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AUGUSTA, GA.
I'>o \t HORM - - ' ;
out CUTTOX I'U'iHi" « •*>
,of our people wb> b o- to the *!••
r<■ SB, an'l are disposed t > loci: odlj on toe
dark eulo of the picture, pres et Uiat it vmi
take many years for the Sju li to recover Let
reputation as a cotton growing region in point
of abundant supply. We do not accept their
decision. We believe that two or three yearn
at the farthest, will suffice to place us upon the
old footing. Every discouragement and em
barrassment, by laws and enactments, was
made to the raising of cotton during the war ;
therefore, there wits but very little grown dur
ing he tlast year or two of the struggle. But
the moment the war was ended, and restric
tions removed, notwithstanding the latenecS of
the season, many planters even went to work
again in their cotton fields ; an 1 many who
had planted corn, plowed np their fields and
put them in cotton. They knew that they
would find their acconnt in so doing. They
knew that there was “money in it.’’ It re
quired no extraordinary sagacity to perceive
that such a crop would •‘pay” holier than ever
before, from the sac t that there was a dearth
5n tho groat markets of the world, Caused by
lour years war. Another year, we confident y
expect, there will Ite nearly, if not quite the
bid breadth of land planted in cotton.
The only obstaole which is cot jsutured _ a.
Interfering with future cotton planting is lire
new labor system now inaugurated. No diffi
culty need be apprehended on this score. I.i
bor will be as abundant as ever, and <h. caper
than before. There can be no scarcity ol bauds
when tbero are thousands oi frcedineii willing
aud anxious to earn a livelihooi in the fields
We shall look for the land to be decked as oi
yore with the blo&iom of the cotton plank Wo
do not look upon it as ‘•King,’’ but it is yet a
jower which will exeit a wide influence in the
commercial circle.
Our trans-Atlantic neighbor?, finding their
supply materially diminished by the war, have
tried the experiment cf raising cotton in their
own dominions; but, although the amount
thus obtained, has, iu a measure, relieved tire
cotton market of its stringency, yet tho relief
was only temporary aud partial. To the South,
nttei all, will the great cotton marls and man
ufactories look for their supply. Iu point of
quality, the Southern cotton is superior to all
others in the fineness, firmness and length ol its
staple ; the climate is admirably adapted for its
cultivation ; iu fact, nature seems to have ppu
dally marked out this laud us the best spot for
Its propagation. As of yore, thou, with the
additional advantage of well chosen and com
pensated labor, cotton raising will hereafter
prove one of the great sources of wealth to the
{South.
While advocating a general return to the
culture of the staple, however, we wish it dl-t
tlnctly understood that we do net discourage
attention to the production of grain, root and
other crops which constitute the necessaries or
life, lly uo moans. Oa the contrary, we Lope
to see a larger breadth of laud mod fur this
latter purpose than ever before. The richness
of our soil invites the culture of provisions as
well as cotton ; aud wo seo no good reason
why, instead of purchasing many of these sup
plies from other sections, we cannot enter into
honorable competition with those localities in
furnishing food for the principal markets of
the world.
TUB POLITICAL ASPECT OF VM illtH.
As every true lover of bin country scans the
political horizon In those Statis lately in array
against the General Government, well may he
feel alarmed and anxious about the dark anil
lowering clou la which even now are beginning
to overspread the heavens aud cast thoir dis
mal and murky shadows upon the future pros
pects and condition of our beautiful and sun
ny land. Ambitious leaders and designing
demagogues, not satisfied with having nearly
ruined the South by endeavoring to carry out
their plans of aggrandizement, have again
commenced anew their work of discontent and
disorganization.
Already has the strong military arm of the
United States Government been inter
posed in various sections to crush out the
name spirit which caiued lire late disastrous,
bloody war. Already have some of tho men
who led In tho lato struggle and who
think no one capable of leading uow but them
selves, been dispossessed of offices to which
they managed to get elected, and been told that
the Government will not permit them to hold
places they have shown themselves unworthy of
tilling.
Now. if the only parties effected by these
things wore the parties themselves, no one
would care. All would say, “if a man puts
himself in a position he has no right to Oil.
put him out,” Hut these foiled political wire
pullers are not the only parties affected. The
whole country is now watching the shaping of
public matters in this section. Tire South her
self is especially interested. Whether the South
ern States will again be permitted to be re re
sented in the ha'ls of the national coun
cil, is a question which rests entirely wow
with tho resideuta of those States. It
hy our acts we prove that we are nuwor
thy, our delegates will never bo admitted. We
can never lorce Cong;ess, to give us wh >.t v.v
claim are our rights. Wo must show that we
are not unworthy recipients of the tav .of
the General Government, before they will he i
bestowed upon us. It is in the power of the
Washington authorities, not only to deny our j
Representatives and Senators scab? in the L
Jalative Halls of the nation, but it is in their !
power to declare as conquered Territories .rad
keep us in that condition for years to come. I
Let us not then, as a people, so act that we
•hall bring upon ourselves such a pu b h-j
ment. Let us also so rebuke ambitious : m - !
ers in our midst, that wo may not suffer tor
their misdeeds and misbehavior.
One WaV tj get M a mats Si nr D g on .
oral convention ol the Protestant E;dii\v-.-.l
Church is to be held in Philadelpb; . in Se
tember. It is paid a fraternal letier
pent to Southern Bishops asking the! to par
ticipate in tho deliberations c>f th.it bo’y. I
is stated that the appeal has been responded to
by most of those to whom it wr.s uddussed in
a becoming spirit. We arc glad to rcco:d l
The results politically, as well as iu a r. : _-,cu
point of view, will be of the great >t itnpor’
ance. Examples of peace and fraternal re
gard, of this stamp will go a great ways to
Wards harmonizing the body politic.
Let all churches, as well as sc cic res lmy foe
past in forgetfulness, an i work together ter
tha bright futnre. Then indeed^will a prosper'
day dawn upon our country.
Braiil and Paraguauy are in hostile array
pf vlnet each other. -_j _■
THE EL.ECTJOX I.V HICUMJ.VD.
