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The Prospective Cotton Supply and
Prices.
The United States Economist of the 10th inst,
says:
The fact is, the supply of cotton at the pres
ent time is inadequate, and the usual result of
limited supplies is seen in the advance of prices.
The depression must, therefore, continue until
consumers of cotton are compelled to yield to
the necessities of manufacturers. The indica
tions now are that the latter contingency is the
more probable. The supply of cotton this year
is not likely to exceed last year’s average, while
it may fall below it. It is as yet too soon to
r Turn in Cuban Affairs, and the j predicate anything of the American crops. But
*-' e state oC the Ocean. unless disasters occur, it may be expected to be
“ ' fully up to last year’s supply. But the excess
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MACON, FRIDAY, JULY 28. 1869.
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0, e CharU*o» <*•'?■
.* „i firont has at last taken action in
il n n« to Caban affairs. And this action is
ZZdto any farther recruiting in the United
- Heretofore Cuba has received large
■-Vo in men and munitions of war, from
1 oda of the Atlantic. And this so noto-
L „ to have warranted the conclusion that
—s'n'th the implied sanction of the Govera-
, p a t General Grant has at last reversed
’«'jcy. He has taken a sudden and decided
erections were issued on Friday last to
g“trict Attorney and Marshal of New York
*aforte the neutrality laws, and break up all
.'v.| 0B s designed for Cuba at every hazard,
btiforce these instructions, General Grant
j i commission, under the great seal, em-
them to make requisition upon Gen.
jwJl, in command of the troops, and the
the Navy Yard, for such forces and
is may be necessary, either to prevent
rjfpMtnre of any expeditions, or if neces-
_,’jo pnrsue and capture them on the high
jii ii» vigorous move. The first fruits are
fan a, in the telegraphic dispatch of this
ming. The recruiting station at Long Isl-
jhisbeen broken np, and the recruits cap-
xd ud dispersed.
Ctta. therefore, can expect but little more
can hardly be expected to reach 100,000 bales.
At present the crop looks well, with no more
than the usual reports of disasters at this period
of the year. July is the critical month, and a
few weeks more will place us in a position to
make more reliable estimates.
The grounds for anxiety in the English cotton
trade consist in the probability of only a very
slight increase in the supply of American cot
ton, and the crtainty of diminished supplies
from other sources. Notwithstanding all the ef
forts of English capitalists, for the last eight
years, backed by the powerful aid of tho gov
ernment, to encourage the growth of cotton in
India, Egypt and other pieces, the crops this
year will fall below tho proceeds last year.
This result paralyses the trade, and accounts for
its depression. On the 25th of June the stock
of all Mnds on hand in Liverpool wss 388,480
bales, against a stock of 607,330 in the corres
ponding period last year. Here we have a re
duction of no less than 218,850 in the stock on
hand. The cotton at sea for Great Britain,
June 24, was: American, 79,000 bales; East
Oeaf and Dumb Asylum at Cave
Spring.
Knoxville, Ga., July 16, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : Notwithstanding the fact
that almost three weeks have elapsed since the
day of the annual examination of the mutes at
the State Institution, in Cave Spring, still as I
see no report in your columns in regard to that
subject, I will, commit a few remarks upon it
myself. The examination came off on Wednes
day; the 30th ult, and was attended by, as it
seemed, almost all the mutes in the State; for
of those of them who were not students there
seemed to be as great.a number as of thosG that
were, since all that could, conveniently, flocked
there for the sakeof enjoying themselves only
as they can, with such as are like themselves,
destitute of the faculties of speech and hearing.
And the way they made their fingers fly in the
no donbt pleasant conversations they enjoyed,
was really interesting to all who, like myself,
were unaccustomed to their antics, and perhaps
more so to them that could understand what
they were saying—I could not a sentiment
The exercises of the Institute began at 9 a.
st., and lasted until about five in the evening,
and I can assure you that the progress of some
of the pupils, with whom I am acquainted, was
astonishing, and, judging the others from them,
I should say that their improvement is such as
must be highly satisfactory to all that are at all
interested in their education. In writing, read
ing, etc., some of them are singularly proficient,
and those that were farther advanced solved
out arithmetical problems with a correctness
and rapidity that were truly astonishing. In-
India, 520,000; total, 599,090 bales. At the . deed, it was a rare thing for one of them to
same period, in 1868, the total amount of cot- , make a mistake, and when he did he would
ton at sea was 537,000 bales. ’ The following almost invariably detect it himself without its
table shows the changes in the market, June | having to be pointed out to him by others. I
24, as compared with the same date in 1868: | noticed that in the use of adverbs and adjectives
|fi inereiore, am. upcauui. uum mute - j they are deficient, since, as they cannot hear,
£ the United States? The advocates of Efcre ^a of qttt'y 1 tbe 7 b *? e ?° idea of euphony and place such
E-ILm within her limits must, therefore. tion q y 1 139 310 i words indiscriminately without any regard to
>;c3dence within her limits must, therefore,
K I upon their own energies.
it is a well known fact, that vessels of
i m- ln-ing constructed in New York for
jpinish government. As yet this govern
Be question naturally arises, what has oc-
'::ed this unexpected and decided move on
i put of President Grant. It may turn ont
i to be as really hostile to Caban independ-
* nit appears on the surface.
