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Tine Georgia YV'eekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1EG9.
The Southern Recorder and Georgia.
Our venerable friend, the MilleiigeviUe Re
corder, entered on his fiftieth year with his num
ber of Tuesday last, which shows that he is in the
maturity of his intellect and the meridian of his
usefulness. We trust a long and prosperous ca
reer awaits him. We hope he will renew his
youth in the speedy political, industrial and
financial regeneration of Georgia. We hope he
will live see this great State teeming with an
industrious population of three millions, and
producing annually, within her own boundaries,
one million bales of cotton; while the rich pro
ducts of her fields, forests and mines shall set
the wheels of a thousand busy manufactories in
motion, and give ns a thriving town population.
But the thoughts of the Recorder still cluster
around the past; he has been strolling about the
deserted old capitol, which has, in the olden
time, resounded with the eloquenceof Crawford,
Forsyth, Berrien, Troup, Gilmer, Stephens,
Lumpkin, Toombs, Cobb, Johnson and the thou
sand other bright and massive intellects who
have given Georgia a historical fame. His foot,
fall was the only sound heard in the deserted
chambers. His eye met not a living sonl—his
ear caught not another sonnd of life in those
hallowed halls and apartments; and he went
back sad and weary.
But, nevertheless, “besurgam” shall be the
motto of Georgia. A new intellectual and ma
terial life and activity shall spring np again.
Prosperity is not more the best school for the
intellectual and material, than for the moral,
life of a people. We gather wisdom, energy,
strength, courage and hardihood in the buffet
with the angry waves of misfortune and trouble;
and we tell our contemporary, therefore, to look
up, for day is breaking in Georgia. Your old
capitol shall again resound with the voice of
genius, learning and eloquence. The sons shall
succeed the fathers, under the inspiration of
brighter prospects, higher hopes and more glo
rious actualities than ever greeted Georgians of
the past Let us anticipate that day for our
selves as well as our children. Let ns gird up
our loins and push on the work of recuperation
and progress.
A Material Tor Sidewalks.
Seeing how soon the brick sidewalks in Macon
grow rough and wear out, we are reminded of
the importance of some harder, better and
cheaper material. Slate and granite are too
costly, although cheaper in the long run than
brick will be, which must be relaid every three
or four years. The famous sidewalks of the
new Boulevards of Paris are laid with asphal-
tnm—a preparation of which all the compo
nents are unknown to us, but the principal ones
are gas tar and sand, as we have been informed.
A friend tells ns that he saw splendid sidewalks
laid in the cities and villages of Connecticut
with a similar preparation, which had been
proved by experience cheap and durable.
Two or three years ago, a part of a barrel of
gas tar, from the Macon works, was upset on
the premises of the writer, and soaking into tho
sandy soil, the spot became as hard as stone.
This fact suggests tho inquiry, whether a mix
ture of sharp sand and gas tar would not pro
duce a hard, stoneliko footwnlk, far. more dura
ble, sightly and cheap than onr Macon bricks.
We are disposed to think it would, and to re
commend experiments with it They might be
made on so small a scale at first, as to involve
inconsiderable expense of money and labor.
Let the ground be first handsomely levelled and
compacted. Then cover it, say to the depth of
two inches, with a mixture of coarse sharp sand
and gas-tar, softened to the consistency of stiff
mortar, and handsomely smoothed off with a
trowel. In warm weather, the compound would
soon harden, so as to admit of travel, and it
would grow harder with every day’s exposure.
We feel reasonably certain that sidewalks
mado^in this manner would not only bo hand
somer and far more durable than bricks, but
that the same preparation would be better than
bricks or tiles for tho basement floors of dwell
ings. Will somebody, who has got the time, try
it and let ns know ?
Don't'“Beware of Cotton.”
The caption of a newspaper article is a very
important matter, inasmuch as that is all many
persons read of it. It should, therefore, at least
convey an impression in harmony with tho text.
Now we notice in half onr exchanges an article
headed “beware of cotton” credited above to the
Macon Telegraph) " The text, (bnt not the head
ing,) is the Telegraph's, and it is merely a cau
tion to planters not to base pecuniary engage
ments for the future, upon the present price of
cotton. It reminds them that cotton a year ago
was worth only nine or ten cents less the tax, and
incredible as it may now appear, something like
that price may control the next crop. We do
not think it iciU, bnt only that it may do so; and
it is sonnd policy to run no avoidable hazards.
Bnt we do not advise any planter to “Beware
of Cotton.” On the contrary, we would have
him raise as much of it as he can, consistently
with a sound money-making plantation econo
my. His supply crops shonld engage his first
attention. Ho should be sure of his bread,
meat and forage, and then go for as much cot
ton as he can produce besides. The point to
beware of, is such a disappointment in the pro
duct or price as will leave him under pecuniary
embarrassments from his contracts for labor or
his necessities in tho way of plantation supplies.
We are clear that it is for the true permanent
interests of Southern agriculture that the cotton
crop of the South should be largely swelled in
volume, even at the expense of some diminu
tion in present prices. We wish this great in
terest to regain, as soon as possible, its former
ascendancy, and to do this, its volume must be
largely increased. Tho demand for Eastern
cottons by the European manufacturers should
bo diminished under an ample supply of tho
American fibre. Let starving India go -back to
her rice, and produce food instead of fnrzy
snrats. The caption prefixed to that article,
therefore, does violence to all onr views in ref
erence to the true agricultural policy of the
South. -!'■
Georgia in tlie Reconstruction Com
mittee.
A special to the Richmond Dispach, dated the
11th at Washington, says:
Voluminous tesimony has been taken as to the
status of Georgia and Mississippi, but the senti
ment of the committee seems to be opposed to
any interference in Georgia affairs because of
the facts that by the action of the House itself
the State Constitution and laws passed thereun
der were declared to be republican inform, etc.,
and therefore acceptable, and in pursuance
thereof members of Congress from that State
were admitted to their seats in the House; and
further, because the action of the Georgia Leg
islature which gave rise to the present inquiry
before Congress occurred after Georgia had
been admitted to her full rights as a State, at
least so far as the lower house of Congress is
concerned.
That is highly encouraging, and wo hope, it
is true. If so, it displays a respect for its own
good faith on the part of the House, which will
increase the disposition in Georgia to carry out
its declared wishes. Wo have copied from the
Savannah Republican and the Atlanta Constitu
tion views entirely concurrent with our own, on
the subject of Georgia Legislative action, here
tofore expressed without reserve. We shall be
glad to sec the Legislature respond fully to any
disposition manifested by Congress for a con
ciliatory, amicable and friendly adjustment of
all difficulties.
