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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1867)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST What has Become of the Cotton Crop of 1866 ? . A considerable crop of cotton was made last year, and owing; to the high price of the article it must have brought in market nearly two hundred millions of dollars. The Federal Union continues as follows: wWhat hag become of this vast amount of money ? It has not gone to pay old debts; if it had, the money would still be in the country, and money would be plenty. But there does not appear to be any more money now in the Cotton States than at this time last year. It is all gone, all passed away, and gone to enrich mlicr people ; all gone into the pockets of our oppressors. A large portion of it has gone to buy provisions, which the Southern planter could have made, and saved the money he got for cotton. Will the Southern pebple never learn wisdom from experience? If they wish to become rich and independent, let them learn, first of all, to make their own provi sions, and after that make what cotton they can. A short cotton crop is generally more profitable to the cultivator than a large one, because when the chop is small the price will be large, besides when the planter divides his labors and makes provisions as well as cotton, the money he gets for his cotton is his to keop, and docs not go to the North to buy provisions. If, in addition to raising their own provisions, the Southern people would manufacture their cotton, they would soon become the richest people on earth, but as long as tliey depend alone upon the cotton crop, they must be content to work for a bare living*.and a poor one at that, whilst all the profits of their labor goes to enrich some Yan kec.manufaeturCr or some Western speculator in provisions. No people that depend on others for their victuals and clothes can ever be rich or prosperous or independent. Cotton is not king, though ninny persons makes themselves slaves to cotton. We say to every, planter who desires to make money and be independent, first be sure you are right about provisions, and then go ahead with your coltou. Practical Duties. —The weather is now pleasant, anil it therefore behooves the farmers to prepare speedily to raise another crop. We have so frequently, says the Griffin Star , Siven our fanning friends gratuitous advice, that wc fear tliey will imagine we arc trespass ing upon their rights ; hut wc must once more beg our friends to plant sufficient corn to sup ply their wants, and enable them to raise an other crop. No people can be independent who rely upon other communities lor the ucecssaries of life. With sufficient corn to fatten their pork, aud feed their other stock, the people of this State may bid defiance to forpign markets and provision speculators, and enjoy the comforts of home without the fear of approaching want. Many of our farmers who ignored our advice last spring are now' suffer ing the consequences of -their folly. Their stock of corn is exhausted, their cottou money gone, and they are seeking provisions by mortgaging the crop yet to be raised. We hope our friends will be warned before it is too late. Wanted—A Tariff on Ice I— Boston and Massachusetts demand that ice should be pro tected, after prosecuting a profitable trade in that article since February, 1805, when Freder ick Tuber, of Boston, shipped the first cargo, and exporting $1,000,0(X) from Bostou alone iu 1860. This subject is actually,-before the Leg islature, whore a committee recommend Con gress to impose this duty; as Massachusetts and flic Hub noiv rule the Federal Capital, perhaps the tax will be imposed. When icc is taxed by thoGovcrnment, we may next expect a tax on water and air. Tills, says the New York Even ing Express, at least, is the coolest proposition of the new year thus far. How will they do about the cold weather “. deown Seouth ?” We can freeze our creeks and ponds uqlcss they put a high tariff on North winds. Who ’Knows Him ? —We have received, says the Columbus Enquirer , a letter from Mcm- Vfois, Tennessee, in which the writer injprms us that he has learued that a man named J. M Kailey, called “ the Irish Comedian,” had been arrested at Rockport, Indiana, for singing a song composed by himself, entitled “ Dixie's Fallen Flag,” and for “several other secession demonstrations.” Our correspondent states that Railey had written to Memphis for counsel and assistance, and that he (the writer) bad learned that Railey Is from Coin tubus, Georgia; and he says that*if this is true, he wHI go to Indiana and do all he can for him.- He asks us whether it is true that Hailey was raised in this city. The Enquirer really didn't know. Effects of Habit. — A letter from Paris, of the Sfcid of January, says that a body of peas ants, from the depths of Siberia, have coinc to Paris and put up wooden cabins like those ot their owu country, near th: Palace of the Ex position. “They sutler horribly from the mildness Os our climate. The other day, when it was freezing hard enough to split of them cried out with a melancholy air: ‘Oh, my God, when will it get cool here ?’ Anoth er, thinking it was mld-suramcr, arrayed hira aelf in a calico gown. And a third thus wrote to his father i * The heat is excessive at Paris ; would you believe it ? For eight days that we have been here my nose has not been frozen a single time!’ ” The Difference.