
bill and amendment were warmly seconded by
the Senator from Delaware, Mr. Bayard. He
came to the rescue of his Democratic colleague,
and delivered a speech of great power in oppo- ;
sition to the bill and in defence of the State.
Georgia’s champions procure a respite.
These speeches were not without effect, and
procured a temporary respite, at" least, for the
State. After a long struggle the bill was not
forced upon its passege, but was referred a sec
ond time' to the judiciary Committee to be again
reported upon.
PROBABLE POSTPONEMENT TILL AFTER CHRISTMAS.
Though the bill was recommitted in the ex
pectation of an early report, it does not seem
probable that any further action will be taken
upon it just at this time.
It is believed that the bill will bo called up
again to morrow with the other unfinished busi
ness of the session, but it is not expected that
if it is brought up it will be passed. Judging
from the action of the Senate to-day, tho friends
of Georgia here state they have every reason
to think that it will be a matter of impossibility
to dispose of the affairs of the State until after
the expiration of the Christmas recess which
will shortly be taken by both Houses of Con
gress.
Appointment of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Agricultural
Society.
At a meeting of the President and Vice-Presi
dents of the State Agricultural Society in Atlan
ta, on the 17th instaut, tho following' gentle
men were appointed members of the Executive
Committee of the Society for 1870:
For First Congressional District—Gen. Geo.
R. Harrison, of Chatham, P. O., Savannah; W.
Blewit, of Thomas, P. O., Thomasville; Jas. T.
Chapell, of Laurens, P. O., Dublin.
Second Congressional District—Hr. Buchanan,
of Randolph, P. O., Cnthbert; Gen. A. H. Col
quitt, of Baker, P. O., Newton ; Jno. A. Cobb,
of Sumter, P. O., Americus. .
Third Congressional District—J. V. Meigs, of
Muscogee, P. O., Columbus; J. B. Mitchell, of
Taylor, P. O., Butler; Jas. Fannin, of Troup,
P. O., LaGrange.
Fourth Congressional District— George S.
Obear, of Bibb, P. O., Macon; Henry Ste-
E hcns, of Baldwin, P. O., Milledgeville; L. F.
livingston, of Newton, P. O., Covington.
Fifth Congressional District—B. H. True,
of Morgan, P. O., Madison; T. J. Smith, of
Washington, P. O., Oconee; J. B. Jones, of
Burke, P. O., Herndon.
Sixth Congressional District—Jas. Noble, of
Floyd, P. O., Rome; Jno. H. Fitten, of Bartow,
P. O., Adairsville; E. E. Rawson, of Fulton,
P. O., Atlanta.
Seventh Congressional District—Job. S. Ham
ilton, of Clarke, P. O., Athens; Jno. N. Mont
gomery, of Madison, P. O., Danielsvillo; Jas.
'H. Nichols, of Habersham, P. O., Nacoochee.
Supreme Court.
December 17, I860.
The Court met pursuant to adjournment
Argument in No. 4, Pataula Circuit—Shaw
vs. the State—Simple Larceny, from Randolph,
was resumed and concluded. Messrs. D. A.
Walker and E. L. Douglass for plaintiff in er
ror, and A. Hood, Esq., for defendant in error.
No. 5, Pataula Circuit—Allison, Trustee, vs.
Allison & Atkins—Equity, from Randolph, was
dismissed for non-complianco with the 10th
rule of this Court.
No. 6, Pataula Circuit—Atwell, executor, vs.
Mrs. Holliman—Dower, from Quitman, was
argned by Cob A. Hood, for plaintiff in error,
and by CoL Herbert Feeder,for defendant in er
ror.
No. 7, Pataula Circuit—Cook, executor, vs.
Rutherford—Complaint, from Quitman, was
withdrawn.
No. 8, Pataula Circuit—King vs. Tho State—
Bigamy, from Webster, was argned by W. A.
Hawkins, for plaintiff in error, and by Cob A.
Hood, for defendant in ejror.
No. 9, Pataula Circuit—Sirrine vs. Griffin—
Motion to set aside a judgment, from Webster,
was argued by N. A. Smith, for. plaintiff in er
ror, and by W. A. Hawkins, for defendant in
error.
