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THE TELEGRAPH.
MAOON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1869.
What abont Fertilisers?
'YSte trade in Fertilizers is now setting in with
rush, and for about two months or more, it will
be a trade of mammoth proportions. Few plan-
: tors in Middle Georgia will he willing this year
to till light uplands without fertilizing. It is,
■frr truth, a dull and stupid business. There is
file same degree of satisfaction in looking at and
handling such a crop, as there is in looking at one
of these little hide-bound yearling bulls, which
runs riot on the dried broomsedge, withered
leaves and black jack acorns, to be picked up on
S country roadside in December. A striking
harmony exists between one of these stinted
crops and the tight-skinned young taurus afore
said. They are the same in appearance and
promise. They illustrate equal proficiency in
farming and stock raising, and it is time both
.were dismissed without a day.
tNow, while every planter is thinking over the
•matter of fertilizers, we believe it due them to
republish the following results of experiments
upon their comparative value by Dr. E. M.
Pendleton, of Sparta, a gentleman who is well
known by reputation all over the State, as a
scientific and successful agriculturalist. We
■find it in the Southern Cultivator for Jannary,
notice -with pleasure that our friends Gus-
t£n & Ayres’ superphosphate takes a leading po
sition. We write this with no idea of puffing
that article, which is quite superfluous, as these
gentlemen tell us they can hardly hope to sup
ply a twentieth part of the demand for it this
-EXTEKIHENTS WITH FET.TILIZERS—TABLE 1,
soil, near Sparta, G
JT. PendUton, M. D.
Fertilizers used.
Eureka Phosphate,
Gustin’s Am. Phos.,
Peruvian Guano,
Peruvian and Pacific, >
each 50 per cent. /
Pacific Guano,
Peruvian, 25 per et.,>
Pacific, 75 per cent.)
Nitro Phosphate,
Peruvian andRodunda,
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m
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1
Ter con
ment.
£
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1
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1
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I
188
651
35 75
477
278
580
31 35
418
150
553
29 25
390
162
506
26 07
347
176
488
25 60
310
170
464
23 01
309
188
445
21 89
292
375
323
13 97
186
Note 1st The experiment was made in sin
gle rows, 112 yards long, and corresponding
rows of natural soil, planted, and carefully
weighed and contrasted. The amount was then
..calculated pro rata for a whole acre.
2~ The cotton was picked dry pn sunny after
noons, and 3J lbs. of seed counted as producing
one of lint, and die whole rated at 22 cents net
per lb., for which it was sold.
3. The valne of the seed was not estimated,
lint allowed to be worth as much as the additional
labor for picking, ginning, etc. Ten per cent,
was nllowed for the money invested in guano,
for the use for one year.
TABLE IX.
JSfcowing'the result of the first and second years
rtn.'duction of certain fertilizers, against the
■r-Atrrtkl soil, counted in the percent, on the
invcsfcastrxt.-
1867. percent
Peruvian- ftrfdTPaciSc 432
•.Peruvian and Dried .Clay 429
^Peruvian add Dis.. Bones 428
■•Pacific Guano 402
Home Phosphate - 363
Peruvian Guano — 355
•Ketttewell’s A. A. — 289
Baltimore Phosphate 272
Dickson’s Preparation- 271
Poudretto •. —.104
lame, Bones,.ashes, etc — 81
Bone ta fen 07
Plaster ancTPotash, loss 14
1868. per cent.
Homa'-Phosphate,....! 375
Dickson's Preparation 251
'Peruvian and Dis. Bones 241
IfTlaltimore Phosphate 226
Plaster and Potash 215
Btartzvian and Pacific 210
Pacific Guano 199
Peruvian and Dried Clay 179
Kettlewell's A. A 1J8
Peruvian Guano 120
lime, Bones, Ashes, etc 117
‘Bone ta feu 87
0
Per cent on investment made in two years
. after paying interest on money
TTY>mn Phosphate
738
Anri Dir. Pones..
669
iPfimTlflU pnr| Ppmfln ....... ....
642
■Peruvian and Dried Clay
608
601
Preparation
522
498
POrTViPT] (rTltlTin. r ... . ....
475
Kcttlowpll's At Att. ............
467
Plaster Anfl Pnf , nsh...f-r--T-
201
Lime, Bones, Ashes, etc
198
Bone ta fen
154
Wftshln^fon Correspondence of the
Macon Telegraph.
The Case of Judge Bustecd—The Freed men's
Bureau—The Georgia Contested Election
Case—Georgia Senators—A Personal Bill of
Butler—Government Postal Telegraph—Geor
gia Affairs.
Washington, D. C., January 7, 1869.
Editors Telegraph; The case of Judge Bus-
teed, of Mobile, still hangs fire before the Sub-
Judiciary Committee. It is stated that five
important witnesses have been examined with
out eliciting any evidence sustaining any one of
the many allegations made by his accusers. The
Committee will, undoubtedly, be compelled, in
order to make a full examirihtion of ibis case, to
visit Montgomery and Mobile end make an ex
amination of the records, as well as hear wit-
neeses. The friends of Judge Bnsteed seem to
feel confident that the case will fall through.
The House Committee appointed to look after
the affairs of the Freedmen’s Bureau, it is un
derstood, has instructed its chairman to report
against all measures looking to the farther ex
tension of the bureau in the Southern States.
The members of the committee express them
selves satisfied that the reconstruction-laws give
the military commanders, in the departments of
the South, ample power to extend the necessary
aid and protection to the freedmen, and while
they do not expect much aid from the present
administration in carrying out the Radical pro
gramme for the benefit of the negro, they claim
to have received assurancesfrom General Grant,
that as soon as he comes into the White House
the freedmen shall have all necessary aid and
comfort.
The House Committee on Elections held a
meeting to-day, at which was considered the
contested case from the Sixth Congressional
District of Georgia. The contestants are CoL
Christy and Mr. Wimpey. The former holds
his certificate of election from General Meade,
and would undoubtedly be seated could he tako
the test oath; the latter gentleman holds the
certificate of Gov. Bullock. It has not as yet
transpired what action the committee have taken
in the matter, but it is presumed that their re
port will be submitted to the House for its ac
tion at as early a day as practicable.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a meet
ing yesterday, at which the question of admit
ting Messrs. Miller and Hill, Senators elect from
your State, was discussed at great length. The
committee are very much divided on tho subject,
.Poudrette
Remarks reserved for February number.
