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THE TELEGRAPH.
MAOON, FRIDAY, BEPTEMBEB 10, 1869.
if* Ton Sold Yonr Cotton T”
This was the inquiry addressed yesterday by
one good old farmer to another as they passed,
each perched upon his cotton wagon which had
brought in a Few bales of the early trophies of
the crop. It will be the question of the day for
six months hence. “Have you sold your cot
ton?” It suggests in advance a multitude of
ideas. 'What is to be done for cotton ? Where
will prices rise to ? This terrible failure of the
• cotton crop is a bad thing for the world as well
as for oursehren , .
Two months ago we were in high hope that the
South, this year, would turn out nearly three
milling of bales. That amount would have
brought ns high prices—kept the looms and
spindles busy—strengthened our position as cot
ton growers—quickened the movements of trade
fortified the financial situation. But instead
of this we shall have, in our best judgment, a
a far shorter crop than last year. The factors
tell us we are a million of bales short already—
and here is another large addition to the deficit.
Prices must advance—mills work on short time
goods go up—consumption be checked consid
erably. This le Unfortunate all round) for the
rise in price which will result from scarcity will
be no adequate compensation to the producer,
for the general depressing results of the crop
failure.
In regard to the policy of selling in the face
Of such pregnant facts as wo have alluded to, we
do not mean to offer advice or suggestion.—
Each producer must bo governed by his own
ideas. The price is now high and has already
reached a point which seriously checks consump
tion. Still, wc think it inust rise higher; but
our opinion is not worth much. Against the
probabilities of a farther material rise, the
planter should offset the loss in weight, interest,
expenses, insurance and the posibilities that
by a combination resulting from the extremities
of the situation, prices may even be sent down.
It is a serious question. We are profoundly
disappointed by the emergency; but let us pick
our Am f« and try it again. We are confident a
glorious future is before the cotton grower.—
We feel sure his is going to be the most profit
able agriculture under the sun. We think that
wealth and comfort await our people, and the
hand of energy, skill and resolution will soon
make Georgia one of the most prosperous com
munities on the globe. So mote it be.
The “Workingmen’s Party” — Tlie
West and the South.
The Massachusetts Radicals complain that
their party operations are likely to be much em
barrassed by secret organizations of working
men. Among these organizations are numer
ous Lodges of the “Sons of St. Crispin.”—shoe
makers—who alone will control fifty thousand
votes in that State. If these working men of
all crafts in New England—Bhoemakers, machi
nists, carpenters, shipwrights, manufacturers of
clothing, household wares, etc., etc., and opera
tors in mills and factories, shall consolidate in
their political action, they will carry a large ma
jority of the popular vote in that section and
can do what they please. They will make live
ly work among the politicians and perhaps
shelve, as they say in that country, “the hull
biling of ’em.”
If that ever gets to be the case, we in Geor
gia will have so tears over their unhappy fate.
New England Radicalism will then take a new
development and will disclose itself in fulmina-
lions over the tyranny of capital, and the rights
of the “toiling masses” to the lion’s share of
the proceeds of labor. We shall have fierce in
vectives against monopolists of money and land,
and the declarations made in the late Philadel
phia Workingmen's Convention that the men
whose labor create the values should take their
pick of them, and remit only what is left to the
men who sit by in kid gloves and boss the job.
These are the new “God and humanity” ideas
which will probably henceforth oome from New
England, and they are ideas fraught with terror
to the men who have drugged our political sys
tem with their “ manhood suffrage. ” Let them
shake in their boots and stand from under.
Westward of New England, where the mass of
n working men” are proprietors of their own
little glebes, and who combine in each person
the “dignity of labor” and the dignity of capi
tal—this so-called workingmen’s movement can
not travel with mnch freedom or promise. Each
.man of the great mass i3 an inevitable conserva
tive, since he embodies the interests of both
capital and labor. Hero is a grand bulwark
against Jacobinism and Agrarianism. The time
is fast approaching when the West and the
South—great agricultural regions both—will be
in firm alliance and together give liberality,
steadiness, consistency, and cornmpn sense to
the councils of the country. Let it come.
Thx work on the Macon and Brunswick Rail
road is progressing rapidly, and both cities will
be soon connected by the iron track. We bear
that many of our citizens contemplate a removal
to Brunswick, hoping to advance their prospects
in life by settling in a qnite young community.
Though we are sorry to lose them, we wish them
every possible success. May fortune reward
their toils!
The Bmnswiokians are very sanguine, and
with their mind’s eyes already see the flags of
all nations proudly floating in the morning
breeze.
Metropolitan Works, Richmond, Va.—The
card of thin company again appears in our col
umns—Wm. E. Tanner <fe Go., is the present
style of the firm. Mr. H. B. Brown is the Agent
in Macon. We learn that they have sold qnite
a number of engines in this State, and their
work gives great satisfaction. They will oxhib-
it some of their manufactures at the coming
State Fair, we are informed, and will notice
them more at length when we see for ourselves.
University op Geoegll.—Our Athens letter
to-day is valuable, and discloses very interesting
facts in regard to the condition and prospects
of the University. We are glad to learn that it
is entering upon a career of extraordinary pros
perity and usefulness.
Murder in Covington.—It appears from a
proclamation by the Governor, that Joseph
Barber, Mnrabsl of Covington, while engaged
in the performance of official duty, was mnr-
dexedlast Tuesday night by Jim Brown, a freed-
Viboinu. News.—-The telegrams, in reference
to Virginia, are important. Attorney General
Hour has decided that the Reconstruction laws
do not require the application of the teBt oath
- to members of the Legislature, and the State
organization is to be commenced at once.
Monkoe Advbetishr.—We invite attention to
the advertisement of that excellent paper—the
.Monroe Advertiser—a capital advertising medi
um for the counties named. The Advertiser
is a paper eminent for its intelligence, energy,
industry and popularity.
A Plantes in Lee county ibinlta those coun
ties about him will make a full supply of com
and about a two-thirds crop of cotton; says
none has been made since last of Jane. Fertil
izers used bad caused that mnch to be made up
(o that time.
“ Kisses," says Sam Slick, “are like creation,
because they are made out of nothing and are
very good.” ‘They are also,” says the Galaxy,
^UwnjKnmeote, requiring toe heads and aaep-
Interesting Letter from Athens.
The University of Georgia—The Opening of
the Collegiate Year— IheStudents from Ma-
eon—Interesting Facts Connected with the
University—2he High School—The Univer
sity Faculty-—The New Cans—School of Civil
Engineering — Department of Law—The
“Great Comet" a Myth—Comets very Harm
less any how—Like some People, more showy
than Substantial—Morals of Athens, etc.
