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The Greorgia Weekly Telegraph.
XBE TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, I860.
^itectine ot the Georgia Legislature.
iTbe Georgia Legislature adjourned its session
Jf last July to the 2d Wednesday in January,
r 1 , jy|,Y Congress meets again after the re-
Tuesday, the 5th, and will have eight days
■ uhiafa to “perfect Legislation concerning us.”
® intelligent and sagacious friend wrote ns on
i . e „ ct i! from Washington, a note from which
published a timely extract He expressed
(i-e opinion that the action of Congress would
be precipitated to a conclusion before the meefc-
■ c of the Legislature and the latter body would
probably find itself, at the time of meeting,
fundus officio.
This may he 1116 case >w* 111 ** ho P e that
events will prove that he is mistaken, we trust
the Legislature of Georgia will come together
prepared at once to take such action as will
strengthen the hands of those members of Con
gress who realize the danger and impolicy of
destroying the political life of the States to re
dress real or supposed grievances for which their
own constitution and laws afford a cheap, easy
ead expeditious remedy.
We hope the Legislature will realize the mo-
V oentons nature of the crisis and be exceedingly
F ehsry in relation to its course and attitude. We
see no proper occasion for much talk or action
tefcen its own legal right to existence is called
in to question by the United States Government
Xbat fact alone properly precludes all attempts
( t general legislation, and renders any prolonged
disputation equally needless and untimely. The
plan of Senator Bums strikes us as a natural and
one—that the Legislature, by a single resolu-
, should make its appeal to the supreme ju*
of the State and the United States—dis-
ntention to contravene the reconstruc
tion legislation of Congress, and adjourn. That
is enough to do, in our judgment.
If there be any point of compromise short of
the extreme purposes of the Badical majority in
Congress, that will indicate it. Congress, which
undertakes to pronounce sentence of condemna
tion ex cathedra and ex parte, will rest upon a
proposition for a judicial decision upon the
points in controversy, or it will accept no com
promise at alL The experiment will be an ap
peal to that body in bebalf of the amplest prin
ciples of law and justice, and if it fails, nothing
would serve us. That, and all other previous
and subsequent action of the Legislature, will
probably be annulled in case the Senate judiciary
bill prevails, and therefore it will be idle to at
tempt general legislative business.
We have the best reason to believe that active
and strong opposition to the territorializing
measure will manifest itself from sources likely
to influence the opposition. Gen. Meade will
strongly oppose it. Ex-Gov. Brown, as we have
been informed, will be found among its most
determined foes. We shall be glad of any help
to defeat a measure full of mischief to every
substantial interest of Georgia.
The Wars of the Savannah Banditti.
Wc got no additional news by telegram on the
1st, but learn from passengers who left Savan
nah Friday night that great excitement still ex
isted there. The trains on the Savannah, At
lantic k Gulf Railroad had been stopped, and
fugitives on the line of that road were crossing
over to the Central and coming into town. The
insurgent negroes had their pickets thrown out
on several of the roads to within two miles of
the city. Their force was estimated at twelve
to fifteen hundred.
Within the town there did not appear to be
any concerted plan of operations, or any well-
settled ideas of what to do or what should be
done. Embarrasments hung on all sides of the
matter. The U. S. military declined to inter
fere. on the ground that they could not legally
interfere, except npon requisition of the Gov
ernor, or of the General Assembly. The Gov
ernor is absent from the State, and the Assembly
notinsession. The militia could not be summoned
to assist the magistracy, for the plain reason
that there is no militia. The magistracy were
powerless, and their efforts to arrest rioters were
lie unto Mrs. Partington’s efforts with her
broom, to hurl back the rising tides of old ocean.
In short, matters to our informant looked like
perplexity puzzled, but they were outsiders,
and might not see or know the half that was go
ing on, or havo any better authority than street
gossip.
Sable and Sleepy Jnrors.
The Eufaula Nows is informed that, at the re
cent session of the circuit court of West Florida,
in Jackson county, the panel of jurors was al
most wholly made np of “likely field hands,
and the court was terribly embarrassed by the
veil-known African propensity to go to deep.
In vain did the court and master district attor
ney implore the honorable gentlemen of the jury
to keep awake and give their attention to mat
ters in hand. Sambo was off into the Land of
Nod again before his honor was through with
the reprimand. Repeated adjournments were
nude, to give the jury a long nap, so as to lay
by a fund of deep in advance; but they did no
good. Sambo was asleep again in two minutes
rfter he had taken the attitude of an “intelligent
juror.” This is a peculiarity of the race which
nnst be token into account when the duty of
"determining cases in law and equity" is im
posed upon them. Some officer to correspond
»ith Dean Swift’s Flapper at the court of Brob-
ffiaag must be appointed, to keep jurors awake
^ attentive to the high responsibilities of the
position; and if a fillip upon the cheek with an
■aflated bladder will not answer the purpose,
•bey must be stirred up occasionally with a long
Pole. TwM
Iscendiabism nr Augusta—The Augusta Na
tional Republican of Wednesdayannonnces three
«ses of incendiarism in that city, none of
Jieh, fortunately, proved very destructive.
practice of kindling fires under dwelling
booses at midnight is far from being a pleasant
°®*i but, as usual, nobody was caught at it
rr Been Done?—By resolutions of the
7**® Agricultural Society, says the Constitu-
b-onnlist, the Secretary was required to issue a
^ort address to the people of the State, to ap-
F j ’ct an agent for every county to solicit sub
reptions for membership and to have the pro-
^-dings forthwith published in pamphlet form.
Poa the meeting of this Society, it ought to
- a >e two thousand members enrolled; if not,
tbs failure will not be in accordance with
- 5 spirit which it evoked ihronghont the State.
Death or Dm Minuet.—The Montgomery
Papers announce the death of Dr. Manley, late
resident of the State University of Alabama.
S( arUlng If Trae-A Force of Flllbns-
< Said to Have Landed In Cnba.
December 23, via Lake City, Florida. De-
bn«w is reported that eight hundred fili-
b«r is T?ded at Bay Cochinos, Santiago, Decem-
tetn h»Ja°l the Government has only eigb-
ibatthrfn™ troops in that part of the island and
tbs are surrounded by ten thousand of
feed, force- The laborers are without
Ij u ,; t .r. a F e forced to loin the revolutionists.
The suspended, and importations stopped.
hiatres«T n i le ? 410 wit hont funds, and pay nobody.
Bloom everywhere prevail.
a0 ’ via Lake City, Fla.,
teriiw sir i^T Government force here, num-
fki ^es St^ are< i 0 !?! 7be8 « i 8 ed - Occasional
tercea ans between the revolutionary
important e ,. GoT £ mmant troops, but lead to no
fen™, wT* 8 - ^tTie Government troops are jjuf-
SSMMBtffaWflleltot diet, aaain conse-
KSyfigg**— broken out among them. —-Yew I
The Moat Important Lawsuit Ever
Brought In Georgia.
