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AUGUSTA, GA.
WKDXBSDW MOKIYINU OCTOBER 11
MAVOK MiV'i MESSAGE.
We present our readers to-day, with the
tuiuuai loossago of 11 is Honor, the Mayor, de
livered to Council at its regular meeting on
last Friday. It is a document which will bear
inspection, a u u i3 written ia that clear and
concise manner which has marked all the offi
t;al papers of His Honor during his occupancy
of bis present positicu.
There can be no subjects of greater interest
to our citizens than thoie which have been
touched upon by the Mayor in his message.
We cordially and fully endorse his recom
mendations in reference to economy, as that
a sovereign virtue, which, in these latter and
seems to bj slightly ignored by those in
hands are placed the reins of power,
so little to oblige your friends with < ~ r .
of other men, and it U granting si dr i. i
*0 those who will reciprocate by tl u
at the proper period, that we are free s*-;
astonished to find any money in public in ~ ■
lies.
It behoove.) our public men to practice econ
omy no •/, if they never practiced it before ;
and wo trust oui Councils, will take
tbeadvico of our Mayor, who has always mini
f*sted so laudable iru interest in the prosperity
of the city and tho welfare ot our people.
Uriel allusion is tnado to the Augusta Pur
veying Store, and its operations. With his
characteristic modesty, His Honor has declined
to dwell-upon the merits of this institution,
end (ho reason is very well understood by tbe
citizins. He was the originator of the institu
tion, which has proved of incalculable benefit
to the poor of the city during the past extraor
dinary distressful four years, enabling them t
procure many of tho absolute necessities of
life, which would without this assHlance.have
been utterly unattainable by them. If there
wore no other act to mark his administration,
this onp would stamp it as entitled to a dis
tin uished place in tho history of Augusta.
iI is emphatic recommendation of a levee
for the protection of our city from inundation,
will, beyond doubt, meet tbe approval of our
property. owners, and especially of there
among them who remember the great freshets
of 18 to und 1862. As he truly states, the cost
ol one •Mich freshet to the city is greater than
would he the expense ol constructing a leveo,
and in tho future, when our coffers uro full, and
the prosperity of the country will warrant us
in the expanse, we hope the matter will be
thoroughly 'investigated, and some plan
adopted by which the debited result ~ can bo
Becured.
The acknowledgement of the courtesy
shown by the vavioWotlixirs of the military
forces to the civil authorities, and to our citi—
p.ons generally, is graceful and merited. No
man in this community, probably, has had
better opportunities of k lowing these gentle
men than llis Honor, and we do not hesitate
to say that his experience in tin's matter is the
experience of our most respectable and intel
ligent cit'/jiis, I’ha labors of the military
have been great smc9 they have been among
us, as in addition to their usual service, they
have had much to do, which in ordinary times,
belongs exclusively to the civil arm, uud we
believe they have shown a spirit of justice and
kindness which entitles thorn to great c edit
The announcement is made by the Mayor
that at the expiration of k s present term he
will finally retire, lie will then have tilled
the position for live successive years, with
honor to himself and with credit to the city.
The duties of his cilice have been excessive
and uureinitteut. lie has not spared himself
in the effort to satisfy his constituency, lie
has sought, to pro in of the interests of Augusta
and she will award hi the mol of her praise.
The sentiments of h's conclusioh will find an
echo in the heart of every right thinking man
in the country. He nobly testifies to the tem
per of our people, and ho fervently impulses
upou all the necessity of action. He is not
him: U despondent, and ho sees no reason for
despondency in others. He recognizes the
situation and the value of peace, lie beholds
in the future a glorious ooudition of happiness
and prosperity, He indulges in no visionary
speculations or gasconading expressions, but
truly nlul heartfully points the way to a destiny
lar li’gher and purer than under other cir
cumstanoes we could hope to obtain.
Wo command the entire message to the con.
slderation of our readers, llis Honor bis ac
quitted himself well, and the manuer in which
he has discharged the responsibilities of his
station has acquired fortim the respect and
conikleuoeof our whole people.
Water Works—Ancient and Modern.— The
Aqua Martin of Romo is described as thirty
cmht mites in length, and supported on seven
thousand arches, and, in conjunction with'other
aqueducts which the *yty possessed, it supplied
daily 312,000,000 gallons of water, or about
312 gallons for each inhabitant.
The remains of vast structures of water
works in Peru, extending over 150 miles, wind
ing around the- sides of the Andes, are wonders
oi engineering skill, and monuments of the
immense interprise of an ancient people.
The acquoduot which supplies the city of
Marseilles ii sixty miles ia length, and iook
twenty years to build. The waterworks a!
Versailles and Lisbon, built by the ‘ effete
civilization” of Europe, are wonders of beauty
and skill and public spirit.
lhe Croton waterworks of New Yoik have
an aqueduct forty and a half miles long, a
river thirty nine mi'es, and various tributaries,
with a natural lake and ponds loti miles long.
Ihe first outlay was $12,500,000. It {applies
a delivery of ah nit 54,000,000 gallons per day.
Since tho works weat into opi ration an addi
tional pair of reservoirs of the capacity of 150-
000,000 gallons have been constructed in Ccn
tia! lailv, havmg a water surface of thirty-one
acres. Anew reservoir is building ia the
same park, with a water surface of ninety-six
acres, Unity-two feet deep, and a capacity of
1,0-9,888,115 gallons. Another is piojected
near the High Bridge, to contain about 10,000 -
000 gallons. We have not at hand any state
ment of the cost of the additional works, but
t bus probably reached a total of $15,000,000
The interest aud a gradual siukiug fund is paid
by the wafer rates. Tho tax is ten dollars a
year for a house of the average sizo.
The llrookly. N. Y. waterworks were con
structed under the direction of J P. Kirkwood.
Chief Engineer, who recently made a survey :
for extending the Cincinnati waterworks. The j
aqueduct receives its supply from various ;
ponds, springs and short streams, the most j
distant one being thirteen miles from the re- |
ceiving reservoir. Beiug confined to the nearly j
level surface of Loug Island, the water has to
be elevated by pumping. The aqueduct i g j
uffleeat to deliver 49,000,000 gallons a day,!
but is arranged for 20,000,000. The daily con
aumption in 1804 was 8,285,000 gallons with
'‘population of about 200,000.