Athens, Ga., September 1,1869.
Editors Telegraph : Your correspondent has
reached this great literary center, and finds
himself in the midst of interesting and some
what exciting scenes.
This is the first day of the new collegiate year
and all parties are earnestly engaged in con
ducting examinations, arranging classes and
adjusting other important matters of the insti
tution.
I have spent the morning in the several rooms
where the applicants were examined and have
been highly gratified with the results. I was
particularly interested in, and profoundly de
lighted with tho examination of four young gen
tlemen of Macon who have entered the sopho
more class, namely: Henry Strohecker, A. P.
Whittle, James T. Wills and A M. Williams.
These yonthfnl candidates acquitted themselves
with credit and have commenced their college
career under the most favorable auspices. Mr.
Sdater, perhaps, prepared all of them for the
University, and deserves much praise for the
thoroughness of the preparation he gave them.
There are other students here from yonr city
who are highly esteemed for their scholarship
and good deportment. Their names are, Dessau,
Hardeman, Hill, Hngnenin and Solomon. Ma
con ought to feel prond of these promising sons
and constant prayer ought to be offered for the
preservation of their lives and for their success
in intellectual and moral culture.
There are some interesting facts and features
of our State University which should be better
known than they are at present to the people of
our good old Commonwealth.
The first I call attention to, is the University
High School, with capacity to accommodate one
hundred pupils. This School is supplied with
a President and three Professors, and boys and
youth are trained for tho sophomore class, in
Latin and Greek, German and French, all the
English studies, including Belles Lettres and
Oratory, Mathematics and Science. Here is a
home for boys who have lost their mother or
their father, or are parentless orphans—a Chris
tian home, the like of which can nowhere be
foond in the State. Its value cannot be too
strongly presented to the pnblic. Presided over
by President Hunter and his accomplished lady,
all the elegance of refinement and culture is
there enjoyed, and that at most moderate prices.
The ability and learning of the Faculty of the
University are extraordinary. With a chancel
lor unrivaled for his eloquence, taste and large
ness of heart, distinguished in the literary world
as a writer and critic, with a corps of professors
earnest, devoted, zealous and manly, the young
men of the South can nowhere find snperior ad
vantages, and it is gratifying to learn that upon
the very first day of the new term more than
fifty additions have been made to the numbers
already in the several classes.
The modem Languages are now taught here
with a success and system heretofore unknown.
Two years devoted to a modem language is con
sidered sufficient time to acquire it as far as is
necessary for the ordinary purposes of educated
gentlemen.
Another feature here is the school of civil en
gineering, over which Prof. Charbonnier pre
sides, and it is a pleasant fact to learn that all
the graduates of this school are now actively en
gaged in their profession with salaries altogeth
er respectable, and I make this statement hop
ing that many of our young men will at once
avail themselves of this excellent opportunity
of preparing for this Important avocation in
life.
There is one more feature here that I beg to
notice, namely: the Department of the Law.
By constant and daily effort, with no vacation,
a course of legal studies is gone throngh in
twelve months, embraced in one year; whereas,
sixteen months, embraced in two years, are
usually spent in the same course ; and thus a
year’s expense is saved—a great matter in these
days of destitution and poverty. At the end of
the course, the degree of Bachelor of Law. is
conferred upon the graduates of this Depart
ment, and a diploma awarded which entitles the
graduate to a license to practice law in the
Snperior Courts of the State without an examin
ation in open court.
I farther learn that the Trustees have wisely
established a second degree for the legal profes
sion, entitled Doctor of Jurisprudence, to be
conferred npon graduates of the Law Depart
ment after seven years’ successful practice and
the maintenance of a good moral character, and
npon other men of eminence in the profession.
This is a good move in the right direction, and
I hope to see this a very flourishing school and
filled with onr ablest and best students from all
our colleges. The students of the Law School
are permitted, without the payment of fees, to
stndy the modem languages and attend the
course of belles-lettres and oratory, provided
they are graduates of the University or have
spent two years there. This department is
adorned by the distinguished names of Hon. B.
H. Hill, and W: L. Mitchell, Esq. These two
professors are confessedly masters of the law
and men of brilliant reputation in the South.
Part of the object of my visit to this place
has been to consnlt Professor Bronnin relation
to the great comet which has for some time
.excited mnch attention. This ripe scholar and
distingnished astronomer says that no comet is
due at the present time—that no scientific man
on the continent has discovered the approach
of any one daring this year; and that, there
fore, the numerous newspaper reports on this
subject are to bo regarded as purely apocryphal
and sensational.
The Professor is also dear in his opinion that
if a collision should ever occur between a comet
and the earth, no serious consequences could
follow, owing to the exceedingly attenuated na
ture of all cometary bodies. Sir John Herschel
gives it as his opinion that some of them prob
ably do not weigh more than two ounces avoir
dupois.
Athens is universally regarded as one of the
most moral and religious localities in the land.
We have been credibly informed that there is
not a pnblic gambling saloon in the place, and
that a considerable fine is attached to the selling
of the smallest quantity of spirituous liquors to
any college student or minor. The high stand
ard of morality and religion which exists here
throws new charms and attractions around the
University of Georgia, and shonld serve to in
spire the hearts of all anxious paients with the
full confidence that their sons, who are climbing
the hill of Parnassus at this point, are sur
rounded by the most favorable influences for
intellectual and spiritual development.
New Crop Receipts.
The rapidity with which rust and dry weather
are hastening the maturity of the cotton crop
may be seen from the following figures. Last
year there were received in Macon of new cot
ton, up to the night of September 2d, bales 62
This year to same date, bales 849
Difference 787
Seven hundred and eighty-seven bales differ
ence in eighteen days from the opening of the
season. This is remarkable, and indicates how
rapidly this crop will be swept off. We expect
the bulk of it will be gathered by the middle of
October, and, if prices keep np, it will be sold
and cleared off before Christmas.
Press
Grand Hasqnerade Ball at the Bent
gomery White Sulphnr Springs.
A BKTLT.T1NT DISPLAY—CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS,
1 V ETC., ETC.
Editors Telegraph : The preparation for the
Grand Masqne'Ball, as announced in your valu
able paper, was completed on Thursday last,
and in point of numbers, arrangements and su
perb costumes, will bear the palm for the sea
son in Virginia. Knowing tho interest yon take
in such matters, we have taken some pains to
lay before yonr readers a correct statement of
the characters, incidents, etc., which came un
der onr observation.
