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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1868.
NE SI TOR, Ac.
We have a piece of friendly advice for
that soulless old skinflint, A. T. Stewart,
who is using his vast wealth to ensure the
destruction of Constitutional Liberty in
this country, and to secure a place in
Grant’s Cabinet. It is expressed, in the
caption of this article. Lest he should not
understand it we give it a free translation
and make it read : Attend to your shop
keeping, and let politics aloue.
This advice is suggested by the recep
tion from Geo P‘. Rowley, A B>vt easing
Agent of New York, of a copy of the cor
espondence between Pierrepontaud Stew
art, with a request that we publish it as
selected matter, tor which we are to re
ceive the magnificent sum of $lO, and are
allowed .to make such comments its we
choose, except telling the matter was paid
for ! We have sent the slip back to Row
ley, and we hardly think old Tape and
Needles will make auother proposition to
this office, of that character. The columns
of this paper are open to him as a business
man anil advertiser, but at our rates, not
his. And when he asks to aid in circula
ting such stuff as the correspondence be
tween himself aud a recreant Democrat,
like Pierrepont, who has grown rich by
toadying Stanton and liuuliug among the
offal of the War Department, he shall pay
for it, roundly.
If he wishes to see his name in print in
the Journal and Messenger, let him
send us a blank check. In that event, he
may possibly have that pleasure.
The Galaxy. —We have received the
Novembern uniberof this bril'iant month
ly. We know of no American magizine
more rapidly attaining popularity than
Galaxy, and none that more justly de
serves it.
The following is the table of contents:
Cipher ; The story of a Hero ; London
Beggars; The Picture of the World ; A
Talk with Mr. Burlingame about China ;
The ballad of the King’s Bloodhound;
Midge ; Beechdale ; The Attempt at Stras
bourg; Democratic Deities; By Rail to
the Rocky Mountains ; Two French Edi
tors ; Words and their Uses ; Miscellany ;
Drift-wood ; Literature and Art; etc., etc.
For sale by J. W. Burke&Co. Subscrip
tion $4 per year.
A steam omnibus is the latest Parisian
novelty.
Tennessee owes s3B,ooo,ooo—and will
owe it, so long as the Radicals rule.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams left
Charleston, for Boston, ou Saturday.
A man in New York State has been
lined $25 for shooting a bird ou Sunday.
The Czar of Russia has prohibited the
practice of hounepaihy in his dominions.
The crops in Minnesota exceed in value
the lands upon which they are raised.
The “Ivy Mill,” that made paper for
Benjamin Franklin’s newspaper, isstill in
operation in Delaware county, Pa.
Dorian, the Fulton market oysterman,
has madeafortuue of $500,000 from the
bivalves.
A Jerseymau has recovered SSOO from
another in whose wash-tub his son was
drowned.
More “rebel outrages” are wanted by
the Northern Radicals—also several mur
dered negroes.
Mr. Win, Beadles died iu Coweta coun
ty, on the 6th inst. He was born July
13th, 1773.
The Boating people—nothing if not clas
sical—call the “Grecian Bend” the “Hel
lenic sinuosity.”
Double-breasted frock coats, tight trou
sers, Canadian hats aud light gloves, is
now the fashionable promenade costume
for a New York swell
A gang of burglars at La Crosse, Wis.,
tied an old man and liis wife together,
aud after robbing the house, laid them on
a bed and set it on fire.
Judge Monroe Clower has been nomi
nated as the Democratic candidate to suc
ceed W. A. Ballard, deceased, in the Leg
islature, from Monroe county.
A Yankee out West has been making
money at a couutry fair by letting people
raise him by the ears at twenty-five cents
premium when they succeed, and ten
cents fine for failure.
Look out for a carpet-bagger named
Church, hailing from Chenango, New
York. He has sloped with a lot of money
belonging to his father, and is supposed to
be on his way South to run for Congress.
A maiden lady now living in New York
City, has made a will, iu which she directs
her executors, iu due processor time, to
use her dust and entire remains to make
mortar with which to lay the corner stone
of a church.
The carpet-bagger to liis fellow-citizen
of African descent:—
“I know not, I ask not,
How much you can tote,
I know that I love you.
Because you can vote.”
The way women of “respectable appear
anee” go on a spree in Cincinnati is to
take a hack and ride from oue saloon to
another, taking a drink at each without
getting out. One brought up at the po
lice station the other day with S3OO in her
pocket.
The Election.— lt is important to re
member that the day of the election is
Tuesday, November 3d; that the polls are
to be opened at one place in every Militia
District in the State, as was the rule un
der the old order of things; that there
will be three ballot boxes, with three sep
arate sets of superintendent's, at the Court
House or county site in each county; that
the managers of the election are to be one
Justice of the Peace and two freeholders;
and that every male person, native or nat
uralized, twenty oue years of age, who
has resided six mouths iu the State, and
thirty days in the county, and who shall
have paid all taxes that may have been
required of him, and which he has had an
opportunity of paying for the year next
preceding the election, shall vote. Re
member this last clause!
jy We have lately been reading of
some persou who was killed by a cork
which struck him in the eye when draw
ing it. But if the cork has killed its one
man, consider how many the bottle has
killed without a word being said about it
PARTICU LARS OF THE LATEST “ REBEL"
OUTRAGE.
We find in the Memphis Avalanche , of
Friday, the particulars of the seizure of
the steamer “Hesper,” near Cat Island,
ou the Mississippi river, and the destruc
tion of certaiu arms ou board, belonging
to the Radicals of Arkansas; which event
was made the basis of a dispatch from the
bogus Governor of that State to the Sec
retary of War, published yesterday. These
arms were intended, of course, for negro
bands, and to be used to overawe and
drive from the polls the Democrats of that
State.
The Avalanche is of opinion that the
Radicals of that city were at the bottom
of the affair, and that it Wus concocted
and executed solely in the interests of the
party, and to make capital at the North.
Be this as it may, the deed is done, aud
the Arkansas Cusses must take it “fist
and skull” till anew supply can be or
dered. Kays the Avalanche :
The following particulars of the seizure were
obtained, in substance, from Capt. John Ford, of
the impressed tug Nettie Jones:
About five o’clock Thursday Afternoon, the tug
Nettie Jones, Capt. John Ford, left the wharf for
Port Pickering, having a barge in tow, and intend
ing to return with lumber. The tug -rrtoi,;;,.
destination, and landed at, Oup 1 fW>- MRMMMpt
■ifo one rrwftnie Itmf flail *i*areclybe#ri
made fast before the spot was eovered with men,
all so securely masked as to be unrecognizable.
They were probable a hundred in number, and had
evidently been concealed for some time under the
blutf. Had they sprung out of the earth their ap
pearanee before the startled crew could hardly have
been more sudden. Without speaking a word,
they quickly boarded the tug,took possession of the
pilot-house aud engine-room, aud ordered Captain
Ford to immediately start down the river, adding,
by way of an incentive to promptness, that some
body might be hurt.
