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MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, ,1869.
The Press Excursion.
We observe 4n the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel of Saturday an editorial of two col-
amns in which the writer expresses his chagrin,
regret, and disappointment over the late press
excursion. We axe very sorry that the General
did not enjoy himself, and should have seen or
inspected any thing,amiss on that excursion;
but we propose to confine remark to such por
tions of the article as are personal to the senior
editor of the TruxiBArH, and involve him, to a
greater or less extent, as a cause of the editor’s
disappointments, and of the alleged misdirec
tion of the expedition. The Chronicle says:
We saw nothing of Bullock ourselves until
the train reached Cartereville, where he and the
editor of the Macon Telegraph made short re
sponses to Maj. Cooper’s reception speech.
We did not hoar these speeches, but learn that
they were of the mutual admiration order, and
that at their close personal courtesies were ex
changed over ft bottle of wine. / ...
And again:
Upon assembling for dinner in the dining
room of tho Choice House [in Rome], and after
gentlemen had commenced to discuss their
food, Mayor Hargrove arose and made a short
speech, in which he was highly and pointedly
eulogistic of “our Governor,” and wound up
by. a sentiment complimentary to him. This
called the Beast to bis feet, who, in a few dis
jointed sentences, whined his thanks, and then,
in the most patronizing manner possible, called
upon CoL Clisby, as the President of the State
Associated Press, to respond for that body.
Of course we knew that, after the adjourn
ment of the Convention in Atlanta, to meet on
the 16 th of November at Macon, CoL Clisby had
no more right to speak for, or, in any manner
commit, the Press than any other individual
member of the Association. Indeed we knew
that the organization of that Association is so
far only temporary. Yet, being called out as
he was, as the President of the Press Associa
tion, whatever he might say would be rendered,
to somo extent, as the sentiments of the mem
bers of tho Press then present.
Much to our mortification and regret, the
speech of Col. Clisby oven excelled the Mayor
in fulsome compliments to Bullock and his ad
ministration. Among other things he said that
be “believed that all that Governor Bnllock had
done as Governor, and his main aims were to
aid the people of the State, and foster and de
velop their material interests." These, we be
lieve, were his exact words, and we were inex
pressibly shocked at their utterance. It is,
perhaps, due to CoL Clisby to say that we have
been informed by a gentleman of the Press,
who soon after spoke to him on the subject,
that the CoL declared that, as he was unaccus
tomed to public speaking, he did not know what
be was saying.
This Rome demonstration satisfied us that we
could no longer, even by our presence, give
countenance to such proceedings, and we can
didly informed CoL Hnlbert that, owing to tho
political turn which had been given to the affair
we should be compelled to retire from the party.
He expressed deep regret at what had been said
and done, and declared that it was without his
consent or approval, and hoped we would con
tinue with the party.
1. In regard to the affair at Cartereville, wo
were so far from the speakers, on the outside
of the crowd, that we heard little that was said,
either by CoL Cooper or the Governor. When
the latter concluded, there were very loud and
incessant calls for the writer, and much against
his inclination ho was forced to thread his way
through the crowd and put in an appearance.
He spoke less than five minutes—said not one
word about Gov. Bnllock, either good, bad, or
indifferent—and drank no wine with him or any
body else.
Ail onr time was occupied in examining the
exceedingly interesting collection of mineral
specimens which had been gathered 1 '*' lV “' aan.
tlemen of Bartow county for the inspection of
the pxesH, aim *» uua.nomg with fh» venerable
CoL Cooper and others in reference to them.
2. In respect to matters at Rome. To the
best of onr knowledge and belief, we used no
snob language in reference to Governor Bnllock
as is attributed to ns by the Chronicle & Senti
nel. It istrue, an entirely inexperienced speak
er, in an off-hand address upon such an occa
sion, is not quite self-possessed, and his lan
guage is not, therefore, as exact or as well cho
sen as it should be. But as we never entertained
that opinion of Governor Bullock, and have no
recollection of complimenting him on that or
any other occasion except for the interest dis
played in the material development of Georgia,
ly his sanction of that excursion and the courtesy
displayed to the gentlcnien of the press, we are
morally certain that the Chronicle is in error.
We are certain that wo never gave, on that or
any other occasion, the lightest endorsement
of the political career of Governor Bullock, for
we entertain very serious objections to it.
And that the General must have misconceived
ns, is also apparent from the fact that although
a considerable number of the gentlemen of the
press took the trouble to express their satisfac
tion with onr remarks on that occasion, not one
of them took any exception to those remarks,
in our hearing, or so as to come to onr knowl
edge. Whereas, if we had made the declaration
attributed to ns by the Chronicle it would prob
ably have provoked an immediate challenge,
and most certainly disapprobation would have
come to our ears. It was our honest aim not
to introduce politics, but to avoid the slightest
approach to them.
We took the same view as the Chronicle does
in reference to our individual right to speak for
the press of Georgia, and so represented the
point to numbers of the gentlemen of the press
who came to ns to confer upon the subject.—
We feel confident that we spoke at Rome by the
generalde8ire of the press, but not so much on the
soore of the complimentary position assigned
ns in Atlanta, as on the score of ago and long
connection of the press. The gentlemen of the
press did not expect a good speech, but they
were anxious that nothing should be said or left
unsaid which would mar the harmony of the
party, and compromit the press to any position
their judgment did not approve.
There were rumors flying ronnd the train in
its course from Chattanooga, that at the public
reception in Rome the Governor might be
offensively ignored, or perhaps even worse. It
was not the desire of the majority of the Press
that the Governor of Georgia, in their hands,
should be treated in any other way than with all
the respect dne to bis official position. It is
true, they differed from him strongly in politics,
and they had generally denounced his official
course with great freedom; bnt they were, never
theless solioitons that he shoul d m ee t with nothing
on this excursion inconsistent with what was due
to the Governor of Georgia—especially as he
bad, as it were, entrusted himself in the hands
of his political opponents—for ef the whole
press delegation present, not more than two or
throe could be said to be his party friends. Con
sequently the writer was very careful, from
motives which the magnanimity of Georgians
will appreciate, to make, what seemed to ns to
be, a proper allusion to the presence of tho Gov
ernor, and our own recollection, together with
the reports we have seen, confine our compli
ment to the Governor, solely to his connection
with that excursion.
And it is dne to truth to add, that no man,
under the circumstances, could have conducted
himself with more delicacy and propriety than |
did Gov. Bullock.
gentlemen and with each other were of the
most plAjigant and harmonious, oharacter, and
we were as much surprised to see any political
or party bearing attributed to it as we should
be to see any religions sectarian objects ascribed
to it. There was quite as much of one as the
other—and not a particle of either. This, we
are sure, will be the verdict of four-fifths of the
gentlemen of the press who went through with
this excursion.
Finally, the accidental prominence of the
writer in this affair was none of his own seek
ing, and if, by mistake or misjudgment, or in
experience, he had done or said any thing justly
offensive to the press, he would feel great per
sonal mortification. Bnt from the fact that, at
the final meeting and parting around the festive
board in Atlanta, he was loudly and almost
unanimously called upon to make the parting
remarks, he is induced to hope that he did or
said nothing to seriously impair the confidence
and good opinion of the brotherhood of the
press.
