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*. * •1 •• V. ' „f *7T ——-—- The Greorgia I ... —I-.* 3gra,pn. !''£{ 11 A'.;«.vv (WN * -#- THE TELEGRAPH. MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1869. ~Wx learn Out six bales of new cotton were re ceived at Bafcmton on the 2r.th insb FiEsTbal© of cotton recieved at Griffin sold at 35 cents to 81ms A Threllard—raised by Manly & Mitchell V~ : : ; * Thxrewss a heavy storm on Saturday last near Ballard’s Station. Fenoes blown down, bouses demolished, and cotton-screw blown tip on Dr. Daniel’s place. Ora first page contains an artiole foil of in struction, upon “East India Cotton.” It is long, bnt will repay perusal. Fourth page, “Letter from Texas”—“What m« be done in South Carolina ?” West Gzobgia Gazette.—This paper has an article on Macon as the capital of Georgia. The Gazette is one of the best of our country ex changes, and is published in a section of country which trades largely with this city. A Gentleman from Twiggs tells us many fields of cotton in that county will not make more than a bale to twenty acres—thinks the crop of the county will be a half crop or one bale to six acres. 7 COETD." W. BESBUj tu urn -jtrumiy itewu, ic» turned to Macon, from Atlanta, on his way homeward from the Press Convention. Sorry he is complaining of not being well. Hope he will escape fever, and enter vigorously upon a fall and winter campaign of success and pros perity. Providence High School.—This school is located near Pleasant Hill, in Talbot county- one of the healthiest localities in Georgia. The population all about the school is of the best type of Georgians—the solid men and women of worth and character. Major G. W. Maxson and Mr. W. H Woodall are the Principals. The reputation of these gentlemen as teachers) earned by close attention to their pupils, is a sufficient guaranty of their fitness to take charge of the moral and mental training of yontb. We wish them great success. See their card. The references are of the best. Beware of Impostors. We leam from Putnam and Jasper counties, that a person representing himself as connected with the Telegraph,not only receives courtesies, bnt obtains loans of money upon such represen tations. We have no paid traveling correspon dent, and no persons authorized to do business for us except those who are so announced in our paper or regularly authorized in writing. We do not ask and hope our friends will not extend courtesies to others than those mentioned. We regret this imposition and hope you will not suf fer any more. Norwood School, Virginia. We have received a catalogue of this Institu tion. It is located in Nelson county, Virginia, and is designed for preparing students for ad mission to the University of Virginia, or for ac tive business pursuits in life. Mr. Wm. D. Cabell is still Principal; L. M. Blackford, M. A., Associate Principal, Walter Holladay, F. Key Meade, Dr. F. L. Galt and Wm. Laken, Instruc tors. Fifty-seven students for 1868 and 1869. Course of instruction is very thorough. Partic ular attention given to English branches, Latin and Greek, French and German Languages. Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Penmanship, Book-keeping, eta Certificates of distinction are given. W. Colquitt Carter, of Murray coun ty, received this certificate in Orthography, Reading, Second Class of Geography, Sixth Class of Arithmetic, Fifth Class of Latin; Far- ish Carter, of Georgia, received it in First Class in History, Second Class in Elocution; John Black, Jr., of Murray county, Ga., Third Class in French and First Class in Book-keeping. The School possesses numerous advantages and we wish it success. From Henry County. ■ . • McDonough, August 24, 1869. . Editors Telegraph : I find the crops in this county very poor. About one-half of this coun ty has been without rain for over ten weeks; the other half has been without a season for some weeks. There is no late cotton making in this county. I have seen a good many fields with all the young forms hanging on the stalks as yellow and dry as straw. The best farmers say the county will not make a half crop of com or cotton. There was a fine rain in this place yesterday which extended as far east as Coving ton. It came too late for crops, bnt was very refreshing to mas, aa we were having awful warm weather. Yours truly, J ’ K From the following extract from the Sandus- ky Register (Ohio) 'it would seem that our friend, Roff, who deserves to be styled Admiral of the Lake Squadron, does not confine himself to catching fish when summering at Put-in Bay:' Ed. Register : Among the many incidents happening here in this busy and thronged water ing place, one occurred yesterday of more than ordinary interest, and worthy of record. Among the guests of the Put-in-Bay House is one family of Johnsons from Coshocton, a very fine, well educated family. Yesterday, ns one of the daughters was out rowing, she. by over exercise, fainted and fell into the bay, but was rescued almost immediately by the daring nnd heroic efforts of A. A. Boff, of Georgia. Mr Roff was on shore, [but in a moment pulled off his coat, vest and boots,] and plunged into the water, bearing Miss Johnson safely into the boat. Mr. Roff is an old visitor at toe Islands, and knows excctly how to manage in such a case, requiring immediate action. Bass. * z*. f ■ •*, /• I. Mr. Carter, to whom this is addressed, has kindly furnished it to us for toe benefit of whom it concerns Savannah, August 25, 1869. Barron Carter, Esq., Agent, Macon—Dear Sir : I enclose herewith a slip, cut from one of our papers, giving instructions to consignees, relative to the cargo of San Jacinto. Yours respectfully, J ■., '■! ;»( - J. F. Waring, ..: ' Forwarding Agent. Steamer San Jacinto, hence for Savannah, on the 7to inst., having been stranded on Body Island, N. O., vessel and cargo saved by wreck ers, and now being brought back to New York, owners of cargo will please at once procure toe full Bet of bills of lading issued by this vessel, [writing for such as have been forwarded) and present toe same, with copies of invoices, as soon as possible, to us. All parties not insured in New York Companies, must be represented by, a city house, who will sign average bond and be authorized to make the required deposit to meet charges and to dispose of the goods as their ; /.condition requires. Johnson & Higgins, Adjusters, ' Nos. 88 and 89 Wall st., New York. Will They Come? It iB understood that toe Executive Committee of .the State Agricultural Fair to be held in Ma con next Fall, have extended invitations to the officials of toe Federal Government, from the President down—to the officers of the Federal army and navy—and to distinguished gentlemen of the North in civil life, to attend upon that oc casion- Witt they come f That is a question of vital importance to all sections of the Union. That some will come, we have reason to believe —that many will attend, we have reason to hope. We speak what we know when we say that they will receive a cordial welcome from all classes of our people. No gentleman—no sensible man— who has visited Georgia since the surrender, will venture to say that he is not as safe here, in person, property, and feeling, as he would be in Boston, New York, Chicago or