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THr. D ‘ OF THE DIAMOND.
f ipi-dn Burton has lately given to the
• t results of his exploration of the
Highlands of the Brazil, and an account of
ius vtiyuutj down the Sun Fmneiseo on a
rntt, a di-t uice of fifteen hundred miles,
Irom Sab,i,a to the sea.* His narrative is
ins)tmet,»‘c and entertaining; and its practi
e. : r« suits, it his expectations are realized,
y.|!i •> to turn the stream of vacation-tour
ists u. th.; cL.’ectioa of the only monarchy
on tin Amcii -au continent, the newest em-!
fare in tie* world, and assuredly the most;
bi-iv.:; ; u i country, with the most enviable l
climate on the face of the earth. “A thous-l
end v atioa-to l ists will learn that yellow
fever not an abiding guest in the empire; 1
that her short-.; can be reached in ten days
from Europe; that no long sea-voyages "is
more mtortabie or more pleasant; that
the Higldands of the Brazil, which popular
lgnoiMM, figures to boa swampy fiat, are
exr--pt:omilly healthy, and have been used;
us s.v nturi. by invalids who had no prospect
°f hf in Europe; and lastly, that a short
■visit t.. jkirbaeeua, in the province of Minas
Gemrs. via the Do Pedro Begundo Railroad,
will Oiu-r tue finest specimens of the three
grcai L. (k inpliieal features of the land — the
Beiramur ia- .'--..-board; the Serra do Mar, I
ruantim range or Eastern Ghauts; and the
Gamp..-;, commonly translated prairies.”'
This is an programme to any mind
aci-.-ssiblo to the delights and beauties of j
sneli a revelation of nature in its most lavish;
grandeur; and he afterwards adds another
touch to the picture, completing its charm,
by his d--sei-iptioii of the Niagara of Brazil,
and ciirth informing us that Paulo Alfonso,
King of 11 pills, is more accessible than
North, ui ‘scotlaird. To think of such a
journey, of Midi s' . uces, of such a climate,
of air, and space, and sunshine, in which
were physical life is enjoyment,*is a holiday
for tire imagination. What a holiday for
body and mind to “go and do it!” And
how pi . - mt to know that it would not apst|
mor. than !,ii.' of the conventional “trips”
to Semi-Anglicised continental places, in
which tiie traveled Briton has the advantage
of Ji\: ic * cry exp. nsively among bad immi
tatoi ■t h social surroundings in England.
From Rio 'to Petrr,;|)olis, and thence to j
Jmz d< ■ Hora and Barbacena, tho road, on’
which tr.r. ling is quite easy and well regu
lated, lie - tla-.e.gh scenes ot incredibly va
ried an i cut fa i a mg beauty, and leads to the.
grand Campus, the wonderful, fertile, sterile,
flowei’-decki and, stone-strewn, forest-laden, !
bar- - In b.-iiing prairies of Brazil, where the;
pure air is laden with perfume; where fa-!
tigic is put- to rout by a strange all-pervad-'
exhilaration; where, though in a tropi
- Jki iand, the weary European recovers full
vigor, an.i aequm-s such animal spirits as he
never previously iuiew. “There,” says Cap-:
tain Bun. ui, “inc mornings and evenings!
are the perieetion of climate; the nights are \
cool, <;i- a. . ad serene as in the Arabian Dtis-j
ert. witiiou: it., aid. Nor are the prairies
deficient in tiie highest beauties of form and
tin;. Xu, re h grandeur in the vast contin
uous e:g.. use lading into the far distance.;
Tie i ,'c can nst upon the scene for hours,!
esja .-iaiiy wli.-u viewed from an eminence,;
win - it is cheek, rt .1 by the afternoon cloud,!
wie. eelips.v- in.- to corue and go, and’
tin l ive- mobility to the aspect, as it walks
over Hie i iL'iij surface of the light-green or
pa! ■ golden ea:;waves, upheaved in the!
intensely blu atmosphere of morning, or
in the lu\i y pink tints of the “after-glow,”
from the shadowy hollows and treociumps;
glooming; ii-mw. Ii we analyze the charm,.
Us t'licc at ■to ho the instability of the
ocv.iii, when wo know that there is the so
lidity#* »i earth.”
Wfyou th. v,. lies no longer through the
, but by tin; eultivated lauds, and
through iff i tva/iliau cities, gaudy, bright,
inter* t-:::;, and tenanted by gook-lookmg,
gay-1 1 ait; 1 |i. ojije, all is still beautiful.
Ihe loro.;; | sins are glorious, the air is
geuiin. and with hundreds or the bright birds
of iif nil. ii. Ii fruit* grow wild in lavish
■*T' T ifiiston, si > * millets, waterfalls, lakes, adorn
tin- scene. Through such paradisiacal scenes
Captain-Burton's way lay to Minas Geraes,
whee, according to him, the exploration ol
gold and diamonds has just commenced. In
the imnn n. resources of the Brazil, in its
possi s-iun of wealth to an extent which may
in ivi.m rclian.ee the significance of the term,
he is a firm believer; and he has left no de
tail of t.iie working of the present system of
mining, in: a.ilimit and merely inaugurato-
Iy as he beiievts it to be, uniuvestigated.
He tvniestiy deprecates the general opinion
that Jlranil is an unprofitable field for the
employin'nt of capital, and steadfastly main- i
tains that the dwaters which have given
rise to tiie tuq polarity of the empire ini
C'omnn . t:i:,l . ste.-m, arc due to the dishon
esty and incapacity of English speculators.
“Charlatanism is the mildest term he applies!
to the mol;.', man(euvros adopted for
the forma* on of companies, the statements,!
_ utterly ii’ivspecfcive of truth, the subtraction 1
. i . ‘sislieation of figures, the'
unmitigated, shameless extortion for the!
comfort Mini accommodation of “Mr. Com-•
missiouer.Humor is by no means a cliar
uct Vi tie of Captain JJurton’s writings, but
he e, i:. inly in.-e< ds in being funny at the!
exp, use of the prospteetuses. Thus he adds:]
“In i o mi’s, s. as in the railways of Brazil, j
the fault, the cause of failure, lies at our own
door, and not with the Brazilians. There!
has been th geos.-, st mismanagement both:
at h mio a: a ! abroad. Private interests have :
been i nv! . is si to public; in certain notori- 1
ous (“a- s, a sy so in of plunder lias been or
gani;. si, impossible schemes have been
float • l through the market, and money has
been buried as though it were expected to
grow.” The is-uitis a rooted distrust of
the ifrai-.1, to th.: removal of which the au
thor iippiie ■ him ■ if diligently. He has the
most spa mil l conceivable visions respecting
the future of the Brazil. He regards the
>s. gc‘ ■:?, la mitiful, bountiful, tropietd land
as the intm la me of the perfect race which
is : . people the earth, and to supersede the
( lit' ' ,y but unpleasant negro, and the
in ; :■l mi 1 ., and blood. It is doubtless against
In vv.il, ami contrary to his intentions, that
tlie author produces rather a pleasing im
ps mu of the “anthropoid,” the object of
hi - iirn ami loathing, whom he holds to
be a on.i, hi a rough imitation of human
shape, .-null. - -and ill-smelling. On the
head of “the black miner,” he accumulates
c\ .'y (.ossiiiie gpiihet, in prose anil verso,
calc,, bed to inspire disgust, and to express
igm aiiny, but hi.-, facts do not quite bear
out hi theory; for instance, in his account
of til- ii .1 t.i, or muster of the blacks,;
wiii- i; t hey piiice at the Morro Velho Mine
cv, ". ltd Sunday, lie presents a pleasant
pit-tin id placid, cleanly, contented work
in;, pei,ole, and concludes thus: “Muster
over, both sexes and all ages are marched
oil' t“ church, fill' day is then their own.
The industrious will look after house and:
garden, pips and poultry; they will wash
and . w. or fetch water, wood, or grass for
sale. Tiie idle <nd dissolute will keep the
day h .y in African fashion, lie in the sun,
sm.a,. . and. if they can, drink and smoke
lump, like the half-reclaimed savages of
* “Si Leone." Dinah, here and elsewhere,
is pt-" Vii n illy fond of trinkets and tine rags.
Parades ov, r, she will doff her regimental
attire, and don a showy printed gown and
blazing shawl, the envy of all beholders.’,
This i,. v. ry hemible, no doubt, to Captain
Burton; but we feel many of his readers
■toviti fail to perceive its peculiar atrocity, or
d/.e t.. t,ie separation of Sambo
B i- to
"1 Sambo's
111 tic sqa, after a
d ne.O', i ! ,
WBr - 'notion ot its in
pPWnr a; loiuv, in one of the best passa-
? es h • has ev r written: “And now, looking
r west, bi.'li i y Palace of Darkness, dim in
► long pers;. 'live, wears a tremendous aspect.
Abov ii.-re seemed to be a sky without
an ii: mc-phere. Th -■ walls were either black
as t ■ pram, or reflected slender rays of
light, ; inuring from the polished watery
•uiinc •, or .. . s' broken into monstrous pro
ject ions. is a lvvealing and half concealing
tic ; ,i. >us gloomy recesses. Despite the
lamp in pr. s- -d upon us, as it were,
with u weigh;, ~nd the only measure of dis
tant ss ui; here and there, glimmer
ing ills' a single star. Distinctly Dantesque
w;. ■ ;;p , Jf between the huge mountain
side .reiitly threatening every moment
to fab. Ev. nuking, even the accents of a
familiar voi-.. st med changed; the ear was
str-e-k i tin* sharp click and dull thud of
the humm r upon the boring-iron, and this
upon ti. ton- ; each blow invariably struck
so us to keep time with the wild chant of the
borer, ’i be oi her definite sounds, curiously,
com; : : dby an echo, which seemed to be
within i. iieh, , •re the slush of water on the
subt. t P! m: path, the rattling of the gold
ston ti i own into the kcbbles, and the crash
of cl in mid bucket. Through this Inferno,
gnoim ;> sad kobolds glided about in ghostly
fashion, : df-nak. 1 figures muffled by the
mist- Her dark bodies, gleaming with
beaded heat drops, hung by chains in what
seem and Irighuul positions; there they swung
like Dental ! from place to place: there they
sw.ii m H ui ■ 1 ropes like the Troglodytes;
then incy moved over scaffolds, which, even
to had. ;:t, would make a nervous tempera
ment dizzy. It was a place
In iv thought.- were many, and where words were
few.”
The capital of the mining district in Sa
bnrii. a wry inter, sting town, situated in the
midst of a Swis- landscape. (Every country
seems to repeat it -elf in this wonderful land.)
The foreground is a green flat, with a single
noble tree; the river bends away to the right
with a graceful sweep, exposing the slope
*The Highlands of the Brazil. By Captain Rich
ard F. Burtons F. K. ©. 8., &c. London; Thwiey
£rotfc*r».
upon which sits the loftily placed city, whoso
many steeples tell the pride and piety of the
old population. Sal iara is a picturesque city
now; when the mines are more prosperous,
it will be made stately with marble and taste
ful decoration. Here Captain Burton con
cluded his land-journey of five hundred
miles, through the richest portion of the
Minas Geraes, having seen nature in its most
beautiful and varied forms, every mile of the
road being rich in all the splendor of feature
and coloring. Such forest tangle, such won
drous luxuriance of vegetation, such mighty
lords of tho woodlands, and infinitely varied
crowding parasites, struggling and writhing
upwards towards tho pure perfumed air, and
the glorious sun of the tropics.