The Coehituate water works at Boston cost
nearly six and a half millions, and have a
capacity for delivering 10,000,000 gallons* a
day.
The CnrsEss Rebellion. —The formidable
Taeping rebellion in China has, since tbe be
ginning of the present year, been gradually
dying oot; bat another rebellion, which has
(or several y« . raged in the northern pro
vinces of to e - ♦ he so called Nyeu-fei re
bellion ra .car assumed dimensions
whict U ,-nce of the Chi
nes . -j 1 t arrivals from
E i nat the capital of
a by the rebels. This
.adioted, but there is
, were in the neigubor
ijat great consternation
. .v ,nd that serious apprehen
y cxi-tence of the Empire
•i Au English paper of China
Nyeu-fei have recently been ro
i A-- ) a body of Taepings, who have
nr.-c dy found their way northward, and
- 1 a two bodies of rebels have received a
increase from a sot, of men who, under
rme of “ tho Mohammedan rebels,’’ have
c. jinltted great depredations ia Northern
China. Various, other bauds have coalesced
with these three, and brought the total num
ber of Northern insurgents to 300,000
This force will become the more formidable
as the cohesive power of tire decrepit Empire
is evidently decreasing, and mutinies of She
treopa that are to be sent against, the rebels are
becoming very frequent. The Government of
Pekin is entirely incapable of controlling these
movements, and lias t r look to the loreign
nations, and especially to England, France and
Russia, ft r support.
Under these circumstances, it is not strange
that the idea of establishing over China a Eu
ropean government, should (hid many adher
ents. English aud French papers already
openly advocate it. Ihe spoils, in this case
are so immense, that Eiglaml and France do
not find it difficult to como to an understand
ing about a common policy.
At, all events, it seems th and gnat complica
tions are prep uing in the east of Asia, and
that China and Japan will ore long undergo as
radical changes as British I^dia
Cheering Prospects f\ u tiia Future —The
old bonds of amity that formerly existed be
tween the Boltth and tho North are being re
knit. day by day. Names that were once prom
inent in political life, and that have been al
most unheard during tho !agt feffr years
aro now re-appearing, and old feelings of
friendship revive as we see old-time compatri
ots assuming high places of public trust., re
sponsibility and honor in our midst.
Circumstances and events which transpire
ea h coining day, show that peace with all its
beni (Ps is rapidly replacing war aud its train
of attendant evils. That the Government has
decided to transfer tho control cf tho railroads
of Tennessee from the military to the civil au
thority, proves that that section is recovering
its old condition. The removing of troops
from many poiuts. also show that the Federal
authorities are willing to place that confidence
in the people which, will cause the people in
return to place confidence in them. Such a
coarse on the part of both, will tend, more than
anything else to tranquil ze all things and to re
ctor e harmony aud good feeling in all portions
of die land.
In the recent Episcopalian convention at
Richmond, Bishop Meade urged, with all the
weight of his influence, a reunion with tho
church at the North, and (he re establishment
of the former fraternal relations ; the pro
position was most favorably received, and met
the almost unanimous approval of tho conven
tion. This is another encouraging sign. It is
cheering to every true lover ol bif'eouatry, to
notice the auspicious events which are trans
piring continually. Old feuds are being amicably
arranged. Political differences are beiug set
tled on" new and friendly grounds. Aud the
sectional feeling mthe church is rapidly dying
out. The future promises much good to our
late desolated country. May nothing trtfrTspire
in cither section to mar our bright prospects
as a nation. jgM ' •
Tub Pacific Railroad —The' Missouri Pa
cific Railroad, extending from St. Louis to
Kansas City, which is situated near "the junc
tion ot the Missouri river with the Kansas
State lino—a distance of 283 miles—was finish
«
ed Sept. 19. The company was incorporated
with a capital of $10,000,000 on tho 12th of
February, 1849; but it was not regularly or
ganizeil until the 31st of January, 1830, aud
tho formal breaking of ground took place on tho
-Uh of July, 1851. 'lhe total cost of tho road,
including the rolling stock, has been about
$12,000,000. At Kansas City this road will
connect with the Union Pacific Railroad, which
is to run up the Kansas Valley and Republi
can Forks.to the one hundreth degree of Fort
Kenney, the starting point of the main line to
the Pacific, the whole distance being upward
of 2,000 miles west from St. Louis There are
now 283 miles of rail laid, §ud 00 miles east
from Sacramento in Placer countv, California,
making 343 mites of rail laid, or more than
one sixth of the entire rou e.
Tub War in Peru. —According to the tenor
ot the latest news from Pern, the rebel naval
commander, Montero, who n-d threatened to
bombard Callao, and concerning whoso move
mente much excitement prevailed, had
changed his mind, after having caused many
fears on account ol his threat. He suddenly
departed for the famous guano Islands, the
Chinchas, ol which he had taken possession
and was levying customs due upon all the
foreign vessels engaged in loading there. This
action betrays a sharp lookout for the main
chance. Montero has an opportunity to enrich
I himseif by his extortions, and the plan will
“pay'’ much better than the bombardment
and destiuctioa of a town The great battle
between the opposing troops of the regular
Government and the insurgents had not been
fought, but there was a concentration of sol
diers near Luna which betoken. I the opening
of active warfare in a very short time.
For Charleston—'.miek &■ Prothro, the eu
terprising proprietors of the line between
Johnson’s Turnout, and Branchville, have coa
traded to carry the mail between the two
places. Ia order to do this promptly, they
have put on a tour hoise coari» between
them. Travelers are now carried through
rapidly. The coach leaves Johnson’s Turnout
every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, and
Branchville on the return every Tuesday. Fri
day, and Sunday. Tickets can be had at the
stables of the prop;ietor on Eilis street.