'i 1 election in Richmond, Vj., has culmina- !
t ■]. as the irieudsof the Union in that city
~r t iicted. An order has been issued by Ma
j i General Terry, declaring the election null
ir.d void, and preventing the organization of
. !;o City Council. General Terry assigns as
his reasons for tbu3 acting, that eausfactdfy
vidt-nce has been furnished him, that with
but few exceptions, all the officers elected were
prominent and conspicou3 in inaugurating and
MHt .ining the late war; and that the issue was
distinctly made and openly avowed at said
election, as between those men who had aid
ed a:. 1 abetted in the war against the United
State s authority, aud those who, with their
lives, defended.the flag of their country ; and,
therefore, justice to the thousands who have
acr'fi red their lives to put down the secession
doctrines, and to those who are returning to
their homes in Virginia after years of suffer
ing in fighting in the Union armies, demands
“ thet these persons who were to lately con
tra :dr. ; all their efforts to suitaia the South,
and overthrow this Government, should not
be installed into office and entrusted with
power ” lit* concludes by stating that “the
Culled Staler: military authorities will regard
the said municipal election null and void,” ex
c pliug only to far as it relates to the Clerk of
the Hustings Court.”
We coo it stated in some of the Richmond
papers, that any man who is known to be an
i honest supporter of the Union can get but
few votes iu that city. This is a lancaatable
slate of affairs—especially i l Richmond. For,
I tiresidents of any part of the South more
limn another, should be animated by a feeling
of gratitude to the Government it should be
tlu> citizens of that placed According to the
u .g-s of war, alter a city has been defended
as Richmond was, it is customary to allow
the soldiers to plunder it when
Rut instead of so doing, the United States
I troops passed some time after the occupa.
tiou, in chivaliously and magnanimously en
deavoring to put out the flames which had been
kindled by retreating defenders. Since the
occupation of Richmond, tiro. United States
commissary has furnished food to thousands o!
its famishing families. Many of her prominent
citizens of excepted classes of the amnesty pro
damnation have been pardoned. The people
have been treated in tho moat generous and
lenient maimer. Aud what does the United
States Government get in return for all the
kindnc-ss shown? Why, it is informed that
no man who is loyal to it, and who believes
oi unequivocally supporting it, can be elected
to office by the votes of the peoplo. By some,
his may be considered a good way to show
,■ratbude, but we do not approve of any such
method cl returning kindness.
This is the first election, we believe, held in
a re-organized State. is the first
time tho Government k at Washington has had
an oppui;unity cf showing what it will do, in
ca-:e off fits arc not conducted in a satisfactory
manner. Its course in this matter is so une
quivocally plain, that be “who runs may read ”
Summed up in a few words, it amounts to sim
ply ibis : “No prominent man, unless parden
, and :<nil restored to all political rights, who has
aided or abetted the late war against the Uai
led Stubs Government, shall hold any office
under that Government, even if he manages to
get elected ” Tho Government has a perfect
right to take that position if it sees fit so to do,
and it hvs tho power to maintain itself in that
position if it takes it.
Now, we h ive simply endeavored to advise
tho people of things which have occurred iu a
St ate undergoing the process of re organization,
and to show them into what difficulties gome
of tho people thereof have already brought
themselves. Is it a desirable situation to be
in ' Ail will at once decide in the negative.—
Why not then, so shape matters in this State
as to avoid the rocks and qu’cksands of politi
cal destruction.? It can be done. Georgia
has not yet been put in a wrong position. It
is not necessary she should. Neither is it for
her interests to undertaKo to do anything ex
cept that which will be acceptable to the Wash
ington authorities.
Most fortunately for this commonwealth,
both the military as well as the civil head of
ass Jrs are men of candor, experience aud sa
gacity. Thus fur they have managed matters
with skill, and in such a way as to prevent
the civil trout coming into collision with the
military powers. Let the people cast aside
their old political associations ; let them forget
old party lines aad old party leaders; and join
ing together let them atk advice of those np
pointid to direct, and follow out strictly to the
letter the course marked cut fer them to pur
sue in the work of again placing Geoigia in
her old position among tho States which forms
this great and glorious Republic.
\ Ui FOll THE U, 8. sUPUEME
cjinr.
The New Hampshire Legislature lias passed
Ia la vplacing a tax of twenty-five per cent.,
I upon the income derived from United States
securities. The Legislature ol Connecticut
has a proposition before it to tax U. S. securi
ties for Slate purposes. Freeman Clarke, Erq.
Comptroller of the Currency, has written a
letter to the President of the National Banks at
Hartford, iu which he expresses surprise that
the Connecticut Legislature should entertain a
proposition loviitually confiscate a portion of
the Government securities held by inhabitants
ot that State. He says that the law exempting
from taxa'ion Government secuiities is so spe
cific and dear that it cannot bo questioned.—
Hu? bonds were disposed of, and purchased
w in the provision of law as a part of the con
tract. that they were to be exempt from taxa
tion, and the country has received au equiva
lent for such exemption, in the additional price
received for the bonds. He argues that the
ohl’g .dons of the Government would not have
..i so-.- anything like the price realiz’d, or at
’coy price at all commensurate with their value,
if it had been supposed possible that they could
be taxed by the State laws, directly or indirect
ly. 1. a Legislature can impose a tax of fif
bi.ii per centum on the income derived from
Government securities, it is just as competent
for ii o impose a tux of fifty or one hundred
percent. He says that tho eff c-t of the pro
posed tax would bo to reduce the value of Go
vernment securities in the hands of the people
of Oo.auciicut fifteen per cent., provided there
vc..s ~n assurance that no further exaction
would he imposed; but without.such assurance
the market value would be reduced as much
•more as the next, or any subsequent Legisla
ture c.-aid h.creme the tax or to the extent of
d.v.rot imr t! dr productive valuo entirely.
Mi. Cake thinks the Supremo Court cf l? e
Video : t and. i will declare the New Hampshire
law ur.oonstlttttionai; and that the same deci
sbin will bo made concerning the Connecticut
b.w, should it be passed. He is also of opinion
■ hat the stocks cf national banks invested in
l uited Slates securities are not taxable, ex
cept for such parts r.s are not represented by
such severities ■
This matter is of great importance to holders
A SEW l*o.- ICV IX HU lIMOKU.
