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THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1869.
Editorial Correspondence.
IHE TUNNEL—THE RATT.BOAD — CHATTANOOGA. —
BITEB IMPROVEMENTS—A SERENADE—SPEECHES
AND SO ON.
Chattanooga, August 26, 1869.
Dear Telegraph : I left you or rather you left
mo at the great Tunnel. This subteranean pas
sage under tne mountain is, not to be particular,
about fifteen hundred feet long,and to gentlemen
and ladies, it seemed particularly long on this
occasion. If you ever had occasion to write in
a railway train you will have remembered some
difficulty in the process. It is slow and labori
ous in the last degree, and when your manu
script is accomplished, it resembles Chinese hie-
Toglyphics or the tracks of spring chickens in a
dough-pan.
This writer has tried every car in the train
and come to the conclusion that the sleeping
car was less abrupt in its tremors and joltings,
andthe best adapted to writing. Accordingly he
was sitting well-nigh solus in the massive and
elegant sleeping car, when we entered the tun
nel. Directly was heard, as if of the caving of
stones and dirt, a frightful fuss in the profound
darkness. But this tunnel is arched—how can
it cave? The next minute came another shock
and an awful caving. The question then arose
«« to the proper sensations _of-being burned
alive. How doth it become a man to feel, en
trapped in the bowels of the earth with a sleep
ing car for his coffin and a grand old mountain
for his tumulus ? Still wo moved and slowly we
crawled along through that dark and dreary
abyss. Never did a tunnel seem so long and
when we emerged, the solution of the difficulty
was found in the fact that every one of onr ten
ventilators of sheet iron had been crushed down
to the roof of the cars and had been forced
scraping and grinding through that long, dark
aperture.
We reached Chattanooga between four and
five o’clock in the afternoon, after n pleasant
day’s ride. The Western and Atlantic Road is
in fine order, though Col. Halbert says we are
fifty years behind the North in railway art. Not
so bad as that, Colonel, since the enormous
development of railway interests in America is
all the work of only forty years, or thereaboats.
Still, we have been slack, and behind the times,
and Hulbert is making a bold effort to catch up
with them. One of his appliances we saw at
the Etowah bridge—a machine for crashing
stone for road ballast. Masses of stone a foot
square are crushed like an egg shell between
the jaws of this monster—the fragments fall
upon a platform car, and are carried off to so
lidify and permanently establish the road bed.
The plan is to perfect the road wherever it be
comes necessary to lay new iron, and thus, in
time, the whole route will be placed in first-
rate condition. Georgia was awfully victim
ized in the original surveys of this line. It is
twice as crooked as it need be, and, it is alleged,
was located mainly with an eye to profits, in ex
tensive curves and bridges. Engineers, how
ever, say that it will take thirty years of the
savings resulting from a correction of the line to
pay for the expense.
Chattanooga now boasts of six to eight thou
sand people and is sanguine about her future.
Colonel Gow is removing obstructions in the
river below the city and has tremendous ma.
ohinery for the purpose. Masses of rock weigh
ing fifteen tons, are dislodged and carried away.
'When his work is finished, the Muscle Shoals
will remain the only obstruction, and a good deal
of work has been done there which may be util
ized by an other appropriation. Eighty-three
feet are here to be overcome with nine locks,
and when this is done Chattanooga is in full
communication with the whole river system of
the West.
At night, the Mayor, Conncil and people
turned out to serenade the Georgia Press. Your
hnmblo servant, exhausted by two nights with
out sleep, was ensoonced in a berth of the sleep-
sg car, bat from an open window, listened to
speeches from Mayor Mcllvaine, Varney Gas-
kill, Esq., Mayor Hulsey, of Atlanta, Mr.James,
member of the Legislature elect from Hamilton
county, Fitch, of the Griffin Star, Herbert Fiel
der, of Randolph, Judge Parrott, Peter Zinn, of
Cinninnati, and others. They had a gay and
festive night of it.
Low water foils onr trip to the iron works.
Oar destination, to-day, is some to the coal
mines—some to Lookout Mountain and some to
Wills Valley. I am for the the coalmines since
wo are in the line of minerals just now.
track, with an aggregate descent of eight hnn- > Abont Crops,
dred feet, the coal is damped from a high trestle An intelligent planter from Hancock cotmty,
into the waiting cars, and carried off to market.
The delivery amounts from. 160 to two hnndred
tons per day. The ascent to the month of the
mines is accomplished in four snccesive stages,
by a four foot track, and cars drawn by ropes
made of steel wire. In some cases this track
rises at an angle of forty-five degrees, and
passes over ravines which make the head swim.
Mountain peaks snrronnd yon, which are re
moved from the perpendicular not very slightly.
As one of the advanced party I reached the
end of the first station jnst as the hands passed
to dinner, and, learning that it would be an hour
before they started again, we clambered out of
the coal boxes a begrimmed spectacle. Onr par
ty then concluded to foot it, and after a severe
who has used fertilizers for years, gives it as his
opinion that, for the first time in his experience,
they will fail to pay this year. He has lately
traveled from here to Atlanta, thence tg Augus
ta and back to Macon throngh Middle Georgia.
He reports crops generally bad. In Green
tolerably good. In Hancock we will allow his
statement as to his own to give an idea of the
whole. He had four hnndred and fifty acres in
cotton. In July there was the finest prospect he
had ever seen—counted confidently on the 300
bales. His sights are set now for only 150 bales.
One half cut off since July. He thinks the
country generally will hardly make a bale to six
acres planted. As to manured cotton it had
CHATTANOOGA SCENERT — A ROLLING MILL—THE
EXCURSION BUN INTO THE GROUND.
Nashville and Chattanooga R. R.,\
August 26, I860. )
We left Chattanooga at 7 o’clock this mornings
and two miles ontof the city stopped at the
rolling mills of Messrs. S. B. Lowe Jk Co. This
establishment is a large wooden strnctnre, cov
ering more than an acre, and is a maze of gi
gantic machinery. It is driven by an engine
of about one hundred horse power with a pon
derous fly wheel of thirty feet diameter. It runs
a long series of rollers, puddling furnaces, about
twenty-five forges and a great deal of the para
phernalia of the machine shops—planing ma
chines, lathes and so on. The work is almost
exclusively for railways, and the most of the
iron used is prepared from the pig metal. By
the process of puddling the pig metal becomes
maleable iron and, in connection, with ordi
nary scrap iron, is faggoted, heated to a white
heat, and passed through the successive rollers
rill a great mass of two feet by eight square
is reduced to the dimensions necessary for
bolts, rods,screws, bars, axletrees and all the va
rious forms of iron used in the construction of
cars, bridges and so on. I think they also make
Tails.
