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* m — r_r *** T-*r I | \ jnKApv*-*- - .j£Tk, The Greoro-ia Weekly Telegra-ph and. Journal dc Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, AUGUST 15,1871. t* Cotton Dead Flat!** Sncb, we see, was the encouraging memoran dum of the market situation by onr city reporter yesterday—the last quotation being sixteen cents for middling, established a decline from 1st of July up to 8 th August of three and a half cents. But on the 10th there were no purchasers. No body wanted cotton at sixteen cents & pound, and that makes the deadness of the flat. Cotton was not only flat on its back, but it had not life enough left to kick. Some weeks ago wo ventured tho conjecture that cotton would gradually settle and fluctuate downward to a very low figure—perhaps twelve cents—before a reaction took place; and we are afraid that guess will become truth. That would tnokrt about eight cents margin from the highest point of last summer. Well, in May, 1870, cot ton was in tho neighborhood of twenty-one cents, and last winter it got down to twelve, and below. Eight cents profit on a pound of cot ton to middle men is one of the most consoling things in the world. A friend told us the other day ho knew a gentleman of high standing in Georgia and elsewhere, who made $400,000 by his operations in this behalf on last year’s crop. Tho law of down in the winter and up in the summer ha3 got to bo so well settled a “move ment” of the crop, that it is anticipated almost as a matter of course. Nobody would, in fact, object to the thing, in moderation, but the jump ing is too high or tho tumbling too low, pat it whichever way you will. If Mr. Farmer were only out of debt he could quietly store his cot ton away, turn the key upon it and let it jump or tumble as it might till he was ready to, sell. But so long as he is in debt hero and there for corn, bacon, mules, forage, and guano, he must sustain his credit at whatever price. He can far better afford to lose tho money than lose his character. The moral of tho whole matter is: Strive to get and keep out of debt. Long and struggle for tho day when tho time for market ing your crops canbe dictated by your judgment and not by your necessities. The Rome Convention. On Wednesday the discussion upon home made vs. commercial fertilizers, was continued with much interest. During the debate Judge Schley, of Chatham, made a speech which ex cited great interest, and he was requested to furnish a report for publication. Some amend ments to the constitution woro discussed, Rm- iting delegations to one member from each sub ordinate Eoeiety. No vote was taken upon them. The Convention attended tho Floyd County Fair in a body and enjoyed a fine col lation on the grounds. In the afternoon, re suming tho discussion of the fertilizer question. Col. D. E. Butler stated in bis speech that there were nsed in Georgia, in 1870, nearly 100,000 ton3 of commercial fertilizers—value $8,000,000, which is about one-fourth of tho valuo of tho eotton crop of Georgia last year. Tho Committee of tho Georgia Universily and a delegation from Hilledgeville, consisting of the Mayor and ten citizens, desired to be heard on tho question of establishing an agri cultural school at Athens or at Milledgeville, and the hearing was appointed for Thursday morning at nine o’clock. In the evening Gen. Gordon addressed the Convention on the sub ject of Education in the South. Domestic Exports.—It appears from the offi cial returns of commerce to tho Treasury De partment that the value of domestic exports at tho ten principal ports of the United States, during the fiscal year 1870, was as followa: 1. New York $209,972,491 2. Now Orleans 107,058,042 3. San Francisco 82,186,021 4. Savannah 29,739,058 5. Mobile 22,422,031 6. Philadelphia. 10,003,072 7. Galveston 14,859,001 8. Baltimore 14,330,248 9. Boston 12,251,207 10. Charleston 10,872,071 A total of §471,122,512. Dcducttho tho value of Southern products from this sum total and tho comparatively small remainder would be principally Cabfomio gold and silver and petro leum. Crops in Barbour County.—The Bluff City Times says the reports of farmers about crops are distressing. Com, they say, was ruined by the superabundance of rain in tho latter part of the Bpring and early summer, and the cotton by the drought that succeeded the rains. Com is estimated to average five or six bushels to the acre, and cotton one bale to from six to ten acres. This is truly discouraging. Caterpillars and boll-worms aro said to bave appeared in some localities. Wo hope tbo refreshing rains that fell in this city on Saturday and Sunday last were general all over the country, for the cotton at least sorely needed watering" A Fibst class civil war can be contrived in Philadelphia any day in the year by setting back the State-house clock an hour. Punctually at 12 tho Philadelphia artisan will look at his stomach and compare it with the dock. In five minutes "ho will be transformed into a raging cannibal. At a quarter past twelve ho will assemble at tbo Mayor’s office and demand an explanation. At twenty minutes past twelve be will march on the market-houses and Produce Exchange. By 12:30 p. xl the horses will bo stopped on the railways, and tbs smoke of the barbecued cattle will rise to the skies, while foraging reconnois* sauces will bo made into Jersey. Among spurious Hibsmicisms, ni ffier for neither (neether) may be placed—a mispronun ciation rejected by Mr. Elli3 and by the distin guished Loudon elocutionists, Prof. Melville Belle. This ni-iher had been attributed to Hi bernian pot-house writers, who had probably been told that their legitimate and historic form, nay-tJur, must not be used in England, when they blundered upon, nigh-lher, and sent it up into “good society.”—Prof. Haldeman. The Courier-Journal says the editor of the Sheibyvillo American Rescue “prevaricates like a dog, and if we were not a lobby member of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and bound by solemn obligations to keep tho peace at all hazards, wo would employ a man to go down to Shelbyville on the next train, and thrash enough of that animal ont of him to make a full pack of hounds." Liverpool Cotton Market. —According to figures telegraphed yesterday, tho stock In Liv erpool was only 043,000 bales, of which 340,000 wore American. The receipts of tho week were but 19,000 bales, of which 5,000 were American, while the amount afloat was not reported. Pete oleum in Tennessee.