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GEORGIA HERALD.
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VOL, I*
Or Georgia Derate.
published by
Hall & Alexander.
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'‘hey occupy:
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va'Ck:
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Obituaries are charged for the same a? other adver
tisements.
ftrojh&ioifiil Car^.
I NO. U. HART it *J. Y. ALLEN, have
united for the purpose of practicing Law. One
or both may always be found in their office. By strict
attention to business and fair dealing with all they
hope to merit a liberal share of patronage.
The senior member of the firm refers with confidence
to nil for whom he has done business during the past
v ear
* Will practice by contract in any of the courts, or in
any portion of the St.ate.
Thomaston Ga., Jan. *J2, 1870. jnn22-8m
VNDERSON &■ McCALLA, Attorneys
at Law, flovingVon, Georgia. Will attend regu-
Wly, and i’rai-tice in the Superior Courts of the
counties of Newton, Butts, Henry, Spalding. Pike,
Monroe, Upson, .Morgan, DeKalb, Gwinnette and Jas
per. dec!Q-ty
I.WIKS M. MATHEWS, Attorney at
y| Laws, Talbotton, G a., will practice nli the counties
composing the < hattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
special contract declO-ly
VITILLIS & WILLIS, Attorneys at Law
* T Talb otton, G.a Prompt attention given to
business placed in our hards. decld-ly
fjOBERT P. TiIIPPE, Attorney at Law
I \ Forsyth, Ga. Will practice in the State Courts
B'i.l in the United States' District Court at Atlanta and
Savannah, (fa, dec 0-ly
JA HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barness
• ville, (fa Will practice in all the counties of
tli>* Flint, i iicnit atid Supreme Court of the State.
MARION BETHUNE, Attorney at
Law, Talbotoii, Ga. Will practice in nil the
fuuhtifcs of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and
Merriwether counties. declß-ly
T I> A LEX AN HER, Attorney at Law,
p* • Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the co n
ties composing (he Flint, ('ircuit, and elsewhere by
special contract Special attention given to i-olloction,
and settle promptly with cliants. declS-ly
r IMIOMAS BEALL, Attorney at Law,
i Thomaston Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
cuit, and elsewhere by special contract. decli-ly
INK. ROGERS will continue the practice
/ of Medicine. Ottice as heretofore in the Webb
Block. dectß-ly
DR. G. W. T. HaNNAH, is pleased to
notify the citizens of Upson that he will continue
the practice ot Medicine in its various branches at
Thomaston, Ga. " dec) 8-1 y
JOHN I. IUU. JOSV I*ll A. OOTTRN. \VM. T. WEAVER.
Hall, cotten & weaver, an
mrnevs and Counsellors at. Law. Office in At
lanta and Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the coun
ties of Fulton, Cobb, Campbell and DeKalb Capt. J.
A. ('often, will give bis attention to business in the
al ove counties and will be found at all tunes in the
office in Atlanta. Will also practice in the counties
at Upson, Pike, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot, and Merri
wether, in the Supreme Court, nnd in the District
| Court of the United States for the Northern District of
Orr-r-f* Vr.—ra, Hall A. Weaver will give attention
to business in the above counties and will remain in the
i office in Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly
pEHTTISTine'.
IMIE undersigned being permanently
located in Thomsfon, still tenders his professional
I vices in the practice ol Dentistry to the citizens of
1 psen and adjoining count!' s Teeth inserted on gold,
tffi -or, adamantine or rubber. All work warranted and
ago j fit guaranteed Office up stairs over Suggs &
I Oliphant’s drug store.
I _ deci) ts ' N. BRYAN.
DENTAL NOTICE. -
j HE undersigned take's pleasure in
li. , hhtifyingthe citizens of Thotnitatoh anil the vicini-
I '.J .Li.it those wishing an y kind of Dental work done.
