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- ; . aan aTSI 'V ■■■"■ ' " ii-»ii r, i -• > - , -t • . ' ; ’ * ‘ OLISBY & REID, Proprietora The Family Journal.—News-Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826,} MACON. FRIDAY, APRIL 16. 1869. VOL. XLIIL—NO. 22. Grort^o Telegraph Bailding, Macon. BATES OK SUltSCRIFTION: PiiitTehobsph—fur one year ...Jio no Dailv Tei.eobaph -for hx months. 5 00 For fhortrr periods One Dollar per month. (Jeoeoia >■««• Wkbkly Tr.Li cR .rK—one year.. 4 fO 6ioiaiAh»mr-WE«Kt.v Tr.Lt:o«APH-iix in’ths 2 00 jIabhoth Dkekly f eleobapii—odoyear 300 Mah30tu tt F.EKI.T T> LKflttAPu-etx months 1 SO O*Payable always in advancc.~S% Boole nntl Job PrlntSnjt Neatly executed at reasonable prices. Remittances by mail with Postmaster’s certificate a jarriek. Cotton Culture in Enropc. We lay before our readers this morning the fourth number of a series of articles on “Cotton Culture in Europe,” from tho pen of Mr. Edwin DeLeon. These articles have attracted consid erable attention, and have been read with gen eral interest: ronos CULTURE IS EUROPE—EGYPTIAN COMPETI TION WITH AMERICAN COTTON. The competition of Egyptian with American cotton, tinder normal conditions, never can amount to anything very serions, for the fol lowing reasons: Firstly—Tho area of land adapted for cotton cnltnrc in Egypt is limited, and during the late war its full capacity was developed. We know precisely now the bounds and limits of its pro duction. under the greatest stimulns, and that production cannot bo made to exceed (150,000 bale*. Smsifiy—Under ordinary circumstances and jt ordinary prices, it pays’ better in Egypt to cultivate grain: of which from two to three crops can be raised on tho same land annually to one crop of cotton, which is, besides, more exhausting to the soil. Thirdly—The labor in men is limited, in comparison with which thoSonth soon willcom- stand, both blnck and white; and tho labor of Ej.'jpt is nnskilled in cotton cnltnrc. Besides tbirh, the Egyptian lands cannot continue so coed a yield for consecutive years, because they ve no fertilizer? or modern improvements. Fourthly— Labr-8aving contrivances, in which machinery and steam supply Unman muscles, ue available to us, bnt are not to the Egyptians. More than once during the last few years, the cattle plague has almost swept away tlieir beasts of burden—a loss which as yet has but partially Uen supplied. Fifthly—The superiority of the American cotton to all other kinds, for the manufactures of England and of tho world, according to the testimony of the best authorities, including the English experts themselves. The India Sural* have long since been with drawn from the competition; but lately an ef fort- has been made to set up the Egyptian “Jfilin'* os a successful rival to the cotton of onr Southern States. A few years ago, Mr. J. B. Smith, member of Parliament from Stockport, after thorough prac tical examination of the whole matter, made a must exhaustive report on the different quali ties of cotton required for English manufactur ing purposes, in which he arrived at the conclu sions that "onr (British) great consnmption and dtnnnd are for the soft, white, silky, moderate ly long cotton of America, tho quality nsnally called-Uplands,’ ‘Bowed Georgia’ and ‘New Or leans.’ It eaa be consumed in any quantity, for it is available not only as weft, but for warp, ex cept for the finer numbers. We need and con sume nine bigs ofTEis cotton for Tib e bag of all other qualities put together.” And tho reasons he gives for this are conclusive. The long sta ple cotton is used for making the warp, as it is technically atllea—that is, tho loDgitndinal threads of the woven tissue. Those threads of the finer sort—say about 50’s—must be made of long staple cotton, such as onr Sen Island and the Egyptian. For the numbers below 50, best medium staple will do. The medium staple cotton, on tho contrary, Is used partly for the lower numbers of “ warp” (and enters largely into the production of the vast quantities of cotton-yarn and sewing-thread tiported.) but mainly for the “weft,” or traverse threads of the woven tissue. It is softer and drier than the long staple, makes a fuller and foamier thread, and fills the fabrics better. The long staple cannot be used for this purpose to advantage; it is ordinarily too harsh. For the nrp, strength anil fibre are required; for the veft, softness and fullness. Now, as the lower ambers of yam require a far larger amount of n* cotton for their production than the higher, tad constitute the chief portion (in weight) both toexport and consumption in Great Britain, and «tv«tf yard of calico or cotton doth is com posed of from two to fivo times os much weft as Tirp, it is manifest that the cotton of medium <Uple is the kind for which the demand mnst be aost constant and greatest, in the proportion of ae to five. The short staple cotlofl (Surats) Is used almost uclusively for weft (except a little for candle- rick. or for the very lowest numbers of warp—- •iy tecs and under—bat it is different in chnrac- >: from the second description, as well as •toner in fibre. It is drier, fuzzier, more like »«gh wool, and it cannot bo substituted for it rithout impoverishing tho nature of the cloth, aaking it thinner after washing, and can only a blended with it with much caution and in Wt moderate proportions. This species of *ton is found in Upper Egypt, as well as in Mix. After thus classifying the cotton, and ■*sg fully into the peculiar characteristics of ;*s, this great British authority goes on to say, 'rill be seen, therefore, that while we re- for our manufactures a limited quantity of ike first and third qualities of raw cotton,* we M xnd consume an almost unlimited supply of |«coud quality. In this fact lies our chief IMty; for while several quarters of tho ;; ikapply tho first sort (long staple), and In- Iwald supply enormous quantities of tho Effd (short staple), tho United States have alone produced tho second and most 7 kind (medium staple).” r-'-wgh the stoppage of the great bulk of ■fcjrioa for three or four years compelled '-•icturers to adopt snbstintes for it, yet it ' f Hmne it previons position now, since r ,°f the Rnbstitntes ltavo proved equal to Ifipaxl article. Both Australia and Egypt IP* fiae long staple cotton, though Mr. Pk declares onr Sea Island to be “ the finest p *«ton in the world,” and in classifying Wan. thus describes it: “ The point we r to bear in mind, then, is this: Onr desid- w t? if Bot K ' m ply more cotton, but more cot- l/V“* tame character and price as that now from the States. ” That problem Brit- has never yet been able to solve; rv'-hwtgi, American cotton has more com- fi 8 ° w *h® n before tho war, when Mr. 1 Maiming up was made, it still must palm, and tho Egyptian, neither »or in qnantity, much less the Indian, |bith!f~P utc »*■ "fiMd, also, to tho gathering in and **of tho cotton for market, the Amer- I “7; ti3 has the advantage. Tho cotton gin f Stable to the Egyptian cotton . jrAy-he experiments I lrnvo witnessed; it ““TO of the cotton “Mnko," and much ^*rotto a was lost in the cleaning, under the Egyptian process. Lrf ei P*uments we saw made were with the taw-gin, and experts from the United - vaowere trying to introduco the arti- •kdir 1 mat ^ et i uiado the essay. The cot- roller gins, manufactured in Jh/i and consist of two rollers—one of - ''. e °ther of wood—placed obliquely, and • U ff "heel moved by the foot The • i ““ re was only estimated at Bixty per I process. 