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TH1 TELEGRAPH.
MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869.
feditortal Correspondence.
Dinner at Peytona—Face of the Country—
Shelby Springe—Selma—Shelby Iron Works,
Me.
Selma, Roue & Dalton R. R >
August 31, 1869. >
I left yon yesterday as we approached Pey.
tons, a station abont midway between Dalton
and Selma. Here the Road will have its work
shops and centre of operations, and here Cap
tain Barney had ordered a magnificent collation
for the party. For a time tongues were silently
engaged in deglutition, but after hunger was ap-.
peased, a running fire of talk and repart ee was kept
up for half an hour. Hon.Wm.Arp—a gentleman
whose name is familiar to your readers, amused
us with a humorous and original speech, which
drew down the house. Captain Barney, Colonel
Halbert, Gaskill, Fitch and others were called
out and each gave a shot—the whistle blowed
and off we started. • / ■ , , b ,
The country on the line of the road from Pey
tona to Selma, differs from that above. The
soil is lighter and more silicious and the growth
pine to a greater extent. Talladega county is
generally red clay and is one of the most valua
ble mineral counties in Alabama. It abounds
in the choicest iron and the finest marbles of
every description I have seen in this country.—
The land on either side of the road is mostly
open and generally tcorn out. It has, to judge
from appearances, been under cultivation for
thirty years. Theroute is, however, interesting.
On either side the horizon is bounded by a
range of hills and mountains, which make a
majestic and beautiful frame work to the pic
ture. Jacksonville, Oxford, Talladega, Shelby
Springs, and Columbiana are villages which gen
erally nestle at the feet of these hills at a dis
tance of a half mile or so from the track, and
their tall church spires, standing out in relief
against the dark mountain green, seem like si
lent and graceful monitors telling us of the eter
nity of God and the frailty of man. When this
valley shall become thickly peopled and im
proved, it will be one of the most interesting
and picturesque I know of.
The writer was aroused from an afternoon
nap to find the train halted at Shelby Springs—
the party gone out to look at the grounds and
taste the waters, and the train under the inspec
tion of a coterie of graceful nymphs, whose
prattle was music to ears so long deprived of it.
I make haste to join the ranks of the excursion
and find the Shelby Springs establishment a
place of much natural beauty, but the buildings
out of repair. I am told the title to the prop
erty is in dispute. We shall dine there to-day,
and I will then say more of it.
We reached Selma about midnight. The dis
tance between Rome and Selma by the read is
19C miles, but we made frequent stoppages and
worked our way along very leisurely. Our party
was quartered very comfortably at two hotels in
the city, but had only a short time for repose.
Daylight found us taking observations around
the city. Selma is improving. A good many
elegant business houses are in course of erec
tion, and they are not modeled after the pattern
of modem church pews, but are allowed a
spacious frontage. The town claims a popula
tion of eight to ten thousand, and I v have no
doubt has a prosperous future before it It is
fast becoming a great railway centre. This
Selma, Rome and Dalton Road will communi
cate through it with Pensacola and New Orleans,
and will make it a great thoroughfare of travel
and freight
Among the curiosities of Selma are her
artesian wells—one of which, spouting a two
inch stream of water, I saw just after its com
pletion in 1853. It spouts as freely now as
then, and I will thank some gentleman to take
Us pencil and calculate for me how much water
that well has thrown, playing ceaselessly night
and day for the last sixteen yearn. One of the
wonders of nature and science are these artesian
wells. A cast-iron pipe is forced down into the
earth until a subterranean current of water is
reached, whose head is higher than the surface
of the earth at the point where the pipe is in
troduced. This secures a perpetual fountain,
and whilome mills and gins have been driven in
Alabama by water-power obtained in this man
ner.
We left Selma at nine o’clock the next morn
ing, (Tuesday 31st) and have been spending
the day on the road. First, we dined at Shelby
Springs, where we saw the sportive nymphs,
last night. They were no longer visible—taking
a siesta or dressing for dinner, I presume. The
Springs are weak sulphur and chalybeate.
After dinner we visited the famous Shelby
iron works, which were burned by General Wil
son’s cavalry in 1869. The Blue Mountain
works were destroyed by Wilson about the same
time, and are still in rains. The Shelby iron
works aro abont six miles distant from the line
of the Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad, and
are reached by a railway belonging to the com
pany. The country is undulating and hilly, but
not mountainous. The upward grade of the
road is not great, and the track terminates at
the foot of a hill where the works are located.
The rains are still extensive. The stacks of a
large foundry and puddling establishment and the
debris of many other valuable buildings are still
visible. Several hundred thousand dollars must
have been invested here which all went into
smoke and vapor on that inauspicious day in
April, 1865, when a detachment of Wilson's army
hurriedly entered this place and set fire to it. I
am told that the works are now in partial opera
tion in pursuance of a bargain whereby the
whole inoome of the establishment is pledged
to a Northern company until all advances for
rebuilding and operating expenses are refunded,
with interest, and the works then become the
joint property of the old and new companies—
share and share alike.
A mill, machine shop, foundry, extensive
smithery, and only one big smelting furnace,
with Its appliances, make up the stock of oper
ating property just now. This smelting furnace
turns out sixteen to seventeen tons pig iron
daily—worth in New York Bay fifty to sixty dol
lars per tom It is a very valuable iron—soft
and tough. Income say $700 per day at the
mines. The expenses, Mr. Weston, the Super
intendent, says, are about $350 per day, and his
arrangements will soon vastly increase the pro
duct with little comparative increase of expense
Come with me to the foot of this furnace.-—
It is a vast pyramid of brick, and towers up
ward to the foot of the smoke staek, say fifty
feet or more. A great steam engine of 100 horse
power is employed to drive the fan. The air
rushes through the blow pipe with the roar of a
mineatnre volcano. A glass headed tube permits
you to look through the pipe into the horrid
white hot mass. It makes your flesh creep. It
reminds yon of ..Dante’s Inferno. Come to the
front of the furnace. The smelter is continual
ly dragging out the imparities which float upon
the top of the pool of molten iron. It is for the
most part s fused oo&rse glass, in thatj-waxy
0 addition in which glass is worked. It is pulled
ff.it in long masses, and was compared by the
editors to great fiery lizzards or aligators.
When cooled it assumes every hue and oolor.
This, I am told, is the stuff of whioh. the Ger
mans make the glass marbles which please the
boys so much.
