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<)M Series-—" Vol. 25. fiSTo. 122.
Sunday Constitutionalist.
Our paper to-morrow will, as usual, be
an extraordinary edition. Nearly double
its usual number will be printed.
It will p esent a tin ■ opportunity for ad
vertisers, as it will go into every household
in tiio city, and for miles around it.
The Atl nta Constitution thinks it saw
Niles G. Parker in that place the other
day, disguised, and taking a North-bound
train.
The larger portion of Commissioner
Janes’ monthly consolidated report of the
crops of Georgia will be found in our
regular news columns.
We have quite a batch of correspondence,
this morning, from Nachoochee Valley,
Lincoln, Barnwell and Edgefield counties
—all of which is very interesting.
Pin-backs have been ecclesiastically
cursed. And now what are th'e dear crea
tures going to do about it ? A pin-back
war is imminent, and, to some people, will
be as fierce as that in Herzegovina. Count
us out.
California is a hard money State, but
eems to be unsound in its financial cen
tre, San Francisco. How the mischief the
paper money States are to get back to
: peeie payments abruptly, when California
can not maintain herself amid the general
stringency, is a question for the political
economists to wrangle over and solve, if
they can.
4.
In spite of many drawbacks in several
portions of the youth, the corn crop, in
general, bids lair to be magnificent and
abundant. Our Winnebago friends and the
Grand Army of the Republic may pitch
their voices in a lower key before many
days. Let the South continue to feed her
self and grow independent commercially.
That is the true path to perfect freedom.
Our letter from Barnwell says that many
white people there are seriously apprehen
sive of a negro insurrection. It says they
have three hundred stands of arms and
three thousand rounds of ammunition in
ttie Biackville depot. The white people of
that locality are totally unarmed, when
every man of them should have a breech
loader and at least sixty rounds of ammu
nition.
Another bank has succumbed to the
pressure in San Francisco. Other moneyed
institutions deeiare their ability to stand a
run. The prime cause of the panic now
existing ia California, according to our
best judgment, is a result of the wild
bonanza speculation some mouths ago.
When a people go crazy over financial
gambling, there will be the devil to pay at
.*•. .
The Grand Turk is not disposed to allow
the Great Powers to mediate in his at
tempts to punish liis revoked Chiistian
subjects. The Great Powers will no doubt
carry out their programme, in spite of the
Sultan. Meanwhile, if they preserve neu
trality, we believe that the Sclavic people
and the Greeks will sooner be under the
walls of Constantinople than the Turks
triumph on the acclivities of the Herzego
vinian mountains.
*•*
A communication headed “Query,” and
signed "A Friend of the Clerks,” has not
b en printed because its author is un
known. He has not sent his name, an un
varying requir ment of the Constitution
alist. We say, whether trade be ‘dull” or
brisk,employers ought to pay according to
agreement, for faithful service, at all
times, brisk or “dull,” and to the end of
the engagement or contract, then to con
tinue it upon the same terms, or new terms.
We are, and ever have been, opposed to
“combinations” of all sorts, whether of
proprietors or their assistants.
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Few things have caused more shedding
of ink than the Winnebago affair. In the
Richmond Dispatch of a late date. Mr. J. R.
Kirningham, who avows that he is not and
never has been, personally or otherwise, a
friend of the Confederate President, vigoi -
ously defends him from the senseless im
putation of “cowardice.” He closes an
admirable letter with these words:
•“For myself I can truthfully dec'arethat
1 do not bear any rancor against any
Northern men on account of war memo
ries ; yet some of r y boys had a taste of
Northern prisons, ..'.ey did not find those
prisons palucts.”
The snubbing of the United States by
Tripoli recalls the fact that that barbarous
country once declared war against the
Cnited States. The Baltimore Sun says:
“Although we were in our national infancy,
an American squadron of gunboats and
bomb vessels gave the Tripolitan fleet and
fortifications such a terrible handling that
the people seem to have been sore under it
ever since. It was there that the heroic
Decatur won his first laurels. Doubtless,
if the occasion demands it, the navy can
show that there are a few more left of the
same sort.” Yes, Tripoli is a small boy,
aud we should “ hit him again.”
—
>• e have been favored recently with sev
eral anonymous communications, assum
ing to teach us our duties as journalists.
If these men in ambuscade will show their
faces or send ia their names with their
communications, we may deal with them
according to their deserts. Until then, let
them stick to their lasts and mind their
own business We are not in the habit of
anonymously instructing men, of other
t rades or professions, how to conduct their
affairs, and it is a piece of imper
tinent tomfoolery for masked scribblers to
interfere with matters which do not con
cern them. It is best perhaps to answer a
fool according to his folly; and we tell
these disguised busy-bodies that we neither
care for their advice nor fear their dis
pleasure.
Pin-back skirts and low-necked dresses
have excited the indignation of a Montreal
priest, who refuses to admit highly fash
ionable females to tho sacrament, so long
as they adhefe to prevailing modes. It is a
ticklish tiling to make war on the apparel
of the gentler sex, and, in gene al, such
attacks only aggravate the complaint. In
the above instance, we dare say the more
pious members of the church will go for “in
il ition” instead of “contraction,” so far as
g laments are concerned. The pin-back dress
has met with more reprobation than any
other fashion we can call to mind. That it is
senseless, awkward, and suggestive
seems to be universally admitted among
tne males, and also among a minority of
females. We are told that a pin-backed
lady dropped her fan on the street, yester
day, and could not have stooped down to
get It if her life had depended on its re
covery. When the milliners are about it,
why do they not furnish a more acceptable
style of dress? It is said that a French wo
man went to England and there saw a
washerwoman, at the tub, with her skirts
bunched up behind. Returning to France,
she originated the obnoxious raiment.—
And so, the ladies, who have hitherto imi
tated the actresses in dress are now
copying from a washerwoman.
THE HARD MONEY STATE.
THE BROKEN BANK OF CALI
FORNIA.
Conflicting Accounts of the Status—A
Run Made on Other Banks —
Large Amounts of Coin Paid Out-
Desperate Attempts to Bolster Up
Affairs.