Whisky Too Much.
The Constitutionalist, in an article on the
outside, shows that too much whisky is drank
by the Senate of the United States. That’s a
pity, and it don’t seem to agree with some of
the members either. It makes them litigious,
ill-natured and intolerant, whereas the least that
a glass of good whisky should do, is to mellow
the temper and increase charity. We are afraid
Senators are not particular in their brands, and
perhaps if Rasdal or O’Connor would send them
some of their best, or Jones, Baxter & Day send
them some Chesnut Grove, affairs might mend.
If they will drink, we shonld like the Senators
to have good wlusky while they are' considering
the case of Georgia and the rest of the unlucky
reconstructed and unreconstructed States.
Let Politics Alone.
The Montgomery Advertiser takes umbrage
at the New York World’s advice, that “ It might
assist a comprehension of the advantages now
offered by the Southern States to capitalists, if
their newspapers would devote something less
of their space to such ephemera as negro suffrage,
reconstruction, Radical domination, and so on,
and dwell more folly on industrial topics and lo
cal natural wealth.”
The Advertiser stoutly and justly maintains
the ability of the Southern people to talk poli
tics and raise cotton too; and rebnkes that easy
and cool assumption of moral and intellectual su
periority which characterizes, more or less, the
tone of every Northern man, when speaking
either to or of the South, even where the motive
may be friendly. It is the manner, accurately
copied, of a rich old millionaire, conscious of a
thousand argosies and a heavy bank deposite, to
a graceless young spendthrift or a hard-fisted la
borer. The rebnke is authoritative and the ad
vice exceedingly patronizing. In short, the
South has fallen to the estate and condition of a
“ poor friend" of the national family, and even
the head servants in the household feel author
ized to put on airs when they approach her.
Well, this may be truly said : It is of not
much use for us now-a-days to talk politics and
lay any claim to a voice in the disposition of
family interests. Nobody will listen except to
smile and to deride. We shall recover onr status
when we improve our bank accounts. That is
the first thing in order, and until that is accom
plished, we shall be remitted to dispute prece
dence with the negroes in the kitchen, and in
various other ways be reminded that we are but
a very poor and distant relation.
Cotton.—When we read, says the Richmond
Dispatch, of the 12th instant, that in tho town
of Macon, Georgia, one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars’ worth of cotton was sold in a
single day last week, and that in Savannah near
ly four hundred thousand dollars’ worth was
sold lately in one day, we are not surprised that
the people of .the cotton planting States should
think that a day of prosperity has dawned upon
them. We of Virginia will also share in this
good fortuno. It is impossible that we Bhonld
remain in onr present helpless condition if the
States both North and South of ns enjoy wealth,
We must be benefitted in some degree.
Gen. Cheatham is noW fanning upon the
well-known Fairview plantation, three miles
west of Gallatin, and will have.his time fully
taken up in the management of over three hun
dred acres of Sumner county land. He will
have the greater portion of it in blue grass for
stock raising. .-
Brunswick Items.—From the last issue of tjie
Banner we make the following extracts:
As an evidence of the increase of business in
onr city, we mention the facts that there are
now runping here sixteen drays. We have
been informed, by a gentleman who has taken
the pains to inquire, that our citizens pay to
these draya forty dollars per day, making the
neat little sum of $12,000 a year. Pretty good
for a population of fifteen hundred.
Charleston Trans-Atlantic Steamers.—The
Camilla, the second steamship of this line made
the run to Liverpool in eighteen days. The
Golden Horn is on her return trip to Charleston
and expected daily.
A Change of Front.
The Corinth News states that the following
distinguished Misgisgippinnfi, soldiers and civi
lians in the “lost cause,” are now willing to ac
cept, in good faith, universal suffrage, and the
terms of reconstruction as proposed by Con-
ress: General S. J. Gholson, General W. S.
'eatherston, General E. C. Walthal, General
Reuben Davis, General A.M. West, Colonel W.
M. Inge, Judge Locke, E. Houston, Hon. James
T. Harrison, Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Colonel R.
W. Phipps, Judge Jahnigan, Hon. L. Q. C.
Lamar, Judge Howery, Hon. Beverly Matthews.
With the exception of J. W. C. Watson all
these gentleman were red hot secessionist be
fore the war. Most of them were bitterly intoler-
ent. Their change from one extreme to another
is in the natural order of things. What they
are they are in dead earnest. Facilis de
scensus averni. In other days Mississippi
stood next to South Carolina in “firing the
Southern heart and precipitating the States into
revolution.” With the exception granted, the
men named in the above paragraph were the
leaders of that party. And so we go.
better from “Mack.”
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer J
Washington, January 8, I860.
The reassembling of Congress finds Senators
and members still at sea on the grand question
of national finances. They are no more nearly
agreed now than they were when they adjourn
ed, in blundering . confusion and ignorant
doubts before the holidays. The. Radical Sena r
tors attempted to harmonize their views in a
caucus on Thursday, but they found they
could do nothing but talk. The gab-god ruled su
preme, and at tho end of their conference they
were no nearer to a solution of the problem
than at its commencement. They are all in fa
vor of what they are pleased to term an early
resumption of specie payments, but an all-wise
Providence has endowed them very largely
with that impudent egotism which is such a
strong characteristic of two-penny statesman
ship, and this has the healthful effort of making
each think his “plan” the best and only one,
and preventing that unanimity of sentiment
which, if it existed, might be ciystalized into
incalculable evil.
Such is, briefly told, the condition of the
financial question in Congress at the present
time. There is a very strong disposition to
force an early return to specie payments, bnt
there are so many men ambitions of leadership
in the matter, and determined to oppose all
plans but their own, that they will not be able
to enact any legislation on the subject, at least
during the present session. Morton has one
policy, Sherman has another, Fessenden has
another, and even tho carpet-baggers are ex
pected to follow suit and swell the volume. In
fact, one of the latter gentlemen has already
whispered to his loyal friends that he will soon
astonish the country with.a “plan which will
far transcend any yet presented m the brilliancy
of its conception and its entire feasibility.” I
trust I shall not bo deemed disrespectful if I say
that the idea of a carpet-bagger presenting a
measure of this kind colls to mind a very admi
rable painting I once saw, of an impecunious
gentleman in the act of being ejected from a
garret lodging for non-paymenjt of his week’s
rent, while from his coat-tail pockets protruded
a gigantic plan for the liquidation of the nation
al debt of Great Britain.
They tell of a debating society attached to an
English College, which numbered six members,
and represented seven different religious creeds.