Ju London Times states “that Gen. Prim
iother statesmen are convinced that the sep-
boo of Cuba from Spain is only a question
aae." Prom this it deduces the conclusion
Spain is even now ready, if approached in
t Banner consistent with national honor, to
I her trans-Atlantic colony pursue its own
me, and if her people so will, become a part
And this opinion is confirmed by the Havana
.•respondent of the New York Tribune. He
ttea distinctly, speaking of the Government
Spain, “all the members of the Provisional
oremment are under the impression that they
anot hold the island to the end of the year, by
rm measure. And if the latest dispatches
correct, the Commons have already rejected
amendments of the Upper House, appoint-
a committee to report the reasons of the re-
indiscriminately without any regard
Decrease of exports 871.070 harmonious arrangement They use the right
Decrease of stock 218,850 words; they know when they are correct, but it
Decreaee of speculation 47,240 sounds clumsily to us that can hear and talk, to
^ The amount of cotton on hand in Liverpool hear of “a large hen fat,” “a fine pig black,”
‘{ii taken'no steps to prevent their con- and at sea, June 24, 1868, exhibits a grand to- and such other inaccuracies. Now this is not
' tal of 987,480 bales, which at the average weekly to be imputed to the faults of the teachers, for .
consumption, in 1868, of 53,880 bales, leaves I do most certainly think that they do all that;
only an eighteen weeks’ available supply for can be done to teach them what is right in every
consumption in Great Britain. The continental respect; but it is owing, as I said, to the want
shipments would reduce this estimate somewhat of knowledge of sound, and I believe they can-
The balance of cotton to come forward from not be taught exact correctness in this special
East India will not make more than a few weeks’ , instance.
difference in the supply. j The Institution is blessed, I consider, in its
The present condition of the American market teachers, as well as in its steward and matron,
precludes further exports to any extent On the Everything seemed to work right, there being
week ending July 3d the total stock in all Amer- no discord whatever during my stay of two or
ican ports amounted to only 57,953 bales, three days. The health of the inmates of the
against a supply of 95,0S1 at the same period Asylum was excellent, there being no sickness
in 1868. Takeit altogether, according to the whatever among them, with a single exception;
average of last year's consumption, England has a young man from Decatur, I think, was dan-
not much- more than twenty weeks’ supply of gerouely ill, it was thought of pulmonary con-
cotton on hand and atsea. The consumption this sumption. He was expected to die soon,
year is, of course, below the average of last year. ; Cave Spring—the village entire—is one of the
Otherwise, by the time our new cotton begins most beautiful little places, I believe, I ever
to come forward Manchester would be very saw; and the vicinity abounds in magnificent
nearly reduced to its last cotton bale. . scenery. The cave is a sublime work of nature,
aadPrim particularly, has stronglv ad- The American market corresponds in many and the spring, at its bottom, with the rays of
nted selling’ it to the United States,*even j respects to the English. Tempted by high pri- light from above glittering on its moving sur-
* tie first insurgent movements. From a ! ces, we have sold too much cotton, and have face, transcends anything of the kind I ever
-STOrthysource, we are informed that they i scarcely enough for home consumption. Unless saw. Most respectfully. Rustic.
led to open negotiations with the Govern- j manufacturers reduce their .productions during j ■ ■
ait Washington, and the arrival of Dnlce at j the next few months, the.price of the raw mate- j The Pennsylvania Democrats
Uni rill undoubtedly hasten the negotia- rial must advance considerably above present j
i ~ j rates. We notice that the National Association ! General Hancock, it appears, refused to allow |
hiii, we think, is contained the solution of | of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters, at their his name to go before the Democratic Gubema-
Attorney Gen. Hoar and the Supreme Weekly Resume ot Foreign A Akira.
Court. . ] £ PBKPAHKD FOB THE GXOEOIA TELEGRAPH.
The World, of the 16th, tells the following; * Gm . lT Bhitaix—The lrish Church Bill, after
Attorney General Hoar has forgotten the lea- a stormy debate in the House of Lords, has
son which Chief Justice Chase set for him in 1 passed the third reading.
March. The way of it was this: Hardly- - had* Lord Redesdale then presented a solemn pro-
Hoar prostituted the position which a Stanberry test of the Earl of Derby, the head of the To-
and an Evarts had virtuously and vigorously ries, against its being adopted,
filled, before it became his duty to appear in the; The Peers have entirely altered the spirit of
Supreme Court of the United States, which were(hp bill by their amendments, and the govern-
reduced to the extremity of having him for their • ment can hardly accept it in its present form
counsel. In the progress of a speech by him, wfchout resigning tho original intentions of the
the venerable Justice Nelson inquired : “Wliat W-< ' ‘ - --
is the page of the authority you are quoting, ^
Mr. Attorney General?” "To which the mai
whom ex-General Grant gave a Cabinet place- __
in exchange for a library, replied: “May i f jection.
please the Court. I dechn'. to be interrupted in The bill as proposed by the government and
my argument.” Whereupon the Chief Justice, passed by the Commons, provided that as soon
assuming upon his younger shoulders the affront as it had*become a law, a commission should bo
directed at his associate, and inoidently reflect- nominated to take charge of tho whole church
ing upon the whole bench, brought the Massa- property, estimated at sixteen and a half mil-
chusetts attorney to his knees at once, by say- lions of pounds sterling, (or $82,500,000 in
ing: “Mr. Attorney General, you will cease in gold.) This enormous property was to be dis-
your argument for the present This Court, as tributed as follows:
you will learn when you have become nsed to Six millions six hundred and fifty thousand
its amenities, reserves the right to question, at pounds sterling to the Anglican church; two
any time, any of its counsellors, on any point, millions of pounds to the Catholics and Prssby-
whatever. Your rejoinder to the question of terians ; while the remaining, about eight mil-
my associate is inadmissible—and when you Hons, were to be allotted to institutions of pub-
have apologized to the Court for language which, lie charity.