THE GREAT A A G. B. B. STOCK OPERATION
ENJOINED.
Yesterday the Horn Carlton B. Cole, Judge
of the Superior Court of the Macon Oircuit, at
the suit of certain stockholders of the South
western Railroad, through their attorneys, the
Messrs Nisbets & Jackson and Messrs "Whittle &
Gnstin, granted a bill of Injunction against the
Southwestern Railroad Company and the Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company, forbidding
the purchase by said companies of stock in the
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company recently trans
ferred to them, or either of them, by the city of
Savannah, and restraining said companies from
all attempts to control, through said stock, the
operations of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, and
the commercial and business interests of Cen
tral, Southern and Western Georgia, to bo af
fected and controlled by the use of said stocks
in the hands of the said companies.
This Injunction, of course, will be fought in
the court below, on a motion to dissolve, and
then, go which way the cause may, appeal will
be taken to the Supreme Court of the State. It
is, probably, in respect to its scope and general
consequences, the most important suit ever
brought in Georgia, and in the course of the
trial, will array the best legal and forensic talent
in the State.
The Injunction restrains the purchase in
question, on the grounds of a violation of the
franchises of these, companies, and of general
public utility and convenience. In a word, we
understand that the.bill (which we have not seen)
takes almost identical ground with the long edi
torial article in the Telegraph, about a fort
night ago, in which wo expressed the opinion
that combinations of capital and credit, resulting
from these franchises, could not lawfully be
wielded so as to obstruct public improvement,
and interfere with the public convenience, and
the legitimate developement of trade.
The matter is in the hands of the courts—.
there we shall leave it, with the remark that we
ardently desire Hie prosperity of all our rail
roads; but, at Hie same time, believe it to be
indispensable public policy that they should be
restrained alike from exorbitant and unequal tax
ation of the public, and from cutting each oth
ers’ throats by an over-grasping and unnatural
competition. If our courts shall sustain the
grounds taken by this bill, Georgia will lead
off in establishing a wise and liberal con
struction of railway franchises, which forbids
what may be witnessed in other States—such gi
gantic combinations of railway influence as are
popularly believed to control the politics, as
well as finances of those States—combinations,
for example, like the Pennsylvania Central, in
the Keystone State, and the Camden and Amboy
in New Jersey.
AFFAIRS ON THE OGEECHEE.
The Latest News From the Scene of
the Trouble.
From the Savannah Race of the 2d inet.
The state of affairs on the Ogeechee contin
ues to be the all absorbing topic throughout the
city, and people eagerly listen to all reports and
rumors, however wild or improbable they may
be, which comes from that section.
We have from a gentleman, who came np yes
terday morning, a confirmation of the report
that the negroes, in strong force, andthoroughly
armed, were lying near the railroad, watching
the movements of and prepared to resist the
Sheriff’s posse which went down on Wednesday.
When the train moved off, he says, some six or
seven hundred negroes came ont on the railroad,
and the leader went about cursing and saying,
“The white were afraid to come
and attack us, and have gone back for more
men.” He says that there is a very large force
of the negroes at No. I, and that they are deter
mined to resist any attempt to arrest them.
Another gentleman confirms the report, and
says that soon after the return of the special
train, a gravel train came along, and the ne
groes crowded the track and would not move off.
The train then went down the road again.
A countryman from Liberty county arrived
here yesterday with produce to sell. He re
ported that the negroes have destroyed the
bridge over the Little Ogeechee river, four
miles this side of Chapman’s house. He was
stopped by five different picket parties, each
gang numbering eight or ten men. They told
him to tell the white men of Savannah to come
on—that they were ready for them. After
questioning this man, they finally allowed
him to come on to the city, telling him
not to come back again, or they would kill him.
The negroes from the Augusta road were
crossing to the Ogeechee in large numbers yes
terday, and joining the insurrectionary bands.
The latest news which we have from the
scene of the trouble represents it as spreading,
and that the negroes, by threats and intimida
tions, are forcing those who are disposed to re
main peaceable to join them. So far their op
erations ;are confined to the “neck,” west of
the railroad, and between the two Ogeechee
rivers, but if not speedily checked it is feared
that it will extend into Bryan county.—
Alderman Burroughs, who was at his plantation
on Wednesday, reports all quiet in that section,
and his son remains there in charge of the place.
A letter received from a planter in Bryan con
tains the following:
“It is unnecessary forme to say how urgent
the necessity is for immediate action, as the
badly disposed negroes are all the time increas
ing their force by intimdating those who would
not join could they see any power to protect
them. If action js delayed much longer I fear
the mischief ■null extend.”
Dave Blister, a colored man in the employ of
Major Middleton, who was friendly to that gen
tleman, was driven awaj[ by the negroes. Dave
arrived here last • evening. He says that on
Wednesday the negroes went to Southfield and
uttered threats against his old cook, and de
manded to know from her where the mules were.
She did not know, and they then brought up
some mules and carried off the carts. They then
went after Dave, who took his two children and
fled. He lay out in the woods, in the rain, all
Wednesday night, and came in yesterday even
ing, almost worn out. Dave confirms the state
ment that these disorderly negroes are forcing
the quietly disposed ones to join them, and that
if they are not put down they will murder all
who oppose their actions. They have not burned
any of the buildings thus far.
On Wednesday the rioters took John Hogan,
(colored) one of Mr. Middleton’s watchmen,
and the man who gave shelter to O'Donald, and
the wives and children of the white men who
were beaten and driven from Southfield, and led
him off. The last seen of him he was being
driven in the direction of the railroad track, at
the point of the bayonet, by a gang of the ne
groes. Nothing has been heard of him since,
and it is not known whether he was murdered
or driven off.
"When the Gulf Railroad train arrived at No. 1
last evening, nothing unusual occurred. No ne
groes appeared, but posted in a conspicuous
place was a manifesto, which must have come
from Solomon Farley. Planters who have seen
his rude attempts at writing, recognize it, and
as he was the only man arrested bylhe Sheriff
on Tuesday, there is every reason to believe
him to be the author. The paper reads as fol
lows :
Ageechee, Chatham county Ga i
To The Pnblick At Large I has been accused in
the midst of (17) or 18 men’s as a Capt. which
cants not be approved for Stealing Tucker &
Middleton’s Rice, the party Has Aocused Me
& Drawn me in for a Old Grudge, the Sheriff
Arrested me and Brought me Some 4 or 5 Miles
to Station No. I. and their Came up a Party of
the LoyalLeaguors. And released me in Regard
that their is no Stay laws Which will Give the
Republican Party no Particularity. If it was
they would not Stopped my Going with the
Sheriff to Savannah, If you should not See Me
I will make my Appearanoe Just as Soon as the
law Being Essued for the Right of all Classes &
Color ml Yours,
Ogeechee Until Death.