On onr part, the intercourse was one of un
alloyed pleasure. We have never associated
with more urbane, frank and courteous gentle
men, and the broad current of good fellowship
and harmony flowed on from beginning to end
without an apparent riffle on the surface. When
all its results shall have been worked out, we
devoutly trust that the Press Excursion to the
mining regions of Georgia, will be found to
have constituted an era in the material develop
ment of this grand old Commonwealth. With
these remarks we dismiss all that is personal to
ourselves.
Personal Government.
One of the evil incidents of a personal gov
ernment may be seen in the obvious uneasiness
about the health of the Emperor Napoleon.
See the telegram in this edition. Wo appre
hend that however much the French people, or
a portion of them, may delight in rhodomantade
against the imperial government, there are few
intelligent Frenchmen who do not dread the
crisis which will arise on the death of Napo-
lean.
No man with less personal prestige, or less
wise, sagacious, strong and resolute, could have
kept down the elements of disorder and main
tained for France twenty-one years of almost
uninterrupted peace and prosperity, in which
she has fairly outstripped every other nation of
the earth in progress and accumulation. We
have no donbt that France needed almost pre
cisely such a government as Napoleon has given
her. Bnt let him be removed by death, and
faction and strife will soon be the order of the
day.
To meet tho Bevere ordeal to which bis
dynasty will be subjected after his death, the
Emperor has of late tried to inaugurate a
constitutional and representative government,
which may possibly serve when he is gone, as a
break-water to the throne. A responsible Min
istry and a responsible Parliament, which, in
England, meet the shock of popular opprobium
and carry appeals from the government to the
arbitrament of popular elections, instead of to the
barricades and revolts as in Paris, he is, doubt
less, in somo hope, may save his dynasty, and
preserve the Regency in the Queen and the suc
cession, in due time, to the Prince Imperial.
But will the French people fall in with this
idea ? Even If they comprehend it, will they
have the patience and the tolorance to abide by
its practical workings? We doubt it. There
are too many rank and violent partizans there—
fierce Republicans and as fierce anti-Bonaparte
ruyansis «n shades—to tolerate long a per
sonally feeble government Hence tUo -world is
alarmed and anxious when the health of Napo
leon begins to fail. It remits the whole vast
political and material capital of France to the
chapter of accidents.
And hero is the trouble with personal gov
ernments. A wise, patriotic and conscientious
absolutism is a good government, bnt it pnts
everything on the peril of hnman life. Who
will not feel tho greatest anxiety for ^France
when Napoleon dies?
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Agricultural and Mechanical Agency.
We congratulate onr citizens, and planting
friends particularly, that we shall have estab
lished in our city within a few days a business
especially needed at this time, by our fellow-
citizen, Mr. W. W. Parker, viz: a central
agricultural and mechanical agency, for the
exhibition and sale, at manufacturers’ prices,
of all improved labor-saving appliances and
agricultural implements, seeds, etc. Mr. P.’s
business qualifications and his mechanical expe
rience are a guarantee of success. It is, in
fact, the ono thing needed in Macon, to which
onr city is especially adapted from its central
position and divergent railroads. The large
and convenient rooms next to Lawton & Law
ton’s, on Fourth street, are secured for tho
purpose, and will be the. place for all interested
in this subject to spend any vacant hoar pleas
antly and profitably.
The Cotton Crop for 1869- , 70.
The most reliable estimates of the yield of
cotton for ’69-’70 place it at 2,500,000 to 2,750,-
000 bales, the opinion being freely expressed
that it will reach the latter figures, if the supply
of labor needed daring the picking season does
not fall short. Some Northern journals put the
figures as high as 3,000,000 bales. We believe
there is cotton growing sufficient to make thrlee
million bales; bnt we fear, as does the Now
Orleans Picayune, that we have not sufficient
labor in the South to secure that amount. With
plenty of labor we can supply the world with
cotton.
We clip tho foregoing from the Savannah Re
publican merely to say that we think this view
of the probable magnitude of tho crop is quite
too rose-colored. Our impression is that the
cotton crop of Georgia, at least, cannot exceed
that of laat year and ia more likely to fall con
siderably short of it.
Englfoli International Land and La
bor Agency.
We have received from Birmingham, Eng.
land, a circular announcing the formation of an
organization to facilitate emigration from Eng
land of the better class of people—farmers’ sons
with some capital—well-to-do tradesmen, man
ufacturer.-), skilled mechanics, governess, fe
male clerk-*, housemaids, etc., soliciting cor
respondence with J. M. Holmes, Secretary, at
Birmingham. It is desired to register Ameri
can farms and lands for sale, and when salo is
effected one per. cent will bo charged. Per
sons ordering female servants must remit $20
to the agency..
An Acke op Land.—To lay off an acre of land,
measure two hundred and eight feet eight and
a half inches for each side of a square and the
contents, says the Southern Cultivator, will be
exactly one acre. As this recipe will be conve
nient to fanners and gardeners, let them make
a note of it ; 'H-ul.i'i- 3 ' •
A Baltimorean recently just escaped the fate
of Genevra. He tumbled Into a big chest; the
lid fell and caught fast and his smothered yell
did not bring aid until he was nearly dead. k
’Twas a bit of sarcasm or. tho part of the
, He obtrnded himRelf upon 1 newsboy who sang out, “’Era’s your Police
no one—he did not put himself forward-!* , BetchlVstowe/ 7 ^ “*"* Harriet
•vm genial,-attentive, and kind to all who ap- . \ 1 -»*’ ■ 1- -V.i
preached him. His object in accompanying tho i Wc T, TH ’ < he milhcor ? f p «‘*' * as «fchd
, . , . -recently what tnmmmgs should be put on a
expedition was sunply to lend the sanction of j dress just finished. • He answered, turning up
bis official position to the trip. Both he and ! his nose-as he spoke, “."None whatever; it is
CoL Halbert did all that they could, by putting ’ onl y 1111 800 fl6!ic dress.
the press in communication with the best A woman died reoently in Trentpn, Michigan,
sources ol information, to facilitate the aocom- i »»£?£ b5r i h ‘° • . Aluo «§
... . ..... . . . - the thirty-one were three pairs of twins, and
pbebment of ita patriotic purposes. The re- the eldest of them all, if living, would be only
cd (be press there present with these twenty-nine yean bid. , . 1
An Important Decision.
Editors Telegraph : The recent deoision of
Chief Justice Chase, in the United Statds Cir
cuit Court for the District of South Carolina,
in the cotton suit, McLeod vs. Calicott, where
certain cottons had been seized by Calicott as
agent of the United States Treasury Depart,
ment, subsequent to Jnne 30, 1865, is a subject
in which a large number of individuals in the
Southern' States are directly interested: The
•ase above cited was one brought by McLeod
in an action of trespass for the seizure of thirty-
nine bales of cotton whioh the said Calicott, as
Treasury agent, claimed as property belonging
to the United States, having been forfeited to
the government as property of the late so-called
“Confederate States,” but which the plaintiff
held was his private property, not having been
surrendered to tho Federal Government prior
to Juno 30,1869. In this case the Chief Justice,
in his charge to the jury, said:
“The pleadings present the issue which you
aro to try. First: Did this cotton belong to
Alexander McLeod, the plaintiff, in October,
1865 ? Was it his property at that date ? And,
second : Was the defendant justified in what he
did by virtue of his office as Supervising Agent
of the Treasury ?
