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MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1869.
Periodicals.
Ijmsoorr’s Maoazxsts for Ootober,besides its
serial tales—of the "Wear of Bullhampton and
Beyond tho Breakers, has as leading^ articles
The French Fever, 'What I saw of the Suez Ca
nal, The Freedman and his Future, The Demo*
cratio Movement in France. As stories it has
The Lonely Ones, Dick Libby. If Lippincott
would cut his leaves instead of leaving the read
er to do it roughly with a paper-knife, he would
oonfer a favor upon a generous and confiding
public. ' i.
The Southern Home Journal of Baltimore, a
very intelligent illustrated literary weekly, we
are sorry to see, announces its own demise by pe
cuniary innutrition.
The Industrial Reoobd of September 1st,
comes to us with an illustrated description of
Lyall’s Loom, with the new shuttle, which can
be used for all fabrics of any width and is des
tined to lay the old contrivances on the shelf.
lodging for Visitors to tlie Fair.
The city abounds in halls and vacant rooms
which could be secured and provided with bunks
and cots for the sleeping accommodations of
visitors to Macon daring the Fair. It is pre
sumed the hotels will find no difficulty in sup
plying almost any reasonable number of guests
with table accommodations. If, therefore,
these establishments will adopt the policy which
is practised everywhere at watering places in
crowded times, and secure and furnish outside
sleeping accommodations, they will largely in
crease their entertaining capacity and serve the
public and themselves. If they decline to do
it, others should; so that no available shelter
in the city may be lost at that time.
"Weils Giving out. etc.—Tho city well near
our office, we notice, is in a state of intermittent
exhaustion. Vigorous pumping will, now and
then, extract a meagre supply of the aqueous
fluid, but it is hard work. We suppose it is five
or six months since there has been rain enough
in Middle Georgia to affect the springs. All na
ture is showing signs of distress, and the con
stant presence in the atmosphere of a fine,
impalpable dust is exceedingly irritating to the
lungs and giving many people harrassing
and vexatious coughs.
We have been requested by the neighbors to
state for the benefit of the city authorities, that
the well in Walnnt street is not dry and the
pnmp fails to respond in the right way to the
proper action of the handle solely because the
city functionaries have failed to respect the
promise made two years ago to have a new
pump put into the well. The people of that neigh
borhood have been looking anxiously for two
whole years to see a noble illustration of respect
for the publio faith in the matter of that pump,
but have waited in vain. They are anxious to
drink to the health of the corporation through
the agency of a new pump, but, as the case
stands, they find it impossible to drink to their
own, on account of tbe final and absolute fail
ure of the old pump.
A Small Robbery.—A correspondent of the
New York World undertakes to demonstrate in
three and a half columns that the "United States
Treasury has been robbed, on whisky and tobac
co and a few other articles, since September 1,
1862, in tbe sum of five thousand millions of
dollars. Now, if Secretary Boutwell will look
about him and collect fifty or sixty per cent, of
this loss, he will be able to pay off the national
debt in a much less time than twelve years. He
might pay up and get a receipt in full by Christ-
mas.
Something New Undee the Sun.—The Mas
sachusetts people are holding Free Trade Meet
ings under the most formidable auspices. A grand
demonstration took place in Springfield on tbe
17th instant, in which the meeting was addressed
by Prof. Perry, of Williams College, and Protec
tion was denounced as a “modem delusion” and
a spoliation of the many for the benefit of the
few. If this thing goes on, a private mad-house
must be established for the relief and protection
of the unhappy editors of the New York Tribune.
The Woman Suffrage Movement.—The wo
men suffrageists are making a heavy combina
tion for a gigantic suffrage convention, to be
held in Washington city early in the coming
session of Congress, to be followed up sharply
by petitions for their immediate recognition in
the capacity of voters. Bills have been pre
pared to try the experiment in Washington city,
09 >, and Senator Pomeroy is named as its advocate.
The Question op the Day in Washington
jnst now is whether a man can hold two offices
under the United States Government at one and
the same time. If he can, then patriotism may
rest content without an increase of salary, and
merit may be rewarded, if necessary, by piling
on the appointments and salaries until the na
tural appetite for gain is appeased and satisfied.
Otherwise, it is supposed trouble must ensue
and the work of retrenchment cannot success-
. ^ fully be prosecuted.
An enormous chestnut tree was felled on the
farm of Mr. Conly, in Carroll county, Ga., on
-the 6tb, which made fifteen hundred rails. After
the tree was out down, the longest cross-cut saw
was procured which was possible to be had, and
two men, with this saw and their axes, labored
faithfully for a whole day in sawing tho first cut.
Tho top of the Btump measured nine feet in di
ameter. The rails which it made are perfectly
sound, and will make one hundred and fifty pan-
nels of fence.
Brown Univebstty, in Providence, Rhode Is
land is excited. The proceeds from the grant
of land mado by Congress to Rhode Island for
educational purposes and "by the State turned
over to Brown University have disappeared. Of
a round million dollars, only fifty thousand of
funds can be found.
Southwestern Ratt.eoad.—We learn that bu
siness on this road, the present month, is run
ning at the rate of $120,000 for the month.—
Last September it was half that amount.
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Repeat, op the Test Oath Law.—The Chica
go Tribute, the leading Republican organ of the
West, is earnestly advocating the repeal of all
disfranchisement laws in Missouri, West Virgi
nia, and elsewhere, as well as the Federal test
oath law.
Patino the National Debt.—The New York
Commercial Advertiser represents Secretary
Boutwell as saying that the National Debt could
be paid off in the next twelve years if the pres
ent rate of taxation were continued. That is a
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Cotton Freights.—The Charleston steamers
on Saturday took 3,836 bales of cotton. The
. Savannah steamers took out 5,217.
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An Impobtant Decision Upon Federal Court
Jurisdiction.—On Thursday last Judge Er-
kine, of the District Court of the United States
made a decision involving a most important
% # point of jurisdiction.
Tbe leading points decided, are :
i • 1- The District Court of the United States has
• ■cl*' do jurisdiction when the suit is brought by the
endorsee against the maker and endorser of a
note, if both the maker and endorser reside in
the State whan the suit is brought
2. If judgment is rendered in such a case,
and the facts appear affirmatively on the face of
tbe record, the jndgment will be declared void
whenever the matter is presented to the Court
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The misfortunes of Drought.
