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Convention. —Macon ani> Augusta
Railroad Company.— The annual Con
vention of the Stockholders oftbisCom
jtfiny assembled on Tuesday at the City
Hall, pursuant to the call of the Pres
ident, in accordance with the provisions
of the charter and by-laws.
Prior to the meeting, considerable ex
citement existed among Stockholders and
delegates. It was found that three
parties existed, each favoring given
lines of policy, each acting without knowl
edge of the other. The Stockholders front
the interior were lirmly united upon a
scheme to consolidate the stock of the
Macon and Augusta I toad with that of the
Georgia itailroad. proposing to limit the
present term of office to May next, and to
support an organization which should fa
vor their views.
It was early givuft out that the City
Council of Augusta favored such an organ
ization a-, would carry out their views,
the city owning some four or live hundred
thousand dollars of stock. It was under
stood that their scheme, looking to the
completion of the Hoad to Milledgeville
by the lbth proximo, and tin; completion
of the whole line to Macon at an early date
in the ensuing year, demanded that some
guarantees in organization should bo git on,
that through trains and through connec
tions should lie made to Macon and beyond
in accordance with .the understanding,
which, it is said, has existed from the com
mencement of the Hoad.
Tho third party rested upon their
management, which would be exhibited
by the reports desiring to avoid the com
plications which would necessarily ariso
by a committal to any given policy.
President Heard having been called to the
Chair tho Secretary of the Company
noting as Secretary of tho Convention, pro
ceeded to call the roll of the Stockholders’
names, when, on motion of 15. T. Harris,
Ksip, of Hancock, the call of tho roll was
dispensed wilh ; and the stock rep
resented in person should he referred
to a Committee on proxies, who should
report upon all stock represented.
This motion having been carried, Tic, 3.
Turner, Esq., moved that the Chair ap
point a Committee of three on stock and
proxies. Carried.
Pending the appointment of the Com
mittee, by tho Clmir, Judge N. Tj. Whittle,
of Macon, rose, begging tho indulgence op
the Chair and Convention. Ho slated that
since his arrival hero ho learned that
very iinportanlquestions were to be raised,
each having warm advocates. That, in his
judgment, from conversations with the
parties, lie thought there would he no
dllUculty in harmonizing them ; and that
as oneof tho earliest advocates and friends
of tho road, he would suggest that the
Convention adjourn thirty days, as he felt
confident that any attempt to press matters
without a free conference would he detri
mental to the interests of the Company.
He felt quite sure that everything could be
adjusted barmoniously s and that it would
ho greatly for tho benefit of stockholders’
interests and the early completion of tho
read.
Judge Whittle subsequently converted
his suggestion to a formal motion to ad
journ to tho Ist Wednesday in Novomber.
Mr. Henry Moore moved to stride out
thirty and insert twenty days, on uroQuht
of the proximity* of tho first mentioned
date to General Pope's elections. \
John Davison; Esrp, moved to Insert
sixty instead of thirty days.
Judge King, desired to express his grati
fication, that affairs had taken this turn. As
one of tho Hoard of Directors he deprecated
any questions of future policy com
ing huforo the Convention as liki ly
to damage financial negotiations now
pending ; in an addition to this, lie would
state that, heretofore lie had exercised his
discretion in voting the stock of the Geor
gia itailroad and Hanking Company
under a general policy acknowledged by
by that Hoard, of its Interests be
ing identical witli that or the city
of Augusta. Hut now questions hud
been sprung upon him. One-—ho thought
there would bo no difficulty about the
other—he could not undertaketovoteupon
without consulting his Hoard at least. He
felt it his duty, therefore, to say Unit he
Hhould require a short time for con
sultation and reflection. lie would beg,
therefore, that the Convention would
afford a short delay, especially as it could
not afleet the questions, and ho believed
it would he productive of harmony.
Col, I'avis merely roso to state to the
Convention that lie represented the city of
Macon with special instructions as to
bow and for what ho should east his vote—
that these instructions did not cover the
points raised- that while lie was anxious
tor harmony he was compelled to pursue
his instructions; but that tic had no doubt
indi t il ho felt quite sure, after what lmd
been stated that it time were given, such
a modi filiation ns would produce harmony
would be made, lie called attention to
the tact that tlie New Stock Subscriptions
recently made in Macon had not been en
tered upon the stockholders’ books.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
the first Wednesday in November next.
T!u> Convention Question.
We arc phased to find that our able and
patriotic ootemporary, the Columbus Sun,
has boldly taken ground in favor of non
aetion on the Convention question. This
course appears to us to be the only true
one that will defeat the lladieal plot. The
Radical loaders in the Ssate say that the
question of Convention "is a foregone eon
flusion ’ —that “it will be carried by ten
thousand majority." Well, let them carry
it. Let every Conservative eschew the
question, and see to it that nothing about
Ciuivenii ni sh ill appear upon their
tickets. Let all those who desire to test
this liadical strength, in ease the Conven
tion is held, simply vote "For Delegates."
The Sun (whose very able article we
arc prevented solely by want of space front
transferring entire to our columns) says:
Those wlio have watched the course of
the men entrusted with the cave of com
pleting this reconstruction, who are aware
ot the powerful machinery placed in their
hands to accomplish it, and who have seen
with what facility and unscrupulous au
dacity they catch up and use the powerful
weapons of force and fraud, know that the
mandates of a Kuinp Congress must he
siieeeisfe.Uv executed, even at the peril of
liberty and civilization.
The popular instinct, truer and quicker
Ilian the popular judgment, has suddenly
revolted against the hideous and mon
strous wrong. In two States many white
registered voters shrunk from the exercise
of suffrage in company with the wild and
ignorant masses ol negroes who, through
Hurcuu agencies and military force, have
)i,*,'ii dragged to the polls “like sheep to
(hcshaml c-s."
It is not too late for Georgia to take the
lesson from 1 « uisiana and Alabama. It
is vet within the pow er of her people to re
ject Radicalism, and to spurn its miserable
exponents and Support era. Great in eve
rything, even in the profound degradation,
cowardice and disgrace of some of her
trusted sons, she can exert an influence
in this extremity more pow erfui than any
of her Southern sisters. Her people, by
inaction alone can defeat a Convention,
and give more time to popular reaction,
•md no people were ever in greater need of
Time the great conservator to individuals
•md to nations, than hers.
\Vo therefore, go back to the point trom
whieli we started in this controversy. We
recognize it as our duty to advise our
people as we did months ago, to avoid all
!> litical action, as they would save them
selves frvm moral turpitude and political
death.
Pennsylvania Elections.— The j ap
proaching elections in Pennsylvania and
other States elicit much animated discus
sion here. The Conservatives are san
guine, in view of the fact that the Radical
leaders admit New York is lost to them.
General llalpine arrived to-day aud had a
long interview with General Graut and the
President. He reports that in consequence
of a general disgust with the conduct of
their party, a large proportion of the Re
publicans of New York will either not vote
or vote with the Conservatives. State
Senator Lowe (Radical), of New York,
and a special friend of Governor Fenton,
says he has just returned from a general
tour through the State, and thiuks the
Conservatives will carry it by fifty thou
sand majority.— Washington Telegram to
iht Boston l’ost.
Repudiation.
From the close of the war down to the
present time the policy of the Radicals,
who now control the Republican party,
has been to prejudice the Northern mind
against the Southern people in appeals to
pas-ion, by creating indignation for sup
positious wrongs and cruelties perpetrated
upon “loyal men or “Northern men,’’
or “loyal blacks and by creating alarm
about pilots and contrivances to inflict pros
pective injuries either upon the National
Government or upon Northern interests.
At an early date Sensational Correspond
ents narrated with a detail which challeng
ed attention and induced belief, that no
Northern traveller s life was safe in any
part of the South', that Northern men were
robbed or lynched whenever known,
wh' irever found. It required some time
to disabuse the Northern mind of the in
fluence of these lying reports —the un
scrupulous inventions of Yankee traders to
secure the monopoly of a trade from which
they were reaping enormous ga : us. The
next great sensation was the barbarous
cruelties practiced upon “theloyal blacks.”
The e. it was supposed, would prove more
effective. All the old fables concerning
the practices of savage slaveholders were
revived, wonderfully improved and magni
fied, and applied to “white rebels” as
against, 11 loyal freedmen.”
If hall of what was stated had been
true, the whole -of the black population
would have been tho face of
the earth in a few years. Hut Radical
legislation has refuted most effectively
these calumnies. Radical eagerness for
black votes at the South instituted the
system of Registration. The results of
that Registration arenowbefbre the public
—and, instead of bloody decimation of the
blacks, a large increase in numbers is ex
hibited. It is plain, therefore, that this
charge can avail no louger Radical party
interests. Now the Radical press conjures
up a riewevil for future use—Repudiation.