The negroes appear to be strengthening them
selves, continuing their plundering, and await-
ing a movement from this city. Whether they
wm have to wait long or not, remains to be
seen. Whatever is to be done should be done
qnickly. _
The Athens SotTTHEBifBiirsEB comes to ns in
new and beautiful type, and we congratulate
that able paper upon a dress beoomiag the dig
nity of its position.
EUROPE.
To the Editor* of the Tdegraph :
The Oriental question threatens once more to
kindle the flame of war in Europe. Turkey will
not bear any longer that Greece is continually
violating the duties which the law of nations im
poses upon her. The Turkish Government has
been engaged for the last two years in subduing
the rising of Crete; and now, when it is about
to expire, when the refugees shall return to the
island, the Greeks in Athens do everything in
their power, to revive the dying resistance.
Armed bands of volunteers march in broad day
light, past the palace of the Turkish embassa
dor, through the streets of Athens, on their way
to Crete; while the Grecian minister Bulgaria
pretends not to be able to interfere. The repre
sentative of Turkey protests against this open
violation of international law, menacing to ask
for his passports. Bulgaris replies, shrugging
his shoulders, that he could do nothing. The
minister for foreign affairs, Delyamis, is bold
enough to declare frankly that the programme
of his Government is annexation.
This open challenge has at last exhausted the
patience of the Sultan, and initiated more ener
getic measures for bringing the disturber of
peace to terms. But the Great Powers, step
ping between, make efforts to evade the out
break of another war in the East, and the Otto
man Court, yielding to the pressure, contents
itself for the present, withsending a peremptory
ultimatum to Athens, demanding, “That the
recruiting of volunteers for Crete should be pre
vented—that the steamer “ Erosis" should stop
her voyages to the island, and Cretic families be
allowed to depart for their home.” The latest
news are very contradictory. The telegraph
announces that the Great Powers will assemble
in Paris for settling the rising difficulties, while
Turkey still refuses to send plenipotentiaries to
the conference. Other messages affirm that en
counters by sea and by land, have already token
place between the contending parties.
The Greeks are dreaming of a great Hellenic
kingdom, to be established on the ruins of the
Turkish empire; and Russia, that has not aban
doned her traditionary policy since the war of
the Crimea, is looking eagerly towards Constan
tinople as the capital of an empire which shall
not have its equal on the globe. It is Russia’s
interest to foster discord in the Trient; Russian
interest is pervading Asia; nearer and nearer
the British possessions draw the Russian forces,
and the world will behold some day the gigantic
contest for the mighty empire of India.
In England the ministry of Disraeli has, after
the elections, timely resigned, to save itself from
a certain defeat in the ndxt session of Parlin
ment. Gladstone, the new Premier, has formed
his cabinet: Lord Clarendon has accepted the
office for foreign affairs.
Baudin’s spirit is still haunting Napoleon’s
dreams. The French government had, on the
third December, Baudin’s death-day, displayed
a large military power for crushing any insur
rection by the force of bayonets. The Emperor
is firmly convinced and that Louis Phillippe only
lost his throne, because he would not issue or
ders for firing at the people. Napoleon, who
does not know any such scruples, had for this
reason, Paris partly rebuilt with straight broad
avenues, which can be swept by the fire of bat
teries. The opposition against the Imperial
despotism is increasing.
There is still great excitement prevailing in
Italy, on account of the executions of Monti
and Tognetti, at Rome, who, a year ago, had at
tempted to blow up the barracks of the French
Zouaves. France will probably not evacuate
Rome until after the new elections for the legis
lative body. The departure of the French troops
maybe considered as the end of the temporal
power of the Pope.
Hazzini, the indefatigable agitator, lias re
covered from his sick-bed.
The demonstrations in favor of a monarchy
and republic continue in Spain. The Provision
al Government has at last fixed the elections
for the Cortes on the 15th of January, the
opening on the 11th of February.
Bismark has resumed his office at the head of
German affairs in North Germany.
The delegations of Austria and Hungary have
brought their sessions in Pesthte a close.
The Emperor and his minister of war are de
lighted that the bill raising the army to 800,000
men has passed through Parliament.
If Austria will be able to to bear this enor
mous load for a longtime—that is another ques
tion! Jarno.
Macon, December 31,1808.
The Gotten Crop.
The receipts of cotton at this port up to Christ
mas Day, for the last two years, compare as fol
lows:
In 1868 406,490
In 18G7 219,615
Excess for 1868 186,881
According to these figures less than one-third
of the crop of last year reached this port before
25th December. If a like proportion of the
present crop has been received to the same date,
the total receipts to 1st September would be
1,200,009 bales.
We think, however, that this figure is consid
erably in excess of the probable receipts, inas
much as a larger proportion of this year’s crop
has got to bur wharves owing to the absence of
the epidemio; with a better season and naviga
tion, and an earlier and more active gathering.
Making full allowance, however, for these ad
vantages, we think it quite reasonable to expect
receipts here of at least 900,000 bales of this
season’s products.
Some very judicious calculators set down the
figure at 1,000,000. If either estimate be cor
rect, the proposition which at the opening of
the season we stated in this paper will be real
ized, to-wit: that the money value of the cotton
receipts at this port will exceed that of any pre
vious year’s receipts.—JY. O. Times, 27t7i.
To Cube Croup.—The French havo discovered
that the Jwhite of an egg given in sweetened
water is a sure cure for toe croup. The remedy
is to be repeated till a cure is effected.
This simple remedy can be tested at a trifling
cost, and recommends itself to the heads of aU
families of too present period when croup and
kindred affections are so prevalent among the
little ones.
The postmaster at Derby is likely to get into
hot water. He has a letter in his office addressed
“to the handsomest widow in Derby, Ct.”
A Mississippi railroad secured a new Super
intendent by giving Mm $50,000 in its stock,
and assuring him a salary of $15,000 a year for
ten years.
Gen. Butler has fired a broadside .at an un
fortunate clergyman of Cleveland, who assailed
him in a Thanksgiving sermon and sent it to
him.
The financial editor of the London Times, in
speaking of the Erie rascalities in New York,
Bays: “The parties concerned have long ago
shown that there is no financial iniquity wMch
persons in command of money cannot commit
in Wall Street with entire impunity as regards
legal oonsequences in toe civil courts, and very
nearly, also, as regards social position.”
Sitka has more bar-rooms than private houses,
and toe Aleutian ladies are said to drink before
dinner a bottle of whisky. They dine on all
sorts of game and venison, and after dinner, for
desert, relish whale oil instead of champagne.
