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TyWrapITand Messenger.
MACON, AUGUST 23 1870.
A Model Developer.
Thera has lately beau a small sized muss
the faithful up at Atlanta, with reference
to Superintendent Blodgett s place.
iLne of them—of many colors and in various
Biases of dirt and dilapidation—held a meeting
Setter night, and after denouncing Blodgett
as not being sufficiently loil in his
to office, wound up by demanding of
Ms removal. The most conspico^actor m
• this meeting was a chap named >
who calls himself a Captain. OneoftheBal
, " _ . »««tlv indignant about it, and
tellsaU^bont Rooky, from which it appears
tfet Rocky has only been in Atlanta about six
•weeks, having come from Pennsylvania at that
time with a .pocket fnU of letters from Radicals
there, who evidently wanted to get rid of him,
and therefore sent him down here with strong
recommendations as a first-class developer.
The organ says that after looking around At
lanta a few days, and joining all the Radical
leagues and societies, and getting acquam
-with the negroes, Rocky concluded the position
War Notes.
The report that Italy and Austria are going
to send a contingent to Franoe, has prov
be a fable. ^ Ambassador of Fr^ncisjceeph
in Paris has been officially authorized to deny
the truth of that Btatcment French pnde w^
also shrink from humbling itself so low as to
, forei| m aid against m single power after
press, preceding the declaration of wh.
The insolent challenge of the Paris press:
“To Berlin! the victors of Jena still^Burvive”
The Georgia Press.
A chap named Furman, one of the biggeet
raiders of Florida, was in Savannah,
Saturday, and registered at the Pulaski House
as “Ur. Smith, of Florida.” The News don’t
understand exactly .what he is up to, but comes
to the natural conclusion that he wants to de
velop something or somebody.
Bust nr Cotton.—The following paragraphs
show that this enemy to the planter is not eon-
fining its operations to any particular section:
Editors Ghronide and Sentinel: Judging
J.O Berlin , , -R-aiwiMid from information received from various souroes,
has done more to rally the -whole Fatherlan I ^ we jj M f^^ observation, early cotton is
around Prussia than the most fiery appeal of gj^uy injured by rust, and fears are enter-
Biamarck or rang William to the patriotism of mined that such will be the fate of late cotton
the nation could eyer have accomplished. , **>
observing an unarmed neutrality. 1 de8 t roy er on many plantations, in both Georgia
The Prussian Government has ordered the I and Alabama, especially in cotton manured with
organization of a volunteer naval force, and of- guano. The few. fields we have seen promise to
or capturing of an Iron-dad frigate $?.*/, t>w, 1 ^ loss, and one the planter la illy
a corvette 22,600, a battery, 16,000 and a screw prep ared to bear.—Columbus Sun, 16th.
ship 11,250 dollars in gold. We quote the following from the Columbus
The celebrated Turcos in the French army I g un .
are native Arabs from Algeria. They are docile, I Dbuotenotss.—Saturday night, Sunday and
brave, tenacious and exceedingly greedy; hence Monday, drunkenness was on
they.t.v.tpfohdo Tl »^
wiui wo — , ... Government has also recruited negroes from ^ j^ga 0 f policemen; the few
of yard master at the State road depot would Af - who sbaU ^ employed as spahis in the wbo ffi d were, as usual, accommodated with
about fit a man of his size, and interviewed . These sons of Africa, distinguished board and lodging. More darkies feu™" 88
£££ for tto P"P°“ f „“ OT .n, .oa » -J dS£'
cooled Rocky off veryquickly-by'tolhnglnm he L ye ^ great favor with the French Demi- £££ . Q Qiratd and yicinity
couldn’t have it, and thereon Rocky rose monde.” I on the decrease. Courting or visiting better
loil hoots and told B. he wasn’t the man he took Bismarck is said to have issued a circular, tb<tll f or m lon g period. Jack Frost must come
him for and he ahould hear from him through . ^ t in case Q f a -rictorious result of the to the resoue, or much enjoyment f?r the yoMg
aMl meeting. war, Irussia would not demandany territorial
This is the story as told by the organ, which I aggrandizemel)l t. Public opirnon is so embit- IJJg^ad that if old batohelors didn’t sail in
has the impudence to sneer at Rocky for want- tere( j ^ Q erm(m y against Franoe, that eventu- noWj jjiey need never. That was <mly her opin
ing his share so soon. The organ ought to be chancellor would be compelled to prefer h 0 n. . so-
iodCi^lf. o^iopof Ata*. fom.^ US’£‘“0^?"
