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The Gi-eorgia Weekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1869.
The Situation in Cnba.
Tho prospects of the insurrection in Cuba have
wonderfully brightened •within the last few
weeks. Instead of the government troops
making headway against the Insurgents, the 1st*
ter seem to be growing stronger and stronger
every day. Gen. Dulce, the new Captain Gen
eral sent out by the home government, landed
at Havana about six weeks ago and issued sev
eral grandiloquent proclamations, offering “am
nesty,” “pardon," “representation," etc., to all
who would lay down their arms. These docu
ments were couched in that bombastic, self-con
fident style, characteristic of the Spanish gran
dee when ho is in the role of a Governor of a
Province, or the General of an army.
But these paper pellets had no other effect
than to inflame the revolutionists. Instead of the
rebels coming en masse into Havana and ask
ing forgiveness, many went out of that city and
joined “the rebels.”
Dulce then sent home for reinforcements,
which ho obtained to the number of three thou
sand. When they arrived, we were told the re
bellion would be put down in short order. But
about tho only effective campaign they have yet
made was against the unarmed audience in the
Tacon Theatre, where they killed and wounded
many citizens of Havana, including several
ladies.
But is this an insurrection ? ' Are its partici
pants rebels? A Havana newspaper says: “Wo
are all insurrectionists. The Provisional Gov
ernment is insurrectionary; Gen. Dulce is an
insurgent ? Cespedes is on insurgent'’ All very
true. Pot calls the kettle “ black face." Dulce
and his troops in Cuba belong to the rebel firm
of Prim, Serrano & Co., who drove Queen Isa
bella from the Spanish throne. The Cuban
rebels are, therefore, simply rebelling against
rebels.
Who knows but Gen. Grant may take a hand
in this Cuban imbroglio ? Such a movement
would be very popular with the party which
elected him. The annexation of Cuba, to the
United States, has long been regarded as an
event sure to happen, sooner or later, and the
friends of such a measure will, perhaps, never
find a better pretext than is presented now.
Caterpillar Cocoons.
We have received from a correspondent in
Baker county, whose note we published yester
day, the box of twigs from the cotton plant, to
which are suspended tho same kind of cocoons
plucked last year by Mr. Johnson, of Jones
.county, from his Arbor Vito trees. The cocoon
is two inches in length, and three quarters of an
inch in diameter in the centre or the largest
part. It is covered externally with small pieces
of the cotton stem firmly agglutinated to on in
ner coat which contains the grub. This inner
coat is of parchment-like consistency on the
exterior, and within, has a soft, nappy surface
of the most delicate character. It is attached to
the cotton twig or branch from which it hangs
suspended, by a band of the same material, and
both the sack and band are of immense strength.
The sack we find to contain a dark brown grub
in a state of suspended animation. We are told
it emerges in the form of a brilliant butterfly.—
We do not think that this cocoon and its inmate
have any connection with the genome army
worm which is so destructive to cotton. Mr.
Johnson wrote us that it made havoc with his
Arbor Vito trees, and very probably it may also
prey upon the cotton plant; but it is not, as we
suppose, what is commonly known as the cotton
- caterpillar.
The Opera.
We in these wooden parts of Christendom,
seldom get a chance to hear classical music,
and, in consequence, relish it all the more when
it comes. We have repeatedly listened to an ex
purgated rendition of Opera in Ralston's Hall—
with a comparatively feeble company, and an
orchestra conspicuous for its deficiences, with
far greater zest than we have heard the same in
a splendid Opera House—with a full company—
munificent orchestral accompaniments, gorgeous
scenery and all the other adjnncts of Opera in
its grandest developement. Appetite had pro
bably a great deal to do with it. A comfortable
meal to the hungry is better that a feast of the
gods to the full.
Then, too, our little Ralston's Hall has splen
did acoustic properties, and the solo, duett, the
trio and quartette are far more effective in that
little house than in a hall of more magnificent
proportions. But, be the cause what it may, we
listen often with sublime satisfaction to our Ma
con opera.
That was the case on Thursday night. Martha
(a good part of it) was produced with remarka
ble spirit and effect. The singing and acting
were remarkably good. Frederiei has a voice
of great compass and sings with much taste and
spirit Zeigler unites rare vocal qualifications
with great histrionic ability. Himmer is a splen
did tenor, and you may travel far before hearing
a better. Plunket, Bach, Steinecke and Wein-
lich are all first-class artists and fine actors, and
we have never seen an opera carried through
with more spirit and effect
The performance was highly appreciated by
the audience and everybody went away delight
ed. To-night (Friday) we have Fra Diavola, and
to-morrow (Saturday) the season winds up with
that magnificent Opera, II Trovatore—the grand
est and best of all Operas to our taste. We re
gret that the season of Lent prevents the attend
ance of so many of the opera-goers. It is such
an entertainment as we have not had in Macon
for a long time.
Think of Corn.
The Griffin Star says planters in that region
are buying heavily of fertilizers and talking
much of cotton, but they say little about com,
though many are already short. Com will be
king next year, and he will have some very sore
subjects.
The Sutler and Bingham Set-to in the
House.
The row of Wednesday is appropriately sup
plemented by the passage between Bingham and
Butler in the House yesterday. See telegrams.
Atm x Going !—We see plantation wagons are
already busy hauling out the Western Com.—
The mules are poor, and look sick. Their bray
ing is lugubrious. Often the wagon wheels are
not greased, and go groaning along the high
ways, screaming out, “Boughten Com—Bought-
en Com,” every five yards. The negro drivers
have a startled and wall-eyed appearance, as if
they knew no good could come of it. One of
them told us so, the other day. “ Boss," says
he, “de debbil always gets into the empty com
crib. Dathedoes—sure. Hi, jes look at her—
wharyergwine, Nancy?” And so he cracked
up his leader and his old wagon shrieked and
groaned along the road with that pitiful wail—
Boughten com—boughten com.
Tax mules in Middle Georgia have called a
convention for the purpose of protesting againBt
the policy of abandoning the cultivation of com
in this State. They say that suoh a thing as fat
plantation mules on “broughten com” was nev
er known in Georgia. That when corn-growing
is abandoned the crib is never full and the feed
always scant. Fed low to save expenses and
worked hard to make cotton, existence becomes
a burden—ribs become prominent nn,l life pre
carious. The mules are determined upon a de
monstration.
Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad Report.