The citk .-as of Richmond, Va , finding out
that the A Inu:iiaiv:i:i-)n will not a low objec
tionable m-a t be eleore p - css of trust,
agreed to ucc pt loyal men as offi-rere, if per
mitted so to do. G-n. T rry gave bis consent
to such a pkva, and a ticket of Union
whos • antecedents prove them to be such, were
nominated. These, Gen. Terry, it is said, will
appoint, to take chaige of the city Government-
A correspondent writing from the place says
“there will be no m ire elections shortly.”
Owing to the hostile feeling which has been
shown, probably the new plan of inaugurating
a semi civil government is the bes Lone which
could be adopted.
The contumacy which was exhibited by tho
cilzens of Rich nond of ths General Govern
ment, if exhibited any where else can be easi
ly suppressed by military power. But such
repression is riot a remedy, or a cure. It is
a safeguard ; and so far oniy is it to bo es
teemed. It c'cessarily brings on a collision,
and though in the conflict of authority the
Government is bound to be uppermo-t, it must
ba observed that the attainment of the end in
view, instead of being* facilitated, is delayed.
The delicate questions touching the practical
relations between the Slates and General Gov
ernment are not hereby adjusted and their re
storation as loyal integral parts of the Union
is not accomplished.
We trust that a great majority of tho
outhern people will be convinced of the fol
ly of setting up disloyal governments to be
knocked down like a row of ten pins by our
military authorities. The Government is de
termined to triumph, aud those who stub
bornly resist it will prove themselves their
own worst enemies. A Government that
would do less than that, that would daily
wist those who were aiming at its destruction,
that would hesitate to surround itself with all
the guards necessary for it3 protection, would
n.it be worth living under.
The Richmond affair should serve as a warn
ing to the residents of Georgia. Let u- so
shape matters that no such occurrence shall
happen in this common wealth.
Economy —The most rigid system of econo
my will now be necessary to help us over the
financial pressure which the country now su3.
tains. According to the late report of Secretary
McCulloch, the national debt at the close of
July, was $2,640,513,613. This amount, it is
thought, will necessarily be increased to three
billions, but not beyond that figure. This i3 a
ia-ge sum—almost exceeding ordinary compu
tation —and we must “buckle to” with earnest
of purpose to reduce it. This must be our
business—our serious business—for the near
future at ieast. Happily, we have a Govern*
meat which has clearly given abundant evi
dence.and pledge iu the line of economy. The
moment peace was declared, a system of re
trenchment began in th« various departments,
which we believe i3 steadily progressing, eo
that the expense.'-, so enormous during the war,
are already materially ‘reduced. All supeiflu
cu3 offices and departments have been aboleh
ed ; a vast quantity of shipping—now useless
for the navy, but invaluable for commercial
purposes—has been sold at remunerative
prices ; and a disposition rhown to use all availa
b e legitimate means to lessen the amount of
our indebtedness. The Administration lias set
out- on the line of economy and retrenchment,
and the people must assist in tho same direc
tion. Os course our l&xcs will be higher than
ever before, but we must yield to this with
out unnecessary grumbling; and in order to be
able to meet tlie tax collector cheerfully and
promptly, we must retrench somewhat iu our
expenses. Y/e must forego some of the
luxuries of life, if need be, to fulfil our
dutica to tho Stale and countiy. Wo are
all interested in sustaining the credit
of tho Government—aad the rush for
the National Loan conclusively proves that ti e
people are resolved it shall not suffer. Now,
mat we know where we stand, let us put cur
shoulders to the wheel, and we can carry the
country smoothly and successfully through the
crisis. Let Economy and Industry, then, bo
our watcliwotd in the future.
Mexican Affairs are in rather a mixed
state. So many cot C cling reports reach ns
from that country that it is difficult (o s’ft
truth from error so as to arrive at its real
status. At one time President Juarez appears
to be the “upper dog in the fight,’’ and at
another Maximilian seems to occupy that en
viable position. At me lime out l;opes of the
R“public and the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine are strong ; at another Napoleon’s
nice little scheme- of establishing a monarchy
on this continent, looks as if it might succeed-
On the whole, however, we do not, from our
present standpoint, feel disposed to comp’ain
at “ the situation.’’ Notwithstanding the re
ported accessions to Maximilian's forces by
Southern adventurers aud recruits from the
01*1 World, wo do believe that the French
strength there is little, if any greater than that
of its opponents. The presence of a large
army cf U. S. troops in Texas doubtless has
much to do with Maximillian’s increased show
of warlike preparations just at this time.
There arc rumors of uneasiness and a feeling
of insecurity as manifesting themselves in
Maximilian, which may point to an early abdi
cation and complete abandonment of the new
“ Empire.” “ Uneasy sits the head that wears
a crown.” Napoleon, very likely has enough
to do near 'J& me, without bestowing that care
upon his “side-show” which his Mexican
re presen at ive thinks judicious and deserved.
At all events, if left to himself, Maximilian may
very soon find business which require his at
tention at his old home and leave Mexico to
Juarez aud Republican Ideas. W* “ball see.
To Okdixauies, Clerks and tub Fobi.ic—
We invite the attention of those officers to
the proclamation of Gov. Johnson, of the 7th
instant.
By this action of the governor, the people c-f
the several eiounties will le enabled at once,
and with ccnivenienre, to accept the terms cf
the President's amnesty proclamation, and be
come qualified as cit z-:us. 'the regulations
prescribed auripUiu, and officials and people
are earnestly exh.nHd to engage iu the work.
If tbs public only manifest a proper spirit in
his matter, Gov J : son wilt h ive done a
good work. Ila is willing to do all in
Ids power to re-orginize the State. -The peo
ple will find that to be the ease notwithstan
ding the uncalled-for slurs and censures cf
the anti-administrat ion press. If tho public
follows the counsels of Gov. Johnson, there is
one thing certain—they will not get into col
lision with the military authorities ; neither
will they have tteir constitution and delegates
to Congress refused when sent to Yvashicgton.