0tt ^ n ’ a Packed in round bogs in tho ’ , Pressed by roughly mado screw ri InVi mtK ^ our old-time Bouthem a kvU . randria it is prepared for exporta- a 8 pressed into square bales by hy- •f^ore. It cannot be doubted that tho ‘Ji R"en to cotton culture, its improve- , .j rile immense profits realized from it Pa* 4 six yeare, have elevated Egypt !! Sci«’ °* ooropetition. But natural well as and the character, both of its f t?a4, r of government, are ever at work |Vo com petition with American cotton a " * on the part of the former. Sixthly—Tho labor and expense of irrigation in Egypt must be taken into account. A cotton plantation there is os troublesome os a rice-field with us, and therefore it will not pay to grow cotton there at a price which would *be remu nerative to our Southern States. It did pay very handsomely at the prices which ruled du ring the sjtoppago of the American supply, but thoquestion is now to be solved whether the groin crops will not pay better hereafter as they did formerly. A tabular statement will show more strikingly than words the great and rapid development of cotton culture in Egypt, verifying tho promise made by Said Pacha, in 1851, to the then American Consul-General, on his taking leave of him: “If your people will stop tho cotton supply for Europe, my people must go to work and moke it for her.” I*OTJNDS OK COTTON EXPORTED. Qrua- B-'t»’n. France. To all Countries 1*53 .2r.«39«*» 107M.W0 4iSS5 3j() 43648,500 •S’* 1955...... ..2\000,0ftn .,33.060.000 Total three yea« Average 7,600.000 9,£00,000 S6.874.3i0 .144,405 000 .. 43,102,000 Pounds. 45.ao.ooo 61.300.000 292 590,090 T «... _ Bales. Pounds. In ISO E,->iit exported tqEns|«nd„ ....100.0CO of 450 In 1S62 hevi t cap irt.d r tn , ’ J*;*" 4 .144.000 of 450 In 1 6> K.ypr.exported .‘Vj? 11 ' 0 ? "; .650000 of 450 lu JSC0 hnslandrecciv- Cifrmn »meric-i -...1.115,890.605 Pbus, Egypt s best year fell short of tho Amer ican average contribution before tho war nearly three-fourths, which will show the character of the competition. Commencing with the year 18G3, the exporta tions of Egypt, chiefly owing to her cotton, havo actually (Joaliled, thus making our loss her gain, and malting an annual increase to her of at least §50,000,000 increase from that source alone. The year which has just expired will test whether the demand for cotton can keep pace with the snpply, and demonstrate whether onr dethroned “King” will “enjoy his own again.” A Terrible Experience. A man will go blind, and mad, too, from fear; I have seen it happen, and if you mind listen ing, will tell yon the story. I was apprenticed to a builder when I left school, and soon got to like the trade very much, especially when the work was perilous, and gave me a chance to ont- tlo the other lads in daring. ‘-Spider" was my nick-nntne in those days, for I had out-grown my proportions, end partly because they said I could crawl along a roof like my namesake. When I was about ill fee and twenty, I was working with the fatnons Mr. and went down with his picked hands to carry oat a con tract he had taken in Canada. While there, I fell in love with the prettiest girl in Canada, and that is saying a good deal. For a time I fancied she liked me and that I was getting on very well with my love making, bat I soon found my mis take, for an old lover of hers joined our men, and Mary gave me the cold shoulder directly. You may believe this sweethart of her’s (who was called Ben Lloyd) and I were not the best of friends in the world; bat I am not tho sort of fellow to harbor malice, and when the bid dings to the wedding went around, and I knew that tuy chance was gone, I made the best of it; I kept my sore heart to myself, and determined to heat down jealousy, by being great chums with Ben. I went to tho wedding, and there were not many days when I did not steal half on hour to sit by his fireside, which was as bright and cozy and home-like os you’d wish to see—Mary being the. soul of order and industry. It is not per haps the usual way of driving out euvy, to go and look at the happiness another man has done yon out of, but you know the proverb says, ‘What ia one man’s meat is another man's poi son ;’ and so it was. I got to look upon Mary as a sort of sister, and Ben had no causo for jealousy, although there were plenty of evil tongues to put him np to it. Tho contract was nearly np, when a lightning conductor upon one of tho highest chimneys sprang, and the owner of tho works offered our master the job. “It’s just the sort of thing for you, Harry, said Mr. ; when he told us of it. I accepted it off hand, and then Ben stepped up and said he’d volunteer to be the second man —two being required- “All right," said the master, “you are the steadiest headed fellows I have. The price is a S od one, and every penny of it shall be divided tween yon. We’ll not fix a day for the work, bnt take the first calm morning, and get it done quietly." So it was that, some four or five mornings af ter, wo found ourselves all ready for the start The kite by which the line attached to the block was to be sent over the chimney, was flown, and did its work well; tho rope which was to haul up tho cradle was ready, and stepping in, Ben and I began the ascent There had been very few people nbont when we went into the yard, but as we got higher, I saw that tho news had spread, and that the streets were filling with sight-seers. “There's plenty of star-gazers, Ben,” I said, waving my cap to them ; “I dare say they’d like to seo us come down with a run." He said nothing, and never moved. Then looking up, I saw we were close to the top—a few yards more and wo would be there; yet those who were tnming the windlnas were wind ing with'unabated speed. A sudden thrill ran through my bBood nnd' set my flesh creeping, they had miscalculated the distance, nnd with tho force they were' Winding at, and the rope must inevitably break When tho cradle came in contact with the block. There was no time to attempt a signal, only an instant to point out the danger to Ben, and then to get hold of the rope, and by going hand over band, reach the coping before the cradle came up. This was done quicker than I can toll you, Ben following. Tho cradle came on; then, as I anticipated, tho rope gave a shrill, spinning sound, liko a riflo hall passing throngh the air, and snapped. Doan went tho cradle, and there were we left, nearly three hundred feet in tho air, with noth ing to rest upon but a coping, barely eighteen inches wide. Ben shrieked out that he was a dead man, and cried, “Tell me where I can kneel, Harry; show me where I can