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(Ikofflia Imarwal ittd JKssewpL BY J. VV. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER I \\. BURKE s. CO., Proprietors. w>l . M. ÜBOtV VE, • • ■ Editor 1 NO. GO SECOND .STREET, MACON. GA. It \TKH OF NtmSIPTION. , , r \nuuni $lO 00 'fix Months 5 00 Xhri. Months 250 ~, Month 1 00 j r Annum 5 00 1 \ Six Months 2 50 Three Months 1 50 Weik'.V i"-r Annum..' 3 00 .. ‘ six Month# 150 Utter from .Northern anil Middle Georgia. Dun':*#? 0 10 Cotton Crop—The “Brag ‘i, near Athens—Mr. Dickson’s and Mr. Cm ].s -shallow versus Deep Culture The Troubles in Hancock County— Health of Mr. Stephens. FROM OUB OWN COB RESPONDENT jjPUiiA. Hancock Cos., August 150, 1860. Durih ' i" last four days, I have made a , r' i trip through Wurren, Taliaferro, (_, . , ij, , (tin>rpe and Clarke counties, and i it many a cotton patch during the 1' 11 no < xni'g.ration or random state i ),» to iv Unit the heat of the last three k.- h i-> -tut off the cotton crop fully one • r.l in tu: j counties, and liius done more j . . t ..hi the late spring, the June-July i;"ht, tli rust and caterpillar all cotnbin- T .• middle and top crops are destroy lasi' by a blight. The withered forms :bl > oins adhering to the stalk, attest . t i,i< unfully tin? extent of the damage, jhe I'otV'rti crop is left, and in many places •..at v. rv large, but I have Seen a consid . : a'■ number of bottom bolls wliich are j nil,: immaturely, so that even the entire . bottom crop w ill not bo marketable Wlul in Clarke, I visited what are termed th‘ f ‘bru r patch V’ of the enterprising agri i iltiirali>t i of Athens, who not only plant fur. nut mak<- upwards of two bags to the It was a sad sight to seethe liavoc whirl] th" heated term has done. All that I’rriul preparation of the soil, all that liber ,l manuring, good seed, and timely and thorough cultivation could do, has been il .lie and done well. The stalks covered with boll -, forms and blossoms, (I counted rural stalks with 150, and some with up > rtl of 200 on them,) are thereto attest • tie- pnciii o, and to prove the perfect per ir; mee if mm’s work, but from eighteen iiirh iiove the ground to within eight or ;no in- ' i from the top all the forms and limn:" withered, and look as if clus ters of nmil lioj) flowers were fastened to tiir stiilhs ( )n the top there are a few blog- w■ i:eh are alive, and the bottom crop i wry large; hut fully one-half of what ihl hue bei’ii cotton, with favorable sea mis, is irr< vocahly lost. . I noticed one 1' Urli in jin:. icular, which was enriched early ‘ast full by plowing under a good clover sod, which v..i thoroughly plowed and sub-soiled t<> u depth of sixteen inches, and seventy-five 1. 1 dii Is of cotton seed per acre sown broadcast ad tmne 1 under in October, and left fallow until Mari h, when it was again plowed, sub uii'il mid bedded, and 650 pounds of Dick -"ii ■ ('onipound, per acre applied, and a l iieli w.i, planted on the 14th of April, with Simp ur's seed. A better stand or tu re | uniting cotton I never saw. The row l at I , feet apart and the plants about I- incites iqiart in the row. The stalks are fevered with bolls, forms and blossoms. The •'Win r counted confidentially on 750 pounds lint to the acre, tunl he would have made it with auspicious seasons. Fully half of this crop is lost. i siisv another patch planted in hills eight et apart one Way, by four feet the other, in‘re tun laud was prepared as thorougly as was possible to prepare it, and where the ibscquept cultivation was perfect. I believo '"' l i" 1 »f fertilizer per acre were ap -1 patch. A friend of mine count >.l<: y> 101 l forms and blossoms on ■'"‘.■il »f the stalks. Os these more than half arc ' lighted. A ] | ■':rr l l< ,1 the see*.fid week in May, '•"Mvib manured and with approved pre ]:e ‘ ii and culture, has suffered much less is patches which wore planted in April. ElKv "win r 1 went I saw the same de le! n Nmvliere, in my judgement, is injury 1 -s than one-third, and in some i v. ri manure avas liberally used and mtivtion not so good, the loss will reach two-thirds. I Ii ' 1 that Mr. Dickson's crop is the 'I. la. laid for many years, and that Simp on will not make more than ludf ( ‘i. the patches to which I have made si ' 'i i uee. Dickson’s system of shiil ' ■ i ui with sweeps lias been prac- A 1 the question arises would the ' >• n 10. s had ATr. Gustiu’s system pi ■ ;■ culture been adopted. i rn is almost a total failure. I i-taud to-day that several of the a lers in the assault upon Mr. ui , have h on arrested and lodged !,| im the past few days tlio health of V x. II Stephens has not been so 11 is vi ry feeble, and suffers con ■ lie eiuinot move at all without Kini. o: Mississippi.—General Adel -1.1 rt Ami s. the dictator, now commanding whui' >la\i sos Mississippi, is a native of He was graduated at the West ' ! Military Academy, May 6, 1861, at ■hit lie was appointed Second Lieu tin tl Second Artillery. He was pro ; Ijieutenant Coloucl in the ‘24tli In s'- •! .!\ l. y >6o. He was breveted ii a. ni, March 13, 1868. He is now ■ it ‘2s years iff age, and this mere boy It" dominate over the people of a v A-', and defy the regularly instituted trts .if the United States, with no one, ■■ a the President of the United States —to prevent! I'ivliiitiiiai i l.x.iiiiinaf ion of L, ! .ilient lial. (liarscil the Under of Anion Kemp, Colored. SECOND DAYS' PROCEEDINGS. _ ' u _ minutes past nine o’clock the ■ y •m - ins appearance in Court, es i | y the Sheriff', and followed by an y er nil of negroes, whose threaten ' iibil angry speeches and gestieula ' t. :. 1 wry plainly the angry feelings : riained toward the prisoner. Many " pi 1 min cut merchants of the Israel : ;th were also present, encouraging l.i.ieutlnd by their attention during ' : luest eventful period, probably, of Liie young man appeared per il and self-possessed, and listened by to all the priK-eediugs around him. “■ a o'clock a. si., the magistrates liav - • - --embied. took their seats upon tlio • when the case was continued. 1 ' -uusel for the State said they had ■ I r evidence to offer at this point; ! ieh ( lonel L. N. Whittle, on l>e f the prisoner, stated that his client ' kc his statement before the Court, - mi account of the events as tliev a bualy occurred. ( Lilieuthal, standing before the 11 said: On the 18th of last Jan ‘ 'l•> v> ars old; my name is Louis 1 i; 1 was in the store at the time the , land George Allen came in; I came 1 'ii the 2d of May, 1866; I wasen- Xussbaumir Dannenberg as clerk I staid with them live months, <(' l!1 I got better wages I went to N n. ii in Griffin; I staid with him ; 1 '- 1 ' 1 1806, to the Ist day of i, *' <; I went back to Nussbaum & i,, . ‘ rg-s on the Ist day of July, from 11 [ ■" -'1 i -ou. and staid till the first of • ‘ l '' r u 1 «ent hack to Griffin and l>,, and • r - till 2d of May, ‘ : Oav I left to go North and go an, \ ; 1 college four months, "lit-iv r’ to Nussbaum A Dauenberg’a, '» tJ U the present time; when 'tor. m 'v 1 al i U * 116 deceased come in the ; ; . Nussbaum had been-waiting on • ,io v‘ p! 1,1 “ e tu blii, w them a coat be ■ " lie 1 ", aated t 0 Bee OU bllsi -1 sin, • i , uua, ‘ and his customers over to me; lie a.,k,. 