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Death of L'rankliii Pierce.
Tin- people of tlie Southern States have
hc.nl with honest sorrow that Franklin
Pint is dead. However many may liave
diih id from him in politics, aud however
much others may have disapproved his acts,
all must agree that from the beginning of
his public career to its close, Franklin
Pii iti k w.t.~ the earnest, unyielding and con
sistent friend of the South, that he fought
manfully for her rights within the Union;
while he had power, aud condemned the]
w; r that was made upon her as unconstitu-:
tional, and consequently wrong ; and after;
the war was over, did everything he could
do to alleviate her troubles and mitigate her
suffering. While he lived he deservedly j
possessed the esteem aud grateful affection
of the Southern people. Now that he is
dead his memory will be cherished through
out our country as that of one whom neither
slander, obloquy, nor personal iuterest could i
turn from the path of duty and of right,!
who never deserted us or withdrew his
friendship, and who, in the darkest hours of
our adversity, when very few in his section |
dared to express sympathy with us, he, unos
tentatiously, though firmly, avowed himself
our friend, and risked his own safety to
shield us and uphold what lie believed to be
tiie truth.
Franklin Pierce was a good man. He
was just while he was also generous. He
was ambitious without selfishness, consistent
without obstinacy, dignified without liaugli
tine . and genial in his bearing to all, with
out undue familiarity with any.
It i in the memory of ly* all how he was
abused and vilified by the Republican alio li
tre w at the North, on account of his
manly stand in defence of the constitutional
rights of the South : how he never wavered
or faltered in Ids pursuit of what fie believed
to be just and right, however rude and vio
lent the assault of his opponents, ft will be
remembered, too, that when the war excite
ment was at its greatest height, and the
“little bell” of the State Department was con
signing hundreds of good and true men to
ilme: ••him who were not even accused of any
crime. Franklin Pierce opposed the war, and
was at one time threatened with arrest anil
imprisonment on account of alleged disloy
alty to the existing Government.
It is right, therefore, that the Southern
people should mount his loss as that of a
true, disinterested, and valued ft’ieud-
Mr. Pierce was born in I Ullsburough, New
Hampshire, o,u the 23(1 of November, 1804.
He was the son of General Benjamin Pierce,
a distinguished soldier of the Revolution.
Re was. educated at Franco,stown and lian
oook academics, and graduated at Bowdoin
College, Maine, in 1824. He studied for
the legal profession in the law office of the
distinguished Senator and Cabinet officer,
Levi Woodbury, and commenced the prac
tice of the law in his native towq 1f127.
.Jn 182 ft ly was elected to the RewHamp-,
alii Vi ■ Leg i future, in which body he served
for tone yr.-u . oirite.g muiii wiueii lie was
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In INI!.'! he entered Congress and was a mem
ber of the popular branch of the Fed
eral Legislature until 1837, when lie was
elected to the United States Senate, ip
which he served with vim giant in
tellect: of that body at that time until
IS 11, w hen lie resigned his seat and returned
to the active practice of the law, refusing
the nomination of his party for Governor of
his State, and the appointment of Attornoy
(lenerul in President Polk’s Cabinet. In
1817 lie volunteered to serve in the Mexican
war when his State was called on for troops,
but he soon received a commission as Col
onel of the IKli Regiment, and shortly after
lliatof Brigadier-General in thel’uited States
Army. During the Mexican vyar lie won
considerable distinction as a soldier. Ife
was severely wounded at the battle of Con
treras. At the end of the way lie returned
to New Hampshire, and though he took au
active share in politics, tilled nu public po-
wtion, until havingreceived the nomination'
of the Baltimore Convention in 1802 for the
Presidency, by a vote of 282 to 11,
against Buchanan, Cass, William L.
Marcy and Stephen A. Douglas, he
was eleeted fourteenth President of tliej
l nited States, reeeiving the vote of all the
States except Massachusetts, Vermont, Ten-!
lie- e and Kentucky. Shortly after his
g)eet juii he jvccived a fearful blow in the
death, l.y a railroad aeoident, of his only
child, Benjamin Pierce, a promising boy of
thirteen years of age.
llis Presidential term was the beginning
of the great political storm which culrni-.
Hated in 1800 and led to the war of 1861 -’5.
The ipiestion of slavery in' the Territories,
Jtnd the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
Ware the chief bone of contention between
the opposite parties, and in all these great
Congressional combats Mr. Pierce was
always found standing by the rights of the
South and the equality of all the States,
liming his administration the Consular
ind Diplomatic system of the Government
was reorganized, the Court of Claims was in
stituted. and a retired list for the Navy was
provided. I lie foreign enlistment exoite
nieut also occurred during the last year of
his term of office, terminating in the dis
missal by the President of Mr. Crampton,
the British Minister, and the British Con
suls at New York, Philadelphia and Cincin
nati. On the Ith of March. 1857. Mr. Pierce
retired from the Presidency. JJ O traveled
widely in Europe for the benefit of Mrs.
Pierce s health, and returned to Concord,
New Hampshire, in 1860, where he has re
sided ever since, living the unostentatious
life of a private citizen, honored and respect
id by all who were admitted to liis acquaint
ance, without distinction of party. Mr.
Pierce was the 1 Uh President of the United
Btati s. and thi' last of the ei-Presidents who
had la-ell elected directly by the people. He
died on t).. Ml, inst., after a long illness.
1 completed his sixty-fifth year.
Hie Germans of many of tlie principal
Gus are leaving the Radical party iu a body.
At Chicago, Cincinnati and Cleveland, the
' man press and voters have joined with
11 I'cmoeraey and set up separate city
1 1 l -s. In St. Lotus there are premonitory
! "ii. and in New York, not
'otostaudiag the nomination of Sigel, the
oia i.i! f eiitr;d Committee of the city ad
tlu Berman citizens to separate thern
*”Bes from the Radical party at the coming
Gut.on. It is believed that these isolated
Htovintents foreshadow a general stampede
u Bermans from an organization with
? ka 1,11 - v never have been, and never can
he m harmony.
cl *' ! U | U ' '' BaUfomians had better keep
of ■*’ “hneeticut, if they are in the habit
of tlw'V! kl ” ru ’. v u P°n their persons. One
State the oth^a erS f Wa £ murdertd in that
•null amount tcl for ’-'^ ) - I( a very
Radical Nw r 1 uail nit murder for, but in
care uT the the mottu
of themseiwib aoiLilß
i Military Electioneering.
It is well known that bribery, intimida
tion, perjury, stuffing ballot-boxes, persona
■' ion and other frauds are continually prac-
l>y the infamous tools of political par
jties to carry elections, and that the em
ployers of these tools justify themselves ba
the immoral adage that “aU’s fair in love
i w “ r and politics.” The authors of these
| frauds, however, seldom admit their guilt
i from a wholesome fear that the law mav
; overtake and punish them, and we have
never heard of one who declared beforehand
that he was going to carry- an election by
I buying votes, intimidating voters, suborn
ing men to committ perjury, violating the
seal of ballot-boxes aud inserting spurious
ballots, or inducing impostors to personate
legally qualified electors. No one lias ever
boasted of liis intention to commit an in
famous crime, until General Ames informed
a citizen of Mississippi that he intended
“to carry the election in November against
the Dent ticket if he has to march his vol
unteers from precinct to precinct to effect
it.”
Bad as are the reconstruction acts, grossly
violative as they are of the Constitution of
ithe United Stated, and unjust and par
tial as are their objects and provisions,
I their authors had the decency to pretend to
i provide for a fair expression of the popular
will, and in defining the duties of the De
partment Commanders and placing troops
at their disposal, the announced purpose of
the military part of the programme was to
insure a fair election and see that every qual
ified voter was permitted to express his opiu
ion through the ballot box. Even Thad.
Stevens and his successor, B. Butler, bold
and unscrupulous as the one was and the
other is, never dared to* avow that the elec-
• tions under the reconstruction edicts were
to be “cheats and a national degradation
or that the Radical military commanders
j were to lie empowered to carry the elections
by “marcliingtheir volunteers from precinct
:to precint to effect it.” Ames’ candid state
ment of his mode of electioneering is a de
cided novelty, and he is entitled to all the
i merit of the invention. Amongst all the
patent means of “guaranteeing a Republican
form of government,” there is nothing at
all like it in this country. In France, when
Louis Napoleon was elected Emperor, some
thing of the same sort was done to ‘ effect”
his election. The military commanders
marched their “volunteers from precinct to
precinct to carry” the election, but not one
of them had the audacity to declare in ad
jvanoe that he intended “to carry the elec
tion” against the Oavaignac ticket by any
such means. The principle maybe old, but
the mode of application is new beyond a
doubt.
