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ratmuttwi The Greoi-gia "Weehly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH MACON FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1869. Cost of Importing Chinese .Laborers. The New'YorfcJournaiof cSinmerce says that an enterprising New York merchant in the Chi na trade offers tobjring ChinesS laborers in his ships and deliver them at that port for $75 spieoe. "We understand that his terms will be accepted if he will change the point of delivery to the month of the Atchafalaya river, one hon dred miles below New Orleans and within twen ty miles of a railroad connection with that city. Putting in at the Atchafalaya wonldlengthenthe home voyage a number of days, and would, on toataccount, be a disadvantage to the skipper. As the Louisiana planters are very desirous of importing Chinese there is every prospect that a satisfactory arrangement will be made, if not in regular New York packets, then in vessels char tered for the purpose. A St. Louis paper recently stated that China men could be brought from California to St Louis for fifty dollars. The cost of taking them to New Orleans would be about ten dollars. It would pay handsomely to obtain them by that route; but they could not be contracted for on such reasonable terms round by sea. In response to the demand for this labor, it is probable that competition will bring down the rates for Chinamen between Shanghae and San Francisco, and that they can be delivered cheap enough across the Pacific railroad to make it pay to import them by that route. But the voyage round Horn •owry present wish as to price. ; . Woman Suffrage Nothing Sew, Forney’s Press says woman suffrage is.not a new thing in this country. In the State of New Jersey, for a long series of years, women weie entitled to vote, and sometimes exercised the privilege. The original State Constitution, adopted in 1776, conferred the franchise on “all inhabitants" possessing the prescribed qualifi cations of retd estate valued at fifty pounds, and twelve months’ residence, and that Constitution al provision remained unchanged till 1S44, when the new Constitution was adopted. In 1797 seventy-five women voted at the Presi dential election at Elizabethtown. In 1802, in a close contest, a member of the Legislature in Hunterdon county was elected by the votes of two or three colored women. In 1807, in Es sex county, the women voted generally, and were implicated in extensive election frauds. This stirred up the Legislature to pass an act, (nnconstitntional, of course,) restricting the suf frage to white males, and this outrage upon the constitutional rights of the women of New Jer sey was quietly acquiesced in till 1844, when the substance of the .act was incorporated in the new Constitution. Mixing Colors. This leading idea of the National Administra tion, was, from all accounts, very successfully carried out around the Post Office yesterday. That institution was turned over to Tomer yes terday morning, and, in consequence, no mails were distributed till three in the evening; nor wonld it have been done at that time without the aid of a route agent who was somewhat familiar withi details. Consequently while Afri cans was sweating and cudgelling his brains over the difficulties of the situation inside, a considerable portion of the Anglo-Saxon race were outside clamoring for their mails, and a dense cloud of darkies between, enjoying the fun. It was delightful business, no doubt, with the mercury at ninety-five. From Clarke County. The Athens Watchman says that Mr. Samnel Bailey, at Maxey’s depot, in Oglethorpe county, grew, on one acre, fifty-seven bushels of wheat, (lacking five pounds.) This beats Clarke, and all other counties, so far as we have heard, ex cept the acre at Griffin, which produced fifty- eight bushels. The same paper learns that A. M. Jackson, Esq., the Ordinary of Clarke county, sold, last week, the cotton grown on an acre lot in Wat- kinsville, for $26700! The Watchman says that Dr. Durham, of that county, who has jnst returned from an extensive trip through Tennessee, says they have never had anything like it in that State heretofore— that even the small farmers have made from six to seven hundred bushels apiece. He also met numbers of persons from Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois. Iowa, and other Northwestern States, all of whom assured him that the prospect of good crop in all those States is beyond prece dent. Flour will have to come down! The Cotton Crop of 1869. Editors Tdegraph—1 noticed an article in your paper a few days ago upon the cotton crop, and would suggest a few more ideas upon the same subject. If yon will refer back to onr authorities, you will find that a cold spring has been invariably followed by a large cotton crop. In 184S, 1855 and 1859, three of onr most productive cotton years, the springs were cold and late. There is no advantage in planting cotton before the first week of May, and if planted before, it is an ad vantage to have it kept bsck by the frost, for it then gains strength and bears more fruitfully,in stead of running up into weed, as itwil1 do if the weather is warm at first. The accounts from Texas, Arkansas, Louisi ana and Mississippi are very fine, and represent the crops as most flourishing. Those sections were injured by overflows of the rivers, bnt the crops have since recovered, and are now as for ward as they usually are at this time. We all know that the prospects in the Southeastern States are very promising. There can be no doubt that fully one-quarter more land has been planted in cotton than last year, that more fer tilizers were used, and that the negroes are work ing better and more of them are at work. The opinion which some entertain, that more cotton can be raised than can be picked, is un reasonable, for no man will leave any in his fields as long as it is worth over twenty centsper pound. We can raise 3,000,000 bales, and cer tainly pick that quantity also, and if the present favorable wether continues, it will be done this year. C. O.. A Washington letter says: ‘ ‘Humors of the resignation of Secretary Eawlings are again re vived. He also desires to retire on account of ill-health. The President is, however, loth to dispense with his services, and it is, therefore, contemplated to grant him a leave of absence for six months, and to appoint a Secretary ad interim." < . ■ Mb, Dicksons- Cotton Crop.—The Atlanta Intelligencer says that Mr. David Dickson, of Hancock county, has 1600 acres of land planted in cotton this season. Upon these 1600 acres of land Mr. Dickson has used fertilizers at an average of twenty-five dollars per acre. Gov. Reed, of Florida, has issued his procla mation ordering an election on the second day of November, to take the sense of the people of West Florida, on the question of annexing that portion of the State to Alabama. Griffin Middle Georgian.—Mr. H.'E. Mor row has become Associate Editor of the Middle Georgian, and makes his debut in that paper of the 30th nit., in a well conceived salutatory. Chinese Laborers bob Louisiana.