1 ‘ l c,)at , but he was not suited; toula not JeO U ’ n • f ° r , a l Jillr<jf shoes; I * bmt him m tlie shoes. He asked me at what price I would sell him a pair of boots for; I told liim (the deceased) three dollars to three and a half and upwards; de ceased asked me to show him a pair and I told him to walk up stairs; I took some matches along beforehand and got on little steps under the gas light to light the gas; while I was doing that deceased walked up to some boxes of hosiery standing there, and while lighting the gas, I saw him place a box of hosiery under his coat; he put his hands behind him, and hacked up to some boxes of boots and shoes standing near him; lie did'rit take his hands from behind him; I asked him what number of boots he wore; he said No. 10, and did not tell me what kind he wanted, nor change his position from the way he stood when he took the box of hosiery; my little brother had come up just a few minutes before that; seeing he hail stole sometliing I wont into the hack room aud took from under the pil low of my bed a Smith A Wesson’s revolver, a five shooter; I walked back to the deceased and laid my hand on his right shoulder, or somewhores near there; I said: “Uncle, give up what you have stolen;” he broke and run. and I think in running I tore his coat some where on the right shoulder; I halloed, “hold on—stop thief;” he kept on running, and he was one or two steps down the stairs when I fired, and did not mean to shoot the deceased at all; he ran down stairs, and went outside in front of Wrigley A Knott’s hardware store, where they caught him ; he said he was shot, and I said I snot him; Mr. Avant, the policeman, came along; I went into the store with him, and asked Mr. Nussbaum to hail mo out ; Mr. Avant said it could not lie done ; I put on my coat and hat, and went with Mr. Avant to where they had laid the prisoner, right off the side walk in front of the last door of Wriglev A Knott s store ; Mr. Avant looked over some one’s shoulder and saw him lying there ; I stood by Iris side, amt told him to come on, and he carried toe to prison ; That’s all, sir. Upon reading prisoner’s statement he lieggcil leave to supply an omission say ing: I forgot to say that after I had shot decnaed he dropped the box of hosiery from under his coat upon the third steps of the store leading down stairs into the street; I picked it up, brought it down, and showed it to several about there; I think my little brother afterwards took the box ont of my hands, and I do not know What afterwards become of it; that is all. The prisoner by request of Hon. George M. Logan, one of the judges, signed the statement just made by him. By order of the Court, the negro witness George Allen was then introduced for the purpose of identification; Mr. Lilenthal stated lie was tho negro who accompanied deceased. Air. T. D. Tinsley, sworn on the part of the defence, says: I saw George Allen on last Saturday afternoon; I saw him in the crowd collected around the negro who was shot; it was on the street near Dr. Mettaer’s office. Here, in compliance with the wishes of counsel, George Allen, the negro witness of yesterday, was recalled. He says: I do not know as I ever seed Mr. Tinsley; I seed Aaron Kemp lyin on de sidewalk-’ jest fore Massengeberg’s corner; dar’s wliar we put him on de dray; ilere was a great many people dar; I don’t think dey was all colored people; I didn’t know any of the white peo ple dar; doift know Mr. Tinsley; es Iseedhim I don’t know it; dar was one white mandat I knowed, de man wot got his money; I should know his name es I heard it; think it was Avant, but don’t know; Aaron wasn’t shot at de corner; I said de reason de man shot Aaron was cause he didn’t give up his mofiev; I didn't say nuffin’ fall bout his not tradin’; es he hadn’t trailed wliar did he git de shirts? dat is wot I said; I never heard no colored man say dat Aaron got shotkase he wouldn’t trade will de Jew, nor dat I had said so to anybody; when I went to CareyJ W. Cox’s arter a bucket of water de doctor come; I wasn’t dere; I went to my house after some pillows to lay tie man on; I've tole you several times wot I said; I never told Dr. Mettauer* that Aaron got shot ka.se he wouldn’t trade# I don’t know Dr. Mettauer as I knows of. Air. Tinsley recalled and his examination resumed. He says; I saw George Alien push his way through the crowd in front of Dr. Mattauer’s office; I heard him make ex clamations of grief and sorrow—they were very extravagant and loud; I assisted Capt. J. A. Simpson in giving deceased water and brandy; I heard someone in Hie crowd say that the Jew shot Kemp for nothing in God’s world hut because he wouldn't trade with him; I cannot say who made the remark; there was a large crowd congregated there; I heard no one state that the man was shot because he would not give up liis money when it was demanded of him; George Allen had as good an opportu nity to hear all that was said as I had; I was bending over deceased at the time; If anybody had been on the outskirts of the party 1 might not have heard what they said, hut being near me, I could not avoid hearing, nor do I think could George Allen have helped hearing them; had George Allen said this at the time I certainly should have heard it; I know of no other facts bear ing upon this ease, except that I heard George Allen ask those around to take de ceased to his house,where he would take care of him; I did not hear the pistol shot. Cross-Ex<tmined —l never saw George Allen before; It was the first time 1 ever saw him; cannot say I ever heard George make any statement as to the cause of the killing; the attention of George Allen towards the dying man gave evidence of his being some sort of a relation ; 1 do not know that George Allen remained there all the time up to the removal of his body; I can form no estimate as to the num ber of people there; there was perhaps from fifty to seventy-live women,men and children; I do not think there were an hundred people present. It is but fair to state at this poiut, that the counsel for the State loudly protested against the admissibility of all this testi mony. H. Mettauer, M. D., being duly sworn, says: 1 simply extracted the ball from de ceased; 1 do not know whose house it was; it was opposite the guard house; one of Ralston’s houses I think; did not examine the wound particularly; found the abdomen distended by clots of blood; I knew the man was dying when 1 called; by the desire of those present I extracted the ball. Mr. Soligman Zumler, sworn; says: My name is Seliginan Zunder; I saw George Allen the first time at quarter past seven Saturday night last, at a shanty on Ralston’s estate, nearly opposite the guard house; a great number of white persons was about the doors and windows; do uot know whether Dr. Mettauer had been there or not; I never saw George Allen and Dr. Mettauer together; Louis told me that a great excitement was among the colored people on account of Louis LiU-uthal having shot a negro, and I went to see about it; I got jiermissiou to go where deceased was lying; I saw officer Wippler guarding the door; went in and saw the officer receive the ball that Dr. Mettauer had cut out of the abdomen of the deceased; I saw a negro there that to the best of my knowledge and belief was George Allen now present in Court: 1 have seeu George Allen twice, perhaps forty-five minutes in all; I could pick him out in this Court room; I saw him at the shanty near the guard house, and then saw him on the stand as a witness; I ought to know a man w hen I see him twice. George Allen was asked by someone ia the room what the Jew killed the man for. Vross-Examinerl. —l said in my direct ex amination that I thought the witness, George Allen, now in Court, was the man I saw in the shanty ; I could have picked him out anywhere ; I thought that to say to the best of my knowledge and beliefl knew the man, was sufficient to prove his identity ; I stated at first, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the witness, George Allen, is the man I saw at the shanty where deceased was lying ; I did not know his name at the time ; George Allen was asked by someone in the room. “ Wliat did the Jew kill him for V” (The man, George Alien, who was at the head of the dying man, facing the door,) said in answer, “ For nothing, but because he wouldn't trade with him ;” the room was full of persons ; I noticed Mayor Ob >ar, Col. Cummings, Capt. Simpson and others on the outside of the premises ; I was inside the room when the ball was given to officer Wippler ; the room was a very small one ; I have examined the premises where Aaron Kemp was shot. Here a diagram was shown to the witness. C Stairs. CH| ( 8 Feet. | B ” 1 J j *3! 