The Fourteenth Annual Report of this road
appears in the Savannah Morning News of the
11th. Its gross receipts for the year ending Slst
December last, were $603,059.00, showing a net
decrease upon receipts the year before of $16,-
815.75. The operating expenses of the road
do not appear to be given in the President’s
report, bnt he remarks that the floating liabili
ties of the road have been reduced during the
year from $576,926.41 to $153,433.05. The
falling off in the receipts of the road is attribu
ted to the rapid exhaustion of the crop of 1867,
and the depredations upon the crop of 1868 by
the worms—to the connections of the Pensacola
and Georgia Railroad Company with termini
at Jacksonville and Femandina, and the competi
tion of the Central and Southwestern Companies
•with the operations of the Atlantic and Gnlf for
the trade of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers,
by which the rival companies themselves, as the
report alleges, confess to a loss in combatting
the least expensive route from those points to
Savannah. The report says:
The effect and the only effect of this compe
tition. so far as tbia company is concerned, has
been to diminish the amount of profits which it
had never before enjoyed from this source. It
was, however, forced to carry at averaged rates.
At full rates its receipts from this source would
not only have been doubled, but wonld have de
veloped a considerable increase in the gross re
ceipts of 1868 as compared with those of 1867.
The gross freight receipts show a small in
crease, while the net receipts from the Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers balance by nearly double
the whole loss from freights derivable from all
other sources.
It is therefore manifest that the small reduc
tion in the comparative receipts of this compa
ny, or the failure to obtain an increase is not
justly attributable to the resistance it has en
countered on the Flint and Chattahoochee riv
ers. It is wholly traceable to a partial diver
sion of its Florida business to a diminution of
its passage receipts, and to the well known dis- sum.
aster which has befallen the cotton crop of
Southern Georgia and Florida.
We append the following upon the Macon &
Brunswick and Albany & Thomasville roads:
During the passed year two important enter
prises have become intimately connected with
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, viz: The
“South Georgia and Florida Railroad” now be
ing constructed between Thomas ville and Alba
ny, and the Macon & Brunswick Railroad be
tween Macon and Brunswick.
The cordial co-operation which this Company
has evinced in these enterprises, has, in some
measure, grown out of the necessity of self-pro-
tection against the antagonism of the Central
and Southwestern Railroad Companies. As a
measure of self-protection, co-operation in tho
construction of the South Georgia and Florida
Railroad was the more necessary, because as an
extension of the Southwestern Railroad, it wonld
have penetrated at Thomasville to the most vital
point of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
It became evident early in the summer of
1868, that a determined effort would be made
to build the South Georgia and Florida Railroad,
and as the means of its company did not appear
sufficient to consummate this end, application
was first made for the assistance of this com
pany. which finally assented to a contract by
which the South Georgia and Florida railroad
should be delivered in sections of not less than
ten miles, this company to pay seven per cent,
per annum of the actual cost of each section
when delivered complete, and when the whole
road shall have been completed, then to issue its
guaranteed seven per cent, stock for the whole
actual cost of the same, and the road to become
a branch of the Atlantic and Gulf railroad. In
the meantime the State of Georgia had granted
its endorsement on the bonds of the South
Georgia and Florida Railroad Company to the
amount of $8,000 per mile, and the early con
struction of the road became no longer a matter
of doubt. It was immediately placed under
contract and the rails purchased on highly ad
vantageous terms. The work is now proceeding
with celerity, and one-twelfth of the grading is
already accomplished. The whole road, about
fifty-eight miles in length, will probably be com
pleted in the autumn of this year.
The construction of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad was begun in the summer of 1868, and
has since been pursued with vigor and rapidity.
Strong efforts will be made to complete it early
in the coming winter. It crosses the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad at a point between Station
Nos. 5 and 6. fifty-seven miles from the city of
Savannah. This point is distant forty miles
from the port of Brunswick, and one hundred
and forty-seven miles from the city of Macon,
making the distance from Macon to Brunswick
one hundred and eighty-seven miles, and to Sa
vannah two hundred and four miles via the At
lantic and Gulf Railroad. This road is located
upon a line of extremely low gradients and with
an extraordinary absence of curvature.
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad Compa
ny. seeking to obtain an advantageous connec
tion with the city of Savannah, as well as the
port of Brunswick, has executed a contract of
close alliance with this Company, which must
FROM EARLY COUNTY.
prove beneficial to both Companies, and amply
protect the interests of Savannah; without dam
aging those of Brunswick.
The construction of these roads will complete
the record of the efforts of this Company since
the war up to this period.
“I thought as X gazed on the fUcc of
the Dead.”
The Washington correspondent of that lively
Radical sheet, the Cincinnati Commercial, got
up one foggy morning in Washington, the other
day, and fell into what the senior Weller styles,
‘a referee." He began to compare the present
with the past, and to look forward with boding
thoughts nto futurity. In short, he took the
rues, and here is what he says:
l I thought, as I gazed through the hazy at
mosphere over the Potomac at the beloved cap
ital of my country, that, after all, the victory
we had gained was not such a comfortable vic
tory. In the conflict of the two civilizations, as
we call them, I am not so certain we have tho
better. Such little minds as Seward and Sum
ner find that of a conqnered people a civilization
based on slavery. What shallow stuff. It was
A civilization based on home. The love of fam
ily, the affection for the household, the pride of
State, which meant the locality, where the attri
butes were found, are the characteristics of
southern civilization, and existed independent
of slavery. Our civilization of New England
has no true sense of home, no love of the
household, no affection for a locality. Wo have
the barbaric pride of display. We emigrate
and build up to emigrate again. Our idea of
government means empire and force. There is
no repose, no quiet, no heartfelt affection for
the peaceful home and the sacred household
gods that create the heroic. We have wide
fields, but they are not ours. We have palaces
but they are not homes. We have telegraphs,
railroads, huge factories, great cities, and a
world-wide commerce, but we have no retd hap
piness. We are Arabs in boots and our masters
are theirs.
“The late lamented Lincoln, m his quaint
dedication address of tho Gettysburg Cemetery,
said the soldiers had died a heroic death that
we might have ‘a Government of the people,
by the people, and for the people.’ As the flag
fluttered above me, and the winds sang mourn
fully among the pines, and the long shadows
stole out over the waters, I looked at the dome
of our capitol, and thought how ‘the Govern
ment of the people, by the poeple, and for
the people.’ was directing its vast powers
so as to crush the poor and strengthen
the wealthy; how harlots intrigned and thieves
reigned; how under that dome there swarmed,
as under a hive, thousands on thousands of
greedy, selfish, and unprincipled men, and I
wended my way back, far from happy over the
famous victory we boast of.”