—The Nashville Union and American, of the 9 th, says: While Colonel A. E. Alley, who lives near Wartrace, had some hands at work on a road near his residence a few days ago, it became neces sary to remove a largo rock on a hill side about twenty feet above the general level. In doing so tho hands broke off a pieoe weighing about one hundred and fifty pounds, which upon ex amination, was found to contain a number of holes, all filled with oil. Colonel Alley’s son, who was with the party, obtained from this rock upwards of a quart of oiL Tho rock when broken appears perfectly solid, with a dry blu ish cast, but Immediately oil oozes out, and changes its color, and soon begins to drip. Ool. Alley is elated with the prospect of oil, and ex pects very soon to make a thorough investiga tion of tho matter. We have received a speci men of the discovery, and it certainly has the right sort of flavor. AN ILLINOIS WEDDING. Dow tliev Tic tlie Connnlilal Knot ©nt Tliere—Konsli Jokes nud a Farions Bride- groom. The Peoria (El) Republican of July 24 has a lively description of a rural wedding at Forest City, a village not a great distance from that city, which is funny reading. The bridegroom was 40, and the bride a blushing damsel of 20. No parson could be found, so they bad to fall back upon a young chap who had just been elected a squire. He was as nervous as a hen on a hot griddle, of course, and had brought along with him two law books, from one of which he expected to get the form for the cere mony. It was not there, though, and the crowd getting impatient he ordered the parties to hold up their right hands and proceeded to orate as follows: “ You and each of you do solemnly swear that in the cause now upon hearing you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, end that you will love, honor, cherish, and obey each other during the term of your natural lives, so help you God.” Both answered solemnly “I will,” and tho squire collected a dollar a piece from them, and pronounced them man and wife. Then a jug of whisky was produced, a punch was brewed, all hands took a drink, and a dance without music commenced. They were soon tired of this, and concluded to put the young couple to bed. *The bride said she was willing because she was tired and her shoes hurt her feet. The groom’s friends then proposed to disrobe him and put him to bed, but he swore they shouldn’t, and a big scuffle ensued. Ho got mad, and after blacking one fellow’s cyo and tearing another’s coat off his back, tho whole crowd got out of the room and tumbled down stairs, landing in the bar-room below, where all took a drink and made friends. He still demurred to being dis robed, and bis friends got a rope, and tying- it over liis head, attempted to drag him up stairs, which operation only resulted in nearly, choking him to doatb, and somebody cut tho rope. Then they tied the ropo to his leg, and tried to drag him up that way, but only succeeded in demol ishing a lounge and tearing down tho hand rail and banisters. They then gave np tho idea of getting him np stairs, and finding a ladder, they entered tho bridal chamber through the window and nailed up the door hard and fast. They then hid tho ladder and went off. Ho tried to kick open the door, bnt tho landlord said ho musn’t damage his famiture in that style. Then he searched for the ladder, bnt in vain, and it was only at 4.30 the next morning, and by aid of a ladder bo walked a mile to borrow, that ho suc ceeded in getting into his room. Tho next day the party returned home, declaring they had had the jolliest wedding ever known in that sec tion. A. “Forged Dispatch.” There is a telegram from Washington among the dispatches to-day which says “some friends of Grant claim that his absurd dispatch to Earl Dalkeith must bo a forgery.” Wo were at loss to imagine what this “absurd dispatch” might be, until we found, by inquiry, that it had been omitted by the printers, in respect to pressure on our columns of Friday. The “absurd de spatch” read as follows: Long Bbanch, August 10.—To the Right Hon orable, the Earl of Dalkeith, Edinburg, Scot land: Owing to absence from home I did not receive your congratulations and expressions of friendship for tho American people, in time to send a reply to bo read at the Continental cele bration of that eminent scholar and historian whose date you commemorate. The American seoplo who have been instructed and edified by sir Walter Scotts’ works of history, poetry and fiction, will highly appreciate your cordial ex pressions of friendship, and reciprocate them in all sincerity. [Signed.] U. S. Geant. Now it must bo malico or want of candor to set up such a plea for tho “absurd dispatch.” Bat does the absurdity rest on Gwmt’s plea of “absence from Rome," i. e. Long Branch, or in the phrase “celebration of that eminent scholar and historian whose date you commemo rate?” It is a little awkward and unusual, but right, according to Webster—see third significa tion of celebration—“Praise, renown, honor or distinction bestowed, whether by songs, eulo gies, or rites and ceremonies.” In short, we see nothing absurd in the dispatch, though tho whole of it is exceedingly awkward; but liter ary awkwardness in tho most venial of Grant’s sin3. Narrow Gauge Railroads. The Railroad Gazette reviews at length the subject of narrow gauge railroads and their im mense economic pretensions, and comes to the- following conclusion: We do not wish to be understood as asserting that a 3 feet gauge road may not be operated cheaply and do a fair business. What we as sert, is, that the advantages of the narrow gauge have been immensely overstated, and that most of what is claimed for it is attributable to en tirely different causes, which aro just a3 availa ble on an ordinary 4 feet 8J inch road as on a 3feet or narrow gauge; and, moreover, that but very little positive knowledge exists in this country in relation to the construction or opera tion of such roads, and that thus far the advan tages obtained are only hypothetical or, at best, experimental. That some very slight reduction in tbo cost of building and equipping roads would result from narrowing the gauge is true, but it so very small, and the disadvantages re sulting therefrom eo very great, that the latter very much overbalance the saving in cost. Roads to do a light traffic at Blow speed can be built, equipped and operated at very nearly the same cost without tho inconvenience of a break of gange, will give greater stability to the rolling stock, and have the enormou3 advantage in their favor that when the business which is developed shall reqnire it, the capacity of the road can be gradually Increased by laying heavier iron to re place that which is worn out, and building larger cars and engines which will have greater carry ing capacity. That strikes us as about tbo truth in the case. The Magnetic Wells or Michigan. ' A correspondent of tho Chicago Times, writ ing from St. Joseph, describes two of these wells as follows: ■ The first well