One of the misfortunes which we shall deeply
feel, and which is a heavy deficit in the food
supplies of the country, is the loss of the sweet
potato crop. He who does not love this rich,
saccharine esculent, with its proper libation of
gravy, and does not rejoice to place it closely
along ride of a slice of juicy roast beef—a rib of
pork or mutton, a judicious carving of roast
turkey or wild duck, or anything of the sort, is
not hungry or is troubled with a perverted taste.
As for Sambo, what will he do without his sweet
potatoes to revel in the fatty succulence of his
baked opossum? It is an afflictive dispensation
of providence which has denied us that vast
supply of healthy and nutritious food annually
found in our sweet potato crop.
But with the potato crop have gone the peas
—a most excellent food for man or beast. Then
our cabbages and collards are not, and it is
quite too late we fear to hope for their produc
tion this fall. The same, too, may be said of
that still important field and garden trophy—
tho turnip crop. All seed sown so far has been
lost, and the chance for fall turnips is getting
impossible.
But, more serious still, the time for fallseeding
of all kinds—oats, rye, wheat, barley—is pass-
ing_away and not a plow can be put into the
soil. The outlook is getting serious, in the face
of meagre food supplies for man and beast, and
the certainty of extortionate prices for com,
fodder and meat next year.
"When we have, by the blessing of Providence,
lived one year longer in this world, we think few
farmers in Georgia will question the propriety
of looking to food crops as tho very first matter
of concern on the plantation. "When Georgia
raises her own food, she will then begin to im
prove her pecuniary condition. She may then
indulge the idea of surplus. But, in our opinion,
until that is done she will never pass the thresh
old of pecuniary independence.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
The Atlanta New Era, abandoning its chop
logic that the Telegraph ought to favor the Fif
teenth Amendment because it favors reseating
the negro members, argues once more that we
ought to favor the Fifteenth Amendment be
cause the Fourteenth declares who shall be citi
zens of the United States and the State wherein
they reside. Our answer is, that we never
could have voted for the Fourteenth, and shall
always stand ready to defeat, if possible, any
and every amendment of the Constitution of the
United States aimed to destroy tho sovereignty
of the States end to vest in Congress the power
which, by the original instrument, belongs to
the States and the people thereof. He wants to
know if we would advocate tho repeal of the
Fourteenth Amendment. "We would kill that
amendment and all the other audacious usurpa
tions of the Radical Congress in five minutes if
we had the power.
Office State Agricultural Society, f
No. 66 Mulbery street, Macon, Ga.,
September 20, 1869. )
It is deemed important, in view of the im
mense throng of visitors expected in the city
during the coming Fair, to ascertain, as near as
possible, the capacity of tbe city, in numbers
for accommodation. "With a view to-accertain
and publish in due time" the names and street
and number of the hotels and boarding houses
and private houses that will accommodate
boarders, and the number of boarders which
each will accommodate, the proprietors or oc
cupants of hotels and houses are requested to
furnish this office, without delay, with the in
formation desired above, that publication may
be made of it in due time. Persons having fur
nished rooms to rent will please give them in.
Eating bouses without rooms will also report.—
The object is to furnish visitors, even before
their arrival, with the desirable information of
alllocalities whore accommodation can be found.
By order of tho Executive Committee of the
City Council of Macon. W. "W. Collins,
Secretary.
Tbe Commercial Convention.
It seems ex-President Fillmore,(we dont know
how) has been selected to preside over the South
ern Commercial Convention at Louisville. A
special telegram to the New York Commercial
Advertiser says:
He will organize the Convention, having been
selected to do so. The delegates will greatly
facilitate the labors of the Committee of Ar
rangements by writing to tho chairman at once
and stating their intention of attending, and
giving their address and notice of the interests
which they will represent. Suitable prepara
tions can thus be made for the number coming.
Proper credentials should be brought, in order
that no difficulty may arise in determining what
delegates have rights to seats.
The Monroe County Agricultural Society,
after a third session and debate upon the immi
gration question determined not to submit the
qestion to a decision.
They will take up the fence question next
Saturday.
The Monroe Advertiser says Mr. F. Davis has
discovered a mineral spring on his farm. The
water seems to be strongly impregnated with
iron and epsom salts. Having no chemical appa
ratus with which to analyse, I give the ingredients
simply from taste and the mineral deposit. The
freedmen on the place aro very fond of the water,
and keep the path well trod to where nature has
deposited this oil for their “ailments.”
A Beautiful Dairy Farm.—V. W. Brincker-
hoff, of New York, who sells the “Milk of Vio
lets,” has a farm of ten thousand acres express
ly for the culture of the violets, and employs
five hundred of the most beautiful virgins in
America to milk this modest little flower. Noth
ing, writes a traveler, can he more beautiful, of
a bright, dewy morning than to see these lovely
maidens go forth trippingly with their dazzling
silver buckets, to their early task, singing the
song of Dame Darden, and
“Kate she was a charming maid
■ To cany the milking paiL” -
Dr. Hunter’s Letter on Chronic Sore
Throat.—Our readers will find in another col
umn an interesting letter from Dr. Hunter, the
eminent speoialist of New Orleans, on Chronic
Sore Throat
Prolific Cotton.—We were shown a few days
since some specimen bolls of cotton that con
tained from eight to twelve chambers in each
bowL This is something very unusuaL Who
can beat it?—Murfreesboro Monitor.
It’s certainly tho most “nnushal” thing we
ever heard of. But isn't our rural contemporary
riightly mistaken as to tho identity of the veg
etable phenomenon? Those “bowls” might
possibly have grown on a China tree, but hard
ly on a cotton plant. As to that statement
about “eight to twelve chambers within each
bowl,” the Murfreesboro editor ought to be
ashamed of himself.—Nashville Banner.
We Protest.—The Journal and Messenger
proposes that exploits in equestrianism by ladies
be a part of the exercises of our State Fair. We
hope not Modesty is the brightest j ewel in the
Southern female character, and we should regret
to see our ladies exhibiting themselves as a show
on such an occasion. Fine specimens of handi
work, exploits in domestic economy, essays on
family affairs and other subjects that go to en
noble and elevate the Bex, with their own pretty
faces, are the best contributions they can make
to such an exhibition.—Savannah Republican.
