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COTTON PLAJTTEH’S CONVENTION.
lUEFOBT OF THE COMMITTEE Off THE *• APPOINT
MEWTOF AGENTS." SUBMITTED TO THE CON
VENTION AT TH* ADJOURNED TERM. IN THE
CITT OF MACON, SEPT. 14TH, 18J8
The Committed to whom was referred *'
•much of the President’s Communication as re
lates to the appointment of Agents, in t‘e aev
<eral markets, domestic and foreign, whose
’business it shall be to receive, sell, and ship ah
Cotton which may be forwarded to them, by
’Planters,” have taken the subject into consider
■ation and now make the following report:
Ft‘is contemplated, ultimately, to make the
Southern ports, that is to say W ilmington, I
’Charleston. Savannah, (and perhaps Bruns- I
wick) St. Marks, Appalachicola, Pensacola,
Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston, the ports
at which the article of Cotton may be offered
for sale, and at which that article may be pur
chased. But before arrangements can be made
for the purpose of effecting this object, the ex
igencies of the case require that temporary ar
rangements should be made; the committee !
can suggest, for the present, no better plan .
than the appointment of iui Agent (with his j
duties specified) for the port of Savannah; the
appointment of an Agent or Agents, for any
other place for the present, the Committee
deem unimportant and useless.
At tile last regular meeting of the Conven
tion, Mr. Isaac U. West was appointed Agent
for the cities of Savannah and Charleston ; Mr.
West, as appears from Ids publications, has
opened a house in tlio city of Savannah, and is
now engaged in the discharge of his duties;
the good results of this appointment are. al
ready, beginning to show themselves. It is
one of the objects of the Convention to rid
Planters of all extraordinary and improper
charges for selling their Cotton. A few years
ago in Savannah, fifty cents per bale for selling
'Cotton was thought to be sufficient renumera
•tion, (and the Committee think, was quite
■enough) but within a few year- this price has
yielded to that of two and a half per cent, for
the same service. From the best information
•which the Committee has been able to procure
on this subject, since the action of the Conven
tion, in some instance*, a return to fifty cents
per bale, ha* taken place; if this information
is correct, the conclusion is inevitable, that
the charge of two and a half per eent. was im
proper. By the operation of the Convention
then in this respect, at lea«t, one dollar per bale
has been saved to the Planters, and “ money
saved is money made.”
Nothing is more true in itself than that the
Convention acted wisely in forbidding its
Agent having anything to do with Cotton, but
to sell it; for where Factors are engaged eith
er in simulating in Cotton or purchasing for
others, it is impossible but that the interests
of Planters in some instance* will be overlook
ed. A Factor cannot be the proper agent for
both seller and purchaser —a bias in tlie case,
however honest he may lie, will (jierliaps un
perceived by himself) control his action in fa
vor of one or other of the parties ; forinstance,
a Factor has in his hands tor snle one hundred
bales of Cotton, for the Planter; and ho has
nt the same time, an order from a purchaser
for one hundred bale* of Cotton, to be purchased
as soon a* the market declines one fourth of a
cent; to suppose that the Factor remains, un
der such circumstance*, perfectly disinterested,
is to attribute to floor human nature much,
more of excellency than experience would jus
tify. Seeing the impropriety of Factors both
selling and buying Cotton, some take much
pains in letting Planters know that they are
not engaged In purchasing Cotton or accepting
the drafts of those who do.
The Committee have, also, been informed
upon reliable authority (Planters themselves)
that Factors advance to Planters such sums of
money as they may require during the summer;
this arrangement, is Iwneticin! to Factors on
y in so far as it places Planters under obliga
ions to continue their business in the hands of
the Factors; for no more than lawful interest,
in snch cases, is demanded. This matter, no
doubt, will keep much business out of the
hands of your Agent, and it manifests, further
more, the necessity of the Cotton Planter's
Bank. If such a Bank is chartered, this <>per
ation will be remedied ; for yonr Bank will be
nabled to furnish all the funds which may lie
eqnired in legitimate arrangements connected
with the disjxisa] of Cotton.
Respectfully submitted toVhc consideration
•f the Convention.
JESSE D. lIAVIS, j
ISAAC C. WEST.
BARNETT H. HOLLIMAN, ' f Committee.
LEWIS M. HOCSER,
JOHN 11. KAGAN.
FBOM THE WEST
A ȟbscriber writing from Bienville Parish,
Louisiana, under date of the 10th inst., says:
We have some little sickness hero, such as
hill »ud fever. There is also a disease raging
amongst onr cows, pronounced by some to be
block tongue or murrian; and wo much tear it
will prevail throughout the entire State, pur
trops of cptton are less than a half crop with
nany; but I presume half crops will be gath
ered by a minority. Our little Parish is yet
with tlie right side up with care, as the elec
ion on Monday last numbered three Demo
rots to one Know Nothing,
J. C. MotT.
[COMMTNICATED.]
Mr. Editor:—While perusing your notice of
a vulgar .drawing and inscription on the wall
.f Dr. fitroheeker’s building, made by some
cose wretch, the fact occurs to mo that every
ohneone <ir.*uciug or writing contains a history I
of it* author's Mother.
Yours,jn VERITAS.
-TEE TUEF
It will be regretful news to the racing world
to learn that Sue Wathington is rapidly becom- :
ing bliqd, ami that the likelihood is that she i
will appear never again upon the Turf. Por
ter’s Spirit sr.ys that the conqueror of Frank- 1
ford and Charleston, in a race of sixteen miles, '
is doomed to a dark and Joyless re- :
pose in a breeding paddock.
The celebrated racer. Fashion, was exhibit- '
ed at the Ohio State Fair, last week. She had
with her a blooded colt. She is now over 21
years old, and has won for her owners at dif
ferent times, $94,000. In 1842, Fashion beat
Boston. She is now owned by Reeber and
keeling, of Lancaster. Ohio, who purchased
her, three years ago, for $2,A00.