At Sahara, Captain Burton began his voy
age on the unknown river San Fransisco, m
very good spirits, though quite aware of the
hardship, privation, and fatigue which lay
before liim, together with “just enough risk
to enliven the passage,” before he should
have accomplished 1,300 miles, in the crazi
est of crafts, caulked with Sahara clay. He
ihus describes the craft and the crew; “The
Ajojo is a bundle of three canoes lushed to
gether by hide ropes, with an interval of six
to eight inches. Round poles, fastened by
! leather thongs to the gun-wales, support the
! soalko, or platform, which should fit tight
to the sides, otherwise, the craft, when
‘broaching to,’ may be water-logged. This
boarding of ten piauks, laid horizontally,
projects laterally into cuxias —trampways
eight to ten inches wide—-where the men
work. The standing awning was made fast
:by five wooden stanchions, of which the two
pair fore and the one aft were supported,
besides being nailed, by strong iron knees
or stays. Facing the head, anil in tho cool
est place, was a tall deal writing-desk, which |
rivalled the awning in catching the wind.
Behind this, on each side, stood a ffirao or
boarded bunk, for sofa and bed, raised on!
four uprignts. Amidships, was the table, a
locked box of provisions, and two stools. In i
the stern stood the galley, a similar bench j
lined with brick, the battnrie de cuisine, not;
forgetting the valuable frying-pan. Two
large jars of porous earth carried the supply I
of water. My crew numbers three old
Veira and his sons. My sole attendant is a
Morro Velho bov, named “Agostiho,” lent
mo by the superintendent. He knows some- j
thing of the river, of diamond-digging, and)
of rough cookery. Negra, the mastiff, wild
;eyed as an ounce, is the terror of those who:
see her for the first time, and will prove use
ful in these parts —all men travel with fierce!
dogs. ”
With this queer equipment. Captain Bur
ton set sail, no doubt forming a complete:
puzzle to his crew, and to every human be
ing with whom he subsequently came in con-;
tact. Down the beautiful varying river he'
floated, sometimes easily, sometimes with in-'
finite difficulty, bv cultivated lands, growing \
sugar cane and coffee; by ricb banks of
flowers and orange-groves; by splendid 1
sweeps of forest; by swampy plains, where j
water-fowl abounded ; by many a beautiful j
tarn and fierce rapid, and day by day ap-;
preached the home of the diamond. Through j
all the wildness and the desolateness the;
traveler’s mind was busy with what is to be,!
when the desert stream shall have become a!
highway of nations, an artery supplying the
lifeblood of commerce to the world. The
sandbank where he lay and took in the silent
magnificence of the scene may be the land-!
ing-place of a wealthy town. The “Ounce)
Rapid” and the “Fierce Sandbar” will be!
silenced forever; “and,” says the author,
“the busy hum of man in time will deaden'
■ | the only sounds which now fall upon our
| ears, the baying of the Guara wolf, and the
I tiny bark of the little brown bush-rabbit.”
So, to Diamantina, where the whole popula
tion lives on the diamond mines, as that of
: Sahara lives on the Morro Velho ; and to
' tho Jequitinhonka Diamond Diggings.
I As Brazil has borrowed her gold-mining
1 j through Portugal from the Romans, so she
’ has taken her system of diamond-washing
| from Hindostan. Tiie process is very labo
' rious, and highly interesting in its material
aspect; how suggestive to the imagination
need hardly bo mentioned. The mind runs
in a moment over a wide range of fancy, sic
; tion, and fact—from Sinbad the Sailor, to
Mr. Harry Emanuel. One thinks of all the
! beautiful historic baubles, and the misery
'and guilt they have caused ; of all the fairy!
tales in which diamonds have figured ; of ail
the strange stories of theft of them, and its
discovery and cruel punishment ; Taver
i nier’s pretty story of the young jewel-pur
| chasers of Hindostan, and their grave organ
j ization, recurs to the memory when Captain j
Burton tells how children are employed in
the Diamond Diggings. Their sphere is the!
1 laragem, or washing. Their keen bright eyes
detect tho lurking treasure when older op
tics fail; even at twenty-five years, there are
few which can be trusted to lot no crystal
prize escape amid the gravel. The simple
expedient of tho magnifying-glass is not yet
in use, and the toil of the sifter is laborious
and slow. It is during the Lavagem that
robberies are generally effected. “Few,”
says Captain Burton, “swallow the diamond,
not because it is considered poisonous, as by
the Hindu, but on account of the difficulty
of doing so unobserved. In india, the
miner jerked the stone into his mouth, or
stuck it in the corner of his eye ; twelve to
I fifteen overseers were required per gang of
■ fifty light-fingered men. The civilized thief
: pretends to be short-sighted, and picks up
the plunder with his tongue-tip. A favorite
way is to start as if frightened by a snake,
| and thus to distract the attention of the su
perintendent, who, if ‘clever,’ is wide awake
to the trick. Most of the stones disappear
by being thrown over tho top of ths pan
: during the washing, and are picked up at
ieasure. They are easily sold to the Huek
i ster, peddler, or the keeper of the nearest
groggery. Thus may be explained the num
ber of slaves who have purchased their liber
tv, an.l taken to the bush. Even the white
! man has owned that his first impulse is al-
I ways to secrete the diamond.” The dia
mond-bearing bilks are singularly barren, the
j teast beautiful portion of beautiful Brazil,
i Captain Burtnn tells some new diamond sto
; ries, but we feel that the diamond wants a
(Sir Emerson Tennent to do the same justice;
as that which has been meted to the ele
: phant. Os the unrivalled Estrella do Sul, '
which every one remembers at the Interna
tional Exhibition, he says: “This superb
brilliant was found in July, 1853, at Baga
gem of Minas Gere as, by a negress. In the
rough state it weighed 254)4 carats. The.
owner parted with it for thirty coutos (£3,-
i<)00) ; at tho Bank of Rio de Janeiro, it was
! presently deposits 1 for 301) to 305 coutos,
when it was worth £200,000 to £300,000.
After being cut by the proprietors, Messrs.
Coster, of Amsterdam, it was reduced to 125
! carats ; and now it belongs, I believe, to the
Pasha of Egypt. Though not perfectly pure
) and white, its ‘ fire ’ renders it one of the
'finest gems extant. This diamond has one
t exceptional circumstance attached to its his
i tory—it lias caused no bloodshed ; not even
the finder was murdered. She was only de
ceived and mined, and died broken-hearted.
This was the negress who brought the gem
to her inhuman master, hoping for her free
dom ; but he took the jewel, and kept the'
;slave.” How comes Captain Burton to eon- j
cede the possibility of an “anthropoid” hav
ing a heart which could be, and was, broken ? ,
Is there anywhere, in any place in the world, i
a band of jewels on any stately neck, a star
!in any shining hair, a flashing gem on any
slander hand, but lias blood-drops or tear
! drops upon it, e.ivi the curse of tortured,
' vengeful hearts ?
As yet the Diamantine formations of the
Brazil have been barely scratched, and the
works have bi en compared with those of
beavers. The rivers have not been turned,
the deep pools ab >ve and below the rapids,
where the great deposits must collect, have
!; not been explored ; the dry method of ex
| traction, known long in Hindostan, is still
') unknown here. “The next generation will
| work with thousands of arms, directed by
men whoso experience in mechanism and
; hydraulics will enable them to economize
: labor ; and it is to be hoped that the virgin
gembearing waters will be washed up-stream.
This was the sensible provision of the old
; Diamantine Regulation. Unfortunately, it
; came too late, when the channels had been
choked with rubbish that was hardly worth
removing."
Astor a close inspection of tho Diamantine
district, Captain Burton resumed bis adven
turous voyage, and his close observation of
nature, which became increasingly beautiful.
; The banks of the great river are rich in mag
-; niticent sugar-cane, and on both sides offered
‘the most tempting inducements to emigra
tion, while the climate is superb. At Coroa
, do Gallo, the author says : “ To-day we pass
ed over immense wealth. The Rio Pardo,!
like the Parana, drained highlands rich in
! diamonds and gold, whilst the bed of the Rio
das Velhas is a natural system of launders.”
Here the splendid Burity palm grows in
great luxuriance. No weariness could come
j to the voyager amid such scenes, under such
a sky, breathing such air, and nearing with
every day the King of the Rapids, which he
reached in safety at last. Niagara is always
the same ; Poulo Alfonso varies, but is ever
sublime, ever awful. “The general effect of
the picture,” says the author—and the same
maybe said of all great cataracts—“ is the
; ‘ realized’ idea of power, of power tremen
dous, inexorable, irresistable. The eye is
■spell-bound by llie contrast of this impetu
ous motion, this wrathful, maddened haste
to escape, with the frail steadfastness of the
bits of rainbow hovering above ; with the
‘ Table Rock’ so solid to the tread, and with
the placid settled stillness of the plain and
the hillocks, whose eternal homes seem to be
here. The fancy is electrified by the aspect
of the Durga of nature, this evil working
good, this life in death, this creation and
:construction by destruction.” The age of
the King of Rapids is estimated to be 2400
years.
In the presence of this mighty phenome
non of nature, Captain Burton concludes the
story of Iris latest feat of travel, one which
is no less remarkable for its wonderful inter
est, than for the ease of its accomplishment.
His admiration of these western lauds is deep
and enthusiastic, liis belief in the splendor
of their future destiny fixed. He says;
“ They are emphatically the Lands of Prom
ise, the expression of the Infinite, and the
scenes where the dead Past shall be buried
in the presence of that nobler state, to which
we must now look in the far future.—Charn
i ber's Journal.
AGRIO ULT URAL.
Large and Sinai! Farms.
Even Horace Greeley is beginning to find
! out that whilst small farms maybe best in
somo localities, they are not so everywhere,
jHo says ; “On tho plantations of the South,
long experience has settled upon a force ol
fifty hands belonging upon a surface ol
j about one thousand acres as the most profi
table division.”
A broader and more practical man than
[Horace Greeley, tho great common seust
: man of England, Lord Stanley, made are
cent speech at an agricultural dinner it)
England, tho gist of which was that tin
■ modern improvement of mechanical appli
lances for cultivating the soil can not b ;
j made available to its fullest extent on smal.;
j farms. While a great saving can be effected j
(by the new implements, they cannot b. i
| used economically, except where farming i: j
carried on upon a larger scale, and they cart i
not be used at all without a considerabli i
capita] to begin with.
Lord Stanley went on to show that thi
; state of tilings renders necessary the consoli
| dation of tho small farms and the extinction
[of the small farmers. Tho same result in i.
measurable degree may be witnessed in
America except in the case of market garde
ners near large cities, no machinery having
been invented which will supply the place!
; of intelligent human labor in the cultivation
;of fruits and vegetables. “ T wenty thousand
acre farms,” are already heard of in the Val
ley of the Mississippi and Congress m r
Bidwell has a stock farm in California of
over fifty thousand acres. No one can de
precate more than wo do the gravi ation of
estates to a few centres, thus creating an
aristocracy even where it did not exist, but!
our dislikes can not blind our eyes to the:
fact. It was not however farms of this enor- i
mous size which were c iminoii in the South j
before the war, and large as they were com- >
pared with Northern farms, long experience,
as even Mr. Greeley now concedes, had at
tested their profitableness.