—The cool- ias are coming, in earnest, at last. Etve thou sand Chinese laborers arrived at St. Louis on Friday, en route to New Orleans, to work on plantations under negro euperintendenoy. Productive Capacity of an Acre in Cotton. A friend in Macon county has an acre of cot ton well fertilized and carefully cultivated, of course, on which he intends to test the produc tive capacity of that acre. -It is planted with all the best and most productive varieties of cotton—Dickson’s Improved, Moina, Peeler, Brazilian and perhaps other varieties, laid off in separate rows. The cotton is now waist high, with considerable uniformity as to size—the Brazilian, perhaps, the most promising. On the 30th of June, he counted what he thought to be an average stalk and fonnd it to contain 145 squares, blooms and bolls. He has 3005 of these stalks upon the acre, and assum ing 145 bolls to the stalk, and no more, during the whole season, he would have 435,725 in all. Taking what is called the usual average of 100 bolls to the pound of seed cotton, the acre would bring 4,357 pounds of seed cotton. Deduct two- thirds the weight for seed and he would have 1452 pounds ginned cotton to this acre. Some will say the deduction is too little; bnt we tbiuTr it will be fonnd quite enough for these improved varieties of cotton, produced on well fertilized land, and on the other hand, it will be fonnd that considerably less than 100 bolls of these cottons will go to the pound of seed cotton. Now, in these figures we have assumed what, of course is impossible—that all the fruit devel opments of what is called the first crop mature. But the middle crop is the heaviest and what is called the top or laBt crop might possibly be a good large one, if the season is late. Suppose, thou, thnt, first and lost tuese cotton stalks should mature 300 bolls or three pounds of seed cotton, or one pound of lint cotton to the stalk. Then our friend would gather three thousand pounds of lint cotton or six bales to the single acre. Now wonld not that be an unheard-of crop— ridiculous crop—an impossible crop ? No body wonld believe it on oath. It wonld be the old-time crop of eighteen acres—only a heap better as to richness of color —length of staple and so on; for poor hungry land and poor culture are bound to bring poor cotton. They can’t bring anything else but dry, furzy, short stuff, of a dead and lifeless white; while this cotton will look as if yon could press the cream out of it if you were to squeeze it very tightly. Now, we wish to be distinctly understood about this matter. The Telegraph is not going to say that one, two or three thousand pounds of lint cotton can be made to the acre, on the most favorable conditions. We said the other day, in the hearing of a farmer, that the time was coming when people would make three bales of cotton to the acre, and he pronounced the writer a nice subject for a writ of lunacy ; but we do say that what is now deemed alto gether ridiculous and impracticable, in the way of achievements in cotton culture, will in a few years be considered only moderate accomplish ments. The mode of culture is improving vast ly from year to year. It was far better last year than before—it is better this year than last, and will be still better the next. The ideas of planters are changing vastly and they are beginning to see that cotton is pre-em inently a crop for nice cnltnre and heavy ma nuring, and that the true art of making money from this crop lies in heavy production on small areas. Suppose our friend should happen to turn out four or five bales to his single acre of cotton which should bring thirty cents to the pound—say $600 or $700 to the acre—every body can see that will pay him well for any rea sonable investment in the way of fertilizing and cultivation. Is such a crop possible ? The Expelled Negro Members. The Chronicle and Sentinel is calling in the doctors generally upon the vexed question of what to do with the ousted negro members. We have published Judge Fleming’s letter. The Hon. M. J. Crawford, being called on, also re sponds June 24 th, attacking the Supreme Court opinions and declaring them entitled, with the members of the Legislature, only to such weight as they may choose to give them “in foro con sciencae," as the whole power over this subject is vested in the Legislature. He says were he a member, he should vote against the reseating and let consequences take care of themselves. A letter from Judge Cabin ess, of the same date, takes the ground that no judgment of any tribunal can reverse the decision of the Legis lature, nor can the ousted members take appeal to any Court. The judgment most stand, unless reversed by the body which made it, and wheth er they shall reverse it or not he considers as follows: And that is now the practical question which the Legislature must meet when it reassembles. Shall the negroes who were removed from their seats be restored, and can the two Houses of the Legislature reverse their action ? In my opinion, they can, and policy requires that it should be done. No judgment has been passed by either House upon the right of the successors of the removed negroes to the seats they occupy. Upon the removal of the negroes, those who claimed their seats were held prima facie entitled to them, and were seated accordingly. No question as to their rights to their seats was raised, and never has been decided. If their rights to the seats they hold should be contested upon the ground that other persons eligible to office, received a higher number of votes than they did respectively, it would be competent for each House to declare them not entitled to the seats they occnpy, and would it not follow, as a matter of course, that the per sons eligible to (and it most now be considered a settled question that negroes are,) would it not necessarily follow that such persons having received the highest number of votes should be admitted to their seats ? Recollect that no de cision has been made, andno judgment rendered firing the successors of the negroes in their seats. There is no res adjudicata as to their rights to seats. Let the question be raised wheth er they are legally entitled to membership, and in the present aspect of matters and the present state of the law, and what we must receive and recognize as law, it would be competent for each House to declare them not entitled to seats, and re-admit those who received the highest number of votes. And policy requires this should be done. Vie must submit to whatever it is not in onr power to correct. If we had control of this question of negro suffrage and negro eligibility to office, we would give it a different direction and would soon lay it at rest. But it is not under onr control. A power which we cannot resist, is giving and will give it direction, whether rightfully or not, it matters not now to say. It is sufficient for ns to know that this power is in active exercise, and will be, until this question is finally settled, as “the powers that be" de sire it. • Let ns raise no more questions with it. All the issues which we may make with the Con gress of the United States, upon the terms of Reconstruction, will be decided according to thtiir will, and not ours—and they have the power to enforce their decisions. Let ns sub mit to inevitable necessity, however bitter the pill, and make no more issues with power. It