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The Greox'sia Weekly Tele^ra/oh.
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. pftTDAY. NQyEMBER 5, 1669.
V
potato Judge Went.
" #r 0 f Nobraska, hnd n canversa-
S<* ..^jdent Grant, on Wednesday, on
i**. £ the Mississippi election. He
^'j' ^rc-giden 1 ’" attention to a pnblished
k*^ olhe effect that Judge Dent wasjepre-
- < saying that the President sustained
*1 * tan didate tor Governor. The Presi-
t 0 * b(J ba j himself aeon the statement and
to Judge Dent, asking if he had
<*‘^. ctly sported. To this he had not ns
*i T fd any reply.
’ pwaidM* further states thatmAngnst
y ^dressed Judge Dent a letter advising
W ,o connect himself with the Conservft-
* ‘ overaent against the party now snpport-
ht ^ministration, the former being, he
jV meniies of the ailministralioa and the
i llf nt. While he was on good personal
trith Judge Dent, he nevertheless lelt
**’ ^ his public duty to oppose his election
• ire the success of Alcorn. These views
,1'ilifcdly and emphatically reported to
! Thayer. He believed from what he had
■ ;hat Alcorn would be elected.
10 islns on the subject of the fifteenth
dtnent to the Constitution, bo. expressed
■; o tbat the Nebraska Legislature would
voked this coming winter in order to rati-
** gmentoent The sessions of the Ne-
'' j-gislatare are triennial, and the next
^'i^r sesflon iriU not take place tUl January,
,tth
1st
Ou> FntxMKK or New Yoke to Visit the
I! -TheNew York Sun says: “Tho New
firemen's Association, composed of tho
f ao . nt and members of our once famous
* r department, havo received an urgent
t0 TUUt the Sonth daring the coining
1 3, ind ore promised a superb ovation. At
0 f tho war tho firemen of the Sonth
' w appeal to their brethren of the North
. d. nearly everything they had having been
, rt d The New York Firemen's Associa-
-tr,ponded to the appeal, and gave a splen-
jigse carriage to Hose Company No. 1, of
South Carolina. Oar citizens may
I.inter the melancholy loss of tho steamer
with their beautiful gift on board,
yikrwilh a full set of fire equipments for
.ocnilier: yet, nothing daunted, they had
carriage bnilt and presented to the Co-
,1 a company, at an outlay of near $ 10,000.
of the Southern firemen have been on a
jbere, and have urged tho New York fire-
jio visit the South."
j-av Weather in the North.—A heavy
storm occurred on the coast of Massachn-
Wednesday. The same day there was
jnl»!« suow storm in Buffalo, and the street
»«vh were so much obstructed that they
... compelled to use snow plows. A good deal
v, T h'.s already fallen in various places
eehont the North and West, nnd, to crown
i severe earthquake shock was felt in Dncb-
couaty. New York, last Thursday. The
sscem to promise u long and hard winter—
,, pmbably, which will settle the resnlts of
rums Facific Railroad. If that grand high-
in snowed np three or four months this
liier. its practical value will be small.
IfratriATioN or Western Freight. — Rail-
In and canals, nlthongh in operation night
i day, prove to be insufficient for the trans
ition of the grain which the West desires to
At Buffalo, on Saturday, resolutions were
lustd *>kiug the presidents of the New York
itnil and Erie railroads to immediately give
tier facilities, as it was impossible to fill or-
for points in the interior. At the present
there is an unusual call for railroad trans
ition, the breaks in the Erie Canal, occa-
i by tho lecent freshets, having occasioned
eat accumulation of freight.
The Public Debt.—The forthcoming Novem
ber statement of the pnhlic debt will show that
Secretary of the Treasury has retired three
lions of the three per cent, certificates since
th I'.th of September. This is a substantial
(attraction of the greenback circulation, os the
In requires that the banks shall supply the
place of the certificates with legal tenders, to
take good their reserve fond. It is thought
iat the Secretary will cancel the certificates as
mb u they are presented by the banks tor
ttdemption.
Gossip upon tbc Georgia Situation, j THE
Another very pleasing aspect of the situation
is that of our improving financial condition.
The war left the groat bulk of us tembly poor.
A few of the more fortunate had cotton on hand,
or had laid by a nest-egg during the strife and
so had something to gonpon. But in'respect
t<? the vast majority of the people of Georgia,
tho return of peace found them not only prac
tically. penniless, but in a state of more or leB&
destitution in regard to most of tho comforts .of
life and the means of prosecuting business.
Our stock of personal apparel, of household
appliances, farming implements, and so on, was
mengro and in a rninons condition. We had
need t o bay universally and nothing to buy with;
and it is only quite lately thatwe havo been able,
as a people, to consult a true economy in tho
pnrehase of such wagons, harness, farm uten
sils, gins, nnd other crop machinery as are
needful to the most effectual farm management.
But now the tethers of poverty are being re
moved. We don’t say the people are getting
rich, as a mass, for that is not true. A few
may be acquiring wealth, bnt the great bulk of
our planters are only getting into a proper con
dition to acquire wealth. When a man can-
stock his plantation well and jaay cash down—
when he can raise or lay in his stores of meat
nnd com, forage and fertilizers, for the ensuing
year, and say at Christmas ho has provided for
oil his groat staple neeessilies and owes nothing
upon them, then he has laid a solid foundation
forsuccessfnl acquisition and a careerof ease and
independence. Then he can snap hiB fingers
at hankers nnd brokers—ask his factors no odds
nnd meditate at his leisure upon what he will
do with his snrplns accumulations, i
The signs of this improving condition, though
not as plentiful as we should desire, are appar
ent m the trade of all onr towns. The sales of
household nnd fann appliances of the best de
scription, are rapidly increasing. The hand of
improvement is beginning to be visible ahont all
our towns nnd villages and homes, and every
planter feels that the question of a comfortable
competence is only ono of time and ordinary
good fortune. Ho feels that there is an assured
fntnre before him, and he has only to work it
ont with patience, jndgment and energy.