Aunt Saixt was making bread, and we chil
dren were tearing her. Innocent of any inten
tion of punning, toe thus addressed us : “ Don’t
be intruding on my do-mains; leave—I don’t
need you. If you were well bred you would be
have the better. You can loaf somewhere else. ’ ’
Thus did Saily-rate-us.
Acookdino to a correspondent of the London
Times, P. T. Bsnram intends to open an Amer
ican Museum in London.
The Cincinnati Gazette (ultra Radical) is re
sponsible for the editorial statement that Gen.
Grant remarked, while enroute from Chicago to
Washington, that “he feared the carpet-baggers
would swamp the Government befo~. he could
take possession of the White House; * |
Letter From East Florlda-ko. 2.
IXEEStrSO ISLAND—VEGETABLES, ETC.—FIRST SET
TLED BY THE SWISS—EAST TRANSPORTATION—
A RICH OLD NEGRO—HIBERNIA—HOSPITAL—IN
MATES, ETC.
On Board the Darlington, t
December 17, 1868. )
Fleeming Island, just twenty miles from Jack
sonville, on our right now, was formerly settled
by a Swiss family, and is considered, on ac
count of its accessibility, toe most desirable
point for raising vegetables. The land is a
light, sandy soil, quite susceptible of cultiva
tion, and produces toe greatest varieties of gar
den vegetables. Tomatoes sMpped from this
point last year, brought sixteen dollars per
bushel in New York—all other vegetables bring
ing a correspondinglyremunerative price. Those
products most easily shipped, attended with less
loss, include beans, Irish potatoes, sweet pota
toes, com, cucumbers, English peas, tomatoes,
etc. Large fortunes will no doubt be realized in
toe cultivation and exportation of strawberries,
as this fruit can be shipped a month or six
weeks earlier than from any other point.
Peaches seem to do well in some localities of
this eastern country of Florida. I learned that
some excellent fruit of this description had been
produced this year. I can perceive no reason
why fruit and vegetable growing shouldnot con
stitute a chief monopoly in this unrivalled cli
mate. Oranges appear to grow finely every
where, on uplands as well as hammocks. The
tree itself is indigenous, being found in all por
tions of Peninsular ancj Eastern Florida. Very
frequently largo groves of wild orange trees
may be seen, clustered together, presenting to
toe eye a scene of unsurpassed splendor. The
luscious appearance of this most inviting, fruit
is very tempting, but toe acrid taste of the bit
ter sweet, or native orange, is repelling, and
hence is only used for preserving.
As soon as transportation can be perfected
directly with our large Eastern cities, the fruit
business, no less than toe vegetable interest of tMs
whole St. John’s country will realize to the pro
ducer toe handsomest results of labor, As soon
as this country advances in prosperity, it is rea
sonable to suppose every arrangement for rapid
transportation will be made to deliver the pro
ducts of toe farm in our great Northern markets.
It is estimated tMs can be done within four days’
run between Jacksonville and New York. But
to return, we are still ascending this lovely river,
and away on toe left bank, peering through a
dark cluster of rich foliage, can be seen the
bumble, yet beautiful home of an old negro,
with an income of $1500 accruing from a stock
of cattle and handsome orange grove.
Hibernia, twenty-five miles from Jackson
ville, is small, but a place of considerable resort.
Magnolia, five miles further up, is a point of
more interest, containing a large and handsome
building, devoted exclusively to the Freedmen’s
Bureau. It was purchased by toe United States
Government, from Dr. Benedict, and is the
home, now, of many an indolent negro. Quite
a number of lazy, stalwart women and children
of leisure, might be seen walking slowly towards
our boat. They are decidedly the happiest col
lection of negroes I have observed since leaving
Jacksonville—the pandemonium of ragged and
idle negroes. Occasional.
Georgia Cotton Claims.
The Washington correspondent of the Savan
nah Republican says:
The Clerk of toe Court of Claims, in compli
ance with an act of Congress, has furnished to
that body, a statement of all judgments rendered
in said Court for the year ending December 7th,
1868.
Judgments have been rendered in favor of cer
tain citizens of Georgia for cotton captured by
the United States military forces during toe late
war, amounting in toe aggregate to one hundred
and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and fifty-
four dollars and ninety-four cents,wMch are dis
tributed as follows:
savannah.
E. & M. Brown 8 9,904 44
Simon Gerstmann 18.094 65
Finley Y. Clark 3,347 33
ATLANTA.
John & JamesLynch 38,909 18
Levi C. Wells 4,683 51
COLUHEUS.
Randolph L. Mott 124,133 85
FULTON COUNTS, GA.
John J. Fain 1,077 00
CITY AFFAIRS.
Total &199.1M 04
Judgment was rendered in all the above cases
on toe 13th day of April, 1868, excepting that of
Levi C. Wells, wMch was rendered on April 14th,
1868.
Various citizens of Charleston, S. C., have also
obtained judgments in this Court for cotton cap
tured by the United States military forces,
amounting to the snug sum of one hundred and
nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-six
dollars and ninety cents.
The total amount of judgments rendered for
the same character of claims from all other
Southern States than those above mentioned, is
two hundred and sixty thousand and sixty-eight
dollars and sixty-nine cents, making a grand to
tal of $403,223 63 worth of claims for cotton paid
to Southerners. In addition to this sum, there
are still pending claims for cotton captured by
toe United States, amounting to considerably
over a million dollars.
Tlio Bankrupt Law.
A law firm of this city, has received a letter
from one of the Registers in Bankruptcy in tMs
State, from which the following is an extract.
It may serve to correct certain popular misap
prehensions in reference to toe bankrupt law:
“ There can be no question of toe right of
creditors to force debtors into bankruptcy after
January 1, 1868. TMs is an important branch of
toe law and permanent. There can be no doubt,
too, that petitions (voluntary) can be filed after
January l, 1868, toe same as before, and toe
case proceed. All toe difference is, a majority
of those proving claims must consent in writing
or the bankrupt cannot be discharged, unless Ms
assets pay 50 per cent.
The Albany News,
Under the auspices of CoL Styles, appeared on
toe 1st inat., and we dopy therefrom some inter
esting points—among them toe letter of Judge
Yason on the Civil Status of Georgia.
By too way, toe Colonel ha3 for his motto a
good old couplet wMch we think ha damages in
toe reading as follows:
“Here shall the Press the people’s rights maintain,
Unawed by fear and unbribed by gain.”
That is neither prose nor poetry. The coup
let runs thus:
“Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain,
Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain."
Scan it, Colonel, and you will see it’s right
If ever we heard of the author, we have forgot
ten him.
A certain Judge was once obliged to sleep
with an Irishman in a crowded hotel, when toe
following conversation ensued: ‘Tat, you
would nave remained a long time in toe old
country before you could have slept with a
Judge, would you not?” “Yes, yer honor,”
said Fat, “and I think, yer honor, you would
have been a long time in toe old country before
ye’d been a Judge, too."
