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Tlie Greorgia, Weekly Telegraph.
ME TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1BG9.
The Limit of the Cotton Crop.
The Columbus Enquirer says the trouble they
hare had in getting their new cotton picked ont
Inn admonished many planters of the danger of
planting too largely of the staple.
The Enquirer here indicates the grand prac
tical point of limitation to the cotton crop. Im
proved labor-saving machinery, and a liberalnso
of fertilizers, might set almost any amount of
cotton growing and maturing.
Various have been the attempts to construct
a mechanical cotton-picker, and some of these,
we think, have been patented; bnt the fact that
we hear nothing of the practical introduction of
these machines, is conclusive that the difficulties
have not been surmounted. Every few months
brings the announcement of the invention of
some new type-settingmachine. It is described
at length in terms of glowing eulogy, and then
we hear no more of it.
The troth is, neither of the processes are me
chanical. Both demand the constant exercise
of an intelligent will and discretion; and it may
well bo questioned whether mechanism can con
trive a more effective instrument for executing
the decrees of human volition, in respect to both
cotton in the boll and type in the case, than the
human arm and hand. We are not, therefore,
at all sanguine in regard to the application of
labor-saving machinery to these purposes.
Emancipation diminished the cotton product
chiefly by withdrawing from the fields the labor
of women; and we need not hope to see it re
introduced to any great extent Some of our
shifty planters are able to avail themselves of
it, to a small extent, daring the crises in the
crop and in picking season, by offering.tempting
compensation to the wives and daughters of their
laborers. In this way, they are enabled to har
vest a greater crop than their regular laborers
could possibly manage. When crops are grassy,
or there is a great deal of cotton open, they can,
by a little judicious liberality, add, in this way,
perhaps a third to their effective working force.
Bat, as a matter of common usage, the negro
women will no longer work in the field. The
African is essentially an imitative being. He
wants to follow the fashions of the whites.—
“White women don’t work in the field, and why
should we colored ladies?” Hence, thongh
throughout all Europe and many parts of the
Northern States, white women labor in the field,
and thongh a portion of them should do so in
the South, Mrs. Guffee would not turn her hand
to it except upon occasion, unless ole missis and
her daughters should set the fashion. As this
cannot be done, we must make up our minds to
get along substantially without Mrs. Coffee in
tho field, and that fact reduces our quantum of
field labor from twenty-five to fifty per cent.,
and scales down our four million crop to twenty-
five hundred thousand.
But the active young planter, while compelled
to make this enforced homage to the imitative
spirit of the African laborer, may also take ad
vantage of it by setting himself an example of
Sturdy labor to his hired hands. Let him show
them that he can work, and be will establish a
better morale among them than in almost any
other way.
Most of our success in planting must now de.
pend upon the activity and management of the
planter himself. He must not only set his hands
an example of diligence, but he must study the
art of controling and influencing them. He
must inspire respect by the exercise of justice,
self-control and sound judgment; and he has
uses for all his sagacity and tact in meeting exi
gencies, and bringing every agency possible to
the accomplishment of tho ends he seeks. Pro
perly considered, we think there is much in the
management of a Southern plantation, under
present circumstances, to improve and develope
a true manhood. The man who gets along well
with his freedmen and shows handsome crop
results, may be well pronounced a man able to
control himself and manage others.
TIIE MACON FACTORY.
A Walk through a Large Cotton Man
ufactory.
The Machinery need and the Manner ot
Turning the Raw Material Into Cloth. s
The other afternoon the writer walked ont to
the Macon Factory for the sole purpose of tak
ing a look through that extensive establishment,.
and with a hope of getting a sufficient amount
ol material ont of which to moke an interesting
article for these columns.
ns ORIGIN.
Tho Macon Factory Company was formed in
1850-’l, with a capital of §100,000. It was the
first enterprise of the kind ever started here,
and from its novelty in the community the rais
ing of the necessary amount of money to put it
in operation was attended with a great deal of
difficulty. People then, as now, did not under
stand the workings of such an establishment
and were exceedingly chary about putting their
money into it. The projectors, by dint of a
good deal of persuasive power, at last got $100,-
000 worth of stock taken and set about putting
their project in operation.
THE BUILDINGS.
A level plat of ground at the southern terminus
of Second street was selected, near the present
track of the Macon and Western Railroad. A
very large four story (including the basement),
substantial brick building was erected. It was
designed and arranged by the architect for the
especial purpose for which it is used. A front
view of it now is exceedingly attractive. It is a
beautiful sight after nightfall, when all the floors
are brilliantly illuminated with gas. It has a
wilderness of windows in it, through which the
light streams after dark very much like a house
illuminated upon some public occasion.
THE FIRST FLOOR—THE ENGINE.
Accompanied by the Financial Agent, Mr.
John E. Jones, we entered tho first or basement
floor. The greatest object of attraction here
are the boilers, of which there are three in num
ber, and their ponderous marine engine, of one
hundred horse power. Herein is the motive
power, the great first cause, of the whole estab
lishment under review. The engine is a gigan
tic affair. It was built at Providence, Rhode
Island, by Corliss & Nightingale, in 1851. Here
we met Mr. Benj. Burdick, Superintendent of the
Factory, whom we found to bo a very courteous
gentleman.
On the extreme left we entered what is called
“The Opening Room.” Hero the bales of cotton
are first brought, and the ties and bagging cut
off. It is thrown into a complicated machine
called Kitzen’s Opener where, by means of
brushes and fans, the dirt and all other impuri
ties are knocked out as far as possible. By
its own motion a strong current of air is sent
through a condenser, extending from this ma
chine to the second floor, bent in the shape of
a swan’s neck, bnt of a flat structure. Through
this condenser and upon this current of air the
cotton is carried to the pickers on the floor
above. Even a planter will be astonished to
learn that at least twenty-five pounds of dirt,
chiefly sand, is taken from every bale.
On this floor we also found the press for pack
ing bales of cloth, a bnfthing press which gives
it its last finishing touches when it descends
from the rooms above, and extensive machinery
for repairs.
THE SECOND FLOOR.
Going up a short flight of stairs wo were ush
ered into another division of the Factouy. Pass
ing to the left we entered a room where the con
denser delivers its cotton. Here aro located
four machines called pickers. We found three
little boys at work there. One was engaged in
taking cotton from the floor and placing it upon
a pair of counter scales, carefully weighing sev
enteen pounds at a time. When the scales in
dicated that that amount was upon them the in
telligent looking little fellow would take it
off and pass it first to one and then to an
other boy upon the pickers. The boy upon
the picker would carefully spread each seven
teen pounds upon rollers. There is a black
strip at alternate distances upon these rollers,
placed there to indicate to the boy how far to
spread his cutter, and which furnishes him the
most accurate gaage as to the thickness each
bunch of cotton should be spread. After pass-
Plant Peas and Irish Potatoes.