— A schoolmaster in Dub liu has been mado to pay £‘3oo damages for brutally flogging a pupil. In the State of “greaf moral ideas,” where the “God and humanity” party and Beu'Butler are iu blooming ascendency, they do things differently. They re-elect with honors the teacher who, with two assistants, “larrnped” a young lady of seventeen with a heavy leather strap, and sent £er home wounded and sick with the flogging. Dead. —Wilson Flint died in San Francisco a few days since. It was Wilsou Flint, says the Examiner , who bolted the Know Nothing cau- i cus in the Legislature ot 1555, and alone pre vented the election of H. s. Foote to the Sen-1 ate. No matter what his short comings may i have been in other respects, that one act should ! embalm his memory with Californians. The total number of hogs packed in the Wc«t this season, aeeording to the Illinois Journal, is 1,416,741, against 1,899,121 last I year. This shows that the stories about trich-! inn had very little effect with the pork caters. An entomologist lately fell in love with a i young woman on account of her beetle brow®. From Our Special Correspondent. Sparta, Ga., February 14th, 1867. Mr. Editor : Prospects of labor is not so gloomy as immediately after Christinas. These estimates were formed upon a basis of one-third less than last year. Every exertion has been used by the stimulus of necessity ; white labor ot the county added, women and children brought in, until we make a safe calculation up on seventy-five or eighty per cent, of last year’s labor ; and then, we expect to purchase about 1,000 tons of fertilisers, against 400 for last year. We may calculate that Hancock will produce more than last year, with genial seasons. John E. Harrison, of this county, was killed on the 12th inst., by David Pound—receiving the discharge from a donble-barrel shot gun in the right breast, producing instant death. The evidence before the coroner’s inquest is, that they had quarrelled ; Pound cursed him," and Harrison picked up- a rail, and was instantly *hot. The case, we understand, comes up for commitment before Judge GoudCr to-morrow. . ~ - - Hancock. [COMMUNICATED. J “ Horse Creek.” | Mr. Edttou :Is there any part of the w’oild | that you have visited, (the American world, we mean,) where you did not come across a “Horse | Creek,”a “ Buckhead,” or a “Beaver Dam?” • It Is easy to imagine why a stream -should bear j l} 16 name of “ Beaver Dam,” and some concep tion may lie formed of the applicability of “ Buckhead but why “ Horse Creek” should j be so common a name, is a solution to which j we confess out* inadequacy, i But our design is not to favor you with a trea tise on names, but to call attention to a part of the country which, despite its poverty-stricken character and natural unfitness for agricultural purposes, promises to be a most important section. Commencing a little below Augusta, and reaching far back among the pine barren hills of South Carolina, is a valley possessing no par | ticular attraction a3 respects soii or scenery. ! For long years it was known only to the few | scattered inhabitants who subsisted chiefly by ; sawing lumber or eked out a poor living by | carting melons and light wood knots tp market. I A patch of very poor corn, and a few potatoes I and pindars, constituted the sain total of agfi ; cultural products ; to which might be ydded an : occasional herd of “ half-pint” cattle, and na ! rive hogs, all run to legs and nos£s. A stranger ; whirling along on the South Carolina Railroad, : twenty 3’enrs ago, would scarcely have thought that the valley of Hoise Creek would ever con tribute materially to the advancement of the country. But a great change has come over the scene. A teeming population is gathering in this “ Sleepy Hollow of the South. The. hum of the spindle and the clatter of the loom, aud the rushing of escaping waters may be heard above the neighing of the steam-horse, as he wakes the echoes of the black-jack hills. Who can tell how, within the next two decades, these same unroraantic hills may be transformed by the magic touch of cultivated iudustry ? Five different points in the valley now attract the notice of all interested in the progress of the country. Away up near the sources of Horse Creek is the Vaucluse Factory, lately burned, but which will doubtless soon arise from its ashes. Next in order, descending the Creek, is the far famed Graniteville. Then comes in view another manufacturing village, fast apt proaching completion, to be called the Kalmia Mills, (we wish it had a more definite name,) ; then the Bath Paper Mills send forth their spotless sheets ; and a mile off from this latter place, among the clay hills which skirt the south ern side of the valley, ifi all the quiet seclusion of black-jacks and pine tree, is the village of Kaolfn, destined, perhaps, to be the potteries of America. We feel au especial interest in this latter place, both on account of pleasant ac quaintances formed there, and because it al ways brings up recollections of poor Barnard Pallissy, who spent his health- .and fortune in seeking for the “ glaze ” which forms so im portant a feature in the manufacture of earthen ware. Kalmia Mills is also a point of particular in terest to us, having recently made a visit to it under particularly pleasant circumstances. We found there yoiir former townsman, Dr. P., who, with characteristic zeal, was busily en gaged with an interesting Sunday school, and every way alive to the prosperity of thi< new and promising enterprise. May others also with whom we became acquainted impressed us very favorably as regards the present and prospect ive population of Kalmia Mills. As the Scotch say of Glasgow so say wc of the region so im perfectly dcscril ed— . “ Let Horse Creek: Flourish.” W. An Excited Personal Colloquy.