About a hundred and fifty men people these
realms of Pinto, and, with the mercury outside
at a temperature little short of a hundred, pur
sue their fiery occupation like imps of Tartarus.
Tracks bearing the burning semi-molton fag
gots are flying back and forth at a run—the
constant shouts of “out of the way, gentle
men”—the clatter of machinery—the ringing of
hammers and cold chisels—the sputter and hiss
of the fiery scintillations from the rolling fag
gots, sporting like so many little meteors with
their luminous trails athwart the gloomy space—
and the doleful ham of the fans daring the fur
nace and forge fires make np a scene more
stirring than attractive.
I was pleased to learn that the proprietor,
• who had been heavily victimized by the loss of
several establishments daring the war, was do
ing well and making money. It is interesting,
in snob a place, to see how iron can be cut np
with the apparent ease of wood or even softer
material. Great shears chip np solid bars and
plates of this unyielding metal, with/ the ease
with which the housewife clips cotton cloth
With scissors.
The Nfcsbvillo and Chattanooga mines lead
ont from the latter place amid some, of the
grandest scenery in the. country. It winds
rdond the base of Lookout Mountain, and
amid lofty and precipitous peaks, which
proclaim in solemn and silent majesty the in
significance of man, with all his knoweledge, en
ergy and power.
At the base of Racoon Mountain, about four
teen miles from Chattanooga, we back down
a sideling, and find ourselves at' the coal depot
at the .Etna Mining Company. Here at the
Wad of a mil* and a half length of a»<xu tem
grown far ahead of that nnmanured in July, but
struggle of half an hour or more, not including the latter has now caught up with it in size of
several halts, reached the end of onr journey, weed, and rains at this time might cause it to
wet as fish—panting and blowing. There were make a little more with a late fall, whilst they
seven of ns in this advance guard, and as soon would cause manured cotton to take on a new
as the miners returned to their labor, we fol- and rapid growth, which always fail to make
lowed them. ! anything. In Putnam county and several parts
There are two entrances or adits to these Hancock there have been some rains
mines, following generally, divergent courses, ' which were beneficial to those localities. Com
though crossing each other once. These adits crops in these places rather better that last
are supported for fifty feet throngh a course of j year-
soil, slate and shale, with plank and heavy timj ! Hardeman & Sparks.—'This old, reliable and
bers. Beyond this, the passage is throngh the popular cotton warehouse and commission firm,
naked coal stratum and slate, and is, say, five again tender their services to their numerous
feet wide and four to six feet high. Nothing can j planting friends, throngh our advertising
be more glorious than these subterranean vaults.columns this morning. In connection with their
Tho mi-clue vuus buys leading the way with their j advertisement we received from them the fol-
feeble torch-lights stuck in the front of their lowing:
caps, were half the time invisible owing to their j Editors Telegraph .-—Will you give notice
distance and the circuitous nature of the drift, throngh your paper that, in addition to the pre-
The unequal height of the passage gave yon an r ^ urus offered by the Executive Committee at
, .. ° ., ... . the approaching State Fair, we will give the fol-
emphatio thump of the cocoannt every few feet. ; Iow jng, either in plate or currency, as may be
I brought np the rear and was soon lost in the { desired:
distance and darkness profound. The mud was Best 10 Bales Upland Cotton $G0 00
deep, the walls slimy, the darkness total, and, to ! Best 5 Bales Upland Cotton 30 00
add to the embarrassments of the situation, the •
coal-car would soon be running, and, without a 1 ? B a J es L °ug Staple from green seed 40 00 na. Woman is man’s equal—she thinks—she
.. ... .. . .. . . ® est 1 Bale Long Staple from green seed 10 00 loves and sympathizes with him in the sweetest
light to avail myself of the retreats by which the , The cotton to be delivered at onr warehouse ‘ ' ‘ ‘ “ ”
foot-passenger could get out of the way, I would ; to be transported to and from the Fair Grounds
stand a chance to be run over. The tempera- j by ns free of charge.
ture, in the meantime, had become very cool, so ! Five judges will be selected, one from each of
tut m, clothe, wet. vety chilly, ..a I j
glad to see a light approaching from the front. ! up0 n and award the same.
It proved to be my friend of the Newnan Herald, i Respectfully, Hardeman <fc Spares.
who had become sick of the trip and bribed a Papers friendly to the planting interest and
boy miner to help him back. I was glad JJ, 00 ”° f the Fair ’ wiU P leaso
to follow suit, and so I cannot say that I saw
the head of the mine.
Thisadit was half a mile long,and I did not pen-
Cotton Supply.
Tho Boston Post, of the 24th, in an article
etrate more than half that distance. Those who n P° n tte above subject, compares this year
went throngh say that at the end it branches off J the J' ear 1859, and speaks of it thus:
into numerous leads or chambers, in each of! “The cotton season of 1859, just ten years
v- v r - . . ... ago, was singularly like the present one, so far.
which a little gang of miners were at work, with ! L b ate in planting; backward in its start; good
their pick-axes and shovels, filling small iron j weather, and “even-ing-np” by rapid growth in
cars—each drawn .by a mule. As excavation ! Judo and July; stories of injury by worms,
progresses the iron track is extended. The long- ; (caterpillar) drought, wet, rust, etc., only in
. .. , , ,. . t . spots, not general, along throngh August. That
est excavation (of which I have spoken) is near- y^ r ’ and ye ^ r we ° e alike, also, in mak-
Iy throngh the mountain and these mines are ing and securing a good bottom crop, which en-
perhaps a hnndred feet below its summit— sores early supplies in market So far the
They are under the administration of Milo Pratt, pereUei- That year the good autumn was fol-
r, ... . .... . lowed bv a late and fine maturing season, and
Esq., of Chattanooga. They produce 2000 tons ; the cro p actually saved exceeded 4,8CO,000
of coal monthly, at a cost of about §3.45 per 1 bales, (or 4,675,000 bales besides the Southern
Letter from Chalybeate Springs.
Chalybeate Springs—An Apology—A Woman's
Letter—Our first Allegiance—Beautiful Girls
—The names of the Cabins—“The Alabama
House"—A Constellation — Brightest Eyes
against Brightest Stars — Old Bachelors
against Widows—The Attractions of the Last
—Pleasant Hours and Sweetest Memories.
Chalybeate Springs, Aug. 25th, 1869.
Editors Telegraph:—I should have written
yon earlier,bnthavinglearned my talented friend
“Invalid,” would give an account of the grand
ball on Tuesday night last, I preferred waiting
a few days for subsequent events.
The season, just now, is at its height of en.
joyment, being rendered quite gay by large ad
ditional arrivals on every coach, which has in
creased the number of visitors to more than two
hundred.