we must say, was never heard here before, you if there is any fault to be found with themin-
may proceed, but not until that is done. ’ isterial plan,we would think that thenew church,
■Whereupon the legal bully collapsed, and meeji- which comprises only about the eleventh part of
ly begged pardon, which it pleased the Court to 0 f the population of Ireland, has retained too
allow. Looking at Mr. Grant s special pleader’s much. But the Lords are of a different opin-
demeanor in the Merger argument, on Tuesday, ion. Though they argee with the Ministers to
it is plain that the Chief Justice must give him disestablish the ruling church, they oppose hex
another humiliation, to bring him to his proper disendowment; and not to incur the reproach
pl» ce - i of injustice they had proposed to give all con-
—.u 1, i fessions an equal support from the State. 1 Tak-
Tke Crops in South Carolina. ^ these ^ ag a ^ asi3j ^ Lordshave great-
The long continued drought in the middle and i y> jf no t entirely, crippled the bilL The Re-
npper sections of the State says the Charleston f orm League has, therefore, sprung into life
News, is causing deep anxiety to the farmers, again to exercise a moral pressure upon the
and all our advices agree in reporting that tho p ee rs, and its late President, Mr. Beales, has
com crop will be largely reduced in both quan- aga j n aocepted this office,
tily and quality. We afe informed that along a riot occurred in Sheffield between coal-
the line of railroad between Hingville and Wi!- miners, resulting in a great many wounded,
mington. North Carolina, a distance of one hun-, The Orangemen and Catholics had a fierce
dred and seventy miles, there is not an acre of encounter in Belfast, Ireland. A great many
com which is not seriously injured. But the Houses were demolished,
weather which is unfavorable to com will im- : The Fenians are stirring again,
prove the quality of upland cotton, and will give The palace of the Duke of Newcastle, in
us an early crop, if not so large in quantity as Carlton House Terrace, London, presented a
was at one time expected. In the low country strange spectacle in these days. The Dnke, a
the rice is suffering for want of rain. The small member of the oldest aristocracy, has become a
streams are so salty the fields cannot be flooded, bankrupt in consequence of his exaggerated
but long continued showers will enable the plan- betting on the turf, as half a dozen of his peers
ters to make an average crop. , From the sea besides.
islands the cotton report are highly favorable, There is a public auotion in the magnificent
and there is every reason to expect a better saloons, which have become a chaos of desola-
crop of long cotton than we have had for many tion. Crowds gather around the. portraits of a
years. The caterpillar now can do no harm, long Une of ancestors, and the auctioneer pro-
Onr great foe is powerless. claims the min of a great name in the time-
Farmers and planters often look at the blue Honored Peerage of England,
side, but making all proper allowances for low Two portraits of the late Duke are numbered
spirits and popular exaggeration, it may be said f or the sale; a broken guitar, piles of sump-
tbat the drought has already done much harm, tuous damask linen embroidered with the ducal
and will, if it lasts much longer, largely curtail crown are peacefully lying side by side. The
the fair proportions of the com and upland cot- treasures of the wine cellar are put up to-day;
tan crops of the State. ! objects of art will be sold to-morrow. His
_ — ; Lordship’s walking canes, boots and clothes will
Politics iu Tennessee. share the same fate. And all owing to the wild
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial, a bettings of the turf!
Radical paper, says : Fbaxce.—The news from France have very
agineii,
A Grant's sudden enregy.
Io permit the open departure of expeditions,
tr negotiations are either pending, or in
rraplation, would, at once, put an end to
rreoniideration or consnmation.
knew of his past sympathy and course, we
ua account for his now action on any other
^position. r
Tpon the very heel of General Grant’s in
actions, the Washington Chronicle, which
ticitakes to speak for the Administration, has
efJlowing significant article :
The Spanish gunboats building at New York
tl elsewhere, one of which is already launched
J rill soon have her armament on board, are
i.ianing to awaken a new interest in Cuba,
ijold they get out, the fate of the patriots is
tied. Constructed in our own waters by a
over with which we are at peace, and whose
oentlship we are so anxious to preserve that
lr Government has turned back most of the
-'argent expeditions, we are not without hope
at events will soon be so ripened as to render
a hostile expeditions against Cuba unnecessary,
general Sickles is at Madrid by this date, and it
J not improbable that he may be empowered to
i'ike peace between the belligerents. What
f* instructions are we do not know, and if we
td we shonld not disenss them. But there are
wal ways by which Cuba ruay be relieved
akont a concession of belligerent rights.
Mng these are the immediate abolition of
«try in Caba by a decree of the Spanish Cor-
«. and the sale of Cuba to Cuba—resulting in
* wcognltim of her independence by the Uni-
llus statement of the case is useful as show-
g litt events nro converging to a speedy cri-
v Whatever that may be, we have a fixed
Non that the American people are ready for
Jtwnewhenit is presented, and especially
it comes in the shape of peaceful acquisi-
■aorinnexation. The independence of Cuba,
“"er procured, will present to us one or the
** these alternatives. With slavery dead,
*}airersal suffrage alive and beyond harm
"■United States, we cannot fear the some
•taaent in what may soon become a new
State.
^nmust be prepared for Cuba and for the
T^Stites as exemplifying one people “out
nation under heaven..”
Ile ( rop Prospect In the North anti
West.
,‘ : = Kew York Tribune, reviewing the crop
to from all parts of the country, comes to
- r'.fiction that the yield of cereals is to be a
^dmndantone. It says:
,*■ t.ere is anything to fear, (in Western New
j*VHt is that moist air and cloudy skies may
more straw than head—but we have
'kit a little west of Syracuse that will
meeting in this city last week, recommended torial Convention of Pennsylvania, and there-
SS233S. ZS22 •KSS’&Si SS <«« - ■»y - *<-»
interval before the new crop comes forward will failing to nominate him. After the solemn
barely cover the minimum of consumption. A act of renunciation and abandonment of the
stoppage of machinery is, therefore, urged as Pennsylvania Democracy by the Savannah Re-
TSw of the cotton trade on both sides of publican, we were curious to see what offence
the Atlantic indicates an upward tendency of against his convictions or against what might be
prices. Southern planters will have the advan- [ termed ‘^polioy” in that State, these democrats
tage of throwing their new crop upon a high tad comm ittecL Their refolutions read as fol-
market. Whether prices can be main tamed de- .
pends, of course, upon the actual supply. But, ; * ows: . .