Mbs. Aiken, of Iowa, has just heard from her
husband, for toe first time in fifteen years. He
went to California leaving an Aiken void, wMch
he now proposes to come back and fill.
A thrifty Scotchman, describing the extrava
gancies of London, remarked to a mend that he
hadn't been there above half a day when “bang
went sax-pence!”
Petersburg, W, has a negro who has a heavy
beard on Ms forehead nearly to Ms eye-brows.
He has to use a razor regularly to show that he
has a forehead at all.
PrrrsBUBo and its “suburbs,” one of wMch
contains fifty-six thousand inhabitants, has a
population of one hundred and ninety-two thou
sand.
Great Snows.—Our telegrams tell of great
snow-storms in the North.
Eufaula.—It was our good fortune to spend the
late holidays in Eufaula, Ala., toe Commercial Em
porium of the Southeastern portion of thatState, and
populated by a moat refined, intelligent and hospita
ble people, among whom may be found some of toe
first men of toe South, in point of mechanical and
medical skill—legal and oratorical abilities. It
was the home of toe gifted and brilliant Bollock, ere
his noble soul took its flight to toe more congenial
and intelligent sphere of the angels, and is no"* the
home of such men as Gov. John Gill Shorter, Gen.
Alpheus Baker, Hon. James L. Pugh, Hon. John
Cochrane, and others whose names stand high on
the roll of Southern honor, chivalry and statesman
ship. j'
The extremely cold weather of Christmas week
rather chilled the hilarity usually indulged in by the
adult members of that community during toe holi
days ; but toe young and gay bad their fun in spite
of the weather, and for several days the city was
merry as a marriage bell.
■Whilst there, we had toe pleasure of attending one
of toe Messrs. Robison’s cotillion parti®, in Hart’s
large and elegant Hall. In the bewildering and be
witching mazes of toe dance, and in the presence of
a throng of lovely and interesting ladies, we, of
course, had a delightful time. Mr. Allqa Y. Robison
so well and favorably known all over Georgia, as the
oldest and best dancing master of the South, presi
ded over toe exercises on the floor during toe even
ing. Ho has a veiy largo, fine class ia Eufaula, and
among his pupils we saw children to whose grand
parents Mr. R. had taught the graceful art of dan-
cintr. Being a most polite, affable tmji elegant gen
tleman himself, he makes it an important branch of
1ns profession, to train his pupils in those rules of
politeness and amenities toward their associates and
fellow-beings wMch, unobserved, would soon wreck
society itself. He is ably assisted in his professional
labors by his son, Mr. Geo. T. L. Bolison.
We also had the pleasure, during cur visit to Eu
faula, to witness a “turn out” of too Cleburne Fire
Company, No. I, with their new, veij beautiful and
effective machine. The Company numbers about
sixty men, and is made up of first-class material.
We felt a little proud to see one of onr Macon boys,
Mr. Jos. E. Wells, as the foreman! He is a live,
energetic, dashing fellow, and says be has a compa
ny and a machine which can “fanout” anything in
Macon except toe steamer “Nutting. He liar, cer
tainly, an excellent and finely equipped body of men
and a very superior machine; butvre hope to see one
or more of our tip-top companies, (if toe arrange
ments can be made), take toe conqeit out of Jozif,
next April, when toe annual parade of our fire de
partment takes place.
Business in Eufaula was very lively during the
holidays, and toe streets were thronged daily with
people of both colors from the surrounding country.
Wo were informed that toe Degrees worked well and
faithfully during the past year, and are now again
contracting, on liberal torms, for labor toe present
year. A good and cheerful feeling in regard to toe
future prevails among all classes in that section,
and there as here, prospects are brighter than they
have been since the dose of toe war.
In conclusion, we must be permitted to return our
thanks to several of the “high Muff” gentlemen, for
sundry kind and hospitable favors bestowed upon ns
whilst in toe city. It shall be oar pleasure to ‘ ‘spot”
each one of them, should they visit Macon at a fu
ture day.
We visited Eufaula and returned in charge of Mr.
E. C. Cox, one of toe best wilroad conductors we
ever saw. Kind and polite by nature, he gives no
passenger just cause for complaint. Active and at
tentive, his train and its safety seem to be upper
most in his mind all toe while he is upon it. Long
and successfully may he wave.
New Year’s Day in Macoj.—'The custom of keep
ing open houses upon New: Year’s Day has become
an established rule ia Macon, and was strictly ob
served on Friday. Nearly aU our leading families
received their friends from an early hour in toe
morning until toe afternoon had quite passed. To
them the day was certainly one of toe most agreea
ble of toe whole year. ]
In a business point of View, the day was a deci
dedly dull one. The etriets and roads were very
muddy, making trade drafc heavily. The clouds oc
casionally treated the earth to a shower-bath. Yes
terday toe people went about \keir business in a
negligent, easy and listless manner, resolving to do
as little as possible, but to commence toe year’s op
erations to-morrow, in dead earnest. The fact is,
our holidays have now passed and gone, and we
must dismiss festivity and enter npon toe sober du
ties of life. The Christmas and the New Year have
been perfectly delightfhl in Macon. They were
never known to be mold so. Joy and gladness were
around every hearthstoiie.
Personal.—Professor Kayton, the proprietor of
toe great remedy of toe age for aches and pains, the
“ OIL OF LIFE,” passed through our city yesterday
on Mb way to Savannah. The demand for the Oil
of Life is increasing to such an extent that toe pro
prietor is compelled to enlarge his facilities to sup
ply too orders. Them is no doubt, says Kayton,
about its being the greatest reliever for pains toe
world ever produced, and we advise our readers to
keep a bottle always in too house. It i3 the best of
its kind, and is made here at home.
Coal Oil 112 Fire Test.—The OMo River was not
set on fire by our coal oil. It is 1X2 fire test, and no
danger in it. But it burns beautifully, and J. H.
Zeilin & Co. sell it as cheap as anybody.
By actual experiment, coal oil only coats two cents
per night for each ordinary lamp—the cheapest light
in toe world—cheaper than sunlight since the inter
nal revenuo act was passed, as it costs a man more
than that to see every day.
A Live Druo Store.—L. W. Hunt & Co., Drug
gists, Cherry street, are fully alive to toe require
ments of the people, and their stock is immense for
this part of too country, though their trade demands
a heavy stock. There is no necessity for anyone
living within a hundred miles of Macon, to go North
to buy Drugs, Paints, Oils, Glass, etc., for L. W.
Hunt & Co. can furnish these articles just as cheap
and with more dispatch. Just try them and see if
we are not correct.
The city was shrouded in another dense fog yes
terday morning. It was so thick that whole blocks
of houses could not be Been across toe street.
The negro population take little interest in the in
surrection near Savannah, and do not seem to care
anything for it whatever.