This Repudiation is to be accomplished by
a coalition of a Republican Resident of
their own choice, with “Northern Copper
heads,”and“ reconstructed Rebels,"and all
Europe. This coalition plots treason, strat
agem and spoils, seeks.to dishonor national
credit and to reduce thirty millions of peo
ple—who inhabit the Northern States, hold
all the power of the Government, a'l the
wealth of the continent—“ to the position
of serfs,” and place them on a level with
the slaves of India. That such a gigantic
scheme should be conceived, would be
truly wonderful. That such a coalition
could be achieved would be miraculous,
even if conceived “by the rankling bate
of defeated rebels.” Nevertheless, the
existence of such a scheme is gravely as
serted, and proclaimed With fear and
trembling by the astute editor of the
Chicago R«iml)l!can. Sec how this editor,
with all the immortal powers of the phi
losopher “J. N.,” “lilts the veil” and
puts on “the pressure.” The Republican
says:
There should be no dreaming over the
impossibility of repudiation. Northern
Copperheads and “reconstructed” rebels
will vote lor repudiation so soon as there
is an opportunity to make such a vote ef
fective and they have power to oast it.
There is hardly an intelligent Southerner
who actively participated in or sympa
thized with tlie rebellion, but is waiting to
dishonor our National credit by such a
vote, or compel tho assumption of the
Confederate debt as an alternative. The
South and its sympathizers at home and
in Europe are at work with this aim. At
home, in social intercouse, it is declared to
be their policy as frankly as were the doc
trines of secession proclaimed and enforced
in 1800. The loyal people of the North
should neither forget nor ignore this fact.
It is too significant to be misinterpreted.
Andrew Johnson understands this [fur
pose of the South and, we fear, sympa
thizes with it. If not, tho manipulations
to which he seems to submit at the hands
of Southern men indicate whither ho is
tending. YVhethcr he sympathizes with
their purpose or not may he immaterial
so long as he permits himself to he the
tool of those who do. Executive influence
is not small, and while Congress may re
main loyal to the country’s liberties and
honor, Andrew Johnson may drive Wedges
that will split and destroy its power to re
sist tlie efforts of tho country’s enemies in
| this direction.
We confess to some alarm for the future
of the credit of this country. The assaults
of free traders at home and abroad, the
; efforts of our enemies abroad to drive us
1 into the position of serfs, and place us on
a level with their slaves in India, bycom
| polling us to purchaso their goods at their
| own price and sell our grain to them for
| what they choose to give, combined with
\ the rankling hate of defeated rebels, and
! the rostiveness under taxation of Oopper-
I heads, give double cause for vigilance.
And this alarm is not based up n mere
surmises. Il is an outgrowth of facts that
have logical sequence. And we warn
I those of our readers who have anv regard
for our credit and enduring prosperity,
that only by tho wisest counsel and most
i vigilant action can the scheme of the re
pudiators bo thwarted, and the country
saved from dishonor and our business
prosperity from prostration.
Clearly this is a terrible picture for j
Northern men to contemplate. Just think j
of it—Northern men and Northern women j
and Northern children are to be made
serfs —"to be reduced to the level of slaves
in India,” the most degraded of all slaves.
Who is to rule these serfs? The (“intelli
gent”) Southerners, it is clear, cannot, for
they are disfranchised, and have no politi
cal power, save as the intelligent blacks,
who control the ballot-! ox by mere force
of numbers, permit. Who, then, is to rule
these “serfs?” Who else but “the late
slaves," “the loyal freedmen,” “the
much injured blacks?” This is undoubt
edly the new vole which Sambos are to play
—to become black lordsovrr Northern white
“serfs” —to ride in all the pomp and cir
cumstance of power, driving black horses
and attended by white pages. Where is
Dan Sickles? Where is Phil Sheridan?
Can nothing bo done to arrest such a
catastrophe.
Seriously, the bare possibility of so
called reconstruction upon any terms
throws the Radical Press ititospasms. The
course and policy of Northern Radicals
demonstrates,-beyond peiadventure, that
they oppose reconstruction, as they term
it, upon any and all terms. It is impossi
ble to satisfy their demands, because they
do not intend to be satisfied. With them
the sword and bayonet are the only fit
instruments of rule for the South —for
"loyal" and “disloyal," white and black.
These latter-day saints, who have dis
covered that “conscience is a disease of
the kidney.-." and hold that the Constitu
tion “is a covenant with hell, intend to
rule or ruin—to preserve power at all
hazards and for all time.
Here Radlt.-.l Gerrymandering.
The official returns of Registration in
Virginia show a majority of whites regis
teredinthat State of about.n/i- t a thousand.
In fifty-three counties the whites have ma
jorities, and in forty-nine the majority is
for the blacks.
The Convention, if called, will be com
posed of one hundred and five delegates.
General Schofield has so arranged the
election districts and appointed the dele
gates that the blacks can elect fifty-nine
delegates, whilst thewhites, havine a clear
majority in the State of fifteen thousand
voters, and a majority in fifty-three out of
one hundred and two counties, can only
elect forty-sit.
This is Radical honesty and fair dealing.
This is the way the destruetionists ascer
tain and give due weight to public opinion.
.1 min rdy of fifteen thousand in the State
is secured a majority of thirteen dele
gates in the Convention by the skillful
gerrymandering of the Radical Military
Commander of that District. This is the
party and these the men that our J udges
of the Supreme Court would have the
people of Georgia trust inand affiliate with.
As well trust the lamb to the tender mer
cies of the wolf as to place the interests of
Georgia and Georgians in the keeping of
such a dishonest aud unworthy party.
"No Moke Presidents. —ln a Radi
cal procession, in St. Louis, a few nights
since, a banner was prominent which bore
this inscription: "No more Presidents.
Presidency the first step to despotism.
Death or Gen. Sterling Price.
The funeral of General Sterling Price,
late a General in the Confederate army,
took place at St. Louis on Monday. The
funeral is said to have been the largest
ever seen in that city. The ceremonies took
place in toe F.rst Church, Rev. Dr. Boyd
were the remains lay in state all the morn
ing, and were visited by a very large mul
titude of citizens.
The New York Tribune gives the follow
ing sketch of his life :
Sterling Price was a native of Virginia,
removed to Missouri, and represented the
Third District of that State ir. Congress
during the first two years of President
Polk s administration. He held a Colonel’s
commission in the United States army dur
ing the Mexican war, commanding the
2d regiment 'of Missouri volunteers, and
on July 20, 1347, was promoted to the
rank of Brigadier General of United States
volunteers. He was elected to the office
of Governor of Missouri in 1353, which
position he held till 1357, ineluding the
period >f the Kansas troubles, and was
Bank Commissioner of the State when the
civil war was inaugurated in 1361. Sym
pathizing with the secession party, and,
having long been an ultra pro-slavery
leader, be was cboseu President of the
rebel State Convention February 23, 1361,
and made commander-in-chief of the militia
of the State. When the Legislature voted,
May 10, to cali out the militia, Price began
to make arrangements for that purpose ;
but, on the 21st of the same month, he
agreed with General Harney, who then
commanded tlie United States forces in
that Slate, to keep the people in order;
but when General Harney insisted that he
should dismiss the troops already called
out, he refused, although on June 4, in a
proclamation, he announced his determi
nation to adhere to his agreement. Price’s
interview, on June 11, with General Lyon
and Colonel Blair, not resulting in an
understanding between them, Lyon
marched into the interior, and Price re
treated from Jeffersonville to Booneville,
from which he also withdrew before the
battle of June 17, but was present in the
battle of Wilson’s Creex, August- 10.
September 20, after three days’ fighting,
he captured Lexington with three thou
sand five hundred prisoners. lie was
forced to evacuate October 5, before the
advance of General Fremont; issued a
proclamation from Neosho in November,
calling for 50,000 volunteers ; entered the
service of the Confederate States during
the winter, with the rank of Major
General; fought and was wounded in the
battle of Pea Ridge, March 6, 7 and 8,
1862, was transferred to the Army ot the
Mississippi, and was present at luka,
September 20, and at Corinth, October 3,
4 and 5. In December, 1862, he com
manded the advance of the Army of
Northern Mississippi, under Lieutenant
General Pemberton. Invading Missouri
in September, 1864, he was met by Gen.
Pleasanton, and, after severe fighting at
Little Osage Crossing and other points, he
was defeated with heavy loss, and was
obliged to retreat into Arkansas, with
greatly diminished force.
Throughout the whole war he was one
of the most active of the Rebel Generals,
and one of the last to lose confidence in the
final success of the Confederate arms.
A Hardshell Sermon.
From the Brandon lltpublican.
“ And When They Riz up Early in the
Morning, Behold They was all Dead
Corpuses. ’ ’
My friends and hearers, I will preach
onto you this day—win and weather per
niittin —from the thirty-sevingth chapter
uv Isaisy, thirty-sixth verse. “An the
destroyin angel smote in the camp uv the
Syrccians a hundred and forescore and
five thousand men-ah. And when they riz
up early in the morning, behold they was
all dead corpuses !' ’ An thus it is, my un
converted frens and hearers, that they
destroying angel stalks abroad with his
meat axe, ready to sen us to the boneyard
lietore we kin set down to breakfast-all.