How different the aspects now from what they
were four years ago. Then the universal feel
ing was that the sun had set perhaps forever—
certainly for a long time—upon Southern for
tunes. The problems whether cotton could be
grown by free labor, and whether it could
compete successfully with the product of
other climes and conditions were subject
of nnivorsal anxiety and distrust, and then
of despair. The first essays to solve them
practically added only to tho poverty and de
pression of the planters. They connted their
absolute losses by thousands, and the question
was how soonest to get rid of landed property
which only involved its owner in increased pov
erty and embarrassment.
Now how changed! Nobpdy doubts at this
day that landed property is the best property in
the South, and cotton culture tho most profita
ble pursuit open to our people. The points of
attention now are the best economies of the
business—how to make the most of the pursuit ?
Wbat kind of culture—what fertilizers—what
management of field laborers ore likely to bring
the greatest resnlts with tho least comparative
labor and expense ?
It is good and encouraging to look back occa
sionally in order to note our rate of progress,
and in nothing will we realize it more than by
contrasting onr situation and ideas in 1865 and
18C6 with what they now are at the close of the
year of grace 1869.
STONEWALL STEAMBOAT
CATASTROPHE.
We add to onr telegram of day before yester
day, the following additional particulars of this
horrible catastrophe: v '
St. Louis, Octobor 28.—Air. Phillips, a plant
er of Shreveport, Louisiana, has arrived from the
wreck of tho Stonewall, and furnishes the fol
lowing'brief particulars of the terrible disaster
to that boat The boat caught fire at half-past
six o'clock Wednesday evening,'at a port a little
below Neely,'.125 miles below St. Louis, from a
candle which the deck passengershadnearsome
hay while playmg cards.
The steamer was run on a gravel bar, tho pi
lot supposing that the passengers could wade
ashore on the bar. Unfortunately, at the end
of the bar, there was a slough, and here it was
that the larger number were drowned. The boat
wqa not run on the bar but two feet, and tho
shallowest point about her had five or six feet of
water. The boat had so much hay aboard that
she burned like timber, and nil efforts to put it
out were unavailing.
The Belle Memphis came np at half-past nine,
three honvs after the accident, and rendered all
the assistance possible.
Out of two hundred and fifty-three passengers
and crew only thirty are known to be sayed.
The last seen of Captain Scott, he was float
ing down stream on a log. The people at
Neely’s saw a light and hastened to assist. Ono
man rescued sixteen passengers with a skiff.
Had it not been for their help all weald havo
been lost. A gentleman from Paducah, Ky.,
went ashore with a lady, and at her entrenty
returned to save her child. In swimming
ashore be was grasped by a drowning man, and
would have been himself drowned had he not
shook him off. Ono man was taken from the
wreck so badly bnrned that ho died as soon as
lie reached the shore. Captain Dowdy, of
Shreveport, was saved. There were thirty-nine
cabin passengers, four guests, one hundred and
fifty deck passengers, and sixty crow, i, Quite a
number of ladies were on board; all probably
lost, except one. Fulkerson, the pilot, and the
carpenter, were the only ones of the crewsavcd.
The Stonewall was owned by Captain John
Shaw and Dennis Loney, the latter of Louis
ville, and was valued at $94-,500, and was in
sured.
She had about 800 tons of freight, including
290 cattle, horses and mules, which were in
sured. Captain Shaw had stopped off this trip,
and Captain Tom Scott was in command. The
other officers were as follows: Milton C. Elbort,
First Clerk; Wm. H. Chick, Second Clerk;
Joseph Lester and Dr. Hooker, Book-keeper
Ed. Fulkerson and Frank Murray, Pilots; Wilse
Bnbo, Mate; George Fulton, engineer, John
Lyons, assistant engineer. >
A. Schultz, of New Orleans, ono of the survi
vors, came down on the Olive Branch, and gives
an apparently exaggerated account of tho loss of
life. He estimates the number of cabin passen
gers on the boat at fifty and the deck passengers
at three hundred. Of this number he thinks not
The Alabama State Fair.
Tho Montgomery Advertiser, of last Friday,
says:
We are pleased to learn that the prospect for
a first-rate exhibition is very promising. The
BX TEEEGRAPH. |
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, Octobor 29.—It is stated that, upon |
________ _ tho assembling of Congress, a movement will be in-
Secretary of ihe Society receives daily a large j angnrated modifying the powers of the Supreme
number of letters from all parts of the State,
from the adjoining States, and from the North,
making enquiries concerning the Fair, and no
tifying him that the writers intend to be exhib
itors ; and wa may reasonably suppose that the
exhibition will be a very fine one, and the at
tendance of visitors much greater than at any
previous Fair. There are many. persons in the
State who have not been here since the. war
that intend to pay onr city a visit at the time.
They will combine business with pleasure. It is
certain that the attendance of persons from the
North will be large; mnny want to invest in
lands and other property, and the opportunity
of meeting with gentlemen who wish to sell, will
be taken advantage of.
The arrangements for the Fair are being
made on tho most extensive scale, and the
grounds will bo fitted up with every conveni
ence for exhibitors and the public. The Presi
dent of the Society, the Executive Committee,
and tho officers, are untiring in their efforts to.
make the exhibition a success, and we are
pleased to see that the prospect is so promising
for tho fullest realization of their wishes.
• ‘ Convent Life.
A new Maria Monk has sprungup in New Jer
sey, and seems to be creating a sensation by her
revelations. A dispatch to tho Courier-Journal
says ’ . ‘ J - J
New York, October 27.—There was great ex
citement in Jersey City this evening, owing to a
lecture by Edith O’Gorman, also called ex-Sis-
ter Theresa, who gave her experience of con
vent life. She said that it was generally sup
posed that the inmates of a convent had no de
sire for any husband other than a celestial one.
This was a mistake, for they all hankered after
a material spouse. She had seen six sisters in
love with ono priest, nnd, as he conld not return
the affection of more than one, the other five
were always in a state of fearful jealousy. The
priests, who were supposed to spend their time
in holy offices, were constantly occnpied in mak
ing love to the sisters. She had also seen con
siderable cruelty in convents practiced upon
children. ■ At one time she saw a child three
years of age whipped by a sister until blood
flowed from her wounds, and then plunged into
a tub of cold water. At tho conclusion of tho
lecture Edith slipped out of the back door of
tho hall, thus escaping a crowd which was ready
to mob her. ■■ 1
The Atlanta Pulpit Exclusion.