Refore the invention is adopted and be
joomes the approved instrument for the guar
anteeing a republican form of government
and the security of popular liberty, General
Grant would do well perhaps to ask Mr.
Attorney General Hoar whether its adoption
would be useful aud profitable, and whether
the same laws which forbid murder, assault
and battery, robbery, and other acts of per
sonal violence, do not also forbid tlie use of
j bayonets aud Enfield muskets to make citi
zens support a particular “ticket.” It is
true that the laws guarantee to every one
j accused of a crime the right to tie confronted
with his accuser, be informed of tlie nature;
lof the accusation, and he tried speedily by a
jury of liis poinntrymen; but Ames has]
already declared his contempt for such
musty enactments as the writ of habeas
'nrftuti IUU * trlu ' j llr v, a,l< l has ordered his
of any court which interferes with his system
of arbitrary arrest. He has never been!
| rebuked for this contempt c>f the judicial
authority, audit may lie doubted, therefore,
| whether any remonstrance will be made
against his novel mode of carrying a popu
lar election with a view to guarantee a
j republican form of government in Missis
j sippi.
The people of other States, —and by the
I people, we mean the men who think and
I reflect, and whose patriotic attachment to
; the institutions of their country is greater
than their attachment to party or desire for
partisan success, —would do xyell to consider
the inevitable tendency ui such utterances
as flint us General Any;s, and reflect if such
acts of lawless violence and usurpation are
permitted in ARssissippi, how long will it be
before military captains will march their
volunteers from precinct to precinct, to car
ry elections in New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio ?
A liiograpliical Sketch.
The individual who aspires to be the Rad
ical Governor of Texas is one Davis. He
was born somewhere in Yaukeedom. Os his
parents and his early career, but little is
known. He arrived in Texas a short time
■ ago. His real anil personal property in the
State are contained in his small carpet-bag.
During the war he was toil. Since the war
he has been traalj/ loii Like a great many
others, he “rushed to arms” when his coun
try called him. He served in the Federal
army. He was a horse soldier. At one
time he commanded a brigade of horse-sol
diers, and flourished in Alississippi anil
Louisiana. During this period he anil
i his braves had several severe engage
ments with unarmed men and with women
and children, in which they displayed great
: prowess, and frequently killed their assail
ants and carried off their moveable property
as trophies of success. They invariably
! spared armed men, and to avoid all diftieul
ty, invariably ran away when they met any
such, confining themselves exclusively to aj>-
propriating to their ow n use such articles of
private property, as plate, jewels, piauos,
| etc., as they could conveniently carry. For
occasional recreation they rilled graves, scat
tering the remains of their tenants, and
; burned the residences of widow ladies.
This hero —he is a General, like another
distinguished gentleman from Massachu
setts, of very similar tastes, aud of the same
degiee of martini valor —is now the candi
date of the Radicals for the office of Gov
ernor of the State of Texas, and he receives
the cordial support of the administration.
For liis distinguished services—not a
wateli, spoon, piano or trinket was left any
where along his line of march, and very
few unarmed men are left to tell the tale of
his hand to hand encounters, while a num
ber of houseless widows aud children can
attest his proficiency in housebttrning—lie
demands his election by force of arms, and
!“goes for Reynolds for Senator." Besides,
lie is a loyal man. That is a quality which,
it is said, covers a multitude of sins, and if
so, his loyalty must be of immense length
and breadth.
A Brilliant AA'hitewa.sh. —When we wish
a wash of this character we wish an article
that will lx- durable, and we are willing to
be at a little more expense if we can get it.
We have it in the following recipe: Take
clear ltimjis of well burnt white lime, slaked,
add to five gallons a quarter of a pound of
whiting, or burnt altun pulverized, half a
pound of loaf sugar, one quart and half of
rice flour made into a thin and well boiled
paste. IxiileJ out iu water. This may be put
on cold, within doors, but hot outside. This
will lie as brilliant as plaster of Paris, and
retain its brilliancy for many years.
[ W estern Farmer.
General Toombs.— The friends of Gener
al Toombs will be pleased to learn that this
distinguished Georgian, although still feeble,
is so far convalescent as to be in attendance
upon Hancock Superior Court for the trans
action of such business as will not demand
too great personal effort,— ChrgnicW cfc Sen-
Uinet,
No More Negro Voters.
M e publish in another part of our issue
of this morning the greater portion of re
markable article from the N. Y. Evening
Post, which is one of the ablest as well as
one of the staunchest adherents of extreme
Republicanism, differing only from the mass
of its party on the question of Free Trade
versus Protection, advocating the policy of
Free Trade with great ability and effect, but
sustaining every other part of the Radical
programme, and notably that which gave all
our plantation negroes the right to vote and
hold office, while the best and most enlight
ened men at the South were disfranchised,
and excluded from all participation in the
Government except paying taxes on every
thing, from their incomes down to a lx>x of
lucifer matches.
i _ r
\> e arc sincerely glad to see that so prom
inent an expounder of Radical doctrines has j
found reason to doubt the wisdom of a part j
| °I the Radical discipline, and has been bold
and honest enough to declare that universal i
negro suffrage is a ilangerous experiment—
, dangerous to the welfare of society and to
the safety of our “political institutions. ”
The favorable testimony of an unwilling
witness is always valuable, and that the!
Post was unwilling to admit that the greatest j
exploit of its party—giving the vote “to so!
many ignorant citizens,” —is a disadvantage j
to the country,” cannot be attributed to any
other cause than a painful necessity to tell;
the truth.
All the objections which the Post makes
ito the annexation of Cuba, whether by ab
sorption or by purchase, were mulalo nomine, ;
made by the iSoutkern States when it wa3
first proposed to give the suffrage to “a large
part of the population consisting of barba
rians.” The Southern people opposed tliis
grant for the same reasons that the Post very
wisely opposes the annexation of Cuba, aud
though it quotes Mr. Reach Lawrence’s!
dictum in apology for the enfranchisement of
the “barbarians” as a necessary consequence
of their emancipation, wo most cordially
share its apprehension that it is exceedingly
doubtful whether negro suffrage will secure
good government and to strengthen its fears,
would invite its attention to the present con
dition of South Carolina. There is not a
citizen in that once prosperous Common
wealth who does not agree with the Post, )
that “the immediate future of the country
is certainly not made more hopeful by- the !
fact that they (the negroes) form a part of
the population,” and we venture to say that
were the editor and proprietor of the Post
a resident and a tax-payer of the city of
; Charleston lie would be thoroughly oon
-1 viuced that the experiment is a cruel failure,
and that good government can never be
secured while “so many ignorant citizens”
are allowed to control the government.
AVe fully coincide with our venerable co
i temporary in the opinion that “we can bet
ter afford to do without Cuba than to jxissess
rtt,” anil for the reason that already “a large
pai't” of our “population consists of barba
rians,” and we do not desire to increase it.
We are happy that the results of our sad
experience can so thoroughly sustain the
sagacious theory of the Post, and wo trust
that its opinions as to the social and political
effect of acquiring more free negro voters,
may lx- adopted by a majority of those who
now govern the country.
Mercer University.
We are glad to see so many of our citi
zens favoring the removal of tlie above
University to our city. It is understood
uiifavorxiiftTflt- , ‘ 1 5S8&fetf '
tution, and that many of its friends desire
its removal to some populous centre or rail-;
road town.
Macon greatly needs an educational in
terest, such as this University would fur
nish, and Macon is willing aud able to hold;
out such inducements as will make it to the
interest of Mercer to accejit a home among
us.
At least $20,000 are sent out of Macon
annually for the education of her sons. If
this amount were kept at home and invested
in building for College purposes, in five
years we would have comfortable quarters;
for tlie University. The wealth of the city
would ho Increased that amount.
The location of the Institution here would
bring, at a moderate calculation, one liun
] ilred and twenty-five students, each of whom
i would spend on au average SSOO a year,
] making anjaggregate of more than $00,0(10
per annum. So that the increase in our cir
culation alone from the students would
amount to more than SBO,OOO annually
Having tw r o Colleges, a male and female,
very many citizens would remove to Alacon
aud purchase homes on account of the edu
cational facilities offered, aud thus would
the population increase, while the value of
property would l>e enhanced.