judging from the most probable estimates of j The Democracy of Pennsylvania, mConven-
production in the South and in East India, the i tion met, do unanimously declare: _
yield is not likely to be sufficiently in excess of First—That the Federal Government is limit-
last year to warrant anticipations of any consid- : ed to the grants contained m the Federal Con-
erable reduction—if at all-in present quota-, stitution; that the exercise of doubtful constiT|
tions of the staple. tutional powers is dangerous to the stabffity of
m j the Government and to the safety of the people;
The Crops in East Florida. j and the Democratic party will never consent
The Savannah News of Monday has the fol-■ that the State of Pennsylvania shall surrender
. ... J , . . . - : her great ngnt of local self-government,
lowing from a Mieanpy correspondent, dated Second—That the attempted ratification of
the 14th. It will be seen that he speaks lightly the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Fed-
of the caterpillar alarm in that quarter: . ! eral Constitution by the Radical members of the
During the months of May and June we suf- ! Legislature, and their refusM to submitthe
fered from a long drouth, having during the i same to a vote of the people, was a deliberate
B-a 1
been measurably ’a ffiilure^bufthe later com is | “ a bing such ratification should be promptly re-
ises a heavier jield than or any pe 1 a j gr es3 or elsewhere to impose negro suffrage up-
Bu”i am assured by a number of reliable, on the people of this State in opposition to their
truthful farmers that in the | ™Fourth-That reform in the administration of
Fifth—That the movements now being made
for the amelioration of the condition of the la
boring men, have our most cordial co-opera
tion^
Sixth—That the legislation of the late Repub
lican Congress, outside of the Constitution, the
££b
coon of the caterpillar in the webbed state, or
chrysaHs of the fly that deposits the eggs, from
wbfch the next generation is produced. Yery
few indeed of the cocoon, have yet been seen.
If the weather will continue as hot and dry as it
now is, the caterpillar will be much impeded in
his work. Besides such weather.is unfavorable
damp, ciouay weaker. ! exclusion from their seats in Congress of Rep-
should dien set in. because it would take two «g tfae orerttirtnr of all Civil government there-
shonld then set in, _ _ . . _ I
generations of the insect to multiply sufficiently
to eat out the crop, and that would _ re quire six
weeks, three weeks being the period from chry
salis to fly, worm and chrysalis again.
In the early part of May, veritable cotton cat
erpillar were seen on a number of fams, few be „ Ptefall „ remembered, and the guarantees
SuSJ bn&-» * a. pi»»l {jAp »<»•«•>■»? — “•
tesjsas?sj:iKSCs2r*-l .wwtmkj!!-'
in, are acts of tyranny and usurpation that tend
directly to the destruction of all Republican
government, and the creation of the worst forms
of despotism.
Seventh—That our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag of our country to victory, must
■earl,as the 23th of June yielded two tons
"‘“If to the acre. Corn made little show
J 1 * list of June, but this month the blades
. 1 -Widened, and taken on a deeper emerald,
tie U 6 rown thick, the tassels sprouted at
'• of greea cups, and in some fields a
iitk J °f silk appear. One joyful writer
***1 in view of such wide-spread gener-
^' 03 iie part of old Mother Bountiful, thinks
grand thanksgiving jubilee ought to be
7!‘“.°'ar the land.
- j, ““ltimore Sun adds: “While, however,
(ijplta&d, Pennsylvania and Virginia the
,. Cro P has been an abundant one, the
■ - fur Indian com is not now so good, the
having been very backward, and
. ,7 tlle weather too dry. Speedy rains,
mi 8ht enable it to regain much that
j^kalost; yet it cannot be an abundant
ViWi
nraiized and native-born citizens at home and
I
P alt, firm—“Daring his visit in
Ben Wade was asked out to din-
Beet Mayor McCoppin and other, and at
' was placed at the Mayor’s right. The
^ °* Chinese immigration and suffrage
>9,^ "»de, in his “bluff” manner, blurted
■* qeutloman next 1 "xu.ll .imoimnliln t
QT-scuuemannext: “Well, why shouldn’t
“■asse come here and have all the rights
it
SlWfile,
The cotton caterpillar like all other indigeuu.^ ; the action of American uaiionality
(1) insects are like the poor, always.wi h , , .halt command the respect of foreign
powers, and furmsh an example^of oncourage-
favor a rapid increase, we have no reasonto fear
that they will be sufficiently numerous to injure
crops, such were the facts this season, itwas
unfavorable, and I predict that the caterpillar
this season will not materially injure the sea
island crop. ..
Thx Subvex Completed.—Messrs. Dubois,
Evans and Eugene Powers completed the sur
vey of the line from this city to Newton on Fri
day evening and returned here on Saturday—
making the distance, 26| miles, in five days.
They ran out from Albany W. S. W. across the
Cooleewahee, twelve miles, and from that point
South to Newton. An air line would be about
four miles shorter.
• The highest point reached on the survey was
White Hul, which is 20 feet higher than the De r
pot in this place. The depot surface here is 43
feet higher than the surface on the Court-house
square in Newton.
Would it not be wise to build the Road to
Milford, and move Newton to that point?—AU
bang Xcus. • 1 - " •
From Haia Countt.—The Air Line Eagle of
ment to people struggling for national integrity,
constitutional Uberty and undivided rights.
Nirth—That the present internal revenue
and taxing system of the General Government
is grossly unjust, and means onght to be at
once adopted to cause a modification thereof.
“The Georgia Republic ax."—The first num
ber of the first volume of a paper of tho above
title; made its appearance iu Atlanta on Satur
day, the 17th inst It is a large and handsome:
ly printed sheet of 28 columns, well filled with
leading matter. It iseuitedbyHon. J. U Bryant,
and in politics will be Radical RepubHcan. In
his saluiatory the editor says: “I can assure the
pubUc that it (the RepubHcan) will be a radural
Republican paper. I have no other promises to
make. The paper must speak for itselfM
Keie Era.
Libel Suit.—It .was reported, on what was
supposed to be good authority, yesterday, that
Governor Bollock was about to bring suit for li
bel against our neigbors of the Constitution
the ground of action being a paragraph, which
appeared in that paper a few days ago, in ref-
erence to a note of. the Governor sl winch was
being hawked about the streets.—Aeio Era.