Then, too, there is that beautiful white “slag,”
(«e |bcy called it) which, when cooled, resem
bles solidified foam—aa white and pure as the
drtwii snow. Theas cinders accumulate in large
gaatfitfei and are apruud about in low pirns
-around the,furnace. They make-a jgrand road
when pulverised and hardened by travel.
At the summit .of the furnace, trainroads
bring crushed ora from the. mines, limestone
flux.and charcoal, which in turn are tilted down'
the fiery maw of the furnace. Now they open
the fnmace in front, and the livid, scintillating
tide comes forth; and when the supply is nearly
out, such a blowing and sputterring and spout
ing of fiery showers follows, os makes the men
of the furnace scatter in all directions and fills
us with wonder that they save their eye-sight.
The ore of the beds above is veryrich—masses
of it have been already fused and purged by
the fires of nature, and disclose the fibre of the
metal as perfectly &3 you see the cotton fibre in
a sample. Great improvements and additions
to these works are contemplated, and the pro
prietors soon intend to fuse with coke as well as
charcoal. The coke they will bring from Mon-
tevallo, a few miles below on the Selma, Rome
A Dalton Railroad. They expect soon to furnish
in iron, ooke and coal 500 tons transportation
per day. They send their iron mostly to New
York, where it is worth fifty to sixty dollars per
ton. Mr. Weston, the Superintendent, an old
Pennsylvania iron men, says there is no ore in
the Keystone State which can compare with the
ore of this region. • ; si
SUPPER AT PEYTONA—RETURN TO SOME AND TO
- ATLANTA—CONCLUSION.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, )
August 31, 1869.)
The Coosa, as intersected by this road, is a
beautiful and imposing stream not far from 300
yards in width. Its placid and dear waters
gleamed beautifully in the bright rays of the
setting sun as we passed the river.
We reached Peytona Station a little after ton
at night and found that grand preparations had
been made for our supper, under instructions
from our hospitable friend Capt. Barney, who
has as fine a physique as he has large a soul.
At least two hundred persons sat down to this
bountiful spread. After hunger had been ap
peased, it fell to the lot of the writer in respect
to age and official position, to pnt, in the form
of words, the sentiments of gratitude felt by all
the members of the Press for the extremely lib
eral hospitality displayed by Capt. Barney.
That gentleman took charge of the party at
Rome—provided us a dinner at Peytona—sup
per, lodgings,breakfast, and a ride around Selma
—dinner at Shelby Springs, a ride up the branch
road to the Iron works, and finally a splendidsup-
per at Peytona. His hospitality had been large
and costly and he had taken the utmost pains to
entertain and inform the party throughout the
trip. It is, therefore, due to him and to his
guests that I give my remarks at the con
cluding entertainment, in heartfelt acknowledg
ment of his extraordinary courtesy. So nearly
as I can recall them they were substantially as
follows;
Gentlemen of the Press and FeUow-cttkens of
Alabama and Georgia : The extraordinary hos
pitality extended to us by our friend, Captain
Barney, calls for some public acknowledgement
from us as we are about to take leave of him.—
As the oldest member of your body, here pres
ent, I think I may, without presumption, un
dertake to express our common sentiments on
this occasion. Capt Barney is a worthy repre
sentative of the overflowing hospitality of Ala
bamians. On two occasions this year have some
of ns literally floated npoa that generous and
expansive stream. ,
We greet you, Alabamians, as brethren, uni
ted with us in a common interest and destiny. ’
State lines are arbitrary. Oar interests and
our affections cross them perpetually. These
two great States, lying side by side, are essen
tially one in all social and industrial concern
ments. Hand-in-hand we have together passed
through a varied experience of joy and sorrow
—of adversity and prosperity. When we re
cur to the history of the last seven years and
view the aspects of to-day, we are reminded of
old Banyan’s Pilgrim in that fearful night’s
journey and conflict through the Valley of the
Shadow of Death. Panting, lacerated and bleed
ing, he toiled up the steep ascent in the morn
ing and saw the golden beams of the rising sun,
and heard the singing of the birds.
We, too, fellow-citizens, are just emerging
from our long night of sorrow and strife to catch
the glad rays of the morning snn. Day is burst
ing upon us. The elements of recuperation,
both mineral and vegetable, are the most boun-
results of this excursion will be of the happiest I The Velocipede Ride Across Niagara,
character upon the press itself and upon the in- j Uow Professor Jenkins crossed Niagara Fiver
* ' ~ • - on a Velocipede— What the Machine teas—How
terests of the State as they will be affected by a
wide-spread dissemination of the important
material facts, gathered in bur jonrneyings.—
They cannot fail still more to strengthen that
praotioal direction whioh the tons and influence
of the Georgia press are rapidly taking; and
when we reflect that at least forty out of fifty
odd of the most prominent newspapers in Geor
gia were ably and industriously represented in
the^e investigations, we cannot doubt tiieir
moral and intellectual effect upon the people.
The addresses and resolutions at the Atlanta
dinner were all reported by a stenographer, and
we prefer to copy his report of them in the At
lanta papers.
In conclusion, we remark with surprise that
some of pur prints are disposed to intimate that
this trip was conceived or carried on with some
reference to party politics. Nothing can be
more nntrae or further from the facts. The
bearing of the Governor could not possibly have
been more unexceptionable. He maintained
throughout an entirely unobtrusive position.—
He made no allusion to politics in the few pub
lie remarks his official position required him to
make. His demeanor to all was courteous and
cordial in tho highest degree—nor did we hear
politics mentioned, except a rather grotesque
and humorous discussion of the negro eligibility
question between a few iff his presence might
be called politics. If those who entertain and
express these suspicions of a covert political
design in this excursion had been present, they
would have been relieved of all disquietude on
that subject. We believe it was simply and
solely an expedition devised to interest tho
press and the people in the mineral regions of
Georgia, and has been carried out successfully
and faithfully to that end.
Georgians, a beneficent God has given us a
domain of unparalleled natural wealth. We
combine wealth-producing resources unexam
pled by any other spot on the American conti
nent. We have only to educate ourselves and
our children to take hold of them with energy,
skill, apd discretion, and, in a few years, we
shall overflow with wealth. What is wanted is
that we shall study the situation and reap its
advantages ourselves instead of turning them
over to more sagacious and energetic strangers.
Letter from North East Georgia.
Jefferson, Ga., Aug. 28, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : As your weekly circu
lates extensively in this county, possibly a line
from this point might be of interest to you, and
perhaps to some of your readers.