5> » ** U, r v OGaa. I think this diagram is correct, as to the po sition of the goods in the store; I have seen tae premises yesterday and this morning; the piles of goods in the passage way near the stairs, average eight feet high, I should think ; if a person were proceeding from the gas-light to the steps for the purpose of running down the stairs, he would have to riui a circuitous course ; he could not climb over tha goods, they are piled too high. A person standing at A on the diagram could not see a person standing at the Dead of the stairs owing to the goods; he would have to go down the passage near the letter B before he could see a man on the stairs. Here the Court adjourned until three o’clock this afternoon. AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS. The Court met at fifteen minutes past three, when the examination of witnesses was resumed irumediatelv after the testimony of the witness last taken was read. Air. Zunder then said: Standing at C a man might see the head and shoulders of a man standing at the top of the stairs; in order for tho prisoner to have hven able to shoot Aaron Kemp, he must have heeu as fur down the passage as the point indicated by the letter B; I have never known prisoner very intimately; it may have been two or three years since I first met with liiin; I know liis character from hearsay; his character I know nothing against until the shooting; lie is a co-religionist of mine, and had there been a word against his character I should most certainly have known it; from my knowledge of Air. Lilientlial’s character pre vious to the shooting affair, I should say it was good. Air. Danm-nberg, one of his em ployers, stated to me previous to his leaving for New York, “I ean boast of as good and as honest a set of clerks as can be obtained anywhere.” I consider the character of the prisoner good, for honesty and integrity; I also consider him a quiet anil a peaceable citizen; I saw George Allen twice on the evening that deceased was shot; I met Mr. Shropshire (local editor of the Telegraph) at the store of Messrs. Nussbaum & Dannpu berg, and with him went to view the body; Capt. Simpson cautioned Air. Shropshire not to say anything about this case iu his paper, in my presence; George Allen was there at the time; he (George Allen) gave Mr. Shropshire an entirely different account from what he had given me previously; the story he told Air. Shropshire was somewhat different from what he has sworn to on the stand as a witness; he told Air. Shropshire “the Jew said Aaron had stolen something;” he added, “I swear I didn’t see anything;” he stated the Jew took him by the coat aud held a pistol to him. Cn/.x's- Kamimed. —I know Alaj. Gallagher; he was almost kneeling by deceased when I went there with Air. Shropshire; I don't think Alaj. Gallagher heard what was said to Air. Shropshire; while Alajor Gallagher was present hi* was the only spokesman till the Captain qf Police whispered something in his ear, upon which the Alajor got up and went out; I never doubted the identity of George Allen; I felt iu doubt as to how I had better express myself; with several gen tlemen, on Monday morning, at a quarter past nine, I first visited the scene of the murder; I have been there to-day and re-ex- i aniined the place; I did not measure the. distances laid down in the diagram now be fore the Court, hut I give the opinion that the diagram is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, having seen both the room and the diagram. By the words “knowledge and belief” I mean, as far as I know, and as fur as I believe from mv knowl edge. When I know anything, I lielieve it to be a fuel. (Great Laughter). lam not an American, and I give my ideas the best way that I know how. If I were asked if Judge AVyehe was on that bench; I would say ‘ ‘to the best of my knowledge and belief that is Air. Wyche.” [Roars of laughter] That is mv way of speaking; if you tell me anything I repeat it in a court of justice as something I have heard positive; as regards identity of persons I always say “to the best of my knowledge and belief;” the statement I heard made by George Allen to Air. Shrop shire was made a quarter of an hour after the first statement made in my hearing; both statements were made Saturday night; I think there was but one window to the shanty where deceased died; Mayor Obear was near the window; Colonel Cummings (chief of police) was about ten feet away; deceased was lying inside the room, his feet were about three feet from the door ; Col. Cummings was talking to the police at the time; Capt. Simpson was standing very near to Col. Cummings; I was at the house on my first visit about thirty minutes, I think; George Allen was there when I first went there, and as far as I could see, was there when I left; he was there when I got hack with Air. Shropshire; we staid .about fifteen minutes the second visit; four or five negroes were sitting round the wounded man while I was there, on both occasions; if they were here I could point out one of them; when these statements were made to Air. Shropshire, Alajor Gallagher was kneel ing down; Air. Shropshire entered and stood near; Alaj. Gallagher. I think, did not hear the statements made Air. Shropshire; I lis tened to Major Gallagher some five minutes perhaps; his .conversation was to me, very interesting; I think there were candles lighted on the floor; I remained about ten minutes after Alajor Gallagher went out of the room. George T. Van Epps, (sworn). —I am ac quainted with prisoner; have known him five or six months; I have never known any thing disreputable of him; ail association to which he belongs speak of him as being a very gentlemanly fellow; I think he is a very peaceable young man; I never heard his character for honesty or integrity assailed. Siefred Lilienthal. (sworn).—l am a broth er of the prisoner; I was fifteen Ist March, 1869; I am a clerk for Nussbaum & Dannen berg; I was in the store Saturday evening last when Aaron Kemp was shot; I did not see him when he entered the store; George Allen was with him when I first saw deceas ed; Mr. Nussbaum was showing the negroes some coats; Mr. Nussbaum did not continue to wait on them; prisoner waited on them, and went up stairs with them; I did not go up stairs with my brother, Aaron and George, but went up shortly afterwards; I was order ed up stairs by another clerk; when I went up stairs 1 sat down on a step-ladder that stood under the gas-light; I was three or four feet from Aaron Kemp; when I sat down, the prisoner went into the backroom; when he came out he asked Kemp to give up that box he had stolen: as soon as brother said that, Kemp run; prisoner ran after him and grabbed him by the coat; Kemp slip pii through his hand; prisoner ran after him and halloed to him to stop; Kemp ha-pt on running till he got to the second step of the stairs, when prisoner fired; then Kemp dropped the box; when I had reached the sidewalk the people on the street had caught him iu front of Wrigley & Knott’s store; the box Kemp dropped con tained ladies' hose; it was a green box, about eight inches long and four inches deep; there are hosiery boxes up stairs; they were about five or six feet from where Aaron Kemp stood when I came up; I saw the box Aaron Kemp dropjied; it lielouged to Nuss banin & Dannenberg; I have performed my usual duties iu the store since Saturday night; there has been no change made in the arrangement of the goods up stairs siuee Saturday. (Diagram shown to witness.) The diagram shown me is correct and rep resents the passage from the gas light to the top of the stairs; the goods have been piled up all along the passage-way for sometime; a man standing under the gas light cannot see another standing at the head of the stairs; from the gas light to the head of the "Vita, sine Literis Mors est MACON, GA.