“That the cotton belonged to the plaintiff,
nnlera his title had been divested by the cap.
tore, seems not to be questioned."
Under several acts of Congress, dnringtho
late war, Supervising Agents of the Treasury
Department were appointed in the several in-
surgent States, and charged with certain specific
duties. Among these duties was that of receiv
ing from the military officers of the United
States all property captured by them, with in
structions to turn it over to the proper authori
ties of the United States for sale and for ac
count. It was alleged, and not denied, that
Calicott was Supervising Agent, and had this
general authority. In this capacity it was his
duty to receive from the military authorities,
and from private soldiers, all property captured
by the forces of the United States during the
late war, within his agency.
If this case had depended on this general au
thority, the only question for the jury to have
decided would have been, was this cotton cap
tured property? But there was something more
in this case. These supervising agents were
appointed by the Seeretary of the Treasury, un
der regulations approved by tho President of
the United States, and were subject, in all re
spects, to his direction and control: and the
general regidations established had relation only
to a. state of rear.
Now, actual hostilities between the Insurgent
States and the United States, it is held, termi
nated practically in May, 1865. The Secretary
of the Treasury, on the 27th of June, I8Gt, ad
dressed a circular to his agents, in which he
prescribed a rule for their government in the
new state of things. The fourth section of that
circular provided that officers “charged with the
duty of receiving and collecting, or hating in
their possession or under t 1 eir control, captured,
abandoned, ox confiscable personal property, will
dispose of the same in accordance with regula
tions heretofore prescribed, and refrain from
receiving such from military or naval authorities
aster the 30th instant.
Therefore, we are to infer that the general
regulation, which required these Treasury
agents to receive all captured property from the
officers of the United States, was bere rescinded
on the 27th of June, 1865, with the following
limitation.
“This will not be considered as interfering
with collecting the property recently captured
by or surrendered to the forces of the United
States, whether or not covered by, or included
in, the record delivered to the United States mil
itary or Treasury authorities by rebel military
officers or cotton agents.”
The new regulation or prohibitory order,
therefore, did not extend to property which had
been captured or surrendered by the military
officers of the Confederate government to tho
United States. “But, with that exception,’’
says Chief Justice Chase, “the prohibition is
complete tend final, and no agent of the Treasu
ry Department was justified in receiving, after
the 30Ui of June, 1865, any captured property,
UNLESS HERETOFORE SURRENDERED; MUCH LESS
WAS ANT SUCH OFFICER WARRANTED IN MAKING ANX
CAPTURE OF UNSURnENDERED COTTON HIMSELF, AF-
n-a WITHOUT MILITARY AID.
He had no authority to do so. An i>; = pnweis,
as we have said to you, were derived from the
Treasury Department, and when the Treasury
Department withdrew that general authority, it
was at an end,” American Law Times, Au
gust, 1869. « H
The case being submiffed to the jury with
these facts before them, and while the Judge
decided that the damages, if fonnd against the
defendant, could not hold good against him per
sonally, but agninst tho Government as the prin
cipal, the jury rendered n verdict in favor of the
plaintiff in the sum of $11,700, or at the rates
of sixty cents per pound for 19,500 pounds of
cotton. | I
There are many claims of this nature in the
Southern States which have never been made
up, or if made, have been placed in incompe
tent hands, or actions commenced in the wrong
courts, or against the many parties, which, if
they were placed in proper hands, judgments
could be obtained and the money secured, and
that speedily. Respectfully yours,
C. P. Culver.
Washington, D. G., Sept. 2, I860.
Tlie Cotton Crop of 1SC9—Develop
ment ot the South.
From the Selma (Ala.) Times, August 29. •
Tho estimates from well-informed sources
place the number of bales of cotton that the
South will raise this year at 3,n00,000, and it is,
wo think, perfectly safe to calculate on 2,500,000
bales. And we think there are equally reasona
ble grounds to assert that tho average prico will
bo at least twenty-five cents per pound. If the
crop amounts to 3,000,000 of bales and brings
twenty-five cents, it will bring into the country
$300,000,000, and if only 2,500,000 bales be
raised at twenty-five cents, wo will receive for it
$250,000,000. And a large portion of this
amount will be surplus for investment, as it will
not be required by the planter to pay off debts. f
A comparatively small portion of it will be re
quired for purchasing supplies for another year,
for planters generally have profited by tho les
sons of the past, and have raised grain crops in
addition to cotton.
The Southern people, and especially the
planters, are in a better condition financially
than they have ever been since the war, for
they are comparatively free of debt, and as
there aro no negroes to buy and no necessity of
adding to their landed property, this vast sum
of money can bo devoted to building foundries,
factories, mills, importing unproved machinery,
increasing onr present means of transportation,
opening now routes of commerce, and to the
development generally of the resources of the
country. Ten per cent, on two hundred and
fifty millions is twenty-five millions, and even if
this sum alone were expended in enterprises of
the kind we have mentioned, in the sections
where the cotton was raised, what a tremen
dous difference it would make; and if the sys
tem were kept up for a few years the South
would soon become the most iudepeudent and
richest country on tho face of the earth.
From Washington.
Washinton, September 6.—Fessenden is some
what jitter with slight hopes of a favorable result.
Rawlins is very weak and ia suffering. There are
hopes that hv stimulants he can he kept alive until
Grant’s arrival this afternoon. , < ... .
Revenue to-day 8875,000.
Imported cigarettes may be repacked.
A comparative statement of revenue from March
to August, inclusive, shows an Increase of eight
millions this year over last.
Several breweries in New York, including Huffel’s,
worth several hundred thousand dollars, have been
seized. Huff el, himself,, is worths million. Ho
was.arrested and bailed in the sum of five thousand
dollars.
Persons having business with tho Revenue De
partment regarding claims, must communicate the
same by mail. No person whatever is allowed
communication with the clerks or employees without
express permission from the Commissioner, or Dep
uty, or Solicitor.
Employees of the currency bureau will work two
hours extra, daily, until the famine is relieved.
DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
General John A. Rawlins. Secretary of War, died
at ten minutes past four to-day. Grant arrived at
five o’clock. Sherman becomes Secretary of War
ad interim. ...
The Marshals Among the Filibusters—A
Stampede.
Special to the \tacon Telegraph.)
Edfadla, September 6.—United States District
Attorney Hilledgo, Watson, Deputy United States
Marshal, and Deputy Marshal Cox, are down here
making arrests. There is a great stampedo among
the filibusters. _ B. M. F.
General News.
New York. September 6 Arrived, steamors Geo.
Washington, Slierm&n, and Washington City.
There was a sharp galo in the harbor yesterday.
Two boats were capsized and seven drowned.
Grant left this morning for Washington.
