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FBIDAT, SEPTEMBER 10, 18tt>.
"ftorflS* 1 Cotton Production,
. September 5.—A correspondent in
speftking of the calamity in the
W’ says it was owing to the increase
I power at a time when the raw ma-
decreasing. He argues that it would
b*Lj 3 the American planters to grow five
hjJSleeof cotton at a double expense of
labor, when the same profit.will be re-
half that amount. He ie certain a
winced trial must convince the spinner
of co-operating in growing.
' • ,;t:g from onr telegrams yesterday,
attracted the attention of the reader,
ttfufactores of Great Britain are threaten-
k 51 dead lock. In the face of a growing
ifor raw cotton the supply is diminish.
r L 0) vest to year. The glorious results of
|t«a ordsined free labor” which were going
] - I! the cotton product of the South and fill
^.olitionism with great joy and triumph,
s aot jpme. The emancipation of the slaves
"* aown production one half. All the flne-
* ind gold threaded theories of the devotees
I? 3 equality shrivel and break in the
r rftb i s great potential fact, that the negro
work for himself as he did for his mas-
^ that the word which Temitted him to his
Y nlitioa cat down the productive power of
|3J2 fifty percent.
I*\VU'.t next? Iodia and E 6JP t hav ® been :
" v victim*** 3 to make np this deficit We (
fllastish”’ 3 °f fl* a character of modem I
I^Liiopy io the fact stated upon English an- i
Itw that over thirteen hundred thousand i
I; A, ^ three hundred thousand Egyptians j
I . parish* 3 of starvation., consequent upon
I fjjeed cultivation of cotton instead of
laid! The English and American journals
l^jangpceans by the year over the emanci-
I •. 0 j the Southern slave, but we have never
iLsd th* fimh w ail for Hindoo and Egyptian I
Isacrificed to the Moloch of the cotton !
lii. ? z I
I time these bloody experiments Hfcva jf. f
I -,i in the hope that American cotton supplies j
l^jjfittse rapidly; but it seems that they are j
Ijtriandoning that hope, and the topic of the j
I’, .j „ renewed energy in extorting cotton ;
L*the rdootant soil qf India. The Times, j
Ibis? that it will bo folly in the American J
l/.-.rto increase his crop and diminish prices, j
Lmm co-operation among the cotton panu-
L«en ia cotton producing. Why not co- 1
I • : ,:e in the Southern States instead of the i
Lifted colonial possessions of Great Brit- j
|d1 bet them come here with their hbopti j
L irt .U the crop of merchantable cotton, j
I-.j win not be a whit more anxious to make j
L s3C h cotton as they can than is every plan.
Lia the ootton-growing regions. It ia absurd
|i oppose that the body of the planters are or
late controlled by any ideas of restricting the j
1-5 product. Every man makes as much as he ;
Is, and though (in the hope of a better price) j
Latv desire that the aggregate product shall I
L ff h, yet every man does hie beet to make
|iislarge as possible.
IlitfT Off the Track.!
Oar Foreman comes to ns breathless, with the
|oonscement that Huff's Express Provision
I fern ha run off the trade. This frightful
latoirophe happened at Imposing Stone Monn-
lam, there the engine, at full ■ speed, Ma Ipu
I a emteikment, and brought the train up with
I mti s tremendous concussion that all the cam
I vae telescoped. Fortunately no lives were \
liss; but a scene of destruction was presented !
I tart-reading to behold. Gar loads of corn, j
las. bacon, meal, sugar, floor, syrup, pork,;
I _lwes, coffee, rye and vinegar ware crashed j
llyober, end fairly kneaded into one indisoxitn- |
lute and gigantic mass, making a batch for a !
rjeasand Killarney giants, if now and then nj
|h thousand handles of iron ties did not choke
|i*m in the process of deglutition. The hogs j
lad cattle for many miles round the country
I fried to the rich banquet; but uo doubt they j
hitld have enjoyed it better but for the pres- :
Iseeof a few thousand sacks of salt which were j'
I tiled up in the great mass and made it a little
I uo saline for their taste.
We are glad, however, to say that the acci-
I toil involves Mr. Huff in no loss. He is fully
I uured, and the printer has agreed to pay all
I -mages. Nor does it sensibly affect his stock
I •: supplies, which is so large that one train
I •'tad is not missed. * ' ’
The Future of ColnmbtiH. From < rawford-f rop AinUrs-Abing- What Is the t -snse of Rust
A writer in one of the Colnmbns papers ex- lug Meeting. 8 , f V *“ fanse of Hast;
presses some apprehensions about the future of Crawford Cochtt, September I, 1809. i ^E'liion BnquirerTI^yom weekly issue of
that city, which we think are quite groundless. ,‘Aftssrs. Editors: I never, in my life, knew! the 24th, yon have an article on “Rust inCot-
Columbus is bound to be a large and prosperous x*** 11 to be so partial in its distribution. In many ! ton »” ™ 'which you refer to the views of plant-
*~— ir . 1— .... 3 ers in various sections of the State, and con-
planting
almost any direc- • the hope of calling out abler and more expend
' enced pens, than offering anything of my own
that would throw light upon the subject I con
cur with others, that rust is more prevalent and
destructive on manured than on nnm&nured
cotton. This is too.plain to admit of contro
versy. .1 presume there are but few planters
who have not ocular demonstration of this fact
npon their own premises. The fact, then, is in
disputable ; but why is it so, and how is it to be
prevented? That one kind of manure has a
greater tendency to produce rust than another,
I have serious doubts. I have cotton upon
which I have used “Soluble Pacific,” and also
“Dickson's Compound,” and it is equally de
structive on both. I have noticed cotton, upon
a neighboring plantation, manured with cotton
seed, which is as badly injured by rust as that
upon which guano has been used: hence I con
clude that it is not attributable to the kind of
manure used, and that we must look to some
other source for the cause.