is just as good as any of the crowd and wo belonging to Germany. Bismarckmay be honest, baT0 been promised—one party sub-
develope a bit more extravagantly than any of wben be ^ ^ Prussia, in no event, would BC ribes ten, and, if necessary, twenty thousand
the rest It’s all a question of old rats dgamst territorial aggrandizement; but this dollars; several wm take five thousand doltara
“ nK o»«_U.. formovTOit .11 the c "“‘” would L p„,o» t O» ?*.»•» <*>"*»»*-•£
There is just enough plunder for the old set I from bestowing Alsaoeand Lorraine on her al-1 L r obably less) will do the work
and the now must wait In the meantime we ^ Southern States, Bavaria, Woertem- handsomely. The city may take some stock,
want to know what will become of Rocky. ^ an d Baden, as a reward for their faithful jjj jj Greene Bell, an esteemed citizen and
Somebody must take care of him. Is it possi- to ^ national cause. planter of Talbot county, Ga., died on Thura-
•working for his living like a i■ •_ I ly the necessity of unity; that, after a happy fW evening. He was discovered to be seri-
thought gives us the horrors. Oh, -ttocky • I termination of the war, the Southern States ou8 i ya ffli c ted about 11 o’clock snd never spoke
Rocky! was it for this you “saved the life of I w j tbout doubt, enter the North German afterwards, and died in a few hours,
the nation,” “struck down the bloody hand of confederation at once, thus rendering the na-1 The Columbus Enquirer regrets to leam that
treason and rebellion,” and poured out y° ur L- on at last united. . the Baptist Female College at Toskegee, Ala.,
‘loil” blood for “the best government the world | Tbe loss of ^ig aca and Lorraine to Germany vras burned to the ground on Friday last The
dates as far back as 1551, when King Henry II, college had but recently been remodelled and
of Franoe, from Fontainebleau addressed a refitted at a heavy expense, and was expected
manifesto to the German nation, announcing | to re-open in a few weeks under very favorable
auspices. The fire is believed to have been the
known for a longtime. Anybody makes a good | Railway <«■ Enrop* and the
living, and many tell na that they are making TJntled States. > '
money now, and plenty ofit! We believe it, be- We reprinted yesterday, from the *OId and
cause they live well, pay their debts, and are I jj e w” a short and exceedingly interesting re
buying and improving property. No one, with w of the railway systems of Europe and of
sq?.ftyaa. , ar* L.^*. wb» protoW ,
The Son says good batter sold in the Oolam- j m08 t of those who read it, that a very grave
bos market, Monday, at 20 oents per pound. I amj possibly fatal mistake had been madeinEn-
Fine fat chickens, frying size, by the dozen, ^^at^^ gland and the United States, in putting the rail-
15 to 20 oents and fine fat hens-45 cents. 1 wa y systems of these oountries into the hands
The Columbus Enquirer says there are 1,250 land under the control of private corporations,
white children in Columbus between the ages of I That article showed that the service - on the con-
C and 18 years. “Of these, GOO attended the tinent is much cheaper and more efficient than
Public Sohools; 315 the private schools; 275 I in Enriand or the United States, while, at the
do.S
vato schools 22 1-5; do. not attending school ly set apart for that object, the private interests
22i ^-Of the 275 out of school, many are between m these roads will be extinguished within a
6 and 7 years, and are believed to be too young ti me and the roads themselves, with
factories, shops and other places—leaving but a and help by their profits to relieve the pressure
small proportion who are not at school, or use- of taxat i 0Ilj w MIe by a‘ system of low rates
folly employed, or who are not physically dis- ^ for transportation, they will en-
qualified for such duties. courage trade and enterprise, and vastly sub-
Th«H«T D B. Hamilton was thrown from “"“ D - s. . . .
xneitev.,x>. „„ j serve the economy, health and convenience of
his buggy Wednesday, near Cave Spring, and “ l8 J
had his ankle badly sprained. I forecast was, doubtless, in part the
The Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, says: ’ ,. . J
SesekadztoHon. Thomas HanDEMAN.-The result of being a uttie b^ind
personal friends of Hon. Thomas Hardeman inaugurating railways. When the first rails
serenaded him last night at the National. He were laid, no man conceived their far-reaching
responded happily and eloquently. Referring I ari ^ intimate connection with the whole life of
to the Agricultural Convention “I man—individual, social, commercial and nation-
ever saw ?” Let us all cry.
The Agency on Tuesday. imui w
The Senate went into a heavy spasm on t e ^ ^ ». Emperor of German liberty,’ 1
— . , £ » I nniiSHii US UAO jjuipcivA viw*—- * d 1 l auD|jAwo. — -
subject of turning out Bradley again, ana - ^ prom iring “the Princes and other excellent work of an incendiary.
ly referred the question of his ineligib y, on peo ^ o of the German nation,” to deliver them The Savannah News, of Tuesday, gives the
account of crime, to a committee consisting o 1 (rom the i n t 0 lerat>Ie tyranny of the Emperor, | following particulars of the robbery of a ooun-
Senators Wooten, Candler, Harris, Hint0n ’ I Ferdinand L The French King further express-1 try merchant in that city last week:
‘^bmaSttoelltaSand^pitaL Sf the cStJ I aL But their prospective importance very
into that union, needed by the best interests of 1 developed; and the continental governments
the country. He was glad there was no polical I m that they were not. the proper subjects of
demonstration in the serenade. He was happy j n Gi v ianaI ownership and control—much less so
*°Captain Dunlap Scott congratulated the peo- I in fact that highways without the rail. Great
pie on the harmony and good feeling of the Britain, with much loss, will ere long remedy
day. Other gentlemen were called for hut did I her m i 8 takce, by attaining the ownership or a
“‘we^TD tiie following items from the I controlling interest in all her railways. In the
B ® I United States this seems to be impossible, but
BamesviUe Gazette: protection to the people will have to be secured
Thomaston AMD Babnzsvh.1*Railboad.—We f, .. ... ~
leam that the oontraot for getting the crossties, by State or national legislation—at least, it wi
etc., for tins road has been let out, and that have to be attempted.
work will be commenced in a short time to re-1 The New York Herald, of Monday, announces
build the road. , with well founded alarm a pending grand con-
Tms Wxatheb, Chops, xtc.—The weather has ” eu V7° „ ^ZJT ,wrai wwa »nd
been excessively warm for ths past week, with sohdation of the New York Central, Erie and
occasional Bhowers of rain. The com crops are Pennsylvania Central Roads, upon common and
splendid. We hear of some injury to oottoa ajuform rates of fare and freight These roads
from the rust and leam that in some sections ^ j aU the approaches from the west to the
the nlont is sheddinsr its squares ataternble I eastem8eaboar ^ andrepresent a united capita!
Tfc® Ctoorsto
venttos. ■"*** f H l
The Convention met at ten o’ I
Hall of Representatives. The Go„. >
called to order by Judge G»b»ai^ *“ t,0 s
The Chairman, oil takiag his I
moderation and wise conduct of now’-
and was greeted with much anpi.j,, 81
John B. Weems, Mark Harden
A committee of three from each
j sional District was appointed by
report on permanent organization °"«t«
It was moved to read the address 0 * ,v
bve Committee of the Natir»„i-rT ^1
the plant is shedding its squares
rate.
I of six to seven hundred millions of dollars. By
I their organization almost the entire business
I interests of the Western, Middle and Eastern
j States are put under the control of some four
or five men—Yanderhilt, Fisk, Gould and Soott.