As soon as Captain Ford could sufficiently re
cover from his fright to decide whether his unbid
den guests were a hundred or a thousand in num
ber, and whether the height of ordinary men or
tail ns church steeples, he comprehended that re
sistance was out of the question Accordidgly he
ordered one of the crew to east off the line, and in
a few moments the tug was rapidly steaming for
President’s Island chute. Upon taking possession
the new commanders kept a vigilant eye on the
crew, not allowing any one of them to leave his
post for even a moment. The engineer was not
permitted to oil his machinery, the mysterious
passengers evidently fearing he might suddenly put
it out of repair.
The head of the tug was Held steadily down the
river until approaching Cat Island, twenty-live
miles below, near the Arkansas shore. This was
between 7% and 8 o’clock, and Captain Ford was
ordered to run his tug alongside the little steamer
Hesper, which left the city during the afternoon
with the cargo of Radical arms for Arkansas, and
was tied up, wooding. During the trip, the lead
ers of this mysterious party informed Ford that they
intended overhauling the’Hesper aud destroying
the arms, hut that strict orders had been issued to
the mea to harm no one, and respect all other
property.
In obedience to orders, Captain Ford ran the tug
alongside. This was no sooner accomplished than,
leaving two of the number in the pilot house, two
in the engine-room, and one in the cabin, as a
guard—the latter over one of the crew who had in
sulted the leader—the veiled party suddenly sprang
aboard the Hesper. Little or nothing was said, and
the boarders, who evidently had an eye to business,
placed the crew under surveillance and commenced
the work in hand. The gunboxes were broken
open with axes and hatches, the guns taken out and
thrown into the river. Many were broken before
being consigned to the element. A large quantitv
of ammunition in the hold, marked “sundries,
was also thrown overboard. The boxes were shoved
overboard after them, and many of them were seen
by passengers on the Mayflower, floating with the
current. In half an hour the task was accomplish
ed, and the party quietly returned to the tug, leav
ing the Hesper adrift and in possession of all her
crew who remained, Captain Houston and his
brother having made rapid strides for the woods as
soon as the Nettie was seen bearing down upon
their craft.
The mysterious raiders once more aboard, Capt.
Ford was required to turn the boat northward, ;yul
proceed until farther orders. At midnight she
reached a point in President's Island chute, eight
miles below tile city. Here, by order of the veiled
commander, she was run aground. No sooner had
this been done than someone, until that moment
invisible, on the island, was hailed. A minute after
ward a skiff put out from the shore, and was rowed
alongside. Whether the person in It was black or
while could not be ascertained, as he, too. was
masked. Six of the raiders got into the skiff and
were taken ashore,wad stair
trips until three a. m., when the last six were safely
carried over. But before any one left, strict orders
were given Captain Ford to remain in the chute
until daylight He did so, the tug not ciianging
position until seven a. m. yestcrdfly morning. She
then returned to the city, bringing the first and only
utclligence of what had occurred.
A Future View or our City. —Our citizens
are full of tlie brighest hope for the Macon of ten
or fifteen years hence. They have good grounds
for it. The population has rapidly increased since
the war, and few of our people in the habit of
moving exclusively around the business center
know the improvements going forward on the su
burbs. The demand for half aud one acre lots up
on which to erect cottage houses is very great.
They are generally wanted by men working upon
salaries, who are anxious to get permanent homes
for their familes.
We already have six hundred miles of railroads
in operation, and in one year will have over eight
hundred. They stretch over the richest portions
of Georgia, and make them tributary to our city.
The cotton raised along them is brought here for
sale and the people come here to purchase provis
ions, their bagging and ties, tbeir luxuries aud their
necessaries.
We will soon have three long lines to the Atlan
tic seaboard, and in a few years will have tapped
the Florida system of roads by the completion of
the projected route from Albany to Tallahassee.
The spirit of enterprise and development of the
resources of the State is abroad in the land, and
more particularly is it so here at the grand center.’
Occupying ttic geographical center of the Com
monwealth, it has assumed the position of its com
mercial center. No oue ever saw more extraordi
nary energy displayed to bring about this result
than has been by our citizens. No one would now
dare build a railroad within fifty miles, without
touching our corporate limits with it. It would
not pay.
Haviug either literally finished, or have under way
all the railroads we will Imve any use for for twen
ty years to come, we must now look around for
something else to do. Upon this point we have
not a doubt as to tlie best investments. We meau
Cotton Factories. We do not mean, however,
those Factories which confine themselves solely to
making white sheetings and shirtings, but rather
let us have them in all their ramifications. Let us
manufacture calicoes and the hundred cthcrarticles
into which cotton largely enters. We can do all
this just as well as the yankees. There is nothing
strange or unnatural or costly about the business,
but it is very simple, aud quite easily managed.
The erection of these Factories is tlie next thing
in order.
Market Patches.—We kuow a man who has
made $5,000 clear money in the last two years cul
tivating four acres of ground near this city. He
keeps it heavily manured, and every inch, except
what liis homes do not occupy planted in potatoes,
cabbages, vegetables, etc., which lie regularly sells
in our market-and sends to our Provision Stores.
Besides this, he lives first-pate.
This thrifty man’s example might be profitably
imitated by a great many lialf-employed men about
the city. No matter what a man may raise in ttiis
country to eat, he can readily find a purchaser for
it just 365 days iu every year. Nothing is more
profitable in the way of farming, considering the
amount of capital invested.
Com: ressino Cotton in the Interior
—lts Effect upon the Commercial
Interests of Savannah. —Charles E.
Boardmau, Civil Engineer, aud recently
foreman of the Neptune Iron Works, in
the city of New York, having erected and
put in running order two hydraulic, togle
joint combination cotton presses, for Ma
jor N. C. Jones, at Dillou’s Wharf, left
this city last night for Augusta, Georgia,
for the purpose of erecting in that city
two more of these improved presses for
Major Jones. From thence he will pro
ceed to Macon and Columbus, Georgia,
Montgomery, Alabama, Vicksburg, Mis
sissippi, and Shrevesport, Louisiana, for
tlie purpose of erecting at each oue so
those points one or more of these power
ful presses. It will be observed that all
the above points are on the through line
of railroad from the Pacific to the Atlantic
ocean, terminating at Savannah, and that
the compression of cotton will increase
the capacity of the railroad cars for its re
ception 33 per cent., thereby greaUy
increasing the facilities for, aud at the
same time diminishing the cost of trans
portation from those points to this city,
and also effectually securing the staple
from the depredations of cotton thieves,
who everywhere infest the railroad depots
and cotton warehouses, which is estimated
to average some three pounds per bale.
[Savannah Republican, liilh.
THE LILAC.
The lilac bush is in blossom,
It hath the balmy smell
Os that dear delicious summer
Os love’s first miaacle ;
I feel as I breathe Its fragrance
The old enchanting pain,
The sweet insatiate longing,
Thrill through ray heart and brain.
O youth, youth, youth ! —where are you ?
1 call, but you come no more;
I weep, but afar you mock me,
And you laugh when I implore:
Yet you hide within the lilac,
With an odor you shoot me through,
And a whiff of the old you fling me,
That is better than all the nd»'.
How proudly we struggled to fcave you,
When you implored us to stay !
How bitterly grieve to regain yeu !
When once you have lied away!
Too late, too late we love you,
And long for your laugh of sunwise,
And we only truly can see you
With manhood’s tears In our ties. J
You flung your arms around me]
And pelted me with flowers; !