We quote the following from the Atlanta Con
stitution of Friday:
Misrepresentations Corrected.—Rev. W. T.
Brantlev. known and revered for his Conserva-
uimisnumoer netmnKsnai tif . m an £ pie ty, in the Christian Index corrects
over thirty were saved. Fire broke out while tho statement made by the Holy Kn Klnx that
“Northern Ministers are not admitted into
THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF THE
Conrt to the extent of subj ecting all decisions affect
ing reconstruction to the revision of a special Joint |
Judiciary Committee of Congress. „
The policy of the Government in- the Yerger case
seems to'be to postpone the issue, ft . — •
Revenue to-day, $090,000. ■' •' \'
The Committee on Foreign Relations meets next
week. ‘JtifbctracHWfvHlI
tercsts. I. jji toie Sonth, during the phst Season, has opened up ft new and profitable branch of
Boutwell has issued a circular to revenue officers, A „ ricnltnrc /- THIS SEED HAS NOW BEEN THOROUGHLY AND SATISFA.CTO-
STc^nves“ls^togptMnge« 8 . Ml ^ ^ HI ALLY TESTED' in every Southern State, and leading Agriculturalist, in those States
It is apprehended that Colonel Casey, Collector have urged us to devote a portion of the limited quantity of SEED, that will. be. of
of Customs at Now Orleans, with Tamily,were aboard jHis year, to their section.
^AgSraschal. aged 91 years, one of the last | The following V.i tr-.-.i prominent and well known planters, will prove in.
widowed pensioners of tlie revolution, died recently J tercstingf I
in Georgia. Thanks in the ^amc of the Farmers of Hast Tennessee.
The following item ia fnmiahed from a truthful D w RAMSDELL— * ...* . ..
source • General Clark and other Texans, and some Dear Sir : I desire to gire you a brief account of tho fucccys N ORWAY OATS .n this *cctioiQ^
source. uenerai ^wu ^ , Ofe*’however, allow die to t' ank you most ho.irtily In the t»*me of tho farmers of,East Texmww, a few of
Mig6issippianB, havo applied to the President tona\o w £ ilin haveImootno practicalry iioqu&inted with your Oat® this season through the agency of Dr. J V P* tireves
,^ci^.^_^_sAtta»»g«!gaaK'SSXSfffSSSRWrtTK
They insist that the decision in the ieiger cate ana | v ; c j n j t _ KnoxvilU 1 - I confess I had some misgivings as to their succors Muith, notwithrtnndinF their ra
the certainty that Hamilton and Dent will carry tho pc rior qualities over .ill other varicties seemed to be thoroughly established in the North; for I ha-i ob-wred
mu ^ , , ■ T , . , I £,me doubts expressed by membora of the New York Farmers’ Club as to their bcmir grown successfully m.
elections, render this necessity. It is not probable \ “ <nuth _ i n orderTbowevcr. to m Ac afull and twrtrst of what they would do in our climate and soil, w«
that they will succeed. if^Mi^mO^lSd^sT^k^
SUPREME COURT. inth'isandadjoiningcounties.
TJia of Texas vs. George Peabody, et. a!, tion of thorn since nnd before tno uurvcatui*, . # % - T - -, - r- ^ .. .. - . -
_ ... ...t -t. ..r L niiiTjirin n in 1 eminent iiioe<w, qithmiph Mtce^ipg my expectation®, nnd that inroy opinion they poggegs all the merits ?om
Judge Paachal to-day obtained jwnta of subpoena m | c!a - lin f or them, and rhvy n >e uSmUably adapted to the soil and climate of this section.^ . :?rT4j
The Virginia State Fair. — Tho Virginia
State Fair, which commences Tuesday, Novem-
btt 2nd. in Richmond, is the first in that State
toe the war. The new grounds comprise sixty
•no, and aro nearly covered with tho new
!*. Tho entries already exceed those of
•aj tor before tho war, and those from tho
Northern States aro five times as great. Pres-
iiat Grant and his Cabinet, of course, will bo
Bbted to be present.
A Ban Affair.—A most unfortunate result of
t*ge for distinguished alliances has just
bpptred in Now York, wherein a bell of that
ttighborhood, Miss Martin, of Staten Island,
tat been victimized by a person claiming to be
tod Herbert L© Roy Ainsloy, but who turns
after marriage to La an English ox-valet,
tokleg and rogue by the name of Radford.
newspapers have a column of gossip over
>1* »ffair.
Srwffuso Counterfeiting Operations.—Re-
Wa to tho Treasury indicate that its secret
toiee force are abont to unmask some start-
to counterfeiting operations in New York. It
ibunt timo that something was done in
’tat line, as there is hardly a day that some
^nUy executed lithograph or engraved conn-
'■ttfrit of some of the government issues is not
tainted at the Treasury, and detection almost;
UmL
Cheer and Lake advertise a great many good
to eat, and what is more to Ihepnrposo—
tale them constantly on hand—at wholesale and
’toil—this side np with care—mind yodr eye
*4 don't be running into bnll briers in broad
to light—keep cool and never say die—kiss the
Pristnd don’t go home till morning, till day-
-$bt doth appear. _ ' , ,
The Baltimore Snn’s correspondent at "VVash-
- : Ek>a says the opinion of tho Supreme COnrt
5 d># Yerger case is regarded by the Radicals
f-tf.l l.low at the reconstruction acts of Con-
Radical Senators now there say that it
v -!l result in setting aside the entire work of
instruction in the South.
TIic Macon Telegraph.
The Macon Telegraph, in referring to its re
cent enlargement, because of tho pressure of
advertising patronage, apologizes for its size,
and promises to reduce as soon as busines will
permit This idea of the editor is rather novel,
and as we confess to entertaining much admira
tion for Col. Clisby, and to believing he is gen
erally right in whatever position he takes, wo
would like very much to become so pressed with
advertisements, that we would have to enlarge
jnst to know whether we would apologize or not,
for so doing.—Neuman Eerald, 29th.