Running Out.
Speaking of the scarcity of hands and the
rapid decay of the negro race in the South, the
Montgomery Advertiser of Thursday says:
A gentleman living near Montgomery says
that on a plantation near this city, where before
the war there were about thirty women at least
fifteen children were bom each year, and that
out of the same number of women last year on
the same place one child was bom. This is not
an isolated instance. The mothers seem to have
no remorse of conscience and resort to every
means to destroy their offspring. Even the
young children of four and five years of age
are dying out rapidly. In the olden time the
whites looked after their health, employed phy
sicians and took as much care of the black chil
dren as they did of the white. Now the ne
groes look after their children, in their own way,
and the consequence is a fearful mortality
among them. The whites are not able now to
employ nurses, doctors, and to famish food and
medicines for the negroes, or they wonld still
willingly do so.
The Value and Product or Georgia
Lauds—A State Scheme suggested
for the encouragement of Foreign
Immigration.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.]
The Telegraph prints an advertisement offer
ing a first class plantation, in probably the most
desirable farming locality in the State, worth,
at the gold values of 1860, twelve or fifteen dol
lars per acre, for five dollars in currency. This
place will yield a crop worth, at the ruling pri
ces of our present market, $25,000; to make
which crop a cash expenditure of less than
$7,000 for mules, provisions, etc., is required.
Exchanging thirty bags of cotton for a property
worth in gold $10,000 may well be considered a
good trade, for it is simply a question of time,
and these lands will bring their actual, intrinsic
value. When greenbacks are at par, i. e., when
they come to represent and equal in commercial
value, the coin the Government promises to
pay, then, and not before, will our country be in
a healthy and prosperous condition. Until that
day, the only safe investment is in real estate,
and long before that day these lands will double
in value, or approximate their intrinsic worth.
So long as such laud is unsaleable, the nation is
sick, diseased and weak.
While land is thus offered at less than the cost
of the fencing, it would be a wise stroke of pol
icy for the State to purchase largely and offer a
homestead to non-residents who may become
actual settlers, residing on and cultivating the
land. Georgia wants more fanners, laborers—
producers. We have an abundance—“enough
and to spare ” of merchants, lawyers, doctors,
et id omne gen us. Ten thousand farmers added
to our present number, and judiciously distrib
uted throughout the limits of the commonwealth,
in ten years would be worth to us an untold
Immigration once started will steadily in
crease, as the personal influence of each settler
would draw others.
Let the State purchase fifty thousand acres in
fifty different counties, and appropriate fifty
thousand dollars to cover tho expenses of ob
taining settlers from other States and Europe,
This will require say three hundred thousand
dollars, to meet which she will sell bonds, bear
ing six per cent interest and due in thirty years,
the interest on which will be eighteen thousand
dollars.
We have three propositions to consider :
1st Can the proposed immigration be ob
tained?
2d. If obtained will the income from the set
tlers cover the annual expense of interest and
liquidate the bonds within time specified for
their maturity ?
3d. Will the bonds command a market ?
In regard to the first question,it is pertinent to
remark that thousands of fore gners come to
this country and purchase homes in the “wilds
of the West.” The price of land varies with them
from one to twenty-five dollars per acre. For the
most part they obtain unimproved lands in re
mote localities, which theyclear, fence and im
prove only at the cost of extraordinary labor,
hardship and suffering, and it is two or three years
before they gain sufficient headway to produce
remunerative crops. Here they will find homes
in the midst of every advantage within the gift
of a highly enlightened society, and land ready
for the plow. The diversity of our crops and
their value, as compared with the products of
the North and the mildness of our climate, are
considerations which will not fail to control
such emigration as we desire, if intelligence,
energy and money is expended.
Secondly, will the scheme pay ? It is a low
estimate to calculate upon five hundred produ
cers being added to onr present number ; taking
the single product of cotton, and two bales to the
settler, and reckoning the price at ten cents per
pound, and we have fifty thousand dollars annu
ally added to the wealth of the State.
But our new settlers being small farmers will
raise a variety of crops, and in this connection
it is proper to consider what each farm will
probably yield, and the following figures are of
interest:
ACRES. DOLLARS.
1 in cotton, 250 lbs., $25 and 500 farms 12,500
1 in potatoes, 200 bushels, $100 and 500 farms 50,000
1 in wheat, 10 bushels, $20. and 500 farms... 10,000
1 in rice, 25 bushels, $25. and 500 farms.... 22,500
1 in cane, 300 gab syrup, $300, and 500 farms 150,000
1 in oats, 10 busheis, $10, and 600 farms.... 5,000
1 in tobacco, 800 lbs., $400. and 500 farms. .200,000
1 in corn, 10 bushels, $10, and 500 farms.... 5,000
The acre in com yielding, also 5 bushels of peas
worth $5, and $4 worth of fodder.
Total number of farms 4,500
Total yield of 4000 acres $449,500
In this estimate we have 46,000 acres yielding
no revenue, and only reckon 8 acres in cultiva
tion for each settler, but each acre averages
0112 30, showingthat when the 50,000 acres are
m cultivation the crop of the State will be in
creased $561,500,000. But say only half of the
land is planted, that is to say 50 acres to each
homestead, and we still have $280,750,000,
which is to bear a tax of $18,000 a year for thir
ty years, and provide means to pay off the
$300,000 of bonds. It is well to consider, at
this point, that the production of the acre is
under the average yield of onr second quality
lands when cultivated exclusively by white la
bor, and also, that the last cotton crop of the
State at 20 cents per pound will not bring into
Georgia over $29,000,000 of money.
Lastly, will tho bonds sell ? In the first place,
land owners, realizing the scarcity of labor, will
gladly part with their surplus land for State bonds
in order the accruing interest will pay the taxon
the balance. Those who believe the scheme fea
sible, will have more confidence than ever in the
ability of the State to meet her liabilities. The
credit of Georgia will increase with the value of
her cropB, and, while creating this debt, she
provides ample means for its payment.
Within the limits of the space assigned the
present paper, we may but briefly glance at
some considerations of interest; in the discussion
of this paper:
A private individual, projecting projects, ne-
oessarily limits their magnitude so they may be
accomplished within the course of his natural
life. Hence, most schemes are arranged so they
may be perfected within ten, twenty or thirty
years. That is to say, the ultimate advantage is
expected to accrue within a given space. Not
so with a State. Governments look, or should
look, to the welfare of future generations, and
any legislation that will advance the fortunes of
our children, without inflicting upon us too
heavy a burdens, should bo adopted.