Kfcaibing Canal. —A large number of la
borers have commenced repairing the
iu the embankments of the canal between the
McKinney and the Green 4 street bridges,
The Fire —On Monday afternoon a fire
was discovered in the Ordnance depot, on
Campbell street, in the rear of the Govern
ment machine works on Jackson street. The
flames spread very rapidly, and before they
could be checked, the Ordnance depot, tho
blacksmith shop, several large sheds, and a
house owned by Mr. Rice, ou the corner of
Campbell and D’Aatigaac street, were
burued on this side of the canal. On
the opposite side of the canal some small
houses formerly occupied as offices, aud a large
building occupied as a Government stable was
burned.
Fortunately there was but little machinery,
in tho buildings destroyed.
A portion of the buildings on this side of
the canal were occupied by the 109th N. Y.
Regiment. They were to be mustered out to
day. A good many of them lost all their
clothes. Several were hauly burued. Another
part of the buildings was occupied by
negroes.
We were unable to ioaru the amount of Mr.
Rice’s loss, or whether he was insured or not,
The fine pet bear of the 169th was burned to
a crisp. No one he knew being near, it was
impossible to unlose him as ho would not
permit a stranger to approach.
It is thought the fire was tho work of an in
cendiary.
If tbe Fire Department had received their
new hese, the flames would have been checked
sooner. Great praise is due our firemen for
their exertions. Had it not been for their
great efforts the large machine shop would
have been destroyed and much valuable ma
chinery contained in it.
Entering Public Lands. —Commissioner Ed
muns, of the General Land Office, lias decided
that apre-emtor is allowed his declaratory
statement upon a tract of land previously en
tered, under the Homestead Act, if his declara
tory statement is accompanied by his affidavit.
If he had actually his settlement prior to the
dale of the Homestead Act, he also decides
that two or more parties cannot -enter the
same tract under the same act; the
tract should be awarded to the first appli
cant. If two or more apply for the tract
at the same time, it should,be awarded the par
ty making the highest bid for the privilege of
making the entry, and the sum thus bid should
be credilod to the United States, in the returns
as an excess, with a memorandum of the fact.
A party can enter a tract of land upon
which a pre-emption has been filed, upon his
affidavit that there is no pre eruption settle
ment on the land, aud make3 his entry subject
to tbe pre emptioa claim, in case such pre
emption should be established after notice to
and hearing of the parties ooncerned.
The Russ l an Telegraph. —Minister Clay has
transmitted to the State Department an official
copy of the conditions stipulated between the
liussi in telegraph department and Hiram Sib
ley, for tho establishment oP telegraphic com
munication between Russia and America, by
which the exclusive right is granted to the
latter, plenipotentiary of the American Western
Telegraph Company, for thirty-three years
from the day the line shall be opened. The
Russian Government will grant a further term
in “order to encourage the undertaking. The
Company receives forty par cent of the net
profits on dispatches transmitted over the line
to America. The Government is to protect
the line from malicious injury by the local
population, but at the same time, the Govern
ment will not be responsible for any injury
whatever. The company is allowed to import
material free of duty.
Feeling Towards Hon. A. H Stephens at
the North. A writer in tho Traveler proposes
that a petition life sent from Boston sci the
pardon of Alexander H; Stephens. Tho Bos
ton Courier hc-aitily seconds tho motion, aud
adds—“No better Union man than Mr. Ste
phens ever lived. He was compelled in tho
. whirlwind of madness which swept over the
South, to go along with the multitude, and he
accepted flig office of Vico Tresident, hoping
to exert an influence towards the restoration
of peace.
We thiuk a petition from the residents
ol Georgia—or a petition from every section
of the State—would have some influence in ob
taining Mr. Stephens’ release. The object
sought is worth making a great effort for. We
trust the movement will be made at once aud
thiuk every man will sign a petition if lie. has
an opportunity so to do
Report of Agricultural Rcreau —The
Agricultural Commissioner, Newton, has issued
his repoit for the month just closed. It relates
especially to farm stock. Ia the summary he
states that the average amount of wheat con
sumed iu Great Britain and Ireland is about
56,00,000 bushels more than produced. The
deficient x>f this year will theu make it about
one-third greater or 72,600,000 bushels. The
immense corn crop of tho country, now safely
grown, will enable us to ship largely of wheat
to foreign countries, although the wheat crop
has beea injured fully as much as reported in
the last monthly report, aud the quality of the
uew tfop is not good iu many States. The
amount of oid wheat will not boas great as
anticipated. The buckwheat and potato crop
may be very large, but danger of rot is too
eminent to base any calculation on the latter
crops.
Tub Louisiana State Democratic Convex
ti.'n. —The Louisiana State Democratic Con
vention met October 3. It resolved emphati
cally, to approve President Johnson’s reorgani
zation policy ; will exclude from the field of
politics all religious and sectional conlrovcr
6ies; holds that this Government was made
and is to be perpetuated, for the exclusive po
litoal benefit of the white race, and recommends
the calling of a convention to adopt a consti
tution expressive of the will of the people;
petitions Congress for compensation for losses
sustained by the emancipation policy ; advo
cates the repeal of all laws not in harmony
with the Constitution ; laid before the genera,
government a most earnest appeal for a gener -
al amnesty and restoration of property ; in
vites all citizens, without distinction, to join in
opposition to the radical Republican party.
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Tub Very THtNG for the Times —ls there is
one thing more than another that comes in
good time just now, it is the family dye colors
of Howe & Stevens. Their use will save the
necessity for purchasing many a garmant, the
more particularly among the ladies. For a
very trifling expenditure old things may be
made to look as good as new. These dyes in
clude some thirty or more colors, are entirely
reliable, and can be used with the smallest
amount of trouble. The process is very sim
ple, just as the result is very certain.' They
can be used on all sorts of fabrics, and when
colored, will neither crack, smut, mb off or
fade. The demand for them is immense and
their use almost universal,
STATE ITEMS. *
Mr. W2l. Webster, of Boston, has arrived at
Savannah for the purpose of attempting the
removal of the obstructions in the Savannah
river. Ho proposes to remove the sunken
wrecks, sandbars and obstructions of every
kind from the river, so that vessels drawing
fifteen feet of water can safely reach Savannah
The undertaking will not cost the city one
mill, and all that is required is the sanction
of the city government for the company to
proceed.