Now is the time for gardening operations in
respect to peas and Irish potatoes. As to the
former, our method is to trench by a lino to the
depth and width of a spade. Put in four or five “8 ***”& 111080 machine3 > il for
inches of earth well enriched with rottedmanure. 1 11 P 88803 upon what we Under-
Set your peasticks handsomely in the centre of stand to be whjch stand ln . racks
the trench, and let them be well branched and around the room, ready for the operatives in
six feet high. Scatter tho peas plentifully and ™°“* 111010 010 «“* cards -
evenly on both sides of these sticks; put on a were in full operation, making an un-
little more manure, and then cover to the Snr-1 ea rihly
face with soil.
There maybe plenty of other better plans,
but we are sure this one will do, and it has this
advantage: When yon have planted your peas
In these cards the cotton is
[ separated into hundreds of little threads, which
] ran ont from them and pass down through a
common hole into a receptacle below, which
carries them along underneath the machines to
the work is substantially done. A little hoeing the upper end of the room, to the frames. From
and mellowing of the soil on either side of the
slacks, now and then, is all that will be necessary.
The vines will take fast hold of the sticks so soon
as they pot ont their tendrils, and will not be
the frames it is carried to tho speeders, where
the threads are twisted and sent to the spinning
room. These speeders are new. They were
introduced into the factory last year, at a cost
▼ere you, bnt we cannot respect your theories
in this, and reject them as you rejected the
ideas of the generation before you.
This-wound up our inspection of the main
building.
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.
The capacity of the Macon Factory is five
thousand yards of cloth per day, consuming two
thousand pounds of raw cotton. It finds a mar
ket all over the United States daring the sum
mer months, bnt in the winter months the mer
chants of Macon buy quite all it manufactures.
After it is baled it is either sold here or sent
off to commission merchants in New York, Lou
isville, or to such other points as its financial
agent may determine upon.
It purchases all its cotton at our warehouses,
amounting to an average of $12,000 per month.
The company started with a capital of $100,000,
but the entire cost of Hie mill was $160,000.
The capital stock is now $130,000. It last year
declared 1C per cent, dividend. Although a
great dealof new machinery has been introduced
since the war, its dividends have never fallen
below 10 per cent It clears about $30,000 every
year.
The Company is exceedingly anxious to build
an additional Factory of seven or ten thousand
spindles upon a lot adjoining the present one.
It will take $200,000 to do so. An effort was
made last year to raise the money, which failed;
bat it is hoped the abundance of capital now in
the country will be expended upon enterprises
of this character.
THE OPERATIVES.
Grant’s Views el Pnblic Men.
Hit Vietcs of Washburn e, Fessenden,. Phillips,
Butler, McClellan, Bawlins, Greeley, Itay-
mond, Beecher and others—What he’Thinks
and Says, etc. -
Special Correspondence of the Nne York World.}
Washington, January 2.
It is a very great mistake to suppose General
Grant Is as reticent as papers and people say he
iB. If he ever had a special object in being deaf
and dumb as a candidate, the policy and the ne
cessity have passed away with his election as
President. Grant talks freely with his friends
abont his friends, and about public men who axe
not his friends, and he has decided opinions,
some of which I propose to give you in neatly
the same words in which he has very recently
expressed his views to friends and coixespond-
enta who have asked him about certain public
He has spoken with entire .freedom con
cerning the Tenure of Office bill, grants to rail
way companies, and other matters; and without
pretending to entire verbal accuracy, I am able
now to give you his expressed opinions abont
some other matters, and especially about men
concerning whom he would naturally talk about
this time.
The Company own fourteen houses on the
right of the Factory, which are set apart for the
use of their operatives. Of these there are one
hundred and twenty-five. No one gets less than
fifty cents per day. Wages range from $15 to
$35 per month together with house rent free to
those who wi3h to occupy tho houses of the Com
pany.
This factory is the pride and boast of Macon.
Its cloth adds not a little to the reputation of
the city. It is known as of a far superior qual
ity to that of any other mill in the South, whilst
it has few equals in the United States. We re
gret that there are not fifty mills just like it in
this city.
GENERAL REHARES.
There are now about 50,000,000 spindles in
operation in the whole world. Of this amount
Great Britain has 25,000,000 and the United
States 8,000,000. They are rapidly on the in
crease, and especially in the Southern States,
where the great bulk of cotton, and that, too,
of the finest grade, is grown. The time cannot
be far distant when all the staple grown here
will be manufactured on the spot and shipped
to market in bales of goods instead of bales of
cotton, as is the practice now. Wo do not reap
much over half the benefit of our labor, but the
Yankee and the Briton make as much, if not
more, than we do. As we have passed into a
new era and entered upon a new age, we cannot
come to any other than the conclusion that this
whole business will be speedily revolutionized.
Wo not only demand more Factories for the
fabrication of white cloth, but for the‘manu
facture of every species of goods into which
cotton enters as a leading element A recent
idea has been advanced that our country is di
vided into three parts: the North-east makes,
the West feeds and tho South clothes. This last
is not altogether true, but it would be if we
manufactured as largely as wo produce. It is
unnatural for us to ship the raw material to New
and Old England, there have it made, and then
go there and buy our clothing. This is an in
sult to the laws of commerce, which will, sooner
or later, be corrected.
HIS OPINION OF ELIHTj B. WASHBUBNE.
General Grant likes to talk abont his friends,
about Washbume particularly, and of Wash-
burao General Grant says: “Ho is a strictly
honest man—a rare thing, I sometimes think,
among politicians. His hobby is economy in
the administration of government; a very cred
itable hobby, but men who ride hobbies are
very apt to have circumscribed views. I do not
think Washbume desires a place in my Cabinet.
I think his ambition is to succeed Yates in the
Senate. He has never intimated to me a wish
for any appointment under me. I could not well
refuse him anything he asked, unless it was
clearly inconsistent with tho public interests.—
Washbume was my friend whenl needed friends,
when it was no advantage to be my friend, and
when I had very few friends anywhere—scarce
ly any outside of tho army. My friends aro
very numerous now. I often wonder how many
of them would remain my friends if my position
and patronage were taken away from me. Tho
friends of my adversity I shall always cherish
most. I can better trust those who helped to re
lieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who
are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my
prosperity. Tho newspapers cannot alienate me
1 ron Washbume by any abuse of him or ridicule
of his supposed influence with and over mo.—
Whether Washbume should bo a member of my
Cabinet or not, I shall always listen to his coun
sel with great respect.”