Washington- miserable sensational, interested, or fanatical scribblers to the contrary notwithstanding. It is true that our people are not only willing, but most anxious, to accept the situation—to return to toe American Union—to ignore the wrongs, and suppress the passions, of the war—to recon struct fraternity—to invite co-operation in all industrial enterprizes, and again exhibit to the world toe most sublime of all historical specta cles: a great people living harmoniously be neath toe protection of constitutional govern ment Why are we not believed? Why can not the intelligent men of all parties North give us xui - ovuiv —. ——* honesty—some honor, and some respect for the memories and traditions, and past developments, of Southern character? Our interest—our poverty—our present—onr future—even our sorrows, are guaranties of the sincerity of our professions. Ah! is it true that the leaders of party at the North are not only cognisant of the true state of Southern opinion and Southern feeling; but are also convinced that we are trustworthy as to our professions ? We think it is, but we fear, that notwithstanding, for the sake of the re tention of political power, they studiously teach toe people that even Georgia is disloyal, and it is indispensable to subject her again to pro visional and military government. We can only say as we have said before—old party issues are- dead; and use belong to thatpartg which will re store ihe State fully to the Union, the Constitu tion being the test of all obligations and the pro tection of aU rights. And we believe that we might, to this extent, speak for nine out of ten of the people of Georgia. But onr purpose is not now to dwell upon this subject. We return to toe inquiry, “will they come ?” These are not merely invitations of courtesy. The Fair is toe result of the necessities of the country, is sustained by the sentiment, and we might add, the enthusiasm of the people. The invi tations, therefore, spring out of toe heart of the Empire State of the South. They area practical iteration of the as yet, by himself, un observed injunction of Ulysses Grant, “let ns have peace.” A tender of toe olive branch. The object of the Fair is to stimulate and or ganize the agricultural enterprise of Georgia. These things being so, why should not such men as Boutwell, Greeley, Sprague and Sherman, and others of like position, favor us with their presence ? We submit that toe object appeals to their patriotism, because it will contribute to restore the harmony of the Union, and re-estab lish, confirm and perpetuate free government. Jnstice, charity and conciliation may effect all this—force and fraud never. Force may extin guish the life of the South, but its spirit never. Once in toe Union upon the basis of equality with the other States, the North maybe assured that Georgia will, in good faith, enter upon a new experiment of the practical working of the venerated principles of 1776. It appeals to toe generosity of toe North. No civilized people have suffered such terrible dis asters by war as the Southern States of toe Union. We pretermit the death of our gallant men—the melancholy bereavement of wives, children and friends—toe sad social disorders of our communities and the political proscription of our ablest men; and refer now to the deplor able poverty to which we have been reduced by the sudden emancipation of the negroes. This involved not only the loss of property in slaves, bnt an immense depreciation in lands and al most all other property—an utter change in pre vious modes and habits of farming and planting nnd especially great reduction of income in ail department of business. Agriculture has been and must be toe chief business of toe people (as is well understood) the basis of profit in other pursuits. The object of this State Fair being as stated, it would seem that it makes an irresistible appeal for sympathy and countenance from such men of toe North as control publio opinion. If they are men—if they are generous men, they will give us the aid of their co-operating pres ence. But, again, it appeals directly to toe interest of toe North. Our great staples are as necessary to toe North as to ourselves. The merchants of New York and Boston—toe manufacturers of New England—the stock raisers of the West— toe creditors of the government—the day la borers of toe factories—publishers and authors —indeed, all classes are directly or indirectly interested in toe agriculture of Georgia and her sister States. We cannot stop to demonstrate these state ments—they are like axiomatic truths, and really need no demonstrations. We need only farther say, that, if we are let alone politically, and can secure the aid of Northern capital and Northern enterprise and Northern sympathy, our variously productive lands, and our gloriously ^fructifying climate will pour into toe whole Union tributes of wealth, richer by far than toe golden ore of all the earth. Bat we forbear. WiU, they come ? The answer is with them. Does any one amongst us suggest that these utterances are unmanly condescensions. In reply, by no means—they are consistent with both national and personal self-respect. Where trntb and honor are not compromised, it is manly to ask aid in distress. What if we do stoop? We stoop to conqner. To conquer what ? Peace, order and prosperity for our selves and onr children. , .ft People’s Defender (Newnan) 25th, says to-day (Tuesday.) we are again blessed with reviving showers and the prospect for an eastern gale is good. Crops have suffered much from drought. Fence Law.—We learn that on the first Tues day in September there will be in this place a Convention of toe people of Coweta for the con sideration and discussion of toe proposed change in regard to the fence system and laws. t The Annexation Meeting on Saturday last waa a brilliant success, the large crowd congre gated surpassing all expectation. Col. Penning ton delivered an excellent address, which was • - well received and heartily endorsed. We were glad to MiE SO-many of onr oolored people out, * to leam toft their sentiments are in unison —Mariano {Fla.) Courier. Horrible Outrage.—A Respectable Lady Violated and Murdered. — A gentleman of known veracity and position in the State, who came down the State Road yesterday evening, reports that a respectable lady at Adairsville had been found, yesterday morning, murdered, and giving evidence of having been violated— Her skull was fractured and contusions on her toroat marked where toe foul fiend clutched her in his murderous efforts. It was supposed to have been toe work of a negro ruffian, and when the train passed, every citizen of Adairsville was engaged in hunting for the vile miscreant The Bullock-Angier Suit.