Hon. Wm M Sessions of Appling county,
has been appointed and commissioned by His
Excellency the Governor, Judge of the Bruns
wick Judicial Circuit to fill the unexpired term
ofthe Hon. A E Cochran, deceased.
The Athens Watchman learns from a reliable
gentleman that the up country 13 becoming
quiet. Scenes of violence are now of rare oc
currence.
The gin house, and seventy bales of cotton,
belonging to Mr. Ztchariah Edmondson, of
Putnam county, was destroyed by fire, on
Friday 15th of September. It was the work of
an incendiary.
The New Orleans Picayune says General
Beauregard ‘-is now a sedate, quiet citizen and
civilian iu his native city, who has no idea of
leaving his country, and will remain hero to
meet all the responsibilities and discharge all
the duties of a c-ti/.en.”
The unpaid interest on the liabilities of the
State of Tennessee, up to January ISGS, amounts
to $t.207,158
Mr. Bancroft, the historian, is busily en
gaged at his country residence at Newport,
upon the eighth volum ofhisgreat work. Mr.
Benciofr, is now in his sixty-sixth year and
ftijoys excellent health.
Anew Republican daily is soon to be started
in Detroit, after tho style of the Chicago Rer
pnblican. §IOO,OOO has already been pledged.
Judge Edmonds, of the Land Department, will
have the editorial management.
Fifty-six thousand persons took the registra
tion odh in Alabama, in’accordance with the
request of Governor Parsons.
The Freshmeu Class at Yale already num
ber? more than one hundred aud fifty, and a
few more, it is supposed, will be admitted,
making it one of the largest classes ever in
tbe institution.
The number of guns of all classes manufac
tured by the Fort Pitts Works at Pittsburg,
Pa., during a period of four years, foots up
two thousand five hundred and nine, and the
metal used in their composition, amount to
!if?y million seven hundred and thirty-five
thousand four hundred and fifty-five pounds,
at-nearly twenty five thousand three hundred
and sixty eight tons
A featuie of the canvass in Richmond is the
appearance of candidates on the streets with
market baskets, full of political tracts, which
they distribute with tho zeal of a colporteur.
Complete railroad communication between
Jackson, Miss., and New Orleans will be com
pleted in a few days.
The trial of Emerson Etheridge lias com
menced, before a Military Commission at Co
lumbus, Kentucky. He is charged with utter
ing disloyal language, and trying to incite the
people of Tennessee, daring the late canvass
for Congress, to insurrection.
Gens. Lee, Joe Johnson, ard Howell Cobb,
Colonel Quid and Gov. Joe Brown, of Georgia,
have been summoned as witnesses for tho de
fense of Wirz.
The publisher of the Richmond Commer
cial Bulletin having again indulged in the pub
lication ot treasonable language, Gen. Terry
has again suppressed the issue of the sheet.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Times
says that the Liberals have gained many ad
vantages lately.
The North Carolina Bureau report tho
freedmen of that State as but little expense to
the Government.
It is now thought by [some that Mr. Davis
will be tried at Richmond before the lion.
J C Underwood.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
to issue anew fifty cent note.
The private Secretary of Mr. Mallory has
been sent to old capitol Prison, Washington.
The total number of national banka now
doing business is 1,507, with an aggregate
capital of $398,051, 723,50, and acirculation of
$286,681,720.
All ordero for the prosecution of confiscation
suits have been suspended by President
Johnson until farther notice.
In Mississippi and Louisiana, 13,500 acres of
plantations have been leased to blacks, and
52,800 acres to whites.
The commissioners appointed Vy the Presi
dent to treat with the Southwestern Indians, at
Fort Smith, Arkansas, have concluded their
negotiations and been uniformly successful.
It is contemplated in Richmond to organize
a great Northern and Southern Express Com
pany, the officers and employes of which are
to be selected frrm the Northern and Southern
armies. Over $150,000 of the $500,000 re
quired capital has been raised.
Highway robberies are becoming frequent
in some sections of Tennessee.
At a late meeting of the New York Universi
ty, irr. Driscomb read a paper on cholera, in
which ho prophesied that in ihroo weeks the
Asiatic cholera would be among us. He said
the cholera had already reached Loudon, the
last paper- showing 147 deaths in one week
from that cause.
Moses Hauger, of Lafayette, Ind., has been
fined $lO for employing a negro to work on his
farm. Tho case will be carried np to tiie su
preme court of the United States-
The contracts for constructing the European
and North American railway from Bangor to
St. John, N. B , 198 miles, has been let to Pierce
& Blanchard, for $31,475 per mile in Maine,
and $35,000 per mile in New Brunswick, mak
ing the entire cost $6,859,300. Ground will
be broken next month with a grqat demon
eft at ion. Bangor capitalists propose to take
$500,000 of the stock, and the city upon its
credit will take $500,000 more. The entire
line to Halifax will be completed and in opera
tion in four years.
The Second Comptroller has just given an
opinion of importance to officers who have
been prisoners. He decided that commission
ed officers, c ptured and retained as prisoners
M war after the period of the expiration of
their term of service, are eutitled to the same
allowances that they would have been entitled
to, according to their rank, bad they been
actually in the service of the United States,
notwithstanding the names of others may have
been substituted for theirs on the rolls. By
his captivity, an officer loses only the inciden
tal allowances ihat would accrue to him as
aid-de-camp or commander of a company, and
the responsibility for the care of arms, &c,
which responsibility would have entitled him
to $lO per month additional.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
ordered the following ruling : When the in
come ol any kind for 18G4 was received in cur
rency, the market value of such currency,
estimated iu gold at the time aq.d place of
receipt, should be returned as income.
Governor Hamilton, of Texas, has recently
issued a proclamation ordering the assessment
of a direct ad ad valorem tax of twelve and a
half cents upon each hundred dollars value of
property, real and personal, except such prop
erty as may be exempt from taxation by the
laws in foice prior to the 2d day of March, A
D.1861. He also orders an assessment ot a
poll tax of one dollar for each voter, license
and occupation taxes under the laws prior to
1861.