The winning of the great Yorkshire Handi
cap by the American mare. Prioress has ad
vanced her to a firm place in the belting for
the Cesare wish. From odds of 100 to 1, she
has gone up to 30 to 1 ; and there will proba
ldy be » ft*'. d of over thirty starters. I t makes
the betting either about even.
PRIZE FIGHTING
The great prize fight which is to come off in
a few days between Heenan and Morissey for
£5,000. is producing immense excitement and
speculation among “ the fancy" of the North
ern cities. The combat is to come off at «ome
plaee in Canada —which the police, of course,
will take very good care not tn discover until
•he matter is over—and is,expected to attract
n immense crowd of the lovers of the fistic
srt.— Et.
rou nr the west
The Lonisville Journal of the Ist inst., says:
‘We are informed .that the contracts entered
oto a few weeks ago for the delivery of hogs
«u the Cpper Mississippi are misqmited. and
• e therefore qnote them again. They were
0,000 head at 41-2 cents net, and 3,000 head
. another pojot at 3 1-2 4 1-2 net—the dis-
wence in prua depending on the difference in
eight.
AMERICA IN HYSTERICA.
' The London Punch has the following capital
hit at the extravagant demonstrations in this
country, on the laying of the submarine Tele
graph, which has since retired upon its digni
ty and had ‘nary word” to suy on either *ide.
Mr. Punch says he has great pleasure (at the
request of numerous American friends) in de
voting a |»ortioii of his invaluable space to tl*-
imtnortaliting n few of the addresses trans
mitted from the various States to New York in
honor of the Atlantic Cable. He must re-
I mark, however, that in magnificence of imag-
■ ination and affluence of diction, they scarcely
j equal, and they assuredly do not transcend, the
splendid effusions republished in the Times
newspaper from the American journals, which
. record the celebration in question.
FROM TDK GOVERNOR OT CONNKCTICVT.
I salute ye. The deed is done. A new
: heart-string, forgotten at creation, has been in
serted into the world, and henceforth its pulses
will keep time to the flapping of the wings of
J our almighty and inextinguishable eagle.—
j May the blood of freedom course along the gi-
■ ant vein with the rush of Niagara, and sweep
i away before its mightiness the mouldering cer
' entente of antiquated hallucination.
i FROM THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACntSETTS.
The golden harp of civilization and progress
' needed one chord of iron to sustain her stern
er harmonies, and it has been added by Cyrus
W. Fie'd. May it sound inglory and vigor im-
: til the end of time, and five-aml-twenty min
! utes later.
FROM THE GOVIRNOR OF TENNESSEE.
Noble, O, thrice noble men! Nobler than
Canute, the French tyrant, Cyrus the Great
has ordered the sea to obey his behests, and
; ocean has obeyed him. Xerxes, the haughty
Roman, caused fetters to be tiling into the Ar
, \ chipelagus in sign of his dominion; but Cyrus
i W. Field has thrown one fetter ncro-s the
waste of waters, not for dominion, but for
freedom. (), noble men. let us liquor!
) FROM THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOtRI.
t When the heart would speak in presence of
. a miracle, the w ords are feeble; but our souls
, rush out in song; and w e sing to you, brothers,
s in the strains of our native and inimitable
' land:
“London it is very big,
5 America is bigger;
s Do not let us care a fig
t ■ ,Which cuts the better figure.
Send the current to and fro,
r I The bottle round the table,
s I Nothing in creation, no,
- , Licks the Atlantic Cable.
r FROM THE GOVERNOROF ALABAMA.
' Hail Columbia, happy land ' Now fast link
icd to Englund’s sand. lAt ns jlue with heart
and hand. Ocean is repealed? To her coral
j I rocks and shelves, Lo the cable dives and
delves. Let us drink our noble selves. Likc
' ' wise Cyrus W. Field.
r ' "
] FROM THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
;l If England lias given us no more towards
. 1 our great American sea triumph, she lias given
I i us a thought in the name of her little vessel
i which waited upon our giant fleet. The Aga
memnon’s name is a corruption of Memnon,
i ; the ancient Hebrew warrior, w hose statue, on
, the plains of Thessaly, sounded out one note
, w hen the morning sun shone upon it. fjo now,
, when the sun of enlightenment dawn* from
America upon Occidental darkness, the tlec-
I trie ray flashes from us to the Hibernian shore,
, may the inexpressive slaves of feudalism for
f the first time raise the music note of liberty.
; FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA.
We salute yon. Give old England rope
- enough, and she will hang herself, but not in
f despair. No. the aged mid efl’ete island ties
, herself to the apron string of vigorous young
> America, mid looks to her fop support and sue-
6 cor. Shall England look in vain, my brothers?
FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
' : Yankee Doodle used to ride
On a little pony,
Now he talks t’ other side
s I In twenty minutes oii’y.
FROM THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE.
, . The b’hoy* rnu-t have their amusements, and
I so we've tied England to a long string, and
I w’ll fly her like an almighty great kite. When
we're tired of the sport, and want to be quit of
it. wo calculate we’ll just wind her in. and
hang her up on one of the monster trees of
our unfathomable forests. Guess we’ve util
ized the tarnation old caution at last; yes. sir
ree.
FROM THE GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS.