WHAT GRANT THINES OF WM. P. FESSENDEN.
Gen. Grant says of Fessenden: “I regard
him as the ablest statesman in the Senate. He
a man of a high order of intellect, of catholic
views, of large and well-improved experience,
and has that moral courage which is far more
commendable as it is far rarer than physical
courage. I have differed from his opinions
sometimes. When I did, I involuntarily re
called the kind words of Mr. Lincoln: ‘I am
satisfied now that you were right and I was
wrong.’ ”
ABOUT SUMNER.
“Senator Sumne>\” savs Gen. Grant, “is a
great scholar and a finished orator. I am not
well qualified to jndgo such men as Sumner. He
is a faithful representative of his State. If he
had not been chosen by Massachusetts I do not
believe he would ever have been a member of
tho United States Senate.”
“I know nothing personally,” said General
Grant, lately, “of Mr. Phillips. I have never
read any of his speeches, except those attacking
me. I should have respected him, and accred
ited him with more honesty of purpsse, if he
had opposed my election. I certainly could
never support a man I thought as weak and bad
a man as he professed to believe ms to be. I
have survived bis attacks, and hope he may sur
vive his malice toward me.”
Employ
blown down by the March winds, as is frequently I of §12,000. They make one thousand revolu-
the case, when the peas are drilled in two rows I tions per minute.
and the sticks afterwards placed in tho center. I to this department we found girls and bpys
Moreover, being first placod in the trench from ten to fifteen years of age employed. Al-
beforo sowing, and then supported by the five though their occupation is incessant and tedious
or six inches additional soil thrown in, they are I the work they do is really light As soon as we
firm, and will never be disturbed by tho wind. f entered the room they greeted us with the most
The pea rows should be five or six feet apart, searching looks—especially the girls, and with
The peas we like best are the wrinkled varieties, girlish curiosity. We noticed one beautiful
—Daniel OTtoqrk for tho early crop, and Cham- little black-eyed creature who cast roguish
pion of England for the later, are two varieties I glances in our direction, and then at a girl over
■which cannot well be improved upon. The Early 1 the way, when both of them would laugh. Poor
Washington is a very forward pea, but it is children! We hope they are happy,
strong and ill-flavored to our taste. Both of Here again the ear was thrilled with the harsh
the varieties we speak of can be found in abnnd-1 est music. The voice had to be raised to a high
ance at tho Macon seed store, at Hunt’s, Zeilin’s,
Ellis’s, and, in fact, wherever seeds are kept in
Macon.
As for Irish potatoes, the experience of the
last two years has developed a great success in
this region in the production of these staple es-
note to be heard at all, and we may have mis
understood some of the explanations of our
guide.
THE FOURTH FLOOR—THE SPINNING ROOM.
From the second wo ascended to the fourth
floor, in order to follow the cotton from its start-
culents. The favorite variety, we think, was the 1 ing point in the opening room to its conclusion,
Early Goodrich. Pink Eye is a great bearer, I or finishing touches. Here we found five thou-
bnt a poor potato, though a great deal better I sand spindles in operation. But a curious ar-
Georgia raised, than the imported seed. We I rangement was that which is called “Mules.”
notice that Messrs. George T. Rodgers & Son They spin the filling, whilst another machine
are the first who have advertised seed potatoes I called “Frames” spins the warping. They are
of these varieties. The Early Rose is a com-1 known as spinning frames. The thread goes on
paratively recent variety, advertised at a dollar I to spools, from thenco it is beamed and carried
per pound, but it is not like some of Sam Wei-1 to the dressers.
ler’s viands “werry fillin at the price.” | To a stranger in such a place, the ingenuity of
Every body has his plan of planting Irish po- the inventors of all flh curious machinery is
tatoes, and it is a crop which rarely fails. Upon I very striking. They have been engaged upon
dry, sandy land, undoubtedly the best plan is to I it for one hundred years, and still they are not
cover them with leaves, or straw, in order to in- satisfied with its present results.
The First Proposition to
Negro Troops.
This appears to have come from “Mad An
thony” Wayne, while in command of tho Conti
nentals at Ebenezer, McIntosh coonty, State of
Georgia. A friend—not exactly what old Peter
Martyr calls “a venerabel antiquite,” bnt a
young gentleman with a commendable love for
the ancient lore of history, has famished us
with the original of the letter below, which we
have copied verbatim et literatim. It is writ
ten in an excellent hand, upon the'rough-edged,
deeply water-lined, pure linen, paper of that
period, and is in perfect preservation. At its
date the war of independence had substantially
closed. Lord Cornwallis, and his army had
been captured in Yorktown just four months,
that surrender taking place October 19, 1781.
Congress was not at that time engaged in recon
structing Georgia, but Georgia was very
busy in trying to construct a national independ
ence, from which a combination of States
threaten now to eject her. It is a curious old
document which the reader will take pleasure in
perusing:
TTtmt» Quarters Ebenezer
19th Feby 1782
Dear Sir,
In compliance with your request, I take the
jerty sending to your Honor my Ideas of the
heads of two Proclamations which I hope will be
very productive of salutary consequence to this
State,
that designed for the Germans ought to be
translated into that language & several copies
defused among tho soldiers in Savanah—that for
opening a door for the return of the Citizens
may be drop’t in town & copies of it fixed up in
different places in the vicinity of Savannah,
I am so fully convinced that a perminant force
can secure the Independence of America—that
I have no difficulty in giving it as my decided
Opinion, for you to exert every power for the
immediate Completion of yonr Quota of Conti
nental troops, offering a bounty similar to that
given by South Carolina bnt not to introduce
a competition .otherwise those people who would
inlist as Boldlers will be induced to join that
State who offers the most liberal bounty, &
which from experience has been found very
detrimental to the Service.
I wold also beg leave to suggest the
of adopting the same kind of plan with Caroli
na for embodying a Corps of Negroes in propor
tion to your circumstances and local Situation—
Indeed this measure will become a matter of ne
cessity if the report is true of the enemy form
ing black Corps in Charleston & Savannah.