The Macon Telegraph.—This journal has
been compelled to enlarge its space in conse
quence of heavy advertising patronage. The
editors apologize to their readers ana promise
to return to their standard size as soon as pos
sible. Some of the brethren express surprise
at snch an apology. We are not all surprised
for a moderately large sheet is far more conve
nient to the reader and presents a better ap
pearance than an unwieldy, ponderous looking
mammoth. But our friends are paid for it in
advertisements and can afford it in these hard
times, nnd we congratulate tjiem upon their
prosperity. Wo do not hesitate to say that tho
Telegraph is one of tho handsomest, and is tho
heat general newspaper in Georgia.—La OTange
Reporter, 29th.
Our friends of the Herald and Reporter, both
of whom pnblish most excellent and useful pa
pers, it will he seen, differ as to tho matter of
the apology, bnt wo have no donbt at all, nnd
will never print a blanket sheet unless compel!
ed to do so by tho plain demands of the situa
tion. Onr weekly, it is true, is a very large
sheet, bnt this is necessary to carry tho news of
the week. For instance: when Congress and
the Legislature are both in session, it would bo
impossible to give the reader full and connected
rqporfs of either for six days, except at a sacri
flee of general news and miscellany, unless up
on a sheet of large dimensions. But the daily
edition is expanded simply by the demands of
tho business public For displayed advertisements
covering a large amount of space, which to
getber result in expanding the sheet beyond a
convenient size to the reader.
The old standard size of the Telegraph was
as large as the enlarged Charleston Courier is
now. It was larger than the Baltimore Sun,
which does business probably to the amount of
half a million dollars; and onr present size is
actually larger than tho Louisville Courier-
Journal, whose business we take to bo hardly
short of three hundred thousand dollars annu
ally. Evidently, tho ordinary trade demands of
a place like Macon, upon a daily journal, can bo
met with a sheet of less size, and therefore in
apologizing for a temporary departure from onr
standard size, we are perfectly sincere in stat
ing that we shall go back to it oa the first occa
sion^ wherein we may find it able to carry the
necessary amount of reading matter, together
with such advertising patronage as may come.
We have made np onr minds never to use
square iach of blank paper for mere show of
business, nnd as a matter of taste and conve
nience prefer- a sheet of moderate size to a large
one. We are greatly obliged for the kind wishes
and good opinions of our. friends of the Reporter
and Herald. '
tho passengers were at supper. It was caused
by a deck passenger placing a lighted candle on
a bale of hay. Mr. Schultz sought tho hurricane
deck to avoid the crowd and remained there till
the fire drove him to a desperate leap to the
boiler deck and thence into the river. He seized
a young lady at the moment of jumping into the
water, and swam safely to land with her, and
returned to rescue others, but being seized by
two drowning men was dragged under and lost
consciousness until rescued by a party in a skiff.
He thinks the young lady saved was a neico of
Captain Scott. Among those he reports as lost
are Captains Scott, Doty, Mr. Phelps, pilot, the
first and second clerks, and a St. Louis mer
chant named Phelps.
The lowest estimate of loss of life we have
heard, is 150. Mr. Shultz states that there were
very many laborers bonnd for Arkansas to work
on railroads. This fact would lead to the belief
that the estimated loss is not greatly exaggera
ted. Tlio arrival of the steamer City of Cairo
and Mary Houston are anxiously looked for for
further particulars.
George W Fnlton, the Chief Engineer on the
Stonewall, arrived here on the Belle Memphis,
and gives some further particulars. Sixteen
persons wore saved by clinging to a stage plank
and sixteen more swam ashore. These are all
ont of between 200 and2C0 souls onboard, of
whose positive safety there is any certainty.
Ono man named Brenan was picked np nnd
brought ashore, but be died soon after. The
only officers of the boat known to bo saved ore
George W. Fulton, Chief Engineer. Edward
Fulkerson, pilot; andE P. Watson, carpenter,
Monroe Yandervort, striker, and Charles Wil
liams and John Churchman, deckhands, are also
among the saved.
Of the three ladies who were on board, only
one, Mrs. Grigg, who was going to New Orleans
with her family to meet her hnsband, was saved.
Captain Scott was last seen floating on a spar.
Men on shore rode seven miles down stream on
horseback in hopes of finding him, bnt he was
not fonnd.
Tho scene on board was heartrending in the
extreme. The flames spread with wonderful ra
pidity under tho action of a htrong wind, and the
passengers, in wild terror, crowded tho fore
castle until they were forced overboard in a
mass, and drowned each other in their despe
rate struggle to free themselves. Others would
jump into the water, whirl around in the strong
current for an instant, and disappear forever. ID.
Fulton jumped overboard and attempted to swim
ashore, bnt coming in contact with a number of
mules, be swam to and climbed into the wheel
of the boat. While there, tho steam pipe burst,
and the wheel revolved three times. He
clang to it, however, and was finally taken
ashore in a skiff. Charles Williams, a deck
hand. says he tried to smother the fire when it
was first discovered, with blankets, bnt the wind
blew so strongly that ho failed. An effort
was also made to bring the hose to play upon
tho fire, bnt the crowd of frenzied deck
passengers rushed with snch irresistable
force upon the men having it in charge
that they were forced to give it up. Williams
then threw overboard a bale of bay, and getting
upon it, drifted to the stern of the boat, where
he encountered the boat’s yawl containing six
men and women. He was taken in, but having
no oars they could not stem the current. Wil
liams and the women were put ashore nnd tho
remaining men made another attempt to reach
the steamer, using tho seats of tho yawl for
paddles, but the tide was too strong, nnd they
were carried down stream, and seen no more.
Williams thinks not more than thirty persons
were saved, bnt it is hoped that mapy were able
to reach the shore at different points down the
river, and that further information will show
that tho loss of life has not been so terrible and
appalling as present advices indicate. There is
no telegraph office within several miles of the
scene of disaster, and no information later than
11 o’clock last night has been received.