This here we look upon ns the real creation
, of the world; the other was but a sort of re
hearsal. Now is given to the eastern inartic
' ulate continents a voice of humanity and
j intelligence, and they can now whisper their
t hopes and fears to majestic America, and re
r ceive from her lessons of wisdom and great-
I ncss. The educational work is confined to ns,
friends, and we will not be slack. Along the
I awful chasms of the roar ! -. s * ~-em shall fly the
II teachings of liberty, and Field’s wire, like the
- I spear of Uranus, shall touch the squat toad of
i despotism at the ear «f Eve, nnd the fiend, start
ing up in all his sulphureous ignominy of ngli
ness, shall bo spiked like a bug beetle upon the
chrystal weapon of Columbia.
ft«>M THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
“Old Virginny never tire,
But dance on dis electric wire.
1 Clear the kitchen, <fcc.”
’ FROM THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA.
■ I
. Friend Field, thee have, according to worthy
■ evidence, done a part of thy task, and it is well.
I When thee hast fastened both ends of thy
| string, mid the fixings, and hast greatly and fi-
I nally reduced the price of thy messages, we
may sec cause for further communication w ith
. thee. Meantime, friend, we wish thee success,
but decline to burn money in fireworks, melt
, it in strong liquors, or waste it in wasting time
j upon idle demonstrations. Amen 1
FROM THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
“Two nations in two different ages, riz,
Stand prominently out of the abyss,
One. England, a respectable old boss,
And one, America, of giant force.
The power of Nature could no further go,
So made C. W. Field to join the two."
, This is all the room Mr. Punch can this week
’ spare to these remarkahi* productions, and he
' will only add. that it does not appear to him
wonderful that under such terrific pressure nnd
strain of compliment, the unfortunate cable. ,
, being of English make and unused to hyper- !
I bole, gave wav, and sent down shares from
£915 to £Bsb’.
THE GRAIN CROP OF EUROPE
The Boston Journal thus epitomizes the in
formation respecting the European grain crop
of 1858. as derived from latest English papers.
“In the counties bordering upon the Medi
terranean the crop is variously reported, but
upon the whole may be regarded as equal to
if not exceeding, an average. Egvpt will
furnish a full average. Spain and Portugal
will not require any supplies from other coun
tries. In Belgium and Holland there is an av
erage crop; while in the Baltic regions, inclu
ding Northern Germany and Western Russia,
the yield is below an average, although high
prices may induce export* to some extent. In
France there are fair crops of wheat and rye.
oats being inferior. The cereal crop of England
I exceeds the average, and a portion of the ex
j traordinary wheat yield of last still remains in
the hands ..f farmers to be added to this year's
harvest. Other breadstuff’s are somewhat un
der the average. In Ireland al! kinds of pro
duce are. abundant, com[>ared with recent years
The wheat crop in Scotland is excellent, other
crops l>eing medium, and possibly below. On
the whole the United Kingdom will this year
require smaller inifaxrts of grain than in ordi
nary seasons The supplying power of Centra]
Russia is not yet determined
The State Press.
MACON,
TIirRSDAY OITOBER 21. DCS.
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The State Press Olfice is removed to
Ralston's Building, up stairs, first entrance in
the rear of Hardeman & Griffin's, on Third
Street.
JOHN M. GILES, Esq., is a
candidate for Judge of the Macon Circuit at the elec
ion on the first Monday itt January next.
The Hon. IIENRY G. LAMAR
preaents his name to the voters of the Macon Judb
cial District as a candidate fur election to the office of
Judge, which he now holds.
T. W. MONTFORT, Ejq., pre
sents hit name to the voters of the Macon Circuit as
a candidate for re election lo the office of Solicitor
General.
We are authorized to an
neunce JOHN P. COOPER as a candidate for Tax
Collector of Bibb county, nt the next January elec
tion, subject to the nomination of the Democratic
party. sept xvi
TAX COLLECTORSHIP.
We are authorised to announce JAMES M.
GATES, as a candidate for Tax Collector of Bibb
County at the election in January next.
july'22-td
We are authorized to an
nounce JOHN 11. BRANTI.Y, E*q., as a candidate
for Tax Collector of Bibb county, at the next Janua
ry election. s«p 9
With this number of the State Press.
we issue a half-sheet Supplement which ena
bles us to give our subscribers as much read
ing matter ns most of the weekly papers In
the State. We shall continue the publication
of the Supplement every week until we com
plete our arrangements for enlarging the pa
per. By this plan we can do justice and hope
to give entire satisfaction, without extra charge,
to our subscribers mid advertising friends.
EDITORIAL COMPEND
The Democratic Judicial Convention, which
assembled in Albany. Go., on the 12th inst.,
nominated Col. Richard IL Clark, of Dough
erty, for Judge of the South-Western Circuit,
mid Wm. B. Gvehuy, Esq., of Sumpter, for So
licitor. Better nominations could not have
been made, and no doubt the people will ratify
the choice of the Convention. Col. Clark will
be an ornament to the bench, and Mr. Guerry
will prove a terror to evil doers.
A public dinner was given on Saturday by
the citizens of Fort Valley to the “Governor’s
Guards" on the presentation of a banner to the
Company by the ladies. Appropriate Ad
dresses were delivereil, and the whole affair
passed off pleasantly. Wo regretted that we
were unable to avail ourselves of an invitation
to attend. We understand that our townsman
Col. O. A. LiM-liranc was present, and made a
speech with his usual brilliant effect.
We are indebted to Mr. Boardman for
Harper's Magazine for November. Cull at his
Book-Store in the Wasliingtou Block and get a
copy. Besides other interesting matter it con
tains several chapters of Thackeray's new
work, “The Virginians,” which are well worth
rending. It is the best novel of the age —in
our opinion.
The City Council did nothing of general im
portance nt its last weekly meeting, except to
order the removal of all wooden structures
erected in tiie City in violation of the Ordi
nance on Fire Limits. Said structures must
come down at once, or the owners will have
the pleasure of paying the City a fine of $lO
: for each day they keep them up after being
served by the marshal n ith notice to remove
them.
Mr. S. D. Clark, of the firm of Clark & Ivcr-
I son, Druggists of Columbus, was found dead
in his room in that city on Monday morning.