I do not hesitate to state that I am a woman’s
man and shall write a woman’s letter. I have
often thought what sweet sentiments of love
are embodied in this beautiful name. There is
an indescribable feeling excited in man’s heart
at the very mention of woman; yet the strict
“Anglo Saxon” etymology may be rendered wo-
to-man. If affliction was brought upon man by
woman’s transgression, she certainly has re
warded him since with heaven's own love. In
the “Garden of Paradise,” the fnll power and
energy of her being was first felt, as she
appeared on the opposite side of a beautiful
lake (of which Milton has given an incompara
ble description,)
“A shape within tho watering gleam appears,
Bending to look on her;
It started back—she started back,
But pleased, it soon returned.
Next to Heaven, woman claims our first
allegiance—she is the counterpart of man—the
object of his ambition nnd love. In her physi
cal organism and intellectual combination, we
realize all the enjoyments for which God created
ton. They employ one hnndred and twenty-five
men only forty of whom are miners. These
miners are all from the North of England, and
are a very hardy, virtuous, intelligent and relig
ions people. They have a small village here at
this elevation in the world, and carry on their
church and snnday school in a most exemplary
iner. Their average wages are three dollars
a day. An analysis of the coal shows carbon 73
—gas 21—ashes 3.50—sulphur 71.100 and water
the remainder.
The manager tells me neither Tennesseeans,
Georgians or negroes, can be induced to become
coal miners, and, to be candid, I don’t blame
them. A man must be raised to such a pursuit
not to feel its horrors. Not a man of the corps
editorial, who penetrated those depths pro
found, but returned to daylight with a horror
npon him or could have been persuaded to go
back. No man accustomed to the level of the
cotton region can look at the dizzy ascent to
this mountain height withont a shudder, and
although I suppose the danger of the visit was
not great—it seemed so. The track is very
rough and crooked, and the wire cable tow
is made to follow its sinuosities by means
of iron pulley wheels attached to the cross
ties. The drag rope in ascents of forty-
five degrees is not more than an inch in diameter,
and, although of vast strength, seems frail. The
chasms of a hnndred feet in depth are bridged
with frail tressels, and instinctively a man pre
fers to thread the rough and precipitous defiles
to trusting himself in a coal box on snch dizzy
ascents, spinning np a down sometimes with
great velocity. The cars are propelled by sta
tionery engines, and the wire ropes are wound
np on drums.
We leave at seven to-night for Rome, and
shall be there, God willing, to-morrow morning.
Onr trip np the Tennessee is impossible, on ac
count of low water. It is a sparkling and beau
tiful stream, which I shall be glad to see.
Crops about here are burnt up.
From Taylor County.
Reynolds, Ga., August 26, 18G9.
Editors Telegraph: About the middle of
July we had a drought that told a sad tale. The
rnst commenced on the cotton at that time and
has caused it to open pretty fast, many bolls
opening that were not matured; caused by the
rnst and drought, therefore the lint is inferior.
Most of tbe farmers will agree with me that
one-half of the crop has been cut off. There
has been three bales of cotton shipped from
this port of the county, and a great deal open
in the fields and in the gin-honses that will soon
be in the market. We had a right good rain in
and aronnd Reynolds, which will help backward
cotton a little, bnt it came too late to do much
good. Even our shade trees are dying to a fear
ful extent
We wonld like to have the name of thit young
man that sent the fitst bale of cotton from this
county. I do not suppose be would object to
it, as it wonld be an honor rather than a dis
credit More anon. Flint River.
• Enfant Terrible.—Olive Logan tells of a
terrible child at Long Branch: When the des
sert comes on, he has cast aside the bill of fare,
having eaten it “all the way down;” and here
it is that his appetite shows itself at its most
wonderful. He has a large slice of two or three
kinds of pie, some pudding, some blanc mange,
some trifle, two dishes of ice cream, a plate of
cakes, and nuts and- raisins. Ye gods! He
munches and munches—like tbe sailor's wife in
“Macbeth” who had chesnnts in her lap. When
he can positively eat no more, he rises. Hea
vens! How many pounds has he gained since
dinner ? “More nuts!’’ he gasps ont, with eyes
starting from their sockets. Mamma pats him
on tbe head, smiles at the assembled diners,who
despise him for a little beast, as who should
say, “Isn’t he a darling?” and then leads him
triumphantly out.
Salad.—It is said that heads of salad can be
produced in winter in from twenty-four to forty-
eight hours, by taking a box filled with rich
earth, in which one-third part of slacked lime
has been mixed, nnd watering the earth with
lukewarm water; then taking lettuce seed, winch
has been previously softened by soaking in
strong brandy twenty-four hours, and sowing in
the usual way. We are assured, bnt will not
vouch for the fact, says the RhiladelpMa Ledger,
tbnt a good sized head of lettuce may be obtain
ed in the time mentioned.
A man who owes a bill in London can now pay
it in four hours by simply going to Wall street
and purchasing a document known as a “cable
transfer,” a device bora of the great Atlantic
telegraph enterprise, whereby the equivalent of
the money which he gives in New York will be
immediately daliycred tolas creditor inLon
don.
consumption.) The laboring force was able to
save so much by reason of the large picking to
the hand, which conld be done eany. Already
we have the same reports this year from all tho
cotton States.
The great difference is, these complaints for
August this year are not spotted but very gen
eral, and we suppose, without a doubt, tbe dam
age in a few weeks to cotton has been unprece
dented. We give below the summing np of the
Post as to estimated crop. We think our peo
ple will (regard themselves fortunate now to get
2,000,000 bales this year:
To sum up, we have
The crops of States, Va.
to Ala., as in 1867-8...1,3G2,127
Add 20 per cent 272,425
The Miss. Valley crop,
1868-9 1,150,000
Add 25 per cent. 287,500
1,634,552
1,437,500
Texas estimated as safe. 300,000 say 250,000
Total 3,322,052
Tbe Illinois 51. E. Conference
Have resolved to make a jubilee of the close of
this, the 50th year of Rev. Peter Cartwright, D.
D.’s labors as a Presiding Elder. The occasion
will be at the next meeting of that Conference, at
Lincoln, Illinois, on the 24th of September. He
is spoken of as follows:
The career of Dr. Cartwright has been one of
the most remarkable and erentfnl known in tbe
great west No man west of the mountains, has
secured such a wide-spread fame. There is
scarcely a town, village, or city, within the bor
ders of this great republic, where the name of
Peter Cartwright is not familiar; and, indeed,
his* fame has reached other lands besides his
own. He is now 84 years of ago, with a mind still
active and vigorous. He has been for more
than GO years an effective itinerant Methodist
preacher, not having lost a single year’s labor
within that long period of time. He has been a
mi«i of wonderful powers of oratory, and of
great logical strength of mind—a most profound
theologian, a wise counselor, standing, in all
times of peculiar interest, not a whit below the
greatest minds of the church. His devotion to
the varied interests of the church of his early
choice has never abated for an hour, and, though
his life has been an active one, and numerous
heavy responsibilities have fallen npon him, yet
now, after so long a period of public service, not
a single stain rests upon bis character.