Such, happily for the country, is about the con
dition of tho Republican happy family at the
present time on the subject of specie payments,
and how to bring them about. So, let us thank
our stars for this diversity of opinion, and ac
knowledge that in tho multitude of counsel there
is safety, if not wisdom.
as to carpet-baggers.
It would be safe to wager a thouiand dollars
that if hell were dosed with tartar emetic, the
last dregs of the last resulting vomit would bo
ten or a dozen of the style of men who have
come here under the Congressional policy of
reconstruction to represent the Southern States.
They have already manifested all the attributes
of interlopers and “deadbeats,” and have car
ried their effrontery to such an extent as to dis
gust even the most loyal of their, Northern
Republican colleagues. I had not been in
Washington six hours when I heard curses,
both loud and deep, heaped upon the head
of one of the “gentlemen from Louisiana”
for some impertinence, the exact nature of
which I could not understand. I inferred,
however, that he had been giving some sort of
practical illustration to the poetic truism, that
“fools rush in where angels fear to tread”—that
he had been busying himself to do or say
something, which modesty and good breeding
would have left to an old and experienced mem
ber of the House. The complaints on this
score are multiplying, and the consequent dis
gust isincreasing every day, and itwillbe strange
if, before the close of tho session, wo do not
witness a few undisguised ebullitions of wrath
on the subject from some of the oldest Radical
members—the very men who may take to them
selves the doubtful honor of paternity for the
whole carpet-bag race. Nor is it at all strange
that the carpet-baggers should act precisely as
they do. The wonder is that they have refrained
so long from asserting their claims to political
leadership and legislative precedence. And
when Mr. Bingham and Mr. Butler, and Mr.
Wasbbnrne, sneer contemptuosly at them, and
affect a state of wonderment at their impudence
on the floor of the House, they seem to forget
that greater impudence which was neces
sary to enable them to force themselves
upon constituencies who neither knew nor
wanted them. So far from discouraging the
“ Southern delegations” in their determi
nation to be seen and felt in the Nation
al Councils, I feel like patting them on the back
and telling them to proceed with increased vigor.
And when the Radicals who legislated them in
to existence object to their little freaks of great
ness, I beg to remind them of an incident in a
body which this Congress very strikingly re
sembles in many respects—the revolutionary
assembly of France. It is related that, when
the Abbe Sieyes objected to the confiscation of
church property which was proposed in one of
the debates, Mirabeau turned to him and said:
“My dear Abbe, yon have loosed the bull; do
you think he will not use his horns ?” The logic
was unanswerable. And so with Congress and
the carpet-baggers. They have not only loosed,
but created a set of the vilest wretches that God
in His wisdom tolerates to live, or man in his
folly hesitates to hong—and when they .look for
anything but what they now complain of, they
only repeat the mistake of which Mirabeau re
minded his colleague.
Georgia Affairs—-Character ol the Ev
idence Received by Mr. Tift in Wash
ington.
A letter in the Athens Southern ‘Watchman,
written in Washington, we presume by Mr.
Christy, has the following statements:
I am gratified at being able to state that the
circular of the Hon. Nelson Tift is being re
sponded to by men of all parties in onr State,
and that, of the vast number of letters thus far
received, not one falls in with the views of Gov.
Bullock. I have just read the responses of Gov.
Brown and Judge Warner, and wouldbe pleased
to see them in all 6ur newspapers. So for as
politics are concerned, you are aware that I
differ widely from them; but while this is so,
I trust thatl shall always be able to do them
and all others full justice, as I believe your
readers will. These letters cannot fail of hav
ing a good effect, when laid before the commit
tee, as they will be.
I stated some time ago that the rumor that
Gen. Grant was disposed to moderation was
generally credited here. Since my return, I
have received such assurances that this is so, as
to leave no room for doubt Were I at liberty,
to state my authority for this belief, no one
would doubt the fact any longer. j
Atlanta, Ga., Jane art 14th 1869.
Messrs. Editors:—Tho General Assembly
having convened, and being ready to proceed to
business, I will take great pleasere in using
what ability and energy I possess in securing
the passage of such measures as are entrusted
to my care by my constituents, and that will be
beneficial to their interests. • n.
‘ Respectfully,
, i . Thos. J. Speer.
*HT Papers in the 22d Senatorial District,
please copy. t UoenA .M j
Transfer of WestFlorida.—The Montgomery
Advertiser of Wednesday says: Judge Walker
and Messrs. Pennington and Miller, left for Flor
ida yesterday morning. They go direct to Tal
lahassee and will endeavor to induce the Legis
lature 1 to transfer Pensacola nnd a portion of
West Florida to Alabama.
The three gentlemen named constitute a State
Commission to negotiate for the transfer bf
West Florida to ’Alabama. We are afraid they
are ori'a fruitless errand. i v>
Letters frpin London say that ’ Jefferson
Davis and' wife • havo been visiting Ireland,
where they were warmly received, by the Eng
lish officials. At Dublin, they dined with the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and, subsequently,
attended an official reception. They expect to
spend the winter iff the south of France.
A KENT FOR DEMOCRATS.
Mr. John Scott, of Huntington, has been
unanimously elected Senator from Pennsylva
nia, vice Charles B: Buckalew.” The reader,
naturally enough, inquires who is Mr. John
Scott ? Well, I'll tell you who he is—and there
by hangs a tale with a moral to it. Mr. Scott is
a Pennsylvania politician, of small caliber, who
never before had inspirations beyond a seat in
the Stato Legislature. He is, however, one of
those “ life-long Democrats” who are gradually
monopolizing the front ranks of the Republican
party, and doing far more than the oldest of the
original Republicans to give vital energy and
force to Radicalism. The moral is this :
That, if the Democratic party would suc
ceed, it must in some degree at least, follow
the example of its enemies in this regard.
It must liberalize the terms of admission
to its ranks and cease to be a dose cor
poration. At present, all that is given to
the new convert, be ho great or be he small
in his capacity for promoting party interests,
is permission to vote the ticket. For the rest,
ho must sit upon the mourner’s bench and wait
till the shock of heavenly electricity reaches his
nervous center before he can be received, even
on probation; and after that, he must tarry with
the rear guard for an indefinite period. I do
not pretend to discusss the relative right or
wrong of these two lines of policy—that of the
Republican party which is attraction, or that
of the Democratic party, which is repulsion.