i3 related of _ the Emperor Adrain, who reigned in the decline of the Roman Empire, that one day he fonnd fault on a point of gram mar with a learned man of the name of Favor- inas. Favorinas could have defended himself, and justified his language, bnt continued silent. TTiw friends said to him: _. “Why didn’t yon an swer the Emperor’s objections?” “Do you think,” said the grammarian, “that I am going to enter into disputes with a man who com mands thirty legions ?” Is it wise to continue to raise questions with a power who can command as many legions as may be necessary to enforce its will ? Not only the peace, but the good of the whole country requires that all questions connected with reconstruction should be settled as speedi ly as possible. It is reconstruction and the is sues growing out of it, which preserve the unity of the Republican party. In reconstruction they “live and move, and have a being.” Strip them of the support which this question gives them and their dissolntion will speedily follow. You “ take their life. when yon take the means whereby they live.” Though negro suffrage and negro eligibility J to offioe may be distasteful to ns, let us submit to them without further opposition, if by so doing we can put a stop to these questions and thus destroy the bond of unity which holds the Republican party together. Aady Johnson in Washington. ANDY ON AHIGHifoBSE AND YERYEMPHAHO. The Ex-President was in Washington last week to see his son graduate from College. the result in two columns, from which we ex tract the following lively specimens JOHNSON ON GRANT. I know Grant thoroughly. I had ample op portunity to study him when I was President, and I am convinced he is the greatest farce that was ever thrust upon a people. Why, the little fellow—excuse me for using the expression, bnt I can’t help pitying him—the little fellow has nothing in him. He hasn’t a single idea.. He has no policy, no conception of what the coun try requires. He don’t understand the philoso phy of a single great question, and is completely lost in trying to understand his situation. He is mendacious, canning and treacherons. He lied to me flagrantly, by God, and I convicted him by my whole Cabinet.; bnt that even wonld have been tolerable were it the only instance, bnt it was nob He lied on many other occasions. I tell you, sir, Qrant is nothing more than a bun dle of petty spites, jealousies and resentments. And yet they say Grant is a second Washing ton. Only think of it, when yon compare him with Washington or Jefferson where is he ?— Why he is so small yon must put your fingers on him- He, a little upstart, a coward, physical ly and intellectually, to be compared to Geo. Washington! Why, it makes me laugh. I have more pity for the man than contempt, for I have no spite against him. Bnt I fear for the country when such a man is likened to the father of his country. Why, just look at the inaugural of Washington. He speaks abonthis fear and trembling in aocepting the Presidency, even after all his experience and success. But this little fellow Grant, an upstart, a mere acci dent of the war, a creature without the ability to comprehend the philosophy of a single great question, says in his inaugural, “I know the re sponsibility is great, but I accept it without fear.” Is that like Washington or Jefferson ? Pshaw! It’s monstrous to think of. Grant, I tell yon, sir, has no ideas, no policy. Why, Washington considered that a man’s greatness was measured by his morality, by the standard of his soul. And I have always considered that the more soul a man had, the more he devel oped the soul or intellect within him, the more God-like he became. But sir, Grant has noth ing. Physically and mentally and morally he is a nonentity. Why, sir, his sonl is so small that you could put it within the periphery of a hazel nutshell and it might float about for a thousand years without knocking agaiLst the walls of the shell. That’s the size of his sonl. Just look at the man sitting at a Cabinet conncil. He has no idea, no policy, no standard, no creed, no faith. How can he guide the people ? How can he impress any great improvements or moral ideas upon the nation ? He has no obj ect to look for ward to, no leading aim to draw the people to wards any particular end. He sits there with his Cabinet One member has bought him a horse in Philadelphia, another has given him $65,000, another has given him a carriage, and so on. It is degrading to the office of Presi dent of the United States to have such a man there. They talk about his generalship. Well, he was a mere incident of the war. Men and arms were supplied in abundance, and his forces were so massive that they simply crushed out the rebellion. It would have been done had Grant never been bom. Johnson on the Situation.—Why, sir, I sometimes wonder whether there be not some strange hallucination over me. I put my hand to my head, and ask myself if I am sane. I find myself use arguments that were deemed sensi ble and irresistible by some of the greatest minds of the country, and yet they are unheeded, perhaps laughed at. I have found myself obliged to think deeply, when I was President, over great constitutional questions. I have called to my aid the most capable minds in the country, and have drawn from them their ad vice and wisdom, and then comparing all, and adding what little might arise in my own mind, I have endeavored to present a close, cogent, logical statement to the people, and yet I have seen such arguments fall upon the pnblic mind jnst like water on a duck's back. They rolled off without making an impression, as drops of water from the back of a duck, t have been almost stunned at the apathy in the pnblio mind. Talk of the Constitution and liberty, of rights that used to be held sacred and invio lable, and you are deemed scarcely worthy of an answer, other than laughter. What we want, what the country demands, is solid, constitutional government. Take my own State of Tennessee, and I only use it as an illus tration, there all the wealth, all the element that pays the taxes, that combines the intelligence and respectability of the State, is deprived of the ballot. Fifty thousand negroes, with twenty thousand whites, make a government there for one million two hundred thousand people. Sev enty thousand ont of a voting population of two hundred thousand make the laws, while that sev enty thousand does not represent the wealth, re thousand voters and a population of twelve hun dred thousand. Annual Report of the Augusta Fac tory. from the Chronicle and Sentinel. The printed Annual Report of the President of the Augusta Factory for the year ending June 12 th, is before us through the courtesy of a Stockholder. Like all of President Jackson’s reports, it is brief, perspicuous and business like. It tells the history of the operations of the past year in a very few words and figures. The total earnings for the year have been. $169,763 75 The expenses have been 49,045 37 The net earnings have been 120,717 38 The quarterly dividends of five per cent, have amounted to. 120,000 00 The balance of profit over dividends is 717 38 Which, carried to the credit of profit and loss make the accrued undivided profits amount to $225,515 60 on a capital of six hundred thou sand dollars. Mr. Jackson says the results “are better than anticipated,’* when the relative price for the year of manufactured goods and raw material are taken into consideration. These results may be briefly stated as follows: The mills have been kept full up to the standard of first-class mills, while run with “ remarkable regularity. The stockholders have received four dividends amounting to twenty per cent, and a small bal ance added to surplus profits, while so many North and East of us have either not paid divi dends at all, or have paid greatly reduced divi dends, and have been kept running only on short time. The operations of the AugustaFac- tory during the past year, which has been so unfavorable for manufactures, with the results stated, will enable onr Northern friends to make fair estimate of the advantages of the two sec tions for manufacturing. The following tabu lated statements afford data of interet to skilled manufacturers: GOODS MANUFACTURED FROM 13TH OF JUNE, 1868, TO 12th OF JUNE, 1869. Yards. 