As a patriot, his devotion to his country has
been no less conspicuous than his fidelity to the
church. The conference, honored by having
among its members a man so eminently distin
guished, both at borne and abroad, felt that it
was due to this venerable pioneer of western
civilization, while he yet lingers among us, to
give, in a most imposing manner, this public
demonstration in his honor.
Second Georgia District. —A Washington
exchange says the Collector of tbe Second Geor
gia District, W. O. Morrill, of this city, is also
United States Commissioner for the District,
and the question has been submitted to Com
missioner Delano whether he can fill both offices.
The United States statutes forbid United States
marshals from holding the office of commission
er—nnd at least the law is considered applicable
to a revenue officer—since it would be in his
power to cause the arrest of parties and then try
them on the charges made, authority not recog
nized by the State or United States Courts. Mr.
Morrill will probably resign tbe office of United
States commissioner.
A planter from Honston who has 400 acres
in cotton, thought six weeks ago it wonld make
400 bales—now looks for eighty bales. He had
manured fifty acres at the rate of four hnndred
pounds of Gustin’s Ammoniated Superphos
phate to the acre. It has never rusted, and is
green and flourishing still. This patch may
make him one and r. half bales to the acre.
How unfortunate he did not manure the whole
of it!
Messrs. Peyton Si Co. send ns an invitation
to a grand fancy dress and mask ball at Green
brier White Sulphur Springs, on Tuesday, 31st
inst., in honor of the press. Thank you, gen
tleman ; onr Senior is on a press excursion, and
we regret exceedingly the impossibility of an
acceptance.
The Greensboro Herald of the 2Gtk reports a
glorious rain there on Monday last. Crops had
suffered severely. *
Some young gentlemen in this State wish to
go to Cnba. If any are in that line they
can be put in communication with the young
men by letting us know it.
In a party of ladies, on its being reported that
a Capt. Silk had arrived in town, they exclaimed,
with one exception, “What a name for a sol
dier ! ” “The fittest name in the world for a cap-
fain ^ aaMtinA^) fka witfv Anu rilL aam I
and saddest hours of life’s pilgrimage. We call
her beautiful, and should never speak of her
otherwise. God made her beautiful, and man
with muscle and strength. The blonde and
brunette have reference to physical qualities—
the intellectual and moral to spiritual ideas.
The first may fade away; but tbe last, with the
impress of divine creation, remains immortal.
Now, with a hnndred of these, imagine what
a little Heaven we have at Chalybeate Springs—
a sky of beauty, in which each star shines re
splendent—each body, a little world within it
self, as each woman is a paradise to man. Her
presence has made Chalybeate perfectly beauti
ful The mountains look down from their blue
summits on her dazzling splendor; while the
stars grow dim in brightness before the light of
woman’s eyes.
In woman’s eyes, we see the’skies.
In a previous letter, I omitted to mention,
that the cabins were named in honor of our
Southern Generals, cities and town. The “Ala
bama House” is noted for its bright constella
tion—seven beautiful stars each resplendent in
her own orbit, which makes us wish:
Forever Young I would like to be,
To gaze until enteniity.
My friend, James C. of Columbus, I must re.
ally commend for his rejuvenescence. “Per-
mippus Rediviuus,” of England, a distinguished
teacher, formerly lived to be 120 years of age,
by associations with young girls. I trust my
gallant friend may attain tbnt extreme longevity.
I have a great delicacy in speaking of old bache
lors and I never do it,* only with the greatest re
spect But, really I do think they should be
placed on the sick list at Chalybeate Springs.—
They seem to be losing their vitality, and as Dr.
Pierce recently remarked, they should not be
regarded as members of society until they be
come married men. We must admit it does
look a little cowardly to shrink from the matri
monial complications of life. But then.
bless those little widows, with their shiny feet
as they move in the “quadrille” or gallop
in “the Cuban.” Really they know exactly how
to harness a fellow. “Invalid’s” silver-slippered
one is a trump. But, in my opinion, the majes
ty of form, united with charming manners,
should be claimed by one of Macon’s lovely wo
men. Her little daughter, just rounding into
womanhood, with eyes in whioh love sits en
throned, is the most bewitching creature that
ever chased man’s sorrow away. I feel “that I
conld live always and wonld ask not to die,” in
sight of this little beauty.
Macon has a noble delegation of girls at Cha
lybeate ? so has Montgomery, npon whom it is
sweet to look. The Misses W. are charming
ladies, but I’ll be ware for fear I mention names.
Enfanla has many pretty girls here, who,
with their dark or hazel eyes, shed a flood of
light and beanty aronnd them. Among this
number is a little bmnette—youthful—Young—
the perfect embodiment of modesty and loveli
ness, with a smile playing on her happy face
which wonld seem to say, “I have something
sweet to tell yon.”
We all miss onr friend Joel W., of Macon,
from the Chalybeate. He left many friends
here, and one sweet little friend who is as beau
tiful as she is silent.
The Misses B., Misses D. and T., Miss Mary
I., Mis. C. and B., from Columbus, are among
the galaxy of beanty at the Chalybeate.
I have met the Hon. Eli Shorter, GoL R. J.
Moses, nnd several other distinguished gentle
men, at this place, including GoL P. W. Al
exander.
When earth fades away, the light of its skie3
grows dim and its grand panoply of beauty re
cedes before the darkness of night, then, and
Dot till then, shall the sweet memories of Chaly
beate be forgotten. “ Pica ” les Belles de Cha
lybeate ! Occasional.
What Sleep Will Care.
The cry for rest has always been louder than
the cry for food. Not that it is more important,
but it is often harder to get. The best rest
comes from sound sleep. Of two men or women
otherwise equal, tbe one who sleeps the best
will be tbe most moral, healthy, and efficient.
Sleep will do much to cure irritability of tem
per, peevishness, uneasiness. It will cure in
sanity. It will restore to vigor an over-worked
brain. It will build up and make strong a
weary body. It will do much to cure dyspepsia,
particularly that variety known as nervous dys
pepsia. It will relieve the languor and pros
tration felt by consumptives. It will enre
hypochondria. * It will cure the bines. It will
care the headache. It will cure the heartache.
It will core neuralgia. It will cure a broken
spirit. It will cure sorrow. Indeed, we might
make a long list of nervous maladies that sleep
will cure.