His course thus far pioves him to be a good
counsellor and a safe leader.
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Krv. A. A. Luvconu, D. D. Chancellor of
tho Univerbitjuof Georgia has gone cn a visit,
to Alabama. Wo regret to learn that he is
in very feeble health.
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Difficulties i.v Mississippi.— Difficulties un i
d°r Guv. Eiarkley’s administration h ive al
ready arisen in Mississippi. Ails newly appointees
and ihe miiitaty have come iu coiiidon. The j
facts in the case, which we gather from a let
ter m the Cincinnati Gazdte, ere these: A
planter from some cause or other, killed a
freedmin. It is said he did it because the
freedman contradicted him. The military au
thorities at once arrested the planter. The
newly made Union officials of tho vicinity,
tried to get him released on habeas corpus.
This has not been done, Gen. Howard having
ordered Col. Thomas to keep his prisoner in
custody at all hazards.
During the trial the case was warmly dis
cussed by the friends of tho planter and the
military nuthoti ies. The Judge Advocate
claimed that the writ of habeas corpus was
suspended, and that tho military were not
required to surrender him. The lo.?al g. n
- friends of the planter, held that by tho
proclamation of the I’Ti iden appointing a
Provisional Governor, and directing tho ini] 1
lary authorities to recognizs, assist, and nip
*port him in the enforcem- nt of civil law , tho
writ of habeas corpus was fully restored, and
that civil authority and law was in full force
aad supreme, and must ho obeyed by tho mil
itary ; and lids point was ingeniously and per
sisfsnhy argued by the lawyers. The Judge
Advocate further hold that there was n > civil
officer in Mississippi authorazs<l to Lbuo tho
writ, and n\> court properly organises, 1 to tiy
the criminal, even if tho writ was ohoyo 1
It was contended that the President did not
design by his proclamation appointing a Pro
visional Governor, to confer upon him the
power of his own act to fill the judicial offices,
aud restore the State jurisprudence, with all
the previsions of the slave code ; but simply
to make him the directing power, whereby the
people could, iu convention, undo the illegit
imate legislation of the past four years, and
restore the operations of civil government*
adapted to the new state of affairs.
After tho case was decided the planter’s
counsel admitted that if he had been surren
tiered on the writ, he would have been acquit
ted ;as the deed was seen only by negro wit
nesses, who are not competent to testify against
a white person by the old laws of Mississippi.
The Fall a .no Winter Trade.— We look for
renewed vitality in all our* business circles
tho coming fall and winter. We think it will
be no imaginary picture when we say our stores
will be well filled with goods ; tho yet unre
vealed cotton in the country will flow in, seek
ing an outlet to Northern markets ; mechanics
and laborers will find profitable employment
in various branches of industry ; money will
bo more plenly ; cui agricultural friends will
sack the cities to sell their products and buy
needed articles of dry goods aud groceries ;
strangers will visit us to spend the winter
months, bringing “the sinews” with them.
Ihe railroad lines radiating from thiß
and other points will be finished ; the
river steamers which are now doing a
good tininess, will continue their lu
crative Lips to and from the seaboard. In
short, bustle and activity, everywhere around
ns will give unmistakable evidence of a
healthy, vigorous life. The tout ersenible from
the lower Maiket looking up Broad street,
will present as busy a scene, mayhap as it used
to of yore, before war had ever been heard or
dreamed of. Let the goed old times return again
and we shall see a cheerful, confident smile
upon everybody’s face, which will seem to
say, “We are all right again—Peace hath her
victories no less than War, aud these are of
them.” Eo mote it be.
Injurious to both Sections. --There Is one
great evil which is dping great iDjury to both
sections of the countiy. We moan the letters
which are continually being published in the
Northern journals, written either by local cr
traveling correspondents. There are two classes
of epistles sent on their errand of mischief.—
The radical Republican journal writers givo
their one-sided views of matters ; and the cop
perhead correspondents givo theirs also. These
parties both write to please the readers of their
respective sheets. To do this, both ottimes,
in speaking of the same matter, distort facts
in such a way that tho statement of neither is
correct. The copperheads are determined the
North shall believe that there is great danger
of the whites being eaten up alive by the
blacks; an dlho radicals are determined to make
the North believe that a3 of old, slavery still
exists in our midst in its worst phases.
Now both these classes are doing incalculable
injury to the North as well as South. It gives
the people of the former section wrong ideas
of the latter, and the real condition of affairs ;
and it makes matters worse for the South be
cause she is misrepresented, and thiDg3 here are
made to appear worse than they really are.
Tire fact is, the country e.an well dispose ot
tho services of these letter writers ; and their
respective journals ought to. Altogether too
many of the wandering correspondents of the
newspaper press, are mere mischief makers--
sekloin telling the truLh, always perverting
what thev see and hear.
Macon & Augusta Railroad. —This road is a
branch of the Georgia Railroad, commencing
at Oamack, and running from thence to Mil
ledgevillo. The read itself is finished as far as
Mayfield. This place is thirty four miles dis
tant from Millcdgeville. The grading between
the two towns is completed with the exception
of a small portion ntar the latter place.
The importance of having this road finished
at once is very great—not only to the interior
towns, but Augusta also. It will boos gieat
advantage in many respects. It will open to
our cit zsns the great grainerv of Georgia by a
neater route than ever before traveled. Be
sides, it will bring <o Augusta a great deal of
trade which has heretofore gone to other sec
tions.
Valuable Eeai. Estate.— C. V. Walker &
Cos., offer for sale some Very valuable real
estate, with dwellings and other improve
ments thereon, on Walker street. This proper
ty is in a fine location. This i3 a rare r;hance
for an investment.
Gqv. Piekponts Actions ix Regard to Stats
Offices ix Viegihia.—Gov. Pierpont has
addressed a notice to the justices of the county
courts cf heg nia, saying he has reliable in
formation th it iu a number of counties in the
State persons have b ec-n elected to the efike
of Commonwealth’s Attorney. Sheriff, Com
missioner of Revenue and Cicrk of Court,
and m seme instances Justice of ILe Peace,
j who are disqualified by a clause of the consti
lutiCn, which excludes from voting or holding
offices any perecDs'who have held aDy office
under or been a member of any so-called Con
federate Cdegress or Legislature. The jus
tices are.duecicd to consider all offices above
to, to which persons so disqualified
shall have been elected, vacant, and to order
elections immediately to fill such vacancies.