pray to Almighty God, for I cannot die this way!” “Huah, lad,” I said; “don’t lose heart; God can hear you jnst as welt sitting as kneeling, and if yon try to get np you’ll tumble, to a moral certainty. Think of Mary, man, and keep np.” But he only shook and swayed more and more, groaning nnd crying ont tbnt he was lost, and I could see that if ho did not mind, he would lose his balance. “Get hold of tho rod," I said; thinking that, even sprung as it was, the touch would give him courage. . ' ' _ _ “Cannot yon keep qmet? answered Ben, speaking in a strange lone; and turning to look, I saw he was deadly pale, huddled up to gether, with his eyes fast shut. “You’ro not frightened, old chap?' “\Vbat that’s to yon V “Ob, nothing; only we are getting up pretty quickly, and yon' have abetter head for work if vou'd get gradually used to the height. “IVheruisit, boy?” ho said hoarsely; and then looking into his face, which was turned to mo I saw that his eyes were drawn together, squinting and bloodshot, and knew that the fright had driven him blind. So pushing mj- self nearer to him, I plaoed my arm aronnd his waist and worked round to the rod, which I put fah£band; and then I looked belovr toseo whether they were trying to help ns; bnt there W Th<Tyardwi«fuIl of people, all running hither and thither; and, as 1 afterwards knew, all in tho greatest consternation, the cradle having fallen on one of the overseers of the work, fall ing him on the spot, and so occupying the at tention of those near that we unfortunates were for the time forgotten. I ws. straining my eyes in hope of seeing some efTort moade to faelp whe/T was startled by a horrible yeU and brought to a sense of new danger, for round, I saw Bes chomping his teeth, and foam- ingat the mouth, and gesticulating manun- e&rthly way. Fear had not only bbnded him, but erased W» brain. I asked. Scarcely had I time to comprehend this, when he began edging his way towards me; and every hair on my head seemed to stand on end, as I moved away, keeping as far off as I could, and scarcely, daring to breathe lest he should hear me, for see me he could not—that was my only consolation. Once, twice, thrice, he followed me round the mouth of that horrible chimney; then, no doubt thinking that I had fallen over, ho began trying to get on his feet. What could I now do to save his life ? To touch him was certain death to myself as well as him, for ho would inevitably seize me, and we should go over together. To let him stand was to witness his'equally certain destruction. . I thought of poor Mary, and remembered that if ho died she might care for me. The deni put the thought into my mind, I suppose; but thank God, there was a stronger than Satan near, and, at the risk of my life, I roared out, “Sit still or you will fall, Ben Lloyd!” He crushed down and held on with clenched teeth, shivering and shaking. In afterdays he told mo he thought that it was my spirit sent to warn and save bint.' “Sit still,” I repeated from lime to time, watching with aching eyes and brain for some sign of aid. My lips grew dry, my tongue lit erally dave to my mouth, and tho perspiration blinded me. At last—at last—hopo came. The crowd be gan to gather in the yard, people were running in from distant lanes, and a sea of faces were turned upwards; and then some one who had got a speaking trumpet, shouted, “Keep heart, boys, wo'llsave you!” A few minutes more and the kite began to rise; higher it comes, on and on. How I watched tho white-winged mes senger, comparing it in my heart to an angel; and surely, as an angel was it permitted to come nearer and nearer, guided by the skilful flier. The slack rope crossed the chimney, and we were saved. I could not shont hurrah, even had I dared; but in every beat of my heart was a thanksgiv ing to the God I had never truly known till that hour, and whose merciful providence I can never doubt again. Tho block was fixed, the cradle came up again, and Ben, obeying my order, got in. I followed, but no sooner did 1 touch him than ho began trying to get out. I got hold of him, and taking it into his head that I was attempting to throw him over, he straggled and fought like the mad man ho was—grappling, tearing with his teeth, shouting, shrieking and praying all tho way down, while the cradla strained and cracked, swinging to and froliko the pendulum of a dock. As we came near the ground I could hear the roar of voices, and an occasional cheer, then suddenly all was silent, for they had heard Ben’s cries, and when the cradlo touched tho ground, scarcely a man dare look in. The first was a horrible eight, for, exhausted, by tho Struggle and excitement, &s soon as the cradle stopped, I bad fainted, and Ben, feeling my hands relax, had fastened his teeth into my neck! No wonder the men fell back with blanched fqces; they saw that Ben was crazed; but they thought he had killed me, for, as they said, he was actually worrying me like a dog. At last tho master got to us, and pulled.Bcn off me. I soon came round, but it was a long time before ho got well, poor fellow; and when he did come out of the asylum he was never fit for his old trade again.. I gave np tho trade, too, soon after, finding that I got queer in the head when I tried to face height. So, you see, that morn ing's work changed two men's lives. Charming Women. There are certain women who are invariably spoken of as charming. We never hear any other epithet applied to them. They are not said to be pretty, nor amiable, nor clever, though they may be all three, but simply charm ing, which we may lake as a kind of verbal amalgam, the concentration and concretion of all praise. The main feature about these charming women is there intense feminality. There is no blurring of the outlines here; no confosion of qualities admirable enough in j themselves, bat slightly ont of place, consider ing the sex; no Amazonian virtues which leave one in doubt as to whether we have not before ns a youth in petticoats, rather than a soft and tender woman. A charming woman is woman all over, one places her glory in being a woman, and has no desiro to bo anything else. She is a woman rather than a human being, and a lady rather than a woman. One of her characteristics is tbo softness r.nd exquisite grace of her manner, which so sweetly represents the tender nature within. She has not an angle anywhere. If she were to be expressed geometrically, Ho garth’s line of beauty is the sole figure that could be used for her. Sue is flowing, graceful, bending in mind as in body; she is neither self- asserting, nor aggressito, neither rigid nor nar row; she is a creature who glides gracefully through life, and adjusts herself to her compa ny and her circumstances in a manner little less than marvellous; working her own way without tumnlt or sharpness, civaping round insuperable obstacles, and quietly w|anng down more friable opposition with that gentle persistency which does so much more than turmoil and disturb- Aflktrs In France. napoleon's speech to the council ot state. From Galicnani’t