The cure of sleeplessness, however, is not so
easy, particularly in those who carry grave re
sponsibilities. Tbe habit of sleeping well is one
which, if broken np for any length of time, is
not easily regained. Often a severe illness,
treated by powerful drags, so deranges tbe ner
vous system that sleep is never sweet after it.
Or, perhaps, long continued watchfulness pro
duces the same effect; or hard study, or too lit
tle exercise of the muscular system, or tea and
whisky drinking, and tobacco using. To break
up tbe habit are required:
1. A clean good bed.
2. Sufficient exercise to produce weariness,
and pleasant occupation.
3. Good air, and not too warm a room.
4. Freedom from too much care.
5. A clean stomach.
6. A clear conscience.
7. Avoidance of stimnlants and narcotics.
For those who are overworked, haggard, ner
vous, who pass sleepless nights, we commend
the adoption of snch habits as shall secure sleep,
otherwise life will be short, and what there is of
it sadly imperfect.—Herald of Health.
Letter from Greenbrier, West Vir
ginia, Springs.
VISITORS—GEN. LEE—MB. PEABODY—AGRICULTU
RAL meeting, etc.
White Sulphur Springs, )
August 21, 1869.)
Editors Telegraph : This delightful summer
resort is situated in a beautiful 1 valley iu Green
brier county, on the western slope of the Alle-
gehany Mountains, apdis now in West Virginia.
The charming scenery of tbe surrounding moun
tains, tbe invigorating atmosphere, and tbe
those who iisten are divided between laughter
and tears—like an April day with its rain and
sudden bursts of sunshine.
central park.
The boast and pride of New Yorkers is as yet
in its infancy, having only a growth of ten years;
but, as young as it is, it is large enough to defy
all description of your correspondent, unless he
should spend a week or two there and have all
yonr columns for several issues. . The object of
greatest interest there is the Croton Reservoir,
containing one hnndred and six acres of water
about forty-two feet deep, which, distributes the
life current, through the great city. The circum
ference of the Park is about eight miles, and it
pleasant climate will always make this place a is intersected in every direction by beautiful
favorite resort The Spring is a bold fountain
bursting from tbe base of the mountain, strong
ly impregnated with sulphur, and is very simi-
roada for carriages, equestrians and foot passen
gers—the footways, particularly, are admirable,
being constructed of a compound of sand and
tar, and are quite smooth and elastio. Througk-
lar to onr Indian Spring water though perhaps f out the Park are thousands of delicious cozy
somewhat stronger of sulphur.
Tbe grounds are tastefully arranged and tbe
grassy slopes and the winding walks with tbe
ranges of handsome cottages are beautiful and
attractive. The Hotel in the center of the
grounds, is three stories high besides the base
ment. The ball-room occupies one end of the
little retreats for lover, which find constant use
—your correspondent speaking entirely from the
experience of others, of course. Saturdays the
Park Commissioners famish the best music the
city affords, gratis, to tbe immense throngs
collected here; for Saturday evening is a general
holiday which is spent by large numbers at this
buildin- and the parlor the other, while the ^lightfnl place But I must leave the Park
dining room, capable of seating comfortably, ' abraptly, withont so much as a parting notice of
one thousand guests, is between these rooms ^ beautiful girls and many other dehghts.
There are in the Hotel and cottages about seven
hnndred rooms all of which, last week, were
fnll to overflowing; while the floors of the par
lor were covered with matrasses, the billiard
room was fall and the church was full.
The company here assembled is tho finest
collection of people I ever saw at any watering
place. Every part of the South and West is
well represented, and so are New York, Phila
delphia, Chicago and Baltimore. Maryland and
Virginia of course are more largely represented
than any other States, but among all the vast
assemblage there are, so far as I know, none
In lower New York, is qniet, but lively enough
among the fashionable upperdom. Broadway
goes to sleep, tbe rustle of busses is hushed, no
load sounds greet the ear save the chiming and
ringing of church bells; the pulse of the city
is at rest, bnt it is the rest which follows and
precedes the storm of the week before and the
week to come.
-PTTTT.ATygT.-PTTTt ■
Three hours carries you to the Quaker City.
I might add the quaking city, for New York is
taking away its commerce rapidly, and many of
from New England. In the evening and after jits merchants have moved there. Its stores and
each meal the parlor is crowded with visitors, j streets are idle, and people do not move with
Here General Lee may bo seen quietly ming- the spirit and alacrity which characterize New
ling with the company, now walking with n
lady and now conversing with a gentleman.—
General Beauregard is also a constant visitor of
the parlor and ball-room, and being a widower
is very attentive to the ladies. Besides these
York. Here I had the pleasure of seeing the
bell which proclaimed the birth and indepen
dence of the Republic. There is a very large
crack in tbe bell, but a much larger one in the
independence, visible to the moral eye. Por-
distinguished Generals tbre may be seen Com-: traits and relics of the good men of those hal-
The Peruvian Guano Deposits.—A Lima cor
respondent of the New York Herald says: The
guano of the Gnanape Islands, which the Peru
vian Government is now sending to market, is
found to be so strongly impregnated with am
monia, as the ent proceeds downward, as to ren
der it nearly equal to the nsnal run of the Cbin-
cha guano. The extent of the deposits is esti
mated at four millions ton. Along the Southern
coast the deposits are also very great and of su
perior quality; but lying along the main land,
the cost of shipping wonld be increased; hence,
it has been determined to exhanst tbe islands
first. The government has issued a decree, al
lowing only such quantities of Chincha Island
gnano to be exported as may be neoessary to cov
er the interest of the debts contracted by Peru
in England and the United States; ail other car-
S oes to other ports to be of the Gnanape gnano.
era, instead of mourning over the loss of her
modare Manry, Col. Mosby, Gov. Wise, Gov.
Aiken, of South Carolina, Gov. "Weller, of Cali
fornia, Clymer, of Pennsylvania, Corcoran, the
Washington Banker, and any number of Con
federate Generals, Colonels, and distinguished
men from all parts of the country.
Among the ladies, there are many very pretty
girls, and handsome matrons, andthe quantity
of fine dresses and jewelry seems almost fabu
lous in these times of desolation and reconstruc
tion. Of tbe belles, Chicago, Memphis, Louis
ville, Lynchburg and Baltimore, each furnished
one or more marked for beauty and intelligence.
It would not bo proper for me to follow the bad
example of Northern papers and mention names;
besides it wonld be invidious, and, if yonr cor
respondent were not so obscure, it might be dan
gerous. I may be allowed to add that Savannah,
Augusta, Macon and Atlanta have all contribu
ted to swell tbe tide of wit and beauty.
Mr. George Peabody, the American philan-
trophist, is here, but his health is feeble and he
has been in the parlor only once, then he was
quite overcome with fatigue, and being unable
to walk to his cabin, was conveyed in a sedan
chair by two servants, while General Lee, Gov.