Butter recently sold in Philadelphia as high
as one dollar aad twenty-five cents par pound
The locomotive engineeas at the North have
formed an association under the title of “Broth
erhood.”
During the equinoctial storm, at Galveston.
Texas, and Niblet’g Bluff, and Osage on the
Sabine River, houses were blown down, per
sons were mortally wounded by falling tim
bers. trees and fences prostrated and an im
mense amount of damage done.
A circular issued from the headquarters of
the bureau of Freedom in New-Orleans, on
Monday, says, that whenever judicial officers
who may have freedmen on trial show a dis
position to act justly, no interference will be
allowed with tiiem by the Bureau.
Gov. Hamilton of Texas recently delivered
an imponant address, which is everywhere re
garded as very conciliatory in its character, it
looks to the healing of old political wounds,
while it is still uncompromisingly Union in its
sentiments.
Jackson, Miss., is beffig rebuilt’rapidly and
business is improving.
The bloodhounds Hero and Jack, used to
guard prisoners at Richmond and Anderson
ville, have been bought of Geo, K, Goodwin,
of Boston, for $1,400.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF COUN
CIL.
The City Council met yesterday morning at
9 o’clock.
Present. Meats. Foster, Ker. Lewis. Blythe,
Denning, Pain’zy, Jones, Ramsey, Platt.
Reed, Swinney and Smith.
The miuutes were read and approved.
PETITION3 AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and communications
were read and acted upon as follows :
A petition from tbe Board of Trustees of the
Georgia Medical College asking to have the
charge of ilia City Hospital given to them
Judge Starucs and Drs. L. A Dugas and TB,
Phinizy were present, and the former two ad
disscd the Council on the subject. On motion
of Mr. Phinizy it was referred to the Commit
tee on the Hospital to report at a called meet
ing of Council.
An ;• opiicatio.l from H. L. Veal for tiansfer
of his h.onse iso. 1 to A. Mend lose a. Granted.
An application from Geo. Kafirs for a dupli
cate of a City Bond lost. Referred to the Com
mittee on Finances with power to act.
H’s Honor the Mayor announced that he hud
had an interview with Gen. Steedman ou the
subject of licenses, and that he had granted
the City permission to issue ten more licenses
No. 1, Council then granted them to the fol
lowing persons : Isaac M. Lewis, T. R.
Rhodes, G. T. Dortic, Smith & Clayton, Geo.
Kafirs, J. J. Bredenburg, J. B. Meyrs, Jno.
Judge, Miles Laughman and Michael Reed.
A communication from E E. Pritchard and
Eug Gavin, relative to taking the census of
the city. Laid ou the table for the present;
A communication from T. A. Kunze, City
Sexton, relative to charge of over-charging
for building vaults in tbe city cemetery, stat
iog that he hud no intention of extorting, that
the prices of everything had risen as com
pared with 1801, aud he charged accordingly.
He also, presented a list of those who had
taken the overplus back and those who had
refused to do so. Laid on the ta’oe.
A communication from Baker & Shields,
complaining of the passage t 6 their store be
ing blocked up by the auction sales on both
sides of them Acted on by Ordinance.
A communication from Dr. D. Ford, City
Physician, and one from Dr. S. P. Hunt, City
Physician, relative to charges prefered against
them, and asking for an investigation. Charges
had been made by Council. No action was
taken.
A letter from C. B. Phillips of New York,
relative to street railroads. Laid on the table.
A letter from Gen. E. L. Molineux, former-)
ly commandant of this Post, acknowledging
the receipt of (he complimentary resolu
tions of Council.
Received a communication from a numberjjof
Butchers asking council to assess the price of
stalls instead of selling them out to the high
est bidder. Rafered to the Committee on the
Market, to report to council.
The Mayor nnnouced that he had appointed
Thos. Welch Sergeant of Police to fill a va
cancy Ratified by Council.
A petition from the City Physicians asking
for an. increase of salary. Laid on the table.
A communication from Wilson & Miliedge,
wood dealers, complaining of the price charged
for inspecting wood. Acted on by ordinance.
mayor’s annual message.
Hts Honor the Mayor presented his aunual
Message—an able and,, interesting document,
which we will publish in full to-morrow.
REPORTS OR COMMITTEES.
Mr. Bhythe from the committee on South
Coro mons asked further time to report ou pe
titions of Mr. Ho tier j. 111 and Mrs. Benson.—
Granted.
Mr. Reed’from the Committee on Lrnps—
reported ibat there was a scarcity of lamps in
the upper part of the city. Refered baek to
the I'ommit teo with power to act.
Mr. Reed also called attent ion to the scarci
ty of schools for poor people in the city.
LFs Honor tho Mayor called the attention
of council to the high price charged for re
pairing lamps.
Attention was also called to the railroad
connection iu Washington street granted dur
ing the war. Refered to the committee ou
railroads to report to the next meeting of
council.
Mr. Lewis withdrew Mr. Hoffermans petit’oj-
Mr. 1 liinizy from the special committee on a
Work House—asked for and was granted fur
ther time to report.
TIE FORTS OF OFFICERS.
A. Cosby, keeper of the Bridge, returns
$ , for Bridge tolls collected during the
month of September, 1865.
R- 11. Philpot, Clerk of the Lower Market,
returns $84.25 for Market and Scale House fees
collected during the month of Sept. 1865.
J. A. Christian, Chief of Police reports tho
number of arrests for the month of September
1865 at 3- whites 2 ; blacks, 1; and returns
$60.00 for fees collected during the month.
T S. Gumming. Keeper of the City Hospital,
rep Arts the number of patients In that institu
tion, at ihe date of the last monthly report, at
18-males, 7 ; females 11; admitted during
ilm month of September, 25—males, 4; females
11; discharged luring the month, 9 : died
during the month, 2 ; remaining in the' Hos -
pita* on the 80 ih day of bept. 1865, 30—males
13; females, 17. ’
L. T. Blome, Clerk of Council, presents re
ceipts from the Collector and Treasurer for
$3,485.19 for dray licenses, and $1,300 for
liquor licenses, collected during the month of
Sept. 1865.