Yet there has been no one subject of bit
ter and ignorant railing more comm m to
Radicals than the “ large farms” of the
South, and no surer way of developing its
agricultural resources than the introduction
of the “small farm” system of New England !:
Now they have found out their mistake, and
after a while, they will find out other mis
takes. Even that favorite delusion of theirs,
that the New England common school sys
tem is perfectly practicable in the sparse;
population of the South, will have to be j
given up. The mountains, forests and;
streams, which separate its scattered dwell
mgs, will prove too strong even for the New
| England schoolmaster. In reconstructed
North Carolina, with its common school sys
i tem established by law, not even an attempt
' has been made to put it in practice, and
there is but one school in tho State sustain
ed by public authority, aud that is the Uni
versity of Chapel Hill, which the whites will
not and the negroes can not attend.
[St desman.
Hints on the Car** of Horses.
All horsee must not be fed in the same
j proportions, without due regard to their
ages, their constitutions and their work.
Because the impropriety of such a practice i
lis self-evident. Yet it is constantly done,
and is the basis of disease of every kind.
Never use bad hay ou account of cheapness.
Because there is not proper nourishment in
it. Damaged corn is exceedingly injurious.
Because it brings inflammation of the bowels
and skin disease. Chuff is better for old
horses than hay. Because they can chew
and digest better. Mix cliaff with corn or I
beans, and do not give the latter alone.
Because it makes the horse chew his food
more aud digest it better. Hay or grass
alone will not support a horse under hard
work. Because there is not sufficient nutri-'
tive body in either. When a horse is work
ed'hard its food should chiefly be hay. Be
cause oats supply more nourishment and
flesh making material than any other kind
of food. Huy not so much.
For a saddle or coach horse, half a peck of
sound oats, and eighteen pounds of good
liay are sufficient, if the hay is not good,
add a quarter of a peck more oats. A horse
which works harder may have rather more
of each ; one that works little should have
less. Rack feeding is wasteful. The better
plan is to feed with chopped hay, from a
manger. Because the food is not then
thrown about, and is more easily chewed
aud digested. Sprinkle the hay with water
that has salt dissolved in it. Because it is
pleasing to the animal's taste, and more
easily digested. (A teaspoonful of salt in a
bucket of water is sufficient.) Oats should
be bruised for an old horse, but not for a
young one. Because the former, through
age and defective teeth, cannot chew them
properly ; the young horse can do so, and
they are thus properly mixed with the saliva,
and turned into wholesome nutriment.
Grass must bo always cut for hay before the
seed drops. Because the juice that ripens
the seed is the most valuable part of the
hay. If it is sucked out by its ripening and
dropping the grass v. ill not turn into hay,
but will only wither a;.d grow yellow.
A horse should hare at least a pail of water
morning and evening, or (still better) four
half-pailsful, at four different times in the j
day. Because this assuages his thirst with
out bloating him. He should not be made
to work directly aft r he has had a full
draught of water; for digestion and exertion
can never go on together. Do not allow
your horse to have warm water to drink.
Because, if he has to drink cold water, after
getting accustomed to warm, it will give him
colic. When your horse refuses his food,
after drinking, go no further that day. Be
cause the poor creature is thoroughly beaten.
Accidents.— When a horse falls whilst
drawing a vehicle, jump down aud hold the
animal’s head, to prevent him da hing it
about to his own injury. Loosen the check
rein (if you are so foolish as to use one) and
the parts of the harness which fasten on to
the vehicle. Back the carriage, so as to get
the shafts and traces clear. Steady and sup
port the horse’s head, and excite him, with
hand and voice, to rise. When you havi
got him up, pat and encourage the poor
! animal, and see if he is wounded or other
wise injured. Let him stand still a short
time to recover himself, and proceed gently
and with greater caution than hefore.
Grooming Horses.
Though suitable and properly prepared
food is the prime requisite for the horse,
regular grooming holds the second place in
; the management of him- A man who omits
the cusiomary ablutions at stated times
| who goes for day’s or weeks with uncombed
hair, may exist—but does not live in the
proper sense of the word. So of the horse,
i Grooming is alike essential to looks, health,
: arid vlasticity of action. The curry-comb
rind card sWiuld be brought into daily requi
sition, nor should the clipping shears be
omitted. Fetlocks Wlraggled with mud,
; unkempt and tangled mane, detract much
i from the appearance of the animal, repress
his ambition, aud lienee diminish his use
fulness. A man who neglects the regular
groomiug of his horse is ail enemy both to
the beasts aud himself; to them because lie
withholds labor which is their due and to
himself because he depreeiatos the value of
liis owu property.
Dark Stables.
Any person who has felt the pain and in-
I convenience of coming suddenly from a dark
' room into the full blaze of day, will easily
| conceive the necessity of lighting a stable
;in a proper manner. This is too often ne
; gleeted in confined stables, and the conse
quences are most distressing to a human ob
server. The poor horse, led suddenly out to
! his work, shows his pain quickly in unmis
takable expressions, stumbles, aud runs
against anything that may happen to be
! near until the eye has in some degree ac
commodated itself to the new circumstances
under which it is placed. Nor is this all.
By a continuance of this change from dark-
I ness to sudden daylight, the eyes become
seriously injured.
The retina, or sensitive nerve, becomes dull,
and more or less useless; the horse's sight,
is injured; he starts and shies at objects
which he sees imperfectly, and many a rider
who lias received a dangerous injury has to
thank liis inattention to this simple cause,
rather than any vicious habit of the animal,
to which it has been attributed.
Blindness is almost certain to 1)0 caused
; by inattention to the above caution; but even
! blindness is less dangerous to the rider than
imperfect sight.
> < »>.
To Present Horses being Chafed by
Harness.
Great care should be taken during the
warm weather of Summer to prevent
horses being chafed by the harness. There
are several ways to do this. First keep
your horse in good, healthy condition, clean
skin with plenty of flesh between it and the
Done. Second, keep your iiainess soft mid
pliable. And third, use him moderately and
give the skin a good cleaning alter using
him, every time. Much also depends on
having the harness to fit properly. See that
the collar is neither too large nor too small,
j and that the hames are of the right length
and shape; giving an even pressure on the
collar. Keep the face of the collar clean
aud free from inequalities.
It is a very unsightly picture to see a
j horse with sore shoulders and other parts oi
| the hide worn of by the harness. The
; owner or driver of such a team ought to be
ashamed of himself.
t T 1Z l* II I C.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Sept. 29. —Senator Wilson pro
poses introducing a oill making sales of coin with
out absolute [transfer] penal.
It is thought that the contest in Pennsylvania
will he vdry-close aud will r. quire ail the adminis
nations’ assistance to render success sure.
Washington, Sept, 30.—Senator Spencer and
Col. S okqs, of Alabama, visited Grant i’hej
represent tiie interview as highly satisfactory am
complimentary to the pcoplu of the South anil
ttieir intentions. Grant hopes to visit the South
.his winter.
Delano decides that wholesale druggists selling
less than a half pint of spirits, or more than hv
gallons of alcohol, mu=t laae both retail and whole
M:e license.
Washington, October I.—No Cabinet develop
meats.
the steamer Euterpe, of the New York anu
j md Galveston line, is under surveillance, pending
I in.-tractions from Washington. She had a carg
j and huge Pa; rot guus, and tons upon tons of sole
; dun and shell. Tue authorities suspect this cargo
-s intended to arm the Spanish gunboats now reau
for sea. l lic account nays there arc just tiiirt)
if these gunboats, and singularly enough, lliet
were founu in ttic hold of the Euterpe just thirty
<f those hundred pound Parrot guns, there wvr
also three lliou.-aud solid shot and shell, wnich hau
> ;cu cast for these same Parrots. Speaking edi.u
daily of tiie Euterpe’s detention, the Tribune says:
“ The authorities iiave just laid hands upon a
ressel which, by all accounts, appears to iwv
oecii destined to supply with armament the ap.u
.siigunboats at Mystic, the possibility that great
Harm might have been, and uuy he done thereby
o tue cause of struggling patriotism, naturally
provokes a most earnest desire that no want o'
vigilance shall permit a wrong to our neigbbo.,
•viiose comparative weakness and whose nobh
spirations have our hearty sympathies. The pie.
of me GUb.uis that they should have the same
Ight to purchase arms as their savage antagonists
must be admitted iu the light of menacing events
«o nave unusual force.”
Tue lelegrafo recently cruising in the Wesi
i mies waters is declared a pirate. Admiral Poore,
is been ordered to capture her.
The steamer Hornet is off New York, supposed
ohe tne e wateuing gunhoais, and also to luicr
cept the Euterpe wnich was exp. cted to sail with
up,.ii > tor riie Spaniard*. The Hornet is daily
receiving supplies.
HerCapta.il isin New York City, and well posted,
regarding tiie Spanish Government The Cuptaiu'
lit.lie is Withheld, Imt he is uudeistood to he a
toted Confederate. The Hornet lias b en IP ted
jut by parties iu New York aud Boston, who have
.o connection with the Cuban Junta, which has
oeeu operating here. The Hornet is formidable i
mn very fast.
Washing ton, October 2 —lt seems certain tb it |
lie new Cuban exp .-Uitions are engineered by par
l e* unknown, but muen mu.* potent than the old j
uim.i Junta. A i trie vs from cauatD, a-d from
Jew Yura t*spe,dally, it' supporte i by the IferabTsl
niopat ii from Key West, indicate formiuabl ;
i moustral.o is
It is sai l t.;at Delano ha- p>u?pa eJ a circular to i
issessore, referring to inconim, which involve.-
universal domiciliary visits. loose who hm
toiled to report iuu*t ai. make oath. Delano;
demands energetic actio i from A* ea»ors.
I’he sp -c.ui partisans oi tiie Ce ~cd-:- govern
neut have unfavuraole a ivices fr -m the interior oi;
Juiia, which seem co,itiriu.it -ry of th- fin .ua r
pons of Jordan’s de-ire to aha don tin struggle
Wa.-uimj ion, Uctooer 4—the re-c .u from •
: southern States is a. ready uUj per cent, grente
! than last year.
Amo, Kendall is gradually sinking. His mind i
perfectly clear.
Virginia nas paid one million e.ght hundred snu
orty tu ou-and dollars lux ou man u lac lure a tobacco
; ictweeii March and September
Tin; Northern train due at o o’clock will not ar
I rive till midnight.
; The Northern train due at daylight arrived ai
| nine o’clock.
GENERAL NEWS.
! San Fbanci9CO, Sept-mber 2S.—The liir.b
! brings Honolu u dates to 15th September. Karin-
I pnikes have occurred.
The »iiip Oalao arrived with six hundred ari l
! rifty Chinese. Aiter leaving port the Chinese mu
: tiuied. The leader was killed and several were
wounded.
Tin- Grand Lodge of Odd-Fcliows adjourned
rirte die.
Alexandria, Sept, 28. lolinson, conservative,
is elected to the Legislature, to nil the vacancy
caused by the death of a Radical who was elected
in July, by one hundred and twenty-live majority
Foktkess Monu-iE. September 28. —The w-tioon
-r J. L. Leach, from New York for Charleston, i
ashore at Cape Henry, freighted with railroad iron.
New Yoke, September 29.—The Gold Exchange
Bank has be n placed in the hands of a receiver.
isloane <R Cos. have failed yuite a number of.
ailures were rumored, among them, Lockwood A
Cos.
New York, September 29. —C. A. Meigs & Son.'
vnd Fuller, irea'. A Cos. iiave failed.
Xenia, September 29—Powder works at Miami
exploded, killing one man andshatt ring adjoining
builiiings.
Richmond, September 29.—'The following is the
correspondence on the Virginia Senatorial question:
HuadquakiEßS, Foist Mu-ItaßT District, f
Kk hmond, V t September 24, 18*19 f
Honorable Secretary of War. W,uhinyton, D. C.