Mr. C. formerly lived in this City, and his re
mains were brought here for interment in Rose
Hill Cemetery.
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We have received the fir-t number of the
“News" just issued at Waynesboro’ Burke
county. It is published in a wealthy and in
telligent community, and we hope it will meet
with the liberal patronage which it apparently
deserves. It is independent in politics.
It is said that the Order of the “Sons of
Malta” in this country have distributed SBO,OOO
in Charity within the past year. The report
-does not state how much they have invested in
turtle-soup and champagne.
There was Frost visible in Atlanta, Augusta
and Columbus on Friday morning last. There
may have been frost in this locality, but if so
we did not see it, as it is not our habit to get
up “till the dew is off the grass.”
The Savannah Republican says the Central
Railroad delivered at its depot in that city, on
Monday last, 4,129 bales of Cotton, besides a
large amount of other freight—said to be the
largest quantity ever brought there in one day.
In New Orleans on the 18th inst. there were
61 deaths from yellow fever. This is caused
by the influx of "fool-hardy” persons who «c!W
go to the City in spite of the warning of the
Board of Health.
John Cobb, Jr., was tried at Atlanta last
week for participation in the mnrder of .Sam
uel Landrum about six month ago, and the Ju
ry rendered a verdict of “Guilty.”
At the Double-Bridges in Upson county on
the loth inst. (Sunday) Nathaniel Denman shot
a man by the name of Brown with a rifle, iirK 1
mediately killing him.
We learn that on Tuesday in Griffin a
man by the name of Cline was shot andsetiere
ly wounded by a man named Alexander We
do not know the particulars.
Yesterday's Messenger says Judge Harde
man still lies dangerously ill, with little expec
tation of recovery.—consequently there is no
Court m Joaes this week.
That same stupid joke about “Old Buck's"
shedding his horns, has appeared with slight
variations in three or four successive numbers
of the Journal 4 Messenger. If the Parson
don’t stop l>eing so funny, we are afraid his
readers will ail die “a larfin.”
Bostick & Kain inform ue 4 that a portion of
their Fancy Goods which w ere kept back sever-
1 nl weeks by the accident to the steamer Flori
da, have just arrived, and the Ladies are iavi-
• ted so call ami see them. They are rich in
quality and cheap iu price—the Good* wo
mean, not the Ladies.
•'
Person* in want of a first-rate Plantation in
a rich and healthy section, are referred to the
advertisement in another column of Messis.
E. A. A J. A. Nisbet.
■—T~“
There were 41 interment* in Savannah for
tlie week ending on Tuesday evening the 19th
i inst.—from yellow fever I+-.
There is ho foreign news of importance.
THE ELECTIONS
flection* have just been lield in Pennsylva
nia, Ohio and Indiana for Congressmen and
State officers. The result can be slimmed np
in n few words: The Black Repl'.bliean ban
, ner w aves in triumph—our noble old Demo- ,
cratic party has met w ill; a Waterloo defeat,
routed horse, foot and dragoons—nnd as to
the Know Nothings, they w ere not heal’d of in
the contest.
In Pennsylvania the State ticket is elected by
six thousand majority, and only two Democrats
elected to Congress out of the entire delegation
of twenty-three Representatives. Ohio sends
fourteen Republicans and seven Democrats,
among whom is Vallandigham elected over
Lewis D. Campbell. In Indiana there are on-
J ly two Lecompton Democrats elected out of
eleven members. Both in Ohio and Indiana
tlie general State tickets arc elected by large
! majorities.
Thu* ends the fight, and whnt does ;t show ?
First, that Mr. Buchanan's Administration in
■ attempting to do justice to the Smith, las been
unjustly an<l unkindly rebuked at the North,
even in the President’s own native State.—
1 And secondly, that the anti-slavery sentiment
1 is predominent and invincible in the Northern
States. The abolition newspapers glory in
their triumph, and exnltingly declare (to quote
' the words of one of their organs, the New-
York Times) that “ the Union will in future
lielong, to a certainty, to that portion of the
population which entertains anti-Lecomptoii
views.” The Black Republican hosts are
marchingsteadily onward in solid columns, with
' fresh accessions to their ranks every day ; and
in the great battle of 1860, we fear our friends
at the North will hardly be able to muster a
corporal’s guard to make a show of resistance
to the overwhelming tide nftlie enemy.
I This being the state of aflhirs we endorse the
sentiment of the “ Spirit of the South" that in
stead of isinging pcears to the Union and lul
ling the people with false hopes, we should
rather look the coming danger in its face, and
with “apprehension indeed, but yet without dis
may,” set about preparing our people for the
I tremendous emergency that is fast approach-
. '“g-
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. , CHARGES AGAINST DOUJLAB.
An exchange paper says the Jefferson (Mo.)
, Examiner publishes the following crushing ar
ray of charges against Diqiglas, apd gives the
name of Ron. Isaac IL Sturgeon, a leading
Democrat of St. Louis, astlie person from whom
the information is obtained. Hi« reewd ns
made 1 up in the Senate and in his Lite Imran
gues in Illinois, is I hick enough to satisfy the
worst Abolitionist in the land, but the tacts
here related render it pcifretry monstrous;
! We learn from sources that we deem entirety
, reliable,
1-t. That Judge Douglas declared to promi
neut Black Republicans in Washington City
last winter, that his Kansas-Nebraska jailiey
was designed by hi\n u/ril uoaftl hare the effect
to mirrouml the elar'r Staten vithff ec Staten and
, than rriinh oat tlarery.
2d. That Doiigla-declared that Senator Bell,
of Tennessee, was the only Southern member
■ of Congress who understood iiim. He bail a
■ conversation with Senator Bell, in which the
i latter said to Douglas "Tiled—d Southern
, tools don’t understand you ; I do."
