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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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AUGUSTA. GhA.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 23,1869
PLANTERS AND MERCHANTS’ ASSO
CIATION.
The combinations which large money
rings can bring to bear upon the cotton
market, the eflfeets of which we witness in
the South from year to year, have bestirred
our people to measures of self-protection.
There have been many plans proposed for
the amelioration of the farmer, but none of
them seemed to be available. We hear of
another scheme bruited about which has
risen from the emergencies of the hour and
is the concoction of a practical and tho
roughly experienced business mind. It is
proposed to form an Association of plant
ers and merchants with a capital of say
$300,000 or $500,000. This capital is to be
invested as the President and Board of Di
rectors (to be elected) shall deem best for
the welfare of the company. The securities
■will be the basis for the negotiation of a
loan in Liverpool at the opening of each
cotton season. The funds thus obtained
■will be advanced to planters or shippers of
cotton, through well-established mercantile
Urns, to the House selected in Liverpool, at
one per cent, per month, without additional
charges for advancing.
The benefits to be derived are:
First, The advantage of direct transac
actions with the great cotton centre.
Second, The obtaining of funds at a low
er rate of interest than can be had in this
country to move the crop. It is calculated
that $500,000, invested in good bonds, used
as a bonus, would command a sum in the
neighborlioodof $1,500,000. With the quick
transportation of the present age, this sum
can be turned over every thirty days, and,
during the cotton season, of five months
duration, five times $1,500,000 would
amount to $7,500,000, being a greater
amount than the Bauks of Augusta afford
ed prior to 1860.
Iu addition to the great incidental bene
fits such an Association, as outlined above,
would confer on the pi an tins; aud business
men of a community, there would be a
handsome direct income from investments
judiciously made. With safe, interest
drawing bonds, it is reasonable to suppose
that the Association would secure from 5
to 7 per cent, profit on the rate at which it
could borrow, and the one per cent, per
month charged for advancing.
The capital stock might consist of 3,000
or 5,000 shares at SIOO each, the full amount
to be paid in when a charter shall have
been obtained and officers elected.
We Lave only time to day to sketch out
tin; meagre outlines of this project. We
shall recur to the subject again. Mean
while, it would be well for the wise heads
among our planting and mercantile com
munities to think over these matters and,
if possible, either improve upon this plan
or excogitate some other which will remedy
the evils of traffic now so seriously dis
turbing the great majority of those in our
midst who believe in King Cotton and de
sire that all conspiracies against his royal
ty shall be summarily suppressed. This
scheme, detailed above, is no idle project.
Double the amount required to forward it
is now lying idle in the hands of those who
trade in aud with Augusta. They have it
in their power to be independent of the
money rings abroad. Will they exert this
power?
The South Carolina College.
The trustees of this institution, at their
meeting on Friday last, filled three pro
fessorial chairs, rendered vacant by tue
resignation of Professors John LeConte,
Joseph LeConte and Edward P. Alexander.
In the places of these gentlemen were
elected Dr. Albert Gallatin Mackey to the
chair of Natural and Mechanical Philoso
phy, Dr. Joseph Jones to the chair of
Chemistry, Pharmacy, &c., and Mr. T. E.
Hart to the chair of Mathematics:
Os Dr. Joseph Jones, so well and favor
ably known in this city, the Charleston
News mentions:
“Dr. Joseph Jones, who has iust been
elected to the chair of Chemistry, has for
years been connected with the Medical
Colleges of Savannah aud Augusta. Dur
ing the war he had a special commission
from the Confederate Surgeon General to
continue investigations, in which lie had
been engaged previously, ou the origin and
character of malarial and typhoid fevers.
The result of his labors is contained in a
voluminous report. He has also written
on tetanus and gangrene. In the course of
his investigations on the latter, he visited
the prison at Andersonville, where lie
revelled in the great abundance of his fa
vorite material.”
Concerning Gen. E. P. Alexander, who is
a native of Georgia, the News says :
“A few words in closing on Prof. Alex
ander, who is about to leave the State.—
Edward P. Alexander was born in Wash
ington, Ga., in 1835, and graduated at West
Point in 1857. He was promoted second
lieutenant of the United States Engineer
Corps, and served as assistant instructor in
engineering at West Point; then as lieuten
aut of a company of sappers in the Utah
expedition of Gen. A. S. Johnston, and in
Oregon and Washington Territories. He
next was on detail, engaged in perfecting
and experimenting with a system of army
signals until May, 1861, when he resigned
in San Francisco and returned to the South.
“ He was commissioned Captain of Engi
neers in the Confederate army, where he in
troduced the system of signals, and served
as signal officer ol' the Army of the Poto
mac, and afterwards as chief of ordnance of
the Army of Northern Virginia. He was
then promoted to the rank of Colonel of
Artillery, and commanded all the artillery
of Longstreet’s corps at Gettysburg, and
In Georgia, and in the Tennessee campaign.
“He was promoted Brigadier General of
Artillery and Chief of the Artillery of
Longstreet’s corps, in February, 1864,
holding that command to the close of the
war.
“ He was elected Professor of Mathemat
ics and Civil and Military Engineering and
Construction in the University of South
Carolina in December, 1865, which position
he lias filled with distinguished ability,
giving general satisfaction. He was much
liked in the army by his superiors, by his
peers and by his subordinates, and the
many responsible posts he occupied, and
his rapid promotion, tell how his services
were valued.
“ South Carolina loses a valuable man
by the resignation of Professor Alexander.
He has earned her esteem, and carries with
him her best wishes for his welfare and
success.”
The Creditors op Horace Morse. —lt
will be recollected that we referred, some
weeks ago, to the remarkable will of Ho
race Morse, late of Monroe county, in this
State, providing, with the consent of his
widow, that a considerable amount of in
surance on his life, for her benefit, should
go to the satisfaction of former creditors,
wnosc claims were barred many years ago.
A notice to those creditors, residing in Sa
vannah, Charleston, Augusta, and at Athol,
Mass., if still living, will be found in this
paper. We proposed, in the article referred
to above, that the several amounts thus un
expectedly placed at the command of the
creditors, be returned to the widow, whose
circumstances are limited, at least during
her natural life, and we now renew the sug
gestion. — Savannah Bepublican.
[For the Conetitut onulidt.
Cotton Blight, or Rust.
Messrs. Editors : A recent letter from
a gentleman of your place says that “ the
cotton crops have been seriously injured iu
this neighborhood by rust, especially where
fertilizers have been used. Some attribute
it to ammonia and some to the phosphates,
&e. What is the cause and remedy V”
I propose to answer this letter briefly
through the medium of your paper.
What is here called rust is simply a
blight—premature decay. There is no
such thing as* rust in cotton, similar to
rnst in wheat. This latter is the result of
a weak stem, deficiency of silicate of pot
ash in the stalk, perhaps; it cracks open
and there exudes a portion of the sap,
which seems to oxidize, and presents the
appearance of iron rust. Hence its name.