Jackson Superior Court is in session this
week, Judge Davis presiding. Up to this time
(Friday), but three eases have been tried.—
At this speed His Honor will probably clear the
docket about' tho time the National debt is
squared. No cases of importance on docket.
The crop prospect in this county is gloomy
enough. The drought has about demolished
the upland corn, while but a third of a crop of
cotton will be made at best. A movement is
on foot hero to-day to organize a company to
buy Western corn before it gets out of reach.—
The cotton corn and potato crops of North East
Georgia will prove almost an entire failure.
The surveyors locating the route for the
Athens and Clayton Railroad reached this place
yesterday. The line of the road has not been
determined upon yet, though I understand that
some Of the surveyors speak favorably of the
route by Jefferson.
teous that God in his goodness ever gave to err
ing man. With eighty millions’ worth of cotton
a year, the work of financial recovery must be
rapid. With your mineral wealth affording such
a promising field for the investment of your sur
plus earnings, you will rapidly accelerate your
onward and upward progress.
Gentlemen of tho Press, let us go home re
solved to stir up the people to the improvement
of the blessings with which God Almighty has
endowed them. We bid Capt Barney a grate
ful adieu. We hope the day may come when
his railroad will rival the great coal and iron ar
tery of Pennsylvania in the magnitude of its
operations and its profits.”
A great deal of lively and felicitous speaking
followed, in which Cols. Howard, Gaskill, Bar
ney, Printnp, Scott, Burns, Fitch, and numerous
others, participated—the whole concluding with
a capital song by T. D. Wright, of theMilledge-
ville Recorder.
Near the “ wee sma’ hours” we took the train
again. It was a beautiful cool night, and when
we rolled into Rome, the press were not only in
the arms of Morpheas, but many of them in the
splendid sleeping-car so-named.
September 1.—A breakfast at the Choice
House and a kind adieu to our hospitable friends
of that city. CoL Cothran and Capt. Burns and
others come down with us to Kingston. We owe
much to CoL Cothran and Capt. Griffin, who
placed their steamboat at our service on the
Etowah, and furnished us entertainment at large
personal expense. We are rolling down the
State Road, and are due in Atlanta at half-past
one p. m.
In the Gate City, the liberal host of the Na
tional Hotel had provided us with a splendid
banquet, at bis own expense, and it was all in
readiness so soon as we had removed the dust
of traveL To the press was assigned the post
of honor at the table; and after the clatter of
the repast was well over, CoL Hulbert was
called upon and gave ns a beautiful and appro
priate parting speech.
This gentleman is the very impersonation of
energy, physical and mental strength, and cease
less activity. Daring the whole trip he has
been almost omnipresent and untiring in his
efforts for the comfort, entertainment and in
struction of the presB in regard to all the great
material interests to which the excursion was
devoted.
The Fresident of the Association was called
upon to respond, and several interesting speech
es followed. Resolutions of thanks were adopt
ed, and, also, a resolution appointing Captain
Weston, of the Dawson Journal; O. H. C. Wil
lingham, Esq., of the LaGrahge Reporter, and
CoL 8. A. Atkinson, of the Athens Southern
Banner, a committee to correspond with emi
nent gentlemen therein named in relation to
the mining regions of Georgia, and publish the
information from time to time, to be copied by
the press of the State. ' The party then took an
affectionate leave of each other. During eight
days of constant intercourse, under the most
varied circumstances, the utmost urbanity had
characterized the demeanor of all. A frank
and hearty good- feeling was the nnintermitted
order of every day; and all displayed an earnest
Complimentary.
For fear the modesty of our Senior wonid not
allow him to insert the following, we hasten to
do so before his return. This is from the pen
of Mr. J. H. Martin, editor of the Columbus En-
qnirer. AllndingtothespeechmakingatRome.
He says:
The Governor made a very happy speech,
which was warmly applauded. He concluded
by calling up CoL Clisby. Fresident of the Press
Association and the model editor of Georgia.—
We all know how pointedly, gracefully and ef
fectively Clisby wields the pen. His address on
this occasion shows that he is equally good,
when the occasion inspires him, with the use of
the tongue. He depicted in terms “eloquent with
truth” the vast mineral wealth of this part of
Georgia, its superior fertility, its charming
scenery and climate, and the great prosperity
that awaits its people by the exercise of enter
prise and industry. He forcibly presented the
advantages possessed by Rome in particular,
and elicited hearty cheers by his predictions of
its growth and advancement, and his exhorta
tions to its people to move forward hopefully
and energetically to the realization of the high
destiny that awaits them.
Andrew Female College.—Our readers will
examine the announcement iu our columns of
the above Institution, located in Cuthbert, Ga.
Rev. A. L. Hamilton is Fresident. He has
earned a splendid reputation in the management
of institutions of learning, and the pupils who
may bo placed there will have every attention
given to their physical, moral and mental culti
vation.
Wesleyan Female College.—The Thirty
Second Annual session of this favorite female
college, begins October fourth intent, with the
faculty complete—Rev. J. M. Donnell, Presi
dent. The gentlemen who have charge of it
are so well and favorably known, that in them
selves they aro a guarantee of all parents can
exact.
Hon. T. J. Eppes, of Florida, who will be re
membered by those who were students in the
University of Georgia in 1849, died on 4th Au
gust last. He had made quite a reputation in
his brief career, having occupied many honora
ble positions in the State of Florida.
Jones & Baxter.—Messrs. Geo. S. Jones and
John S. Baxter have formed a copartnership in
the Grocery business, and will be pleased to see
their old and now customers. Mr. Day, former-
y in business with them has retired.
, Old debts scaled in Baldwin Superior Court
under Relief Laws in one case to 12 jc in the dol-
ar, in another to 66§c. Cases go to the Supreme
Court under late ruling as to how far plaintiff
was responsible for losses of defendants.
A writer in Middle Georgia so vehement on
the subject of gentlemen of the Press, being in
company of Governor Bullock, should bear in
mind that he was an applicant far a Solicitor
Generalship from Governor Bullock, and many
people knew the fact
Effect of Drought.—The Chronicle and Sen
tinel of the 31st, says 30 acres of cotton near
that city from a luxoriant appearance in one
week was so effectually destroyed that one bale
will be the probable yield of the whole field.
A corespondent from Morgan county writing
to the Constitutionalist says that cotton will-
make in that county, its first crop—no middle
or top crop. He has seen a field where half the
cotton that will be made has been picked.