I who are omnipotent not only with their imrne-
The State Agricultural Convention
Was in session all day Wednesday, and finished
np a Constitution which we will publish in due
season. After electing Gen. Alfred Colquitt,
President of the State Agricultural Society, the ^
following Vice Presidents and Executive Com-1 comran ^ Bi hnt also with all connecting
— • - • I £ tjrulLUIUU A* AliO X AOUWAAAMuq — f __
Brock and Wallace. This business consume ^ ^ hope of being rewarded for his zeal by I About a week ago, a merchant from the in-
*££££■£—■s »*«.<» t„
until 12th September, was laid on possession of the three episcopates, Metz, Toul |^cTof toe steamahip for New York, he
The resolution to bny the Opera muse was ^ y AT ^ nn unfortunately got upon a spree, and whilst in
laid on the table-yeas 64, nays 53. The House conquest was followed by the occupation this condition he was met by a man named
Convention on Wednesday. On J I ^Jagt, withseveralotherimpenal cities, I the ganger invitedOglesby to take a drink, and
Fitzpatrick, a committee consisting of k itzp i tff y OT1 possession of in time of profound for this purpose they entered the bar-room kept
rick, Rainey, O’Neal, Page and Rumpb, was ap- - c81 rn,;, ac t of violence roused by W. J. Bandy, on Bryan street, near the mar-
pSLl *> inTMligale «d ST32L SZ. t*m i-r .tnpor;
Messrs. Atkins and Stone had received any pe-1 eeito maka common cause against their ^f^rinka tho merchant exhibited to view his
cuniary inducements to influence their votes. comjnon enemy ^d waged an eight years’ war, money. Shortly afterward he became stupified,
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, offered a resolution!.^ ^ terminated by the peace of Ryswiek, I and whilst in this condition his pocket-book
mittee were elected
VICE PRESIDENTS,
First District—W. Schley.
Second District—D. A. Vason.
Third District—B. T. Bedding.
Fourth District—L. F. Livingston.
Fifth District—S. Barnett.
Sixth District—D. O. Barrow.
Seventh Diatriot—O. W. Howard.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
roads; and wield an autocratic power which has
no parallel in the world. They hold the sceptre
oiiir» in trade and finance, and not content witii
that, they are supreme in the legislation of their
respective States. Their money can notoriously
wield the Legislatures and even dictate to the
Bench. It is a combination fatal to good and
pure government—fatal to the security of the
executive committee. , j people—fatal to the interests of trade and bua-
So2S3°Wrigh? Thomas; LM?Stubbs, iness, which are placed at the mercy of men
I who will moderate their creed of acquisition
The War News,
A great mist still pervades the war news.
Both parties claim a victory in the battle of
twelve hours on the Meuse at Don-Court. The
Prussians say they compelled a retreat of the
French, and the losses were very heavy on both
aides. Marshal Bazaine^ on the other hand,
telegraphs officially to Paris that he won a great
victory, and the Paris press is evidently on tip- I , juwxieu ana
toe of expectation that the invading Prussians were a PP°tated tempoj^ j* 11
will be compelled immediately to take the hack The roll of counties was called
track in discomfiture.* The correspondence be- of delegates enrolled. a
tween the belligerents alluded to in the dis
patches, wherein the French are asked by the [
Prussians for an armistice to give the latter time I
and opportunity to bury their dead, seems to us I ecutive Committee of the National”
very significant. If the Frenoh are retreating, Gommittee at Washington to the f
as represented, how do they happen to hold any I
control over the Prussian slain? and why should I reported the foUowing”*Pr^de
the French refuse time for this purpose, if they quitt; Vice Presidents, A. H. HanseL A
are really retiring baffled, defeated, weary, and A. H. Uhappel, T. Hardeman, W.
i . , , , . . . N: Netherland, N. Bass and C W ci'T e,( - U
more or less disorganized, before a victorious rfltary> John R Weams . ^ ^1
foe? An armistice and time, in such a case, a. McMillen, A. S. Fort, Pope
would be above all things desirable. I O. Willingham, J. A. W. Johnson, Wr'S,. |
We are disposed to think the true solution of by^andTL J. Davis,
the matter is that the Prussians have arrived at by a n ^ un i? t ^ U 0 £ A Xe° n ^ 6 ^‘<> C_
a point where they find that they cease to hold I Convention in the following speeeh^**^
the conditions of snccessfol invasion. The I Gentlemen: I thank you for the hoi *
French army has strengthened by reinforce- ca ^g me to prea^ -
, * " , , - , 1 the deliberations of so large and tL. 0, *l
ments, and they are relatively weakened by the body . j bring no 8pecial J
casualities of battle, distance from their base of 1 discharge of the doty imposed upon me S ii ct
operations, etc., and they areju9t now in the selection, beyond an eaxneet desiro to
ears—fearful to hold on.and equally, afraid to w hich should animate the bneomj oM? ^1
let go. To advance, if possible, is extremely I who are united for a common purpo^' 5 "M
hazardous, and to retreat in the face of a pow- We have waited many weary mouths via,
erful army is a movement involving much loss g2^ onld ° ha Ve som^L^f ?
and great periL brighter than has been forsshado*»d
Apparently there has been a constant series j measures of the past You esn bear
of conflicts since Sunday, and we are told by
the dispatches to-day (18th) that a great battle haTe pmsu^the
even now- raging. The resolt of this aetion I Uf a in the midst of wrongs that hare bea 1 *
we hope to get in time for the present edition, j heard of in the history of any nation r
But apprehend it will be a defeat of the Pros- bo - roe U * U patientiy They hav. ^
. " . lira 8°od order; tuey have obeyed th« k*.,
Bians, or such a success as will amount to noth- haTe pre8erved peace in the vari<»,
ing in enabling the Prussians to prosecute their You can bear witness to these thin^ks
invasion. The fighting now seems to be mere midst of wrongs that have been proofed J]
hammering. The French are on their metal, them, and attempted usurpations that i
° . ... .. bring the blush of shame to anv hm.