Os course the grain is injured by it accord
ing to its extent.
There are three kindsof cotton blight,
which may be termed dry, humid, and land
blight. The first has prevailed this year,
particularly in sandy lands, where stimu
lating fertilizers have been used. Up to
early iu August, with plenty of rain, the
crops were exuberent, full of sap, juicy and
succulent. The drought came, hot sun,
sandy soils, no water, stimulating guanos
soon dried up the juices, hardened the
woody fibre of the stalk, closed the pores
aud cut off from the leaves and forms. Ob
struction, premature decay, and death was
tiie result. This is what is called rust in
cotton. We denominate it dry blight.
What are the remedies V
Sub-soil your lands, use fertilizers that
are less stimlating, and not in snch undue
quantities, aud don’t crowd your plants.
This will prevent the dry blight, but you
will not make as much cotton Der acre, per
haps, if there is plenty of rain, as those
who plant thick and use more manure. Iu
my experiment plat, all the fertilizers,
with Peruvian guano as a basis, suffered
early from drought and blight; the phos
pliatic compounds later; those rows with
natural soil Simply, last of all.
The humid blight is where the sub-soil is
a hard pan—pipe clay, for instance—and
there is too much rain. The water does
not percolate through the sub-soil, the
roots are submerged, nutrition obstructed,
and blight comes on very similar in ap
pearance to the other. The remedy for
this is underdraining.
The land rust is owing to an inherent
deficiency of nutriment in the soil, and
occurs every year on the same land. Some
one or more of the inorganic elements are
lacking. The remedy is a good coating of
ashes which contain all of the inorganic
elements and supplies the deficiency at once.
E. M. Pendleton.
Sparta, September 21st, 1869.
[From the Southern Watchman.
George Williams.
AN EXAMPLE FOR THE YOUNG.
All our readers know something of the
eminent merchant and banker, George W.
Williams, Esq., of Charleston, who is a na
tive of Nacoochee Valley, Ga. Some of
them may- know something of his early
career, but as this is not known to all, we
copy the following letter from him, detail
ing liis success in growing corn on the
Indian mound, which many of offr readers
have, seen, just below the ford on the Chat
tahoochee, near the residence of Mr. Chas.
Williams, his brother, that we may say a
few words for the encouragement of the
youth of our country. Here is the letter:
Nacoochee Valley, Ga., >
August 15, 1869. j
Home again ! Yes, after long years of
desolating war, I find myself once more at
my old home in the mountains of Georgia,
in the sweet, vale of Nacoochee,
“ Where the zephyrs perlumed as from the
spice island.
Mount up from the valley to welcome the
morn,
Where the gale robs the zephyrs to gladden the
highlands,
With sweetness that e’en to proud Yonah is
borne.
’Tis a valley of peace, rich in every soft feature.
In eutishine or shade, in its own verdant
green,
’Tis Georgia’s Egeriu, most lovely by nature,
Carved out of a chaos of wild monntian
scene.”
The meaning of the sweet Indian word,
“ Nacoochee” is “ Evening Star.” The
name was applied to a beautiful daughter
of a Cherokee chief. In my rambles of
twenty thousand miles, 1 have found no
country to me more lovely than Nacoochee
and its surroundings. Not even the tropi
cal valleys of the West Indies, with their
majestic palms, fragrant flowers and fruits;
nor Italy, with its vine-clad hills and groves
of orange; nor Switzerland, with its silvery
lakes, fertile valleys, mouutain gorges and
snow-capped Alps.
Through the charming val’ev of Nacoo
chee the picturesque Chattahoochee winds
its way. Broad fields of Indian corn and
flowering meadow-lands skirt its banks. —
Not even a thirty years’ exile front this
mountain home lessens the throbbings of
my heart as I return to it; and the return
to Nacoochee at this time is made doubly
interesting, as l brought with me two sis
ters Who had been absent nearly a score of
years. That white house peering out of
the grove, (now the residence of my young
est sister) is the homestead iu which my
parents of precious memory lived and died.
The grand old oaks which have withstood
the storms of a century—the "trees under
which we in childhood frolicked—are still
green, and send forth annually their Autumn
fruit. The little Lombardy poplars, plant
ed by tiny hands, have grown to be lofty
trees. The modest Methodist church near
by is where Andrew and Olin thundered
forth their youthful eloquence, and where
Richardson, Ask6w, Glenn and other saint
ed ministers preached in the prime of their
manhood. And there, too, is the mound
j on which I made my first adventure in
! agriculture. It was the custom of my
! father, as a means of encouraging his sons
to habits of industry, to give to' each a
small portion of land, the product of.which
t hey claimed as their own. My broad acre
began at the foot and ended at the summit
of the Indian mound ; it was too steep and
rugged to be cultivated by the plow ; I had
to rely eutirely upon the hoe.
Having pitched my crop, the tender plants
sprang forth from the rich soil. My hopes
ran high at tiie prospect of a bountiful
yield. Alas! for human hopes and expec
tations, the scorching suns of July came,
but not a drop of rain. While my father’s
well cultivated fields below in the mbist
valley were fresh and luxuriant, mine on
the mound began to wilt and droop. The
prospect of becoming a bankrupt farmer
daily became more manifest. As 1 stood
gazing on my blighted prospects, and
thinking what should be done, my eye fell
upon the beautiful Chattahoochee, which
makes nearly a circuit around the mound.
At the sight of this mountain rivulet hope
revived. I saw that success was now with
in my grasp. No time was lost in applying
to each thirsty hill of corn the refreshing
water, which was brought in a bucket from
the Chattahoochee by the light of the moon.
This timely application of water, which
failed to fall from the clouds, saved my
crop aud made my fortune of ten dollars.—
To this circumstance, though trivial in it
self, as it may seem to your readers, I at
tribute much of my success in after life.
This small capital of "ten dollars .was
what I had to begin with, after a walk of
one hundred miles, from Nacoochee to Au
gusta, Ga., in 1838. In the rough path of
commerce, which I have traveled many
long years, I have encountered scorching
droughts, financial panics, desolating wars
and steep mounds covered with thorns and
thistles. At times I felt that the “burdens
and difficulties I had to overcome were
greater than I could bear, and often was
tempted to falter by the way ; but in these
trials I always remembered the small farm
on tiie Nacoochee monnd, and the lesson it
taught me, which was first to have faith
and a general reliance in Proyideuce, but
never failing to use all the means a merci
ful Providence placed within my reach. I
have learned from hard-earned experience
that success means toil, energy, watchful
ness, order, justice, sobriety and economy-
In this day men are not fed by ravens,
but are commanded to earn their bread by
the sweat of the brow—a commandment
some people find verv hard to obey.