You clung to me a* we wanderefl
Among those lilac bowers;
You kissed me, half-laughing, hgif-crying,
Beseeching me to remain, t
But impatient I shook you fromjmo —
And you never will come again
Your lilacs arc ever blooming
In happy gardens of play,
But they luve you not. >vUu hawe you, ,
m flee awr.v i*
•“hey Tong Tor the fields of Freedom,
Where the fruit of Ambition grows,
And for manhood’s heights that are lifted
Against a sky of rose.
THE WORLD’S PROPOSITION.
The following is the gruvearnen of the
editorial in the World suggesting a change
of candidates and which has created such
a sensation all over the couutry. As an
act of justice to that journal we deem it
our duty to give ita reasons for a proposal
that has been so sharply criticised :
The narrow escape of the Republicans
from a great defeat is uotdueto their prin
ciples, but the military prestige of Grant
and aspersions cast on Blair. On a simple
contest of principle we should have suc
ceeded, ami we may succeed yet if we can
remove or neutralize these adverse influ
ences which have really nothing to do
with the question.
Can this be done ? It Is a grave ques
tion, fraught with momentous consequen
ces. We commend It to the attention and
to the most earnest reflection of the recog
nized leaders of the party. We have still
nearly three weeks for action, aud w here
so slight a counterpoise would suffice to
turn the scale, prompt action, if it be judi
cious as well as prompt, will accomplish
wonders.
If, in a review of the whole situation, it
shall be concluded that mistakes have
been made, it is better that they be cor
rected now tlia.n that the country be
dragged through four more years of strife,
to be redeemed then by measuies of the
kind that might, by a magnificent
exercise of pluck, be as easily adopted
now. Whatever a sagacious foresight per
ceives to be the proper course for the Dem
ocratic party four years hence, if it shouTd
be beaten now, had belter be pursued at
once.
The time liascoine, the hour has struck,
wheu we must turn our faces to the future.
It is a rough country, witli a great career
before it which no imagination can grasp.
A majority of our voters are young meu,
abounding in hope and activity, aud tiie
country being in the dawn of anew era,
when all minds are filled with expecta
tion and excitement, that party has the
best chance of a great future which is
most in sympathy with the youthful and
irrepressible energy of the nation.
A growing nation like an improving in
dividual lias always something to learn.
A political party which does not advance
with the nation and enter into the full
ness of the expanding, exuberant life, is
oil the declivity which descends to deca
dence and decreptituile. The Democratic
party is full of vigorous, youthful, aspir
ing element*. KwUur Ahuusn* 4a>
other party are yearniug to join it if we
have hut the courage to build the bridg
for them to cross.
The Democratic party cannot die; its
vitality, its invincible tenacity of life, the
sanguine confidence with which it gathers
energy from defeat, bespeak a great desti
ny in reserve. If our leaders should be
convinced by the result of the late elec
tions t hat sonic mistakes were made by
net following their original judgment—
if those who disagreed with them in opin
ion now see they misjudged. If there is
any impediment to success which can be
removed by noble, daring, or self-sacrifi
cing virtue, or a bold stroke of policy,
now is the hour for action.
It would be an infinite pity if, when we
are so very near success, we should fail to
win by a lack of a little boldness L’au~
dace, Vaudace, toujoura Vaudace. Our
principles have not been rejected in these
elections; there is no call to change them.
All other elements of the canvass are light
and trivial compared with the success of
our principles. It requires some great
ness of soul to act a bold part in an unex
pected crisis when everything hangs on a
swift and courageous decision in this
hour, when the party stands with one foot
over'the brink of peril and the other on
the edge of victory. The capacity of a few
men to form a great re-olution may shape
the destiny of the country. We speak as
unto wise men. Judge ye what we say.
THA\KSOIVI\G PKOCbA>I ATIO.V
fly the President of the I’nited States of America :
In the year which now draws to its end,
the art, tiie skill, and the labor of the peo
ple of the United States have beeu em
ployed with greater diligence and vigor,
and in broader fields than ever before, and
the fruits of the earth have been gathered
into tiie granary and the storehouse in
marvellous abundance. Our highways
have been lengthened, aud new aud pro
lific regions have been occupied. We are
permitted to hope that long protracted po
litical and sectional dissensions at no dis
tant day are to give place to returning
harmony and fraternal affection through
out the Republic. Many foreign States
have entered into liberal agreements with
us, while nations which are far off, anil
which heretofore have been unsocial and
exclusive, have become our friends.
The annual period of rest, which we
have reached in health aud tranquility,
and which is crowned with so many bless
ings, is, by universal consent, a conveni
ent aud suitable one for cultivating per
sonal piety and practicing public devo
tion.
I therefore recommend that Thursday,
the 26tli day of November next, be set
apart and observed by all the people of the
United States as a day for public praise,
thanksgiving, and-prayer to the Almighty
Creator and Divine Ruler of the Universe,
by whose ever-watchful, merciful, and
gracious provideuce alone States and Na
tions, no less than families aud individual
men, do live, and move, and have their
being.
In witness whtreof, I have hereunto set
my baud, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, the
twelfth day of October, iu the
year of our Lord one thousand
[seal.] eight hundred and sixty-eight,
and of the independence of the
United States the ninety-third.
Andrew Johnson.
By the President:
Wm. H. Seward, See. of State.
OLD STYLE TYPE.
The Printer's Circular says: Our esteem
ed contemporary and neighbor (Child’s
Publishers' Circular) lemarks : “It is be
lieved that the Caslons were the oldest
type-founders in London. In the year
1716 W illiam Caslou established the Caslon
Letter Foundry, now conducted by H. W.
Caslon & Cos., who are reviving some of
tiie old founts, engraved and cast oue hun
dred and fifty years ago. What is called
Old Face Type is much used, here a9
well as in England, in reprints.” Justso,
Mr. Childs; but who, with even a half an
eye for true taste, can commend this going
back to barbarism? For half a century
the type-founders of Americaand Scotland
have been approaching perfection in the
cat ot Roman types, and each real advance
has been at once perceived aud acknowl
edged by the mass of the trade. This “old
lace” irruption has had some jugglery at
the bottom of it. Some sly speculator has
come upon a lot of old punches, ora lot
of old type, and has made a virtue of his
blunder, and suggested anew “mode” in
“faces.”
MACON, GAiV TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1868.
BLAIR.
Important Speech by the General at <4 Loula— He
Taken u Hopeful View of I lie Situation.
Ht. Louts, Octobe/16.
Genera Blair was serenaded ta-ij*gfat at
his residence on Washington Avenue.
Several Democratic clubs, with torches,
banners anti music, were presets, and a
large crowd of citizens gens ally filed the
streets. Alter referring to local: matters
at some length the General spoke as fol
lows :
I am the candidate of the Dfaaoeratle
party tor a very distinguished position,
aud I expect to be a candidate nfc long as
they dt-sire it; so Imig as 1 cam avail to
help tile great cause which we all have at
heart; my fellow-citizens, it will be
uo sacrifice to me, or rather it aili be a
work of pleasure to me to surrender that
position whenever by so doing I can add
one vote to the strength of the Democracy
in this State or any other of the Suites.