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1569. stairs I should think was at least fifteen steps, but I am not certain; a man three or four steps from the gas light, going toward the stairs, cannot see a man on the top stairs; when brother Louis ran after Aaron I fol lowed close up; George Allen was standing back of both of us; my brother called ou Aaron to “stop” three or four times, Cross-Examined. —The box of hosiery? Aaron stole was worth about two or three dollars; George Allen stood five or six feet back of us in the rear; when brother came out of his room I was under the gas-light; Kemp was standing close to George Allen ai the time; his back was leaning against some boxes as he faced the prisoner; don’t know where deceased had liis hands; passage be tween the piled up goods was quite narrow; near the gas-light it was not more than three feet; it was wide enough for deceased to ran by me without my getting out of the way where I was seated; Aarou ran by me anil brother followed him; when they ran they were about two feet apart, perliaps; when* K< top got to the stairs prisoner was three pares from him and I ran up close to my brother; George Allen was. behind me somewhere; deceased dropped the hosiery he stole on the second or third stair step; I*saw him drop it from behind under his coat; fie dropped the box right after being shot; I did not pick up the box; my brother got down the steps before I did; the box wa,s ou the steps when I passed down; Kemp had the box under his coat somewhere while running; I do not know how he held on to* it; I did not notice the box till I saw Aaron Kemp drop it; I cannot say where Aaron had liis hands wlrile b? was running; when my brother came from the back room he told Aaron to give up the box he had stolen; I did not holler or say anything; Air. Hirseh, one of our clerks, and another gentleman, Mr. E. Woolf, and Air. Nussbaum were down stairs; Air. Nussbaum and Air. Hirseh were in the back pars of the store; Air. Allbright was there also, I think; when brother and the negroes went up stairs, four persons beside me were below—Mr. Nussbaum, Air. Hirseh, Air. Woolf and Air. Allbright; my brother said not a word about boots when he ordered him to give up the stolen box; brother had the gas lighted when I got up stairs; he was standing near it; when I came up he went back into his room. Court then adjourned until 10 o’clock this morning. THIRD DAT’s PROCEEDINGS. The Court of Magistrates convened yester day at ten minutes past ten o’clock. The prisoner was brought into Court by Consta ble James Cain; the Sheriff of Bibb county having gone to Atlanta the evening before on professional business. The first witness examined was Air. Henry Albrecht, who being duly sworn deposes and says: Aly name is Henry Albrecht; i was at the store of Nusbaum & Dannenberg on Satur day afternoon about six o’clock; I was there at the time of the shooting iu front of the stair steps in the store, standing on the steps; I heard ‘the words, “Stop the thief!” once I heard, “stop the thief” aud once “hold the thief!” this was at the time the shooting was going on or a little before; the first man I saw coming down stairs was the thief; I then ran away, because I thought I was shot uiysclf; I was excited; I never knew Louis Lilienthal before; the deceased ran out aud they caught him near the Express Office; I saw another negro that night, he wanted to say something, but Air. Avant told him to ‘ ‘shut up, for he had nothing to say;” I should not know the negro if I saw him. Cross-Examined. —l live on Air. Peter’s lot, m this city, and had business with Afare. Nussbaum that evening; I heard nothing up stairs except “Stop the thief,” and “Hold the thief;” then I heard the pistol and ran away; I thoughkJ was shot myself; I took no notice of anybody; have said nothing to anyone about what I was to swear if caffi-d upon; I was sworn at the Coroner’s jury; I do not know who I have talked with about, this -made to stalm up before witness;) I canndp. ; Jcntify this mau as the negro who was ~ [ deceased when he was shot. Alyron Nussbaum, sworn : I am senior partner of the house of Nussbaum & Dun nenberg where this difficulty took place; Saturday night two colored men came in; I asked what I could do for them, and they said they wished to look at some shirts; 1 showed them some; I sold them two; Aaron Kemp bought them and paid for them; 1 sold the shirts for SI. 75 each; 81-50 was all the change he had handy; he said he wanted to buy a coat; I showed him some coats and while showing them was interrupted by Air. Hirseh, who came in with Air. Henry Al brecht; I called prisoner to wait on the negroes telling him deceased wanted to buy a coat; I waited ou Air, Hirseh then, and went with him to the back part of the store, and by the time I got back to the front of the store I heard “ stop thief ” from up stairs, mul right afterwards I heard a pistol shot; I saw the deceased running down stairs as fast as he eoulil go; people outside began to run after him and a few moments afterwards the prisoner came inside the store and a policeman came with him who said that prisoner must go to the guard house! Louis asked me if I would bail him out; I told him I would if I could; I can identify George Allen if required to do so; I do not remember that I saw George Allen after the shot was fired; when the pistol was fired, de ceased ran down first, Louis next, and the prisoner’s little brother, I think, came run ning down last; I do not remember seeing anything on the steps, but Louis handed me the box afterwards that had been stolen from the store, before anything was said to me about bail; it was four or five minutes after Louis had come down stairs; I was standing near the steps when prisoner first came down; he was running after deceased; he was gone about two minutes; when he came back he went directly after the box of ladies hose that had been stolen; he brought them to me; when he gave them to me he said: “Here is the stolen goods that were taken from the store;” prisoner is a half-brother of mine; I have known prisoner for six or seven years, and know his general character; I ought to know it by this time; I call it first-rate; he entered our employment in 1866, but has not been in it all the time; I pay him §90.00 per month and liis washing; he sleeps in the store, for which he is not charged any thing; I regard his character as first rate; he is faithful, industrious, and hard work ing; I never knew him to quarrel or fight; he is very peaceable always. Cross-Exrtminalim.—l am prisoner’s half brother; when these parties were going up stairs, I was iu the rear of the store and did not see them go up; when I heard the cry of “Stop thief” I was at the foot of the stairs, three feet apart from Mr. Albrecht when the pistol was fired; I don’t think Mr. Albrecht was standing under the stairs; deceased came down stairs first, prisoner following him about three feet in his rear; both ran out of the door; prisoner came back alone two or three minutes afterward; he then went up stairs, returning with a box of hose, which he gave me; the policeman (Mr. Avant) then came in and made the arrest of prisoner, who asked me to bail him out; I left the box on the second counter from the door, near the middle of the store, not in the rear of the stairway ; the prisoner did not bring the box down with him when he first came down; I left the box on the coun ter and do not recollect having it in my hands any more that evening; the prisoner gave me the stolen box before he was arrest ed; at this time there was so mueh excite ment that I really do not know whether I showed the box to policeman Avant or not; 1 have no recollection of showing the box to policeman Avant, or saying to him that de ceased had stolen that box; I did not invite either of the negroes to come and trade at our store; they came in of their own accord; I do not recollect seeing George Allen before he came in with Aaron Kemp. Direct Examination Resuvied. —l believe all I have said about the box of stolen hosiery to be true; I think I am positive on this point; the goods in our store had been piled up for nearly a week, when Mr. Zumler came to examine the premises; they had not been disturl>ed in the least since the negro was shot; Mr. Albrecht was not in front of the steps; he was on the side, three or four feet off I should say; our store has three front doors, all of which were open; the steps commence to go up a foot or a foot and a half from the right hand door; I was a lit- j tie Excited wheu the shooting affair trans i piml; during the chase of deceased by Louis I ib not know what I was doing, onlv that I was behind the counter; I remained in the store and did not follow the prisoner and the deceased to see where they went to. After reading the written testimony of wit ness. there seemed some doubt existingin the minds of the Court as to the exact meaning of the language used by witness. The Court —( Judge \\yche)—asked the witness : Did you or did you not, on Saturday even ing. give that box of hosiery to the police man f Air Avant? ' —I did not! ' Iu explanation, it was stated by witness, th u * he thought it was his duty to give the property alleged to be stolen in charge of the police, hut in the excitement of the occasion he forgot to do so. Air. AI. AI. Hirseh, sworn—l was at Xuss baum & Danuenberg’s store Saturday even ing 1 ..st, between six and seven o'clock; I went there with Air. Henry Albrecht; when I entered the store Air. Nusbaum was selling goods to two colored men; he was trying to hem some clothing; I told Mr. Nuss b.