G. W. W.
We have not room to comment as we
would wish. Wo desire to say this how
ever- Mr. Williams’ great success in life
is not traceable to the fact tßat be went to
Augusta and afterwards to Charleston. It
was not that. Many hoys haye gone
greater distances to those places, began
with brighter prospects, and finally turned
out to be loafers and vagabonds. Why did
Mr. Williams succeed ? First, because of
his excellent moral training—but, secondly,
the great cause of liis success is louud ill'
the fact that he did not succumb tocircuin
stances. With a dauntless heroism lie
adopted the Napoleonic maxim that he
would “ create circumstances.” This was
evinced by his conduct as a boy, when he
carried water from the river to water \his
corn-patch on the monnd. Here was the
promise and full assurance of future suc
cess. And he would have succeeded in any
of the walks of life, at any place. Such
men cannot be kept down. It was not
Augusta or Charleston that made George
Williams a great merchant and banker.
The same indomitable energy would have
"made him a great statesman, a great gen
eral—or great in any of the walks of life.
Snch ineu cannot become pigmies.
Death of a Centennarian in Georgia.
—From the Atlanta Intelligencer we ex
tract the following tribute to the memory
of one of Georgia’s centennarians, and one
of her most highly esteemed citizens, from
the pen of a gentleman who knew him well.
The deceased was one of the oldest Master
Masons in the United States, having occu
pied that position in the brotherhood for
senenty-nine years, and was in good stand
ing at the time of his death :
“ Uncle Bob Martin,” of Milton
County, Georgia. —This remarkable man
deserves a tribute to his memory, and I beg
you will allow a friend who knew him well
for the last thirty-five years, a brief notice.
He was boin in Henry county, Virginia,
on the 19th of December, 1766, and died at
his residence, near Alpharetta, on the 27th
of July, 1869, in liis 103d year.
His herculean frame was filled with a
soul on the same model. Warm hearted,
hospitable, benevolent and generous, lie
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Denied the advantages of education, his
solid good sense aud energy secured him a
handsome competency ; but it was all torn
from Mm during the late cruel war, (in
cluding 35 negroes) except his farm.
Living upon a public thoroughfare, he,
like most of our well-to-do farmers, “ en
tertained travelers;” but there was one
striking peculiarity in his case: he never
charged or accepted any pay from any re
spectable member of the “legal fraternity,”
but always insisted that he was more than
compensated by their intelligence and tine
social qualities.
Scrupulously honest, he always regarded
with undisguised contempt all that was
mean and dishonest.
For 79 years preceding his death he was
a Master Mason in good standing, and was
interred by Alpharetta Lodge with an at
tendance of the brethren that attested their
warm regard.
He removed to Georgia in 1790, and lived
iu Oglethorpe county, then in Jackson, in
Coweta and Cobb, and in the creation of
Milton comity was included in it.
He left an affectionate wife, two surviv
ing sons, aud a large posterity to lament
his death. He died in the full possession
of his mental faculties.
Peace to his ashes! 11.
Concerning Change of Firm —Acting
Commissioner Douglass has reiterated a
decision which makes an imperative rule
relative to change of firm as regards special
tax, reassessments, transfers, and refund
ings, in which he says :
“ Every change of firm whereby a former
partner retires from the same, or anew
partner is admitted, constitutes, in con
templation of law, anew firm, liable to
new special tax for the unexpired portion
of the year for which the same lias be<m
paid by the original firm, which should b *
assessed from the first day of the mont fi in
which the change occurs.
“Thereto no provision in the law by
which a person retiring from business
during the year for which he has paid the
tax can transfer his receipt to the person
succeeding him.
“ In the case of manufacturers, dealers,
apothecaries, confectioners, butchers, keep
ers of eating-houses, hotels, inns or taverns,
who have paid special tax as such, if at the
time of change of firm, the sales, products,
or gross receipts, as the case may be, have
not exceeded SI,OOO, the special tax will be
refunded upon application made in proper
form.
“If the tax paid is that of wholesale
dealer, and at the time of the change the
sales did not exceed $25,000, forty or fifty
dollars will be refunded, according to
whether the sales exceed SI,OOO or not.”
A Bad Occurrence Near Rutledge,
Ga.—Mr. James Boothe, a worthy mechan
ic, while blasting rock in a well for Mr.
Josh in Crowley oil Tuesday last, accident
ally ignited the fuse in endeavoring to
unload the charge that liad failed to ex
plode, when a sudden explosion took place,
entirely severing his right hand and smash
ing the left, arm so as to necessitate the
amputation of both arms below the elbow,
which was skillfully performed by Dr. Mont
gomery, of Rutledge, assisted by Dr. Jack
son. At, last account the unfortunate man
was in quite a comfortable condition.
Mr. Boothe resides in Monroe, Walton
county. He is an Irishman by Girth, and
has a wife and a large family of children
dependent upon liis exertions.
[Madison Farm Journal.
The War on the Drummers.—Yester
day morning, R. A. Golke was up before
the Mayor on a charge of drumming for
the house of Win. Grosholz & Cos., Phila
phia. Mr. Golke coutended that he did not
solicit orders for liis house, and that liis
goods were turned over to Die commission
house of Knox, Daly & Cos., who were to
sell them ou commission, and of course pay
the tax. The Mayor inflicted a penalty of
SSO fine.
Mr. Dublan was also arrested on a charge
of soliciting orders for the liquor house of
Frauk & Dublan, No. 12 Cedar street, New
York, and after an investigation before the
Mayor, at 10 o’clock yesterday, was fined
SSO. — Charleston Courier , 23d.
Accident on the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad. —On Monday last
a box and flat car on this road were thrown
from the track near Whitehall Station,
about forty miles from the city. When tiie
confusion incident to the affair was over,
the road master and a laborer had some
words, which ended in the laborer being
unmercifully beaten. The train moved on,
leaving the cars to be put on the track
when the dispute was settled.
, - - [Charleston News.
Singular Freak of Nature.—A lady
living on Shepherd street, fifteen days ago
gave birth to a healthy babe, and day be
fore yesterday gave birth to another. She
was unusualiy sick after her first, confine
ment, but is now doing well. The babes
are also in fine health and spirits,
A case of a similar kind occurred in this
city about thirty years ago, the time be
tween the births in this instance being
twenty days.— Charleston News.
Cotton and Corn. —Owing to the
weather, cotton is not opening as fast as
might be otherwise. It still comes in
though, and there i.s a chance of a better
yield than was expected some three weeks
ago. The fanners have commenced hous
ing their corn, and the reports are generally
favorable as to its “ turn out.” Fodder
can be bought in Tallahassee, we see, for
seventy-five cents per hundred, aijd corn
sixty cents per bushel.
{Madison {Fla.) Argus , 18 th.
Coincidence.— The Charleston Courier ,
of the 3d of April, 1857, under the head of
“ Fatal Railroad Accident,” published an
account of the running off the track of tie
outward bound freight train at Four Hole
Swamp, and the killing of the conductor,
named John Gilbert, and a train hand
named Bprns. The accident was caused
by a defective rail.
