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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
(fhrouidc & Sentinel.
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*KM vesiia I MOEBUUt, OCMBII tt.
List or Casualties.—The returns from
tlio Lmisvilb Commercial Convention
thus far only slrow a loss of three, in the
Georgia Delcgaii.'t ;to wit D. A. Yason,
and T. Hardeman raptured; missingJ. li.
Newton; total 3 It it hut fair to state,
however, that all the returns arc not yet
ia; Bullock, comma i ler in chief of the
State Hoad Expedition, having gone to
Washington.
fit MOBKtJ HesIONATIO.V OF HULBERT.
—lt in asset ted upon ho high authority,
that wj no longer question the truth, that
Superintend at Jju.ocrt has placed his
resignation in the hands of his , Expresso
leney, and has accepted the position of
Superintendent of the Chatanoogaand
Meridian It.droad. It i3 affirmed that
Huibert tend red his resignation to save
himself the mortification of being removed
and replaced by the Little P—Blodgett of
universal renown.
Railroad Consolidation in North
Carolina.—The Wilmington Journal of
Saturday announces that Dr. W. J. Haw
kins, President, f the Raleigh & Gaston
Railroad, hat rented the North Carolina
Road for twenty years, at six per cent, 'per
annum upon the capital stock, subject to
the approval of the stockholders, at a
special meeting to be bold in Raleigh on
thoJlihof Now tub r. The Journal is
surprised at “this attempt to make a pri
vate arrangement with one road when
three others—Richmond, Danville and
Piedmont, Wilmington and Weldon, and
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
roads were equally interested, and if this
great work is tr, he rented, it would have
commanded a much greater price at public
auction."
Departure or Bishops for the (Ecu
menicai. Council.—The Bahiiuoio Sun,
alluding to the departure of the steamship
Baltimore from that port for Bremen, on
Wednesday next, says :
Some ten of the respected prelates and
an many priests and theological students
have taken passage on the Baltimore for
Bremen, thence to proceed to Rome to at
tend the (Ecumenical Council. The list is
as follows: The Most Revorend M J
.Spalding, I) i>, Archbishop of Baltimore;
lit Rev John McGill, D D, Bishop of
Richmond; Rt Rev James F Wood, DD,
Bishop of Philadelphia; Kt Rev M D orac
ntc, DD, Bishon of Pittsburg; Rt Rev
Tobias Mullen, D I), Bishop of Erie; Kt
Rev Jas Gibbons, DD, Vicar Apost of
North Carolina; lit, Rev Dr O’Gorman,
Vicar A ■ ost of Nebraska. It is probable
that three more Bishops will reach hero in
ti u.o to join this party; they ure the Rt
Rev Win O'Hara, D 1), Bishop of Scran
ton; Rt Rev PN Lynch, D D, Bishop of
Chatleston: and lit Rev W H Elder,
Bishop ot Natchez.
Dougherty's Hotel, Greensboro,
Ga.—Those who may wish to visit Greens
boro will find good accommodations at
Dougherty’s Hotel. Contralto the busi
ness of the town, nearest the Depot, the
Proprietor a clever gentleman, spares no
pains in making his guests comfortable.
Rural Southerner,—Tho October
number ol this sprightly agricultural
monthly appears in an enlarged form, and
now contains thirty-two pages instead of
twenty four, as heretofore. It is published
in Atlanta, Ga., by Satn’l A. Echols, at
one dollar per annum.
The Carolina Farmer.—The Octo
ber number of this valuable work is on
our table, filled with articles of interest
and profit to tho farmer. This number
closet: the first volume, and is the last of
tho monthly series. On tho fourth of
November the first number of the Weekly
will appear ; and in its tew form it will
no doubt prove much utoro acceptable to
its many readers. It will contain eight
pages of five columns oach; and in ad
dition to a largely increased amount of
agrieulturil matter, will give mitedlano
ous, family reading, market reports and
tho general news of tho day. The sub
scription price ($2.00 p.cr year) will not be
changed. Address, Win. 11. Bernard,
Editor and Proprietor, Wilmington, N. C.