3,937,048 86,222 2,651,866 445.390 447,709 Pounds. Pieces. 4-4 1,300,310 99,528 4-4 fine 24,441 2,113 K 725.046 66,069 % 197,554 23,500 Drills 149,781 11,542 2,396,132 203,652 8,068,235 BALES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS. 4-4. 4-4 fine. %. %. Drills. To’l W) 35 24 7 ~H9 96 3119 1064 664 9580 96 8154 1088 671 9699 96 3150 1030 663 9590 OnhandJ’el3/68... 53 Made to Xe 12,’69.. .4637 4690 Sold to June 12, ’69. .4651 OnhandJ’el2,’69.. 39 00 4 53 8 109 Pounds. Cotton consumed (equal tc 6,362 bales) - 440 lbs. each 2,799,326 Avenge cost of oottton 25.09 Whole number of looms 508 Average number of looms running.... 508 Average number of hands employed.. 449 Aggregate.wages paid $ 167.939 22 Aggregate sales 1,032.648 86 Average per day per warp-spindle.... 8.51 ozs. Decline in Flour.—A gentleman of tins city, approved business sagacity, and who trans acts the largest commission business in town, ex presses his belief that, after the present harvest, flour will decline in price to $5@$6 per barrel— Also, that the wheat this year is of snch supe rior quality that flour cannot be manufactured from it of any other grade than Family. [Knoxville Press. Two men have been arrested in New York who have followed the business of altering gas meters so that customers may defraud the gas company. Resume of Foreign Affairs. PREPARED FOB THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. Great Britain.—The English press bestows great praise upon the House o.f Lords'for its having complied with the wishes of the nation by passing toe Irish Church Bill to its second reading. The Times, commenting on this re sult, deems it a great triumph of pnblio opinion and another proof of the profound respect in which the Constitution is held in England. In reviewing toe history of this question, the paper continues.cannot help being-impressed with the fact, that Eriglanff in every respectT’s enjoying a good government” ~ - ~ . - The Archbishop of Dublin and fifteen bishops voted against the second reading, while, the re maining prelates abstained from voting alto gether, with the exception of the Bishop of "Da vid, who supported it. The general feeling of the Peers is in favor of amendments based on the principle of endowments. The Earl of Shaftesbury will propose an amendment, to toe effect “that a fund should be formed out of the surplus fortune of the Irish Church with a view of granting loans to the Irish peasantry.” The leading papers speak in eulogistic terms of Mr. Herny J. Raymond, late chief editor of the New York Times. The Viceroy of Egypt was received with great distinction by toe Prince of Wales in London. During.his stay he will be the guest of the Queen, who placed Buckingham Palace at his disposal. The son of King Theodore of Abyssinia, now attending school in London, will be sent to In dia, the climate of England not agreeing with his health. The English are looking with a great deal of satisfaction for the arrival of the two sons of Bismarck, who will parsmaa course of lectures at the University of Oxford. News was received from Aden, ton* 1 several Englishmen were murdered in Abyssinia. A company has been formed for extending the Anglo-Indian wires to Hong Kong; they hope they will have established an uninterrupted telegraphio communication with the Chinese seaports in the summer of 1871. France.—Nothing transpires respecting the future policy of the Government. In reply to a letter which Monsieur Mackan, a newly elect ed member of the Corps Legislatif, addressed to the Emperor in the name of his constituents, Napoleon makes toe following remarks: 4 ‘The Government can as well suppress riots as grant liberties; bnt the concession of principles and personal sacrifices are always insufficient at the time of a popular movement; a government, wishing to preserve its self-respect, need not yield to such an outward pressure.” And in conclusion the Emperor adds: “I am con vinced that these opinions are, also, those of your electors, as I am also persuaded that they are shared by the majority of the Chambers.” The races in the Bois de Boulogne were un usually brilliant this year. A French horse, (le Glaneur) belonging to Monsieur Lupin, was the first at the stake, tons winning the prize of a hundred thousand francs. The cheers bursting forth from all French lips at this mo ment were indescribable. Thousands shouted, “Vice Lupin!" “Vice Glaneur/” and the Emperor, who evidently mistook the latter cry for “ Vive l' Empereur," lifted his hat to the crowd, whereupon they shouted still moro vehe mently, “ Vive Glaneur! ” The Emperor seemed to be sorely mortified when he perceived, his error. A riot occurred between the coal minors and the soldiers at St. Etienne. The miners at- temptedto rescue several prisoners from the hands of the latter. Shots were exchanged, proving fatal to seven rioters and five soldiers. The prisoners remained in the hands of the authorities. Burlingame, with the Chinese Embassy, will leave for St. Petersburg. Germany.—The sessions of the Customs’ Par liament and the Reichstag were closed by the King in person. The diplomatic corps was only represented by Mr. Geo Bancroft, the American Ambassador. King William made a speech while inaugurating toe naval port of Happens, in which he returned thanks to the builders of the work. Though the late King had already begun this construction,” he continued, “po litical circumstances had still prevented the es tablishment of a sea port on this place. Provi dence has granted me to achieve what my broth er had started; I look with confidence toward the future development of the German navy.” The German press discusses with a great deal of temper the probable resolutions of the Ecu menical Council. Even liberal Catholic circles oppose its rumored intentions. Italy.—The Italian Parliament was pro rogued by the King. Signor Lobbia, a member of toe Chamber of Deputies, was dangerously wounded by a bandit in toe streets of Florence. Several disturbances in Milan were suppressed without bloodshed. General Fleury will be nominated extraordinary plenipotentiary of France to the Court of Italy. The official Ga zette publishes toe Austro-Italian Convention for the extradition of criminals. The Holy See is reconciled to Enssia. The palace of the Russian Embassy in Rome is fit ted up for the residence of a permanent Am bassador. The relations between Rome and Austria are growing more critical every day.