The city has subsided since the holidays. Last
week and the week before toe great circulating me
dium was little bundles; this week it will be, no
doubt, a great quantity of little bills—billy-dues, of
An old man named Brown, who has been ped
dling apples on the ferryboats at St. Louis
many years past, received intelligence on Thurs
day, through Archbishop Kendrick, of a fortune
having been left him by a deceased friend in
Ireland, amounting to thirty thousand pounds
sterling.
The ooetly and useless practioe of supplyi hn
members of the House of Representatives wtitg
crape and gloves at the public expense, onfche
death of any member, has been abolis a ed
ThacL Stevens requested that nothing of tire rto.
should be done for hfan.
TBAiN says in Ms autobiography: “I did not
know, when a youth, that it was wrong to sleep
with your windows closed. To walk just after
dinner. To drink such enormous quantities of
ice-water when dining. I was not aware that
eating so rapidly was oftentimes fatal to the
most robust of men—that six meals a day, end
ing with a late supper, was cutting off so many
years from your life. How ignorant man is
about man. I was not then aware that the
doctors were all wrong about hygiene as tho
ministers about religion.^ I could not see that
woman was only the slave of the milliner, the
church, and the seraglio ; that toe most people
lived beyond their income.”
Death of Mbs. W. H. T. Walker.—The Au
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel of yesterday says:
A dispatch was received here yesterday from
Albany, New York, by a relative in this city,
announcing the death of Mrs. W. H. T. Walker,
widow of the gallant Major General of that
name in the Confederate army, who died on the
field of battle toward the cloee of the struggle.
Mrs. Walker died very suddenly from a disease
of the heart.
An editor says women live longer than men.
The married ones do who sit up nights waiting
the return of a drunken husband.
Council Proceedings.
REGULAR MEETING, (
Council Chamber, Dec. 29, 1868.)
Present—The Mayor; Aldermen Sparks, Crockett,
Grier, Boas, Westcott, Lightfoot and Turpin.
Absent—Alderman Harris.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Bridgekeeper reported tolls to date 880 00
bills passed.
H. O. Taylor, $97 40; Grier A Masterson, $381 25;
J.Boardman, $18 50; A. W. Chapman $30 50; R
F. English, $18 00; P. Hertel, $35 00.
The Special Committee to whom was referred the
petition of E. A. Wilcox & Co., for encroachment in
front lot No. 23, Magnolia street, report favorably.
Adopted.
The Committee on Fire Department ask far fur
ther time to consider the communic&ion of J. G.
Deitz, Chief of Fire Department Granted.
On motion of Alderman Crockett, all bids for toe
building of an engine bouse for Mechanics Fire
Company No. 4, were rejected, as those to wham
the contract was given had declined taking it
The reports of the different City Physicians were
read and filed.
Alderman Sparks offered the following preamble
and resolution which was passed:
Whereas, at a public meeting of the citizens of
Maoon, held at toe Council Chamber on toe 6th of
December, 1853, the Mayor and City Council of Ma
con were unanimously instructed to subscribe one
hundred thousand dollars to the Stock of “the Ma
con and Augusta Railroad Company."
And, whereas, one-half thereof has been Bub-
scribed, and toe trade and business of Macon re
quire the early completion of said road, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That toe Mayor and Council of Macon,
do hereby subscribe fifty thousand dollars in bonds
of too city, to be executed and delivered by the
Mayor to the Macon and Augusta Railroad Compa
ny, on condition that the said road be finished be
tween Milledgeville and Macon, for which purpose
alone said fifty thousand dollars of bonds shall be
used.
BILLS REFERRED.
Grier & Masterson; Walker & Bro.
The following communication of J. L. Jones,
Esq., Treasurer of Rose Hill and Oak Ridge Ceme
teries, with accompanying reports was received, and
onmotionof Alderman Crockett, was ordered spread
npon the minutes:
Macon, December 31,1868.
To the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon :
Gentlemen—I herewith submit my annual state
ment of receipts and expenditures for Rose Hill and
Oak Ridgo Cemeteries, year ending December 81,
1868. The expenditures for Bose Bull have been in
excess of toe receipts $21318. No expenditures
have been made for Oak Bidge. The receipts have
been $84, wMch, with toe cash on hand December
31,1SG7, of $226 00, makes toe sum of $310 00. The
excess of expenditures for Rose Hill deducted from
$310 00 leaves in the treasury to this date, $79 00
unexpended. The expenditures for negro labor toe
first six months of tho year were somewhat more
than usual owing to toe heavy and damaging rains
of last spring, which necessitated increased labor to
repair and restore the cemeteries to their usual con
dition. The item of $150 00 in Rose Hill Cemetery
account of payment to M. S. Anderson on a con
tract made m 1867, for painting the entrances and
fences, is for toe full amount of toe contract. In
consequence of toe work not being done according
to the agreement, I have retained $4150 of the
amount, wliicb, if I am not compelled to pay, will
be credited to the cemetery. The enclosures to both
cemeteries remain good, and no outlay has been re
quired for them during the year. The grounds, gen
erally, are in good condition, and will compare fa
vorably with any previous year. In this connection,
the committee beg leave to ask the attention of too
Council to toe continued obstruction of the carriage
and foot way at the branch near to toe entrance of
Rose Hill, caused by one of toe terrible rains in the
early part of toe year. It ia not only a very great
inconvenience, but a most unsightly chasm to all
citizens and strangers visiting too cemetery from
the lower and greater part of the city. No com
plaint of much moment has been made to us of toe
Sexton. He has generally done his whole duty, and,
we believe, acceptably to our citizens.
Yeiy respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
J. L. Jones, Treas.
Rose Hill and Oak Ridge Cemeteries.
J. L. Jones, Treasurer, in account with Rose Hill
Cemetery :
r 1868. Dr.
Jan. 1. To cash balance as per account ren
dered for 1867 $63 82
Jan. 24. To cash from E. W. Pridgeon, lot 154,
Honeysuckle Ridge 21 00
Jan. 2G. To cash for three deeds to replace
original, represented loBt 3 00
Feb. 12. To cash from Asher Ayres, lot 63,
Holly Ridge 41 00
March 6. To cash from J. H. Pickett, lot 155,
H. S. R—a fraction 21 00
March9. To cash from A. E. C. Hughes, lot
150, H. S. R 21 00
April 6. To cash from O. A. and T. B. Bird
song, lot 10, Hawthorn Ridge 61 00
April 10. To cash from T. L. Sewell, lot 156,
H. S. R. 21 00
May 30. To cash from J. G. Deitz. lot 893,
block No. 7. 21 00
June 15. To cash from Wm. Connion, lot 119,
Pine Ridge 21 00
July 15. To cash from John Bromley, lot 157,
H. S. B.—fraction 21 00
Aug. 17. To cash from Mrs. Murdock, lot 158,
H. B. S.—fraction 21 00
Oct. 1. To cash from estate Jonathan Shef
field, lot 160, H. S. R 31 00
Dec. 15. To cash from Alex, and Charles T.