-mit. I wanted to see him upon business; Af r . Nussbaum then called Louis, and went if with me; when I got through with Mr. -V- - ha uni I went iu front of the store; while I was talking with some friends I heard a shot and the words, “stop him!” cannot tell which heard first there was so much ex j ' (fTef.! I ran after the colored man; when ■TV 'ff -r TT, the Express Office somebody hud caught him; there was a big uoise made by George Allen, who said to me that the other negro had been shot; when the police got hold of deceased I ran hack to the store where I met prisoner with a pistol in one hand and a green box in the other; lie made this remark : “this is the box he t-'lc ; ”Mr. Avant, the policeman then came in and told prisoner he must go along; when Aaron Kemp ran out; I can’t say whether Louis followed him or not; when policeman Avant came in the store Louis was. standing behind the counter; he had laid the pistol down ou the counter; some body sung out “ Avant take that pistol; ” I don’t know what became of the box; Air. Avant, I think, arrested prisoner in the store; but I cannot say positively whether he did or not; I cannot say what reason was given for the shooting; I heard Louis ask Air. Nussbaum to go his bail; I have lived three years iu Macon, never heard a word against prisoner’s character, and would trust him with anything I have got; I believe him a peaceable, quiet young mau; I went to New York with him last year; I am not cer tain that I heard the cry of “stop him ” before the pistol was fired. Court adjourned until three o’clock p. m. AFTERNOON PRO< ‘ EED3NGS. B. F. Dense, swoon—ls acquainted with prisoner; he has with witness eleven months; knows the general character of the prisoner; never have known him to use an oath or vulgar word; he is peaceable .aid orderly, while his character for integrity is perfectly good; lie saw a gathering on the evening in question, near the comer of Third and Cherry streets, and went up to see what the matter was; when he reached there he . saw a man lying full length on the ground, near the steps leading to the office of Dr. Mettauer; his shirt was tore open and a man was by him pouring water on him; I asked what the matter was, and the mau who was attending or pouring water on the man on the ground, said in reply that he thought a Jew shot him because he would uot buy a pair of boots from him; I cannot swear positively to the man who answered me; ac cording to the best of my knowledge and a relief tin, man now standing up called 'George Allen is the man who made this statement that the Jew shot him because he would not buy a pair of boots from him; I have seen him before, I think; will uot swear Positively he is the same man. Cross-Examined. — I saw George Allen only ‘while I was talking with him, say some four or five minutes; if George Allen was dressed . .’iff'erently on that evening, I would say he s tiivu, i gave ■> <l—•< cin,, ra ., /Allen before x m* him this morning, and the description now suits the man who is in Court and answers to his name; the descrip tion that I give, and now refer to is, that the man is a tall black man, and had on a light or yellow or some other sort of a coat. Air. Zunder (re-called) Had an (opportunity of seeing the dying man and examining the course of the ball; the ball had been cut out when 1 came there; the wound in front seemed somewhat lower than it was behind; I am sure it was lower in front than in the rear; (here he examined the diagram shown him); I find that the passage-way for eight feet long under the gas light is about six feet wide, aud that the balance is some two and hall' feet wide; I have examined the piles of goods ,tliey measure five, seven and eight feet high; at the corners the goods measure full seven feet high. AAA R. Avant, sworn.—-On Saturday even ing at six o’clock I was standing near Has dai’s liquor store, on Third street, when I heard a pistol shot near the direction of Messrs. Nussbaum & Danuenberg’s store; I started at once and was a quarter of the way across when I saw four men come out of the store, two negroes and two whites; I found the parties had been stopped in front of AVrigley & Knott’s store; 1 went up to a ne gro man who seemed to be attracting some attention, and asked what was the matter? the answer was from AaroJ Kemp, “I am shot!” I went across the street double-quick time, or as quick as I could get there; I said to the negro, “I reckon not;” he then re plied, “ I am a dead man, sir;” I asked him how he was shot; he showed me by his fin gers and said, “I’m shot through the body;” on raising his clothing I found him shot through the body; I asked the question who shot him; two or three answered me at once; George Allen was one of them; I at once arrested Air. Lilienthal, and took him to the Guard-house; he had a Smith & AA’esson pistol in his hand at the time of his arrest; I went behind the counter of the store afterward anil got the pistol; when I arrested him, I said to him “I want that pistol;” he did not hand it to me, but laid it down on the counter from whence I took it; it was some three or four minutes after the pistol was fired when I arrested prisoner; there was much excitement at the ti. Lie; as I started with the prisoner to the Guard-house Air. Nussbaum came to me with a green box, and said: “Here is the goods that have been stolen, or words to that effect; I said I had no use for it; cannot say where he put it; there was a bit of cord tied around the box; at the time the negro told me he was shot, I think he knew he was about to die; he said to me “lama dead man; ” he seemed suffering and weakening fast; I came back ten minutes afterward aud they had moved the dying man; Aaron told me he did not know the man’s name who shot him; he told me; that himself and George Allen had gone into a store to trade and that a gentle man had taken them up stairs where thev looked upon some goods and failed to agree upon the price, eqcept two shirts which one of them had purchased; the gentleman who went up stairs had come toward them with a cooked pistol in his hand which he placed against the deceased sating: “ I want your money;” they then turned to run down the stairway when Aaron was shot; that is about all that deceased said to me; I think priso ner was standing upon the sidewalk when I got up there but will not be positive; I don’t know that I noticed the pistol at first; I think from his countenance lie was the same man that I arrested; there was a great deal of excitement at the time; prisoner was not out of my sight a moment after I made the arrest. Cross-Examined. —Aaron Kemp said they failed to agree on account of prices; he did not tell me whether he bought the shirts up stairs or down stairs. Direct Eraminatiom Resumed.