That the rust is produced by an insect I have
no doubt; but it is a great mistake to suppose
that it is the common plant louse, or aphis, as
some imagine. The insect causing rust is the
plant mite or red spider. Yon may find an in
teresting article npon this subject in the Sep
tember number of the Southern Cultivator for
1848, by Dr. N. T. Soxsby, of Alabama, and at
one time, I believe, a resident of your city.
Admitting that this spider causes the rust,
(and I think there can be no controversy upon
this point,) the question arises, what are the
conditions or circumstances most favorable to
its production and propagation ? Yon suggest
the idea, Mr. Editor, that “the Guano makes a
rapid, tender and sappy growth of the cotton
plant, and this condition of the plant is just
what the aphis delights in. Now, sir, my ob
servation and experience is directly the opposite
of this; and that the disease in question is
caused by deficient nutrition, from whatever
cause, whether from exhaustion of the nutritive
properties in the soil, or from the absence of
rain in sufficient quantities to place the nutritive
elements in the soil, either nhtnrally existing
or artificially applied, in a state suitable to be
taken up and appropriated to the nourishment
and growth of the plant. .
So long as the plant maintains a rapid, heal
thy, and succulent growth, you need be under
no apprehension from rust; bnt so soon as its
growth is checked by heat and dry weather, you
may expect its appearance. I believe the ob
servation of planters will bear me out in the as
sertion that, so long as the rains continued and
the cotton maintained a “rapid, tender and sap
py growth,” no sign of rust appeared; and that
it made its appearance only after the hot and
dry weather of July and August set in.
I am supported in this opinion by Dr. Sorsby,
above quoted, who says: “Frequent rains du
ring summer, by forcing the growth of the plant
on rich land, check their ravages temporarily.”
The cause has been ascertained, bnt how
about the cure. Ah, there’s the rub. I have
supplementing this grand resource of wealth and :ion from the fortunate vicinity, the fields were
prosperity are the immense regions of fertile literally burning up, and so they have continued,
soil tributary to her trade—her river navigation y°u may divine that it is only in parts of the
and her splendid railway connections, present county that even com crops are good; bnt I
and immediately prospective. believe, aye, know that, taken as a whole, it
But one reasonable conclusion is susceptible equals, if it does not exceed, an average yield,
from these premises, and that is, that Colum- But the cotton. Upwards of a month ago it
bus is bound to take a. rapid growth in manufac- "was declared by many that, unless we had rain
tnring and trade, and town property is as neces- ia a few days it was bound to be seriously in-
sarily compelledto a rapid appreciation in value, jured. Since that time we have had scarcely
This is the common opinion of outsiders and we any—judge then of its present condition. The
are confident it will prove a sound one. j crop at one time, promised flatteringly, as it had
Home capital alone would doubtless develop grown off well considering the backward spring,
her manufacturing facilities with some rapidity and was unusually well-fruited: bnt those bright
—and this is proved in the ready additions to • anticipations 0 f big crops have been blighted,
the capital stock of the Eagle and Phoenix Mills 1 ?? th ^ dron 8bt has prevented the development of
r *,«**. j $&*££££
ties presented by such a place as Columbus for i injuring them. Taking into account all these
cotton manufacturing will be sure to enlist large J things—drought, rust, eto.,—I think half a crop
amounts of Northern capital. Manufacturers S 811 that we cau confidently expect to gather.
*» «■ ~«»«““-*•* - Sis z 55ass; toisre;
a mild climate—cheaper labor—with the raw . pondent, we will balance the high price of the
material all around them, afforded by such p. i staple against the falling off in the amount, and
placo ns Columbus, and gradually the entirei ^ 0 T f , e . - , ■
bo transferred to this section, and tho North- and I am confident I am right when I say that
not many times in tne recollection of the people
has there been better fodder cured, or more of
it in proportion to the amount of com planted.
It is considered, I am aware, as a minor crop,
still com is much more beneficial to stock when
mixed with excellent fodder.
We are going to have a grand “Peace Jubi
lee,” out here, this week, which though not on a
scale quite so extensive as the one in the re
nowned city of Boston, will yet have, no doubt,
cm mills will confine themselves to the produc
tion of finer and fancy fabrics, requiring more
stilled and costly labor and less of the raw
material. We feel no solicitude ebput the
future of Coiambus. ,
A Letter to JIou. Horace Greeley.
’ ' Macon, Ga., September 4th, 18C9.