Josh Billings says: “Any business firm that
^*®t t got sand enough in its craw to expend a
tnndred dollars in making its business
to three or four thousand pebple, ought
to Pwk up and go peddling peanuts.”
A Faib Proposition. — The La Grange Ee-
^fer is UberaL It proposes to insist upon
B *dta for all articles taken from its columns by
c ’-tors able to write for their own papers. All
^ers can use his labors at discretion.
Anthracite .Coal.—Mr. H. R. Brown wili
' luive a cargo of Anthracite coal in town.
Arsons-desiring it should order at once, at the
°®ce of Maxwell, Grant & Co.
Yisr m Rome.—The Rome Daily, of Friday,
chronicles a fir# in tint city which destroyed
i-’operty to the amount of $4,300. We are
l ' Jn y to see that the Southerner had its propri-
6 1 disturbed in the coarse of the excitement
<4rand Duchess Champagne.
Editors TdegrapJi: We send yon a bottle of
the “Grande Dnchess Champagne," for which
we are the sole agents in this section, and are
fully assured it is a pure Wine, and the low price
! c f it and quality we hope will introduce it in
place of so much “ardent." The priceis$18 00
for quarts and $20 00 for pints—1 and 2 dozen
cases. Let us know if yon like it.
Yours respectfully,
l Greer & Lake.
' Tish petter as goot.
Judge Chase Proposes to Recognize the
Writ of w.mas Corpus.—In the Supreme
Court, on Wednesday, Chief Justice Chase arid,
in reply to the suggestion of Mr. Phillips the
day before, that it was undoubtedly a matter of
discretion with the counsel when to move for a
writ of habeas corpus. In the Yerger case, the
point of jurisdiction having been determined,
the Court would hear a motion for the wnt
whenever ihe oounael should see proper to
make it
Annexation of St. Domingo,
The New York Tribune of tho 26th, has the
following
Boston has a report long and loud that St.
Domingo, the paradise of revolutions, is as good
as annoxed to the United States. This is to say
that the terms of annexation have been signed
by Commissioners, that tho flag of the United
States is flying over tho harbor of St. Domingo,
that Senator Cole is of opinion that if Alaska
was worth seven millions, St. Domingo is worth
fifty millions, and that General Banks is about
to visit the great island and say tbe same thing.
General Babcock, a staff officer, of General
Grant, has done it all. Of him it may bo said,
as it was once almost observed cf Ciesar,_ ‘He
went, he saw, and he bought’ —that is, if we
allowed him, and if on proof wo are not sold.
The great and rich responsibility which will fall
to us in the acquisition of St. Domingo is not a
subject for caviL It is only because we look
upon it as involving some grave considerations,
both political and financial, that we cannot lend
too ready an ear to what is probably in essen
tials a premature and sensational story.
We are glad to see that the annexation of St.
Domingo will involve a little too mnch “man
hood suffrage,” even for the New York Tribune,
Bt Steamship to Europe.—The Charleston
News says: ,
The British steamship Pioneer, Captain
Shachford, was cleared at this port yesterday,
for Liverpool, by Messrs. W. B. Smith & Co.,
with a cargo of thirty-two bags of sea island and
two thousand two hundred and twenty-four
bales of upland cotton. This ship has received
atfnil work"every day she was on the berth,
and she will probably be enabled to proceed to
sea tbia forenoon. She isthe first steamer from
this port for Liverpool this season, but will be
immediately followed by the steamship Danen,
of Messrs. K. Mure & Co.’s line.
Napoleon III, according to late rumors, has a
novel idea in his head—none other than * gcu-
end disarmament by the leading power* of Eu
rope.
ft,ir cause, returnable tho first Monday in December I
next, and the first Friday in February was fixed for
tho hearing of tho motion for a preliminary injuno |
^Washington, October 30.—Zeph Turner, Speaker
of tbe House of Delegates; and Mr. Platt, member
elect from Petersburg, interviewed Grant to-day.
Hoar is about issuing an opinion that the salaries
of State Judges aro exempt from taxation.
Nothing has been heard from Cob Casey, though
his contemplated movements make it improbable
that ho was aboard the Stonowall.
Fisk has gone.
Farragut is convalescent,
llobeson has gone.
Wm. Gidnoy has been appointed Assessor of the
First Virginia District.
THE AtillHT I.TI KAI. IIEPARTHEXT OX
THE fOTTOX CROP.
Washington, October 29. — Tho agricultural ro-
Mcst respectfully yours.
Knoxville, Tcnn.. July-31. 1269.
CHARLES RICK.
The Opinion of a Gardener of Forty Tears’ Experience. _ ,
iqt« edi oi . .>• ' • *' Chattanooga, Amtuit 6, 1869.
Dy’vR^R^Thavo Wra'.' s ir '.or.' - for f irty year.*, five of which was in the employ of non. Ilynry Clay,
of Lexington. I voluntarily say that I never saw as good Oats as those grown from your seed by Mr. Divtas
of this place, and I advise our people to sow no other kind. GEORG# '
Respectfully yotirs.
r vri v!
Card from Prof, Prancis AS. Grace.
Hast Trnxesskr Univerritt, August 6, 1869.
eration of thrashing the crop or
IHl University, and Known as the Agri- ‘
nyth'ing which I have ever known in the history of
’ ■ Fact Trnxesskr University, August
I take pleasure in certifying thht I witmssed on list Tuesday the operation of thrashing t
Ramniell Norw ay Oats, rroducrtl on ono acre of tho farm adjacent to theUniversity. and known i
cultural Culleqo farm, an 1 that the yield far exceeded, anything which I have ^ever known in th<
sTnthern'aBrieulturr.’ The laud wax goed i.plsnd and ha* ant been manured, that l am aware of. for a num-
ber ofSSarf! Iconridof She Seed of the Norway Oats as by far tho hestj.hayooyer known-
FRANCIS M. GRACK
Prof. Eng. Language and Literature, E. T. University.
Southern pulpits unless they are known to be in
sympathy with th8 dead Confederacy.” Dr.
Brantley states the usual rule of all Evangelical
Ministers when he says: “I would exclude from
my pulpit no Baptist minister from any part? of
tho country, in good standing at home—who
came bore to do the work of Christ—provided
his preaching was, in my judgment, edifyingto
the people.” Repeatedly since the war has Dr.