There is no investment which wo can
make that will pay so largely as this. Asa
financial arrangement there is no doubt but
it would pay to the wealth of the city one
hundred per cent. AY ill not tlie City Coun
cil call a meeting and let the citizens
authorize them to give $50,000 for this pur
jiose.
A Very Long Train.
It is reported that George Francis Train,
1 the exterminator of England, the terror of
Victoria, the annihilator of time aud space,
and the author of a variety of metrical com
jxisitions which he calls epigrams—proposes
to occupy liis leisure moments from now to
1872 in demonstrating that the individuali
ty of the citizen has been destroyed—killed
outright—and that] tlie clergyman, the
; lawyer, the politician and the editor are the
perjietrators of the murder.
It must not be supposed that Train will
confine his demonstration during that rather
protracted term to one community or sec
tion of the universe. He knows his super-1
human power, and mercifully weakens it by
the widest diffusion. Radiating from the
classic centre, Omaha, lie means to penetrate
to the remotest corners of the earth, and
tell the individuals of the world’s imputation
that their individuality has been slaughtered
| and who slaughtered it.
It is highly probable that he will devote a
few of his leisure moments to a visit to the
State Fair, and that some day we shall see
him jump upon a lager beer barrel, and give
us a demonstration informing us thzt he is
on his w ay to Pekiu to introduce street rail
ways and warn the Pekinites against lawyers,
dix-tors, clergymen, politieiaus and editors.
He lias contracted to reduce Loudon to
ashes, overturn the British throne, and
“wear the green" in Windsor Castle within
sixty davs, and a man who had undertaken
so big a job might seem to have no leisure
moments for metaphysical demonstrations.
But Train is not to be measured by an ordi
nary standard. He is a bon - of artesian jiro
portions, aud if the clergy, lawyers, doctors,
politicians aud editors would only destroy
liis individuality, they would do mankind
and Train an inestimable service.
It is proper to add that after 1872 Train
expects to have no leisure moments. He
intends to be President of the United States,
and make “demonstrations" of a very ex
traordinary character.
A correspondent of the Albany Argus
offers to bet any sum from SI,OOO to SIO,OOO
that the New York Democratic State ticket
will be elected by 50,000 majority.
—Dr. Thomas Anderson, once a leading
.physician and influential citizen of A’icks
burg, died recently at yiemphie, aged eighty
•years,
MACON. GA.. TUE&)AY. OCTOBER 19, lSt>9.
The Other Worlds.
SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS OF THE
LATE ECLIPSE CONFLAGRATION IN THE SEN
BILLOWS OF FLAME SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
MILES HIGH, ETC.
A lecture was delivered last week in Brook
lyn, New York, by Professor Eaton, in which
1 a very interesting account was given of the
scientific observations of the recent eclipse,
made by a number of astronomers at Bur
lington, lowa. After describiug the arrival
: party of observers, with their appur
tenances, boxes, intruments, etc., at the
chosen spot, and the processes of adjusting
the four great instruments employed, pre
paratory to the event, the lecturer con
tinued:
1 The location chosen was a height of 173
feet above the Mississippi River; the skies
; were clear almost to the horizon. All that
l was wanted to complete preliminaries was j
! the use of a star for thirty minutes, to aid in
; the adjustment of the telescopes. Throngh
!out the day preceding the eclipse, the object ’
was to get every telescope focused on the
jln due time the bride, the Gueen of
i Night, moved to her appointed place and
■ arrayed herself in gorgeous attire. All eyes
were strained to the utmost, aud in tliree'
, minutes the eclipse of 1869 was gone for
-1 ever.
No painter could portray, no pen describe
■the grandness of that scene. The largest
i telescope w.as from the Philadelphia High
School, to take photographs. Next in im
. portanee was that wonderful modem insfcru
ment, the spectroscope. The former was
moved by a clock, the Litter by a screw. A
' flash of light was enough for a picture. Now
,aa to the objects, to be seen. The observers
were especially to search for the new inter
i Mercurial planet. Leverrier suspected its
existence, and searches had been continued
since 1839. Another object was to scrutin
ize the corona, or bridal veil. Another, to
! examine the wonderful protuberances, or
j rosy flames, which shoot out from the sun in
all directions. The observations made were
very accurate and successful. After alluding
to the use of the spectroscope, in analyzing
light from various sources, Professor E.
i spoke of the processes of obtaining sun pic-!
tures, the calculation being to take one every j
second. The spring which declared the pic
ture complete simultaneously closed an elec
tric current, thereby recording the instant
I of time.
To show the exceeding accuracy required,
the speaker observed that every observer
has his “personal equation,” which means
the time consumed iu comprehending a fact,
in other words the interval of time that
j passes between seeing an object, and when
the observer makes up his mind that he sees
! it. The corona was seen to consist of a i
thin sheet of flame—pure white light, reach
ing out about the diameter of the sun ; on
the top, brilliant rays darting out into space.
The suddenness with which it appeared is
astonishing. It burst like a blaze of glory
behind the moon. Rose colored flames ap
peared next, like a prairie on fire. One
protuberance resembled the antlers of an
elk ; another, and the grandest iu measure
ment, proved to be no less than 75,000 miles
in height—a mountain of flame, its base
150,000 miles long. Attention was riveted
by the sight. Another was like a huge;
caterpillar creeping along the edge of the
sun’s disc, supposed to be a miglity sheet of
fire.
\\ hat are these protuberances ? The spec
! troseope uliowstliat one ray indicates liydro
] gen gas, another iron, Ac. These facts go
to show that the corona is not what it was
suspected to be—reflected light. On the'
contrary it is certainly incandescent gas, all
aglow with its own light. Our telescopes,
until within two years, led us all astray.
The so-called nebulse of the heavens, instead 1
of being distant groups of worlds, were in- '
candescent gas, as shown by the spectroscope:
A star once brilliant, but afterwards extin
guished, disclosed not only a heated ball,
but burning gas. AVe cun now see what the
sun’s veil is made of. AVe can analyze the j
sun. We have sixteen different lights, re
presenting as many metals, most of which
would be identified. He was happy to say
ftoLwMiV” ‘fotlltertiftff.ijc of “old had boon .
The physical phenomenon of the eclijise
formed the next topic. The thermometer
fell during its continuance with extraordi
nary rapidity. Had it continued to fall
twenty-four hours at the same rate—had
there been another Joshua to have length
ened the period—the earth would have
frozen two feet deep. Animals in the pas- 1
ture prepared for sleep, and fowls went to
roost, but soon came down looking very
much ashamed ; they had been sold. One
of the most surprising things was a shower i
of meteors which various observers mistook
for a flight of thistle-down.
The effect on the mind, of all the jilieno
inena attending the eclipse, would never be
effaced. It seemed as though some terrible
and awful danger was impending. He was;
impressed and bewildered, intoxicated by
the excitement of all surrounding circum-;
stances.
In tlie year 1901, there would be another j
total eclipse. Some of those present would
be still living. The speaker begged all such !
to go and see it. He had traveled through
Europe; but excepting the crater of Ve
suvius, he had rather lose all than that
grand sight of three minutes ou Burling
ton Heights.
Ail Unjust Order.
Jeffersonville, Ga., ]
October 11, 1869. )
Editor Journal and Messenger: You will
find inclosed an order issued by the Superin
tendent of the Central Railroad Company,
which is proscriptive in its effect—iu fact!
ruinous to those who do business away from
the line of road. As the people who live
iu this section of the country, and who get
but one mail a w'eek, are forced to pay stor
age, or kc-ej) a runner flying to and from the
depot daily, we feel that as we have been
supporting the company until they are opu
! lent, so we at least ljaye the fight of a noti- j
fication of an arrival before we are taxed.
It is time that something be done to relieve
the people from such burdens.
Jeffersonville.
NOTICE !
Superintendent’s Office, j
Central Railroad of Georgia, -
Savannah, September *2O, 1809. )
Ou and after October Ist, Goods remaining at
the Stations on this Rond for three days after re
ceipt thereat, w ill he subject to Storaire as per
Tariff in Agent's office. Consignees of Guano are
requested to remove the same as soon a.- discharged
from cars, and are hereby nolitied that in cunsid
eration of the low rate of' freight charged on that
article, it is understood that this Roadi- relieved
from all liability for loss or damage, should either
occur after unloading at Station.
William Rogers,
General Superintendent.
The Tobacco Trade of Atroinia. —The
actual number of hogsheads of tobacco in
spected at Farmvilie during the year ending!