—In our notice yesterday morning of the law suit instituted by Gov. Bullock against Treasurer Angier, there was an error unintentionally made by us. Gov. Bullock, for toe use of toe State, has instituted suit against Treasurer Angier for $21,000, al leging that he has used himself the funds of the State over forty-two times, and therefore liable in that amount under toe law that imposes a penalty of $500 for each and every time the Treasurer uses or allows others to use toe funds of the State. The declaration was filed bv H. P. Farrow, Attorney General for toe State. We learn that Gov. Bullock has given a retaining fee of $500 to a legal firm in this case. Other suits are on toe tapis, and the fight is expected to open in earnest. [Atlanta Constitution, 25th. A Correspondent of toe 21st inst. writes to the Chronicle and Sentinel: ? The pom crop in Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Newton and Hall, baa suffered severely from the drought, and toe cotton prospect is quite gloomy. Not more than belt crops will be tamed, yet, altogether, sufficiency to prevent suffering. Editorial Correspondence. OFF FOR CHATTANOOGA—WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD CAT.TERSVILAE AND HER MINERAL WEALTH. On the Road, August 25, 1869. Left Atlanta at 74 o’clock, on time. Morn ing bright and beautiful. Our train is led off by the new engine, General U. S. Grant, decor ated by toe stars and stripes. Behind her is a series of refreshment rooms, barber-shop, and so on, and too rear is brought up by some five passenger and a sleeping car. The Governor is on board—Colonel Hulbert doing the honors, and abont seventy-five passengers reoeiving them, and making themselves comfortable. At the Kenesaw House, Marietta, I saw a number of Maconians, who reported themselves get ting along comfortably. Air salubrious—living good—no mosquitoes, etc.—amusements scarce. Living just for the sake of health must be dull business. • - ■ ■ t:■ The country does not look so badly parched up as I anticipated, and below Marietta toe for est trees and undergrowth show more signs of distress than above that point. The people will make more com than reported. I find the Western and Atlantic Road in fair condition and improving. The fact is, Colonel Hulbert is a firstrate railroad man, and is mak ing some very important improvements to this great property of the State. One of these is a proper ballasting of the road with stone. The track is made dry and solid- the cross-ties do not churn in wet weather and so throw the track out of level—and too ties themselves, being kept comparatively dry, last much longer. The pro cess of ballasting is as follows: After toe rrack is laid, it is then raised abont eight inches and underlaid with stones not bigger than your fist, and rammed underneath with iron crowbars. After each tie is thus given a solid bearing, the intervals are all filled up with toe stones and toe sides of the roadway excavated in cuts so os to give the track a comparative elevation of five feet. By this means toe track is always firm, and sufficiently dry in the wettest weather. This work costs about $2500 per mile, and is, in toe long run, a grand economy. Col. Hulbert will, in time, ballast the whole road and save a great deal of money to the State, although toe immediate outlay will be heavy. In such per- manent improvements which are the dictates of a wise economy—in replacing all the structures on toe road destroyed by the war, etc.—the pub lic have the reason why toe road pays $25,000 per month into the Treasury instead of $40,0o0, as under Superintendent Wallace. The aim is to put toe road in thorough order, so that heavy dividends can be permanently and prudently made. At Cartersville a very large assemblage of la dies and gentlemen had gathered to greet us, and welcomed the train with shouts and the strains of martial music. On leaving toe cars, the Governor and fraternity of press were ad dressed by the venerable Colonel M. A. Cooper, as follows: Gentlemen of the Excursion /—We present ourselves as a Committee from toe citizens of Cartersville, to receive and greet you on this occasion. To you, gentlemen of science, intel ligence and worth—representatives of the press; and yon, Superintendent Hulbert of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and Governor Bnllock, of Georgia, we give a hearty welcome, and ten der to you the hospitalities of this little place. Tarry in it as long as your objects and conve nience may authorize. Your visit is welcome to several of toe people of Georgia and especi ally to Cherokee. By toe wise and enlightened policy of this administration, you are called to see and examine the mineral resources of our country. He has well remarked that toe iron interests of Georgia are second only to that of toe cotton region. More than that will prove true. In its results and associations for natural wealth, grandeur and power, in peace or in war, it will far exceed that of cotton. The officers of toe Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad, have gathered an array of mineral specimens of ore from toe vicinity of Yon Wert in aid of your researches. These are here dis played before you. We think, that for value, variety richness and abundance, the like cannot be produced from any other location in any country. Here is slate for roofing, for furniture, for building and for other purposes; iron ore without limit; marble of all varieties from white to black; grindstones, whetstones and hones; mineral paints, plnmbago and fire clay, with gold-bearing quartz—all in close proximity to stone coal. We have added a few samples of iron ore from Etowah. These are well known and have been tested and used for all purposes for twenty-five years. We have sent the pig iron from these ores to England and had cutlery made of it Here is a razor there made from it, yet in toe original package. Gentlemen, you are now on the line of toe great mineral formation of toe South—toe tran sition from the primaiy to the secondary forma tion. Your examinations and comments will gratify the pride of Georgians and excite toe admiration of all who read or hear. To these remarks Gov. Bullock responded, in substance, as follows: Col. Cooper, Gentlemen of the Committee, Ladies and Fellow-citizens: I can speak as confidently for Col. Hulbert, as I can for my self, when I say that our ambition is to use this great property of the State of Georgia—this Western and Atlantic Railroad—so as most effectually to develop the grand natural re sources of this ancient State, and to promote every interest of her people. I hail with joy the prospect of the speedy construction of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad, which can not too soon be built, and the more effeotually to interest the people of Georgia and the out side world in those immense mineral deposite3 which constitute so large a portion of toe in comparable natnral wealth of the State. I have invited toe gentleman of the press to visit with me and personally inspect these vast deposites. I am sure that Col. Clisby, here present, who, as President of the Georgia Press Convention, will feel authorized to speak for the fraternity will echo to toe full toe sentiments that you, Mr. Chairman, have so well expressed on this in teresting occasion. Here the gentleman alluded to, was “brought to the front” and Raid: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen—The tremendous social revolu tion which has just been brought upon us con trary to our will, is but the harbinger of a more sweeping and momentous industrial revolution upon which we have just entered. Let us meet it with a full consciousness of all its stupendous consequences upon ourselves and our children. Let us open our eyes to the future and try in part to close them against toe past. Let