Tue Coolie Swr m —Some cf ike Texas pa !
pore Lave commenced rdvocating tho coolie
system cf labor, ■ s the proper one for the
South to adept. I.system is the most bar- j
barous ever in existence. It is no use for any i
one to think that such a thing will be permit
ted. It has been decree i that hereafter noth
ing but tree labor shall exist in the United
Etaios, and it b sheer madness lor any mm or
clique of men t--- fl itter themselves into the be
lief that they can set aside or evade the de
cree.
In the ecd, it will be much better for us all,
if all would cheerfully accept the true status of
affairs; and, instead of spending time aad la
bor upon projects which will never be permit
ted by the Gorernm- at to be carried out. to
bestow all our < ffarU noon bringing about a
state of affairs that will place the South in
equally a- prosperous a position as she ever held-
It cin bo dorm. Why not, then, stiive for that
purpose, im<tead of wasting our energies in
concocting utopian schemes antagonistic to the
avowed policy of the Government, and which
will result in nothing but injury to ourselves
and our country.
Cotton r; Ti s.i.i From a recent letter from
u prominent and well inform-! 1 house in Gal
veston, Tex ii, we are permitted to take the
annexed facts. The writers estimate the stock
ol cotton now on hand in T ,x is at 70,000 bales
exclusive of that bordering on Red River and
tributary to Now Orleans*. Their figures are
us follows : i«xk September Ist, 1861, 75,009
bales; three years crop 2.22,000, total 300.001)$
Exports direct 30,00:). through Mexico 100,000’
homo cioLumpticn 20,000; damaged 50 000
tidal 230,000. Oi the growing crop thpy say,
about three-fourths of an average ha3 been
planted, which would givo 180,000 to 200,000
bales. The total, therefor, we can expect
from Texas, both of of the old and new crops,
is 270,000 bales. This is exclusive of what
reaches the market by the way of Red River. All
accounts state that there is quite a large quan
tity of the old crop still along the line or that
stream. Os the now crop growing in the Red
River country, we have heard nothing as yet.
Sensible. —At au informal meeting of South
ern officers, military and civil, held in New
Orleans a few days ago, it was agreed to re
main and await the developments of the future,
rather thaa go abroad voluntarily. Generals
Rragg, Loring, .Forney, Taylor, aud oihers,
have gone to pass the time with their friends
in the interior* giving their addresses to Gene
ral Canby, and offering to report when desired.
The conclusion to which these men have
come is truly sensible. There ia a plenty of
room in this country for all who desire to re
main here, and become loyal. Os course, if a
man is determined to pursue any other policy,
it is better lor both the Country and him that
he goes elsewhere.
Bit tiicie is no country after all like this.—
No sentence will hereafter sound bo grand as
“I am an American.” '
—-Cfßr
A Mobile Opinion of Eupply of Cotton.—
The Mobile Tribune says the amount ot cot
ton in ihe South is gre-it'y over estimated in
the North. Comparatively IR-tlo cotton has
been grown the last two years. Enough for
seed and family cougump't’oa covers the whole
of it. Os the large crop raised prior to the
war, very little remains. When the amount
destroyed by fire, deteriorated by time and>ex
posure, consumed in demestic manufactures
and run through ihe blockade, is considered;
an estimate of one million bah s for 1805 •will
more than cover all-that will find a market.
A Loss to the Literary World.— The Nash
ville Union says that lion. Henry W. Hilliard
had a work entitled “Do Vere” ready for the
press, bat lost the MS. when N:r le fell into
the possession of tho national army.
We trust Mr. Hillard will yot be able to
recover his manuscripts. Tire loss of them,
will indeed be a loss to ttie literary world. A
more polished, swished high-toned writer
doe3 not live. No production has ever yet
come from his pea, tut productions of which
any author might justly feel proud.
A Good Role to Follow.— l have always con
sidered advertising, liberally and long to be
the great medium cf success in business, and
prelude to wealth. And I fcavo made it an in
variable rule, too, to advertise in the dullest
times, as well as the busiest, long experience
having taught mo that money thus spent is
well laid out ; as by keeping my business con
tinuually before the public, il has secured me
many sales that I would otherwise have
ost.”— £t*piif.n Giuard.
of Government bonds. An early test of the
question, whether these bonds can or cannot be
taxed by the States, will he looked for and ex
pected by the people at large, who have a vital
interest in the subject. The opinion generally
prevails that the Supreme Court will endorse
the view taken by CornptroPer Claike.
Fare Reepced. —We perceive by the New
York papers that first class fare from that city
to Savannah, by steamers of tho Star and Pio
neer Lrnes, has brea reduced to 535. Proba
b'y the increase of travel this fall, and compe
tition, will much farther reduce the rates of
travel between New York and Southern ports.
A Suggestion. —A writer in the Macon Tele
graph suggests that the people cf Georgia pe
tition the President to grant a pardon to
Han. A. H. Stephens. The writer thinks Mr.
Stephens would use all Lis influence for the
good of the country, aod would assist much in
settling matters.
• -o -arm-
The New Eish p cf Pennsylvania. —The
Right Rev. Dr. Sftv.ms, formerly a resident of
Savannah and Athens, Ga , and more recently
in charge of an Episcopal Church in Philadel
phia, has succeeded the late Bishop Potter a3
Bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania.
Montgomery & Eufaula Rak.roail—The
work ou ibis r ad is being pushed rapidly for
ward. It is expected il at the grading as far
a3 Union Springs will hi completed tho pres
ent year.