Ail it is said, my frens, that roses are red
and violets are bluo-ah, but it’s no use of
tryin to honey-fuggle round the angel
Gabriel when he toots his ham for you to
tuck yo tails and git under dirt-ali.
“Art when they riz up early in the morn
in, behold they was all dead corpuses.”
Mywreiohed Lrethring and sistring, es
I was a riding along the road one day, I
seen a man a settin on the top uv his
fence ; with a doubled-barrel shot gun on
his lap-ah, an a swettin an a swettin and
a fauuin uv hisself with a noble straw hat,
j an a cussin uv the forthe uv July, an North
! Ameriky, an the Constitution, an the
I Supreme Court, an the bird uv liberty, an
j the President uv the United Statcs-ali, an
| when Ihearn that man a cussin an seen
that big shot gun, thinks I to myself, in the
words of the tex-ah.
“An when they riz up early in the morn
ing, behold they was all dead corpuses.”
An I tole old Roan two wo, and sez I,
my ungodly fren, if you swear in that air
•way you wdl forever and eternally ruinate
yo immortal soul-all, and never get a nib
ble when you go a fisliin-ah and sez lie,
■ “You go too hell, you darn’d old mis
shapen, misbegotten, mistake ov creation
j ah ; es you had to git the grass out uv a
j cottiug crap with free niggers, you’d git
; upon a stump and cuss yourscl**out uv yo
j darn’d old yaller hide, an go to hell for yo
j health, ah.” And sez I, “My errin fren,
i it cuts me to the rnarrer to see you strug
gliu in the bondage ov sin-ah. ’ ’ An sez
he, “My puukiu faced customer, cf you
kin clime that air tall red oak tree thar
aud see anything in this here miserable lan
but bonding and crab grass you kin take
my old hat for a henness-ah.” An sez I,
“My hard sweariu fren, I am afeared you
will never register yo name in the bookuv
eternal life, ah.” An sez he, “I went to
town lass Monday to register an I couldn’t
git a sight uv the book for the dam grea«y
niggers-ah.” “Oh, mistaken human,”
sez I, “I trimble fur yo future, fur "ou are
on the road a leadin too perdition-ah. ’
An sez he, “You are a darn’d ole liar, for
I’m on the road a leadin to Benton-ah.
I heaved a groan my hearers, ausez I,
“An when they riz up early in the morn- j
in, behold they was all dead corpuses.”
An soz he, “Let cm riz an be darn’d to ;
email-all.’ “Oh, my sufferin feller cree
tur,” sez I, “of you would but sue fur
grace you might cum to jine that heavenly |
quire, an bo mancipated tram the shackles j
uv sin, all." An he cocked uv his gun au i
sez he, “1 had twenty-six likely niggers j
mancipated oa my bans wonst an es you
open yo jaw bout mancipation to me again i
I’ll make buzzard vittlcs out uv yo dam and j
ole swiveled up carkass befo hell could |
cripple uv a gnat-ah.” My constant frens ,
an hearers, when seen 1 that wicked man a j
cockin uv his gun-ah, I begun to feel ex
ceeding jubous, an the words uv the tex
smoted upon my ear-ah—
“An when they riz up early in the
mornin, beliold they was all dead eorpuses. ’’
But, my Christian hearei s, I felt called
j upon to try my hail one more time on this
i objurit man-ah; an sez I, “Myblasphe-
I mous fren. you are contiualiy an for
: ever datn’d-ah, es you don’t immejitly
git down ofner that air fence ah, and go to
some sequestered spot an pray fur you
i soul's redemption-ah." An he jumped j
j down ofner ot the fence shore enuf, but he !
didn" tgoto no sequestered spot-ah; but,
my unconscious hearers, he stuck that big
ole double barrel shotgun close up to my j
reverend head-ah. and sez he, “I've hearn
a sequester was the next thing to a confis
cator, an es that's yo business in this here
settlement you had better begin to grow
mity dam small and beautifully less-ah.”
An my hearers, it looked to me as es a j
drove uv mules could a trotted down the |
j barrels uv that air ole shotgun-ah, an I j
i put spurs to ole Roan, an I galluped :
j through the wilderness fur so an twenty
hours-ah : an thinks I, my hearers, es that
air man don’t pull up sooa he’ll git to the
end uv his rope-ah.
“And when they riz up early in the
mornin, behold they were all dead corpus-
CS.
And sure enuf, my patient hearers, in
about three days that proftanated man was
tuk up by the freedmans buro an tried by
i a millingtary commission an hang fur a
killin uv a nigger, ah ; an my lisaen frens 1
and hearers, when I seen him a standin on ,
the great emensity uv space an kickin at
the t'oth district, sez I too myself in the '
languig uv the inspired himister-ah,
One more sinner is dead and gone.
A silver spade to dig his grave,
! - A golden chain too let him down,
A bugle horn too blow on-ah.
"An when they riz up early in the
mornin, behold too they was all dead cor
puses.
1 The Maryland Militia. —Forney is
| going into hysterics because the State of
i Maryland is organizing a militia force of
ten thousand men, and because the
j uniforms of the troops are gray. He is
i doubtless ignorant of the fact that there
are more than ten thousand militiamen in
the city of New York alone, and thatmany
! of them wear gray uniforms.—Aw York
1 Herald.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER Hi, 1567.
Election Returns.
The election returns of Tuesday and
Wednesday justify belief that the rc-action
in the Northern public mind, which
has run through Connecticut, California
and Maine, has increased greatly in force
in the West, and promises, at least, to
decide, effectually and forever, that this is
a white man’s government.
In Ohio the Constitutional Amendment
is defeated by fifty thousand majority.
The State Senate is Democratic, and this
defeats the re-election of old Ben Wade.
The House also is conceded upon estimate,
but not upon actual returns. The Gover
nor's election is still in doubt, the Demo
crats claiming it without figures—the Re
publicans claiming it by twenty-five hun
dred majority.
Pennsylvania is, beyond doubt, Demo
cratic. The returns from lowa and In
diana have not yet been received, but we
foci confident that the movement will be
accelerated. The verdict of the whole
people is: mis is a white man’s govern
ment.
A Radical Trick.
The subjoined letter, from Win. 11.
Starke, Esq., of Savannah, exposes one of
the tricks of the Radical leaders to gain
respectability and influence. Mr. Starke,
in a frank, manly letter, gives the history
of a defunct Union Club which existed
during the military occupation ot Savan
nah, under cover of which the Radicals
have endeavored to operate, using his
name as President. It will be perceived
that Mr. Starke not only denies beiug
President of any such club, but also that
he is even a member of the Republican
party : and, on the contrary, affirms that
he is opposed to the Reconstruction meas
ures. This will be gratifying to his friends
in Georgia, many of whom now hold the
“pamphlets” to which he alludes but
which he says he never saw.
It gives us pleasure to lay before our
readers Mr. Starke’sletter, to a well known
and esteemed fellow-citizen not only to
reach the truth but also as a matter of
simple justice due him.
Old Lyme Conn., Sept. 28,1867.
Dear Brother :—I have received from
my house in Savannah several slips of
paper published in Augusta, headed “The
Savannah Loyal League” “Loyal League”
“Savannah League.” These articles give
a list of officers and represent an organiza
tion to be in existence having for its object
to carry out the measures of the extreme
Northern Radicals, and to work in har
mony with them in the city of Savannah,
and in our State ; characterizing this asso
ciation as a revolutionary, blood-thirsty
club, composed of men sworn to secrecy,
&c., it c. Os this club I am, it is asserted,
the President.
The newspapers, I am sure, would not
publish tlfc-t which the editors did not think
to be true, and yet they have done so ;
and should, and I presume will, correct it.
I, as a party named, feel called upon to
say, Ist. If there is a “Loyal League”
organization in the city of Savannah, I do
not know it. If there is* any political
club or a political organization sworn
to secrecy at work in Savannah I do not
know it.
I suppose the whole story is gotten up,
upon the fact that a Union Club was form
ed in Savannah soon after and during Gen.
Sherman’s occupation. This club had an
organization pretty much as stated —held
stated weekly meetings—for how many
weeks I do not now recollect, perhaps for
three months. These meetings were not
secret; they were held in a public hall with
open doors, with newspaper reporters in
attendance.