I tali r operative or mechanical, and done right with
I - ,v,, n. can do so by Calling at my off ce or
■7 ' ln - nie t*: mesville, and let me kn"w xvhere to
■ r.rnl hem. G P, CAMPBF.LL,
m. deeps, n Barnes ville. On.
iltisttilaucous.
liu.MTnsi;
MOMIEY, BOYL & CiL
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
FURNirURE of every Description,
Our Manufactory has been overhauled, and improved witn
new machinery, engine, Ac., and we are now prepared to fur
nish the public with Furniture of all kinds at very low prices.
ig if an
l ~~~
° n ?i anfl a LATIGR ASSORT
ED ch-apei!c.fffiSf’ ( r r!- n n h "P I Burial cases to
K # through Contain i‘w,L. 7 n *« >r Colf in9 shoulil be
W Se : 'i>*-rJLV P.P D()L CRy Sexton.
■ h ««toiforo ari wui the arge i ,atron:i ge extended to
■roof. ’ acd endeavor to deserve anincrease
B*clO-J Ur extensive Warerooms oa SOLOMON RT
MOONEY, BOYD & CO.
TMOJIASTOUT, GA., SATURDAY .MOHVIXG, FEBRUARY 3, 18T0.
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES & WAGONS.
Having procured the services of
ME. JOHN BLAND,
the well known PAIN TER and TRIMER,
and the beat WORKMAN and BLACK
SMITH that can be found in the country ;
and have procured the agency of some of
the first-class NORTHERN MANUFAC
tories, I am prepared to furuish
VEHIC ITE S
of all kinds and styles, from a WHEEL
BARROW to the finest
Buggy and Carriage
that cm be gotten up. BUGGIES will be
my speciality. Samples will be kept on
hand at all times, where they can bo seen
at my REPOSITORY. I can suit the fancy
of all. I propose to sell as low as they can
be purchased elsewhere. The best season-*
ed Northern timber will be used, and the
WORKMANSHIP
will be warranted for twelve months—(and
no mistake). Two-horse Wagons of the
best and latest styles will be kept constant**
Iv on hand ; also, one-horse
■w .A. Gr o KT s
and “DUMP CARTS.” Repairing done.
Bring up your old Buggies and have them
repaired. I will repair them cheap, or
trade you new ones for them.
Shop next door to J. C. Zimmerman’s
Furniture Store. Call and see me. If I
should be absent Mr. Bland will wait on
you.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Thomaston. Ga., Jan. 7,1870-3 m
WRIGLEY & KNOTT,
Importers and Dealers in
HARDWARE, CUTLERY
And AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
of all kinds.
MACON, GEORGIA.
Sole Agents for the Taylor Cotton Gin
in Macon. Gin Bands furnished at Manu
facturer’s Prices.
Agents for Brinly’s Universal Plows,
Doty’s Washing Machine, Universal
Clothes Wringer, Buckeye Cultivator.
Improved Dickson Sweeps, of our own
manufacture 15 to 30 inch.
FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS.
janls-3m
IsliMflrnlMo
r IMIE undersigned, for many years pro»
L piietor of the Thomaston Factory, located near
Thomaston, Upson county, Ga , which property wa9
destroyed by the Federal troops in the Spring of 1566,
is desirous of improving said water power, and wishes
to form a connection with someone or more parties to
raise a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, to he
invested at said place. The property is not offered for
sale, but will be put in at a low valuation, and an ad
d tional interest retained, amounting in all Jo twenty
five thousand dollars There are two privileges of 120
horse power each, either of which is capable of operat
ing five or six thousand spindles and two hundred
looms. There is on the p|ace, ready for use, an elegant
resilience, which cost. $5,000 before the war, and
other residences for fifteen families as operatives: al»o
a dam and stone canal at the upper power, tlie latter
needing repairs; also an inexhaustible supply of ex
cellent granite. The location is of easy access and as
healthy as the mountains. Address
DR. C. ROGERS,
dec S-ts Thomaston, Ga
*3T“ Macon Telegraph and Messenger copy one
month and send bill.
G.H.&A.W, FORCE,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS AIM) SHOES
WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
jan 15-1 y
JTJST RECEIVED
A LARGE lot of Fresh Groceries, etc.
of all kinds.