I am not a candidate for the purpose of
embarrassing or lrustratiug and defeating
principles which have my cordial support,
aud wheu I cease to be of use in oue
capacity I am ready to try it in soother;
and 1 call upon you here 10-night for the
great cause which we ail have <■:,) oused,
not to hesitate to make ade
manded to gafli for us the victory. So am
I ready tp make any sacrifice; so am I
ready to go on and do anything, to take
‘«e.pon my shoulders any burden, or to lay
doWlfauy that may have been conferred
upon me heretofore.
Aud this brings me to allude to that ru
mor in our moist to-day. [A voice—
“ That’s what we want.”] It lias been
said here that both the candidates for the
Presidency aud Vice-Presidency have sig
nified their intention to decliue in favor
of some other candidates. All I have to
say is that botli of the candidates have al
ways, from the moment they were nomi
nated to this moment, and will always be
ready to lay down their candidacy when
it can uo Jouger be ol service to the Dem
ocratic party of the country. [Cheers.]
If it should be beiieveil that by so doing
we could add to the strength oi tiie Dem
ocratic party, and give it a better chance
of victory, you will find you are not mis
taken either in your candidate for the
Presidency or Vice-Presidency, for they
will justify in your eyes tiie great honor
and distinction which you have conferred
upon them by showing that they are not
unworthy and not insensible of tiie honor.
[A voice—"We want no Chase.” Other
voices—"No, no.”] That is for you to i
say [Voices— “Weil done,” and cries of
“Heniirieks for Blair.”]
1 do not desire, my fellow-citizens, an
expression from you to-night U, ou that
subject. I want you to view it calmly
anil dispassionately, without regard to the
feelings of any man, because tiie feelings
of individuals are nothing in the scale as
compared witli tiie great objects we have
in view, that of success and the restora
tion of our country. Ido not intend to
abandon tiie field. In one sense, at least,
I mean to bear my share of tiie battle,
whether in the ranks or as an officer; 1
will depend upon tiie wishes of tiie Dem
ocratic party.
Gen. Blair then thanked the crowd for
their attention, and bade them good night.
In tiie opening part of his speech the
General announced that lie wus neither
dismayed, terrified nor discouraged at the
result of the receut elections, which was
received with cheers.
IRON JAIL*.
Yesterday morning there were shipped
from Potosi, Washington county, Mis
souri, from tiie iron works of Messrs. Paw
ley & Corel!, corner of second and Mor
gan slieets, a very novel, and at the same
Hint h very useful artiee of manufacture.
We were invited to inspectiton Saturday,
aud for that purpose visited thuestafi sh
inent. The object we went to see was a
complete iron jail, built for Po
tosi, ainlJE!j^P"^r.'*tfi i et .-.t»d complete
an a;; commodiousc-uyS
mi, oi w ■»» it >s "v«S*
erect. ?te bul ding ft* Hselfp
fifteen - l.feet upon its founda
tions, with* S tifs seven and half feet high.’
The building is constructed of heayy*
boiler iron, pannelled ail around, wiliiau
appropriate cornice »l»out tiie top. Tbl«?
iron prison is divided into three separate
cells. Übe largest one is tea eet in width
and sixteeu iu length. This apartment is
entered by two separate dbors, on the op
posite sides. The doors are solid iron plates
in the lower half, the upper part being of
very strong open iron lattice-work, iu
which is an ingenious contrivance mak
ing a feed door, which is so arranged as to
shoot back and forth at tlie option of the
keeper on tiie out.-ide. The doors of this
and ail other cells are hung upon strong
iron hinges, with swivel catch and patent
locks, entirely out of reach of the inmates.
This large cell has so r iron bedsteads of
lattice work, which are hung by heavy
wings to the sides of tiie structure, so that
they eau be folded against tiie sides, and
leave the room clear for exercise. A water
closet and wash how! is also provided of
iron, and no extra furniture is required.
The remaining part of the structure is
divided iuto two cells, each five by eight
feet, both entered by a door similar to the
large one, and furnished also with folding
beds, water closet, aud wash howl. The
whole work is massive, strong, aud well
contrived, and of itself furnishes a prison
that a culprit, once in, would find ita hard
job to get out of, until his keeper opeued
the ponderous and securely fastened door
for him.
But this is not the only safeguard for the
criminal’s projection. The iron jail is to
beset up within the hall of a brick prison,
so much larger in its interior dimensions
than tins solid iron cage, that there will
be a space of several feet between, the walls
of the iron prison and Die brick walls.
The brick prison is itself to be eutered
only through two doors, one of solid iron,
and oue of lattice iron work, both protect
ed by swivels and patent locks.— St. Louis
Democrat.
“ SELL YOUR COTTON.”
Under this caption our venerable cotem
porary of the Milledgeville Recorder osiers
the cotton planters the benefit of his
counsel. The Recorder is one of the ablest
papers in the State, and its editor has for
many years been a close observer of tlie
fluctuations in the cotton trade, and from
his large acquaintance with the planters
throughout tlie eotton-growiug States, his
thorough knowledge ot their present con
dition is, perhaps, well qualified to give
them prudent advice. He says :
“We would advise our farming friends
to sell all their cotton at the present ruling
prices :—23, 24, 25. Don’t hold with the
expectation that you can get 30 cents.
Cotton may go up to ttiat sum, and then
again it may not. Be contented with a
good paying price, and allow the buyer a
margin to make a little something for
himself. Without the speculator, where
would your cotton be in price? It is to
him that you are indebted; for in his de
sire to make, he buys and holds to throw
up prices. He wants to get his profits out
oi the manufacturer, who must have cot
ton. Don’t discourage him from buying,
for if you do, down goes the price. Give
him a margin to encourage his bids, for if
you drive the speculator out of the field,
the manufacturer will have it all his own
way. You can make nothing by embar
rassing the speculator. He has the capital,
and will invest in something else, if driv
en out of the cotton market.”— Savannah
Morning News.
Remarkable Incident.— The office of
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser was
burned some two weeks ago, with a loss
of about $130,000. The paper, we believe,
did not, however, lose an issue, and re
lates the following:
“Perhaps ns remarkable an incident as
any which occurred in connection with
the disaster, was tiie settlement of the
cash account the next morning. The
money was taken from ihe safe and
drawers by tliiee or four different clerUaof
the establishment—one taking a handful!
of bills, another a heap of fractional cur
rency, another a handfuli of pennies, etc.,
but when the money was counted it was
found that the cash hook balanced to a
cent.”
Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine.—
Messrs. Havens & Brown send us this
superb chronicle of fashion for November.
As usual it is admirable in every repeet,
and will, greatly aid las femmes in emula
ting thff “lilies of the field.”
THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1868.
GOV. BULLOCK'S LAST PROCLAMATION.
If we understand the meaning of Gov.