A Planter in Laurens thinks that county will
make about one bale of cotton to every four
acres planted.
The Sunken Steamers.—The Eufaula News
says t “We learn from Mr. A.. Pratt, the
efficient clerk of the Q. D. Fry, that the pros
pects for getting afloat that steamer within a
day or two are flattering. He wont down on
the St. Clair with pump3, etc., necessary for
exhausting the water when she will comeup and
proceed to Apalachicola for repairs. He also
informs ns that it is strongly probable that the
New Jackson, sunk on Flint river spme months
since, will soon be raised and making her regu
lar trips. Diving suits had been procured and
they were taking out her cotton, at first about
fifty-two bales, by pieoe meals. Thisline seems
the Feat seas Regarded.
From the Buffalo Express, August 26. J
Anew candidate lias made his appearance be
fore the publio for glory, renown, and shekels.
He is called Professor Jenkins, or the Canadian
Blondin, and his fort is in-riding the bicycle on
a rope. His first call for public attention in
this section of the countiy was made in a little
hand-bill announcing that his “performances
on the tight-rope had astonished the world, and
left competitors far behind," and furthermore
that he would ride a velocipede across Niagara
Falls yesterday afternoon.
Early in the day the crowd around the Falls
was far from small, and by noon the excursion
trains on the Great Western and Lake Huron
Railroads had brought thousands of people, all
anxious to see the man ride over the Falls in a
velocipede. But the show was not at the Falls
at all, but below the Suspension Bridge, on the
exact spot where the genuine Blondin years ago
crossed the river with the man on his back.—
The rope, two inches in diameterand 1,000 feet
long, was placed in position last Friday, and
made as secure and tight as possible.
THE “VELOCIFEDE” AND THE HOPE.
The machine used by Professor Jenkins is not
in any sense a velocipede. It is, however, a
bicycle, and turned upside down would resem
ble in some degree a modem velocipede. The
.wheels, three inches wide, are mado heavy and
of wood, without tires, but in their places are
grooves one and three quartor inches deep.—
The front wheel is three feet two inches, and
the hind wheel two feet ten inches in diameter.
The connecting rods are iron, so, also, the bal
ance pole, which is eight feet long and tipped
with ten pound balls, and weighs twenty-eight
pounds. The whole thingg, with the man
thrown in, weighs 298 pounds. The propelling
power Is a pinion cog-wheel made of brass,
about nine inches in diameter, whioh is mado to
gear to cogs which surround the front wheel at
the bottom of the groove.
It was snpposod, naturally enough, that a
man riding across the Niagara river on a single
rope would draw a large crowd of people to the
Falls; but it costs money to bay ropes and build
fences, and those interested solicited subscrip
tions to defray expenses. The amount raised on
both sides of the river was §130, of whioh the
Elgin House gave §50. It was also agreed that
half the receipts at the bridge should go to the
performer. The expenses were about §1000,
the rope alone costing §350.
The 1000 feet of good two-inch hemp ropo
stretched across the chasm, 200 feet above the
boiling flood, was the first object to be gazed
npon by the crowd, but you could not reach it
without paying 25 cents* whioh a great many
did, and were rewarded by a close inspection.
The cable was fastened securely and immovably
on the American shore, but on the Canada
shore, coiled around a windlass to facilitate
tightening, and then twisted and tied around a
couple of cedar stumps. The deflection of the
rope was abont thirty feet. Photographers
were early on the ground, and secured the best
locations for their cameras.
lETST TELEGBAPH.
purpose to oarry out the objects of the excur- fi ave been very unfortunate of late, and we
aton. We have every reason to beliave tost the hops their damages may bo speedily repaired.',-
HOW IT WAS DONE.
At 2:30 o’clock the Professor made his ap
pearance at the small house on the Canada side
with the pieces of his machine, and at once pro
ceeded to put them together—a task of no small la
bor. "With the aid of his men he first placed the
fore-wheel on the rope just at the edge of the
precipice, and while one man balanced it an
other placed on tho standard from the under
side, thus bringing two strong bars of iron on
either side of the rope. All the joints were se
curely fastened with bolts. The braces or con
necting rods extending from tho standard to the
rear shaft in the form of the letter O, made the
connection complete and very strong. The Pro
fessor then got outside of the rope, arranged the
pinion-wheel, and fastened the balance-pole
aeross the O part of the braces. This done, the
seat (a strip of leather) was secured to the rear
axle by means of straps. This arrangement,
which it was seen at once would throw the en
tire weight of the machine and the rider under
the rope, was a source of disappointment, if not
of relief, to many of the .spectators, who, not
consulting the inventive genius of the Canadian
Blondin, rather expected to see him mounted on
a Greenwood velocipede, which, of course, would
give a good distance for ground and lofty tum
bling. > ■
<i V, MURMURS.
All being in readiness, the bioyole was fast
ed by a rope to the bank, and Jenkins, who had
superintended all the operations, started for his
hotel to robe. During his absence the crowd
viewed the machine critically, and murmurs of
“humbug,” “sold,” “who couldn't," etc., were
heard, but as a general thing the crowd were
pleased with the ingenious method in which
the great danger supposed to be involved in the
undertaking had been avoided. By this time
the people, who had been pouring in on .ex
cursion trains from all parts of Canada, had as
sembled in convenient localities for observation
to the number of, perhaps, S000. '
The lion made his second nppearance at 3:30
o’clock, dressed for the performance. He wore
white tights, black velvet knee-breeches, shoul
der straps and cross-belts of the same material,
and on his head was placed a crown-shaped hat;
and all were profusely bedecked with tinsel and
beads. His feet were covered with buff mocca
sins. Before alighting from the carriage Jenk
ins stopped and talked with onr reporter; but
there was a little nervousness apparent abont
his eyes and month, which perhaps was caused
by over-smoking or the enormous quid of to
bacco he was seen to bite from a borrowed
P Iu S-
FALSE START. , J-
We gave him a word of encouragement, and
he at once took his position astride the rope and
proceeded to arrange the leather strap or seat,
which, as it was allowed to touch the rope,
seemed more for the purpose of protecting the
velvet pants from damage by attrition than to
sit npon. In fact, he did not sit, bnt stood up,
with his feet about eighteen inches apart, rest
ing the balance-pole. In a moment he grasped
the handles of the pinion wheel, and turned
them, moving slowly from the bank, the crowd
preserving a death-like stillness. After passing
ont a few yards a halt was made, and the photo
graphers were allowed to take his picture. He
then returned, waited five or ten minutes, and
resumed his seat. Three pistol shots were then
fired from the Canadian side, and it was a
go.