E. M. F.
.Sparta, December 5th, 1868.
104
and it was postponed until the next meeting.
Well informed persons who are anxious that
Georgia should be represented in the Senate of
the United States as speedily as possible, now
seem to donbt the probability of the question
being settled before some action is had, with re?
gard to the reconstruction measures now pend
ing before Congress. The enemies of your
State are actively at work perfecting their plahk
for reducing the State to the condition of a pre-
visoinal government, with Colonel Bollock, as
sisted by the military, acting as the interpreter
of the,requirements of the Radical majority in
Congress. Democrats and Conservative Repub
lican Congressmen express the opinion that,
should Congress fail to adopt such legislation as
proposed by Governor Bollock and his friends,
the Committee will report on the question of
admitting Senators Miller and Hill at an early a
day as possible.
The House Reconstruction Committee also
held a meeting yesterday, and resumed the in
vestigation of the affairs of Georgia. Consid
erable testimony was taken favoring the present
State Government; other testimony was taken
favorable to the measures now before Congress
looking to the reconstruction: of the State.
There is something strikingly personal in the
bill introduced in the House yesterday, by Gen.
Butler, to secure the right of transit and delay
of forty-eight hours to every citizen through
every State other than that whereof he is a citi
zen, without being sued or arrested in the State,
unless upon an affidavit that he is a fugitive from
justice or from his creditors. The General
doubtless remembered his detention in Balti
more last summer, by the legal representatives
of a certain W. W. Wooloy.
Post Master General Randall is preparing* un
der the inspiration of Prof. Hubbell of Connec
ticut, a special report, to be submitted to Con-
'gfess at an early day, advocating the project of
a Government Postal telegraph. It is very
I doubtful whether such a measure could be put
through Congress at the present session, the
best men in Congress fearing to place at the
disposal of any party such a fearful political
power.
I have just learned from authoratatial source,
that the House Committee on Elections have de
cided to reject the claims of both contestants
from the sixth district of Georgia.
Nothing of particular interest transpired in
either house to-day. Restock.
fourth of March next, and, as a consequence, it
is doubtful whether the law passed at the be
ginning of the session of the Fortieth Congress
authorizing the assembling of Congress on the
fourth of March, will be repealed.
A report going the rounds of the press, to the
effect that the House Committee on Foreign Af
fairs had decided to report a joint resolution
providing for a protectorate over the Islands of
the Caribbean Sea, is rather premature. The
Committee have not considered the subject at
all, though it is well known that several mem
bers of the Committee are strongly in favor of
the project, and it is possible that such a resolu
tion may be reported at an early day.
Owing to the abuses of the franking privilege
by members of Congress, efforts have been mak
ing for a long time to have the evil remedied, and
yesterday the House Committee on Postoffice
Affaire agree to report a bill prohibiting the use
of a f ac simile or stamp frank.
The Rev. Paul Bagley, well known from his
connection with measures looking to the relief
of President Davis, while confined at Fortress
Monroe, is just now using his persuasive elo
quence in behalf of Dr. Mudd and tho other
conspiracy prisoners now held in confinement
at the Dry Tortugas. It is thought that the
President will certainly release these prisoners
before the fonrth of March.
There is a melancholy tendency here to either
concoct stories out of whole doth for sensation
al artides, or to distort and misrepresent in the
press nearly everything which occurs. No idea
is too small to exdte the imagination of the
numerous correspondents. For instance, the
confirmation by the Senate of the nomination
of Mr. Morgan as District Attorney for Louisi
ana—a transaction of itself of little importance,
has been worked up into quite a story of Attor
ney General Evarts’ purpose to prosecute Gen
eral James B. Steadman and other leading men,
for large amounts of public money said to have
been smuggled. There is tho authority of Mr.
Evarts himself for saying the story is a pure
fabrication, so far as he is concerned. Morgan
was nominated more than a year ago, by Pres
ident Johnson, and Mr. Evarts addressed Ms
comfirmation solely in the public interest, and
because Mr. Morgan is a good attorney.
Kentuck.
Letter From Atlanta.
Members of the Legislature arriving—Incredible
Stories—The State Road—Return of the Gov
ernor—Frightened Radicals—Congress and
the Legislature—The Capitol.
From Texas.
BOLIDAT8—WEDDINGS—FBXEDMEN’s BUBXAT?—DI
VISION or TEXAS REVENUE THIEVES JOCKEY
CLUB MEETING—BUSINESS, ETC.
Richmond, Texas, December 31, 1868.
The Christmas holidays were enlivened -here
by numerous gay parties, and almost every
nymph and swain of marriageable age have sac
rificed, or been sacrificed, I can’t determine
which is the correct rendering, on Hymen’s al
tar. The bitter old satirist who said:
‘ ‘Marriage is like a rabble route;
Those who i
-The Tenwre-of-Oltlce Law Gone Up.
The Tenure-of-office bill has been killed by a
flash of lighting. It went up in the House yes
terday by a vote of 116 to 47 almost before any
body knew they meant to kill it. Gem Grant’s
little finger pushed tho repealing bin through,
and that finger just now has more than 140-
fcorso power. There is a very obvious and
strong moral in this sudden capital execution of
law wMch we have no space to comment
Washington Correspondence or the
Macon Telegraph.
Caucus of Republican Senators on the Finances
—The Sovereign State of Georgia—Admis
sion of her Senators—A Protectorate—The
Franking Prieilege—Rev. Paul Bagley—
Sensational Stories, etc.
.upon.
What Makes ns to Differ?
The Columbus papers very frequently tell of
.cotton thefts by acquisitive darkies, and with
what timely adroitness they are surprised by the
police, with the spoils in hand. Last Friday
night, a sable tMef was stopped, with a bag of
■ cotton on his head, which weighed 125 pounds.
•Our Macon colored population must be much
more honest or adroit, or our police less sharp.