Aiken and Mr. Corcoran, tbe banker, walked by
his side. This escort, altogether unpremedita
ted, was a singular combination—the distin
guished General, the distinguished representa
tive of the Southern planters, and a distinguished
banker. By tbe way, Mr. Peabody, as a mark
of his respect for General Lee, has made a band-
some donation to Washington College. The do
nation consists of sixty tbonsand dollars in Vir
ginia State Bonds which were lost in a ship in
the Atlantic ocean, and is not now available;
but the claim is a valid subsisting debt, and will
doubtless be eventually recognized and paid.
The Ohio and Chesapeake Railroad, formerly
known as the Virginia Central road, has been
completed ns far as this place, a distance of
abont two hundred miles from Richmond. It is
designed at some fntnre day to extend it to the
Ohio river, bnt it will for*the present stop at
I)ewisburg, the county-site of this county. In
passing from Charlottesville to this point, the
scenery is grand beyond description. We find
ourselves gradually climbing tho ascent of the
Blue Ridge, with the tall mountain on one side
and the beautifully variegated valley on the
other—now flitting through a dark tunnel, and
now in mid air, spanning a high bridge, until
we reach the Valley of Virginia, in which is sit
uated the beantifnl town of Staunton. Soon
after leaving Staunton, we enter the Alleghany
Range, and the mind is staggerred at the im
mensity of the undertaking to bnild a road over
these mountains. The longest tunnel is abont
one mile long, and at one point is said to be four
hundred feet below tbe surface. While making
the ascent of this mountain, there were at one
time three locomotives attached to the train, one
at each end and one in tbe middle, all puffing
and straining to move the immense weight.
Last week there was at this place a grjind
fancy ball, bnt it has already been amply de
scribed in tbe Baltimore and Richmond papers,
and I need not say more than it was a grand
success, especially as I did not attend it. In
fact there is a grand ball every evening, and
those fond of dancing have ample opportunity
of indulging in the more recent round dances
and square dances to their heart’s content.
In order to vary the performances we had an
impromptu agricultural meeting during the
present week, when speeches were made by sev
eral gentlemen, who it appears were all lawyers,
and not agriculturists. And such is the case
usually at Commercial Conventions; the speak
ers are neariyalways lawyers. Speeches on this
occasion were made by Mr. Barry, of Baltimore;
Mr. Southerland, of Virginia; Gen. Lawton, of
Georgia; Gen. Barringer, of North Carolina: and
Gen. Lawler of Alabama. By the way, the crops
in this State are almost ruined by an eight weeks’
drought, and East Tennessee, upon which yonr
planting friends rely so much for corn, will yield
bnt a poor supply of com. I sadly fear that the
profits of these large cotton crops "will be mate
rially diminished by the high price of provisions.
Gamma.
Letter from New York.
New Yore, August 21, I860.
Editors Telegraph : Two weeks have whirled
away in the vast metropolis since Hast wrote to
yon, as busy and fall of life even at this doll
season of mid-summer as it is with ns at the
most favorable part of the year. Broadway,
the great thoroughfare, is a solid moving mass
of earnest, busy-looking people, of all ages and
conditions, daring tbe entire day—where even
gentlemen of Inxnry and leisure catch tbe cur
rent of this great throng, and find themselves
hurrying on as rapidly as the busiest of them.
For tbe student of human nature or character
Broadway is a never-ending, ever-varying book;
here we see a quick, nervous, impulsive-looking
little man, whom we set down as a Frenchman;
cyon days of the Republic are on tbe walk and
about the rooms of this wondrous Independence
Hall. By some strange. mistake portraits of
Lincoln and Grant are placed in tbe same rooms
with George Washington and a host of other
rebels. What a shock for loyalty! It’s a won
der they don’t walk out of the frames in dis
gust.
• southerners in new yore.
Every day I meet many acquaintances from
the South, but as the cool weather draws near,
they are. leaving for home.
Yours truly,. J. U. S.’
Circumstances Attending the Capture
of President Davis.
LETTER FROM HON. J. H. REGAN.
Palestine, (Texas,) August 10, 1869.
To the Galveston Hmcs—
I find the following passages in what purports
to be a speech delivered in the Convention of
Texas on the Gth of January, 1869, by Judge L.
D. Evans, under the heading, in large letters,
“they want an empire.”
“On the fall of Richmond, Jefferson Davis
started the Confederate Treasury westward, de
luding himself with the dream of a trans-Mis
sissippi empire. .
‘Tasked his Postmaster-General, Mr. Reagan,
how it was that the President of their Confed
eracy should be caught with his baggage wagons
in the awkward plight of being under his wife’s
cloak. He informed me that Davis had left his
trains, and struck for the seaboard, when, after
a day’s ride, hearing that the Confederate forces
had disbanded, and would probably endanger
the safety of Ms family, he returned.
“ I suspect that Davis feared more for the
safety of his Confederate treasury, which ho
hoped to get safely into Texas, where had Ma-
gruder been able to keep his army together, a
nucleus for the material of war would kayo en
abled him to continue the struggle,
The speech containing these passages was_ ex
tensively circulated throngh Texas last spring,
and was sent to myself and others here. I then
intended to call attention to the errors in the
above paragraphs, bnt in the hurry of business
neglected to do so. A new batch of these
speeches is now being circulated throngh the
State, and I am favored with a second crop.
On the first paragraph of the above, I have
only to say that on the fall of Richmond Presi
dent Davis did not start “deluding himself with
the dream of a Trans-Mississippi empire.” He left
Richmond with the hope of uniting the armies
of Generals Lee and Johnston, and with tbe
farther hope, after this should be done, of meet
ing and defeating the armies of Generals Sheri
dan and Grant before they could form a junc
tion ; or, if this could not be done, of occupying
the first good defensive line which might be
chosen after the junction of the forces of Gen-
erak Lee and Johnson. Desperate as the for
tunes of war then were for the Confederacy, he
had not abandoned the hope of carrying on the
straggle east of the Mississippi.
On the second paragraph I have to say that
Mr. Davis and his Cabinet and staff officers left
their baggage wagon and all their personal bag
gage, except suck as eachtookfor himself in his
saddle-bags, at Abbeville, South Carolina. The
train which carried such supplies as were taken
from that to Washington, Georgia, and what
funds still remained in the Confederate Treasu
ry, were under the escort of the few remaining
cavalry troops. And this train went no further
than the latter place. Some days after leaving
Washington, Mr. Davis was captured in the
Southern part of that State._
While at Danville, Virginia, he learned of the
surrender of General Lee, and shortly after he
left Charlotte, North Carolina, he learned of tbe
surrender of General Johnston. So it is seen he
was not “caught with his baggage wagons;”
that he had long before known of the surrender
of The armies, in that part of the Confederacy;
that he had no train to return to ; and that he
did not then, for the first time, learn of the dis
banding of the Confederate forces as the induce
ment to his return to his trains.