The machine moved slowly forward, the rope
swaying gently from Ride to side until he had
passed out about fifty feet, when another oppor
tunity was given the artist; after whioh he
crawled along at a snail’s pace to the middle of
the abyss, where he raised and waived his hat,
and received a faint cheer in response. From
the centre to the American shore it was evi
dently hard work to propel the bicycle, but at
last the edge of the cliff was reached, and then
the welkin did ring with the applause of the
people. The time occupied in passing over the
rope was just eleven minutes.
From Washington.
Washington, September 2.—Wm. G. Morris has
been appointed United States Marshal for California
vice Bond.suspended;, ClaiborneR. Mobley, Federal
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Gen.
Gresham, standing Republican candidate for Con
gress in the New Albany District of Indiana, against
McKeir, has been appointed Judge of the United
States Court for the District of Louisiana. ; - • v ,
Secretary Bawlins has been again attacked; yes
terday’s exertion in the Cabinet against his physi
cian’s advice caused a relapse. His friends are very
solicitous. He is regarded as the champion in the
Cabinet of generous measures towards the South.
Grant told Senter that he had determined not to
interfere in State elections—that matters of law as
well as of removals and appointments, wonid be re
ferred to proper departments for action.
Revenue receipts to-day §95,000. ,}•
The postal money order system with Switzerland
went into operation yesterday.
Associate Justice Grier has no present idea of re
signing.
Over one thousand suits are pending against New
York bankers and brokers for under statements of
capital. A conviction involves fine and imprison
ment.
Tho Evening Express says it is said that General
Canby is preparing a report to the President, pitch
ing into the political, moral and social status of
Virginia, generally, and charging the people with
hindering reconstruction and being secretly hostile
to tho Congressional policy;
Customs from the 21st to 2Sth, inclusive, are five
and a half millions.
CoL McCardle, of Vicksburg, of habeas corpus
fame, is here.
The Spanish Minister, Roberts, authorizes the
statement that the recent publication of an inter
cepted letter in tho New York Sun, is a forgery.
A private letter dated at Madrid, from an authori
tative source, states that Sickles has offered the
United States as a mediator between Spain and
Cnba, the proposition being the abolition of slavery
and tho payment to Spain by the Cubans for forts,
public buildings, etc. While Spain does not refuse
mediation, there are serious obstacles in the way of
the accommodation. The impression among many
Spanish statesmen is, however, that Cnba will
eventually pass from Spanish control. It is stated
that Spain demands, as a preliminary, that the Ca
bans lay down their arms, which, it is ascertained,
the Cabans will not do, having no guarantee of pro
tection from the Volunteers, who, it is stated, aim
at tho absolute control of the island, and have a se
cret organization to that end.
A special to the Times makes Grant say to the
Sentdr delegation from Tennessee, that he recog
nized Mr. Senter as a Republican, and considered
that tho Republicans who voted for him still belong
to the Republican party, and in addition, that he
would not remove from office any Federal official in
the State, for having thrown the weight of his posi
tion and personal influence against Mr. Stokes. .The
President, in conclusion, recommended them to
harmonize and pint an end to their difficulties, per
sonal and political, by a general amnesty.
From Virginia.
White Sulphur Springs, September 2.—A diffi
culty having arisen here between L. Q. Washington
and W. W. Glenn, of the Baltimore Gazette, growing
out of a letter written by the former to a Virginia pa
per, which was construed as containing offensive allu
sions, the parties proceeded tef the field this morn
ing with a view to a hostile meeting. The matter
was adjusted, the text of the adjustment being said
to be the following: The challenge of Washington
and the epistles of Glenn are hereby withdrawn,
Washington disavowing the intention of saying any
thing offensive in his original letter.
Commercial Review of the Past Year .
Prom the Charleston Courier, Sept. 1.J
The vast changes which have been taking
place in the South, and which led to uncertainty
and distrust in all industrial pursuits, is slowly
assuming s form which gives more confidence,
*od were it’ not for the unsatisfactory situation
of political affairs, the material position of this
section, would soon attain a highly prosperous
.condition. „ The leading cause of this tendency
to renewed prosperity is the great capacity of
the Southern soil to produce articles of high
value to the world, and for which they are will
ing to pay large prices. The abolition of slave
ry, which was supposed to have given the death
blow to the raising of Southern ertms, has cer
tainly plaoed the leading staple, Cotton, on a
better paying basis than previously, and un
less the regular coarse of trade should be in
terrupted by political events, this important
article of commerce promises to yield the
Southern grower a better price than was ob
tained under the old system. Before the war
Ootton production was generally ahead of con
sumption, and the manufacturer regulated the
price; now consumption is in advance of pro
duction, the planter has that power. The re
duction of the American crop from 5,000,000
to 2,500,000 bales has cansed this, and as any
increased production will be only gradual, good
prices may be expected for several years. The
cotton year just closed has been a satisfactory
one to the planter—prices have ruled well np,
and middlings which opened in September,
1868, at 23 cents per pound, fell rapidly to 21
cents during that month, and did not descend
so low again during the year, speedily rose to
23 and 24 cents, and remained about these
figures for some time, and in January last im
proved to 25 cents, and soon after to 27 and 28
cents, and 28 and 29 cents, whioh rates con
tinued to June, when they advanced to 30 and
32 cents, and remained at these figures until the
close of the commercial year. Wherever fair
seasons have been had and good management
existed, the planter has been getting in a sound
financial position, and the effects produced by
this cause and some improvement in labor, pro
mises, with favorable seasons, to. show a more
important increase in the crop now coming to
maturity than any grown since the war; and while
the crop of 1865-’6G was 2,151,043, 186G-’67 1,-
051,968, 1867-’68 2,450,000 bales, the present
growth with favorable weather will almost cer
tainly reach 2,800,000 bales, and may under un
usually good condition go up to 3,000,000 bales.
Even with this last result good prices may be
looked for, as the world is bare of a supply, and
Middlings will probably not descend below 25
cents, at which rate the American crop will be
worth near §300,000,000—a sum truly enormous
for one product, and which must soon lead to
great prosperity in this section. Up to this pe
riod the general prospect for a good cotton crop
is excellent, and while rn3t and shedding begins
to attract attention, and has done some damage
in parts of South Carolina and Georgia, the dis
ease has not covered np to this time surface
sufficient to lessen materially the growing crop.