At 9 p. m. the doors were thrown open and the
band commenced the Grand Entree march, which
was the signal for the masquers to enter. The
first to greet onr eyes was the venerable and in
quisitive “Paul Pry,” (Mr. J. A. Thomas, of
Mississippi,) accompanied by his lady in the
charming character of “Mercury. 1 ’ Next came
Mr. J. T. McCaa, of Alabama, and lady, as the
“belle” and “beaux” of the “Metropolis.”
During the evening, Mrs. McC., in the exuber
ance of talent, assumed a second character, and
treated her liege lord to qnite a flirtation.
Mr. Jas. Collier, of Lonisiana, appeared as
the “Postilion de Longemeau,” and was fairly
lost in the identification of the character. Mr.
Sheppard, of Georgia, as the “Great Mogul,”
attracted much attention by the magnificence of
his dress and oriental gait; as did, also, Mr.
Hart, of Alabama, as “John Chinaman,” with
the i ‘Sentinel," announcing a cargo of Coolies
for sale or rent. CoL T. A. Nutt, of Missis
sippi, as “Louis the XVL” Mr. Lorentz, as
“George the III.” Mr. T. M. Binford, as
“Charles the IL” Dr. W. 0. White, as “James
I,” and Dr. Hammeb, of Virginia, presented a
formidable appearance in their kingly robes.—
Mr.'Farley, of New Orleans, as “Sam,” was
inimitable “yon know, you know;” as were,
also, Mr. Robt. Spiller, as “Hickory Dickory,”
and Mr. McCaull, of Virginia, as the blunder
ing Irishman, “Handy-Andy.”
The Drama was represented in tho persons of
Mr. Miller, of Arkansas, as “Hamlet;” Mr.
Tripot, of Missouri, as “Cassio,” and Major been of the most a;
Anderson, of Virginia, as “Claude Melnotte.”
They were attended by numerons pages and
Ballet Girls, whose performance added con
siderable to the scene.
The belles were out in full force without
masques. To enumerate all wonld be invidions;
suffice it to say that Miss W s, of Virginia,
Miss P r, of Tennessee, Miss F y, of
New Orleans, Miss B n, of Baltimore, Miss
P v, of Lonisiana, Mss S—-—n, of Ken
tucky, MissB h, of Alabama, Miss W-
of Ge
eorgia, Miss C x, of Louisiana, Miss
—z, of Virginia—their bright smiles and
brilliant eyes as well as the variety and splendor
of their toilets elicited universal admiration, as
did also those ladies who appeared en masque,
amongst whom we are permitted to name Miss
Phillips, of Lonisiana, as the “Princess Royal,
the MisseB Davidson, of Louisiana, as “Joan of
Arc” and “The Highland Lassie,” Miss Berk
ley, of Baltimore, as “Undine,” MissPngh, of
Louisiana, as the “ White Lady of Avenel,”
Miss Allen as the “Fortune Teller,” Miss Wil
son, of Virginia, as “ Pocahontas,” and Mis3
Walton, of Georgia, as “Lady Gay Spanker,"
who represented their characters to perfection.
Amongst tho juveniles we recognized “Flower
Girl,” “Gipsey Queen,” “Vivandier” and “La
fille da Regimente;” and amongst the aged,
Mr. George Williams and Colonel W. H. John
son, of Lonisiana, as the “ Monks of L——p,”
Mr. Wilson a3 “ Old Santa Claus,” Madame
LaRneandSon as “Mrs. Partington and her
son Ike,” and Mr. S. H. Goodwin as the “Black
Knight,” whose mysterious appearance and
habits occasioned considerable comment.
At 12 p. m., the company unmasked and re
paired to the dining-room where an elegant sup
per was partaken of, after which they returned
to the ball-room and tripped the light fantastic
toe “till the wee sma’ hours.”
Thus, Messrs. Editors, passed one of the most
delightful fetes we have witnessed in years. So
elated are the enterprising proprietors and man
agers at their success, that it is probable a rep
etition will be given before the season closes,
due notice of which as well as invitations will be
sent to the press.
In conclusion, let me commend onr kind
hosts, Messrs. Wilson and Lorentz, who, in ear
nest effort to please their patrons, are not ex
celled within the limits of this grand old com
monwealth. As ever, yenrs, Rambler.
From Antanga County, Alabama.
Conditions of Crops—Effects of Fertilisers—
Deep Culture Needed in Clay Lands—Water
Power of Autauga.
Prattville, August 29, 1869.
Editors Telegraph: Onr cotton where it was
cultivated with one deep ploughing had as many
blooms on it as it ever bad at any time thin
year. No rust! Where it was cultivated shal
low it had the rest and has generally ceased to
bear. Worms, in many places in this country.
Some crops will be greatly curtailed thereby.—
Many people say now that they will make less
cotton, and less corn too, than last year.
As for myself, I moved here in Antanga last
year, in February, late. I got a late start owing
to the demoralized condition prior to the elec
tion. We got hands late. lie worms ate np
the last vestige of cotton before the 20th of Au
gust and 1st of September that they could. The
conseqeence was one third of a cotton crop.
One year’s experience in guarding against dan
gers will add largely to my cotton crop. My
neighbors have used fertilizers extensively.—
Where the seasons have been regular they looked
like making it all, but at every dry spell there
has been a material depreciation.
I think concentrated fertilizers shonld always
be accompanied with deep preparation of ths
the soil, and, if possible, one deep ploughing
before the roots become generally diffused, Mr.
Dixon’s theory to the contrary notwithstanding.
I think, too, if Mr. Dixon had some stiff
prairie lands with clay foundation, that I wot of,
he wonld think and write different from what he
does about shallow culture all the time.
The area of cotton in this State is larger than
last year; that of com less—com crops lighter.
Bnt here in Alabama the system of cultivation
has not yet come np to that of the old Empire
State; bnt the system is progressive ; scientific
agriculture is onward and upward. And the
touch of grim-visaged war will, ero long, be hid
by the blooming of flowers—the bnds of the
spring. We are close to the beautiful Alabama
river here surrounded by a fertile soil and gene
rally good water and plenty of water-power to
turn a host of machinery, as you will learn if
you will goto Prattville, where the rolling of
wheels, the revolving of cylinders, the sound of
the hammer and the anvil will make yon think
of days of long ago.
I am, most respectfully,
W. H. S.
A Hotel Turned into a Factory.
Colonel 0. 0. Home, in the HawMnsville
Dispatch, of Thursday, pronounces a valedic
tory to the Ivy House, a hotel which he erect
ed in Hawkinsville at a large expense. He says
it is now, and in sixty days will be opened as a
cotton and woolen factory.