The prospect for a good sugar crop in Louisi
ana is not so good as has been anticipated.—
There is considerable complaint that the cane is
not growing as rapidly as usual at this season of
the year, whilst the growing crop is small and
backward. The contined wet weather is render
ing the hauling of wood very difficult to planters.
The rice crop is excellent—a great portion of
whioh is already secure.
Ootton. —The crop is nearly blown, and most
of planters .are half through pioking. The de-
dins has pretty well stopped sales, and nobody’s
sound, sad nobody's hurt.—Albany Newt.
A Threatened Cramp In the Honey
Market.
On Tuesday night we saw a dispatch to one
of our Macon bankers, from New York, telling
him that his correspondent, one of the leading
banks of that city, conld send no more small
bills, as they were scarce and selling at a premi
um of one to two per cent. His correspondent,
therefore, could do no better than send bills of
the denomination of one thousand dollars, which
of course would be of little or no service in
moving the cotton crop. We are informed that
all the bankers in Macon got about the same ad
vices, so that there’s likely to be a sharp pinch in
the money market. This we have been told is
due to the active demand for money in the West
in order to move the crops of that section; bnt
unfortunately the crops of the West will not be
In moving condition for some weeks yet. We
think there is qnite a different oat in the bag,
and this dreadful scarcity of “currency” is very
likely one of the tricks of the bears to cramp the
cotton market and bringdown prices. The man
ufacture of “scarcity” both in gold and currency
has now got to be as regular a business in Wall
street as stewing oysters, and it can be done
just as well to order and at short notice. The
way to meet that scarcity is to hold the cotton,
or ship on foreign account. Sterling bills will
do just as well as treasury'notes, and it is per
haps ungenerous to take the small change away
from our Western brethren when they want to
move their cropB in September. It is a thing so
unusual with them to ship their com and pork
crops in September that perhaps it ought to be
encouraged.
The Henrietta Greer Case.
If “Bibb” means to say the case of Henrietta
Greer stood before the Governor upon a record
setting forth the facts as he narrates them, then
there is no man in Georgia who wonld find fault
with the commutation of .the sentence. But our
editorial ears are a heap better in making up
our editorial judgment than his record. The
actual facts of the caso we believe to be precise
ly as we narrated them. One of our number
heard the evidence—took it down word for word
and printed it—has talked with the prisoner-
with the witneses, officers and counsel. We
know whereof we speak and are sure that upon
the evidence in the case as heard by us no de
fence conld be set up to divest the crime of all
the attributes of murder. And as for the parties,
we repeat one was a little girl of fourteen and
the other a stout heavy set negro girl of eigh
teen. If the Governor had other facts and evi
dence before him than that which we heard on
the trial—that is another matter. Wo speak
only of what we heard and what we know.
U. S. Courts in Georgia.
The August term of the U. S. District Court
for the Southern District of Georgia was ad
journed to the second Monday of October.
The April term of the U. S. Circuit Court for
6aid District was adjourned over to the thir
Monday of October.
The regular November term of the U. S. Cir
cuit Court, Thursday after the first Monday of
November (Nov. 4th.)
The regular November term of the U. S. Dis
trict Court sits the second Tuesday of October.
Virginia.
Tho Virginia papers seem to be troubled
about the situation and complain that Boutwell,
Butler and Wilson are plotting to keep the old
Dominion out of the Union in the cold. It
seems that General Robert Williams, second
officer in tbe Adjutant General’s office in Wash
ington, has been designated as one of the Sena
tors to be elected to Congress under the bargain
with the administration.
Charleston.—Tlie Charleston News is jubi
lant over the busy condition and prospects of
that city and glorifies the situation in two col
umns. We hope it may take a dozen shortly to
do the subject foil justice.
The same paper says the Savannah river is al
ways dry or nearly so in the season of freight
age. We assnre the News that we never saw
the Savannah river in that condition.
The Cotton Tax. — A Washington dispatch
says: There is not a word of trnth in a report
sent hence that among the modifications of the
internal revenue laws to be summitted to Con
gress will be a tax of one per cent per pound on
cotton. It is said in snpport of this that snch a
tax would yieldfully $15,000,000 a year and this
would justify the repeal of that portion of tho
law imposing special taxes. Congress having
tried the cotton tax, and found it to work badly,
almost unanimously re-realed it.
Negro Mortality.—The Charleston Courier
says tho mortality of the negro population in
that city, since the close of the war, os com
pared with that of the whites, has been more
than two to one, and ascribes it to idleness,
unthrift and tho demoralization produced by
political agitators. He calls upon the negroes
to amend their doings.
Incendiarism in Augusta.—They seem to be
much troubled with it. The Constitutionalist
notes a deliberate attempt to fire the Concert
Hall, on Sunday morning, whioh was fortunately
discovered in time to extinguish the combusti
bles with a bucket of water.
Still no promise of rain. Weather warm.
The foliage of the trees taking autumn tints
prematurely and dropping from the drought.
Columbus Cotton Market.—The Sun gives
the movements to the 21st as follows:
Stock on hand Sept. 1,1869 125
Received to-day SO
Received previously 3755—3835
•' 8960
Shipped to-day. 145
Shipped previously. 2250—3395
Stock Sept. 20, 1869 1665,
in their antagonisms. Vice and virtue may
both bo bolder in their mutual aggressions;
error and truth may both be more active and
more potent. In the exultation of its acknowl
edged progress and power, the human mind
may have lost much of its reverence for au-
thority and tradition and become skeptical and
presumptuous.
But, after all, we doubt whether the world, as
a whole, is worse than it used to be; and, in
the particular claimed, we must discredit his
tory if it be not mucb better than it has been at
several periods in its history. In the time of
the Restoration, for example, the testimony of
all English historians, as well as that of contem
poraneous literature, shows us that there was a
far greater laxity in the pnblio morals than can
possibly be claimed for the present day.