—An excited personal colloquy took place in the Senate Friday betweeu Mr. Wilson aud Mr. Trumbull, called forth by an objection of the latter to a bill, introduced by Mr. Wilson, to increase the salary of some petty officer. Mr. Wilson accused Mr. Trumlftill of lecturing the Senate, and said that his harsh voice aud impe rious manner were very distasteful to other Senators, and it was high time that his assump tions of superiority should cease. Mr. Trum ; bull jumped up iu an excited manner, and shak ing his finger at Mr. Wilson, charged him with using insulting language, and, with 6ct teeth, told him that his voice was such as the Creator had given him, aud that he should use it when ever he saw fit, and the "Massachusetts Senator ; and other Senators must listen ; or if thev did | not like it, they could leave. Mr. Wilson, i somewhat aired, replied that ft was uo part of his intention to be unkiud, but lie must beg his friend to speak more gently in the future but Mr. Trumbull refused to be mollified, and again * charged Mr. Wilson with insulting him. Mr. Wilson had by this time pooled oft considera bly, although when he tfrst rose he was in quite a passion. Alluding to Mr. Trumbull’s advo -1 eaey of the proposition to increase the salaries of the United States district judges, he said the i Senator Was willing to raiso salaries when it I suited him, apd had advocated only last night an increase of salary to the “ petty judge ” ot | the “ petty State ” of Delaware, who had dis ! charged rnurderers-ol Union soldiers. The last remark brought Saulsbttry to his : feet, and the letter writers inform us that he re i plied “ in fiUiug terms.” . MiscbctEnatiox and it? Results.— Before j Alderman Nicholson there came a short lime ; since a young and handsome woman, named ! Eliza Montgomery, bearing in her arms an in : fhnt fire weeks old, which the most casual ob server would not be a great while in discover ing was, to a certain exteut, of “ neg.o parent age.” The woman acknowledged herself to be the mother of the child, and desired to make an j information against the father, a “black and ! tan,” for rornicatidn and bastardy. Notwith j standing the character of the intimacy which I must.have existed between them, the'woman was unable to tell the name of the blackamoor. Site knew his first name was Archie, and that j was all. A warrant.was accordingly issued for the apprehension of Archie. The above, bad as it Is, i6 not the worst feature of the case. Mary Montgomery, a young, beautiful and intelligent girl, resided in one of our suburban villages, where, a little more than a year ago, she was met, wooed and won by an army officer of this city, who had but recently been dis charged from the serviee. They were engaged to be married, and the 2d day of Jane last was fixed for the consummation of the event.— During last spring 6he met the negro Archie, and, forgetting her vows of constancy to her affianced husband, she maintained an improper Intercourse with the negro—almost to the very day of her marriage. The 2d of June came, and with it the wedding, which was duly cele brated, and the pair lived happily together tor a time. The youdg wife soon discovered, how ever, that serious consequences were About‘to, resnlt from - her Infamous conduct, and she made a “clean breast” of her crime to her hus band. The denouement was, of course, follow ed, by an immediate separation, and an applica tion for divorce is now pending m court. On Wednesday last the wretched woman made ap plication to the guardians of the poor, and her selt and mulatto child were sent to the Poor Farm, where she will probably end her days in misery and disgrace. . [From the New York Evening Gazette, February 5* A Strange Phenomenon. A l oung Lady in a Fear's Trance —Four Months without Moving, Sleeping, Eating or Drinking—Extraordinary Effect of Physical Injuries. In the city of Brooklyn has long resided a highly respectable family, well known for their social position, which if it is not one of wealth, is that of competence. , a daughter of a widowed mother, a young lady whose amiable qualities have always endeared her to her com panions and friends, and now, at the age of twenty, she has become one of the most re markable invalids that have excited the medical 'faculty. About a year ago, was thrown from a horse, and for some time suffered severe ly from the injuries thus received. Her case, however, at that time, called for no more than the ordinary attention due to one whose nervous and physical system had become shocked by a sudden and unexpected fall. Subsequently another injury was sustained by the unfortunate young lad}', whose case is now about to command the attention of the entire world of physical and mental scieuce. The second injurj’ received by the 3'oung lady was caused by haying her skirt caught b3’ a street car, through which misfortune she was dragged a considerable distance. The nature of the injuries received has never been fully de termined, but it Is conjectured that some injury was sustained at the base of the brain, or to the spinal column. The patient was removed to her lied, where she has remained now abont twelve months, uudoiibtedl3* a great sufferer, but yet losing nothing of her youthful color and beauty. nEIt APPEARANCE. She reclines on her right side. Her right hand rests under the right ear.' Thjfore-finger and thumb of this hand can tie moved at will. Tiie left hand and arm are free, but the thumb of the left hand rigidly adheres to the palm, and is not of use in the various employments of the invalid*. Her lower limbs are seriously inter twisted. The eyes.are closed, and the teeth firmly set, so that food or drink can not be conveyed to the palate. The face of the bodv has all the appearance of complete, health, anil rather increases in beauty, notwithstanding the very remarkable disease, or combination of which afflict tiie patient. The other phenomena are still more remark able, since they show that the mind, though de prived of the