I have not seen Judge Evans since November,
1865, and do not remember or believe that he
ever asked me the question he puts in thk par
agraph. And I am sure I could not have made
him the answer he puts in my month, for it
wonld have been untrue in fact.
Mr. Davis’ family left Richmond in March,
perhaps in the early part of that month. Rich
mond was evacuated on the 2d of April. He
did not see Ms family after they left Richmond,
until a little bofore daylight on tbe 7th of May,
when he, happening to hear of them, and that
they were in serious danger, accompanied by a
few faithful friends, bad gone to their relief.
He and those friends traveled with his family
that day, and camped with them that night.
The next morning they separated, but from in-
acurate information as to roads, were again by
accident thrown together in tho evening, and
camped together that night, traveled together
the next day, and were captured at daylight the
and have keen for some time, building a
Railway. This is a novelty in transportation,
the success of wMch is very donbtfnL
GROWTH OF NEW YORE.
With the increasing population of New York
the city is necessarily extending its limits, and
land lying anywhere in reaching distance is com-
manding fabulous prices. On tbe North river
side the Jeisey salt marshes, wMch, not many
years ago were considered worthless, have been
drained; artificial bottoms made- and elegant
buildings erected. Communipaw Bay, next to
Jersey City, is being filled np by some company
chartered - for that purpose, in order, to make
land for building purposes, and so rapidly is the
city growing that many foreseeing men look
forward to the time in a few yearn when New
York and Newark, N. J., will meet each other
in their growth over the seven or, eight miles
that now lie between them. Nous verrons.
amusements. , ;
Nothing compares here now with Rip VaR
HjH WjnUe, that beautiful story, of Irving's, as ren-
Chinchas, is now jubilant at the unexpected . dered by that unsurpassed humorist, Mr. Jeffer-
riohness of Gnanape; and the President is more ‘ son. Booth’s theatre is constantly crowded by
after Mm some stont Teuton, perhaps a banker,
or nmy be a vender of son, kront u.3 Isgor- JE," A.T.-BSiS
enterprising and successful in Ms business,; previously seen his family after they left Rich-
wbatever it may be; these mnsically-talking, J mond, there was no returning to them,
olive-complexioned and dark-eyed people are ■ O® the third paragraph I have to say that
T . „ Judge Evans suspicions that Mr. Davis feared
Italians; and this gentlemen of very sable coun- 3 for the safety of Ms Confederate Treasu-
tenance I tiiink you already recognize, who jy ^an f 0 r Ms family, is mere mental specula-
forms the least item in this mighty population.'tion, without the support of facts. The Con-
(now estimated at one and a half million souk.) federate treasure at WasMngton, Georgia con-
0 i sistecL as was supposed, of some eignty-nve
Sambo is sometimes conspicuous, however, as I tbousand dollars in gold, some tMrty or thirty-
noticed one having Ms boots polished by a fi ve thousand dollars in silver coin, about the
white man on Fulton street—“Chacun a son 1 same amount in silver bullion, and between six
gout." i and seven hundred thousand dollars in Confed-
f-- . „ . , , . I erate Treasury notes. The silver coin was paid
Btre ®^ some twenty feet .■ ^ tbe troops who were there, so much to each
above and dmotly over the sidewalk, tkeyare and officer, without reference to rank, as
captured in female attire, with bags of Bo u
npon Mm, invented and used at first to esmt
against Mm feeling* of ridicule and oontemni
and now, after the lapse of nearly four yeaW
revived in Texas, and pressed into service ^ tor
the purpose of arousing unjust suspidoJ
against former Confederates, and to be used
a means of showing to the people of Texas tint
they ought to divide the present State into sm,
eral in order to guard against the designs »»’
tributed by Judge Evans to Mr. Daria
others, at the time of the fall of Richmond, of»
desire to establish a Trans-Mississippi em Di ‘ a
If the facts presented by Judge Evans for thi
purpose are ludicrous, what must be thouchtof
his logic, and of Ms respect for the inteUm e Jj
of the body he was addressing, and of the
pie to whom this speech k sent ? ^ °~
In this connection I think it right for ntt to
make a statemer t in justice to Mr. Davis whi h
has not heretofore been, made public, as far ,
I know, and a part of wMch is onlv knr.rrr,
Mm and myself. 0
In coming through South Carolina, he '
myself riding ahead of our company, passed G
cabin on the roadside, when he asked a wom an a
who was standing in the door, for a drink oftnT
ter. On handing it to Mm she said, “are If
President Davis V” Oh his replying in the Jr
mative, she said to him, pointing to a little hT
barely large enough to walk a little. “ t w 7
your namesake, we call him Jeff. Davis.” p
took from Ms pocket a gold coin, apMrtJi
the size of a. three dollar piece or sovereim
and handing it to her told her to give it to /if’
little boy—saying to me as he rode off that tw
was Ms last piece of coin, wMch he had kepts'
a8ort of keepsake on account of its beLT
coin seldom seen in this country.
Subsequently, when in company with aerem!
members of Ms Cabinet, tbe subject of their fi
nances was mentioned, and their poverty wa"
made, among themselves, the subject of pkssjn!
amusement Mr. Davis took oat his pocket
book, and counted, I think, about two hundred'
and seventy dollars in Confederate tre&surv
notes (then almost entirely worthless,) andsaii
laughingly, that was Ms fortune in money He
then added that it was a source of gratification
rather than of regret that himself and nearly ail
the members of his Cabinet had sacrificed their
private fortunes in the struggle for tbe liberty
of the people. I will aloo add that, when it was
determined, after the surrender of Genera!
Johnston, to transfer the field of military ope
rations to the west of the Mississippi, oneof
Ms Cabinet told Mr. Davis that he had money
enough to take them both across that river. ‘
These facts are given to show the injustice
wMch has been done to one whose hopes and
thoughts and energies were all wholly dero-
ted to the cause, then so dear to us, in which
he was engaged: and who, amidst his all-es.
grossing public duties and responsibilities, took
no thought of Ms private fortune or of his per
sonal safety.
I am persuaded that the wise and good and
honorable, even among those who thought him
wrong in his support of the cause of Southern
independence, and imperiled their lives in op
posing Mm on the battle-field, will accord to him
sincerity of convictions as to the righteousness
of the cause in wMch he was engaged, integrity
of purpose, and those great qualities of head
and heart whioh fitted him to be the leader of a
heroic people in a great straggle.