I have sold this property to “the Pulaski
Manufacturing Company,” who have already
purchased and have shipped for this place,
about $20,000 worth of machinery for manu
facturing cotton and wool. Far the present I
will only say that this company is comprised
of enterprising men, who think they know
what they are about. Some stock is owned
at the North, bnt»large majority of it is in the
‘ 6 nude in this
hands of men who:
and counties
' Crops in Stewart.
Editors Telegraph : We get all onr mails by
the way of Columbus, as we have no mail route
from this place to Cuthbert. Had we snch a
ronte yon wonld soon have many new sub
scribers to yonr paper.
The drought and rust have ent the cotton
crop short about one-half in this county. The
prospect has not been as good in many years os
it was np to the commencement of the hot, dry
weather and the appearance of the rust, and a
large portion of the county is still dry.
• The com crop is above an average, it being
nearly matured before the dry weather set in.
Wabben.
To the Colored People.
Colapabchee, Ga., Sept. 1, 1869.
Editors Telegraph: Please allow me a place
in your valuable paper to speak a word of ad
vice to my colored friends on education. My
colored friends, the great demand of the hour
is education. Yonr children must be educated.
The money Bpeni for candy, tobacco and whisky
will give them a good education. The first step
towards the object in view is to get a good,
moral man, unobjectionable to all parties, for a
teacher; then the scholars, and, finally, a piece
of land to pat the house on. Z know the white
people will second the movement, if done in good
faith. Respectfully,
. : ■ • J. W. Her, factored).
Proceedings nt the National
Hotel.
We find the following expurgated report of
the proceedings of the Press at the National
Hotel, Atlanta, on Wednesday, in the Atlanta
Constitution of the next day.. The editors say
that they are compelled to condense the report
for want of space; but we perceive that, follow
ing the lead of their unhappy and unfriendly
suspicions, they have actually been able to find
space for a little piece of onr speech on that oc-
sion, which they suppose may involve the Tel-
gbaph in the Democratic unpopularity of Gov.
Bollock. We have only to say that, in onr judg
ment, the manhood of the Press and of Georgia
wonld have felt itself compromised by any fail
ure of proper respect to the exalted official posi
tion of tha Governor, who was then present sit
ting at the right hand of the speaker; and that
less could not have been said of the Governor’s
deportment during the excursion, without in
justice and disregard of tenth. If either of the
other Atlanta papers shall contain a fuller report
of our speech on that occasion, we will publish
it in this edition. If not, we will' endeavor,
from memory, to rehearse what we said on that
interesting occasion.
CoL Hnlbert arose, and alluding to the fact
that for the first time the Press were together
to consnlt on the practical interests of the State;
said they had seen for themselves Georgia’s re
sources, and now they must awaken the people
to the importance of their development. He
concluded by toasting tha “Press of Georgia"
—May it sustain all efforts to develop the inter
ests of the Empire State of the South.
Mr. Clisby then made a speech of sentiment.
Among other things, he used the following lan
guage:
Onr Governor, in compliment to ns, has, as it
were, become one of ourselves. At very great
personal inconvenience, ho has accompanied us
on our trip. When he left he remarked to me
me that he knew not how long he conld continue
with ns, bnt he was reluctant to leave ns as long
as ho conld contribnte to the enjoyment of the
occasion. Our intercourse during that time has
3 most agreeable character.
He spoke about the power of the Press and
tho necessity of harmony, and, with words of
adieu, closed.
Col. Lester called on Mr. Fleming, of South
Carolina, of the Charleston Courier, who re
sponded as follows:
Gentlemen : While I regret that yon did not
call npon some one more worthy among you,
yet I cannot do otherwise than respond to the
hearty invitation which you have given to my
self as a representative of the South Carolina
Press. Of that State, I have to say that though
she is perhaps less to-day than she has been in
her history, for she is now in humiliation, yet
she is far dearer to me at this time than she was
in her most glorious epoch.
A word or two, Sir. President, of this expedi
tion. I apprehend when Mr. Hnlbert harnessed
np his iron horses, and invited the Press of
Georgia, and tho Charleston Courier, which I
have bad the honor to represent in the expedi
tion, he invited the people of the State of
Georgia, and of South Carolina to explore this
great State, and examine the wealth which lies
imbedded in her hills—for what, after all, is
the Press but the exponent of the people; and
how is it possible for CoL Hnlbert to bring more
advantageously before the minds of his people,
and of onrs.the great mineral and other resources
of this section, than by tho excursion from which
we have to-day returned. Upon that excursion
ihe Commonwealth of Georgia has been well
represented. We) have had the Executive De
partment, the Legislative Department, and the
Judicial Deparment all pretty fully represented,
and last, bnt not least, yon have had the great
—the all potential Press. [Applause.] The great
responsibility after all rests npon them. Here
then rests the joy and the fatigues of the expe
dition. It has been, nevertheless, a memora
ble trip, and will be so regarded for years to
come. To my mind, it marks a new era in the
history of Georg-'a, and in the history of the
Southern States. [Applause.] Volumes, sir,
might be written, and doubtless volumes will
be, written upon the experiences of the past
eight days in Georgia, and they will reach the
people of more northern climes, and show them
that thongh conquered as we are believed to be,
not only have we iron in onr hills, bnt iron yet
in onr hearts. [Applause.]
Mr. Weston, of the Dawson Journal, offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of the Georgia
Press be appointed to correspond with Colonel
Mark A. Cooper, Cartersville; Rev. C. W.
Howard, Kingston; General Wm. Phillips, Ma
rietta ; Hon. Wm. P. Price, Dahlonega ;* Chan
cellor Lipscomb, Athens; CoL Seaborn Jones,
Van Wert; Messrs. Noble & Sons, Romo, and
snch others as the committee may think proper,
for information npon the mineral resources of
Georgia, and compile and publish such informa
tion as they may obtain.
Unanimously adopted.
Mr. Clisby, Chairman—The Chair will ap
point Mr. Weston, of the Dawson Journal, Mr.
Willingham, of the LaGrange Reporter, and
Mr. Atkinson, of the Athens Banner.
The committee appointed by the President of
the Press Association, representing the Associa
tion and invited guests, beg leave to submit the
following:
Resolved, That having accepted the invitation
of Colonel E. Hnlbert, Superintendent of tho
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and having trav
elled with him as his guests, we recogniza the
excursion as totally disconnected with politics
and political parties; that in Colonel Hnlbert
we recognize a man of deep thought and thor-
ough investigation, of indefatigable energy and
steady purpose to advance the interests of tho
State, by a successful administration of tho
great public work over which he presides, by
the aid of his deep sagacity and forethought, as
to railroad extensions,the judicious graduation of
freight tariffs, and by the U3e of all means in his
power to develop the vast resources of the coun
try. Hence we approve heartily of this excursion,
from which we have just returned, its aim3 and
purposes, of the skill shown in planning, and
the polite, and courteous and snccessfnl manner
in which he has conducted it throughout.