Privato cable reports say there is a panic in Ger
many over the bad news from France, which is se
riously affecting American securities. Bonds at
London are off one per cent. Erie railways 22>£.
Philadelphia, September 6.—District Attorney
Valentine offers five thousand dollars reward for the
assassins of Revenue Officer Brooks. It is believed
that Brooks was assassinated by hired ruffians.
Brooks was well acquainted with tho whisky ring
but did not recognize his assailants. The ruffians
were followed to Fairmount ’Park where the trail
was lost.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 6.—Ex-Governor Worth died
in this city last night.
Norfolk, September C—Tho British bark Ezra
has been lost on Body Island. The captain,bis wife
and five others wore drowned.
New Orleans, Septembers.—The northeast wind
that has been prevailing for the past two days in
creased to a galo at 5 o’clock this morning. Heavy
winds and rains continuously throughout tlie day
and remain unabated. Their extent is unknown-
Damage to shipping and crops is apprehended.
Scranton, Penn., Soptember 6.—There is great
excitement in consequence of tho burning of the
coal breaker at Avandalo mine, in Plymouth, abont
twenty miles south of this city. There are two
hundred and one men and boys in the mine. The
shaft, which ia their only means of escape, is choked
by forty feet of burning coal and rubbish. Ventila
tion is totally stopped, and there are great fears
that some, if not all, will be suffocated.
Philadelphia, September 6.—A BeveDue officer,
in charge of a seized store, was fatally shot by un
known parties to-night.
Portland, Me., September 6.—Fessenden’s con
dition is about the same.
Foreign News.
Halifax, September 6.—Nothing yet has been
found to warrant the detention of the Hornet. The
Spanish consul gave bond in £30,000. The captain
protests against further detention or search.
Paris, September C.—The Preese reports the Em
peror Napoleon too unwell to take Ills walk on Sat
urday.
Tho Commissioner of Bourse, in order to allay
the excitement, publicly announced that the health
of the Emperor was satisfactory.
Madrid, September 6—Four thousand troops
will sail for Cuba on tho 9th or 10th. Six thousand
will follow in a few days. .
Haiti, August 25.—The Rebel steamers Florida
and Columbia bombarded Gonaivcs. Salnave has
raised the seige of Aux Cayea. He is anxiously
wait ng an Iron clad from tho United States.
London, September G.—Privato advices from
Paris represent that the Emperor’s health has as
sumed a somewhat alarming turn. No fatal result
of his relap?o is anticipated, but there is excitement
and uneasiness in his family and the pnblic mind.
Telegraph Rates to New Fotmdland.
Executive Order Jib. 82.J
On and after Monday. Soptember 6, the tariff on
business withal] points on thelsiand of New Found-
land, for ten words or less, containing the addresB
and signature will be as follows: In currency, from
all points In Virginia, WesUViiginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky, five dollars
and sixty cents; from all points in Texas and Ar
kansas, seven dollars and seventy cents. For each
word over ten. charge one tenth of the above rates
riett. Particularly tho address, date and signature
are to be counted, and (barged for as upon the At
lantic Cablo bueiness. All officers will check “Plas
ter Cove” on this business, and will enter the
tariff above given for the line. On business paid
New Found land check “Plaster Cove” for this line.
The gold tariff from Plaster Cove is as follows: To
Virginia, West Virginia, etc., 2 23 and 2 30. To
Texas and Arkansas 3 78 and 3 80. Offices in New
Foundlaud are as follows: Brige’s Bay, Dunard
Bay, Delicore, Chapel. Ann. Come by Chance, Ann
Grantlev’s, Crook Gama,, Heart’s Content, Harbor
Grace, Long Harbor, Port au Basquo, Placentia, St.
John’s, White Bear Bay, St. Pierre.
By order of William Orton, President.
India Cotton.—The exports from the Central
Provinces of India to Bombay were 273,141 bales,
from October 1st to June 18.
The Commissioner of the Central Provinces
says in hia report: In regard to the improve
ment of cotton cultivation, ths result of the ex
periments, conducted again this year with great
caro, has not been snoh as to convinco me that
the American cotton seed is likely to prove a
success in Central India; and I am still inclined
to believe that the view expressed in my former
report and concurred in by the Chamber of
Commerce, that more good is likely to be ef
fected by the careful treatment of tho indigen
ous plant, than by the adoption of exotic seed
is correct. The season, it ip true, was particu
larly unfavorable. Still, the hardy little Berar
plant suffored but slightly, whilst the fields sown
with exotic seed presented a most withered ap
pearance, and most of the crop was destroyed
by the want of. rain. And it 13,1 fear, snffi-
Native Fertilizer.
Vast- quantities of money are annually sent
out of the South for foreign fertilizers. Adis- . ... . . .
covery has been made, which we hope will re. f‘ cntl y ^ent toat a plant that cannot stand
suit to retaining the most of this annual ox- oapnees f h 1
pendituro at home, thus adding greatly of the j *° g® p eral favor <<t 1 r ^
available resources of the South. It has re- , ,, . • .
cently come to light that there are, in the caves Chinese Waiters foe New York Hotels.—
of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, immense J The New York correspondent °f the Philadel-
quantities of bat guano, which analysis has ! pkia Republic,^ says twenty-five Celestials from
proved to be superior to the Peruvian. These ’ California arrived here yesterday, to be em-
caves, of which there are eleven in number, have | ployed as waiters in the city hotels. The thing
been infested, for probably hundreds of Years, j was accomplished very quietly, lest the Milesian
by millions of bats, which have hatched,* lived > gentlemen eniploped at these establishments
and diod there without ever seeing the light. j should make a noise about it. There is nothing
The deposits that have accumulated from them • the “Coolie” about these strangers, Dor do
are said to be almost inexhaustible. One of ! (hey belong to what the Californians call the
these caves alone is twenty-one miles in length. • “riff-raff." This first installment of the homing
This gnano has been tested on vegetation with ’ flood was not brought here by Sing-Man nor
the happiest effect. Besides stimulating the | Coopmanschap, nor any other wholesalo con-
plant, it is said to act as an effectual safeguard.- J rac , t 5? r ' ^nt hy-flte ■ Moprietor of a prominent
against worms and bugs. It contains a large ■ intelligence °di c0 ia Broadway. • Tlioir wages
percent, more of ammonia, than the Peruvian l' aT ® seven dollars per'month, wth board, the
article, and is pronounced more valuable by ’ first yenr; ten dollars the seoond year, with a
those who have tried, both. Wo saw some of, promise of oetter terms from that time forward
this product yesterday at the commission house • d the arrangeraen. is mutually agreeable,
of Messrs. Lee & Taylor, and on smelling, found ! .• ‘ a '' “V 'v, ’' • ,»■'
tho ammonia in it nearly as strong as to harts- > . Arncros of Mrs. Stowe s Byron story ^Mr.
fcojjj; .! Thackeray, said an American lady, “is it true,
The caves are owned bv five Confederate sol-1 this dreadful story which we hea^ about you and
diets, who purchased'them for five hundred [ Miss Bronte?- ‘Madame, replied'the burly
dollars, and their means are too limited to per-1 : "It is,'I gneve to Say,-too true. Six
mit them to work them ou the scale that their , children were the fruit of that unhallowed lnti-
importance demands. They therefore, we learn, : maoy, and I killed them all with my own hand,
desire to dispose of an interest to them to pro- A Standing Menace.—Gen. Canby thinks the
enre capital with which to enlarge their opera- . existence of a Democratic Committee in Virgin-
tions. The secret was discovered by a nitre ia is a “standingmenace.” We agree with him.
agent of the Confederacy during the war, and jit is ft “standing menace” in Bevetal other States,
communicated to one of the present owners. 'It would bq considerably more of a menu
Llffffidti urg^Vtryinlari. } Georgia if erbr Committee were recognised.