Sib.—The question of electing Senators in the
onarcss of the United States by the Li-gii-Utnre,
wnich w ill as-embie in this city on the sth prox
imo, is one of gr. -at present interest in the State,
inn many applications hive been n ad*- fit ade
■isi m upon th apo ut, lhe suajeet appears to be
so free from and fli uliv that I have not hesitated to
■sprees the opinion, 'unofficially, that the election
Msenator w.c authorized and necessary! * '.omplete
.he reconstruction, and was prescribed uy the law
if July 25th, 1805, but th ,t it was not proper for
ue to make a decision upon a question that ad
ireused itsc-.f so decidedly to the discretion of the
Legislature after it »«« organized.
Th re are tunny, however, who are of theopinion
that this action 'win some way restrained by the
opinion of the Attorney General of August 28th,
IS'ih; an 11 have the honor to request that the que*>
tion whether the Legislature of this Suite is author
ized to elect Senator, of the United Stales at the
-ession which commences on theSth of n. xt month
nay be submitted to the Attorney General for hi*
op.nion
Very respectfully, sir, your obd'nt s’vt,
[Signed] ' Ed K. 3. Canbt,
Brevet Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Attoknet General s Office, [
S-ptember 25th, 18ti9. )
To the. President:
B;b i have the honor to acknowledge tiie re
ceipt -f your letter of tins date, retelling to me for
my opinion, u letter addressed to the secretary of
iVarliv Gen. Colby, dated September 24tti, Sb 9,
v-lnch asks wheitu-r the Legislature of Virginia Si*
uthorized to elect Senators of the United S ate
at tiie se-sion which commences on thqo h of next
month, and desires that the question may t
untied to the Attorney General lor his opini >n.
she general views which 1 etrertain of the
functions of the Legi.lature of V rgmia elected
in pursuance of the net of Congress of April 10,
i8oi), have been alrea iv fully indicated in au opin
ion transmitted to the Secretary oi War, under
late of August 28, 18*59. I came to the conclusion
that the members of the Legis aturo were no re
quired to take the oath referr and to in section nine
jof ihe sta.ute of Ju y 19, 18157, and that it was
; competent and nnder the law fi r tue Legislature
; to meet, organize -and do whatever was required or
' allowed by the Acts of Congress, a- preliminary
o the recon-traction of the Stat , but that it wa
: not competent for them to uiidert'ke to enact
. ta-vs, or mherwiseassu tie functions of tin- gover.i
--! merit ot the State, if organized with >ut taking the'
I oatli above referred to, or if any of its members
; could not or did not take that oath.
Up »n u careful considv aiion 1 ark . jv of opin
iou, that the election of Senators, like voting upon
he 14th and loth amendment- to tu voui.i. uo
lof the United States, io a part of n a tioiu-on
| templated by Congress as pr .1 ti art to a r sto
ration of the State to its full.r a ion to the *ov
erninent of tiie United Stat s as one of t..e States
:of the Union. The Senators tiius eh eed would
, have no power or no authority mt*l the S- nate
;of the United States should i.a e pa.se • up >n tiie
validity of Uieiruetion and dm it and li mas in in
| bers of that body. Under the act of April lOth,
1869, the election of members of ihe House of Rep
resentatives was permitted and has taken place,
and when Congress comes to a-t upon the whole
question of the reconstruction o tue State it would
seem equailv proper ill -t uicmb rs elected to both
j m ancle nos iho National £egis amre should present
' themselves for admission to sca.s in the respective
Houses.
The election of Senators does not seem to me to
transcend the action which comes within the
limited and qualified purposes requisite to recon
struction, but rather to be essential to tiie com
pleteness of that, action, anti I think that the
military commander should not interfere with, or
prevent it. Very respectfully,
E R. Hoar. Attorney General.
Jackson, September 29.—The Radical Conven
tion met to-dav. There vas a large attendance.
All but two counties in tbe State were represent
od. J. S. Morris, of Warren, was chosen perma
! nent President; F. H Little, permane. it Secretary.
Gen. Alcoon was nominated as candidate for Gov
ernor, bv acclamation; R. C. Powers, for Lieuten
ant Governor; James Lynch, colored, for Secreta
ry of State. Further nominations will be made
'tomorrow. There will be a grand barbecue to
; morrow. Preparations for several thousand per
! sons arc being made.
; Jackson, September 30.— The Convention made
additional nomination*: H. Musgrove, for Audi-;
itor; W. 11. Vasser, Treasurer; J. S. Morris, At-
Itorney General; W. R. Pea-se,- Superintendent
! Public Inrtruction. The following resolutions
: were adopted :
Resolved, Ist. The Union first, last and forever,
2d. Freedom of speech and of the Press.
3d. Universal suffrage and universal amnesty.
4th. Free schools, presenting the benefits of
: education to every child in the State.
sth. Opposition to that unequal and unjust sys
i tem of taxation that discriminates again.t labor,
land bears ui justlv upon the industrial classes.
tith. iho Revirion of the conditions of free la
bor with a view specially to a more summary
i process for the recovery of debts,
7ih. Adherence to the Thiiteenth and Four
teenth Amendments to the Constitution of the
: United States.
Bth The exercise of the whole political ii fluencs
|of the St te with * ongr> ss, for the immediate re
| moval as provided of the disabilities imposed by
ihe Four eentli Amendment
9th. The ratification of tiie Fifteenth Amend
ment to Constitution of the United States.
lOrii. The new Constitution of Mississippi, with
ihe disfranchising and proscriptive clauses left
out.
St Lot ts, September 30.—1n a collision on the
Iron Mountain Railroad an engineer was killed.
Indians attacked a detachment of the Fifth
j Cavalry from Fort McPherson. Nothing is known
of their fate, except that a Sergeant separated
from liis command, ami was pursued twenty-live
miles.
Richmond, Va., September SO.—Win. Waskey,
!of Roanoke county, committed suicide to-day ut
White Sulphur Springs, by blowing liis brains out.
Norwalk Conn , October 1 —The National
Bank at Norwalk was fobbed The bank loses
830,000. Pr.vate partiis lose Immensely the
amount ie not know n.
Philalei.fuia, October L— In a political row
some Republican* were killed.
i Philadelphia, October 3,—ln another political
: row last, night eleven person* are known to be
seriously wound -d, viz: three Ik-iiio: nits and four
Republicans, three citizens ami one policeman.
The Democrats drove tiie Republicans from their
headquarters and destroyed their transparence ».
San Francisco, Oetobei-2. —A heavy earthquake,
accompanied with loud noise, occurred a; San
Lorenzo to-day.
! Indianapolis, October 2.—A boiler of q.-m 0
i two engine* competing for speed at tile State fair
'exploded, killing nineteen aud woutndiig many - .
'Among tiie killed is u Mr. Jackson, of MemphiV
Concord, N. H., October 3.— Franklin Piuree is
, very sick. Hi* disease has assumed a dropsical
form.
Richmond, October 3.— About tifty niemb -r* of
! the Legist .ture have arrived. Very few, if any, „re
j committed to candidates for Senators, and aii seem
! to Ue waiting for a caucus to determine maters
i liis names chiefly mentioned by the Walk' r ineu '
to-night for Senator, are Franklin Starns, Gen r. l
Robert Williams and Lieutenant Governor John I
F. Lewis. A caucus of Walker men will be ie id
tomorrow night to nominate for officers of tiie
Legislature. Stephanias Turner sad John B. Cren-i
-haw are spoken of for Speaker of tne House. The
Senatorial election Will not take place till tiie cud I
of the week.
New Orleans, October 3.— Tiie work of excava- '
tion for the New Orleans Ship IriancfUatial com- j
-in-need yesterday, about a mile above Carrollton.!
Mr. Brott, President, dug the first dirt, and do.iv- j
red a brief address. Sp eehes w- re made by :
lov. Warmoth, Lieut. Gov Dunn and othem. A;
contract has be n made with a dredging company'
lO excavate the canal from tne Mississippi river to
hes Meuteur.
Wilmington, N. C., October 4 —The Privateer
Hornet, alias Cuba, appeared off Smlthvillu on Sa
turday evening, flying tiie Cuban colors. It had
aeen definitely ascertained that site had two hun
ired men and thirty officers aboard, a majority of
tiie latter ex-Confed rates—that her armament i
-ousi-ts of eight heavy g ms. Yesterday, she an
■hored inside ihe bar, and sent an Engineer aud
Purser to the city to secure a supply of coal— ttuo !
akeri on board off New York not being adapted to :
luick movement.-. Suspicion being soyn aroused,,
me officers, after engaging u supply of coal, return
'd to the vessel wituout making arrangements to*
; et the coal aixrar.l. They left the city last night,
it 12 o’clock, from SmithviUe, thirty live uTiles!
m-low the city, in a small yawl. The Collector oi:
■uslums, Ruuiley, charter* and the steam tug Alpim
liis morning, at 4 o’clock, aud having piat-cd in -
die hands of tiie Deputy U. S. Marsha! a warrant, i
..-*u and by the U. S. Commissioner, placed him,
ffioard of iicr, wi h pirt of Custom's force, with!
intern to detain the privateer until further orders. !
Colonel Frank, commanding the United State-'
oo|ts posted at Southviilc, is expected to co- i
iperate with the Deputy Marshal and force, ii
*e -e-saary.
The Alpha has not yet returned! Further intel
i geittaj will be telegraphed immediately on her
irrival
Officers who vi-ited tiie city were very-bohl and
-onrtdeiit, insisting that there is no process by!
vhicli a privateer .-an be legally detained. The,
:Vent create* much excitement.
Ihe Cuba has been seized by the Deputy U. S !
Jar-dial at Smith vile, at 12 m.( t '-day, and brought,
up to tlie c;ty, aud anchored half a mHe belo a tin
city this evening. A number of officer* now in the I
city, are positive In their declarations that there is ’
io pretext under which she can be detained by th
uithorities any longer than it is necessary to'havi
tu investigation In armament and crew the Cobs
is a formidable vessel, ~nd it is represented she ha
great speed, is short of coil aud provisions, aud,
n-r machinery i* considerably damaged.
The following is a complete list of her officer*:
Jornmodoru, Edward Higgins; Commander, Thus.
L. Dorwin ; Lif-ut.cn-iu Commander, David A j
••Hair; Navigator Officer and Ll- ut.-nut C. W
lead; Dr. Fred J. McNulty, Surgeon; Enriqu
v’alieute. Paymaster; Prunti-a Ingraham, Captain
if Marine* and Private .-secretary to the C’onanio
lore; Dr. E. W. Bullo *>-, Assi-l-int Surgeon; D.
>. M unroe, First Lieutenant Assist mt Murines;
Nicholas Ealing, Master; R. Sotn-r*. Ensign; lieu .
ry S. Coke, Ensign; A. M. Mason, En- gn; It. N
5 b-on. Ensign ; Wm. D Phillips, vtid-iiipiniu ;
Vuto do Muniz, Midshipman: Louis French,<.Vu.-f
ingimvr; it-b -rt G a aim, First A-s slant Engi
n .-er; John Lynch, Fir-t Assistant Engineer; Win
.1. Robinson, First Assistant Engine-r; jjinrs :
iimi.aw, Second Assistant Engineer; Stephen
Kearney, Second Assistant Engineer; J *aqaiai
t-juiir, S-.eoni Assist mt Engineer; Edward O.
foralias, Sec >nd Ass- stunt Engineer; Joo. Muiiav,
'ayni.isicr'* Cl*-rk ; W. J. Fahertv, Master’s Mate
Savannah. October i.—The Morjiimi Hem In*- '
j reports from Florida of the arrival of the steam
; ship Aiabima at Fernaudiua, on Friday night, from
. New York, with four hundred men, iuciudmg sixty
! fficers, for the Cuban expedition now readezvous
|mg on the Gulf coast. The men were homediat* jy
j put aboard the cars and sent to Cedar Keys, where
! steamers await them.
j Iwo hundred men arrived at Baldwin, Florida,
| from Savannah, on S.itur lay night, siipp >sc<! to be
j t portion of the command now organizing in Mid
i die Georgia.
j >’Hii.Ai*jEi,puiA, October 4.—The Schayikiti
River has risen ten feet, and much property has'
taC’-n destroyed.