'There is a manifest difference somewhere.
Resumption or Specie Payment.—Mr. Geo.
Opdyke, ex-Mayor of New York, is engaged on
the national finances. He asserts “that the
United States have seven-tenths more currency
'.per-capita than before the war, or than England
,or France now has; and that the proper ways
;to bring this currency to par with gold are to
(Contract it at a rate not exceeding ten millions
.of dollars a year, and to await the growth of the
country in its resources and consequent need of
esneney. These means, he believes, will bring
fha country to specie payment in about seven
years, and any earlier resumption, he argues,
will be fraught with more injury than benefit to
the general business of the country.”
Washington, D. C., January 8, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : The Republican Senators
held a two hours’ canons yesterday morning,
for the purpose of perfecting an understanding
on the financial question and the time wMch
should be consumed in the business order of the
session. After considerable debate, the caucus
adjourned without affecting any arrangement.
Several Senators expressed the opinion that
some financial legislation should be accomplish
ed at the earliest possible moment, looking to
the resumption of specie payments.
It may be added here that many prominent
Atlanta, Ga., January 10th, 1869.
Deab Telegbaph:—The members of the Leg
islature are coining in already. Quite a number
are to be seen around tho various hotels, the
National being their most general place of resort.
Several are here who say they are not permitted,
for fear of their lives, to return to their homes.
Among them are the members from Lowndes,
Jefferson and Colombia. They complain bit
terly of the persecution and intolerance of the
Democratic party, and consider some action by
Congress for the protection of reconstractionists
and Grant men, as necessary and just. [Stories
wMch are incredible.—Eds. Telegbaph.]
The Committee appointed at the last session
of the Legislature to investigate the affairs of
the State Road, is now in session, and from
what can be learned on the street, it is under
stood that their report will be very compliment
ary to its present management. The Demo
cratic press, and many of the merchants, speak
now in Mgh terms of, CoL Hnrlbnrt os a man of
rare business capacity, and especially as the
State Roa^ Superintendent.
Gov. Bullock returned this morning, and is
looking better than many of our people would be
glad to see. In fact, he is in-fine health and
weighs about two hundred pounds. A great deal
of interest is felt as to the result of his efforts
to reconstruct tho State again. Many of the
Radicals who say they are so terribly persecuted
pretend to think if very vigorous and harsh
measures are not adopted by Congress, that they
will be driven out of the State—that Gov. Bul
lock will be impeached, and the State given over
to the role of the assassin or Kn-klnx. And thus
they tremble and whine, whilst the great agricul
tural, mineral, mechanical and commercial in
terests of the State ore threatened with destruc
tion or retarded in their development.
Why can we not have peace, and our grand
and glorious State move on in the career of pros
perity which awaits the settlement of her pres
ent difficulties? If we have not done what Con
gress expected in the adoption of our State Con
stitution and tho acceptance of the reconstruc
tion acts, and we are to he again remanded to a
state of anarchy, it is to be hoped that we will
not be required to take part in the next re-or
ganization, but that the Najional Legislature
will take the entire matter in hand, fix it up to
suit themselves and tell ns to go to work under
it. This course will settle our affairs, at least,
and stop the bickerings and bad blood, which is
shown in too many of onr wisest andbest people.
I learn that as to cine point Congress is almost
unanimous, and that is, as to the reseating of
the negroes. This I learn from a gentleman
just from Washington, who traveled part of the
way with the Governor. He says quite a num
ber of the Democratic members favor it, whilst
it is the unanimous sentiment of the Repub
licans. As to the application of the “test-oath”
to tho members of the Legislature, Congress is
divided. Judge Trumbull opposes it, as do most
of tho moderate Republicans, whilst more ex
treme men will support it vehemently, urging
that it is the only measure for protecting the
loyal men and keeping the State in the control
of those who do not hate the Government—that
is, the rebels. If such a measure is adopted,
what little talent there is in our Legislature
will be expelled—and that will be among the
least of its deplorable results. If a State orga
nization such as Tennessee now groans under is
are out would fain be in—
Those who are in, be out”
would be inclined to doubt the correctness of
the last line, if he could witness the happy ha
lations that have slipped their heads in the
“silken noose” in Fort Bend county, within the
last six weeks. There certainly can be but
few more marriages here, until the next tier of
lads and lasses grow to be a little older than
they are, unless we have a lucky influx of immi
gration. Bat if this latter should fail us, fit must
be claimed that those already here, mostly na
tive, and to the manor born, have exhibited a
commendable determination to increase the
population and swell the list and labors in ‘*the
good old way," of the man who takes tho next
census in this part of the Republic.
It is the opinion of several of-the bureau
agents, General Howard’s opinion to the contra
ry notwithstanding, that the bureau is still a
necessity, and that it will be continued. These
patriotic Othellos dislike to be flanked out of
their occupation. They had nice situations, and
are determined to hold on to them with the te
nacity of snapping turtles. In addition to their
regular salaries, the fat pickings from the Loyal
Leagnes, and the occasional largesses which in
terested parties slipped slyly Into their palms,
all tended to render their offices very desirable.
There is a good deal of human nature even in
immaculate Bureau Agents, and it is natural
that they should deprecate the abolition of such
nice, cosy sinecures as they have been enjoying
for the last three or four years. Bat if the tax
payers of the great North will see things in the
same tight, they are much more credulous than
they have been heretofore supposed to be. (
Great fears are entertained, in well-informed
circles, that the Convention now in session will
effect a division of the State nolens rolens.
Nine-tenths of the old citizens are opposed to
such division; but that fact will weigh nothing
with men who are ambitions to fill offices, and
in order to do so, must create them. The sole
object of those who favor division, is to multi
ply offices for seedy adventurers. It is too bad,
if there was any way to avoid it
If the mob who hung the express robbers not
long ago, in Indiana, I believe, should tom
their attention to hanging the multifarious rob
bers of the revenue, they might be doing good
service; but oh! what a stupendously heavy
job they would have on hand, and how mnch
they would increase the labors of the under
takers, if they gave their subjects sepulture!