I visited was that of Capt Cnr- tis Bonghton. It is 82 feet deep and three feet in diameter. After tho diggers had gone 74 feet, just below the blue clay and througb a small strata of hard pan, gas escaped with a roaring noise. The workmen fonnd it stifling, and were compelled to leave. For two or three days every candle put into the well went out, but suddenly and unexpectedly the gas was discovered to have evaporated, and the workmen completed the well without interruption. Now, in advance of every storm, a similar roaring, followed by an ebulition of gas has been observed, and this has induced Captain Bonghton to put a fog-horn into the well, which can be heard about half a mile as soon as a storm is approaching, and therefore this well bears rightly its name, Baro metric well. The second and strongest well of all is that of Tand F. Few. A little over two years ago the Messrs. Pew sunk a well near their saw-mill for the purpose of supplying their workmen with water, but this having a bad taste, they abandoned it in a short time. The wonderful cures performed by mineral water in other places induced them to look to the cause of the peculiar taste which the water had, and to their surprised discovered that they had ono of the most powerful magnetio mineral wells in the State, if not in the country. On trying this well with a magnetic compass, I found that it diverts the needle right above the pump fully 180 degrees from west to east, and 12 feet from the pump still 15 degs. It contains the largest amount of iron yet discovered in solu tion, which is held by carbonic acid, also mag nesia, soda, sulphuric and hydrochloric acid, lime and brome, and possesses therefore strong tonic and other medicinal properties. All About Bunting.—The Washington cor respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial who has been examining the museum of captured flags, says 380 Confederate flags were captured by the Federal troops during the war, and 250 Federal flags were taken by the Confederates. Last Tear’s Cotton Figures. . Our market reports for August 13, 1870, showed a quiet and dull market at 16$ cents for middling. This was a little Bhort of a cent bet ter than now. The New York market was quiet at 19$. The Macon receipts up to the 13th of August last were 80,034 bales and the stock was 3325. Future deliveries in New York ranged from 10$ to 17 oents up to November. We find mention of the first open boll in Monroe by the Advertiser of the 11th. The general complaint at this date was too muoh rain and rust in con sequence. For the satisfaction of “ Boots,” (as we are looking at the files) we will state that on the 13th August last we wrote, “The cotton crop of Middle Georgia will in all probability be a light one. The weed on the average is di minutive—it has not fruited well, and is now shedding forms and bolls-under the influence of wet weather. Moreover, the rust has att&oked it extensively from the same cause* But as we look upon planting this year as a simple ques tion of bread, we are rejoiced to hear univer- sally favorable accounts from the com crop.” We think that is tho sum of our August predic tions and estimates last year, and they were justified by the situation at that time. Tho big crop of last year was made by the remarkably long season, and when the writer returned from New York'"in November, ho was astonished to find, what he had never seen before in thirty years of observation of tho cotton crop, and and never expects to see again—that every planter had made about 25 per cent, more cot ton than he counted upon making. It was this, and this alone, which pnt the fonrth million on the cotton crop; find when it happens again “ Boots” will probably be gray as to Ms beard and hair. The first bale of New cotton was received in- Augusta last year on the 16th of August. Six bales of new cotton were received in Savannah on tho 17th—four from Georgia and two from Florida. One was received in Oolumbus on the 18th. On the 22d Adams & Bazemore received the first bale from W. Brunson, in Houston county, and it was sold to Ellis & Brother for 104 cents. __ Rome Agricultural Convention Tho third day’s meetings were devoted to hearing the advocates of the rival claims of Athens, Milledgeville and Dahlonega to tho lo cation of the proposed agricultural school. The Convention met at 8 o’clock and ex-Gov. Brown opened the ball in behalf of Athens with a long and able speech, in which ho enforced the im portance of sustaining the University of Geor gia, and placing it on tho same broad and libe ral footing of similar institutions in America and Europe. He said Georgia was behind all the other Southern States in this particular. Virginia gives her University thrico tho amount that our University has, Alabama six times as much, and Mississippi endows her University with $500,- 000. He contended that the money value of the land donation, which he estimated at $202,000, was wholly insufficient to establish suitable pro fessorships at Milledgeville or Dahlonega, while only two additional wonld be required at Athens, Col. McKinley replied on behalf of Milledge- villo, offering both tho old capital, the buildings of Ogletborpo College and fifty acres of land to tho object. He hoped Georgia would not allow the University to be mixed up with agriculture, He hoped the Agricultural College would be under the control of the State Agricultural So ciety. Massachusetts educates her agricultural stu dents at a cost of about $100 per annum, but each agricultural society in the State pays the tuition of one pupil and each of the fonrteen civil districts of the State pays tho tuition of ono pupil. Georgia should adopt tho Kentucky plan, whose agricultural collego compels each student to work a certain time each day in the fields in order to pay off part of the cost of his tuition. Milledgeville is not so selfish as others, and is willing to give a share of the value of this landscript to her sister of the mountains, Dahlonega, which had already for tho purposes of such a college the valuable buildings of tho United States branch mint, donated to it by Congress, and worth $100,000. Cols. Capers and B. C. Yancey also addressed the convention on the subject, and finally a res olution, introduced by Gen. 