This club was composed of men who op
posed secession, and were believed to be
Union men. The members.had resolved
to support the Constitution of the United
States, and to do all that might be proper
and possible to restore peace and harmony
to the country. With this object in view,
they gave such assistance as they were
able, to the military authorities. ,
At une time, upon a change ofeo-tiimc cl
ant 1.4 our post, the new officer came with
such strong preconceived views, that it was
necessary to inform him, and to persuade
him not to make a thorough radical
change in our city government. Some of
the members of this Union Club did have
the requisite influence, as it was then be
lieved, and by the position they occupied
rendered good service. Most of the city
officers were retained. But, my dear sir,
this was when the city was under military
rule—when the military was withdrawn
the Union Club had no practical existence,
and soon afterward ceased altogether.—
When this club held its last meeting, I
cannot now say —certainly a year and a
half or two years since.
A pamphlet is spoken of as having the
officers of this Club in a League organiza
tion. This I cannot account for, except,
upon the supposition that it is an attempt
to work in the old organization for a dif
ferent object. This may be the case, as
the names of some of the officers are the
same ; but about tnis I cannot speak with
certainty, as I never saw the pamphlet
in question.
1 have told you tho whole story about
the old Uniou Club and its object, and will
be glad to have your newspapers, satisfied
that there is no Loyal League in Savan
nah, or if there is one, I certainly am
neither its President nor a member of it.
I do not suppose that any of my friends
in Savannah consider me an advocate of
the policy of the Republican party in re
construction. I have no sympathy with
! that party; lam opposed to it. Ido not
think I can be considered much of a poli
tician, for I have not even voted for many
years. But I have some self-respect and
some regard for the respect of others, and
do not wish to be placed in this false posi
i tion before the public.
Very trulv, yours,
"W. II- Starke.
Southern Gardening.
We see by our Philadelphia exchanges
that at a recent special meeting of the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, that
an essay by P. J. Berckmans, of Augusta
Georgia, upon the “Difference between
Northern and Southern gardens” was !
read by Thomas Meban, Esq., the corre- ;
sponding secretary ot the Society, and that i
it “was favorably received and a vote of j
thanks tendered the author. We would be j
glad to see this essay published. Mr. j
Berckmans’ reputation as a scientific Hor
ticulturist is well settled. A native of !
Belgium he possesses all the advantages of
a scientific education andpractical training
in the best European system of gardening. \
His experience as a practical borticultur- |
ist during a residence of more than ten 1
years at the North, has made him fully
acquainted with the system which obtain
ed at the North. The practical applica- !
tion of his knowledge during a residence
of more than fifteen years at the South
enables him better to measure the require
ments of our soil and climate, and, in com
parison, to point out the difference which is
demanded to attain success. To our people
Mr. Berckmans’ essay would be desirable as
a means of comparing theories and experi
ences, thereby promoting an advance in our
horticultural system. But to the many
Northern immigrants who have settled and
are still settling among (us, such an essay
mast prove invaluable. We find in the pro
ceedings of the society that:
In the discussion which ensued. A. W.
Harrison, Esq., said that it had for years
beeu a source of wonder to him that the
odorous flowers of the South had not beeu
utilized. In France, whence we import
immense quantities of the extract of flow
ers, they are compelled to resort to most
expensive methods of cultivation, white in
the South the woods are filled with fra
grance from the same flowers growing wild.
He asserted that at least half, if not a ma
jority, of what purport to be extracts are
‘ made by combinations, and that in a eom-
I mercial point of view the cost of transpor
j tation from the flower region of France to
the seaboard, thence across the _ seas.
■ together with the heavy import duties,
| would be a sufficient protection to any one
I that had energy enough to start the busi
; ness.
Yellow Fever at Pensacola. —The
Secretary of the Navy has received from
the commandant at Pensacola, ’.
The sick at the hospital and station
are generally doing well, aud hu trusty
with the exercise of prudence, t 0 be . a^, le
1 in a few days to report the place entirely
* clear of the epidemic.
[communicated.]
Messrs. Editors : As many of my
friends seem to be laboring under the mis
apprehension that lam the Hankerson, or
Hankinson, as some of the papers have it,
in the published proceedings of the “lie
rublican meeting Saturday, allow me the
.-mall space in your paper to say that I
presume the person intended is a colored
man. I claim only to be a Druggist. I
certainly am no politician.
Respectfully,
T. S. Hankinson,
d,tw Firm of Beall A Hankinson.
[communicated.]
Louisville, G v, Oct. 4th, 1867.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Dear. Sirs : If you think the enclosed
suggestion can have any good effect please
publish. The people are exceedingly luke
warm and seem to be waiting for someone
to take initiatory steps. If the time named
in my note for a Convention is injudicious
you are at liberty to alter it to such time
as, in your judgment, will best suit the
emergency. You are also at liberty to
change any other part of it.
The people seem to be looking to the
[tapers for information. . If yourselves and
editors of the Constitutionalist would unite
in heartily recommending this preliminary
Convention it is more than probable the
i ecple of tho District would readily co
operate. They are waiting for leaders.
My object in suggesting a nominating Con
vention is to secure concert of action
throughout the District.
In my judgment the entire Conservative
element can be easily controlled and con
centrated ir proper steps are taken ; unless
those steps, however, are taken, and more
especially as there ar„ to be so many
delegates, ne vote will amount to nothing.
Yours truly, &c.,
Jelyn G. Kestenur.
Letter from Whitfield County.
Dalton, Ga., October 3, 1367.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Dear Sirs : I thought it probable you
would like to be posted as to the move
ments of the Radica!« in this section of
country, therefore I have concluded to in
form you of the nomination for Whitfield
county, on that side. Handbills had been
posted up giving notice of tho time and
place, and in accordance with such notice
the 1 ‘sovereigns ’ met at the Court House
in this city on yesterday in Convention.
Three candidates were put in nomination
as delegates to the Convention (which I
hope will never meet), to wit: Harben
Baty, and a School teacher by the name of
Crompton, liarbeu was the lucky one;
he received 43 votes, Baty 9, and Cromp
ton 1.
A motion Was then made to make the
election unanimous, which failed, as lam
informed one, at least, voted “no” quite
audibly.
The paper in this place has changed
hands and gone to the Radicals, or rather
they have bought the concern, and I sup
posed a notice of their action would be
given in their columns, but they have
failed to notice it.
This county will go against Convention if
any effort is made in that direction.
Very respectfully, S. N. D.
Letter from Jefferson County.
Messrs. Editors : —ln your daily of the
2d instant you urge upon the people of
the various counties the necessity of im
mediate organization to defeat, if possible,
the Radicals in the approaching elections.
If I rightly understand the order of
General Rope candidates for the Conven
tion must be voted for throughout the
several counties composing a district. To
secure harmony and concert of action
a/norig those opposed to the Radicals,
would it not bo best to hold a District
Convention and nominate our candidates?
In our district, the counties of Jefferson
and Glasscock are, as yet, without a single
Conservative candidate; nor are we yet
informed of any such candidate in Rich
mond. If matters go on in this way the
Radicals are sure of victory. It does seem
to me that reason, pride and self-interest
alike demand that there should, at least,
be an effort to unite the Conservative
force, and make the best fight we can.
As the time now is short, and we are
without a single suggestion inthe premises,
I take the liberty of suggesting a Con
vention to be held in Augusta on Monday ,
the 21st instant, for the purpose of nomi
nating seven candidates for our district.
Let Richmond send five, Jefferson three,
and Glasscock two, representatives to the
Convention. Now, Messrs. Editors, if my
suggestion meets your approbation, and
your paper and others will ventilate the
subject as much as possible, and let us
have this district nomination, then we will
all go to work in earnest, with some hope
of defeating our enemies. Jefferson.
Barnum’s Gorilla Attacks iiis
Keeper. —The Gorilla recently placed in
Barnum’s Museum, yesterday afternoon
gave an exhibition of his natural fierce
ness by attacking bis keeper, Professor
Davison. Fortunately the latter escaped
without serious injury, and at the same
lime without giving the gorilla an op
portunity to practically demonstrate to the
incredulous whether the said animal had
sufficient power to tear a man to pieces.
Yesterday afternoon, as Mr. Davison
was in his accustomed place, he ventured
too near the bars of the cage, within reach
of the monster. The hand of the animal
instantly grasped Davison’s right arm.
Professor Davison almost instinctively
dropped to the floor, so as to bring the
hand of the gorilla tu the floor of the cage,
before iiq could grasp him with his other
hand. To have remained standing would
have given tho gorilla an opportunity to
have pulled the arm out of the socket if he
had the power, which Professor Davison
professes to believe.
The grip of the animal slipped from the
arm ot Mr. Davison, but still retained
hold of the coat. As the keeper fell the
beast held his whole weight at arm’s
length with apparent ease. Professor
Davison quickly threw off his coat, which
was torn to shrewds by the gorilla.
The affair caused much xcitement for a
few moments. Professor Davison was
slightly injured.— N. Y. Post.