I know the timo has not yet fully come forex-
planations like this to be received, withont of.
fence to tbe prejudices of many good people,
who have only viewed Mr. Davis of late yeas
as a public enemy. But I trust now, since tin
cause has been forever abandoned, the generons
and just will see thatT but perform a duty to
one who, while he is in a distant land, is yet
very dear to me and to millions of others in the
United States. ■ Very respectfully.
John H. Reaoix.
Decisions of the Supreme Conrt ol
Georgia.
The following are the .only Tatb decisions of
generiil interest:
J. C. Thornton & Co., vs. M. E. Solomon.
Wm. Frank. Assumpsit, from Twiggs.
McCay, J.—The single fact, that the defend
ant lost a large amount of property, by the late
war without any proof, that the plaintiff was in
fault, or that it was caused in any manner by
Ms (the plaintiff's) Act raises no equity for die
reduction of a debt contracted before said wu.
Judgment reversed.
"Warner, J., Concurring.—If the act of 186:
allowing defendants to give in evidence the de- j
struction, or loss of the property upon the faith
of wMch the credit was given, and how, and it |
what manner, the property was destroyed, or
lost, in a suit npon all contracts for the pay.
ment of money made prior to the first day of
Jane, 1865 be a valid, and constitutional lav. !
and the evidence authorized by it be legal, and |
competent evidence, to be submitted to the
jury as a lawful defense to the plaintiff's de- 1
inand, and if the jury npon the consideration of
snch evidence, shall reduce the plaintiff,s debt
as to them shall appear just and equitable; then,
the verdict in this case, reducing the plaintiff!
debt one-half, was right tinder the evidence au
thorized by the act for the consideration of the
jury—and ought not to be disturbed; but, that
act, in my judgment, being unconstitutional j
and void, and tbe evidence authorized by it con
stituting no legal or valid defense to the plaint-
ff’s demand, I concur in the judgment of the I
Court, in reversing the jndgment of the Conn I
below.
Lanier & Anderson, for plaintiff in error.
S. Hunter, for defendant in error.
Chas. H. Smith, administrator, et. aL, «■ I
Anna E. Smith. Dower, from Floyd. I
Warner, J.—Where the widow of an intestate. I
elects, after a fair and public sale of hisUiAl
to take an amount of money, absolutely in be: I
of her dower therein, as provided by the l/t^l
section of the Code. Held : That the amostl
of the sale of the land, at snch public sale, ^ I
ayejwfw evidence of the value thereof, ai I
that the widow is entitled to have her dower ft I
timated ont of the proceeds of such sale, fn*|
the death of her husband and the value of tel
life-estate, estimated from that time during te’ I
Ufa. "•■ -y'jjl
Jndgment reversed. .
Thos. W. Alexander, B. H. Hill, PrintnpJ
Fouche, for plaintiff in error. I
Wright & Broyles, Branham, for defendant t j
error.
Wm. Graham vs. John McGhire, John ■ I
Crim. Motion to set aside Judgment, fn*!
Terrell. _ .
The endorsement of a note, given for a 91**1
if the endorsement is for a valuable consi^ l
tion, other than a slave, or the hire thereof--I
not within that part of the Constitution of " T
State, denying jmisdiction to the Courts I
of to enforce a debt, the consideration of*te
is a slave or the hire thereof.
Judgment reversed. .
Brown, O. J., concnrred as follows: Tbe pw‘ I
of a promksory note" given for a slave, I
a valuable consideration, wMoh was • I
connected with the slave, indorsed^““r 1 . I
ed the note to the plaintiff, is liable.
dorsement is a new contract and the C° art .'I
jurisdiction to enforce the judgment ag 3 |
him on that contract. ,
C. B. Wooten, D. A. Yason, A. Hood/
plaintiff in error. . ..I
F. M. Harper, W. A. Hawkins, for defeno^l
tain,” rejoined the witty one, “for silk, can j confident than ever of being able to carry Mb those drawn there by his fame. Tragedy arid
never be worsted.” * —’ — • 1 j- — — ——>*- ij*-*~
multifarious railway eoheine wo execution.
msma
comedy ace to wondxbnety combined ink
it was too bulky and inconvenient, under tho
circumstances wMch surrounded us, to be safe-
lo transported to onr depositories at Bermuda,
Nassau or Liverpool. For the same reason, the
silver bullion was turned over to a Major Moses
of tbe commissaty department, and was at Wash
ington in an ordinary warehouse. The gold was
placed in the hands of two officers of the Con
federate navy, then there, with instructions to
convey it, as soon as this coaid safely be done,
to one of the depositories above named. "While
in prison I saw statements in the New York pa
pers that amounts of gold and silver bullion cor
responding with the above had been captured
by the Federal forces. Before leaving WasMng
ton I directed the Acting Treasurer to bum the
Confederate Treasury notes above named, in
the presence of the Secretary of War, General
Breckenridge and myself.
Mr. Davis was captured nearly a week after
this, in Southern Georgia, and therefore, Judge
Evans' suspicions that he cared more for this
treasure than for his family are as baseless in
truth as they are unmanly and ungenerous in
inference.
These passages in that speech seem to have
been'an awkward attempt in tMs modified form
to wvtyw story el. Ifr. DaTkfrtlhg
A New Invention.—Have any of onr » ' I
facturers investigated the claims of a m4 u^l
invented by a Tennesseean, which, if 85
seated, promises to revolutionize the p r ^ “
making cotton goods ? The Commercial
tin, of Boston, thus alludes to this 10?
implement: ,
“TMs rnacMne takes the cotton fr°®
boll, and at one operation it i3 ginned, «
to the cards, eto., etc., and finally coijf
cans. L. T. Clements, of Smyrna. l e
the inventor of tMs prodigy, only one or
has yet been made—that being in success
eration. He claims that its use will
manufacturer to dispense with twc>tmw 9 ‘
usual number of operatives, and will r e ..
cost of making goods at least 40 per cen
We understand that the results of t®*
vance were displayed at the late expo* j
textile fabrics in Cincinnati. If b&lf
as it promises, it should be made the au 1
inquiry and encouragement.—AngtlSta
tutbiuilist, 25th.
A gentleman from EUaville, Schley
informed us yesterday that the c f°P? iJhj
pretty good order, several rains ria vlD e. ]j j!
during the last week, but tMnks the .
cotton will be much smaller than last J Ssii-
I8umter BepuUwan, ^ \
W* are pleased to state that Mr.
former efficient deputy post-master
urgent solicitation of" onr citizens, ®*®
control of the office, the oo^cre*! use
tiring to Ms former position of t ^ pt
young African id^ ^s arrange*®,v
factory, and wn hspe penjianent ■-
gi# J)hn«8, -Yqlekita 25th.
The proportion of wMte
ticnof TefflMsiw * 26 - 7M *