Mauenjar, March 25.1 The following is tho text of the address which the Emperor delivered in the Conncil of State, when opening the proceedings at the Toileries, the day before yesterday: Gentlemen: I have felt anxious to preside this day over the Council of State in order to explain to you in what order of ideas I had placed myself in inviting the Ministers to sub mit to you a bill relative to the suppression of workmen's livrets. Society in our time, all must admit, comprises many opposite elements. Do we not see iu fact, on otic . certain legiti mate aspirations and jnst Oc-siroB of improve ment; and on the other, subversive theories and blameable cupidities? The duty of the Government is to resolutely satisfy the first, and to firmly repndiato tho second. "When the pres ent state of the greatest is compared with what it was in tho last century, there can bo only con gratulations on the progress obtained, on the abuses destroyed, and on the improvement in public manners. Nevertheless, if lhe social plagues of the most flourishing populations be probed, there will be discovered, under tho ap pearance of prosperity, many unmerited griev ances which call for the sympathies of all gen erous hearts, and many unsolved problems which solicit the co-operation of all intelligent minds. It is with such feelings that laws have been elaborated by you and adopted by the Legisla tive body, some entirely philanthropies], liko those of public assistance, mutual aid and insu rance in case of an accident or death; others, authorizing the workmen to unite their savings, to oppose tho solidarity of wages to that of capi tal ; allowing them at tho same time to discuss their own interests at public meetings, and in fine accrediting their testimony in the courts of justice. The suppression of the livrets—an act demanded above all as a moral satisfaction in order to relieve workmen from vexations for malities—will complete the series of measures which place such persons within the sphere of the common right, and exalt them in their own estimation. I do not suppose that in following that policy I shall dissipate all prejudices, dis arm all animosities, or augment my own popu larity. But of one thing I am well convinced— that I shall derive from it a fresh energy for resisting evil passions. When all useful amelio rations have been accepted, when everything that is right and jnst has been done, order is maintained with the more authority; that force, ia such a case, finds its support in the fact of reason and conscience being fully satisfied. A New Oath of Office. /•’•■o.'.i the Xotional Intellijencer.} Senator Trumbull, on Monday, reported from the Judiciary Committee, without amendment, the following bill, prescribing an oath of office to be taken by persons who participated in the Lite rebellion, but who are not disqualified from holding office by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, “ That, when any person, who is notrendered ineligible to offico by the provisions of the four teenth amendment to the Constitution, shall be elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust under the government of the United States, and shall not be able on account of his participation in the late rebellion to take the oath prescribed in tho act of Congress approved July 2d, 1862, said person shall, in lieu of said oath, before en tering upon tho duties of said oath prescribed in the act of Congress, entitled fan : ..scribing an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have beenremored,’ approved July Uth, 1808." The oath prescribed by this act ia as follows: “ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Uni ted States against all enemies, foreign and do mestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully dis charge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God!" ItuuiH from the Monroe Advertiser. We are informed by Sir. Lake, tho efficient Railroad Agent, that 42(58 bales of cotton have been shipped from this point daring the present season. About 150 bales are now stored in tho warehouse. Before the season is over at least 5000 bales will have been sent forward to mar ket—putting into tho pockets of our planters nearly §500,000. The probability is that the crop will bo in creased this year, though whether tho receipts of the crop now being seeded in this and the counties tributary to tins market, will amount to more than §500,000 next season is a matter of serious doubt. Judge Alex. M. Speer, who lately removed from this place to Griffin, is erecting a fine dwelling-house in that city. We havo to chronicle another jail delivery. On last Sunday evening, while the guard, Mr. Callaway, was at supper, the two negroes, Pat terson and Henry Trapp, assisted by their friends on tho outside, made good their escape. ance. _ _ . No part of tho blame, we feel assured, will fall Even if enthusiastic—which she is for wt, upon Mr. Callaway. Tho fault seems to lie in either as music, ua painting, or as poetry—she 1 j n tbo total unfitness of the jail building to tho is enthusiastic in such a sweet and graceful way gjg for which it is designed. Wo hope to see that no one can be offended by a fire which gome move made to render it secure, if, indeed, shines and does not burn. There is no touch t bat is possible. of scorn about ber, and no assumption of supe- j \y e J ea m that there is to be a May Festival at rior knowledge. She speaks to you, poor ig- [ High Falls, in this county. Indian Spring, norant Philistine, with tho most flattering con- . Barnesville, Griffin, nnd, we presume, also For- viction that you follow her in all her flights; j 8 y tb, will be represented on the occasion. We and when she comes out, quite naturally, with ; l;now of no more appropriate spot for such a her pretty little bits of recondite lore or profes- j celebration than the point indicated. The mag- siouul technicalities, yon cannot be so boorish , nificent scenery of High Falls has become his- as to ask for an explanation of these every-day matters, which she makes so sure you must un derstand. Are yon not an educated person with a soul to be saved, and can you, then, be ignor ant of things with which every onu of culture is familiar? She discourses confidentially of mu sicians and painters unknown to fame, and speaks as if she know tho secret doings of tho conservatoire and R. A. council chamber alike. torical, and is well worth a visit. A gay time is anticipated. The celebration at High Falls will not inter fere with the one at Forsyth, and we renew our invitation to tho young ladies and gentlemen of Macon to join us. We hope also to see repre sentatives of the Macon aud Atlanta press on hand. Wo have engaged front seats for them. , , ... ... .. , „„ .. ; A very destructive fire broke out on tho plan- The mode s and the methods, the loves and the taUoa of Mr John Goodnjan> last Friday. From hates of tho wholo artistic world are to her ,r rt.irwlmvm’c nlnnlnlinn. in snre&d into .Tndan things of every day life, and yon cannot toll her that she is shooting her delicate