' “ jOnr Great mineral Region.*:-"—.-
from the Oolunbut :
The trip from which we have just returned,
and of which we have given our readers running
notes made during, its progress, has convinced
us that Northwestern Georgia and Northeastern
Alabama constitute the great mineral region of
the United States. No doubt the belt extends
through Alabama nearly to the western bounda
ry of the State, and through Georgia to and per-
haps beyond the western. lines of North and
South Carolina. But the limits first named are
unequalled in the great abundance and variety
of the ores to be found in them, their accessibil
ity, and the superior quality of the greater por
tion of them. It seems as if Nature, in a pro
pitious moment, had emptied into this region
immense stores of all the minerals valuable for
the purposes of art or commerce. Other re
gions were favored each with a few of them,
but the section above defined had the whole of
them showered down (or upheaved) literally one
upon another. To convey an idea of the great
variety of these minerals, we copy a memoran
dum made of specimens exhibited to us by D.
R. Mitchell, Esq., in his office at Rome—all of
which were obtained from localities very near
that city: Ooperas ore, alum ore, gold-bearing
quartz, acicular (fibrous) iron ore, Hematite
iron ore, slate from two localities, Plumbago,
unexcelled, variegated shale overlying coal, black
slate overlying coal, coal of all the varieties,
whetstone, oilstone, Fuller’s earth, white and
variegated, and- poroelain, very fine.
In the extensive and varied collection of min
erals exhibited to our company at Cartereville,
there are several important ones not named in'
the above list. Marble and other beautiful ma
terial for slabs, ornaments and building par.
poses, abound in this section.
Pennsylvania has iron and coal; several of the
New England States have marble and granite of
a valuable kind; Missouri has iron and lead.
But neither of these States can, in the minerals
which it furnishes, compare with the seotion of
Georgia and Alabama above described, which
has all of them and a great many more. We
do not name lead in the list of ores seen during
our late trip, but we understand that it too, is
to be found in that region. All that is needed
is capital and enterprise to put these crude mine
rals into the shape required for commerce.
Their abundance, accessibility and superior
quality will make success iu this enterprise a
certainty. The extensive development of one
mineral will lead to the development of another^
until attention will be strongly directed to the
inexhaustible wealth of this region, and the
miners, smelters and rollers of poorer and more
exhausted regions will see that they must come
South to follow their occupations profitably and
make their investments pay.
We believe that the development of the vast
mineral wealth of Upper Georgia and. Alabama
cannot much longer be postponed, and that
when the needed capital and energy are directed
to the work, thoso sections will prosper and
flourish in an extraordinary manner.
We learned on onr trip (but not from the doc
tor himself) that the rare and beautiful collec
tion of minerals at Cartereville, of which we
have heretofore written, were presented to Dr.
J. H. DeVotie, and that he will appropriate
them for the use of the public schools of this
city. The collection is a most valuable one,
and will please and instruct all who see it. The
variety of the mineral resources of Upper
Georgia will be well represented by this collec
tion, and it will excite the wonder as well as the
admiration of all who may examine it.
Dr. DeVotie was zealous and industrious in
his search for mineral specimens, and it is grat
ifying that he so well succeeded in obtaining a
rich collection-
Fire in Coinmtms—Buruins: of tite
Rope Works-Loss $10,500.
From the Sun of the Ith inttnnt.)
Yesterday afternoon the alarm of fire was
given abont two o’clock. Heavy smoke was
seen in the direction of tho North Commons,
and it was discovered that the buildings occu
pied by the “Muscogee Machine Rope Com
pany” were wrapped in flames. A strong east
wind was blowing, and to n short time the struc
ture was in ashes. There had not been time to
stop the engine, and the machinery kept running
until the fire stopped it. The engines and hook
and ladder company came on the gronnd, but
they could do nothing. It was feared for awhile
the wind would drive the fire across the street
to the residence of Mr. A. D. Brown, but the
speedy burning of the shop prevented such a
disaster. There were large quantities of wood
stored in the yard of the works, and the houses
near by, but beincr on the side from which the
wind came they escaped, in the buuiung were
consumed four coils of rope and twenty hales of
hemp. Some forty coils of rope had been sent
to the city a few minutes previously. The
hemp of the company was stored' elsewhere.
Tho property destroyed was located beyond
the Montgomery and west Point railroad and
the North Commons. The building was a large
one story structure. The works were run
by steam and employed about twenty laborers,
who aro thrown out of work.
Th% buildings were erected and the machin
ery purchased since the war, at a cost of $17,-
000. Not many months since a new company
was formed, with G. W. Woodruff as President,
Frank Ellis, Secretary, and G. W. Woodruff,
W. O. Gray and J. B. Clapp, as directors. They
purchased the grounds and works for $12,500,
and had an additional capital of $10,000 for
baying materials. As we have stated, the ma
terial was not kept on the grounds. The con
cern was prospering, and it was expected a div
idend of twelve per cent, would be declared by
the first of March.
The fire originated by some means in pickery
and soon flashed over the entire building. The
property was insured for $8,000 in different
companies, each for a small amount, 1 repre
sented by D. F. Wilcox. Some portion of the
machinery will be saved. The loss to the Rope
Company is estimated at $2500. jjt is donbtfnl
whether the works will bo rebuilt. The destruc
tion of this establishment is a great loss to the
city. . ■
Tlie Widower’s Wife. - .
Within the year the widower found consola
tion, and this .time the wife was young and
pretty—that is to say, she was generally so es
teemed—being white, plump, hard, and crisp
as a turnip just pulled from the ground. She
was selfish, indolent, pettish, with small intelli
gence and no reason—a white, blind force. ' To
be married was to be married; and that was all
ehe knew, except that it involved new dresses, a
white veil, and some flowers. After that she
entertained some vagne notion that generous
living and all sorts of .holiday delights flowed
perpetually in' of themselves, and that she, at
any rate, had only to stand and wait. Her ideas
of marital felicity underwent, to company with
her fatalistic yoke-fellow, a singularly sudden
transformation, and she went blindly bumping
about her house like a bat when the sunshine is
all at once let in upon it.
“Leander, I want thisand. “Leander why
don’t you get me that? Mrs. So-and-so has it.,
and I want it and will have it!” These and snob
like were her staple of conversation. Before
long came threats. “I'll go back to my father;
see if I don’t! Yon might get me things like
other folks! I always had sweet cake at home!