3d. That Senator Douglas avowed himself in
favor of emancipation in Missouri, am! said lie
! hoped the movement in favor of eiuancipation
: would succeed.
4th. That Senator Douglas expressed the
hope to these same Black Repilbllcuns that F.
j I’. Blair, Jr., would succeed Senator Green in
tlie United States Senate and voluntarily prom
ised to use his efforts, when the prosier time
came to secure the election of Blair in place ot
■ Green.
, sth. That he held meetings in his own house,
I in Washington City, under lock and key, with
| prominent Black Republicans, last winter, who
’ : came at hi* own invitation, and to whom he
made, in substance, these declarations.
These are some of the charges we are ena
bled to make against Senator Douglas. The
I information upon which we make them is, we
I reiterate, entirely reliable, and we cannot
r therefore, doubt their truth.
Whathave the Augusta Constitutionalist, the
Macon Telegraph, and other Douglas organs In
I Georgia, to say to the above charges I How
can they excuse themselves for defending a
‘ man who shows so black a record on the sub
ject of slavery and Southern Rights! Will the
people of the South lie inveigled into the sup
, port of Douglas by scheming Editors and am
bitious politicians? Will they forget treason
|in order to elevate demagogues to office ? Will
they forgive the traitor so that the “ wire-pul
-1 er»" may bo filled with Iqaves and fishes?—
These questions may not he jicrtinent nt pres
-1 ent, since the Southern p*<u>le caq neither aid
' , nor pre.veut Mr. Douglas’s eloetirm to Die Sen
. ate. He now asks nothing fit the harids of the
South : but it will not always be so, and it is
well to prepare for the futu-c.'
GOOD COTTON PICKING
As there seems to be a good deal of rivalry
| thisseasonatdifferentplantationsincotton pick
i ing. we give the following which took place on
that of Messrs. Tooke A Jeter in Houston
county on the 18th inst., for the benefit of our
country friends. Twelve hours was about the
time in which it was done.
Daniel picked .' 600 lbs. |
. Torn ‘ 562 “ i
Henry “ ...i... .542 “
Wa.-h “ .540 “ ;
And Lewis belonging to. Col. L. M.
Lamar picked .....591 “ ,
Total ...........2,835 lbs. [
This is thest best picking that we have no
ticed. ‘ I_. -
Cotton. —The demand is good at 10 a 10 1-4
for extremes. The article is coming in very
freely. J7OO bales having beep received on Tues
day.
Kmisi Affairs—Free State Coaveatiaa
Called.
St. Loris, Oot. 16.—The central Committee
of Kansas have called fora Free State delegate
Convention to be held at Lawrence, November
10th, for the purpose of discussing various
questions connected with the present organiza
tion of the Territory, and to determine the
true policy of the party as to the question of
obtaining a speedy admfeskiß int<rthe Union as (
a free State,
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
Oar readers in the city and surrounding
country will please read the new advertise
ments in to-day’s fiaper. We have not space
or time to particularize.
Dry Goods and Groceries, an extensive stock,
at J. B. & W. A. Ross; Jewelry Ac., Day &
Macssexet; Hardware, Nathan Weed; Hats
and Caps, Chas. B. Stone ; Fresh Garden Seed
at E. 1.. StbohecEeii & Co's.; and something
new and elegant for the Ladies at Paukeb’s.
House, it will be seen, opened his Restau
rant on the 18th inst. Read also the notices
of Administrator’s sales, and various other le
gal and miscellaneous advertisements.
See the law card of Samuel 11. Washing
ton. Esq.
"LIBERAL ADVERTISERS DAILY PAPERS " ’
Under the above caption, the Federal Union ? J
' of the 19th inst. contains an article, an extract t
from which is copied below. The compliment t
' to the Macon Merchants on their liberality in ‘
advertising, is well deserved, as our advertising
columns, and those of the other city papers, ,
fully attest. We know our business men are ;
very desirous of having a daily paper, and we I
think they would give it a liberal support; '
and since they have been so generous to us, j ,
we hope before long to be able to reciprocate ]
by supplying a want now urgently felt in our J 1
community. Nothing would conduce more to 11
the prosperity ot our city than a well conduct- .
ed “daily,” and it is discreditable to the place i ,
not to have one, for a e doubt if there is ano- ,
ther city in the country of the same trade and 1
population, w inch has not one or more dailies. 1
The Federal Union says: ' ;
The Merchants of Macon should have a dai
ly paper. Those men who send their cotton to i
that place are anxious to know, every day, the
state of the market. In this connection we
publish below an extract from a letter of an
intelligent planter in Butts county :
“It is greatly to tlie interest of the planters,
when they have cotton stored with their fac
tors, to have information every day of the price
of cotton. I have hud cotton stored in Macon
waiting for the price to advance, and some
times it has gone up ami fallen again before I
could reach there, or write to my factors to
i sell it. With daily mails and daily papers, I
' could save enough to pay for a paper a life- .
1 time, on a single crop of cotton, every few
years.”
No doubt of it. A weekly paper is too slow
a coach for this fast age of telegraphs and j
steamboats.— Ed». State Preet.
SECESSION A PROPER REMEDY.
If three or four men. say A. B. anti 0., form
a copartnership in the transaction of any given !
| business, ami in the course of years, A. and B.
combine to deprive C. of his right to the en
joyment of those things which all parties at
first stipulated should be secured to hitn, would
not C. have a clear undoubted right to dis
solve the firm by .withdrawing from it? So
with the States of this Union, thirty-two sov
ereigns, each possessing equal power and at
, tributes for the coinin i.i defenee confederated ,
together, leaving expressly to each State the en
joyment of all rights not expressly delegated
to the confederacy. A majority of these States
have combined together to deprive the minor- |
ity, the slavchid.liiig St .tes, of those rights.