Death of Sterling Price.— General
Sterling Price, of Missouri, is dead. Yes
terday we announced in a line his serious
illness, which was all we had information 1
of, but even at that time he had passed
from among the living. We know nothing
as yet of the disease which bore him oft',
how long he was sick, or the precise day }
of' his death. We only know that his j
great, manly heart has ceased to beat, and !
that his noble soul has gone to the presence i
of the Creator. A sketch of his eventful
life, to be at all adequate, would be too
voluminous for a newspaper. A mere j
panegyric would be beneath the dignity of
a career marked by so many high achieve
ments and crowned with so much honor.
For the present, it is enough to say that
few survive him who command as genuine
and as general respect living, or will be so
widely and sincerely lamented when dead.
Gen. Price was a native of Prince Ed
ward county, in this State, and was prob
ably about sixty-five years of age.—Rich
mond Whig. |
Caulotta.— The Memorial Diplomat
ique gives us pleasant news of Empress
C’arlotta. Instead of refusing to partake
of nourishment, as was the case at Mirimar,
she now dines with the Queen of Belgium,
whose devoted attention to her sister-in
law appears to be most touching. The
King has sent for M. Alphond, the engi
neer employed by the City of Paris for the
construction of many squares and public
gardens lately added to the metropolis,
and has requested of him to lay out the
grounds of the Chateau Tervueren for the
use of his sister. M. Alphond dined at
the royal table, and reports most favorably
of the manner in which the widowed
Empress discussed the various alterations
| and’ improvements he suggested. M.
Alphond could not detect the slightest
j confusion in her ideas, but describes her
appearance as sadly delicate and. changed
from what it was before her departure for
Mexico.
Governor Geary’s Speech. —Gov.
; eraor Geary made a political speech lately
at Harrisburg, in which he brought a good
many very serious charges against the
President. Among other things, he de
: dared that Mr. Johnson had “disrespected
the graves of brave Union men by the
praise he bestowed on rebel soldiers.”
; Perhaps he did, but at ail events he respect
| ed the English language too much to use
such an outlandish and absurd word as the
Governor employs to describe his conduct.
>Olllll body once asked how the Duke of
M ellington spoke French. as he
; fights,’ replied his friends; “with the
greatest intrepidity.” Governor Geary
imitates the Duke’s courage in his en
counters with the English.— N. V Times.
Bold Robbery of an Express Car.—
Cincinnati, September 29. —Two men en
. tered the cars of the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad at Seymour. Indiana, lust nijriit,
and making their way to the Adams Ex
press car, secured the messenger and
i robbed the safe of’ about SIO,OOO. The
1 robbers escaped.
MBS. LINCOLN’S WABDBOBE FOB SALE.
Full. Explanation of the Whole Matter —
Important Letter from Mrs. Lincoln —
Her Complaints of the Ingratitude of
Republican Office-Seekers.
The announcement already has been
made in these columns that Mrs. Abraham
Linccln, widow of the late President, was
compelled to dispose of some of her per
sonal effects in order to eke out the slender
income which remained to her after the
settlement of her husband's estate, and
that she wa-, in fact, in this city under
the assumed name of Mrs. Clarke for the
purpose of superintending the sale of her
property. As Mrs. Lincoln is no longer
anxious to withhold from the public the
facts in the case, there can be no itnprro
priety in imparting further information
upon the subject, as obtained from the lady
herself
THE PROPERTY LEFT 11Y -MS. LINCOLN.
Upon the death of Mr. Linclon an effort
was made to appropriate for his wife and
family the sum that he would have re
ceived from the United States had he
lived to finish his second term of office, to
wit : SIOO,OOO ; but it resulted in appro
priating but $25,000, the amount of one
year’s salary as President. Os this sum,
$3,000 were required to discharge certain
standing obligations, leaving about $22,000
which, with the house aud lot in Spring
field, 111., owned by Mr. Lincoln previous
to his election to the Presidency iu 1860,
was all the property which fell to Mrs.
Lincoln. Her present income, she states,
is but $1,700 a year, of which S3OO comes
from the rent of her old house in Spring
field. It appears from this that 31 r.
Lincoln not only saved no money while he
occupied the White House, but really
lived beyond his income, which, in connec
tion with the natural reluctance of his
widow to return to the simple style of liv
ing to which she had been used before her
residence in Washington, has compelled
her to part with some of ber personal ef
fects at the present time.
LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN.
Appended are several letters written by
3lrs. Lincoln in relation to this most un
pleasant business, the contents of which
will surprise the public. The first in order
of their date, appears to be the following:
“Chicago, September 1, 1867.
“3lr. Brady - : A notice in a New York
paper having attracted my attention, that
you sold articles of value on commission,
prompts me to write you. The articles I
am sending you to dispose of were gifts of
dear friends, which only urgent necessity
compels me to part with, and I am espe
cially anxious that they shall not be sac
rificed. The circumstances arc peculiar
and painfully embarrassing, therefore I
hope you will endeavor to realize as much
as possible from them. Hoping soon to
hear from you, I remain, very respectfully
yours, Mrs. A. Lincoln.”
THE ARTICLES FORWARDED TO NEW YORK.
The next letter, bearing the same date
as the preceding, is as follows:
“Chicago, September I, 1867.
"Mr. Brady, Commission Broker, 609
Broadway, New York :
“I have this day sent to you personal
property which lam compelled to part
with, and which you will find of consider
able value. The articles consist of four
camel’s hair shawls, lace dress and shawls,
a parasol cover, a diamond ring, two dress
patterns, some furs, &c. Please have them
appraised, and confer by letter with me.
“Very respectfully,
“3lrs. A. Lincoln.”
THE ARTICLES TO BE SOLD.
In this connection is given an inventory
of the articles sent to Mr. Brady, at 609
Broadway, by Mrs. Lincoln, with the
valuation affixed to each :
Cost.
1 black centre camel’s hair shawl,
long $1,500
1 white centre camel’s hair shawl,
long *1,200
1 white centre camel’s hair shawl,
square 400
1 black centre camel’s hair shawl,
square 350
1 red centre camel’s hair shawl,
square 100
2 small shawls, square 50
white Paisley shawl, long 75
white Paisley shawl, square 50
3 superfine point black lace shawls,
$1,500, SSOO 300
2 superfine point black laco shawls,
. .§50., 40
1 white point laco shawl, long 2,000
1 white point lace dress, unmade. 4,000
1 white point lace flounce 150
1 white point lace parasol cover... 250
1 white point lace handkerchief... 80
1 Russian sable cape 1,500
1 Russian sable boa 1,200
Also many other articles, including dia
monds, rings, &c., &c.
MRS. LINCOLN’S OPINION OF REPUBLICANS.
A significant feature of the subsequent
letters and memoranda is the feeling en
tertained by 3lrs. Lincoln toward leading
Republicans. She complains bitterly that
men who besought her influence to secure
their official positions, and were profuse
with promises if she would gratify their
wishes, now give her the cold shoulder.
Certain persons of that party, such as
Thurlow Weed. Henry J. Raymond, Wm.
11. Seward, and others, she is particularly
severe against, and claims that it was
through their influence that the plan pro
posed by the Tribune to raise a fund for
her by the voluntary subscription of the
people was thwarted. At this point the
following memorandum, the original being
in 3lrs. Lincoln’s own handwriting, is
given :
The question was asked 3lrs. Lincoln
what her feelings were in regard to the
Republican party, in consideration of the
unkindness and ingratitude displayed by
them in depriving her of almost all means
of support, the reply was, “I could not re
linquish my attachment for the party to
which my husband belonged, and in whose
cause his precious life was sacrificed, not
withstanding it is composed of such men as
Weed, Raymond, and Seward, who nom
inally belong to it, and who, to accomplish
their purposes, would drag it down to the
lowest depths of degradation. The late
President thoroughly tested these men,
and had become fully aware before his
death of their treachery and falseness.”
MRS. LINCOLN UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.
As the negotiations with Mr. Brady
proceeded, Mrs. Lincoln deemed it best
that her name should not appear, the
reasons for which are given in the follow
ing extract from a letter written hy her :
[Extract of a letter from Mrs. Lincoln.]
“Through the Ingratitude of the Repub
licans toward the memory of the lamented
President, the family of their chief have
been left to suffer want and destitution.
Therefore it is natural to suppose that
! when it became imperative y necessary for
Mrs. Lincoln, the honored and beloved
wife of the late President, to dispose of
j apparel and jewelry to enable her to meet
i the common daily necessities oflife, it was
I certainly in better taste that Mrs. (Jlarke,
j rather than Mrs. Lincoln, should appear
; in the proceedings. Although in her over
i whelming sorrow she was by an ungrateful
Republican party deprived of her rightful
j maintenance, they should appreciate her
j delicacy in desiring her true name and their
; own ignominy from being known to the
j world.” •
SUBSEQUENT LETTERS.
The next letter presents more in detail
the reasons for her action in this sad mat
ter, and at the same time expresses her
regret that the ingratitude of Republicans
may do injury to the Republican party :
“Chicago, September 22, 1807.