Brantley invited Northern ministers to preach
to his congregation, without holding any inquest
as to their political opinions. The last instance
was that of Rev. Dr. Armitago, of New York,
who preached repeatedly in this city, and who
also preached before the Southern Baptist Con
vention in Macon—a body composed of dele
gates from all the Southern States. Rev. Mr.
Jamieson, of Illinois, Rev. Dr. Sears, late of
Brown University, Rev. Dr. Babcock, of New
York, and others from the North, have all occu-
lied his pnlpit since the war. Rev. J. W. Par-
ter, D. D., of Massachusetts, a gentlemen who
would hardly be suspected of any “rebel pro
clivities,” was cordially invited to preach, but
owing to other engagements was unable to com
ply. A similar invitation was also extended to
Rev. Lucius Hayden, D. D., of Connecticut.
Rev. R. M. Nott, now of Illinois, has been a
useful and beloved member of the church, with-
the last three years—repeatedly occupying
the pnlpit.
The Press Convention and the State
Fair.
from the La Grange Reporter.]
It is to be hoped that the whole press of the
State will take advantage of the occasion of the
approaching State Fair to be present at the Press
Convention. Doubtless every member of the
press will attend tho Fair if possible, and thus
•‘two birds may be killed with one stone.” Ev
ery editor in the State onghtto attend the Fair,
that ho may see and know of the rapid advance
ment and progress of Georgia enterprise and
irosperity. Thus all may become more famil-
ar with the material wealth of the State, and
the better prepared to discuss all subjects re
lating to her material progress. Indeed, it
would be nothing but right that the press should
attend the Fair with as little expense to them
selves as possible—for it devolves upon the edi
torial profession to give to such enterprises
much of tbe success they attain. Editors are
called upon to go hither and thither, at their
ewn expense, to gather facts and information
the publication of which conduces to the publio
good. Tho press has done much to give the ap
proaching State Fair its prospective success.
Without its aid bnt little conld have be en accom
plished.
Brought together for tho advancement of the
State’s welfare, it will present the splendid op
portunity to the “press gang" to consummate
the complete organization of the “Georgia Press
Association.” Tho work of completing the or
ganization will be expeditiously done, os doubt
less the several committees will present thorough
ly digested reports, leaving bnt little to do be
yond their adoption and tbe election of officers
for tho ensuing year.
Brethren of the Press, letus havea full and cor
dial meeting when called together by our Presi
dent. Let none be absent for want of interest in so
important a matter pertaining to our own pecu
niary welfare, fraternal harmony and profes
sional amenities. ■ . .
Since the foregoing was put in type we havo
seen a notice in the Macon Telegraph, in which
tho editor, Mr. Clisby, as provisional President
of-the State ProBS Association, proposes tho
meeting of the same on the second day of the
Fair, the 17th November; and says if no ob
jection is made he will issue the call for that
time. We think the proposition a good one.
Rev. F. M. Daniel.—Tho Newnan Herald of
From Col. James AX. Toole, well known throughout the Southwest.
Knoxvillr, E. Tknn.. August 2, 1869.
ME Sir past thirty years of my life, watched with interest the «rowth and pres-
ity of the country in tho development of now inventions, new appliances, and consequently lncreasinf
v/iimyo. -»• — —*~ —o j Jnu-cea 0 t supply, I could not but desire an opportunity to test the merits of the Gray Norway Oats, orimj
port for Octobei, regarding 8 f ^ ^1 8 n t* c a t which ^usVreon add mflfions yearly t<Tthe value^o ™t^^lm^ortam *moOtact s^alMtw^resuTt ^fplacing on*
lizera havo been liberally used in the Atlantic fatales which mua.-^on^ ?pot in - your pard « n ..n the 2d of May. 1864. Truly we live in « greet country.
andmuch money invested in improved implements, andin no.common^age. I SSSff&g^ag25
These agencies have forced the crop to early ma- J*Tho wonder and admiration of all who heveso-n them. They were sown 15th to iOth of March,
tunty.
diought
early bolls
HSSSSi:—- 21
labor. The report concludes as follows : “Detailed | Respectfully yours,
and complete estimates of the aggregate yield h&ve
not yet been calculated. There is no reason to be-
lievo, from an examination of the October reports,
JAMES M. TOOLE.
XL Well Known Tennessee Farmer Responds. .
• AuGrsT 12, ISw.
T eg-tifc that I cultivated thirty-one acres of Norway Oats, tho present season, on my »krm near Con-
that theproliminary and conditional estimate here- I yielded morethan^ouhlem^blfck^a^.^ The'rtaiks'areVcry l^rgo^and '
toforo mado of 2,750,000 bales-teh only one made tho head* rield more than double the number of kernels of the ordmnry varieties. I am of the
withstanding-canbe exceeded. In the next report '“ould not rauto g - n tWg scction wi u not f ai . to secure seed, at an early 'r‘'> ^.Ren-
wfll be given a detailed summaty of the yield, after ?ral introduction. I *hall cultivate no other variety of oats on my farm. G. W. MARBY.
final reports aro received and carefully examined." A Frominent ISissiSSipni Flantor Endorses Them.
.fiSBsrut
has arrived from tho wreck, bringing but two more the rnt ^ made an attack upon them, and despite
survivors. Ono thousand dollars has been 8lll> * I ,’’i^ave ^evcralhcaSOTer^l inchU in'^length with stalks over fivefeet high. I am satisfied, that ,;.j
mado for the destitute families.
thick. _I noticed a few grains
8l ° "'aeon. Miss.. August 16.1869.
-ft as
M
GENERA!. NEWS.
New Orleans, Octobor 29.—Governor ^Yarmouth j
designates the 18th of November for thanksgiving.
Wilmington, October 29.—The argument of the I
case of the officers of the Cuba dosed to-day. The
decision of the Court will bo rendered to-morrow at |
12 o’clock. __
Over One Hundred and Fifty Snshels from an Acre.
The following two letters are from one of the most prominent and widely known planters in the South-
Chattanooga, Tens- July 31,1869.