. Sir Charles Scudamore on MeqCQAtzd In
halation.—“For the sake of humanity then, I
recommend the treatment and will report what
I have said'in the preface to the work already
mentioned. It is not on selfish grounds I advo
cate this practice. What concerns my reputa
tion. is personal and transient and of little mo
ment; what relates to science and the interest
of mankind is for all ages and of inestimable
importance.—London I.aneet.
Judge Lochrane.—This pqlishedgentleman
and able lawyer has returned from Washington
city, in fine health and spirits. We are glad to
have it in our power to state that the Judge de
clares openly and unequivocally for President
Grant, and will give his able .and patriotic ad
ministration an unqualified support This is an
example which we hope every intelligent, well
meaning gentleman in Georgia will follow. j
[Atlanta New Era.
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Aspersion of Motives.
If it is a sound and just maxim of the law,
that every man should be presumed innocent of
crime until he is proved to be guilty, it Bhould
certainly be held a jnst principle of editorial
construction, that a man’s motives are honor
able, patriotic and disinterested, until his con-'
duct or the facts prove them to be otherwise.—
It is neither fair, jnst, nor honorable, and it is
certainly in the highest degree discourteous, to
impugn, defame and asperse the motives of.
anybody for opinions or action whioh can be ac
counted for consistently with perfect integrity of
purpose and devotion to truth and the publio
welfare. Fair and honest construction is just
as much du6 everybody as any material proper
ty in the possession of which he is protected by
law. Indeed, the great poet says:
“Who steals my purse, steals trash;
But he who filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.”
The vilest and most loathsome slander and
defamation of all, to an upright man, is not so.
much that which falsely charges him with speci
fic acts of malconduct, for such charges are easi
ly met and refuted. But it is that persistent
misrepresention of motives—of the springs of
all action which attributes his acts and opin
ions always to something mean and degrading.
That misrepresentation which crawls on its bel
ly, like the serpent, sliming a man’s tracks with
the eructations of its own filthiness and depravi
ty—and perverting and misconstruing the whole
intent and spirit of the man. That kind of slan
der and libel is more poisonous and deadly, be
cause more intangible and remediless. Base,
selfish, unpatriotic motives, are not one whit less
disgraceful than base actions. Indeed, they are
far more degrading—because an unworthy deed
may be but an episode in a man’s life—while
despicable motives are ingrained in his being
and are part of tbe man himself.
It seems to us the too common practice of as
cribing unworthy motives, as the ready solution
of differences in judgment and opinion npon the
commonest facts of trade, business or politics,
might be omitted with great advantage. It is
better and far more polite to proceed on tho
reasonable assumption that one is actuated by
honorable convictions and purposes, where that
assumption is clearly reconcilable with reason.
Men will differ in opinion, and it would bo hor
rid if every difference is to be ascribed to evil
intentions. We see one of onr brethren heavily
assailed as to his motives simply for believing
one cotton mart in Georgia better than anoth.
er! It is time to quit such stuff. He is not
entitled to an opinion or anything else, who is
not willing to concede the right to another.
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From Washington.
| Washington, September 21.—Capt. Sanderson is
: relieved from duty In the Department of the South
1 and ordered to report to Canby.
The President poeitively arrives at noon tomor
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The Impression games ground that Delano will
i urge in his report the continuance of the present
tax law for further trial—though it is known Dela
no favors some kind of tax on cotton.
! The Virginia banks have over $94,000 in specie;
North Carolina banks over $54,000; South Caro
lina banks over $15,000; Georgia banks over 839,-
000;*Alabama batiks over $34,000; New Orleans
; banks over $19,000; Texas banks over $400,000.
Bevenue receipts to-day $250,000.
Delano decides that mixing different whiskies to
reduce their strength, or reducing strength by the
addition-of water, is rectifying.
WASHrsaTON, September 22.—Grant and family
returned last night.
The Committee on Election goes to South Caroli
na on tho Sd of November, to take evidence in elec
tion caaeB.
Coupons due in November will be redeemed at
the rate of six per cent, per annum. To relieve the
small note famine; the Comptroller will receive
large notes of their own issue from the National
Banks, and give" them in exchange smaller notes,
with as little delay as possible.
Bevenue receipts to-day $300,000.
The Treasury received $180,000 in fractional cur
rency to-day.
Forty iron clads are now ready for sea.
Serial numbers of packages must not change with
a change of proprietors of distillation.
Grant was at the State Department nearly all the
afternoon.
The Government of tho United States, learning
through parties who had visited Spain, that its me
diation between Spain and Cuba would be accepted
by Spain, instructed Minister Sickles to tender its
friendly offices. Spain has formally replied, thank
ing the United States, but declining to enter into
arrangements with the insurgents on the basis pro
posed. There is no reason to believe that Spain
invited other European powers to interfere in its
concerns regarding Cuba. Spain having declined
mediation, thero is nothing else proposed by onr
Government. There are no war apprehensions
here.
From BrnnsvFlcIi.
The Appeal of the 18fh, has a letter from
a travelling correspondent who took a trip to
see the now Railroad bridge across the Ocmul-
gee at Lumber City. This is fast advancing to
completion and will be finished, excepting the
draw, by the middle of October. Nearly a mile
of the trestle work is also completed. The train
from Macon was expected to run through to the
river' on the 23d of the present month. The
road on the other side of the river to the up
ward track-laying, some (thirty-five miles,
would then be ready for the iron excepting a
few inconsiderable gaps, one of which is the
“Devil’s "Wood-yard,” in which two hundred
hands are cutting and clearing, out a high way
and a safe passage will be made even through
this dismal abode, so long the home of hissing
serpents, hooting owls, and the wild boar and
stag.
At the junction of the Macon and Brunswick
and Atlanta and Gulf Roads, a new town was
springing up, which already boasts of its hotel,
a railroad eating house, a saw mill and five
stores.
We dip the following from the Appeal npon
the subject of tho near prospective union of
Macon and Brunswick.—Within two months
these cities will be connected by rail; and at
the present, it wonld be difficult to foreeast
which of the two will, in the long run, be most
benefited by the connection. Of course, the
benefit to Brunswick will bo more apparent
at first, because she is only now an “embryo
city,” while Macon is already a comparatively
large and well estahtished commercial city.—
But tho opening up to Macon by means of a di
rect Railway, of the great Georgia Seaport, will
constitute an era in her growing prosperity, and
will enhance her business and the value of ev
ery species of property within her corporate
limits.