South Carolina Executive Appoint
ments.—Professor J. M. Hughston has
been appointed Superintendent of the Cedar
Springs Institute for the deaf, dumb and
blind. John D. Mulhouse, of Barnwell
county, has been appointed a beneficiary
student in the University of South Caro
lina. 8. G. Herndon and John W, Caunou
have been appointed notaries public for
Gconee county.
L Fio;n ti e Genili-maa'a ilagaz ue.
Angelica.
Fair is my love, so fair,
1 shudder with the (Molise
Ot what a fight the world would lose
Could she go .hence.
Sweet is my love, so sweel,
The leaves that, lold on fold.
Swathe up the odors of the rose,
Less sweetness hold.
True is iuy love, so true,
Her heart is mine alone,
The music of its rhythmic beat
Throbs through my own.
Dear is roy love, so dear,
If I but hear her name.
My eyes with tears of rapture swim,
My cheek is and une. "1
Spare her, Immortals, spare,
Till all our days are done—
Tour heaven is full of angel Jonus,
Mine holds bnt one. ; i if
William SStWY*R-
A Quaker Landlord and His Guest.—
A good story is told of a Q u akerdaudlord
at Atlantic City. An urqhin of flve or six
years was seen by him drummingßoisily
upon a handsome walnut balustrade. The
friend remonstrated with him without ef
fect, and then quietly took him up bodily
and carried him into the back yawl- In ft
moment Die boy’s angry mother made her
appearance and opened upon theriandlord
with a torrent of invective; cbncUiuuig with
“I’ll leave this house instantly*” The
Quaker immediately touched a be|l and
said to the dark skinned waiter Who re
sponded to the call, “ Leouklas, gq jup to 42
and bring down this friend’s baggage when
she tells thee she is ready for thee*. If she
wants thee to get a carriage for h«T, or has
any other commands until she is gone, thee
will see them attended to.” The lady sud
denly began to cool down, apologized, and
asked to be allowed to retain her sG©m,but
only received the reply, “My house shall
never make any one a* liar. My bobk-kqep
er will settle with thee. Fare thee well.”
Soon afterwards her trunks wsflft'taken
down stairs by the stout negro totS? music
of her boy’s voice caused by her iiiparting
to him unexpected caloric with alstnip of
shingle.
“Marry Us Twenty-Seven Cents
Worth.”— ln Virginia, where the law fixes
the marriage at one dollar, there is a reminis
cence of a couple who many years ago call
ed on a parson and requested him to marry
them. “ Where is my fee ?” said the func
tionary. The parties who were to unite
their fortunes did so at once, and found
the joint amount to be twenty-seven cents.
“ I can’t marry you for that sura,” said the
irate old gentleman. “ A little bit of ser
vice will go a loug way,” suggested the
male applicant. “ Ah, no!” said the par
son, “you don’t pay for the size of the .pill,
but for the good you hope it will do you.”
The lass, intent on marriage, began to
weep ; but the parson was inexorable, and
the couple turned sadly to depart. Just
then a happy thought seemed t,o strike the
forlorn maiden, aud she turned aud cried
through her tears: “ Please sir, if you can’t
marry us lull up, won’t you marry us toven
ty-seven cents worth ? We can come for
the rest some other time.” This was too
much for the parson, lie married them
“ full up,” and they went on their way re
joicing.
The Arabian Estimate of Different-
Colored Horses. —Tiie Arabs illustrate
their estimate of the different colors o(
horses by the following story: “A chief
of a tribe was once pursued by enemies.
He said to his son : ‘My son, drop to the
rear, and tell me the color of the horses of
our foe, aud may Allah burn his grand
father !’ ”
“ ‘ White,’ was the answer, *‘ Then we
will go South,’ said the chief, ‘ for in the
vast plains of Die desert the wind of a
white horse will not stand in a protracted
chase.’ Again the •chief said: ‘Mt son,
what colored horses pursue us?’ ‘Black,
omy father!’ ‘Then we will go among
the stones and on rocky ground, for the
feet of black horses are not. strong.’ A
third time the young Arab was sent to the
rear, and reported chestnut horses. ‘ Theu,’
said Die chief, ‘we are lost. Who but
Allah can deliver us from the chestnut
horse?”’ Dnn or cream colored horses
the Arabs consider worthless.
Dog Washers. —Rather a brisk and hu
morous trade is carried ou during the af
ternoons—on Saturday especially—along
the banks of the Seine, by the “dog-wash
ers,” a class of men who, for a few sous,
lather, brush, dry and comb all the canine
pets of the city. Some people are so partic
ular about their “ curled darlings ” that
they bring quite a toilette for the favorite.
Nothing can be more amusiug than to wit
ness the terror, joy and pleasure thedogs
exhibit while undergoing the process.—
Those awaiting their turn present a spec
tacle infinitely more ludicrous—a sort of
resignation like those unfortunate stray
dogs in Die Knacker’s yard before being
strung up.”
How Men Become Drunkards. —ln the
Probe, published at. the Sanitarium for Ine
briates, Media, Pa., some new facts with re
gard to the causes of inebriety are noted.
One-third of the whole number of patients
in the institution acquired a taste for strong
drink in the social circle; the other two
thirds became drunkards from constitu
tional tendencies, inducing insanity in some
and reckless disregard of moral obligations
in others. Os the first class, 22 were cured;
ot the second, only 8. Two-thirds of the
whole had the benefits ot Christian and
Temperance training, while only 23 had
been neglected. From this it would seem
that the temperance question requires to be
considered in a variety of aspects, aud that
almost every subject affecting human inter
ests deserves careful attention.
The Holy Land. — Tiie Jewish Messenger
avows the belief that the establishment of
the Suez canal is another step toward the
fulfillment of the divine prophecy that the
Jews shall return to the land of Palestine.
Itconeludes thus: “Tn spite of the indiffer
ence and lethargy of many Israelites, and
the tendency toward materialism displayed
by others, there is still an undertone of Jove
for the Holy Land which, dormant to-day*
needs but the impulse to be aroused into
action. Tiie impetus may be given much
sooner than the skeptics of to-day would
credit. Events are pointing toward it. This
generauon may mot participate in the re
turn to Palestine, ancl yet it is impossible.”
An Iron Tax Question. — Judge
Spaulding, of Ohio, ex-member from the
Cleveland District, was in Washington on
the 17th, representing the Cleveland Roll
ing Mills in an important suit involving]
the question whether the company ire
liable to taxation as manufacturers of pig
iron, when they take their own ore and
ran it directly into plates, without going
throqgh the pig process. They arc never
theless, assessed as manufacturers of pig
iron, and a large amount being due, the
department is pressing for payment, which
the company resists. The question Will
probably be decided against them, and on
its decision several other similar cases are
pending.
Remarkable Death.— On last Satur
day, James Hammonds, of this county,
died of congestion of the heart and
For ten hours before his death the pulsa
tions of his arteries ceased, but he walked
about during * the time, gave* directions
about his affairs to his family, and drank
coffee an hour before his death. He was
attended by Drs. S. L. and Wm. Bonnet,
two very excellent physicians, aud tjje
latter says that duribg an experience of tki
years in healing all kinds of congestion in
Louisiana, he never met with or read of
such a remarkable case.