D - t^\ R R Sra- S Abontthe first of February last, I ordered from your agents Iin New York five bushels of
•ffnn?No?»av6ata D I received them stout the first of February, and sowed them Immediately on five acre*
of Tennessre RUmr tan!, and cut them about the 15th of July, f think when threshed I
c4
FOREIGN NEWS.
Constantinople, October 29.—Tho shipping was j tachestnTengTh^withfron? fiv!to^Sx n hu!d^Jd“r?JnrmhehMdrThorepresentat|.msinsTiurc^
tssisssxstssas
Madrid. Octobor 29.—Seven battalions of volun- counu7 ‘ JOHN I.. DIVINE.
toors will soon depart for Cuba. Enlistments con- SECOND LETTER. _ .
tinue. Dissontions among th'e Cabinet and people, Chattanooga, Tknn., August 8,1869.
touching a monarch, are unabated. D. W. I thrashed my crop. They have turned out something more than one hun-
London, October 29.-A bottle has been found | dred D aad fifty bushelsof^ats tothe acro.^ lotto U5d
e have had the longest and most di.-Mtrous drought we.ever had
y. since May first. If we had had an ordi ary season. I would nn-
threo hundred and forty-six aboard. 1 Stohtediv have mode two Hundred oushe
Weather unusually cold. From all parts of the
kingdom come advices of frost, ico and snow.
Madrid, October 29.—There are dissensions
among tho opposition. The final election of the
Duke of Genoa is probable.
my friends,
Respectfully yours.
JOHN L. DIVINE.
One Hundred Per Cent. Setter.
Knoxvili *. Tkjtk., August 12. 1869.
turv • T hare no hesitancy in saying that, after a careful examination of the Norway Oats. m»de v/
Spain.
Cairo, October 30.—The Egyptian Minister of
foreign affairs, was chosen President of the commis
sion to fix control of the Suez canal.
London, October 30—Mr. Peabody’s condition is j
more favorable.
St. PETERsnuno, October 30—The Czar will spend j
part of tho winter at Corres and Nice.
HORRIBLE AFFAIRS IN VIRINIGA.
Lynchburg, October 80.—A Miss Baylor, aged 21,
was found on Thursday last, near Sharon, in Bland
county, with her throat cut. Tho murderer is un
known.
Yours,
S. H. Davis A Co., Grain Dealers.
Fully Up to Expectation.
Middleton. Baltimore Co- Mo., July 31.1909. --
sifeSSpSHSSSS
shaded. I heartily endorse and recommend them. „ j WHEELER.
I »m,gentlemen.yours, etc.. _v j...
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“She Way to Beaven is Open to All.” <!
.. f, Ski.ua, Ala., July 26, 1891.
D. W. RAMSDELL A CO.— j
A negro nurse, of Henry Creasy, In Bedford conn-1 |
ty, threw his child in tho firo yesterday, and burned “P- » n f dL te U,wfmw^ix ferthigh on'an arerage’. e—v_—m
it to death. She was arrested. heads about one foot ‘wJV*ritatoreXtSlKSSPBmZtpK&V iSBPSil
Ford’s tobacco factory has been seized by direct j the 4ayToHeaven is open to all the world, but very few take the trouble ta iteer by
orders from Washington, for to^alleged revenue th.teomP^Wit of _ our haVB vor y poor, indifferent one,, but if it
fraud, by means of counterfeit stamps. • ■ 6tti Jtaem' beiog none of our business, we shall try to not lose much sleep overat. q BARKBR 4 c £
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN RICHMOND. I * curs UD,y ‘
Richmond, Octobor 30—The foundry and ma-
chiuo shops of Talbot Brothers, on Seventeenth
Jas. F. Greves, M. I)., of Tennessee, on the Few Fork Farmers’ ©lob.
ing, machinery and patterns, makes a total of $165,- »omo cf mynoighbora remlted in our orferingl bu^hJ-%^^^ ,P ^ P T[ ^ wer - —.«
, Wheeling, October SO—Returns como in slowly.
Friday, says: „ „ I Wood and Harrison counties, heretofore RepnbU-
As our readers will remember Boy. F. M.. Democratic. It will require a week
Daniels, the former popular and efficient pastor ®““»~ » _
of the Baptist Church, In .this city, refused,;) to detonmno tho result. - I i
some weeks since, to accept another call from
tho same church, whereupon his flock in befit
ting terms, expressed dheir regrets. We, in
common with his brethren and the community, Stonewall.
ine. machinery ana patterns, nuuresa wuuui vuw,- i , 0 mo et mynoignoura weeks I Ate “ They were putondifferent farms within
W?pon.lSu .tare I. » taremc.Tta RBSaBegSgaKSfeSMBT SaggwAlpaiagSBM :■*
oriinSed fre» tta tail® .11® U» .orta,® tad 83®. •)). Jffijg,«• .
left, about 8 o’clock. I tainedm*y safety be summed
1st. Ttol'argenpan wm reed“d with one bu S hel to the acre, eome three peck*, and ia on. instance half
bl 2d. 0l The growth was rapid, roots striking deep, and putting up often as many at twenty stalk* from oe*k“ . s:~
S * e< 3d. The height of stalk* was from four and a half to aix feet, heads from ten to twenty inches lonr, leavee -
hal 4tS .i Ttou n°i“!ai?««mou e y of the farmers who grew our.crops is. that they'wM yield more than twieeas'
from LOriSIANA. I *Tto°kernel is well filled, tto hull Wn, and theflwir veiy whita^^ richest land withewt
Tho Loulayillo Commerciftl Conventioa Leyeo bushel wwfficien^© w - * - '
mo to say that certain members' of tho Farmers* Club of hi cw York have done yom.
Qats could not be grown at tho South *uecee?fully*
. when it.it’well known here tha|t?t«ff
oquaily well here, while the Kor-
- ^ > -.v-fl Jt. . .- v . ai.;^ yul
—*y* we Know tno ^ Governor Wormouth says
noble work in whatever field he may labor, and . . T P ^T q i a tnre
•ta MW Baptist, -aii! cot regte. ttai, »li. | Ostota, «. o,
T J \ 009 an exceae of $33,000
Large and Valuable Cabqoes fob Livctpool. : . UU J ,
The British ship Alexandria, Captain Brown, month sinco I860. ^
was cleared by J. H. Gardner & Co. for Liver- FAIR AT SELMA. ALA.