Bullock’s proclamation, published yester
day tnoruing, suspending the collection of
all poll taxes till the next meeting of the
Legislature, it is designed to admit to the
ballot that large class of voters who have
not, and probably never will pay that, or
any other tax, but who can be counted
upon, at ail times, to vote tiie Radical
ticket. Waiving, for the present, tiie dis
cussion of the justice, propriety, or delica
cy of the Governor of tiie whole people,
apparently for party purposes thus de
creeing an equality of rights between
those who have, and thosy who have not
entitled themselves by compliance with
tiie law to their enjoyment, we desire to
put this question :
What effect has this proclamation in
remitting penalties incurred under tiie
Constitution for non-compliance with its
requirements? Has tiie Governor the
right tii do, ox ha* l** di*oe ate, tiling more
in tills proclamation, than extend the time ,
in which tax defaulters shall comply with
those requirements? The plain purpose
of the proclamation, as it appears to us, is
to admit to the ballot box, without ques
tion, every negro in tiie State, whether he
has, or has not paid bis poll tax, and in
defiance of that provision of the Constitu
tion which requires that the person otter
ing to vote “shall have paid all taxes re
quired of him, and which lie may have
had an opportunity of paying for tiie year
next preceding said election.” Will it do
that, though, is the question ? We think
not, and we call the attention of those who
will be managers of the election to tiie point-
Governor Bullock may have power hi
suspend the operation of a law, but he has
none upon earth to set aside a plaiu Con
stitutional requirement. The white people
have paid the poll tax of 1867—the year
next preceding the election—the negroes
have not, or at least the majority have
not. The Constitution says they shall do
so before voting in 1868. Gov. Bullock
means that they shall, if his proclamation
means anything. Which shall the olll
cers of the Caw, all of whom have sworn
to support the Constitution, obey—its
plain requirements, or those of the Execu.
live? We speak now unto men who we
believe not only know, but will do their
whole duty as sworn servants of the Con
stitution ai.d laws.
Another fact in this connection should
also be remembered. Gov. Bullock, who
is not in Atlanta —the proclamation to the
contrary notwithstanding—hut in New
York, is there for the purpose of borrow
ing money for the Stale. What sort of
financiering is that which refuses to re
ceive the legitimate revenues of the State,
and al the same is hawking her bonds
around Wall street for the purpose of rais
ing revenue? We do not desire to deal
with this question in a partisan or captious
spirit, but we do not hesitate to declare
that, viewed in every light, it is wholly
wrong and deserves the severest public
reprobation.
♦
(Communicated,J
The Hurlil us Urn. C«*M> at 4then*—Funeral »*rr
<lcn and Honors.
• , A|h Eoitob.: It was toy privilege to be
tjkffft'Httld■ ob!fetttM ahft' ui'recU% atr
-attewHng the interment of the late
ted Gen. Howell Cobb, at his forme*!
in Athens. Sympathy for the be
fatnily, and fieraonai attachment
toritbe deceased, attracted many persons
from different parts of the Slate. Com
mittees from diflV-rent cities were also in
attendance, to pay the last tribute to him
.whom Georgia never failed to honor.
Mr. Wadley, President Central Railroad,
received the remains in Savannah, and
taking personal supervision of their ship
ment furnished a speeial train, which
brought them through to Athens. The
train reached Athens on Thursday morn
ing, at 8 o’clock. At 8 o'clock the citizens
on masse assembled at the depot, and took
charge of the precious 1 dust of their illus
trous townsman. Blowly they moved
under the sound of toiling bells to the City
Hall, where the great statesman was to be
laid in state until his final sepulture. The
associations were deeply affecting. With
in that Hall his voice had often echoed its
clariotj notes, rousipg and directing the
public mind. Now we gather round him
to find that death has Rxed its seal upon
his lips, and silencs reigns. But a few
weeks ago his Callow-citizens met irt this
Hall to hear his couusel in the present dis
tress. None dreamed it was the last. But
so it was, and here we are to bury him.
At 2j o’clock the most imposing proces
sion ever known in Athens was formed
from the City Hall. The-elergy m a railed
in front, followed by the Masonic Frater
nity, of which the deceased was an hon
ored member. Next followed the hearse;
then Committees of Visitation ; then the
Faculty of the University and students;
au<l, finally, citizens.
The procession marched to the College
Chapel, where the funeral services were
conducted iu the following order :
Reading Scriptures, by Rev. R. K. Por
ter, of Atlanta;
Hymn by Rev. Mr. Birktiead, of.Ath
ens;
Prayer by Dr. Mell, of the University ;
Address by Rev. E. W. Warren, of
Macon;
Address by Rev. J. 8. Key 7, of Macon ;
Address by Rev. Mr Flynn, of Mil
ledgeville;
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Brantly, of Atlanta ;
Hymn by Rev. Mr. Ivey, of Athens.
The scene within the Chapel is beyoud
description. There were congregated the
relatives, the friends, the admirers of the
illustrious dead. No idle curiosity, no
captious criticism obtruded upon that sol
emn scene; but sorrow, sympathy 7, and
trembling awe pervaded the vast assem
blage.
The officiating ministers wisely ab
stained from eulogium.and used the occa
sion to inculcate thq great truths of the
Gospel ministry. Happily, the subject
and the occasion furnished them abun
dant materia'. The great statesman and
soldier was not neglectful of his immortal
interests. Seriously and earnestly he had
grappled with the great questions of God
head and Atonement. At first unable to
receive them, because of constitutional
infirmities—infirmities of belief—yet after
long struggles, and diligent inquiry, lie
was brought to the sure realization of his
acceptance with God, and died a sincere
believer in Jesus Christ. These points
were brought out and dwelt upon by the
ministers conducting the service, to sev
eral of whom he had given a confidential
recital of his conversion, and an avowal of
his purpose to unite with the church.
'The impressions of this service will
never be effaced. Eyes unused to tears
were blinded with weeping; strong men
were bowed with grief; old age and youth
were alike impressed* and Christians re
joiced in triumph and hope. Athens
never met a loss do painfully felt—so uni
versally deplored. He was sorrowed lor
as for » father or brotner.
Towards the sun setting the procession
reformed from the Chapel, and moved to
the old cemetery, where we deposited the
honored dead side by side witli the dust
of his children and his parents.
I have no reflections to offer. Surely
his life and his death will make their
own appeal. Observer.
PANNIERS.
A Ifiitffmnd’H Kx|>cri*?iice of the Grecian Bend.
[From the New.York Democrat.]
I wisli to say what 1 know about the
pannier , iu order, firstly, to display tuy
knowledge; secondly, to prove that mar
ried men are specially qualified to write
fashion letters; and lastly, that I may
! have the pleasure of talking about my
wife—and myself; and also because I am
I in a state of some apprehension in regard
to her, and with the sympathy of the
public.
I will state, as a preliminary, that my
wife is, or lias been until lately, a good
, enough sort of a woman, iu proof of which
1 will remark that every morning, witli
out fail, she retires into our right, hand
closet for devotional purposes, never
emerging under ten minutes, unless, in
deed, tiie baby should cry. Not many
mornings ago the ten minutes bad elapsed,
but no Mann came forth. 1 thought of
her especially tbul morning, for I stood in
need of a button ; but being a good bus
baud, I waited patiently till she should
come out. Five minutes more, aud no
Maria. “The dear woman,” i thought,
“she is praying for me as well as herself.
I need her prayers, so U*i her go-on, and'T
will wait.” I picked up the newspaper.
Five minutes more, and uo Maria. Just
then the dock struck, tiie baby woke and
began to cry. Two minutes more—three
minutes—four minutes— the baby crying,
aud uo Maria. In a minute more I thought
of a great many cases of sunstroke,
apoplexy, heart disease, and all manner of
things. Surely something had happened.