: The Supreme Court assembled to day. There
j being no quorum, the Court adjourned until to-1
i norrow. The order of business a tit - argument
of e*se» pending at the close of the former term;
; next, those ea* s fir which no day* wore assigned,
laud then the regular docket.
Dover Plains, October s.—The Hartetu Railroad .
[ track above Mfflston is all washed away, aud tia ,
bridges at Cop.ike and Ghent are gon-.
New York, 0.-tob- r 4.—A heavy gale and tor .
r-nts of rain occurred at daylight. The tide is '
; v.-r tiiirhv.
Port 3 arvis, October 4.—The storm bit* bee-.
' very severe. Th river i* twenty fert higtirr than
on Frill y. Tin: wire* are interrupted, and uo re
purts beyond Deposit.
Philadblpui*, October 4.—The dbitff-.r Ilos.
Company was attacked. The police *ra t-.dii to
have ted the a:tick, fc -rera! were bur.
Baltimore, October 4 —The loss by th* flood
last night i* ne-iriy a quirt r uiiiiion debar*
Fortress Monroe, October 4.—A heavy North
easter prevailed last uigiu.
FOKi.KUN M:\VS
Madrid, September 28.—Barcelona l& quiet.
One hundred aud twenty-Hx werearr stud. Many
escaped by catt-ng the telegraph wir--- aud tearing
up the railroads.
Cuban reinforcements have sailed from Cadiz.
Lisbon, September *2B. -The King of Portugal
deni- * that he is a candidate far the Ssaamsh.
th me.
Jamaica, September 2S.—The pro-pect* of the
sugar t: op are discouraging.
Pa»ut-> Rico, September 28.—The island i» per
fectly quiet—no political disturbances.
Paris n-.armh-r 2s—Repo ts from Rome in
dicate that Peic Hyacinth*, will be excommunica
ted.
Florence, September 28.—Mount Aetna i* vio
lently erupted.
Havana September 23.—The telegram r gard
ing J.ird m'- surrender for money «a. founded
U* >n official dispatches. It is also reported that
the insurgent* a « n#ir the* .gar ,i-tr * •.
M *okii>. S-ptember 29.—1 t i* reported in official
circle- that Sick s lias with irawn his note.
Bo rdeaix, 3 ptember 29. — A fir- among the
i ■ti ug destroyed thirty ve»*-;U loaded wit;* pe
troleum.
Frederick F. Lowe, of California, in appointed
Minister to China.
Lisho.n, S -p'em her 30.—Rio Janeiro advice* con
firm tU« defeat of Lopez. He ton twenty sen
*aonon and bi* river steamers. Tne p*ovisional:
Government ut Asuncion have proela med Lopez
an outlaw-,
Paris, September3o.—The Hippodrome of this
cit . was burned last night. Ln.-s heavy.
Cm *>f Mexico, September I.—Congress ha*
assembled. Pre-Lieut J u *rez made a congratula
tory address on tin- condition of tiie Republic.
Paris, Oct her 2.—Loss by the Bord aux fire,
ten minion* francs.
Tue Vienna treaty between Austria aud China
was duly signal,
Lund as, October 2 —The potato crop is estima
ted below tne average. It is staled that half the
crop in Cumberland is diseased
Madrid, October 4—lnsurrectionary move- ,
ment* are maintained at different points. Repub
lican volunteer force* have colic-tei in tin- critic.'
of Madrid, Barcelona and elsewhere, for the |«ir
poae *.f rescuing prisoners. The telegraphs have .
been cat, and the train carrying Government dis
patches stopped. Much alarm was flt at It jar..
where the populace were much excited, and un
ruly Republican de! U.i * to the C**r.ex have or
ganized counter-revolutionary Democratic band*;
in Mercia and Marlasdo Ih- se bands h ve been
defeated at M Has b>. Serious events may occur
my moment, but Madrid lor the moment remains
quiet.
London, October 5.—A person at King's llos
p'lal ii sb en indcntilied as either Kelly or Peary,
one of tli Fenians who was n scued at Manchester
The police nr guar*ring the pri-on to prevent
auotlier rescu-.
Vienna. Oct Jier 4.—The Press', publishes Paris
advices that Napoleon hopes to announce, at the
meeting of tiie Se.iatc aud Corps Legislat'd, a gen
eral and simultaneous disarmament of European
Powers.
The k.mmonH Regulator
Ha# been used. So many years with success, that,
no one afliicttd w ith dyspepsia, colic, constipation
or any bilious affection, blionld be without the
remedy in their house. The number of certificates
from the most influential citizens fully e.-tablishes
Its virtues. One says: I think it the greatest
medicine in tin* world. Another says t f consul- r
| it invaluable in sick, headache, as it has not failed '
to give relief in any instance. Another says: I
i consider it indispensable in my family, and will
never be without it. Soe advertisement.
: octs-wlt
LAMD AGEHCY,
BLAKELY, GA.
rpHE UNDEURSIGNED PROPOSES TO ACT
1 as
I AGENT FOR BUYING, SELLING OR RENTING '
LAND
: in Early and adjacent counties, liis long residence
in tne county, lie thinks, gives him advantages in
this business not possessed by many. Business in
; this line respectfully solicited. No charge made'
; for entering lands on his books. Fidelity gnantn-!
: teed in every instance. JOEL W. PERKY.
oct4-d3t-wlt
FOR SALE,
A Very Desirable Residence,
: With sixty acres of land attached, in the Town of
Athens, Georgia.
rrUiE HOUSE, WHICH IS ENTIRELY NEti
1 and built in tiie liesi manner, contains eight
i rooms, wiih spacious halls on the first and second
i floors, and is surrounded on three Bides bv a Vo.
|an dab tav lve feet wide.
! The Kitchen", Laundry, Store-rooms, Servants’
j rooms amt Fowl House are of brick, roughcast.
| there is stabling for six horses, with a large cur
! riage house and good loft; the cow house has room
| for three cows, aud there is a sited for wagons, and
a shed for wood, capable of containing three hun
dred cords.
The well of water is excellent and never failing,
arid there is a large cistern with force pump close
, to the house.
The front yard is tastefully laid out and contains
|a choice collection of ornamental shrubs and roses
of the most approved varieties.
The land, of which about thirty-five acres are
j cleared, is in a high state of cultivation, ana is well
and newly fenced.
l’iie orchard contain* a number of young trees of
every variety, aud of the most approved sorts of
fruit.
The house is within three quarter* of a mile of
; i the University, and of all the Churches, and half a
' I mile of the Lucy Cobb Institute.
Tiie above property will be sold Cheap for Cash.
! For further particulars apply to the Editor of
Ihe Journal and Messenger, Macon, Ga.
k »ep3s d&wtX
limttwa! mil Commercial
Weekly Rnjes er the .Macon Market.
Monday Evening, October 4, 1869.
Cotton.—The market at the date of our l ist
weekly mv »w cl.-sed with a good demand, aud
middliugs at 35c. This vveek the price has byt n
about 21c—the market being quiet and steady
To-day the market opened quiet, and so continued
all day middlings being from the opening
to the close. The receipts of the week aru heavy.
The receipts to-day amount to 487 bales; sales
225 bales ; shipments 283 bales.
The receipts of the week sum up 3409 bales;
jalua 1333 bales; shipments 1329 bales.
Received at East Macon, from Ist September to
date, 336 bales; shipped, 311 bales.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept.l, 1869 179
Received this week 3,409
Received previously 10,013 —13,422
Total 13,601
Shipped this week 1,329
Shipped previously 6,951 — 8,280
Stock on baud 5,321
Financial.— There is very little doing In Securi
lies. Money easy.
UNITED STATES CURRENCY LOANS.
t'er month 1)4 to 2)4 per cent.
EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK.
Buying ofl.
; selling par.
KAILKOAI) STOCKS AND BONDS.
i Central Railroad Stock 11“@120
' Central Railroad Bonds 97(g) 9s
. vlacon & Western R. It. Stock 135
! Southwestern K K. Bonds 95@ 96
: South western Railroad Stock 93(g) 95
vlaeou & Brunswick Railroad Stock 35
vlacon <S Bruuswick R. R. End'd Bonds... 87
iuorgia Rail load Stock 107
leorgia Railroad Bonds 100
V*luutic & Cull Railroad Stock 35
i uigusta & Waynesboro Railroad Stock... 00
vlacon City Bonds SO
vlacon City Bout s, Endorsed UK)
1 South Carolina Railroad Stock to
I lottou States Life Insurance Company... .105
We quote Uold and Silver as follows:
GOLD AND 31LVEK.
Tuying rates iorGoid tl 28
-elling 1 31
laying rates for Silver 1 20
-elling 1 25
Tobacco. —There is a fair demand. We havi
no change to note In quotations.
>amaged 55
j Low tirades 50
] Common, sound.. 60
jiood 65
, vlediutns 70
Good Mediums 75
Vine 85
Extra Pine.. 1 25
-trictly Fine 1 50
Meat and Provisions.—Trade good. Bacon
advancing materially.
VI ess Pork |37 50(338 00
Prime Moss 33 00(Slit (X)
»amps 30 00(g31 50
rl. tin-, (plain) 2d (<124
lams, (cauvased) 24)4f<v23
tear Sides, (smoked) 22ivp<$23
tear Ribbed, (smoked) very scarce, 22)4
Bulk C. R. Sides 19)4(g20
Bulk Clear Sides 19)4
■ong Ch ar Sides 19)4
Bellies, (dry sailed) 20 (n.'1 0)4
Shoulder*, (smoked) 18 OtlSJ^
'boulder-, (dry salted) 15 (§s]s%
Bulk Shosil-icrs 10
Laid -In fair supply at22(<£24 cents.
B.tGGi.VG.—We quote;
Borneo B tgging, y yard 31
Double Anchor, y yard 31
Beogmt, y yard 81 1
Kentucky, \> yard ... ,28<tt28)4
•Uchardson’s Greenleirf, |t yard 28
iunuy Bagging, y yard. 28J^W29
itiniiy Bogging, roils, perfect 2s* <428)4
tunny, roils, patched 36
Arrow 1 IE-—?y)!«Nc.
Rope.—G ret-n leaf » Rope, half coils, 10c; whole
'-0i1*.9)4 cent- JV pound; other brands, 8<g)10 cents;'
Cotton Rope, 55c. So sales.
Oath. —We quote Oats. 90cf»1.00 fl bushel.
Cons—la selling at 1.45:5.1.5i by the car load.
Pl. iLit. —Trade large, but stocks sufficient for'
demand; prim mill We quote at wholesale;
Superfine, BOU T l ,* 00 y barrel, 9 50@10.00 for
Fatally. In barrels, we quote choice Western
irand-: Extra Family. IC.SOCdf 11.50; ilinun Smith,
13 00: Crt-aru of the South, 13.00.