Should my advice or assistance be deemed ne*
oessary on this or any other occation, be assured
of being served with the best wishes of Your
Honor’s Most
Obt
His Honor & very
John Martin Esq Hum Servt
Govt of Georgia Airrr Wayne
THE DRESSING ROOM AND THE LOOMS.
On the third floor, to the extreme left, we
| came upon the Dressing Machine. Through this
the thread is run and starched, passod over
cylinder heated by steam which dries it, and
tercept and return the evaporation from the
go as to give the growing plants plenty of
moisture. Let your ground be well enriched.
Break up thoroughly. Draw as many furrows
as you can with a plow, plowing only in one
direction. Drop the cuttings fourteen inches I jjj en 8eri t; to the looms. Of these there are one
apart Cover lightly with manure and rich I an fi thirty. Standing in the door of the
earth. Put on abundance of half-rotted Dressing Room, we had a full view of all the
leaves, or straw and trash. Pine straw will do, 1 ac tual operation. It was certainly an
but it is of no use to the land. In this method g^ma^d scene. They are attended by grown
you will have a great product of potatoes to a womeilj w ij 0 are overlooked by two head men.
small area of land. Of course, if this land is We fl* rooms beldw were. noisy, bnt
poor, it will not stand so much crowding. In ^ere jj. ^3 deafening. Each operative attend-
low, moist land the covering of leaves will be e q f our Oar grandmothers, who
needless, and then space must be left for culti- I jjiougbt the weaving of one yard yer day was
vation. extraordinary work, would look upon one of
Our remarks as to both peas and potatoes are, I ^^se little looms as it runs a thousand times
of course, intended to apply merely to family fagter theirs did, with credulity. They
gardens. « 1 never would believe that the work was being
The Legal Tender Cases. — The Courier- done right, or that it would “last” three days.
Journal telegrams say: “ It appears to be defi- l,But it in reality is done a great deal better,
xdtely understood that the Supreme Court will I They would at once determine all this inachin
not render any decision in the legal tender cases I ery as “outlandish,” and an innovation upon
ttQ near the doee of the session in May next. | virtuous age. But, grandmas, we love and re-
Mr. Burke the correct one. Peace means recon
ciliation. In my final report of the. operations
of my armies, I expressed the hope that we might
live in perpetual peace and harmony with that
enemy whose manhood, however mistaken the
cause, drew forth such herculean deeds of valor.
As we are compelled to live together, it is far
better that we should forget our differences and
strive together to eradicate all the ill feelings
engendered by the war.”
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
In answer to my inquiry as to his views upon
negro suffrage (in the same conversation) he
said: “Negro suffrage is inevitable. I was bit
terly opposed to it until it was forced npon us by
the lope of events. The extension of suffrage
will not forbid the supremacy of intelligence.
SENATOR MORGAN.
“Morgan always seemed to me,” says Grant,
“to be a mere bag of dollars—shake the dollars
out and there would be nothing left but the bag.
His labors as s. Senator seem to be simply to se
cure his re-election. “While I have never heard
his integrity questioned, I never knew an officer
appointed at nis request who did not have the
reputation of being a corrupt man. I think the
defeat of Morgan would be a heavy blow to the
whiskey ring in New York.”
GENERAL BAWLINS.
“I feel tho same delicacy in talking of Raw
lins that I would if he were my own brother.
There is no man with whom I was ever as
sociated to whom I feel so much indebted for
my success as to him. He is a man of the very
first order of intellect. The country does not
know its obligations to him. His sterling in-'
tegrity, his unselfish patriotism, his untiring
energy, his wonderful adaptability to circum
stances, his keen judgment of men, his facility
of acquiring the art of war, is so well known to
tho army teat you have only to ask any of my
subordinate officers to know what a debt of grat
itude the country owes him. He came to me in
the full vigor of robust health. He has been an
invalid ever since the Corinth campaign. His
health is improving, and I trust he may have the
fullest opportunity for tho development of his
rare powers. He is equal to the duties of any
position within the gift of a President. I should
cheerfully offer him a place in my cabinet, but
Rawlins is poor, very poor. At the same time,
without any personal extravagance, he is a man
of liberal views. It is impossible for a cabinet
officer to live in a style becoming his position at
the present salary. For this‘reason, if for no
other, I do not think Rawlins would accept a
cabinet appointment. There is no man better
fitted for it, or who would be more acceptable
tome.
HORACE CHMPPJPC.
In answer to a direct question whether he
thought of inviting Mr. Greeley to accept the
appointment as Postmaster-General, the Gene
ral replied: “Mr. Greeley has published some
unpalable things abont me, but I have no doubt
he thought at the time they were true. Greeley
is a good man, a great man, and a faithful, hon
est and efficient advocate of the cause of human
liberty. He always seemed to me to exaggerate
the bright side of human nature, and underrate
its dark side. He exaggerates the capacity of
the negro, while he underrates the crimes of
Jeff. Davis. Such men are always the dupes of
men of inferior abilities, who are cunning and
dishonest. This is a creditable failing. The
world is better for Greeley having lived in it and
erred in it. I like Greeley better than I have
any reason to suppose he likes me.” ■■ '
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
CONCERNING BUTLER.
Concerning Butler, the General talks freely,
as follows:
“Butler is not so bad a man as his enemies
imagine him to be. I have no ill will towards
him, and am satisfied that there would never
have been any difference between us, if it had
not been for the misrepresentations of thirdpar-
ties. There is no truth in the report that
George Wilkes had arranged our difficulties.
There is nothing in common between Mr. Wilkes
and me, except our fondness for horses and the
turf. Mr. Wilkes could advice me on no other
subjects than these. General Butler is a man
of very great force of character. He would be
a leader in any country in which he lived, and
any cause which he espoused. The Republican
party could better afford to lose almost any oth
er of its captains. No one deprecates more than I
do the attempt to take from him the confidence
of tiie party. He has won that confidence by a
manly, fearless, persistent, and most powerful
advocacy of its principles, and the vote by which
he was re-elected shows the weakness of his as
sailants. I was exceedingly gratified at the re
sult of that election.”
GENERAL M’CLELLAN AND THE CABINET.