The regular monthly reports of Wm Phil
lips, Engineer of the Augusta Canal Company
aud of the Augusta Water Works, was read
ad received. The amount of produce which
passed down the Canal during the month of
Sept. 1835, was as follows :
From Georgia —209 bales of cotton, 10
sacks of flour, 200 pounds of lard, 80 sacks of
corn, 18 bushels of peas, 1 barrel of syrup,
and 1,400 pounds of bacon.
From South Carolina.—so 7 bales of cotton,
123 sacks of corn, 609 pounds of bacon, 5 bar
rels ofsyiup, 19 barrels and 13 sacks of flour,
75 sacks of peas, and 1 barrel of lard.
Accompanying these reports was a special
report, showing the number of water tenants.
T. A. KunzeCity Sexton, reports the num
ber of interments in the city cemetery for the
month of September 1865, at 253 whites,
53 ; blacks, 200 ; of these 190 died in the city
—whites, 43 ; blacks, 147 ; and 63 died out of
the effy—whites, 53 ; blacks, 10 ; and 9 died
in the Hospital. The number of deaths in the
different wards was as follows :
Wards Whites Blacks Total -
No. 1 10 13 23
No. 2 11 24 35
No. 3 4 . 77 81
No. 4 18 33 51
Total 43 147 190
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND ORDINANCES
By Mr. Denning—An ordinance to fix tho
fee for inspecting wood at 20 cents in place of
25 cents heretofore. Adopted.
By Mr. Phirrzy—An ordinance placing the
control of the Police in the hands of the Mayor
and Committee on Police, &e. Adopted.
By Mr. Jones—A resolution to compall citi
zens to repair the pavemements in front of
their property. Adopted.
By Mr. Lewis-An ordinance repealing the
ordinance taxing cotton coming into the city
$1 per bale, after the 10th of October, 1865
the tax so be collected on all liable to the tax
previous to that time.
By Mr. Lewis—A resolution requiring the
Clerk of Council, or his Deputy to ascertain
the stock of cotton in the city and the arrival
since the 10th of July, on which no tax has
been paid. Adopred.
By Mr. Reed—A resolution to place lamps
on the cross streets in the 4th Ward. Adopted.
By Mr. K-.r—A resolution to appoint a
committee to revise the rates of wharfage.
Referred back to the committee on river banks
and wharves.
In reply to the question of Mr. Lewis, His
Honor the Mayor, said .that the Saturday after
noon markets would be continued if the” batch
ers desired it.
By Mr. Denning—A resolution to authorize
the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department to:
purchase hose, Ac., for the Engines. Adopted
_ Mr Swinney presented a verbal applica
tion from Mr. W. Keener for permission to
establish, a butcher pen on his premises in the
upper portion oftbeclty.
Hid Honor the Mayor stated that he had bor
rowed $7,500 for the city which action was, on
motion, ratified and approved by Council.
The accounts and salaries, such as had been
properly audited and passed, were, on motioD,
ordered to be paid.
There being no further business, Council on
motion, adjonrned.
LETTER FRO >1 ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
To the Editors of the World ;
I have read with great interest the remarks
of the Louisville Journal and The World con
cerning the long imprisonment of Mr. A. 11.
Stephens. 1 happened to be able to bear tes
timony to the effo!;-- made by him in the au
tumn ot 1860 to prevent a disruption of the
Union. After reading the very able and cour
ageous speech which he had made to dissuade
the Legislature of Georgia fiom calling a Con
vention of the State, I wrote to him from Bos
ton, where P then resided, expressing my
sympathy in his efforts, and ;ny desire to do
everything in my power to assist him. His
answer 1 now publish, being unwilling longer
to keep private a letter which does bim so
much credit, although painfully reminds me
of the vain exertions made in tbe North and
in-tbe South to save the country from the dis
asters prepared for it by the* extremists of
both sections.
Yours Respectfully,
Geo. D. Curtis.
New York, September 28th.
Crawfordsvllle, Ga., Nov. 30. h 1860.
My Dear Sir —Your kind aud esteemed
favor r of the 23d instant is before me I was
truly glad to receive it. and to know that the
general line of policy indicated in the speech
ma !s by me before our Legislature met your
approval. The times are indeed perilous, and
nothing but the prompt and most energetic
action on the part of the patriots in all sec
tions of tbe country can save the repub'ic. Os
this lam confident; but lam not confident or
even sanguine in my hopes that even this can
do it. Still the effort should be made. South
Carolina, I suppose, will certainly go out of
the Union forthwith —just as soon as her Con
vention meets and can act-. My apprehension
is that Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mis
sissippi will go too. If South Corolina would
wait to see whether the offending states North
would change their position and resume their
constitutional obligations, I have but little
doubt that Georgia would also. But when
South Carolina takes the lead, I have but little
hope of either of the other named States hold
ing back. This, J assure you, may bo looked
for.
What soil of an adjustment can afterwards
be made to restore union or effect reconcilia
tion, Ido not know. lam certain, however,
that nothing short of what was indicated in my
speech, to which you refer, cau. Should tbe
seceding States be let alone, no force used
against them, perhaps au amicable understand
ing and settlement of the matters iu contro
versy might ba made at no distant day. But
if resort to anus is once had, all prospect of
peace and union, iu my judgment, will be
gone forever. I write freely and frankly to
you. What 1 say is intended for yourself
only, and not tor the public, in any sense of
the word. When I tell you what I apprehend
will be tho course of the Georgia convention,
it is only to apprise you of the real state of
things here.
There are a largo number of our people who
will sustain my position, but I feel that the
odds are against us. We will do all that we
can, and should any decided demonstration be
mane in Massachusetts, or other Northern
States, on the part of any leading Republicans
to right the wrongs of which our people so
justly complain, it would greatly aid us in Our
patriotic endeavors to save the Constitution
and the Union uuder it. This is my earnest
desire. Thanking you again foi your letter,
and hoping to hear from you again as to tho
prospect in Massachusetts, 1 remain,
Yours, truly,
Alexander II Stephens.