-—I don’t know which of the two negroes bought the shirts; my impression was they had been bought up stairs, from what he said. Crass-Ecamination Resumed. —I cannot say that I was unusually excited at the time of making the arrest; I acted about as I usually do; I am satisfied that my answers are correct; I do not know the width of the street; I suppose it is one hundred and eighty feet wide, in cluding the sidewidk; when Aaron said, “I’m a dead man,” he was nearly in front of Wrigley A Knott’s store; I did not at any time see the green box of hosiery in the hands of the prisoner; the parties who ran out at the door were two colored men, one white man and a white hoy; at the time thev ran out. I did uot see cither of them have a ! pistol; the first time that I observt-d it was j *hen I made the arrest; my remark at the time of making the arrest was. “I’ll have to I arrest you, sir; I then followed him to the store of Nussbaum A Danneuberg and told him he might consider himself under arrest; I did not take hold of him; I did not hear the prisoner say a word about bail; Air. Nusbaum said to me “I want you ; to release this mau and leave him in the i store, I ■will go on liis bond for an hundred dollars: I thought at the time liis name was 1 Danneherg. and so said: “Mr. Danneberg, I don’t do business iu that way;” I then told the young man he must go with me; I might have said “goto the Guard-house” jierhaps; I did not hear Louis say he hated to stay all day Sunday in prison; I could put my hand on the prisoner at any moment after I hail made the arrest; prisoner stated to me on his way to the Guard-house, that he was up-stairs with two negroes, one of whom he caught stealing his goods, and as soon as he saw he was discov ered in the crime he attempted to run. “upon which” prisoner said to me, “I shot him;” the prisoner did not tell me that he sung out to him to stop; I am not mistaken in Air. Nussbaum's identity; he is the man who offered me the stolen box of hose; be fore I arrested prisoner; the deceased had said to me, “lam a dead man!” I turned the prisoner over to the jailer and hurried back; deceased had been moved; a great many people was there; I recognized George Allen and a negro named Gimp, who drives a dray; I went there with Capt. Simpson; I took charge of the wounded man’s money; do not recollect the precise amount just now; we put deceased on a drav anil took him to a house on Fourth street, where we left him; cannot say what sort of a coat Kemp had ou; think lie wore a blue blouse, but I am not positive; supposing deceased had on a coat, (which I do not know any thing about,) I do not think he could have carried a box, eight by four inches for thirty feet without holding ’his hands behind him; I don’t know whether he wore a blue shirt, or a blue blouse', such as is worn by Federal soldiers; if he hail worn such a trick he might have been able to conceal such a box, and he might not, I am sure I cannot say. Here the Court adjourned till 9 o’clock this morning. FOFTH DAYS’ PROCEEDINGS. The Court convened at nine o’clock yes terday morning, the prisoner being brought into Court by Sheriff Alartin, who had just returned from Atlanta. Several Israelites accompanied him, and ranged themselves around him in Court. The negroes did not turn out as largely as yesterday, though the seats upon the left of the Court room were pretty well occupied. The case still excites a large degree of public attention among the Israelites on account of the position of their co-religionist, and among the negroes, who are eager in their demands for what they call “jestis.” The ease terminated to day, so far as the preliminary examination is concerned. Alajor J. C. Gallaher (sworn) says: I was at the house of George Allen twice Saturday evening; I frequently pass by that house going from my office; Saturday evening there was a considerable crowd gathered there—a mixed crowd of white and colored; having heard of the killing, and seeing a good many of the police, I had some appre hension that there was an undue excitement, and when I got to the door of the house I saw Dr. Alettauer in the room aud the man lying down on the floor; that was the first I knew of the wounded man being there; I went into the house and witnessed the ex traction of the ball; that is all that occurred at that time; I left with Dr. Alettauer; I came up town and in a few minutes re turned; when I got opposite the door the second time I saw Air. Shropshire in tho room, with his right hand behind his right ear, listening, as I supposed, to somebody talking; I supposed he was getting items for his paper; I think I saw Air. Zunder iu the rnoin shortly afterwards; did • not know liis Il( une at the time; when I went in George, Allen was just commencing his statement to Air. bin Kr-. ’iiir U ; j understood him to say that “they” (Aaron <md George Allen) were passing by the Jew store, (without re ferring to it by the name of the proprietors;) ho said there was a Jew in the door who asked them where they were from; he said he told him they had been working upon the Brunswick Road; he said that the Jew then asked him in to trade with him; he said they both went in, and that deceased asked for two shirts, which the Jew showed him, and asked him three dollars for two shirts; Aaron refused to pay the three dol lars, when the Jew agreed to take 81.75 for the two shirts; the deceased then asked for a pair of shoes, when George Allen told him uot to get the shoes there, for he knew of a white man who would give him a better bar gain ; George afterwards qualified this state ment by saying he meant by the words “white man” one of our own people; the Jew told him to let deceased alone, and let him do his own trading; he was asked by the Jew if they were kin to each other; Allen said they were cousins, though it was not so, for they were not related; another Jew then came up, caught Aaron by the collar, and said, “You come up stairs with me, I can trade with you, I know, let that other fellow stay down stairs;” George Allen followed them up stairs, when the prisoner at once lit the gas and asked what number he wore; deceased told him No. 10; prisoner then went to the back of the store and returned with a pistol in his hand, and asked him if he was going to buy the boots; deceased said, no! the prisoner then presented the pistol to Aaron’s breast, and told him to give up his money; deceased started to run, when the prisoner grabbed at him, missed, and fol lowed him; when deceased was about shirting down the stairs the pistol lired; they all Tan down into the street; I left George Allen’s house when Mr. Shropshire got up from his hunkers; I don’t know' how to express my self better than by saying he was what the old women in the country call, “hunkering down;” ail I know of the affair, is overhear ing this conversation; I did not want any thing to do with this case; I believe Mr. Zunder honest in all his statements, but think he was mistaken as to the exact point of time; the only thing I said at that time was to tell George Allen to speak loader, as Mr. Shropshire was unfortunately hard of hear ing; this is the only remark I now remem ber to have made, liefore Mr. Shropshire got up from his position; my recollection is not very positive, but I think Mr. Zunder was there the second time I called; when I first called, I was not excited in the j least ; afterwards, I confess to feeliug some little excitement after I had heard George Allen’s statement; several darkies were about the door; I told them not to be excited for the laws would certainlv Ik? vindicated; room was very small; deceased had his feet close by the door, his head was near the upper end of the room; I was not requested by any officer to leave the room: afterwards I said, “Shrop,” my usual way of addressing him, “make your statement in your paper an impartial one, don’t prejudice the public mind in any way upon this ques tion;” I then remarked that he, through his paper, ought “to rebuke the Jews for going out ujxm the street and pulling them in to trade with them, and abusing them if thev did not trade with them;” I spoke quite loud to Mr. Shropshire, (who is a little hard of hearing/ and in the loud speaking manifested more excitement than I really felt; I was ■somewhat excited, I admit; I was not inter rupted till I had said all I had to say; Capt. Simpson then said to me, ‘ ‘there is a great deal of excitement here and your remarks. Major, has a tendency to increase it;” I then said: “well, then, I have no more to sav,” and soon after I left; when I left the room I think I left Mr. Shropshire and some of the police with