If you haven’t got money, tell thf>sn to give you
some! I’ll have a bine satin dress and pearl
ear rings, or I’ll go home to my fatherAnd
her round white face would flounder among her
pillows as she thus teased for half the night.—
And,'sure enough, the threat got itself executed
at last; and with a little white head, much like
her own, roiling about on her shoulder, and a
little bundle of blankets crashed in herarms,she
one day took np line of march, leaving the cup
board bare.—Alice Gary.
PBBUKman Exaxixatioe or Lons LtuumiiL, handled to caw with peat
Chamed with the KcKDXk of Aa&OK Kent.— ning to tba cjoae ofhis speeoh, ■ *•!
Fourthpay.—Court met at tea minute* after ten, 1 ! Col- Weenm then took the floor in w
Justice Wyche absent, and immediately afterwards \ accused, and, in bis usually able and e! , ' 1
Sheriff Martin entered the Court-room with the : cer. reviewed .the testimony, at the
prisoner in charge. The 0 jurt then proceeded with j which the. Court adjourned till 31., y C0Bcit!
the examination of witnesses. T 'Uf argument of the defence wm »»
Hubbard H. Harrington, sworn, asys: My place i on the assembly of the Court in the ****
COlQpi
nenberg, conversing with some of the employees ot i sad faithful manner in which they h»A ^ H
the office; heard the sound of ,a pistol shot coming proceedings of this Court.
Horn the direction of NueabanmTDannenberg’e; Colonel • raTJTLvTlu ^ ob ^ i
heard the words, “stop him," very distinctly, but' a *i’ 000 of the beat W._,. ,
cannot say whether before or after the shot; as I 8**’ * n(1 on *to occasion most trimanh, f 1
turned I saw deceased rash out of the door next to eated your cause and client.
the Express offloe and rash down the street; I made f Col Whittle was folWoH V- n . I
two steps forward; Hr. Hiraeh, I think, .waa chasing I . , 7 J0U0 *ed by Co!. Cliffy. I
deceased; aa deceased came in front of me he made BOn? m oae of ^ most a ble. chaste and
a halt, and I placed my hands upon him; about this efforts; during which he scattered „’i J I
time the pursuing party came up and caught holdof [ an d mysteries in which the case W v tte{ ?
deceased, when I released my hold; deceased then \j n5at «ai tt i
made the remark that Re was shot, as they were * n .^ ean,0e ^f demanded tho conuaitma., J
carrying him along the pavement toward Nuesbaum prisoner to jail to await his trial luthon' 1
& Dannenberg’e; I stepped into the middle door of ; ege of bail. ’ ’- s J
oni store, when the party stopped , to examine the
our store, wnen me parry sioppeu to examine tne a* ,
wounds of deceased; fatepped foiwanl and looked . „ ,Qe c !°* e Anderson’s speech, ft.
at the wound: know nothing material in this case. •' ““Ouncea that it would reserve ft. j... ."
at the wound; know nothing material in this case, j ‘ v ^ u,JU;l °ea mat it wouia reserve itj dec'.n
except that I heard George Allen say, the substance : o’clock this morning. " v 5 1
of which was as follows: The difficulty was because j We ought to state, iu Ura I
deceased would not bay something; (that is the way from to cnc ' ction , till
I understood it); cannot quote George Allen’s lan- I T*’ fro f 2r8t laat * beea one ot ,v 1
guage, but that is the way I understood it; this oe- absorbing interest, and the Court-room i * I
curred in front of our store; was present when pris- crowded from dav to day during 1
oner was arrested; knew the prisoner; have known We are also glad" to state tw b f mc - : a|
him ever since bis employers have occupied their ! , ..... c “Math,,I
present location; know the character of the prisoner: ! C0QCUded ’ * or > > n addition to the great labr-r. J
it ia good; hois an orderly, quiet citizen, as far as I posed upon ns, it drew away from ti,,;. 1
know; know nothing against his character for hon- i numbers of colored men who conM » T WOti '
“SjriTSU. I
house of George Auen twice on Saturday evening; i
frequently paee by the house going from my offloe; The Four .Gales of Hell—*
on Saturday evening there was a considerable crowd Mnni.«k«n . ‘ A ' ,0 na
gathered there—a mixed crowd of white and color- 1 " a PGst Sermon,
ed; having heard of the killing, and seeing a good Wm. Reynolds, of Peoria, is well v
many of the police, I had some apprehension that enthusiastic worker in the Sabbath
there was an undue excitement, and when I got to ,ti a rwwbana. bBiia. ,’ sc “ 0c -t
the door of the house. I saw Dr. Mettauer to the kDOwn *“> ,
room, and the man lying down on the floor; that «F? a ° ‘f 0 8110 W0 give the fo!
was tho first I knewot the wounded man being story as he tells it, as near as we remsn, 1 -
there; I went into the house and witnessed the ex- The mam facts aro all absolutely true, r
traction of tho ball; that is all that occurred at that in the southern part of the State last v '
time; I left witbDr. Mettauer; I came up town and ganizing Sunday-schools, when he p-v T 1
in & few mnmfmta rntnmArl? vrhen 1 trnt ntm/i* ifrA <■ Daw.*;.?* it. .
ia a few momenta returned; when I got o;
the door the second time, I saw
en I got opposite . a Hard-Shell Baptist neighborhood uTl
. ., . , , . , ^ r ’, S , U J op . 8 ^f e ln ister, settled over the little flock, ioo’ j I
the room, with his right hand behind his right ear, : Prt i onSv nnon fW* moTfima „» e T77: Joo ‘ r1 f
listening, as I supposed, to somebody talking; I j , „„„„„„„„ !^ e St * l]
supposed he was getting items for his paper; think “ na * v Mention of J
I saw Mr. Zunder in the' room shortly afterwards; * D ^. a 8er ? 0 ? against them. On the s.i|
did not know his name at the time; when I went in designated the bunday-school nu-n jr. : v a J
George Allen was just commencing his statement force, when the preacher announce i
co Mr. Shropshire; I understood him to say that known text— “1
they (Aaron Kemp and George AUen) were passing 4 -Thou art Peter! and on this roA*
by the Jew store, (without referring to it by the hnild mv ohnrch and tVm ^ v h
name of the proprietors;) he said fi&pftraaVjsw ^<
in ths door who asked them where they were from; , P r l og j . st l.
said he told him they had been working upon the After giving Peter-a good setting ,
Brunswick road; said that the Jew then asked him totoister closed as follows, in that pectlijl
to trade with him; he said they both’went in, and ing tone that is indescribable except to I
that deceased asked for two shirts, which the Jew i who have heard it: I
showed him, and asked him three dollars for two | “Yes. my brethering ah—aa’ the fI
shirte; Aaron refused to pay three dolkre. when • bell shel not perval agin’it, ah: KoyJ
like to know about these ere gates o’i
Well, -my brethering, thar air four sate tj
ah! ...
“.Thar is, fnstly, the Sunday school <
ah! That thar is one gate to hell, ah: wkjj
the Jew agreed to take $1.75 for the two Bhirts: the
deceased then asked for a pair, of shoes, when Geo.