George T. Curtis, Boston, Mass.
Cattle on the Western Plains. —Hon. W.
G’flpen, who has participated in nearly all tho
early explorations of the remote West, said iu
a recent lecture:
On those immense plains once popularly
supposed to bo deserts of shifting sand, I found
thirty-five millon head of aboriginal cattle ;
and when we consider tho wild horses, the elk,
the bear, the antelope, and the badgers, that
roam over these tracts in boundless profusion,
we may arrive at an idea of the number of
domestic cattle they will support Fifty sheep
or five head of domestic cattle can be support
ed on what would be necessary for the susten
ance of one buffalo. The coil is dry and dusty
from the fact of the # rainless atmosphere, but
they are beautifully smooth. Great rivers,
which collect the eternal suoiV3 of the moun
tains, course through it, and their waters can
be applied iu irrigation. The vegetation is a
tine, delicate grass, that form tho carpet ot
the plains. This the heat and drouglith cures
into hay, on the ground, and it is on this that
one hundred and fifty millions of animals, be
tween the Mississippi River and the Pacific Sea
aro fed. Here, then, is the groat reseivoir
where the constantly increasing population of
our great cities ere to find their flesh—food.
The Webjter Family.— Daniel Webster, the
giandson and namesake of the American
statesman, Web3ter, and son of Colonel
Fletcher Webster, died at Marshfield on the
2d instant, aged twenty-five years. But one of
the family is now left to perpetuate the name
—Ashburton, the brother ot the deceased, and
the inheritor of the Marshfield estate, a3 soon
as he comes of age ; a very promising young
man, now in the American navy. Fletcher
Webster left these two sons aud a daughter,
the last still living. Edward WePster, the
Major, who died in Mexico, left no children.
There are four other grandchildren by his much
beloved Julia, bearing the name ot Appleton.
This is all the family of Daniel Webster. The
slay of the house or its name, is Ashburton.
Whether he, with his limited resources, will
be able to keep tho Marshfield estate iu aeon
dition ivorthy the fame of his grandfather, is
doubtful. That remains. much us the great
statesman left it. The library contains four
thousand volumes, and is full ia English his
tory and literature and miscellaneous works.
The parlors abound in the curiosities that were
presented to Mr. Webster, i tieJiousa is a spa
cious one of wood painted white, with green
blinds. It is in the style of an English gentle
man's home, and has that magnificent old
English elm beside it, which shaded the immor
tal Daniel.
The Coming Hat—A Revolution Overhead.
—A recant number of Galignani’s Messenger,
published in Paris, contains the following ex
traordinary announcement :
One of the principal hat dealers of Paris has
originated anew style of covering for the head,
for gentlemen, which promises to supplant the
ordinary beaver hat, in all fashionable cir
cles. The beaver hat, in fact, has sustained
nearly all the possible transmogrifications of
form that art can suggest, and both people and
makers have grown weary of it. The new
ehlfpeau combines tho form of a turban, a
shako, and a helmet, advancing considerably
beyond the head in front, and sloping down at
the back. The materials used aiesilk, enamel
ed paper prepared by a peculiar process, and a
very narrow gilt baud. It hu£ a peculiar
method of ventilation, and is altogether of a
very jaunty and semi-military appearance.—
We understand that large orders have been
received from Baden-Baden, Versailles, and
Bordeaux. An invoice was seat to a dealer, In
London, who exhibited one for a few days iu
his shop window, but finally wrote back that
it was useless to try to introduce them there
until they become thoroughly fashionable in
France, as nobody could be found bold enough
to be the first to wear such a singular hat.—
There is no doubt, however, but that in a
short time this style will be universally
adopted.
Dishonest Employees— Disclosures that
have been made within the last two weeks, re
veal the fact that the conductors on three of
the 'eadiog horse railroads in Philadelphia,
have stolen, within a year past, or
raffier borrowed, one hundred thouand dol
lars. About oue hundred and thirty
employees, including conductors, drivers and
stable boys, are implicated, the two latter
compelling the conductors to share the spoils
with them. The receipts of one road in the
city, after the detection of the frauds, increased
one hundred dollars per day.
The Freedmen’s Bureau has recently re
stored a large amount of property to persons
residing in the adjoining counties of Virginia,
which ba3 been provisionally held by the Gov
ernment as abandoned. Numerous applications
continue to be made for the restoration of pro
perty.
Eighty-five pardons were granted October 5,
None to men of prominence,
FOREIGN ITEMS
In some districts in London, a sva’em of
ventilation of sewers is now introduced. Pow
dered charcoal is suspended in the sf-wer open
ings, which absorbs all noxious g«s.
Thirty-four thousand eight hundred an-1
sixty-nine tons of rags and other materials for
making paper v re imported into England tl.
last six months
It took a fast youth just live wet Is to lirU <
a fortune of $200,000 in Baris. He had tfi
lovrettes to assist bim.
Some time ago au enquiry was instituted by
Parliament relative to the amount of British
goods consumed in other countries. The Com
mission reported that on an average,each inhab
itant of Prussia used seven cents’ worth of Brit
ish goods annually, each Russian fifteen cents
worth; ench Dane seventeen cents’ worth, each
Fienehman twenty cents’ worth; while each in
habitant of the United States used tour dollars
and two cents’ worth.
The widow of Thomas Moore, the celebrated
poet, died in England ou the 4th inst,, in the
sixty-eighth year of her age.
The play of “Arrah na-Poguo” has been
suppress*! in Great Britain on account of the
Fenian excitement. One of the features of the
drama is the song ‘iWearing of tho Green."
which is introduced under circumstances net
calculated to lessen the Irish appotite for sedi -
tion.
A Bremen coi respondent says that emigration
from Germany to America during the next
year will be very heavy.
The German Arctic exploring expedition
has suddenly and unexpectedly come to grief.