In answer to tho inquiry about the newspaper
story that he had offered a Cabinet portfolio to
General McClellan, General Grant said: ‘ ‘There
is no truth in the report that I have offered
General McClellan a place in my Cabinet”
After a moment’s reflection, he added: I do
not saytont I have not thought of doing it, and
if I do it, I know of no ono who has a right to
object. When I am inaugurated, I shall be
President of tho United States—not the head of
a party. I shall be the executive officer of the
whole people—not of a mere majority. If the
interests of the people can best be served by
any man, I would have no right to set him aside
because he did not vote forme. Of course, all
Of Mr. Henry VIard Beecher the Generalsays:
I guess Beecher don’t want any office; bnt he
would be a better preacher if he were less a pol
itician, and a better politician if he were less a
preacher. It is impossible for a man to have a
philanthropy that will cover a whole nation and
yet fit Plymouth Church. Beecher favored the
Cleveland Convention until Plymouth Chrujch
repudiated the platform. ' He was heart and soul
for Chase until Plymouth Church ratified the
Chicago nominations. I often wonder that
Beecher is content to remain in a suburb of
New York whoso prosperity is due to the advan
tages of economy. Plymouth Church could not
fill Beecher’s place; Beecher could build up a
larger and better church in any city. I should
like to see his intellect and heart have full play
—he would soon have a history equal to Wilber-
force. He should be persuaded to leave Brook
lyn and Plymouth Church and go to New York,
which is cosmopolitan, and where philanthropy
and fraud, devotion and devilment are all exer
cised on the largest scale.”
Bill to Regulate the Price of Cotton.
Senator Rice, of Minnesota, yesterday intro
duced into the Senate of the United States “ a
bill to regulate the price of cotton and to encore*
age the growth of the same.” What cab this bill
propose ? The Congress of the United States has
a commendable confidence in its own powers and
prerogatives. They entertain a profound convic
tion of their own supremacy over allmoral and po
litical forces in the world; bnt can it be that they
imagine they can regulate values, and by a simple
statute upset all the laws of trade ? Perhaps so.
The bill looks like it. And as for that “encour
aging the growth" of cotton- - Jo they also sup
pose that Congress, by a special enactment, can
provide timely rains and sunshine—stop the rav
ages of the caterpillar and boll worm, and, in
short, supersede nature, as they have done the
laws of supply and demand ? We are curious to
see Senator Rice’s bill.
preference might justly decide tho competition.
Bnt I shall never remove a good man and a
competent officer who is a Democrat, to make
place for a bad 'man, or an incompetent man,
who is a Republican. I know something of
politicians. While I believe I was the first
choice of tho masses of the Republican party,
I believe I was the last choice of a majority of
its leaders. If these latter had imagined
there was any possibility of electing any
body else, they never would have nomi-
inated me. As we soldiers say of things
wo don’t like to do, or doubt tiie right of
doing, it is a military necessity; so the politic
ians considered my nomination a party necessi
ty. Therefore, while I fully appreciate my in
debtedness to the men who voted for me, I do
not overrate my obligations to the men who
nominated me. I do not wish you to under
stand that I have not a warm sympathy with the
Republican party. As a party I like it better
than I like the Democratic party. As to the
masses who compose the parties, I regard them
as equally loyal, equally honest and equally in
telligent. As to the leaders, I think there are
good men and bad men in each party: but I think
the controlling element in the Republican party
is more loyal, more honest and more intelligent
than the controlling element in tho Democratic
party. The great objection to either party, in
my mind, is the want of independent action
on the part of its members. If any man
should tell me that • he has never thought
his party wrong in any of its actions or
policies, I should regard him os lacking
either honesty or intelligence. I shall sup
port the Republican party whenever its policy
commends itself tomy judgment and conscience,
and I shall observe the same conduct toward the
Democratic party. So, in regard to appoint
ments, if I thinV the interests of the country
will be subserved by placing in office a man who
opposed my election, this latter fact will not de
ter me from making the appointment. McClel
lan, continued Gen. Grant, is an able soldier, a
good citizen and a pure man. He has great
powers of organization. The army of the Po
tomac was the best organized, the best equipped
and the best disciplined army the world ever
saw. For accomplishing this at least the coun
try is indeb ted to McClellan. Another remarka
ble fact is that, while McClellan lost the confi
dence of tho country, he never lost the confi
dence of his army. I know full well that when
I succeeded to the command of that army I did
not supplant him in its affections. He was its
first love. It was natural and just. I should
dislike to think that I was supplanted in the af
fections of my old army of the Tennessee by
either of my worthy successors.”
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
CHARLES A. DANA.
“Dana is a man,” said Grant, “for whom I
ought to have a great contempt, bnt to whom I
owe nothing but good will. He came to me a
spy upon my conduct. He reported favorably.
If it had not been for his favorable report I
should probably bave been removed from my
command. He is a shrewd man and a man of
letters. He is very susceptible to flattery. My
staff react him and captured him. So far as I
know, he is not an applicant for office under me.
Ho is eminently fitted for journalism, and I
should consult his interest in declining to re
move him to any other sphere.”
Call ftr a Tennessee River Improve
ment Convention,
State op Tennessee, Executive Department, V
Nashville, January 1, 1869. /
Whereas, I have received from the Executive
Committee appointed by the Tennessee River
Improvement Convention, which met at Chatta
nooga, Term., on the 18th day of March, 1868,
a communication in the words and figures, to-
wit: ‘
" “ Rooms Executive Committee, ")
Tennessee River Improvement, -
Chattanooga, ^Tenn., Nov. 24th, 1868. )
“ To His Excellency, Wm. G. Brownlow, Gov
ernor of Tennessee:. #
“ At the Convention of Delegates represent
ing the people of the Valley of Tennesse River,
held in Chattanooga, March 18th, 1868, among
others, the following resolutions were adopted :
“ ‘Resolved, That the interests of the people
of the Tennessee Valley require that the Ten
nessee River, from its mouth to the head of
navigation, should be cleared of all obstructions,
and the said river remain free from all tolls and
tributes.
‘“Resolved, That we deem the same a mat
ter of rational interest, and that, in the opinion
of this Convention, it is the duty and should be
the policy of the Government of the United
States to furnish the necessary means.’
“By another resolution a committee was ap
pointed for and on behalf of the Convention to
prepare and draft a memorial to the Congress'of
the United States, setting forth the purposes of
that Convention, and urging a speedy action of
Congress to aid in its objects. A memorial was
accordingly drafted, extensively circulated in
the Tennessee Valley for signatures, and pre
sented to the 40th Congress; a copy of which
is herewith presented.
“ The 40th. Congress, after the reception of
the report of the survey of the Tennessee river,
made, under an act of the ."fHh Congress, in the
low water season of 1867-8, influenced by the
representations of thh memorial and other man
ifestations of public opinion in favor of this
measure, appropriated $85,000 to the improve
ment of the Tennessee, to be expended under
the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Weitzel, Maj.