— Nothing certain is known about the dogmas to be adopted by the Ecumenical Conncil. Only the infallibility of toe Pope seems to be decided upon. Spain.—The Cortes passed a law conferring the legal sanction on all decrees of the Provis ional Government and vesting it with the power of executing them. General Prim declared in the Chambers that the authorities were obliged to put down with the utmost rigor, every at tempt of disturbing the public peace. Gen. Pezuela, a zealous adherent of ex-Queen Isabella, who had come to Madrid under pretext of settling his private affairs, was arrested and brought to Cadiz, where a court-martial will pro nounce judgment against him. He is accused of being a secret emissary of Isabella, sent to Spain to conspire against the new established Government. A conspiracy in favor of Queen Isabella was discovered in Grenada. .The President of a Republican Society in Ca diz, was arrested for having delivered a speech against the new Regent, Marsha! Serrano. The city was much excited. THE COTTONS OF THE WORLB. THEIR CHARACTERISTIC*: AND CLASSIFICATION AS COMPARED WITH OUR OWN . PRODUCT AND THE CURRENT RELATIVE SUPPLY. From the Chronicle and Sentinel,] Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Williaqa F. Her ring, Esq,, of the established house of Claghom, Herring* Co., has obtained from Liverpool, the great centre of the cotton trade, a colleo- -tion of cotton samples of the cotton producing area of toe world, tributary to European wants, arranged and classified according.to Liver; standards by" Liveipool 'experts. ~This" col tion-the- owner designs'to present to the Board, of Trade of Augusta to bo held as the standard for reference in the adjustment of classifications in the Augusta market. It has been acquired through' the well-known Liverpool house of Messrs. Robert Lockhart, Dempster & Co.— Neither pains nor expense has been withheld to make the collection accurate in classification, and to represent faithfully Liverpool values.— Several months of time has been taken to make the collection, and six of toe leading Liverpool cotton brokers have each severally furnished the samples, determining each upon his own judgment'the respective classifications. This collection comprises specimens of cotton grown in the United States, South America, Af rica (or Algeria,) Egypt, Asia Minor, (Turkey, Smyrna,etc.,) the West Indies; from the Tallies of Mississippi, theNileandthe Ganges; all parts of the world furnishing cotton as a surplus for export Accompanying the collection is a tabu lated statement made by Messrs. Robert Lock hart, Dempster & Co., from which we collate some items of general interest. Cotton grown in the South is denominated American cottons, and described in the Liverpool market as Sea Island. Uplands, and New Orleans, and toe stan dard grade. wracnTeguiates tirei*- wtw above and below it,.in market,is good Middling for Uplands and New Orleans. Cotton grown in South America receive the denomination of Brazils. These cottons comprise Pemams (or cotton from Pernambuco,) Maranham and Maccios, and the standard grade is Good Fair. Cotton grown in Egypt is described and de nominated Egyptian, the standard grade for which is Good Fair. Cotton grown in Asia Minor is denominated as Smyrna, (Turkey cottons, etc.,) and is de scribed as Smyrna cotton—toe standard grade for which is Fair. Cotton grown on the West India Islands is denominated and described as “West Indies,” and the standard grade is fair; also Tahiti, ranking with onr Sea Islands. Cotton grown in British India is denominated Surat, and described as Dhollerab, saw-ginned Dhawiir and Broach; also, West Madras and Bengal, known and described by these respect ive names. The standard grade for India cot tons is Fair. IMPORTS OF 18CS. Denomination. Bales. Average weight of bales. ...1,267,060 443 ... 636,897 155 .. 188,689 500 ... 12,758 380 ... 100,651 180 ...1,038,925 380 .. 243,949 300 .. 169; 198 300 ...3,660,127 354 _ The official promulgation of the new constitu tion has occasioned disturbances on the part of the Republicans in several districts of the coun try. They were, however, easily suppressed. The Republican members of the Cortes ore preparing a manifesto, advising all their parti sans to take toe oath of allegiance to the consti tution, should they be summoned to do so. The former Church San Francisco el Grando in Madrid, has been changed into a Pantheon for the dead heroes of the nation. Only fifty years after the death of a great man his remains may be deposited in his honored resting-place, to leave history time for pronouncing an impar tial judgment. This Pantheon was inaugurated with great pomp, and, the remains of many celebrities as Alphonse the Wise, Guzman the Good, were brought to Madrid. Russia.—The Government initiates reforms in the municipal organization of the cities where the nobility had hitherto an undue influ ence. Referring to the late disturbances at several universities, toe Minister of Justice has issued an edict, declaring that only snch law students would be allowed to enter toe service of the State, who, after having gone through their studies, could produce a certificate to toe effect that they never took any part in any such dis turbances. The numerous Greek merchants living in Odessa gave toe Russian Ambassador in Con stantinople, General Ignatievo, a banquet, while staying in that city, on his way to St. Pe tersburg. Alluding to toe recent Turco-Greek conflict, and the protection afforded to Greek subjects on the part of Russia, the General drank the health of all possessing the Orthodox faith, and said: “Russia has never ceased to be the warmest defender of toe Christian interest.! in Turkey, and her protecting hand will always be near whenever a danger is threatening her colleagues. Turkey.—The Saltan has protested against the right which the Viceroy of Egypt arrogates to himself, of inviting the sovereigns of Enrope to the inauguration of, the Suez Canal, stating that ho has only the right of issuing such invi tations, the Viceroy being but his vassal. Greece.—The Eng opened toe sessions of toe new Chambers. He said, in his speech, that new laws were wanted for reorganizing tho educational system;. the nation was willing to fulfill its pecuniaiy engagements, and that, with a view of promoting toe commercial interests of the country, he proposed the digging of a canal thlongh toe Isthmus, of Corinth. • Jarno. An “infant”, of Waterbary, named Freddy, went to his mother one evening and inquired: “Mother, what is a gone sucker ?” The mother said he musn’t ask such questions, but Freddy persisted, and was finally sent to bed to say his prayers by himself, instead of on his mother's lap, as usual. So Breddy prayed— 'God bless papa, and mama and baby; but, as.for me, I’s been a bad boy, and I guess I’m a. gone sucker /” Total Of Brazilian cotton,. Pemams and Maran- hams are noted in the Liverpool market for good color and staple, but is a coarser cotton than Egyptian. The staple of Maccios is gen erally good, but the cotton is seedy and color dull; the supply of this cotton is increasing.