No. 10, Pataula Circuit—Grubbs, adm’r. vs.
McGlann—Equity, from Webster, was argued
by N. J. Hammond, representing 0. B. Woot-
ten, for plaintiff in error, and by W. A. Haw
kins, for. defendant in error.
On conclusion of the argument in the case
last stated, the Court adjourned till 10 o’clock,
a. m., to-morrow.—Hew Fra.
Great Haul of Fish.—Mr. A. M. Ferrell,
who is fishing at Mash’s Fishery am tbeOckolock-
nco Bay, caught at one haul with a seine a few
days ago one hundred and forty barrels of fish
(mullet), all of whioh he saved and sold, netting
him about nine hundred dollars in money. Es
timating two hundred and twenty-five to a bar
rel there were three hundred and fifteen thou
sand fish in tho seine. This is the largest catch
we have heard of en onr Gnlf coast, but it shows
the value of our fisheries and how profitable
they might be made had we the railroad facili
ties' for leaching the up-country.—Floridian.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 17.—The Election Com
mittee are considering compensation for contest
ants. . -
Louisiana will not be considered till after the
recess.
The Senate is discussing the Atlantio Cable.
The Democrats will remain to the adjournment
in order to prevent the Georgia horror (as they call
it) passing.
Tliero ia a slim House.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House
have postponed action in regard to Cuba till after
tiie holidays.
Bovonuo to-day $358,000.
The Star says that Stanton succeeds Grier.
Gen. Sherman endorses a report of outrages upon
Indians—that a citizen may murder'an Indian with
impunity, hut if the Indian retaliates, war results,
and the United States must bear the expense.
The President has nominated Amos T. Akerman
Attorney for Georgia, and S. L. Withey, Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Judicial District, vice Yeatman
withdrawn.
Washington, December 18.—Tho Reconstruction
Committee is hearing an immense amount of evi
dence regarding the local politics of Virginia rad
the conduct of its judiciary- There seems to be no
prospect of definite action to-day.
Thero was alternate snow rad rain to-day, dosing
with a gale.
Revenue receipts to-day $500,000.
The Braking rad Currency Committee Bend a
sub-committee to New York to inveetigate the gold
panic.
The impeachment of Judge Trigg, of Tennessee,
is probable, for alleged partiality against Govern
ment reconstruction.
The Committee have postponed the Virginia bill
until after the recess.
Tho House considers Georgia on Monday. It
seems that there is no doubt it will be pushed
through under tho previous question.
The telegragh lines work very slow on account of
the storm.
The Haselton coal mine has caved, carrying down
two large houses. Ten lives were lost.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, December 17.—Senate—.Without
Congressional action on the Cable bill, tho Georgia
bill was resumed.
On motion of Mr. Williams, the adoption of the
Fonrteenth Constitutional Amendment was stricken
from Mr. Morton’s amendment, so that the adop
tion of the Fifteenth Amendment is now the only
prerequisite. Messrs. Ferry, Edmunds rad Conk-
ling spoke in opposition to the Amendment.
The Senate is still in session rad will probably
continue in session till the bill is disposed of.
House Another bill has been introduced provid
ing for the admission of Virginia, on cert n condi
tions. Referred.
Washington, December 18.—Senate The Sen
ate adjourned at half past one o’clock last night,
after passing the Georgia bill, by a vote of . forty to
Tho only changes made are the adoption of
the Fifteenth Amendment as a preliminary to res
toration, and the retention of seats by those who
claim that they served the Confederacy under du
ress. The title of the bill was amended to read
to promote,” instead of “to perfect,” “recon
struction in Georgia.” Thus arguments wonld be
given for further license to Congress in controlling
Georgia in her action as a State for all future time.
FROM TEXAS.
Galveston, December 17.—Seven hundred coun
ties have been heard from. Davis’ majority is
1128. The counties to hear from have an aggregate
white majority of 2000. The vote for Governor is
so close that it will require an official count to de
cide tho questions. The Conservatives claim a ma
jority of the Legislature on joint ballot.