I have heard much laughing over the Cole-
Hiscock verdict, rendered at Albany, not long
since. Not bat that acqnital was right enough.
Tho manner of acquital is what is funny. It is
hardly probable that any one ever felt as cool
while polling trigger on a man, as if he were
shooting a squirrel or sipping see cream of a
warm day, or drinking hot whisky punch of a
cold one.
The murdered man no doubt deserved death.
TVhy didn’t the jury acquit his slayer in the
usual way, Eke men who appreciated the sancti
ty of married relations, and were determined to
defend them, on the broad, catholic principle
that it is right and just to do so, without whip
ping the devil, in a zigzag run, round the stump ?
The regular meeting of the Jockey Club took
place at Houston, this week. There were seve
ral stables from abroad. Mobile and New Or
leans were both represented. There was a vast
concourse of people present. The running was
good, and sporting gentlemen had a quadruple
F. time of it—fine, fast, fat and flush.
There is not generally much business done dur
ing the Christinas holidays, but Houstonhas been
an exception, this, year, and her hotels and 1 bars
have had a rich shower of golden drops deposi
ted in their fiscal bureaux.' The sales of her
merchants have been enhanced, and her busi
ness men generally have, no donbt, realized sat
isfactory profits.
The incoming year, which makes its advent
on Friday, will, I trust, prove an exception to
tho old proverb- connected with that day, and
result in being an auspicious one to Texas, (for
she needs it) to your readers and the entire
Union, for I trust all will deserve a propitious
Par Fois.
agreed to stop with me here, and explore the
country. Need I say I was more than happy to
meet my old friend, Mr. CharleB Hutchinson, of
Tallahassee, who welcomed us to bis little home,
but a few paces off. It was his landing we
made, the first clearing on the west side of the
lake. I found Mr. H. delightfully situated—the
banks being eight or ten feet high, with a rich
alluvial hammock, underlaid by a substratum of
shelL Like many others, he fled from the
wreck of fortunes, and dismembered govern
ment, to find rest on these lovely shores. The
settlements are all new along this lake, com
posed of fifty families or more, comprising in
telligence, morality and education.
More anon, Occasional.
Senators and Representatives, express the opin- Q
ion that nothing will bo done with the financial■ not then inaugurated, we shall be under greater
question at the present session, owing to thej obligations to Almighty God for His mercies
varying conflict of views and the evident want than we have ever yet been. Should these
of harmony existing between the champions of j things occur, I envy the prond consciousness of
that great subject. The whole question will the present management of the Macon Tele-
probably go over to the forty-first Congress. J graph when they reflect that they have done
The fact of the matter is the Republican party less to bring about these calamities to our peo-
are just now greatly exercised over the condi
tion of the finances and reconstruction, the lat
ter subject especially looms up before them tike
Tick’s Flobal Guide.—"We are indebted to
.James Vick, of Rochester, New York, for a copy
.at his Floral Guide and Seed Catalogue for I860.
It r is the handsomest production of this kind we
.ever saw making a pamphlet of one hundred
pages, profusely illustrated with fine engravings
.of flowers and vegetables, and with asplendidty
. engraved and colored bouquet of’flowers, for a
•.frontispiece. This Guide will be sent to all ap-
-plieants by ™««1, who inclose ten cents, and Mr.
Vick proposes to pay freight on all orders for j elect,
weeds upon receipt of price at Rochester.
pie than any other paper in the State.
The Kimball, Pullam & Co. Capitol is ad-
■ vancing rapidly to completion. The work pro-
Banquo’s ghost, before the false hearted King grosses night and day, Sundays not excepted,
of Denmark. j Already the halls for the two branches of the
Members of the Judiciary Committee have. Legislature are finished, whilst those for the
been heard to remark that, no matter which way: Executive, the Supreme Court, and other pub-
they turn, they encounter the sovereign State of tic officers, are nearly so. When finished, it is
Georgia. They all agree in condemning the ter*
rible condition of affairs in that State; but stand
confessed incompetent to suggest any measures
of relief. {Senator Hendricks, (the only Dem
ocratic member of the Committee,) is the only
advocate of the proposition for the immediate
admission of the Senators elect from Georgia,
and the consequent defeat of such measures as
are now pending before Congress, looking to a
second reconstruction.
The leaders of the Radical party in Congress
seem to be paralyzed with fear of the President
Various newspaper lettere, purporting
to give General Grant’s views of all the promi
nent men and measures now before the country,
Fibe in Augusta. Thursday night a fire orig- ; seem to have had the effect of .dogging all im-
Inated in a mniineTy establishment adjoining the j portent Congressional legislation, and for fear
Planters’ resulting in consider- j of committing greater blunders than have here-
jo,*. The damage to the hotel building j tofore characterized their legislation, they seem
•wm Several stocks of goods were destroy- j determined to wait and see what the new Presi-
«d, uncovered by insurance, to the amount of j dent will do after the fonrth of March. This
$20,000. The fire was very stubborn. Three ; determination (if a fact) involves the necessity
Axeman was suffocated and one injured. ; of convening the Forty-first Congress on the
said it will be the finest building in the Southern
States, with the exception, perhaps, of the Cap
itol at Nashville. Already it presents a very im
posing appearance. H.
<
Aotaibs in Putnam.—A friend writing from
Eatonton, on the 8th, to the Telegbaph, says:
The people of this grand old place are still
kind and sociable. Trade is dulL Few farmers
in town, all at work preparing for a new crop.
Some improvements going on; a store erected
on the Court House square in 1817 is being re
paired and made new.
Put on the Discipline, Bbotheb Cubby.—
The powerful sermon from Brother Clisby, of
the Telegraph, on the “Amenities of the Press’'
made several hopeful converts. The first and
most hardened sinner of the lot has backslid al
ready.—Columbus Sun. *
Ah, yes. A few, perhaps, may have to be
killed as soon as converted, to make quite sure
of glory. But who is the backslider ? Make out
year charge and specifications, Brother Sun.
Letter from Florida—No. 5.
Leaving Palatka—Handsome Orange Grove—
Raiclstoum, Settledin 1703—The Course of the
River—Lake George—Dunn's Creek—Dunn's
Lake, Etc.