Resolved, That we are pleased to learn that
these views are heartily concurred in and ap
proved by his Excellency, Governor Bollock, and
members of the Legislature and other State offi
cials who have accompanied the excursion: that
with pleasure we recognize the hospitality of
the city of Atlanta, represented by her accom
plished and genial Mayor, Col. Hulsey, and re
turn thanks to him and the citizens of tho Gate
City; to Messrs. Kimball, for the use of their
magnificent sleeping cars, which have rendered
onr travel a luxury instead of labor; to the au
thorities of the city of Chattanooga, for their
hospitalities dnring onr visit to Tennessee ; and
to Mayor Z. B. Hargrove and other citizens of
Rome, and through him the city, for the gener
ous and continued hospitality and courtesies
showered upon ns. and we tender to them our
heartfelt thanks and best withes for future pros
perity. In Capt. Barney, of the Selma. Rome
and Dalton Railroad, we found an accomplished
gentleman and indefatigable Superintendent of
a splendid road; and we tender thanks for the
transit over his road, his courteous attentions,
and profuse hospitality in entertaining our par
ty dnring our whole stay npon his road.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Superin
tendent of the Western and Atlantio Railroad
and the Press Association and invited guests
traveling with this excursion, are dno, and here
by tendered, to Col. Wade S. Cothran, Presi
dent of the Rome Railroad Company, and the
Superintendent J. M. Selkirk, for the free pass
age of onr train and other accommodations ex
tended to ns; to CoL Wade S. Cothran, Presi
dent of the Coosa River Steamboat Company,
and Capt. J. M. Elliott, both of whom are pio
neers in this enterprise and have been favor
ably known to the pnblic in their present
positions for the last twenty years, for our de
lightful excursion down the Coosa in the steamor
Etowah, and for their generous hospitality and
polite attention; to Col. Wade S. Cothran,
President, and L. L. Thompson,'Superintendent
of the Cornwall Iron Works, for the superb bar
becue served at their works, and for their polite
attention and courtesies.
That our thanks are likewise due and tendered
to Mr. Lowe, of the Chattanooga Rolling Mills,
and Capt. Pratt, of the iEtna Coal Mines; to
Messrs. Noble, of tho Rome Works, and Mr.
Wells, of tho Shelby Mines, for courtesies ex
tended, and especially for valuable information
imparted in reference to the several important
enterprises in which they are respectively en-
gaged.
That wo also tender thanks to J. W. Holtzclaw,
conductor; John Ellsworth, engineer; James
Cook and P. H. Pate, conductors of sleeping
cars; Rob’t P. Iinsh, baggage-master; L. A. Pond
and Wm. Knowles, of the refreshment saloons,
and to the whole corps of servants, for the cour
teous and faithful discharge of duty.
F. S. Fitch,
» • J. Q. Wooten, j
8. Fielder,
if jp' ' Committee.
Mr. Fitch moved that the report be published
in all the Georgia papers and the Charleston
Courier. Unanimously carried.
Gen. Wright—I move to strike out all bnt the
first resolution.
Judge Harrell—I move, Mr. Chairman, that
it be adopted as a whole.
The Chair—Has the first motion been second
ed? Motion has been made and seconded that
the report be adopted as a whole.
Gen. Wright—A motion to strike out is in
order, sir.
The Chair—Has it been seconded?
A Voice—It has not been seconded. .
The Chair—The motion then is on the adop
tion of the report.
Th9 motion having been put, was voted upon
affirmatively by all except General Wright, who
voted “No!”
Mr. Hancock—I now move yon, sir, that this
Convention adjonrn sine die.
Senator Nnnnally—I do not know whether I
have or have not any right to speak at this meet
ing, bnt if I have, I move that the gentleman
who last spoke, be granted leave of absence for
the balance of the evening. [Laughter.]
Mr. Hancock—Mr. ’ Chairman, I resume my
motion.
Mr. Moore—I second it.
Voted down.
Mr. Moore—Mr. Chairman, what business is
now before the house ?
Mr. Weston—As one of the excursion party,
I desire to offer a resolution to extend the
thanks of this association to CoL Cothran, who
is President of three different corporations, the
dividends of one or two of which, r.s I learn,
have been only 60 per cent, within the past year.
[Laughter.] I think that he deserves the sym
pathy of this excursion.
Mr. Fitch, of the Griffin Star—Seeing that we
are about to part, I desire to offer, ns the last
proposition, thongh by no means the least, a
resolution to the effect that we tender the
thanks of the Press Association, and of the en
tire excursion, to the) Messrs. Pond, of the Na
tional Hotel of this city, who, I understand,
have provided this dinner for ns at their own
expense. [Great applause.]
Upon motion of Mr. Medlock, the meeting
adjourned amid cheers.
C. H. Willingham,
A. R. Watson,
Secretaries Georgia Press Association.
by telegraph.
Tbe Press Excursion Party—Return
to Atlanta—Last Day’s Proceedings.
[The Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday gives
the following report of the speeches omitted in
the Constitution’s report:]
The excursionists having arrived in town im
mediately after the regular passenger train,
abont midday, proceeded to the dining-room of
the National Hotel, where they were served by
the Messrs. Pond with a very handsome dinner,
to which ample justice was done. Upon the re
moval of the cloth, CoL Hnlbert rose and said:
Gentlemen: For about the first time in the
history of Georgia, the Press of the State has
been gathered together to consnlt npon the in
terests and resources of onr State, and to give
the result of their examination to the people;
to present the. evidences of the abundant wealth
of Georgia and of its sister States in a presenta
ble manner, as the Press know how to do. Yon
have observed for yourselves the facilities with
which onr coal and iron deposits may be devel
oped, the great extent in which these deposits
exist, and the great value which they possess for
the people cf Georgia, when properly developed.
Ve have pnt onr shoulders to the wheel and
it now depends npon you, after the observations
of the last week, to inform onr people as to the
extent of onr resources, and fb arouse them to
the importance of the subject.
I will not now detain you, gentlemen, as you
are all npon tho eve of returning to yonr homes,
bnt will proceed at once to offer you “the Press
of Georgia,” and hope that it wifi sustain all ef
forts properly made to develop the interests of
the Empire State of the South.