? Theyare a d—sight better than
. 1Ir - McCoppin, of oourae,had too much j 8a ys;
H-mL” W»kost to resent this insult in a ; ,_heb axd Crops.—We have had-for
L but he arose anfl left the teble - ! week as intensely hot weather as was • —— —
a gentleman said to Wade: ■ “ experienced in these parts. Crops which!. No Rais.—We are still without rain. The
«*» not *™ Pe ’ y°°«P?? ke . ST” looking well up to this time, are be- g5rdens have generally succumbed to Old Sol;
if h« U“ an ^v hmln , by T lrti ? a Sng to suffer for rain-more on account of f he com folds its arms with resignation to its
uphold ill I ** re P ,y ; 1 *** ready Sr^tteme hot weather than from the length ! fat e; and even King Cotton bows his head in
a c “ »amann«~ j a . . . . . i of the drought. In some parts of our county up- } meek submission, and begins to call loudly for
^ r-dci^s and gardens arVww suffering ^adly. IofrcsLi=g tott-Jatriau Ccurkr.
ordinary change in public sentiment and the "Y- ‘““V.ttS
political situation in Tennessee would have oc- J 8 ^ e t ? 1 4^i a U ovlslona .^ . one ‘ J 3 b S?
curred as has taken place since then. This has Sthnnt
been nominally brought about bv the fierce and J 1 * 3 r^fo^nSt without vrhich his dynasty cannot
violent dissension in the Radical*party here, by *?*”.””* jji
the pressure of the increasing toleration and *ho Imperial tutelage and Napoleon lll will but
liberality which prevail throughout the country. f° Uo " the example of his irncle in the hundred
Before the partystrife can be healed up Radical- da y s b y ado P h “g a constitutional government,
ism will have lo’st its power in Tennessee, and .j-® relieve the monotony of C ^P.
this bids fair to be an accomplished fact before S
many months. A few weeks ago tho friends of officers to be ordered out of the camp of Chalons
immediate franchise were satisfied, and had
tacitly agreed to support, for tho Legislature, Lavalette apolomzed for the faux fas toMarshal
Republicans who wero committed to the early
removal of political disabiUties. Since then,
however, the swift current of pubUc events, ini .
valving the demoralization of the extreme Rad- “
icals and the liberal system of registration, have “P 1 ®®* tb ®
so shaped the course of the opposition, that full- T®? 1 ln . th . e beart of * e P e0 P^ ramar ,. aMa
fledged Conservatives areHkily to be nominated Pnbhc opmion has undergone a remarkable
for the Legislature in most of the counties, with ^ an 8® 111 even ^ose Provinces which like
a reasonable show of success in a large majority ^
of cases. The fact that in some comities there order ° f things. The King waa wannly wei-
„« half , to.™ —eon- ZSm... i,
servatives, which trill undoubtedly be done. It BoutfcOTi Stat.ea to jomffie Northem Con-
is not at all improbable that a majority of the federation for restonngthe greatnesa and uruty
next Legislature will be Conservative, and this ®. f 'Empire. A petition covered with many
aSSJSSS ° £ AndyJohnSOn in the EnTo thTeffect thafthe Govemmen^might
United States Senate^ ; ^ stepg fm the adiaissioa of Baden to ^
From Palaski County. North German Confederation.
We clip the following items from the Hawk- A reduction of the army and still more liber-
*. . .al policy in the administration in Prussia are
insville Dispatch of the -1st: ' certainly things ardently to be wished for; and
Rain.—We had a good rain last Wednesday though the heavy taxes and the enormous miH-
night, and a shower on Monday. The indica- tary budget in the North may still prevent the
tions are favorable for more rain, which would union of both sections for some time, the
not come amiss. Some of our farmers in this Southern Germans admit that among all the
and adjacent counties have not had rain in sev- German States, Prussia alone has proved her-
eral weeks. self capable of raising the nation from its utter
Negro Killed.—Weleamthata negro named poUtical insignificance to poUtical power.
Ben HnrreU was killed by Jim Mltohdj, mother A t council of M Masonic Lodges will
negro, on tbe plantation of Mr. W. W. Harrell, stortly be beld j n Berlin. Four hundred depn-
last Sunday morning. tations from all parts of the world are said to be'
Jua went oft on a aeer hunt, and, in his ab- ^ady announced,
sence, Ben whipped his wife, who was Jim s Itis’rumored that the Prussian Landtag will
step-daughter. Jim s wife interfered r and drew rea8Sem ble on the first of October,
a gun on Ben. Ben took away the gun, when Iiing -Wiiliam has contributed two thousand
she procured an axe. Ben then knocked her - -- - -
down, and took that away also. She then told
Ben she would have him whipped.
On Jim's return, his wife told him what had
occurred daring his absence. Jim. got his gun,
dollars towards the expenses of the second Ger
man Polar expedition.
The Crown Prince of Prussia left for Koen-
m igsberg to be present at the two hundred .and
wbnt to < Ben’srhouse,"caUed W *him*Jut" V and shot fiftieth anniversary of the first East-Prussian
him in the head with fourteen buckshot, tiffing regiment of Grenadiers. This corps formed
him instantly. ° two hundred years ago, was present at upwards
Mr. Harrell had Jim arrested, but he escaped, ® f a hundred pitchedbattles, severe encounters or
and is still at large. groat seiges. Itfought under the great Elector of
Not Dead.—Astonishing as it may seem, we Brandenburg against the Swedes, then against the
learn that Mr. Edmondson, who lately received
such severe injuries at Hayneville, is not only ? took
still alive, but actually recovering! ln Ital - V ’ and took P ar J m the Silesian wars, the
Potts is still in jail, _Bass entered into a bond
of $1,000, and then fled.
From Baldwin Comity.
The Milledgeville Recorder of the 20th has
the following local information:
Succession, against Napoleon, and lastly against
tho Austrians ia 1866.- Though the regiment
has on more than one occasion been almost en
tirely destroyed, it has never lost one of the
regimental colors. *.. _ ‘.