Thus far, we make no estimate of the quantity
of money immigration will bring into the coun
try, which may be safely calculated to average
fifty dollars per bead. Nor have we regarded the
fact that the numbers will be augmented by
births and by an immigration increasing yearly
in proportion to the influence and importance of
the first settlers.
Private individual enterprize can do little or
nothing towards creating a material immigra
tion, for reasons evident to alL
The word “settler” is coined for the sake of
its descriptive character. J. M. M., Jr.
The Colton Caterpillar.
Newton, Ga., February 6.
Editors Maeon Telegraph : I have seen
great deal written recently about the cotton cat
erpillar, and I have found some webbed up in
my cotton field and I send them to you. Per
haps some of our knowing ones can suggest
something that will destroy them. Just as you
see them attached to the cotton limb, they hang,
and if you will take your knife and cut the end
of the cell you can shake ont the genuine cater
pillar. So much for all the opinions of men
about their going in the ground and in the stalk,
etc. Yours respectfully,
Wat. H. Hoooaud.
FmmizKss in Southern Georgia.—The
South Georgia Times of the 10th announces that
fertilizers are “beginning to pour into Southern
Georgia,” and adds the following :
Our people are rapidly waking up to the im
portance of small farms highly cultivated. They
are just beginning to learn the use of fertilizers.
A few have better understood their importance,
but want of transportation and the war have
been in the way, so that they have been only
partially used. If we were to solve into brief
phase, our own experience and judgment in the
matter, we would word it about thus : Make all
the manure you can on your place. Add all toe
fertilizers you can afford to buy. But be sure
you get toe genuine. Plant less. Work welL
Have faith in Provideaoe for result
Texas Correspondence of the Tele
graph
Speculations upon Gen. Grant—Sain and Sigh
Water—Cotton receipts—Central Railroad—
Richardson's Texas Almanac—Hard Winter
on Stock—Beef Packing—State Contention.
Richmond, Texas, February 3, 1869.
If South Carolina sneezed when Mr. Calhoun
inhaled a pinch of snuff, a whole nation does
the same thing when Grant puts his hand in toe
snuff box, acknowledging the pleasant tihlla-
tions in a grand sneeze, even before the lid is
removed. Congress, or one branch of it, re
peals with almost indecent haste, a law that is
barely suspected of being distasteful to him,
although they impeached his predecessor, and
tried to impale him, too, for expressing a doubt
of the expediency and constitutionality of toe
law in question.
Pleasantry aside, no man in America ever had
it in his power to accomplish as much good as
General Grant has, and no man in either hem
isphere ever had the road as smoothly paved to
the temple of undying fame, as that which now
lies before the incoming President. Let us
hope that he will travel it.
Last week there was rain four days. The Bra
zos is fuller than it has known to be for a num
ber of years at this se ason, causing a suspension
of the work on the railroad bridge at this place,
which we trust will only he a tempomry sus
pension, as it interferes seriously with the
transmission of freights.
The receipts of cotton at Galveston and Hous
ton are largely in excess of what they were last
year at tho same time. The future prosperity
of these cities, neighbors and rivals, tho right
and left bowers of the State, is as fixed and cer
tain as anything in toe future can be.
The Central Railroad is pushingits serpentine
length into the Northwest with its numerous
giant arms, in the shape of tap roads, extending
into the country on the right and left. The com
pany has plenty of fnnds, and it is the determi
nation of toe managers—who are as fully charged
with energy as a telegraphic battery with elec
tricity—to push toe road through with all pos
sible speed. Money is potent, in the hands of
competent men, to insure material success.
Those who desire special information with re
gard to Texas, ought to secure a copy of “Rich
ardson’s Texas Almanac.” It costs only a dol
lar and a quarter, and, I suppose, is on sale
among newsdealers. If not, it can be had by
addressing the publisher, whose name it hears,
at Galveston. It contains about three hundred
pages of reading matter, and its statistical in
formation, outside of that relating to Texas, is
abundantly worth toe money it costs.
The winter being so wet, has been very hard
on stock. Freedmen who do not like steady
employment, are making a good thing of skin
ning dead animals in some localities.
There are several beef packeries on this river.
Your readers will think it an unpardonable
waste of good beef, when informed that the
hide and tallow, hoofs, horns and bones alone
are saved at some of these establishments. The
packers pay seven dollars a head, specie, for
beeves, and still have a margin for profit, not
withstanding the wholesale waste of. what in
other places are the most valuable parts of the
animal.
I wrote last week, as I try to do every week,
but toe freedman to whom it was intrusted with
several others, lost them before reaching that
useful bureau of Uncle Sam’s, the postoffice.
You and your readers lost nothing, and I only
a few postage stamps, but I thought I would ac
count for my non-arrivaL
The Convention was still in session at
last advices, but the division of the State has
fortunately been defeated. The best act of the
body, though it seems a long time in coming,
like many other good things—will be when it
adjourns sine die. Par Fois.
General Assembly of Georgia.
REPORTED SPECIALLY FOB THE MACON
DAILY TELEGRAPH.
PROCEEDINGS OF THURSDAY.
Is a Ton per Acre too Each ?
I am very anxious to know whether a ton of
Peruvian guano, or any other of the well known
commercial fertilizers, can be profitably used
on one acre of cotton, and whether the same
per cent, on the investment can be expected
from the application of twenty hundred as from
two hundred weight ? I request an answer
through tho columns of tho Daily Telegraph,
because it would take a month or two to get one
through toe Cultivator, and now is tho time to
know. The question is of the utmost impor
tance, since if say four hundred pounds increase
the yield one hundred per cent., and land that
will, without manure, produce six hundred
pounds of cotton to the acre can be made, by toe
help of seventy-five dollars worth of guano, to
yield three thousand pounds, or two bales, then
five acres will produce ten bales. We certainly
cannot get more than ten bags to the hand
picked—hardly five. Then what is the use of
planting ten or fifteen acres to tho hand when
five or perhaps three, will give all that can
be gathered ? Why not save the extra fencing,
and many other extras ?
I single out my man and call on Dr. Pendle-
ten, of Sparta, begging him to give the readers
of the Telegraph his opinion on this point I
hope the editors of the Telegraph will second
my request, and that they will send the Doctor
a copy of their paper, with this communication
maiked. Enquirer.
Atlanta, Ga., February 11, 1869.
Senate.—The Senate met to-day at toe usual
hour.