Letter BTo. 6.
Mr. Hutchinson's place—Vegetables growing—
Flowers blooming—W. R. Weston, his pros
pects—Explorations— Large Cypress tree—
Stock interest—Game—Conclusions, etc.
Not within my memory, have I seen a more
lovely spot than Mr. Hutchinson’s. High and
level, fronting on one of the most attractive
lakes in the world, which affords abundant fish
ing, and a back country of undulating pine lands,
for cultivation, grazing of stock, and other pur
poses, surely man must be happy where there is
so much to bless him.
Potato plants had recently been set in Ins
garden, and the vegetables I saw growing give
evidence of luxuriance and vigor. A stock of
Sea Island cotton, in the midst of the garden,
had grown to a great height, bearing a good crop
of bolls. This plant, however, from’ every part
of Florida, I could hear had been successively
attacked each year, by the caterpillar, thereby
cutting off the crop very short. Though, not
withstanding the ravages of this terrible enemy
of cotton, the staple pays a remunerative price
for cultivation, the best grades of Sea Island
having brought, the past year, as high as one
dollar per pound. Sngar-cane pays at least three
hundred dollars per acre, and tobacco will pro-
INIREDIBLE DISCOVERY.
A Subterranean Passage- Way and Cavern un
der Rock Island— Wonderful Relies of Ab
original Antiquity—Statues in Copper—An
Obelisk of Solid Brass — Numberless Other
Discoveries—“ All Hope Abandon, Ye Who
Enter in."
A Significant Doenmcat! ~
that WAS NOT at all 4 DK*** .
[From the Savannah Monrinv Knot.
Prom the Bock Bland Arts*., Jan. 6.J
to the following cuusetensae emanate* T"’ 1
the great Wahoo, toe fflaatrious
dark wing of the Radical party 0 f r??®,«
the 1
it will be found in toe fact that
tierent nonTTr^t
We have the pleasure this evening of laying ridiculous bombast and incoherent non«A&
our readers toe result of one of the most “ contains allusions and hints which, taJte^
and profoundly interesting subterrwie- afford a key to the causes of the law?'
ous exploring expeditions ever attempted on this pTbances in our vicinity, and an unmiZv.u
contment. It is nothing less than an under- legation of the parties who instigated ter 1 *
ground passage-way under Rock Iriand the 8”??® riotous insubordination to the WW
prewait site of the United States arsenal and objects which they had in viwT’ **
arsenal,
theidiscovery of antiquarian relies of the rarest . ,. .
And most interesting chancier irom tne original copy in on*, possession iZi 8 *
' ' ’*• ' timetliteratm, iUhos, capitals, and ah*!??'
inti Kaam 1’. Ut
With this explanation we print the doenjn
rom the original codv in on\ rvuuaomV... _
The, entrance to a large cave—as our home ,, ... ,. . „
readers are doubtless aware—is plainly visible the manuscript, which bears unquestionabi*
from the ferry landing, as well as other portions ldenc ® of authenticity. It was evident]* T
of our city bordering on the river bank, and, al- 31 6 ned for publication, and was mailed in
though some tenfeetin diameteratthe entrance ton on ttie 21st °* December, to the gentlenT
it gradually diminishes in size until some twenty! of cit y» from whom we received it: ^
five feet are reached, when it is with difficulty OI f 'wauhoo's dream.
that a person can effect an entrance by crawling * “ m y Wigom, on the night of the 4th
through the aperture, but, when once fairly of Nov 1868, incirculed by white, red and blJv
through, there is no difficulty in standing erect. Spirit® from heven and hell they d&imMT
Until the recent interesting discoveries were C0lne: There was no moon, but each had tv*
made by the enterprising explorers, representing balls of living fire, lit up by out rage and ciJi
ah eastern scientific society, and who are now ^? on 8- . . y
sojourning in our city, this cave never been U° • bo ! within two blocks Seven hundred ar
known to be over 120 feet in depth, and has pos- Saints are coming the name of Bradk
sessed nothing more than ordinary interest, eX- bits the air:—quick a mong them did I J
cept as having been thought by the stern bid 8 done and single, I heard the plots andplS!
Sac warrior, Black Hawk, to have been the cho- wh ich high heaven had Sent them and th«,
sen abode of the great spirit that presided over departed.
their destinies. Bnt upon close examination at The night was clear, and the Boat was frail, tv
the terminus of one of the darkest and most in- bounded 24 hours ou the Atlantic Ocian Lif
tricate recesses, a narrow cavity was discovered reaching the everglades of South Carolina tfc.
ih toe rock, and by the aid of a torch forced in- * an d of my nativity; into the arms of a thoc.
to it, an interior apartment was found, upon An- euud friends I rushed with Zeal, and they
taring which the party were enabled to explore reedy to take the field: bnt Gen Grant is tj.
the subterraneous passage for a distance of near- P e f ce and so am I, and not a man of you n^
1^1000 feet. The main passage is some six feet ‘be-
in width and about nine in height, and is evi- * dreamed, I said, to the pirite in my speech -,
dently a natural cavern, though in several places *b® square, I intreated the people not to go
there are evidences of its having been widened, a Revolution with the Georgia Legislature
as chisel marks can be distinctly discovered on were governed more by pashions than brairj
the walls—besides numerous small regular in- ®ud not to have any treble at the Poles, because
tervals of fifty feet which bear traces of having tbe whole Vote of tlm State was not worth th»
been hewn out of the massive.solid rock. * bfe of the meanest dimocrat, or republican i>
The second corridor, leading from the main couldjiot, nor would notti
one,, is very extensive—containing six ponder
ous pillars enwreathed with gorgeous decora
tions. Beyond this is a shorter chamber in
( which is tho entrance to the sanctum sanctorum,
j and which contains one of the grandest collec-
duce even better results.
I saw most beautiful flowers growing in thejtions of antiquarian enriosties ever discovered
countedbecause the - Legislature had kick:
out the bottom of their own tub : can ithi’,
asses yet see the face: Congress will make thee
feel it within a Moon.