'William Phillips, was adopted, which refers the whole question of the landscript donation to the Executive Com mittee of the State Agricultural Society, with instructions for them to report, at the next reg ular meeting of the Society, a scheme for the proper disposal of the land. In the evening Rev. O. W. Howard addressed the convention on the resources, condition and prospects of Georgia, and was requested to fur nish a copy of his speech for publication. Some rather excited discussion followed tMs speech on a proposition to amend the laws in reference to labor contracts, and it was referred to a com mittee with instructions to report to-morrow. Wanted, In tMs community, a “Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals.” We see”every day, cases of outrage upon dumb animals that should be dealt with as they are in New York, viz: By the prompt arrest and imprisonment of the of fenders. No man has a right to inflict cruel usage upon the lowest brnte in the animal king dom. He has no right to brutalize himself by torturing dumb creatures who cannot resist Mm, and whose appeals he can safely ignore. If he will not restrain hi3 wicked propensities in this direction, Voluntarily, the Law should step in and make him do it. And when we speak of cru elty to animals we do not alone mean unmerci fully beating and maiming mules, and horses, and other beasts of burden, but such fasMon- able pastime as tying tin boxes to dogs tails ct id omne genus. Some people oall this fun, bnt the right'name for it, from our standpoint is shame. Looking from ourwindow, yesterday, wo saw a poor little dog flying across the street who had been so treated, and yelping most piteously. In his flight he ran nnder tho Mud wheel of a wagon heavily loaded with wood, which passed over Ms body, and by some chance the uheel almost ceased to revolve just as the whole weight of the wagon rested on the poor creature. It was a pitiable right, and if the man or boy who caused it saw it as we did we do not envy Ms feelings—if he has any. Why should not punishment follow such an act as that as righteously as if the victim were a horse or mule writMng and reeling nnder the pound ing of a brute with two legs? Wo see no dif ference, or if any, it is in favor of the handling of the dog torturer. Mr. Bergh is sadly needed in Macon in behalf of freedmen’s horses and mules employed in draying, hauling wood and starving and dying in equal parts. We pledge our hearty co-opera tion to any and all efforts to organize a society of thi3 kind. _ The Suez Canal i3 unpromising property. M. do Lesseps at a recent meeting of the share holders reported that the expenses of tho canal fox 1869 were 55,729,815 francs, and the re ceipts 28,786,770 francs. The outlay for 1870 was 30,174,552 francs and the receipts abont 0,000,000 francs less. For 1871 it was estimat ed there were wonld be a deficit of 8,500,000 francs. TMs condition of affairs would neces sitate a loan, but not exceeding 20,000,000 francs ($4,000,000). Cholxba in Germany.—The telegrams report that out of twenty-three oases of cholera at tacked on Friday last in Konigsberg, Prussia, thirteen were dead on Saturday. KonigsbeTg was the old capital of Prussia, and is a town of about 80,000 inhabitants, situated on the river Pregel. The German authorities, local and national, were doing their best to control tho disorder. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Fort Valley Agricultural ana Industrial Exhibition. Fobt Valley, August 11,1871. in fertility of soil and the extent and value of its productions, Houston has long claimed to be the framer oounty of Georgia—nor has the exMbition of to-day impaired her right to that prond designation. At an early hour the population of the oounty came pouring in, many of them bringing their contributions to the Fair. Soon the grounds about the old Metho dist churoh, wMch had been converted into an Industrial Hall for the occasion, presented an animated appearance, and the bnilding itself rapidly filled with visitors. We were glad to note a goodly representation present of the merchants, capitalists, ware house men, and mechanics of Macon. The exMbition, (the first of tho kind ever at tempted in this county,) was MgMy creditable to all concerned. The display of fruits, veget ables, smeetmeats, pickles, jellies, paintings, seeds, fancy-work, and implements of husband ry far exceeded our expectations. As the award of tho judges will not be made known until the close of the day, we must be content with a bare allusion to some of the articles on exMbi tion. fruits. Mrs. Samuel Hall showed magnificent speci mens of the genuine Bartlett pear, of unusual size, ripe, juioy and delicious. Wo have never seen them surpassed even in the restaurants of Broadway, New York. Of peaches, too, some of the Tinley variety, presented by Mrs. Vinson, were the largest and most inviting we have ever seen. Apples, grapes, melons, and luscious looking blue figs, also tempted the appetite of the visitors. vegetables. These were restricted to tomatoes, egg plants, beets, cabbages, Irish and sweet potatoes, beans, and winter squashes. Some of Mrs. Hall’s cab bages, for size and solidity, would rival those of any market. We saw one egg plant or guinea squash, wMch measured nearly two feet in cir cumference, and must have weighed eight or ten pounds. Very fine specimens of new sweet potatoes also were to be seen. needle wobe. Beautifully embroidered garments of various patterns, quilts of elegant patchwork, and a va riety of other articles rendered tMs department very attractive in appearance. Ono raised quilt by Mrs. Branbarc, was greatly admired for the brilliancy of its colors, and the unique charac ter of tho patches, learn must have been con sumed in its fabrication. THE GEORGIA PRESS. sweetmeats and pickles. Of these there was a very largo and tempting display, embracing every kind of jelly, marme- lede, preserves, catsup, etc. We noticed partic ularly a watermelon preserved whole and flanked by carved specimens of tho same fruit, artisti cally arrayed. This wa3 the handiwork of Miss Florence Brown. HOME MANUFACTURES. Under this head we are constrained to men tion a very fine and tastily woven piece of striped jeans, from the loom of Mrs. Maddox, wMch in quality and texture could not be ex celled by any of tho mills of New England. The color was decided and chaste, and the fabrio such as would better become a “true blue” Southern bridegroom, than tho finest broad cloth of Parisian importation. One pair of cot ton socks, knitted with cotton which had been separated by band from the seed, and fashioned by an old lady aged seventy-five years, claimed much attention from their superior uniformity and smoothness. We must not forgot to men tion that a tempting tray containing plates of light biscuit, cake, fried chicken, and applo jelly, all prepared in the nicest manner, was shown as the exclusive work of Ida Wiggin3, a cMId but eight years old. Wliat a jewel of a wife and house keeper will tMs pretty maid make to eo some fortunate swain hereafter! DOMESTIC WINES. Of these there were several varieties, all pure and delicious, including blackberry, scupper- nong, catawba and apple. The latter wo had never seen before, and can testify