shafts wide of tho mark, and that you know no more of what she means than if she were talking in the choicest Arabic. „ of fencing having been consumed upon'Judge If she has been abroad-and she generally , p i in & tion Mono. .A Iwi.n m<a*A rtV Inc. _clio n't 1 1 nnltl* fMlr. l.f-r < * Mr. Goodman’s plantation. Is spread into Judge Bankston’s—from thence to Mr. Goggans’—and its progress was finally arrested on Mr. Moses Dnmas place. The injury done is reported to be very serious—more than a thousand panels has been more or less—she will pour out her i tender little rhapsodies about palozzi andvillc of which you have never heard, bnt every room of which Bho assumes yon know by heart; aud she will speak of out-of-the-way churches, and grim old castles perched upon vine-clad mounts, | as if you were as well acquainted with them as j with yonr nativo hamlet; and she will bring I into her discourse all manner of Italian techni- The farming Interests of Washington county arc represented to be in a very promising condi tion. A heavy cotton crop is being put in tho ground, bnt with average seasons, enough corn will be raised for home consumption. Itapc anil SnmniHry Punishment. Tho Albany (Ga.) News, of the 13th instant, nicolities, as if von understood tho subject as i has tho following: well as sho herself understands it; though your j Only as a warning to both races, we give pub- learning is limited to a knowledge of flow much j lioity to an outrage and tragedy that occurred was done in juto and tallow, or how many pock- j in Southwestern Georgia within tho last week, ets of hops went off in tho innrkct last week. If Wo withhold names, timo and place, for the she has a liking for high life and titles—and what charming woman has not?—she will men tion the names of all manner of courts and dukes and monsignori unknown in English society, as though they were her brothers; but if'you were to interrupt the gentle ripple of hcrifpoech with snehrnde brenkw.itersas "who?” and “what?” the charming woman would think yon a horrid bore, and no man would w illingly reasons that we do not desire to parade the nn- fortnnato woman before the public, orgivo prominence to the retributive justice that so soon overtook tho fiend. A negro fellow watched for,] aid intercepted a young lady at a spring, seized her, choked her till sho was unconscious, and gratified his bestial lust A soldier of the lost cause,-with bnt one arm, cirae upon him in the act, grasped face that. Ono may be a rhinoceros in his own j him and cried for help—nono_ came. The no haunts but ss the fable lells us, oven rhinoco- j gro tore loose, bat left a portion of shirt in the roses are ashamed of their parentage when hand of the ono arm soldier. This detected among gazelles. Never self-asserting, never, him a few hours afterwards, when he was taken contradictory, only swee.tlyand tenderly patting . t*« a tree hard by, and placed at the lower end von right when you blunder, tho charming wo-, of a suspended rope. ,..V; man, nevertheless, makes you feel her superior- "fte wish itdistinctly understood that we ap- itv True she leys herself, as it wore, at your | prove and endorse the action of the jury that fee't. and gives you a thousand delicate flatter- i tried and executed this fiend; and that we are, ies—indeed, among her specialties is that of be- ‘ heart and soul, in favor of its repetition wher- ing able tb set yon on good terms with yourself, 1 ever, whenever, and by whomsoever a similar and her art of subtle flattery; but, despite her > outrage is committed, own self-abasement and your exaltation, yon [ ~ "ft ~ 1 . . can bnt feel that she is your superior, and that, ( St Augustine is to have a new hotel. A fdthoneh she is too- charming to acknowledge i company have leased the flue lot opposite the what would wound your pride, yet sho feels it, | Presbyterian Church for a term of years, and too and tries to hide it; all of which has the* propose to erect a new hotel, moderate mze, effeot of making yon admire her still more for with first-class outfit in every respect. Estima- grace qnd taet she baa displayed. ted cost, §50,000. Dolly—A Western Drover’s Ntory. My name is Anthony Hunt. I am a drover, and I live miles away upon the Western prairie. There wasn’t a, home within sight when we moved there, my wife and I, and now wc havn’t many neighbors, though those wo havo are good ones. j.One day, about ten years ago, I went away from home to sell some fifty head of cattle—fine creauturcs as I ever saw. I was to. buy some groceries and dry goods before I came back, and above all, a doll for our youngest, Dolly; she had never had a store-doll of her own, only the rag babies her moiher had made her. Dolly could talk of nothing else, and went down to the very gate to call after mo to “buy a big one.” Nobody bnt a parent can under stand how full my mind was of that toy, and now, when the cattle was sold, the first thing, I hurried off to buy Dolly’s dolL I found a large one, with eyes that would open and shut when you pulled a wire, and had it wrappod up in pa per, and tucked under my arm, while I had the parcels of calico aud delaine and tea and sugar put up. Then, late as it was, I started for home. It might have been more prndent to stay until morning, but I felt anxious to get back, and eager to hear Dolly’s prattle about her dolL I was mounted on a steady-going old horse of mine, and pretty well loaded. Night set in be fore I was a mile from town, and settled down dark as pitch while I was in the middle of tho wildest bit of road I know of. I could have felt my way though, I remembered it so well, and it was almost liko feeling it when the storm that had been browing broke, and the rain poll ed in torrents; five miles, or may-bo six, from home yet, too. I rode on as fast as I could, but all of a sud den I heard a little cry like a child’s voice. I stopped short and listened—I heard it again. I called and it answored me. I couldn't seo a thing; all was dark as pitch. I got down and felt about in the grass—called again, and. again was answered. Then I began to wonder. I’m not timid; bnt I was known to bo a drover and to have money about me. It might be a trap to catch me unawares, and rob and murder mo. I am not superstitious—not very; but how could a real child be out in the prairie in such a night, at such an hour ? It might bo more than human. The bit of a'coward that hides itself in most men showed itself to me then, and I was half inclined to run away, but once more I heard that cry, and said I: “If any man’s child is hereabouts, Anthony Hunt is not the man to let it die.” I searched again. At last I bethought me of a hollow under the hill, and groped that way. Sure enough, I found a little dripping thing that moaned and sobbed as I took it in my arms. I called my horse, and the beast came to me, and I mounted, and tucked the little soaked thing under my coat as well as I could, promising to take it home to mammy. It seemed tired to death, and pretty soon cried itself to sleep against my bosom. It had slept