“ If. 11. Brady , Esq.:
“You write me that reporters are after
you concerning my goods deposited with
you —which, inconsideration of my ur
gent wants, I assure you lam compelled
to relinquish—and also that there is a fear
that these newsmen will seize upon the
painful circumstance of your having these
articles placed in your hands to injure the
Republican party politically. In the cause
of this party and for universal freedom
my beloved husband’s precious life was
sacrificed, nor for the world would I do
anything to injure the cause. My heart is
ever anxious for its success, notwithstand
ing the very men for whom my noble hus
band did so much, unhesi-atingly deprived
me of all means of support and left me in
a pitiless condition. The necessities of
life are upon me, urgent and imperative,
and I am scarcely removed from want —so
different from the lot my loving and de
voted husband would have assigned me—
and I find myself left to struggle for my
self. lam compelled to pursue the onlv
course left me —immediately within the
next week to sell goods, and ii not
wholly disposed of hy V ednesday, October
30th, on that day please sell them at auc
tion, after advert Ling very largely that
they are my goods. 'V ery respectfully.
“Mrs. A. Lincoln.”
A STILL FURTHER EXPLANATION.
The last letter of which mention will be
made at this time is the following :
[Private.]
“September 25.
“ R. H. Brady, Esq.:
“I have reflected upon your remarks,
and have concluded to leave everything to
your good judgment and excellent sense.
My great, great sorrow and loss have made
me painfully sensitive; but as my feelings
and pecuniary comfort were never regard
ed or even recognized in the midst of my
overwhelming bereavement, now that I am
pressed in a most startling manner for
ineans of common subsistence, I do not
know why I should shrink from an oppor
. tumty of improving my trying position,
j Being assured that all you do will be ap
propriately executed, and in a manuer that
will not startle me very greatly, and excite
as little comment as possible, again I shall
leave all in your hands. I am passing
through a very painful ordeal, which the
country, in remembrance of my noble and
elevated husband, should have spared me.
I remain, with very great respect, very
truly, Mrs. Lincoln.
“P. S.—As you mention that my goods
have been valued at $24,000, I will be wil
ling to make a reduction of SB,OOO, and re
linquish them for $16,000, in five-twenties
—nothing less. If this is not accomplished,
I will continue to advertise largely until
every article is sold. I must have means
to live, at least in a medium comfortable
state. Mrs. L.”
The Flshcr-Bradley Difficult}.
An adjourned meeting of tho members
of the Washington bar was held yesterday
morning in the Common Council Chamber,
for the purpose of hearing the report of
the committee appointed last August to
inquire into the circumstances attending
the difficulty which occurred between
Judge Fisher and Mr. Bradley, Sr., dur
ing the Surrat t trial, and, if possible, re
store 31r. Bradley to his position as mem
ber of the bar, and reconcile the parties
concerned. Walter D. Davidge, Esq.,
presid. and, and W. F. Mattingiy acted as
secretary. Mr. Davidge briefly stated'
the object of the meeting. J. C. Ken
nedy, Esq., on behalf of the committee,
said that they were ready to report.—
Before proceeding, however, he considered
it necessary to state that two of the gen
tlemen named on the committee, 3lessrs.
Totten and Uoornes, had declined to have
anything to do with the actions of the com
mittee.
The report was then read by J. D. Mc-
Pherson, Esq., of which the following is a
synopsis:
It first cites the order ot the Court,
striking the name of 3lr. Bradiey from
tho roll of attorneys, and stated that there
was no rule laid upon the accused for him
to show cause why he should not be pun
ished. Mr. Bradley was admitted to the
bar on the 3d of December, 1824, and since
that time had enjoyed the confidence and
esteem of all his associates. Thus an
eminent member of the bar, after a suc
cessful practice of forty years, had been
deprived ot his practice for words spoken
out of court. The exercise of such power
challenges the attention of the whole bar.
They knew and felt the courtsey due to the
Court from the members of the bar, and
declared that they would be the last to up
hold or countenance any departure from
the rule. The report then quotes from
Blaokstone’s Commentaries as to what
constitutes a contempt of court, and de
clares that an opportunity should have
been given 3lr. Bradley for explanation.
It took three judges to admit an attorney,
and certainly one could not expel an attor
ney. In conclusion, the committee recom
mended the adoption of the resolutions
declaring the order of Judge Fisher strik
ing Mr. Bradley’s name from the roll null
and void, it having been made without
any notice to him. A second resolution
authorizes the chairman to appoint a
committee of three to present tho report
of the committee to the Court.
On motion of 3lr. 3lerrick, the report
and resolutions were adopted, and the
chair appointed as the committee to rep
resent the same to the Court: Blessrs.
J. G. Kennedy, Walter S. Cox, aud
John F. Ennis.
The report is very long, and enters into
the details of the affair ; also citing a
number of authorities upon tho subject of
contempt of court. As the committee
considered it would be disrespectful to
allow the documents to be published in ad
vance of its presentation to the Court, the
reporters were not allowed to copy it.—
Nashville Intelligencer.
' Phillips’ Provision Exchange.
Cincinnati, October 4, 1807.
Editors of the Chronicle & Sentinel :
The market for provisions during the
first four days of the current week remain
ed as last reported, flat and dull with but
little staff pressing ; but durir-g tho last
two days there has been quite a reaction,
especially in iiulic and Bacon Meats. The
stock of all kiuds of cut meats being light
at all Western points, has attracted the at
tention of both speculators and regular
dealers, and it being quite evident to their
minds that the entire stock must be con
sumed long before we can get new they
have taken about all to bo had at prices
named below. The market closes very
firm and it is difficult to buy Bacon except
at an advance over quoted rates.
Mess Pork has been quiet all tho week
with a moderate trade demand at 821, but
at tho close holders were disposed to ad
vance their views and it would be difficult
to buy round lots at quotation.
Lard, owing to the advance in gold and
the advance in Liverpool, h is been in good
demand all the week with large sales,
closing firm at 13ic for city. Keg is held
at 14c but not saleable over tierce price.
There are no lower grades or greases. My
private advises from Liverpool roport the
entire stock thereat 200 tons.
Bulk Meats ruled dull during tho
early part of the week and sales of
shoulders and sides were made at 12@14c
loose, but at these prices buyers were more
plenty than sellers and all to be had were
taken, and at the close 13@15c are the low
est asking prices. There are no Bulk Hides
here, except what are now going into
smoke.
Bacon also wasa drug early in the week,
but on investigation of the stocks, which
proves not to be over 2,000,000 pounds all
told, of both Bulk and Bacon, including
hams, there was a better feeling mani
fested, and Baltimore, and St. Louis and
Louisville came in and took all the odd
lots offered at the low prices. To-day the
market closes firm at 14c for Shoulders,
171 and 181 c for Clear Rib and Clear Sides,
with a prospect for further advances. Plain
Hams 19 and 20c, Sugar-cured 24@25c.
The stock of Bulk and Bacon meats ts
divided here as follows by the closest esti
[ mate that can be made: 500,000 lbs Bulk
Shoulders. 500,000 lbs Bacon do, 450,000
lbs Clear Rib Bacon Sides, and 450,000 lbs
Clear Sides, all of which, with an ordinary
demand, would bo used up ju three
weeks.
Plate Beef firmer at $22.
Dried Beep 18c.
Ex f’Ohts of the week were 2,516 bbls and
1,148 kegs Lard,B2l hhds, 233 tierces and
117 boxes Bulk and Bacon, 577 bbls
i and 37,590 lbs loose meats,
j Imports o2B bbls aud 34 kegs Lard, and
! 02,400 lbs loose meats,
i Frliohts by the Northern linos are ;:n
--) changed, though the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad is taking independently at 10c
Very respectfully,
Geo. W. Phillips, Jr.,
Provision and 1 roduce Broker.
The Epidemic in New Orleans.—A
letter to the New York .Journal of Com
merce, dated New Orleans, September 23,
says:
The fever is rapidly on the increase.
The city is a vast hospital. It is believed
that there are 10,000 cases now under
treatment. You hear of it everywhore
and in almost every house. It is in all of
our crowded orphan asylums. The good
sisters are stricken down. Committees
are going through the streets begging for
them. Language fails to depict the
misery and distress existing here. We
are truly an afflicted people. We
shall require all the aid wo can obtain
from our Northern friends. Business is,
of course, seriously affected by the state
of things—non-intercourse with the coun
try, no collections, cotton coming in very
slow.
Chief Justice Chase on Women’s
Suffrage —ln a recent conversation with
Lucy Stone, Mr. Chase said “Be free to
say from me that I think there will be no
end to the good that will come by women’s
suffrage : on the elected, on elections, on
government, and on woman herself. I
have said this in public and private for
many years. lam glad that an effort is
making in Kansas to accomplish it, and I
shall rejoice when the elective franchise
shall be as free to women as it is now to
men. I think, too, that this will be at no
distant day.”