Jtlr. Greeley: At the celebration of the one* a numerous attendance, and which creates quite
hundred and tenth natal day of tho poet Burns,
recently in the city of New York, you are re
ported to have made a speech, "Avid Lang
Syne" being your theme. You are reported to
have said: “May we not hope that the recollec
tion of common efforts, sacrifices, perils, and
an excitement among the many singing men
and women of onr county. Oar “jubilee” will
be altogether vocal though. No anvils, no can
non,_ no tin pans, will ring, roar, or clatter, as a
sublime accomplishment—-merely a singing con
vention. All the surrounding counties, Bibb,
Houston, Monroe, Upson, etc., will doubtless bo
achievements in the remoter past will operate I f re P re sented.
. _ . .. ... Come out to Salem Church, a tew miles north
to eft ace from the mmds of our late belligerents 0 f the city of Knoxville, next Saturday or Sun.
the bitterness engendered by our recent strife?
that memories of ‘auld long syne’ will be suc
cessfully invoked to soften the exultations of
the victors, the chagrin of the vanquished? and
that around the hallowed tomb of Mount Ver
non, which of late has so often trembled to the
shock of battle and the roar of cannon, the re
membrance of a common ancestry and of com
mon glories may awaken and invigorate the
sentiments of a common nationality f’
These sentiments were appropriate to the oc
casion and the time*. I give them my poor in
dorsement. Being myself Scottish by descent,
I greatly admire the immortal Bard, and being
aLo a native Georgian, I beg leave to say that
yon could not have uttered words more cheering,
more grateful to our people. They honor boui
your head and heart. Yon are ono of our con
querors, and, judged by the above extract, a
magnanimous conqueror. You generously de
sire that the memories of the past shall efface
the bitterness engendered by the late strife;
"j , , We copy a part of it as follows:
yon invoke the soothing power of “ auld lang w p
day and yon will hear such a noise as will scare
you almost to distraction, and eat such a din
ner as will be sufficient to insure your unhesita
ting and earnest approval of the entire conoam.
Or if you can’t come tell that local editor, I don’t
know his name—anyhow, the one that every
now and then falls into a fit of despair for lack
of an interesting item, to let Macon affairs “rip"
for a dayor two,hire a fine livery horse and bug
gy, and come out in grand style. We guaran
tee he finds something rich to report.
Bespectfnlly, etc.,
Rustic.
Sport in the Ancient City.
Onr old friend of the Tallahassee Floridian
has been on a seaside excursion to the Ancient
City of St. Augustine, and editorially expatiates
npon what he has seen and enjoyed in an article
which we confess make3 us a little envious.—
Agricultural Periodicals.
The Socthebx Ccuivatok for September, is
nt. audeabraces on its ample pages many valua-
We papen. Dr. Pendleton has an article onpopu-
hr errors in relation to Fertilizers. Mr. Pea
body discourses on the Oat crop of the South.
Dr. Lee antes upon Lawns and Woodland Pas-
I lares. There are two papers upon Nat Grass,
'ovenl npon immigration, and many other in-
I -f resting subjects. 1 /
The Bcbal Soctheexeu treats upon Manures
*i*d tieir Application—Agricultural Implements
-Ibe Needle Cotton Gin, etc.
Iks Alim can Faimed, Baltimore, writes Of
Finn and Garden Work, Silk Culture, Coating
with Manure, the Labor Question, Ploughs,
•uproring Poor Land, and many other matters.
■LI this agricultural literature is as cheap as it
liniahie. ■ -;
Complimentary to Dr. J. A. llnnter.
lie have much pleasure in expressing onr
'P* appreciation of Dr. J. A. Hunter’s skill
ui ability, ns a physician in diseases of the
-■-i, Throat, Lungs and Heart, and consider
^aethodsof treating these diseases superior
^tie means ordinarily employed,
lie speak from personal knowledge and ex-
t-Teaca, and believe his efforts here will sup-
& a want long felt in this part of the country,
**i recommend those who may require his ser-
r - t *» to give him a trial.
R. W. Fuller,
Pastor of First Baptist Church.
WrLLlAit D. Et.t.ts,
W. B. Cox,
Cox & Hill, Peachtree street.
L A. Seith,
House of Moore & Marsh.
Geeen B. Robebts,
Southern Express.
John C. Gbegg,
Manager W. XT. Telegraph Officer.
J. Herrick,
Telegraph Operator.
■f&nta, Ga., July C, 1809.
and Can’ts.—Messrs. Fell & Martin,
blbotton, are illustrating how easy it Is to do
5 S°od business if a man has a heart to the
'• t£ - A man can can, if he. cannot find any-
*»8 else to do. They have been canning fruit
~ r 8*ly for several years, and having one of the
; VJt fruit localities in the State they put up a
Wide, and find abundant markets at home.
e we indebted to them for some samples of
products. ' i . '
the epideinio of intermittents in the
«t this season, the whole immense stock of
J* 1 * Ague Cure became exhausted, and the
i-Lacing power of his Laboratory was found
--Leqnate to meet the demand, Many who
its extraordinary virtues for. the cure of
, isand Fever,-paid exorbitant prices for it
J 'boso who were fortunate enough to have a
•■■Pply on hand. Some of our neighbors paid
dollars for a bottle, while the regular price
^bnt one, and assure us it was on the whole
^ cheapest remedy they could buy,-even at
p. figure. They praise it for two qualities:
, *bw it cures, and lass that it leaves the
syne,” to soften the exultations cf the victors
and the chagrin of the vanquished, and around
the tomb of Washington yon would gather the
Union, that, through the remembrance of a com
mon ancestry and common glories, might be
awakened and invigorated the sentiment of a
common nationality.