ordinary senses, is just as active, the feelings just as fresh, warm and playful as wiienthe invalid was in the enjo3’ment of per fect health. Though without the use of her mouth, eyes or teeth—though she neither eats nor driuks, nor sleeps for weeks together, yet she lives cheerful and comparatively happy. HOW SHE LlV££ is the problem for science to solve. For-four mouths.preceding last September she has not tasted food ot any kind, and had not slept. Since then experiments have been made to feed ; her, as she has conveyed a message occasion- ! ally in these words : “ I feel hungry.” Food. : however, when forced upon her, seems to pro- j duce trances and catalepsy, and for twenty days I together she has remained iu a trance. Occasionally the patient is affected by spasms. At these times the right hand is thrown rigidly out, the leg unwinds, and a convulsion take's place ; but soon the limbs fly back, like-springs, to their wonted places, aud the mind of the sufferer becomes cheerful again. Iu periods of catalepsy other phenomena present themselves. Among these is the general rigidity of the body, that is like marble, and she may then be placed upon the extremity of the toes, and remain there immovable. These, however, arc the ex ceptions to the general condition of the patient, who is remarkable for qualities still more inter esting. She writes to her friends and schoolmates warm and affectionate letters, but she does this with her left hand. Grasping the pen with the forefingers—not using the thumb—she places tho little finger parallel with the slate o-.- paper, and, usually in a beautiful "Italian back-hand, conveys what she has to communicate. While writing she does not use her eyes. The lids are closed. HOW SHE READS is another marvel. When a book is given to her she holds it, but it is kept dosed, and she sdon becomes entirely eoguizant of its con tents. Thus it is with letters. She reads them entirely by clairvoyance, anti settles that dis puted problem beyond any doubt. It will be naturally asked if she can see every thing in the room, since she thus perceives what is near her? This question la a difficult one to settle, al though the facts seem to establish the nega ative. Recently a very venerable physician, prompted by curiosity,- called to see her. On patronizing ber Willi many kind words, and calling her his “dear child,” to ingratiate him self more readily, he caused her considerable annoyance. Afterward, however, he quietly sat at a distance to observe her. It is supposed that she thought he had gone, tor, calling for her slate, she imitated in words and otherwise the peculiar manners of the Doctor. HER EMPLOYMENTS arc numerous, but those —the results of which are the most wonderful —are her paper cut tings, her embroideries and clirochet work in colors. We have said that 6lie can use the thumb and forefinger of Her light hand. These hold the scissors when she cuts paper. Mean while the left hand is behind her head during the performance of the task. In the same way —the left hand always at the back of the head —she pursues her embroidery and crochet j work hr various colors, precisely as she might do If she had the use of both hands. It is quite evident that she clairvoyantly perceives every thing that is near her; but beyond this, proba bly, her power does not extend. Still she is not deprived ol occupation any more than a lady who has her eyes. Hlfe DISEASES. Tetanus is one of her diseases. All the eyrup : toms of lockjaw are hers, and she is also at i times troubled with hysteria aud catalepsy, ! but there is not science enough in the medical | faculty to solve the problem and produce a i cure. It is possible that under some conditions she might, by virtue of her clairvoyant power, prepare the way to her own restoration. Hith erto the family have guarded the invalid from intrusion and experiment, and though they arc willing that men of science may profit by observation in her case, they are very properly unwilling to subject her to trials which may as well be avoided. Recently she has received some nourishment, but tbs physicians declare that it can not be called such, although as the attempt has been made, we 6late. the fact to prevent any charge of overdrawing this picture of human suffering. The whole subject is important, and when the Incredulous have become convinced that there is a woman living in the metropolitan j circuit who has existed for four months with out moving, sleeping, eating or drinking, we may add further facts of interest to aid the cause of science. Wc will 6imply add, In closing, that the trance into which the patient fell commenced at Christmas- and continued for twenty days.— During the time she was, to all appearance, dead ; but she came to herself somewhat im proved, so far as can be judged. The eminent physician in attendance on ber says that she may now be considered as receiving some food, although it his opfuion that for nine months she has existed totally without nourishment.— In due time he will probably give a full report of the ease, upon which at'preseut he has no opinion to offer. Historical Fictions. —General Early, ol the late Confederate army, in bis pamphlet giving a history of his campaigns in the Valley of Vir ginia, asserts that the Federal Generals, includ ing Generals McClellan, Grant, Meade and Sheridan, never failed, in all their dispatches, to place the forces of the Confederates opposed to them at three to four times their real num ber. Id these assertions General Early is sup ported by other Confederate commanders. At the battles before Richmond, when General McClellan estimated General Lee’s army in de fense of the city at over 300,000, it is affirmed that the Confederate force did not exceed 70,000; at the battle of Antietam when the Con federates were estimated by General McClellan at over 100,000, there were but 20,000 ; at Cold Harbor, when General Grant pnt down General Breckinridge’s command at 13,000, there were but 3,000, apd in the campaign in the Valley General Early asserts that General Sheridan frequently reported the capture of a larger num ber of prisoners than his whole army. “ [From the Charleston Cornier, 15th. Terrible Marine Disaster! 