Sugar A. iy-<e; Extra C, 17%c; C, 16)4® 17c:.
Yellow - , IS)4@U><", Crushed and .Powdered, l»)4c '
jMsr pound, sugarslutve advanced leper pound
u Tviortern msrkeU. Price* tend upward here.
Mona —&J Choice Syrups, 80@90c y
gallon, by the barrel. Stock small prices ad 1
> aiming.
CorrsE. —Rio, 211®25 cents $ pound; Java, 43 (a
15 cents. C L has advanced about 2c on quotat
ions curreui.some week* ago.
Salt.—Liverpool, 275, Virginia, 2.40 $ sack.
Whisky —Tncre i- a good demand for Whisky
vVe quote"; Corn Whisky, 1.35; Rye, 1.35<1
•1.50; If'iai aj!s,.. 3.50
tits.—"f.so@i 50 7-1 gallon.
Ale.—lmport-d, 3.25; American, 2.00i@2,50 V
1 ci zeii.
Domeati 'S. —3 4, 1 7-8 Shirting, 13@14; 4—i
•birting, Ugi§ls%e.
Drill! so. -Heavy brown, 18@20c; heavy Oeor i
'ia Stripes. m<tJl.
*>“nak nos — So. 1.8 or. . 38@85e; No. 2, 7 oz .
d.t '3l. Richmond, 19; Milledgerille, No. 1, 22 !
H"iHit River, No. 1,34 c.
Kent ■ KV Jeans— We quote the best Kentucky !
Jeans, 500j86c ft yard. Kentucky Linsey, 50c.
Twin* —2sc V pound, wholesale; 35c in smalli
quantities.
Nails »;r,..850f knr.
Hide*. —Dry" Flint. 18>.i$19c.
W< nil., B ;r. 20 ,t i> cents; Clean. 30c y pound
• iCANu.—KeUIcWt u s AA, 85 00 ft ton; WnannV
Raw. 'me Superphosphate, 70.(X1 ft Dan; Gustiu't
Kawtiot ft V ton ■ j
COUNTRY Hit* .DUCK—RETAIL PRICES
Better—Cb • ce, 50c V pound; Tennessee, s* k
f) Bound; Goshen, 60c p pound.
Ego*—Hie y duzeu.
CnuKi sa—sp-mg Chickens, 25<j35c; Hens, 50c 1
Chickens plentiful.
Turkeys—BJ 009*3.00 apiece; none in market ,
Potatoes. -Ir;-h, $2.50,■>»3.00 ft bushel; sweet,
from 2.75@3 (A) \> bushel.
Onions -I'mii 2 50@3.00 ft bu Uel.
J. 11. Aah bridge A Cos. a Weekly f Ircular.
Liverpool, 8 ;pt 17, 1569.
Cotton.—Last Friday tb market was firm, with I
»ome advance, and on „~aturday conaideratde busi
ness was tffdetej; but prices became much toned
down ou Monday, mi dsubsv quentiy a great depre--:
si >n hits existed, limUiog transactions, and p ice
have been very ii regular, which have, dur.ng the last
two days, attract' and the attention of buyers, ana
•in Thursday a strong'r feeling pervaded the mar :
so t. and i o.ders, -.ppar.-ut v, »> re l- ss disposed t.
submit to low oliernigs, which eanred a recovery i
prices of fully A£d Iroiu lowest quotations. Sal s j
during the w» k, 55, .90 bales—o77o American and '
45,8.4* other sort- trade taking 24,81*0; leaving
.0,77d for speculators and export. Actual export,
18,2 4 bales, lmjiorfa during the wee*, 53.01.
ads.—iMti Am ri „n, and 31,216 other s rts. —
stock on hand, 4 >9,970 bales, of which 79.5.0 are
American; and a sea for Great Britain, 439,000 •
nates, Wi.tch inc ud » 60u0 American. Compared
vith hast year s otttLtics, show a decrease of
imports, 234,77 b; and of quantity taken for con- f
s util pi im, 220,1ud bales. Tue actual exports have I
also iudiit oil by 57,840 baies; while stock, ana;
.peculation nave respectively increased 7620 anu i
14,650 bales. IJuotattons: Middling Orleans, 13>kI
•a 13, : - 4 d; middling upia ds, &a;«e to
day ..re estimated at *OOO bales, with a steady mar-.
ket. )
Grain. —An occasional decliue of Is per cental j
on Wheal has been conceded, which we quoted
No 1 American red Winter, 9s lOdiqTOs 2d y een j
tal of 100 ll>s. Indian Corn has met with ready
purchasers at enhanced prices; no American quoted, j
Flour.—American Western State, 23s 6d(a.25c j
y 196 ths, With an average decline during the
week of 3u(« <id.
Provisions —There is a steady consumptive de-!
maud for Beef, which, aided by a trrisk speculative j
demand, has run salt's during the week to ove, :
3500 Uuiccs: T. 3, : prime mess, tierce of 304 11".
75- '*93- 6 f .i—ttiadds for ex ra, a id prime mess, 60 ,
>« ios. Pork, from great scarcity, iias advance'..;
i L’. S. prime mess, (Eastern) llU(gll&6ni
, : barrel of 2UU tbs; and Wcstt ru, lO.iem 107s 6-.. ,
Bacon is steady, but, for want of assurtmeiit, train- j
actions are small, U. 8. short middies, boneless, %• j
112 #>s, 6Sk/i:7i's; rib in, 68@695. Lard lias give;, j
way about is y cwt, without indneing an incieast J
in the business: line quoted at 75@i6s y cwt o! I
112 Bis; miduling to good at 70<&74t>T
i allow—ls scarce, and iu fair request at 46s(a j
47s 6d cwt.
Hhils.- Nothing doing in American Hides;
stock very small.
Cotton tic to Cake.—No change in our market;
since last week, and we continue to quote Ameii !
can decorticated at T 7 15s@jaj y 2240 tbs.
Tobacco —There is nothing new to report as t> •
Tobacco; some t adc demand, and supply small.
A o continue to quote Western and Virginia etnp
6s; or leaf, ss(a ; ss and lii, in bond.
R 'siN. —We hear of recent sales of about 1000
barrels common American at ss(ass 3d y cwt,
winch shows a decline.
stave market very inactive; no sales and no
quotations.
White Oak not in demand,
3I ARKS I S in T K JLESGItAPII.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, October 4—Noon. —Cotton market
steady, with uplands at 12>g; Orleans 12^d.
Later.—Cotton market firmer. Sales to-day wil
probably reach 19,000 bales.
New Vork Colton Market.
New York, October 4—Noon.—Cotton market
firm, with middlings at. 27(^0.
Evening. Cotton market firmer, and closing
quiet, with middliugs at aßc. Sales to-day footeu
up 2800 halts.
Foreign Markets.
London, October 4.—Noon—Consols, 93M;
Bonds, 84 %.
Iloine.atlc Markets.
New York, October 4—Noon. —Money, 6@7 net
| cent. Sterling long Ufa short 8%. Gold 291 q.
Stocks steady. 62'a 19>o. Tcnnessees, ex-coupon.
64; new, 51‘.). Virginias, ex-coupon, 53; new,s7>f
; l.ouinianas, old, 69, new, 65; Levees, 65; H's,
Aittbamu S’s, 9y>' 2 . Georgia 6N,
Cardinas, old, 50; new, 43.
1 lour dull and declining. Wheat dull and nomi
; Dally unchanged. Corn dull and declining. Me.-
Pot'K nominally 30.25. Lard heavy; barrels, 18k(fl
! 18'| for steam. *
Freights quiet.
Evening—F;our heavy and lower, superflm
; Stale, common to fair extra Southern.
0. JofwO >O. \\ iieat heavv. and l@2c lower; rod
i Western, 1.42@4.44; Illinois, 1.28(c«l.:« Coro
j heavy, and 2@3c lower; mixed Western, 98e@t.01.
■ Money easy at 7 per cent, with some business a
'6. Sterling improved—B%@9X- Cold steady ai
38%. Stocks closed steady. Southerns irregular
i Governments heavy; OTs, 19%.
Baltimore, October 4—Cotton market a shale
belt', r, but prices not quotably higher.
Flour dull and lower; Howard street superfine,
ft) 00uj.5 25. W heat duil at 1 40(0,5 45. Coru
mixed Western, 1 00. Oats dull at 58(«£G0. Rye,
1.16(51.20. Mess Pork, 33 00. Bacon urm; shoul
;der» Lard, 19@19%.
Virginias, (id, 49, new, 5l bid.
WilmiNToton, October 4.—Spirits Turpentinv
firm at 41. Ro.-in quot at 1.75@375 for No. 2
and No. 1. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar
i steady at 2.80.
Cotton market 6tegdy. with low middlings at
24%@25c.
Augusta, October 4.—Cotton market opened
I firm, at 25 for middlings, but closed weak and V®
%e lower. Salt*, 400 bales. Receipts, 670 bales
Savannah, October 4.—Cotton market dull
wi . Ul t middliugs at 25%c. Salas, 508 balqs. Re-
CtiptS, vU^ilt
Charleston, October 4 —Cotton market firmer
uiul prices advanced with middlings at
Sales, 425 Ualtct. Receipts, 1010
bales.
Cincinnati, October 4. —Me s Pork unchanged.
Lard unsettled at Hi;*'. Bacon held firmly; shoul
ders, 10}-$; clear -id, s, 20c; demand light.
Louisville, October 4.—Provisions firm. Mess
Fork, 33.00. Bacon—>h juMcih, 17; clear rib sides,
20**.
New Orleans, October 4. Cotton firmer, with
middlings at 24%(g35e. hales, 3550 bales. Re
ceipts, T.jNIJ baler.
Gold, 31. st rling, New York Sight, %
discount.
Flour dull; superfine 5,75@5.76; double and,
treble extra, 6.27. Corn firmer; while 1.12. Oa »,:
>9@6o. Bran 1 20. Mess Pork Si 75. Bacon firm;!
! shoulders 17%; clear iib sides 21; clear sides 21 )j j
hams, 25@25)k- Lard firm at 19@21J4. bugar,!
1 Molasses, roboiied, U2>4@75. Coffee!
quiet aud unchanged.
Freights Improving; to Liverpool, 11-16d; Havre,
1%; New York, le.
vIoHiLE, October 4. —Cotton market ojiened
with a fair demand, mid closed firm; middlings,
24>£@24J£c. Sajes. 700 bales. ReeeipU, 1639
bales. Exports, ls 4 bates.
PRESENTMENTS.
Superior Court, Twiggs County, i !
September Term, 1869. ( j
We, the Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn for the
.September Term of 1869, make the following Pre-
j sentments:
The Jury have, by committee, examined the
: Public Record, and find them neatly aud correctly
j kept.
i We find the public buildings in good condition,
I rndiii view of the many dilflcuities -thrown in the
. way of the Building Committee, anl with the
j knowledge that out of old materials a perfectly
! neat and finished structure cannot be built, we
j feel constrained to reward that committee much
credit as energetic and public-spirited citizens.
| We recommend the Ordinary to obtain speedily
the deeds to the Court-house and Jail grounds,
jand to proceed to arrange for comeliness and the
j accommodation of the public. We would be glad
I to find by next Term of Court a neat and subs tan
' tial enclosure around the Court-house.
The public roads, we regret to report, are In very
; bad condition for winter travel and transportation,
and recommend the Ordinary to enforce with
stringency the laws bearing on this point.