They are not used to being invaded and it stirs ohee |_ Y on have not thought proWfe*
their blood. From the peasant to the prince to revolutionary measures that yon might h
they meet the invader with bloody hands and a I about a reform, but you have waited patia
determination to oonsign him to a hospitable j looking forward to .a peaoefnl solution of iL
grave. The Prussians shot twenty peasants at ba £° t It becomes us now, as Si
Worth for killing their wounded on the field. I and as patriots, to have an eye single tottat
Under such a state of things even with another I njty of our State and the interest and wilful
so-called Prnasian victory to-day, toe in m^torLTt^ntfe^
Paris will still gather new and more formidable the wrong8 that done og by v
obstacles with every mile forward, and it is I legislation or by State legislation, batitiil
pretty clear to our minds that toe Prussians sufficient for us, and we will Lave achiaui I
will take toe back track very soon and perhaps | JgjJgJjSSfi G^SSdS?
of those who, by corrupt influences ud>
■ _ _ - , - . tices, are dragging her down in the mhjj
Tbe New French Ministry. I qoi ck8an ds of destruction and dishonor. ]
Count Da P&likao—General Charles Guillaume It is hardly necessary, gentlemen, felJ
Marie Cousin de Montuban—the new Minister plore this large and intelligent body of no.i|
of War, was bom in 1796, and was employed at I leoted as delegates^ from the various c
ifaurensr^ "“°“ M ' l^bo will moderate their greed of acquisition
Second District—B. G. Lockett, Dougherty; on i y by the amount it may he prudent to exact
J. K. Bamum, Stewart; G. M. Stokes, Lee. f ^ people. The Herald says State inter-
Fourth District—B. F- Ward, Itatts; J. S. can control their respective States. Congress
Lawton, Monroe; J. B. Jones, Terrell. j mnaf. interfere, under the provision which em-
Fifto District—Pope Barrow, Oglethorpe; L. that body “to regulate commerce among
L W«.e=, Jeffereon; T.J. S„U^ »-«.«- ^ ..a*!,. to
Sixth District—J. S. Hamilton, Clarke; R. D. the railroads and their charges—but who will
Winn, Gwinnett; J. N. Montgomery, Madison | ^ that such enormous combinations of capi
tal and influence cannot control Congress?
Governor .oaseto. ^»«>|
county. I
Seventh District—George 8. Black, Rome;
form this House whether there are any IU ““ S I aU Alsace. Ever since the conquest of toe Bish- I ££ e ca^being’reported at the offioe'of the
in the Treasury to be paid out under the act to Metz, Toni and Verdun, Franoe had chief Detective, he set to work on toe case, and
set apart and secure toe School Fond; wbich j tnmed her attention towards the acquisition of succeeded in arresting Bandy, Beasely and
«solution was a^edto the dukedom of Lorraine. When, in 1731, tois fhe £& chain hal
On motion of Mr. McWhorter toe election 01 State had declared war againstthe Ger- been *^,1 each denying any knowledge of
a Speaker pro tem., and messenger -was rnaae maQ Emperor on account of toe Polish throne those articles.
the special order for Thursday next at 12 m. question, Lonis XV. invaded Lorraine with a The Baldwin county Tax Reoeiver’a books
On motion toe House adjourned until Thurs-1 army, after having previously assured show 590 white polls, and 868 black ditto; value
day, 10 o’clock, a. m. [«,« German nation, a la Napoleon, that he 0 f land $629,366; average value per acre $417
” I only waged war upon the Emperor. —in 1869, $3 21; total value of all property
The New York Markets Last Week. The German princes took up arms once more, | $1,429,394, showing an increase over 1869 of
Provisions showed a pretty general decline but in a little while one after another declared $345,462.
during the week. Mess pork fell $1 50 per himself neutral, and toe short campaign was The Courier says Rome ib to have a street
barrel, lard declined a cent, flour fell 50 to 75 ended by a treaty, givingthe Duke of Lorraine, railroad, sure enough.
cents per barrel, and generally prices receded I ^ bo ba( j marr ;e d the Emperor's daughter, Maria I The Atlanta correspondent, of the Rome
very nearly to the point they occupied before Theresa, Tuscany, in Italy, which did not be- Daily, relates the following incident:
toe breaking out of toe German war. In dry j to F ranC e at all, while toe Imperial Diet Soott cut O’Neal deep last Friday, while he
goods, the reductions were slight, and a tone of consen ted to bestow Lorraine upon toe ex-King I Q^ ea p s and saying tcThLitii so many
confidence pervaded toe market. The number 0 j p 0 iand, Stanislaus Lescynski, Louis XV.’s I wordgj «that the wife of his bosom would,^in
of buyers from interior towns was small, but father-in-law, to be united with France after I f a tare years, disown him before toe world.”—
the larger points of the South and West were his death. Already,- 1815, at toe Congress of I Little did he think that O’Neal’s wife was in the
pretty well represented. There were general Vienna, Prussia preferred toe restoration of ^^ov^rhe^^tonmg^^ te^
hopes of an early peace, whioh, it seems to ns, those two provinces; but toe jealousy of her bead _ I have been informed, has once
are without any solid foundation. I allies defeated her claims. Jabno. I parted with O’Neal on account of his Badiori-
The aggregate cotton receipts np to Friday! - _ | ism, mid it is expected that thescene whichshe
night were 2,889,089 bales, showing an increase
of 764,473 hales over last year. Sales of fn- H
tures for the week were 11,400 hales, on a basis | I willcaiie a serious and perhaps a permanent
Save Forage. I beheld last Friday, and toe bitter words of oon
, , I There are a few points in the situation to | tamely and oontempt heaped upon his personal
basis I which we desire to caU the attention of Ranters. I mte^ty and party principles in her hearing,
~, 1 The whole of that large region of country which ^
of low m^dhngandwereforAupistlT^l^, ^ o£ ^ Hay ^ ^ crop8> has> ^ Atlanta hatter, had afight with
Septem or ’*@ “ r * icmG 1 ’ The 811 the past summer, been afflicted with a dis- L negro Tuesday, which resulted in a painful
vember, 14@ 6i, , *' tressing drouth, which has cut toe hay crop very Lutinhig head by a rock thrown bythe negro.
sented to bvwito Waited exceptions, extremely I short. Donbtieas toe readers have noticed Savannah thieves are getting very expert-
sente , ^ I statements respecting toe extreme low stage of One of them entered a gentleman s bed room,
avora e. ■ <«» I water in the important rivers. "We published I gtmday night, and stole his pantaloons, in the
The Military Situation. one yesterday from toe Hartford Times, to the pockets of which were $103.