What is meant by these coble sentiments,
promulgated before an assemblage of the elite,
male and female, of the metropolis of the Amer
ican Union, and published to the world ? You,
sir, in this regard, are to be judged in the light
of your position and the actual condition of the
South. You are not a man to be flattered—yon
are a philosopher in the best sense of that wopd.
Yonr Press is, per se, an Institution of the coun
try ; you think for the million; yon are one of
the most potent of those who form and control
pnblio opinion nt tho North. No one Is better
entitled to be recognized as a leader of the Rad
ical party than yonrself.
We are obliged to believe—wo do believe—
that you intended to be understood ns recom
mending the restoration of the Southern States
under the Federal Constitution. That you are
opposed to the threatened policy of reconstruct
ing reconstructed Georgia: and retaining onr
great State, humiliated, impoverished and
wronged ns she is, beneath the heel of her re
morseless conquerors. Either you meant all
this or nothing. Either yon meant all this, or
■you are to be held as a double-dealing traitor to
the nobility of your own nature, and to those
who confide ia your wisdom and your patriot
ism. For one, I am satisfied that, as a man and
a patriot, you intended to advise conciliation,
forbearance, paternity and a consolidated Union
—a prompt return to ft common nationality un
der the Constitution of the Fathers.
These sentiments were uttered in tie face of
erur actual condition. With your means of ac
curate information it would be absurd to sup
pose that you are not correctly informed as to
the real status of Georgia. Notwithstanding
the miserable sensational letters written for po
litical effect at the North and for selfish purposes
here, you are obliged to know that we are not
rebels still—that we accept the situation—that
we concede the manumission of the negroes,
and are dealing justly with them—that we sub
ject all classes of the community to an indis-
criminating obedience to the law—that we are
rapidly developing the almost fabulous resources
of our glorious dime and our teeming soil—
that we are inviting capital and immigration,
and organizing and diversifying labor—that we
have even now succeeded in a great degree in
quieting the passions engendered by the war.
Mr. Greeley, yon are obliged to know, that
our interests, our honor, and even onr sorrows,
constrain us to desire most anxiously to be let
alone. Restore us to the Union, upon equal
terras, and one decade will exhibit to the world
a State unequaled in tho records of history—
unsurpassed in all the elements of material, in
tellectual and moral greatness.
With a knowledge of these things did you in
tend upon the occasion referred to, to delude us
with false hopes ? Surely, you did not. Now,
what we ask—what we have a! right to ask—
whatyour speech has invited us to ask—is that
tho Tribune at once affirm the personal views of
its distinguished editor, and openly advocate the
immediate restoration of the Southern States to
the Union. Then, indeed, the hope you express,
“that across the graves of onr revolutionary
S itriots pud soldiers—of Patrick Henry, of
aniel Morgan and John Marshall, hands lately
raised against each other in bloody conflict may
be clasped once more in paternal concord, and
that a nobler and truer and closer Union may
spring from the rekindled memory of a heroic
and inspiring past,” will be realized.
I address this letter to you through the col
umns of the Macon Dally" Telegraph, the most
ably edited newspaper pnblished in this State.
Perchance it may meet your eye, and if itshould,
you may insert it in the Tribune. Your readers
may bo willing to read it. I stand but the shad
ow of a name, bnt (pardon my vanity) I am not
without some honor in my own country. A lit
tle vanity may be tolerated when it gives empha
sis to truth.
Ah! those manor ia to which you so grace
fully refer. The tomb of Mount Vernon, from
which radiates the sublimest manhood that ever
graced humanity; the eloquence of “tho forest-
born Demosthenes”—the inspired champion of
right and liberty—still, like Alpine thunder-
tones, resounding among the nations; the
learning and labor of tho first and greatest of all
the expounders of the Constitution; the hero
ism, sacrifices and died blood of DardelMorgan;
are they bnt the pleasurable play-things of a lit
erary festival ? Are they not the incentives of
right action? It is for you, sir, to determine.
Respectfully, yonr obedient servant, ,
• i One or the Cokoueeto.
*ft*frnp*ired.—lows Standard,
The Weather has bec-n remarkably cool for
the season for several days past. Some half an
hour after sunrise, on Friday morning, we ob
served that the mercury indicated fifty-five, and
think the temperature was quite as cool Satur
day morning. The telegrams have told us that
show fell in New York,'on the 1st instant, which'
was an extraordinary occurrence. The whole
year seems to have presented unusual and ab
normal oonditiona. Tho weather has been fitful
and capricious to an extraordinary degree, and
we have seen that it has victimised the crape
all-over the country. No donbt the rust in oot-
ton, so fatal to our hopes, is primarily attribnt-
aUt to these unusual weather vicissitudes.
We cannot recall a more pleasant trip than
the one just taken by us, in company with
several gentlemen, to the '‘Ancient City.” Of
the number was our distinguished fellow-towns
man, Col. Jos. J. Williams, who was on a visit
to his family, who are residing there for the
summer.