Italy.—Investigations on account of alleged
SiOBiL-On last Wednesday we had quite a b^eTskl coSe in FlorenceT
wind »ud ram storm; the wand was for a time The Ministry does not Si joy the approbation
terrible, blowing down and wringing off the tops of ^ aation J a3 far a8 ^Lktos to ito financial
of many trees and also taking down fences &c. projects . ye t it is firmly supported bv the King.
We are glad, however, to record that it did not p steamship lines wiil probably be estabUshed
extend to Midway. MTiat the damage above us between Norfolk, Va., New Orleans, La., and
has been, we have not learned. The com was some Mediterranean seaports,
laid low, but we hope to no great extent. Portugal.—Great excitement prevails in Lis-
Our streets were badly washed from the flood bon, and the Government takes extraordinary
of zuin, and we hope,the^ City measures for suppressing a revolution.
give them an early attention, especially those
that are much used.
Macon- and Augusta Railroad. —Messrs.
Grant. Alexander and Co., brought the other day
from Rome, the Penitentiary convicts that wero
at work on the road in that section. They are
Spain - .—A new Ministry has been formed.
Admiral Topete is again Minister of Naval Af
fairs. Sogasta. Minister of the Home Depart
ment.
A vote of cansu-e against Senor Herrera, the
now at work on the Macon and Augusta road, late ,“j. te i of was offered by Senor
about two miles from Milledgeville, some 150 in .Castillo Martas, in the Cortes, and supported by
number.
The Federal Union of same date, failed to
make its appearance.
General Prim.
Admiral Topete spoke against it, and the
motion was rejected by 142 to 94 votes.
... The RepubUcans approve of the poUcy of the
Government, which excludes their partisans
Payment from the State Road,
Superintendent Hulbert notifies the Governor from the Ministry, declaring that they -could
* „ afford to wait for the tniwapu ox Republican
on the -Oth as follows : _ poKcy and principles.
Sir—I have this day paid to N. L. _ Angier, qbe Governor of Catalonia was dismissed, for
Esq., Treasurer of the State of Georgia, twen- not having prevented a public demonstration in
tv-five thousand ($25,000) dollars, for the month Barcelona. Troops were kept under arms for
of Jane, from the earnings of the Western and nT )y emergency.
Atlantic Railway. 'Xhe remains of a Spanish lady, who had died
„ „ ZZ . in the Protestant iaith, were deposited in the
Ye Coidrid Milish. A company of home- geriera i cemetery in Madrid. This is the firet
made colored militia, numbering some twenty burial of a Protestant.in sacred soil since the
or thirty, arrived m the city this afternoon. order of the Alcade of Madrid, allowing such
Upon inquiry, we found that the company was No disturbances occurred,
collected to search for, and arrest if possible, rj-jj e students of Leipsio, Germany, have
a negro man named Anthony Brown, who had ca g ed npatt ike German nation for contribn-
A “ rch “
*»..»**.« ^
Ms esc^.-Amerkiis Charter. «» sentenced to three months imprisonmwt,
for having, in one of his pastoral letters, pub
lished doctrines menacing the pnbHc peace.
The press, and the publio in general, oondemn
the action of the Government
Russia.—Several Polish bishops were banish
ed as they would not acknowledge the Catholio
College established in St Petersburg by the Rus
sian Government.
The censure has been extended in the Baltic
provinces. At the same time the University of
Dorpat has lost its right of self-cenanre, exercised
since 67 years, for au books to be bought for the
institution.
The Bishop of Augnstorvo, Count Lerbienaki,
who has banished to Liberia, has died suddenly
on his way there.
The Government contemplates making Pe
kin, the capital of China, the seat of a Greek-
CathoUc bishop, thus at last realizing the idea
of Peter the Great, which was as yet impracti
cable.
Turkey.—The palaoe of Beglerbey is being
fitted np for the reoeption of the Empress
Eugenie and the Prince Imperial.
The newspaper La Turguil has, from the be
ginning, represented the European tour of
Ismael Pasha on account the Suez Canal, as a
rebellions proceeding against the Sultan. Now
the editor of the paper has issued a pamphlet
demanding that the Viceroy of Egypt should be
deposed. And the sublime Porte is said to
have addressed circular notes to the Turkish
Ambassadors abroad, denouncing all negotia
tions of the Egyptian with foreign powers as en
croaching upon the soverignty of the Padisha.
Thereupon, the successor of the Pharaohs has
written a letter to Abdul Aziz, disclaiming any
intention of making himself independent from
Turkey. Jarno.
A Day In the Country—A Barbecue-
Fine Cotton—Watermelons.
From the Albany IfemJ
On Saturday last our friends, Maj. R. N. Ely
and Mr. Jackson, gave their freedmen a barbe
cue, at their place, a few miles above this, in
Lee county. We were invited, and went On
our way we made a halt at CoL Lockett’s Fowl
Town Plantation—found Captain Allen, the ever
faithful, intelligent and energetic manager, at
the house—who, true to his raising, education
and gentlemanly conrtesy, did the honors in the
olden style. After resting, cooHng off, refresh
ing, and disposing of a fifty pound watermelon,
of the ice-rind variety, we were invited to look
at the Captain’s melon patch, and—such a sight!
About one acre and a half was literally covered
with melons. We are not above toe mark
when we say that there were five hundred ripe
melons on toe vines, weighing from thirty to
fifty pounds, and four times that many green
ones. We never before saw such a melon
patch, or finer melons. It is toe Captain’s own
patch, and, though he has nearly three hundred
colored people on the place, he has never
missed a melon. He gives his hands as many
as they want, treats them generally so kindly,
and manages them so intelligently, that they
scrupulously protect his property, as well as the
property of Messrs. Jordon & Lockett, and.are
ever ready to serve him and them.
We next examined “the patch”—six acres of
cotton of the Allen variety, a seed selected by
Capt. Allen, and brought by him from Hancock
county. This cotton was planted the 27to day
of April, is about shoulder high, and. is richly
fruited from toe ground to toe top. It suffered
severely from the cotton lioe, and is not as good
as it would have been bnt for that. We predict
that the six acres will yield 18,000 pounds of seed
cotton.