MOBILE RACES.
Mobile, December 17.—Third day of tho Magno
lia Races—Milo heat won by Lobelia, l:51Jf, 1:50}£;
Coquette second; Zuzu third.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Rome, December 17.—The (Ecumenical Council
has failed to form a commission to regulate the
relations between the Chnrch and State. Thero is
no uneasiness regarding the Pope’s health.
Paris, December 17.—In the Corps Legislatif,
Estancelin expresses homage for the Orleans
Princes, and requested their continued banishment.
Fourcarde protested. Estancelin responded, but
was called to order.
London, December 17—It is rumored that tho
closing of tho Suez Canal, for new excavations, is
authoritatively denied.
Londonderry, December 18.—Additional police
and a large number of troops have arrived, preven
tive of riots during tho celebration of the anniver
sary of the siege.
Paris, December 18 The Emperor has entirely
recovered.
Rochefort’s new paper has appeared.
London, December 18.—A writer in tho Times
favors another deeper and wider canal. Ies3 subject
to fogs and sand drifts through Central America.
GENERAL NEWS.
New Orleans, December 17.—Tho .building, No.
40, Camp etreet, was destroyed by fire to-day.
In an altercation this morning, between P. V.
Ducros rad E. J. Byrd, tho latter was wounded by
two pistol shots; it is thought mortally.
FROM CURA.
New York, December 17.—A special dispatch to
the Herald says that the insurgents have re-occu
pied Mogate, and aro in force in that neighbor!
hood.
Yalmazeda writes that ho must have reinforce
ments. A third of his men are sick. Manni’s in
fantiy lost thirty-two men from Vomito.
Tbe Macon fair — -—o
Grass-Bow to
Worm. * nt the
Lands Rising in South Carolina.—The Lau-
rensvillo Herald says: ‘ ’Publio and private sales
indicate great appreciation in real estate in this
section. Lands, that two years ago brought
ten and twelve dollars, now sell for fifteen and
twenty per aero. • On Monday last the real es-
tato transactions wero as follows: One tract of
land, containing 327 acres, sold by tho sheriff,
brought $2100; one tract, containing 300 acres,
sold by the sheriff, as tho property of Wood 0.
Dollins, brought $2490; on6 tract, sold by order
of the Court of Probate, containing 90 acres,
sold as the property of James Neely, deceased,
bronght $250. Tho clerk of the court sold the
real estate of Wm. Boazman, deceased, (450
acres,) for $2600. Tho real estate of James
Leeke, deceased. (300 acres.) sold by adminis
trator, brought $2700.
Decisions of tbe Supreme Court of
the State of Georgia.
From the Atlanta Era.]
Thursday, December 16, 1869.
Tho Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Argument was resumed and concluded in the
case of Wm. McAffee vs. Littleberry Mulkey.
Jndge D. A. Vason for plaintiff in error, and
W. A. Hawkins for defendant in error.
The ease of Thos. S. Tuggle vs. William O.
Gill, administrator—motion for new trial, from
Lee Superior Court—was dismissed for non-
compliance with the 10th Rule of this Coart.
All cases from the Southwestern Circuit hav
ing been disposed of, the Pataula Circuit was
next in order.
No. 1, Pataula Circuit, Brown vs. Simms—
Relief, Plea and Demurrer, from Stewart—was
argned by E. H. Beall for plaintiff in error, and
by the reporter representing Mr. Gillis for de
fendant in error.
No. 2, Pataula Circuit, Feagan vs. Avon was
oontinuad for Providential cause.
No. 3, Pataula Circuit, Ransoue vs. Grist—
Motion to Betaside a judgment on note for slave,
was argued by Judge John T. Clark for plaintiff
in error, and by Messrs. A. Hood & H. Fielder
for defendant in error.
No. 4, Patuala Circuit, Shaw vs. the State—
simple larceny, from Randolph, was argued.
Jndge D. A. Walker, for plaintiff in error, and
ky A. Hood, for defendant in error. Pending
argument of CoL E. L. Douglass, for plaintiff
in error, the Court adjourned till 10 a. m., to
morrow.