! We regret the lack of public spirit which has al
lowed the bridge over Shellstone Creek to actual
ly sink in the mad, thereby incoaveaiencing a iarge
portion of our citizens, and bringing us into the
! contempt of an adjoining county. We recommend
the rebuilding of this bridge to the Ordinary. It
is a work imperatively demanded.
We recommend the Ordinary to levy a tax saf
i fleient to pay for the education of the poor cbll
;dren of the county, for the year 1869—0f the strictly
; poor. We hope he will be particularly careful as
| to the justice of such claims.
We must pronounce the taxation for pauper
fund a grievous burden, arising from the following
jof a bid system ; and after long and earnest eou
i sideratlon, in order to relieve the county of the!
enormous load of undeserving pauper D , we feel
’that we have reached a conclusion which will free;
the county from imposition; which will secure its!
icharity to those needing assistance, and which .villi
relieve the Ordinary of a painful responsibility.
We recount! rid the Ordinary if he can, without
violence to the law, to require all applicants for the!
benefits of the, pauper fund to present their petition
to the Gran i Jury for their reiecti an or appr aval,
and to pay nonejw ithout such approval, unless I*
emergent cases. We further recommend the i
Ordinary to examine closely his paup r list and to
cease paying to the undeserving.
We request, and urge upon our Representatives
in the L igislature to labor f >r the passage of a law
! requiring the endorsement of the Grand Jury upon ;
;every petition for the benefit of the Paujier Fund ;
ialso a law rue-dug the bond of the Ordinary to a
sum proportionate to the funis likely to pass
j through his hands.
On the completion of our duties, we return our
thanks to h:s Honor, <J. B. Cole, for hia kindness]
[and politeness to tkl* body. Our thanks are also
due to the Solicit ir General, E. W. Crocker, for
'his kindness and courtesy.
Me respectfully request that the above present
mente he published in the Macon Journal and
Messenger.
JOHN 11. JONES, Foreman.
L. F. Crawford, John W.-st,
W. M Martin, Itbabou Balkc.nn,
J. C. Herring, E. A. Wimberly,
•James Kennmgtnu, Josiah Stephens,
A. J Shockly, B. F. S iutiiali,
G. . Faulk, Haywood Hughes,
A . R. B. Stokes, T. J. Joyner,
F. D. Wimberly.
Ordered bv the Conrt that the above present
ment# be published as requested.
By the Court.
h VI CROCKER, Solicitor General.
True extract f.om the minute* of said Court,
this September 29, 1869.
J. U. BURKETT, Clerk Superior Court.
TRIIII TE OF RKsPECT.
TO THE MEMORY OF TIRO. GEORGE L. F. BIRDSONG.
The Great Architect or the universe. In Hi* all
wise providence, ha* removed from among us our
worthy brother GEORGS L. F. BIRDSONG, who:
departed this life August l-th, 1869.
By the aMoci&ti- nos many yetir? as our Worship
ful Master, he became endeared to eur every heart, 1
•nd merited and received our fullest confidence.]
These fraternal tie* are broken, ari l we trust he
hie- gone to the taints' everlasting re-t. Sacred be
bis memory long cherished iu our bosom.
Meek, patient and uncomplainiag io hia dying
uour.*, he reposed with confidence upon the effica
cy of tb'' atonement of Christ, and felt that ail was
well. Kind, humane, generous, he ha* left behind
numerous friend*: a fond and affectionate wife
mourns over a beloved husband's grave ; weeping
children remember a kind father's love; to ns and
them on earth he is forever lost, and as we hope
tntv our h ss be his eternal gain.
Hesoleed, lsf. That in the death of George L. F.
Birdsong we have lost a faithful brother, whose
mteltigenee and zealous advocacy of the cause of
the order ever pointed the true source of light, and
impressed our minds and hearts with feelings of
zeal and true Masonic spirit, and strengthened our
ittachraen’s of brotherly love in dispensing char
tv, benevolence and morality, and living in the
lull aud constant enjoyment of *ll those noble
feelings whose motto is “Good will to man,’’ and
-hose hopes point to a brighter firmament of
worlds and a more glorious aud euduring Temple
above.
&• solved, 2 d. Tlsat while we deeply regret the
os* and sadly lament the death of him who wa*
>ur Master in tins imperfect Lodge on earth, we
bow in humble submission to the Divine will of
ittr Supreme Grand Master who ruleth in that
celestial and all-perfect Lodge above, feeling that
“He doeth all tilings well.”
Revived, 3d. That we tender to the family of our
deceased brother our warmest sympathies and ]
condolence in tin ir sad bereavment, and point
them, fur true comfort and consolation, to the
promises of that Saviour upon whose atoning j
nerits our brother so implicitly relied in his hour
if final dissolution.
Revived, ith. That a copy of these resolutions bo
.'umished the family of our deceased brother, and
i copy of the same be sent for publication to the
Journal and Messenger, at Macon, Ga.
THUS. 8. SI! ARM AN, j
W. W. HARTSFIELD, !
J A. COTTON, ‘ Committee.
W. 8 OLIPHANT, I
JOSEPH ALLEN, j
M. 5. L., Thomaxton , Oa ,pt. 17, 5839.
GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA
F. & A. M.
Office of the Grand Secretart, )
Masonic Hale,
Macon, Ga., September 30tli, sst<9. )
r pilK REGULAR ANNUAL COM MCNICA-
I TION of the M.VV.- Grand Lodge of the
State of Georgia, will be held at Masonic Hall, in
the city of Macon, commencing on the lifith day
'■eing the la>t Tuesday) of October, 1809. Sub
irdinate Lodges will take due notice ami be gov
, rned according y.
M.-.AVV. SAMUEL LAWRENCE,
! Grand Master. I
J. Emmett Blacksheah, Grand Secretary.
octld<few-ot.
Cotton Tics! Cotton Ties!!
Ii
DUNN’S PATENT
| SELF-AD JUSTING HORIZONTAL
COTTON TIE.
4 S AGENTS OF THE ABOVE NAMED
; .A. Patent, we beg to commend it to the atten
tion of Planters and Merchants. This Tie is a de-
I ided improvement, and contains the. advantages
if GREAT STRENGTH, GREAT SIMPLICITY
oid EASE IN MANIPULATION. Being supe
rior to any other Tie manufactured, we can confi
dently recommend it to the public.
J. B. ROSS A SON,
Agents at Macon, Ga.
JNO. W. ANDERSON'S SONS & CO
atig4 dw&tw 4iu AgeuU In Savannah, Ga.
SEED COTTON!
SEED COTTON!!
PARTIES DESIRING TO SELL THEIR SEED
COTTON, can procure for it the Tip-top
Cash Market Price at the Ginniug and Packing
Department of
± augie-eod&wtf FINDLAY IRON WORKS.
* Hpecial IVotlces.
T-jr NOW rs THE TIME t» repair the in
road* made upon the physical strength by the
heated term which has closed with September.
Tit# 1 vitality that has been oozing through the
pores iu the norm o; perspiration, for the last
three month*, requires to be replaced, aa a pre
parative to the cold season which make* *uth
] disastrous havoc with relaxed and untoned sys
tems. The reserve of vigor with which the
stoutest man commences the Summer campaign
;is drained oat of him at its close, and unless by
| some means he acquiree anew stock of vital an
j orgy w hare with to encounter tho shock of a colder
season, lie may droop and wither like the falling
leaves whose life-juice* are exhausted. If it L
] thus with the strong, how much more perilous is
the condition of the weak and ailing ! Tht-lr rea
son must suggest to them, more forcibly than tbe-f
printed woitls, the necessity for invigoration, an a
the world having decided, after an experience of
almost a quarter of a century, that HOSI ETTKR'S
STOMACH BITTERB embrace such restorative
i properties as are not possessed by any other tonic
i md alterative preparation in existence, the irn
i portanee of resorting to that great Renovator -
and Regulator ov tub human machinb, at
thia critical season, is as obvious aa the l.ght of
iav. Let all who desire to escape au attack t.f
■hills and fever, bilious remittent fever, dysentery, ]
diarrhcßa, dyspepsia, rheumatism, hypochondria
or any other of the disease* of which the Fall sea
»ou la the prolific parent, have recourse promptly
: o this celebrated preventive aqd restorative. •
“WIDELY KNO.VYN.”—It is generally sup
! posed that the Webster*, Palmerston*, Gortas
jehofis, Mettcmiehi and Garibaldis of politics, an
] the men of world wide renown ; and so they an
where newspaper* circulate, but not much be :
yond. One of our friends lately returned from
i China, amuses us with the recital of his journey
aland for some distance, where the enquiry often
est made when he became kuown as an American
was whether he knew or had ever seen the great;
] chemist of his country, Dr. Ayer, that made the
j medicines. They use his remedies—many of them
i have been cured by them—and they speak of him
a* if he occupied the whole of America or were, at
; least, the great feature of It. A mandarin who had
been cured of a malignant ulcer on the hip by hie
! Sarsaparilla, seemed to consider It our principal
article of export, and its Inventor one of the few
men Uii* continent had ever produced worthy the j
ittention of Chinamen. —.V«ie fork Retes.
] oct4 d&wlt
tW WE HAVE WATCHED THE COURSE
! >f so many distressed, emaciated and forlorn dys
j peptics, of worn-out and prostrated females, who
have taken anew lease of life, and gradually re
-1 eeived vigor, strength, health, and the power of
social pleasure from the effects of PLANTATION
BITTERS, that we are not surprised at the Testi
monials daily received. If it is a pleasure to do
good in the world, how full must be the measure
of the Proprietors of these celebrated Bitters.
Magnolia Water. —Superior to the heat Irn- '•
ported German Cologne, aud sold at half the prioe.
eodJtw
f-yf* BE BEAUTIFUL.—If you desire beauty]
you should use Hagan’s Magnolia Balm.
It gives a soft, refiued, *atln-iike texture to the
Complexion, removes Roughness, Redness,
Blotches, Sunburn, Tan, etc., and adds a tinge of
Pearly Bloom to the plainest features. It bring
the Bloom of Youth to the fading cheek and
hanges the rustic Country Girl into a Fashionable
City Belie.
In the use of the Magnolia Balm lies the true se
cret of Beauty. No Lady need complain of her
Complexion who will invest 73 cents In this de
lightful article.
Lyon’s Katli&iron is the best Hair Dressing in
use. sept4-oodJcw-lm.
EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE.
Bewareof Counterfeits! Smith’s Tonic Syrup
;as been counterfeited, and the counterfeiter
brought to grief.
SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP.
The genuine artlr le must have Dr John Bnll’t
jrivalo stamp on each bottle. Dr. John Bu!
mly nas the right to manufacture and sell th*
■rtginal John Smith's Tonic Syrup, of Loutsvill
<vy. Examine well the label on each bottle. U
my private .-.tamp is not on the bottle, do not
purchase, or you will be deceived See my col
umn advertisement and my showcard. I will
iroseente any oae Infringing on my right. The
?enui e Kmlih’s Tonic Syrup can only be pre
>ared by my seif.
The putdic’a servant,
Louisville, Ky, Da. JOHN BULL.
Fur aale bv
LW HCNT4CO.
\
1—... V"..,
soXdOikdioisrs
BUTE R S
IS THU
BENT TONIC
Now before the public. It cure*
DYSPEPSIA, STRENGTHENS THE SYSTEM,
i
And will keep off
'Chills and Fever I
Prepared at the Laboratory
A. A. Solomons & Cos.,
DRUGGISTS,
Savannah, Ga.