I should have fainted if I had sat Still, so
l rushed to the closet and found Maria,
not at her prayers, but —well, by that time
’twas ail over, ’twas fixed. She was red
in the face, to be sure, but she rushed past
me to the baby. But I saw her as she
rushed, and then I did faint nearly. I
I could say nothing—»lie had gone mad,
and had put on one of the pillows, I looked
at tier and she was quieting the baby in a
highly rational manner. I looked ail
round, but saw nothing uncommon, for
she was sitting down with her back to
me. But I hud seen her very distinctly as
she went past me, aud I said : “ Maria,
vthat is the matter?”
“ Nothing, my darling, nothing.”
“Nothing, my dear?” I said. “Have
you just said your prayers, and tell me—
me, nothing t n
She was conscieuce-stricken, but like a
true woman, did not yield. She replied,
with a force of argument which was strik
ing, “ 'Tin not anything, 'tis only a pan
nier. I (uuat bts lasbioiiablo, you know.
I said nothing; my grief was also too
deep for words. I sirupiy said, “Maria,
I am waiting for a button.”
I would have waited till she was asleep
that night, and could have seen all about
that pannier, or could have waked up be
times next morning ; but 1 could not wait.
My business was pressing, but 1 let my
business wait. I walked down Broadway,
looking out for one of those windows iu
which aii sorts of feminine fixtures are
displayed, and assuming an expression
which 1 iu tended to he both paternal ami
maternal —m short, endeavoring to look
as much like a ‘family mau” as possible— ;
1 went in and asked to tee a pannier, j
A dozen were brought me—some of wool, i
some of c turn, some of whalebone and
some of oilier things. Horae had stitches j
running up; some had stitches running'
down ; some had stitches going the other j
way. Ou tiie whole, I liked the whale- j
bone ones the best, because they were j
the coolest, and less ike to bring on spi- i
nal complaint, thereby inducing the j
Green Apple—l mean theCreeiau Bend — i
nothing like giving a thing a good name,
though I think any respectable Greek
would have run a mile at-the sight of any
such thing, Finally, such was my state
of sadness that I could eat no lunch, al
though thereby 1 would have somewhat
economized, had i not felt in such need of
spiritual consolation, that l spentrouble
tiie aiaouut in another wax- J. bad in
deed, eau*« th be sad, for the thijHs owd t
come home to me, but ori luaturtf reiiec-
Uon, I resolved not to seoffi, bedose, In
the first place, it would do no good. A
Compromise, however, has been effected
between us to the eff ct that I will let the j
pannier aione, provided that tiie bend, j
which I am positive was unknown to
the Greeks, be not instituted—for that,
neither I nor any other man of spirit will ;
l'rot<‘«tant Epl»c«»|>al Triennial Convention.
In the Episcopal General Convention,
on Tliuisday morning, Rev. Mr. Todd, of
Kansas, offered a resolution to the efleet
that it be referred to tbe Committee on
the Prayer Book, the expediency of eras
ing frorii the ordination office the words
••whose sins thou dost forgive they are
forgiven,” etc.
The resolution created a momentary
sensation. Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wiscon
sin, said no clergyman had a right to offer
such a resolution, and moved,- therefore,
that it be tabled. Rev. Dr. Adams said
. be did not wish any such resolution to ap
pear ou tbe records. It was finally tabled
by a large majority.
Rev. Dr. John Hodges offered an
amendment to canon eleven, to the effect
that no minister of this church, settled
over any congregation, or in temporary
charge thereof, shall invite any person
not having Episcopal ordination to offi
ciate with him or in his place or stead on
any occasion of public worsiiip iu the
church or over which he is
settled or in charge.
Furthermore, no minisfbr shall invite or
permit, to officiate as aforesaid, any min
ister ordained by a Bishop not in commu
nion with the church, unless such person
shall have been received as a minister,
under canon nine, title one.
A motion was made to table these
amendments as soon us they were read,
the Low Churchmen being unanimous iu
so doiug, but the other side were too
strong for them, so they were referred, as
requested by the mover, to the Committee
on Canons. This is looked upon as tan
tamount to a defeat of the Tyng party.
The unfinished business of Wednesday,
viz: the report of the Committee on Can
ons on the formation of new dioceses was
then taken up. .
Mr. Edward MeCrady, of South Caro
lina, expressed the opinion of uu old law
yer that if the committee’s amendment
passes the Convention, the dioceses will
be bound hand and foot. He hoped no
such canon as proposed would be adopted,
by this hou-e. The most odious restric
tiou that could be imposed upon a diocese
is a pecuniary one. It was simply a ques
tion of wealth. We allow any diocese
that has wealth to divide as often as it
pleases.
The question was finally settled by the
adoption of a resolution that none such
should be recognized unless accomplished
by assurances of support for tbe Bisbop.
Considerable debate was had ou a reso
lution offered by tbe Rev. Dr. Adams, of
Wisconsin, authorizing a joint committee
to sit during the recess, and to report to
the next Convention as to the meaiiiug of
the phrase “ Presiding Bishop ot the
Church.” nop
Also that, if there is a Presiding Bis
in tiie sense of Primate, or Alelropolit
or Patriarch, the committee reporta canon
defining his powers and preenbing the
mode of his appointment.
The doctor, in support of his proposi
tions, said lie did not care particularly
who was the Presiding Bishop of the
House of Bishops, but if that person was
to be the Presiding Bishop ‘ of this
Church,” he thought the mauuerof his
selection should be altered and the House
of Clerical and Lay Delegates permitted to
participate.
The movement was understood to be
directed against Bishop Smith, of Ken
tucky, who is an intense Low Church
man’ A motion to table was lost by a
large majority. Finally a substitute was
adopted, simply instructing the Commit
tee on Canons to inquire into tlie expedi
ency of striking out the words “of this
Church,” after the words “Presiding
Bishop,” in sectiou three, canon nine,
title three.
Sisgr A clergyman says it is curious to
note how many people alteud a circus
“only because they went to please their
children ;” but still more curious to ob
serve that in many instances it takes two
or three able bodied men, with as many
women to look after one little boy 7 or girl.”
I®"’Young men who would prosperin
love should woo gently. It is not fashion
able for ladies, to take ardent spirits.
[From Hie New York World, October 15th.J
COTTON.
Ei;ypt a* • Producer of the Great Staple.
The cable announcement of a heavy
yield of cotton in Egypt is of great im
portance to the people of the Southern
States and to our people generally. The
Herald thinks not, but that sheet is no
better authority on cotton than politics.
When it expresses contempt for Egypt as
a cotton-growing rival, it betrays lack of
knowledge, for it is a tact which uo one
properly informed will dispute —not even
Commissioner Welles’ man Atkinson —
that, of ail tile competitors who have
taken the field against us, Egypt is by all
odds the most formidable. And when it
states that ttie cotton of that country is
“a poor, short staple and dirty article,” it
asserts what is not correct.
Cotton has long been tiie most impor
tant item of commerce amoug nations.
This country held au uninterrupted mo
nopoly of tiie article up to the commence
ment of the war. A large portion of
England's commercial greatness grew out
of and depends ujkio it. To give employ
ment to her 3,00i) mills, 33,000,000 spindles
and 1,000, u00 Mie lias looked to
our Bea Island and Gulf Stale plantations.