the dying man; I do not know where Mr. Zunder went; when Dr. Mettauer left, George Allen was seated on the floor near the head of deceased; Dr. Mettauer was there when I came; I saw him extract the ball, and should not have entered the room had I not seen him; while Dr. Met tauer, was there George Allen changed his position in order to assist Dr. Mettauer; he held a saucer, or something, I think, to catch the blood, when the ball was being extracted; I think it was George Allen who telling deceased to be quiet and not to talk; during my first visit I thought George Allen had just got possession of the fact that Aaron Kemp had been accused of stealing from the Jew store; he said: “they needn't to say he stole anything, for he didn't;” there were several negroes about the room j at the time Dr. Mettauer was there; up to the time of George Allen's statements my attention was not particularly drawn to him; j I think George Allen took an active part in | talking to deceased. Hubbard H. Herrington (sworn). —ATy place of business is at the store of Wrigley ! A Knott; I have seen George Allen; I was in front of the Express office door, the second j store from Nussbaum A Danuenberg’s, con | versing with some of the employes of the office; I heard the sound of a pistol shot I coming from the direction of Nussbaum A Dannenberg’s; I heard tlio words “Stop him ' very distinctly, but cannot say whether before or after the shot; as I turned 1 saw deceased rush out of the door next the Ex press office, and rush down the street; I made two steps forward; Mr. Hirseh, I think, was chasing deceased; as deceased came in front of me he male a halt, and I placed my hands on him; about this time tho pursuing party came up and caught hold of deceased, when I released my hold; deceased then made the remark that he was shot as tliev were carrying him along the pavement to ward Nussbaum A Danuenberg’s; I stepped into the middle door of our store, where the party stopped to examine the wounds of de ceased; I stepped forward and looked at the wound; I know nothing material in this ease except what I heard George Allen say, the substance was as follows; “The difficulty arose because deceased would not buy some thing!” (that is the way I understood it; I cannot quote George Alien’s language, luit that is the wav I understood it;) this occur red in front of our store; I was present when prisoner was arrested; I know the prisoner; have known him ever since his employers have occupied their present location; I know the character of the prisoner; it is good; he is an orderly aud a quiet citizen, and as far as I know, I know nothing against his char acter for honesty or integrity. Robert D. Shropshire (sworn). —I went where deceased was lying with Air. Zunder; he remained at the door, standing oil the steps, liis head leaning inside in a listening attitude; I did not see Alaj. Gallaher when I first entered the room; George Allen made a statement to me about the shooting of de ceased; Ido not know whether Alaj. Galla her was in the room all the time during this interview with George Allen or not; he was there a portion of the time; my atten tion was first called to Maj. Gallaher by his addressing me; George Allen wius speaking to me at the time; I do not think lie had finished his statement when Alaj. Gallaher spoke to me; Alaj. Gallaher left the room before I did; I think George Allen answered my questions after the Alajor had left; I asked George some questions which renewed our conversation; I was nearest to George .Allen; the Major was seated near the door; George was not ten inches from my ear; The Major was on one side of the dying man; I wason the other; I heard George Allen’s state ment perfectly distinctly; he was called by my side by Officer Foster, who told him I was dull of hearing; I can hear the natural tone of a man’s voice if seated close to me; I did not see Alaj. Gallaher when ho en tered ; when I sat at the head of tho dying mau I asked his name; Officer Foster called George Allen and told me there was a man who knew all about it; George gave me the name of deceased; I asked why he was shot; he replied: “we were up stairs trading; while up stairs, the Jew went to the back of the room and returned with a pistol in liis hand, he seized deceased by the coat, held a pistol to his breast and said, ‘now give me that money, sir!’ ” I interrupted George Allen at this point and asked him if the Jew shot him because he would not give up liis money? George replied: “It was for that, or because the deceased would not trade!” I asked him why he did not assist his friend? he replied: “I was afraid I’d get shot too;” deceased broke away from the Jew who followed close after him. halloing “stop thief,” hut the de ceased had stole nothing; when deceased got to the head of the stairs, tho Jew shot *” *l“.l *-> lUo onEcfonr-p r.f our e.illVi'r^'l tiou, when Alaj. Gallaher interrupted me George Allen was explaining why deceased had been shot, that is because he would not trade with the Jew; I mode a memoranda of George Allen’s statement at the time of mak ing it to me; I am an editor of one of the city papers; I wrote out this ease for my Sunday morning’s paper; I do not know what became of the manuscript; taking my deafness into consideration as George Allen was speaking very loud, I suppose every one in the room heard his statement as plainly as myself; I think Alaj. Gallaher was a lit tle excited at the time; I have heard Alaj. Gallaher’s statement in court to-day; I be lieve I have stated all that occurred between George Allen and myself. At this point it was announced that the evi dence on both sides was concluded, when tho Court announced that it reserved to itself the privilege of adjournment at the termina tion of either of the speeches made by coun sel at the proper time. The opening speech was made by A. O. Bacon, Esq., of *he legal firm of Bacon A Simmons. It was a good speech, reflecting great credit upon the speaker, although he bore down heavily upon the reporters for having given the exact language of the negro witness, marked by all the patois incident to the negro style of dialect. Air. Bacon was followed in his remarks by Col. John B. Wei ■ms, on tho part of the prisoner. His speech was a telling one, every word of which was listened to with the most intense eagerness by the audience, and by none with a greater amount of pleas ure than the representatives of the Press. The Court adjourned at this point to meet again at three o’clock in the afternoon. ATTEBNOOS PBOCEEDINGB. The Court convened, by a rejoinder from Col. L. X. Whittle, who commenced by eulo gizing the representatives of the press pres ent at the trial for the exactitude with which the testimony of each and all of the witnesses had been presented to the public through the medium of their respective journals. He congratulated the newspapers for the possession of such able reporters, and said that no higher compliment could lx; paid them than to say their rejjortn had been ver batim! He thought no Court of Justice could demand more, and he was sure the public at large had come to the same con clusion as himself. The learned counsel then entered into a lengthy and elaborate argument in which all the evidence w r as thoroughly analyzed, and the motives of his client in defending the property of his em ployer from thieves and robbers fully, thoroughly, and ably defended at every point. At the termination of the closing argu ments of Judge Anderson, which were most ably presented to the Court, the four Magis trates then on the Bench, viz: Judges Lo gan, Burnett, Schofield and Harmon, de cided that the decision of the Court should be reserved until to-day at 10 o’clock, a. m., at winch hour it will be properly made* known. Judge Logan then decided this Court ad journed until 10 a. m. , to-morrow. (See Sec ond page.) The Cotton Market. From the Savannah News, September 1. At the close of the cotton season ending to-day, we have thought it proper to place Ivefore our readers all the facts pertaining to the growth and condition of the cotton crop now maturing. From information received, the crops throughout the South are not so favorable as w-as anticipated two months ago; up to that time the weather was considered propitious for the growth and perfection of the plant, but since, we hear of complaints of different kinds. From Southern, Southwestern and Middle Georgia, the accounts are favorable, while from the Northern and Western por tion of this State the indications are that not more than a half crop will be made, ow ing to the protracted spell of dry weather. From Florida, although there has been some complaint of drought and caterpillar, present indications point to a good yield, both in the long and short staple. In South Carolina the apprehension is that the crop will be very much short of that of last year, (more especially in the short staple) the plant having suffered in many places from rust. Advices from Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, state that not a half crop will be raised in these States, they having suffered VOL. XLI. NO. 43. from the drought that has been prevalent throughout our entire Southern country, Alabama lias also .suffered from the samo cause, planters compLiiningas in South Car olina. 