The State and the cit-
under Martial law: black police will beuW
igent hand of his accomplished daughter, who: whiclt erecteda magnificent shrine which, < f OTe ? 1 “ e “ t ° f ri»eU. S ; and order will be «.
has lately returned from school. On Staten | with its unique inscription, denotes the antiaui- s , tored b y shot and sbeU if nessary. I heard u
Ok Staten with itsuni^e toscripfen, denotesthe antiqui! stored by shot and sheU if nessary. I heard u
Island I find the ladies do all the offlees rt. Ih. Snrjonndtogthe cote. M&fita fljtjlu!
seqnently all accept the situation with com- Symmetrical though diminutive figure of an Li- »nd some.of the jury. They swore to impost
plaisance. Everybody appeared happy and con- dian maiden, with a countenance of surpassing Tboy get tour orders from a Ms
tented, eapeetit^ one da* to reata .11 their M'r=a|T«nl4and‘il|*aS
Orange-growing isthe .poeialt, ““ °*2t
where in East Florida. I observed the finest by fa that th J end of their destin y and ra ° e ^ at a ! 4 Oe ock PM; and swd Negroes were nude
banana I had seen, in Mr. H. s orchard. It wa3 hand. Above them all, on itsprojecting and bi® c<mtrole, because all voted for Grants*
six feet high, being planted last spring. At a crescent-shaped roof, are arranged in system-
certain season of the year tto plant diesdown; SpSwlT^So^tS Sav^Lh l^e^itemeXnatoe SSfSI
sasssaasg^ ssrisgSagL-
The next place I examined was situated a mile unfit to sustain animal life, being damp, heavy, fy r T.tiir rri D
and . tOt from tho laho, high, on , pin. lev.l,
rdth nndnl.tingl.nd.on olth.ratdo, bolonging “ -tRRESTEJJ, and Mod to coort »a|
to Mr. W. B. Weston, formerly of Dawson, Ga. escaped suffocation. 8 • foi:—coiispiracy, riot Rebellion, and JfCll
Mr. W. is an excellent young man who removed j Immediately adjoining the room containing Savannah^wili 'shake. & 0<m ° |
here from Indian River last spring, and has cer- these wonders is an obelisk of solid brass—some That man who will sware I had anything to i I
tainly a fine prospect for a fortune. Hehasfive seven feet in height, beautifully sculptured on with the death of S L , be he iW o;|
acres of orange stumps, all budding out. He £ our are \“i oU ’ t^nty-one ®a a11 white rich or poor, I call him a knave, a perl
- -av t,. v bas-reliefs, and above, below, and between them jured knave, a pander, a coward, and the son of I
has a young man with him and a wlored boy s carvedi an inscription seventy-six lines in J a mongrel b-h. Bnt the witnesses inL—“1
his former servant, who went with him through length. The whole is m the best state of pre- case, did not, as they could not say that fiaflnl
the war. Henfy certainly appreciates his former serration scarcely a character of the inscrip- was the man. and no man can, untel he become^ S
young master to have left Georgia forthis quiet a °“ j? Y an ! in &* I1 d the figures are as sharp and damned deviL
* as. well defined as if executed only a few days ago. Oh! good women—11
and retired spot. j One of the scenes represented is a circle of the pr av over the Sins of
. pray you, now to begin fcl
a , wiih »1 ms ici<i«cmcu u II ureiB ui mo prav over me Sms of your misguided SoesmiJ
Mr. Weston joined our party, and on.the mom- ancient aborigines sitting, m council—with the husbands—one Moon and the day of Judgment
i ready for this event I
toe General Aj-j
sembly are to be restored and all w/iiYemenvhol
, - r , . , . „ „ are disfranchised under 14 Art and can not iak 3
grounds, growing to perfection. The trees were resented is a royal chieftain followed by his at- the test oath 24 in all are to be removed at 6* I
loaded with bitter-sweets. We measured a cy- tendants a prisoner is at his feet, while point of the United States bayonets as they ss;[
Dress tree near this ground, thirty feetincir- me - n 010 being introduced leading various they will notgo without physical superior pove-1
press iroe, *» f animals and carrying ponderous cross-bow3, jav- GeneralMead, the alfa and omega of ajoirl
cumference and ten: feet in diameter. elins, and other weapons. The animals repre- trebles in Georgia, will be called to give bi j
There can be no doubt but this conntryis fine- ■ sentqd are the elephant, polar bear, lion, stag, count for his multiplied Sins and comme j
Iy adapted to stock raising. Mr Braddock, j an d various kinds of monkeys. The ornaments and if they will give ns a chance, we will mile I
owns over three thousand head of cattle on ! ^cately graven on the robes of the party, the his Gaystesbourgh Hooker’s fame, blacker tlm
“ , ° ; tassels and fringes, the bracelets and armlets, HelL t
Dunn s Lake. Stock cattle are worth about ^ elaborate curia of the hair and beard are all j am sorry, that the Spirits have made me dm& I
per head. - ; entire. One of the chiefs stands very erect and —because they show me things to come, nil
Game is abundant in Bast Florida—the - finest. carries in his aims an animal resembling a cha- that alwais disturbs the peace of those vk il
shooting and hunting grounds in America. For | “ ois ?P? n “S 11 * a ™> and “ bis left hand a deeds are evil Keep not far from me Oh gtei I
b j v lib .w ■ branch, bearing line flowers. Around his tem- Spirit until we has reached the promised land, f
this purpose, and health, many people of the • ples 53 a ^et adorned in front with a posette. 1 A Alpeoka Bbadim.
Northern States visit Florida in the winter. | One of toe other characters, in a tragical atti- We have all along maintained that the 0p*|
tude, holds a square vessel, resembling a basket, — - - 1
Occasional.
square vessel, resembling a basket, chee disturbances were instigated by the carp? I
in his left hand, and a drawn dagger in the right, bag leaders of the radical party, for pawl
Wliat Machinery can Do—Invention I while on his head is worn a rounded cap, at the purposes, and that the insurrecti’o:
and it» Progress. u M *
From the Chicago Time*!
On the morning of toe 18th December, 1868,
Capt Blanchard and I chartered a little steamer
for Dunn’s Lake. We wished to hurry on; benco
could not wait for Wednesday's boat, whioh rnns
regularly on that lino.