We are not at all surprised at the deep and
spirited interest manifested by her citizens, in
the early completion of the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad.
The same paper announces that the city of
Parian has been surveyed, laid off and mapped
by Jame3 M. Couper, and describes its advan
tages at length. If it is a good town why not
give it a good name ? “Parian,” will kill it, as
dead asaherring. Call it “Parley Vous,” if you
can do no better.
The Appeal announces the arrival of the first
cargo of iron lor the Brunswick and Albany
Road and says track-laying has commenced.—
Considerable building was going on in Bruns
wick and some movements in real estate were
noticed. We have examined the Appeal for the
paragraph which stated that the Mayor of
Brunswick would send us up a few barrels of
oysters by the first through train, but don’t
find it. How’s that ?
The Age of Dirt*
If we are to credit the statements of a new
weekly journal in London, called Latest News,
England is really in a bad way. The opening
article in the first number contains an extra
ordinary greeting, part of which is as follows:
“It is the age of dirty speech and of unclean
writing. Walk the streets of London by day or
night, and the oaths and obscenity will sicken
yon; while the doubtful double entendre pro
vokes silvery laughter in many a drawing-room.
As to dirty writing no journal now, no work of
fiction, no drama pays, unless it contains allu
sions to sinful passions, unless it portrays the
pleasures of sense. Our popular novels espe
cially, to their endless shame be it said,
those written by women are full of the de
tails of illicit passion, and eagerly devoured
by hosts of unsuspeoting girls. The drama has
for some time been merely a vehicle for the ex
hibition of the ankles of certain young ladies
who keep broughams on eighteen shillings a
week. The popular songs of the day all turn
upon such vices; in the stationers’ shops the
portraits of the everlasting lorettes languish
side by side with venerable bishops and gravo
statesmen; go into society’s ballrooms, and the
style of dress ladies adopt. approaches to the
simplicity of that worn by Eve in Paradise; the
records of onr hospitals aro full of the dire ef
fects of the vice of the day; everywhere we see
evidences of this miserable sensuality which is
eating into the heart of sooiety—this is verily
the Age of Dirt
And so, no doubt, talk the. seniors of every
ago—-so talked our fathers and onr grandfathers
before as. Tho distant past takes a golden hue
in memory like sunset. Unquestionably, tho
past fifty years of the 19th"century have been
years of extraordinary mental activity and ex
traordinary progress in science and the arts.
Almost every potential, material and intellectual
aid to human progress dates its birth in this
half century. Steam printing, navigation, rail
roads and the electric telegraph—the applica
tion of mechanical power and machinery to al
most every art and handicraft—all have origin-
ted within this time; so that a single mind, with
their aid, possesses a material and intellectual
power equal, it may be, to that of fifty men of
equal endowments fifty yeara ago.
It would be strange, indeed, if these 'gigantic
changes in the intellectual, material and social
condition of the world had not been attended by
some remarkable changes in tbe moral condi
tion. It is quite possible that all the agencies
of good and evil have correspttodixigty quicken
ed in their activity and power, and sharpened
From Virginia.
Richmond, September 21. — Governor Walker
was installed as Provisional Governor at the Gu
bernatorial Mansion to-day at noon. General Canby
being present. Governor Wells turned over the
office to tho new incumbent who took the iron
clad and oaths of office. There were no ceremo
nies and no demonstration save the gathering of
a considerable crowd of white and colored people
to congratulate the new Governor, who shook hands
with them.
Gov. Walker’sfirstappointmentmade after assum
ing tho duties of his office to-day, waa that of Capt.
W. C. Cameron, editor of the Petersburg Index, as bis
Secretary. Capt. Cameron was an officer in the Con
federate army and one of the first and most deter
mined supporters of the Walker-Republican ticket
in the late political campaign.
General News.
San Francisco, September 21 The officers of
the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge present their re
ports with a gratifying condition of the Order.except
in the Interior Southern States, where they are pe
cuniarily bad. The extension of the Order to Aus
tralia has been very successful.
The Pacifio Express Company commences opera
tions October 1st It is reported that the Central
Pacific Railroad Company has notified other Ex
press Companies that they will not carry their fast
freight after that date.
OmcAao, September 21.—CoL G. W. Howell, a
Colorado River explorer, has returned, having tra
versed the entire Grand Canon. He reports no
traces of precious metals. The land is unsuitable for
cultivation or for immigration.
New York, September 21.—The Methodist Book
Concern, No. 505 Broadway, is a loser of several
hundred thousand dollars by corruption and fraud.
The deficit was discovered by Rev. Dr. Lanahan, a
new agent. The frauds have been going on for eight
or nine years. The investigation is still in progress.
Later The alleged fraud discovered in tho
Methodist Book Concern seems to lie in the fact that
Dr. Porter allowed his son, who was a paper broker,
to charge heavy commissions on the paper used in
the establishment Irregularities are also reported
in the binding department
New Orleans, September 21.—In the Jefferson
City Common Council, last night, articles of im
peachment were preferred against Mayor Leche for
alleged obstruction in the collection of city debts.
The Mayor was suspended, and his trial commences
to-morrow.
Port Henry, N. Y., September 21.—A strike has
taken place among the coal miners. The strikers
recently attacked those employed. Several were
severely beaten. The danger to life and property
is imminent
New York, September 22—The Herald says tlie
managers of the Methodist Book Concern deny the
alleged embezzlement and threaten action for libel.
The Arizona brings Panama dates to the 13th.—
The commercial depression continnos- Several
earthquakes have occurred along the Chilian coast
They were terribly severe at Arica. Forty quakes
on the 19th. The people fearing another inunda
tion from the sea deserted the place.
The yellow fever has again appeared at Pisaqua
and UejillineB.
Augusta, Me., September 22 The Democrats
gain one Senator and four members of the HouBe.
Five districts not heard from
Philadelphia, September 22.—A man had his
eyes put out by unknown parties; another waa fa
tally beaten by two ruffians, and a lieutenant of the
police has been arrested for terribly-dubbing quiet
citizens. - *
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, September 22—light
ning, to day, killed Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, and
burned the house with a hod-ridden daughter.