0e« rgu .. ; i . .... Louisiana and Texas, the rust seemed to have prevailed without an injury to the ma turity of the plant. Indeed, inducing the over-burdened plants to cast some forms in order that others of more value mav mature. In order tluit niauy of our readers may understand the application of the word rust, as is used by our planters this season, it may be explained thus: The use of fertilizers this season having exceeded that of any previous year, gave the cotton plant a thrifty growth. So long as the moderate moist weather cou tinueel, the plant absorbed its gentle virtues, but when this moisture ceased, and a drought unparalleled came, the leaves com menced to wither and decay, assuming every feature of the rust. Although we do not consider it the rust, for past experience teaches us that the rust of cotton comfs only from damp weather, still, the damage douo from the excessive heat is prominent to the eye of the spectator as he notices the wilted leaves approximating very nearly that of rust in dump weather. The freedmen have, according to rejiorts, worked well this year, and those who are dis posed to lie industrious, liud steady and lu crative employment in every instance whore they were out of range of political influence; we hear of them spoken of in tilt' highest terms as laborers, and as such will soon re gain the confidence of their employers. Some of our planters are looking hopefully to the introduction of Chinese laborers, though we think there is much silent oppo sition to the movement. Our most promi nent and successful planters having a prefer ence to the race that has been in their cm plovment from their youth up. The estimate of the new crop in many in stances is placed at 3,000,000 bales, but it is now generally coneeded timt the maximum will be 2,700,000, with a possibility of not moro than 2,500,000 being received. The receipts of the new crop are much below those of last year, and the stock on hand, at all the ports oulv 17,212 bales, against 15,305 bust year. Prom the comparative statement, which will be found in its appropriate place, and which has boon compiled with great eare, it will be seen that the stook on hand at all ports, for the year ending September Ist, 1808, was largely in the excess of the stock on hand at the commencement of the pr< s ent commercial year, September Ist, 1809. The difference being 28,153 bales. It will also appear that Savannah takes rank as the second cotton city South; lead ing Mobile by 134,580 bales. The crop of 1808-00 has fallen short of the crop of 1807-08 by 37,588 bales; exports to Great Britain have decreased 2311,304 lades; to France there has been an increase of 28,401 bales, and to other foreign ports an increase of 7854 bales over the year 1807-08. Ex ports coastwise exhibit an increase of 184,371 bales over the previous commercial year. The exhibit is altogether gratifying, espe cially to our own people, and anticipations of a coming prosperous year for ISC.I—7O will, we trust, be abundantly realized From these facts, the prospect of high prices, for some time to come, is conceded by all, and Savannah surrounded as she is by every portion of the State reporting good erops, will receive as her merchants calcu lated upon a larger number of bales than ever before received m this city, thus offer ing inducements to buyers for foreign ac count to make our port their centre of ope rations. The weather is splendid for picking opera tions, and the new crop is moving rapidly into market, and readily taken up at our quotations. The stock on hand to-day is ex tremely limited, the previous day’s transac tions having cleared the market of uplands, with the exception of the receipts by steam* r and railroad. We quote: Liverpool Middling 3- Low Middling 31 Good Ordinary COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, EXPORTS A XU STOCKS OF COTTON AT TIIK FOLLOWIN' (4 PLACES, TO LATEST OATES. COAIPARAIIVK COTTON STATEMENT ■ Exported to total Export* to Shipments to j, .rxckipts, kxportb asp stock on hasp, rkpt. 1 1860 h nxcT-, Stock? Received Kxpt'd to Great Exported to Other Foreign ■ Foreign IV rts ■ Nsrthern Ports I Mocks ]" n a thk samk tiuk i.*st y* ir. 1 V POhlS. ; on hand , since Brit a in since France since * Ports since j; since !■ since on hand and on | , i September Ist September let September let September let September Ist September Ist September Ist Shipboard. [I I isia» i ~ 1 1 1888. | 1867. || 1860, 1 1868, II | ls,i New Orleans August 26! 3,044! 15*58 838,621 587.121 342,736 827,688) 165,382 147,121 11&00S 106,66 m 630,621 581.477 H 225.880! 100,168 1 6511 1,707 8* !1" Sea "j Mobile .August 20 j 2,161; 3,711 227.672 357.234 ! 137,350 211,034' 16.133 10,432,! 9,537 14,925 I 163,020 236,391. i 45.244 52,4151 371! 3.847 I Island Upl'd Island Florida August tv 166 , 9: 1 24.493 31,774 1 ! 9 i 229 ] ! |i -My, o | . 15 572 ,17,1,561 j , 1 |, | Texas...- August 2i> 172 2,651 1U.189 112,47s 56,501 39,670 i.625- it 630 20 639 80 131 61,931 ' 50,103 ’ :?9,35t 379 136 Stock on hand Sept. 1 60] 636 1221 611 1 Savannah I e P i J- August 31 511 351,972 485.8.54 1 128.572 234.531 19,963 9,8.30 12,981 9.195 161.515' 253.. 556 ; 189,989 230.205 144! • 101 . „ „ 1 S. IsPd. f Augu.t l 60, 122 10.280 11.221 5.1"6 5204 9n6 74 p s.lfi 1 6,048 1 5,174 5,227. 160 55. Received since Aug. 26 ] 331 311 Charleston { L Pland. t J 1,849' 1,034 194,428 236,105 49,758 8 ..76.; 2,858 3,050 13,226. 1 82.814 ' 99.847. 141.529 134.183 , 801 3, '287 . Charleston \S. Isl’d, J August -4 yg UM 7.336 4.497 3,995 5,8'- 78 I 3,91 ft 5 966' 8.21*4 3.328 47 1 1 Received previously 10,280 351.005 11,221 486,543 North Carolina August 2o 20 50. 35,999 38,438 1 ! , 85,8S*Si 38,4.5s | 60 1 j Virginia. August 21 161 200 158.219 166.283 6,234 8.282 . ; 6,i14 s. jsj 151,835] 157,7tVs I 15|. 170 Total 10,840 351,972 11,343 486,365 New York, overland August 23j 23,440 41,641 104.443 10ti,8'22 245,055 289,624 21,433 25,468 59,956 56,348 326, 4 1 1 371,440 , B,i»»i 36,(XHH ; Other Ports...., August 21 6.763 ] 55,722 29' 1 ,815 321,154 9 >4 7,000] .' ] Exported since Aug. 26 ; 636 978 Total Bales 38 568 1 21,107 2.396.377 2,433,965 990, 573 ! 1,224.177 223,946 195,485 232.016 ’ 221,162] 1,443,751 1,615, B'*4 ; 862,619 678.248]! 17.212 45,tU'ft Exported previously 10.171 351.192 11,'-V 485,280 j Total last last season j j 121,107 . 2,433,965 1,224,177] .] 195,485 224.162 ,j 1,645,854 j 678,248 j 45,385 j ] -— — ! decrease .’. li 82,539! !I ' 37,588! !i! ’ 33.304L"!!iii!i !!.'”!!!”“! ,* ... i iioiioo L’..V.’..V.J i"”'2B,^’.".'. Stock on hand Sept. 1.... 1 169, 141 63 101 ’ I I I I I I I The receipts at this port wnoe August 2fith, the dote of our hwt weekly have been 3.37 bales, as follows . 1«1 bale* per Central Railroad. 188 bales per Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, and 62 bales per Savan £h river steamers coast™*; f ° r Philadelphia: Total, G-Vt hale*. ■«*«» Auguda »nd Hamburg. Aug. 31 Macon- Aug. _ ]]<i Nwlivilie* Aug. 23 ___ 52*