New Orleans Sugars of all grades,
New Orleans Syrups of all grades,
Fresh Mackerel, eta
Having concluded to continue business will be
pleased to see all my old friends and as many new ones
as will calk I will sell very low for the money.
WANTED to buy Five Thousand pounds Dried
Peaches. Highest price paid.
septlß-tf (j. a. CUNNINGHAM.
JOB WORK of all kinds neatly executed
fit the HERALD OFFICE. declS-tf
GOLDEN MOMENTS!
would respectfully
▼ V Inform tho*»e wanting a .aJlVyv ’‘Ytete'TA.
Time Piece of any description they A
would do well to call at
HIGGINS & WALKER’S
New JEWELRY STORE, RarnesviTle, Ga., a* we keep
on hand and are constantly rec iving fresh from New
York ibe latest and most improved style of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
w hich we are offering at astonishingly low prices, as we
are dealing dueetly with 1 vporters we feel confident
that we can furnish this class of Goods as cheap as any
House in Georgia. We are determined to keep on
hand h GENUINE WaTCH and CLOCK, which we
can sell to our customers and
WARRANT AS REPRESENTED
We are permanently located in
BARNESYILLE,
and are going to build up a business in this line purely
on merit,, so if you want a FINE W ATCH or CLOCK
call at the sign of the *• BIG WATCH,’ in the new
RRICK BLOCK, next door to Bloodworth & Murphey,
East side public square.
S3?“ Watches and Clocks carefully repaired And
warranted.
IIIGGINS & WALKER,
jan22-tf Barnesville, Ga.
ALL POLICES NO.S-FOEFEITABLE.
THE MARYLAND
LIFE INSURANCE CO,
OF BALTIMORE.
OFFICE IN COMPANY’S BUILDING,
NO 10 SOUTJI STREET, BALTIMORE.
GEORGE P. THOMAS, President.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
HAMITON EASTER, HIRAM WOODS, Jr ,
ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, GEORGE H. MILLER,
GEORGE P. THOMAS, THOMAS CASSARD,
HUGH SISSON, WILLIAM DEVRIES,
CHARLES WEBB.
A. K. Foard, Secretary,
Clayton n - Assistant Secretary,
C. KOQER9, M-D. Medical Aiauuuer,
M, RonKtne, Manager of Georgia.
Branch Office at Atlanta, Ga.
JOSEPH 11. SMITH,
jan22-3m Special Agent.
A BLAZE OP BEAIITK!
1870. 1370- 1870.
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
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GEM OF LITERATURE,
jan29-2t Ccntralia, Missouri’.
BOOTS, BOOTS AND SHOES \
IKEFjP constantly on hand and am con
stantly making a good lot of heavy RUSSETTS,
BROGANS, WOMENS SHOES, and BOOTS Also, a
good lot of Leather, such as Sole, Uper and Harness’,
Kip and Calf Skins, all of which I will sell
LOW FOR CASH.
Hides, Tunbark, Tallow or Provision, &c , taken in
exchange Thomaston, Ga.
declOtf B, B. WHITE.
ALBANY HOI SK.
MEERICIC BARNES, Pro,
CORNER PINE AND JACKSON STS.,
.A. X, IB .A. 3ST <3-
rW° Polite Servants constantly in attendance, and
the comfort of Guest studiously regarded.
Hacks always ready to convey Passengers to
and from Depot. jmigtbly
JAMES S. WALKER, Attorney at Law
LaGange, Ga. Will practice in Circuit Court* of
the State, and in the United States District Courts.
declO-ly
Cj)c (Georgia Derate,
THOMASTON, GA n FEB. 5, 70.
Attention, Planters 1-Hold Yoitr Cot
ton and Get Thirtt Cents. —Toe report
from every town in the South is the samp—
“very light stocks of cotton offering and de
mand great.” Orders have been sent out to
purchase every hale offered. These orders
are flowing from the North, and from Liv
erpool and Havre. Northern speculators
have engaged to deliver near half a milion
of bales during the months of January, Feb
uary, March, and April. Very little spot
can be purchased in New York City, where
these daliveries are to be made.