30th ult., was only 233, or 167 hogsheads
less than the rough estimate used in our sta
tistics a few days ago. The total in the
State is, therefore, 47,400 hogsheads, instead
of 47,567, reducing the increase over the in
spections of the preceding year to 189 hogs
heads. The quantity of loose tobacco sold
iu Farmville in 1868-9 was 3,450,924 pounds, |
an increase of 1,206,724 pounds over 1867-8.
The actual stock in Farmville on Ist inst..
was 46 hogsheads, of w hich only 9 were un
inspected.—Richmond U hig, 9 th.
Fiendish. —The Cincinnati Commercial
says that “Nat Turner’s insurrection in
Southampton county, A’a., in 1831 or 1832,
“ought to have succeeded,” and if it had,
“his monument to-day would not lx* unfin
ished, as A\ T asliington’s is.” Nat. Turner’s
insurrection, it will lx* remembered, brief as
it was. resulted in killing white men, women
and children, and contemplated the murder
of every white person iu the country. This,
remarks the Lynchburg News, is a specimen
of Radical malignity towards the Southern
people which needs no comment. Let us re
member it.’—Mobile Register.
Bullock and ms Train.— Bullock’s desire
to get into decent company, and liis jvartial
success on the Press Excursion, has embold
ened him to make another attempt. He
. took the regular sleeping ear on the night
train on the State Road, and attached it to
a train he had prepared for the Georgia dele
gates to the Louisville Convention. AA’ines.
cigars and eatables were prepared, all at the
expense of the State. AVe are glad to know
that several delegates jumped the concern at
Marietta. Bullock’s audacity is only equalled
by the conduct of some men. that have here
tofore enjoyed the reputation of having
1 sense sufficient to preserve their self-respect.
V [Ojivmbus Sun,
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Htiilrtid Meeting.
tiw-roN, October 9. 1869.
Iu accordance yth a resolution passed hv
the stock-holders'f the Camilla and Cuth
, bert Railroad, atjheir meeting on the fourth
Saturday in Sepimber last, they came to
gether at eleven ! clock, a. m. , to-day, at the
Court House in Siis. place, for the purpose
of effecting an fganization of the Compa
ny. Major W. 1 Williams, the temporary
i President, keinJ absent, the meeting was
organized by cal ng E. B. Bums, of Mitchell
county, to the c lir.
The first bnsi; sss in order was the report
of the committe appointed at the last meet
ing to solicit su (©options of stock for said
road, which enliuraging report was made
bv CoL T. \Y. If uniting, the efficient aud
energetic ehairu .nos said committee, in a
manner satisfae >ry to all present, showing
that tlie people i Baker county are alive to
the importance rt the enterprise, and deter
j mined to build tV- road, by coming up and
placing upon tip books, opposite their
names, such uiaiuuts as they ure able to
pay when called upon for the same, —no
fictitious or extrajagant subscriptions bt*iug
made, every dotlr upon the books being
available at uny\n;e. Major Maxwell, En
gineer of the Scuta Georgia aud Florida
Railroad, being ■ *nt, was called upon
after the reading cho ie report of the com
mittee, to state h's vrws as to the probable
cost of building the oad from the town of
Camilla, Mitchell cpiptv, to the town of
Newton, in Baker j cunty, which lie did in
an able and satisfactory manner, convincing
the people that, with even small subscrip
tions from roadrould be built, the
distance being ojfly'ajoout eight miles on an
air line—after which, the books were opened,
and an invitation extended to those de
siring to snbscribf to the road, which invita
tion was in the space of ten or
fifteen minutes timtv-thm thousand dollars
of good paying, 'a iseriptnins were raised,
swelling the aixount of stock to near sixty
thousand dollar!,find insuring the success of
the road. Mr. .Hmiuel M. l’apat, Capt. AY. L.
Walthour, Col. VV. M. McLendon and Capt.
C. T. Lyon, oimtractors upon the South
Georgia and Flonda Railroad, being present,
(subscribed libeilly, aud assured the people
that with a sliglt effort upon their part the
road was oertaitly a success.
The stockholders then went into an elec
tion of a Board of.Directors voting by
ballot. Air. Jos-ph Scallay, Gen. A. H. Col
quit, Major V. D. Williams, of Baker
eountv, and Capt. AY. L. Walthour, Col. VV.
AI. McLendon, Capt. 0. T. Lyons and Jas.
L. Seward, of rkomasville, having received
a majority of the i votes cast, were declared
tli«» duly elected Directors.
The following resolution was then offered
and adopted :
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be publisi&d in the Macon Journal
and Mebsenoeb and the Savannah Republi
can. Tlie meeting then adjourned.
E. B. Btjrnes, President.
A. L. Hames, Secretary.
After the adjournment of the meeting of
the Stockholders the Board of Directors held
a meeting, and a majority being present a
temporary organization was effected by call
ing W. M. McLendon to the chair. The
Board then proceeded to the election of
James L. Seward, of Thomasville, Presi
dent, and Captaih !W. L. Walthonr, Seere
. tary and Treasurer, and A. L. Humes, As
sistant Secretary and Treasurer. The fol
lowing resolutions were then adopted :
Resolved, Thai the Assistant Secretary
'notify General A. H. Colqnit, Major W. D.
W illiams ami James L. Seward, the absent
directors, of their election, and of the next
.meeting of the Board to l>e held in Camilla,
on Tuesday, the 20th day of the present
month.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the meet
ing of the Stockholders publish their pro
ceedings of this meeting, in connection with
.that of the Directors, in the Macon Journal
and Messenger anil Savannah Republican.
Resolved, That this meeting now ad
journ to Tuesday, the 20th instant.
\V r . M. McLendon, Chairman.
Conespomlenee Journal and Messenger.
From Jones Comity.
' Mr. Wim elm ,sPkr.
somewhat 1 letter than we all supposed a short
time ago. Some of the farmers will make
two-thirds of a crop of cotton, and some
1 few even more. The average will bo, all
over the county, more than half a crop.
. fertilizers h ave been fairly tried, and the
planters say li it had not been for them, the
j cotton would have fallen far short of what
it is. Some planted the Dickson seed, and
others the Peeler, and each claims that
the kind he planted is the best. I suppose
it is another case of tweedledum tweedledee.
Every energy is being strained now to get
the cotton picked, and if the weather is not
| had, it will be nearly, if not quite, all out by
the Ist of November. The planters do not
owe so much as they did last year for pro
visions advanced, etc., and they intend to
hold their cotton till they can get good
prices for it. The corn crop has been good
!in some parts of the county and bad in
others; it will he about two-tliirds of a crop
Last Tuesday was sale day. About 500
acres of land twelve miles al >ove here sold for
81100; another lot of 1260 acres, worth fully
I six or seven dollars an acre sold for 82000.
This last was owing to some cause not un
derstood by the public. Laud in this county,
if tolerably fenced, is worth, on an average,
six or seven dollars jx-r acre.
Allow me to call the attention of your
Masonic correspondent to a mistake in his
article “Eureka,” in your issue of the sth '
! instant. He ought to read his Family Record
more closely, so as not to mix the sayings
and doings of his “ancient and distin
guished” brethren. It was not Brother
Pythagoras who first gave vent to the cele
ibrated exclamation, “ Eureka it was said ;
by Brother Archimedes, who was afterwards
! slain by a soldier in the army of W.'. M.'.
Marcellas, T,'. I.'. M.\ For the reason
why he said it, ride any classical dictionary.
Clinton is “all serene,” notwithstanding!
the troubles going on in the rest of the
world. The lute gold panic, w hich turned
Wall street topsy-turvy, had not a particle
jof effect on as. Our moneyed men were too
! keen to he c aught By all the Grants and
i Boutwells in Christendom. What a contrast
i is til is with the condition of tilings at Vien
na, in the State of Dooly. I am told that
millions of dollars changed hands in a few
hours at the Dooly Exchange; that some of
the “money kings” of Vienna, who could
| “dangle a million on the point of their
pens,’’arc now Bankrupt; that hundreds of
them committed suicide, in desperation at
the loss of their property, etc., eh-.
I haLod! the glory 7 of Dooly has departed :
henceforth let her children learn wisdom of
the Clintonians in the management of their
finances.
Several thousand of the people of Clinton
!expect to attend the Fair in Macon. Can’t
the street overseer of Macon offer to send
the corporation carts to Walnut Creek to
meet us? and can’t Fitzpatrick be induced
to come with them and extend to us the hos
pitalities of the city? Surely this is “a lib
eral proposition,” as much so as the one
made by the Bull-Ox. If the Executive
Committee don't act in the matter immedi
ately, we’ll accuse them of too much partial
| tv for his Steer-thin. P. D. G.