San Francisco, August 27—10 P. M.—
The general feeling about town to-aight
is rather blue. The cashier of the
National Gold Bank and Trust Oom
{ihny stated to a gentleman during an
interview this evening that the bank
would open in the morning, but might
have to suspend during the day. This
bank paid out all its gold in the after
noon aud a good deal of silver. If it
can make arrangements to-night for
coin it may be able to ride over to
morrow. A run is expected on the Satr
Francisco and Merchants’ Exchange
Banks to-morrow. A meeting of bank
presidents was called this evening to
concert measures for relief. The Board
of Brokers has also called a meeting.
President Bankin has no doubt that
the Bank of California will be aide to
meet all obligations. One million four
hundred thousand dollars in gold was
paid out yesterday. Aid was asked of
other banks without any response. Mr.
Rankin does not expect the bank will
resume business. All its branches have
been telegraphed to close.
Washington, August 27.—Heavy
transfers of gold to California are being
made by the Treasury to-day, in sup
port of the banks of that section. Upon
official notification being received at
the Department that the agents of the
banks have deposited gold with the
Assistant Treasurer at New York, tel
egraphic instructions were sent to the
Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco,
placing credits to the respective banks
making such deposits in New York.
Thus far one million dollars have been
transferred.
San Francisco, August 27. —The
National Gold Bank and Trust Com
pany have sent in the following notice
for publication in the morning papers.
“In consequence of a panic and the
impossibility of obtaining coin, the
National Gold Bank aud Trust Com
pany will close until further notice.
The bank has $1,300,000 over and
above all its liabilities. As soon as
coin can be obtained it will resume
business as usual. In the meantime,
any creditor so desiring can have good
assets of the bank to the amount of
bis claim. By order of the Board of
Trustees.
(Signed) “Henry E. Davis,
“President.
Chicago, August 27.—The opinion of
bankers in this city is that the failure
of the Bank of California will produce
little if any effect in Chicago.
Exclianges Closed —A General Panic —
Failure of Another Bank.
San Francisco, August 27.—The
Exchanges are all closed, business has
suspended amid intense excitement.
The Merchant’s Exchange Bank has
closed. The officers claim that the
only trouble is lack of coin, of which
they have SIOO,OOO, but SBOO,O 00 are
liable to the draft of the managers.
The London and San Francisco Bank
announces its ability to meet a run.
Detailed Account of the Panic—All
Sorts of Rumors and Speculations—
Blue Monday to Test the Merchants.
San Francisco, August 27.—The ex
citement consequent upon the failure
of the Bank of California seems sub
siding. The crowd on Call street is
much less than at the opening of busi
ness. The run on the Loudon and
San Francisco bank ceased with a large
surplus in values. There was a slight
run on the Auglo-California Bank this
morning which soon subsided. The
first National Gold Bank reports every
ting secure. The same may be said of
the bank of British Columbia the
Pacific aud Commercial Banks.
Private banks report no excitement
and everything going on as usual.—
Generally speaking, all city banks are
considered sound, except the Bank of
California. President Ralston su.d no
thing in addition to his statements yes
terday. Many rumors are current re
garding the condition of the Bauk of
California. One statement, apparently
from good authority, is that the bank
will pay depositors in full and stock
holders fifty cents on the dollar. On
the other hand, a prominent stockhold
er states the most the bank can
do will be to satisfy the demands of
the depositors, and will scarcely be
able to do that. There has been a slight
rush at the Hibernian Savings Bank,
but demauds were promptly met with
in rules as expressed in the by-laws of
that institution. On the whole, confi
dence seems to be returning. It is be
lieved the worst is over. Little un
easiness is felt as to the affairs of
■uther the National Gold Banc and
L’rust Compauy or the Merchau s’ Ex
change Bauk. The former reports the
probability of soon resuming, but is
unable to fix the time. It has abund
ance of available assets, and :.s only
waiting the reception of coin. The
President this morning states that
they paid out about $1,000,000 yes
terday, and have still a small supply
left. The Merchants’ Exchange Bank
is believed sound, and its suspension is
only temporaly. It is stated, on pre
sumbly good authority, that some half
a dozen heavy stock brokers arc likely
to go down, but no names are given.
No commercial failures are reported,
though tho squeeze is expected ou
Monday, which is eollectiou day. The
savings banks during the day trans
acted their usual business—the depos
its in some beiug larger than the dis
bursements. There is no excitement on
that line. The Chamber of Commerce
held a meeting this afternoon and de
cided it would probably be m:>re in
jurious than beneficial to take
any action looking towards postpone
ment of ordinary accounts or notes
maturing next collection day. The
meeting was very largely attended.—
The tax collector has $275,000 of pro
tested tax moneys on deposit in the
Bauk of California, for which he has
certificates of special deposit. The Di
rectors assured the Collector this morn
ing that the money would be paid in a
day or two.
Suicide of President Ralston.
San Francisco, August 27. —Ralston.
President of the Bank of California,
jumped off Selby’s Smelting Works
wharf this evening, and was drowned.
The body has been recovered.
THE “ CURSE OF ROME."
A Montreal Priest Anathematizes the
Pin-Backs.
Montreal, August 27. —The Catholic
Cure of St. Jean Baptiste village has
given notice that he will refuse the sal
- to members of his church who
wear low-neck dresses or pill-back
skirts.
AUGUSTA, GLY., SATI|RDAY MORNINGr, AIXJOXJST 28, 1875.
THE CROPS.
REPORT OF THE MEMPHIS EX
CHANGE.
Condition of the Great Staple—What
the Planters Think—A Splendid Corn
I Yield—Western Cribs at a Discount.
Memphis, August 27. —The Cotton Ex
change crop report of the Memphis
district and North Alabama says : Not
withstanding the excessive wet aud
cold weather that prevailed since the
report of June 26th, the general pros
pects are of the most gratifying char
acter. The probabilities are that a
larger or better corn crop never was
made in this section of country. There
are abundant crops of wheat, oats,
millet, and in most of this region
good crops of small grasses are
made, and are all harvested and pro
tected, save corn. The latter has in
all instances matured, aud only awaits
the convenience of the planteis to
harvest. One hundred and twelve re
sponses report excessive rains; 61 the
balance of the time cloudy; 60 gener
ally cold; 61 cold night; 2 very dry; 16
favorable weather; 130 report the cot
ton plant fruiting well; 30 not well; 103
report the plant retaining fruit; 57
shedding seriously; 151 report crops
well cultivated; 6 not; 135 report better
crops than in 1871;. 21 equal to 1871; 1
not so good. The estimated average is
28 per cent, better. Twenty-five report
bottom growth only good; 67 bottom
and middle growth good; 80 report
the top crop very light, making
too much weed; 21 report bot
tom growth rotting seriously; 7
serious development of rust; 71
report perfect crops ; 8 report picking
commenced. All report it will not be
come general until the average, on
September 13th. Much speculative ap
prehension is expressed in regard to
the preserTt critical condition of the
cotton crop, which is generally claimed
to be two or three weeks later than
usual. Its luxuriant growth will re
quire an exceedingly late frost, and un
less dry, warm weather succeeds, there
is great danger of bottom growth
rotting in the low lands where
the growth is already so dense
as to exclude both sun aud air. In re
gard to the damage by the overflow,
we have been uuable to arrive at any
definite information. In most cases
our correspondents in overflowed dis
tricts have been so overwhelmed with
their own cares that they were unpre
pared and some were unwilling to make
definite responses. That very great
damage on plantations subject to the in
fluences of flood by the Mississippi river
has occurred will not admit of doubt.