Easton & Cos., in their circular of the 7th
of January, say that ‘we do not know a
point in the South from which < o f< n can be
brought here, to pay out, even without com
mission.” They further say that what cot
ton there is in New York is of a low grade
not above good ordinary. “Much of it,”
they say, “is stained and dusty.” Spinners
as veil as speculators must therefore look
to the Southern markets for their Supplies
to run their mills, and fill cobti'acts for fu
ture deliveries;
The latest news from from Liverpool is
encouraging. It shows that the East In o
diacrop for 1809 will fall far short of 1868.
The shipment from Bombfty during the
month of December were 25,000 bales less
(han for the corresponding month In 1868.
In the last circular of \Y. C. Watts & Cos.,
of Liverpool, the Stock of cbttbn in Bombay
and on shipboard there is estimated at 125,
900 bales less than some time a year ago.
What do all these tacts signify ? Plainly
and unmistakably that every man in the
South Who owns a bale of cotton should
hold it at all hazards, and thus corner the
market and gets thirty cents a pound for it
in the next ninety days. Cotton goes up
every Spring any way ; but if planters will
now take our advice (for wh’ch we do not
charge a cent), and hold firmly, they will
not have to wait long before rdalifcing thirc.
ty cents for their cotton. Therefore, we
say again, hold your cotton, planters. The
game is in your hands, and if you fail to
win now, you deserve to get nothing and
to receive no sympathy from disinterested
parties who are washing the game between
the Northern speculators and spinners and
Southern planters.
A STARTLING EXHIBIT.
The Extravagance of Grant's Administra
tion Denounced by a Massachusetts Man.
Mr. Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
Chairman of the Committee on Appropria
tions, astonished the Republicans, not less
l’ I IpiyifW'i'n LS in (ha ITmioft (n-iloi
by his exposition of what he terms “the
tendency of the Administration to profligate
expenditures,” The Democrats, who seem
ed to catch the first notes of what he said
about extravagant expenditures in connect
tion with the Administration, came over
from their side of the hall to the Republi
can side, and listened attentively, and no
doubt approvingly, to the startling array
of official facts and figures. Dawes did not
speak from memory or vaguely. When he
referred to figures he held in his hand the
official estimates furnished the committee
by the heads of departments for appropria
tions for the fiscal year of Grant’s adminis
tration, and he gave dollars and cents. In
about half an hour he had exploded all the
statements which hare been circulated so
industriously in the newapapers and on the
stump about the economy and retrenchment
of the present administration. The appro
priations asked for the navy yards were
greater than ever before. The only hope
of retrenchment in the Navy Department,
held out to the country, was in the item of
coal. Here, it is said, we would save
$1,000,000, when the official records showed
that the coal used by the navy last year,
under Old Father Wells, only amounted to
$150,000. At this point the Democrats
indulged in a laugh at the expense of the
jolly Robeson. The Postemaster General,
with whom it is said Dawes is not on the
best of terms, came in for his share of redi
cule and blame. Creswell’s calculation
that it eost the Government $5,000,000 a
year to maintain the franking privilige,
was dissected, and Dawes asserted that if
the postage on all the matter sent by mem
bers of Congress was paid it would not a
mount t> $2,000,000. This would allow
every member to mail 8000,000 letters every
day in the year. Dawes’ comparison of the
estimates of the appropriations asked for
during the last year of Andrew Johnson’s
administration with those of the first ySar
of the present administration, was highly
creditable to the former and decidedly
damaging to the latter. Several promi
nent Democrats said, no better defense of
Andrew Johnson’s Administration could
have been made than was exhibited to day
in the comparison of the estimates for api
prnpriations. According to the showing of
the chairman of the Appropriation Come
mittee, and he is regarded asacaTeful man,
the estimates of the present abministration
for the first year exceed those of the last
year of Andrew Johnson’s administration
$49',U00,i 00. This did not include, he said,
the millions asked for St. Domingo or the
New York Post-office—he said nothing as
bout the Boston Post-office and for League
Island* The conclusion of Dawes’ speech
was, the administration, and the Republis
can party had not kept faith with the people
on the promises of economy and retrench
ment through which they were placed in
power. The speech made a marked effect
on the House, and is the general subject of
conversation in official and political circles
to-nigbt. Tbe Democrats, as might be
expected, are delighted with it. Judge
Woodward says it is the bast campaign
document the Democrats can distribute
next fall, and the best theme for discussion
on the stump.— [TFas/i. Cor. K. 17 Herald,
Jan. 19.