Our day dispatches in tins edition are very I efi f eot that the Connecticut river wsb fordable I The Savannah News Bays
brief and puzzling; but probably something just above that city. The Merrimao has been | The Comtcnox or Notes by Express Cok-
_ _ The Merrimao has been
important will come before we go to press. It | crossed dry footed upon boulders in the bed of J pahies.—Express companies have recently Bas
is intimated that there ha? been constant fight- the river, and it may he said that from Cape ^
ing Bince Sunday, and toe Prussian losses have Cod to toe Androscoggin, such a dry summer ,-g norant j aw officers would either mutilate or
been very heavy, and that there is a conaidera- ^ not been known for many years. ftu to present it at maturity, according to the
ble French force in their rear. That their com- As a consequence, toe hay crop has failed al-1 requirements of toe law, through which negU-
municationsare cutis asserted in toe dispatches, m08 t jtotally, and hay is now quoted in the
and sustained by the fact that no news comes j^tem States at from eighteen to twenty-six I q aonoa of this they have reoently given notioe
from Prussian sources. The stem reticence of dollars per ton. This will make forage scarce no more paper will be received for protest
toe French authorities in Paris, under peremp- and high in the Southern markets, and it is par- or acceptance, except for cities where regular
tory orders from Marshal Bazaine, also indi- ticularly important to planters to provide their
cates that something important is going on. j own B upplies, as far as possible. This they can I d ^ynebburg, Virginia; Raleigh, Charlotte,
Diplomatic movements of an important charac- and should do. In Georgia toe meteorological I Wilmington, Weldon, Goldsboro, Newbem and
ter are also hinted at as in progress, and toe conditions have been precisely toe reverse of I Greensboro, N. O.; Charleston and Columbia,
heavy cotton sales in Liverpool to-day (17th>— those in New England, Here toe summer has aidff e, CtaT&clmonrille
eighteen thousand hales, at an advance of ft been uncommonly wet, and grass is now extra- E | a . Montgomery, Selma, Huntsville
farthing, is noted as indicating some important I ordinarily abundant. Look in yonr com fields 1 and Mobile, Ala.; Knoxville, Memphis, Ghatta-
change in toe condition. We shall probably be I—aye, and in your cotton fields, and be oon-1 nooga,'Nashville andJackson, Tenn.;Yicks-
wiser when we get toe late dispatches. jvinced. You wffl find certainly in one and | Grive^n^ndH^ton, TexasTand
HHfllHPM Little Rock, Arkansas. Prommisory notes for all
Lost His Grip —Bcdlock seems to have lost growth of our native grasses, which when gath- other points will he refused transportation, nn-
hu e ,ip. First ho Is WaUrlooed on prd„ 8 a-1 «ed «d oral, .iU b. worthto « K~t 1J„ th. St.t.
Road has been caught forging in Augusta, and
hod to pay $25 and costs or go to the chain gang
I for three months.
The first bale of new cotton was received at
tion, and now comes np the question of the I three cents a pound. _ r
Opera House purchase, and he is whipped ofit Now a good hand wffl save two or three hun-
pretty much as the Prussians beat tho French dred pounds of this grass per day, and how can
at Woerth. What’s the matter, Rufns? Has yon make money faster than in curing and
the “grease” and “waste” of toe State Eoad storeing it away for winter use? Do not rely „„ TWasv bvO H. Phinizv It was
“cin eont ” or has the mice of votes cone be- any longer upon Northern and Western hay Augusta, on Tuesday, by O. H. FhinJzy. it was
ZdZnr We give it as our opinion grown in Richmond county, weighed
lovely loilist, or you are gone forever Re- that suoh hay will be quoted at three cents and I pounds, and was classed nuddlipg.
SSIZtuwfL «P--d. P« P»»a. B«ain now_«o.-b rf o„ Mi-J- ,uddl. n*
Georgia, and too horrid Ku-klux will hold high cotton picking presses heavily upon you, to «%*** £.^V^to b'e cfflS^S acDori-
carnival in the haunts heretofore devoted to save this valuable forage and no avoid the dire P atm b on the °3d of September
the pure-and holy labors of the self-sacrificing necessity of buying Northerner Western hay ^ at P
developers of our resources. | or your b oci.__^ —-— Fioht With an Axe.— On Sunday night last,
Two little girls were heard on the streets of at . tbe raill of Mr. Jaok James, about twelve
South Carolina.— 1 election in Palmetto- Troy, a few evenings ago, discussing toe war m iia 8 from the city, a row ocanrred between
aomtokes place on too third Wednesday in in Europe. They were divided in opinion as to | John Talton and Barney James, dnring the pro
October—more than two months hence; but result, one contending ‘^ Prussia would I ^ 70^-
alreadythe excitement in that " Stale is tre- wb *P> and tbe otber asserting with equal co i n ®-1 Whiaky was the prmoipal oause of the row.
mendous. The Scott ring are making every denoe tbat Franc6 would ho the victor. At last Talton made good his escape. No Lopes are
effort to consolidate their black legions in the U^e champion of Prussia settled the question by entertained of toe reoovery of the wounded
form Of a standing army, and are distributing unanswerable argument. “I know,” said I man.
arms to toe negroes throughout the State. On she, “that the Dutchmen will whip. My pa is a
the other hand the Carpenter organs boast that I Frenchman and my ma is a Dutchman. They
many of toe negroes are coming over to their | fight every night, and ma always licks."
ride and that they will carry . the
Nous venous.
election.—
According to the Corpus Christi (Texas) Ad
vertiser, the country in that region is drying up.