Thi: Wool Industry of the United States
was the subject of an address recently deliv
! ereil by Mr. Erastns B. Bigelow, President
of the National Association of Wool Manu
facturers, before the exhibition of the Amer
ican Institute, held in New York city. The
annual value of goods composed wholly or
partially of wool, manufactured in the United
States, is estimated by -Mr. Bigelow to reach
8175,000,000. Nearly four-fifthsof the wool
used is grown in the United States, and the
remaining fifth is composed of coarse carpet
wools, not grown in this country at all, of
worsted combing wools, and fine clothing
wools, grown here in limited quantities.
The consumption of woolen goods in the
United States w as estimated at 8240,000,000;
thus allowing 8:15,000,000 as the amount
paid to foreign manufacturers. The in
crease of wool-growing during the last nine
years has l>een very large, expanding from
t)0,511,84d pounds ;n 1860 to 177,000,000 in
1868. The present excess of the production
of wool in goods over the consumption was
attributed by Mr. Bigelow to the rebellion,
which made cotton scarce, and turned cot
ton mills into woolen mills.
The Result of English Cotton Growing.
As an illustration of modern philanthropy,
it is-stated, on English authority, “that over
thirteen hundred thousand Hindoos and
three hundred thousand Egyptians have per
: ished within die last five years from starva
tion consequent upon the forced cultiyatign
Qi cotton instead ot bread,' 1
1 Cuba and the United States.
There seems to be a general feeling that
while the United States are bound to act fairly
towards Spain, in the matter of Cuba, it
would be a piece of good luck for us if
events should so fall out as to enable us, by
fair play, to acquire the island.
AVe have on several occasions explained
why, on financial grounds, we can better
afford to do without Cuba, than possess it.
But there are political reasons, also, uot less
strong, and indeed stronger, why Americans,
desirous to see their form of government
unchanged, and their politics at least no
more debased than now, should, whatever
may lie their sympathy with the Cubans,
oppose any scheme which looks to the annex
ation of the island to the Union.
We have already, in the Southern States,
a large population of very ignorant people,
to whom, for their own protection, it lias
been thought necessary to give the vote.
However that experiment may turn out,
even those who most vehemently urged it
will acknowledge that it is au experiment ;
and no one probably denies that it is a dis
advantage to the country to have as part of
its population so many ignorant citizens,
unaccustomed to, and unacquainted with the
forms of free government, and to a great
extent unaware of the importance of the
j vote they are to east. .
That is to say, we should lie far better oft',
; our political institutions would be safer, if
the millions of blacks in the Southern States
were as well educated aud had had as long a
training iu the management of free govern
ment as the whites of the Northern States.
We do not by this mean to say that the
blacks in the Southern States ought not
,to possess the franchise. It is, probably, as
William Beach Lawrence, au eminent Dem
-1 ocratie statesman, pointed out shortly after
the close of the war the only way, under the
circumstances, to enable them to protect
themselves, and au iuqxirtant means to
secure peace iu the Southern States.
That it will secure also good government
for the present, appears doubtful. There is
reason to fear that the more ignorant of the
blacks there, like the more ignorant of the
whites here, will become the sjxirt and tools
of political demagogues ; and the immedi
ate future of the country is certainly not
made more hopeful by the fact that they
form a part of our population.
Now, if this is so, should we not make a
grave blunder to take into our Union, even
if wo could get it for nothing, anew state,
in Cuba, an island a large part of whose
population consists of barbarians, not very
. long ago imported from Africa, and of tlie
lowest class of Chinese ? Can we with
safety or comfort to ourselves adopt this
population as a part of ourselves ? It may
lie, as must people say, that Cuba’s “mani
fest destiny” is to be a state of the Union ;
but have we not the right, aud is it not our
duty to ourselves and our country to keep
I her out as long as possible ? Should we not,
in all that we do in relation to Cuba, insist
that if the island is to he free from Spain, it
l it shall become au independent state.” Alay
we not rightly prefer to see Cuba remain
under the Spanish flag, in preference to
having it under the American Hag ?— N. Y.
Evening Post.
San I'lamlMO Curiosities.
Tlie city is traversed by horse railroads,
and you are supplied with little slips of
pasteboard by the conductors, having four
i coupons attached. The price of these is
twenty-five cents iu specie, aud no single
fares taken. The conductor has a little brass
1 box attached to a small pair of shears, and
the end of your pasteboard having the
coupon attached is put in the box, and one
or more of the coupons is clipped and drops
in the box, to betaken thence by the cashier
of the company, who holds the keys of
these boxes. * * * You will find beets
weighing 75 pounds, and cabbages 150
pounds; white bunches of grapes can be
found weighing 10 pounds.
One of the great sights in the city is the
Chinese Theatre, located in what is called
China Town. It occupies tliree months to
:go through one play, and I think they per
; form every night in the week. It is con
tinued in chapters or instalments like a New
York ledger story. The actors are a jolly
set of fellows, and when tired of acting, sit
down and go to smoking opium. There are
HV ,the
allowed to wear their hats and smoke pipe;
or cigar to their hearts’ content. And such
music, or rather such discordant drumming
on various instruments whereof I never saw
the like it is impossible to describe.
The China Town is a miniature edition of
Canton. Its streets are all hung with Chinese
lanterns, and the shops and other buildings
are the same as in China. I passed into a
; kind of banking house. A Chinaman was
| seated at a table, and liis countrymen were
continually dropping iu with small amounts
of gold and silver, which were entered on a
i species of pass-book. Some of tlie amounts i
were entered in red ink, some iu blue, and
some in black. This banker was expert at
figures, anil could run up a column in a
; second, making a Chinese character in red
at the bottom thereof.
I then visited a Chinese gambling house,
and this was on Sunday evening. Some
eight or ten Chinamen were sitting around
a table; the presiding deity held a black
stick, and as fast as money was put up,
with great dexterity he raked it in.
Care of Boots and Shoes.—Boots and
shoes, if taken care of properly, will usually
last two or three times longer than they
usually do, aud at the same time fit the feet!
more satisfactorily, and keep them dry and
more comfortable in wet and cold weather, i
The upper leather should be kept soft aud
pliable, while the soles need to be hard, I
tough, and impervious to water. The first
tiling to be done with any pair of new shoes
for farm use, is to set each one on a platter
or an old dinner plate, and pour on boiled
linseed oil, sufficient to fill the vessel to the
upper edge of the soles. Allow the leather
lto absorb as much oil as it will for eight
hours. Linseed oil should not be applied to
the upper leather, as it will soon become
dry, rendering the leather hard and tough,
i But if the soles be saturated with this oil,
| it will exclude the dampness and enlarge the
! pegs, so that the sole will never get loostf
; from tlie upper leather. If the shoes be
I sewed, tlie linseed oil will preserve the thread
from rotting.
Now, wet tlie upper leather thoroughly
when the boots or shoes are to be put on the
feet, so that those parts which are tight
may render a trifle, and thus adapt the
form of the shoe to the foot far more sat
isfactorily than when the upper leather is
not wet. Keep them on the feet until the
leather is nearly dry. Then give the upper
leather a thorough greasing with equal parts
of Lard and tallow, or with tallow aud neat’s
foot oil. If shoes be treated in this manner,
and a row of round-headed shoe nails be
driven around the edge of the soles, they
will wear like copper, and always set easy
to the foot. Boots and shoes should lie
treated as suggested, and worn a little sev
eral months before they are put to daily ser
vice. This is the true way to save your
shoe money, —Hearth and Home.
Little children who sing “I want to bo
an ‘Angel,’” should understand that to be
an ungel in this world is tlie greatest misfor
tune which can overtake anyliody. A writer
in The (Boston; Daily Advertiser , in discuss
ing the Byron scandal, justly observes :
“According to Mrs. Stowe, Lady Byron
was not a woman, but an angel, and 1 can
well conceive that, in this world, an angel
would be an extremely trying companion,
either as a wife, a mother, or a friend.”
Young gentlemen aliout to engage iu the
perilous business of courtship should jkmi
der lor twenty-four hours over this valuable
statement before proceeding upon the deli
cate quest, and should not read Air. Coven
try Patmore’s poem, “An Angel in ‘the
House.’ ” Perhaps, after all, what Tom
Hood called the “pure womanly” is the best.