Ami will any man presume to say, that when
. this is the caw, as it is now, the minority has
not the right to withdraw from the confedera
cy ? To dissolvi the tics tin t bind them to
their oppressor.-? To metde, is not only a
proper remedy for tlic present evils of aboli
tionism, but th j only one consistent with
peace. Secession, or revolution, or di.-union.
or w hatever other name you may apply to it,
is a principle dear to our heart. We believe
that the day whieh dates the dissolution of this
Union, will be the brightest one in Southern
history. We have borne the insults of the
Yankees, till forbearance has ceased to lea
virtue. Wc have submitted to their insolence,
till submission is construed into cowardice.—
We have plead constitutional rights, till elo
quence is powerless. Wc have appealed to
the dignity of this confederated government;
we have tried the power of pathos; we have
i sounded the call of duty ; we have le't no ar
gument imnrgcd, but all in vain. And now
nothing is left the South Lnt to look to her
1 own strong arm, and appealing to the God of
i hosts for the injustice of our cause, and the
■ rectitude of our principles, let her withdraw
from the Union and keep her powder dry.—
Exchange.
DISUNION
We are charged by some as being willing to
dissolve the Union out of mere w nntonness—
just for the fun of the thing. Now, probably,
no one has lias a greater reverence or more
i love for the Union than ourself—such a Union
I as our Revolutionary Sires gave us. and could
I it be restored to its pristine glory and to the
purpose for which it was ft-eated, no one would
rejoice more, or go greater lengths to accom
plish an end so desirable—but when we see en
croachment. aggressions and innovations made
the order <>f the day, we think it high time,
that such invasions of our rights should be
stopped, even if splitting in twain the nation
i should be a sequence. If, however, the triends
of this partnership between the North and
South, can show us how the South can retain
her self-res|»ect and recover her equality in the
concern, then certainly wc would oppose dis
solution and say of the Union r*tc jntpetua. —
But we have no hope that the'North will ever
act fairly and honestly with the South, but on
the contrary the breach lietween the two sec
. tions will continue to widen, and the matters
in controversy instead of growing better will
be continually getting worse, and that disso
lution will sooner or later ensue, no one of sane
mind, we presume, can for a moment doubt.—
Mr. Burke, of New Hamshipe, formerly a tnem
i ber of Congress from that State, advising his
abolition brethren not to push the South to ox
: tremeties, says that the “ North has received,
since the Government has been in operation,
five hundred millions of acres of land, and five
! hundred millions of dollars more than the
South,” and we cannot fail to suppose, that all
| reasonable men South have come toßhe con
clusion, that the North ought to be satis
fied —but no! she tells the South plainly, she
shall make no more slave States —that free and
, slave States cannot get along together—that
all must be free. We ask, does the South re
quire more to drive her to desperation—to ,
drive her out of the Union ? Will she give an
. additional five hundred millions of acres of
land, and five hundred millions in money to
I remain in the Union a while longer? we think
not! Yet if some Union-saver ran point out |
I to ns how we can secure our rights and equal-
I ity in the Union, we w ill ever I* found in op
position to dissolution. it not, we go for the
rights of the South, though a disruption of ev
ery tie, that binds us together as one puople,
mayg be the < onsequencc,- Uovl'en
I era/,
THE LATEST STYLE
An exchange informs us that the Empress
Eugenie has consented to cover her dress with
riehly-woiketl ribbons, to encourage the silk
trade. This is to cheer up the manufa -turers
of Lyons and St. Eutienne. All the creme de
la ciem of Parris will follow suit. All will
copy the style of “her majesty.” The next
thing riblxms wiil lie the ton in London. The
court will adopt it. the nobility will be deliglit
ed with it, the multitude will love it, because
it is their fate to imitate their superiors. Then
will come the United States, where femininity
is ever an agony of anxiety to copy the follies
of the French capital. Ribbons are to be tlie
order of the day, ladies; ribbons, nothing but
ribbons. It was just so with crinoline, Eugenie
concealed her “interesting situation” with a
hoop. Victoria donned the “expander” for its
convenience. The American “queens” adopt
ed it from choice. Now every servant girl
whirls her colossal frame work of springs a
round the kitchen, and mendicant children, in
the streets, plunder the hoops from the side of
tlie stmt barrels nt the grocers’ doors, is order
to give themselves the amplitude of their elders.
BURNING OF THE AUSTRIA AFFECTING INCI
DENT.
Mr. John Palicrn-ia in his statement relates
the following affecting incidents:
He saw one gentleman ami Indy jump over
board with their clothes all in a blaze. Inor
der to get out of the reach of the flames, which
were every moment coining nearer and nearer,
he took a piece of rope, of some three yards in
length, and letting himself down, fastened him
self to the fore-chains underneath the bowsprit,
where he hung some three or four hour'. wait
ing for the French vessel to Come near enough
to reach them. As the flames increased, the
poor, miserable creatures on the bowsprit jump
ed into the water, as their clothes caught on
tire—dropping into the water, as Mr. Pidiern
: sia says; “ like drops of rain in n heavy show
er.” One woman, with two daughters, kissed
them both, and then putting her arms around
them, all three jumped into the water. An
English lady, who came on board at Southamp
ton with her husband, bad three children with
her—a girl about five years old, a boy about
three, ami a babe in her arms. The husband
had jumped over, and as the flames grew hot
ter and burned more fiercely, slie took her lit
tle girl, kissed her, and threw her into the wa
ter. She then took the boy, a fair, healthy
little fellow, embraced him, gave him her last
kiss, and threw him in. He struck on his
back and struggled very hard, rising to the
surface three separate times, calling out,
I “ Mamma,” eacli time, in the most piteous
tones, then sunk to rise no more. The poor
woman then clasped her baby to her breast
and jumped in witii it, kissing it repeatedly as
; they sank to the bottom.