Great changes may. however, yet occur, which
can reduce the yield to 2,500,000 bales or less.
The other important crops of tho South have
met with varied success : the wheat harvest of
the past winter having been good, while, owing
to the drought, the.com crop is very deficient
in places, the larger area having probably
secured sufficient to carry the planter through
the ooming season, bnt considerable districts
will have to depend upon other sections of the
country for a supply of this grain. The manu
facturing and mineral resources of this region
are attracting, large attention, and the number
of mills engaged in the production of cotton
goods is a prominent interest, and this branch
of industry promises a steady and large increase,
the publio mind becoming convinced, that no
section of the world offers such facilities for the
profitable manufacture of cotton fabrics. The
spirit of the people was never so active and reso
lute, and a rapid extension of all profitable pur
suits may be looked for. ' ■ • <: ’:<■
Ootton Receipts—Montgomery and Colum
bus.—The amount of cottonreceivedinMontgom-
ery forthe year ending September 1st 1868, was
66.055 bales. Stock on hand September 1st,
136S, 533 bales. Received since then to Sep
tember 1st, 1860, 44,468 bales—total 45,001..-»»-
Shipped 44,865 bales; stock on hand September
1st, 1869, 136 bales.
The total receipts of cotton in the warehouses
of Columbus from September 1st, 1868, to Sep
tember 1st, 1869, not including the stock of 280
bales on hand at the former date, have been 48,*
284 bales, against 85.6S5 bales the previous
year. The connt taken yesterday shows that 125
bales remain in the warehouses.
[Columbus Sun,
Charleston News, September 1st, gives stock
of cotton on hand to latest dates.
1869 , 13,972 bales
1868 37,-261 bales
Received i 23.289 bales
Charleston Courier, September 1st, gives it
I860 1 10,804 bales
1868....; :....43,270 bales
Decreased — 32,466 bales
We find the following compliment to our fel
low-citizen Mr. N. L. Drury, as a sign painter,
in the Monroe Advertiser:
Oar new sign is attracting considerable atten
tion. It is probably the finest newspaper sign
in the State, and was painted for ns by Mr. N.
L. Drury, of Macon, who is a master of his pro
fession. He will take pleasure in painting busi
ness and professional signs very cheap. Give
him a trial.
A young man of limited intelligence, who was
recovering from a long fit of sickness, being in
formed by his physician that he “might venture
now upon a little animalfood,” exclaimed: “No
you don't, doctor; I’ve suffered enough on
your gruel and stuff, and hang me if I’ll touch
Lay of ycaf hay:ahd oats." •. , i
Unveiling or the Monument In Stone
wall Cemetery.
Governor Walker returned here this morning, but | t j, e Griffin Star. 31»f]
is altogether reticent about his interview with the
President It is understood, however, that reliable
advices from a source in Washington, have been
received to the effect that the test oath will not be
Mow Mrs. Lee (.ad »rs. JacUaotTTLl
flptidlng the Stniunr. ^
fr ^ m ,J.h^VfUn'! e e Springe CorreSmndent- u j j
Lee
Among these, I found hero Mrs. Bobew r
knownher when a boy, as the helle of ArW„
the daughter of George .Washington Parker?’
hs, who was tho adopted child of Geor B « wv?"
mgton, bnt no blood relation. Then'
an elegant and attractive young ladv, of
fabihty of manners and personal charms * ai *7
I found her greatly changed by tim e ac 7‘ 6 *;
more by disease. The charm of her manr
still continues, but her body has been terriW*
afflicted by rheumatism, which has raadel'
such a cripple that, for some years' past ,
from the commencement of the his
only locomotion is affected in a chair-’Jll
wheels, which is moved about by servants t
spite of this affliction she is a most atm,!.?, 11
and cheerful old dady, receives eyexv X 2?
a smile, and converses npon all subjects vt?
great intelligence, vivacity and good, humor
There is nothing of the Laughter, querr-h-T"
ness or discontent of the invalid in her s
or conversation. Her time is occupied in
converse, aewing, writing. and plavim- -ri.vt
grandchild, a jolly little fellow, the son nfr
W. H. F. lea. She is full of energy^^
try, and employs herself most zeaicuslv to ?;?''
hour of the night sewing for herself ,“‘-
daughters. At present she is engaged
ing a dress for herself and one of her dauoV
out of some calico, sent as a present ffogSg
Phoenix cotton mills m.Georgia. ™
Mrs. Lee, thoagh contented with her sin,
tion, and deeply grateful for the many J. ; '
of love and admiration-which have teen ' ’
ished upon her husband and herself aV ’
naturally sighs for her old home at ArlhaK
from which she has been so ruthlessly aud°M ’
baronsly banished. She expects to* close w
f en6 n° {h »PPydavsof >4
childhood and girlhood..- Even this mo-
cherished desire, however, she will cheerfrhr
sacrifice to her dignity and pride, and will np „;
consent to receive back her. estates if tead«ri 1
with any conditions or as a charitable and mpr*
cifal condescension and favor by the Govern"
ment which''so cruelly devastated and avmm
priated properly bequeathed by her. patriotic
father, and never legally acquired by % author
ity which now retains it Arlington must c-es-'
to be a Federal cemetery When the famih-"7?
Robt E. Lee occupy it.
The daughter-in-law of Mrs. Lee is here wh’-
her, the wife of Gen. W. H. K Lee. one of th“
most elegant and beautiful ladies I have s-^
in Virginia. She was a Miss Bolling, of Pehn,
burg, of the old Pocahontas stock, always fi.
mous .for. beauty and; high spirit. Her'co?-
manding and elegant - figure, her bright and
beaming face, and air of. mingled dignity, grac-
and gentleness, would make her in the largest
assembly the cynosnre of all eyes, the “obsemd
of all observers.” Mrs. T. J. : Jackson is e.hj
making 1 a sojourn in the'place. ■ She is a youth,
fol and handsome widow/of. affiabk*.maa-
ners, and her Jittie daughter, a. bright girl of
seven or eight years, attracts universal atten
tion, as the sole heiress of the illustrious hero
of ChanceUors-rille and of ’a hundred other bat-
Mtkf .,. 7 -.