\Ve think so, hut no woman need write to
us to prove the contrary. If there is any
objection to be made we withdaaw our
opinion.— 'Tribune.
Baggage Smashers. —How is it that one
can travel all over Europe aud uot have his
trunks injured, and yet. in a trip to New
York and hack, liis trunks will - Is- almost
battered to pieces ? It is simply because the
ixirters and baggage-masters arc not carefuL
Baggage is tumbled about here and there,
and nothing short of a sheet iron trunk can
stand it. This is outrageous and inexcusa
ble. If some public spirited individual will
make a tour, and make it a point to thrash
i every porter who dumps his trunk down, or
at least break his head when he breaks the
tourist’s trunk, th evil may in time lie prac
tically abated. The want of civility is the
great characteristic of baggage men as a
class. Their patience is solely tried, but so
is the traveler's. Next to being knocked
down to see one's trunk burst open by Vicing
thrown out carelessly is the most disagreea
ble.
| —What is society, after all,[but a mature
of mister-ies and misg-eriee ?
Iniportunt to the Public.
We find in the Savannah Republican a let
ter from Dr. Means, which we insert below
for the benefit of alt concerned:
Oxford, Ga. , October 4, 1569.
Col. Snenl, Editor S.'rrtrnnah Republican :
Will you tie kind enough to give the in
closed extract from the laws of Georgia,
, passed by the Legislature at its List session,
in relation to fertilizers, a place in your col
umns, as the business season for the sale of
those articles in your city is approaching,
and many of those interested may not have
hail an opportunity to inform themselves of
the action of that body in the premises.
A'erv trulv aud respectfully, vonrs, etc.,
A. Means,
Inspector for the Port of Savannah, Ga.
[Extract.]
Section 1. “The General Assembly of the State
of Georgia do enact that the second section of said
Act [viz: ‘An Act to protect the planters of the
State from imposition iu the sale of Fertilisers,’l
-hall read, ‘lnspect and Analyze Fertilizers, etc.
Also that section fourth of said Act shall be
amended to read as follows: The Inspector shall
be allowed a fee of fifty cents, when inspected and
analyzed iu quantities of tifly tons or more and
the fee of twenty-live dollars for inspecting and
analyzing in quantities, less than fifty tons, to be
l«uJ by the person procuring tlie inspection
Section J. “That ;dl Fertilizers imported into
this State, shall be inspected and analyzed at the
[tort of entry. In which tlie same may be received ;
and that all Fertilizers manufactured iu the State
shall be inspected and analyzed in the county in
which the sense are manufactured, and said Fertil
izers shall not be removed from the mill or fae
! tory until analyzed."
The Hog Crop,
We are indebted to Messrs. Geo. Bain A
Go. for a copy of Henry Mill ward .V Go's
circular, dated Chicago, October Ist, which
gives interesting information in relation to
the hog erop of the present season. The
circular is based upon letters addressed to
many different jxiints in Illinois, theunsyvers
to which establish that the general erop is
about the same this year as last. Illinois
reports from eleven [mints that the crop is
the same as last year; from seven points that
it is larger; in Indiana eleven jxiints aliout
the same, eight jioiuts larger, and nineteen
points smaller; lowa four points about the
same, four points larger, and twenty-four
points smaller; in Missonri and Kansas five
points about the same, five points larger, aud
one jioiut smaller. As to prices now offered
Ito farmers by pickers, we learn that in Illi
! nois a few contracts are being made at 8 to
10c. per pound; in Indiana at 7 to 10e., the
latter price net: in lowa no contracts, but
farmers are asking 8 e. gross; in Missouri a
few contracts have been made at 7 a He.
gross, the latter price for hogs delivered nt
points w ithin forty miles west of Alexandria.
Messrs. Mill ward A Go. conclude that, with
“such prospects, the sole security of the
packers must lie in insisting upon such pri
ces that, while they afford the farmer ample
remuneration for liis labor, they may pro
mise the packer some profit,” but they un
accountably neglect to furnish a formula by
which such a compromise can he effected.
Tins is the more to be regretted, as the solv
ing of the question, “How can farmers and
packers both get rich at the same time ?”
would be a beginning of tlie solution of the
conflicting interests of producers and distri
buters generally.— St. Louis Republican.
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Robinson Crusoe's Island. The Island
of Juan Fernandez, about four hundred
miles from tlie coast of Chili, is the seat now
of a German colony. LaffkVinter tlie Island
was ceded by the Chilian Government to a
j company of Germans, led by Robert Wehr
mun, a Saxon engineer. He and liis society
have now taken possession of the island and
purpose to make it their home. They num
ber some sixty or seventy individuals, and
have taken with them cows and other cattle,
swine, fowls, and all kinds of agricultural
implements, with lxiats and fishing appara
tus, aud tools for tlie various mechanical
trades. It is said that Wehrman left Ger
many eleven years ago, and, after passing
some time in England, was engaged on rail
ways in South America. While there he
conceived the idea that he lias now carried 1
into effect. This is a repetition on a larger
scale of the experiment of Pitcairn V: Island,
without, of course, tlie criminal preface that
stained the history of the crew of the Boun
ty. The world will watch the career of this
)fp:M S VkilfiiiV n! itnifsylupatfly natu
rally attracted by the experiment itself, no!
more engaging sjiot could have been chosen
in which to make it than that which is cher
ished in so many hearts as Robinson Cru
soe's Island.
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Chinese Servants. Since the advent!
among us of the Orientals with their chop
sticks and cues seems almost an assured fact,
at least but a question of time, it may prove
of interest to the many liouse-keepers in onr
community, to whom good domestics are as
rare as angels’ visits, to learn the verdict of,
those who have tried the Chinese iu their
various capacities as house servants. The
Sau Francisco Tunes, of a recent (late, tints
speaks of them: “Confessedly, the finest
servants known are tlie Chinese servants in
their native country. As cooks they iu'e
unsurpassed. AVe are aware of one cook in
this State who graduated in tlie kitchen of
Jardine Matheson’s Hong Kong establish
ment, who lias received iHib per month for
the past five years. The house boys are
quick and thorough with their work; perfect
as waiters; excellent in every branch of their
duty. Tlie (onus, or nurses, are a proverb
of fidelity. To each child a nurse is assign
ed; it sleeps with her, and she will scarcely
jiermit it to leave her sight. Patient, and
affectionate, she tends her little charge till
it passes the age of uursehood.”
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It is rather difficult to see why a United
States marine, whose legitimate business it
is to go down to the sea in ships, should be
put, upon horticultural duty. George AY.
Paulas, a marine at Washington, on apply
ing for his discharge, claimed tliirty-five
cents per diem extra jiay, for reason that for
thirty-eight months the Commandant liiul
kept him at w ork in tlie garden of the Com
mandant aforesaid. Panins considered that
during this time lie had been “detailed for
extra duty,” and that he should be paid for
doing it. The disbursing officer did not see
it in that light; but Paulas, in a state of
high indignation, insisted upon the whole
of his demand or nothing; and he also re
fused to take his discharge. Moreover, ho
proceeded forthwith to jmt himself into the
hands of a lawyer; and will try the question
of marine gardening in the Courts.
[A. Y. Tribune.
Masonry in Spain.—At the funeral of the
late General Escalante, in Spain, the em
blems of Masonry were for the first time ex
hibited in that country.
We have long known that there were num
bers of the Great Brotherhood, comprising
the very first men of the nation; yet such
was always the tyranny of the government
that they were obliged to meet in garrets
and cellars with darkened windows and with
doors doubly tiled. Even thus they were
not safe from the espionage of the police of
Isabella, ever on the alert to jjut down any
manifestation of freedom of action, even on
the part of a charitable institution. —Norfolk
Journal.
“Blessed be the man who invented sleep, ”
exclaimed Sauelio l’auza. Accursed be the
man, cry we, who invented squeaky boots.
They murder sleep. Tlieydistract thought.
They shake the nerves. They acidulate the
temper. They are a nuisance—a horror a
bugbear. One jiair of squeaky boots will
destroy the mental equilibrium of a house
full of well-intentioned people, and we be
lieve that all piety and reverence, and devo
tional contemplation, will lie banished from
the hearts of the largest Church congrega
tion by the sudden attemjit of a luau thus
I shod to make his way among them. AVill
no legislator cause a law to be enacted against
the wearing of squeaky boots ? -Ifeut York
Express.