Accepting his kind invitation our party be
came his guests, and to him, but more especially
to his estimable and accomplished lady, axe we
indebted for our delightful sojourn and elegant
entertainment. Certainly no one could have
surpassed onr kind hostess in the grace and
charm with which she presided over her depart
ment of the house-hold, and the clever manner
in which she managed to impart to each guest a
“homelike” feeling of ease and comfort, and
very certainly no one could have propped
viands vitla grpafflt nhill op bnvn spread them
more temptingly; indeed, each dish seemed to
invite one to commit suicide. That splendid
“crab” salad, that superb “shrimp” salad, that
magnificent “turtle” and “clam” soup—cannot
soon be forgotten.
As to the “Vandingo” and “Lungaroo,” these
were the colored dishes prepared with the as
sistance of Bignor Tony, and vary relishable
they were too—though Dr. B. did say Fist one
could not, with entire comfort, dispose of more
than two plates each of these dishes, especially
after having already thrice fnlly tested the mer
its of the ,‘shrimps” and “crab” salad.
To those fond of sport we have found no place
equal to the “Ancient City.” During our so
journ we were not without some new amuse
ment every day. Fishing, shrimping and crab
bing, were all tried, and with success, and an
excellent sport in their way. One morning our
party went Shark fishing—and in a little while
we had five of these man-eating monsters floun
dering on the beach. We took the trouble to
measure one of them, and he was over six feet
long. We never enjoyed a more exciting
sport. Imagine six or eight men swinging
to one end of a line with a huge shark at
the other, cutting and slashing and making
the water fairly boil with his furious antics;
bear them shout at the top of their voices,
“haul in 1 haul in 1" see the monster as be is at
length pulled upon the shore, flapping his great
tail in all directions, opening ms ponderous
jaws, displaying his rows of sharp teeth, and
watching you with his wicked white _ glistening
eyes.- It is royal sport and no mistake, and
even a rheumatic would, on being placed in
proximity to such a monster, become ns active
as a cat. It is very exciting sport. We know
of nothing better calculated to stir up one whose
course of life is sedentary, dull, and sluggish.
Truly, variety is the spice of life, when sea
soned with a shark fish. A party went out the
day before we did and caught a shark over thir
teen feet IoDg. We saw his liver, from which
five gallons of oil were made. In addition to
these sports, a great many plover and choice
sea birds are to be found on all the sand bars,
and shores, so that a good marksman. with his
fowling pieco need not be idle at low tide.
But last, though not least of the enjoyments
of the “Ancient City,” are tho charming boat-
rides one may enjoy, the waters are sufficiently
smooth to be entirely safe, and a strong breeze
i3 almost always ready to fill the sails. Noth
ing can be more enchanting than a sail by
moonlight, with the grim old fort looming up
so solemnly in the distance, and the strains of
the city brass-band wafted to you _ upon tho
waters, softly blending with the noise of the
rippling as your boat glides along. But we are
getting romantio and most quit. Adios, St.
Augustine.
Oft fob Cuba.—Quite a sensation was created
in our town on Wednesday evening by the ar
rival of twenty-eight Young Americans, said
to be destined for tho island of Cnba. They
were all good-looking young fellows, and seemed
to be in fine spirits. They doubtless have stout
hearts to prompt them on such a perilous ex
pedition, and to subject themselves to the pri
vations and difficulties that await them. IV e
learn they are going to Cuba for the purpose of
joining the Cuban army in defense of that is
land. We know how to sympathize with them,
as we have seen the elephant onrselves._ War
is no child’s play, and should be engaged in with
some deliberation.
Since writing the above fourteen more men
have arrived and joined the party already here.
The United States Marshal came on the same
train with the last squad, on Thursday evening,
and made some effort to arrest the whole party;
but failing to summons a sufficient posse, aban
doned the arrest until United States troop3
could be had, which, it is said, he telegraphed
for. The Cuban expedition in the presence of
the United States Marshal conducted themselves
very orderly, and at a late hour last night
quietly left for parts unknown.—Chattahoochee
Mirror, M
Down in Front.—On yesterday evening a lit
tle tangle foot became pretty well scattered
among over guests bound for Cubs, and mado
them a little unmanageable. In front of our
offioe quite a disturbance oocurred among them
selves % briok-bats and whisky bottles fairly
flew; pistols drawn, but by the exertions of the
sober portion of. the' “young bloods,” nobody
hurt. After nightfall a party of them went over
to the black belt, foraging, where they were met
by an enraged . foroe of negroes armed with
double-barrel shot-guns, but no damage done.
[Ibid.
Indianapolis claims to be the greatest walnut
lumber market in the world.,- , '
Illinois is to have a new Capitol at -Spring-
field, to cost $8,000,000.