Results are the best tests of such matters, and it
is sufficient to say that the Republican party
has been successful on the attraction prindple
when it would have signally failed under the
policy of repulsion. No sane man can doubt
that if the Logans, the Butlers, the Boutwells
and tho Drakes had not been liberally treated
by the party to which they deserted, that party
would to-day be in a minority all over the coun
try. There is not a State in the Union in which
some prominent Democrat has not since 1861
been pursuaded into the ranks of the Radical
jparty and rewarded with the best office in its
gift. It will not do to meet me at the threshold
WOMAN.
JEALOUS WOMEN' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
SCHEMES AND SCANDALS.
Correspondence of the St. Louie Democrat.]
Washington, December 28.—A gentleman
who was conversant with, the facts, or near by
at the time, told me of this scene, which hap
pened not long ago in- the studio of little Vin-
nie Ream.
1B» Vinnie, discovered in her artistic dress,
elaborating her statue of Lincoln. To her en
ters Cadie Stanton, and the ceremony of intro
duction is effected by a third party. Mrs.
Stanton produces a long roll of petition, on the
female question of course, and says, in her
large, benignant way: . 1
: “Child, we wish your name here.T
Miss Vinnie looks it over a minute, till she
discovers that it is a plan to move oh the works
of man, the monster.
“Oh 1 no, Mrs. Stanton, I will not. sign this.
I dont’t wish publicity; and I am not of your
thinking on this question.” i
“It enters into your interests. It concerns
the recognition of woman’s labor under the gov
ernment.”
“I am not a woman’s rights advocate, ma’am.’-
“Why, child!” cried Mrs. Stanton, “you are
a working girl, getting your breadbyyour hands?
If you do not help yourself and us, how can wo
men help you?”
“Mrs. Stanton,” said Vinnie Ream, bitterly,
no help has any woman ever given me here.
From Grace Greenwood to Mrs. Swisshelm, they
have all sought to stride me down. Mrs. Calhoun
writes to the Tribune that she has not seen any
of my work, bnt that she knows it is bad. Mrs.
Ann S. Stephens goes to Thaddeus Stevens, and
among Congressmen, asking them not to give
my studio back. Mrs. Clemme Ames—all of
them, caiffind no larger occupation than attack
ing a poor little girl; and their venom—I never
offended one of them—has extended to person
ally canvassing against me. No! Madam 1 driven
ont of the wish of their patronage and co-opera
tion, I will be befriended by gentlemen only;
for whilst I never got any justice from woman,
I was never treated meanly by man!”
“I know Mrs. Swisshelm,” says Mrs. Stanton,
“she is a friend of mine and prominent in this
movement.”
“I forbear to enumerate,” said Vinnie Ream,
“though I will not say they did not wound me
to tho heart, the many malignant, vulgar and
unprovoked things she wrote against me and
published. Then they were sent to me and my
friends. They aimed higher than my profes
sion—at my character and life.”
“Graco Greenwood also wrote against you ?”
“Yes, Madam, in tho Advance she upbraided
my patrons and called me a child, asking Con
gress to pay my school bills bnt take mo away
from sculpture, adding that if any work was to
be given out, it should bo given to ‘that Roman
matron, Mrs. Ames,’ and Mrs. Ames is Grace
Greenwood's sister.” . u
‘Mrs. Stephens was no more considerate ?”
‘She, Madam, not only talked against me—
a stranger to her—wherever she could get a
group to listen, bnt she made a personal visit to
Thaddeus Stevens, to beg him to take away mv
studio.”
‘What is she doing ?’ said Mr. Stevens.
‘Decorating her studio with flowers, wearing
long hair, attracting the men and thereby lobby
ing.’
“ ‘Well,’ said Mr. Stevens, ‘it seems to me
that you are round here lobbying a good deal,
Mrs. Stephens, if talking to Congressmen is lob
bying. I have never seen Miss Ream at alh”
“ ‘Oh!’ cried Mrs. Stephens, *no girl can keep
BY TELEGBilPH.
From Washington.
Washinqtox.- January 14.—The Supreme Court is
arguing on an Insurance case, which involves t£e
right of tho government to demand coin tax from
parties doing business in coin.
Gillons testimony before the Reconstruction Com
mittee folly substantiates his report regarding the
Mississippi election.. —.——.
The National Bricklayers’ Convention visited Mr.
Johnson to-day. The President said he was glad to
meet with this national body of bricklayers and
thankful for the confidence reposed in him. His
course, ho said, was a guarantee of sympathy and
identification with the labor interest of the country,
without any speech in that direction at .this time. If
his acts did not speak for him. there was nothing
that he could then say which would givo them an
assurance of his feelings.
Gillem’s evidence before the Eeoonstruction Com
mittee was pointed and to the effect that fiacre was
a fair election in Mississippi, and the Constitution
was rejected. - A - 'I rtf. !
Carl Schurz was elected to the United States Sen
ate from Missouri.
Customs from January first to January ninth, ex
clusive, $2,921,000. •’
The National Colored Convention is now in ses
sion—Fred Douglass President. The movement to
exclude female delegates created great excitement.’
The females were finally admitted by a largo major
ity. During the excitement, a Southern delegate
vehemently opposed female suffrage.
Tho District Attorney of New York decides that
the amnesty .proclamation docs not affect the case
of John C. Braine, the Confederate naval officer in
dicted for piracy.
A Virginia Committee, by sub-committees, visited
Generals Grant and Schofield. Their interviews are
regarded as encouraging. -
Tho Sue Murphy case was continued in the Sen
ate. The opinion of the Senate, as .enunciatedin
the debates in this case, (which is a type of many,
others,) seems to he that loyalists should be paid'
for property taken or destroyed by the Union army,
though ‘ the Sue Murphy claim will probably be re
committed for want of proof of loyalty. The claim,
aggregates seven thousand dollars, accruing from
the destruction of the buildings and the entrench
ments thrown up on the farm. Sue was sixteen at
the opening of the war, and is now possibly twenty-
four. Her family were rebellious. Her only claim
to loyalty was her kindness to Federal soldiers. Af
ter the occupation, she fed them and was kind to
the sick. Barring this, she has no record whatever.
This case may servo as a specimen of the kind of
loyalty required to secure compensation for property
used by tho Federal Army throughout the South, and
warn parties against spending money and time; or
hope in pushing similar claims.
Argument in the case of steamer Georgia vs. the
United States concluded. •
The Clerk of the House of Representatives desig
nated the American Union at Macon, Georgia,
tho official organ, vice National Republican, Augusta,
defunct. . ,r-
The President has nominated Perry Fuller for
Collector of Customs at New Orleans.
Washington, January 15.—It has been raining al;
j the morning, and the telegraph works slow.