When the totally destroyed crops and
those partially so by back water, in
connection with the damage by
sipe aud standing rain water, is consid
ered, we are constrained to believe
from such information as we have, that
the damage within that portion of the
cotton region allotted to this Exchange
will not fall short of 60,000 bales. The
above report is based on 161 responses
received by the Cotton Exchange. The
aggregate for North Alabama is 20.
Responses —l7 report excessive rains; 8
balance of time cloudy; 5 generally cold;
9 cold nights; 3 favorable weather; 17
report fruiting well ; 3 not; 15 retain
ing fruit; 5 shedding seriously. All
report the crops well cultivated aud
better than in 1871 by an average of
32 per cent. One reports the bottom
crop only good ; 11 bottom and mid
dling crops good; 12 top crop making
too much weed. All report no picking
will commeuce on an average before
September 11. All report the condition
of the crop the same as the Memphis
district as regards early frost. No los3
sustained by overflows*
As to other crops, 127 report su
perior corn crops; 31 good; 1 inferior.
Much damage has occurred in trie river
districts from overflow and much in
the interior by wiud storms. The esti
mated damage is not given. One hund
red and seven report no damage to the
wheat crop by exposure; 18 report the
average damage as to them of 9
per cent. The average yield per acre
of 125 reports is 12 y 2 bushels; 128 re
port good crops of oats raised: 11 in
ferior; 20 none raised; 130 report the
crops well saved; 10 not well saved,
with an average loss to them of 10 per
cent; 138 report good crops of millet;
70 small experimental crops; 117 re
port crops well saved; 24 partially dam
aged by weather; 19 report none raised;
128 report laborers working well; 23
moderately well; 9 not well.
The depreciation in the morals of
labor mostly occurs in Mississippi,
caused by political influences. In North
Alabama 16 report superior corn crops;
4 good; no damage reported; 18 report
wheat crops saved without weather
damage; 2 report a damage of 15 per
cent. Average yield per acre 10 bush
els; 14 report good oat crops grown; 6
inferior; 19 report well saved; 1 not; 19
report good millet and grass crops
grown; 1 none; 16 well saved; 3 dam
aged. An average of 3 per cent; 16 re
port laborers working well; 3 mojer
ately; 1 not well.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Statement of the Calvert Refining Com
pany —How a President and Treasur
er Banked on Other Peoples’ Money.
Baltimore, August 27.—At a meeting
of the creditors of the Calvert Sugar
Refining Company, the following state
ment was presented : Assets —cash,
$41,353 ; due by sundry parties, $1,583,-
041; stock of sugar on hand, $1,105,-
595 ; refinery, $609,974 ; total, $3,339,-
963. Liabilities—bills payable, $2,-
585,747; due sundry parties, $99,-
284 ; capital stock, $600,000 ; to
tal, $3,285,031. The Calvert Re
finery was operated by Ster
ling, Ahrens & Cos. as agents of the
company. Mr. Sterling was President
and Mr. Ahrens Treasurer. At the
meeting of the Board of Directors to
day it was ascertained that of the
amount stated as due by sundry par
ties the sum of $807,000 was owed by
the firm of Sterling, Ahrens & Cos. Mr.
Sterling tendered his resignation as
President, as also Mr. Ahrens as Treas
urer, both of which were accepted. The
directors to-day thought it advisable
to suspend payment temporarily. It
was not known to any members of the
Board of Directors of the Calvert Com
pany, except Messrs. Sterling& Ahrens,
that the firm was indebted to the Cal
vert Company, or that its credit had
been used for the benefit of the sus
pended firm. The business of the re
tintry w”l be continued.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Court Gossip About Jewell.
Washington, August 27.—Postmaster
General Jewell has returned.
Special River Report.
The Mississippi has fallen 2 inches at
St. Louis, 18 inches at Cairo, 28 inches
at Memphis, 23 inches at Helena and
has remained stationary at Vicksburg
where it is 40 feet and 11 inches.
8
FOREIGN DISIjpCHES.
Turkey Stubborn ail Herzegovina
Defiant—Austria Preparing for Me
diation—lmminent Rj.olution in Ur
uguay—Chinese lusSlts to Great
Britain. j
London, August 27.- S.’he Times' spe
cial from Berlin says European Powers
are unable to induce TvSkey to suspend
hostilities pending a Mediation. The
refusal, however, is a flitter of indif
ference, as Turkish reifjforcements are
unable to penetrate tlx: mountain de
files. Telegrams that Jiey had so pen
etrated are premature* If the Herze
govinian insurgents rejjbt the proffered
mediation, Austria, whj has assembled
a whole army corps in lalmatia, will be
in a position to offer Iho Sultan her
good offices. i
The Daily Telegraph*. n its financial
column to-day, says p'*vate telegrams
from Montevideo stutt*.hat the dissat
isfaction with the President and his
Ministry is such that rjj| doubt is enter
tained that another resolution is immi
nent in Uruguay. L
Bombay, August 27.->4o he Gazette, of
this city, publishes that
the British Minister atf?Pekin has been
thwarted and negotiations
with the Chinese Govetijiment, and has
telegraphed to London i:or instructions
and for reinforci i . its4o British troops
in China. jf
The Manchest a: Gim dian and Bir
mingham Post puhlishrln their special
dispatches from Loti Jim information
which corroborates t report of the
Bombay Gazette, and jferports to be de
rived from the Foreigripffice here.