1 to Steamship City of Bath at Sea— Onty four Lives Saved—Twenty- Two Lives Lut—ThrtUmg f rom the Four Sur- fi We have chained from Charles O. Davis, one of the survivors of the crew of the City of Bath, the following account of her destruction by fire, and the melancholy loss of some twen ty-two persons; including a gentleman with his wife and infant, wlio were on board as passen gers: The steamer City of Bath was a screw pro peller, belonging to Messrs. Richardson & Otis, of Boston. At the time of her taking fire which occurred about five miles northwest of Hatteras, she was on her voyage from Boston to Savannah, with a large assorted cargo. were twenty-six persons in all on board, includ ing the three passengers, to whom we have re ferred. The fire broke out in the coal bunkers be tween twelve and one o’clock Sunday morning, the 10th instant, and is believed to have' origi nated from the l>urstiug of a haugiug lamp sus pended over one of the bunkers. Every effort was made to extinguish it, the Cap tain working and directing the crew at the same time. It gained upon them rapidly, however, and between three and four o’clock the flames burst out from the forward hatches, and believ ing that all further efforts to save her would be useless, the vessel was 'abandoned. The boats, three in number, were lowered. The passen gers and five of the crew entered the first, a metallic life boat, which was soon afterwards swamped by striking the guards of the steamer : and all on board of it were lost. Another pariy | of seven took possession of the second boat, t andhave,not since been heard from. The me- I tallic life boat, after beiug righted, was occupied by Captaiu Cony, of the City of Bath, the Second Mate, a Savannah River Pilot, the-First ! Steward and four others. Nine of the crew, j including the Engineer, -entered the third boat, j also a metallic one. The boat containing the Captain aud others was soon afterwards cap- I sized, and all on board were lost except tiie Captain and Mate, who were rescued by the party in the Engineer’s boat. - On Sunday afternoon the schooner Laura S. Waits on was hailed, and in coming to the assist | ance of the parly, a high wind prevailing at the | time, she collided with the boat aud overturned ! it. The boat was six times righted and over turned, and the crew one by one becoming ex i hausted, and the schooner being temporarily i unable to render them assistance on account of . the heavy sea, dropped off and were drowned. After desperate exertions four of the crew were saved. Their names are Charles 6. Davis’ Patrick Donavan, Jeremiah O’Brien and Frank Tobey. Amougst those supposed to be lost are the i three passengers, Captain Cony, Mr. Meade, ; First Mate, Mr. Bacon, Second Mate, the Savan j nah Pilot (name uuknown), A. Calden, Chief | Engineer, John Wiggin, First Assistant Engi i peer, Cbas. A. Clark, Second Assistant Engi ! necr, Talbert, First Stewart, Moses Taylor, Sec ond Stewart, Mr. Banks, Quartermaster, John Ryan, Fireman,Charles Potter, Cook, Second Cook (name unknown), aud three coal passers, John Hamilton,. Wra. Flinn, and one whose name is unknown, aud two sailors, whose names are also unknown. The survivors desire tp return their thanks to Captain Dority, of the schooner Laura S. Watson, and to her Officers and crew' for their ! humane exertions in rescuing them from a wa tery grave, and for their uniform kindness to i them since the disaster. ! Mr. Davis also desires us to say that the state ! ment made in the Georgetown Times to the ef fect that Captain Cony was under the influence of liquor at the time of the loss of the ship is erroneous. The following is the substance of the report i of Captain Dority: On Sunday morning, February 20tli, Cape Hatteras bearing W. 8. W., 85 miles distant, blowing a strong gale and a very sharp sea running from the N. W., 11, a. m., made a ves sel on our lee bow- on fire, kept off and ran down to her. Proved to be the steamer City of Bath, of the Boston and Savannah line, burn ed down so low that the water was washing into her. Saw no one on board, ran to the S. W. about four miles, made a boat on out* weather bow full of men. We ran along till dead to the leeward of them, hauled the jib down and hove the schooner to under balance reefed raainsal , and foresail. The boat rowed across our bow and before they got her around was astern of us. We hove them a liue which they got; the man that had the. steering oar, which was Capt. Cony, of the steamer, did not seem to know what he was about. I told them to get out their oars again aud pull the boat to the lee ward of us again, so as to get clear of our lee quarter ; just as they' got her goiug ahead uicc ly, the Captain sheared her head to with his oar. which brought her under our lee-quarter again and capsized her iustautly (she was a metallic life with eleveu men). Wheu 6he went over they let our line go and the first sea carried them out of our reach. There was snch a bad sea our small boat cotild not haye lived two minutes. So we made sail, wot*6 ship aud stood back again—did not reach them the first time. We made five tacks, twice we 6tood bs* and could not find them, there was such a heavy sea, and one end of the boat was sunk. All but. four men were washed away aud drowned. We saved four by