[Carrollon Alabamian
' '- IT' * W
Offer to a Colored Marylander--
Prominent colored men in South Caroliii
have communicated with Mr. John H. Bu -
ler, asking if he will accept the position
assistant Commissioner of Education <tf
South Carolina. Mr. Butler holds the mat
ter under advisement.
A Maryland convict has fallen heir to
SBO,OOO, and can’t get out to spend
Were this fellow in the Illinois penitenttaf
ry, the Chitiago grain speculators would
have him out in no time, merely for the
amusement of plucking him.
State Items.
In the United States District Court, at
Atlanta, on Monday, Charles T. Mills,
charged with embezzling a package which
came into his possession as route agent be
tween Selma and Kingston, was acquitted.
Since the Ist of January last, the Ordina
ry o! Sumter county has issued 198 mar
riage licenses. lie has received 81 applica
tions for setting apart and exemption of
homesteads. .
The State Road will sell return tickets
to the St. Louis Fair, to lie held on the 4th
of October, for one fare, to be good for
twenty days from the Ist prox. Cotton, ac
companied by a sworn affidavit that it will
lie exhibited at the St. Louis Fair, will
be transported free over this road—one bile
to each different shipper. It will be remem
bered that the merchants of St. Louis have
offered SI,OOO for cotton, to be exhibited at
this Fair.
The Savannah Advertiser is responsible
for the following:
Matrimony. —The sweet bonds of matri
mony have encircled the persons of Mr. R.
Wayne Russell, of this city, and Miss Emma
Spier, of Effingham county. We trust that
their mutual a-Spief-ations may never be
Russell’d by the winds of unhappiness.
The Rome Courier says Hou. J. W. H.
Underwood has found the original den
where the K. K. JL’s most do congregate/
He says there is a cliff of rocks in John’s
Mountain, in ten or iifteen miles of Rome,
on which arc three capital K’s in a row.—
The letters jut out of the rocks, and are two
feet or more in length. The Iv. K. K.’s are
of a flinty or harder substance than the
body of the limestone rock.
The Albany News says of cotton, that
the crop is nearly blown, and most of the
planters are half through picking. The
decline has pretty well stopped sales, but
nobody’s scared and nobody's hurt.
Os the crops in Randolph, the Cuthbert
Appeal says cotton opens rapidly and pre
maturely. The old tale of a-“ short horse
soon carried ” will be verified. In some
sections caterpillars are destroying all the
leaves. One field we saw on Tuesday had
been well nigh denuded of foliage, and
thousands of the insects were devouring
even the young fruit. The visitation is
too late, however, to effect materially the
yield of cotton. This scourge was not
needed to insure a poor crop. Drought has
effectually produced that result,.
The Albany News reports that on the
16th Inst., an altercation occurred on the
plantation of Dr. J. 8. Linton, in Worth
county, between Joe Jenkins and George
Washington (both colored) in which George
was struck on the head with an axe by Joe,
and instantly killed.
Mr. Samuel Spencer, of Columbus, has
received the appointment of Assistant Civil
Eugineer on the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad.
The New York Tribune says: Brunswick,
Ga., is destined to outshine all Southern
seaports in prosperity and importance.
Ten years hence will connect by steamers
with New York, Havana, Liverpool and
other seaports of the world.
The Atncricus Courier says that in com
mon with her neighbors, Webster county
has suffered terribly from drought; and it
is thought the cotton will all be gathered
six weeks sooner than usual—( lie late crop
being almost entirely cut off. The yield of
corn is moderate.
Secession op a Conference of a
Northern CnuAcii to the Methodist
Church Scutu.— The Rev. J. Ditzlcr, who
was appointed, last year, by Bishop Me-
Tyeire to Indiana, reports progress. A
conference was lately held at Westport, at
which he was present and assisting. The
ministers and members of this organiza
tion, we believe, were originally of the
Methodist Episcopal Church North, but
they withdrew from it on account of its
political utterances. We are glad they And
in CDr church a platform and basis of
union. We have a welcome for all who
love a non-political Methodism. It will be
remembered that our conference in Illinois,
now well organized and progressive, had a
similar beginning.
Resolved, By this Annual Conference now
in session at Westport, Decatur county,
Indiana, August 21, 1869, that we do here
by adopt the principles, rules and regula
tions of said Methodist Episcopal Church
South, as set forth in her discipline, to be
come thereby a conference of said church ;
Provided., That this action, with proper cx.-
planations, be submitted, after due notice,
say from four to eight weeks, to the vote
of the members of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church in this State.
[ Christian Advocate.
The notorious Authony Brown, says the
Americas Courier, was captured at Albany
a few days ago, and brought to this city on
Tuesday. Immediately after his arrival he
was. started over to ProsUm —Webster
Court now being in session—where he will
be tried for theinfamous crimes with which
he stands charged. Among other things,
it will be remembered that lie attempted to
murder his wife, and cut her hand entirely
off. He has long eluded the hands of the
law, and we are glad to announce that he
has at last been caged.
The Americus Courier reports that this
criminal made a full confession at AVebster
court, and was sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary, by Judge Harrell.
The AYork Goes Bravery On.—The
workmen employed upon the Savannah,
Griffin and North Alabama Railroad, are
vigorously prosecuting their labors, and it
is contemplated that the route to Newnan
will be completed on or before the first of
January next. Some thirty-six miles are
yet to be finished, but the T rail is all
there, the cross ties are being dumped
down as fast as possible, and the laborers
work with a will. The good old State of
Georgia will yet be encircled by continu
ous railroad routes.
[Macon Journal and Messenger.
Death of Mb. Lewis Lester.—One of
our oldest citizens departed this life on
Thursday morning last, at his plantation,
a few miles from town. We do not know
what was the age of Mr. Lester—upwards
of eighty, perhaps. The deceased had
been, for a number of years, a resident of
this county, where, by a long life of indus
try, sobriety and fair dealing, he had ac
cumulated a large property. He had been,
for many years before his death, an accept
able member of the Baptist Church. He
leaves a large number of descendants and
numerous friends to mourn his loss.
[Southern Watchman., Athens.
— ■ -
Just So—There is still hope, for the
Georgia Democracy. Hear the Bard:
“ Now that the Democracy is torn and
shattered, we extend to it a kindly hand,
and say to the sick and wounded of that
sinking craft, come with us and we will do
you good, though it be at the eleventh
hour.’'
Yes, if the weak-kneed Democracy ever
get any good from the Bard and his asso
ciates, it will assuredly be “ at the eleventh
honp.”
The champion rat-terrier is in Illinois.
He recenliy disappeared for eight days, at
the end of which time he came up, lean but
fierce, through the ground, where he had
been burrowing in hjs chase for a rat that
length of time.