ESY" For *nle by all dealers. For sale In Macon
by J. H. 7.EILIN &CO.
mav26-dwdttw6m
|«a'»nniitranri»*fmßa The symptoms of liver com
i ......... . 1 plaint are uneasiness and
8 SBIhONV I Pah itheslde. 8 raetimes
1 I he pt ln ts In the shoulder.
and la mistaken for rheuma
_ - a** ( ). m The stomach Is affect
ed with loss of apne'ite and siekne.-s, bow- Is it
general mstive. so uptimes alternating - tth lax
The b<-ad 1 troubled with pain, and dull, totavj
se-s >t ■ oncderMliie loss ot m< more. sec< m
panted with p-.inful sen-a
_ ■ Mon of having left nndon-
LI V lli K ■ something which ought i<
B have been done. Often conr
plaining of weakness, debili
tv, and low spirits. Bone
times some of the shove syrup totes attend the
disease, and at other times very few of them
out the Liver Is generally the organ most In
volved. Cure the Liver with
DR. SIMMONS’
LIVE! REGULATOR
A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted to
oestucHy vegetable, and can do no Injury i
my one.
It has been u.ed by hundreds, aud known for
the last thirty five years as one of ihe most reli
ahle, efficacious aud harmless preparation* evu
i offered to rite suffering it taken regularly am
j., rs’ ’-Tit lv. >t i- stirw to cure
UffiaKSaasaßßaßßffi Dv spepaia, headac.be, jaun
a I dice, costiveness, sick liead
-1 Rpwniqfrar 1 ache, cbroniediarrbcea, affec
-3 B lions of ihe tiladder, camp
dysentery, affections of th
kidney*. lexer, nervousness.
, ehlila. diseases of the skin, impuritynf the blood,
: melancholy, or depression if spirits, neartnuin,
•otic, or pains in ihe bowels, palu in the beau,
, tever and ague, dropsy, bol s, pain in back and
ii mbs, asthma, eryelpelar, female affections, and
! bilious diseases generally.
Pr epared only by
J. H. 3EILTN A CO.,
_ . Druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price 81 ; by mail 81 25.
The following highly respectable persons can
fully attest to the virtues of this valuable medi
cine, and to whom we moat respectfully refer :
General W. 8. Holt. President H. W. K. K. Cos ;
Rev. J. B. Felder, Perry, Ga.; Col. K. K Kparks
Albany, Ga. ; George J. Lunsford, Etq., Couiiuc
tor 8. W. R. U ;C. Maslerson, Ksq., Pteriff Bibl>
County; J. A. Butts. Balnbrldge. Ga.; Dykes A
Sparhawk, Editors Floridian, Tallahassee; Rev.
J. W. Burke, Macon, Ga.; Virgil Powers. Esq.,
Superintendents. W. H. H,.; Daniel Bullard,
Bullard’s Station M. and B R. R.. Twiggs Cos.
Ga.; Grenville Wood, Wood’s Factory, Macon,
Ga.; Rev. E. F. Easterling, P. K. Florida Confer
ence; Major A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor
Macon Telegraph.
i For sale by all Druggists, lunel-wtf
WEEKLY JOURML& MESSENGER
WM. M. BROWNE, Editor.
Ha* beeu considerably enlarged and Improved at
heavy expense to the proprietors, and is furnished
to the public for the small sum of $3 per annum.
THE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT
contains editorial articles on all the leading ques
tions of State and federal policy besides careful so
; lections from the ablest and most pr .mineut jour
-1 rials Id the United States. The Editor is a well
! known joa naiist. of large experience, a eon.-Bten
I and earnest democrat, devoted to the interests o
j Georgia and the South.
THE NEWS.
Especial attention is paid to the selection of sl‘
news of Interest from every part of the State, of the
! United States, and of the eulire eiviliz and world,
j presented in a condensed and acceptable form.
LITERATURE, BCTKXCE AND AET
| are noticed regularly. The new are
'received as they apprar. and are praisea nrcoo
! teamed according to th -\r merits. D.reolreriea !»
i Science, and the princip il works of Art throughout
I I ie w >r and are noted according to their value and
importance.
AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
! bring the most important which cow en*
i gige the attention of the Southern people, con-.ti
■ lute a promipent featare in the Weekly, from the
j numerous letters of regular correspond cuts
j throughout the State, which are published tin -v, ry
issue, and from the carefu* selection front the ex-
I enange pap rs of every item of news aud infonna
i tion relating to agricultural and industrial matters.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
'affairs are reviewed with great care and e:;aetnesß
j in full weekly reports of the money matke , and of
i the market* for the principal articles of production
■ and consumption throughout the United State*
land Europe.
THE FASHIONS,
! for the ladies are n<3t forgotten. Fick!: ami
(changing as they are, the Weekly Journal and
VmvGtß tries to keep pace witu their change-,
and duly inform our lady friends as to all that takes
! place in the World of Fashion.
THE MASONIC DEPARTMENT
; U of special valne to the members of the craft, as
!we publish every week articles of interest on
Masonic topics, and the Journal and Me--k.«ger
j being the accredited organ of the Masonic Life In-
J atirance Company, gives members of that a.-»oc!a
--j tion regular information of its condition and pro
i gress.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| Every number of the Weekly contains a -hurt
I tile from the best and most esteemed authors, the
! utmost care being taken as to the morality as well
a* to the ability of the stories published.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A limited number of adverti.-emenfs are j
lished in the Weekly which, from its wide-spread,
circulation and great popularity, presents a mo-,S
valuable medium for advertisers.
TERMS.
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“ “ six months 150
Two copies, one year 5 00
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Five copies, one year 10 <ju
.And %l each for every additional copy over five.
Any person sending a dub of c-urh site -cri • r-:, at
$2 each, will be entitled to an additional copy gra 4 U
for oae year.
Encouraged by the large accessions to our *ob
t seription list, which we are receiving daily, and by
s the mauy gratifying proof* of popular favor and
• support which are constantly sent us from every
j direction, we have resolved to show our appre ia
; tion of this kindness by increasing our efforts to
i deserve it, and by addiug considerably to the size
; of the Weekly Journal and Me-sEnger.
We have promised to spar ie mtluy .{:. ■ •
: money to make our (taper accept*"!e to the puM! ,
and we endeavor to keep our word.' Our present
i issue of the Weekly contains nearly six column*
more reading matter than ithas hitherto conlaititsd,
and we can assure our readers and tne public «n
--1 eraily that we will not stop here, but wid coutlnn
to improve the paper as our means and opportuni
! ty will admit, until we reach the point where no
further improvement i* possible.
With a view to extend the circulation • f the
Weekly, and to give the pu.di every i: iut—ai nt
ito sub-cribe for it,we have rtr-olved to offer the fol
lowing list ofpretn urns to those who w,il ta>, -. the
trouble to get up clubs and -end us the name* of
the subscribers, aecompani*. and by the m aey.
OUR PREMIUM LIST.
To any person send ng us Two s serif ers and
I Six Dollars, we w|;i send any one of Bu:.; •*,
Scott's or Dickens’ N ivel*, or any otu-.-r * kin
i our Catalogue, worth il 50.
To any person sending Five sub- riber- and Fif
teen Dollars, a highly nnisbed Picture, •.aroino :■
worth ?7 00, or books of that amount selected from
! our Catalogue.
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j ty Dollars, one or more CLrom- wortu sls 00, or
! books to that amount
t To any person sending Twenty subscribers and
Sixty Dollars, Books of the value of 435 00.
To any person sending Fifty snb-cribers and One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars, a Par! - On. ... ora
Sewing Machine, worth *GJ «».
To any per-on sending One Hundred sub-crib<Tq
aud Three Hundred Dollar-, an Organ 1 t ;. fi ■,
era Libraty, selected from our Catalogue, worth
$l5O 00.
Our Catalogue includes ail th- best Standard
Books, Historical; Miscellanco -and .Juvenile,
Bibles, Hymn and Prayer Book-, in ail - f v!-- of
binding, Photograph Album-, etc., etc. Tibs Cat
alogue will be sent, postage free, on app-ieat.-jn to
the Publishers.
JOHN W. BURKE & CO.,
o:t4-tf Macon, Ga.
AG me t JLT l RA L PAPER.
The Southern Farm and Home.
We propose to issue on the
15th of Xovember,
and on the 15th of every mouth thereafter a v er
of
Thirty-two 4*ases,
to be devoted exclusively to
Agriculture, Horticulture and Matters Relating to
the Field and Fireside.
While we do not desire to disparage auy of the
agricultural publications which arc now receiving
public patronage, we do not believe that any of
them exactly covers the ground which we propose
to occupy.
We intend to issue a first-class paper, both
as to Matter aSD Execution. Wc -hail employ
The Bert Talent
which the country afford- in every department, and
we intend to spare no pain- to make the paper
.A Reliable Authority
to all seeking information on everything relax.! g to
The Farm and the Household.
Eminent practical agriculturist* will contribute
articles concerning
I he Preparation and Culture of the Soli.
Skilled Horticulturists and fruitgrowers will keep
our readers posted in regard to
The Garden and Orchard.
Persons of acknowledged experience and skill
in the raising and care of stock will devote their
attention to this important subject.
The Domestic Department of the Household.
The kitchen, the larder, the store room, and the
fowl yard—with approved rceij - m all branches
of housewifery, shall be attended to carefu'.lv.
We have made arrangements to Illustrate tho
' text with appropriate
Mood Engravings.
and while the greater portion of the rr*.-..
i devoted to the instruction and benefit of the head*
of the house, the amusement of
1 he Young People
shall not be neglected.
The covers and a few pages at the end of each '
number of the
SOUTHER Y FARM A.\D HOME
will be reserved for adveriisements. aud will ,*■ a
most valuatde medium for business men to com
muakate with the public.
As we propose to sue a large edit, mos the first
| number, which will be published the day previous
; to the commencement of the state Fair, wt would
; invite our friends and patrons to make eat ly appH
, cation for the limited space which we can »et apart
j for advertisements.
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[Single copy 1 year $j 00
Ihiee copies 1 vear -> ( gj
! Five copies 1 year [[[[[[*[" '
; Single copy, six months Loj
Invariably in advance,
: «Ai Ru us »in. t i-i VtiT
One full page, first insertion, S2O 00
each subsequent insertion 15 (SI
half year 75 <lO
one year 150 00
1 nm j . 2 isio.,»iii . 4mo.
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h “ >2 0020 0027 0033 Ottos 0043 Oo a; 00 74
X“ TO 0017 0023 002 s 0033 CD3S (H 147 00 62 #
'ji “ 7 0012 0016 00 20 00 24 00 2b 00 40 00 54*!
1-* “ 5 0000 0014 0018 0022 00 36 0033 00 4.JS)
Less titan X column, 20 cents a line each in- r
tion.
j Bills of regular advertisers parable quarterly hi
advance. T ransicut advertiser- alwavs in ad.au V*
! Papers containing the first issue of each adver
tisement, always mailed to the advertiser j r( ,.
All advertisements should be received here bv
the 15th of the month previous to that in which
: they are expected to appear, in order to insure theft
insertion.
Parties who send ns letter-or circulars, encio-ing
advertisements, if they wish them inserted, ail) do
well to look at our published rates Tbe-e are
j fixed and open for inspection, and we have not
itime for correspondence with tho-e seeking a re
laxation of our terms, which, considering tit, wide
1 circulation we shall have, are liberal enou.-h
i Address, J. W. BUKKI. ,C cO.
1 Macon, Ga.
; Our exchangee are rcsppqtfuilv requested to ; -
lish or notice the above Pro-pectu*, * "