running l>y them and heaving them lines: their names are Frank Toby, Charles Davis, Jeremiah O’Brien and Patrick Douovan, all of Boston. There i were twenty-six persons on board the steamer j and twent3’-two lives lost. There were three j passengers, one man, woman and child. The j j fire started hi oue of the coal-bunkers, caused ! j by a partition taking fire from a lamp that was | | hanging against it; it took fire about oue j ! o’clock Sunday morning; the steamer was hove | j to at the time. The boats left the steamer about | I four o’clock in the morning, three boats, two j | life and oue common boat. The Captain’s ; \ boat swamped about daylight, all lost but Four j ; out of her, the Captain, pilot, second mate and , steward. The other lite-boat picked them up. The passengers were in the Captain’s boat; the Captain left the woman and child in his boat dead. The common boat left the ship with four men in her. We could not find nothing of them, though we continued our search from ! eleveu o’clock until night. A Card Fkom Bkick Pomeroy-—' The fol lowing appears in the Louisville Journal of the Bth instant: Louisville Hotel, February 6,1867. To the Editors of the Louisville Journal : Permit me in all kindness to make a correc tion. Your correspondent at Frankfort, writ in" from that very pleasant city under date of the sth instant, in a kind notice ot my mixed up lecture for a worthy object in that city, says: “ Brick lectures for the benefit of the South ern poor, and bis agent takes subscriptions for the La Crosse Democrat. In fact, Brick has bu siness talent 6,” &c., Ac. The inference is, that, like somc politician?, I am “wafting” on two horses. The letter is correct in all save this: My agent did not take subscriptions in Frankfort. I have no agent with me, and have not had on this or any other trip. Instead of taking subscribers for my poper, let me. add that I nev er in my life asked a man to do so—took none in Frankfort, but on being offered suseription money there declined taking it, and referred people to the postoffice as a means to reach the Democrat ‘office with their orders. 1 do not know how many friends'were acting as agents, but such acts were without my knowledge.— The inference of your correspondent would place me in the category of New England be nevolence, which seeks self more than others, and I am not doing business that way. My trip South is to learn the wants, sentiments and sufferings of that desolated country, and my lectures, by the way, are to help her* suffering poor. If it was to benefit myself, I shoul lec ture on my own account, or remain at home at tending to a business which demands all my time. Presuming that your correspondent was misinformed or misinferred, and with kindest wishes for him and you as the editor of the pa per which first gave me my sobriquet, I am Truly-and fraternally thine, M. M. (“ Brick”) Pomxboy. Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions and tigers, for he can get out of the way of j wild beasts—but bad thoughts win their day every where. The Episoopal Meeting—University of the South. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South yesterday, Bishop Quintard introduced the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas, Since the last regular meeting of the Board of trustees of the University of the South, held in November, 1861, it has pleased ATmighty God to remove from the Church on earth the Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, D. D., L. L. D., Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Rt. Rev. F. H. Rutledge, D. D., Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott, D. D., all of whom were members ol this Board, and three of whom were Chancellors of the University of the South' ; therefore That a committee of three be ap pointed to prepare resolutions, expressive of the sense of this meeting, of the great loss sus tained by the Chnrch in their death. The Committee reported as follows : Desirous of placing upon record some ex pression of our deep sense of the great loss which we, in common with the whole Church, have sustained in the death of our late col leagues, Bishops Otey, Polk, Elliott and Rut ledge, and of the feelings with which we will ever cherish their beloved and blessed memory; it is Resolved , That all the difficulties which press upon ns in the great work iu which we are en gaged, are light in comparison with the inscru table visitation that has deprived us of the com panionship, counsel and co-operation of the Bishops, who successively filled the office of Chancellor of the University of the South, and of their brother trustee, the Bishop of Florida. Resolved, That in the zeal which knew no bonndarin the service of his master, that mark ed the whole life of the venerated Bishop Otey, we find as good a model for our own imitation as the Church in modern times affords ; and that we especially as the appointed guardians of.this institution, .arc called upon to imitate the patient, persevering energy with which he so ably devoted himself to the cause of Chris tian education. Resolved, That if the-great beneficial results which our University was founded to secure, shall ever be acconmlishea, the praise under God will be mainly due to the wisdrira and fore thought, the hopeful confidence, and indefati gable labors of its founder—the magnanimous and self-sacrificing Bishop Polk. Resolved, That we have lost insßisliop Elliott a colleague possessed of the most extraordinary endowments, aud of the rarest attainments; joined to all those qualities of head arid heart, which fitted him for usefulness, above almost all other men whom wc have ever known. Resolved, That we record our affectionate ap preciation of the meekness aud gentleness, combined