U. S. Engineers. This was directed by him to
be applied to the removal of the obstructions in
the upper river, known as Ross’ Bar, the Tum
bling Shoals, Suck, Boiling Pot, Gunter’s Bar,
etc., and a number of minor obstructions be
tween Florence, Ala., andPaducah, Ky.,making
the navigation of the river practically unob
structed at ordinary stages, except at Muscle
Shoals.
“Immediate action on the part of the people
is now required, in order that there be no ces
sation in the work now going on, from the fail
ure by Congress to provide the means to begin
at once the repair and completion of the canal
projected and partially built around Muscle
Shoals in 1838; as such failure would result not
only in seriously retarding the development of
the resources of these States, but the work already
in progress under previous appropriations will
be of little value unless the two sections of the
river, embracing 257 miles of navigation below
the Shoals and 3G8 miles above them to Knox
ville, wit!? a high water navigation in addition,
upon its tributaries, of not less than 1,000 miles,
cease to be divided by an,impassable barrier at
Muscle Shoals. According to tiie census of I860,
there were expended upon the canal at Muscle
Shoals, in 1838, §1,400,000, but this was insuf
ficient to build a canal completely around tho
shoals, and there being impassable obstacles be
low the canal as constructed, it was never used,
and no return has been or can bo received from
the money expended on it, until the entire work
has been completed. The cause of the failure
of the people to urge the matter upon Congress
at the time that the work was suspended, was,
the belief that the lino of railroad eastwards
from Memphis, via Chattanooga to Lynchburg,
then projected, would supply the necessities of
the country; bnt since the completion of that
line, and especially since the partial develop
ment of the mineral resources of tho country,
experience has demonstrated to them, as it has
to all others in like circumstances, that no de
velopment of either mining, manufacturing, or
even of agricultural interests, can be attained
until cheap and constant water transportation
for their products can be had.
You can readily see that one item onT^
freight cm 2,500,000 bushels of corn
people of Georgia, from this section. Z b,lk «
tox of sufficient importance to e^itelLw* 1
But when the amount which wifi be saved
other articles is taken into consideration 3$
Convention. We toil* StTe
freight annually saved to the people of (W ■° t
Alabama and Mississippi by &e success
efforts will more than equal the entire I**
‘’T?*' WewiU be leased to meet
any of your friends. 105 °t
Your obedient servant,
_ , Tomlinson Fori
Sec y Ex. Com. Tenn. Ri v .
The Mitchell ۩nnty Anthropopha*.
A Mitchell county patron, scandalized bvT*
he thinks sharp practice on the part of,
citizens of Baker, sends us the following. ***
Baker Cqusrr, Ga., January Gth lRro ,
Messrs. Editors: I have read and heard’
8?°^ various parts of the
smee the war, and many of them have doukw
been exagerated. But the one of which if j
about to write, and which has lately
appearance in Mitchell county, is certain® '
out exaggeration, the greatest and most feiS
monster of them alL
I will not attempt to describe this huge
Ster * onl y 8a y that it has great h- -
powerful head, with two rows of long sham
and he is of great size, and has an appetite e <rui
to a thousand hungry lions, ana lives exclnsiif
npon live negroes. ‘‘J
Now had it not been for some of the good 1*
pie of Baker county, who warned the negroM*
Mitchell of their great danger, and furnish;
them means of escape from that terrible ffi0 «'
ster, I dare say that half of the poor created
would have been destroyed ere this. It appe**
that the monster cannot cross the river, and H-
only mission is to devour the freedmen of ilit^
ell county; so you see as soon as we can gets
freedman across the river into Baker, he is aaf.
and many are the freedmen who owe their lira
to their friends in Baker for their timely ware,
ing and assistance. Baker county has becomi
the county of refuge. There-are yet a fev
freedmen in Michell, and unless they hear the
warning end take the advice of some of the
3T
good citizens of Baker, they must of a certaintr
be devoured. 11
Ajid now, Mr. Editor, if you please, allow me,
for the sake of poor suffering humanity, to
the columns of your valuable paper as a medimi
through which the poor freedmen, still remare,
ing in Mitchell county, may be more speedily
warned of the great danger that awaits them.
Fly. freedmen, fly! yonr lives and all yot
hold dear is at stake. Fly to the county of re.
fuge; fly to your friends in Baker, ere it is toe
late and you are devoured by the terrible mot.
ster. There aro a great many evil men in this
county, even in Baker, who will tell you there
is no danger in Mitchell; bnt hear teem not,
your danger is great!. Fly! fly! fly to the conn-
ty of refuge; fly to your friends in Baker—wa
have lands and mules for you, do not delay.
A, Good Man.
A. Republican Estimate of Carpct-Ba;
Congressmen.
Don Piatt, the 'Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, writes as follows of
the carpet-bag Congressmen from tho South:
And, in all sober earnestness, to write in “1
frank and manly way." the nett purport ami r.p-
shot of our reconstruction measures at the South,
as seen in Congress, is not pleasant.' No amonat
of certificates of election and formalities of re
oath can make these gentlemen of the Imnd-bag.
gage real M. C.s. When one makes his appear-
ance on the floor, we cannot look each other in
the countenance without audible smiles that are
indecorous. If the gentlemen would only in-
dulge in a little disguise to help on the delusion,
something might be gained; but not only is the
voice of toe enemy, but toe look, manner, dress,
and above all, toe vote, is the vote of the alien.
The antagonism between New England civili
zation and that of too South, previous to the
war, was not more deadly than is too antago-
be
fid
“The report of the survey authorized by the of interest now between those'localities
to Confess shows the Liability of'con-
h J
nt
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
HBennett is a Scotchman; no man bom in
Scotland ever became acclimated in this country.
His grandsons may, but neither he nor his sons
are ever true Americans. I am of this descent
myself, and therefore speak candidly. No
Scotchman ever expatriates himself except from
necessity, and nothing hero is equal to ‘Auidlang
syne.’ Bennett, like a true Scotchman, is ever
ready to trade upon toe misfortunes of his adopt
ed country. He cares not how terrible a time it
is for toe country if it is a good time for news-
; papers. He made his paper famous by making
: ’t infamous. It mattered nothing to him who
was harmed so that he made money. He always
conducted his journal upon toe principle enun
ciated by too Scotchman who advised his son
John: “When you marry, marry a woman who
has money. For any woman may turn out ill,
but Gad toe money never will.”