■f —V
During the past wefek' we have: seen several
gentlemen who, in the routine of business hive
traveled the State from the Delaware to the
Ohio, and the reports they give of the touecc
public sentiment everywhere uniformly p. v
to an overwhelming Demscratie: victory. 0a:,'
informants are gentlemen of intelligence. ,vLi
would not misrepresent facts. Their oppo: 1 .-.
nities for observation have been very extended/
and but for the fact that we can place imr'itit
copfideuee jn their statements,"we should fee!
inclined to doubt the 1 possibility of such an eu-
thusfastio awakening of'the masses in behalf cf'
the Democratic noipinees^as-.tbey report. Ia
the large cities and towns,, in the retired villi-
ges,, and throughout the rural districts, the us-
versal cry is: Give us a change of rulers. Ak
changpmust be jfortthe better, is' the general
opinion.''If* this feeling is taken advantage c?
iu a proper manner, Asa Packer will be elected
required, and that the Legislature will soon be con
vened.
General News.
New York, September 2—The Alaska, from
Panama, has arrived with dates to the 23rd of Au
gust. and $60,000 in treasure. a •
The Pichiniclii Volcano, near Quito! is smoky and j
heavy.
Several small Peruvian earthquakes are reported.
The President, Balto, issued a proclamation declar
ing the independence of Cuba on tho 13 th of August.
Snow fell in New York yesterday.
Virginia City, ,M.. T., September 2.—Governor
Ashley, known as Impeachment Ashley, has re-
On Friday last, 27th instant, a large number | b Y a majority.—Philadelphia Age; 28fcl.
of citizens and ladies assembled at “Stonewall I • ' —■■■■■■—-»».. . . . .
Cemetery” to witness the dedication of the Mon-1 A facetious local editor’of a Wilmington p&-
ument which has just been erected. The Mon- expiains the invisibfflfv of the great cornri
nment is of granite base, ten feet high, and the : 1 . * & ,
workmanship is of a superior order—as hand- ; as follows:
some, both in design and finish, as we ever saw. | A star of unusual lustre and magnitude can
Upon this is a marble shaft, capped with a life j be seen in the eastern 'heavens any fine mid
size angel, chiseled out of beautiful Italian night. The expected comet having been de
marble, wrought with taste and skilL Oa the j tained by business engagements elsewhere, this
North side is inscribed— I star has been sent out to entertain the audience
: until the chief star of the spectacle can arrive,
moved the elected Territorial Auditor and the Treas-
IN MEMOBIAM.
OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD..
On the East—
ERECTED BY THE
LADIES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
of Griffin, Ga., 1869.
On the South—
REST! SOLDIERS! REST!
I Some reports are to tho effect that the new corn-
! et has had the toothache in its tail, and has
j stopped at one of Vulcan's blacksmith shops to
i have it repaired.
nrer, and filled their places,
will contest.
The ousted- officers
! On the West—
Foreign News.
Paris, September 3.—Ratifications of a conven
tion for the laying of a catle between Europe and
South America have been exchanged.
Madrid, September 2.—Two Carlist chieftains
have surrendered npon assurances of the safety of
their lives.
Government organs say that the reinforcements
about to sail will be sufficient to crush out the Ca
ban rebellion.
London, September 2.—Solicitors of Lady By
ron’s family say Airs. Stowe's article on the separa
tion of Lord and Lady Byron is not complete or
authentic.
Dublin, September 2.—Cardinal Cullen forbids
parents sending their children to national model
schools, on pain of church punishments.
From Cuba.
Havana, September 2.—General Littorre has re
signed command of the forces in the Eastern De
partment. Valm3seda has been appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief—headquarters in the field.
The Future of the South.
We are just beginning to get a glimpse of the
amazing possibilities which the Southern States
proffer to energetic and disciplined labor. With
civil governments either re-established or des
tined soon to become such, the Southern States
are advancing in the accumulation of wealth
with a rapidity hitherto unknown. It is to bo
noted, however, that this wonderful recupera
tion is limited mainly to the cotton-growing
States, and the result is striking evidence not
only of the prodigal wealth of their soil and
their favoring climate, but also of the skill and
industry of their working classes. The last cot
ton crop produced §75,000,000 more than the
unprecedented crop of I860, and, if present
prices are maintained, the coming crop will ex
ceed the figures of last year by §50.000,000 or
will yield in the aggregate §300,000,000. Of
this grand total, the worn out and decrepid State
of South Carolina and the seemingly distant and
unknown State of Arkansas will each contribute
§30,000,000—the product of a working popula
tion numbering less than the population of New
York city.
And we aro gratified to observe that the in
dustrial classes of the South fully participate in
the general prosperity. While planters are be
coming rich, laborers are acquiring a compe
tence. and to-day nowhere else, not even in
California, is labor so well remunerated as it is
in the cotton fields of the South. And how can
it be otherwise ? Scattered throughout the cot
ton States are immense tracts of lands, unsur
passed in fertility, and in every condition of de
velopment or non-development, from the prim
itive forest to the improved plantation, seeking
purchasers at prices varying from §2 50 to §20
per acre. Under ordinary culture, and with an
average season, these lands will produce, at the
minimum, three-quarters of a bale of cotton to
the acre. With cotton at twenty-five cents per
pound, assuming twelve and a half cents as the
cost of production, they will yield to the planter
a net profit of thirty-seven and a half dollars per
aore. These extraordinary opportunities and
results, not even remotely possible in any other
portion of the United States, can be promised
anywhere within the boundaries of the cotton
zone, and when generally comprehended by the
masses at the North,cannot fail to attract to these
favored regions a tide of population which will
ensure to the South a growth as well as prosper
ity commensurate with her unrivalled natural
advantages.—Nnn York Mail.
“How sleep the brave who sink to rest.
■With all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring with dewy fingers cold!
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
She then shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than fancy’s feet have ever trod.
1 “By fairy hands their knell is rung.
By forms unseen their dirge is sung:
There honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay.
And freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell, a weeping hermit there.”
Rapidly Advancing.—The Brunswick and Al
bany Railroad advances at a truly astonishing
rate*. Only a few weeks have passed, and over
500 men are at work—pushing ahead as rapidly
as possible. Hundreds aro being added each
week. Skilled and experienced railroad men
and bridge builders are arriving by each boat to
lend a helping hand.
Assassination of Dr. El H. Harley.—Our
community was shocked on Wednesday morn
ing, upon the circulation of the fact of the cruel
and dastardly assassination of the gentleman
whose name hends this article.