that the taste and boquet of this new beverage are indeed de lightful. It was prepared by Miss Hollingshead ODD ARTICLES. Time will not allow us to dwell upon the beautiful paintings, and specimens of fancy work, (including an exquisite flower stand of gotMc design, also fasMoned by the fair fingers of Miss Hollingshead) wMch wero arranged on every side. We saw also gigantic stalks of corn having eight ears, luxuriant bunohes of growing tobacco, specimens of indigenous and foreign varieties of grapes raised in this region, samples of seed wheat, oats, and rye, and quite a variety of improved plows, wheelbarrows, and other implements of industry, all apparently of the best description. But the sound of the car whistle admonishes me to cut short incontinently, these hurried notes. The Fair was eminently a success, and re flects great credit upon our Houston friends. In closing permit me to say that the mantle of their father ha3 certainly fallen upon the shoulders of the sons and tho elder Byington, who have charge of the hotel at tMs place. EverytMng that a reasonable guest can desire is furnished to Mm, and tho cuisine and attend ance are unexceptionable. Long may they live to cater to an appreciating public. J. Personal—This side of the Telegraph and Messenger had a visit yesterday from Messrs. J. H. Estill, proprietor, and J. G. Harris, asso ciate editor, of the Savannah News. It is a matter of regret with us that we find we have done the latter great injustice as to his hair. Wo have represented it as of an ordinary red in color. We retract. Scarlet comes nearer the mark. In fact; we are sure, now, that Har-ktr must be a lineal descendant of the man whoso head the little boy in church—sitting behind him—made believe was a blazing fire in the blacksmith’s forge, and into whose burning depths he thrust first one finger and then an other, and after polling them quickly out, with his knee for an anvil, hammered into shape after the most approved blacksmith fasMon— all of wMch threw the preacher off his gravity, and broke up the “meetin.” But Harris’ head don’t blaze for naught, as the sparkling “Affairs in Georgia” oolnmn of tho News daily attests. He talked of going up to Atlanta, and we hope the newspaper chaps np there won’t forget their manners and stare at him when he “just drops in’ 1 on ’em. Of course they will, but we must do our duty. _ Thebe is a great variety of newspaper bores. Tho most fiendish and relentless of his class, however, is tho superannuated Auger who picks up a paper somewhere and find3 a “devilish good thing that I haven’t seen in your paper, and which perhaps you’ve overlooked; its some thing you onght- to have.” Since the days of the first of these Augers, no one of them has ever found anything fit to be printed in any paper, and certainly nothing that ought to have a place in your paper. What he officiously offers has invariably been passed (as it should have been pas3ed) by a scissors man who has grown baldand gray In the business of getting together interesting reading. Poor old Soissors grows balder and grayer whenever the finger marks of the Selecting Auger are made visible in Ms good work, and if Soissors steps out in the hall a bit to ease his burdened soul with a quiet “swear," it is reasonable to suppose that a “tear from the Recording Angel will," etc A meeting of the citizens of Columbus favor- ame o buildin railroad from that city to Albany was hex Wednesday night, and a report recommending a subscription thereto of §200,- 000 by the city, unanimously adopted. The Columbus paper; report a heavy run storm in that oity, Wednesday, daring which three or four houses were struck by lightning, and several persons shocked. One case is thus noticed by the Sun: The residence of Mr. D. E. Williams, comer of Jackson and Thomas streets, was damaged greatly. The lightning struck a large oak tree in the yard, tearing it badly, and descending, struck the corner of the building, tearing weath erboarding off, and went into the room where Mr. Williams and his wife were redining on the bed. The bolt tore the four posts of the bed to pieces, and the bed fell to the floor. Mr. W. was asleep at the time. Providential to relate, neither he nor Ms wife were injured, bnt badly stunned. Their escape from instant death in laid to the faot that the bed was covered with a wire canopy—the wires being sunk into the posts, and they acted as conductors. A young son of Mr. Williams’, asleep at the time in Ms crib, was not awakened. Planks from off the house were hurled with tremendous force into the middle of the street, and one pieoe three feet long, drove into the wall of the room where Mr. W. and family wero sleeping. The mus- quito net was scorched but did not take Are, and the sheets were split in several places. The bark of the' tree and splinters from the house were thrown into the yard of the house adjoin ing. After leaving the bed, the track of the bolt cculd be traced along the floor, under the child’s crib, and to where it went through the floor and into tho ground beneath the house. Mrs. W. was awake and reading at the time. O’Neal, the scalawag Judge, is not dead, as we leam from the Valdosta Times, He has only had another nip and tuck race with Darwin’s pets. The Times reports prospects favorable for two thirds cotton crop in that section, though rust has appeared. Enough com for homo con sumption will be made. Augusta breathes easier. The dog fight, in terest in which has rocked that quiet burg from centre to oironmference for several weeks past, has been “fit,” at last. The Chronicle and Sentinel, of Thursday, only oopies eleven items from the “Georgia Press” column in Wednesday’s Telegraph and Messenger, without credit. Tho Chronicle evi dently has a soul above doing a petty retail bus iness. The Savannah Advertiser is mistaken. Our correspondent wrote from Alleghany, not White Sulphur Springs. So you ought to have said, correspondent of tho Telegraph and Messen ger writing from Alleghany Springs” instead •of “a correspondent writing” eto. Miscegenation has broken out at Savannah, so Atlanta is not without a rival in that line- A sample of the new rice crop has been shown the Savannah Republican foiks, and is classed as a very fair article. The case of Martin Kirby, at Savannah charged with “shoving the queer” has been postponed to the 15tb, to await tbo testimony of important witnesses for the defence. Tho U. S. Revenue cutter “Nansemond” ran into the Boston and Savannah steamer, “Ori ental,” at Savannah, Wednesday afternoon, Damage slight. Rev. D. H. Porter, pastor of tho First Pres byterian Church, Savannah, has gone to “Tom’s River,” New Jersey, till October first, to recruit Ms health. Bobby Bums’ benzine brewery on Battle Row, Savannah, was damaged §200 worth by fire, Thursday morning, and Bobby has raised tho tariff on fancy mixtures to make up tho defi ciency. John McDonald, of Rome, was bitten by a snake a few days since, but as he had blood, in stead of benzine in Ms veins, the snake still lives, and Me., Mmself, is not expected tore- cover as rapidly as did tho editor of the Wash ington Gazette under similar circumstances. Mrs. Wm. Flynn, wife of Rev. Wm. Flynn, of New Orleans, died-atthe Chalybeate Springs, Va., on the 8 th inst. She was a daughter of the late R. M. Orme, of Milledgeville, and her re mains will be taken there for interment. Dalton has mad dogs, which must bo a very unwholesome article to deal in this sort of weather. Brown & Brother’s saw-mill, at Tilton, was burned last Saturday. Loss not stated. The Dalton Citizen is responsible for the fol lowing : A Remale able Case.