RAYMOND, SEWARD AND WEED.
“Raymond always reminds me,” he replied,
“of a jumping-jack He is heads np or tails
up, just as Seward and Weed move him. When
Raymond goes wrong I always feel like forgiv
ing him, for he knows not what he does; no
body supposes him to be anything bntthe month
piece of Seward and Weed, though he is a bril
liant writer, if he would be independent, and
strike ont on his own hook. Seward is a man
of very great ability and very little principle.
If he had not entrusted his politics to Weed, he
might have been a Statesman. Weed being a
very corrupt politician,. Seward was dragged
down from toe elevation of Statesmanship to
toe lowest depths of demagoguery. Johnson
would have remained a pure man, a true patri
ot, and a wise President, if he had been remov
ed from the balefnl influence of Seward."
Improvement of the Tennessee River.
Wo invite attention to the circular on our
JOHN A. LOO AN. " ‘ ;
“Logon,” General Grant thinks, “is toe com
ing man of Illinois. When Douglas died, his
mantle fell npon John A. Logan. His E gyp tain
antecedents have been urged to keep him back
from his proper position. His skill, his gtdan-
try, his success in toe field, are notproperiy ap
preciated by toe leaders of the party. He Is the
idol of the masses in his State, and he will make
his history among the foremost of the times.
SENATOR MOBTON.
“Morton,” according to Grant, “is too much
of a politician to be a safe financier. He makes
a greater effort^o make his views popular than
to demonstrate their soundness. Few men in
toe nation are equal to the mastery of our finan
cial problem. No man can be who attempts to
appease or listens to the popular clamor. When
Morton adopted toe greenback fallacy of Pen
dleton, he underrated the integrity of the
maies ; when he undertakes to show the road
to specie resumption, he overrates the popular
avarice. My study of Morton (for whose abili
ty I have great respect) has convinced me that
a politician is utterly unfitted to manage our
national finances.”
39th Congress shows toe practability
stracting a canal completely around the Muscle
Shoals, and that toe portion previously built is
in good repair and can be utilized in toe present
enterprise, while the cost will be but small in
comparison with toe benefits to be derived from
the development of commerce, agriculture,
mining and manufactures, consequent thereup
on. The increased revenue from toe augment
ed productive capacity of thisvalley willin a few
years repay to toe Government, with interest,
toe appropriations now demanded for toe im
provement of toe river.
“At toe Convention of delegates of toe peo
ple of toe Tennessee Valley, heretofore men
tioned, representing toe States of Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and
North Carolina, we, W. P. Ratobum, J. L.‘Di
vine, T. E. Stanley, J. W. James, P. 1>. Sims,
R. K. Bird and Tomlinson Fort, were appointed
an Executive Committee to represent the people
of these States in this behalf, with full discre
tionary power to f take any action which, in our
judgment, might best tend to promote the im
provement of toe Tennessee River.
“ In toe exercise of this discretionary power,
we have thought that a Convention of delegates
from the States drained by toe Tennessee River,
as well as from those whose commercial relations
are likely to be favorably affected by toe pro
posed improvements, which Convention should
set forth toe great benefits to accrue to toe whole
country from such a measure, and toe impera
tive necessity of too adoption of such course by
Congress, to enable these States to recuperate
from the desolation of war, would have great
weight with Congress.
“And we would, therefore, respectfully re
quest your Excellency, in concert with the Gov
ernors of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missis
sippi, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, and
other States, to issue a call, reciting this com
munication, for a convention of delegates from
these States, to be held in Chattanooga, Term.,
on Wednesday, the 24to day of February, 1869,
for toe sole purpose of urging npon Congress toe
necessity of making such appropriations from
time to time as toe estimate of toe United States
Engineer in charge of toe work may call for, un
til toe Muscle Shoals are no longer an obstacle
to toe commerce of the country.
And we would further respectfully recom
mend, that the cities, counties, and business as
sociations of the country, be invited to send to
this Convention two delegates each.
W. P. Rathrurn, Chairman.
J. L. Divine, T. B. Stanley,
J. W. James, P. I). Sims, •
R. K. Byrd, Tomlinson Fort, Sec’y,
Executive Com. Tenn. River Improvement.
Now, therefore, I, William G. Brownlow, Gov
ernor of the State of Tennessee, together with
extra dickey, follow New England, and vote i2‘
the time against toe interests of their own mb-
stituents.
I had a long talk with one of these represaiJ.
atives ad interim last night, and tried to con
vince him that it would be well, just for the ap
pearance or toe thing, to cast a vote now ail
then for toe region he claimed to represent
But, no! I found my friend had an intense cot
tempt for one-half of his people, and a dead!;
hatred for toe other half. It was a Connection
Congressman elected in toe South.
Having no very high opinion of myself, andi
contempt for toe rest of humanity. I can put tp
with toe grotesque and absurd as well as any om.
But there is a point, yon know, beyond which I
find it difficult to keep my countenance, and fe
New England carpet-bagger carries me there. I
wrinkle and haw-haw—I can’t help it—when &
gentleman of toe paper dickey, from New Enj-
' and, gravely takes his seat as a represents tin
from toe South.
Better cut toe South into provinces, and gin
them military Governors to keep toe peace until
toe negroes are educated, the white master stir
dued, and time, toe consoler,.heals too wotreli
of war, than thus to make a carricature of a re
presentative Government and stultify ourselves.
HIS VIEWS WITH BEOA2ED TO TuraETJL
“I am in favor,” said Gen. Grant to a friend,
“of general amnesty. When toe war ended, I
was in favor of a more general amnesty than was
Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Johnson. I was in favor of
amnesty to all except the men who organized toe
Confederate Government, or rather those lead
ers who organized the movement which declared
. the rebel States out of the Union. Those who
A Curious Case.—A curious and interesting
aase yras lately tried at toe Court of Exchequer,
London, in which a Hebrew butcher was plain
tiff and toe chief rabbi of. England the defend
ant. The batcher charged that the rabbi had
injured and broken up his business by pronoun
cing his meat “tripher”—unclean ana unfit for
Hebrews—and thus preventing him from selling
to Israelites. It appeared in evidence that the
Hebrew law or immemorial custom placed all
butchers under ecclesiastical supervision and
regulation, and that no man could slaughter or
sell “kosher”—i. e. clean meat fit for Israelites
—without being first examined and licensed by
the ecclesiastical authorities of the district in
frtnv+L paoa « it IT T Ult5 UUl Ul LUt) U III OH. 111086 WHO
fourth page, addressed us by the Tennessee In- J adhered to their States after they had established
ternal Improvement Committee, upon the sub- J a dt facto government, and had nothing to do in
ject of a Convention, at Chattanooga, on the organizing the rebellion, I thought it best to ad-
24th February next, in'which, for reasons set ? il Now \ would ma ^ e n .° exce P'
forth, i. i. coorttod highly ,hrt m. [
oos and Central Georgia should be represented. 1 in favor of peace, and I toinlr the definition of
which he lived ; that the plaintiff had set np a
butchers’ shop without this license, and refused
to obey ecclesiastical directions in regard to his
business ; and that therefore the Jewish commu
nity had been warned not to buy of his meat
The Court held that the authorities were justi
fied in so doing, and that the plaintiff had no
case.
ne
ich
Alexander II. Stephens-
On a certain occasion Hon. AlexanderH.