there more than an hoar when I saw my own windows. There were lights in them and I supposed my wife had lit them for my sake; but when I got into the door-yard I saw something was the matter, and stood still with a dead fear of heart five minutes before I could lift the latch. Atlast I did it, andsaw the room full of neighbors, and my wife amidst them weeping. When sho saw me she hid her face. “Oh, don’t tell him,” sho said; “it will kill Inin.” “What is it, neighbors ?” I cried. And one said, “Nothing now, I hope. What’s that in yonr arms ?” “A poor, lost child,” said I. “I found it on the road. Take it, will you, I’vo turned faint,” and I lifted the sleeping tbiDg and saw the face of my own child, my little Dolly. It was my darling, and none other, that I had picked up upon the drenched road. My little child had wandered out to meet “daddy” and tho doll, while her mother was at work, and whom they were lamenting ns ono dead. I thanked Heaven on my knees before them alL It is not much of a story, neighbors, bnt I think of it often in the nights, and wonder how I could bear to live now if I had not stopped when I heard the cry for help upon the road— the little baby cry, hardly louder than a squir rel’s chirp. That’s Dolly yonder with her mother in the meadow, a girl worth saving—I think (bnt thon I’m her father, and partial, maybe) the prettiest and sweetest thing this side of the Mississippi. From tho State Agricultural Society. Office of the State Agricultural Soenrrr, > Atlanta, April 9, 1SG9. f 1. The Department of Agriculture at Wash ington City have called on me for the names of the officers and members of all the County Agri cultural Societies in the State. The object of the Department is to form an Agricultural Direc tory to aid the Department in making its com munications and its distribution of documents and seeds and plants, directly to those individu als who from the fact of their organization, are supposed to bo most likely to appreciate these favors of the Department and comply with its rules and conditions, and to aid the various State and county organizations in their inter course and correspondence with ono another. I, therefore, request all county societies to re port the names of their officers and members to me as soon as possible. 2. It is particularly important to havo this in formation in my office now, to enable me to send out the premium list for tho fair of No vember, 18G9, at Macon. With this premium list is published tho proceedings, in fall, of the Agricultural Convention; while assembled in this city on the 13th of February. These pro ceedings embrace not only the action of tho Convention, but the views written out by them selves of the planters who participated in the discussions of the meeting on the subjects of plows, plowing, freedmen's labor, fertilizers, etc. The document is valuable, and deserves the attention of all thoughtful, progressive men. Copies will bo sent to tho Executive Committee in such numbers as they may request. Copies will be sent to officers and members of County Agricultural Societies as soon as their names are reported to this office. Postage one cent per copy. 3. Copies of the pamphlet trill bo placed in the offices of tho Ordinary and Clerks of each county, with the request that they be kept there for reference by all citizens who may not re ceive a oopy. The Ordinaries and Clerks are requested, under no circumstances, to permit the copies sent them to be taken from the office. 4. A number of copies of valuable Public Documents will be sent to county societies- re porting their organization. Some new rare im ported seed will also be sent. 5. The press of this State are requested to publish this notice. Acknowledgments are dne for their prompt attention to such requests in the past. . Day. W. Lewis, Sec’y. Andy Johnson’s Great Speech r.t Nashville, Saturday night, was addressed to six thousand listeners, and makes ten columns in the Nashville Banner. The Bannerkays of it: No intellectual or physical weakness mani fested itself, surely, m his powerful effort of yesterday. Though, doubtless somewhat wear ied with travel and much recent spealring in the open air. for three hoars he kept that vast audience enchained, and, invoice and* manner, seemed as fresh at the close as when he com menced the speech. We need not, at this time, comment upon the various effective points of his speech. Itispublishedmfnll elsewhere, and elo quently speaks for itself. His exhaustive review of the national finances and the bnrdeti of tho publiedebt, with his solemn warning to the peo ple ; his timely and pertinent counsel to the col ored people, who owed their emancipation to himself; his terrible denunciation of the leagues nnd tho league managers, and earnest protest, in the name of republican liberty and constitu tional government, against martial law in time of peace and the monstrous wrong and injustice of taxation without representation, were telling points that left their impress deep in the hearts of his hearers. * There was a slight fall of anoxtia Norfolk on Sunday morning last. A Peneoal Explanation. The last number of the Atlanta New Era Major M. R. Delanj’s Leetare on tbe . African Race. L ; : | t'rnm the Aetr Orloant OrttcctU nf iht lOtA. J - , • niaaii > This negro deliveredhislectnre.entitled “The u en gaged in a personal explanation reapon- Progress of Civilization and the Origin of Races , sive to the following: and Color,” at the National Hall, Poydras street, Willard’s Hoisl, last evening, before an audience composed al- Washington, D. O.. April 8, 1809. £ most exclusively of negroes, and not the most , tv- c— in , . 1. intelligent of nfgroes atthat, with the exception ! I>T p^ U<i Bard ’ EdU ^ and of some twenty-five or thirty persons, who, from I _ .' • Ha- their educational advantages, could have under- ! . : 9“ the roaming of the 6th tout, I saw stood the major’s argument and theory of the ; m a “oniing paper of this city, a special tel- origin and grandeur of the colored race in tho i «8 ram from Atlanta, giving language, said to ancient days when the city of Thebes was built j “ ave appeared the previous morning in your He commenced his lecture by a severe repri- ! paper. I could not believe tile dispatch tree, mond to the colored raco in general for their be- i aiu ^ anxiously awaited the arrival of your lama ing ashamed of their color, and by tho general j of 1116 Gthinst, in which it was said to have *p- weakness of tho defence of the mulatto, quad- 1 paared.' roon and octaroon, as to their having colored > .. ^ave this moment received, by to-night’a blood in their veins; that the main object of ! your issue of that date, and am pained to IaaImwa — - — — A— X.. w *. . • v _ c DP A IV> ft f tL A fnlnrrKAvw wno iwiiv Y4- AV- Aw.4—- I.A this lecture was to induce a pride of race among the colored people; that before he got through he would compel any of the first families of Vir ginia, the haughty South Carolinian and tho supercilious Louisianian to acknowledge the see that the telegram was true. It