Great Britain and ffiie Chinese.
London, August 27. (LA communica
tion has been received from the British
Minister at Pekin, corrislaining of the
manner in which he If 1 been treated
by the Chinese Goverijfeuent since the
Burmah affair, and (firiiring to have
his hands strengtheneifin case of need.
He has, however, not bf-n insulted, and
reports of the seriousiiqs of the affair
are highly colored, 5
British ’aas.
London, August 27. §>Hops promise
a large yield, Americfn four pounds
ten shillugs to five jfmnds ten shil
lings. 5
CRIMES AND C &UALTIES.
Steamboat Collision \v |fi Fatal Results
—Sinking ol‘ larges.
Detroit, August 27. fr The Canadian
steamer Manitoba and§ : ropeller Comet
came in collision at 8:;|i at White Fish
Point, Lake Superior. Idle Comet sunk
immediately. Ten peitons were lost,
including the captain. fNo one injured
on the Manitoba.' ?
Sault St. Marie, Mia;., August 27.
The steamer Manitoba is here with the
survivors of the crew qf the propeller
Comet. Among the drlwned are Babey
aud Brown first and s;oud engineers
and nine others whosef iames are un
known. p
Cairo, August 27.-*Fhe tow boat
Smoky City, with t we! §* barges in tow,
struck the bar head ;* Island No. 10.
sinking the whole tow frscept one boat.
Robbing a Sleeping M)ach and Ex
press Cti.
Cincinnati, August y 7. —Passengers
in a sleeping car fr jL i Chicago via
Kuukee, were robbed SI,OOO.
Salt Lake City, Aug' st27.—The Ex
press car, on the Union Pacific
Railroad bound east, ast night was
robbed of several pc kages between
Bitter Creek and Tabk Rock stations.
Louisville, August 27.—Mrs. J. I’.
Couse, of Nashville, c< omitted suicide
after her third attempt
New York, Augustr 27.—The mer
chant, Noe, assaulted S i his store by
a burglar, is dead. B
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FROM NEW YORK.
Correcting au “Obvi us Mistake”—
Grant and C< kling.
New York, August 2‘ —The dispatch
seat hence yesterday bout the meet
ing of the New York delegation, in
cluding Messrs. Ottend "for, F. A. Conk
ling, Henry Kemp an* ; others, to the
proposed financial coi mention at Cin
cinnati, inadvertently tgCmed the latter
an inflation convention fc when it should
have been designate p a hard money
convention. Justice tithe speakers at
the meeting renders tips correction ne
cessary, although this mistake is ob
vious aud could decei.lt nobody.
Grant will be the { Best of Senator
Conkling at the meecSig of the Army
of the Cumberland, Utica, N. Y.,
September 15 and 16. 1
Statement of B *:ter & Cos.
Achibald Baxter J Cos., who sus
pended a few weeks a*>, filed a sched
ule in the County Cleiß’s office. Their
assets are about SIIB,OOO, and their
liabilities in the neigblbrhood of $250,-
000. They think tin * will be able to
pay GO cents on the d® iar, aud if time
is given them very na2iy or quite pay
dollar for dollar. Tlfi assignees had
their bond fixed at s4!sk)o.
* COMMERfAL.
A Large Sale of CcSee—The Condi
tion of Sterling, Wireus & Cos.
Richmond, August *7.—Bark Trio’s
cargo of Rio coffee waSsold by Daven
port & Morris at 20%c. iu gold.
The buyers were mosljy Rahimore and
Western men. The ale realized SIOO,
000 in gold. ■
Baltimore, August *57. —The liabili
ifeies of Abiens & Cos. ®e $2,500,000, of
which $1,000,000 is ,Se in Baltimore
to merchants, bahj|| and bankers.
They employed 350 m||. in their refine
ries. The immediateffiau&d of failure
was shrinkage in mol|fses.
— —i ■ vjaft*-
THE Tipp.
Long Branch, Augijß 27.- In thoone
mile and a quarter Juee for all ages,
Spendthrift was thef ■ inner. Time —
2:13. I
In the mile heats ages, Donny
brook was winner!! Time—l:46%,
1:48%, 1:51%. Spendthrift took the
first heat. £•
Three-quarters of mile dash, Bur
ges was the winner, me—l:lß%.
In the steeple ehasi* Dead Head was
the winner. Time—4ss>%.
Died of Starvation!# ■; the Presence
of Plenty. —A touch if jj story is that of
the little wild bird wfeh flew into the
great dining hall of if) Grand Union
hotel at Saratoga, api could neither
find its way out nor iff lured to safety
by the kindly endea|| rs of the ser
vants, through the (prances and the
lower part of the winiil: ws were nearly
always open. The ' v ' wy upholstery
of the upper half of S&j windows pre
vented its only chf fee of escape; so
after fluttering bewl]|l|;red among the
forest of chandelhja for six days,
guests all the time f| acting at the ta
bles below, it at leng|iplied of starva
tion, and was picked| *> on the floor.
OUR CLARKESVILLE LETTER.
Nacoochee Valley—Splendid Crops and
Sublime Scenery—Capt. James Nicli
olds aud His Beautiful Home—A Pal
ace in the Mountains—Yonah—ln
dian Legends—Geo. W. Williams and
His Projects—How to Make Shin
plasters Good—The King (Williams)
Can do no Wrong—A Meat Crop—
Visitors, etc.
(Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Clarkesville, August 26.
Of course, no one who visits this
place feels that he has “done” the
country unless he has included in his
visits Nacoochee Valley, and ascended
Youah Mountain. Nacoochee Valley is
about thirteen miles north of this place,
and is formed by a spur of the Blue
Ridge and the hills which lie to the
south. The valley is from a quarter to
three-quarters of a mile in width, and
about three and a half miles in length.
The soil is of great fertility, and corn,
hay and the small grains grow luxuri
antly. Much of the corn is of immense
height, and has from two to three ears
upon a stalk. No fertilizers are used,
and from forty to seventy-five bushels of
corn are made to the acre. The lands
are owned by only three or four per
sons, and are held at eighty and one
hundred dollars per acre. The drive
through the valley is perfectly lovely.