Mr. Clisby, President of the Press Associa
tion, being called npon, responded as follows:
Gentlemen: Speech-making npon any occa
sion ill befits me; bnt npon this occasion, I feel
that something is dne to the gentlemen who have
been kind enongb to organize the excursion for
the benefit of the Press of Georgia.
I congratulate yon, gentlemen, npon the ex
perience of the last eight days. We have met
together as brethren. We have interchanged
all the courtesies cf life : harmony and urbanity
have marked all onr intercourse daring the short
period for which we have been thrown together.
Onr Governor, in compliment to ns, has, as it
were, become one of ourselves. At very great
personal inconvenience be has accompanied ns
on onr trip. When he started he remarked to
me that ho knew not how long he conld continue
with ns, bnt that he was reluctant to leave ns as
long as he could contribute to the enjoyment of
the occasion. Onr intercourse dnring that time
has been of the most agreeable character. It
has been characterized, as yon all know, by the
greatest possible liberality npon the part of
those responsible; and, the greatest possible deli
cacy and care have been observed that every
one, while enjoying himself to the utmost, shonld
have full opportunity of observing the natural
advantages of onr State and the great resources
of our people.
Permit me, then gentlemen, to tender in yonr
name and in my own, our thanks to Governor
Bullock and Colonel Hnlbert for the excellent
entertainment which they have afforded ns in
the trip of the last eight days. We are now
abont to part It is hard to say “good-bye,”
bnt in the time which we have spent together I
have learned to know that when in the course
of my editorial duties I meet with yonr articles,
I shall know just abont how yon looked and felt
when you wrote them; and it will always be a
pleasure to me to remember that I formed yonr
acquaintance under such very auspicious *cir-
cnmstances. It will enable ns tbe better to ap
preciate our differences of politics or of opin
ions, and the better to respect each other's can
dor.
We are all of ns abont to go to our respective
homes, and I trust that we shall have learned
to turn onr. attention to the blessings which
God Almighty has bestowed npon ns, and to
advocate, as best we may, the development of
the resources of our great State. Wo have
learned that these resources, of which we have
heard so much, are not mere empty sounds,
but that they lie actually within onr reach and
are capable of the highest development. Onr
friend, CoL Halbert, did not exaggerate when
he informed ns that these resources were great.
You have all become convinced of that.
Now a word abont the Press. Our good friend,
the politician, occasionally speaks to a thousand
or two of men; and onr other friend the preach
er, also, addresses weekly a few thousands of
hearers; but there are gentlemen of the Press
present who address twenty thousand men every
day of their lives—with all the intellectual and
moral power nt their command. I trust, gen
tlemen, that there is not one of ns who will ever
forget that we have a grand duty which we owe
to our God and onr country out-weighing nil
other considerations; and. that in the pursuit of
tho happiness of our people wo have material
sufficient to use without appealing to popular
animosities, passions and prejudices. Let ns
all strive to harmonize; let ns endeavor rather
to build up and develop the 'great resources of
our noble State than to injure them by conten
tion or to pull them down by useless contro
versy.
I have only now to express the hope.that when
you arrive at yonr homes you may find yonr
families prosperous and happy. Permit me
then, gentlemen, to bid you all a most affec
tionate adien.
Attorney Gwjeral' Eoar’a Op inio n
BicanoND, September A—The followW «. ,
ney General Hoar’s opinion received thti Jr*'
by Gen. Canby: |
ATTOlffl*YOESl»*L’g Otkk* )
Washington,.August 28 lak, -
To the Son ‘ Jnhn A. jBawlitu, Secretary of n-
So. i I have the honor to acknowledge the.w i
of your letter of July 29,1839, in which von
my opinion upon so much of the quests*
ted in the letter of the Commanding GeneJ . 1 '
First Military District, dated the 10th CL'! k
accompanying papers, copies of which are **'
as refers to the legal qualifications of officer 1
elected under the present Constitution ofZo.H
of Virginia, and especially upon the question .w
er persons elected to office in said State .
From Washington. '
Washington, September 8.—The Virginia per
plexity has been solved. Canby will very shortly
proclaim the election. The Legislature meets on
the fourth Monday afterwards. The teet oath is -
not exacted, but the Legislature forbidden all action
beyond what the law makes preliminary to the
State’s recognition by Congress—as the ratification
of the fifteenth amendment. This action involves
the installation of the Lieutenant Governor, as the
State Senate is incomplete. Walker’s installation is
anecessarry corollary.
Bawlins was very ill last night, bnt is somewhat
better this morning.
Jesse M. Boy lee has been appointed Post-master
of Louisville, vice Dr. Speed, who has held that po- Constitution are required by the ^ I
Sition for eight years. j construction Act of July 19,1867, to take an* ^ I
The managers of the Imperial Insurance Compa-! scribe to the oath prescribed or referred to"
ny yesterday paid a quarter of a million of dollars {**°n nine of aforesaid act, before entering n 10 *
on the late whisky fire, leaving sixty thousand pay- i Unties of their respective offices. poa
able in a few days. I The latter question is the only one indicated
Grant was telegraphed this morning to “come on I 8Uci * distinctness as to enable me to be fu]j T I
—Bawlins is dying." A later dispatch was sent with- i toat its purpose is apprehended, sn j I
drawing the first. j fore confine my answer to that. * I
Attorney General Hoar’s opinion has gone to Gen. j By the statute of April 10,1869, the regi
Canby to the effect that there is no authority in the , T0 ^ er8 °f Virginia were authorized to vote ^
Reconstruction Acts for exacting the test oath from ‘ question of the adoption of a Constitution tar ^
the Virginia Legislators. State, and at the same time to elect officers ^
Revenue to-day, over $1,000,000. it, subject to the approval of Congress, n ° l * r
The Revenue Department has advices of the seiz- has been taken in rnmnunm nf ♦»,„ -—,. 8 T0(t I
ure of a lot of tobacco with counterfeit stamps in
the Fifth North Carolina District. The seizure, with
the factory, fixtures and material, amounts to fifty
thousand dollars.
Additional troops have been sent to Montana to
protect the settlers against tho Indians.
The War Department received, yesterday, from
Attorney General Hoar, his opinion relative to
political affairs in Virginia, and has transmitted the
same to Gen. Canby for his information and guid
ance. It depends npon the latter to make the foil be such as the Constitution prorides-doritine'tC.t I
text public. The Attorney General says that the: power from that instrument: andit-mlicleirl-r^
has been taken in pursuance of the provision.