—We leam that a lady— name not recollected—residing at or near Til ton, in this county, fell into a trance one day last week, and remained in a perfectly uncon scious state for three days and nights. When she awoko, which was on the morning of the fourth day, she arose and went abont her ac customed duties as usual, seemingly unaware of the length of time she had slept or remained unconscious to all sublunary things. She soon after remarked to her family that there would be an unusual amount of sickness in the country this year, and that half the people in Georgia would die, and shortly thereafter died herself. Previous to this sleep or trance, she was appa rently in excellent health. Tlii3 is certainly a very remarkable case, If true. Drury Freeman, aged SO years, and who for 44 years has resided near Griffin, died last Sun day, universally respected. The Dalton Citizen reports revivals in the Methodist and Baptist churches of that place, and also in several country churches m the neighborhood. John G. Scott, an old and highly respected oitizen of Forsyth county, died last Wednesday. The Middle Georgian says that place and vi cinity is infested by a regularly organized band of thieves. A few nights since, wMle the pas sengers on the up train were at supper, a satchel worth $50 was developed from ono of the cars. Rev. Tho3. L. Hoyle, an old citizen of Daw son, died last week, aged 09 years. Mrs. Mary Acee Smith, wife of H. S. Smith, Jr., of New Orleans—formerly of Columbus— and sister-in-law of Mrs. Wm. H. Ross, of tMs place, died in Talbot county, on the 2d inst. of congestivo fever. A rattlesnake five and one-half feet long, with double fangs an inch long and seventeen rat tles, was killed near Bainbrfdgo, last week. Calling a Talbotton “Good Templar” a “coon” is a fighting matter, and causes no end of head- smashing. ' The Columbus Enquirer doesn’t seem to have a great deal of faitii in the speedy construction of the Columbus and Air-Line Railroad. It savs: Information Wanted.—Will Bill Fogle and his confidential friend indulge the extreme con descension to inform ns what'has become of Mose Plunkitt and his eight hundred men, whom they so assiduously endeavored to gull us into the belief had arrived to commence work on the Columbus and Air-Line! Perhaps the phalanx is one of those airy[spiritual hosts wMch requires the eyesight of a seventh son to dis cern. Being only the second in the order of lineal descent, we have not been able to find them. The Savannah Republican cf Friday says: A Bloody Tragedy in Bulloch County.—We leam from parties who arrived in the city yes terday, from Bullooh oounty, the following par ticulars of a very mysterious tragedy, which oc curred at the residence of Mr. Joseph Davis, in that county: About 3 o’clock Wednesday morn ing the inmates of Mr. Davis’ house were alarm ed by the loud screams of his wife (Mrs. Davis). Her sister ran to the room, and found Mrs. Davis sitting on the bed. Ab soon as she enter ed the room Mrs. Davis said, “I am bleeding to death; run out and call some of the neighbors,” after which she sank down on the bed a lifeless corpse. On examination it was found that some one had cut her throat, and from the na ture of the wound, it is thought that it was inflicted with a pocket-knife, which was after wards fonnd in a tab of water in the yard.' At the time the wound was inflioted Mrs. Davis W03 sleeping in bed with her two little children. Her husband was off from home on a fishing frolic, and the sad news of this tragedy was as startling as it was unexpected. No one can ac count for the diabolioal outrage, nor can it be even surmised who was the cowardly perpetra tor of this damnable crime. We leam that steps have been taken to ferret out the murderer. A Jefferson county correspondent of the Sa vannah News, of Friday, writes as follows: On Tuesday evening last, Mr. J. L. Coleman went to the plantation of Mr. G. W. Brinson to arrest a f reedman by the name of Bugg Pierce, who was concealed in a house. Coleman de manded admittance, which was refused. He then forced the door open and entered, when he was shot by the negro and instantly killed. Anthony Jenkins, 15tb, who was to have been hung for murder at Thomasville, last Friday, has been respited by Bullock until October 27ch The Thomasville Enterprise reports caterpil lar fly on some plantations near that place, and the worm, in small quantities, on others. We dip the following from the Houston Home Journal, of Friday: Methodist Meeting.—There has been a pro tracted meeting going on in the Methodist dmrch since Sunday. Several ladies have gone to the altar as seekers of religion, but the men have not moved. They are evidently in no dan ger and don’t need salvation. Rains.—Perry and the neighboring country have been visited with refreshing rains, ia the past few days, and we hope much good has been done. We are just now in the condition of the Texas preacher who prayed for rain and ooncluded by saying, “Now, Lord, don’t send us one or two good showers and then stop, but give us a regular old drizzle-drozzlo for about three weeks.” The Constitutionalist, of Friday, says: The Macon and Augusta Railroad—A meet ing of the Board of Directors of tMs railroad was called in tMs city last Tuesday, bnt a quo rum not being present, no business was trans acted. The object of tho meeting was to de cide something definite in regard to the future control of the road. We understand that a fast night train will be placed on the line on or about the 1st of next September. The road is doing a fine business nnder the management of Superintendent S. K. Johnson, and could not possibly be in better hands. The Albany News, of Friday, has the follow ing crop paragraph: During the long dry spell preeeeding the re cent rains, planters had a fine season for gather ing fodder, and rescuing their cotton from the grass. The silent appeals of the cotton for de liverance caused a large proportion of the fod der to dry upon the stalks; but the cotton was proportionally benefited, yet the weed is small, and rust—that most ravenous destroyer of the staple—has made its appearance in this and surrounding counties, and we are reliably in formed by old practical farmers that one-fourth crop is as good as can be expected in this sec tion. An observer informs ns that he saw last Monday, a field of some thirty acres on Lock ett’s inrnpiko place, from wMch he thinks a bale might have been picked at that time. Cot ton is opening rapidly in other fields in the same section. Generally, tho com crops in this sec tion are not good. * We quote these items from the Constitution, of yesterday: Special Revenue Assessor.