Captain Nichol’s place at the lower end
of the valley is the great attraction for
all strangers. He has a perfect palace,
in the way of a house, and his grounds
and flowers are exquisite. The house
is magnificently furnished, and every
thing in perfect taste. The house is
furnished throughout with cold spring
water, brought from a natural reser
voir a short distance above the mansion
This reservoir, also furnishes power
sufficient to run small machinery, foun
tains, and for protection against fire,
and the hose and other fire apparatus
may be seen in perfect order in all
parts of the grounds. The Captain
also indulges in the luxury of gas.
The walls in every room are hung with
elegant oil paintings, and one can see
all the handsome scenery in North Ga.,
as near as it can be represented on can
vas, by a visit to this place. You can
also see innumerable Indian relics, some
of them being marvels of curiosity and
beauty. His grounds, of course, are pri
vate, but all are welcome, and no kinder,
more courteous or hospitable gen
tleman can be found in any country. It
is his perfect delight to entertain you
show you all over the house and
grounds. Nothing is too much trouble
for him to do for you, and he will pull
for and present to you his rarest flow
ers. Indeed I think his only regret al
ways seems to be that he can’t give you
his whole place and let you take it
home with you. Mount Yonah is about
three miles from his house and you
can drive in a buggy to the
base, while the ascent must be
made on foot or upon a mighty
sure-footed horse. The climb is a
pretty tiresome one, but after reaching
the summit, one feels perfectly repaid
for the toil. The view from some
points is fearfully grand, and from
others exquisitely so. It is perfectly
impossible for language to convey to
the mind the magnificent panorama
which lies before you when once you
have reached the summit. The moun
tain is 3,120 feet high, and you can see
into five States, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia. The mountain ranges aud
hills lie in just such directions as to
make up a scene that one could look at
for ages and never get tired, nor yet
lie able to convey to others the grand
eur of the prospect. Some of the preci
pices are perfectly fearful to stand up
on, overlooking, as they do, immense
chasms thousands of feet below that
fairly make one tremble to look
down into, and you can but think that
you are upon the very brink of eterni
ty. No ono should visit North Georgia
without taking advantage of the op
portunity to get a view from the sum
mit of Yonah. The Indian princess
Nacoochee and her lover are supposed
to have leaped from the summit of this
mountain enfolded in each others’ arms,
and been dashed to pieces upon the
jagged rocks below, rather than be
separated. There are many legends of
romance connected with these heights,
but I will not undertake to detail them
here.
Geo. W. Williams, of Charleston,
owns a large amount of land in Na
eooeheo Valley, and is building a very
handsome residence, and has already
made extensive improvements about
his grounds. By the way, he seems to
have started a bank right here in the
valley, and the Valley Bank bills, as
they are called, are freely circulated
here as money. They are of various
denominations, and are printed upon
white paper, in the shape of a bank
bill, with the figure of an Indian prin
cess, supposed to be Nacoochee,
printed across the left end of the bill.
A two dollar bill which was given me
in change reads as follows:
“No. 134.
Nacoochee, Ga., July Ist, 1875.
Pay to the order of Geo. W. Wiliams,
Jr., two dollars, for plantation and me
chanical work, and charge to account
of Geo. W. Williams.
To Charles L. Williams, Nacoochee, Ga.”
Written across the back Geo. W. Wil
liams and printed on back “Two Dol
lars.” Someone said to me that there
was about §IOO,OOO of this money out,
but I should hardly suppose there was
any such amount as that in circulation.
At any rate it is a good thing for Mr.
Williams, for he has the use of this
money without interest, and, of course,
all that is lost is so much made for
him. It is the first time I ever saw such
money in circulation, and it naturally
occurred to me whether the issue was
not in violation of our statute against
the issuing of unauthorized currency,
as found in section 4,450 of the Code.
There is life in this laud yet, for Mr.
Ezekial Brown, of Towns county,
brought here for sale the other day
over two thousand pounds of fine hams
and bacon, cured by himself, and says
he has lots more at home, and that his
people are going to put up meat now
regularly. The meat met with a ready
sale, and was pronounced of very su
perior quality. Such evidences of cut
ting loose from smokehouses in the
West should be noticed and encour
aged.
Since my expose of the rascally pro
ceedings of the United States Commis
sioner’s Court of Joshua M. Church, he
has moved the “court house” to his
home, about seven miles in the coun
try, and there ho and the Marshal,
Martin, manipulate things to suit them
selves. He tried and convicted seven
prisoners out there the other night, and
sent them to Atlanta. Illicit distilling
was of course the charge.
Notwithstanding the lateness of the
season, visitors are constantly arriving,
and the place has quite a full comple
ment. Among the latest arrivals I
must notice the very handsome and
lovely Misses Helena and Mary Holst
! from Savannah. They have been at
school in England for a number of
years, and have all the robust health
and accomplishments of English wo
men blended with that elegant grace
and refinement which makes our South
ern girls so attractive.
The weather is quite cool, and those
who haven’t their thick clothes with
them will soon have to be getting home
ward.
The Winnebago County, Illinois in
sult to President Davis has knocked
the Centennial fever in these parts
“higher than a kite,” your comments
upon the whole affair were able and to
the point and struck the key note of
this part of Georgia. The Constitu
tionalist has a record of which its
editor may be justly proud, for it has
ever aud always charged the deplorable
condition into which the county has
been plunged, to the true cause, Butler,
Sumner & Co’s “war since the war.”
The people too are beginning to see
that your shots were fired in the right
place and that you always struck the
enemy where he was least prepared to
defend. There is but one issue and you
are keeping it constantly before the
multitude. Lex.
LETTER FROM LINCOLN.
The Weather aud the Crops—Working
the Roads—Fire and Accidents—Re
vivals—Some Words with the Un
godly.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Goshen, Lincoln County, 1
August 24, 1875. j
The weather for the past two weeks
has been very pleasant, as compared
with the time previous. We have had
cloudy days for that length of time,
with occasional showers, proving of
benefit to the crops, and especially late
corn.
Throughout this section the crops
are still very good, and very nearly a
full crop of corn aud cotton will be
made. But in some sections in the
lower part of the county only a half
crop af cotton and about one-third
crop of corn is expected, caused
by the protracted drought some
weeks since. The rains during that
time were very partial indeed. I
know of one farmer on the Petersburg
Road whose crop has not suffered a
day for rain, while there were several
within two or three miles who had no
rain of any consequence for four or live
weeks. There appears to have been a
section near Pine Grove Church, of
about six or seven miles square, in
which there are about twelve or fifteen
farms, which was peculiarly unfortu
nate in not haviug any rain to do any
good for several weeks, aud this is the
section where only about half a crop
will be made. The farmers are begin
ning to pick cotton, which is opening
slowly. I heard of ono person who was
to have commenced last week. We are
just now in the midst of the fodder
pulling season, and the farmers desire
very much to see a few days of clear
weather, in order that they may save
this part of their crop.