Virginia Tobacco Crop Not Damaged.—
A letter from Dr. Bagby, written from Lib
erty, Virginia, on the 30th ult., to his jmjx-r
at Grange Court House, savs : “It rained
heavily while I was in Lynchburg, and this
rain was followed by one or two frosts which
awakem-d the liveliest fears among the jilan
ters and manufacturers of tobacco. Fortu
nately these fears proved groundless, and
now there is almost a certainty of a splendid
crop - the quality of the tobacco, owing to
the drought, Ix-ing superior, and the quan
tity large.”
—The Providence Journal reports the dis
covery of a coal bed beneath that city.
It was discovered by sinking a well for
water in the yard of the Cove Foundry.
The drill passed through a lied of coal four
teen feet thick, at the depth of one hundred
and nineteen feet, and a second bed of coal
of six feet in thickness at a depth of one
hundred and thirty-four feet, with no inter
vening slate. This coal can be mined and
raised to the surface at an expense td less
1 than two dollars per ton,
Tlie ( ouiniercial Convention.
RECEPTION OF EX-PRESIDKXT FIELMORK.
From tlie Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct 12.
The event of yesterday was the reception
of Ex-President Fillmore in the large east
room of the Court-house. At eleven o’ekx-k
a large crowd had assembled, though it was
uot until lndi-pust eleven that Mr. Fillmore
appeared. Nearly the entire committee of
reception preceded him by several minutes,
and all eyes were strained toward the door
to catch the first glimpse of the venerable
statesman. When he at length entered, es
corted by Mayor Bunco and several gentle
men of tlie committee, lie was greeted by a
tremendous burst of enthusiasm.
HOW THE EX-FRESH iF.NT LOOKED.
Air. Fillmore is rather tall, and of a hand
some, portly figure. His head is massive,
and his smooth, fleshy, good-humored face,
his bright, uufaded eye, and his general
physique, show him to lx' one of the Ix'.-t
preserved of our statesmen. His hair is
white as driven snow, and his handsome
and venerable appearance is remarked by
every one. He wears a jilain. bbiek suit,
with light kid gloves. His air is that of a
'polished gentleman, aud lie is a man who
probably never left an unfavorable first im
pression upon the mind of any one.
THE WELCOMING SPEECH.
The address of welcome was delivered by
F. T. l’ox, Jr., of tins City Council. At the
time he commenced speaking there was some
confusion incident to the pressing forward
of the crowd to catch all that should pass,
but when this subsided the sjieaker could be
heard very distinctly. The greeting was
very cordial, and seemed to be fully appre
ciated by Air. Fillmore.
ADDRESS OF MU. FOX.
Sir: Upon me has fallen the pleasingiluty
! of offering you, through her metropolis, tin*
greeting of the Commonwealth of Ken
tucky, and of extending to you the liospi
tality and liberality of the city of loitts
ville. Aud now in her name, and by her
authority, 1 welcome you to her hospitality,
aud extend to you her freedom. Keuiem
i Ix'riug that in every position of life, from
the lowest to the very highest known to Un-
American people, your career has been
illustrative of law and of order, ami that
your dignified retirement from public life
has Ix'en devoted solely to the culture of the
arts of peace; mindful, also, that in all your
official life your jirofound intellect lias
thoroughly understood and frankly ac
knowledged the cheeks and buHances of our
peculiar government, and that your great
heart has embraced in its patriotic love every
section and every section’s interest of this
country, which, even now , in its early youth,
well-nigh demands a world for its home.
Remembering these things, the city of
liouisville, aud, through her, the Common
wealth of Kentucky, honor themselves in
honoring you. Welovo and admire you as
the last of that regime ill our country's his
tory which began with Washington aud
ended with your honored and illustrious
successor, whose death we mourn to-day.
Whatever fears tlie least sanguine of us
may have entertained regarding this iuqxir
tant movement, which to-morrow will take
the form and complexion of a great commer
cial convention, your presence lias dissipated
them all. If your presence is auspicious to
it, your sanction gives it the fiat of fate.
Lasting benefits to our entire country, we
I fondly hope, will flow from it, us w aters
from tlie ruck of Horeli when struck by the
“potent rod of Abraham s sou. ’ This con
vention is the mission of commerce, aud the
influence of commerce is benefit to all and
pence with all.
Again 1 bid you welcome to the freedom
aud hospitalities of the city of Louisville,
unworthy as they are, they ure the heartfelt
tokens of an homage which we do now and
always will pay’ you.
! Citizens of Louisville and of Kentucky :
Permit me to introduce to you the guest
of the city of Louisville, Millard Fillmore,
i the hero of law, of order aud of jxjaee—of
[icuee universal to our entire country.
A burst of applause followed upon the in
troduction, and as Mr. Fillmore was about to
respond, another rather emphatic demon
stration of popular sentiment greeted him.
REPLY OF MIL FILLMORE.
Mr. Mayor, aud HsulUmen of Louisville:
J Ins reception is an honor aud a pleasure
which 1 had no reason to expeet. Were 1 a
j eallilidiit. . f,,r uonie liiiyh iuffitii-xl office, or
did 1 come with the prestige of political
! power, 1 might account for this assembly
here to day. Nearly twenty years have
elapsed since I have taken part in political
matters. 1 belong to no jmrty, but Ido be
long to my country (applause,)and I cannot
express to you the gratification 1 feel to-day
at seeing in prospect a deliberative body,
gathered from every State in the Union
tlie Union restored that patriotic anil
glorious Union which lias been endangered,
, but 1 trust not lost, (applause.)
Fifteen years ago I visited your city for
the first mid lost time. Hail I been placed
in it to-day unawares, I could not have recog
nized it. True, here is the grand old river
flowing along its edge; here is the great
natural obstruction of the fulls, which lias
placed it with the great commercial cities of
the country, but now, when I see your splen
did houses and your beautiful streets, all
seems to be changed. It would seem as
though magic had passed over it. How you
could be so jirosperous through all the vicis
situdes of the jiast ten years, is unaccount
able, but T congratulate you on your good
fortune and your prosperity. Kentucky, if
there lx- a State in the Union, except that
which gave me birth, is the State, of all
others, I have learned to honor. [Applause, j
1 kncAi your illustrious citizen, who did
honor to liis State, as he did to all the Union,
and who now sleeps within your borders.
I need not say 1 allude to Henry Clay. |Aj>-
plnuse. ] He was my early, hist, devoted
friend, and I was his; and 1 can never revert
to liis memory without reverence and re
; speet.
I beg your pardon, gentlemen, I came
here with no prepared address. The time
has lung past since I liave attempted such a
thing, i came here simply to* thank you
for this unexpected reception and honor,
and to express the hope that you may con
tinue to be prosperous, and that our coun
try maybe one and united forever. |Aj>-
|danse, j Pardon me, therefore, for not ad
ding to this address, and for contenting my
self w ith simply thanking you for this Hon
or. [Applause.]
AA'lien Mr. Fillmore had concluded, Mayor
Bunee announced that the distinguished
gentleman would lx; pleased to greet, per
sonally, all who might desire to sjieak with
Him. There was a great rush to grasp him
by tlu* limiil and exchange compliments, and
from that moment until the time allotted for
the reception had expired there was no luck
of cordial welcome ou every hand.
Wiikiii tub Sum do km mot Set. The fol
lowing graphic passage is from the descrip
tion of a scene witnessed by a Mr. Campbell
and his party, in the north of Norway, from
a cliff' 1,000 feet above the sea: The ocean
stretched away in silent vastness at onr feet;
the sound of its waves scarcely ranched our
airy lookout; away in the north the huge
old sun swung low along the horizon, like
the slow beat of the jienduliim in the tall
clock of our grand-father's parlor corner.
We all stood silent, looking at our watches.
When Ixith hands came together at twelve,
midnight, the full orb tiling triumphantly
above the wave—a bridge of gold running
due north -panned the water ls-tween us and
him. There he shone in silent majesty,
which knew no sitting. We involuntarily
took off our hats; no w ord was said. Com
bine, if von can, the most brilliant sunrise
anil sunset you ever saw, and its beauties
will pale before the gorgeous coloring which
now lit up ocean, heaven and mountain. In
half an hour the sun had swung up percep
tibly on his beat, the colors changed to
those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled
over the flood, one songster after another
piped up in the grove behind us—we had
slid into another day.
At a provincial theatre in Ireland, where
Macready was personating Virginia*, in pre
paring the scene in which the body of JJ ■«-
i tutu* is brought on the stage, the manager
called to Pat, his property man, for the bier.