Mr. Speer moved that toe roll be called for
the purpose of ascertaining if a quorum were
present 1
The roll was called and n<j quorum was pres
ent, bnt soon after another member entered and
constituted a quorum.
Mr. Hinton asked leave to record his vote in
the affirmative on the motion of Mr. Wooten to
reconsider toe action of toe Senate in reference
to toe resolution of Mr. Price, of toe House.
Granted.
Several House bills were read a third time.
Amongst them was one to extend the time for
the collection of taxes to toe first Monday in
April. This bill was passed and transmitted to
the House.
Mr. Smith, of 36th, moved a reconsideration
of toe action of toe Senate in relation to the
bill for the encouragement of toe arrest of crim
inals.
A short discussion ensued and toe motion
was lost.
Senate bills for first and second reading were
taken up and referred to committees.
A great portion of the day was spent in read
ing Senate and House bills.
Mr. Lester offered the following:
Whereas, The Senate is far ahead of the House
in business
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns to
day it adjourn to Monday at 3 o'clock p. m.
Severed Senators spoke for and against this
resolution when a motion to lay it on the table
was made and lost, toe President being toe
casting vote.
Mr. Candler moved as an amendment that the
pay of members, Secretary and Clerks cease dur
ing toe recess.
A brief discussion arose after which on motion
of Mr. Holcombe, the yeas and nays were called
when toe vote stood:
Yeas—Anderson, Bums, Candler, Graham,
Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, Winn.- -8.
Nays—Brock, Burton, Colman, Collier, Cor
bitt, Dickey, Fain, Griffin, (6th Dist.,) Griffin,
(21st Dist.,) Harris, Hungerford, Jones, Jordan,
Lester, Merrell, McArthur, McCutchen, Mc
Whorter, Moore, Welch, Smith, (36th Dist.)
Speer, Wellborn, Welch, Wooten.—25.
The yeas and nays were then called on the
motion to adopt the resolution, and it was de"
clared lost by a vote of yeas, 12; nays, 19.
The Senate then adjourned.
House.—The House met as usuaL
Mr. Barrett offered, a resolution requesting
railroad companies to observe toe Sabbath, anci
to so change their schedule as that both employ
ers and employees might be enabled to attend
religious service.
After a suspension of the rules had been ef
fected the resolution was put and adopted.
Mi. Harper, of Terrell, asked a suspension of
the rules to take up a resolution that the House
take a recess until Tuesday, 23d inst., and that
pay of members cease during that time.
Air. Bryant opposed the resolution on the
ground that all toe business of the House could
not got through with in that time, and he could
not see any propriety in sending members liv
ing in various parts of the State home for so
short a time. A committee had been appointed
to take the matter into consideration, and he
was in favor of waiting until that committee re
ported.
Mr. Shumate concurred in the opinion of the
gentlemen from Richmond.
Mr. Hudson thought the House would not get
through with all the business to come before it
in less than six weeks, and if they adjourned it
would be so much saved to the State.
The motion to suspend toe rules was lost by
a vote of 62 to 41.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
Mr. Evans moved that the Committee rise and
report the bill back to the House, which motion
was lost.
IMMIGRATION.
An Evidence of Returning Prosperity.
Nothing is more convincing of the returning
prosperous condition of the country surrounding
this city, than the immense quantities of produce
shipped from this depot. Three hundred cars,
loaded here, have been started southward toe
present week, employing from three to four
trains daily, while the State road freight yard is
rammed and jammed with heavily loaded cars,
numbering ono hundred and twenty. The freight
from both East and West of here seems equally
as great. We understand there is now 150,000
bushels of grain at Loudon, Tenn., for the Geor
gia market, while at our neighboring village, on
the State Line, Red Clay, there are sixty-eight
loaded cars awaiting locomotive power. Over
20,000 head of mules have been transported
over the State road this season. At our depot,
Capt. Baker, the agent, informs us that from
1000 to 1200 bushels of groin is received daily,
while immense quantities of other produce are
shipped. Last Friday the business on this road
exceeded that of any previous day since the pres
ent administration. If this is not practical ev
idence of the good time coming, we are no
; irophet. A few more years of continued activ-
:ty, and the bustle of our quiet little city will
orpriso toe natives.
In connection herewith we wonld mention the
fact of CoL Hulburt having made Dalton a point
on the through line, or rather giving our mer
chants the advantage of through freight tariff,
in consideration of which fact a very complimen
tary letter was written from this place, signed by
most of the merchants. It is nothing more than
was due us, but Supb H. deserves the thanks of
the planting community for first acceding to onr
demands. Previously, we understand, the tariff
on grain was eleven cents, now it is nine, a sav
ing of some seven dollars on a car load. Air.
Baker, agent here, appears to be fully up to his
laborious and vigilant duties, while he is gener
ally aocredited with being active and efficient.—
Dalton Gazette.
How to Break a Mule.
The following suggestions, says toe Maryland
Farmer, are from a new and interesting book
on the subject of breaking toe mule, by Harvey
Riley, Esq., Superintendent of toe Government
coral, Washington: >
“Don't fight or aWie him. After you have
harnessed him, and he proves to be refractory,
keep your temper, Black your reins, push him
round, baekwanl and forward, not roughly; then
if he will not do what you want him to, tie him
to a post, and let him stand there a day or so
without food or water. Take care, also, that he
does not lie down, and be careful to have aper-
son to guard him, bo that he does not foul in toe.
harness. If he will not go after a day or two of
this treatment, give him one or two more of it,
and my word for it he will come to his senses
and do anything you want from to at ti™» for
ward.
“The only way to keep a mule from kicking
you is to handle it a great deal when young,
and accustom it to the ways and actions of men.
You must, through kindness, convince it that
you are not going to harm or abuse it; and you
can do that best by taking hold of it In a gentle
manner every tone it appears to be frightened.
Such treatment I have always found more effec
tive than all the beating and abasing you can
apply. The nmle is peculiar in his dislikes.
Many of them, when first harnessed, so dislikes
a blind bridle that they will not work in it.
When yon find this, let. them stand for a day or
so in toe blinders and then take them off, and
in forty-nine cases ant of fifty he will go at
once.” • 1 .
The regular business before toe Committee
was the appropriation of a loan of ten thousand
dollars, for the purpose of creating a Land
and Immigration Bureau. J. W. Saussey spoke
at length on the question of Immigration. He
was in favor of the vast resources of the State
being developed, and of everything being done
which might tend to promote the welfare of
Georgia, and for this reason he was in favor of
the bill and hoped it would pass.