, m w
Did Gov. Austin, of Minnesota,' intend
any insinuation when he dee’ihed the New
Year’s gift of a house with the remark, if
a public officer couldn’t maintain himself
without prasents he had better resign ?
A large sum of money has been collected
in Louisville, Ky., for the relief of the sufs
Cerers by the late tornador at cave City.
POLITICAL.
Mr. Dawe**, of Massachusetts, who recent-*
ly made the speech the extrava
gance of the Grant administration, ties
received letters from Greeley and others,
endorsing his course as a Republican.
The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill
licensing gambling houses. The Governor
vetoed it, and it was agair passed by a two
thirds v ite, aud became a law. This is
the go-ahead territory, which has just con
ferred the right of suth age upon females.
Stokes, he of Calf-Killer fame, made a
speech in Congress, which the telegaaph
reports was devoted to Tennessee politics
and the standing of Gov. Senter. This is
the speech n which his friends said he
would skin Brownlow.
One of the healthiest signs of the times
is the internecine fight now going on in
the Radical family, once so happy ! When
rogues fall out, there is a decided chance of
honest men getting their desert. —Phil Age.
The Radicals in the Alabama House of
Representatives declared the seat ot Dr.
W. T. Brown, from Chambers county, va
cant, his real offense being that he is a Dem
* c at. The people of Chambers haye re
elected the Doctor by the handsome mojor*
ty of 512 votes.
Brigham Young is in high excitemert
over Cullom’s bill to squelch Mormonism.
He has ma lea speech against it, and his
newspaper organ ho; es that the Mormons
will resist if the bill is passed. Here is a
prospect of another M >rmon war, with lots
of contracts and pickings tor the luil politi
cians.
Maynard, Stoles and Smith, of Tennes
see, voted against admitting Virginia.
J. Wilson Shaffer, of Illinois, has been
confirmed by the Senate as Governor of
Urah.
The Galveston Civilian predicts that Gen.
Reynolds and Morgan C. Hamilton will he
elected United States Snnators from Texas.
Hon. James B, Thompson, formerly
Uuited States Senator from Kentucky, is a
candidate for County Attorney in Mercer
county, in that State.
The Legislature of Maine elected, Toes'*
day, Mr. Morrill Senator of the United
States, and rejected a-resolution to attend
the funeral ceremonies of the late Mr. Peas
body.
Oa Tuesday the Rhode Island House rat
ified the fifteenth amendment t* the Con
stitution of the Uuited States, by a vote of
57 to 9. The Senate passed the resolution
la c t June.
The Minnesota Senate consists of twenty
married men and two bachelors. In the
House there are fuftyMme married men
and six bachelors. Majority of married
men an joint ballot, fifty**three.
Congressman Dowes declares the, e*-p c «
ditures of the first vsar nf PD’ant s tiumin
istration were torty. nine millions of dollars,
in excess of the last year of Johnson’s rule.
A proposition has been made in the
United States Senate that henceforth all
contemplated treaties shall be considered in
open sessiun. Such a proposition as this
should be carofully considered before final
action.
A niggor member of the Alabama Leg
islature wears a chignon, fixed up with
hairpins and scented with ottar of roses
and benzine, the latter to kill the natural
odor. lie is a candidate for Secretary of
State, and is a strong one.
Horace Greeley received one vote f»r
United States Senator, in the Mississippi
Senate.
General John Bedel has written a letter
formally accepting the Democratic nomina
tion for Governor of New Hampshire.
Governor Washburn, of Vermont, is ae«*
rionsly ill at his home in Woodstock with
an affection of the lungs.