A most diabolical conspiracy has been disco
vered in List Tennessee. A man named Cap
tiaa Honeycut appears to have been tho au
thor and ringleader of the plot. It seems that
the culprits contemplated, no! c.uly icbbcry,
bnt tue colu-b; ocih and mumcr of companions in
arms, .lhoy had determined who should be
their victims, aril bar! recorded tbeir names
in a book, together with an estimate of their
supposed worth. Tho coasnitacy would have
inevitably succeeded, but for the fact that one
or the conspirators, awed by the magnitude ol
the undi-rlakmg, lost Iho requisite nerve, and
dtvulgee the entire programs. The result was
the arrest cf the entire party about half an
Lour before the coup was designed to have
been made. They will be tried by Court Mar
tial.
Hon. Judge Nye, one of the oldest lawyers
in Ohio, died recently at Marietta in that State.
Nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in gold was paid in at-iho Boston C.ustom
House, July 25, on foreign merchandise, most
ly oa dress goods, by the last steamer,
tsras m.Y •«.
John A. M-(.' o'.nan ht . Eli. ,• • J
Cochrane, of New Ya h
understood to have hu 1 s • .
tracted iuteiviews with (h -
present condition of the tout.; / lo
tion of parties thereto.
General Ord has left Petr it .la t v ' ;
speetion through h s nul l - . C p
will establish a military - ... cr : •...
gauaee, Mich.
The Hoosac Tunnel is now b. k- 1 mi.
say. at the rate of pixty so t ; ” ..oh.
new machiuery.it i.i tti-.i:-.:•-•, wtl: mm .
this rate three or four ti.u*-:..
Colonel Compares. of the 1-12d Ti.dc.niv, ’• -
iu command at Nashville. 1. -s H. ••« r i
aud is to be tried by c m- u k.
lect of duty in tailing to car.;, out the ■
for the suppression of the gurnb ing bon-.
lowa, out of a population of lir’lc -i t , n
half a million at tho comm--': in
war, sent seventy-two thor.- i:: 1 ■ .>.-e -i
and sixty-eight meu into tho array’.
The contest for the Ohio 8. ‘orkip l
tween General Bchenck and Scud . t- -e. u
is very animated, and is bic rming v.-u; l>- ,
There are 260 men ccn'nacted v. i- F.. B
ton paid FirewDepartment, and t). iv , 1 r
1814 was 5C0.978, the whole cost.’Hi -
part-ment lor that year being $122,141. 'lie
men were called out 161 times last year.
The U"ited States Pacific Railroad T. 1 .
Line will be completed from Chicago -a
Francisco in one year from the pre-.---.it time
This will make the second jeiecravv >• . to
the Pacific, one being already in « aeia,! i.
There is a movement on font in New L : >p
bhire to establish a homo lor invalid eoiditie
that Siate.
A defalcation in the Memphis Custom Ho
is reported.
The total appropriations of the last : 'nr. • •
will amount to $820,001),0040, in u,und
bers.
The miners of Carbordale, Luz-une con:'*.'
Pennsylvania, are on a etr.ke.
In Southern Kansas the people are r: |,; -
terribly in earnest in putting dev, u
Not long since fix thieves who he.i ,1 iu
Franklin county without the least bt.-.i li. oi
clergy.
Mr. Justice Marvin, the will known C m
dian statesman, died recently, a . and ;ixt v av >
Tiie arrivals of immigrants at New York, Ju
lj 19. number 1,126,* making trie total
the Ist of January 90,400.
The Mayor of Now Orleans has admiivlster. ;
the amnesty oath to 1 074 pers nd LBOJ
persons have been registered us voter.-;
General Augur has just is. uad vu e. ; , . o
quiring aU pet sons heretofore be . ■
Southern armies arriving in Wr.iii;... • im
port immediately oa their arrive! i > the .
quarters of the Department oi v • :
aud furnish a copy of their aulle nty !•>.• b . .
there. '1 hose now iu that city who i: v r. :
already done eo will at o;:ce comply w. . i .
requirements of his older.
Mr. Dickerson's challenge to the Eec-ii-.:: r
of the Navy for a trial ol capacity w;Hi i•
steamer Algonquin by one ot one naval .*•
has been accepted by Mr. Well, s, nun ;
Winooski 13 designated as the coiupvting v.
sel. It is proposed that tho vtssc uisf« id ■ <
running out to sea, shall be placed at a pi..r
New York, one on each side, and tin .
ery being put in motion, an account * . i i.
kept of the average number of o v<4u,i ... - t
minute of tho weeois of each tho quantity oi
coal burned, &o.
lion J. L. M. Cuiry, of Ala., will sooae.’iter
the ministry.
The largest Indian tribe new in lids c -> by
is the Comanches. They number 20.000
Last year over 200 OdO barrels of ;
were shipped from Western Now Y t
said that this year the crop wiU be even i
There are six married sistCm in ■ .
Maine, whose united ages amount to 504 j .
being an average'of 84 years lor eucb. Tb.i
youngest is about 72 years, the
Angular pitched battle occured •-> li-.-a
aon county, Teun., between some UiHox in.- u
and Confederates. The qmi.st-l g••«•«? out • :•.
young lady refusing to dar.ee with a ;■
man because he had been in tho Union ; • ■ .
He accompained the refusal with e< -, iu s ;
ting remaks. Pistols wore uvd freely,
men were killed and several clLcrs seyeiiy
wounded.
There has been a freedman’s convetili -n at
Memphis Teun.
Champ Ferguson the giu rtl’a on •;■ ’. u*
Nashville is accused of sticking cor;; ! -.,!., k>
tho wounds of his victims, to to, .mo »•..
Alabama lost seventy iliousacd m. n in the
war.
Parson Brownlow says he agrees with i.•
aho are horrified by the execution, of ?.t •
Suratt. But the terrible thing is \ .;t 0..;,;,-
that a woman should be hung.' but that wo
man should do a deed meriting ha; -h ;
Admiral Steward has been in tli.; navy cixfy
seven years.
A movement is on foot ia the Army of i”n
Tcnoessee to raise funds for the ;•.-••.• o r,-i a
suitable monument over the ct-.ve of ef.-jm
General McPherson of Clyde, Ohio.
In Greene county, Penn., it h , : a tbot r .
less than three hundred oil wells ore ‘m ■
f-unk, with a fair prospect of as many mote be
ing WDOia started.
Maximilian is favoiiDg-emigration from the
United States.