'*•? * * f . - ■ , • ; -
Rocky Mountain Scenery—Echo and'
■'/ ’WeberCanons. • >
' Soiiie of the scenery on the route of the Faci-
fio Railroad is very wild and magnificent, and
will no doubt lead to u;,great deal of pleasure
travel iu that direction. The country, has the
advantage of freshness and novelty, while some
of its mo3t remarkable features are paralleled
no.where else on the globe. An excursionist
writes to the Chicago Tribune a lively descrip
tion of the approach to Salt. Lake through the
Echo and Weber canons, as follows:
But here we are at the head of Echo canon,
which is a great fissure tom down through the
mountain plateau, by which we descended from
the high table lands into the valley of Salt Lake.
It has. been created by the joint action of water
and wind—rushing, the one down, the other np
this monstTons ravine, through a conglomerate
material which is mAinly soft in substance. The
declivity i3 a half a mile in a distance of forty
or fifty miles. Before reaching the head of this
chasm we pass along parallel with the Wahsatch
Mountain range for a considerable distance,
whose North side tops are covered with snow,
and whose altitude is three to four thousand
feet above the surrounding plateau; but their
great distance off makes them look low to the
eye.
I shall attempt no description of Echo and
Weber Canons as for sublimity and grandeur
they are beyond my powers of delineation.—
Several of our party who have traveled over
Europe, declared that they saw nothing in the
Alps or elsewhere which surpassed those scenes;
and it is questionable if there is any railroad on
the face of the terraqueous globe that passes
through so wild, grand, and terrific scenery as
this road from where it enters at Echo until it
emerges from the Devil’s Gate into the Salt
Lake Valley. The awe-struck traveler, as he
rushes down the horrid gorge at race horse speed
is first oppressed with toe littleness of man and
his works, and then his egotiRm lifts him up in
wonder and pride at toe boldness and power of
this weak creature, who successfully ventured
to build an iron way along these awful frown-,
ing cliffs and over these deep, dangerous
chasms. The plunge into the Devil’s Gate
causes a thrilling sensation which almost takes
away one’s breath, and which is converted into
amazement at the rapidly changing phenomena.
At the west altitude of the rocks, which tower
perpendicularly thousands of feet overhead, on
toe brows of the overhanging diffs, toe pine
trees look like shrubs not a span high. The
substance of these rocks is of unequal hardness,
ranging from granite to conglomerate and shale.
The little Weber River, rushing through toe
gorge, and toe streams which tumble down its
sides, and toe incessant air-currents which blow
force through it, have worn the chasm into ten
thousand forms. Some places where toe rock is
hard, the stream has barely room to force its
passage between walls half a mile high; where
the rock is soft, toe wind and water have tom
out a wide gulf and toe face of the rocks into
fantastic shapes.
While our eyes were strained viewing, and
our heads were aching contemplating those mar
vels of Nature, all at once our train, with a
startling shriek, shot out of the horrid gorge
into a broad and delightful plain, into full sun
shine, while right behind stood a black perpen-
I dicnlar rock wall at right angles with the track
but little faith in any applications to toe plant | of the railway, half a mile in altitude, and just
after toe appearance of the disease. We must j before was the pretty Mormon village of Des-
look to preventives rather than cures. The j eret, and away to our left toe silvery glimmer
most feasible preventive that suggests itself to - 0 f toe great Salt Lake greeted toe vision.
mind is thorough preparation of the soil before —— -
planting. Let the land be deeply plowed, sub- | The Greatest Yield of Wheat,
soiled, no matter whether the land be clay or j What Oabeful Cultivation will do.—An
sandy; and where fertilizers are used, put them | English farmer, by picking over his seed wheat
deep in toe ground,, and then let- the culture be j with toe utmost care, and planting a grain in a
light, so as not to disturb toe roots of the plant. 1 place at intervals of a foot each way, produced
Of course we cannot supply the lack of mois- i one hundred and sixty-two bushels of wheat to
tore ; we must do all that reason and experience ‘ the acre.
indicate, and then leave it to toe Giver of all j Such a yield, though enormous, and perhaps
good to sand “toe early and the latter rain.” j never before realized, ought not to be regarded
Subsceibeb.
Taylor County, Ga., Aug. 29, 1SG9.
Pennsylvania and Ohio Elections.
During toe past week we have seen several
gentlemen who, in the routine of business, have
traveled the State from the Delaware to the
Ohio, and the reports they give of the tone of
public sentiment everywhere uniformly point to
an overwhelming Democratic, victory. Our in
formants are gentlemen of intelligence, who
would not wilfully misrepresent facts. Their
opportunities for observation have been very
extended, and but for the fact that we can place
UDrficit confidence in their state' ae **t8j we
should leel inclined to doubt toe possibility of
such an enthusiastic awakening of the masses
in behalf of the Democratic nominee as toeyre-
port. In toe large cities and towns, in the re
tired villages, and throughout the rural districts
toe universal cry is: Give us a change of rulers.
Any change must be for toe better, is the gen
eral opinion. If this feeling is taken advantage
of in a proper manner, Asa Packer will be elec
ted by a large majority.—Philadelphia Age.
It is now about seven weeks until the election.
The aspect of the canvass is excellent. As was
expected, the nomination of Mr. Pendleton ex
cites the liveliest satisfaction and the greatest
enthusiasm among toe Democracy and toe Con
servative men. He will poll a larger vote than
any other candidate that could have been select
ed. The Democrat who will not vote and work'
for him with all his might and soul is yet to be
discoved.