Clothing the Naked—An Act of
Charity. —Some good Samaritan, on Tues
day night, moved by a kind feeling for the
nude mermaids (so-called) connected with
the east fountain now being erected in the
City Hail Park, clandestinely furnished a
peat little yellow muslin toggery for each
of these broadly suggestive figures, with
which the police found them adorned at an
early hour yesterday morning. The dresses
were quite an improvement, but as it is an
understanding with the City Fathers that
these mermaids are to perform service
without fee or reward in the shape of fe
male apparel, the Keeper of the City HaJl,
modest man that he is, was obliged to tuck
his head under his arm, play the role of a
femme de chambrc, and disrobe the young
Jadies of the covering contributed by some
unknown individual, whose charity and
taste we alike endorse.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatch to the Constitutionalist.
New York Closing Stock Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
i New York, September 22—P. M.
The following ure the closing quotations
this day :
American Gold 141
Adams Express... 55
New York. Central .186
Erie ...... 35%
Hudson River .........a 188
Reading 93%
Cleveland & Pittsburg .... 105%
Chicago and Northwestern...!. 70%
Chicago and Northwestern, pref.. *... 81%
Milwaukee and St. Paul. 71%
Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref 81%
Lake Shore. ... 91%
Chicago & Rock 151and............. 107%
Toledo, Wabash & Western.. 61%
New Jersey Central ..... 101%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne 85%
Ohio & Mississippi 30
Hanibal & St. Joseph /. ..11l
Hanibal and St. Joseph, pref........ 113%
Tennessee, old 61 %
Tennessee; new 54%
Georgia 7’s 90%
North Carolina, old. 42
North Carolina, new 46%
Missouri 6’s 86
Pacific Mail 73%
AYestern Union Telegraph 36%
Stocks very unsettled. Gold very strong.
[Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, September 22—-Noon.
Grant and family have returned.
The Committee on Elections go to South
Carolina November 3d, to take evidence in
election cases.
Washington, September 22—P. M.—
Coupons due November will be redeemed
at rebate of 6 per cent, per annum. To
relieve note famlue the Comptroller will
receive large notes of their own issue from
National Banks, and give them in exchange
smaller notes, with as little delay as pos
sible.
Revenue, $300,000.
The Treasury received SIBO,OOO fractional
currency to-day.
Forty irou-clads are now ready for sea.
Serial numbers of packages must not
change with change of proprietors of dis
tilleries.
Grant was at the State Department
nearly all the afternoon.
The Government of the United States,
learning through parties who had visited
Spaiu, "that its mediation between Spain
aud Cuba would lie accepted by Spain, in
structed Minister Sickles to tender its
friendly offices. Spain has formally re
plied, thanking the United States, but de
clining to entel into arrangements with
the insurgents on the basis proposed.
There is no reason to believe that Spaiu in
vited other European Powers to interfere
in its concerns regarding Cuba. Spain,
having declined mediation, there is nothing
else proposed by our Government. There
are no war apprehensions here.
FOREIGN.
Parts, September 22.— La Patrie has Par
aguayan advices, admitting a reverse, but
maintaining that Lopez is able and deter
mined to continue the war.
Havana, September 22.—The Directors
of the Alanza Bank offer the Government
their profits while the rebellion lasts, and
have already paid $30,000.
The Spaniards killed sixteen rebels, near
Encrucijado.
London, September 22.—The Paris cor
respondent of the London Times says:
“ The diplomatic experience of Mr. Sickles
is limited, and probably insufficient to en
able him to rightly estimate the value and
effect of his words. Doubtless he is much
surprised at the excitement they have
created, and it will be difficult for his
Government to approve them.”
The Times says: “The Spanish have found
their advantage in a bold display of pa
triotism and national courage. They met
imagined affront with immediate defiance,
though their threatened adversary is ten
times more powerful than themselves.
Sickles is manifestly alarmed at the result
of his proceeding, and has requested furl her
instructions. Pending a reply from Wash
ington, he desired to withdraw his note—
if this is actually the position of the case
Spain ow r es it to her own fearlessness,
which may savor of unreason, but does uot
partake of the nature of bravado. She de
clares that if driven to extremity she will
fight. No doubt she will. For her
to gain advantage by doing so is out
of the question, but as matters stand
she would gain more than her ad
versary. America may fairly decline an
easy victory on such ouerous and partial
terms. The people and Government of
Spain have resolved not to part with Cuba
without a Struggle. The coutest could
only result in the sacrifice of Cuba, coupled
with other but slighter losses. Sickles
expected no such resistance as his note has
provoked. Possibly, in the face of such
opposition, his proceedings may be quali
fied or repudiated by his Government.—
It is believed he exceeded his authority,
and that America is not responsible for
his act.”
One hundred thousand in gold was
drawn from the Bank of England for New
York.
Prospects of India cotton crop good.
Alexandria, September 22.—1 tis re
ported that the Viceroy has countermanded
his preparations for a journey to Constan
tinople.
Madrid, September 22.—A treaty of
commerce between England- and Spain is
about completed.
The first action of the Cortes, on reas
sembling, will be tlie election of a King.
Thus far, the King of Portugal in the fa
vorite.
NEW YORK.
New York, September 22. —The Arizona
brings Pauama dates to the 13th.
Commercial depression continues.
Several earthquakes have occurred along
the Chilian coast; terribly severe at Arica.
.There were forty quakes on the 19th. The
people, fearing another inundation from
the sea, deserted the place.
The yellow fever lias again appeared at
Pisaqua and Mejlllines.
The Herald says the managers of the
Methodist Book Concern deny embezzle
ment, and threaten action for libel.
Syracuse, September 22. —The Demo
cratic Convention was called to order by
L. J. Tilden, whose speech criticized Grant’s
journeyings; deprecated the treatment of
the South, and condemned making voters
regardless of race or color.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, September 22. —A man
had his eyes put ont by unknown parties,
another was fatally beaten by two rufllans,
and a lieutenant of the police was arrested
for terribly clubbing a quiet citizen.
Oil City, September 22.— The Standard
Oil Works is burning. Efforts to check
the flames are fruitless.
OHIO.
Cincinnati, September 22. —1 tis stated
that Congressman Cary is organizing
workigmen’s leagues in opposition to the
fifteenth amendment.
Three boys were burned in several frame
houses.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, September 22. —The Repub
licans renominated the State ticket.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Yarmouth, September 25.— Lightning
killed Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and burned
the house, with a bed ridden daughter.
CALIFORNIA,
San Francisco, September 22. —The Mo
hican has returned with the Siberian eclipse
expedition, which failed, dense clouds ob
scuring the phenomena.
MAINE.
Augusta, September 22.— The Democrats
gain one Senator and four members in the
House. Five districts unheard from.
MARKETS.
London, September 22— Noon.—Consols,
92%. Bonds, 83%. Sugar quiet, both spot
and afloat.
London, September 22—Evening.—Con
sols, 92%. ’62’s, 83%. Turpentine, 20s. 9d.
Tallow, 475.
Liverpool, September 22—Noon.—Cot
ton easier but not lower; uplands, 12%@
12%; Orleans, 12%©12 / %; sales, 7,000
bales.
Later. —Cotton firmer but. uot higher;
sales, 8,000 bales. Breadstutfs dull. Bacon,
flss.i<i6fis.
Liverpool, September 22— Evening.—
Cotton irregular; uplands, 12%@12% ; Dr
leans, 12%@12%; sales, 8,000; speculation
and export, 4,000.
Havre, September 22—Noon.—Cotton
opens quiet and dull for both spot and
afloat; spot, 152 ; afloat, 145.
New York, September 22—Noon
Stocks and Money terribly excited. Ster
ling-long, 7%; short, 7%. Gold, 137%.
’62’s, 21%.
New York, September 22—P. M
Money active to close at 7, currency to
gold, with commissions. Sterling weaker,
closing at 7. Gold greatly excited by war
like rumors and efforts of clique operators;
immense business done; rate ran up to
141%, at which it closed active and strong.
Stocks, after violent fluctuations, hinging
on Central and Hudson, closed feverish
and unsettled. Governments heavy in
consequence of financial excitement; ’62’s,
21%; Southerns lower; Tcnnessees, 61%;
new, 54; Virginias, 54: new, 58% ; North
Carolinas, 51%; new, 47%.
New York, September 22—Noon. —
Flour s@lo lower. Wheat unchanged.—
Corn shade firmer. Pork quiet at s3l 75.
Lard dull. Cotton heavy at 28%. Tur
pentine, 43. Rosin quiet; common, $2 25;
strained, $2 3#@2 35. Freights quiet.
New York, September 22—P. "M.—Cot
ton opened heavy and declining, closed
firm at 28%; sales, 3,900 bales. Flour
heavy; superfine State, s6®6 15; common
to fair extra Southern, $6 45@6 80. Wheat
closed rather heavy. Corn shade firmer;
mixed AVestcru, $1 09@1 13. Mess Pork,
s3l 75. Lard heavy; kettle, 18%@J9%.
AYhisky firmer, ranging, $1 16@1 2L
Turpentine, 43@44. Rosin, $2 30@8.
Freights drooping.
Baltimore, September 22.—Cotton nom
inal at 28. Flour weak and quiet. Wheat
dull and lower; prime red, $1 55. Corn
dull; ranging from $1 25 to $1 30. Pork,
$33333 50. Bacon firm and active. Whisky
brisk at $1 15® 1 15%. Virginias, old,
45%; ’66’s, 53; ’67’s, 50; North Carolina,
old, 50 bid.
Cincinnati, September 22.—Corn dull;
supply large at Os's'll. Whisky higher at
$1 15. Pork dull at $32. Lard dull; of
fered at 17%; Bacon—shoulders, 14%@15;
sides, 19(319%.
Louisville, September 22.—Markets
quiet aud unchanged.
Wilmington, September 22.—Spirits
Turpentine, 39%. Rosin quiet at s2@s<so
for No. 2to extra pale. Crude Turpentine
unchanged. Cotton further declined, 25@
25%,
Mobile, September 22. Cotton—de
mand fair among few ; closed quiet; sales,
1,400 bales ; middling, 26 ; receipts, 1,509
bales; exports, 292 bales.
New Orleans, September 22.—Cotton
unsettled; sales, 1,114 bales; nominally,
27%328; receipts, 4,928 bales; exports,
777 bales coastwise. Flour firmer—ss 85,
$6 20 and $6 35. Corn lower; white, sl.
Oats, 55. Bran, $1 15. Pork, $34 12%.
Bacon firmer—l 7%, 20% aud 20%. Sugar,
12-%@14%. Molasses, reboiled, 70. Whisky,
$1 22% @1 25. Coffee unchanged. Hay
unsettled at. S2B 30. Gold, 138%. Ster
ling, 48. New York Sight, par@% dis
count.
Charleston, September 22.—Cotton ac
tive but easier; sales, 700 bales ; middling,
26; receipts, 1,459 bales.
Savannah, September 22 Cotton. Re
ceipts, 2,306; sales, 1,200; market firm;
middling, 25%.
Augusta Daily Market.
( Iff ice Dailv Constitutionalist, )
Wednesday, September 22--I’. VI. (
FINANCIAL
GOLD—DuII. Buying at 133 aud selling
at 136.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Buying at 127 and sell
ing at 130.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad Stock, 106@108.
Augusta Factory Stock, 159%.
COTTON—We have no change to make in
our closing quotations from those ol yesterday
The market opened this morning at 25%@
25%e lor middlings, bul did not couliuue at
those prices auy length of time, before unfavor
able news from New York caused it to decline
We can hardly give correct quotations, owing
to its fluctuant and irregular state. It closed
to-day at 25 cents lor New York middling, with
a downward tcudency. Sales, 401 bales. Re
ceipts, 550 bales.
BACON—Wc quote C. Sides, 21% ; C. R.
Sides, 21; B. B. Sides, 19%; Shoulders, 18;
Hams, 21 @26; Dry Salt Shoulders, 16%®17;
Dry Salt C. R. Sides, 20.
CORN—Firm, with but small supply. We
quote choice wliitj, $1 05 from depot.
WIIEAT—We quote choice white, $1 70®
1 80; amber, $1 00(5)1 70; red, $1 50® 1 55..
FLOUR—City Mills, old,*o@9; new, 47 50
@10; at retail, 41 barrel higher. Coun
try, $G®9, according to quality.
CORN MEAL - 41 55 at wholesale,aud $1 05
at retail.
OATS - 85®41.
PEAS—No supply. Selling at 41 50 for
seed. 7
CITY ITEMS.
Homicide in Columbia County.— On
Sunday afternoon last, a Mr. Baker, a
planter in Columbia county, eight or ten
miles from this city, shot and killed a ne
gro named Win. Jones, under the following
circumstances, as we learn from a most
trustworthy source:
On a plantation adjoining that of Mr.
Baker, known as the old Clark place, uow
in possession of Mr. Rice, a large number
of negroes, said to be over one hundred,
are quartered, supporting themselves by
laboring now and then for the planters in
the vicinity. Ten days or two weeks
previous to the difficulty, Mr. Baker had
employed several of these negroes to labor
on his plantation, but having occasion to
suspect some of them of stealing his cotton,
had discharged them, which engendered bad
blood against their former employer, as the
sequel demonstrates. Mr. Baker’s cotton
crop opening very rapidly, and requiring
more help to gather it, on Sunday he rode
over to the rendezvous of the negroes on the
adjoining plantation, for the purpose of hir
ing other hands who had previously prom
ised to work for him. While sitting on his
mule, quietly negotiating with the negroes
whom he proposed to hire, about a dozen
other negroes, who evidently had a deep
seated ill will against Mr. 8., appeared and
began a noisy demonstration, the leader of
the gang, afterward killed, feigning drunk
enness. A short time after their first ap
pearance, the leader and others retired be
hind a house for secret consultation, re
turning in a few minutes and completely
surrounding Mr. 8., who still kept his sad
dle. The leader, Wm. Jones, pretendiug to
be drunk, staggered against Mr. B. three
different times, nearly unseating that gen
tleman, and the third time caught him by
the left arm, cursing, and asked him if he
would fight, saying, as he dropped his right
hand behind him: “I am ready to shoot or
cut with you, G—d d—n you.” Mr. 8., seeing
the negro drop his hand to the back part
of his pants -and draw forth a weapon,
either a knife or pistol, the handle of which
was plainly visible, immediately drew Ids
own pistol and fired, his shot taking fetal
effect on the negro who held him. The
discharge of Mr. B.’s pistol somewhat dis
concerted the negroes who had surrounded
him, taking advantage of which, he sought
to escape their vengeance by riding off im
mediately. The negroes, however, soon
rallied and commenced a geueral firing at
and pursuit of Mr. Baker. A running
fight was kept up for a distance of a half
mile or more along the mid, until Mr.
Baker, being closely pressed by the negroes,
turned his mule toward them, fired two
more shots at them, jumped from his mule
and made his escape on foot through the
Vvoods.
Failing to overtake the object of their
vengeance, the negroes, afterward, in large
numbers, visited the house of Mr. Baker,
threatening to kill him If they caught him,
and also announcing their intention to
burn his barn. Mr. B- was fortunately uot
at home, and his barn, was saved from de
struction by the bold determination of a
faithful negro woman cook, who, with gun
in hand, defended the premises.
A coroner’s iuquesl has been held ou the
body of the negro killed, but we have not
been advised of the verdict rendered. The
negroes were aided in the investigation by
two well known Southern gentlemen, and
a warrant has been issued for the arrest of
Mr. Baker, and is in the hands of the civil
authorities of Columbia couuty for execu
tion. Another warrant has also been is
sued by a magistrate in this city, at the
instance of some of the negroes. AVe have
been advised that one of the negroes mainly
concerned in securing the issue of the
warrant in this city declared that Mr. B.
was obliged to fight to protect himself.
A Street Equestrienne —A Dashing
Female Rider. —Yesterday afternoon, be
tween three and four o’clock, the usually
quiet portion of Reynolds street between
Lincoln and Houston streets, was enliven
ed by the horseback exploits ot an erratic
white female, attired in a short black walk
ing habit, with a profusion of curls, danc
ing in reckless harmony to the break neck
speed of a spirited iron-grey steed from
one of our city livery stables. For at least
half a dozen times did we observe the reck
less equeslrie.nne passing the square above
indicated, her horse at full speed, aud her
toggery floating on the breeze regardless of
the revelations made by her wild and dis
ordered riding, which, for daring, at least,
rivalled the professionals of the horse
opera. Herself and steed thoroughly jaded
by the Gilpin race, we afterwards observed
her on the corner of Reynolds and Elbert
streets, reining in her horse and applying
the lash vigorously, causing the spirited
animal to rise almost perpendicular on his
hind feet. With this closed the perform
ance, the exuberance of the dashing rider
subsiding Into a quiet and unconcerned
ride from Centre, up Broad to AVashiugton
street, thence to Ellis, where the only real
live sensation observed on our streets for
many days was lost to ve local’s astonished
vision.
The police made an effort to entrap the
fair but reckless rider about the close of
her race, but she had already reached her
hotel, aud they only succeeded in discover
ing the exhausted steed used by her, as he
was led back to the stable.
AVe learn that this daring equestrienne,
whom, from her dash and vim, we mistook
foi* the avaunt courier of Robinson’s circus,
has been in the city for several days, reg
istering from Macon, and claiming to be a
mute, which she played to perfection at her
hotel, but, as we are informed, entirely tail
ed in on her wild ride. Satisfied, doubtless,
With the reputation achieved, and at the
request of her host, the erratic woman in
black left the city on the 9 o’clock train
last night.
New City Bonds.— The new city bonds,
designed as a substitute for those issued to
the Macon and Augusta Railroad, by the
late Military Council, in January, 1868,
have been received, ami were yesterday be
ing rapidly signed by L. T. Blome, Esq.,
Clerk of Council. They were printed in
Philadelphia, by Win. Maun, and while
presenting a general neat appearance, the
red numbers of the coupons look very
much like they had been impressed by a
eross-eyed pressman. Although an im
provement ou the old bonds, we cannot dis
cover that their appearuuce is at all calcu
lated to appreciate their market value. If
we were selecting bonds for investment
with respect to typographical excellence,
these would not command the cousldera
tion which some of our City Fathers were
disposed to claim for the new issue.—
They are of SI,OOO each, and amount to
$225,000. With eighteen coupons attach
ed, it will require some time to affix the
signatures requisite, stamp and deliver
them. The ordinance on the subject gives
the Clerk of Council $2 per bond for affix
ing the seal of the city, making for the 225
bonds $450, which, combined with Iho ex
pense of getting up the plate from which
they were printed, together with other in
cidental cost to the holders of the old
bonds, will eat up the Increased market
value claimed for the new issue. Certain
ly no one has a right to complain, if the
holders of the old bonds, to satisfy their
preference, choose to make this investment
Representation in the Commercial
Convention. — The basis of representation
in the Commercial Convention, to be held
at Louisville, Ky., on the 12t,h prox., lias
been fixed as follows:
The Governor of each State and Territo
ry may appoint a delegation at large, not
exceeding one for each Congressional dis
trict.
The city authorities of each city of 8,000
inhabitants may appoint one delegate for
each additional 10,000 inhabitants.
Each incorporated railroad, steamboat,
manufacturing or mining company, in ac
tual operation, having over $50,000 cash
capital paid in, may appoint one delegate.
Each Chamber of Commerce or Board of
Trade may appoint one delegate for every
hundred members, or fractional hundred.
Gentlemen invited by the Committee of
Arrangements are to be considered honor
ary members of the convention, entitled tq
the privileges of thp fjoor, but pot eptjtlec]
to speak or vote.
Each delegate appointed is requested to
inform Col. Blauton Duncan, Chairman of
the Committee of Arrangements, at Louis
ville, of his intention to attend the conven
tion, giving his address and the interests
which he will represent, and to provide
himself with the proper credentials, that
no difficulty may arise in determining the
delegate’s right to a scat in the convention.
The appointments for Augusta, now that
Mayor Russell lias returned, will, wc lcarg,
be announced at an early day.
Nor Swearing Rapidly. —The cotton
weighers of the city are not generally eou
formiug to the requirements of section 1595
of the Code of Georgia, making it. illegal
for them to weigh cotton without first
subscribing to the oath prescribed in said
section. Only three of the Weighers have
yet filed their affidavits with the Ordinary.
It might, perhaps, be to their interest, to
conform to the State law on the subject,
which has heretofore been lost sight of in
commercial circles.
Mr. John D. Carter has ceased his con
nection as associate editor and co-partner
with the Ainericus Republican. Success
attend him in his future pursuits.