therefore be comes my duty to myself and to you, to inform you of my view of the article which appeared in the New Era of the Gth instant, headed “Lies, Lies, Lies,” and of my determination in the dignity of the negro, and the quadroons and the P r ® mls es. octoroons be proud of their colored blood, but 1 care not hing for your assertion that you the colored race must be true to themselves, j loathe us monsters in human shape; I care no- and not live by hanging on to tho skirts of the white people; that his object was to diffuse knowledge among those of his own race, to mnko them equal to the requirements of the age and progress of civilization among other races of men, with a specialty of tracing their origin from the descendants of Noah. Ho disputed the Gampollion theory, which i3 that the man first created by God was black, when the Almighty, not being satisfied with his work, created another, who was yellow or red; this not pleasing him much more than the first he created a third man, who was white, with all the characteristics of the Caucasian race ; bnt claimed that the first man created (Adam) was, ns his name signified, redoryellow. Thisbronght him to the point, who were the present progen itors of the present races ? Tho sons of Noah, and they were Shem, Ham and Japhet. With the descendants of Ham he would deal mostly, whose four sons settled in various parts of Eas tern Asia and Africa. He contended that civil ization was propagated by three agencies—emi gration, revolution and conquest; that Nimrod, tho mighty conqueror who founded tho Assyrian empire, was grandson of Ham, and, therefore. a_ negro; that with his conquests ho carried civilization into Asia; that Sesostres, the great Egyptian kjpg, who founded the city of The bes, on the bonks of the Nile, with hi3 1,200,000 men, carried a still higher order of civilization into tho same country, and who set up two pillars on the banks of the Indus, with this inscription upon them: ‘’Sesostres, the King of Kings, has conquered the world to the line of these pillars," was another negro, that the Egyptians who held the children of Israel so long in bondage were negroes, and as the highest encomium heaped upon Moses is that he was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; that the Jews borrowed their re ligion from them, together with their laws, for instance, Jethnra giving laws to Moses, which were reduced to statutes and written in the Book of Judges; that tho building of the Tem ple was not completed until visited by the negro princess, who supplied it with treasure, and en tered the Holy of Holies through her wisdom, whore none but the two grand masters were permitted to enter; that Christ, the Saviour of the world, was warned to go among the negroes for safety, until they who sotlght his life were dead. After the mission of his ministry and his condemnation to death upon the orosa as the type of salvation, which was to have been borne upon Calvary, tho plan of salvation would hnvo been defeated but for the negroes who bore the cross instead of Christ. The lecturer then gave his views upon the or igin of color, giving the physiological construc tion of the skin, which contains the matter of color. In the substance termed rdcmuwsum ia the coloring matter, said he; this structure which is cellular or honeycomb-like, in the pure white racs is nearly empty, or containing a per fectly transparent substance, the retemneosum itself being colorless. In tho yellow races the coloring matter in theso cells is red, slightly modified by tho economy of tho system. In the black races the coloring matter is the same without any modification, being intensified by concentration, becoming a pigment, which is simply concrete or concentrated rouge, so that tho color of the blackest African, and that of tho rosy tints on the cheeks of the most delicate white, or Caucasian, lady are identically the same in substance, that in the white being but ronge in small quantities, mixed with colorless matter, while that in the African is compact by concentration. As a final to his lecture, the lecturer again urged upon his hearers to be true to themselves, that they need not be ashamed of their origina tors, for no race on the face of the earth had such a history as theirs. It was certainly a remarkable lecture to come from such a man. Important to Letter-Writers anil Ad vertisers. A Chicago cotemporary warns its readers of a fact not generally known, viz.: that according to a recent change in the regulations of the Fostoffice Department, no letters addressed to initials will be delivered at any residence or in any postoffico box. Tho man who addresses his communication to A B 0, box 10,001, may rest assured that his epistle will never be deposited in the box in question; but that, on the other hand, it will be immediately and effectually de stroyed. : r I That the above is a fact, it says, can readily be learned from tho postffioce authorities of the city. Advertisers in particular, and the public in general, will see the necessity of governing themselves accordingly. If Miss Susan Sniff- kins advertises for correspondence, and desires that the replies to her gushing appeal should be sent to a particular box, or a particular resi dence, die need not sign herself “ Rosebud,” or “The Lone Heart," bnt must forsooth give her full real name and address, unless she is wise, advertises in tho Republican, and says: “Address Rosebud, Republican office.” And for the same reason, if Mr. John Jones has found anything, lost anything, or has anything to sell, ho. will remain unsatisfied until dooms day, if he simply gives his private box, and de sires people to address “ J. J.” A Romance iu Colorado. A letter from Denver says: “A very pretty romance, in which a woman is not mixed np, has jnst happened in the mines. It runs thus: A soldier who had served through tho war, soon after his discharge came West to seek his for tune. He drifted into tho mines, and got hold of some claims which wore discovered to be very rich. His captain who had been 'very kind to him in the service, lived far to the East, and thing for your charge that we are incarnate dev ils ; but when yon publish to the world that you hope we may perish In/ the wayside, and that the State'may never again be cursed with onr pres ence, I cannot and will not stand it. You. may attempt to construe it away as a figurative expression ; you may attempt to ex plain it away; but with me, when a man ad vises the taking of my life, no construction or explanations will suffice. To the common reader, to the great masses of the people, it can me an but one thing. It means that the assas sin must strike me down npon the wayside, and never permit me to return to my wife and children. When it becomes necessary as a condition precedent to the further preservation of my life, for me to tamely submit to publications in stigating my assassination by the wayside, then life will possess no charms for me. My nature forbids it. Therefore, I demand of you a clear, unquali fied, and emphatic