Georgia and Congress.—The following spe
cial appears in Forney’s Press of the 14th:
It is generally conceded that, as a necessary
precedent to the complete rehabiliation of the
State of Georgia, her Legislature will be re
quired to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, rad
an effort is being made to settle the question be
fore the holidays, but it will undoubtedly fail.
Clothumle, Dads <w
„ December ]sT?’ '
Editors Telegraph and Mess en '.
dosed from proceedings of i Ic «en.
stitute Farmer’s Club” in the Ti-ihrT^ 3 ^ I
they might interest you and your re!s ““S
Trouble is a man of high character 1
timony is on the whole favorable LT ^
wnte yon soon my impressions of the > 1 ^
rath sundry suggestions, etc et» a V
and its fntnre fortunes are ofm^^
article will be prepared with care. ^
And now what about reconstruction? «
be possible that chaos is to come Caii *
onr well-to-do condition of things to *
tied, the holders of our State liailro-d
securities to be damnified all over th
labor onoe more demoralized, and wW
hiding places at home and abroad thn 1,1
trade droop and spread a funeral’over
fortunes ? God forbid. Ye men of r» -*
high-sonled patriots of every creed ^^
arisef and avert the fatal catastrSbe^ 1
people of the North and West will snrly^
to reason, and to their own interests. Th
organized action be taken at once to 6 ^
possible, from the evils hanging c ] onm ^ e ' a ’ ii
ns at Washington. I 0T W
A Show or Southern Staples..^.
man oaUed attention to the fact that Dr S? 6
bio had recently returned from an r«•
through the Southern States, whence
at the suggestion of the Club, and C
to take the stand and speak of
and sara Dr. Trimble said in re P l v t t^
met in Washington a large snd inflnenty is
pray, among which was the Hon. Ho»!i n 0 ’
r°n, United States Commissioner of s* ^
tore, the Chairman of the Committee Z?*!’
culture of the Senate, and other dignitarie^"
was found an immense crowd, the hot*’,
overflowing, everybody seemed to be conreS
However, good treatment was expert meed 7
to the exhibition itself, it was the firs't
war, and the wheels could not be eineet
ran very smoothly nnder the circuit?
and considering that the management was S
the most part, in inexperienced hands,
show of machinery, mostly from the North. «I
creditable, and a tournament bronght ont a fc
display of horses, some of which are of
blood. It was particularly observable that k4.
ton was the entire burden of the song anihn!
pliances for use in the cotton fields'Vracw
special attention. Guano, phosphate, sum
phosphate, nitrate of soda, etc., are the charwd
words that win every ear. Of oranges DrT a,
orchards of several hundred trees. Some of ihea
trees were forty years old and three fietinen.
cumferenee. The land on which they stoc-d is
kept in perfect order by a system of shtfor
culture. No weeds were seen. Some of the
trees, it was estimated, wonld yield from twenty,
five to thirty bushels of excellent fruit Ten
few apples were seen, and most of them cub
from New York. Some apple orchards, low.
ever, were observed near Petersburg. Peach
trees were growing everywhere, but noa
showed the care they deserve. Maris of borer
and curculio were painfully apparent The first
clover was found at Savannah, bnt the people
of the Sonth seem to know little about clova.
■Whether it will grow generally remaius to be
proved. The talk is all of cotton—what fertil
izers they shall use to increase the yield, vki
charms, what mighty magic, these things fillevery
mind. In conclusion, toe speaker promised to
put upon paper, at another time, somo Mlei
account of the interesting trip, and speaimors
especially of the condition and prospects of so
ciety in toe South, and of the needs of tho peo
ple.* The remarks of the Doctor were enliveo-
ed by a display of .various grasses, weeds and
plants, more or less nsefnl, most of which irt
curious in Northern eyes.