From the findings of the empanelled jury we
glean these particulars: Dr. H. was in charge
of the business of Mr. Babcock, cutting and
hapling cross-ties for the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad, with headquarters at College planta
tion, about two miles from BetheL .On Tues
day night about ten o’clock while Dr. H. was
sitting in his cabin, an open log house, writing
at his desk, with one or two others present, a
gun was passed through the logs and discharged,
the murderous fire terribly mmtilatiug his head,
his brains staining the walls of the house. He
survived the fatal wound but a few brief mo
ments.—Brunswick Seaport Appeal, 20th.
Crops in Virginia.—Virginia papers of late
date say the com crop is cut off from one-half
to two-thirds. Were it not for a good wheat
crop there would be danger almost of famine.
In any event there will be great distress. The
tobacco crop has also suffered. The Norfolk
Journal of the 25th says:
From what we learn from the papers of the
interior of the State the drought has been ex
cessive. In the great rich region watered by
the Dan the com on the lowlands will probably
yield half a crop; bnt on the hills it is almost
destroyed. The same report reaches ns of the
tobacco crop, which has boen burnt up to such
an extent that the Roanoke Valley, published at
Clarksville, says that not one-sixth of a crop
will be made in the counties of Mecklenburg,
Halifax, Charlotte, Lnenberg and Prince Ed
ward. The papers of the Valley also give a
very gloomy account of the corn crop in that
region. They say that in Augusta the yield
vrifi not be beyond a third of a crop, and that in
Shenandoah it will not reach a half.
CAi^ORNiA CoTTON.-Theedito oftoe Clmr- abou / d _ Th ‘ advantage is not without draw-1
leston News has been ehovm specimen of the . baoka for Rke men, should bsve a re-I
cotton plant grown frpm seed received from the ; gervo of national endowments so as to be better ’
southern part of California, by a planter near ^ to mget ^ when the progress of
Selma, Alabama, from whence this specimen j ot i, era aoualized bv the benefit of training.
The London Times has a leader on the late
boat race, in the course of which it says the
issue of this match is no inapt illustration of
the difference between the two nations. The
Englishmen were heavier than the Harvards,
but it remains doubtful to which Bide the bal
ance of strength inclined. Aa for gallantry,
energy and pluck, the Harvards showed an ex
ample we may humbly hope to equal, but can
not exoeL The victory was a victory of educa
tion. Here the advantage was all on onr side.
We live a close life, the competition is sharper,
the lessons passed are searching and exact, the
margin of our lives is so narrow that every
possible economy of strength is utilized. Row
ing with os is a soience developed by men who
made it their business and knew that in the con-
The New Yore Times reports for August'
28th, that the market for. future delivery of
cotton has been less active, at declining prices.
We note the following sales on ‘basis low mid
dling:” For September, 450 bales at 32c.: for
October, 650 at 29|@30c.; for November, 300
bales at 28^@28fc.; for -December, 1,630 bales
at 27^<®27je.; 250 bales free, on board at New
Orleans at 27£@274e.; 100 bales free onboard
at Mobile at 2Gjc.,"*and 200 bales free on board
at Savannah, at 20ic.; for January, 330 bales a:
2T@274o.; for February, 500 bales at27<S27jc.
The Etowah Iron "Works.—We learn tint the
Etowah Iron Works, better known as Coopers
Ironworks, have recently been seized by the
United States Government, as the property of
the Confederate States, at the instance of the
Commissioner at .Washington, under the 12th
section of the act of 1S6G, and a mendatorv acts
of Congress. The Etowah property' comprises
some 15,000 acres of land. Suit has been institu
ted, and Locbhino and- Clarke retained ss coun
sel for the Government. We look for a big
fight among big lawyers, over this princely es
tate, worth thousands of dollars.
More Nuggets.—The Nacoochee Minning
Company found another nugget of gold a few
days ago, which weighed over two pounds anl
a half, worth nearly §600 in coin, besides it is
said that their monthly yield will amount to
§5000. l
: The - Great Drouth;—For two months or
more we have had bnt little rainso that onr
upland crops are entirely rained, and some of
the bottom will fall far below a half crop.
Gainesville Air Line Eagle, 20th.
New York, Augpst 28.—Colonel S, Ryan mil
Carrier, leaders of the late Cuban expedition,
have be-.-n held to bail by having returned here
from Canada. •
The Fenian Congress continued its sessions
to-day. Two delegates from Ireland were in
troduced and made favorable reports.
The right to use the fence surrounding tin
hew post-offioe site was leased to-day at §15,0$
for advertising purposes.
The Boston Daily Advertiser, it is anuoc:«-
informally, has been sold to a new
Messrs. Dunbar and Chandler, who a
controlling interest. Mr. Goddard, forms 1 ’?®,
the Worcester Spy, but lately first assistant
tor of the Advertiser, will; remain, and hit-
tors, who retains his interest, is to be Treasurer
of the new company. The paper was purchase”
six years ago for §40,000:. the price now P" 1 ”
is reported to be §225,000
A correspondent writes thus of the crops is
Noth Georgia:
“The crops were in the most forlorn cona
tion along the road from Maoon to Marietw-
for want of rain, though I noticed several nei
of nice com."
test the slightest rinile told. Thus the Oxfords
knew precisely where to abstain as well as when to j charge.
r ™ ’ * V “‘' J Warehouse .and Commission Mcrch»nti-
Maoon,
To Competitors for Cotton Premi B,B *'
Editors Telegraph: Believing that many fann
ers of our State are raising and will prepare cot
tons of extra quality, etc., to be exhibited at L-S
approaching State Fair, to be held in this city
commencing on the J6th November next;
after the preparation of such, it becomes neces
sary that they should have representatives he 1 *
who will give special attention to such
ments, and in securing premiums awarded *°
successful competitors,
We beg, therefore, to inform those who eon-
template exhibiting cottons, that we will recetrs
the same and use all diligence and judgment n*
its proper exhibition and in securing the pre®^
urns for which it is contemplated, and transpo
the same to and from the Fair Grounds free 0
Jonathan Collins A Son,
A nECENf French biographer of King
came. ; ™
fk-Jr\..i£ LT.„A o m »tnrifv some of new ootton recieved at Milledgeville last week ia s Pellet, andother- ybalW-gin are
three bales to the -aero, and a maturity some
two to three weeks earlier than ordinary cotton.; sold at from 29@29} cents.
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