We saw but one of Colonel Lookett’s fields—a
beautiful field, containing 250’ acres—and that
only from the road. The size of the cotton and
its fruitage satisfied us that his system of cul
ture is correct, and that the fertilizers be uses
are of inestimable value in the production of
cotton.
The usual courtesies again indulged, we
mounted and wheeled away a mile or two.
Mai. Ely’s Place.—A beautiful grove over
looking the Kinchefoonee creek from a high
bluff on toe west side, with a rear view of one
of the most desirable little plantations in Lee or
Dougherty. Mr. D. P. Jackson, the polite gen
tleman, inteUigent planter and efficient mana
ger, received us hospitably. A. good number of
neighboring planters, their wives and daughters,
and a squad of Albanians of both sexes had al
ready assembled, and all were enjoying them
selves in the most approved style of country
comfort.
The Premium Patch.—A look at the crop was
the first part of the programme, and the “pre
mium patch" being the nearest toe house, while
our horses were being saddled, we walked
through three acres of toe Dixon variety. It
was planted, we believe, with a view of contest
ing for a premium at toe Macon Fair. It is
second year’s ground, toe rows are five feet
apart, and there are about ten thousand^ stalks
to the acre. It was richly fertilized, has been
thoroughly cultivated, and is now five feet high.
The fruit upon it is as thick as toe foliage, and
all pronounced it toe best cotton they had ever
seen. It was planted the 20th day of April, and
the fruit already upon it, in our judgment; is
sufficient to yield a bale of five hundred pounds
to the acre. It is, at this time, ahead of Capt.
Allen’s patch, though the Captain will wager
watermelons that he beats toe Major. We ex
pect to quaff the health of both gentlemen from
premium goblets.
The Main- Crop.—We next rode over toe plan
tation and found corn and cotton in. a. splendid
condition, though suffering for rain.
The whole crop of cotton, with the- exception
of a few acres of toe Peeler, is the Dixon variety.
The first section we came to was manured with
cotton seed, toe next with Schley’s preparation,
and the third and last with toe Dixon mixture.
There was a very marked difi'erence in the cot
ton—that fertiUzed by the Dixon mixture being
far superior to toe Schley, and toe Schley equally
superior to the cotton seed.
Mr. Jackson is one of the best managers and
most inteUigent planters we-have, and if no dis
aster befalls him we think he may safely calcu
late on one hundred bales on the 100 acres ma
nured with the Dixon fertilizer.
The com crop was superb and beyond danger,
Maj. Ely is confident of harvesting twenty bush
els to the acre.
We also looked at Mr. Jackson’s melon patchy
which was altogether good enough bnt not equal
to Capt. AUen’8..
Returning to the house and cooHng off with
iced lemonade and other cooling beverages, we
were invited.to a sumptuous barbaoue prepared
by the freedmen and spread in the grove.
- The dinner was a triumph of toe art—pork-,
mutton, kid and beef, roasted over theeoals and
deliciously saucec^. covered^ the table in. great
profusion, and chicken pie, fruit and pound
cake, tarts, pies and all manner of' delicacies
and sweetmeatagladdened toe repast andsharp-
ened toe appetites of the guests.
After the white people had dined, the table was
reloaded, and toe freedmen and freedwomen and
children went in and did ample justice to them
selves and toe good things before them.
After dinner a colored -'violinist was pressed
into sendoe and the young ladies and gentlemen
.shortened toe hours of the afternoon in the heat
ed whirl of “a trip on the light fantastic toe.”
Crops Generally.—There were three of Col.
Lockett’s managers, Messrs. Allen, Magbee and
Lee, and qnite a number of other neighboring
planters present, ofl of whom reported their
crops in good condition, and none of them were
willing to admit inferiority to Maj. Ely’s. We
were astonished to hear that they were all suf
fering seriously for rain. A district of some ten
miles square, extending from Maj. Ely’s west
and southwest, is in a critical condition, and if
the drought is prolonged many days the cotton
will be ont short materially.
There were two lady planters present on tbe
occasion, who rank with our best managers and
never make a failure. We passed toe planta
tion of one of them, and her crop is as good as
anybody’s, and as dean as a garden. The other
affirms she has 400 acres as good as Maj. Ely’s
best, (not counting his “patch,”) and that toe
intends to lay them all in the shade.
We spent a pleasant, and we hope, not un
profitable day—thanks to Major Ely end his
guests. ■& '' PaStxe c*sUtoI'C#. *
The Rain et Snakes.
The East Tennesseeans are very severe with
toe truth and handle her frightfully. Not con
tent with his original Hiwlw ftnty the KllOXVille
Press and Herald builds on to it in the fol
lowing manner. We have sentenced him to
nigger suffrage and hard labor for ninety days:.
We had an interesting conversation yesterday
morning with Phillip Crane, Esq., a well known
and respected citizen of Campbell county. Af
ter toe customary remarks about 'the “ hot'
spell” and the injuries regarding, the state of
affain in the poliooal world of Campbell county,
the conversation turned on the late rain of
snakes in Indian Grave Gap, narrated in our
oolumns-a few days sinoe.
Mr. Crane informed us that our statement of
the phenomena was a true one. He also in
formed us of a sad occurrence commoted- with -
the affair, of which we had previously heard a
rumor. It appears that a field hand,- working
for Jas. Cook, on his farm, about one-half- mile
from toe Gap, was examining the snakes in tbe
morning succeeding;their fall. Noticing, one
huge snake he was in toe act of measuruig.it
with a string, when he discovered' that- it - was-
moving. Starting back in affright be stumbled
and fell with outstretohed arms on toe horrid -
mass of the dying and dead serpents. One of
them bit him on the thumb of the left hand.
The poor fellow hastened from toe {dace as
quick as possible; and reaohing toe farm-house -
of his employer was given immediate assistance.
Notwithstanding every effort toe bitten man
died about sundown.