—General Kryz- nowski, Supervisor of Internal Revenue, has appointed Adolph Bimbaum as Special or Assist ant Assessor of Internal Revenue in Atlanta. Counterfeits.—Postmaster Dunning inform ed U3 a fow days ago that counterfeit $20 bills of National currency were coming to tMs post- office from points between here and Chatta nooga. Look out for them. Tho NewnanHerald, of Friday, says: Dead.—We regret to announce the death of Dr.. Charles A. McKinley, formerly of this place, who died in Mauiy county, Tennessee, on the 2d inst. A Narrow Escape' from Death.—Monday evening, Mr. A. T. Walker went ont to shoot bats on tho wing, and ns his gun had been load ed several days previous, determined to dis charge and re-load both barrels. In carrying out this intention the left barrel bnrsted and a piece thereof struck hi3 left fore finger, dislo cated it at the last joint, tore the flesh to the bone for an ineb or more, passed on six or eight feet farther and buried itself in the ground. The Rev. O. A. Stanley, of La Grange, has accepted the call of the Church of the Messiah, at Pulaski, Term., and will leave for his new field of labor in October next. Es-Govemor Brown stated in a speech before the State Agricultural Convention at Rome, on Thursday, that 33,000 bales of hay had been im ported from tho West, over tho Western and At lantic Railroad, alone, within the last six months. A meeting of the stockholders of the Romo and Columbus Railroad was held at Romo on Friday, and the following officers elected: W. McDougal, of Columbus, President; W. D. Chipley, of Columbus, Secretary and Treasurer; CoL A. J. Lane, CMef Engineer. The Direc tors are McDougal, Redd and Cherry, of Colum bus ; Bigham, of LaGrange; Bunn, of Polk oounty; and Griffith and Bums, of Rome. Warren county shows $951,304 worth of tax able property for 1871, against $785,425 for 1870, with §128,95S cut off since 1870, and thrown into the new county of McDuffie. EIGESIES ESTIMATE OF TB«Cft Sbe Defends Herself in a Private Ui a Friend—Tbe General’s Dnplictt* Revolution of tire 4th of Septcmb* Htroys Foreign Intervention-.-!? False to the Republic as Well a* Empire. The Herald, of Monday, prints the folio, private letter of tho ex-Empress Engeni ( , friend in regard to General Trochu’s atta<$ her in the National Assembly wMch will ^ with considerable interest by all who watched the course of events in France j- the past twelve months: Chiselhubst, June 27, ]r My Dear A : I Have just read tb courses with which Gen. Trochu has flefl himself in the Assembly; and I assure jo- have awakened in me rather a painful than the mere astonishment that might™ natural. It was especially painful to me to see » eral—and a French General—in order to the faults he had committed cndeavir to is the responsibility on a woman. I do not say that there were not crave on our side, and in these I accept mv g bnt what I oannot suffer is that any one ? accuse me of having acted at a moment t the country was so unhappy only to dynasty. From the Cth of August to the l September, laying aside, ns was mv dns personal thoughts, I had but one preoccui* one only—that of saving onr poor “count General Trochu recites inaccurately patch received on the night of August 17 wMch contained these words.- “The Ga returns, and the Emperor will follow him." was he, and he alone, who askea that I sL suppress the name of the Emperor; ab pretext for this was a proclamation that £ already made in advance. He appears t 0 now that, yielding to a sentiment of pen ambition, I could have sacrificed the Sot& to the Regency. You know the affection that I have ahrta and that I have still at the bottom of mv for the Emperor. It only increases now see him so calmly and so resignedly i everytMng—even to the most infamous nies. General Trochu has gone round and „ the defence of Paris, as ho went round fu illeries—without ever entering. He has Mmself that at the end of September his ion was that any successful resistance el possible. ’Why, then, push the sublime fol continuing the defence anyhow ? He put on a good face toward the iJl which he has betrayed, disdaining his eLs menta made elsewhere. I will never ( with what an air of assumed sincerity be, me I could count on his faith a3 a Catholic a Breton. He does not know, then, that a( olio never Res and that a Breton has neve: the sword received from his sovereign ei that sovereign Mmself. He knows well that the revolution of Usi of September broke the engagement for vention to wMch certain Powers had pi themselves. General Trochu will not wash away discourses the ineffaceable stain of havirj to the republic, as he had Red to the empa I would write you of all this at greater'le my dear A , if I were not pressed fox I am obRged to send this letter, by a sa son, who leaves immediately. I'think of you often and embrace yes. yours. Your affectionate aunt, Euges I send you a new photograph of my son. ; ct Bigamous Bowen Among his African Constituents. The ConstitutionaRst, of Friday, says: A grand negro meeting took place on Edisto Island, S. O., last Saturday night. The Hon.