Mathews, lot 72, H. R. S 61 00
$428 32
Balance duo Treasurer $23118
1863. . Cb.
Jan. 14. By cash paid Bose & Burr’s bill.
blank deeds 6 00
Jan. 14. By cash paid M. S. Anderson for
painting entrances and fence as per
contract 150 00
June 30. By cash paid for negro labor from
Jan. 1st to June 30...t 277 00
Oct. 24. By cash paid Carhart & Curd’s bill.. 11 50
Dec. SI. By cash paid for negro labor, from
June 30th to Dec. 31st, 1868...... 215 00
$659 50
Dec. 31. Ry balance due Treasurer to date...231 18
Approved. S. Bose, Superintendent.
J. L. Jones, Treasurer, in account with Oak Ridge
Cemetery :
1867. Dr.
Dec. 31. To balance cash on hand as per
account rendered for 1867 $226 00
1868.
Jan. 6. To cash for lot sold Joe Goodman 21 00
April 3. “ “ “ “ “ Mary Carpen
ter......... 21 00
May 18. To cash for lot sold Axe Company,
No. 1 21 00
Oct. L To cash for lot sold Dan’l Hough
ton 21 00
$310 00
1868.
Dec. 31. To cash balance on hand this date..$310 00
Approved. S. Bose, Superintendent.
The following ordinance for the year 1869, was
taken np, read toe seoond time and passed:
LICENSE ORDINANCE FOR 1869.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the city
of Maoon, and it is hereby ordained by tho authority
of the same, That the following shall be tho rates
of License in toe city until otherwise ordained:
Sec. 1. That each and every One Horse
Dray, hauling in toe city, shall pay $37 50
That each and every Two Horse Dray used in
the same way shall nay 75 00
It is further ordained, That every Two Horse Dray
shall be subject to toe call of any fireman in
case of a fire, and in case of said drayman refuting
to comply, his license shall be revoked.
Each one Horse Wagon 20 00
Each Two Horse Wagon 40 00
Sec. 2. For each and every Wagon with more
th«n two horses, used for hauling lumber
or any other article for the owner’s pri
vate use, privileged to cross the Maoon
bridge orfenyfreeof toll.............. 50 00
For each and every One Horae Wagon 12 00
Butchers’ and Bakers’ Wagons, for the deliv
ery of their Meats and Breiul 10 00
Wagons loaded with Wood for sale in the city,
shall have toe privilege of crossing toe river at half
the usual license or customary toll.
Sec. 8. For each and every Two Horae Hack
or Carriage, used for toe purpose of carry
ing passengers to or from any railroad
depot 30 00
For toe same with four horses.. 60 00
For each and every house Omnibus used in
toe same way, with a Baggage Wagon as
an appendage 60 00
For toe same with four or six horses 40 00
Fare of passengers from railroad depots to
the business part of the city, or from the
business part of the city to railroad de
pots, not to exoeed..... 75
And to other parts of the city 1 00
Sec. 4. For each and every horseback and
pleasure vehicles of all kinds, to be nsed
only by persons composing toe household
of toe persons licensed to cross the bridge
free of toll 20 00
For the same if a non-resident SO 00
City PhyticJuns, practicing within the ecmwrate
limits of tbs city for charity, and aU regular Pastors
(citizens) of the city churches, shall have the priv
ilege of crossing the Maoon Bridge, either on bone
back or in buggy, free of toil, when visiting the risk
or attending funerals.
Bee. A Hucksters or Pedlar* of Otm kfMl
or Flour about the city, (farmers bringing
their own produce to market from the.
country excepted) shall pey....... 7? OQ
Transient traders in Goods. Wares or Merchandise,
before exposing their articles for sale, shall tale
ont a License to be fixed by the Mayor in each owe.
Sec. 6. For each Private Boarding House
Keeper who takes in Transient Custom
ers 50 0 0
For Each Hotel 150 0 0
For each Restaurant or Sa&g Saloon 35 00
Sec. 7. For each Retailer of Spirituous
Liquors in the fire limits, subject to all the
provisions of the general Ordinance 200 00
Por each Retailer of Spirituous Liquora out
side of fire limits. ; ioo 00
For each Lager Bear Saloon 50 00
Each Retailer of Spirituous or Liquora
taking out a license for the same, and who «h»n
keep open, sell or furnish any Spirituous or
Fermented Liquora on the Sabbath dav, ahsli, on
conviction before the Mayor, be fined,'for toe first
offence, One Hundred Dollare; for toe second,
shall forfeit License.
Sea 8. Each Billiard Table $50 00
Each Ball or Ten Pin Alley 25 00
Each Barber Shop 25 00
Each Vendue Master 50 00
All Vendue Masters shall be required to sell inside
their stores all goods, wares or merchandise; on
failure to do so, they shall be subject to a fine for
each and every offence, not exceeding fifty dollars.
Every Agent of a local insurance companv.. .$25 09
Every Agent of foreign insurance company... 75 0(1
Every Cotton Press 25 00
Every person or firm doing business in toe
20 00
oea 9. For each and every person exercising the
vocation of a Street Drummer, employed by any
house or firm, or by any person within the corporate
hmits of Urn city, shall pay the sum of two hundred
dollars, and shall be required to wear upon his per
son a badge with the words ‘‘Licensed Drummer,”
printed thereon, and tho name of too house or firm
by whom emploved. A violation of this section, or
any part thereof, upon conviction before the Mavor,
shall subject toe offender to a penalty of a fine not
less than fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. For every person or firm which shall en
gage in toe business, of Pawn Broking within the
limits of toe city, shall pay $400 per annum, and
tiiallbe required, within five days after obtaining
license, to affix, in a conspicuous place, the usual
Pawn Broker’s sign, three gilt balls pendant.
Sec. 11. And be it further ordained, That all Li
censes authorized by this Ordinance ehaU issue on
application to the Clerk of Council, the applicant
complying with toe conditions of toe General Ordi
nances, and by administering the oath required by
the State law to each one taking ont a License, con
ditioned on too face of each License to expire 00
the tenth day of January next ensuing, except ihose
of Tavern Keepers and Vendue Masters, which shall
expire one year from date.
That all Ordinances or parte of Ordinances milita
ting against this Ordinance be and toe same are
hereby repealed.