Stephens, of Georgia, was engaged in a politic!
discussion with Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, of till
State, when the latter charged him with sapt
that he (Stephens) could eat Judge .Cone lx
breakfast, himself, (Mr. Hill) for dinner, red
Governor Cobb for supper. • To which Mi
Stephens quietly replied: “I never said it;ba
if I had, the arrangement of the meals wow
have been somewhat different I should t*
have taken Mr. Hill at dinner, where he b*
placed himself, that being toe heartiest meala
toe day. In fact, I should prefer.him for sap
per, in accordance with that wise rule of uit®:
cine, which prescribes a light (lift to sleep on-
At another time Mr. A. R. Wright, of Georcit
is said to have drawn the fire of toe “Great Grf-
gian” in toe following way: Mr. Stephens, atoe
time of toe great Know Nothing conflicting
South, was accompanied by a favorite 0?
named Rio, and toe intelligent animal was J
most as well known on toe hustings as toe stats-
TtC
ffr
umu. ,
Mr. Wright at toe dose of a political sp«j»
turned to Mr. Stephens and said : “Sir, I &
mand a list of your appointments. Iinfci J
that toe people shall have information. I ***
to know when and where you are to speak. ; 1 ’
I intend to dog you all around this Congress*
al District” u
retorted Mr. Stephens, pointing
eiuw Ul uiu umhu ui icimcrwcc, lufjuuici wiui 1 “Then, ruiunou JL11. Oicpuciw, ——3 ,
toe Governors of other States, uniting in this long toin finger to his dog sleeping on the- 5 ®"
call, and whose signatures' are subscribed here- | at his feet, and lifting his, fife-like voice to 18
to, do hereby give notice, that at toe city of
Chattanooga, on toe 24to day of February, A. D.
1869, a Convention will be held for the purposes
alone which are expressed in toe foregoing com
munication.
We, toe Governors aforesaid, most earnestly
reoommend that the cities, villages, and coun
ties of toe Tennessee Valley, ana the country
adjacent thereto, toe Boards of Trade and other
business associations throughout the country, be
represented in the Convention. The impor
tance of providing free transportation by water
for the vast products of toe country drained by
the Tennessee river cannot be overestimated.
To toe people of the whole South and West,
to the entire country, the measure is of the
greatest importance, and as a commercial mat
ter an imperative necessity. A consultation of
representative men cannot fail to advance it.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia.
Samuel MVht:tt t.
Governor of Iowa.
Thos. O. Fletcher,
Governor of Miaaouri.
W. G. Brownlow,
Gov. of Tennessee.
IVic. H. Smith,
Gov. of Alabama.
John W. Stevenson,
Gov. of Kentucky.
Rooks Executive Committee, k
Tennessee River Improvement, -
Chattanooga, Tenn., January 5, 1869. )
Jos. Clisby, Esq., Editor Macon Telegraph, Mo-
con, Ga. :
My Dear Bib—In behalf of the Executive
Committee, I write to ask toe active support of
your people to the object of this Convention.
Macon supplies itself with com, flour, bacon,
highest note—“then I shall send Bio h®*
One dog at a time is enough.”
Among toe thousands who have read “*
speech of Vice President Stephens, of Georg*
against secession, made November 14, If 1 -”
there are probably few who have heard of
amusing incident that followed it. At the c -'-
of toe speech the leader of the opposition
Hon. Robert Toombs, arose, and after corcf“j
menting Mr. Stephens as one of toe pure£
patriots, moved that the meeting give tW*
cheers for him and adjourn, whicn was dow-
Governor Herechei V. Johnson, who was ori
ent, met Toombs on their return to the 00
and said to him, in substance: “8ir,yourac0
to-night, coming from so prominent ft ^
sionist, deserves all praise, and I, for oae ’^
not forbear to congratulate you upon such nft®*"
some conduct and admirable behavior.”
Toombs put on that droll look which ah'*,^
precedes his best hits, and said, dryly, xes,
always behave myself at a funeral. ’ .
An overgrown political opponent o0C f
took to sneer at toe diminutive size of Mr.
phens, and said, “I could put a little salad 0
yon, and swaHowyou whole.” To which
Stephens at once replied, “And if y° n 01 "Z
would have more brains in your bowels tnaR.’
ever had in your head.’’—Harper's Magasint-
The Mule Trade in Middle Geoboia.—S*J*
the Atlanta New Era of Wednesday:
An astonishingly large Briber
arriving at and passing w’ooA
We met, on yesterday,_^
laij
of Indianapolis, Ind., who was passing
to Macon, with sixty head of wefi bro . I
and seventeen horses. This gwitleman I
us that since the war ha has shipped over I
ty-flve hundred mules to the South.
staUtil
Macon supplies itself with com, Hour, oaeon, - n( s salestaW;
Iron, etc., nrom a section of country north end , just opened a regnla rjr^ 00 the
east and west of Chattanooga. A meat deal of j Macon, and wOl3n fntoe °“ft“ , deei i el4 *
it is new shipped along expensive lines of rail- extensively tom
roads. Our^erohanta th£k that toe success of | “ ^l^SXiThave an*^
the efforts we are now making to open the river “da* this stock.
I wifi reduce the freights on com from Cincinnati ; “apply this species of iw ^
to Chattanooga from 29 to 17 oents par bushel t \ . . -m-Mhlngtor *
and thatrates on all other Western produco from 1 Governor wtora1 : “ .”~3f on
SL Louis, Cincinnati and Louisyiliewtilbe re- i doubtless wishes to forestall
2—a iTiv- 11 1 Conservative Committee.
Christmas day.
daosd in the same proportion.