A young man who was in the second cabin,
ami who said be was going to (hdifornia. where
| he had a brother, bad his sister with him. a
girl 16 or 17 years of age. In order to save her
I from the fire, he fastened a rope around her
I body, ami making one end fast to the deck, let
her down over the side of the vessel, lie then
put another rope around his own body, and let
himself down—hut the rope was not well fa—
I tenet!, and as lie jumped over, it slipped from
under his arms and caught him around the
throat. As be struck the water the waves
dashed him up against tlie vessel's side, and
falling back again he was quickly choked to
death; his sister shrieking, "Help! help! will
nobody help my brother ? Mr. I’alicrnsia says
when he left tlie vessel the poor girl wnsbanging
■ there, screaming ami crying, with tlie waves
dashing tlie dead body ot the brother aeainst
her every few moments. An Engl-hman
about 50 years of age, who cnine on board at
I .Southampton with his wife, crawled with her
I out on tlie bowsprit as tarns they could and
as they flames uppr wiled they clasped their
arms around each other with one l.i't ki-s,
jumped into the water and sank immediate!; .
And so brothers and sisters, fathers and sou-,
mother' and daughters, embracing each oilier,
j.imped inti the waves.
OUR TERMS FOR “ PUFFS.”
M e go in strong for the- prin-iple that every
benefit which we may confer upon our fellow
man through the columnsot tin- I’uncli, slioiil 1
bring suitable remuneration. Therefore, all
persons no matter what may be their bn-iues .
who may desire us to “putt" them, wiil gov
ern themw'ves ac-or liugly. Wine mereh in's
are notified that their address and a basket ot
< hatnpagne will always en-iue them a first-rate
notice; no matter how inferior may lie the ar
ticles • hieh they usually sell, so long n- what
they send us is good, it is all right. Fashion
able tailors, boot makers an 1 hatters will be
accommodated with our measure for goods in
their various departments, it being understood
that we are to " blow” for them to the full ex
tent of our atmospheric ' capacity. To cigar
dealers we would intimate that we prefer the
tnild Havanas; uni not only the cigars, but
the senders ot them, will lie duly putted. Mis
cellaneous articles of every kind—such as salt
pork, opera glasses, pickled onions, pianofortes,
wheelbarrows, nanny ami billy goats, bouquets
and boot-jacks—will lie th mkfully received in
exchange for favorable notices. Patent medi-
I cities am] bed-bug exterminators will not be
i noticed unless accompanied by the “ soap."—
' All public exhibitions will be putted sky high,
provided that we are allowed free admission at
.-ill times, for ourselves, our aunts, uncles, cous
i ins, and, in short, our whole tribe, including a
vast circle of acquaintances, and our bull dog;
therefore, gentlemen, send in yonr favors.—.V.
I”. Punch.
The Great Cheas Match.—We learn from
Galigiuini*s Mftaenger, brought by the Arago,
that Ghj highly interesting match between Mr.
Morphy and M. Hurwitz wa# somewhat de
layed during the past week by a in
dispoMtinn of the latter gentleman. They
played, however, on Saturday, when tlie Amer
ican champion obtained the advantage. The
i match row stands thus: Mr. Mophy has won
* lour and M. llarwitz two. Who ever gains
, the first seven will be the conqueror. Large
l»ets are de|K*ndent on the game.
The Courier dea Etats, of Oct. 7th, says :
“ A letter from Paris to us siys: “ The cel
. ebrated chess duel, w hieh excites all the :una
teurs of the game and all the habitues of the
Cafo de la R••gence, has just terminated in fa
vor of Mr. Morphy, the American champion,
and Against M. llarwitz, the representative of
Prussia. Mr. Murphy has won four games out
of six.
This statement only confirms that of Galig
nani. for the match will not be determined un
, til one of the players has won seven games.
Wuat’s ix a Name? —The names of the elec
tion precints in Schley county, Ga.. are Pond
Town, Lick Skillet, Bump Head and NuLbing
Hill. A very euphonious catalogue, truly!— .
But the county site, which is said to l>e a ve
ry atttrnctive locality, lately selected and fast
improving, is called Ellaville—a name that ful
ly atones for the rough taste displayed in mun- j
ing the districts. It is so called in honor us a .
young lady of the place.—C’o/uwzAtfx Enquirer.
Wth.
A Compromise Woman.-The Richmond South
says; “Our pen recoils from tlie duty—yetis
its province to record the revolting fiict, that
a white woman in Mccklinburgcounty. Virgin
ia. became the mother, a few days since, of four
children, two of whom were of her own color
and the other two black.”
KEL KAMHA.
A gentlemen Jiving in Philadelphia eaye:
“In pausing through Pittuburgh, •orne month*
•ince, 1 purchased a bottle of Bmrheve’* Holland Bit
ter®. It relieved me so much, diet on returning home
I bought two more UMtle® from Dr Dyott, which
completely cured me of Neuralgia. I have recom
mended the article to uiauv of mv friend®, and four
or five of the number ®ay it cured th« tD I think that
my recommendation ha® done more for ito mlc in
Philadelphia than your advertiaing. H
[We are nut permitted U/ publish the name, but I
any poroon calling at the afore, or communicating
with u® by letter will be ronv luted <jf the truth ’
the ®tatemen» oct bbi it
MARRIED,
In Thomasville, Ga., on the 19th inst, .Eneas a
strong, U. S. Navy, to Miss Henrietta e’ Vicker< tt ‘
ly daughter of the late James M. Vickers, Esq ’ < ’ D *
At Mid wav, Baldwin county, Ga . on -
mg Oct. tlth. ls. W , by the Kev. b! . Ti&. 5"
Jonathan T. Farrell, of Rome, Fiord co to mEm’
tha F. Moore, of the former place. ’ ‘ * tr ‘
IDIEtID,
In Milledgeville on the jjth of Sep Miu t-
Raines In the IMh year of her age. - E -
Augusta papers will please copy.