On motion of Alderman Ross, all costs heretofore
received by toe Chief Marshal, Clerk and Treasur
er from toe Mayor’s Court, hereafter to bo turned
over to toe city, and all fees heretofore paid to toe
Clerk and Treasurer for. issuing licenses, bo revok
ed. «. . , . ,
On motion of Alderman Ross, the salaries of toe
Chief and Deputy Marshal and Clerk and Treasur
er, shall be as follows:
Chief Marshal, $2,000 per annum
Asa’t Marshal and Capt. Police,.. 1,000 “ “
Clerk and Treasurer........ 2,500 “ ■ “
On motion of Alderman Crockett, J. A. Simpson
was unanimously elected Deputy Marshal and Cap
tain of Police. ‘
On motion of AldermaD Lightfoot, tho following
were made the rates of toll for crossing the Macon
bridge for 1869:
4 Wheel Carriage or Barouche, with 4 horses... 75
4 “ “ “ “ 2 “ .. 50
4 “ “ “ “l “ X 30
4 “ PeddlersWagon,witkorwitooutaprings 40
4 “ Wagon, with or without springs, one
horse, so
Buggy, Gig or Sulkey, 1 horse 30
On Horseback. 10
Road Wagon with 5 or 6 horses, 50
“ “ “ 4 “ 40
“ “ “ 3 “ 30
“ “ “ 2 “ 25
Carts, with one horse, - 25
Ox Carts and Wagons same rates as if drawn by
horses. .
Stock—Horses and Cattle. eacb..v..., 5
“ Hogs, Goats and Sheep, each.......... 3
On motion of Alderman Westcott, Alderman
Crockett woe authorized to purchase material for
toe balding of an engine house for Mechanics Fire
Company .No. 4, with toe approval of toe Mayor
and toe Chairman of toe Finance Committee.
The Clerk was instructed to notify parties that
all licenses must be taken out and paid for on or be
fore Januaiy 10, as all drays, wagons, etc., would
be taken up without license on that day.
On motion, Council adjonmed to meet this day
week, at 7 o'clock.
CHAS. J. WTLUAMBON, C. C.
FINANCIAL AND C0MMEBCIAL.
Dally Review of the Market
OFFICE DAILY TELEGRAPH, >
January 2—Eyeniso, 1869.)
Trade was only moderate to-day, as compared
with that on the other days of tho week.
Cotton.—Receipts for Friday and Saturday 897
bales; sales 533; shipped 804. The market opened
with a good demand this morning at 23}£ cents for
middlings, and all offered was readily taken at those
figures. The regular afternoon dispatches from New
York announoed an advance of half a cent in that
market, and prices made a corresponding advance
here, the market closing active at 23%@24 cents
We quote:
Ordinary .20
Good Ordinary 22>4"
Liverpool Middlings 23hJ
Newlork Middlings 24
MAOON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept 1, 1868—bales.. 1,326
Received to-dav 397
Received previously .41,241—41,688
42 964
Shipped to-day..... 804
Shipped previously. 28,487—29,291
Stock on hand this evening 13,678
LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGRAPH.
Domestic Markets. . ■ , . ’.
New York, Sanuaiy 2, noon Stocks strong.]
Money easier at 7. Sterling 9K. 1862’a 11}£.
North Carolinas, new 59%. Virginia ex-coupons 67
asked. Tennessee ex-coupons 65; new 66. 'f>
Cotton—uplands firm at 26. 1r
Flour quiet and without a derided change. Wheat
and Com qniet and steady. Mess Pork firm; new
23 00. Laru doll; steam 17j^@17%. Turpentine
firmnt47. Rosin firm; strained 2 45@2 50. Freights
qniet
New York, January 2.—Cotton opened dull, but
closed active and decidedly higher; sties 4800 bales
at 26@26K-
Floor and Wheat quiet and without derided change.
Com 1@2 better; new mixed Western, 94(3)98; old,
107@110. Whiskey quiet; Western, S8@l 00. load
quiet; kettle, 17J-(@17%. Naval Stores and Gro
ceries quiet. Freights unchanged. ;' \
Governments high. 1862’s, llX@H9fi- Bonds
dull. Money firm at 7 currency to % commission.
Bank statement favorable. Sterling 9%@9]<. Gold
35®35>$.
Balthiobe. January 2.—Virginias, old inscribed,
44% bid; 45 asked. 1866’s, 52 bid. 1867’s, 49
asked. Coupons, old, 56; new 57.
Cotton firm.
Flour inactive and unchanged. Com dull; prime
white 85@86. Oats dull: receipts small. Rye E0@
60. MessPork2800. Shoulders 1%. Lard active
at 18.
Savannas, January 2.—Gotten opened steady and
dosed firm at an advance; (ties lor two days 1550
bales; receipts 4499; middlings 25.
Augusta, January 2.—Cotton quiet but closed
strong; sales 318; receipts 233; middlings 24%; hold
ers asking 25.
Charleston, January 2.—Cotton very firm; pur
chasers restricted by fight stock; sales 500 bales;
middlings 25; receipts 1204; exports coastwise 185.
Wilmington, January 2. — Spirits Turpentine
steady at 45. Rosin in demand at 1 85@4 00. Tur
pentine advanced to 2 05@3 05. Tar active and
unchanged.
Cotton in demand at 24 for middling uplands. '
Louisville, January 2.—Flour, superfine, 5 BO.
Com, bulk, 65. Mess Pork 28 00. Clear Sides, 153*.
Packed Shoulders 113*. Lard, fieroe, 18. Sugar
cured Huns, 18. Whisky, 100.
Cincinnati, January 2.—FlourduB and drooping;
familv7 50. Com steady at 65@66. Mess Pork 28 00.
Bulk Meats in demand; shoulders 11; dear tides 15.
Lard held at 17)*@1& Bacon, shoulders 13; clear
sides 18%.
Mobile, January 2—Cotton, middlings 3i%@25;
sties yesterday 700 bales: receipts 2477: exports
2511; sties to-day 1500; middlings dosed firm at
24%@25; reoeipts 377.
New Orleans, January 2.—Cotton irregular aad
easier than yesterday; middlings oiosed firm at 95,
an advance of 3* on Thursday’s price*; sales 7200 :
receipts to-day 2007; reoeipts Thursday evening and
yesterday 7883; exports 12,077,
Flour, low grades scarce and firm; superfine 7 60;
double extra 7 75; treble extra 8 25. Corn, white 78.
Oats quiet at 68$i70. Bran unchanged. Hay quiet;
prime 26 00027 00. Mess Fork duff at 28 50. Bacon
firmer; shoulders 14)*; dear rib 18V; dear aides
19)*. Lard firmer; tisroe !7)4@17V ; »s« 183*.
gar firm; common 9810; —
clarified Hw.
prime 63(965: cboioe 67Q68.
Coffee, fair 143*914)*; prito*!
LosrooN, January i, r. Jt -iUonsota KB*. Bonds
quiet at 74)*. •
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Sugar firmer on spot, TtSinrMiSd.
LrvxmvoL, Jam
mon Rosin 5s9d.
FrankTObt, January 1
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