Governor Fairchild recommends that the
Legislature of Wisconsin submit to the
people a constitutional amendment ab dish
ing the Grand Jury system.
Car PropuLsloiY, —An invention in car
propulsion has been patenred by General
Beauregard, and is about to be put in op**
eration on the New Orleans and Carrollton
Railroad. Instead of being dragged by
horses, the car will be carr ed along by
means of a rope running over rollers affixed
at stated points upon a frame along the side
of the track, and to which the car is attach**
ed by a rod. The adoption of this will en
able railroad companies to dispense with
horses and a great many employes, only
those required to ran the engine at the end
of the track, which supplies the motive
power to the rope, being necessary. Tbe
cost of forage, labor, etc., will thus be mas
terially reduced, and, the New Orleans Pic**
fiyune says, wiil enable the fare to be lowo
ered fully fifty per cent. This will be a
good thing if practical experience proves
its adaptability. The plan of propelling
cars by traction rapes'is not anew idea. The
cars on the London and Blackwell line,
some five miles long, when first opened,
some thirty years back, were moved by an
endless rope. It ran over rollers placed in
a groove along the cei tre of the track, and
was seize! by a gripper under (he ca»\ and
which was controlled by the conductor.
The rope was kept in constant motion by a
powerful engine at one end of the line, and
as the car reached a station, the gripper was
opened, and the car became stationary.
The endless rope, however, was 6oon adan*
doned for the ordinary locomotivo. The
constant frietkn produced frequedt snap
pings of tbe rope,- which caused the death
of several people by the rebound, and for
this, and probably other reasons, was cons
sidered a failure. If General Beauregard
has conquered the difficulties which have
hitherto rendered this kind’of propulsion
inapplicable, his invention is a valuable
one.
We were at the funeral of a man’s wife
in this county, and he and his second law
ful, blushing wife, marched sorrowing to
the grave. They were married whilst the
friends were preparing for the funeral of
the first. [llorribile dictre /} —Horry News.
A Clergyman in Virginia, writing ti sime
friend says: “Yesterday, at half-past three
o’clok, I preached the luneral sermon of a
man, and tOoday, at the same hour, 1 mar
ried his widow to another man.” —Exchange
The Chinese quarter in town of San Jose,
Cal., was burned Wednesday, and about
10.000 Chinese were rendered homeless.
The Ramie Plant. —Mr. Gregory is en
deavoring to introduce this plant to the at
tention of the planters of the South. He
pays that it is very easily cditi rated, is i».
very sure crop aud much more valuable
than short staple cotton. Ho informs us
that many have engaged in the cultivation
of the ramie plant in Louisiana, and that at
the late S ate Fair a prise was awarded to a
grower who «>xhibiie i two bales of the fibre,
lie says that the ramie culture is well
adapted to our sate, where he thinks it
would be much more reliable and profitable
than cotton. He exhibited to us some beau*
tiful specimens of the raw fibre ; also, a
very fine cambric handkerchief mannulac
tured from the ramie material. We are
indebted to him for the following descrip*
tion of the plant, its growth and mode of
procuring the fibre : When the ramie is
growing it looks, ho says, like young white
widow ; the stalks are round and tapering.
As so n in the sec son as tlmse sho ds be**
gin to onange their oollor slightly they may
be cut cveu with the ground, when another
vigorous growth follows. In a h n;season
a third crop will grow, and may bo harves
ted. The ramie lias a long fine fibre, in ap
pearance halt way between silk and cotton.
It is the fibre ot the hark, and is separated
by a process not unlike the dressiug of fiai.
From » quarter to one third of the weight
of the sralk consists of the fibre. After the
woody parts are removed the fibre is dipped
in an alkaline solution. In thin way tbo
soft parts are all eaten away, and little but
the threads remain. Run e sells now in
London at from 50 to GO cents a pound.
At present it is used to mix with silk, and
it has the requisite fineness and gloss. All
silk spinuers and weavers are glad to g*t
it, and would use much more of it. The
produce of an acre on good land is about
500 pounds ..at a cutting, or 1,500 pounds
in the season. It produces three times as
much as cotton, and sells for twice as much.