Cincinnati, September 22—It is stated that Con
gressmen Cary is organizing workingmen’s leagues
in opposition to the fifteenth amendment.
Syracuse, N Y., September 22—The Democratic
Convention was called to order by L. J. Tilden,
whose speech criticised Grant’s jonmeyings, and
deprecated the treatment of the South. He con
demned the making of voters regardless of race
or colors.
Oil City, Pa., September 22—The Standard Oil
Works are burning. Efforts to check the flames
aro fruitless.
Cincinnati, September 22—Three boys and sev
eral frame buildings were burned to-day.
Worcester, September 22—The Republicans
have re-nominated a State ticket.
Foreign News.
Paris, September 21—The papers publish a let
ter from tho Preacher Monk, Father Byadnthe, ad
dressed to the Father-General of his order, at Rome,
announcing that he abandons his convent and ceas
es to preach in the church of Notredame de Paris.
His reason for the step he declares is, that ho can
not obey the orders of the Holy See. He protests,
before the Pope and Council, against the doctrines
and practices of the Romish church, which he con
tends are not in accordance with the principles of
Christianity.
Tho bodies of six murdered persons, women and
children, have been found in a field near Paris. The
police have discovered no trace of tho assassin.
Prince Mettemich was received by the Emperor
yesterday.
Barron Von Beusfc has not yet arrived.
Madrid, September 21—The city journals aro
still violent, against the presumed unfriendliness of
the American Government. Some urge an imme
diate declaration of war, if tho Cubans are recog
nized as belligerents. The ministry, after discuss
ing the propriety of returning Sickles’ note un
answered, decided to postpone the reply until the
arrival of Prim. ' kShaiJl
Dresden, September 21.—The theatre caught fire
during the morning's rehearsal and was destroyed.
London, September 22—The Spanish oomrespon-
dent of the London Times, says: “The diplomatic
experience of Mr. Sickles is limited, and probably
insufficient to enable him to rightly estimate the
value and effect of his words. Doubtless he is much
surprised at the excitement they have created, and
it will be difficult for bis Government to approve
them.” ...• ■
La Patrioe has Paraguay advices admitting a re- i
verse but maintaining that Lopes is able and detox* i
mined to oontinue the war.
Tbe Times says the Spanish have found their ad
vantage in a bold display of patriotism and national
courage. They met imagined affront with immedi
ate defiance, though their threatened adversary is
ten times more powerful thin themselves. Sickles
is manifestly alarmed at the result of his proceed
ings, and has requested further instructions. Pend-
mg a reply from Washington, he desired to with
draw bis note. If this is exactly the position of the
oaae, Spain owes it to her own fearlessness, which
may savor of unreason, but does not partake of the
nature of bravado. She declares that if driven to
extremity, she will fight, No doubt she will, but
for her to gain advantage by doing so, is out of the
question. But as matters stand, she would lose less
than her adversary. America may fairly decline an
easy victory on such unusual and partial terms.
The people and Government of Spain have resolved
not to part with Cuba without a straggle. The con
test oould only result in a sacrifice of Cuba, ooupled
with other but slighter losses. Sickles expected no
such resistance as his note has provoked. Possibly in
the face of such opposition, hia proceedings maybe
qualified or repudiated by bis Government. It is
believed he exceeded his authority, and that Ameri
ca is not responsible for his act.
One hundred thousand dollars in gold was drawn
to-day from the Bank of England, for New York.
The prospects of the India cotton crops are good.
Madrid, September 22—A treaty of commarco
between England and Spain is about oompleted.
The first action of the Cortes on re-assembling
will be the election of a King. Thus far the King of,
Portugal is the favorite.
latest Markets by tel go I
Domestic Markets.
From. Cuba.
Havana, September 21—More companies of tbe
new battalion have gone to the seat of war.
Havana, September 22.—The Directors of the
Alanza Bank offer the Government their profits
while the rebellion lasts. They have already paid
thirty thousand dollars.
The Spaniards killed sixteen rebels near Evemci-
jado.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
Weekly Review of the Market.
OFFICE DAILY TELEGRAPH, >
r _ - ■
September 22—Evening, 1869.
General Remarks.—The wholesale and jobbing
trade of the city has been unusually good the past
week and business in all departments quite active.
We hear no more loud complaints about stringency
in the money market, though the banks are very
cautious and select in extending accommodation at
the present high price of cotton. It is possible that
somebody might get hurt, and in the kindest spirit
imaginable onr bankers withhold accommodation
from those who might act rashly, if they had too
much money to invest in the fickle and fleecy staple.
Operations in stocks and bonds are so few and far
between that we might s&y we have no market at all.
All descriptions of this class of securities are weak
with a declining tendency. We merely quote to be
fashionable:
EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK.
Buying % prem
Selling % prem
UNITED STATES CURRENCY—LOANS.
Per month 1%@2 per cent
GOLD AND SELVES.
Buying rates for Gold $1 S3
Selling I 38
Buying rates for Silver X 25
Sellling 1 30
RAILROAD STOCKS AND RONDS.
Central Railroad Stock 118
Central Railroad Bonds 97
Macon & Western Railroad Stock .138
SouthwesternK&ilroadStock ... 96%"
SoutwestemRailroad Bonds ...........100
Macon & Brunswick Stock 35
Macon & Brunswick Railroad Endorsed Bonds... 90
Georgia Railroad Stock 107
Georgia Railroad Ronds .101
Muscogee Railroad Bonds 90
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Stock 37
Augusta & Waynesboro Railroad Stock 90
South Carolina Railroad Stock 45
Cotton States Life Insurance Stock 105
Cotton—Receipts to-day 422 bales; sales332;
shipped 427.
Receipts for the week ending this evening, the
above included, 2965 bales; sales 2597; shipments
2499—showing an increase in receipts for the past
week over those of the week before of 43 hales, and
a decrease in sales of 775 bales. Receipts of new
crop to date 8137 bales.