Nearly seven hundred bamJa of 5y
were seized in Cincinnati, August 2, for cvi'.olou
of excise law.
Gen. Howard, of the Free-I men’s B:;
sequests a correction of the and v; n: pub
lished in several Northern papers, >‘at lie
tended to confiscate the properly ■ 1 lie cl”
Zens of Maryland, ou account o'-. and
ill treatment of the Irco-Jme; . il-- -. It:,
authority to cent! case properly ; ;
belongs to tbo Federal Civ ii Courts urn 1 , r the
Confiscation act. The General cl A, h a.-u
only takes possession of abandon and land-, a 1
provides for the care and kind irt..tm-ui of lb,;
iieedmen.
The Internal Revenue receipts for tho wi
sent rear up to August, o, iojt uy to $28!) -
316,280.
The President has pardoned Bishop Lynch of
S.C.
Some boys being surprised by the police
while bathing at Troy, (he cl’.; A , ;■
them made a rush lor the shove and per for
home. He naturally created a
nieg a3 he did four or five block-; thro::-. A ■
business pait of the city with ,-ut r.-.y eioT ,-
on.
A duel fought near New Oilcans p.'. <
actress resu ted, after twelve shots, h< xb
death of one, and the mortal wounding :d lb
other. The last shot ttas fired by one ol
duelists on his knees, being unable to ;;--n;i
from the loss of blood.
A young lady a few davs since poured K . : -
ssne cn her fire in Chicago, to burry k a;,-I
was roasted to a crisp ic eonrs.-ip; .no .
Nearly twenty thousand dollars i '
collected for the statute of Shah -a- . v
is to be erect el in Centra! Park, New Y_ k.
One county in Illinois will produce mo
rion gallons of wine this year.
The. Petersburg, (Va.) tobacco munufactoti-:
are commencing work again. *
Mr. George Straley, of Farad '-<Pto‘wnsh :;..
York county Pa , has a cow whi- h gave 1 ::i
to six calves on the 25ih nit., Lu‘. all f th- ■:
died. The same cow gave bi.th t,, (h,<-e
calves lest winter, which are aii iivinfog.
Anew town, to be called Reno, on 1 « A:
legheny river, between Franklin and Oil .
Pa , is projected.
The range at Newport Hums ? >!•?■;
men and footmen, to an ext-.nr nee
iu before. In most all oas.-s their i>. y Ire,
the most costly and luxurious char c . r.
Consequent upon tho chan :S fro- i w
to peace footing over two thou , c ! ' : 1
three thousand employ- sin the ■; •
Armory have been discharged.
A LskeSSuperior correspondent vr ''
LePon'ec- says that many of (bo so.. !Ir ; I '
clans were accustomed to meet tbor- o
mer recreation and conference. Hero ..
and Breckinridge used to p r iau: /a- .
hour, and he says that Br c
an Island in that part ot the lake, but it L ■
been confiscated..
Miss. Kellogg, the singer, made s2o,u 11
the past year. She is now at New Hartford,
Connecticut,
i.Ws SI.MHAIiY.
. o mates that there
. . u oops in the service.
, i. ere ended to be
their indebtedness to the
l ary School in Philadelphia
- : a consequence of the cessa
:f Oi if T -,v >r.
. , Forest Oak, t'rcm Boston for
. o'. - . when about thirty miles
■ iu against a whale with such
.. • l« emast nearly out.
t a population of one hundred
S .It Stake City, which is
l> • tho most bctiutilul town between
r. ! • -.d E.m A raucfsco, has twenty thou*
Ti • -4 Chicago now coreuraes about
. 1 (ol water daily. Anew en
•ii m;-ed by th * city to meet
.1. . . lat mi expense of $107,000.
r. ; . •; Lu-'gly and wife, of Fulton, Kv ,
- . •: .1 r !iu I heir bml recently. It ap*
1 pern••• a v-.-'.iual suicide had been committed.
Je-'hon-.y was tli : cause.
; • -fft x aro talking about de
vo i.- li.;; he e dter to stork laisiog.
. n jotter writers ray affairs be
-.ale !.: i r-d Slates and Mexico aro be
j coming cm- ical.
. .* *. can be a e rteined the popula
iic- • •rva ~ k cliy is 1,003 250 —an increase
■ h! tv,,- hundred tliou-and since 1860,
\ht a..* I. ..1 was 813.065). The average
■ •v,a of j'.-q>\. av ion for five years, therefore,
iu hit. ; i.;. • :>•, ;s aiout 40.000, a year.
. e t 1 valuation of property ii\ New
' , . ] ■’> >6‘ - 781 355. Real estate in
t : 4.055 kriri, v.hi .- ner.-.onal property
• !V!i .all ffi.OOO.t'OO, owing largely
i. ' Li., t ;,>■ the government bonds are non
t •»*,' i ndc v the i v. cf congress.
Li;-.- 8;l that the aggiegate population
; . ' V k:• will foot up 4,350,000.
’ , College roll cf honor contains
>! three major generals, thirty
, <• • •sfvculweu majoiß, one hundred
c ; -v, six lieutenants, on bundled
_ -• :i medical officers, sixty-eight
■ I *•-.-■ ty-oue paymasters, six naval
ct ■■'!". e.igl ty -one privates and non-com nisi
, l Dllie v- . besides iiT rgo number whose
b.iosi m:is not yet kuown.
H- . . ,'oui Americans traveling in Germa
y ‘. ;t t e fields are parched by drought.
giving concerts In Cin
<'. •*! to huge'audiences.
a hA2 ins Exprtes company are extending
ct.s to Texas.
St >r: I’.xl, of Ilsdford, I’a., was
!y ; i.y :• ref'TUt and Canada
i-.:i -ii' C itt t:! groat excitement.