— Smyrna cottons are of fair color, and staple “pretty strong bnt short." Of the various descriptions of East Indian and Surat cottons, Dhollerah is generally received as the great standard in the Liverpool market; bnt toe Saw-ginned Dhawar, grown from Amer ican Seed, is fair in color and staple, and the better grades come into competition with Amer. ican cottons “andare much liked;” while the “McArthur-ginned Broach" is put down as giv ing less waste in manufacture than any other East Indja cotton; and Bengal is the “poorest cotton on the Liverpool market, a good deal of which is exported to the continent of Europe.'* Onr readers will not fail to observe that while the average weight per bale of American cotton is 443 pounds, Snrats average 380 pounds; the average weight of all bales received at Liverpool in 1868 being 354ponnds. Our cotton merchants are examining this col lection of samples with great interest. It would be of advantage if our farmers should examine them also, not perhaps, with the same view as that which governs the merchant, bnt to form a correct idea of the kinds of cottons, which is to compete with their labors. We submit a resume of toe opinions expressed by some of onr ex perts in the cotton line at such an examination made yesterday. American Cottons.—The samples, six of each grade, of American cottons comprise, Or leans and TexaB and Uplands, valued and class ed on the 24to of April, 1869, to-wit: Orleans—Good Middling. . 124 Middling. ..." 124- Low Middling. Ilf Ceorgia—Uplands—Good Middling 124 Middlings 12f Low Middling ....10 It was agreed that the classification of Up lands was not fully up to the standard of the Augusta market. The samples of Orleans Good Middlings exhibited a finer staple bnt no strong er fibre, and was not superior to Augusta classi fication of the same grade of Uplands in color and cleanliness. The same judgment was pro nounced on the sample of Middlings while gene ral concurrence made the Low Middling of tho Uplands superior to the same grade of Orleans. South American Cottons.—The samples of these cottons comprised: Pemams—Good Fair 12; Fair ............. 12i Maccio—Good Fair 12* Fair valuations as with the American cottons being made on the 24to of April, and this holds true of toe valuations of all the samples. The Per- nams possess a longer staple than either Orleans or Texas cotton, bnt is similar in other quali ties. The appearance of Good Fair Pemams is similar to Augusta Good Middlings; in cleanli ness, ginning, etc., no better than Georgia Up lands of toe grade indicated above, color hardly so bright; wonld be classed here Middling Or leans. The grade Fair is similar in appearance to Georgia Low Middlings, but the staple is bet ter. The other samples of South American cot tons are Maranhams. Grade—Fair; valuq 12f. These cottons assimilate to Georgia Middlings in ginning, color, etc., with no perceptible differ ence except as to staple, which is not so good. West India Cottons.—West India Grade, Good fair value 12J. This cotton has a superior staple.' Color is not good, having a yellowish tinge; looks very much like onr commonest Sea Island. The staple has a fine siiky feeling, and the samples were deemed equal, bnt not superior, to Georgia Zipporah. The Tahiti, toe samples of which were classed as fair and volned at 30o., ranks with onr best Sea Islands. Asla Minor Cottons.—The standard grade of these cottons is fair, and they are denominated Smyrnag. The sample of this collection, is classed and valued at 10f. * The staple is short and brittle, and snch cotton wonld be classed as to appearance in the Augusta market as ordina ry, but as having an inferior staple and body. Good fair of this cotton volned at 10?d per pound, was classed as to appearance with Low Middling Georgia Uplands of Inferior staple and body. . Egyptian Cotton.—The samples of these were: Good Fair, valued at 134d. Fair, “ “.... 13d. GoodMiddling “ 12<L The sample of Good Fair is not so handsome iu appearance, bnt equal in staple to our Moina and Zipporah, and is deficient in color, cleanli ness and ginning. The Good Middling has the appearance of our Low Ordinary, but possesses a better staple. African Cotton.—This cotton is from Alge ria—sample classed as Fair, and valued at lOjd. This Cotton is coarse in staple, and brown in color, having somewhat the appearance of Au gusta Low Middling, but is shorter than this grade of Uplands in staple. India Cottons.—The highest priced sample of tho India cotton is Broach, which is grown from American seed. The sample of this col lection is classed “Good to Fine, and valued at 1 ljd. This cotton could be classed in thin market Ordinary*, uplands, which it resembles very much in appearance. But the standard cotton of India is Dhollerah. The samples of this collection is as follows : Good Fair—valued at lOAd. Middling Fair “ ....> ttfd! The samples of Good Fair DhoUerah’s are short and brittle in staple, full of trash, defi cient in color and badly ginned. It has the ap pearance of some of onr damaged repacked cot tons and might be classed Low Ordinary Up land. • . '”^ke -‘Fair,” after the foregoing description, could only be classed an Very Low Ordinary.— Wrnle toe ^Middling‘Fair” ie lumpy, stringy ana. trashy, looking more like inferior vearp- house sweepings than anything else that can be found m th* United States. ■ / TJhe samples of Fair Madras, valued-at 9fd perpoundj &re not so good as those of Middling Fair Dht4!e*»h s, looking like very badly dam* aged cotton of tlie moot inferior grade repacked. The waste froifi this cotton must be . enormous. The staple is weak and brittle. Fair Bengal is by^ele v From Washington., Washington, July 1.—the tfeUeKMian craft tured in New York harbof,conta&iad*mJy* hnn^ and fifty ' Tho main far to sea. The police have adNieif pfjbe deem, ure of a schooner with a lot of horses aboard Th horses will probably perish for want of hay 00 * _ aboard too captured vessel Catherine Whiting jr, epreaented as:thn::poQrest ccttcn -shipped - to-l Thornton the British, and Mr. Roberta, the Soanto the port of.Liverpool. -.1 il A ^ wo* From tile Commercial Advertiser ) ~~~ r ~ Lifte Assnrauee. ;; =3?5Sxsi Whatever may be toe defects or short-comings of our New York State Insurance system, it is at least satisfactory to know that it is superior to that of any other country, and now serves as the model for foreign legislation on the subject. A bill is now before the English House of Com mons, which borrows some of the leading fea tures of our State insurance legislation. For instance, there is to be a compulsory annual publication of toe financial condition of toe com panies. But this feature falls short of toe New York standard by too want of machinery to en force this provision. There is no officer corres ponding to onr State Insurance Superintendent, invested with authority to examine the accounts and investigate toe accuracy of the returns. It will still be possible for fraudulent officials to make garbled reports, and the safeguards and penalties against this contingency fall far below our New York laws. That the English insurance