us leam to contemplate and to anticipate the time, fast approaching, when Georgia will be, not on ly the Empire State of the South, but the Em pire State of toe Union. After the speechmaking, a deputation from toe city of Chattanooga, consisting of Tomlin son Fort, R. S. Headrick, editor of the Repub lican, J. S. Wiltse and C. J. Woodbury, Educa tional correspondent of the Constitution, wero introduced to toe press fraternity and tendered toe hospitality of the city. The mineral specimens submitted by the Cartersville committee were very numerous and surprising. There were numerous samples of slate, and several of a beanifnl solid maroon color, veined with black. This slate, when quarried, is so soft as to be easily sawn or planed, but hardens by exposure to nearly the hardness of a flint. It was beautifully polished, and as lustrous as Parian marble. Ab an en tirely new and beautiful material for toe oon- WM struction of houses it must produce a senRa- tion. There was also a great variety of iron ore—one, a Hermatite ore, considered to be ninety per cent pure iron. A surprising vari ety of clays of mineral paints—of stone foy sharpening purposes, eta, etc.—forming a col-, lection of hundreds of specimens'which we oould only glance at, but should be studied for hours. A collation from the hospitable people of Car tersville closed the visit, and we moved off with cheers and hearty regrets that we could not stop longer. Cartersville is growing rapidly; It is in the midst of a fine country, and is des tined to be an important place. But I am tired of writing on toe cars. We have just passed toe tunnel, and I will stop, 3ETST TBIiEGBAPH:. From Washington. Washington, August 26.—Bawlins arrived last night. He had a severe hemorrhage of toe lungs, Senator Carpeiter is here. Capitalists front the North have purchased the Thorton estate, Fairfax county, Virginia, for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Custom receipts from toe 14th to the 21st, inclu sive, were over $4,250,000—unusually large. The Lancaster flag ship of the South Atlantic squadron, detuned several weeks at Norfolk for want of seanen, was commissioned to-day, and will proceed siortly for Brazil Francis Kw Shaaf, youngest son of Arthur and Mary Forsyti Shaaf, died of thirst on toe forty-fifth mile in to- desert of the Arizona territoiy. British Minister Thornton has returned from his summer vacation. j Applications for smallnotes and fractional curren- are lecoming overwhelming. Stpervisor Barbone has been assigned to the Southern Ohio district; Conklin to toe Michigan and Wiiconsin district; Young to Arkansas. 2he doctors hope that Rawlins will be able to at- teid to business in a few days. Delano declines any arrangement whereby cigar nnkers may take leaf tobacco home and make ci- girs. All must be made at toe factory. General News. San Francisco, August 26.—Two miles of snow sleds on toe Pacific and Central Railroad have b«cn burned. Many cros3 tics were also burned, a*d toe rails warped by toe heat. General Stoneman forbids the use of beef by toe girrison at Wilmington, California, on account of the cattle disease. Cincinnati, August 26.—At toe conclusion of the fifth innings between toe Red Stockings and Hay makers, the score standing 17 and 17, the Hayma kers found fault with the Umpire, and John Mor. rissey called the Haymakers to stock bat. Great excitement. Eoreign. News. London, August 26.—The betting is still two to one on the Oxfords. The Police Commissioner has detailed 800 men to maintain order along the banks during the race. The continued fine weather has a depressing effect on breadstnffs. The sellers throughout the country are asking prices above the views of buyers. The increase in specie is seventy-five thousand pounds sterling. Paris, August 26.—The committee has reported to toe Senate the principal modifications. The Sen ate may reject the bills without giving reasons. The government may appoint a commissioner to report upon toe voteBof want of confidence. The Empress remains one week at Constantino ple. She has abandoned her journey to Jerusalem. The increase in specie is fire million francs. Madrid, August 26.—Topete officiates during Prim’s absence. Six thousand troops go to Cuba within toe next two weeks. The Carlist, Polo, and his Secretary, recently captured, have been sentenced to death. Several other Carlisle have been condemned to death. EAST INDIA COTTON. India's Capacity for Production—TheJSompar- .dative Quality of Her Cotton—Wherein India the Staple Comes From—-Roto India JJotlon Has Been Improved—How 3fuch-.Cotton is Used in India. 'Vjtt . • From the Few York Tribute, August 20.2 Recent complaints in the London press, witlf regard to toe failure of our cotton crop to. meet toe British demand, and particnlariy-toe earnest article of the Times, looking to India as a nec essary field for the further supply of cotton, which was brought to us a few days ago by the cable, have awakened a new interest in toe In dian cotton ground. The opening of India by railroads, and the cheapening of cotton by ready transportation, are a favorite scheme of British enterprise;’ but, up to this time; it has lacked the vigorous co-operation of the cotton manufacturers themselves. What is . here further said respecting toe India cotton culture will throw much light upon a subject now of pe culiar interest to American planters and manu facturers. Since 1783 India has been the source from which an increasing supply of cotton has been drawn. Encouraged by all toe means at the disposal of toe British Government, the export reached in toe year 1867, according to Mr. E. R. Mudge, United States Commissioner to toe Paris Universal Exposition, the large amount of 1.908,832 bales, while toe export from the United States, for the year 1866-67, was 1,557,- 054 bales, and for the year 1867-68, was 1,655,- 816, according to the same authority. The quality of India is inferior to that produced in the United States. Mr. Robert T. Saunders, in toe address of the Memphis Convention Com mittee, says “that there are, properly speaking, now in use, three kinds or classes of cotton.— First: The ‘Sea Island,’ or long staple cottons, grown principally on the coast of Florida, Geor gia and South Carolina. Of this character of cotton the consumption is small. Second: The medium, long staple cottons of American growth, denominated in Liverpool;‘Uplands,’ and ‘New Orleans;’ in the United States, known as New Orleans, Texas, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and Memphis cottons.’ The quantity of this class that can be produced by the United States is essentially without limit. -We have the surface, if we had the labor, to • Texas Correspondence. Richmond, Texas, August 14, 1869. Editors Telegraph : I did not write last week for there was nothing to write abont. The same reason would still command my silence, but I feel somewhat encouraged to write, even when there is nothing very engrossing to write about, when I reflect on the nonsensical stuff that is raked up by toe agents of the associated press and dispatched on toe wings of the lightning to every point of toe compass. In imitation of those functionaries who announced the decease of Grant’s mare, Ada, I might tell the publio that Sam Slocum’s bob tailed cow, Crumpley Horn, had worms on her neck where she could not lick them off, and unless she was relieved soon, by being “doctored,” there would be one cow less on our premises, and Sam would be the poorer by that much unless his loss was made up to him by subscription. Last week a freedman, whom toe sheriff was trying to arrest, charged with being a ring leader in a negro riot, resisted and pointed a gnn at toe sheriff, when that functionary sent a ball through his head. The simpletons, when a few similar examples are made, will leam that, like white people, they must submit to be gov erned by toe law. While on the subject of killing, I may as well mention that a man was killed in Brazoria county last week. Those pretty pinks of Radicalism, Turner and Swayzo, as their characters were ventillated on the trial of the former for uttering counterfeit money, are sweet shrubs. They, and two more just like them, would make a pair at least.— Bob Wagner is shorn of his honors. He was a mere bungling neophyte in villainy. A squad of thirty United States troops are now stationed at this place. All parties who visit town are disarmed. The troops will prob ably remain here until after the election. If mounted, they might be more beneficially em ployed on our Indian frontier. The first bale of new cotton received, last week by Galveston was grown in Grimes county, by the same freedman who got the prize last year. The first received in Houston came in last week also, and was grown in Washington connty. It was bought by T. W. House at 25 cents per pound specie, and the producer re warded with a silver pitcher worth a hundred dollars. I forget his name. Planters on the Brazos commenced picking ont cotton the first of this week in earnest. I have heard of no heavy picking—it is too early in the season for that. The caterpillar has shown himself on sever al plantations, bnt not in numbers sufficient to do any material damage. There is a fair pros pect for a good crop of cotton in this State, ev erything considered. There has been an abundance of com made. Except in a few localities on our extreme west ern frontier, where live stock engrosses every body’s attention, and scarcely any is paid on planting. Com will not command more that fifty cents a bushel. This will be welcome in telligence to those who intend immigrating to this country the approaching winter The health of toe country still continues good. ._ Pan Fois. What Gan be Done in South Carolina.—The Columbia Phcenix says: We paid a visit, on Wednesday, to the model farm of Mr. James M. Crawford, in Cotton Town, near Columbia, and inspected his cotton field—which, in size and quantity of the bolls, far exceeds anything we have ever seen or heard of the famous Georgia brag acre, of which we published an account a day or two ago, not ex cepted. An old and experienced Mississippi cotton planter made an examination and calcula tion of the crop on one acre as it stands on the field—toe “brag” lot—with, the following re sult : He connted'three stalks, taken indiscrim inately from this patch, which averaged S00 bolls to the stalk; 52 rows to toe acre ; 70 stalks to the row: allowing 100 bolls to the pound, shows 10;920 pounds to 1 the aero—provided, of course, that it matures. Some of the stalks had over 500 bolls. Mr. Crawford has another most excellent lot of four acres, toe smallest stalk counted in it containing S6 bolls; another 156, and still another 358—an average of 200 bolls to toe stalk. The entire crop was grown from toe well known Dixon seed. Doubters can examine this cotton at any time. The ordinary stable conclusion that no attempt should be made to force or press toe new seed (i. e., NeW-Orieans seed) upon the cultivators of his district Again, he says if quality be regarded, he finds that the exotic - staple, after making allowance for over- ginning, is pronounced weak, and toe color and deannesa which toe judges admireare almost entirely due to careful cultivation, and ought not to be considered in comparing this cotton with the indigenous variety, and that, even with all this advantage, the ootton is prtoed some: what below fine Hingungbat. '^comparative statement from Liverpool quo ta tr^nrff or New Orleans,' Dhollerah, Dharwas and Hingungbat cotton show, upon an average of 42 quotations, from December, 1866, to June, 1868, the following result: Middling New Or leans, llid.; Dhollerah Fair to Good, 10d.; Dharwar Fair to Good, IO^d.; Hingunghat Fair to Good, 104. Major Hassard, who has had considerable ex perience in Dharwar, says that “when sown out of the influence of sea air, New Orleans cotton does deteriorate in respect to strength of fiber.” The weight of all testimony bears in favor of Hingunghat cotton, which is an improved spe cies of an indigenous plant, and against toe product of exotic seed. home consumption or raw India cotton. The annual local consumption in the Central Provinces is estimated to be about 60,000 bales. And in seasons when the yield does not promise to be great, the local manufacturers and wear ers are first in the market, prepared to make their purchases. Mr. Camac says that the man ufacture of cloth and yam in the Central Prov inces, which, as has been shown, affect so ma terially their exports of cotton, arc not only very extensive, but also very delicate hnd valu able. At the exhibitions of Nagpore, Jubbal- pore and Akola, it was difficult to convince vis itors that the yam shown there was of native manufacture, spun by the hand with the assist ance only of the rude,primitive looking spinning wheel exhibited in the same department. , .. .. , , -.. , “ for the demands upon him bv theland^ee^l piece of native thread exhibited at Akola was of a sea8on when he ^ no c * “ D ' s « such fineness that it has been calculated that a t„ ..l. . 10 ™«s| pound weight of this yam would reach a .dis tance of 117 miles. The best compliment to its excellence was paid by some gentleman inter ested in the cotton trade, who, notwithstanding that the public were particularly requested not to grow twenty millions bales. It is stated : touch the specimens, succeeded in snipping off that prior to the war nine bags of American cot- j pieces of it to carry away as curiosities. This ton were used to one bag of all other descrip- j hank or skein of thread was made at Chanda, tions put together. The American cottons are ' In England the spnn yam is always made up used almost entirely in European - factories for ! into hanks, each containing eight hundred and warp, while the woof or filling is of less costly | forty yards of them, and toe number by which grades. For the warp,extended threads,strength, ! the quality of toe yam is known denotes the and length of fiber, is especially required; • number of these hanks that go to toe pound, while for the weft or transverse threads of the j No. 40 is the ordinary yam. It is on record loom, softness and fullness are toe chief requi- j that No. 400, or about* 200 miles of thread- to sites. No other cotton is better adaptedasto!toepound,hasbeen8pnn;butattoecommence- strength and length, either to spin into toe high-j ment of this century No. 100, produced by er numbers or to sustain toe tension and friction ; Crimston’s invention, was thought an extraor- to which threads are exposed in