In leaving Palatka, wo pess, on the opposite
shore, a very handsome grove of of six hundred
bearing orange trees in a high stele of cultiva
tion, the crop of oranges, alone, in 1866 having
brought $4000. The land lyingadjacent, for a
mile, is cut up into small lots and held at $30
to $50 per acre, unimproved.
The next point of interest is Rawlstown, set
tled by Lord Rawles, of England, in 1703, for
the purpose of establishing an Infirmary. As
a benefactor, few men exceeded in philanthropy
this generous nobleman. Here on the-banks of
this beautiful river, as many as three hundred
women, at one time sought refuge from toe af
flictions of the world. Rawlstown has long since
gone to decay, and scarcely a trace of the vil
lage is left, once the pride of Lord Rawls.
The direction of the river now changesfrom due
south to southeast, and is much narrower until
you reach Lake George, a magnificent sheet of
water, from five to nine miles in width and eigh
teen miles long.
But as we are bound for Dunn’s Lake, east of
Lake George, we will defer a description of this
charming lake for a future sketch, and proceed
up Dunn’s Creek, a few miles above Rawlstown
and only eight miles above Palatka. This creek
connects Dunn’s Lake with toe St. John’s river,
and is only eight miles long. Probably the finest
fishing in toe world is on this creek. Though
narrow, the depth of tins stream will admit oil
the river boats. It was in view of this com
munication with Dunn’s Lake, the cheapness
and good quality of toe lands on toe west side,
the beautiful sites for building and excellent
society, that attracted me thither. The first
glimpse we catch of the lake excites toe most
pleasurable emotions within us. Your eye
wanders around toe vast horizon, resting npon
the dense forest that fringes its beautiful banks.
This lake is twelve miles long, varying from two
to three miles in width, being fed by two large
streams known as Haw Creeks.
Nature has contributed so much to our hap
piness, said I, as I longed to catch toe first view
of toe spot I expected to make my home. Ah!
how every impulse rose, as the waves came
dashing up, rolling along toe sides of our little
vesseL I thought of my first trip on toe Atlan
tic ; thought toe sight was so beautiful I could
not grow sick. A dead cahn soon suoceeded the
turbulence of the waves, and on this beautiful,
quiet lake, our boat then glided into shore.
Several gentlemen from Corning, New York,
whom I had the pleasure of joining at Palatka,
wime ou xu» ueau is worn a rounaea cap, at tne purposes, and that the msurrectionary dei&x I
base of which is a horn. The garments of both stration was only a part of a concerted plan;:!
consist of a robe falling from, the shoulder to the purpose of political capital in C»[
the ankle, and a short tunic underneath, de- gress, and for aiding the revolutionary desol
" scalawags to reitl
:e State remanded: I
lis fact is clearly:I
^ -Xrite,” on the night
Despite the enormous &nd numberless im- , marked. November, ■when, like *‘Satin in council,” k I
provements of the pa3t forty years, we believe I After proceeding farther, the party reached a me t with his fellow conspirators to meditate #
that we stand now no-more than upon the bor- l laTge room with a, high arched roof, in which their overthrow and to plan schemes offs®!
ders of the domain of invention. What has j were the entrances to many other chambers, devilment, but with prophetic spirit which <x*£|
been done in forty years is bnt the prelude to'the j This contained the crowning gem of thewon- only have been inspired from headquarter*
ders—nothing less than a huge sarcophagus of Washington, proceeds to foretell the events M
copper—nine feet long and three feet in widtn, were to come npon us' before another no®|
minutely sculptured, within and without, with Nothing short of Radical inspiration could!®’
great opus of the nexbhaif-century.
The best method oC judging what will be ac
complished is by examining what is needed.
We believe human capability to be practically
limitless; but it accomplishes, not in propor
tion to its ability, bnt with reference to the de
mands of the age. Upon looking backward over
the history of invention, we shall find that there
has always been an even rate of progress be
tween invention and the necessities of the hu
man family. The locomotive and the electric
telegraph, for instance, came when they were
wanted. Had either made its appearance a een-
tury before it did, it would not have been util
ized. So of all great discoveries. Theyyhave
come when needed ; and judging the future by
tho past, there is every reason to believe-that
the role which has heretofore been effective will
henceforth prevail. To know what will be, it is
only necessary to know what are our imperative
necessities.
One of these necessities is that of greater
speed in locomotion. We shall have it. Just
so surely as the generation have progressed
from the six miles per hour of toe stage coach
to the sixty miles per hour of the locomotive, so
surely will we go on from sixty miles per hour
until we get to look upon that rate of speed as
we now look upon that of the old stage conch.—
To accomplish this result, there will be either a
new motor discovered, or else wo shall navigate
the air.
We must have type-settingby machinery; and
this “must” is the strongest possible guarantee
that the machine will soon respond to our de
mand. There must be vast improvement in
printing-presses, until 100,000 sheets an hour
shall have become the ordinary accomplishment
of a single press. We must, and soon shall,
have traction machines to take tho place of
horses in the drayage and passenger transporta
tion of the people of our great cities. Tele
graphy must be simplified and cheapened, until
it substantially takes toe place of the mail car.
Onr prairies must be plowed by steam; and
travel on water and railway be rendered
core as rest upon one’s couch.
The abominations of gas, kerosene, tallow and
whale oil must give way to something which will
turn night into day, and render cities independ
ent of monopolies and toe crude productions now
used to produce artificial light There must be
improvements inbuildng, in medicine, in print
ing, and, in fine, in every department whiennow
involves the necessity of human effort In troth,
inventions as astonishing as some we have men
tioned are being developed every day. We
scarcely notice them because of their frequency;
and it is only when one looks back over the re
sults of a year, that he appreciates the number
and value of improvements. We have passed
beyond being surprised at anything, and hence
the otherwise astounding and continuous results
of invention exeite no remark.
several hundred figures representingan immense
funeral procession and ceremonies relating to
the deceased chieftain, with emblems and other
devices. The lidi was partially removed, and re
vealed a quantity of bones and javelins.