Cattle are dying by the hundreds and thousands
for the want of water. It learns from a gentle-
The Columbus Sun represents business mat
ters in that eity as very lovely, indeed.
It says:
Improvements in and near toe city, booming.
The new hall, fair grounds, new hotel, exten
sion of Broad street stores, the St. Clair street
sewer, St. Luke’s ehureh repairs, toe talked of
rink, toe water works in toe city, and every
thing around it, progresses finely, and things to
Fob Libert a.—The American Colonization l _____ mi.ri.-n-.- —
Society will dispatch an expedition for Liberia I man who had just returned from a stock drive, us seem more hopefnl every day. By toe mid-
on the 1st of November next. Some twelve | that the loss for every day that they are without I dla of October, ou river, railroads and wagon
hundred names of colored applicants for pas- J rain amounts to over a thousand head. This is I
mostly residents of North Carolina, ore joertaialy a frightful calamity to the stock-raisers j
roads, and every thing else will be doing better
than since 1865- Every dray or express have
mors than they want to do. and well managed
dray lines mate more cash money now
Wm. Phillips, Cobb; Mr. Young,
The members of the Executive Committee
drew for their terms, with the following re
sult: ~ _
One year—G. P. Harrison, J. K. Bamum, J.
State Democratic Convention.
The State Democratic Convention in Atlanta
last Wednesday has won immortality by the self-
oontrol and discretion whioh marked its pro-
H. Fannin, J. S. Lawton, T. J. Smith, B. D. I cee dings. All concur in saying that suoh a body
Tdi'nn W Phillinsr I 0 _ _ t«.v - /V
Winn, W. Phillips. .
Two years—J. M. Stubbs, G. M, Stokes, J.
M. Mobley, B. F. Ward, Pope Barrow, J. S,
Hamilton, Mr. Young. „ „ , . „
Three years—Colonel Wright, B. G. Lockett,
A. L. Lee, J. R. Jones, L. Warren, J. N.
Montgomery, G. R. Black,
of men has rarely been assembled in Georgia.
It numbered about five hundred, gathered from
every section, and almost or quite every county
in the State, and representing, in a pre-eminent
degree, the talent, intelligence, and moral ana
Thf convention then adjourned to meet again social elevation of Georgia. It might well have
yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. We suppose | beenexpeotedthat among So many totaling and
they finished their work on that day.
I speaking men the caeoethes loguendi would have
I been, to some extent, almost irrepressible; but
an early age in Algiers, where he distinguished the State of Georgia for their intelligent, t
himself as a cavalry officer. He advanced I wisdom and their moderation, thnt they d
through successive grades to General of brigade | view these qnestions with that calmnessbi
in 1851. In I860 he was invested with the chief | ing patriots and men. Let us turn aadek
command of the French expedition in China, | the indulgence of all toe exercine of pta
and there achieved a series of victories. The | and those sensational speeches which ui
capture of the forts of Takon at the mouth of often misconstrued to our disadyantip, d
the Peiho; the great victory over the Chinese giye ourselves alone to toe business that kU
forces on toe 2l8t of September; toe destruc- j fore us,-looking to the adoption of suds
tion of toe imperial palace, and entry of the j ores, with that deliberation and that firm
French army into Peking on toe 12th of Octo- which will be recognized everywhere is 1
her, were among the important affairs in which 1 the promptings of men who are earnest ai
he sheared while in command of the French efforts to save their State and their peopkb
army in China. He was liberally rewarded on dishonor and ruin,
his return to France, receiving toe title of Count \" On motion, a committee of three tm 1
from one of his Chinese victories at Pa-li-kao. | Congressional district was appointed top*
In I860, when the Grand Cross was conferred | business, and that all questions concerning I
on him, he could count 42 years of active ser-| platform and organization of theputjni
vice and 28 campaigns. ferred to toe committee without bring wi |
Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, toe Minister The names of the oommittee appointed*
of Marine has been in toe naval services for 42 as follows:
years, and commanded a detachment of marines A. R. Lawton, A. H. Hum, G.JU
during toe siege of SebastopoL In 1860 he en* | J. T. Clarke, W. O. Fleming, J. A Coho, l
tered the Senate, and has since distinguished Lamar, C. "W. Mabry, L. H. Feithenttwj
himself by taking an active part in administra- Hardeman, Jr., U. Peeples, J. M. Pice, ws
tive affairs, and in 1867 was appointed Minister j Stephens, A. R. "Wright, W. Wminglim,
of Marine. During the illness of the late Mai- I Price, W. M. Brown, J^^hbdn, LI
shal Niel he was temporarily in charge of toe I Trammell, Dunlap Soott, H. F. Price. J
War Department. He is regarded as an able an- I An invitation from H. I. Kimbelt, mM
thority upon all matter connected with toe naval I viting toe Convention to visit Oglethoiper
service, and as practically conversant with the and to partake of a collation there, Ml r
important changes introduced daring the last that a special train would be pronaea 1
What Should Planters Do "IVMh their it wa3 effectually controlled, and the Democratic
<Jolto “ T I party to-day cannot be called to account for s
result from throwing a large cotton crop upon I y on 0 f eloquence.” That is an achievement
the market next winter may be avoided. He beyond a jj praise. And a like commendable ab-
proposes that all planters, who are not forced a ba8 characterized its action. It has
one-half, and keep toe balance in the seed on precisely what it demanded, and has done it with
their own premises.- His objection to ginning | propriety and dignity. On toe whole, we think
and baling the cotton to be retained, is not only they baTe como up to the Scripture standard— candidate. He was Vioe President of the Corps I Absolution of thanksto
SL P chtehM 8 icSn°ilbywh&eSeriment) ‘‘wise m serpents andharmless as doves.” The Legislatif during the sessions of 18C7-8 and 9. | resentatires for the use of theu
that cotton wffl improve in both quality and Rads, who were on toe look out for some salient
weight when kept unginned, but will lose in indiscretions, are much disappointed.