. ; i-cprcM-ntid by the guests at a
; avatega, last week avcounted
to $07,000,000.
i iiy in Detroit of quite nnusual
e ■; .li Y';>- fat iter »»'.d mother have
• * ven r- ii. ;■ and threw ticaes, and have had
eb iei« rr t ir,;iu'.f*gc, »ud all are now
. ■ under one roof —six
i I yof chi ’ iFor.,
- • ••••.••’.a p-ilctie.l residence, which is being
c: cerner of 1 hirty-fourth street
- •» 1 : Htv iu;.-. l ew Yoik city, is attracting
c. -.'.H-.t . ..d .at -ti. It will be th r ee stories
’ - •* bwcmuiiL The walls are white
m •• iiios'yle of au-liifrcHuo is iirxtd
i •- •-Ui at-'I lonic '1 :i‘ u , ill ice wilt tun o
a; ■jih o i hi l l;,-fourth ....■.■. . i s!> .ui 115
■l . 1 i vii h’iltil aver ”« : s li ;y i e 'J i.tr
Oi. ; I" tli- lhiili v/o. :<■<.» u. li i.-en feet
in v ■([■'■■■ '■ ii.o cost of Ur.' buli t.g i %sHmatt it
-at $1,200.(:0i). 1h vvi'i bo the moot magu hunt.
bu:i the United Etales.
Ac; mil. Y noni all poitiocs of tho interior of
u.'i r i>seui that the continued rains
o; .o, .•■"•ex ioflkted immense damge.
. ~•: ! Missouri River, and tho
>.i and if. Joseph Railroad were gen
■ • . y, r.-i- ■} ■■ ;l. Many local bridges ia the
f'j kv'"pt away. Tobacco has euf
-ii c-ni udctably.
In tfi- ;vtonch of Juno, 1865, 0,777,21 acrea
•a •;up at ’l'mvcrse City, Michigan, un
ib'mestead Law for actual settlement.
:• -.'Oi n inn of If'stou, according to late
fi: "... >'about 200,000.
Ti-. si; or Saratoga, heavi'y laden with
C'.'toL, was ft ink in Red liver July 22d,' by
:i ; ;;■ a:• :-:uag. No lives were last, and it
’ • Hvvvd that all the cotton would ba
srxv and.
i Yu'/; mnal Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi,
ba ; •. tv. ■ iwi; and, lor the purpose of defraying
•;•■ pel -vs ioc.dcnt to the calling ol the coa
v.v-iiou Ki.v: !ly to as-cmble in that State, a
3."“' «.:> tax of and Jlar on each bale of cat
ion !.: . Hv; market. A number of the cot
■o; iioidn-. . wing re fused to pay the assess
v. -nt ... G •vei'iiO'- lias i sue lan order requir
. ' tli c-h n ■ Sheritth to seize all cotton tho
h a-i'H ot winch n-fu-e payment, and to sell a
di ' - portion <»t it to pay the tax and aa
a-idUion- 1 one dollar pi r bale besides.
T.';o garrir-ou at Memphis, five thousand
sv' oog, is to bu broken up into scattered sqnada
Hr tue . ■ r.-. •.-•/••.•ion of order aud intimidation
of tin; <i .- -yal i-i Tennessee.
-- j .-;vo swiadle of sloo,ooois reported
L > ■ Crb-'OH by au operator who got safely
& 'vuy,
T -< h says a wool grower of that
hb"j ; -t: hi'arod 1 000 pounds of wool
Hu: limtj ninety sheep.
TANARUS! : h , dent of the United State has rs
•i - a precedent to the delivery of?
'■ * New G.lesoirt and Jsoksou railroad to its,
t ; ' n, u.n election of loyal directors
mall piei’iouHy take place.
Liif.-.r she eleven months en.ting on May
■•’l -- t. j.i )ei e.ptu (,ken at ilamum’s biu
u :ied i<> two hundred and eighty
G go • n ' tb.ve I viudved and forly-ono dollars.
■'• 1 ' ; quart >ra this will give about one
! : md a quarter of visitors for eleven
monihs.
:!, " r w v >■! 1 1 has assumed editorial charge
ot th New York Times.
-S ’■ yielded eight millions of gold last
year.
Gov J aii.'S 'N, of Georgia, has made no ap
is in that State, on the
‘1 • ,-• pro*, Isioual governor, lie has
P< ■ ,; G- !i\ • ,-,rch appointments. It
| * ■ t" in Iso conscientious a man
i ; « ■ 1 ' — L'-osvilte Democrat.
IE A iV.’s;* applied some time ago to
* ! ' ' •'• lidt-iry authorities at liich
-1 ; ‘ : ■ -ion, of his place. Rolliston
ounty, Va. Gen. Terry
" .!>• uion, and adciODLhed him
'■ '-'-i r. , • i home of his family and
• ■ j - : IL re ccoreiiag to tho terms of his pa
rol- .
Ul* • le.r.-ond Republic insists on there
r «•: Mr; c,.;,Uii<‘il from tho Virginia
-. by t!.;: Union forces, iho editor
•" ••• i IJ i.bat these guns belong to the
• !••_• and ? T-oda could not alienate them
;y ...-;y preteruLiil legislation. ’*
’ ( kR-fiey, Catholic priest at Newport,
! . - 1 (2o Fenian Brotherhood in tho
r-d assured his flock that any
of ri> w ij sand ;i. should not oniy be ex
=•! ..• •!, but d<-n?ed the rite of Clrris
t -i: by the Catholic Church.
li'TGt Jnfsrnal Revenue lias
; I-, ;;mo to -I'-cure an annuity
i the annuitant, tho present
j being specified iu the
rtg v at $6 008, is sub
'7 of s-a dollars. Produce
it’ pay a tax of tbree
•' •; ;. on toHales, and are con
n 1.-»• scciion 99. This tax is
> -1 n?e tax The 12Gcli section
•i ■ ■ b'M’i, 1804, declares that
of lids act tho term real
i-T.-is, tenement, heridita
- i'£ico:poral. Tits Comrms-
L i.!<liy be contended that leas
i;-,; .noiuied in the foregoing
~ at Lj not expressly in
o " .atfiy be supposed to have
- ;m. q. i can see no pro
g be application of the stat
-i to ; .i ■'riie ordinary import of
■' • ’ f therefore decide that the
of a lease or agreement
ug.i ued as a sale of real estate..
'U- wa.-i th: hottest June ever f-xper*-
e need in Virginia,