In one of the secluded corners of this apart
ment, and a few feet below the level of the
enabled the dusky dreamer of Sing Sing to Uj
tell so exactly the programme that had been® j
augnrated, and for the fulfilment of which f
lock, Blodget, Bryant, Clift, Ackenatl
Turner, Sims and others of their recogMfJ
leaders, black and white have labored *1
‘ ~ ■' M
evel of the persistently, if not successfully. BnlM
floor, is the arched entrance to an unexplored has not yet succeeded at Washington—the Si*
chamber—approached by a narrow passage-way a n d c jty of Savannah, have not yet been pk*
down through a hideous stone stairway. The under martial law—black policemen have not
party, after repeated eflorts to effect an en- been placed over the city and the present®
trance, were obliged to abandon it. In plainly- C ers removed—order has not yet been ‘ ‘rest®: 11
defined Indian characters, it bears the significant -with shot and shell”—the citizens named h”
inscription, “AD. 1 hope abandon, ye who enter not yet been arrested and tried by court-eat!*
in, an admonition which, while it tended only for conspiracy, riot and murder. The inoc'^
to excite and increase the curiosity of the ex- passed Mtod “the dry bones of Savannah"
pjorers, was wisely heeded. not been shaken. Bnt who can say what ifc
J^The knowledge of this ancient and interesting not have happened, had the Ogeechee ins***
race does not seem, by any means, to have been Uon ripened into the fearful conflict wbii' 6
confined to statuary and sculpture. Their weap- instigators designed it should be—had the sets
ons, and the jewel ornaments with which their hundred saints, who cheered the Wahoo (un
persons wereadomed, though principally of cop- night after the election, not dwindled downfc“ y i
per, are, in some instances, finished with gold insignificant little band of “fifty negroes,
and silver, and carved in the most exquisite man- three guns and one bayonet on a stick,’
ner conceivable, indicating mechanical genius ported by Col. Williams,
and scientific attainments of the highest order. That the Wahoo dreamed with his eyes 4* 1
The luxury and refinement of an enlightened and was well posted as to the designs i k
civilization are clearly delineated in these mys- partv, there can be no doubt; but the pod#
terious images and devices, rather than the truly—
wretchedness, ignorance and superstitions of a “The best laid plans
semi-barbarous race, as eminent authors of the Of mice and men
present age have surmised onr country, previous Gang aft agleo.” ^
to its discovery by Colnmbus, to have been in- So» to apply Alfeobia’s apt figure of speMfc
habited by. bottom of the Bullock-Blodgett consp®-
At present the strictest vigilance is observed dropped out in the failure of the foeechw
at toe cave—no persons being allowed to enter surrection. The moon has passed, fu®?
it ’without permission from one or more of the prophecy of the groat Wahoo is nnfulfilie (1 '^‘
explorers, who are alL at present, the favored day of judgment is not here.
guests of the Rodman house. As toe present danger is over, we trusty
A Heavy Land Purchase in Southwestern
the ruthless ravages of time, brought to light
these monuments of ancient grandeur aad mag
nificence; and our gratitude at being furnished
for publication the details of researches so
thrilling and astounding in their character, is
Cold Weather —Great Destruction
Fruit Trees, Fish, etc*
From the Tampa Peninmlar, 2d.]
• rChtthe 25th nit. the thermometer was
only equalled by the absorbing interest winch as low as twenty-two degrees above ze ™
we feel confident onr readers will experience in SZiSZJZSL bi
their perasaL
Daring the interval of proceeding further
with their investigations, we understand it to be
the intention of the party having toe relics in
their possession to ship the movable portion of
them at once to New York, if permission from
the war department, for their removal can be
obtained.
Georgia.—The Albany News says: Messrs. R.
R. Graves & Co., of New York, came down after
the dose of toe war and bought two of the finest
plantations In Dougherty county—toe Hickory
Level and Baity places. They paid, we believe,
$150,000 for the two places, which contain 8,500
acres. Failing to make the cotton planting
business pay, they sold, a few days ago, to Hon.
B. H. Hill one half interest in the entire estate
—including seventy-five mules, 10,000 bushels
of com, fodder, cotton seed, plows, harness,
wagons, gins, etc., for 40,000. Mr. Hill to have
the control and management of toe esteblish-
rienced in *bia part of toe State otunty*
oldest inhabitants, and the damage done is ^
great 11 was only within the last tenyears ®
the people of - Florida began to realize the
portenoe of going largely into the raisi 0 ?
tropical fruits; and it was only within the
two or three years the labor bestowed in
fruits began to reward them; but the cola
and swept over the country with the power I
mighty tornado, destroying in a few b onrs T "1
which man has toiled years to build °P;. J
few hours Florida has been damaged ninko®1
dollars. The orange, lemon, lime, citron,
dock, guava, mango, pineapple, sugar app»1
fact all the tropical fruits, have been ku*®!
Floyd Superior Court
Met on Monday the 11th inst. Present, his
Honor Judge John 8. Bigbee, C. D. Forsyth,
solicitor,- jurors and attorneys.
Owing to an apprehension that ^ibe juries
might not be considered legal, the Court ad- seriously damaged. Even toe fully matured
{ ouroed to toe fourth Monday in March next, ripened fruit which remained upon the*
to further business was transacted except the wm all frozen and destroyed, and toe trees
granting of a few orders. It is hoped that the like they have been scorched as by a gres*
Legislature, which assembles on toe 13th, will The potato crop is badly damaged, and the P
pass an enabling act, or a general law for am- beets, cabbage and even turnips are killed,
panneling juries according to law.—Rome Cost- But the cold did not cease its ravage* 1
rier. they land, but descended into the water*
~*** the great deep-and caused to be spewed
Sxoxzng by ladies in Boston is on the in- from mighty jaw fish and sharks wm®*
crease. An extensive cigar dealer in that city thrown helpless upon toon to rot. Too™
says he sells an average of three hundred per of dead mullet, jack fish, spade fish snu
day for ladies’ use, and thinks a thousand pat oover the entire pert of the State,
day, at least, are puffed by the fair oom. Who can caloutete toe damage done?
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