both when packed* He tells of a considerable I m < ■ ■—
quantity bought in the seed during our late war, a Capital Selection,
which was suffered to remain unginned several j The election of Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt as
EfS. riStoit President of the Georgia State Agricultural So-
pound of lint, ud toe lint was of a rich slight- ciety willbe hailed with the heartiest satisfaction
ly yellow color, and very fine in appearance, by all the people of Georgia who feel an interest
This was no doubt due to the absorption by the j n yj 6 f a t ure of that organization. He is a gen-
lint of some of the oil in toe seed—toe seed by f] whose eminent qualifications for the of-
toU^ssheingxendered tighter andtoe lint we may now hope to
By the proposed plan, toe expenses of stor-1 gee the society take a grand stride towards a
ing for an indefinite time may be avoided, and aa bstantial prosperity. He is very popular also,
planters may at the same time defeat the d j. no i 6S a noted for his genial temperament
producer out of toe real value of his staple, i practical sense, strong judgment, and ripe expe-
The mistake of planting large crops of oom and rionoe jn an agricultural matters. With toe
STSsssissysrs*?aaasi da#>«•> «?■ «**«* - **•
portion of toe cotton crop, and paying speoial and competent in their respective spheres as the
attention to provision crops next year. If three new President is in his, we may confidently as-
mfflions and a half or four million bales should I flum0 j or j{ amost useful and prosperous future,
be produced this year, hold over a million or a ~ -
million and half of bales of i€) inthe seed, &nd j The Rev. Dr. Collyer, the Radical pastor of
next year make only two and a half or three I ohureh of tho Messiah in New York, said
million of hales. By this means the supply ,. . (I - aAVlA _
may be adjusted to the demand, and cotton i n a sermon the other day. In sober tru
planters may do muoh to protect their great in- I if Catholics could prove, by documentary evi-
tereat from toe leeches that have attached them-1 denoe, that Protestants are doomed to perdition,
selves to it, and whose greed is almost as de- j wotdd lat i ler g0 to hell with John Knox and
cially deserving the attention of the whole coun-I go to the seventh heaven with P10 Nono and
try, and we cherfully comply with a.-reguest of those who believe in him.”
our planting friends by asking our exchanges ^ wb at sort of company this
«»--»>»«
tained, on inquiry, that there will bo no diffi- we are firmly persuaded he 11 smell brimstone
culty in obtaining insurance upon cotton kept some day . a man who feels and talks like he
unginned on toe plantations. | ^ deserves the weightiest condemnation in
Effect of tbe War on the New Yorlc
Banks.
Special Dispatch to chc Chicago Tril>inie.'\
New York, August 14.—The war in Europe
oontinnes to drain our banks of specie, thereby
decreasing their,legal reserve, and forcing them
to contract their loans. The total
speoie for the past five weeks have
530,215, — - ’
this world, and the deepest damnation in toe
next. And if any other bigot, anywhere, en
dorses the Rev. Collyer, we hope he'll fit this cap
to his own head; ■ -n djuiw >1! -dto
total exports of I WxLL 8m> -— The Philadelphia Telegraph
jave been $22,- I (Republican) says: “Editorials and editorial
Thus Europe bos deprived us, in five statements in the English journals, referring to
weeks, of an amount nearly as great as that held j the present war, should be received with many
by toe New York banks at tbe present tinie, to- f .ji™™.. jt is as imnosaible for
wit: $24,104,302. That is to say, a drain of IS 1 * 1118 or > auo » anoa - "■« 88 impossible for
speoie for the next five weeks like that of the onr British cousins to "be just to the Frenoh as
last five weeks will clear out every dollar of gold j to the Americans. Their speculations in rofer-
sp°e W c£ el byWwta SforSf'oonttacti^ of en ~ our c ° n ^ ct Were “^riouriy stupid and
loans on them preoisely toe same as the loss of J mahoious, and the present combatants will not
greenbacks or legal tenders to a similar amount. [ fare much better at their hands. They are for-
The banks reckon speoie in their legal reserve eve r making assertions which have no real
the same as so many greenbacks. The loss of hazarding predictions which
Bpecie by oar-banks is therefore the same astho ’ , “ F , ... ”
loss of legal tendera to them so far as the oon- ftIe nevor realized. Ashamed of the pitiable
tration of bank loans is oonoerned. Their loans I attitude assumed by England in modem cen
were decreased last week $2,534,525 e and since {flicts, they constantly endeavor to give her
the war commenced about $7,000,000.
factitious importance by attempting to belittle
Unparalled Walking Feat—Walking toe movements of the really great nations of
105 Honrs Without Stepping. toe world.” _
. An s ust 13.—JohnDaridson, who nn- Mime Twin* IN Lucm.—By the recent death
f^.^lof her father, Mia Samuel L. Clemens, (Mrs.
hours without stopping, except twenty-eight
mmutes ont of each twenty-four hours, fiat Twain,") comes into possession of
Tuesday, at 3p. m., will conclude at 12 to-1 oool $250,000. Her husband, the inimitable
night He has become so stupid now that hte Mark is one of the two executors selected to
trainer has to use a laah to keep him awake. It . . .. . . .
is not believed he will hold out till 12 o’clock. | oarr I ont th ® detalto of toe will and to oonduct
the extensive and profitable business in which
Tee Erie remarks about the Convention “opd I the deceased (Mr. Langdoo) has for so many
strange to say not a speech was made!" [years been engaged.
decade.
Pierre Magne, toe Minister of Finance, has |
given evidence of great administrative ability,
and was Minister of France from 1845 to 1860.
He was previously in toe Constituent and Leg- I
relative Assemblies, and was appointed Minister
of Public Works in 1851. He did not oconpy a j
leading position as a debater, but his practical
speeches were always listened to with attention. —
Baron Jerome David entered the naval service | to accept the invitation of Mr. H. i. ‘
at an early age, but afterward joined toe army | visit Oglethorpe Park. , ,,,
and served in Africa and toe Crimea. He en- The question was reconsidered anas
tered the Corps Legislatif in 1859, and has since I of toe Convention was reversed, ana bi
been several times re-elected as a Government tation aocepted. J
A resolution of thanksto the Hon*
o’clock, was received and read.