Mr. Lyman—In Cincinnati, recently, Ism
gentleman from Aberdeen, Miss., by the use;
of Phillips. He says the planters near hie
have rid themselves of the moth, the boll-vom
and the army worm by a lamp of simple coi-
struotion. Tho top is left open, and the boot
containing toe oil is shallow, so as fo eipcse >
good deal of surface. The moths fly to the
flame, drop into the oil and are drowned He
finds that one lamp of this sort burned for a
short time in the evening, when the moth is
laying her eggs, will protect an acre. Ata
screen to windward keeps toe lamp from bekj
puffed out. Might not other moths, and poss-
hly the incorrigible curculio, be lured to &
strnction in a similar manner ?
• About Kentucky Blue Grass.—S. P. Ander
son, Franklin, West "Virginia, wonld know her
much seed is required per acre, and whether to
sow it in spring or fall to secure best resnlts:
also, where can he get toe genuine article?
Mr. Lyman—I returned a few days ago to
toe Bine-Grass region. He can get the genuine
article at Lexington. Let him apply to the E:-
gent of Kentucky University, who earnest®
the farm of Ashland, toe home of Jleniy Caj.
But toe first question for him to settle is, whea-
er he has a limestone soiL If he has not, to-
thy, red-top, or orchard grass wonld grow jrs
as well The peculiarities of the blne-gns
counties are that a body of soft lime rock ns
under all that region and constantly feeds at
soil from toe bottom. This lime contains*®-
phosphate, as well as carbonate, and this*
counts for toe vigor of the growth of bke-gna
all around Lexington. .
Mr. Curtis—I recommend orchara-gKss-J
place of Kentucky blue for the locality to V*
tion. .
27,200 Pounds Seed Colton on Silj
’ Acres.
Macon, December 16,18&
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I eaL -"* I
Messrs. Jordan & Lockett’s mode of cuitiv^--
the land which produced tbe premium petI
cotton. It ia called for by several. Plca^f- |
lish. - Yours, David W.
The land was first flushed with the AWj,, I
Knight “A B” plow, the large monld bosra^
tached, breaking about six inches deep- • 7
days before planting the rows wers uw ®“ I
tho ordinary scooter plow, fivo feet I
lowed by a double wing shovel 1“°?’ (L ]
inches long by eleven inches wide, dri • I
two mules. In this furrow was pat »w
hundred and fifty bushels horse lot nisn'are.
three hundred pounds John Merry man ^ I
“ammoniated dissolved bone,” per j
bedded upon this with the Watt and hoc
B” plow, small monld board attached, D ^ |
in each furrow with a subsoil plow, breao-„
all about fifteen inches deep. , flu |
On toe 24th day of April it was planted .
seed planted, is known as tho “Hunt . ‘ ^ I
This cotton was plowed seven Does ^ I
sweep, catting twenty-four inchesmee. . ■
half inch deep,-and hoed twice after Pi^l
We left upon each %pte as near as p^“ 1
thousand stalks. Jordan &
Albany, Ga., November 13,
picked from the foregoing area of
eighty-eight thousandths acres,) ,
the total amount gathered io be twe .
thousand two hundred and sixpofflids ^,^1
ton, one-third of which, say nine tho ^1
sixty-eight and two-thirds pounds, • ■*
rad had ginned and packed, Rowing I
twenty-eight hundred and eighty-w
lint cotton, an average of fourteen h I
twenty rad two-thirds pounds per ac - ^
John w-
0. H; Ctoff® 0 ’’
T. G. Bus**
Albany, Ga7 November 1S,dJ
I hereby certify that I have careful'). C(? j
ed a parcel of land pointed put to ^ yi-'l
J. W. Allen, as that from which he m ^ II
gathered 27,206 pounds seed cotton, . .^1
find the area of said parcel of land |
eighty-eight thousands acresn ^ ^
Civil Engineer and Son" 8 !”
There was oonsiderable excitenieo^^j,
street on Monday over the discovery ^
amount of United States bonds ha jje 1
from thousands to ten tnousan
implicated is W. E. GrawA L o. ; _ £. ,
street. The firm consisted of " '
and T. H. Pratt. Gray
Washington. Pratt is the Pf ^ v rf * ■
the one thousand dollar bonds,
tered to ten thousand dollar
Gray nor Pratt have been seeni -^ for ,h.^|
cated in the alteration ofl bc
bonds, is a son of the late chaplain
States Senate.