laws should be so deficient, is the more remarkable in view of the generally high character of financial legislation in that country. According io a reeenrbsretaa-- tion, the number of existing life insurance companies in England is 150, with an annual revenue of $100,000,000, aggregate funds to the amount $5000,000,000, and obligations in the shape of policies of not less than $2,000,000,000. Of more than 500 new companies projected be tween,1844 and 1866, more than half, after hav ing been provisionally registered, failed to com plete the process, tons demonstrating toe spec ulative basis upon which they were started. Ont of 258 companies, which were fully regis tered, less than fifty survived after the lapse of twenty years. A recent inquiry shows that twenty-five companies, each over four years old, had lost more than three-fourths of the funds paid over to them, and of these nine had squandered one-fourth of their capital, besides swallowing up all the premiums. In France and Prussia the system is far bet ter than in England, although falling short of the American standard. The responsibility of French shareholders is very strict. The origi nal holders are personally liable until the shares are all paid up; managers and officials are held liable to their last cent, and in case of falsifica tion of accounts they are punished as criminals. In Prussia toe assurance companies, like.eveiy- thing else, are well looked after, and'. the Gov ernment sees to it that they perform all that they promise to insurers. But toe just pride which we take in our State insurance system should not blind ns to its de fects. There still remain some points where i improvement would be beneficial The ten dency on the part cf some companies to expand their business at an expense that is inconsistent with perfect security to insurers has already attracted public attention. There is also a source of danger in the possible depreciation of toe securities held by toe companies. The . question submitted by Superintendent Barnes to toe various insurance companies respecting the expenses of management, show that he is not in sensible to this danger. The answers are by no means reassuring. One company paid $1,250,- 000 for the acquisition and management" of busi ness, being $372,000 in excess of losses and claims. From ten to forty per cent, of the in come is paid for the cost of management, the average ranging from fourteen to twenty. Of these figures, toe lower is too high. Twelve percent, should certainly be toe maximum of the expenses of management. T This expensive rate of management is large ly due to the high commissions paid to agents. Fifteen per cent, on first premiums, and six to seven and one-half per cent, on renewals appear to bo toe minimum rates. We are glad to see that the officers of toe insurance companies in this city have taken measures to reduce these disproportionate rates. Reform in this direc tion is much needed, and cannot fail to inspire pnblic confidence) Ja our insurance sysiem, that will more than make up for any possible falling off in business from toe diminution of commis sions to agents. Superintendent Barnes will, no doubt, inves tigate toe point of toe safe and desirable ratio of expenses to incomes, and embody toe result in recommendations to toe Legislature that may remedy any evils that properly lie within toe scope of legislative action. But toe public could soon induce reform in this matter by discrimi nating in favor of companies that exhibited the most economic management. The possible de preciation of the value of insurance assets, for instance, by a financial panic, or in toe event of a foreign war, that would affect toe market value of toe Government and other bonds held by insurance companies, are points that deserve careful attention. Anything that tends to increase toe usefulness and security of life insurance is a national ben efit The indications are that vast as the sys tem now is it is only in its infancy. Its benefits, as a provident agent for assuaging the soirows and hardships of unexpected death, cannot be overestimated. It is a detraction from the ben efits of life assurance to represent it as a desira ble investment, in a speculative point of view. It affords to families immediate and absolute a competence in the contingency when it is most sorely needed. A man may toe the day after effecting an insurance policy,and leave his fam ily a competence that could only be acquired by years of successful toil It is in this respect that life insurance is so admirable, and appeals so powerful to tho best feelings of humanity. All that is required to secure toe unlimited ex pansion of the system is toe economical and faithful management of the funds contributed by policy holders for the future benefit of them selves or their families. . .. That most, if not all, onr New York assurance companies are fully solvent, in toe sense of their probable ability to pay all claims as they arise, happily admits very utile doubt. These claims are distributed over a great .number of years, and all that is required is to meet them from the actual proceeds of toe respective pre miums. To take toe premiums of new policies to pay off old claims is bankruptcy and rain. It should be remembered that insurers, in the long run receive back only the amount of money they actually pay in, less tho expenses of manage ment. Anything, therefore, that tends to re duce these expenses, and secure toe balance un til it is required, will tend to the still greater credit and usefulness of oar insurance system. From Putnam and Greene. The Eatontou Press <fc Messenger of the 29th says : Continued rains have fallen since our last is sue, and as a consequence the com crop is in' a flourishing condition. Cotton, however, is not so well off. The stalk is full of sap, and the rapid growth it has taken on in consequence of so much moisture, predisposes it to fast. Should two weeks of diy, warm weather supervene, toe many forms on the stalk will be fonnd on the ground. A gentleman informs ns he has seen the worm in his crop. Wheat harvesting still continues and toe yield is most unprecedented. A better oat crop has hardly ever been gathered. Col. B. C. Humber,one of Putnam’s most en terprising and prosperous farmers, informed ns a few day since, that he never had a better pros pect for crops since he begun the business. He is abont tbrongb laying by his com, and ready to devote his whole time and attention to his cotton crop, which is also getting on finely. The people of Eatonton are abont laying off a public park. The Press and Messenger learns from Greene county that the area of wheat sown was larger and the yield better than for many years previ ous—a God send to the farmer. The oat crop, which is rapidly matnring, prom ises well. The corn and cotton crops are looking finely, and growing as fast as “heart could wish,” since the late rains. More Useful than Romantic.