General Sherman.— We have already
stated that General Sherman has been or
dered to the seat of Government, and will
probably reach Washington on Sunday
next. It is known that he is a member of
the Board of Commissioners appointed
under an act of Congress to treat with the
hostile Indians. We now learn that Gen.
Augur has been appointed to act in his
stead in that capacity during his absence.
— Md.tional Intelligencer, i>th.
The first conveyance of lowa soil to the
whites by the Indians, according to the
State Annals, was made on the —a ol
September, 1788.
The apples of lowa have become food
for worms, and Illinois apples sell for *-1
per bushel at Muscatine.
What is the difference between a poor
man and a fool? One lacks dollars, and
the other sense.
The population of Newark, New Jersey,
is 21,800.
NEW SERIES VOL. XXYI. NO. 41.
B E PO B T
OF THE
Chief Engineer Macon A Augusta B. B.
October 7th, 1567.
Engineer's Office, October, 1867.
To the President and Board of Directors:
Gentlemen—The following Report of
the observations for the past year, in the
Engineer's department, is respectfully
tendered to your consideration.
After the last Annual Convention, the
work was slowly continued on the rock
cut in Hancock county, on the “ Dry
Pond’’ summit, on the heavy embank
ment approaching the Oconee river; also,
on general repairs of tlie slides and washes
on the entire line, and on the niasonrv of
the piers and abutments of the river bridge.
The progress was oontroiieil by the small
collections made from the stockholders, I
who paid their instalments most reluctant- 1
ly. A great change was, however, soon
produced by the action of the Georgia
Railroad in thoir endorsement of $300,000
of the First Mortgage Bonds, which were
authorized to be issued by the Conven
tion. Their endorsement was followed by
the South Carolina Railroad, giving such
value to the Bonds as to enable us to ne
gotiate for sufficient iron rails to complete
ihe line to Milledgeville; also furnishing
means to pay up the contractors, and to
give general activity to tlie work. Track
laying was commenced in May, and has
since been continued without interruption.
The road was opened lor business to
Sparta in August, and daily trains ex
tended to that point. Since that t ime tho
traek has boen laid to Town Creek, leav
ing hut seven miles further to lay. For
the purpose of affording transportation for
the material of the bridge, throe mil os of
track have been laid front Miiledgeville to
the Oconee river. Should no delay arise
from the non-deliverv of tlie holts and
other irons for tlie bridge, of which there is
some fear, we think we can safely promise
that the trains shall run through by the
15th November. Thb' irdhrehatfs and
spikes, cross-ties and other material being
on hand, and bridge framed and ready
for raising.
This near completion of tho work ena
bles us to approximate very closely to the
cost of the road finished to Milledgeville.
Ere entering upon this statement, 1 desire
to make a few remarks to correct an im
pression which migbtotherwise bo natural
ly created from the fact of mosiof the work
having boen executed during the war, that
the same has therefore boen executed at
extravagant rates, aud should be scaled
down to give the true value of the road.
Just previous to the war contracts were
entorod into with Messrs. Orr, Thompson,
Lockett, of tlie Southwestern Road, and
other large contractors, on tlie basis of
prices paid iu gold on that road. These
prices were not raised during the war for
any work east of Milledgeville, and in
creased only one cent per cubic yard in
earth excavations beyond that point. With
some slight variations to equalize the re
spective work on tho various sections, the
following were the prices paid, viz: 16
cents per cubic yard for earthwork, 75
cents per cubic yard for loose rock, $125
for solid rock, aud $9 per perch for bridge
masonry. The prices since the war aro
25 cents per cubic yard for earthwork, $1
25 for loose rock, $2 00 for solid rook, and
$3 00 per perch for bridge masonry, being
anincreaseof 50 per cent. In other words,
the grading and masonry, which cost in
round numbers according to the report
$637,000, would now cost $955,000 for the
same work. Again, 5,000 tons of iron
rails wore delivered to us in Charleston be
fore the war at $42 in gold. 1,060 tons of
these rails were laid and are now in tho
road: the balance was seized and paid for
by the Confederate States authorities at
tlie rate of SBO per ton, which, while far
below its value at tho time of seizure, still
as the proceeds were applied to tlie grad
ing at gold rates,cannot he considered oth
erwise tuau as a clear gain. The only real
absolute losses sustained, outside of tho
depreciation of roadway and loss of inter
est, consists in the Confederate money in
hand at the date of the surrender, amount
ing to some $26,018 56}.
The foregoing facts, therefore, show that,
so far from being proper to scale down the
work, it should more properly be increased
to give its value in present currency.
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
Graduation and
Masonry ! $ <537,288.14
Maso’ry of Bridges 26,815.82
Bridging and
Trestling 50,013.66 50,003.66
Chairs and Spikes 17,838.88
Cross Ties 26,015.41
Track-Laying 18,392.78
Right of Way 19,039.16
Division Houses... 537.86
Fass cng e r and
Freight Houses.. 1,855.00
Engineering 39,955.55
Iron Rails 315,517.76
Office Expeu’s &
Salaries 19,005.10
Increase Exp'ses. 1,336.02
Maintenance of
Way 27,283.43
Real Estate 15,872,30
Profit and Loss—
C’fed’ate money
and Discount...!. 99,554.60
1,316,321.07
Proceeds of sale of
Iron and Confed
erate Governin’ t 264,783.09
1,051,537.98
Duo for Iron Rails 105,000.00
Cash required to
complete work... 100,000.00
1,256,537.98
Amou’t oxpendod
bet Mill &M’oon 157,619.34
Total cost from
Warren ton to
Milledgeville 1,104,915.64
Distance being 44 iniies. This will give
an average ot 25,000 per mile, as the cost
per mile of this section, exclusive of roll
ing stock. No outlay has been, as yet,
made for outfit of engine and cars, as the
road has been operated altogether by the
Georgia Railroad. An addition of 84,000
per mile will be a proper one for this pur
pose, which gives 829,000 per mile as the
cost of road complete, being a fraction less
than the average value of railroads in the j
United States, usually valued at $30,000 per
mile.
Some $050,000 will probably be required
to complete the road from Milledgeville to
Macon ready for the cars. From the liue
tuating nature of the prosent currency, it
is useless to attempt a closer estimate.
Every regard lias been had, and much
work been encountered to procure a fa
vorable grado and assignment for the
road. The grades have been kept down
to 40 feet per mile on the curves, and to 45
foot per mile on (he straight line. Ruling
rale of curvature is of a rudius of 2,865 feet.
For many yards the heavy character of
tlie country between Macon and Augusta
lias delayed the execution of ail railroad
communications between those places. The
intervening country is out by the deep
valleys of the Ocmulgee, Oconee and Ogee
cbeo"rivers, and crossed by the high
ridges intervening between these streams.
A direct line of railroad to connect Augus
ta, Macon, Columbus and Montgomery
has been long felt; the other connections I
have been made ami now the completion !
of our road tills the gap. Informer days, j
in the first settlement of Georgia, before i
the ora of railroads, there passed over this
same route the heavy through travel by
stage from New York to Mobile, and New
Orleans. This travel will soon resume its
old channel. Every consideration of sav
ing in distance, time, economy and faeili
ity for high speed, will attract to this line
the business diverted since many years to
more tortuous ways.
In order to avoid the necessity of com
pleting the section between Milledgeville
and Macon, an arrangement hasbeensug
gested for the passage of our trains for the
present over the track of the Central Road
between the same points. -Fit increase in
distance of seven miles is incurred by this
detour via Gordon, but money being dilfi
cult to be raised, and some compensa
ting advantages presenting theiuselyes,
it would, ere progressing further' with
the grading, be well to confer with
the Central Railroad Company, to learn
j if sucli an arrangement could not bo made
! mutually advantageous. If not, the bal
j ance of the stoek due (45 per cent.; should
! he called in, and operations progress, as
j the purposes of the Road would be incom
| plete without direct and uninterrupted
communication from Augusta to Macon,
| now the great cotton and railroad oentre
| in the State,
A brief statement of distances and com
parison of routes between Augusta and
Montgomery, may not be uninteresting.
From Augusta to Montgomery,
over the Georgia, Atlanta & Ea-
Grange, and Montgomery and
West Point Railroads, 340 miles
From Augusta to Montgomery,
over Augusta and Savannah,
Central, and Southwestern,
Muscogee and Montgomery,
and West Point Railroads, via
Milieu, Macon and Columbus, 356 miles
j From Augusta to Montgomery,
I over Georgia, Macon A Augusta,
Central, Southwestern, Mus
cogee, and Montgomery* West
J Point Railroads, via C'arnak,
Milledgeville, Gordon, Macon
and Columbus, 3x3 miles
From Augusta to Montgomery
over the Georgia, Macon* Au
gusta (direct line) Southwestern,
Muscogee * Montgomery and
1 West Point Railroads via War
! renton, Milledgeville, Macon
! and Columbus 312 miles
j This last route, contemplating a saving
! G s four miles in distance, by cutting otf the
i angle at Cam ok and seven miles by direct
! route from Milledgeville to Macon, mak
; ing the total distance from Augusta to
i Macon 121 miles.