(?) Bigamous Bowen did the honors of the occasion, and was made a kind of Vondon idol by 1ns dusky adorers. He made them understand that he intended to go on the war path as a candi date for Governor of the State of South Caroli na, which news was received with shouts of “Bowen for Gnbner!” “O let my people go!” and ether senseless cries. At last a rush was made for the new apostle, who was hustled off the platform and marched between two Rnes of the Africans, who were anxious to shake hands with him. Then ensued a scene fit for Pande monium. Old blind men, tootMess and totter ing, came and put their hands upon him, be cause they wanted to see “dis man Bowen ;” women jostled ont of the line, pluoked the hem of Bowen’s garments and Shonted with rapture, “I touched um, I touched nmj" and mothers brought rags and handkercMefs, hud them up against their new found Moses, and took them away to place on their sick babies. Bowen wiU beat DeLarge out of Ms boots the next race, now that the negroes have fonnd out his Rttle weakness in the matter of wives. They “know how it is themselves.” If he can only convince them that he has actually stolen a hog, or cleaned out a cMcken coop, he can count certainly upon being their next “Gnbner, or Congressman, or anytMng else he likes. And of such is the “higher civilization” of Radical- ism. ’ What Grant Whispered to General Dee at Appomattox. The Chicago Times says that “when Leo and Grant met at the house of Mr. McLean, near Appomattox Conrt-honse, to arrange for the ca pitulation of the Army of Northern Virginia, an incident occurred which has remained unex plained for over six years. The terms of the proposed surrender were discussed freely and openly before the members of the two staffs, until, suddenly drawing his chair up to that of the Confederate chieftain, Grant wMspered a few earnest words into the ear of Lee. A haughty shake of U)e head from the latter, and a brief answer in undertone, evidently of a per emptorily negative order, was noticed by those in attendance. The import of that bit of mys terious by-play has just been furnished for the first time. In the August number of Old and New, Edward A. Pollard, the historian of the Confederacy, reveals the secret. The whispered confab was nothing less than a proposition from Grant that Lee’s soldiers should, then and there, subscribe to the oath of allegiance, in which event the Federal satrap guaranteed that they should be restored, on the spot, to aU the rights, privileges, and immunities of American oitizens.” If Pollard is the only authority for this story, itshould betaken with, not one, bnt many grains. That Bo-eaUed historian has been so conspicu ously inexact in so many of his “historical facts," that the average Southern reader has long since ceased to give the least attention or credence to anything he may write that is on- supported by other testimony. Rome State Convention. The Georgia Agricultural Convention at L elected the following officers on Weducsds; President, Gen. A. H. Colquitt; Vice dents, first district, William Schley; • district, D. A. Vason; third distriot, R.E.I ding; fourth district, L. P. Livingston;t distriot, Samuel Barnett; sixth district, E Moore; seventh District, C. W. Howard. executive committee. First distriot, H. D. Capers; second disti H. K. Bamum; third district, J. H. Tan fonrth district, J. S. Lawton; fifth district J. Smith;sixth district, R. D. Wynne; sen district, General W. Philfip3. The Convention, as has been telegraph:: very large and enthusiastic. President Col in a forcible opening speech, urged the ii tance of more system in farming. There safer occupation than agriculture; but it: be pursued in a les3 speculative spirit—lessri a view to sudden and rapid Requisition, farmer’s plans must be more extensive asi reaching, and cover every interest of tho and society. They must rest on ample prora for all the necessaries and comforts of life: a permanent improvement of the homestei Col. Barnett read his report as Commissi: to the various county agricultural societies Georgia. He gave a very encouraging re of the condition of crops in general, and sti that a widening interest in the system oil proved agriculture was visible throughoi! ■ State. Ho advocated tho formation of as ous farmers’ clubs, and felt sure that that-: ficial influence of the State Agricultural Sa was being daily felt and appreciated bj; farmers and people of the State. On motion, the thanks of the Corneas were tendered to Col. Garnett for Ms eSrj and faithful services, and the Yalne of the s pRment was increased by a rising and unania vote of tbe Convention. A poem was then read, laudatory of sgs ture, by B. H. True, Esq. | A general discussion on the merits cf ‘i> made fertiRzers” was then opened by Mr. J Newman, of Hancock, and which was partis ted in by several gentlemen, among their! Mark A. Cooper, who entertained the Ccn tion with humorous and practical argument; The discussion fully endorsed tho great.nil of home-made manure and its superiority every respect to the imported manufacture-^ 1 tilizers. Laura Fair iu Her Prison Cell—® i She was Dressed, and How & Looks. A Herald reporter has lately interviewedH' Fair,' now lying under sentence of death k- San Francisco jaiL From Ms letter, publish: in that paper of the 7th inst, we extract lows: She was lying on a narrow bedstead of Ff: ed wood, and was habited in a cross barred U*; and gray silk dress, only visible at the and fastened at the neck with a broochia? and gold. Over this was a loose tartan wrapper, and over tbe skirt of this was a black waterproof cloak, wMch concealed J feet. Her right hand was nnder her l* which rested on the snow-white pillow, c wMch her thin curling sunset auburn h somewhat tossed. They were parted in the ® tre and unbraided, and ever and anon as strayed over her broad, high forehead, ta were poshed gently back by a dolicate, su> thin hand. You could not say she was be*; ful. Her figure, as well as it could be sees - der her heavy wrapper, was rather SLENDER, THOUGH PERHAT3 WELL SEATS'- The neck was long and round, and as shew* herself for a moment showed that it snPP® a well balanced head and sloped gracefully.; the Rnes of her shoulders. Then the {J What was ther6 of the murderess in that? your gaze met A FAIR OF COLD, STEADY EYES of clear dark blue. A trifle hard the loo* dwelt in them even while a smile was on the that seemed to be fond of dropping at the ners into something between a sneer and a 1 The nose was gently aquiUne and sensitive^ war horse at the nostrils; the jaws were w- ed, bnt not fleshy, and, in fine, from there ed chin to the forehead there was I* pression more of well-Mdden, all-watches trigue and ruse and latent boldness than« itive aggressive badness, and nothing ct It is vnlgarily supposed A MURDERESS SHOULD APPEAR. Yet as our interview progressed there P_ £ .' out from time to time such an occa*> shadow of mental thunder cloud as sliowe- 1 lightnings not to be far on. thought J A Paris Paper Says :—“When Patti i MUe. Nilsson feU into reverie and marrying. She did not care for aristocrat-; she wanted beauty and wealth. Her cbo«« an apprentice financier, whose moneyed equaled his physical advantage. When , out for America she confided a large suxu money to her betrothed, asking him to pU‘ J the best account. He added it to all tu* fortune, and said: ‘Ishall triple the niou .^ two months, and she shall be led to the « a milRonaire.’ There wm no end to the < in the air he built, until a panio on ba Bwept away all his money and aU the moneri songstress had confided to him. Will BW - give the deed for the wiU’s sake ? H* r say she will prove pitiless.”