Mr. Shumate spoke, being forcibly in opposi
tion to toe bill. He thought it would only be
incurring a useless expense at the present time,
for he did not believe the scheme a practicable
one. He believed that foreigners had sense
enough to come to this State if they wanted to
do so, and that they had sense enough, also, to
buy land if they wanted to do so, and if they
did not possess thismnehsense, he did not want
them to come amongst us. He pointed out the
vast amount of expense to which such a meas
ure would lead, and concluded after a very caus
tic review of the whole bill audits propositions.
Mr. Scott followed Mr. Shumate, in support
of the bill. He denounced the remarks of toe
last speaker, whohesaidhadattemptedtokillthe
bill by ridiculing it. He referred to the Legis
lature of 1836, that made an appropriation of
$4,000,000 for the State Road, and said toe same
species of arguments had been used by toe op
ponents of that measure. Such men as Gordon,
Andrew L. Miller, Alex. H. Stephens and Chas.
J. Jenkins—“toe noblest Roman of them all”—
were its zealous advocates, and their far-seeing
statesmanship saw its grand results to the State
and it was, to-day, an imperishable monument
to their genius and statesmanship.
Mr. Flournoy and others opposed the bill and
resorted to almost the same ridicule that was
brought to bear upon the present measure to de
feat it. They characterized the road as one that
began no where and ended no where; bnt toe
powerful arguments of its advocates prevailed
and the result shows toe wisdom of their policy.
He called on toe State Treasury to witness that
it had already added millions to its coffers. He
denied, in positive language, the charge that
tho object of the bill was to introduce slaves
and paupers into toe country. The bill guard
ed against the introduction of such, and only
looked to the immigration of the healthy, honest
and industrious laborer, with a small capital, to
rebuild our burnt cities, till onr waste fields, fill
onr forests, open our mines and develope toe
material resources of toe State.
Mr. Fitzpatrick here asked Mr. Scott whether
if four hundred emigrants had arrived and called
themselves Republicans, they would they be al
lowed to actas freemen and vote as they pleased.
Mr. Scott—I am glad the gentleman has pat
this question. It speaks more eloquently than the
tongue of orators. It shows what is troubling
him. The safeguards thrown mound this bill
convince him that none bnt honest white men
can be brought here, and toe member from Bibb
knows on what side gentlemen will he arrayed.
I implore toe gentleman to come down from the
worship of the golden calf of party and look
alone, for ono time, to toe great interests of the
State.
Here Mr. Scott went on to give various statis
tics, showing what effect immigration had had
upon other States in toe development of their
mineral, commercial and agricultural resources.
He showed that there were about 204,000 voters
in the State of Georgia, and that five cents
wonld more than raise toe amount asked for
($10,000). Mr. Scott will dose to-morrow.
Some discussion followed a motion to rise, re
port progress and ask leave to sit again, after
which toe House adjourned.
The South on Her Legs—Cheering
, Signs of Recuperation.
Perhaps the best evidence of toe sure and rap
id material progress of the South may be found
in the fact that toe price of the bonds of the dif
ferent Southern 8tides is steadily rising in Wall
street. The directors of ourNew York Savings
Banks, who are proverbially conservative, cau
tious and sagacious have lately bought largely
these State bonds. The Southern people them
selves are also adding considerably to their in
vestments in these bonds. Other cheering signs
of the energy with which the representative
powers of the South are awakening may be
found in the great cotton crop estimated at two
hundred million dollars ; in the plentiful rice
and sugar crops; in the abundant production
of everything consumed by the Southern people
at home; in the report Quit in many puts of
the South labor has become even cheaper than it
used to be in the days of slavery; and lastly, in
many indications that the political pacification
which must infallibly follow the inauguration of
President Grant will open at the South an era
of good feeling and of unprecedented prosper
ity.—Nets York Herald, Slst.
Decisions of the Supreme Court ol
Georgia.
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, FEBRUARY 2, 1869.
From the Atlanta Comtitution.]
Maxey Jordan & Co., plaintiffs in error vs.
Berry T. Digby, Sheriff, and Ann E. Loyall, de
fendants in, error—from Jasper.
Brown, C. J.—Real estate in the town of
Monticello> was sold at Sheriff’s sale as the prop
erty of an insolvent debtor.
Held, that toe wife of toe defendant in fi. fa.,
is entitled, under toe 2013 and 2017 sections of
toe Code, to have $500 of the proceeds of the
sale set apart and invested in a home for her
self and family against a pre-existing creditor.
Judgment affirmed.
McCay, J., concurring, wrote out no separate
opinion. \
Warner, J. dissenting—The question made by
the record in this case is, whether toe wife of
an insolvent debtor is entitled to have the sum
of five hundred dollars’ worth of real estate in a
town, city or village, exempt from levy and sale
in satisfaction of a judgment obtainedon the
28th of October, 18G1, according to the pro
visions of tho 2013th section of toe Code, or
whether she is entitled to have only the sum of
two hundred dollars exempted from levy and
sale; under the act of 1845. The debt was con
tracted and the judgment obtained prior to toe
adoption of the Code. The exemption of five
hundred dollars is claimed under the Code and
not under an act of the Legislature passed
since toe adoption of the Code.
The Constitution of this State, at the time of
the adoption of toe Code, declared that “ retro
active laws injuriously affecting any right of the
citizens, are prohibited.” The second section
of the Code declares that “this Code shall take
effect on toe first day of January, 1863. All
offenses committed prior to that date shall be
tried and punished under existing laws, and all
rights or obligations or duties acquired or im
posed by existing laics shall remain valid and
bin dingj notwithstanding the repeal or modifi
cation of such laws.”
In my judgment, the rights of the creditor,
as well as tho rights of the claimant in this case,
are to be measured and decided in accordance
with the law, as the same existed prior to the
adoption of the Code. To hold otherwise would
be to ignore that provision of toe State Consti
tution which prohibts retroactive legislation at
the time of the* adoption of the Code, as well
as the express provision of the Code, which was
adopted in strict compliance with that Constitu
tion. I, therefore, dissent from the judgment
of the Court in this case.
Chas. A Jordan, Judge A. Reese for plaintiff
in error.
Geo. T. Bartlett for Defendant in error.
Southern Express Company, vs. JohnL. Shea.
Case from Bibb.
Pabltshlng Notices in
Etc.