The market during the week nnder review has
been qnite irregular, bnt the demand has been fair
all the while. On Thursday last, the rapid decline
in price was cheeked when it reached 25 cents, and
on Friday and up to noon on Saturday, prices ad
vanced fatly one cent; but at the close of the mar
ket on Saturday, prices again fell off a half cent, and
since Monday the ruling prices for middlings has
been 25 cents, and it closed at these figures this
evening, with a very good feeling among buyers.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1,1S69—bales..
Received to-day 422
Received previously 7,517— 7,939'
176
8,118
Shipped to-day ■ 427
Shipped previously ......... 6,452— 5,879
Stock on hand this evening...
2,239
GROCERIES AMO PROVISIONS.
Trade in this line continues active for the season,
and while we have no very heavy transactions to re
port, yet thesales for tho week ending this evening
will aggregate heavily. Prices for leading articles
have been remarkably steady, with the exception of
Corn and Bacon.
Corn is in limited demand, but prices tend up
ward.
Bacon to-day, under the reports from the Western
markets, was excited and prices went up fully a half
cent per pound. We quote:
BACON—Clear Sides (smoked).... $ 21 %@ 22
Clear Rib Sides (smoked)... 21 © 21)4
Shoulders ." 17)4® 18
Hams (country) 23 @ 26
Hams (sugar-cured)., v .... 25
PORK—Mess.VT........ 36 50 @37 50
Prime Mess ! ".5 33 00 @34 00
RumpB 30 00
BULK MEATS—Clear Sides...... 19%
Clear Rib Sides 19'
Shoulders.....'. -....< 15)4
COFFEE—Rio...... . 22 @ 26
Laguayra 30 @ 83
Java 43 @ 45
DRIED FRUIT, per pound 10 @ 12)4
RICE per pound. .'. 9 @ 11
TEA—Black 160 @2 00
Green 2 00 @ 2 50
BUTTER—GoBhto. 40 @ 52)4
Tennessee Yellow...... 30 @ 40
Country........ 30 @ 40
CHEESE—According to quality... 22'4@ 27
LARD— 22J4@ 23
SUGAR—According to grade..;.. 16 @ 20
MOLASSES—According to grade.. 65 © 70)4
FISH—Mackerel, bbls, No. 1, 2, 8. 15 00 @24 00
Kits 3 00 @ 5 00
Codfish per pound......... 10 © 12)4
SALT—Liverpool per sack......". 2 75 @ 3 00
Virginia 2 50
WHISKY—Comnlon Bye 120 @150
Fine 2 50 @6 00
Corn......... 115 @ 1 35-
Bourbon 3 50 © 5 00
ALE—Per dozen 8 00 @4 00
TOBACCO—Low grades per pound 50 @ 55
Medium....;..-.....,...... 60 @ 70,
Good.. 75.. @ 80
Bright Virginia 85 © 1 00
Fancy 1 25 @ 1 50
FLOUR——Superfineperbbl..... 7 00 @ 7 50
Extra 9 00 @10 00
Family..'..........:....... 10 50 @1100
Fancy Family Brands.......12 00 @13 00
New per barrel............ 11 00
90
grain and hay
CORN—Yollow, Mixed and White.
meal....;.:.......:..
GRITS
OATS..
WHEAT—Per bushel
FIELD PEAS.....
HAY—Northern....,
Tannesse Timothy
Herds Grass 2 00
Tennessee..........; 2 00
© 1 50
@ 1 50
@ 1 70
@ 1 00
1 40 @ 1 50
1 50
1 90 @ 2 00
2 00
DOKKSTZCS.
Domestics—3-4 per yard v ,"i, ,.12)a
Sannctso—7-8 per yard....i. L.... ..13)4® 14
4-4 15 @15)4
Dwllino—Heavy Brown per yard. .18
Heavy Georgia Stripes....
OssABtraas—No. 1,3 oz
No. 2, 7 os 19 @21
Biehmond ,19
MUledgevflle, No. 1 22
' Flint raver. No. 1 ,V 24
Shaixey—Onthbertj perysrd...........80
@ 20
18 ©M
22 @ 22)4
New Yoee, September 22, uoon.-vw
lower. Wheat unchanged. Corn a
Meea Pork quiet 31 75. Lard dulL iw* ^41
F^^t. CO,,UUOa 3 265
“ " ine
7%
Cotton heavy at 28%.
Stocks and Money tenlfcly excited,
if; short 7%. Gold 37%. 1862s 21
New Yomc, September 22, evening. _Vw,
superfine State 6 00@« 15; common tn
Southern.6 46@6 80: Whert ratW h«J^
shade firmer; mixed Western 109«1
31 75. Lard heavy; kettle 18%@R?v
er, ranging from 116 to 1 a
Rosin 2 39@8 00. Freights droopST^ 6 ^
^Oottonopened heavy and decl^g, ^
htegii“on'thr&ntad wd
and unsettled. Governments heavy inn™? te?et
of the financial excitement; 1862s Jiv ^ fe
lower. Tennessee* 61)4; new 54. Vimi-;.
58%. North Carolines, oia 51%i ,
Baltimobe, September 22—Ootton tw „ I
Flour weak and quiet. Wheat dufi
prime red 1 55. Com dull at 125 <ji et\ « * 0I sl
33 00©33 50. Bacon firm and active Wv
at 116@115)4.
Virginias old 45)4; 1866s 53; 1867a w „ I
Carolines, old 50 bid. ‘ 8 «*• • XanJ
Savannah, September 22 Cotton . I
bales; market firm; middlings 25 s /; 2}jj
Augusta, September 22.—Colt™ ,
and prices better; sales 4-10 baleaj r^S 1 ,'* ^
d lings 25%@25)4. ’ fti W
Chableston, September 22. Rntt/m ,
T ^ pte li59; market 542*3
filings 26.
Wilmington, September 22—SDiriis
39%. Rosin quiet at 2 00@5 50 for \n
pale. Crude Tnrpentine 2 50(53 00 " “ * ^
Cotton further declined; middlinga 25«/
Louisville, September 22—Provi*:,™ „ *
Pork 33 00(533 50. Bacon, ehoulderalfi?? i
19%. Lard 20. r3I6 - ! »; d «ar 6 i
Cincinnati, September22.—VTh;.w, I
Mess Pork dull at 82 00. Lard ddfi; ofEwM ^i--i
Bacon, shoulders 14%@15; sides lgaiavlftl
dull, supply large; quoted at 98^100 ' 6 '
Mobile, September 22.—Cotton closed aniPt*
a fair demand among a few; sales 140ft
ikoq. ooo. _-i* w b *s;
■ . —— — raica li\j
ceipts 1509; exports 292; middlings 25.