. , . , - „ . _ , _ , After many conferences between tho Virginia corn-
chaste and pure with three hundred wretched ^ andimtedividualmemberswiththqJudiciary
men around her. *
‘Well,’said Mr. Stevens, ‘out of all the
three hundred, there has never been an effort to
do as much harm to Miss Ream as one woman
can make.’
So ho took up his crutch, hobbled over to
Committee of the Senate and members of tho Senate
and House; it seems pretty well understood that the
following definite arrangemen thas been substantially
agreed to: ■
Following the precedents in the Missouri Coinpro-
see me, befriended me immediately and boldly, j mise and tbe proceedings upon tho admission of Or-
and died my friend. Mrs. Stanton, tho men j egon, Kansas and Nebraska, a bill will be prepared
3 heart for my sex than the women. | authorizing tho admission of Virginia upon the adop-
have more heart for my
Their jealousy is at least as large as emulation.
Repelled by the wrongs in the way I have stated,
I was compelled to learn the generosity of men,
and I do not regret the lesson.” •
Mrs. Stanton, said my informant, proved an
admirable exception, for she always afterward
spoke well of Vinnie Ream in her newspaper.
It is true that a good deal of aspersion has been
foully dealt at little Ream. The women have
never been able to get over the appropriation
Congress made her. These literary women, any
way, arejlhe most reckless of Bohemians.
No letters from this city were ever more ab
solutely vild with causeless spleen than Mrs. bers of both Houses.
r*olli<Min'o ofnyQnomfi/1 Klio 44 rrin o mnalr n i /vii
Calhoun's, aforenamed. She “run a muck
Washington, and yet understood nothing about
it. Mrs. Swisshelm, searching for victims, got
afoul of Mrs. Sprague dreadfully last year and
raised sucl indignation that even her undaunted
mettle was abashed. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens is
suing sonwbody for libel and appreciating the
pleasures of being abused in print “ The Ro
man Matron” is here, but without a government
commissiot yet Little Ream is the Venus
Victrix. She has met the enemy and they are
hers. Whoever deficient in talent, these wo
men’s tongtes raised her compensating sympa
thy. I am aot acquainted with her, for she is
indeed as ctnspicuous as any woman in Wash
ington; bnt her triumph seems to be complete,
and somebody says she is to go to Rome next
year. Doubtless her female friends will antici
pate with scindal, but Rome is not the prude
that Washington is. The boarding house there
is not enthroned on the Hons Capitolinus.
tion of the proposed Constitution, with certain ob
noxious clauses with regard to disfranchisement, the
test oath, and probably other obj ectionable features,
stricken out.
When this bill is passed it is believed it will be fol
lowed by an amnesty bill, either universal or with
very few exceptions, to take effect upon tho ratifica
tion of the Constitution.
It is understood that this adjustment meets the
approbation of General Grant, General Schofield,
and a large number of the most prominent mem-
A number of private bills were reported.
Tffio Niagara Ship Canal bill, appropriating twelve
millions in aid of the enterprise, was' resumed.
Among the notable features of the discussion were
the remarks of. Gen. Sypher, of Louisiana, in op
position to the bilL He said that grain is now be
ing shipped from St. Louis to New York via New
Orleans at seventeen cents per bushel less than via,
Chicago and Buffalo, and to Liverpool at twenty
cents less per bushel via New Orleans than via New
York, and licona-third less timer The transports^
tion via New Orleans is made with perfect safety to
the commodity and at a cost of about one cent per
bushel for transferring at New Orleans by means of
Highy’s elevators. Besides, the Niagara Ship Canal
would be frozen four months of the year, whereas
the Mississippi was constantly navigable. The bill
was finally referred to the Committee of the Whole,
which amounts to a defeat for this session.
The House adjourned till Monday.' •*
<>corgih Lc^siattM. 1
4’rom the Atlanta Intelligencer.}
fxb>s.Y,'ianaary K
S%ate.—Th«Nenate- mtefc;4h»^moniin<,
oclook—opened by prayer from the Chf
Bev. Mr. Prettyman. “ e Chapl^
tfpon the roll being' caned, and a on
present, the body proceeded to business
4 message being received from the Govn-
l motion, it was resolved that the mew
Trial of the Ogeechee Insurrectionists
Savannah, January 14.—The preliminary ex
amination of the prisoners captured on the Ogee-
chee. commenced to-day. They elected to be tried
separately. One of them, namod Captain Green,
was arraigned by-the Sheriff and identified by him
as one of tho negroes who assaulted and robbed
him and his deputies.
W. S Fitch, District - Attorney, is defending the
prisoners. ” ' • ’ "■ ' ‘ "*
Savannah, January 16—The examination' of the
Ogeechoe prisoners was continued this morning.
The evidence, so far, shows Gen. Sibley’s report to
be incorrect in the main particulars, the facts re
garding the troubles being omitted or were not as
certained.
From Louisiana.
New Orleans, January 15.—Brevet Major It. M.
Marston, of tho First Infantry, ono of tho victims
of the Glide disaster, died last evening and was buried
to-day. He had been temporarily assigned to staff
duty, anLordered by Gen. RoBseau, to make some
investigJ^nB in Western Louisiana. ■ <v
The Peruvian Minister has received a dispatch an
nouncing the arrival at Pensacola of the monitors
and their tenders, having a good run, the monitors
making from six to seven knots per hour easily.
.They remain in Pensacola for a few days.
Gen. Rosseau having died poor, a number of citi
zens are moving in the matter of a testimonial to
his widow. Two meetings have been held, and last
night a committee of influential citizens were ap-
appointed to conduct the matter. Gen. Rosseau’s
horses are being raffled off by members of his staff.
A bill came up in the House yesterday on first
reading, totally abolising the present Cify Govern
ment and creating a new or provisional one, the of
ficers of which aro to appointed by the Governor.
Two bills aro also in progress for abolishing tho
present public school government, and providing
for the appointment by the Governor of school di
rectors.
New Orleans, January 16—There was a lively
debate in the House, to-day, over the Governor's
veto of the joint resolution, authorizing the payment
of per diem and mileage to membets of committees
authorized to sit daring recess; but the House sus
tained the veto. Thirty-four out of tho thirty six
Senators were on the committee. The Senate passed
the resolution over the veto.
Notice to contest, has been served on all oiir
Louisiana Congressmen, to whom certificates have
been issued, except that of L. A. Sheldon. Contest
ants are bnsily engaged in hunting up evidence to
support their claims.
Gen. Sheldon has a letter from Hon. Henry L.
Dawes, stating that the 30 days for notice of contest
having expired,-without notice being served, he con
siders the case as settled, as he has never known
an instance where tho House allowed a contest to
prevail after such failure.