The motion to accept the invitation ill*
down by a large majority.
j On motion, the Convention aajoutBMi
[ o’clock P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention assembled at 3 r.%
Mr. L. J. Glenn moved to reconsider)!
tion of the Convention this morning.
He has been prominent in debate, and when M. j adopted. _ (
Schneider last year resigned the position of Judge Clarke, Chairman of the'
President onacoountof the reappointment of Besolotions, reported resolutions mu*
Baron David to the Vioe Presidency, toe Ernpe- Resolved, That the Democratic
ror personally intervened and testified his es- Georgia stand upon the principles # T
teem for toe Baron, and bin desire to have him j ocratic party of the Uuion, bringing
continue in that position. | prominence, as applicable to the
Henri Cherean, the Minister of Interior, had ordinary condition of toe country,
been, for some time, designed for that position, able doctrines that this is a Union 01 ®
He has almost, sinoe his entry into public life, and that the indestructibility of
been known as an aotive and ardent supporter 1 of their rights and of their equsUQ
of Napoleon’s interests, even during the coup [ other is an indispensable part of
d'etat. He has, in oonsequenoe, been liberally system. .
rewarded. | Resolved, That in the approacni*? 8
Jules Brame, toe Minister of Public Instruc- j tion the Democratic party inritss
tion, represents a Northern District in the Corps | co-operate with them in a zeatons de*
Legislatif, and is remarkable as an ardent Pro- to change, as far as the several eiw* J
teotionist and advocate of the rights of labor. | held can do so, the present usmp^J
Clement Duvernois, the Minister of Com-1 rnpt administration of the State
merce, has been recently oonspicuons in French I placing in power men who are tra#
journalism by his servile sabeerviency to tho I ciples of constitutional govemiM
Emperor, whose views he was regarded as ex-1 faithful and eoonomical adnunistf J
pressing in toe Penple Francais. He recently 1 tic affairs. , 'idn
retired from that journaL Many political pam- Resolved, That the President
phlets have been written by him in the interests vention be instructed to appoint
of imperialism. I Committee, composed of two tw- aeb jsl
Prince De la Tour D’Auvergne is a member | gressional District, who shall cboi« J
of an ancient Vendean family, and b<m been I from outside their own
engaged in toe diplomatic service for about ten | " " / "
years. He was Minister of Foreign Affaire in
1869, but retired on toe formation of the: Olli-
vier cabinet. He has since acted as French
Embassador, and is regarded aa identified with
toe Olerieal party. [The Prince declined the
position.
irurn uuuriuc uiou uwu
their part to call a future oodtm^-
1 Democratic party, and with such ^
as have usually been exercised pi
Executive Committees, and ihe«_
to last until toe
I eratio Convention. . -(e nlHj
Resolved, That the people of
gressional Districts meet in
How McMahon Looks.—Murat Halstead, of 88 practicable, and at such tfo® t/p&i
toe Cincinnati Commercial, who is now in Paris |
has seen Marshal McMahon, and this is how he tbe unexpired term of the 4 !<t '
looks: also to the 42d Congress. u
“His hair is white, a soft, brilliant white, and I Resolved, That in edditi®
out dose, and his mustache is also white—as * be elections to be ma( -f,,, y ve end* 8
white as Fernando Wood’s, but nothalf as large. H* 6 managers berequestedtoB ^ e*
He is said not to be an Imperialist, and so eleotton to the Represen •
small a circumstance as that he does not wear wb< ? “ a 7 h® elected, to
his beard in toe fashion of toe Emperor gives election. ^ . no'jsy
confirmation to the report. He wears no im-1 Resolved, That «
peiial, his lower lip being dean shaven. In P urace » w6 ple^S 0 08 ,
spite of his white hairs he nas nor the appear- P® wer to se ? 8re . f f ee , ,. n( i 6 r ei^f
anco of advanced years. His eye, complexion wb P are qualified to vo ^option 0 *
and carriage in'dioate that he is in the prime of Judge Clarke - M qu^
afiPtifr** «>» <“ -><
Africa being responsible, I suppo se, chiefly, of
the brillianoy of toe bronze on his cheeka. His
features are not grand, but are refined. His
nose is almost delicate in its flue oatline and
sharpness, and hia month is sad rather than
severe. fi/.
On motion of Col. J.
the convention adjourned sin^
Dr. Liebrioh, of Berlin, asserts that he has
discovered a substitute for ehlorcform, the use a-—-. iflPfl I -
of whioh is free from all the the disagreeable | ganized by electing Judge E
Fourth Congressional
adjournment of the Dem°o ratl<:
tion at Atlanta on Wednesday) »
delegates from this district^? ^ -
sensations eonsequent upon the use of that
drug. He calls it ethyliaen chloride. It is a
odorless fluid, of au agreeable odor, and very
volatile. Sleep suddenly overtakes the inhaler,
and he wakens quickly and involuntary as from
a natural slumber.
Tbe Misses Young (Brigham’s daughters)
number about twenty-four. They are describ
ed by one who saw them at the Salt Late Thea
tre the other night as all stout and fine looking.
The boys (there are many of them) says this
spectator, “look and act like other boys, so pe
culiarities in person or manners being appa
rent.”
Chairmen. ,,t
Hon. James JacksM, of ® ’
John D. Stewart, of Spalding) *
members of the State Centra
i mittee.
On motion, a convention
held at Forsyth, op ^
21st of September, to nomine* 1
Congress.
A Wisconsin farmer wants to know what in
thedeuoa his class of people are coming to when
it tahu tan bushels of wheat to- buy a pair of
m
AT aoomplimenteryteU^
phur Springs, Va., Miss W•
Ga.; Mib. Lowndes
Ha*; IOmBnekaenr
AugiwtaCta.; Jr !st
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