Our public roads have been recently
worked very thoroughly, not, however,
any too soon, for they have needed it
for several months past. I have heard
very general complaints of the bad con
dition of the Petersbug road in Colum
bia county; travelers on that road say
ing it has been almost impassable in
some places. As this is the principal
road leading from Lincoln to Augusta,
those who are compelled to travel it,
think it should be kept in better order.
We hope it has been attended to by the
overseers.
The kitchen and dairy of Mr. Dan
Lake, living about one mile from
Goshen, were consumed by lire on
Tuesday morning about daylight, de
stroying everything iu both houses.
The dwelling was only about twenty
feet from the kitchen, and no doubt
would also have taken lire, had it not
been that a steady rain had fallen dur
ing the greater part of the night, thor
oughly wetting the roof. Mr. L. and
wife were not home at the time, and
are at a loss to know how the building
took lire, as there had been no fire in
the stove after dinner Saturday. It
was very probably caused by putting
some hot ashes in a wooden vessel some
time during Saturday.
Mr. Long Zellars, an old and highly
respected citizen of this county, who,
several months since, lost an eye by a
twig striking him on the eyeball, has
had a very severe time of it, being con
fined to the house most of the time.
He has suffered exceedingly, and it is
fealed he will lose his other eye. There
appears to be really very little improve
ment in his condition.
Capt. P. W. Sale, of Goshen, had a
similar occurrence to happen to him
last Saturday, though not as severe as
that of Mr. Zellars. While driviug some
cattle through the woods, a pine sap
ling flew back, and the leaves striking
him in the eye, tore the eye lid and
scratched the eye ball, producing a
very painful wound. It is hoped that
it will not prove serious.
Avery gracious revival spirit seems
to have visited the people of Lincoln
recently, more especially among the
Baptists. At Double Branches church
about twenty-five joined ; at Salem
about the same number ; at New Hope
about a dozen; at Goshen twelve or
fifteen; at Greenwood several, and now
a very interesting meeting is being
held at Liucoluton by ltev. Mr. Calla
way, the Baptist Minister of that
church, about fifteen having already
joined. At Pine Grove Methodist
Church a very interesting meeting was
held recently, resulting in thirty-five
conversions and eighteen additions.—
From what I hear others say, such a
general season of revivals has not been
seen and felt in this county for several
years.
I noticed not long since in the corre
spondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel,
and also in the McDuffie Journal, two
paragraphs reflecting somewhat on the
ministry at our recent camp meeting
for publicly rebuking some bad be
havior at that place. The idea that
seems to be conveyed in those two
papers is that the people were general
ly abused, and abused by the preachers
for no cause whatever. To set the
ministry right in the eyes of the peo
ple, I want to say that I have inquired
of several as to the public rebukes in
question, and all whom I have asked
say that the behavior of some on that
occasion was fully aggravated enough
to deserve all the censure visited upon
them from the pulpit—that not any
thing too much was said—and that no
blame can be laid at the door of the
ministers, for those who so far forgot
themselves as to misbehave were sev
eral times asked to be quiet and would
not heed. Furthermore, the censure
was not intended as a general one, em
bracing every one on the ground, but
only for those who were guilty, and it
was not expected that any persons
would take it to themselves but those
whom the “ cap would fit.” C.
REPORTS OF THE GEORGIA
CROPS.
Returned to the State Department of
Agriculture, at Atlauta, Ga., August
*lstk, 1875.
In the following report the numbers op
posite rice, peaches, grapes, aud corn for
age, refer to the yield, compared to that of
last year. The others refer to the condi
tion of the crops, etc., compared to an av
erage.
General State Averages
Corn, 85 Cotton, 81. Sugar cane, 87. Sor
ghum, 97. Sweet potatoes, 86. Field peas,
92. Ground peas. 97. Rice, 88. Peaches,
87. Grapes, 96. Corn forage, 89.
In order to secure a more correct state
ment of the corn and cotton prospects of
the State, the returns from the counties of
Carroll, Campbell, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwin
nett, Jackson, Madison, Elbert and all those
north of them, have been consolidated to
t hemselves, and all the counties south of
these also consolidated, with the following
results:
Nprth Georgia.—Corn, 102. Cotton, 96.
Middle and ..South Georgia.—Corn, 77.
Cotton, 76.
It will thus be seen that the principal
cotton producing sections of the State re
port a very low average, in consequence of
the drouth and heated term in July, while
the grain region, In which a comparatively
small part or the cotton crop of tlio State
is produced, reports a high average, mak
ing a difference of 5 per cent, in the general
average of the State.
Burke.—Corn, 73. Cotton, 75. Sugar cane.
67. Sorghum, 83. Sweet potatoes, 85. Field
peas, 85 Ground peas, 95. Stock, 94.
Peaches, 98. Grapes, 102.> But little rain
from May 2d to August lltli.
Columbia.—Corn, 80. Cotton, 70. Sugar
cane, 90. Sweet potatoes, 73. Field peas,
90. Ground peas, 75. Stock, 93. Peacha-,
75. Grapes, 71. Corn forage, 90. Rainfall,
%. No rain from July Bto August 10.
Elbert —Corn, 110. Cotton, 95. Sorghum,
125. Sweet potatoes, 100. Field peas, 90.
Ground peas, 100. Stock, 107. Peac es, 27.
Grapes, 00. < orn forage. 100! Rainfall, 3.5.
Crops injured by storm and hail: too much
rain.
Greene—Corn, 90. Cotton, 97. Sweat po
tatoes, 83. Field peas, 90. Ground peas,
95. Stock, 105. Rice, 110. Poaches, 125.
Grapes, 70. Corn forage, 75.
Hancock—Corn, 90. Cotton, 90. Sor
ghum, 105. Sweet potatoes, 91. Field peas,
JOO. Ground peas, 90. Stock, 110. Peaches.
97. Grapes, 110. Corn forage, 87. Rainfal,
4.9-16. Mean temperature. 84.