declaration in writing, that in said article no allusion was made to me; or, if allusion was made to me, then I demand a most complete, unqualified, and absolute with drawal of said article in so far as itallndes to me. Iu doing this, 1 am not engaged in child's play, but, upon the contrary, I am terribly in earnest. I shall he at home in a few days, unless, at your instigation, I perish by tho wayside, and I hope to find upon my arrival a compliance with this reasonable demand. You can address me at Atlanta through tho postoffice. Should I not find an answer ■ to this upon my return home, your refusal to answer will be understood as a refusal to comply with my demand, and I will give you notice of iny return and will wait twenty-four hours nfter said notice for a reply, as I will take no advantage of you. Henbx P, Farrow. Mr. Farrow is evidently in a State of mental disquietude and dissatisfaction. The New Era complains that his construction of its language is forced and unnatural, and avers that he was but using the customary license of politicians who draw figures of speech from the field of battle to express mere'political defeat and dis comfiture ; and that he is &6tua»Ly averse to lawlessness and assassination, and if for this he is “to bo shot down in the streets, be it so.” We say, in tho words of Gen. Grant, “let ns hate peace.” It is the business of administra tion men particularly to set us an example of docility and quiet. . « f t H ■***•• .—Aiiae A Case of Spontaneous Combustion. The New Orleans Crescent publishes an ac count of .the death of a young man in that city by spontaneous combustion. He had been a hard drinker for manyyears. He died on Tues day night, and the appearance of the body is described thus: “Lnylay was stretched npon the bare floor in a perfect nakedness, his eyes almost out of their orbits, his whole frame distorted, and the body- in a curious state of ebullition—we might state, the flesh much swollen and perfectly translu cent, and the blood coursing in the veins seem ing to be rushing through them at a fearful rate, as was easily exhibited by, its abnormal appearance, seemingly filled with foreign glob ular bodies. The epidermis, in spots varying from the size of a pin’s head to that of a small apple, would become inflated, and suddenly the blisters would collapse, very like as the bubbles on the surface of a boiling pot of starch, or other thickened liquid. As the blisters sub sided, they left on their surface a hot liquid of yellowish red color, which trickled down the sides of his body and stained the floor, the idea of wiping it off having been abandoned, owing to the copiousness of the flow. To remain ana view the sight was more than we could do, and we retired once more, to return, however, about _8 o’olock, upon being informed that life was ex tinct in poor Lnylay. During our absence the body had apparently exuded all that it contained of_ blood or liquid matter, become perfectly drieefatpand shrunken, and as black as char coal/’ The Daughter at Home.—To be able to get dinner, to sweep the room, to make a garment, to tend a baby, would add greatly to the list of a young lady's’ sccomplishments. When can ws behold a more lovely sight than the eldest daughter of a house, standing in the sweet sim plicity of her. new womanhood by the side of her toiling, careworn mother? Now she pre sides at the table, now directs in the kitchen, now amuses too fretting babies, now diverts half a score of folks in the library. She can as sist her younger brothers in their studies, read the newspapers to her father, or smootoe toe aching brow of her fevered mother. Always ready with a helping hand and cheerful smile for every emergency, she is an angel of love, and a blessing to the cirdo. Should she be called ont of it to originate a home of her own would she be any less loving or self-sacrificing ? "■ [Lynehlirry Virginian. New York thieves have in training a number of dogs for summer operations. They are taught, by repeated endeavors, to rush into a room and seize from a counter a parcel and quickly bring it to his master. Their counter is mado so as to resemble those in banks, and the parcel is covered with yellow paper, and made to look like the packages of bank notes that are exchanged from one bank to another. The design is to take or Bend by a confederate, one of these dogs to the door of a bank or bro- finding himself in want of a partner, the young ker’s office, where a parcel or package of bank soldier determined to_ write to tho captain, who was poor,- and ask him to come out and share with him his. good fortune. He did so. The captain camo, and the ex-private made over to him, as a gift, one-third interest in all his mining claims. The captain was a shrewd man, the new firm' prospered, and presently the generous young minor sent for an old friend who had been with him as a private in the same company, and made oyer to his comrade another third of his mineR. The companv prospered amazingly, and grew rich.. " A few weeks ago the captain and the third member of the Jinn, longing to rejoin their families, and f eeung that they were rioh enough, proposed to sell out. They did so for §100.000 each, and the rich ex-privato was the principal buyer. The other'day the trio were seen walk ing along the street arm in arm, apparently contented with the affairs of this world. They notes is seen to be lying on toe counter, and send him in. Tho trained animal darts in and seizes the valuables in his month, and rushes out to the place where he expects to find his master. A Welsh clergyman applied to his diocesan for a living. The Bishop promised him one, but as the clergyman was taking his leave he ex pressed hopes that his lordship would not send him into the interior of the principality, as his wife could not speak Welsh. “Your wife, sir!” said the Bishop, “what has your wife to do with it? She does not presto, does toe?” “No, my lord,” said the parson, “bnt she lectures.” ■» A gentleman from Paris paid a visit to s country dame, in whose parlor he saw the por trait of a lovely woman of about five-and-twen- . . ty. Upon the entrance of the lady the visitor are all three on their way East, the head of toe : naturally asked her if. the picture was a family firm going to visit the ex-partners, whom he has I portrait, and was told 4h*i it rapnaehted her made so rich. After a short stay in the East, | deceased daughter. “Hu it been lope since the rich yotmg soldier will return West and con- you lost her ?” asked, the gentleman. “Alas, tinuo his mining operations. In order to prop- air,” replied the lady, “she died jmt after her erly complete the story, the head of the firm, j tnrtb, an d I have had the portrait tjhttad to whole East, ought to fall in love with the sister represent her u she would appear if she bed of otoe of Iris partners, many her, an^ bring j lived until now.” . . ■ / ;.' ; e ' l her West as his bride. TK* New Tack Herald tnteraU branch office in Brooklyn. Hon. HonmoBarieoim y a knk, Iowa, from injuries .railroad accident ~