Georgia Legislature.
Atlanta, January 16.—In the House, to-day, a
motion to rescind the act unseating colored mem
bers and that they he reseated, was lost by a large
majority.
Testimony before flic Reconstruction
Committee.
of these, suggestions with a shrug of virtuous in
dignation and the remark that the Democratic
party will not sell ont its principles. I ask, in
reply, has the Republican party sold ont to tho
Democracy in accepting Butler as its leader?
Ou the contrary, Butler goes to work with the
zeal of a new convert, and makes even Ben
Wade appear conservative.
There is material enough in this paragraph,
and the thoughts and arguments its suggests, for
much more than I can write to close a letter
with. I shall recur to this again, for I am con
vinced that it contains the full secret of recent
Republican successes and recent Democratio
defeats. Mack,.
-The
Prosperity of the Cotton States.
Selma (Ala.) Times says :
“ We do not believe there was ever, before
the war even, as much surplus money in Ala
bama as there will.be when the crop of last year
shall havobeendisposed of.”
Tho Washington correspondent of tho Now
York Herald indicates the nausea of the famous
Reconstruction Committee thus:
“The Recoistniction Committee, it is under
stood, is beginning to weary with tho testimony
of the carpet-biggers who appear before it from
Mississippi anc Georgia. The testimony of one
is that of all die others; and the committee
have heard nothing so far but an endless story
of the Ku Klux outrages and urgent appeals to
put the management of affairs in tho hands
of a few Northern adventurers at tho head of the
negroes. Several members of tho committee
have got their tye3 opened to the fact that what
is wanted by th;se men, especially in Georgia,
is a new deal of the offices, Stato and National.
The Committee had a meeting to-day and ex
amined a Mr. F.eld, from Mississippi, and a Mr.
Stone, from Georgia. Field testified ninety-
nine ont of eveiy hundred of the white people
of Mississippi are rebels. Upon some of the
Committee expressing surprise at such a sweep
ing statement, Field said that was tru8 of Ins
locality, bnt a close examination shorted that he
lived in an isolated country district and knew
very little about the State in general. Stone
told the same old story of the Ku Klux outrages
in Georgia and depicted an unusually horrible
condition of affairs. Judge Bingham asked him
if matters were no better since Grant was elect
ed, whereupon he softened a little and admitted
that since the election the rebels, as he called
them, were more subdued. The truth is, the
members of the Committee have very little faith
in the majority of the startling stories told ,by
these two willing witnesses.”-
General Gillem concluded his testimony. He at
tributed the defeat of the Constitution to its pro
scriptive features. The white people, nearly all op
posed it, and many negroes whose generosity wore
appealed to, voted against it. General Gillem thinks
if the Constitution was resubmitted with the un
derstanding that proscription would bo governed by
the reconstruction laws, tho Constitution would bo
adopted by a large majority.
Assistant Surgeon M. L. Ruth, has been ordered
to the Naval Hospital, Pensacola.
■Washington, January 16.—By the new allotment
Judge Swayne is allotted to the fifth and sixth cir
cuits. Judge Swayno formerly had the fifth circuit
The President sent to the Senate yesterday a pro
tocol fully recognizing the naturalization laws of the
United States, and abolishing the legal principle
heretofore maintained in Great Britain, of tho indc-
feosibility of native allegiance; also, a treaty for
the adjustment of all claims, including tho Alabama’
claims, by acommission to sit at Washington, with
the stipulation to refor, when necessary, individual
claims to the head of a friendly nation.
Generals Thomas and Gillem visited the President
to-day.
It is stated that Rollins has prepared a new tax
bill, exempting newspapers.
The Virginia Committee has been receiving official
visitors to-day. Great importance is attached to the
interviews at their rooms, though no details aro
published. The committee will visit Judge Chase
in a body to-night. Tho committee are, with the
concurrence of leading members of . both Houses of
Congress, engaged in the preparation of the bill
designed to carry out tho arrangement agreed upon.
They will remain hero until the work in which they
are engaged shall assume an entirely satisfactory
shape.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports that for
some time past a large number of families have
been passing over the West Point and Mobile
roads, on (heir way to Texas, and that they are
generally from the upper part of Georgia.
Reconstruction of Georgia.—The Senate Ju
diciary Committee is said to stand three to four
in favor of reconstructing Georgia.
Silk was cultivated in South Carolina as early
els 1693. ' r , ■*
California has 5,000,000 mulberry trees.
Ohio has 7,580,000 sheep against 6,305,000 in
1865.
Supreme Court of Georgia 1
Friday, January 15, 1869,
All cases from the first nine circuits, have
been disposed of except four, of which one from
the Pataula Circuit and two from the. Middle
Circuit wastransferred to tho heel of the docket,
the other, from tho Middle Circuit, was trans
ferred to the beginning bf the Northern Circuit.
Tho Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Case No, 2 from Coweta Circuit—Jesso L.
Blalock and John T. Howell, plaintiffs in error,
vs. John Phillips—was argued by Mr. Stewart
for plaintiff and Mr. Tidwell for defendant.
Much feeling and interest was manifested in
this case by counsel.
On conclusion of this argument the Court an
nounced that counsel would hereafter be strick-
ly confined to tho record in their arguments.
■Motion was made by Judge B. H. Bigham, to
reinstate the case of the Alabama and Georgia
Manufacturing Company vs. Joseph Graham,
which was dismissed last Wednesday for want
of prosecution. In support of this motion Judge
Bigham, andagainst.it, CpL. N. J. Hammond
and CoL Geo. Hiilyer were heard. The motiop 1
was patiently considered and refused.
Case No. 1 from Coweta Circuit—George M.
Thomas, plantiff in error, vs. Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company—was called in its regular
order, and argued by Hill andCandler for plain
tiff, and by Col. L. J. Glenn for defendant.
Case No. 8 from Coweta Circuit—William
Watkins, plaintiff in error V3. John D. Pope—
was called. Olin Welbom, Esq., appeared for
plaintiff; pending his argument the court ad
journed till 9 a. if. to-morrow.—Atlanta Era.
South Carolina Railroad Stocks. — The
Charleston Courier learns that there is a brisk
business doing in South Carolina railroad stocks
The Tribune Almanao for 1809" is "ont Mid in
dispensable . in the matter of election returns
and other political statistics. • '. •. ‘
Congressional.
Washington, January 14.—Senate.—'Wilson in
troduced a bill to-day amending the tenure-of-office
bilk It restores the President’s control over Ms
Cabinet and allows a salary to ad iuterim officers!
It was referred to tho Retrenchment Committee.