There has grown np an irresistible feeling
that a political change could not only do noharm,
bntwouldbe immensely beneficial. We cannot,
therefore, doubt toe resalt. We expect to poll
not only every Democratic vote which was cast
in October, 1868, (250,000 in number) but to
receive heavy® accessions from toe liberal men
of the other organization. That Gov. Hayes
will receive more votes than he ‘obtained two
years ago (which was 243,000), is very improb
able. He has proved a negative chief magis
trate, in whose success his party don’t feel in
terest, much less enthusiasm. His bargain
with Delano to control appointments in this
State, with toe design of cutting out Messrs.
Schenck and Sherman, is well known to them,
and it would be strange if he was not consider
ably “cut” in that quarter.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
Effect of Advertisings •
A few months ago a young man desired us to
sell his farm—we suggested advertising it—but
he was timid, and having no experience in that
line, hesitated to incur the cost of advertising
without the certainty of effecting a sale. We
informed him that we would take toe risk—toe
land was advertised in three different forms, and
about twenty applications soon followed. A few
days ago toe land was sold for $500 more than
toe owner at first demanded. The advertise
ment paid well.
Another effect: Three years ago a single
copy of this paper in toe hands of a gentleman
in Madison county, Fla., recovered two favorite
horses stolen from a gentleman in this county.
The gentleman in Florida had just rend a de
scription of the horses, looked up and saw them
passing in charge of the thief. The paper had
out-traveled the thief, and his immediate arrest
led to the arrest of several others connected with
him, and the den of thieves which had for some
time afflicted that section was tons totally broken
up by a small advertisement.
Still another. A gentleman in this town de
sired to sell his residence. Naming it to us we
proposed to advertise it. He did not like the
expense. We told him to fix his price on the
place and we would add to that toe bill for ad
vertising. He did so and it was advertised.—
Very soon he was offered tho price, bnt now he
thought it worth more and he added $500 to
the former price and continued the advertise
ment. Again a purchaser appeared, and again
he was compelled to baok out, adding another
$500 to his price to prevent the place from go
ing out of ms hands. In this case toe adver
tisement added a thousand dollars to toe value
of his residence, while ho hesitated to pay ten-
dollars.—TkomasviUe Enterprise.
The last soldier of the Revolution is to be thus
described: “The old man, survivor of (the Revo
lution, more than one hundred years old, who
always rose with the sun; never drank anything
in his life stronger than brandy, and sugar; who
has cut two cords of firewood daily every day
except Sundays for the last sixty-nine years;
who invariably walked five miles before break
fast; who is the father of thirty-eight children,
toe grandfather of two hundred grandchildren,
and the great grandfather of thirteen great
grandchildren, and who would shortly havebeen
the great great grandfather (3f one great great
grandchild, is dead. And now we hope nobody
will disturb toe good old man any more,”
The St. Louis Democrat counsels the South
ern people to turn their thoughts from Chinese
importation and seek to make the best use of toe
labor they now have. It argues that toe North
ern mines, railroads and factories will outbid
them, and urges that the South will be wise if,
not building its hopes upon Chinese labor for
agricultural purposes, it looks instead to the
fullest development of free labor, to the inven
tion and apphc&tion of machines, to the higher
cultivation of smaller estates, and to the com
plete abandonment of the feudal system and its
ideas.
as incredible. We remember reading a well-
authenticated statement, before toe war, of one
hundred and ninety-six bushels of corn to the
acre being grown in Kentucky, a growth not the
less marvelous than toe one given of wheat.
Not toe least wonderful part of toe account is
toe small quantity of seed used to produce the
result. The number of plants standing at a
foot each way was 43,560. Supposing every
grain to have been sound when planted, the
quantity required to plant an acre would not
have exceeded three and a half pounds, there
being between twelve and thirteen thousand
grains to the nonnd. A* inis rate everv plant
should have yieiaed about H,l>00 grains—say
seventy stalks or ears, averaging forty grains to
the ear. Perhaps every farmer has seen bunches
of wheat, apparently coming from a single
grain, standing in a rich spot and having room
to spread, containing forty or fifty stalks and
bearing large ears.
Now we have only to imagine an acre of
ground occupied by such stalks, having aplenty
of mannre to feed on, to be convinced that it is
possible to obtain something like toe crop rep
resented in toe above extract. But, perhaps,
our readers will say it is easier ,o figure this oa
than to reach it by hard knocks, to which wo
have only to reply, let them try it on a small
scale, say a square in the garden, or even a
square rod.—Petersburg Index. i.
Planchette Revived — Picture Drawing,
etc.—Portraits are now drawn by “Planchette”
in the West, The “development” of this tal
ent for drawing by planchette will probably give
toe hnmbug a new lease upon life, toe Bishops
to too contrary notwithstanding. The Toledo
Commercial mentions that planchette draws por
traits, and says;
“ Some persons have recognized deceased rel
atives. One of the drawings in colored crayons
is very beautiful, the expression of the counte
nance being quite life-like. Planchette com
mences at the head to draw and finishes the pic
ture as it advances. When it came to draw the
dress of toe picture above named, it indicated
to the “ medium” to take a purple crayon. This
she refused to do, saying it would spoil the pic
ture. She strove to resist tho “power” for near
ly half a day, till at last, exhausted, she gave
way and let planchette take its course. It com
bined several other colors with toe purple, and
made a very handsome golden tint, which is toe
admiration of all who see it.”