Act and the election held, and some T
Constitution submitted have been adopted bv ^
people, and others rejected. The parte of tfc'
posed Constitution thus adopted, if they shJT"
approved by Congress, will be the Constitution •
Virginia, under which all its officers will be reqr-'i 1
to act, and the qualifications as well as the dnL7«
these offices will be determined bvit v •. I
is restored to its proper relations to the contn"^
State of the Union. Its officers nnd Legish^ 7 * I
Via oiioVi an tlie Pr>r>o4i'tvili«vi —- *~ I
Legislature must, as a prerequisite, submit the Con
stitution and their action thereon to Congress for
approvaL In this tho test oath will not be re
quired. If. the Constitution and the action of the
Legislature be approved, the Legislature then be
comes the Legislature of the State of Virginia, and
the provisions of the Constitution, fixing the qual
ification of members of the Legislature, necessarily
prevails. The requirements of the Reconstruction
acts being thus superceded, so far as Virginia is
concerned ; bnt before snch approval by Congress,
Virginia not being in all respects a State of the
Union, the Legislature, as a provisional body, can
not pass laws without its members taking the test
oath. The Reconstruction acts require the ratifica
tion of the fifteenthamendment to the Constitution
of the United States, before the State can he ad
mitted to representation in Congrees.
Washington, September 4.—Secretary Rawlins is
more comfortable.
Fessenden’s disease s istoppage of the bowels.
Revenue to-day, over a half mfllion.
A court-martial has been ordered to investigate
the alleged cruelties on the Pawnee.
John Allison, Register in the Treasury, and Dela
no, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, have accept
ed invitations to stomp Pennsylvania for Geary.
Supervisor Bloomfield, of Illinois, writes that dis
tilleries in the Southern part of Illinois are abont
starting, encouraged by the rigid enforcement of the
laws.
General News.
Portland, Me., September 3.—Senator McLen
don is not expected to live throngh the day.
San Francisco, September 8.—Yesterday the
Democratic tickets throughout the State were gen
erally elected by decided majorities. The next
Democratic Legislature will not ratify the fifteenth
amendment. San Francisco returns a frill Demo
cratic Legislative delegation.
Chicago, September 3.—The Chicago National
Temperance Convention have adopted a platform
declaring themselves a political party under tho ti
tle of the “Anti Dram Shop Party,” and appointed
a Central Executive Committee of one from each
State. '
St. Louis, September 4.—A large lot of goods en-
ronte for Ottawa, from New York, were seized on a
claim of the First National Bank of Washington
against Perry Fuller, amounting to $10,000.
Chicago, September 4.—Senator Grimes has re
signed ; to take effect on the first of October. TTia
term expires in 1871.
Portland. Me., September 4.—Fessenden’s death
is a question of time only.
Philadelphia, September 4.—An incendiary fire
burned the planing mill and several adjoining
houses on the corner of Broad and Coale’s streets
to-day. Loss $40,000. The appearance of incen
diaries, connected with the scarcity of water,- occa
sions much alarm.
A discharged workman killed the foreman of the
stone masons to-day at Fairmount Park.
Baltimore, September 4.—The yacht race between
the Bobert T. Banks and Sallie Brewster, for one
thousand dollars, sixteen miles down the river and
return, was won by the Banka by six minutes.
New Yore, September 4.—The steamship William,
a very fast ex-blockade runner, has departed for
Florida ports. Its destination is donbtfnL
Ex-special Treasurer Agent Spronle, charged with
complicity in the custom-house frauds under Fuller’s
administration, was to-day released on bail. An
other party was arrested for complicity in the same
frauds, on the affidavits of Spronle and Kinsella, bnt
released on bonds. i -
The Barnesville Gazette of tbe 2d instant
suys :
We have had several rains dnring the past
week, and, now enjoy a more pleasant tempera
ture. Cotton picking is progressing finelly—
several bales have been brogbt into market which
sold for thirty cents. There will be no late cotton
picking this fall—all will be opened before the
ohilling blasts of winter make the nation’s wards
huddle around their fires.
The Agricultural Club met on last Saturday,
and Dr. J. S. Lavender favored the Clnb with
his views and method of com culture, as the
members present seemed timid and preferred
to listen rather than engage attention. His
views brought out Thos. Dumas, Esq., who dif
fered with him as to the manner of planting—
Mr. Dumas insisting that land that was capable
of producing com at all wonld not reqnire less
stalks than one to every eighteen square feet,
which he obtains by making his rows four and
a half feet apart and dropping the seed every
four feet in the row. Dr.: Lavender, however,
from his experience, is an advocate of wide
rows, say seven feet, and. four feet apart in
each row, making 28 square feet to each stalk.
Mr. Lamas’ plan would give a yield of twenty
bushels per rcre, if evriry stalk bore an ear, al
lowing ono hundred and twenty ears to the
bnsheL Dr. Lavender’s method provides for
thirteen bnshels per acre, which, the Doctor
contends, is all that upland will make in Pike
county. His bottoms and richer land he plants
in narrower rows. He plants peas in the mid
dle farrow and makes a large crop in addition to
the son srop.
Foreign News.
Paris, September 3.—The Press states that the
Emperor approves Prince Napoleon’s liberal speech.
Madrid, September 3.—The journals axe despon
dent abont Cuba and demand fuller official infor
mation.
‘Madrid, Septembers.—It is officially announced
that fifty-nine bands of Carlists have aoeepted am
nesty in Catalonia.
London, September 3.—A correspondent in to
day’s Times, speaking of the calamity in the ootton
trade, says it was owing to the increase of consum
ing power at a time when the raw material was de
creasing. He argues that it wonld he folly in the
American planters to grow five million bales cotton
at tho doable expense of land and labor, when the
same profit will be realized from half that amount.
He is certain a well arranged trial must convince
tbe spinner of the benefit of co-operating in grow
ing.
A British Company proposes to establish a reg
ular line of steamships between Naples and New
York. '• '. ‘ '
Public opinion continues to stand still regarding
the Emperor’s health. The apprehension that lus
real condition is concealed will not be. removed till
the Emperor is seen driving around the streets. Don
Carlos has returned to Paris.
Paris, September 3.—The health of the Emperor
is improving. -
London, September 4 The Imperialist journals
of Paris, express great discontent at Prince Napo
leon’s speech, and declare that he wont too far.—
The general opinion, however, is that the Prince
displayed great ability and a liberal spirit
Liverpool, September 4.—The imports of cotton
from all porta is unprecedentedly heavy for the past
few days.
Madrid, September 4.—Tho Imperial of this city
says the chances of the Duka of Genoa are the best
for the throne of Spain, and urges the Cortes to fix
his majority at sixteen years.