—A lady who tried this simple method of extirpating the re pulsive bed bug, is kind enongh to give a pro fession of faith in the efficacy, through the oolnmns of a newspaper: If any of your readers need* sure remedy for bed bugs, they can have mine, and cleanse the house of this troublesome vermine without ex pense. They have only to wash with salt wa ter, filling the cracks where they frequent with salt, and yon may look in vain for them. Salt seems inimioahle to bedbugs, and they will, not Minister, have been in consultation. Gen. after consulting with the Cubans, visited GeneiottoT and Rawlings. Gen. Banks gays toe Cubans *01 obtain an early independence and that the ment wifi declare, them beligerents before mgr,, weeks. ‘ Bishop WArner visited Gen.'Grant to-dav. Yesterday’s Express has the following 'reg»r<w the money famine : “It has leaked out to-day^thg* about five millions greenbacks are locked up j_ parties majfipulating the money market, to affect prices generally. The present distress in the morn* market could never have been reached at this eegsoa but for remarkable assistance from the Treggmv Department Wall street has locked up five inil!i oa ’ 0 and Boutwell has locked np nearly thirty millioi -» Revenue to-day, $844,000. The debt statement shows a decrease of 8ig 250 000. Total coin interest due to-day, $31,000 000" At the Gettysburg Treasury, Secretary Rawii Bg9 £ ceived, during the past forty-eight hours, 86,000 WO which will unexpectedly swell the decrease. The following is the debt statement: Begri» coin interest, 62,200,000.000 ; currency interest. 000.000; no interest, 418,500,000 ; debt on interest ceasea since mammy,' 50,oeo,w, the Treasury, $79,750,000; coin certificates, rst) '^ 000; currency, $37,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury directs the Assistant Treasurer at New York to purchase not exceeding $3,000,000 worth of bonds, on Saturday next, to be held by the Treasury Department subject to the fu ture action of Congress. Among the Cubans overhauled and captured ue parties bailed to keep the peace, aggregating sev enty-five thousand dollars. Col. Ryan and a large number are still missing. General Hews. BalRmobe, July 1.—Judge Giles of. the Federil Court decides the steamer Cuba liable to confieci- tion, for smuggling cigars from Havana—defendant appealed. New York, July 1.—City papers convey the im- pression that the entire expedition failed. Among toe American officers captured were Cols. Byron ind Keats, Majors O’Leary and Oonrtnay, and Captains T- F. O’Neil, Wm. H. Lindsey, Kearns, llurthi, McCue, Lindsey, Simoeon, Gobbing, Tom Maete. on, Dixon, Hoar, Harris, and several others, all of whom had acquired a reputation as brave officers it our late war. The revenue cutter, Mahoning, yesterday after noon, captured the fillibuster tugboat, Chase, with seventy-five men aboard; also the schooners Fancy and Winona, with rifles, field pieces, sabres an! ammnni tion. The vessels are now at the Brookim Navy Yard. -■ V ’*'<•*•’4 ’ l.* • Alaska brings Aspinwall dates to th9 23d, and sixty-seven thousand dollars in specie. The Colombian Congress adjourned after declin ing to ratify the American and British treaties for toe Interoceanie canal. Two thousand laborers are employed on the In teroceanie railroad.’ The Chilian President accepts the mediation of toe United States between Chili and Spain. A large meeting of Caban sympathisers at. Linn adopted resolutions urging the Peruvian Govern ment to send a monitor to aid the Cubans. The yellow fever is rapidly disappearing froa Peru. The Costa Rica Congress confirmed the contract with Americans for toe Interoceanie railroad fren lima to the Gulf Teusica. Wilmington, July L—An explosion oiccurredit Dupont’s powder mills to-day, killing two. San Francesco, July 1.—Sacramento City received Seward with a salute of fifty guns, and flags dying. Both political parties participated in the reception. The Democratic Convention -paeged resolutions acuuuuemg me nneentn Amendment. Gettysburg, July 1.—An immense crowd as sembled to-day. The ceretuomes preceded accord ing to programme. From Louisiana. New Orleans, July 1.—The Congressional Com mittee of investigation into the conduct of the No vember elections in this city and State, cOnsistiiigcf Stevenson, of Ohio, Burdick, of Missouri, Kerr,' of Indiana, will adjourn to-day, the last witness ex amined being Governor Warmouto. The committee have been in session oontinnonsly for two months, sitting generally seven or eight hours daily, and hie examined some five hundred witnesses from eve? quarter of the State, and embracing five contested election cases. The most important part of the testimony relates to disturbances in this city and toe parishes of St. Landry, Bussier and SI Bemud. Much of it relates to a secret order known is Knights of the White Camelia. The testimony fev ers some ten thousand manuscript pages,equivile:; to two thousand printed pages. Foreign News. Brest, Jane 30.—This morning, at 9 o'clock Greenwich time, the Great Eastern telegraphed tons* j “We are going to cut the cable and buoy. No B'g- nals have been received since the first. The sign* I show something wrong in toe electrical condition c! toe cable has occurred this morning, but nothing cf a definite character—electricians see no reason for j alarm—delay is toe only inconvenience. Madrid, July 1—The Cortes to-day reacted s | bill to increase the duty on cereals. From Cuba. Havana, June 80.—The Contoocok has arrived | and returns to Key West to-night. Marine News. Savannah, -July 3.—Arrived^ steamship Yirgo, New York. Sailed steamships San Jadnto; Hnna- ville, New York; North Point, Baltimore; sap A fred, Liverpool. trail through it I think it prefarable to all j Neighborhood, ointments, and the buyers require no certificates i Email numbers, bat as {o ffs genuineness. some eppaeheBSions. Supreme Court or Georgia — Jo** | Term, 1S68- j wfyjf " a::: ■ Wednesday, June 39, If®- No. 1. Middle Circuit—Alexander McCtu*s 1 vs. Francis R. Harris—application for do* | from Washington. ' ' t _T Argued by Gen. A. R. Wright, for P—- . , , error, and by Judge Jas. 8. Hook, foi dec ant in error. '"it"* No. 2. Middle Circuit—Fitzsimmons « Southern Express Company—Conticrw providential cause. •» P No. 3. Middle Circuit—Bruce vs. tachment and motion for new trial fr 001 - f mond. , ‘ u. Argued by W. W. Montgomery, Esq., f° l V*Z_ j tiff in. error, and by Mr. Wm. T. Gould, I fendant in error. , - No. 4. Middle Circuit—Dougherty, Thew, Assignee, et. al—Equity from —Settled and withdrawn. , j No.. 5. Middle Crrcuit—Cohen & Son, «■ vs. Thew, Assignee, et. of—Equity fro® mond—Settled. _ No. 6. Middle Circuit—Brown vs. Claim from Washington—Dismissed b***®* ^ facts of toe case had not been certified 0. Circuit Judge. ' The record in No. T. from the Middle t was read and the oourt adjourned till Jv to-morrow. Commencement Georgia IW^ggjj The Athens Southern Watchman of . nit., gives the following as the commence PI ^Tleara that the Rev. Dr.' Waddell^I cellor of the University of Mississippi I preach toe Baccalaureate Sermon » .^1 proaching Commencement of the Umven^l Georgia, August 1st. The Alumni Oi*»° ^ I be delivered by toe Hon. D. W. Lewis, ^1 Literary. Address .before the, Societies ^ I University by Col R. M. Johnson, I The condition of the University w*“ more satisfactory. We, understand U»*V $ I are about fifty candidates tor gradual 01 | ensuing Commencement. Thte w t#« efj i| Senior Class which the. University had. 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