A bill was introduced allowing Mrs. Lincoln a
pension.
Sumner introduced 'a hill to enforce the Four
teenth Amendment, saying that events in Kentucky
rendered early action imperative. -
Sumner suggested that Mrs. Lincoln’s pension bo
five thousand dollars per annum.
Morrill spoke in favor of the reciprocity treaty.
The case of Sue Murphy was resumed. Wilson
proposed a commission, consisting of Gens. Meigs,
Howard, Thomas and Ekan, commencing next April
and to continue two years, to whom all such claims
be referred. The Senate then adjourned. •
House.—The House is engaged on the Niagara ship
canal. ■ (A-■
Senate—Afternoon Session.;—Special proceedings
for female suffrage were presented.
The Naval Committee reported adversely to z4-
storing Commodore R. W. Meado to tho active list.
House.—Ashley presented a bill, the object of
wMch was to absorb tho Mormon Territory by in
creasing the boundaries surrounding tho Territory.
The bill was made the special order for to-day two
weeks, when the delegates from Washington are
expected here.
The election committed reported in favor of seat
ing Swetzeler, from the ninth Missouri District.
Tho . Niagara ship , canal was discussed at great
length. Adjourned.
Senate.—Stewart, from tho Judiciary Committee,
reported favorably on the resolution for the Con
stitutional Amendment. It provides for tho right
of all citizenB to vote and hold office. This shall
not be abridged on account of race or color. j
Congress is empowered to enforce the above.
House.—The House is considering private bills.
Senate—Afternoon Session—The Judiciary Com
mittee reported .adversely to the joint resolution
making the President and Vice President ineligible
for a second term. . ff A,}
After other unimportant business the Sue Mur
phy bill was resumed, and after a long argument
the whole matter, with various propositions and
amendments, was recommitted without division.
Tbe Senate adjourned till Monday. .
' House.—The Election Committee reported on the
6th Georgia District, substantially aa heretofore
stated, namely: Murphy not elected; Christy elect
ed, but not entitled to a seat, having voluntarily
aided the enemy.
The Indian Wars.
Washington, January 16.—Gen. Sherman tele
graphs from St Louis a letter from Sheridan, repre
senting the destruction.of a Comanche village on
Christmas day as the breaking of the backbone of
the Indian war. Eight cMefs came to camp begging
for peace and permission for their people to come
in—asking no terms beyond a paper protecting
them from troops while coming. They report their
people starving, all their dogs eaten, and no buffalo.
Sheridan denies that Black Kettle was friendly, or
that a fight had occurred on his reservation.
^ From Virginia.
Richmond, January 16.—The Republican State Cen
tral Committee is called to meet January 27th to
consider tho propriety of calling a new Stato Con
vention. It is understood that the new Convention
is to consider tli9 nomination of new candidates for
Governor and other officers. V~ •
From Mexico.
San Francisco, January 16.—Mazatlan advices
represent great discontent against tho Juarez Gov
ernment. Open rebellion is soon expected. Don
Placido is mentioned as the leader.
: » Foreign News.
Lisbon, January 16.—The Allies lost six thousand
troops in capturing Yilleta. The American ’Minister,
McMahon, was in the Paragnan camp during the
battle. ,
Madrid, January 16.—Dosta and Montpensier will
be prominent rivals for the throne, should tho Cor
tez declare for a monarchy.
Gen. Pizueta and Manuel Gazat have been ar
rested for conspiracy. ■
London, January 16.—Johnsonand Clarenden have
signed a treaty for the settlement of the Alabama
claims.
The Great Powers, except Russia, havo united in
demanding Greece to withdraw her objections to
the conference as at present constituted.
Florence, January 16.—Biots occurred here to
day, by the attempts to collect mill tax too frequent
The military were freely used for their suppression.
Twenty-six rioters were killed and wounded.
■« London; January 16.—The treaty for a settlement
of the Alabama claims elicits favorable comments
from the journals.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held to-day
in favor of the ballot in parliamentary elections.
Bremen, January 16.—The money order system
between largo North German towns and the United
States, commences February 1st. The amounts aro
to be limited to about fifty dollars. The business
will he done by agents, the North German Lloyd
Post-office department having declined to enter into
tho arrangement. • ;• tt.l .tM
Slate University. (
From the Atlanta Tntcligencer.]
We had intended at- an earlier date to have re
ferred to tho advertisement of this time-honored
Institution. The people of the State have just
cause to feel proud of the beauty, intelligence
and thrift of Athens, and more cause for pride
in the University located there,- proud of thg.™ UC
scholastic qualifications and increased educaAi cotton or ^ ra - ' - '-P ’ '
tional advantages, as well as the growth and
prosperity of thb' University.
It is unnecessary to speak of Athens. . The
refinement, morality, and hospitality of its well
educated citizens are proverbial; in fact, no
better location for a University can bo had in
the State.
It is useless to refer to the hundreds who have
been there, and been fitted for high usefulness
in the civic, : as well as private affairs, not only
of this Stite, hut of the South.
It is needless to refer to Dr. Lipscomb, well-
known for his literary attainments, his great ca
pacity to impart knowledge, his paternal care
and watchful eye over the morals, studies and
health of tho students. We have not the space
to refer to each member of the faculty, nor can
we refer to any particular one where all are ably
qualified for their positions. It waa only to caff
the attention of the public to one member,, wa
refer to Hon. A. H. Stephens. The impression
may go out that the 1 position of this gentleman
is perhaps only aa attempt to influence students
to go to the University; a use of his name to in-
crease the prosperity of the College. Mr. Ste
phens in reality desired mid sought the appoint-,
meat, and will, upon the opening of the College,
enter upon the discharge of his duties.
upon
be read,
The reading of the message by the Ser»
consumed little over thirty minutes.
Ori motion of Mr. Wooten it was resot.
that so much of the message as referred t«Ii‘
relations of Georgia with the General Gow
ment be referred to a oommittoe of thre^
that three hundred copies of the messosl^
printed for the use of the Senate. ^ **
Some little discussion grew out of the ftjgi
tion before its passage.
Rules for the government of the Senate
ing been reported were adopted.
Some few changes were made before add
ing tho rules as reported. UOj;
On motion of Mr. Speer, it was resolved tv.
a seat on this floor be extended the Mm-
Kimball. ..Passed. t
Mr. Wooten—Resolved that the Governor
respectfully called upon for information sk >
ing the disorders referred to in his message. *'
Mr. Wooten sustained his resolution wit§af
remarks, disclaiming any intention or
attack the message, oi; to agitate any party f-
“fir. -Adkins sustained the message.