the loom. Third: j dinary performance, even for machinery. The short, staple cotton, used almost exclusive- • The Chanda specimen would then, according to ly for weft or filling. It is drier, ‘fuzzier,’ j the English standard, be about 244 in fineness, more like rough wool, and principally grown in j and this is produced by toe natives, without India.” In regard to the conclusions to be ; the help of any complicated machinery. At drawn from this remuneration, as to the neces- j Nagpore and Omrair thread of about No. 140 is sity for American cotton, the interesting me- ! very generally used for toe fine lawns, mortal of Mr. Saunders, published in the July ' number of DeBow’s Review, will afford ample from Liverpool within six weeks of order. A mesas Hingunghat on ILonoay^qMr. bttao.WaUa'Vt 1 Secretary of the Cotton'qBhppfe' s^ikrsdS edt ^ 8M1 ^ a,aa ' , * thef " Ua|il the last few years toe uharacter r dian cotton in the Liverpool market stoo.i » low, and toe nameti/SurSL’’ the nnder which the cotton of fftne ptovtawaifSS? included; was a by-woVAand a general ten^ contempt. It was not iimwy yaww^go th^ Lancashire brewer brought an action forl?K.1 against a Liverpool man for having caliL v 6 beer “Surats.” The evidence went to showiiT the term Surat wasapplied to anything that * considered particularly bad; one witness Lc* preting the word to mean “muck.” The * great obstacles to successful exportation of ton from India—the position of the cnltirM*" on whom the market was dependent for snt J C! of cotton, and toe inaccessibility of the tracts in which the cotton markets are 6)^1 —are in course of removal, and though r* Britain may never be able to obtain in IndiW* quality or quantity of the staple she now cures from the United States, she mav be cu.km to consider herself as not so entirely deiw*” upon us as to deem toe absence of our snuni K national calamity. According to Mr. Smith u proximity of. the manufactory to the plantcH is an incentive to production and a profit tn ° S ducer and consumer. It follows that manufacturing capacity of India waft*,? veloped a corresponding development i» ,V" quality and quantity of Indian cotton mZ v reached. Until that time shall come ” look for results not at all in Accordance natural capabilities of the land or the producer 5 IMPROVEMENTS. Until within a few years, the cultivator in ,k. central provinces of India was a miserable a- i depressed creature. Deeply in debt, a reeone to toe money-lender was a matter of neoess'-t information. The statistics showing the export of India cotton seem to be drawn from toe Liv erpool trade-tables, and not from those of the Indian ports of export. The tatter would show that there are other destinations besides Liver pool, and consequently more cotton exported than toe Liverpool tables would be likely to ex- IDEAS OF INDIA PLANTERS. A good answer, given by a cultivator in too Chauda district, is worth reciting. The subject of the rise of prices was being discussed round the camp-fire; and wheD more than half the audience had agreed that a recent rise in the market was undoubtedly to be credited to the kindness of Government in general, and to Cot- hibit. The weights of the various bales known I * on Commissioner in particular, toe tom came in commerce average as follows: for a Koonbee-who had ndden on the rmlway Bombay hale.7. 394 lbs net cotton. I 81111 had aeen tte Nagpore Exhibition, and who Madras bale 300 lbe net cotton, i was, consequently, rather on authority in the village—to give his answer. He suggested, with au air of assumed deference, that if he was not misinformed, toe Shahazada (heir-apparent) had recently been married in England, and that, of course, according to custom, toe Queen had | given every one in “'Walayat” new clothes; and [ hence toe sudden enormous consumption of cot- ‘ ton there, and consequent rise in prices. This Bengal bale ; 300 lbs net cotton. China bale ; 240 lbs net cotton. America bale 440 lbs net cotton. Brazil bale 180 lbs net cotton. Egypt bale '. .500 lbs net cotton. Turkey bale 550 lbs net cotton. The total area under cotton cultivation in In dia is abont 8,500,000 acres. married pair, the son and daughter of their Queen; and to toe study of what may be called a “political” pocket handkerchief (of which thousands came to Indi&in 1865) containing the portaits of the Prince and Princess, with ap propriate designs, and which had been given to toe Koonbee's small son in toe morning ns a re ward for having distinguished himself at the ex amination of the village school. In regard to the introduction of foreign plants, The Times of India mentions that an officer recently sent a present of some tea and some tea plants to an independent native chief on toe north-west frontier. The ohief accepted the tea, and re turned toe plants, with an intimation that they were “returned in consonance with the spirit of a tradition that plants of foreign countries should never be planted in that country, lest when they had thriven and leaved, and flowered, toe peo ple of the country they had come from should themselves come to demand their produce, and , be recognized by the side of the business it The provinces in which toe plant is success- suggestion was afterward traced to a compHca- fully cultivated are as follows: Punjab, where j tj ori of ja eas produced by the sight of Mr. Jen- cotton is largely grown in almost every dia- j sen’s portraits of the Prince and Princess of trict.” The Central Provinces, where cotton . Wales, which were the wonder of the admiring occupies abont one-twentieth of the area nnder Koonbees at the Nagpore Exhibition, and which plow, which was construed to mean 552,520 ver0 jjjy explained to them to he a newly- acres in JS67-CS. The Cotton Commissioner • - - - - - was of the opinion that, although in other parts of toe Central Provinces the out-tnm might not exceed 50 pounds, in the Wnrda Valley and in Berar toe average ont-tnrn of cleaned cotton to the acre, daring a fair season, could not be less than 80 pounds. Bnrmah.—Among toe pro ducts of this province, cotton occupies an im portant place. From toe cotton of Pegu the finer sorts of toe celebrated muslins of Dacca nsed to be manufactured. The area under cot ton cultivation was, however, only 3,438 acres in 1867-68. Cotton ranged from *12 to 14 shil lings sterling per package of 80 pounds. Madras furnishes cotton in large quantities, and the at tention of the Government has been devoted for some time past to the improvement of toe qual ity. The export from Madras in 1867 is estima ted by Mr. Mudge to have been 300,000 bales. In Mysore, the growth of cotton during too year 1667-68 was somewhat limited; toe land devo ted to its cultivation was less than that of the previous year by nearly 4500 acres. In Bombay too English authorities, in their report to Her Majesty’s Government, say, after mentioning the staple crops of the Presidency, “hut over all these cotton claims the first place,” toe ex ports of which have of late years considerably in- creased.more particularly since toe late American War. The quantity of cotton exported from here amounted to 203,257,093 pounds in 1858- 59, and increased to 549,153,475 pounds in 1865-66, or 939,679 bales in 1866, and in 1867 1,224,050 bales were exported. There are 