Before the O men of the lies had proceeded to
sea, her engines broke clown a few miles below
Cuxhaven. This event will delay the expedi
tion for another year. Great disanpointment
is felt in Germany at the failure of the expe -
dition, in which ttie deepest interest was taken
by all classes.
Iu aprivaet library of Ireland was discovered a
volume containing fifteen unknown old English
tragedies. It is well known thatiu tho seven
teenth century, by the persecution of tho Puri
tans, thousands of manuscripts were lost.
This precious volume will soou be offered at
auctiou iu London.
NEWS SUMMARY.
The officers of tho national bauks ol Ver
mont he'd a meeting at Burlington last week,
aud resolved tint more bank capital was need
ed in that B;.ie, and requested tbe delegation
in Congress to vote for an amendment to the
banking law, so as to allow it; that the legia
iature be requested to limit the time when the
bills of State banks shall be redeemed, or tfi ',
holders bo comp illed to lose them ; aud tha
the effort making in New York for a certain
method of redemption shall be resisted-
The tax list of Newport R. 1., shows that
there are over four millions dollars invested
there by perrons from abroad who usually re
side there but a portiod of the year. This sum
constitutes nearly one fourth of the entire tux
able property.
Tip) Boxbury, Miss., mine of apith cc oreo,
native steel, has been sold to parties in Hart
ford, Conn , for SIOO,OOO, and a hundred men
ure [now at work erecting’ smelting works,
sinking "shafts, &c. This ore is said to work
directly into steel without, the usual carboniz
ing process.
By order of Gov. Cony, oue hundred and
forty four commissioners of deeds for the Statu
of Maine iu the Southern States, have had their
commissions revoked.
The Superior Court at New Haven has sen
fenced Jeremiah Townsend, tho embezzler oi
SIOO,OOO of the Savings Bank funds, to seven
years in the State Prison.
A man named Love has bsen arrested at
Chicago charged with connection with several
extensive robberies in the Western States. He
had in his possession $31,000 in bonds, sup •
posed to have beeu stolen.
To show tho gigantic scaloon which tho war
supplies were obtained at the North, there re
mains on hand ia one item 1,500,000 pairs ol
new shoes. The Quartermaster’s Department
have already sold 89,000 horses and mules,
which have produced upward of six million
dollars.
Frequent depredations, are reported, by
guerillas on the Tombigbee River, upon boats
loaded with cotton.
Tho Vicksburg Journal contains an order
from the Assistant Commissioner of Freedmen
in Mississippi, providing for negro education
by taxes laid on negro industry and resources.
Ihe demand for labor of all kinds at the
West is greater than the supply.
Gen. Terry has given orders that ail colored
troops shall be removed from Richmond.
The people of Chattanooga have resolved to
restore themselves to civil law, by nominating
candidates to fill the various municipal office ,
previous to doing which, they resolved, “That
in our choice of candidates we should be gov
emeu wholly by a clesiie to subserve the pub
lie interests, laying aside all sectional feeling
and private interests, and aiming at the pros
perity and happiness of tho entire comm
unity. ’ ’
Guerillas continue their outrages and mur
ders in various sections of Mississippi.
At the recent session of the U. S. Circuii
Court in Milwaukee, Mr. John Steves recovered
damages of $5,000 from Benjamin Chenoworth.
Lewis Davenport, L. Rood and other citizens o*
Monroe., Green county, for assault, riding Lint
on a rail, and bodily injuries in the summer
of 1862. He was suspected of disloyalty
hence ihe violence complained of.
The German emigrants arriving’at Now York,
still continue to go West.
The British Cotton Trade—The London
Times of September 5, in commenting -on tho
British cotton trade remarks thus :
Our imports have r.ow reached nearly n no
hundred million hundred weights, or nearly
three quarters of what they were at the climax
of the cotton trade in 1860 ; our exports aro
only six millions short of the amoqat in that
famous year. But if the gross amount of the
trade is recovering its former condition, noth
ingcanbemore remarkable than the revohi
tion which has Jaken place in its course.
Ia 1860 the United States sent usthe.enormous
sum of 1,115 million hundred weights of cot
ton out of a total of 1,390 millions. In 1864,
out of a total of 893 millions, tho United States
sent us only 14 millions, and India, which
sent us in 1860 only 200 millions, sent us last
year 500 millions. India in fact, is now ihe
principal source of the cotton supply, and oc
cupies a place little inferior in proportion to
that which was formerly occupied by tho
United Statfs. Other countries, however, dis -
play the influence of the same stimulus.
An increase in the value of cur imports from
Egypt of from sixteen to nineteen millions
sterling is due almost entirely to aa increase
in the cultivation of cotton. China has added
315,009 hundred weights, or more than three
millions in value, to the amount of her impor
tation ; and, though the amount received from
Japan is small, it has increased in the enor
mous ratio of 1.200 per cent. The high price
ol cotton has attracted from many countries
the re exportation to our shores of the stocks
they had imported for themselves, and this
plant, which was thought so difficult to raise
and so delicate that we could not endure ihe
failure of American supply, now conies to us
probably from more parts of tho world than
any other arfcle of commerce.
STATE IT/SMS
As the train on which some colored troops
passed through Decatur, a shot fired from thr
train passed through the body of a daughter of
Dr. Durham. She is not expected to live.
The order which required that ladies of Co
lumbus, Geoigia, who had not taken the oath
should be refused letters at points of delivery,
has beeu rescinded. Now ladios tan get all
their letters that arrive ii Columbus, by any
conveyance, no matter whether they have
taken tho oath or not-
The rice crop in this State, it is said, is al
most a total failure.
Valuable Curiosities. —Several important
additions have lately been made to the South
Kensingston Museum, London. They include
a casket in colored enamel, the work of Jean
Limousin ; a missal case in gold, ornamented
with translunent enamel, said to have been
formerly the property of Henrietta Maria, con
sort of Charles I.; a candlestick of Henry 11.
ware ; the Syon cope, a remarkable example
of early English needlework ; a retable or
altar-piece from a church now destroyed at
Valencia, in Spain ; and a collection of ot jecta
illustrative ot Spanish work during the fifteenth
and iixtediith centuries