Iu a single year she actually paid out
$412,000,000 for a supply. These facts suf
ficiently indicate Die importance of our
possessing the monopoly of supply, and of
doing all iu our power to regain the
ground we lost by The war. That result
is certainly not to be reached by mislead
ing our cotton planters as to their real sit
uation. To tell them that there is noth
ing to fear from Egypt is a fallacy. 1 here
is much to fear; but it is certaiu that, un
der a stable political government, perse
verance and well-directed labor will event
ually place the Soutii first again on the
list of suppliers, aud make cultivation of
the staple in Egvyt too unprofitable to be
continued.
Tuere is a point beyond which it be
comes more profitable for that country to
send England breadstuff* than cotton. Jt
is to that point our planters must force
tliis rival. Were it not for the fact that
she can not devote beyond a given acreage
to cotton witnout being compelled to im
port the cereals for home consumption,
tiie rivalry' would be eminently threaten
ing. The commercial returns of the
world’s markets tell us how prosperously
her cotton interest has thriveu since 1861.
There is no wisdom in affecting contempt
for the staple she produces ; nothing to be
gaiued by assuring our planters that our
own staple is so greatly superior that no
other growth can stand beside it iu the
markets. Let us not disguise the fact that
the Egyptian staple is a good one ; that it
commands a good price; that it is aii :
bougiit; aud that it has been thought i
worth while to introduce Egyptian seed j
on oar own plantations for trial. It has
been demonstrated that our Bea-Island
variety, the best grown, can not be pro- ;
duced in any other quarter of the world
excepting along the region of the Nile.
Proof that the Egyptian staple is held
high may' he found iu the fact that the
seeds commonly selected for experimen
tal cultivation in ne w aud favorable local
ities are the American and Egyptian, and ;
tiie value of tiie latter has t een attested in .
Peru, w here the plant grows thriftily in
four mouths, while the native plant only t
yields ia eight. Wheu the Sultan eneour- j
aged cultivation in Morocco, in 1863,
American and Egyptian seeds were im- ;
ported from England, which jointly pro- j
duced au article claimed to be equal to the i
American in quality. But the actual cot- j
ton operations of Egypt since 1861 are the ;
best test of her importance as a compet
itor, ami the results of which she is capa- j
hie of in an emergency, ud it must always j
be remembered ihat England is dissatis- i
fled with her dependence upon America |
for raw cotton, and will lend all possible j
aid to that country which otters her the j
prospect of iude|»endeDce oi ua. Egypt j
furnishes that.nation with Die following
amounts in the years named :
aa.ouo.uoo.Uw.
pjgs as.ooo.oooibs.
' 125,000.00018*.
1*35...., 177.000,0U0 Itii.
These figures are official, and may be
trusted. In 1864 England paid Egypt
over $64,000,000 for t-ottou. The year be
fore the war she paid her less thau *7,000,-
000. There is a lesson iu these figures.
How far the present crop of that coun
try will interfere with our sales in British
markets wiil depeud on circumstances, but
oue thing is certain —that we shall be im
portantly affeeteil by it in several ways.
It ill becomes us to att’ect an indifference
for competition that we cannot attbrd, and
it is in every respect more sensible for the
South to set about recovering her lost cot
ton status iu all earnestness, and with a
sincerity that shows her appreciation of
the true character of the situation, than
for her to rely upon past power for pres
ent protection. Affairs have changed, aud
she has experienced crushing discourage
ments. Her labor system has been totally
revolutionized ; even worse, it has been
destroyed, aud she has been forced to de
vise anew one. In the midst of her pros
ration, Congress, in defiance of all the
principles of political economy, and with
utter disregard for the national good, lev
ied a tax upon the staple that would have
Leena death-blow to its cultivation had it
beeu much longer retained. These draw
backs must be overcome. It can scareely
be believed that this section is unworthily
yielding to them, and yet tLat would seein
to he the fact from the reports constantly
received here that the cotton area is more
and more being given over to wheat aud
corn.
The South can not reasonably expect to
recover herself at once. Restoration must
necessarily be gradual; and during its
progress, "periodical and temporary re
lapses must be locked for. The ultimate
lesuit can not be doubted.
We are bound to be master of the cot
ton market if we use our advantages judi
ciously. To recover lost ground at a sin
gle stroke we must throw a full crop into
the market; nothing less will suffice. The
planters of the South must bend all their
energies to effect this. If they exert
themselves they will win, if not they will
lose. The prize is certainly worth the ef
fort, The losses on a short crop one year
will be compensated by the gains ou a full
crop the next one. Above all, it should
be remembered that the reign of Radical
ism will not last forever, and that there is
a period coming when we are to produce
an annual crop of 5,000,000 bales, to man
ufacture it for ourselves, and then convey
the fabrics to tbe great markets of the
world by American means of transporta
tion. England may set that down as a
fixed fact. Let tbe South keep her eyes
upon it, and steadfastly 7 labor on iu the
fulfilment of her sute and prosperous
destiny.
IIIE ELECTION IV INDIANA.
Close C'onte.Hts in the Past.
The contest for Governor iu Indiaua is
so exceedingly close that it will probably
require the official canvass to determine
the result. It is likely that there are not
500 votes difference between Hendricks
and Baker ou a total poll of 375,000.
We have bad iu our history a number of
such close*contests. In IS4O Marcus Mor
ton, Democrat, was elected Governor of
Massachusetts by a majority of one vote
over Edward Everett and scattering, the
law requiring a majority over all to elect.
The vote stood for
Morton , v 51,034
Everett and seattenug .51,033
Majority 1
In 1844 Henry Clay carried Tennessee
for President against James K. Polk, the
Democratic candidate, by a majority of
113 votes out of a poll of 110,000. In 1840
General Harrison carried Pennsylvania
for President by 343 votes ou a poll of
288,000, and lie was successful
410 votes on a poll of 90,000.
tember election iu 1840 in
Kent, the Whig candidate
had OS inajori v only over
the Democratic nominee. In
B. Wheeler, Democratic
Governor of Ohio, was beaten 250 votelSd
Seabury Ford, Whig and Abolitiouist, of
Geauga county. In 1850 Horatio Sey
mour, Democrat, was defeated for Gov
ernor in the great State of New York by
Washington Hunt, Whig, by a majority
of 250. In 1824 Governor Seymour was
defeated for re-election by Myron Clark,
the Whig and Temperance candidate, by
a majority of 354 only. In 1857 the contest
for Governor in Ohio was exceedingly
1 close between Salmon P. Chase, the Re-
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*“ d H. B. Payne, the Den*-
candidate. On a poll of 300 000 y ..
Chase had but 1,20(J maiorily,
1844 the resuit of the Presidential
elect l ,,,, was determined in favor of M,
ovt ? r Henry Clay by a majority of
in Uie teta.e of Ne w York. \S • uLut
that State Mr. Clay was elected. In jsp.
the vote of the single State of Pennsyl
vania elected General Taylor fir President
over General Cass, and in 1856 the vole of
the same State elected Mr. Buchanan over
Mr. Iremont. in 1836 the vote of Penn
sylvania determined the Presidential eon
test m favor of Martin Van Boren. These
el * utioils in our mod
ern politics: history.— Cm. Enq.