Jefferson—Corn, 72. Cos ton, 70. Sugar
cane, 65. Sorghum, 70. Sweet Potatoes,
50. Field peas, 90. Ground peas, 90. stock,
80. Peaches, 70. Grapes, 100. Rainfall,
3.75. Mean temperature, 74.
McDuffie—Corn, 90. Cotton. 73. Sweet
potatoes, 80. Field peas, 73. Ground peas,
Stock, 101. Rice, 100. Peaches, 95. Grapes, 90
110. Corn forage, 90. Rainfall, 1.5. Mean
temperature, 84. Tenants will not make
cotton enough to pay for advances.
Oglethorpe—Corn, 90. Cotton, 70. Sweet
potatoes, 100. Field deas, 100. Stock, 100.
Reaches, 40. Grapes, 100. Rainfall, 2.25.
Taliaferro—Corn 70. Cotton, 62. Sweet
potatoes, 90. Field peas, 95. Ground peas,
100. Stock, 100. Peaches, 150. Grapes, 95.
Suffered in July for rain; plenty now.
Warren—Corn, 110. Cotton, 80. Sweet
potasoes, 70. Field peas, 100. Stock, 110.
Peaches, 125.
.^Washington—Corn, 77. Colton, 65. Su
gar cane, 87. Sweet potatoes, 62. Field
peas, 89. Ground peas, 90. Stock, 100.
Peaches, 100. Grapes. 100. Rainfall, 2.12.
Mean temperature. 84. Dr.uth and hot
weather from July 15 to August 1. Injured
crops in part of the county. Rains since
August Ist.
Wilkes—Corn, 77. Cotton, 77. Sweet po
tatoes, 87. Field peas, 50. Stock, 95. Crops
injured 25 per cent, by drouth.
In addition to the questions on the condi
tion and yield of cro s, the following were
asked, and have elieted the subjoined most
interesting and instructive information:
1. Have farmers bought on a credit to as
great an extent this year as last?
Answer. 92 per cent, of the correspon
dents report that they have not.
This is an encouraging indication of a re
turn on tlie part of the farmers to a ration
al, self-sustaining system of agriculture,
which alone is profitable, as shown by an
swers to some questions which follow.
2. What per cent, of farmers buy exclu
sively for cash?
Answer. 20 per cent.
3. What per cent, per annum is paid on
the cash prices of goods, when bought on a
credit, payable November Ist?
Answer. 41 per cent ! This is suicidal.
4. Estimate, from the best data at your
command, the amount annu lly paid in in
terest by the farmers in your county, by
buying on time?
Answer. 67 counties report an aggregate
of $2,078,500. Many others report the
amount large, but no means of estimating
it with approximate accuracy.
5. What per cent, of the cotton crop of
your section is pledged for supplies ad
vaneed to make it, and hcncc will have to
go to market November Ist?
Answer. 38 per cent., or more than one
third of the crop virtually sold before it is
made.
6. What per cent, of those who raise their
own supplies make a profit by farming '
Answer. 80 per cent.
7. What per cent lose?
Answer. 8 per cent.
8. W hat per cent, of those who buy all or
part of their supplies make a profit?
Answer. 23 per cent.
9. What per cent, lose?
Answer. 75 per cent.
10. Ho farmers generally give daily per
sonal supervison to all of their farm labor?
Answer. 7i per cent.'of the correspond
ents say they do in their sections, while 29
per cent, say they do not.
11. Does such supervision cause labor to
be better satisfied, and render it more effi
cient?
Answer. 98 per cent, say yes.
12. Is the laud in your section being im
proved, or still further exhausted?
Answer. 55 per cent, say improved, the
rest exhausted.
13. If improved, what are the means used?
. Answer. Correspondents generally agree
in attributing the improvement to' better
plowing, rest, rotation, green manure and
compost.
14. If exhausted, what are the principal
causes?
Answer. The usual answer to this is just
the reverse of the last, with the addition of
waste by washing.
15. Is land more rapidly exhausted and
gullied under the cropping and renti ig
system than when worked by wages labor v
Answer. 96 per cent, report “yes.”
The above responses, coming as th >y do
from the most intelligent farmers "and
planters in all parts of the State, are full of
lessons of instruction.
While it is encouraging to know that far
mers have bought less o-i a cfedit this
year than last, the above report shows that
t here is yet ample room for reform And re
trenchment.
We learn from the above that only 20 per
cent, of the farmers buy entirely for cash,
while those who buy on a credit pay at the
enormous rate of 44 per cent, per annum
interest on what they consume, amounting,
in the aggregate, in the Kußoof Georgia, to
the astouishiu b sum of $4,250,003—f0ur and
a quarter millions dollars paid by the
farmers in interest on what they consume.
Is it remarkable that farming is not proiit
able under such a suicidal policy? No
legitimate business can pay 44 per cent, per
annum on the capital necessary to conduct
it, and live.
Auothor instructive lesson taught by the
above answers is the fact that 80 per cent,
of those who raise their supplies make a
profit, while 75 per oent. of those who buy
lose money. Ret us put these facts to
gether and study the lesmns taught by
them:
Ist. Only 20 per cent, of the farmers pay
cash for what they buy.
2d. Those who buy op a credit pay an
average of 44 per cent, per annum interest
on 1 he cash prices.
3d. The farmers of Georgia pay, in inter
est on supplies—nearly all of which can be
r ased on their farms—the sum of $4,250,-
000, which is more than half of the bonded
debt of Georgia, and is 14 per cent, of the
value of the entire cotton crop of the
State.
4tli. 80 per cent, of those who raise their
supplies make a profit, while 75 per cent,
of those who buy, lose.
These are startling facts, which, takon in
connection with those developed in previ
ous reports from this Department, viz
that the farmers of Georgia annually lose
by the injudicious purchase and use of fer
tilizers, more than $2,000,000, aud that one
groat brunch of industry, sheep-husband
ry, one oi the avenues or escape from our
embarrassments, is absolutely prohibited,
by tiie absence of necessary legislation and
the consequent tax of 15 per cent, of the
whole number of sheep In the State to feed
dogs, demand the seri >us consideration of
our farming community.
New Series—Vol. 3, IST.o. 21.
What are the remedies for these blights
upon our industry?
The difficulties teach their own lessons,
and suggest their own remedies:
Ist. Experience and these facts teach that
raising cotton to buy supplies to raise cot
ton at present prices, leads directly to.
bankruptcy and ruin.