Parisian Houses in Kew York.
. The genuine French system of flats in dwell
ing houses is to be introduced in New Y6rk. A
model establishment of the kind on Eighteenth,
street will be completed by January, next at-a -
cost of $150,000. Its height will be five stories
including attic and basement. The entrance
hall will be handsomely panelled with tesselated
marble, and toe whole exterior rich and'elegaat/
The suites of rooms of each fleor, except those-
in toe upper story, will vary only as to height,
and will contain a parlor and chamber facing the
street, and! back of them two more, chambers,
together with a servants’ br.d room and a dining
room. Added to the convenience of water clos
ets, bath room,.storage clout, etc., there will be -
an elevator for hoisting-coal and stores from be- -
low. Abundant light and ventillation will be.
secured. The rents will probably range from.
$100 to $45 a month. There are already more •
applicants than can be accommodated^
Collection op the Direct Tax:—At Washing- -
ton telegram to the New York Herald says:
“There is some talk of enforcing toe collection
of the direct land tax in the South. The Southern,
States’ share of this Uxt—which amounted to
$20,000,000 among all toe States—was $6,000,-
000; of this sum omyabout $3,000,000 have been -
paid into toe Treasury from the Southern States.
It will be remembered that when this amount had.
been ccUected, President Johnson sent a mes
sage to Congress setting forth that in view of'
the poverty produced in the South by the war,
it would in many instances be ruinous to that-
section to enforce toe collection of.toe tax at.
that time, and recommending that it be sus
pended for some time, so as to allow the indus
trial interests of the South to recuperate. It is.
stated that the limit of toe suspension fixed by
Congress has now passed, and toe law providing
for toe levying and collection, of the tax,
comes-into full force again. It is argued, by
those who urge this proceeding that the indus
tries of the South nave greatly improved in
the interim, that toe crops are abundant, and
that there is no longer any exease for ddsy on.
the score of poverty. Whether the Secretary of.
the Treasury will.act upon the advice tendered
him in this matter remains to be seen.”
Swharxno Chinamen.—The trial : of Ah Choy
and Ah Sam, now going on in the District
Court, for toe murder of Ah Sou, says toe Sil
ver City (Idaho Tsrritory) Tidal Wave, is cre
ating a greater interest than,any trial- that has.
ever occurred here, onaoconnt of toa novelty of.
the method of.swearing witnesses. A rooeter's.
head is hacked off witha knife, aaauoer broken,,
the oath written on yellow paper, burned, and
the smoke, in which is supposed to be the spirit:
of. toe burned oath, -blown, np to heaven in each
case. The prosecution and defence each swore,
five witnesses, killed five chickens, broke five
saucers, burned five pieces of paper, etc.- Af
ter lolling the chickens they are thrown arway-
•by the Chinamen, and considered unfit for us»h
but, having had their throats cut, nicely bled,,
etc., the American heathon consider then.none
toe worse for having bean sworn by, and we
confess to having been guilty of the sacrilege of
assisting to devour a portion that was really fat,
tender and good to our unsanctified pakte.,
Chinese House Servants.—San Franoiseo-
dispatches announoe toe arrival of another
cargo of Chinese emigrants. Meanwhile it is.
stateditoat arrangements are op foot for bring
ing some of: the strangers to New York on in
telligence office account. The question isasked:
“Why shonld families be compelled to pay from.
$12 to $14 per month for help, and be dictated
to by that ‘help,’ when they can, get a China-,
woman to do the work quite os. well, and much
more civilly, for one-third the cost ? Anyhow,
the problem is soon to enter - upon a practical 1
solution, with toe ohanoes that toe speculatien.
will prove a remunerative one for those who.
have advanced toe requisite capital. The first
installment of these Asiatie biddies may be-
looked lor, via Pacific Railroad, by toe 13th of
September.”
The Way Justice and Laser are Dispensed
in Massachusetts—Boston, July 17.—Thelaiga
quantities of lager seized July 6, in toe ' saloon,
of toe brothers Flaff, was returned to them to
day. The reason given tor the restoration, wan
that the property would spoil before it could. b»
reached. In the court a different result was.
experienced by Mathias Nicola, in Cambridge,
whose entire stock, consisted of one keg af
lager, was seized and the owner sentenced to
three months at the House of Correction and
fined fifty dollars.
The New Fractional Currency.—Tk* Treas
ury Department on Wednesday issued toe first
installment of new fractional curreocy — ten
cento. The Secretary expects to have ether de
nominations out by the first of August. Dm
vignettes of any enrreney are not to contain the
likeness of any Uving person. The otd curren
cy got to be, towards the end, coverd with por
traits of employes in the Treasury Department,
whose faces crowded out the portraits and ven
erated statesmen of toe first days of toe repub
lic. Mr. Clark, the printer, took the place, of
Washington.
The Next Mexhko op xhe United Swtm
Grand Lodge, L O. O. F.—The next annual '
meeting of the Grand Lodge Independent Order
of Odd Fellows in the United States will be held
at San Francisco, California, daring the ensu
ing month of September. Already toe event is
attracting the attention of toe Order in various
portions of toe country, and, as the communi
cation with the place of meeting by rail is now
complete, the probabilities are that the attend-,
ance will be very large.
“Pa Mazzis.”—“Mozzis Addums” alias Px.
Geo. W. Bagby, one of the best fellows in Vir
ginia, edits the Native Virginian. That jongal
gives the fallowing account of how Morals’-out
up, at toe result of the Virginia election-.
As Dr. Bagby is gone, poor fellowit may
not be amiss to state the simple fact that, an
Thursday last when the mail came in and. he as
certained Walker had been elected by 50,000
majority, he went into the basement of the
Court House and hollered “glory 1” until «»
down. He then crawled oat and being unable
to speak, pioked up a piece of ehareoal and
wrote “GLORY” in large Toaoan Antique Con
densed letters on Phil Fry's bask and expired.
These are the unvarnished ftoto °f tfeto
man’s decease. - ~