with unswerving attachment to prin ciple, and devotion to dnty—which marked the unostentatious, yet holy and useful life of the lamented Bishop Rutledge. Reso'ved, That in the removal from the scenes of these earthly labors of those eminent Saints, we recognize the call which is made upon us, their surviving brethren, to carry on, with re doubled diligence, the work which they so well began, and with*the help of God we pledge ourselves to rear upon the foundation which they laid an institution of learning, which will not only perpetuate their names and deeds, but which will also bless the Church and the coun try with constantly increasing efficiency to gen eral iou yet unborn. Resolved , That these resolutions be published in the papers in Montgomery, Memphis, New Orleans, Tallahassee aud Savannah, aud that copies be furnished the respective families of the deceased Bishops. • W. M. Green, W. C. Crane, Geo. R. Fairbanks. The Corps Editorial.— Many of those who read the Crescent are, perhaps, not aware of the amount of mental labor needed to bring out a daily newspaper. The Crescent has a splendid list, ample iu both talent aud numbers. Here they are : Col. J. O. Nixon, editor in chief and proprie tor ; Judge Win. M. Semple, first assistant edi-. tor and raauager ; Durant DaPoute, principal writing editor ; Gen. 8. B. Buckner, D. C. Jen kins, writing and literary editors, especially of Sunday edition ; E. W. Halsey, writing editor ; Dr. James Burns, night editor ; A. J. Wagner, J. T. Haines, news editors ; G. J. Punch, com mercial editor ; Daniel Scully, N. Bartlett, Geo. Catlin, C. O. Flannagan, reporters ; V. Dentzel, river reporter ; George Duncan, marine report er ; J. D. Lewis, foreman ; G. G. Cooper, J. C. Murray, F. Owens and R. T. Hall, assistants. So, we see, to carry on the Crescent office it needs, daily, 20 compositors and workmen in the job office, 22 in the newspaper department, and 4 assistants, 0 pressmen, about 3 book-, keepers in the lower office, and 10 belonging to the editorial corps, about 68 men, and we sup pose several laborers, and one or two engineers; besides these,.there are about a regiment of newsboys whom they can command as folders when they choose to call them in. f Planters' (La.) Banner. IRON, STEEL, NAILS, PLOWS, ROPE AND Hollow Ware. 60,000 LES. IRON, all size*, from | 1 inch to 8 inches wide and %jol inch in thickness, at 6 cents ¥ JR 1,000 Lbs. CAST and GERMAN r STEEL, at 20 cents ¥ H> 200 Kegs N AILS, from 3d to 33d at $8 keg 400 Wrought ’IRON PLOWS, SCRAPERS, SHOVELS, BCOOTER and ALLEN, at 15 cents ¥ fi) 800 Pieces OVENS ana LIDS, j SPIDERS and SKILLETS, at 8 cents ¥ ® • 50 Coils ROPE, at 16eent&lP JR- Parties in want of the above enumerated articles will find it to their interest by examiniog our stock before purchasing. NEAL, WHITLOCK & CO. febl7-d*cl GREAT BARGAIN! 51,500 GASH, IN GOLD, can bay one of the FINEST FARMS Jn Middle Georgia. This place iies between the 22d and 23d mile posts on the Georgia Railroad, and contains 408 acres, about 240 acres of which are cleared and nearly ail fresh; the balance is in original forest. There are no old fields or gullies on this place, and not an acre of waste land. It produces Com, Cotton and Small Grain well. .It has a good Dwelling, and every necessary building for a cotton plantation with 15 or 20 hands. It has a line Orchard of Peaches and Apples, and a fine Well qf Water, and is Perfectly Healthy. Titles perfect. Povsessiongiven immediately. Ap ply to ' WALTON & PALMER. Under ihe Augusta Hotel, febl6-df*elw Augusta, Ga. W A LIFE SAVED.— Much has been said.and could be written on the serious effects nd ® nt the Bowels. Death may soon and tedious illness. There is one W *_a._ this aod wways us#* M * »6ui 2nt RAdVaYS REGULATING PILLS, effectual in trial, purgative in fofta, but mild in their course. For all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Blad der Nervous Diseases, Constipation, Costiveness, Indi gestion. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Fevers, Piles, and inter nal derangements, they art considered most effective and give great satisfadtion. They art a vegetable substi- j tute for mercury, are tasteless (being coated with gum), \ and their effect in thousands of instances has been—a i life saved- The highest medical authority attest that ; RADWAY S REGULATING PILLS, in their purity, prbpertie#, and successes, stand undisputed the most effi- i caeious aperient, best and mildest purgative extant, Sold by Druggists. Price- 25 cents peT box. feblS-d’ActEml AUGUSTA MARKET. . , OrriCK Daily Cokstitutiokaust, ) Mokdat, February 18—P. M. ( Financial and Commercial. The trade of the past week was good amongst our Grocery, Iron Dealers and Dry Goods Merchants, and the sales of Cotton were to a fair extent, although prices were deciledly easier. The late Liverpool re ports of the cotton market quoting middling uplands at 14d. has in a measure had* but little effect, as it is gen erally believed that the decline is based upon in creased statements of the crop of the past sason. But as the last week’s receipts show an evident falling at the West it-may have some effect and check the dcclin* ing of prices any lower. GOLD AND SILVER.