Allen told him nob to get the shoes there, for he
knew a white man who would give a better bargain;
George afterwards qualified this statement by say
ing ho meant by the words “white man,” one of our
own people; tb*e Jew told him to let deceased alone . bring young men and winmiin togeihtr J
and lot him do his own trading; he was asked by the ; onder the igee of teachin’ on ’em the Bi’ ’*]
Jew if they were kin to each other; George said | set - em hankerin’, arfter one another a’-
they were cousins, though it was not so, for they j n wjd6 lh( , „, Ue o - h ell, ah! ’
were not related; another Jew then came up. caught < *7.. ... • , „i
Aaron by the collar and said: “You coma upstairs ; * *c5-ui° je “. xvass c fli|
with me, I can trade with you I.know: let that other ! a “ • That thar is Bible so-ci-tie« ah. v!
fellow stay down staire,” George .Vilen followed • put toe word into the hands o tLtm
them up stairs, when, the prisoner at once lit the lamin’ sufficient ah,.fur to underdid'3
:as and asked what number he wore; deceased told this here, bre thering, is ’ one of the nil
o’ hell ah, of which we read about ia fit I
: ah! : -’ % ' r ’ ->• -’ •;a • > 1
“An’ the next gate o’ hell, my Liefiei
temperance societies ah, whar they g; rl
yer house and bust into yer rooms sh. cl
to diskiver ef ye hev onytbin’ ah tfcsial
fer the stumraick’s sake ah. and vum fiJ
it they spill it on to the. groun’ ah. e’fel
run to waste ab.
[Signs of dissatisfaction among ti i
members. Greatly excited, he cattaaril
“ Yis, brethering, they do ah. Tlieui:j
to bust up all o’ our biziness, an’—cm th T
they open another gate o’ hell ah. J
men that air, ah, goto’ to come ameer ’.I
prevail, ah, agin ihe rock on which »—l
my church, ah.’Yis, brethering. ah. ibef
out to do it, ah, an’ we must jine hated
agin em ah, that they shel not prevail, cl
“An’ the next gate of hell ah, my
ah, is the Rupublikin party ah. [Sigc :
prOval from his auditors.] Yes, brelfcr:
tho Republikin parly ah, wot hez set add
gers free ah, and turned ’em agin thar
ah, an’ agin them as put thar money i: J
an’ hez cheeted and robbed the South ai.|
its nateraY rites uh. an’ the gates o’ he!! i |
prevail agih it ah.” ■
We can give the preacher’s name and tj
if necessary. The party were too much B
to take accurate notes. But Mr. Roycd
self will vouch for the truth of what *1
written. Truth is stranger than Action. |
- IEI Paso (111) fc
A Steam Omnibus —A new steam omnibus has
been tried in Edinburgh. The engine, with an
omnibns attached, was ran up and down an in
cline to exhibit its speed and the ease with
which it could be ’ controlled. It went up the
hill at the rate of seven miles an hour, and
came down it at the rate of nine. It turned in
the Toad with far greater ease than if drawn by
horses, was pulled np instantaneously at
the word of command, and even backed
up hill. The dexterity with which it
licked its way between strings of cart-
lorsos, omnibuses, and cabs, and the do
cility with which it stopped or turned whenever
it was required were marvelous. It ran from
one end of Prince street to the other without
stopping, then tamed down South Charlotte
street, aDd on through North Charlotte street to
ForrCst, where at the steepest point, when the
descent looked really dangerous, it was brought
to a sudden standstill, to show how completely
it was under command, and how entirely it
could dispense with any kind of break;
m number ten; prisoner then went to the back of
the store and returned with a pistol in his hand and
asked him if he was going to buy the boots; de
ceased said no: the prisoner then presented his pis
tol to Aaron’s breast and told him to give up his
money: deceased started to run, when the prisoner
grabbed at him. missed, and followed him; when
deceased was about starting down -the stairs the
pistol tired: they all ran down into tho street: I
left George Allen's house when Mr. Shropshire got
up from bis hunkers; don’t knowhow to’express
myself better than by saying he was what the old.
woman in the country call • hunkering down;” all I
know of this affair is overhearing this conversation;
I did not want anything to do with this case; I be
lieve Mr. Zunder honest in all hia statements; but
think ho was mistaken as to the exact point of time;
the only thing I said at that time, was to tell Geo.
Allen to speak louder, as Mr. Shropshire was, un
fortunately. hard of hearing: this is the only remark
I now remember to have made, before Mr. Shrop
shire got up from his position; my recollection is
not very positive, but I think Mr. Zunder was there
the second time X calleJ; when I first called. I was
not excited in the least; afterwards, I confess to
feeling some little excitement, after I had heard
Geo. Allen’s statement; several darkies were about
the door; I told them not be excited, for the laws
would certainly bo-vindioatad: room was very small;
deceased bad his feet, close by the door; his head
was near the upper cud of the room; I was not re
quested by any officer to leave the room; afteryrards
I said: “Slirop.,”(my usual way of addressing
him.") make your statement in your paper an im
partial ono; don’t prejudice the public mind in any
way upon this question; I- then remarked that he,
through his paper, ought to rebuke the Jews for go
ing out upon the streets and pulling them in to
trade with them, and abusing them if they did not
trade with them; I spoke quit© lond to Mr- Shrop
shire, (who ia a little hard of hearing.) and in tne
loud speaking manifested more excitement than I
really felt; I was somewhat excited, I admit; I was
not interrupted until I said all I had to say; Capt.
Simpson then said to me: “There is a great deal of
excitement here, and yonr remarks, Major, has a
tendency to increase it;” I then said, 1 well, I have
no more to say," and soon after left the room: when
I left, I think I left Mr. Shropshire and some of the
police in the room with tho dying man; do not know
when Mr. Zunder went: when Dr. Mettauer left,
George Allen was seated on the floor near the heart
of deceased; Dr. Mettauer was there when I came;
saw him extract tho ball, and should not liavsseu-
terad the room, had I not seen him; while Dr. Met
tauer was there, George Allen changed his position
in order to assist Dr. Mettauer; he held a saucer or
something. I think, to catch the blood, - when the
ball was being extracted: think George Allen
kept telling deceased to be quiet and not to talk;
during myfltst vieit, I thought George Allen had
juBtgot possession of the fact that Aaron Kemp
had been accused of stealing from the Jew. store;
he said: “They needn’t to say he stole anything
for hs didn’t;” there were several negroes abont the
room at tho time Dr. Mettauer was there; up. to the
time of George Allen’s statement my attention was
not particularly drawn to him: T think Geo. Alien
took an active part in talking to deceased.
Robert D. Shropshire, eworo. bays: I went where
deceased was lying, with Mr. Zunder; ha remained
at the door, standing on the steps, hiB head leaning
inside, in a listening attitude; I did not sec-Maj.