Would Rot. Fart with his feed at any Frice,
huf> J#
Lltxraarofr, N. C., August 1, 1869. . ■■•eli
over W oorrespinding L j _ SlB8 ^^^^v.Pi’nre^n'somertah'teStteeio tanL^Th^firs^Wer^t least'ath&dWg^CT-'tton'theotto
•'.I -xb nod: • sprinisoats.andfhekeraalsonthehoad*. The drought dimaged our oat crop seriously: to
| ■ .. .. fcjd A9vIg!. b ^A e *t“^Snwbttt I fiidon measuring that I haveTibushels. I am so well pleased with them
-was cxeureu ujr o. x*. —-• tAia am. nr.miM/m, A.. 1 I thit I shall sow a good part of them again, and would not part with it for any money. .„ RA — noosS
pool yesterday, with a cargo of 2, ttS bales of ^elxa, Ala., October 30.—The first Annual Fair | "J&urs respectiuliy f
upland cotton^weighing 1,288,969 pounds, val- - Central AgricuUur*l Association commences
ued at $334,877.81. J 1 ’ ' t *
Fortv-fivo Bushels from One-half Bnahel of •eedk.ru ;-*c *r. , i ctA
nt ^.,-14 ^ . o cleared the on Tuesday, November 30th. Extensive prepare-j ^ 7 Nkwbosoh. Md.. July 29. 1889.
BritfshRbip Crescent City yesterday, for Liver- tions are being made. Several distinguished gen- Gbntlembn: 1a^lnsideraWe MtanL^buTl^ndon f meMuria7 thAr^have Tyiefd of forty^
pool, with 4,804 bales upland cotton, weighing . tlemen have consented to deliver addresses .on the y*™ ttodroughUo a wns^dera ^ *t; ^ nabontth#<llB1# times* Oieeo M3 R*
5oo2, 127 pounds, and valued at $.',64,555.2(5. - occasion. .. hlarter Very respectfully yours. P ‘ A ‘ L ‘ C0NTBB -
i^acanmhAdcerUser, wth. , the citba c.vsE. Ferfectly Satisfied. .
When Eugenie’s train passed Magenta the '^cto^dlivthe (tam^ioM^to- M ; ^ndY put thra 0?^ ^)SndT n i tore^t thrutofi 1 th^ ““but^itfai's^ffiitoSttoMy'l'amperl
buried was thrown into strong relief. The las Esling, R E. Gibson, N. D. Fhfllips, D°° 1S , n t ho tall ? . „ n r toimr sown in the fall, but we can see no reason why they will net
Empress ordered the train to be Lpped Walk- French and John Lynch, who were required to gl ve "
ing amid a tolerably large gathering of villagers, bai i i u the sum of $500 each for their appearance . •: .->.-s«Kh
who sainted her as she pussed, she approached be f ore the United States District Court, which meets Adapted to XRB borer. _ ■
i0U ~ dW - lthtt8 ‘ M ' # -^fmsnyhuudr.dleftersrereiTed. Tbedem* 0 d^f^ril^shd'’SoulfSd.?^ ^
' year, we 1b*
What rr Costs.—A short time ago, a eonsot-
U-d7."'Wto»btatbe,,«„ T .re m, «SSSjS
poor Frenchmen; but they are better than the P)“ h ^°eedm« empfoyed^^there. The freed-
thorns I find here, and she brushed away some about thirteen in number, ana the
rubbish that lay on the grave. Then, remem- men were mwui, mi™™_ xn
bering that she had a bouquet in her carriage, ^Xt \Vhen the work waa done, the aseess-
she went baok for it and P^d or found that the whole amount that ihe freed-
of the large monument, of which she read the or a ^ cgaed _ apart f ^ a &e ednoa tional
inscription, adding something in a low voice ^ one each—would realize for the
which no one heard. P f^ ha ^* t ^ State just seventy-five cents, provided that none
When she went away the people raised their. Sled to pay the tax.
hate. But there was lew shoutmg. &>me cned; flSRes8 or receives three dollars for his day’*
others, with their kind Italian voices, called on ( COCBnmed abont fifty cents worth of
J stationery; so thsij it costa the State three dol-
The Above are a few <
God to blees her.
The belle of the period fastens her gloves with
Ajfmnllfi Stud*.
.•a so
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,| I BlfiUUUvtJ , OV MAMfl •» _ ■-
Southern CuiaxvATOB.—We have the South-; tars and fifty cents to^obtain the right to edttsot
^Xy! orNoTember ’ “ dexta>ct fr ° m
iylW**'* <■’ ’•f 1 , d vfeBUOft Car «.«£*iAdl Us *>joi »,» ;-taeqciO
. .-a- ta-Aitai* _v t'tt’J* rw • V f > Boii' pnrStaKoA 7o tot edl »il i^ii-Mt J to ad vl
i. . ... .... —-ta. . ' — . . ■ -ta.
lieT TheSsoj'w411 > be furnished at the following rates:
PER. PECK —
PER HALP BCIBBL -
nV ipjiK BUSHEL
ja- Money can be sent by draft, or Po.t-offlc. order*, and should aoeompany the order-with tall direa-
tions for shipping- . , *>,« s nn th west, we have e*tabli»hed a Depot at EaoxvfUa, Teen., where
a ,utolyc^ C to V fou^“ A l f ^*ilta«trat^cireutaJ: with a tall end i»tere.ttag history ef the dtaeovmy aed ,
mmpbs* of till* grain, sent free to all who desire it. -
UOT7G-AL «■* OeauaWJJ*.
* A KNOXVILLE. ttS^QSSERAL SSSD DE4AMS&.
D S3. WP. RAMSDELL Sfc co>, »!• Pearl St., New York, and lfl Lake 8t-7Cmcaeo, IU«
»ept»-d*w9»
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