New Obleans. September 22—Cottoa sales u-J
bales; receipts 4928; exports, coastwise 77- n,4j
unsettled: middlings nominallv 27)4(528 ’
Flour firmer; superfine 5 85; double extrs
treble extra 6 35. Com lower; white 100. or ?!
Bran 115. Pork 3412)4 Bacon firmer: slur’'J
17%; clear rib sides 20%: clear sides 20-V
12%@14)4. Molasses, reboiled 70. YNatriw]
@125. Coffee unchanged. Hay unsettled "r»7f
@30 00. “ 1
Gold 38%. Sterling 48. New York Siritcd
% discount. ”
Foreign Markets.
London, September 22, noon.—Consob «J
Bonds 83%. '
Sugar quiet on spot and afloat.
London, September 22, evening—Consols l
Bonds 82%.
Tallow 47s. Turpentine 26s9d.
Livebpool, September 22, noon.—Cota <_
but not lower; uplands 12%@12%; Orleans ul
12%; sales 7000 bales. 1
Lateb.—Cotton firmer but not higher; salaji
bales.
Breadstuff's dull. Bacon 65s6d.
Liverpool, September 22, evening—Cotton ins
Ian uplanda 12%@1Q>4; Orleans a
8000 bales; for export and on speculation 4(<>).
Havre, September 22, noon.—Cotton ojmjt
and dull on spot and afloat; on Bpot 152; afoul
Cotton Receipts.—Tbe following aretko
receipts of tbe Southwestern Railroad dnrjg a
days, ending Saturday morning, September h
1869:
Bald
From Columbus and points west to Savannh. ,S1|
From Albany, .Eufaula and Fort Gainer ti
Savannah.
From Stations t
Total to Savannah for the six days.......j(
From all sources to Maoon
Total receipts for the six days....,
In the foregoing we say “from all sources til
con.” By that we mean from all stations c
Southwestern Railroad proper, except tbs!
points—Columbus, Albany, Enf aula and Fort Stiaj
The cotton from these four points is fremn
houses, and is merely sent through Savamu|
New York. But it will be Been that the?
ducers of cotton along the line of the road sli
822 bales more to Macon than they did to Snj
nab, for tbe six days ending yesterday mon
18th instant.
As the through shipments of cotton for the i
days under review, by the Southwestern Eaibf
were unprecedentedly heavy, for the middle cf.w
tember, wo give the details in tabular fonf
future reference:
—2—Stations. E.Ft.G.l|
C I
and points west.
otauou
147
Sept. 11
505
Sept. 13
559
133
Sept. 14
582
204
Sept. 15
339
182
Sept. 16
688
288
Sept. 17
459
165
Totals
8132
1U9
Executive Clemency.—The principal b?J
conversation on the streets yesterday momisy
the telegram published in this paper, frocC-
nor Bullock to Sheriff Martin, in which it vsj
nonneed that the sentence of death upon the=T
murderess, Henrietta Grber.'had been conns
imprisonment for life. This whole eomi&j
justly indignant at this misapplied lenienrj-l
Governor. Everyone here has the detail'-J
horrible murder perpetrated by Henrisd 1 -
fresh in mind, and it is known that a more-
cruel, inhuman and horrible murder was
mitted. There is but one solitary mitiesSJ
cumstance connected with it, and that is 6* 31
cility of the murderess. She is, apparent!;-J
scious of the enormity of her crime, and mi-T
to its awful penalty. To hang her wonld
much like hanging a dog for killing his first*-
yet, according to law and the testimony, Ht
Greer forfeited her life, and tbe inte
Executive clemency, in her behalf, was li
mited, in our judgment, as it was unwise.
The Governor, among other reasons fore-*
ing the punishment, alludes to the ags tri 1
rience of the counsel for the accused.
taken. Col. L. N. Whittle, than whom WJ
few abler or more experienced lawyers bS
try, was tbe leading counsel, and was & .
Mr. J. P. Fort, a young, but able meek" -J
Macon Bar. Bnt the combined talent of
can Bar could not have successfully def®^]
accused, for there was really no defeat n
Circumstantial evidence proved the
bcyoDd the shadow of a doubt, and e!* ls .J
and frankly acknowledged it to s»ie ^ *3
parties who have called upon her in h® J
ever other pardons you may have granted, J
cutive clemency you may have heretofore
Governor, we are sure you have mu»PP- lt * J
high authority and power in'this matter-
The Fail Tbade.—Our fall trade op® 6
biavely this season, and already ccmutrywr
and large planters are making heavy drapf '
the largo stocks of goods lately reeeir™^
wholesale houses. In looking through
stocks of goods the past week, we weref ^
observe that our merchants purchased tej
and plain fabrics, and as a general thin?
costly and flashy styles-which ebara^- 1
bills in days past—particularly before th- j
are glad to learn from our New York exet 4 -^!
merchants from the South generally h* _ ^
their selection of goods almost excln=' vt ^ _
mere substantial, serviceable and cheaper 1
have dealt sparingly in the gaudy,
stuff, which, though very ooatly, is g®** (
not rainons to a people who cannot affo
the goods are not here the temptation (
them will not be offered, and thus mi*h“ ^ 1
saved to the South which heretofore b*
the pockets of Eastern and Eur0F ^. ls ,i»f
and manufacturers. The Southern ptoP J
present condition, have great need to “ J
er style of drew, pr at least until they J
wear the silks, satins and laces wham *r"
BttGGISG TIHh AND TWDK
BAGGING—Borneo. 2% lbs. per yard,:"
Kentucky Bolt. 2%. w ■>■** ** ,
BALING TWINE, par pound.....
IRON TIES—Arrow, per pound
than dead losses to thepurchaeer. ,
Nevertheless, nearly all of onr prindp* 1
n
merchants brought out scene very
beentifal dresa goods, far the se»
those whowW buy
erretofldeeler will 8*A tothfs
mirably assorted stoctafai ^oode ftem
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