Gallagher when I first entered the room; George Al
len made a statement to me about the shooting of
deceased; do not know whether Maj. G. was in the
room all the'time during this interview with George
Allen or not: he was there a portion of the time: iny
attention was first called to Maj. Gallagher by his
addressing me; George Alien was speaking to me at
the time; do not think be had finished his statement
to me when Maj. G. spoke to me; Maj. G. left the
room before I did: think George Alien answered my
questions after the Major bad left; I asked George
Allen some questions which renewed onr conversa
tion; I was nearest to George Allen, the Major was
seated near tho door; George was not more than ten
inches from my ear; the Major was on one side of
the dying man'and I was on the other; heard Georg 0
Alien's statement very distinctly; he was called to
my side bv officer Foster, who told him I was dull of
hearing; f can hear the natural tone of a man’s voice
if seated close to me; did not see Maj. Gallagher
when he entered; when I sat at the head of the dy
ing man I asked his name: officer Foster called
George Allen and told nie there waa a man who
knew all about it: George gave me the uatau of de
ceased: I asked why he was shot: he replied, **We
were up stairs, the Jew went to-the back of tlie
room and returned with a pistol iu bis band; be
seized deceased by the coat, held tha pistol to his
breast and said, “now. give me that money, Bir,” I
interrupted George Allen at thW point and asked
him if the Jew shot him because he - would not give
up hie money; George replied, "it wa» that or be
cause George would not trade;" I asked him why lie
did not assist hia friend; he replied, "I was afraid
I’d get shot, too; deceased broke away from tho
Jew, who followed close after him, hallooing “stop
thief]” but tho deceased had stolen nothing; when
J- .A A A... II.'. t • tb, artrira lb.. T>» abG ‘
The English Harvests.—Early ia fil
the English croakers began to predictin'
failure oi crops, owing.to heavy T&ins s:|
causes. As the secaon advanced, the
improved so rapidly as to lead many
that the harvests would be more pt^’-l
nuv time since 1859. Sufficient is r..: 1 !
upon which to base an estimate. Then!
sider.Vblo variety in the reports on
they mainly" come to this, that while firl
gcotlin 3ome places—usually on hind j
nary years the best for wheat—it i'i I
mle. and especially on the lands whe9J
of the crop, is grown. Furthermore. 'I
yield per acre will ,be less than usual, hi
ty of the produce is very inferior. I
To put it technically, the weight oi -1
per bushel will be considerably las.
periority of qualify in the ISpS crop
ed to have added five per cent, or c-l
weight and worth, and the inferioriul
present year will have a correspondiri'l
reducing the ban'eat value. Other ft’ 1
as a general thing, yielded more tt-1
nary crop.
The New York correspondent of H
delphia Lenger writes on Tuesday: f
trade is exhibiting great activity. Tctf
rooms are well attended, and though 19
aperating with' unusual caution, ths rj
and jobbers have no especial cause of'1
Western dealers are here large iu ml
as a general thing their means aro j'-s j
South are better off, thanks to their - ■
ton crop but as yet they are only i 4 ]
from hand to month. Next week, -■'*
expected to be a busy one all round
A Steam Plough in South Cat*'-
Sumter News says: "Wo are iufori'J
steam plough is now on the way frG T
to Smater. This plough is workc-ii ]
right engines of forty horse pow« *
Attached to these are the necessary *
for sawing lumber, grinding cow '
wheat, etc.
Cutting Loose from DKM0cM-’ r ''''V'l
ihe Atlanta (Ga.) Constitntion J 0!E
tuond Whig, Richmond Ec^nuer, -■
Republican, Memphis Aval® c “ e > ,
sheets, in urging the Southern P eo f‘]
don their affiliations with the De' Jlo: y7„
a party whose “Dame is a synonym
[AT. Y. CommercialAdsertiwr,
Crops in Walker Countt.
writing from’Lafayette, says .
this section will not make more tc - J
an ordinary crop. The .drought
severe ith na—we have not
weeks, aid our'eorn is suffering J.: J
nr. worm “ a
deoassed got to the lies- i of the stairs theJSw shot!
him;” that is the substance of onr conversation; j A 16 P ,le - —Chronicle and <-
when Maj. Gallagher interrupted me. George Allen i i Negro Tournament.—The M#*
was expressing why deceased had been shot, that is j (-h ; , the following interf 3
bocanseho would not give up his money or trade I Chromote, gives the touowing ^
with the Jew; I made a memoranda ot George’s : g^Pb* /> rl Vf.v ?.v 0 rse *
statement at the time of making it to me: am au . modem tilting chivalry, wwn ,
editor of one of the city papers; wrote out this case and riDg,” and various other oo .
for my Sunday morning's paper; do not know what I “The negroes of Russelvms
became of the manuscript; hiking my deafness into dulged iu a colored tournament a U ■
consideration, as Georgo Allen was speaking vciy 1 Queen of Love and Beanty
loud, I suppose every one in the room heard his - hroeans: the b°f,
statement as plainly aa myself; think Maj. Galls- Z
gher was a little exited at the time; have Wd foot makes :a hole in the groun ^
Maj. Gallagher’s statement in Court to-day,- I be- i bp weighs two pounds and a mw v
lieve I have stated *U that occurred between George ) Eatonton Press & Mes»eoge r5ft -.
Allen and myself. ' been so hot in Washington
Here the examination, of witnesses closed, and the top of old dead trees ia
this Court, after reserving the privilege of adjourn- take fire from the heat of the sail
ing at the termination of either of the speeches, an- from good authority that such *®
noonoed ita readiness to bear the argument of conn- really take place lost week,
eel; when A. O. Bacon, Esq., of the firm of Baooc j g,,g AY We. —TheBostonOom K °Vj'
A Simmons, proceeded to make the opening speech. ' “Nearly that entire section
The gentleman lead off by making a pretty heavy in danger of relapsing into
“tilt" at the reporters for the press, for giving which ths Boston Post respon 5^ jii
George Allen’s testimony in tbs peculiar phraseology re! V*! t of t ^ ia AM the "p 0 *** el
ALondon telegram says: “The brifflancy ! ‘be negro. The gentleman forgot, perhaps, under st ite dispo^ 1
arid power of the ana for the past week has beenj tb® pressure of radicalism for the last five years, aeooaat of ita stewardship- ■
a « .1 V. > i\>. . ‘Dwlti.,1. TaIaJ. 1 a Vn af i sifontmtUrt •rill if % ttonnvfo.' (ViOS Dnf ' V • * • _ j’_l
highly favorable to crops to the - British Isles, 1 e be ef rstiha i attcountry: and if a reporter does not If v / ¥ay to wiser and wore fa* 1
and a large harvest is now oertain. Nowhere in ! choose to correct and drees up. in proper language, - ' • r>. Vville at &
Europe has there been such a falling off hi the j the statements of the “poor down-trod Jen chfldrau The msrehaute QtJiwe ^
price of cereals as in England, and nnlese great- | of H ajn," that is the reporter’* bneteew. and 4T bis ® X&, with*?
v-'rrr-’irr; fllli
[It would be considerably more of a menace to I after the Subside** of the effects of the late «*«»**• ^ring tin. mffiwrebon en **►*«<** « ertttom
^ Georgia if otirGommitiee were recognised. * rise.” ’ ” the able bwhiAnt yopag.qrator, .** miftri ita jrilt wu fcftpvjeoeteo pen***”
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