Warner, J.—When, upon the trial of an ac
tion brought against the Southern Express
Company, as common carriers, for toe loss of
goods, it appeared in evidence that there were
two companies, one, to wit: The Adams Ex
press Company, chartered in the State of New
York, and the other, to wit: The Southern
Express Company, chartered in the State of
Georgia; that the contract for the transporta
tion of the goods was made by the plaintiff,
with the Adams Express Company in New York,
by which the latter Company undertook to
transport the goods, as common carriers, to Ma
con, Georgia, toe place of destination: Held,
that, as the contract was made by the
plaintiff with the Adams Express Company, they
undertook, as common carriers, to transport the
goods from New York to the place of destina
tion, either by themselves, or competent agents,
and in case of the loss of,the goods on the route,
the plaintiff’s right of action was against the
company with which the contract was made, and
not against the Southern Express Company, al
though toe goods may have been lost whilst in
the possession of the Southern Express Compa
ny, for too purpose of being transported to the
place of destination in accordance with the con
tract made between the plaintiff and the Adams
Express Company; that there was no contract,
express or implied, between the Southern Ex
press Company and the plaintiff for the trans
portation of goods as common carriers.
Held, further, that in view of the facts of this
case, the Court below erred in its charge to the
jury, “that toe defendant, the Southern Ex
press Company, was liable to toe plaintiff in this
case, as a common carrier, and that said Com
pany was liable to the plaintiff, no matter how
they received said goods at Savannah, even if
they had, as common carriers, picked them up
in toe streets.”
Judgment reversed.
McCay, concurred, giving no written reasons.
Brown, C. J.—Concurred as follows:
The Adam’s Express Company had the right
to limit its liability to the extent of itsterritoral
limits, or otherwise by “express contract.” This
may be done, in my opinion, by an express stip
ulation to that effect in the body of the receipt
given by the Company, and accepted by the
shipper. Such express stipulation in the body
of the receipt isnot the “notice given, either by
publication, or by entry on receipts, or tickets
sold,” which is sufficient, but is one form of
“express contract,” which is authorized by the
Code.
Taking this view of the rights of a common
carrier, I think I should hold that tho contract
contained in this receipt was complied with, by
Adams Express Company on the delivery of the
goods at SAvannah, which was, at that time, the
extent of their territorial limits as stipulated in
too receipt, were it not for tho former decision
of this Conrt, ruling that the liability of a com
mon carrier cannot be limited in this way. As
I am bound, under the Code, by these unani
mous decisions till changed by the Legislature,
or by this court, in the manner directed by the
statute, I concur in the judgment rendered in
this case.
Nisbet and Dougherty, for plaintiff in error,
Lochrane, Cobb & Jackson, Bacon and Sim
mons, for defendant in error.
Mary Lamar, Plaintiff in error, vs. Joseph
Gl^wson, Defendant in error. Complaint from
Bibb.
Warner, J.—Where suit was brought upon a
contract by an overseer against his employer,
and it appears from the record that the overseer
was dismissed by the employer during the first
month of the year for which he was employed
without any alleged fault on his part, and upon
the trial it was proved by one witness, that her
brother went to the plantation in the month of
January, 1S60, paid the overseer and dismissed
him, and the Court charge the jury “that the
only question for them to consider was whether
or not defendant made the contract sued on,
and that if defendant did make such contract
as testified to, plaintiff was entitled to recover
toe amount agreedupon in said contract. Held,
that this charge was erroneous, as it excluded
from the consideration of the jury toe evidence
in regard to the payment of the overseer for
the service rendered by him.
Judgment reversed.
Bacon & Simmons, for plaintiff jn error.
W. Poe, by the Reporter, for "defendant in
error. ’
For the information of Federal ofieem
publish the annexed report of the Comal tt *"
the Revision of the Laws, made to th e p ■
States House of Representatives on the 32^
timo. It will be seen that the act of v" "
1867, authorizing the Clerk of the House t/'
loot two papers in each State in which cot'
ment advertisements shall be inserted,
only to “official notices for the benefit ar^i
Ushed at the expense of the Government" ^
consequently, that government officers
ercise their discretion in publishing all J?
notices;
Report.—The Committee on the Revisii
the Laws of toe United States, to whom
ferred House bill No. 1707, entitled “An Z/j
amend the seventh section of an act enKf "
‘An act making appropriations for suedr--
expenses of toe Government for the year en/'
June 30, 1868, and for other purposes, anr,.^'
March 2, 1867,’ ” having had the sanX?
consideration, ore of the opinion that n 0 ne>*'
sity exists for its passage, and therefore reiw
mend that the same be indefinitely postponed
The bill has been supposed to be nece -
by reason of the ruling of one or two 0 f i?
United States District Judges, that the wJ.
required to he published in proceedings in w
ruptcy were governed by section 7 of an anr^
pnation act passed March 2, 1867, and n‘~.
therefore, be published in two newspaper, a*
ignated by the Clerk of toe House of Bepr s*
tativesfor toe publication of the laws of ?
United States, and for such public official r
tices as may be ordered for publication!
judges., or other officers of the United State-
Section 11 of the bankruptcy law provid,
that on filing a petition by a bankrupt, the i-a
or register shall issue a warrant to the marsh
authorizing him to publish notices in suoh
pars as the warrant specifies, etc.
Section 29 of the same act provides that
the application of the bankrupt for Ids f,
discharge, the court shall order notice tit
creditors by mail, “and by publication at £
one week in such newspapers as the Court m
designate, duo regard being had to the gene,
circulation of the same in the districtin’who
the bankrupt shallreside, etc.”
It is clear from the language of these seefa
that it was the intention of the act to leave u
selection of toe papers to toe discretion of t
court, to be governed by the necessities aodc
cumstances of each particular case. The bsi
rupt law and appropriation bill (in which |
sections above referred to are found) were 11
passed toe same day. The bankrupt law .
pears latest in the printed volume, and was,":
fact, passed after the other; and if there wu
conflict between them, the bankrupt, lawn;
probably be regarded as the later, and therefor
the prevailing law. But tho committee are"
the opinion that there is no real conflict in t
two acts; that the seventh section of the app-
priation act only applies to official govern ram
notices, for the benefit and published at the
pense of the government; while those under
bankrupt law are really a part of the piece*
dings in a private proceeding or litigation, to:
carried on at private cost wholly. This disi
tion is made clear by the provision in tho r
propriation act that all accounts for the pci
cation therein provided for shall be adjusted;
the proper accounting officer, and paid in t
manner, now authorized by the law in the 2
cases.