135 steam cotton presses in operation in Bombay, and many of the gins are worked by steam pow er : at toe close of toe year 1867 toe total num ber of gins in existence in the province amount ed to 1303. Through the enforcement of the “Cotton Fraud Acts” the cotton sent to market is now infinitely clearer and purer than it was four yeara ago, and a substantial improvement in quality has been obtained. In the year 1867-8 the whole district was to be sown with what is known in India as toe Hingunghat seed. The area under cultivation in 1867-8 was 2,- 015,534 acres, showing an increase of 3741 acres over IS6C-7. In Hyderbad (Berar) experiments had been continued in the different districts of Berar with various descriptions of cotton seed, and among the variety tried the Hingunghat seed succeeded best, but only where the gravel ly substratum laid close to the surface of the black soil; the seed obtained from Dharwar failed to germinate at all; in the Woon district the New Orleans seed yielded ninety-four pounds to toe acre, the plants growing to a height of three feet, whereas plants , from Be rar seed attained the height of three and a half feet, and yielded one hundred pounds to the acre. The number of full and half pressed bales of 3| cwt. each, exported from these districts, in creased from 42,510 in 1866-7 to 187,599 in 1867-8. The area nnder cotton cultivation in the Cen tral Provinces was 552,520 acres in 1867-8, a de crease of 46,281 acres from that of 1866-7. This is attributable to toe unfavorable condition of the weather. The opening of the American supply has also operated to reduce the demand for India cotton; the high prices which were the result of the civil war in this country served to foster the production of India. The price of fair Dhollerah cotton ran from 5$ pence sterling in January, 1S61, to 24| pence in October,' 1863, from thence descending to 9£ pence in June, 1868. The largest proportion of India cotton is exported from too Central Provinces and Bom bay, and it is estimated that toe annual export from these provinces is sufficient for 34 weeks’ supply for all toe mills in Europe, and is equal to one-fifth of the cotton exported from India. The average weekly consumption for toe whole of Europe ta at present 3,800,000 bales per an num. It has been as high as 78,000 bales per week, or 4,056,000 bales per annum. IMPROVING INDIA COTTON. One measure has been toe acclimatization of exotioseed in propagating gardens and subse quent distribution through the community.— These experiments have been conducted under the supervision of a Cotton Commissioner, who is instructed to do everything in his power to encourage toe cultivation and improvemnt of cottonin toe district over whioh he presides. In the southern portion of the Hindostan Peninsula there is a large extent of country, toe soil of ■which is adapted to the production of cotton, and where the cotton-plant, an indigenous pro duct, has flourished for ages. Within this re gion, embracing what iB known as the Central Provinces, repeated trials in the development of the different varieties of the plant have resulted in favor of what is known aa the Hingunghat variety, an indigenous plant, and which pro duces a cotton of which Mr. Bazely, the Vice- President of toe Cotton Supply Association, says that, from his own former observations, he j the payments, forced him to take steps whitil under other circumstances, he might have shn-' I from. An agreement to furnish a certain q »- I tity of ootton at a fixed rate—the contract bestfo- extremely low—the terms were as favorab’evl the grasping money-lender os they were minor J to the needy ryot. The crop thus virtual passed outof the cultivator’s hands, and his'-I terest in it ceased before the plant was in b£l som. The cotton, whether good, baa or ir£| ferent, would bring him in no more than It J price already fixed in the bargain to which ^1 cessity had compelled him to agree. In KoraJ her, when toe bolls burst, and when, in order r secure really good cotton, it is indispenabie ;hi the fields should be picked without delay, gj ryot would find that his contract had anogJ month or six. weeks to run, and that the jmra the grain on which the people of these p&rtsdie'J ly depend, was also ripe, and exposed to the tacks of the fitwane birds, which so decunste f best field. The jowaree being his own acd l_ pledged to. toe village banker, the ryot have direct interest in paying it the first J tention, and the whole family would, tie fore busy themselves with the harvest vli was to provide too. food for themselves u] the cattle during the year. In the t time toe cotton would suffer, the ripe i falling to the ground, and the whole cl standing exposed to the thick dust mi i heavy dew of toe cold weather, mornings« evenings. If toe wind was blowing dovtttJ cotton and tossing it about on the grottil such a manner that toe bright wool becsz mixed with the dust and dirt and leaves, tl damage would not affect him. Be would; no more for good and carefully picked c than for this stuff. The contract for the 5 jur was for a certain weight; a moderate an of dirt would increase the weight, and ms i| therefore; altogether undesirable. And *i then, should he put himself out ? Thus the r tivator’s crop passed ont of his hands soon* it was sown, and with it disappeared all ini' ment to cultivate the'plant carefully, and tob the cotton free from dust and dirt and iap ties. This system threw both cotton crops cultivators into the hands of a body of mtoo lenders, who adulterated the cotton befar: j reached the port of exportation, so that isr hardly recogizable. The inaccessibility of the cotton districts w an obstacle to the improvement of the which the railway has now removed in measure. The prejudice against the climafel a great degree, is unfounded, as it is endonif as in any other portion of India. One of a greatest difficulties that the European had t:j counter was the system of cheating and tric'd which was bo elaborate and intricate tbs: j European who did not possess the most inti knowledge of toe language and of the ps could have hoped to combat it successfdiTl The difference of weights correspendedwiti# difference in locality, and constant hoiitf bringing stoppages in toe work, and the pasi resistance which he met every at step, were-j enough to wear out even a very energetic B pean. These obstpcles have been now so t? ively removed, that the cotton trade as ill carried on in 1SG4 in Central India, is harBJ op so disturb the peace of the well-conducted and orderly community over which he presided.” assistance of traffic. One of the greatest difficulties, previous to 1868, which the producer had to contend with was the insufficiency of transportation. The limited amount of rolling stock at the dispos al of toe Great India Peninsula Railway Com pany, and the want of management in the ship ment of the cotton caused grevious annoyance and great delay to toe dealers in toe Central provinces. A gentleman by the name of Cor- dery had inauguarated a system in the Beroes which had proved successful. This system, in January, 1867, was extended to toe Central provinces. It had for its objects: 1. The safety of toe cotton detained. 