—The market has varied but little during the past week. Brokers have bought Gold at 106 and 137 and sold at 188 and 139, and Silver bought at 130 and sold at 185. EXCHANGE—No change to report. Bank* State checks at per, and buys at off. Time bills offer ing only to a limited extent. Rates unchanged. COTTON—The market opens to-day somewhat oft" During the past week there has been Some fluctuation hut gradually declining, losing on the week say \ cent. We quote to-day middlings at 30 cents, and good to strict middlings at 31 cents. The sales for the week foot up 1,688 bales, whilo the receipts are only 1,236 bales. ' For particulars of the past week, wo refer to the daily reports, ss found below; Mokdat, February 11. FINANCIAL—GoId, brokers buy at 137 and sell at 139 ; Silver, 120 and sell at 133. Exchange, par. Se curities of all kinds dull. COTTON -The market opened with a fair demand, but offering stock rather light; the demand in creased somewhat in the afternoon, and the market closed rather dull with tiie following quotations : mid dling, 30 '4 ; strict middling, 31; good middling, 31 le gates of the day foot up 320 bales,Ws follows, viz: 4at 26, 3at 28,10 at 29, 43 at 30,22 at 30X, 80 at 31, and 163 at 31 )£. The receipts were 72 bales. Tuksdat, Fobruary 12. FlNANClAL.—Gold—brokers buy at 136 and sell at 139. Silver, buying at 128 and selling at 133. COTTON.—The market was very quiet to-daj*, aud the improvement noted yesterday was lost to-day. Of fering still very light. Market too irregular to quote. Bales of the day foot up 277 bales, as follows: lat 27, 11 at 28, 6 at 2s'A, 36 at 29, 14 at 29 151 at 30, 23 at 30>£, 6 at 30 ?•», 37 at 31, and 12 bales at 31 >5 cents. The receipts are 232 bales. VyrsDNESDAY, February 13. FlNANClAL—Considerable activity prevailed iu the money-market to-day. Brokers bought Gold at 137 and sold at 138©13p. Silver at 130 and sold at 133. COTTON.—There was a tolerable demand to-day, and sales were made at yesterday’s prices, say mid dling, 30®80/£ ; strict middling, 81. and good mid dling, 31%. Nt> lung done in the afternoon. Sales for to-day are 444 bales as, follows: 1 at 15, 8 at 28%, 6 at 29,15 at 30, 63 at 09%, 167 at 30%, 12 at 30 X, 130 at 81, and 43 at 31} 2 ' cents. The receipts were 269 bales. Thursday, February 14. Money market unchanged. GOLD.—The brokers are buying at 137, and selling at 138@139. SlLVEß.—Brokers arc buying at 130, and selling at 133. COTTON.—TIie market opened with a moderate demand and limited offlovlng stock, some sales were made during the morning. Receipt of .New York advices paused a depression and the market closed dull, our quotations a r e a fraction lower than yester day; say middling 30, strict to good middlings 31. Sales of the day were 232 hales as follows—3 at 27, 4at 28, 3at 29,45 at 30, 36 at 30.!», 54 at 30j*, 9at 30H, 70 at 31 and 8 at Sljf. Receipts, 192 hales. Friday, February 15. FINANCIAL.—Money market unchanged. GOLD.—The brokers are buying at 187, and selling at 138@139. \ SlLVEß.—Brokers are buying at 130, and selling at 133. COTTON.—Tolerably good demand during th* day, and all that was offered was sold, but at easier prices than yestorday. We do not feel warranted in giving quotations. Some sales of middling were made at 30c. Sales of the day amounted to 191 bales, as follows : 6at 27,15 at 28, 3at 28%, 36 at 29, 42 at 30, 53 at 30%, 36 at 31. Rece'pts 271 bales. A sale of 25 hales at 30 % was made late yesterday evening, which was not reported. Saturday, February 16. Money market unchanged. GOLD.—-The brokers are buying at 137, and selling at 138@189. SlLVEßs—Brokers are buying at 130, and selling at 133. COTTON.—A little better tone pervades the market than yesterday, yet prices continue unchanged. Sales of the day are 166 bales, as follows: lat 26, lat II at 301f, 33 at 36%, 17 at 31,3 at 31%, and 3 at 32- Receipts, 200 bales. The following sales were made late yesterday eve ning : 10 at 20, 3 at 30, 28 at 30%. COTTOX STATEMENT FOB AUGUSTA AND HAMBURG. Stock on hand Bept. Ist, 1866 '.. 9,588 Received since last statement. 1,236 “ previously..,, * 48,090-49,326 58,914 Exported since last statement. 1,051 “ previously 39,582-40,633 Stock on hand Feb. 18th* 1867... . 18,281 SAVANNAH OOTTON STATEMENT. v S.I. Upland. Stock on hand Sept, 1,1860 ~.447 - 4,671 Received since Feb. 7 288 6,554 Received previously 4,912 161,255 T0ta1..... ..6,647 162,484 Exported since Feb. 7.740 5,649 Exported previously .4,781 129,444 5,421 135,003 Stock Fib. 14, 126 27,382 MACON COTTON STATEMENT. Stock on hand Sept, Ist, 1866... 2,861 Received past week. £.... 973 Received previously. 42,728-43,70^ , . Total.; . .....46,562 Shipped past week.. 1,000 Shipped previously 33,388-34,384 BACON—Scarce and stiff Shoulders, on arrival, 14c. Clear Rib Sides, 16c. Bulk meats dull. COFFEE—Is quiet at 26@28 cents. BUGAR—quiet—Porto Rico, 15; Clarified, 16017 cents. * * -• BALT—Liverpool, unsettled, and large lots offered at #2 48@2 50 at depot. BAGGING —No demandrat 30 cents. Burlaps iB demand, for sacks, at 18. , ROPE—DaII/ait 18 cents. LARD—In moderate demand. Large P k 8 8 i 15<gl5tf; small, 16@17. fi „ FLOUR—Is scarce and active; “ Granite Mills, (Jackson A Cos.) #ls 60®18 50; “ExceWor” (Sto vail’s)#l4(2lßso, with a very good demand; North, era Supers, #ls; Extras, #l6; Family, Jl7@lß 00. MEAL— Firm at #1 50 for City, by the quantity ; Country, slso. feed, (“Granite Kills”) 2%C. ; Feed, 5J»c.; Cleaned Grits, #1 75. CORN—In fair demand bnt easier; Tennessee, $1 50 in depot, 155 from store; stock fair; #1 50@1 55; choice white Maryland, #l6O. DOMESTICS—Are in continued good demand; Au gusta Factory, %, IB; 4-4, 20; Drilling, 22 ; Montour Shirtings and Sheetings, 1T%®19% ; Yams, #240; S oz. Osnaburgs, 27 cents ; Stripes, 30 cents. BUTTER—In full stock; 25@30e. for country. EGGS—Duff at 30c. CHEESE—Looking up at £o@24c. -FERTILIZERS.— Peruvian Guano... #loo® *2! Hoyt’s Super Phosphate 63® 68 Baugh’s Raw Bone. «7® TO Soluble Pacific Guano 5? Rhodes’ Super Phosphate Phcenix Guano. ™ American Guano ! ColumUm “ ’:' ; 9 ” Vn'g height of season, l Demand very large, tins Dtmg nei» ; Prices of Guano in Baltimore per ton of 2,000 lb*., rxpenses of transportation to be added ’j‘ z = ' k:, i £S «g f mmoniated AlkXe Phosphate 55 OOg ' Alkaline Phosphate 4o w*