It will be seen at once that this could cotl
intended to apply to proceedings in bankrupt
where the wholes expense is to be paid by i
bankrupt or ont of his estate. This doesri
leave any part of the appropriation act inopa
tive, as there are many cases of publication r.
der the order of the United States judges wise
would clearly come within its terms and inter
The bankrupt act was intended to be a coc
plete and entire system of itself, without i
from other statutes, except as they are refen-
to specially.
The general practice tinder the bankrupt U
has been in accord with these views, and t!
different rulings of the judges above referred
can be at once corrected by application in tl
behalf to the Judge of the circuit which is pi.
vided for in the bankrupt law itself."
Hr. Price’s Resolution—Action or the
Senate Thereon—- M Let ns Hare
Peace.”
From the Atlanta New Era.1
The action of the Senate on the resolution of
Mr. Price, referring toe question of eligibility
of colored men to office to the Supreme Court,
will, we have reason to believe, set this issue at
rest. It will, at least, show to Congress a dis
position to settle this vexed question in accord
ance with the State Constitution, which that
body formerly accepted last summer, and which
was thereby acknowledged to be “Republican
in form,” and therefore in accord with toe re
construction acts.
This, as we have had occasion to remark be
fore, is, in our opinion, all that Congress may
ask. The whole issue grew out of adverse con
structions of toe State Constitution. All such
issues are properly referable to the Supreme
Court, which has special jurisdiction in all
cases growing ont of legislation supposed to be
adverse to the Fundamental Law ; and, when
this decision is had, there canbe no further pre
text for agitation, provided toe Legislature, and
toe people whom it represents, will cheerfully
acquiesce therein, as no one doubts they wifi.
We regret to see that a few Dmocratio jour
nals, heretofore claiming to be “moderate,”
still persist in fighting this resolution. By so
doing, they become the allies and apologists of
the extremists of both parties, and thereby
show an animus strangely at variance with their
professions. The action of toe Legislature in
adopting this resolution, will do much to save
the State Government, nnd arrest the impend
ing action of Congress, looking to the “recon
struction of reconstruction.” Surely this is a
consummation to be greatly desired by all, and
we do hope that all opposition will now cease,
to toe end that the State may be restored to
>eaee, and to her proper relations with the
Inion.
The motion, however, to reconsider this im
portant action, was discussed all day yesterday
at nine dollars per day to each member 7
Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad—StedJ
holder's Meeting.
The Savannah News of Thursday devotes fit]
columns to a* report of toe stockholders'meek
of the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad Compar|
Although only one speaker in the oppositions
present, Mr. G. B. Lamar, it was a lively s
: hg. The News says:
The whole number of votes cast was 12.JI
The whole number of shares in the stock of fi
Company is 36,911. Of these the 12,383rec<
transferred by the cityof Savannah to the-Sx
western Road could not be voted, owing to fi
injunction. Thislatter number of shares accosj
ed for, would leave 12,284 unrepresented atC
meeting. If tho owners of these side with fi
the owners of the 12,245 represented, theSotiJ
western road has not gained a controlling in
est by any means.
The only important points we note in t
proceedings are the re-election of toe old I
tory by a unanimous vote, and the adoption tl
the following preamble and resolution, uitifi
amendment that the assent of toe State
first be obtained to the transfer of stocknaanil
Whereas. The city of Savannah appealed J
citizens of South Georgia for aid to completed
Atlantic & Gnlf Railroad, which appeal was -j
sponded to at the Convention held toreeot'’
the matter, and it was agreed that toe const'
tion of the road was necessary for the weli-be
of Savannah and South Georgia, and the wd
was carried out; and, " J
Whereas, The city of Savannah has,
notice to stockholders, sold all its stock in -
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, producing conste
Ue excitement and anxiety, with a view to tl
monizo the feelings of all, |
Resolved by the Stockholders, That the!
of Directors are hereby authorized to pmcb
the stock of the city of Savannah in said r
provided that the same can be done at a t
price and on equitable terms.
Tho Telegraph Line from Wasiiin! 1 *
to New Orleans.
The Montgomery Mail has the following'
“It is proposed by an association of genite
of Boston to build a telegraph line between **
ington and New Orleans, which we are cost®
•will be of incalculable benefit to the press fo®
South, in the saving of the cost of di-p^’l
and in giving ns fuller and more reliable rtp°*I
Although tho act of Congress of July, ‘-’t, lr< |
authorized the construction cf lines of tefcgj’rl
by ‘any telegraph company now organize-'1
which may hereafter be organized under C'l
laws of any State of this Union,’ and grs nt f ’■
such companies The right of way over and a-
any post roads of the United States,’ yet i
railroads notwithstanding that they kave c
declared postroads, and have been usedas^
have made contracts whereby the most®
routes between Washington and the S<*“*
cities have been exclusively granted to the eST
ing lines of telegraph, and therefore specialII
mission from the Post Office Department is- |
asked to use said routes regardless of sncnc-|
tracts. ~ -I
It is claimed that every encouragement sM I
be given by the Government to private
prise in building a line of telegraph th "- . I
by its use of many improvements in the ar -71
have never before been combined, make » T
tariff of charges self-sustaining, and
use of the telegraph w>hin the reach of alt /j
new company propose to transmit message 5
tween any two points, from way station to
station, as well as from city to city, at the
of one cent per word, including date, aa®'
and signature, reserving the right to make
duction to the press; whilst toe general ^
transmitted by authority of the GovernB^
will be free of all charges to the press andt
public. Such general news is to be a
posted and exhibited upon bulletin boa«®k
every postoffice connected by the propose 0 1
A Hebrew bible, dated 1491 or 1492, printed ^
upon parchment, was lately sold in London for by 125,000,000 on toe ISto o/ 8e P* £ ? n f 5 ‘'
eight hundred dollars. ®
A Trooly Loll Dodge.
We clip from one of our exchanges the ‘
ing illustration of loyalty as Congress
stands that much abused term:
“The Trooly loil’ patriots of North b* ^
made a nioe thing of it the other day. . -
1st instant $300,000 was due on the State;
The State couldn’t pay—Trooly toil'
nrer in groat grief thereat; Trooly
nor in tears. Down go State bonds, of 1
which shook to the credit of the State
intense pain on the Trooly loti’ ring- l
confidence, however, they buy largely. »• ^
figure, after which the Trooly toil State _
advertise that toe deficient interest is to oe r
State bonds go up, and the Trooly *?“
pocket the reward of their “kalty in
of a handsome profit on the transact: am
Tin importance of destroying the eotwo^j
tons calculated: One ty of to-day will w
duced by 850,000 on the l«h_of An$»;
by 62,500,000,000 on toe 13ft of October.
