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GEORGIA HERALD. * ' t VOL, I* Or Georgia Derate. published by Hall & Alexander. EVERY SATURDAY MORNING T£R>lß. One T«*nr. *2 00 Fix Month? 1 50 >U, PAYMEIfTSINV UHIILT IN ADVANOK. ADVERTISING RATES. The following are the rates to which we adhere in nil contracts for advertising, or where advertisements Hn . handed in without instructions. Dihi'-i.ayrd Ad vertisements will be cn&rged according to the spaob '‘hey occupy: FqliaßES j' l T. 71 M 7 iit M.J (Tm 7 • Siptaro l-fl (’Oil 2 60!| 7 uu i *uiO 00 \> Sonares ! 2 00j 5( U 1 1 (Ml 15 ftllj ‘25 00 e, Squaies ! 8 «X)! 7 00! 15 Oft] ‘2 > fit)' .80 0!) 4 ,-q.mres ) 400 10 00j 20 001 80 ()(•! 40 00 \ (Imnn 5"0 200 30 00 40 00; 50 00 i v uliimn !10 00 20 Oil! 85 00 65 On! 80 00 1 : nliimn.. . i 15 00 25 uO 40 00 70 00 180 00 T-> OltntN\WIKS, ADMMSISTRATOKB, GUAIiIU AN'S, AO. A-oheretid'ore. since the war. the following are the jirirse for notices of Ordinaries, Ac.—to kb paid in ad va'Ck: Thirty Days' Notices 5 00 i'.irty Days’ Notices 6 25 Sub sos llandi. .tc pr. sqr of ten Lines 6 "0 Sixty Dax*’Notices 7 00 sir Months’ Notices 10 00 7 n Day-’ Notices of Sale* pr sqr 2 00 Snri:inrT’ Sai.k.s.—for th'/se Sales, for every ft fa $8 no. Mortgage Sales p 'r square. $5 00 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 FREE, A SUPERB JOURXAL FREE. Intense Excitement! Extraordinary Attraction ! THE CIRCLE OF BRILLIANTS, or, THE BRIDE OF DEATH. In that Unequalled Unique Family Journal “The Gem of Literature/ 7 ONE of the neatest, most elegant, taste ful and attractive Literary Journals in the world. The Ladies adore it.. The gentlemen are frantic w ith delight over It. Its pages are crowded with the quint essence and cream cf that which tends to silt the heart, improve the mind and elevate the character. It Is a perfect literary gem. Sparkling! Brilliant! Attractive! A model paper, none can compare with it. Try it for one year The organ of no sect or party, INDEPEN DENT, FEARLESS, and FREE IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAI. IN NOTHING. 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Owing to t e immense cbculation of the Gem of Literature, and in order to place it. within the reach of everybody, we have concluded to offer it at tbe extremely low price of ONLY SIXTY' CENTS PEli Y'EAR. A splen did Premium is given to every subscriber. All persona who subscribe now will g“et the paper Free for the rest of the year. Unp.ar .leled inducements to Clubs, Pianos, Parlor Organs, Music Boxes, Sewing Machines. Albums, Books Ac , given away. We want 100,0' 0 subscribers, and will give a present to each one Established TEN YEARS, no new thing. CIRCULATION TWENTY FIVETHOUSAND. J3F” Advertisements 15cents per Line. \Tf' Subscribe nnd get all of the Great Story. Specimens Ten tents. Circulars free Address 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. IN'O: