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AUQ-USTA. GbA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 11,1869
“ SHARP AND QUICK * AGAIN.
A friend who resides at Ringgold, in this
State, Bends us a printed circular which he
received at the post office of that place, pre
paid. This circular contains two articles
published editorially in the Atlanta Intelli
gencer as replies to our criticism on Super
intendent Hulbebt’s speech to the Press
Excursionists. We learn, from the same
source, that ten or twenty thousand copies
of this circular have been distributed
through the mails. If our correspondent
speaks authoritatively, and we have reason
to believe he does, the natural inquiry of
all tax payers will be : “ Who pays for the
postage and printing of these documents ?”
It may be that Mr. Hulbert has drawn
upon his private fund, or it may be that
the publishers of the Intelligencer have gen
erously caused this distribution to be made
on their account; but, until satisfied of
this hypothesis we may, without sinning
against charity, opine that the people of
Georgia, through the earnings of the State
Road, have had the damage duly charged
to them under the head of “ contingent
expenses ” —that broad business mantle
which covers a multitude of financial
dodges.
Mr. Hulbert, whose lofty ideas are ex
alted above the common-sense of economy,
first delivers himself of a speech to the
members of the Press. Then he prints his
harangue and sends it broadcast over the
country at tile public expense. Finding
that one paper, at least, challenges his
pompous assertions, he concocts an elabo
rate answer iu the Atlanta Intelligencer,
and then reduces this answer to circular
form in order that “ all the world and the
rest of mankind ” may see him as he sees
himself. This circular, as we have al
ready stated, is sent by thousands into
every nook and corner of Georgia, and it
may be that complimentary copies, print
ed on white satin, have been forward
ed by Express to Mr. Seward, in Califor
nia, and Gen. Thomas, in Alaska.. Now,
money is required for these things. Where
did it come from ? If Mr. Hulbert hap
pened to be what he was a few years ago,
we should not make this inquiry; but the
military and his own craft have made him
notorious, and, as a bayonet and fraud
elected official, we ask again of him: Who
pays for this printing ?
We notice also iu the Intelligencer, of a
recent date, a lengthened correspondence
between our “ sharp and quick ” Superin
tendent and Mr. W. P. Price. Speaker of
the House of Representatives. So far as
Mr. Hulbert figures in it, it is merely a
rehash of his Excursion speech. Judging,
however, from its conspicuous appearance
in the Intelligencer, we should siy that
Georgia Postmasters are about to be del
uged with another batch of pronuncia
mentos from the Head-Centre of the State
Road. Os course all this pamphleteering (at
public expense) is intended to exert a cer
tain pressure upon such parties as may be
able to help Mr. Hulbert and his “policy.”
The Legislature is to be prepared before
hand to look favorably upon the building
of three or four more roads iu order that
“ Sharp and Quick,” and men of his stripe
may gain great personal reputation and
handle as they please a further supply of
the people’s money. We shall continue to
watch this little game, and to the extent of
our ability, defeat it.
PILLSBURr.
A few weeks ago, we published a signifi
cant extract from Parker Pillbbury’s
first letter to the New York Revolution,
dated at Charleston, and all about the
negro. He has written a second letter if
possible more spicy and interesting than its
predecessor. He thinks if his old friends
Garrison and Wendell Phillips would
come “ down South” and see for themselves
■they would return Northward sadder and
wiser men. Speaking of the farce of negro
office-holding, he says:
“ A majority of the Legislature of South
Carolina arc colored raeu, aud many of
them can neither write nor read. But
several of their very best friends assured
me they should nevef support such again
for the sake of the colored race itself—not
even to save the State from the Democratic
party. Such burlesque on the very name
of government, they declared, was never
before seen. I have witnessed enough
myself to easily understand that it must be
so. At the openiug of the session colored
voters were easily bought at five dollars,
though later they rose "on their price. One
shrewd Yankee from Massachusetts, not a
member, but who had some schemes to
lobby through the Legislature, carried to
the capital some cases of new hats, and with
them as legal tender drove quite a spirited
and successful business.”
Coupling this with the unutterable black
guardism of the City Council of Charleston,
we have a picture of reconstruction which
is horrible and disgustiug even to an old
dyed-in-the-wool Abolitionist who begins
to confess himself an ass and fears for the
continued asininity of his New Euglaud
colleagues. Parker Pillsbury is striving
to avert wrath from his own head by crying
out men culpa ! But there are thousands
as deluded as he once was who will be en
veloped in the whirlwind of future retribu
tion: Patience! Our day shall come.
“Ultramontane.”—The defection of
Father Hyacinthe has given much pub
licity to this word. Os course, the literal
application is to “ those living beyond the
mountains;” but it has transcended the
Alps aud now refers broadly to a class of
doctrinaires belonging to the Roman Ca
tholic Church in Europe. It was first ap
plied by the Italians to the French in a
general sense ; at a later day, the French
and Germans fastened it upon the Italians
with retorted contempt. It has now be
come a religious term and deuotes, in doc
trine, the extreme views of the Papacy. A
recent writer, speaking on this point, says:
“As the Eternal City contains always a
majority of those ecclesiastics who com
pose the Cofiege of Cardinals, and whose
writings afford most food for reflection on
church government and religious subjects
generally, Christendom Very naturally
gives to the phrase formed of ultra and
montanus a widely different meaning from
the one to which't was originally limited.”
Webster and Calhoun. —ln the course
of an elaborate editorial on Mr. G. T. Cur
tis’ forthcoming work on Webster, the
New York World says:
“ We suppose it will be the judgment of
posterity that Calhoun was over-matched
iu intellectual force (most certainly not in
logical acuteness) as his section afterwards
was in physical resources.”
If by “logical acuteness” is meant su
periority of reasoning, we do not see ex
actly how Calhoun was “ over matched in
intellectual force.” It is well known that
Mr. Webster, when hard pressed in argu
ment, spoke to the galleries. In this titauic
bit of demagogism he was certainly the
superior of Mr. CalhOun who disdained,
so far as we are aware, any such arts in the
Senate. According to the World, we should
say that Webster and his section repre
sent intellect triumphant by brute power,
while Calhoun and his section illustrate
reason overthrown, as a dernier resort, by
meat and muscle.
Chinese and Leprosy.— The Chinese
girls imported into San Francisco are
bought in their native land and shipped to
America for the vilest purposes. They
bring with them, not only the vices of the
East, but its most awful disease, leprosy.
•Yutogu t patio At-a s:ile of autographs
'•! Ni iv ,tS(! sign*:ure «,** Edgar A. :
. Foe brought the highest price.
Gas. —The illuminating power of gas In
London is fixed by law at from fourteen to
sixteen sperm candles per jet. In New
York the power is but eleven and one-half.
Parliament officers test the English gas
three times a day. Sulphuretted hydrogen
is forbidden, and only twenty grains of sul
phur are allowed to every hundred cubic
feet of gas. Very little of ammonia is per
mitted. The price in London for this pure
and brilliant article is $1 25 per one thou
sand cubic feet.
When we get an empire in the United
States we may possibly haveV?ood gas.
The Postmaster General’s Report.
The report of the Postmaster
General for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1869, will show the following interesting
facts, prepared by Gen. Terrell, Third As
sistant Postmaster General:
The number of stamps issued during the
year was 431,047,460, the value of which
was $12,722,565; the number of stamped
envelopes issued was 78,079,850, amounting
to $2,283,588; newspaper wrappers issued,
3,595,250, amounting to $71,906. Total
number of stamps, envelopes and wrappers
502,728,560, total value of which was sls -
078,061. :i T
The receipts and expenditures for the
year ending June 30, 1869, as compared
with previous years, were as follows : Re
ceipts, 1869, $18,344,510 72 ; 1868, $16,292,-
600 80; increase, 12)£ per cent., $2,051,-
909 92. Expenditures, 1869, $23,698,131 50:
1868, $22,730,592 65; increase, per cent.,
$967,538 85. 4 '
The inouey order system was established
November 1, 1864, at 141 post offices.—
During the period of eight months the
issues of these offices amounted to $1,360,-
122 52, and the payments to $1,313,577
08. The gross receipts from fees, etc.,
were $11,536 40, and the expenses $lB,-
584 37; showing a deficit of $7,047 97.
For the fiscal year 1866, the issues at 473
offices were $3,477,259 28, and the pay
ments were $3,903,890 22. The receipts to
the Department were $3,580,306, and the
expenses $2,866,427; yielding to the De
partment a revenue of $7,138 79. For the
fiscal year. 1867, in 832 offices the issues
were $9,229,327 72; payments, $9,071,-
240 73; receipts, $90,889 57; expenses, $4,-
462,896; revenue to Department, $20,-
260 61. Fiscal year 1868, at 1,223 offices,
$16,197,858 47; payments, $16,118,537 03;
receipts, $124,503 19 ; expenses, $70,348, 04 ;
revenue.to Department, $54,158 15. Fiscal
year 1869, in 1,468 offices the issues were
$24,848,058 93; payments, $24,654,123 46;
receipts, $176,248 87, and the expenses,
$110,694; gross revenue, $6,556,387. The
present number of money order offices is
1,685.
The report from the Dead Letter Office
will show the following interesting facts:
The number of letters sent to the Dead
Letter Office during the year was as fol
lows : Ordinary letters, 2,837,472; drop
letters, 450,000; unmailable, 361,984; ho
tel letters, 26,528; fictitious letters, 17,417 •
registered letters, 33,672; returned from
foreign countries, 62,603; foreign ietters
103,186; total, 3,952,862. Os the above
number, 18,227 were found to contain mo
ney, amounting to $94,710 95, in sums of
$1 and upward, of which number 16,187
containing $82,270 90, were delivered to
the writers or persons addressed, aud 2,040,
containing $12,040 05, were filed for re
clamation by the owners or were outstand
ing. Dead letters are retained four years
for reclamation, and the money deposited
in the Treasury. The number euclosiug
sums less than $1 was 14,323, containing
$3,472 77, of which amount $2,788 29 was
delivered to the writers, and $684 48 was
tiled for reclamation. The amount taken
from dead letters and deposited iu the
Treasury was $14,585 63.
The number of letters Containing bank
checks, drafts, deeds, letters of exchange,
etc., received and recorded, was 16,925 ;
nominal value of same, $3,011,354 71, of
which 15,286, the nominal value of which
was $2,799,114 51, were delivered to own
ers, and 16,039 were returned or filed for
reclamation. Os the unmaiiable letters,
286,307 were detained for postage, not be
ing prepaid as required by law. They
were either wholly unpaid, not prepaid one
full rate, or were stamped with illegal or
revenue stamps; 70,429 were misdirected—
the post office, State, or some necessarv
part of the address being omitted; 2,678
had no address whatever, and 2,570 were
addressed to places where there was no
mail service.
The amount realized by the sale of waste
paper was $2,067 05. This was formerly a
perquisite of tiie Third Assistant Post
master General, but has been cut off by
Congress.
The Stonewall Horror.
The Missouri Republican prints the fol
lowing account of the remarkable experi
ence ot Anna. Gurney:
There was a young lady on board of the
Stonewall about seventeen years of age,
with whom Anna was well acquainted’
and they kept together. Ou Wednesday
evening, alter supper, Anna invited her
companion to go down with her on the
main 4 deck aud sieep with her, as she had
a comfortable berth. The womeu, being
tired, divested themselves of their outer
clothing and went to bed. On the deck
there were several Italians who were
drunk and noisy, one of whom had a
candle in his hand, and carelessly placed it
on a bale of hay, setting it on fire. The
alarm was immediately given and in a
second the boat was in a sheet of flame.
Anna jumped up in her night clothes to
save herself. All was confusion. She
stood on the guards of the boat as long
as it was safe, during which she felt per
fectly calm and self-possessed. A gentle
man came up and proposed that if 6he
would jump off with him into the water
he would try and save her. She said:
“ No; try and save yourself; I think I cab
save myself.” He jumped off, and she saw
hitn drown. She stayed on the guards
until she was forced to jump into the river
or burn to death, as the boat in that quar
ter became nearly enveloped iu flames.—
She made the plunge, and went to the bot
tom. When she came up she caught hold
of a rope aud thought that it led to the
boat, but it was a rope attached to the
spar, and had tumbled over into the water.
She pulled herself along by the rope until
she came to the 6par, that had drifted under
the burning steamer. While there, a post
of the burning cabin overhead fell down,
and a portion struck her ou the shoulders,
Injuring her severely. By this time she got
off the spar, and while holding, her hand
was burned by drops of melted pitch which
trickled down. She being under the guards,
was saved from being crashed by the fall
ing spars and smoke pipes. «
A gentleman at this time, who was strug
gling hi the water, managed also to get
astride of the spar. At this time the burst
ing of the coal oil can covered the water
with a liquid sheet of fire. As she express
ed it, “ the water was on fire.” She aud her
coinpauiou held on to the spar until a boat
came from Neeley’s Lauding to their res
cue, a mile and a half distant, their safety
being due to their positiou under the
guards.
As near as can be estimated, there were
aboard the boat: Cabin passengers, 35;
deck passengers, 165; officers, 16; deck
crew, 38 : cabin crew, 20; total, 275.
A group of meu iu the water sought to
save themselves by the aid of a bale of float
ing hay, which was too small to float them
all. A savage contest ensued for its pos
session, all struggling to obtain a lodgment
upon it, when one, more desperate than the
rest, was roused to demoniac passion, and
drawing h knife, plunged it into a compan
ion's body, and the lifeless form relied over
into the curren'., which was reddened by
his blood. The act of fiendish impulse was
speedily avenged, for the whole party are
believed to have been drowned.
The Old Peddler Hoax Played Out.
—Some of our exchanges report that a
diabolical plot to rob and murder in Ascen
sion Parish. La., was happily discovered
and frustrated on Monday of last week.—
Two white men, carrying a large package,
called at the residence of Mr. A. Colomb,
near Donaldsonville, and asked permission
of Mrs. C. (Mr. C. being absent) to deposit
the buudle for a short time, promising to re
turn for it, as it was very valuable. The
package was deposited in a room of the
house, the two men taking their departure.
Shortly afterwards, Mrs. Colomb passing
near the package, discovered that it moved.
Being satisfied that such was the fact, she
. sent immediately for the overseer or man
ager of the plantation, who came armed,
and upon seeing the movement again in
the package, shot at it with a gun, which
caused blood to flow therefrom. He pro
ceeded to open it, and a negro man was
found killed therein, armed with a revolver
and large knife. Just then the two white
men came rapidly to the house for the pur
pose of assisting the negro, when the man
ager of the place shot and killed one of
them, the other man making his escape.—
The opinion is that the parties were under
the impression that Mr. Colomb hbd con
siderable money in his hoase, and took ad
vantage of his absence to commit the con
templated robbery. ; . ;
Joseph Brogden, a seaman on the British
steamshib St. Thomas, was accidentally
drowned at Savannah on Tuesday. He
fell overboard while engaged in painting
the stern of his vessel.
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Report of Canal Survey.
published by order op council.
Augusta, Ga., November 4, 1869.
To the Chairman of the Canal Committee of
the City Council Us Augusta.
Sir : In accordance with the resolution
of the City Council, and a subsequent
agreement with the Canal Committee, the
undersigned respectfully submits the fol
lowing report, with map accompanying,
showing the results of the work:
REPORT.
The most favorable point for making a
cross section of the Savannah river was
discovered to be at “Fury’s Ferry,” about
seven (7) miles above the locks, where it
was found to give 2,477)4 cubic feet per sec
ond. “Stevens’ Creek,” above the dam,
adds to this, 97)4 cubic feet per second;
but, as the “ Carolina Sluice” discharges
117)4 cubic feet per second, between the
extreme end of the dam and the Carolina
shore, there remain 2,457)4 cubic feet per
second, deliverable at the canal locks
during the minimum stage of the river.
The river continuing at its lowest stage
throughout the entire prosecution of the
work, no data could be taken to compute
the exact discharge at the “ medium stage.”
Allowing, however, the additional height
of 4 feet to the cross-section, and the ve
locity of water to be nearly double that of
its lowest stage, the discharge would be
about doubled. The present canal aver
aging 50 feet in width and 7 feet in depth,
with the impaired condition of the dam, is
totally inadequate to receive and deliver
the great supply of water at either stage of
the river. Hence the proposed
ENLARGEMENT.
By inspecting the map it will be seen
that the locks, the place of reception of the
water of the Savannah river, must be
widened, and that there is room for the
same.
The eye can trace the location for the
bed of the new canal by following the
dotted line in red upon the map, and it
will be perceived that the country, from
its character, admits of an increase in
width of 100 feet, and in elevation of the
dam and embankments, 4 feet above the
present height.
The following results in “ water power,”
at Augusta, would be attained as compared
with the present condition of the canal:
PRESENT CANAL.
Discharge 472 cub. ft. per sec.
Width 50 feet.
Depth 7 feet.
Mean Velocity 1,678 feet.
Head 10.5
Horse Power 586
ENLARGED CANAL (No. 1.)
Discharge 1,690 cub. ft. per sec.
Width 150 feet.
Depth 7 feet.
Mean Velocity 1,678 feet.
Head 10.5 feet.
Horse P., Ist Leve1..2,079
Horse P., 2d Leve1..2,079
ENLARGED CANAL (No. 2.)
Discharge 2,591 cub. ft. per sec.
Width 150 feet.
Depth 11 leet.
Mean Velocity 1,678 feet.
Head 14.5 feet.
Horse P., Ist Level. 4,402.4
Horse P., 2d Level.. 3,108
(Mean velocity determined by “ Prouy’s
Formula.”)
Estimate of Cost of Enlargement of the Au
gusta Canal, from its Present Dimensions,
50 feet wide and 7 feet deep, to a width of
\b6feet and a depth of 11 feet.
EXCAVATION.
234,860 cubic yards above water
level, at 35c $87,201
690,585 cubic yards Canal prison,
at 35c 241,705
925,445 cubic yards excavation,
costing $323,906
EMBANKMENT.
50,217 cubic yards from station 64
to station 98.
20,634 cubic yards from station
120 to 138.
22,854 cubic yards on South side
of Canal.
191,863 cubic yards elevation of
tow path.
16,837 cubic yards island below
Rfed’s Creek.
302,405 total yards erabaukment in
cluded in cost of excavation.
MASONRY.
Removal and reconstruction of
walls of lift-lock, increasing its
width to 20 feet, 1,674 cubic
yards, at $5 $8,370
Extension of water gate front to
109 feet 500
Wails and waste weirs at Island
below Red’s Creek 15,524
Repair of river dam and elevation
to 4 feet above low-water mark,
4,148 cubic yards, at $3 12,444
Wooden revetment for dam 31 M
feet, at sl2 372
Laying revetment 900
Waste weir near Ray’s Creek, 485
cubic yards, at $5.... . 2,425
$364,441
ray’s creek acqueduct.
Vonssoirs, 744.7 cubic yards, at sl2 8,936
Retaining wall, 1,310.8 cubic yards,
at $5 6,554
Wing walls, 1,422 cubic yards, at $5 7,110
Backing, 798 cubic yards, at $4.. 3,192
Parapet, 27 cubic yards, at $5.... 135
"$25,927
CULVERTS.
Vonssoirs, 404.2 cubic yards, at $9 3,638
Piers, 99.5 cubic feet, at $5 498
Backing, 113 cubic yards, $4 452
Foundations, 140 cubic yards, at.
$2 280
4,868
High level, total $395,236
Deductions—height of river dam remain
ing as at present at low water level. Em
bankment, towpath, 247,231 cubic yards
Masonry, river dam, 2,35, cubic yards, at
$3 $7,053
Masonry Island near Red’s Creek,.
651 cubic yards at $5 3,255
Waste weir Ray’s Creek, 140 cubic
yards, at $5 700
Parapet wall Aqueduct Ray’s
Creek, 27 cubic yards, at $5 135
Totol deductipaS...>iiA> r i. $11,143
Low level total $384,093
The undersigned begs, before closing, to
acknowledge the valuable services of Maj.
J. S. Williams as consulting engineer.
Very respectfully, your obt. serv’t,
Chab. Mahon, Engineer.
Fire in Midway.—We regret to learn
that the residence of Prof. Bates, in Mid
way, out-houses, &c., was entirely consum
ed by fire on Sunday last. The fire broke
out on the roof of the building, and so high
was the wind, and so very dry the roof of
the house, that the flames could not be ar
rested. Most of the household furniture
was saved.
The dwelling which was consumed was
a part of the property of Oglethorpe Col
lege.—MiUedgeviUe Union.
Fire.—We regret to learn that the resi
dence of Col. Wm. H. Woods, formerly a
representative from this county, was en
tirely destroyed by fire on the evening of
the 6th. The Colonel and his family were
at the Fair, and knew nothing of the ter
rible disaster until they reached home,
which they found in the shape of ashes and
smoke as the only remains. The Colonel’s
fine library of several hundred volumes and
all his furnitu're, clothes, &c., were destroy
ed. Loss not less than $5,000.
[Rome Daily.
The Fire Fiend Still at Work.—Last
week we reported the burning of three pot
ton gins aud contents, and on last Sunday
night, the 7th, some twenty-five bales of
cotton, in the seed, belonging to Mr. Bfenj.
Bettis, and housed in a building at his
Horn’s creek place, was on fire and almost,
entirely consumed. No clue as yet as to
the guilty parties who are so frequently of
late applying the torch, and destroying.the
very bread, as it were, of those whom these
worse than devils would be pleased to see
reduced to beggary. —Edgefield Advertiser.
Rome Iron Manufacturing Works.—
We have upon our table a bar of iron
from these works. It is good, tough
and malleable iron. The bar is about
a quarter of an inch thick, and is
beat and twisted double. The bend
ing was done while the iron was cold, and
we doubt not but that a knot could be tied
in it, while it was in the same state. We
believe that no better iron can be made
anywhere. Success, say we, to the Rome
Iron Manufacturing Company.
[Rome Courier.
Law Abiding Rabun.—As an evidence
of the good morals of the people of Rabun
county, the foreman of the grand jury, the
Hon. Horace Cannon, informed us when
we were there at court, tliat, from the or
ganization of the county—fifty odd years
ago—to the present time, there has not
been a single public execution in that conn
ty l—Athens Watchman.
Republished by Request,
[From the Glasgow Weekly Mail.
Lord Byron Writing from Hades in his
Own Defense.
Among the thousacd-aud-one articles and
pamphlets on the Byron scandal, in prose and
verse, we have seen nothing approaching, for
W *l» P un K enc y, » clever jeu d'esprit just is
sued from the London press. It is entitled
Lord Byron s Defense,” and, professing to be
written by his Lordship himself, is appropri
ately dated “Hades, mdccclxix.” The title
Portraits of Lord Byron and
Mi s. Stowe—his Lordship, beautiful as Apollo,
oeing represented as almost eclipsing a coarse
scandal-mongering face intended tor that of his
r, . MrB ’ J BtoWe ' The following extracts,
selected at random, will give our readers a sam-
Son • C^e ® avor this Byronesque produc-
Who ia this Mrs. Btow e ? her name, thank God,
Was never one familiar to my ear •
Her country was a land 1 never trod
\ tr L av . el,id o{ ‘en far and near.
Tb 1/ 4hat Bhe 8 a w °man, that is odd—
“ a role ’ “y verse is dear,
orlorn neglected beauty,
ur else—her husband doesn't do his duty.
I can’t console her iu the Oesh, I can’t
Pnnr V M U of the n*"*' ” to make
un ? a PPy i «nd I shan’t
Leave good men in these fibres for woman’s
sake,
8o Btowe may rest iu peace. 1 w „)y want
I Wby a J* shte5 hte tro ubl e she should take,
I might have needed once a moral teacher :
y imports— butd jiuu this sanctimonious Beech
er 1
1 never was a moral man, I know—
For ISJSP wcrtt flir bevond defending;
l ? r- Wayß W:l6 80 cur Bed Slow,
f flew to \emce, just as my B oul was meod
rii:lltlrV P uni *bed ; Krs. Stowe,
beusatioiii and obscenity so blending.
Has scatter and lies with dirty prodigality
And made me blacker even than reality.’
“ Fatali6 incestusquc judex ” she
« w, 8 H °™ ce Ra y s (1 ought to change my gender)
“ Et mulier peregrins ’> that to me
A comfort is. My fame needs no de(ender.
E ru lE r f m , 6llca - 1 thiDk they’ll see
wln®/h lseb ®,° d8 Uttered b - v lb > ft* s * pretender,
Who s heaped upon me such ft’ huge indignity
With iatuous, foolish, feminine matignijty.
Sweet to the blushing bn-Je a husband's kiss,
Sweet to the old man dreams of youthful
vigor,
Sweet to the virgin thoughts of love’s new bliss,
Sweet ts the hope of freedom to the nigger.
Bu i s o ee 4 or o fiir iu ppUe of Public hiss
ti el w the cheque—a handsome figure
Her publisher will p.v—game worth the candle,
For sheets befoul’d with literary scandal.
My sister! thy sweet soul has passed away
Where all this foul aspersion hurts thee uot;
rure in the pure realms of eternal day
Thy heart, is free trom every earthly spot.
Os no avail the words that sland’rers say
Tbe fair escutcheon of tbv fame to Wot.
Curs’d be the greedy publishers who gave
This literary jackal to thy grave.
I care nojt for myself, my fame is far
Beyond this dull reviler’s power to dim ;
My sister shone before her as a star
Shines purely o’er the young moon’s crescent
rim ;
She wished our reputation both to tar
With the 6ame foul brush; ’mtas a worthy
whim Jt
Os her who whitewashed hosts m fetid niggers,
To take such pains to blacken both our figures.
’Tis said I woke one memorable morn
And found that I was famous; speedily
X knew myself the target for ail scorn,
Men called me infamous; (the Lord knows
why).
What laurels this rude woman may have worn
1 know not, but the deed ot infamy,
This lewd, loquacious, literary antic.
Should blast them on both &ides of the Atlantic.
One should live on forever, but a bore
One’s life becomes ere many years roll on :
And yet a man mu6t feel a little sore
To think how he will suffer when he’s gone.
“ Nil nisi bouura,” said the men ol yore,
“De mortuis,” but now one’s tomb upon
Folks write foul words ; in fact, there’s no de
nying
There’s something very dangerous iu dying.
Enough. 1 leave to all men’s scorn the lie
This insult to the living atyd tbe dead ;
’Twas a proud task tor woman’s hands to try
To heap defilement on a woman’s head.
The Stowe had scarcely dared to prate, had I
Been living, but where’er her words are read
Deep execrations must her name environ
Who dares to meddle with me.
Crede— Byron.
[From the Cit cinnati Cotßiflfcrcial, 3d.
A Reverend Peeping Tom.
he looks upward with evil intent and
PLEADS GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF INDE
CENT AND SCANDALOUS CONDUCT.
The amphitheatre at the Fair Grounds of
the Campbell County Agricultural Society,
near Alexandria, Ky., are so constructed
that a person on the outside may, if he
wishes, walk underneath the promenade
and the circul ir rows of benches, though
this is positively forbidden by the rules pf
the society. Why the directors never had
the space under the promenade boarded up
is more than we can tell. Their negligence
in this respect is certainly most culpable,
as the facts which we are about to relate
will show. During the last fair at Alexan
dria, which was held about the middle of
September, several young men of sensual
proclivities were caught uuderncat t the
promenade by the police employed by the
society, and were summarily expelled from
the grounds. One person, however, it was
Observed by mauy, managed to etude the
vigilance of the po!ice. He watched their
coming so closely that he succeeded in en
joying the rare privilege of holding a good
position under the seats and promenade at
various times ou the first three days of the
fair, seeing, of course, all that was to be
seen with a good pair of upturned eyes. On
the fourth day, however, he cams to grief.
One of the policemen, in making his cus
tomary round, nabbed the gentleman while
he was enjoying a fragrant cigar and ad
miring the beautiful limbs of the lovely
females above him. It was a no less per
sonage than Mr. F. T. Johns, the beloved
pastor of Asbury Chapel, six mites back of
Newport, on the Alexandria pike. He is
also the minister of the Methodist Church
of Alexandria, and of Morris Chapel, two
miles south of that place. The Sunday fol
lowing his expulsion from the FairGronnds,
Mr. Johns repaired to Asbury Chapel for
t‘ie purpose of preachiug, but he found the
doors closed against him. The indignation
of the members of the church was aroused,
and they were not in the humor to listen,
ou that day, to the gospel as expounded by
their former -favorite, but now disgraced
pastor. Shortly alter this Mr. Joseph C.
Horner, one of the officers of the church, at
present residing in Covington, drew up in
a formal manner “charges and specifications’
against Mr. Johns, a copy of which was
furnished the accused, and he was cited to
appear before Rev. J. C. Harrison, the Pre
siding Elder of the district, and a board of
seveu preachers, for examination. The
board met at the Union Methodist Church,
in Covington, last Wednesday. The Pre
siding Elder appointed the Rev. Granville
Moody, of Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church, Newport, to defend Mr. Johns.
The charges, which were that he had acted
in an “ indecent and scandalous manner,”
were then read to him, whereupon he plead
guilty, but solemnly disclaimed baying been
incited by an improper motive in conduct
ing himself as he did. He said lie knew
that it was wrong, and very unbecoming a
minister, but he did not view it in that light
at the time. He expressed great penitence,
and by his remarks enlisted the sympathies
of many persous present in his behalf. Mr.
Johns has been a preacher for, we under
stand, nineteen years. He was appointed
to his present charge by the last conference,
which met at Harrodsburg. The board,
after maturely considering the case, conclu
ded to suspend Mr. Johns from exercising
the functions of his office until the next
conference, which meets at MaysvlUe, Ken
tucky. in February, 1870, when he will be
formally tried.
The Tournament.—We find the fol
lowing in the Journal and Messenger rela
tive to the forthcoming 'yourpameut:
Office of the State Agricultural )
" Society of Georgia, V
1 Macon, Ga., Nov: 8,1869. )
I hereby appoint the gentlemen named
below to act as Marshals on the occasion
of the Grand Tournament:
W. A. Huff, Ist Marshal— Macon.
Carey W. Styles, 2d Marshal—Albany.
J. J. Clay, 3d Marshal—Macon.
Col. Henry D. Capers, 4th Marshal—
Eatonton.
The Marshals, by referring to the pub
lished regulations in the State Fair Bulletin,
will there find their duties, etc.
The Tournament will, without doubt, be
a grand pageant, as knights from all parts
of the State are training them,selves and
horses to the tilt. It is to be hoped that
every knight will represent some character,
and appear in costume. The City Hall will
be scoured for the use of the knights, to
prepare for the contest, where they will
assemble snd elect a leader. The day and
time of meeting Mill be made known
throngh the daily papers.
W. W. Collins, Snp’t
Work in the Government Printing Office
is so much in arrears that the annual re
ports and documents will not be ieady at
the meeting of Congress. Cause, the ab
sence of managing toen attending to poli
tics, and the effort to force negroes into the
working force. 1
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Associated Frees Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, November 10— Noon.—
Charles J. Tolger succeeds Butterfield.
The President tenders Thomas J. Durant
the United States Circuit Judgeship em
bracing Louisiana and Texas.
-Robert J. Walker is insensible and una
ble to take medicine.
Washington, November 10—P. M.—
Revenue to-day, $357,000.
The trustees of the Corcoran Art Gal
lery have ordered the immediate comple
tion of the building.
Walker has no disease, but is dying from
exhaustion of his vital powers.
The accounts of E. T. McGee, the miss
ing collector of revenue from Tennessee,
are correct.
Boutwell is sending clerks to New York
to overhaul the Custom House there.
Frauds are suspected, aggregating one to
ten millions. -
A large number of agricultural imple
ments and machines from the “ Whitlock
Exposition,” New York city, were shipped
to the Georgia Fair last Saturday. John
Merrymau, of Maryland, designs having
his herd of cattle at the Georgia State Fair.
The herd leaves Baltimore for Savannah
to-morrow.
A case was argued in the Supreme Court,
to-day, involving the individual liabilities
of stockholders of national banks under
the national currency act.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, November 10. The
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, composed
of Masons of the 32d degree, Scottish Rite
are holding a lodge of sorrow this evening’
at the Church of Messiah, in honor of de
ceased illustrious members of that order.
Sovereign Grand Commander of the Su
preme Council of the Southern Jurisdic
tion of the United States, Albert Pike,
opened the ceremonies, and several pro
nounced eulogies.
OHIO.
Bellefontaine, November 10.—A
Catholic priest was instantly killed by John
Powers, to-day. No cause is assigned.
NEW YORK.
Troy, November 10.—Gen. Wool is dead.
He died almost without a struggle. A<*ed
86 years.
- ILLINOIS.
Chicago, November 10. —’The vote in
Minnesota is close that it will require an
official count to determine the result.
KENTUCKY-
Louisville, November 11.— The General
Freight Agents’ Association organized to
day with W. D. Shinn as President, J. T.
T ucker, Secretary. The attendance is large.
FOREIGN.
London, November 10.—Gladstone, at
the Lord Mayor’s festival, spoke discourag
ingly regarding Ireland. Claiming peace
with all the world. Gladstone said • “ One
partial exception I ought to make, and it
is an exception which is of the deepest in
terest to Englishmen, viz: Our relations
with America. But there is no occasion
in which I could more appropriately refer
to these relations or better describe them
than as those of peace and concord.—
Were I to attempt to depart from that
friendly strain I should be admonished to
judge more correctly and speak more
wisely by an event which has happened
within this city during the last few days.
I refer to the death of George Peabody, a
man whose splendid benefactions will se
cure immortality for his name in that
which he regarded as his old mother coun
try, but whose fame likewise, and in a
broader sense, is applicable to all human
ity. He has taught us the most needful of
all lessous—how man can can be made
master of his fortune, and not its slave.
And it is most touching to know what I
have learned from his friends, that while
some men would have been unhappy at the
idea of dying in a foreign land, his
affections were so divided between the
land of his birth and the land of his
ancestors, that that which had been the
fondest of his wishes may now be realized—
to be buried in America bntdiein England.
With Mr. Peabody’s country we are not
likely to quarrel. It is true that care and
skill in diplomacy, animated though it has
iieen by the purest and most upright feel
ings, although it has not, imperilled our
peace, has failed to lead to the first issue up
to the present moment uppn the tangled
questions of law which have been in
discussion between the two countries.—
Considerable delay has taken place, yet
every delay, instead of leading to dan
ger, was prompted by considerate good
will and a desire to allow the inter
vention of a limited time, in order to ob
viate the difficulties. [Cheers.] I believe
the worM would view with horror a parri
cidal strife between England and America,
but such a state of things is not likely to
arise from our own present relations, and
my confidence is in the sentiments which I
know animates the American Government,
as our own, and which also animate the
minds of the people of these two great
countries.” [Cheers.]
Dublin, November 10.—The Fenian am
nesty meeting last night was dispersed by
a mob.
Paris, November 10. — Several electoral
meetings and demonstrations in favor of
Rochefort passed off quiet.
MARINE NEWS.
Savannah, November 10. — Arrived :
Steamships Huntsville aud Sau Jacinto,
from New York.
Cleared: Steamer Oriental, for Boston.
Charleston, November 10.—Arrived :
Schooner Edna Harwood, from Boston.
Sailed: Steamers James Adger, for New
York, and Maryland for Baltimore.
MARKETS.
London, November 10—Noon.—Consols,
98%. Bonds, 83%.
Liverpool, November 10—Noon.—Cot
ton quiet; upland, 11%@11%; Orleans, 11%
@l2 ; sales, 8,000 bales.
Later.— Cotton tending down ; uplands,
11% ; Orleans, 11% ; sales now estimated
at 10.000 bales.
Liverpool, November 10—Evening.—
Cotton steady; upland, 11%; Orleans, 11%;
sales. 10,000 bales ; export and speculation,
2,000 bales. Corn, 295. 3d.
Havre, November 10.—Cotton opens flat
aud quiet; afloat, 134%.
Paris, November ~ 10—Noon.—Bourse
quiet. Ttentes, 71 f. 70c.
Paris, November 10 — Evening.—Bourse
quiet. Rentes, 71f. 17c.
Frankfort, November 10.—Bonds opened
flat at 89@89%.
NEW York, November 10—Noon.—
Stocks steady and dull. Money, 7. Ster
ling—long, 9; short, 9%. Gold, 127. ’62’s,
15%; Tennessees, ex coupon, 60; new,
52%; Virginias, ex coupon. 50; new, 54;
Louisianas, old, 65 ; Eights, 59; new, 80;
Alabama Eights, 92; Fives, 59%; Georgia
Sixes, 83; Sevens, 90%; North Carolinas,
old, 46; new, 38%.
New York,, November 10—P. M.—Gov
ernments closed weak; ’62’s, 15. South
erns quiet. Money active, closing at 6@7.
Sterling dull at 8%@9. Gold, 127. Stocks
closed firm.
N ew York, November 10—Noon.—Flour
unchanged. Wheat 1 better. Corn I@2
better. Pork firmer at $29 50@29 75. Lard
firm. Cotton lower at 25. Turpentine
47@47%. Rosin moderately active; strain
ed common, $2 15@2 17%. Freights quiet.
New York, November 10—P. M. Cot
ton decidedly lower at 24%@24%. Flour
fairly active; prices unchanged. Wheat
in fair demand for export and speculation •
Winter red Western, $1 37@1 40; Illinois!
$1 80. Corn—demand chiefly for specula
tion ;i mixed Western, $1 03@1 07, closing
quiet. Pork shade firmer at $29 50@30!
Lard steady. Whisky steadier at $1 02
Rice dull; Carolina, 7@B. Sugar mod
erately active. Coffee steady. Molasses
firm; New Orleans, 95. Naval Stores quiet
Freights quiet.
Baltimore, November 10.—Cotton nomi
nal at 25. Flour dull and steady. Wheat
steady ; prime to choice red, $1 35@1 38
Corn—old white, sl@l 08 ; new, 85@90
Oats, 55@59. Rye dull at 95@$1. Whiskv
dull at sl@l 02. Virginias, old, 48 ; ’66’s
52%; ’67’s, 49 bid. ’ ’ ’
Louisville, November 10. — Corn 85.
Bacon and Pork unchanged. Lard’ 17
Whisky active, sl. ’
Cincinnati, November 10.—Corn in fair
demand at 84@85. Whisky unsettled;
small sales at sl. Pork—new, s3l. Bacon
—shoulders, 16% ; clear sides, 19%.
Wilmington, November 10.— Spirits
Turpentine, 42%@42%. Rosin steady at
$1 55@1 80. Crude Turpentine, $1 65@
2 85. Tar unchanged. Cotton, 22%@23%.
Weather cloudy and rainy.
Mobile, November 10.—Cotton—market
active in morning at inside quotations, but
closed quiet at inside; sales, 1,800 baits;
middling, 23%@23%; receipts, 875 p ex
ports, 8 2-
New Orleans, November 10.—Cotton
very active; middling, 23%@23%; sales,
9,Bsobales; receipts, 1,152 bales; exports
—Havre, 3,323 bales; coastwise, 836 bales.
Flour, Corn and Oats firm and unchanged.
Bran, $1 15. Hay scarce and higher:
prime, $31@32. Pork and Bacon unchanged.
Lard dull at 18@19. Sugar and Molasses
quiet and drooping. Whisky and Coffee
quiet and unchanged. Gold, 126%. Ster
ling, 38. New York Sight, par@% discount.
Charleston, November 10.— Cotton de
clining, lower; sales, 600 bales; mid
dling, 23% ; receipts, 1,182 bales; exports—
to Great Britain, 1,100 bales; coastwise,
1,267 bales.
Savannah, November 10.—Cotton—re
ceipts, 3,400 bales; sales, 1,000 bales; ex
perts, 990 bales; middling, 23%.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Wednesday, November 10—P. M. j
FINANCIAL
GOLD—Buying at 127 and Bolling at ISO.
SlLVEß—Buying at 122 and selling at 127.
BONDS—City Bonds, 87.
BTOCKB—Georgia Railroad, 105.
COTTON.—The market opened at 23c. for
New York middling, but owing to unfavorable
reports from New York our home market
cloeed dull at 22J£@22J£c. Sales, 536 bales.
Receipts, 787 bales.
BACON—Fair demand with a downward ten
dency. We quote C. Sides, 23; C. R. Bider,
21X; B. B. Sides, 21 ; Shoulders, 18; Hams,
21 @26; Dry Balt Shoulders, 19 ; Dry Salt C. R.
Sides, 20.
CORN—Small supply. We quote choice
white, $1 35@1 40 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 65@
1 70; amber, |1 60 ; red, $1 50.
FLOUR—City Mills, new, *7 25@9 50; at
retail, ?1 $ barrel higher. Country, |6@9,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL -*1 35 at wholesale; $1 50 at
retail.
OATB—Bs@sl 25.
PEAS—None.
CITY ITEMS.
Dr. w. B. Wells.—When we direct
special attention to the advertisemeut of
Dr. Wells, we do so because the Doctor
and his spleudid establishment are Augus
ta institutions. All the Summer long our
medical friend has been absent on business
and pleasure, especially the former. The
result of his absence can now be seen in
his large and gorgeously stocked store.—
His medicines have been carefully selected
in person, and if sick people do not get
well it is not Dr. Wells’fault. His per
fumery is of the daintiest description and
would suffice, on an emergency, to disin
fect the plague. His stock of tooth brushes
is not to be grinned at, and though you are
welcome to purchase them, he will not
throw them in your teeth. It would take
three or four columns to tell what the
Doctor has and it would be hard to say
what he has not in his peculiar line. All
who wish to see a magnificent assortment
of goods should give him a call. His
great ambition is to be in the front rank,
and we think he lias given proof that he
stands among the very foremost of South
ern druggists. The Doctor, though a dealer
in the article, is no “ drug on the market ”
—you bet!
Amusements.— An advertisement else
where auuounces that Girardey’s Opera
House will be opened for the season on
Monday, the 22d instant, with the appear
ance of a finely constructed comedy com
pany, from the Holiday Street Theatre,
Baltimore, who will remain for one weJft.
On the 29th the accomplished Chapman
Sisters, and the genuine son of Momus, C.
B. Bishop, will appear, and, from the repu
tation conceded universally to the enter
tainments afforded by these bright par
ticular stars in the profession, we are
perfectly confident that.they will receive
a cordial greeting from the most cultivated
and refined circles of our citizens. During
the season, Mr. John T. Ford, so widely
and favorably known as a most competent
and successful manager, will introduce
other attractions of the roost elevated
character. With an elegant opera house,
under accomplished management, there is
reason to believe that new animation will
be infused into the legitimate drama in
Augusta, to the great appreciation of those
of our citizens who well know the differ
ence between strolling players and adepts
in the profession.
A Spicy Case. —Justice Ells and a jury
of seven men were called upon yesterday
morning to ascertain the merits of an
assault and battery charge preferred against
a young man who, qqder the pressure of an
extra based mental atmosphere, it was
alleged, had disturbed the homes of the
cypriaus on Marbury street. The demi
monde of that section were in full attend
ance as witnesses. Borne were evidently
disposed to read the young man into the
meshes of the law, owing to his unlicensed
disturbance of their homes, while others
yet, in contemplation ol the resalt of con
viction, were not disposed to love it. If our
ears did not deceive us, several rough sen
tences grated our auricular organs, among
which, uurebuked by the court, we think
we distinctly heard “ I despise her," or lan
guage to that effect—doubtless intended to
apply to the aggrieved prosecutrix present.
Able counsel presented the case to the jury
for both the prosecution and defense. A
verdict of “ not guilty” was returned by
the jury, and the defendant discharged.
New Passenger Coach. —The editor of
the Columbia (8. C.) Phcenix thus describes
a uew first class passenger coach which
has just been constructed at the shops of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road Company:
“ It is of superior workmanship, and Su
perintendent Bouknight and Master Ma
chinist Kline may well congratulate them
selves on the skill evidenced by their em
ployees. The car is tastefully painted and
decorated—the handiwork of Mr. James
Milne, and what is termed the - ‘ Monitor ’
pattern, with inclined sides. The window
strips and sashes are of walnut; blinds
and panel work over windows, ash; the
seats, arms and back mouldings are of
walnut; 1 each cushion has a number of
springs, which makes it particularly com
fortable. Native wood was used exclusive
ly in the construction of this new and
beautiful car, which is to be placed under
the charge of Conductor Trezevant. Mr.
Stephen Davis was the superintending
constructor. Railroad work of any and
every style is being constructed in these
Andy-appointed machine shops.”
Larceny of Bank Notes.— Josephus
Hall was arraigned before Justice Ells, yes
terday morning, at the instance of Mr.
George Stalnaker, of South Carolina,
charged with the larceny of a $2 bill of
United States currency. From the evi
dence, it appeared that the accused and the
prosecutor had each been , imbibing the
“ ardent ” pretty freely together, and that
the former had frequently tendered his ser
vices to count the funds of the latter, and
that upon the last count had retained $2
from the package counted. Regarding the
evidence as showing probable cause, Jus
tice Ells ordered the accused to be commit
ted for trial at the Jauuary term of the
Superior Court, in default of bail in the sum
of S2OO.
Georgia “ Illustrated ” in the West.
—A Mr. McCann and family arrived at
Kansas City, Missouri, on the 29th ultimo.
They are from Georgia, and intend to set
tle somewhere in Missouri or Kansas. Mr.
McCann is a stalwart fanner, and, from
appearance, would seem to be but little
past the meridian of life. He has, how
ever, a family of sixteen children; several
are “ grown up,” none of whom are under
six feet in height. His third son is six feet
four inches “in his stockings,” and weighs
two hundred and forty pounds avoirdupois.
Man Overboard. —About midday yes
terday, Mr. John Hungerford, in stepping
from the steamer Annie Lee into a bateau,
missed his Hooting and took a plunge into
the river. He extrieated himself without
other damage than the shock incidental to
an Involuntary cold water bath.
The Cabtersville and Van Wert
Railroad.—A letter from Cartersville to
the Rome Daily, dated. November sth, says:
The contract for the building of the Car
tersville and Van Wert Railroad was let
out yesterday by the President, Major
Cooper, to a Northern company. It is
said the work of construction will com
mence at once. Rome will have to look
out for her laurels, we are climbing up
after her. At the surrender the number of
inhabitant of this place was about 700;
now it is 2,000.
Georgia Law Students in Massachu
setts.—A correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution , writing from Cambridge,
Mass., says:.
“ There are at present only three Geor
gians in the Law Department here:
Messrs. Julius L. Brown, of Atlanta, Louis
A. Dugas, of Augusta, and William H.
Parsons, of Magnolia. There are more
than one hundred students in the depart
ment.”
Fire at Leesville, 8. C.—An anony
mous correspondent of the Columbia Phoe
nix announces the destruction, by -fire, of
the store of Messrs: Black & CaughmaD,
at Leesville, on the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, on the night of the Bth Instaut,
at half-past 11 o’clock. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at
SB,OO0 —uninsured.
West India Fruit.—Mr. Isaac Levy has
tickled our appetite with a sample of the
elegant banannas and magnificent West
India oranges, just received by him. We
find them fresh, sound and delicious.
Queries Answered.
Mu. Editor: Please allow jne to an
swer, through your valued paper, the many
questions propounded by the visitors of
ttie progress going on at the new Opera
House regarding the entrance. As I high
ly appreciate their manifest interest, anti
their many good-iDtentioncd suggestions
ottered, I take pleasure in informing them
that, as soou as it can be judiciously
done, the main entrance from Broad street
shall certainly be worthy of the interior of
the Opera House. It will consist of a
clear arcade, covered witli iron and glass
its entire length, the side walls plastered
and decorated, the windows of the com
mercial stores on each side reconstructed
into semi-circle a ass niches , to receive the
statuary of thelliost distinguished charac
ters of Arts, Science, &c. Also, marble
vases, with suitable shrubs, &c., and a
profusion of gas lights an i jet d'muxs.
All this cannot be completed in so short
a time, and not without considerable ex
pense. I hope, therefore, that this state
ment will be satisfactory to my numerous
impatient friends, who are so liberal with
their suggestions, and that they will take
into consideration time and means.
Yours, truly,
1. P. Giraudey.
To the Ladies’ Memorial Society.
Augusta, November 10,1869.
Messrs. Editors : I would beg leave,
through your valuable journal, to say to the
ladies of the Memorial Society, and all
others who feel an iuterest for the graves of
our Confederate dead, that I will furnish to
all who will call on me at the Augusta
Seed Slore, a sufficiency of double and sin
gle Narcissus Bulbs to plant over each sol
diers’ grave within the Cemetery, free of
cost; and as this is just the season for setting
out bulbous roots of all kinds, I respect
fully request their early attention to this
notice. Very respectfully,
C. Pemble,
No. 11 Washington street, 3d door North
of Broad.
State Items.
The ordinary of Monroe county, says
the Advertiser, owing to the lack of change
bills among the people, proposes to issue
fractional currency to the amount of $5,000,
in place of the ten dollar notes now in cir
culation.
The Monroe Advertiser says very early
and very late cotton did remarkably well
this vear in that section. The middle crop,
however, was an almost entire failure.
The Monroe Advertiser characterizes as
eminently false the report published in the
Georgia Republican, the accredited “nigger”
organ, charging four murders and other
outrages upon the white people of that
county; and invokes toe grand jury to
summon before them the delegates from
Monroe county to Long & Bryant’s Macon
outrage convention, and compel them to
substantiate their slanderous report.
The gin bouse of Mr. John Green, in
Monroe county, was burned one night last
week, with a loss of SI,OOO.
The good, old-fashioned, quiet, quaint,
unpretending little town of Eatanton has
anew commercial establishment in the
shape of a faro bank.
The Americus Courier has been present
ed by Mr. Chambers, a farmer of Snmter
county, with a fine specimen of yam pota
toes, the largest weighing six pounds,
The Bainbridge Argus reports the river
very low, and only three steamboats run
ning on the different lines.
Rev. J. H. Nall, who has been filling the
pulpit of the Presbyterian Church in
Columbus for the past year, has been elect
ed permanent pastor.
The Griffin Star reports that an inquest
was held in the 4th district of Fayette
county, on Friday last, on the body of a
colored man named Alonzo Evans, who
was shot by an unknown person, on Thurs
day night, while asleep at his house. The
jury rendered a verdict in aecordance. It
is supposed, however, that h# was shot by
one Hal. Halstcn, with whose wife Alonzo
was living.
C. P. McAllister, for a number of years a
resident of Athens, died at West Point on
Thursday night last.
The Athens Watchman reports that the
officers and members of Mt. Vernon Lodge,
F. A. M., laid the corner stone of St. Mary’s
Chapel, located near the lower bridge, on
Monday last. The church is for the use of
the employees of the Athens Manufactur
ing Company.
The rolling will at Rome commenced
operations on Monday last. The present
capacity of the mill enables it to roll ten
tons per day. It will soon be enlarged.
The Rome Courter mentions two extra
fine hogs on exhibition at the Fair, which
will probably go to the Macon Fair. One
of them would weigh 600 pounds.
Highway Robbery. — The Rev. W. M.
Watts, a worthy preacher of the M. E.
Church, South, in Effingham county, Ga.,
was stopped a few days since by a gang of
white and black highwaymen, aud robbed
of his valise, clothes and money—with a
pistol at his head. He had nearly $l4O
stolen, a good part of which had been cM
lectcd from his congregations, for mission
ary and other church purposes, as contn
butions to the approaching conference of
his church.— Macon Journal and Messenger.
VILLA ROSA,
Aiken, 8. C.
This large establishment is now open for
the reception of BOARDERB. The House has
been provided with/entirely new Furniture,
and is, in every respect, a first class Private
Boarding House. Located in the midst of the
Fine Groves, it offers peculiar Inducements to
persons suflering from a tendency to Con
sumptive or Throat Complaints. A vehicle
will always be in readiness at the Depot, on
the arrival of the trains, to take np Boarders.
TERMS very moderate. Address
Mrs. MARTHA A. MACKAY,
Villa Rosa, Aiken, S. C.
REFERENCES:
Aiken—Rev. E. C. Edoerton, Rector Bt.
Thaddeus’ Episcopal Church; Frederick A.
Ford, Esq.; Col. Wm. Peionneau Finley;
Tnos J. Heyward, Agent South Carolina
Railroad.
Auguste—John E. Marlsy, Agent South
Carolina Railroad.
Charleston— Lawrence C. Hendricks, Gen
eral Ticket Agent South Carolina Railroad,
Office, John street. oct27-wl*tu3
Established 1845.
J. P. TRAVERS & SON,
MANUFATURERB OP
The Anchor Cotton Twine,
46 Beekman street, New York,
Offer for sale Baling Twina for Cotton, Qe
naburg Twine, Cotton Chalk and Plow Lines,
Trot, Staging and Qut Lines, Twines Tor Hard
ware, Dry Goods, Grocers, Druggists, Ship
Chandlers, Stationers, Upholsterers, Fishermen
and all other Trades.
Samples sent tree. octlT-law4 '
Notice to Debtors and Creditors. 1
RICHMOND OOUN-I
ImT Zmn ’ . h ?; eh y riven to all persons huv-|
h . e by law ; and all I
.. A. O. HOLT, f
ocUMawflw Administrator of H. DeLatgte. j
Richmond~oodnl
2 06 ' *• ®Meutor of
SBJfcftsKar- “ “ •* “i
I nese are, therefore, to cite and admonUYi •n and
BaM deceased,t*
d f r B Y, han<l ftnd official signature rt office
fnAngusta, Ba ' d cour,ty - toie lltli day of Augu.t,
_an!2-3m BAM’L LEVY, Ordinary R. O.
S^Tw' B wv! OKO * q IA, RICHMOND OOUN.
. , , Whereas, Mathew Sheron, temporary Ad
tore of : • Bher ° n ’ a,,p,1e8 t 0 for
Those are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of
D tn a p, pe&r °®ce, on or before the first Non!
-”**-*» bamuellevt,^
Charles Sheron, applies to me for Liters ofDtale
These are, therefore, to cite and admnnt.t, n ,
singular the kindredand creditors of doce^<w and
bo aud appear at my office on or
Monday In December next, to if
they have, why said letters shouldhotbHratLl y
sees..
Htatb or obouoia. e , O „ >0 „
All persons Indebted to J. 8. Wficov i»t»
8. J WILCOX,
-S32d=!!_ *%SS££h
1. fit 'VEKKA <l,t« .jipiicuilo. win
made to the t o. irt of Ordinary o Ktchm nd county
lor leave to s ;I1 tli. tract oi land in Columbia county
conidnng Uyo hundred an I sixty five acres, ani
!:r&L';WuJ
Auqosta, October 4,1889. asaca.
octfl-lnwim
Debtors and Creditor*’ Notice.
-A.il PERSONS indebted to the estate of Hen
rietta l’oo), lat 9 of Richmond county, deceased, are
requested to make immediate paymen*, and those
having demands agalßßt said estate are requested to
present them, duly attested according to law, to
HENRY JONES,
oc 7-lawflw Administrator.
State of Georgia, Richmond coun
ty.—Whereas, Abner P. Robot teon, Adminis
trator of Jobn Cf. Greer, apptiea to me lor Letters of
Disratstion:
These are. therefore, to cite and ndmonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my office, ou or before the fi-st Mon
day in December next, to show cause, if any they
bays,, why said letters should not be granted.
Given nnder my band aDd official signature, at office,
In Augusta, this Slst day of August, 1869.
SAMUEL LEVY,
a»g3l3m Ordinary.
Fast Freight Line to Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
]NIe&&RS. COURTENAY & TRENHOLM
have the best Iretght, arrangements that can ho
made for COTTON to both these ports. First
class Steamships, insuring Cotton at one-half
per cent., leave CHARLESTON every filth day,
and make average voyages of Ally-seven hours.
Merchants purchasing goods in Baltimore will
secure dispatch by ordering via Charleston
steamers; and PHILADELPHIA FREIGHT3
will secure dispatch to all points in the youth
west, by being ordered a hipped “ by Rail to
Baltimore, and Steamers to Charleston.”
For special information, apply to MORDE
CAI & CO , corner Giy and Lombard streets,
Baltimore, or COURTENAY & TRENHOLM,
ITaiou Wharves, Charleston, 8. C.
0c127-w4
Notice to Manufacturers.
HE UNDERSIGNED offers his Services
to Individuals or Corporations designing to
engage in the manufacture of CQTTOW 0 p
WOOLEN GOODS. exnert
cal Manufacturing, and his knowledge ot Cot,
ton and Woolen Machinery, enables him to
draw up Plans of Buildings, as well as for all
the different Machines necessary to accomplish
whatever may lie required to be done, am) to
state the amount of power requisite, whether
ol water or steam.
Having recently visited some of the principal
I Machine Shops and Manufactories iu America
and Europe, be is prepared to state the proba
ble cost of the neeesstvy Machinery and the
best places at which to put chase, and to give
any other information necessary to start a
Manufactory.
The Coni missions will bo very reasonable,
and the Information given would save largely
to projectors not entirely conversant with the
business. Persons wishing information will
do well to apply in person, being prepared to
state what description ol goods they design
manufacturing, and the extent of the contem
plated enterprise,
He rulers to Dr. N. J. Bussey, President
and to Wm. H. Young, Esq , aud the other Di
rectors of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing
Company, of Columbus, Ga.; to J. K Clapp,
Esq , of the Columbus (Ga.) Manufacturing
Company; to General A. J. Hansell, Presi
dent Roswell Manufacturing Company, Ros
well, Ga , and to W. J. Russell, Esq., Prince
ton Factory, Athens, Ga.
Henry v. meigs,
octl-law3m Columbus, Ga.
To Cotton Manufacturers.
WE are making COTTON CANS of largo
BHEETB of TINNED IRON, 36 Inches in ono
sheet; also, improved by making the Top and
Bottom Rings of WROUGHT IRON, made in
proper form to prevent cutting floors, Ac.,
which render them a perfect and complete Can
aud at prices which will warrant the general
introduction of them in the
MIDDLE and SOUTHERN STATES.
SPINNING FRAMES, CYLINDERS, Ac.,
MADE TO ORDER.
We can pack Caus so that auy ordinary firm
can put them together with ease, thereby re,
dneiug bulk and saving freight.
Orders solicited aud promptly filled.
E. MILLS & SONS,
It South Calvert street.
sepls-2aw6m Baltimore, Md.
A NEW
DRY GOODS STORE !
GEORGE WEBER
Begs leave to announce to his numerous
friends, and the public generally, that he
has opened a DRY GOODS STORE, at
No. 194 Broad street (opposite Constitu
tionalist office). He has just returned from
the North With a fine assortment of Fancy
and Domestic DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
&e.,and will Continue to receive weekly
additions to his stock.
As he intends to establish a popular busi
ness, he has adopted the ONE PRICE
GASH SYStEM, and will sell his goods
at the Lowest Prices, and hoi>es by uniform
courtesy and strict attention to business to
merit the patronage of the public.
GEORGE WEBER,
< ' ■ Sign of the Golden Bee Hive,
octß-eodly No. 194 Broad street,