The Gettysburg Failure.—The great Gettys
burg celebration has but few friends. Even the
correspondents of ultra Radical journals such as
Forney’s papers and toe New York Tribune, de
nounce the whole affair as a failure and a de
ception. A Tribune correspondent says; The
present gathering at Gettysburg does not seem
to have had sufficient motive, or to have an
swered any large purpose, or to have satisfied
toe vague expectations it aroused. It was re
buked from the Soutb, slightly attended from
toe North, and it will probably be the last in
flated effort to lengthen out the mercantile
uses of this battle-field, which should hereafter
be left as toe nation intended, a pleasant ceme
tery to many brave dead, buff not a perennial
fair ground, made ludicrous by failures such as
this, which I have noticed beyond its due.”
Cotton Receipts—Yesterday morning’s Colum
bus freight train brought through for Savannah 117
bales of cotton and but 1 bale for Macon. Yester
day evening’s Eufaula freight tra'n brought up 163
bales for Savannah and 99 for Maoon—making the
receipts of the day stand:
Savannah .285
Macon - 100
We should have stated at the outset of these re
ports that nearly all the ootton shipped through to
Savannah, is from warehouses South and West of
Macon; but nearly all toe cotton brought up the
Southwestern railroad proper, and shipped by the
producer, is consigned to Macon.
We might state, iu this connection, that the
movement in cotton the present season is unprece
dented in the history of the staple. And never be-
foro have we seen here a more active cotton market
than now prevails. In proportion to the offering
stock and the scarcity of money, this activity is most
extraordinary. A bag of cotton is not permitted to
lie in our warehouses twenty-four hours after it is
received. It ia bought and shipped immediately on
its arrival, by the few buyers in . toe market who can
command the cash to pay for it.
CosnrxaENTARY to Dr. Hunter,—We publish A
card in another column, compl imentary to Dr. Hun
ter, signed by several of our beet citizens, who are
under his professional care for affections of toe
throat, lungs or heart.
Dr. Hunter comes from New Orleans, where he
has a large practice during, the winter months, and
has been in our midst only about one month; yet,
within that brief space of time he has established
an enviable reputation, both as a physician and gen
tleman, and we believe deserves the confidence of
the public. He has undoubtedly, by improved
methods of treatment conjoined to a long and ac
tive experience, succeeded In successfully combat
ting a class of diseases hitherto believed to be in
curable, and we trust that those who avail them
selves of his professional services during the re
mainder of his stay hare, will experience equally
happy result*.—Atlanta Constitution. ’ ■ ,
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DOUBLE BRIDGE. UPSON COUNTY. JUNE 27. 1889.
Your? of the 17th came to hand on yesterday and contents noticed. The Cast Iron Screw I bought of you
last fall gives entire eatiefaction. I commenced packing my crop without weighing in the cotton, thinking
that 500 pound? wa? beingpnt in: but when X came to sell my cotton the bags weighed from €00 to 805 rounds.
I sold the ootton to bwatts & Brown, at Baroesville, and anyone doubting the weight cau be furouhed the
receipts from the above parties. I havebeen firming all my life, and have need many different Screws, but
thi? one ie the best I ever saw. In packing my crop I never used butonemule. Itakepleasureinrecom-
memling (hr .-k-re'.v O planters generally. ‘ . •' ■: - ' D. W. WOMBLE.
Rtfercuce af thote usmg the abort Screw - . ..>■, >r ,;-T
W. T. Basset, Houston county.. , I • . Reset Fa*let, Baldwin county. .
Joel Walkib, Houston county. John Pascal, Putnam county. , ■ -
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MILLEDGEVILLE. JUNE 17, 1869.
Dear Sir:—I amusing one of your 4 inch Cotton Press Screws, 3 inch pitch, with levers, adapted to
mule-power. I, however, never use mule-power bnt run it down by band. I am satisfied that it will do
more work in the same time, and with much more ease, than the old wood screw, and that it is ten times
as durable. You will allow me, at the same time, to recommend your horse-power as a valuable power to
gin cotton. Yours respectfully, . JOHN JONES.
' ' ' PERRY. JUNE 21, 1869.
Dear Sir:—I am usine one of your 4in. Wrought Iron Screws, 3in. pitch, and it is all you represent it tone.
I pack with hand-power levers, and have put.6iw pounds in a bale with six hands. £ like the press so well
that X want ypu to get me up another and shall be in Macon about the 1st of August. .."i'ia-i-l.
JAMK3 W« ROUJSDTREa.
Reference of tome of those using the four inch Prett, three pitch : ,
Garret Smith, Houston county. I IV. C. Carlis, Bibb county;- ***&
John W. Woolfolk, Houston county. 1 Thos. H. Jonfs. Twiggs county.-.
William Adkins, Dooly county. I J. P. Bond, Twiggs county.
N. Tucker, Laurens county. I J. W. Sissionb, Washington county. .
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press altogether by band. _ . . . J. A.- MADDOX.
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H. J. Clark, Houston county. | 4. Dawson, Wilkinson county.
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