Pat being of a “heavy” temperament, re
sponded Pi the call by saying that he would
fetch it ••immaditly.” Pat next made his
appearance with a full, foaming pot of the
right sort, and was received with a thous
and and one curses for his stupidity. “The
bier, yon blockhead,” thundered the man
ager. “And isn't it here '!" exclaimed Pat,
presenting the mug. “Not that, you jack
ass ! I mean the barrow for Deutaiu*” “Then
why don’t you call things liy their right
name ?” muttered Pat. “Who would sup
pose you meant the barrow when you called
for beer.”
Is the Nashville municipal election, on
1 Saturday, the Conservatives made a clean
sweep, electing all their candidates liy large
. majorities. It is considered singular that
i the negroes deserted the Bwlpwlrt m this
1 eta&w lot the first tune.
VOL. XL NO. 29
Tlie “Model*’ Again.
“ Hannibal,” the special corn -li
the Augusta Chronic a , -
the “model” iu a recent letter, after
wise:
Your readers will recollect t tl
Legislature created au “(hit. 1 t
to visit Warren and otln r . ’
that Committee never M-ii i ;!: -
After the adjournment ot' tl- I.
the Outrage Committee met I ' :■ b •
sound adjourned. Govern": - U J
them 8800, and the Tret- nv ot i • i
mittee, J. G. AY. Mills, pr, - . v
for $716.50, which the Trea-cr. r>■ >
nay. as the Committee I, ~M„ , i
by tin- Legislature. 1!i,;i..,-„
the money to par them from tin- S: : i
Road. The Sts: R. ,1 is j 1:
aged. Not a day mm w
of sonn kind. ’This is owiti tot
rience of its employes H
complain of freight King (let;.tin it
tanoogn, and upon invert : .•
that tlie agent there is off, U a\: ;
to his careless son and some in li -
bert has recivved more credit .
titled, except- in the case ot », i
frauds. Muclisof the credit for hi l
speeches is dvt© to his private N
man named, Peterson, loitn .lv mi , .
here. Btiilffa’k is running tin
own in teres i\ There too j.. .;
and under-stlmt’l’J’t's at the 6 V.
the State Road mjli. v paid 83 -.ot
and the Georgia lmq‘l over dUr tw,
explained soon. ‘
Blodgett is working hib
bert and steji into liis shoe -
of coal and iron, “gold” w
in pockets! Chaj> Norn
like hungry curs, are stauo y v • ,
tewing eyes, expecting to o,
of the crumbs. Look out In . ~.t i q
State Road.
I cannot, in this letter, - iv n
subject. Farrow and An; ■. i .
jiaper duel, and we trust to hao , a
developments from them in a
It is rumored that in the en
gett becoming Superintend.m oi t
Road, ho and Bryant will i
Republican will get nil tlie St I;
ing, leaving the Er,i and the /
in the cold. The Er i poor ihi; l
of the demi-monde ehuracter
The /
daily, having become steel and to
enn it ii ms.
Bullock, who is pecuniarily i :
the Ojieru House, has I ,
THKI-10U8PoUTZLVNTU.lt 111 :;U lo |.. su
PiISTOUUICE TO THE Ol’t t. V it.
himself on Treasurer Atipier. win
building now Occupied by the Po i,,
Hi. had Illness «>i |.\-1T , , t
Pierce.
Concord, N. H., Oct. 8. Tie- I
lies.-, of ex-Presideut IV
mild form about live week- -i.i at 11
ton Beach, It w.. -
be a dangerous illness, but he low \
rapidly, and in a few- days was taken
home iu Concord. His fanu! p
Dr. Charles P. Cage, was miuiii
he found the ex-President uifi e i
doiuina! dropsy, attended wild
symptoms. Prompt treatm • r i
relieving tho patient. About t o \.
since hiccups set ill seriously, and
at intervals for about ten days lie .1
cal difficulty hud been in .on i
when it get in tie t rd
not seem to respond to dnnv. t: i
This physical condition, joiie-d wit
itv to take much nourishment,
Pierce to commence siukiii;;. and h
tinned to fail gradually until and it. I
conscious to the last, and ha.l
strength to converse iq) t<«' .Hi . :
of his decease. He coiner I In.
during his tickncss u] ion pubh . .
.al matters, mid expivs .1 adt >
ami anxiety for lie- wellai of I
He talked freely of the pubh
whom he had been a -oeiated t
life, and spoke personally of 1
Cabinet members, and of
statesmen and representative n.
ent parts of flu- country. A
jproached his waning strength did n j
mit him to converse, but to all app
his bodily pain had left him. lie lay qun 11;,
upon liis bed, a calm, happy, and n n
uieVnwlo,, b out.'.
about five o’eloclt lie look..;
room for the last time, liis ey. i,
moment upon those in utt ndam .• u;
and then, ns calmly and w. . : l
would siuk to its rest, he do-. 1 j.
i his last sleep, ami passed a wav. II
the residence of Mr. Willard Will: i
Main street, where he had m 1.
while in Concord, for many y.
President Pierce formerly
South Congregational Church in <
hut a few years since he joined S’ I
Episcopal Church, of which h>
muuicunt. He. left a hands.;. , ,
which, it is understood, is devised I
I'aiut.
1 AVe presented to our readei
agoan account of a method by v
paint could be jircjiared in a v :
without any special upporatu.* and
ity much superior to that ordin :
ed by the regular manufacturin'
mi nts. AYc now learn thui this |
discovered in France, has been te
Germany on a very large calc, iu I
eminent and privute estabhslimi
that all the advantages claim I :
inventor have been more than ri i.,/
view of the importance of the pre,
may be pardoned for repeating m
terms the method of applying it, w!
suits simply in mixing any of tl.
materials for painting, cspceialli
oxide of zinc, red lead and lump;a v i
water, so as to form a thick broth.
This, while still dilated : pa
fine sieves, so os to remove the leu i
rlrs and foreign substances, and a
of drying oil is then jxiiu-cd into
stirred round and round for ; enn
time, during which the paint I
actual chemical union with tin oij, .u
the water. A pasty mass will sunn <p
which falls at the bottom, and tin
to lx: drawn off by decanting' • , I
The jmste is then to be taken me n.
much like, butter to remove Ini - :
until all the water is eliminated
will be left a prejiansl paint, in a .
form to be further diluted with ■■
of turpentine, whenever it rnav I
The proportion of water to In
first Jiroeess varies with the m •!
to about, 100 parts bv weight -
300 to 400 parts of whiten. d< z,i
150 to 200 of the gray; 150 Pi i ,
lend; 50 to 60 of red lead, and i
lampblack may lie used. As i
the entire separation of tin- water i
mass, this is an actual oombin il.
oil and paint, in the nature of a In ;
Some substances, such its o'-hre. pi p n
of CO] |„-r, ep*., when treated in 1 .
way, do not part with t> , >
them together as we mav,
mixture of the substance viith oil , j
The cases arc very difieri*i ti
stances first mentioned. In tin
of this process a single wo;; m t i
hours, without any oth v m >
tub and wooden sputuk:, h .
pounds of irreproachable oil cm
This is not a mere labo to
bntaproeessthatcan In* p>
one without the prere«pn-ite
training or skill. J. mijil 1,1. i
est nflinity for the oil, and forms , i
it, which throws of! tin ,o
as the metallic .to :
Is* at first ttsi'd with wut r aim, P
rather Is* moistened with a i
water, to which about ten o
liol or whisky has 1 N <*n add'd. 1 1
black and the aleoholic 1 i<; ,nl
stirred until the mixture luma
ture of fresh snuff, and in t
lie easily mixed with the vat .
through a sieve prelimliao;
tionof the oil. —Philui jih / /.
Abp. Sweet Potatoes Pi o, i
Tie* novel question whether
are fruit, or grain, came up in tin- ;
Revenue office. The qne-t i
Virginia, where th potato'-- 1
used to manufacture w hisky. If :; •
regarded as fruit, tin product ot ■
by small factors would be exrn] :. Ii , I
Pi l>e grain, the full tax won id b ■ ■
commissioner ilecided that for tli * ■ i
of distillation the vegetable was gr
Heaping the Conn - Tin 1, „
as the City Council of Chari**
action, worthy of the materia 1 t ■
it. At their last meeting t •
decision of Judge Mo- - by
offices held by their favori
new offices with the sane du
creased salaries, and electing tli i . i
officers to them. Th whole p..* >
sent to jail for contempt of . ur .. i*l it
would not Le amiss to keep t . n tli.te un
til they all agree to quit the {jute,