RISKIN'* TifKOftlKS.
oe,U " s 00,1 Mauey—ilaactiens r„r .u
I***opl«.
" e iu tbs London papers the fol
lowing interesting ietter from Ru.-kin .
! >U to-day a discussion
Winch seems to have been greatly inter
kytelfloK them the
hioad tact, that England i« no longer
l«S f»r her inhabitants” VUh
you not, in the leisure of tuTr^soSeu
H d "' CU " Bit ‘ , ‘ likely' tn I
—n»?,L 11 1 ,g ’ an< * much inoie useful
rJ? 3 ’ ? big England may be mad
“ inhabitants and how iitu
Mhri t f,,r wasteful on,, -
'“"h letters on this quite
is trml n 1 n V al bow mines
by “**•» l "‘ w it is truly l ,st, not
o.d. li per-sm or another, but by the
fwes cti ath> n ? For, practically, people'-
diate OM O r»H fel r y liXeU 0,1 lhe bmn -
bauds f ™! me y >t cliange-
I «ilwayH couftideriiiir how •* *>
! lomehody else, blft
where that somebody else got it aLs.
I ofU to r mh at r Ura “ y l UJOUrn over their&
oftt to other people, without reflectin'-'
that, if not lost altogether, it mav still he
of some reflective advantage to them.
W hereas, the real national question is not
who is losing or gaining money, but who
is making aud who is destroying it. Ido
not, of course, mean making money, in
the sense of printing noies or finding
gold, true money cannot he made so
VV hen an island is U>o small for its inhab-
Jtauts, it would not help them to an ounce
of bread more to have the island turned
luto one nugget, or to And bank note*
growing by its rivulets instead of fern
leaves. Neither by destroying monev do
1 meau burning botes or throwing gohi
away, if I burn a five pound note, or
throw five sovereigns into the sea. I liuri
ns one but myself; nay, I benefit other
fore very body with a pound in his pocket
is richer by ihe withdrawal of mv compe
tition in the market.
But what I want you to make yourread
ders discover is bow the true monev :
made that will get them houses and din-*
pep; and, on tiieother hand, how monev
is truly lost, or so diminished in value
that all they can get in a year will not
buy them comfortable houses nor satisfao
d‘uuer@ - Surely this is a question
which people would like to have answer
ed clearly for them, and it might iead to
some important results if the answer were
acted upon. The ribbon makers at €ov
entry, starving, invite the ladies of Eng
iand to wear ribbons. The compassionate
ladies of England invest themselves in
rainbows, and admiring economists de
clare the nation to be beuefitted. No one
a-ks where the ladies got the money to
spend in rainbows, (which is the fust
question in the business,} nor whether
money once so spent will ever return
again, or has really faded with the faded
ribbons aud disappeared forever. Again,
honest people every day lose quantities of
money to dishonest people. But that i
i merely a cliange of hands much to be re
i gretted ; but the money is not, therefore,
; dself lost; the dishonest people must spend
j it; at somehow. A youth at college
, Joses bisyear’s iucQiae-XojtJc.v, Bat tae
Jew most spend it instead of him Miser
or not, the day must earne when his hands
relax. A railroad shareholder h.-es bis
mouey to a director; hut thedirwu.rmust
•some day spend it instead of him. l hi
is not—at least in tile first fact of it—na
tional loss. But what the public need to
know is, bow a final and perfect /os* of
money takes place, so that the whole na
tion instead of being rich, shall he get
ting gradually poor. And then, indeed
if one man in spending IPs.money de-inn -
it, and another iu spending it makes more
ot it, it become a grave question in whose
hands it is, and whether honest or dis
honest people are likely to spend it to the
Purpose. Will you |>ermit me, sir, to lav
this not unprofitable subject of inquiry
before your readers, while, to the very best
purpose, they are investing a little monev
in sea air? Very sincerely yours,
T ANARUS, , „ J. Buskin.
Denmark Hill, July SO.
The Lock is the C’ottos Market.—There is a
radical difference of opinion in our market bei ween
buyers and sellers of Cotton. The planters are re
fusing to sell even at the present rates of 221, in
23 eeuL, and buyers are insisting for lower figures
than these. Meantime there is a lock iu the
market. The planters say Liverpool and Manches
ter arc nearly out of stock and will be obliged to
come to terms shortly, and on tire other hand Liv
erpool and Manchester reply that the
have a good deal of paper maturing the Ist of No
vember, and wifi be obliged to sell at their figure-.
consequence of this, trade and
commerce languishes. We hope the controversy
will soon end, and that all things will soon resume
a regular and an even channel. Meantime, let ever}
man light for himself.
We make the following extracts from a late num
ber of the Liverpool Mercury :
Let us look to our available supplies. Ou the
18th of September the stocks of eottou in aii
Europe were as follows:
1868. 7867. I'm.
Liverpool 452,356 886,650 928,250
London 55,650 108,650 106. non
Glasgow 500 3.000 1.700
Havre 50.150 104,000 176.950
Rest of Europe 37,750 30,290 30,500
596,400 1,083,100 1,244,300
showing a deficiency of stocks ou hand of 486,700
tales, as compared with 1867, and of 647,900 hale-,
as compared with 1866. when cotton ruled 15*1.
per pound, and the estimates of crop 3,500,000
bales. Last year the failure of the Royal, and Un
questionable solvency of several other of our local
banks, created a pressure which caused prices to and
cline to a point which the subsequent rise to 13 ! 4 'd.,
iu April, proved to be wholly unwarranted, i roni
this time forward, the position of our visible snp
plies will show a much larger deficit, as compared
even with 1867, consequent upon the shipments
from India after June being on a much -mailer
scale this year than last. .
Now, lei us look at the probable imjiorts of cot
ton into Liverpool:
PROBABI.B IMPORT TO SIST DECEMBER.
America estimated same as last year 141,000
Brazil, say 150,000 iu excess of all last year yo’ooo
Egyptian same as last year 40,000
Westlndia, same as last year ivl’ooo
East India everything at sea to date 530'00u
otock 452,000
1,280,000
This would give ms a supply of 67,000 tales per
week, the same as last year, and leave us with a
stock of 275,000 tales ou'the 31st December next,
against 447,000 hales same time last year, i! is
quite immaterial whether we receive a' smaller or
larger supply from America this year, as anv -nr
plus received must necessarily be at the expense of
our supply for next year.
The Rice Crop.--A correspondent of
the Georgetown Times says in the issue of
that excellent journal of 'Thursday last,
“the rice crop of Georgetown and Santee
has been put down at from 10 to 12.CNXI
tlercea—it will not reach6,ooo. Since first
October there huve been but two clear
days. Tbe weather lias been cold and
riauy with East winds and high tides—
a great deal of rice lias been wet iu tbe
field—over ripe rice is beaten down by the
heavy rain. Rice on the stubble is float
ing and caunoLbe got in ; rice hurriedly
sprouting—weak
■ aud breaks ate
t. It is believed
lave already daui
erop, which, as
bad work ami
ST rice was pushed
ler and has been
birds. An early
p a very short one
tuces can it go
much beyond tiiat of last year which wa*
5,000 tierces.
Two American women shoddy, of
course—have been iuformeii that they can
not come to the Empress Eugenie’s recep
tions any more, because they do not know,
either how to dress, or behave decently.