Halifax, September. 4.—The steamer Harriet,
from Philadelphia for Queenstown, has been seized
on affidavit of a sailor that she had arms for Cuba.
From Virginia.
Richmond, September 3.'—There is great rejoicing
this morning over the news telegraphed from hero
yesterday, and over the expected arrival of Attorney
General Hoar's opinion against the requirement of
the test oath. Gen. Canby expected, bnt did not
receive, Hoar's opinion this morning.
From North Carolina.
Raleigh, September 4.—Tbe pnblic Treasurer
gives notice that interest on bonds issued in aid of
new railroads, due April 1st, will be paid on presen
tation of coupons at tbe Treasurer’s office, or Ra
leigh National T^nV. He also gives notioe that a
similar future interest will be paid at either of tbs
same places.
From Cub ft.
Havana, September 3.—AH incendiary proclama
tion posted throughout the city is attributed to
symyatbi—b'wlO the Insmgsats.
be in the power of Congrees to impose any
ment of additional qualifications npon them ffi? e .
ent from those which under the Constitution of ffi. I
United States may be required in all ihe Stite* t* I
therefore, any tests were to be imposed upon met
bers of the Legislature not provided by the (W. I
tution of "Virginia, or any restriction imposed ups I
the people of the State in their choice of officers m I
recognized by it, and not made applicable under til
legitimate powers of Congress to all the Stitts. 17
Legislature and officers would not, in my optic-1
be tbe Legislature and officers of Virginia under;!, I
Constitution. j
I do not Eee that Congress can undertake to b I
nishthe State with a suitable Legislature to stir I
with or to exercise any control over its oompo, ;r: . I
which could not be exercised over subsequent Lq.l
islaturcs. I am, therefore,' of the opinion tint c*|
oath prescribed by the statute of 1862, raj hi
the statute of July 19,1867, chapter 30, section i|
required to be taken by all persons elected or s;.|
pointed to office in said military districts underi? I
so-called State, or municipal authority is not to h |
required of the new Constitution.
It does not seem to me that the provisions of tijl
9th section which are applicable to the gOTenrsal
of the State under military authority, were inter?; [
to apply to the Legislature and officers under rim I
the State is to be restored to its proper relations r. I
the Union and by whom the government of the Sm |
is to be administered after its restoration.
This opinion is strongly confirmed by a referral
to the second section of the same act which
izes the commander of any district named it tie I
act to Buspend or remove from office or tenth|
performance of official powers any officer or peso I
holding or exacting or professing to hold or «?•[
rise any civil or military office or duty in siilo-l
trict, under any power, election, appointmec; x I
authority derived or granted by or claimed unis I
any so-called State, or tbe government thereof, ril
to detail a competent officer or soldier of the tm; |
to peiform such duties.
It wonld be impoesible to suppose that Cocrreal
conld intend that a Legislature under the Con=r,ti|
tion of a State conld have its members appointed;
a detail from soldiers of the army. Tbe only ra
sonable conclusion seems to be that it was not!
tended that any snch Legislature should be allon
to exist and act until reconstruction was complei
except for the limited and qualified purposes:
quisite to reconstruction.
But, on the' other hand, I fully concur wiiku^
view of the General, commanding inYirgimi is
under the Reconstruction Acte'of Congress no c
car or Legislature is competent or shonld heps
mitied to exercise any of the functions or povei
his office, within that State, except so far is the 5
acts themselveB provide, without taking the cd
which is referred to in the statute of 1867 atej
quoted. The act of April 10,1869 requires the I/.j
islature to meet at a time which it designates. Ta
it is to meet implies that it is to come together^
some purpose. It is required under the pn
Jaw to act upon the question of adopting th-l
teenth amendment to the Constitution of ths U-.:j
States, before the admission of the State tongj
sentation in CongiesB.
I am of the opinion, therefore, that it miy °
together and organize upon that amendment,-
that until Congress shall have approved tbe&]
stitution and the action under it, and shall hml
stored the state to its proper place in the Unir J
recognizing its power of government as Bepn^v
and admitting it to representation, the LegisM
is not entitled and could not, without violiC- j
law, be allowed to transact any business—
actor resolve or undertake to asstime anyidj
function of legislation if the test oath has net A
required of its members; and that the offioen iA
od trader the new Constitution can enter upc-
duties of his office without taking the oath^
military Government continues.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) E’ B. Ho>l
Gen. Canby will issue a proclamation of eitfj
abont the 15th inst. He is delayed by dispnt^T
turns from one county. State officers wfilM
stalled on the assembly of the Legislature.
“Sharp-AND Qcicz.”—Tha Albany Nt* 5 !
the 3d says: |
The cotton receipts are larger than thejJ'j
were before at this date—owing to extreofvj
the past few weeks, the rest and the use d‘A
tilizers. From these causes, the cotton ^® 1
tnred and and opened rapidly, and
Says we may sajdy calculate the entire cry
be open. sei
TVe speak npon the highest anthon<7“ I
ting down tho crop as seriously ccf eM*) ■
pine lands fully one-half, and onth® ° Jrl
hickory or clay lands fully one-third "j
was reasonably anticipated in mid-cah nie- I
At a meeting in Hartwell, on Augnti ft
for the advancement of the Augusta and : -J
well Railroad, the following resolutions r
adopted: (
Resolved, That J. B. Benson, J. !*• •
J. H. Bkehon, F. B. Hodges, J. A- Bow
J. XL Johnson, constitute a committee to
and take Btock for aiding said enterpn^i.^ I
confer with the President and other o j
to the advancement of . the same.
Resolved, That we tender bur thanks
Casey, of Columbia, and Dr. 'Wilkes, « . 1
eonnty, for their very able and
dresaess advocating in able arguments j
est of this new railway. That we re«® {
the citizens of Hart county to use an
ents and means to the advancement o
ject.
Resolved, That the same committee i
Hartwell on the first Tuesday in next
New Cotton.—The first bale cf I
was sold in this market on Batoroay ^
was bought by Messrs Center & i
cents. It was classed imddlmg.^r GS
pounds, and was raised by Mr. so
on theplantation of Wm. Y. Elder, of ^
ty.—Southern Watchman, Sep. b
The same pspqr reports -
the farmers as being very deepona^ ,
oount of the severe drought, wm vL*,nt
general throughout the country. y
few favored localities, the corn croi> ^ I
off one half. Peas and potatoes ww I
much better.
Ootton nr Thomas.—The ThomasnU*
ere Enterprise, of ths Uthahti,
The whim weather f»
cotton, and thirty beles were .
that th* csteipillam
cotton field* in sr^ne kwdttiea, sndH a
by man* that be
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