Messrs. Speer and Candler made sonro -
marks sustaining Mr. Wooten.
_ Mr. Nunnally introduced the following res,,;-1
tionTo refer the matter to a Committee t ‘ "
duty it would be to call upon the Governor f J
the disorders referred to. Passed. ‘ *
Messrs. Wooten, Harris, Nunnally, Hiotel
and Merrill were appointed this Committee. |
The Senate adjourned until Saturday mom'- !
at 10o’clock, j'E - '■ -" ^
House.—The House met pursuantto ad ire
ment. J
Opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. (vji
ley. T
^Minutes of tho last meeting were read by g|
Mr. Scott, member from Floyd, moved tL
the new member from be sword in.
_ The committee of five appointed at last mm
ing to wait bn the Governor and Senate reportJ
that they had done so, and that tho Govern
would communicate immediately with the Hoi
The Secretary announced tho i lessage of g.
Governor, which was brought forward by i
Davis, Executive Secretary, by order of
Speaker, end delivered to the Clerk.
The member from :—was here nJ
in, tho services of a Bible having been secc
The member from Echols moved that the Gs|
emor’s message be read. Motion carried.
The member from Whitfield moved that -
portion of the Governor’s message whietr
fered -to the reconstruction of Georgia be -
ferred to a committee of ten, to be nppointeiii
the Speaker.
The member from Lumpkin moved that it -J
referred to the Committee on tho State of
Republic.
Mr. Bryant thought it proper for him toe
a few remarks, and did so. • He expressed,
wish to act solely for the good of GeorA
wanted both parties to rise above partizansh;
to recollect that they were Georgians; he
that he was a Georgian, at least by ndi
and expected to live and die here. He
of the expulsion of the colored members,
that beyond doubt they ■ would bo reinstated^
Congress. He expressed the fear that I
was intense hatred nourished between
members of the Democratic and Radical p
and that this hate, if cherished, might led
tho insurrection of the people. He here hap’
ly. introducedthe fact that he had been a Ft
oral soldier, and as such had hated the So
The spirit had fled. He stated the belief
the Camilla affair, tho expulsion of the
members, and the speeches at tho car
(Gens. Toombs, Cobb, and Mr. Hill,) had
far to effect the election of Gen. Grant.
Mr. Bryant offered the substitute that a j
committee of six, three Democrats and three,
publicans; four from the House and two li
the Senate, be appointed to confer concern
that portion of the Governor’s message vii
refers to reconstruction in Georgia, and,if
cessary, to repair to Washington.
Mr. O’Neal opposed Mr. Bryant's motion
Lnmplrin approved of Mr. Bryant’s subsa:
and hoped the committee would be appoir.ei
Mr. Scott, offered tho following substitute:
-Revolted, That the Governor’s messaged:
ferred to the Committee on the state of th:
public. ^
Mr. Anderson spoke in favor of the oq
resolution offered, by Mr.'’Shumate.
Mr. Shumate, of Whitfield, stated that V
Chairman of the Committee of the stated
Republic. He thought a special commit!*
necessary. He saw r.o incongruity betwv:
resolution andthe substitute offered by M:.’-
ant. He thought there was nothing impiv.
adopting the substitute.
Mr. Biyant withdrew his substitute,
thought the resolution offered by tho
from Whitfield would be proper at presert
-A vote .being taken, Mr. Shumate’s resob
was adopted.
The Speaker appointed the following te
tee: Shumate, Harper, Scott, McCnllondK
lips, O’Neal, Bryant, Darnell, Tweedy,
Bell.
Five hundred copies of the Governor? a
sage ordered to be printed, 4
Mr. Shumate states that nearly $10,0(0;
been paid to clerks of committees and tie
resolution that clerks only bo allowed to 'A
nance and Judiciary Committees, ststBji
very few committees needed clerks. j
He moved to suspend the rules that the •']
lution might be taken up. Carried.
Mr. Flournoy opposed the resolution.
A resolution was offered and adopted to
the hours of assembling for the House ttx
and 1 r. m., the hour for adjournment.
A resolution concerning the death d
Butts, was read and adopted.
The House adjourned, until 10 a. n., fc
row.
Great Discovery far the
The Journal of Agriculture says, the pfi
on the use and merits of the *Ratnie, 'I
Roezel, contains all the information neces-j
those interested in this valuable discover;
describes this plant, with all its advantao-
cqtton, and as a substitute for it. It is
by the results of eminent French botanic
this plant possesses the following
(and machines are already patented for 3.“
aration): J
1. That tho fibre of the' Ramie is =' ;
than that of the best European hemp.
2. That it is fifty per cent, stronger j
ter than the Belgian, flaxen, or linen i- : ;
:< '3. Thst the Bamie fibre may be
as that of flax, and that it will be douM; -
rable.
4. That the plant is a vigorous gr-'*-
will produce far the greatest amount«
fibre of any plant hitherto known. ^
5. That it. will produce within the *
which it flourishes, from three
crops, each equal to the best gather-
hemp.
It requires less labor than cotton, i* Jj
stroyed by the caterpillar, does not .-
excess of rains, and withstands^
drouth without injury; can be taken
field in the morning, and, a few hoars
nice fine ifibre, may be had by using a
machine patented by Roezel. 1
The fibre of this plant is, when
without bleaching, purely white, far 2 s ”
tude, is perennial, and the. crops' froo •
taken like those of cane, by cutting 11 J
ground; from the rattoons a ne’ v : I
springs up at once, giving from three I
and even five cuttings per annum in
middle and lower Mississippi, Alabama, -■
Georgia, Florida and South Carohiw- T
sandy ground suits best, but it is so
that it will do well anywhere, nnd the • l
pieces of roots and stalks, can bo r
crease the plantation. e- i«ii
In a word, the cultivation of this
reconstruct the prosperity of the_°° ‘J
market price being already quoted m , |
eign prices current.—Farmers Jourf
The cypress of Scmma, in LOmbar^l
is perhaps the oldest tree ou recont J
known to be in existence at tiie time. ' j
Caesar, fortv-two years before bTn-'
therefore, nineteen hundred years o‘
one hundred and six feet in height, *» j
feet in circumference, at one foot I
groatii
A four ScotohmKn put «
“the {date” in an Edinburgh Church, J
Sunday morning by
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the ship Nebo Railed from Newport, Wales,
on November 25tb, for this port, with six hun- ! credit for it in heaven.’
dred tons of iron for the Macon and Brunswick “Na, na,” said the church elder,
1 railroad. Her arrival is daily looked for. credit only for the penny you meant t »j
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