2d. That those who raise their own sup
plies make cotton at a profit, and are pros
perous. Indeed, correspondents generally
repo rt that those who raise their own sup
plies cannot lose money, if thev attend to
their business.
3d. That home manures must be hus
banded, concentrated, and judiciously ap
plied.
4th. That the farmers must demand such
legislation as will remove the present pro
hibition upon sheep husbandry.
With only 370.492 sheep in Georgia, the
annual loss by dogs, valuing the sheen at
only $1.50 per head, is $83,457, which is a
mere trifle compared to the amount lost to
the Stale by the prevention of sheep rais
ing. . *
To sum up the whole in a lew words, the
farmers, to be prosperous, must—
-Ist. Cease to buy supplies that can be
raisod on tholr farms.
2d. They must cease to buy fertilizers,
except to supplement home manures, care
fully husbanded under shelter.
3d. They must reduce their planting down
to a cash basis.
4th They must demand such a tax upon
dogs anti such protection from their rava
ges as will enable them to raise wool aud
mutton, and thus utilize, almost without
labor, their at present waste or useless
lands.
The price at which the growing crop of
cotton will sell will not pay the cost of
production to those who have purchased
their supplies.
Farmers are therefore urged to com
mence at once to provide against the leaks
which are sapping their financial life-blood,
by sowing largely of grain, and especially
ot the rust-proof oat, early in the Fall, by
caret ully husbanding all the manures on
the farm, under shelter, for use in com
posting for the next season’s crops, and by
taking proper steps towards increasing
their facilities for raising stock, and
especially sheep.
Under the present system, six and a half
millions of dollars which should goto swell
the anuual proiits of Georgia farmers, find
their way int o the pockets of others, mostly
beyond the limits of our State, in conse
quence of the suicidal* policy at present
pursued, by buying what should be raised
at home. Will not our farmers make their
farms self-sustaining—raise their supplies
and pocket these profits?
Discard the old habit of boasting of the
number of acres planted, the number of
plows run, or the number of bales of cotton
made, and look well to the number of dol
lars of clear profit.
The following special weather reports
will he found interesting:
Mrs. P. H. Mell reports at Atla ta, rain
fall from July 15th to August 15th, 1 %
inches. Mean temperature for the same
period, observed at 7 a. m., 1 p. m. and 6
p. m., is 71.75 deg. Far.
Ihe following table, showing the rainfall
from the 15th of July to the 15th of August,
for the last six years, has beon kindly fur
nished by Maj. S. b. Wight, of Atlanta, Ga.:
Year. Inches.
1870 2.25
1871 1.12
1872 .3.91
1873 3.87
1874 4.70
1875 1.49
Atlanta is 1084 feet above low water mark
at Savannah, and is situated in lattitude
35:54 north, longitude 7:28 west from YVash
ington, D. C.
Table showing the rainfall and mean
temperature at (Jravvfordvillo, Ga., for the
months of Juus and July, 1875, reported bi
llon. A. 11. Stephens:
JUNE.
Rainfall 2.62 inches.
Mean temperature 82.50 deg.
JULY.
Rainfall 1.41 inches.
Mean temperature 85 deg.
Dr. J. M. Board man, of Macon, Ga., re
ports for Juno, 1874:
Moan temperature 77 deg.
Rainfall 3.48 inches.
For June, 1875:
Mean temperature 80 deg
Rainfall 3.16 inches.
Dr. Boardman reports, from July 15 to
August 15:
Mean temperature at Macon, Ga. 83 deg.
Rainfall .6 59 inches.
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
N. B.—Since the consolidation of the
above, information received at this Depart
ment indicates the prevalence of red rust
on cotton in some localities. T. P. J.
A Head Worth Having.
[Troy Press.]
One of the most remarkable charac
ters has just passed away at Williams
town, Mass., in the death of a negro,
named Abraham Parsons, or “Abe
Butter,” as he was known to every
one acquainted with the toftn. Abe’s
popular title was descriptive, aud grew
out of his ram-like butting propensi
ties, “butting” being his readiest and
most effective method of defense. His
thickness of skull, even for one of his
race, was simply astounding. He would
split a heavy plank with his head, in
the way of business, or for the amuse
ment of any one willing to pay a quarter
for such fun, or would utterly dis
count and rout an adversary by
launching himself boldly and irresista
bly at his stomach. These were his
play spells. The worthies of the vil
lage will vouch for other stories illus
trative of Abe’s more vigorous achieve
ments. They beguiled him years ago
into splitting a small grindstone. He
was asked at one of the stores if he
wanted a cheese. Naturally, ho did,
aud they told him it must be put in a
sack and he must smash it with his
head ; so they inserted the stone, and
Abe actually and literally shivered it—
aud let us hope got his cheese. When
Cole’s store was burned some years
ago, and the heavy door could not be
broken open, Abe very obligiugly
pounded it in with his head.
Rescued From a Life of Shame.—A
girl only sixteen years of age, possess
ing beauty and intelligence, the daugh
ter of a prominent and wealthy citizen
of Baltimore, whose name is suppress
ed for obvious reasons, was taken by
the police last night from a notorious
house of ill-fame on Josephine street
kept by a woman named Mary King.
The latter, it is said, induced the girl to
enter her house and adopt a life of
shame. She has been absent from
home for more than a week, during
which time her parents have made
every effort to ascertain her where
abouts, and finally applied to the po
lice. She was detained at the Western
Police Station last night, and this morn
ing her father will have her sent to the
House of the Good Shepherd, where
she will detained until she is eighteen
years of ago. The police say that cases
of this kind are of frequent occurrence.
—Baltimore Gazette, 25.
A Secret Incident of the War.—Ex-
Governor Vance, of North Carolina, in
his recent address before the Southern
Historical Society, related a secret in
cident of the war. He said that soon
after the failure of the Hampton Roads
conference he was visited by the late
Gov. Graham, who stated to him that
many of the Senators and Representa
tives in the Confederate Congress, and
other leading men, believed that the
end of tho war was noar, and despair
ing of obtaining peace through Mr.
Davis, they desired Mr. Vance, as Gov
ernor of North Carolina, to enter into
separate terms with President Lincoln.
Gov, Vance said that he declined to
take tho desired step.
Judy advises those contemplating
matrimony to keep on contemplating it
and they won’t get hurt,