2. The prevention of unfair practices in toe dispatch of toe cotton. A large yard at each railway station was marked off into squares, each capable of holding a certain number of bales, according to toe num ber of tiers on which they were piled, thus it was not difficult to ascertain the number of bales belonging to each dealer, and toe number of cars to which he was xateably entitled. By counting toe squares the number of thousand bales remaining in toe yard could be easily ar rived at, and every evening it was possible to form a very fair idea of the impression made upon the mass by the railway. To preserve or der and protect the cotton a police guard was stationed in toe yard. The management of toe yard was vested in a clerk, who prepared lists of toe cotton detained, and whose register contained an interesting record of the traffic. A small fee or ground rent was levied on toe cotton stacked to defray expenses. A system of checks to insure dispatch of the cotton in or der of arrival was adopted. Receipts in tripli cate were issued upon toe entry of a batch of cot ton to the yard, and the payment of toe fee al- ludedto. The check is given in duplicate to the dealer,one copy for delivery to the stationmaster, the other as receipt for payment of the fee. fling the holder of the specimen check No L,- 715 of toe Naudora cotton yard, on presenting his pass to the stationmaster, can claim to have his cotton shipped before the holder of No. 1,- 716. The counter foils kept on the check book form a good check on the number of bales re ceived and dispatched daily from the yard. The beneficial effects of the system have warranted the Commissioner in promising that in the course of a season or two there will' be no far ther occasion for the continuance of toe yard. It has been a custom among the natives to pack their cotton in two ways, in the loose gunny bags called dokras, and in the nets called “jing- nas.” Usually toe cotton shipped to the coast was transferred to dokras. One of the most im portant improvements tending to relieve toe blocks on the route to the port of shipment was toe introduction of the cotton press and requir ing, so far as practicable, the cotton to be baled. Thus the bulk was reduced, and though the weight increased in proportion, the capacity of the cars was made more available, and more cotton was carried in toe same space. Some of toe cotton intended to be repacked at Bombay was what is called half pressed, so that it might be opened before exported, and examined. The half presses turn out 50 bales in a day. If worked day and night they can turn out 100 bales. During the scorching winds of the Betas hot weather, it is not possible, owing to the elasticity of the cotton, to compress more' than from 3 cwt. to 34 cwt. of ootton into a bale. . The introduction of side tracks into the ootton yards was another facility whioh resulted in great convenience to the traffic. Instead of baskets and rough stones, nsed in many places by the natives, accurate balance scales of im proved manufacture have been introduced. The improvement of wagon roads has attracted the attention of toe Commissioner, and steps have been taken to make them easily passable. A station of the Government Electric Telegraph has been opened at the Hingunghat cotton mar- done intbeir markets to-day. The operafel the land revenue settlement relieved the rcil tor of all anxiety regarding his tenure; thl .urangement of toe installment of his res!* fixed, so as to give him time to <fe| of his crop first, has helped to lights f burden with toe money lender; and £ the American war,by raising the price of e and pouring into toe ryot’s hands vhstj peared to mm untold wealth, enabled (J were not utterly reckless and extravagant f j themselves from the Mahajnr’s books. Rj many cultivators may be met who though; ] would be no end to the golden sge, spent * money as they received it, and even rsni into debt—still, the mass of the agrirj population seized the opportunity of r j themselves of toe burden of debt which- long weighed tnem down. Distances fes measured in months are now within a d?| day and a half's journey of Bombay, nil ryot who brings in his cart-load of cott^l the merchant who has come up to pci meet in the market, and transact busirsj one another direct. The benefit of this matters is that the cultivator has now snd! to deliver the best article of cotton he (£I duce at the market, and thus exton-l England the remark that there is a gw* I provement in Indian cotton. f The manner of doing business in ' ;: l markets in the Be rare is something fashion: During the night long string^! loaded with cotton, pour into the are marshaled by the darqgah and his into long lines or streets, toe small cotton brought in on bullocks being quarter aet apart for it in the cents yard. In Khaugaon the number of in the Reason, run as high as 1500, rep*®T upward of 1000 Kaudies of cotton. »» l daybreak the market is alive with p®*" their attendants, clerks, brokers, *jj® and business commences. During ^ telegrams giving orders to pureM#. _ quantity, and quoting the last »i tices , I land, have most probably been wce>J purchasers go round the carts cotton and making their offers. ■ Ij which the first transaction is the rate of the day, and is soon t’M 2 ! the market, and most purchases g:e f\ about that rate; though it is, of coo-1 to change by tire reoeipt of later mu ^ I murrhmnt fmm TtamhAv end the R 0 * 1 ‘ J E tor merchant from Bombay and the J face to face in toe markets. A sin gunny covering of the package, _ chant inserting his arm into the ■“"J cotton, brings ont the sample- * J toe quality of the sample the me: J makes his offer. By thg time that _ 1 of bags of ootton required have m *• i (and as six dokras must be 7> Kandy required, the prooess is a breakfast will be ready; and letters l ■ I bay mail, whioh in toe cotton se j Khaugaon at 2 o’clock, will have » This done, it will be timeto wag ^ 1 selected in the morning. The have in the interval taken their ro^vj ootton to the agent’s “thuk, ’ and f hardest part of the os. commences. Each bag, before 6 . . undergoes a s® 000 ?.. oelity' to the scales, undergoes and if it be found wanting to Q, _. J _ mixture can be detected, it >* 1 ®V, f ->| jected, and rolled on one side. ^ I that passes muster goes to the s si the whole lot has been weighed ^1 gets a memorandum showing twJ of the cotton, toe rate at which been purchased, and toe amowi jl this check; when presented,» ler, wh6 sits, with the bright newtw * the shed. - ower, the inmbay, him, in a corner interest of the toe: merchant ‘in' iid- con confirm toe estimate of its being equal to j ket, which is nowaot only in telegraphic corn- manure was used, and the soil is far from being i Middling New-Orleans. The New-Orleans seed munication with ~ the best in this vicinity. Thorough tilings did in some localities seems to prosper, and tq pro- and Liverpool- As toe business. Mr. Crawford declares tost a duce a quality of cotton that is marketable on chant sending an order to Hingunghat man who cannot make good crops in Richland pood terms: to others toe product in not satis- trie, telegraph m^y have, hia, cotton p,—y -,^ had better Wy aside agricultural implements. factory—and the Gommissronerhss come to the a j > ,. rfftltl imiiflittL'iiljjin ini j II I - mSS ^ms.. _ a — IMHHH emit