Three or four plants will afford root cuttings
enough to plant an aero. The cheif diffi
culty at present, Mr. Gregory thinks, is ihe
want of a good and cheap process for clear
ing the fibre. He suggests that perhaps
roasting in a box with superheated steam
might break down the texture of the stalk
yet not damage the staple. There is room
here for another Eli Whitney to present
the South an invention that will do them nc
much for ramie as the gin did for the cot
ton plant.— Savar,n<h News.
. The Contents op tiik State Road
Treasury. —Treasurer Foster Blodgett, of
the State Road, turned over to Treasurer
Harris assetts in the State Road Treasury
to the amount of some $109,000. We give
general figures.
Os this amount, about $55,000 were in
cash. The rest amounting to $54,000 was
in the shape of divers chips and whetstones,
that Treasurer Harris, we understand, ha-*'
been advised not to receipt for as money.
We give a specimen of these assets.
Five due bills to Eoster Blodgett for
S3OO each.
Warrant. No. 312, for $315 ; amount of
vrarrauts to deaf and dumb asylum, $2,800
nine warrants, $3,750 ; one sealed package
marked “Hon. Foster Blodgett, from V. A.
Gaskill, SI,OOO Private.”
Sundry notes from Jared I. Whitaker, to
be paid for in printing or hereafter returned,’
amounting to $7,800.
The Code of Georgia, section 4 of par.
GBS, says of the duties oi State Road Treas
urer, that it is his du;y
“To pay the State Treasurer monthly all
balance in his treasury, after paying all the
current expenses of the Road and other
lawful claims upon it, and to take his re
ceipt for the same, retaining gucb amount
as the Superintendent may direct.”
There is certainly nothing in this that
authorizes the State Road Treasurer to loan
State Road money to parties.
This may account tor the fact that no
money has been paid into the State Treas
ury for three months. Wo very much doubt
if Treasurer Angier would receive these
papers as cash.
This may explain other matters thathave
been hanging in doubt.— Constitution 18f£.
Doomed- -Glad Tidings.— Commenting
upon Cameron’s declaration in the Senate
the other day, that the carpet-baggers in
that body would never get back again, the
Montgomery Mail, speaking for Alabama,
says .
No carpet-bagger will be elected again
from Alabama to the U. S. Senate. Our
elections next fall will give us a large man
jority in the House, and even if the Senate
should refuse to draw lots to determine the
expiration ot the term of half the Senators,
the Democrats will almost have a majority
on joint ballot. If we come near a majority
we can elect a native like Holland Thomp
son, Lambert Carraway, or Royal, (negroes)
over such imported stock as W aner. A
combination of the Democrats with tho
friends of men like Gov. Smith, Judge Saf
fold, Mayor Glasscock, Chancellor Felder
others oldwline Democrats who hi»vß
split off only on the policy of accepting the
Reconstruction measures, could, even as the
Legislature is now constituted, vindicate
the intei.igent prophecy of Senator Cames
ron, who nas a long old head.
llf.lpsr.—The following card from “lia*
pending Crisis” Helper, published in the
Raiiegh (N. U.) Sentinel, has an air of de»
cided freshness:
Sir : I have seen it stated in the news*
papers that certain members of tho Legis
lature, from facetious impulses, or from
motives exclusively tlmir own, have voted
for me for Clerk of the House of Represen
tatives. That any such preposterous action
was ever contemplated or intended, I had
not the slightest intimation until I saw it
published. It would be a matter of regret
with me to suppose that any man, possess*
ed yf a good heart and well balanced mind,
would do me the injustice to believe that I
would or could under any conceivable cir
cumstances, accept any office, however
high or however humble, that could possi*
bly be offered to me by the Radical party,
or by any other-unnatural pro*negro party.
llinton Rowan Helper.
Asheville, Dec. 3, 1869.
Under Gov. Jewell’s administration, the
debt of Connecticut has been reduced S2OO,
000 during the past year.
The Texas Legislature has ten negro
members—two in the senate an • eight in
the House.
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