In Northampton, Mass., on the 4th inst while
a visit to his relatives, Mr. Moses D. Barnes „f ,>*"
city, aged 4-J yeara -for many years . well'knowi’
and much respected citizen of thin place. a ’
SPEf IAL XOTICES.
MY DEAR FRIEND,BEBUBBTO REah
THIS!
A MOST WONDERFUL DISINFECTANT’
win s mm mu'
To the citizens of Macon and vicinitythis prepara
tion is now extensively known, mid not one who has
, ever used it, but says it will do all that is claimed fur
‘ it.
It Purifies Dwellings!
It removes all Ottunsiva Odors I
It cures Sores and Ulcers!
It is Capital for Burns !
It destroys Foetid Breath !
It is Invaluable !
There is nothing that can equal its dhinfeHng
qualities. All the leading physicians in this HtaHnse
it and recommend it. Do try it I It is for nfe ln
Macon at wholesale and retail by Gcoruu Pars,, R.
L. STRoaccaan A Co., A. A. Mexanp, J. H. A W. S.
Ellis, Zsilis, Hcst A Co. It may be ordered fon>
•I. Darby, Auburn. Ala., or Hurral, Risley A Kitciea,
No. 7ti Barclay St., N. Y. sept »-fa ’
WM. R. FREEMAN,
PORTRAIT PAINTER
Studio over Mrs. Howland s, a few Doori below the
‘ State Press” Office on Cotton Avenue
Office hour*, from 10 o’clock A. M., to P. >f
and from to 4 P. M.
feb 25-ts
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Read the Circular <<f Prof. Wood’s Pair U<»t<*rative
If you want tof.nd it.
Th-' depot hat 114 Market street, St. Ixuiis. MU/M»««ri.
2 I« is also sold by every p«*pu!ar Druggist in
city audcountry. feb H oney
TO Till: PUBLIC’,
AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PEKSONfI
IN CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
The undersigned have been for several yrnre paati
constructing and putting up. when thereto rripiirtd„
Circular s<nr Mill*, propelled by steam and wa
ter; and wc state pnnHirciy that the im
provements are our own, and not an infringement*
upon any Patent whatever. One Frederick M. Hart»>
horn, representing himself to be tha agent ot oner
(Jeorge Page, or George Page A Co., ha®, as we have
been informed and believe, repeatedly atated in th&
hearing of our cnstoiner®, that we were infringing
said Patent—thus deterring person® from dealing
witii us. for fear of troublesome and expensive litiga
tion; and byway of giving plausibility to tbi® state
ment, ha® said to divers persons', that ®nit bad’
been commenced againat us, or one of u®, for dani«
ages, for the infringement of said Patent. We hare
, not been sued and do not expect to be. and will hk
always prepared U> respond to any suit that may be
brought.
This is to inform all persons who require sucili
work that we bare commenced suit against said
Hartshorn, returnable to the November term 1858 off
Bibb Superior Court for damages for thus interfer
ing with our busineea. To thme desiring to order
mills from us we would state that we take upon our
selves all Risk and Damacob that any one may ana
tain by the use of<rar Circular or Upright Saw Mill®
by suit or otherwise in favor of said supposed patentee,,
and we are fully prepared to show by proof in Court,,
that we have not committed any infrigement oa the-
Patent of Mr. Page or any other j erson.
R. FINDLAY A SONS.
Macon, June 17th, 1858.
BURNETT’S PREPARATIONS.
Cocoaine, a compound of Cocoa Nut Oil for promoting
the growth and preserving the B<autv of the hair.
Florimel, a new and delightful Perfume for the hand
kerchief.
Kalliston, a Cosmetic for removing fr eckle®, tan, sud
burn, redness and roughness of tlie skin, Ac. The
attention of the Ladies is respectfully invited i© thia
elegant article for the toilet.
Oriental Tooth Wash, fortbe preservation and beauty
of the Teeth and Gum®.
Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy for the Asthma.
Superior Extracts of Lemon, Orange, Vanilla, Almond,
Rove. Ac., fur flavoring Custards, Pies, Blanc
Mange, loc Creams, JeMies, Sauce®, Ac.
The sup' r’ority of the above named Extracts con
sists in their perfect purity and great strength.
Manufactured by Joseph Burnett. A Co., Boston.
For sale by E. L. Strohecker, A Co., and Druggists
generally.
Macon, Ga.. Jun. fl, ly
W It is not often that we notice editorially a pat
ent medicine; yet we feel it a duty when we are con
vinced an article is very meritorious to inform the
public, that they, too, may be henefitted by use. and
to prevent them from using other article® that have
no merit in them.
Now we wish [particularly to recommend to our
reader®. Dr. Sanford’s Liver Inrigorator, as on anuri**
that has given benefit and performed cure®, in owr
circle of acquaintance, that were little les® than as
tonishing. It is particularly recummenc’ed for all
l>isea.M*s of the Liter, as it i® a Inver Invigorator. —
Especially among our own children have we noted
its beneficial effects, where the little sufferers, from
bowel complaint, orm® and other diaeaao®, iacident
tu children, hare been made quiet and perfectly cured
by the use of thi® article. It haa testimonials that
none can doubt, fur the cure of Jaundice, Dyspepaan
and stM’li trouble* a® alwav® follow a deranged Liver.
A few ench case® hare come under uur observation
where it nemed almost to work m»ack».
Uur advice to families is do< to be without it a* X
w ill ®ave many Lour® of pain by U® »p'«d v use whea
I dioraM* first make® its attack
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