Showing a gain of 31 miles in distance
] over the present mail route via Atlanta, 44
miles over the route via M illen, and eleven
miles over the route via Camuk and Gor
don.
In conclusion, allow me to bear testi
mony to the zeal and efficiency of the
Contractors who, during and siucethewar,
have been connected with the work. Also,
too much credit cannot be awarded to the
Engineer in charge, E. J. Campbell, who
has been engaged on the road since its first
inception, and to whose good judgment
the Company is much indebted lor its suc
cess.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Guo. H. Haslehurst,
Chief Engineer,
Macon and Augusta Railroad Company
Annual Reports ISflj.
REPORT or THE HOARD OF DIRECTORS.
accompanying report of tho Chief
•ngineer sets forth the progress of the
w orK on the road since your last annual
U & glvins a statement of iho
,osetllfir with the csii mated
kSge\ilk , ' !a ' yto uom l ,lul ° to Mil-
As authorized by the Stockholders the
Board has issued the Company's bonds to
he amount of four hundred thousand dol
lars, which, together with tho other assets
on hand, was deemed sufficient to
complete the road to MiUedgeville in
this our expectations would probably imvu
been realized, but for the unexpected
turn in political affairs, which affected all
Southern securities to a serious extent
[ and while the cost of labor and material
necessary to the building of the road was
enhanced, the value of our bonds was
materially reduced. Tho work, however
has been prosecuted as rapidly as our
means would justify. The iron has all
been delivered on tho lino and cross-ties
and other material neoessary to lay the
seven miles remaining to be laid down
has been contracted lor, aud should noth
ing occur to retard tho work, we will bo
able to run the cars into MiUedgeville by
the middle of November next, but to
accomplish this desirable result an addi
tional amount of means must bo pro
vided.
The Company is now owing, in debts
due and to become due in a short time, in
round numbers about 8165,090. This in
cludes iron, rails aud olher materials
together with a few unpaid bills for work
done on the road. The assets are in bonds
of the Company §187,000, in bonds of tho
South Carolina Railroad Company §30,000,
aud the Baldwin county and Macon bonds’
say §IO,OOO. If what ive consider a fair
valuation could bo realized on these assets
buta small amotnff, aOUj*r.>nai w.-aid t*’>
necessary to t-oifipleto this unfinished
work, but this cannot beaono at present
unless at a ruinous sacrifice. To obviate
this we would suggest the issuing of an
additional set of bonds, payable in live or
ten years, or a fbnher assessment on tho
Stockholders. It is with your body to elect
which of tho two propositions it will adopt.
When the track reaches MiUedgeville
the road will at oueo become a paying in
stitution. Measures should, therefore, be
adopted without delay to provide engines
and sneli other rolling stock as may be ne
cessary to its profitable working. Tho
amount necessary for this object should lio
provided for in your appropriations for the
completion of the road.
No arrangement has yet been effected
with the Central Road for the privilege of
running our cars over their track from
MiUedgeville to Macon, though wo trust
that fair terms may no made, as in that
ovent we could well afford to suspend
further opperations at least for the present.
If, however, we should be disappointed in
this reasonable expectation, we will bo
under tho necessity of pushing tliework
through from MiUedgeville to Macon m
tiie earliest practicable time. The cost of
that work is estimated at §650,000, but the
profits of the road, working to Milledgo
ville, would afford us very malt rid aid.
H. L>. Heard,
President.
Encouragement to Cotton Planters.
Mi ssis. Editors :—As an old subscriber
to your valuable paper—dating back to
those halcyon days when all parties looked
to the general good of the country, how
ever, much they might differ as to policy—
when politics afforded an honorable con
test lor principles, as to the best method
of developing the great interests of the
country, and was not a more grab-game
lor plunder, oppressions and tyrannies,
permit me the use of your columns to
illustrate the modern encouragement
which all of our Governments give to cot
ton culture.
Lest there may be some mistake as to
facts—some obscurity from generalities—
I submit the following copy of a recent hill
of sale of cotton sold in your market, sup
pressing only the names of the planters
and commission merchants.
Account Saks of four bales Cotton , &c.,
&c.— Weight.
510 410
387 467 .
Charges
Commission §7 57
Storage 2 00
Freight from Waynesboro’... 7 00
Drayage 1 :>o
United States Tax on Sales... 30
City Tax on Sales 75
Internal Revenue Tax 42 CD
r . 01 GO
Balance £ $241 00
Augusta, Oct. 2, 1867.
The first item ofuharges above set forth
is $7 56 —commissions, or two and one
half per cent, on gross sales. Formerly
tho commission merchants thought fifty
cents per hale for selling cotton a lair
charge. It is true vie have greenbacks
now and not specie, hut is not this a heavy
advance on gold rates ?
The next item is $2 00, or fifty cents per
hale storage. This is charged, although
the cotton was sold on arrival, only reach
ing the pavement in front of the ware
house.
The next item is freight from Waynes
boro’, or $1 75 per hale for thirty miles.
But then the Savannah Railroad went
through the war and did not get hurt, still
it ought to have something.
The next item is drayage, thirty cents
per bale. The. draymen’s conscience seems
to permit only five cents advance lor going
through the war.
Again, your city seems to regard it as a
privilege to allow cotton to be sold in your
market, aud charges (what no other city in
the world so far as I know does) seventy
five cents for selling four hales.
Finally, the United States Government
charges forty-three dollars arid nine cents,
or ten dollars and seventy-seven cents for
the privilege of growing four hales of cot
ton.
The fact is, Messrs. Editors, the world,
the flesh and the devil; the Radical Gov
ernment ; the Military Council of Au
gusta, and the freeuiuen are all opposed to
growing cotton. I am satisfied that there
is no use to try to raise cotton. Most of
our farmers, 1 think, will sec their i'olly of
attempting it in future. I will, at least,
and I feel quite assured that the freedmen
will find next year that their Radical
i'riends have not helped them much. The
question wii! not be “where you will get
hands next year” but how many will you
take.
My crop of cotton will average about
four bales to the hand. I find my ex
penses for the year, of money paid out, no
money borrowed, no mules purchased; but
simply wages, feeding stock and hands,
tools and ordinary expenses, to he two
hundred and thirty-nine dollars to every
! four bales of cotton. A neighbor of mine
j borrowed two hundred dollars per hand
I at three per cent per month and too and
! one half per cent commissions for ad
! vancing. Where will the ebb tide leave
j him and all like him?
j 'The fact is, Messrs. Editors, the amount
charged for the privilege., by all the Govern
ments, for growing cottton is too high, and
our farmers had better abandon it at once
before they lose all the little wliich the war
has left them.
A Burke Counts Planter.
The Miraculous Zouave. —A Paris
letter says :
The Zouave Jacob, though under arrest,
still persists in attracting the notice of tin,
public. He has just issued a sort of cir
cular, whereby we are informed that lie
learnt medicine out of books, that lie be
lieves the wholecollege of physicians to tie
so many poisoners ; that, although in the
band of the Zouaves, he dislikes music ;
and that, living in his villuge of St. Mar
tin Les Champs, he used to cure all the
children of the neighborhood. Further
more, he is an adopt at spiritedm; that his
speciality is curing nervous persons ;
that, like his predecessors, the apostles,
he cannot expect happiness here below;
that Marshal Forey sent him a hundred
francs, which proves that he must be bet
ter. This argument I consider unanswer
able, and I hereby state that if any of your
invalid readers will send me the same
sum, I will, unhesitatingly, assure him
that he is not only better, but in perfetl
health. The Zouave furthermore informs
us that ha is anxiously awaiting the hour
of his restoration to liberty. I can only teU
the Zouave that in this ho is not singular,
as the whole country is likewise looking
forward to the same blessing as the
‘crowning of the edifice.’ The Zouave
politely informs the press that he is totally
indifferent to its opinion, as he feels that
as soon as he is released the crowd w m
follow him, even were he to take up his
abode in the desert.”
Reaction. It is not difficult to discern
that the long iooked-for reaction in the
public mind of the North has already com
menced.—Memphis Bulletin.
Lxpressions like the above are becoming
frequent in Southern newspapers, but their
truthlulness depends perhaps as much
upon the deportment of the Southern peo
ple in the coming months as upon any
thing else. They must abstain from any
course of actioir or use of language that
can give ground of suspicion in regard to
the genuineness of their professions of
loyalty, or that is capable of being pervert
ed or misconstrued by reckless demagogues,
for purposes of mischief! — N. Y. Journal
of Commerce.
We can assure the people of Virginia
that relief is coming from the right direc
tion, and that Radicalism will soon be put
to death in the house of its friends.— AYc/u
monel Enquirer .