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The Fortune Teller’s Story ; The Curso of
D.unkenness ; Not Found Wanting; An
Odd Fellow Abroad ; Scientific and Cu
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Odd Fellow Gems ; Tho Model Husband ;
Grand Siro’s Report; Letters from E i
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Ladies’ Department ; Editorials, and a
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The Executor’s Sake op the Real j
Estate op the late Gov. Hammond j
Lore before tho hour advertised fertile
sale of the property belonging to the estate :
of tho Into Gov. James H. Hammond, of j
South Carolina, quite a concourse of oiti- j
zens of Georgia assembled. Promptly at
12 in., the hour specified, Mr. B. C. Hard, j
auctioneer, untiounced to the attendants j
that the sale would uow continence, and i
that the executor of tho estate would re
servo a single bid, w hich would be made
known at the proper time. Major Harry
Hauimocd then eame forward and skated j
the terms of the sale to be one half cash, j
one fourth payable .tauuary Ist, 1870, aud i
balance January Ist, 1871. Auctioneer
remarked the sale would commence with
tho Radley Place, situate in Southwestern
Georgia. No offers beitg made, the auc
tioneer said he would put up auy tra't ad
vertised if solicited' that there was no
regular order of sale, but that the proper
ty would bo sold as upon the conditions
specified. Aside rein irks were made by
spectators, one asking who is judge in this
district? another answering Platt jandathird
“What constitutes a jury in South Caro-
lina?’ to which the answer was given,
eleven colored gentlemen aud ene white
man. it was not difficult to perceive,
among tlose in attendance, an evident dis
trust, and the consequence was that in
the main the bidding for some of the most
valuable lands adjacent t our city, but !y- j
ing in the Suite of South Carolina, i
was spiritless among the company. We
noticed quite a groupe of New Yorkers
and Pennsylvanians, among whom were
Messrs. Brown, Clarke, Orr. Oths and
McPherson. One of these named gentle
men, objected. Sot to vote to a “ reserve I
bid un't-s first anoouncod. The Radley
place in Southwestern Georgia, which the i
auction, r had been asking for bids, was
withdrawn. The places, "Cold Wade and
Cowden, bilverton, Cedar Grove, Cath
wood,tfdverton,Marsh tract,Jfcc.. were suc
cessively put up, as per list. As each
plaeo was announced, the auctioneer stated
the product of corn and cotton per acre '
for sever 1 voais back, as well as the
product of the currant year. Hut with ‘
these exceptions, the places were all bought
in by the Executor. The plantations **ld '
were Cedar Gr0ve,1,534 acres, to Maj.-. J
B Gumming,of Georgia,for sl9.ooo;Silver-
Bluff, 1,900 acres, to Major I’aul F. Ham
tuotid for $17,000, and "Marsh Tract,"
",100 acres, to George G. Chapmau, Esq ,
ot New York, for $6,500. The places sold
were .’ id at the minimum reserve bid, as
it was understood, ot the Executor. The
Executor, at the conclusion of the sale,
announced that the places were, bycoD.sent
of heirs, now in his hands tor lease and
private sale. This estate oom; rises some
of the linest lands on the Savannah river.
Such lands on the west instead of the
east bank of this river—in Georgia instead
of South Carolina, some of which included
the famous lands reclaimed by the late
Governor Hammond, and which h?ve
yielded him ninety one bushels of com
and twenty-five hundred pouuds of seed
cotton to the acre, unmanured—would have
been eagerly sought after and bought at
fabulous prices.
Augusta, tiro.
A Northern man who has been prospect
ing about here has written a letter to a
Northern paper, from which the following
is extracted:
For cotton raising, with corn, wheat,
| grasses and clover, the region about Au
gusta, Goo. presents to my mind the great
attraction. Here the cotton ; s very rarely
I troubled with the worn and is just as
! certain and easily raised i corn, and yields
a very large return to tiro planter, with an
almost certainty. The quality is good,
and Augusta is one of the heaviest cotton
markets of the couth, and her splendid
stores and markets give the planter every
j thing wanted in return. In this region,
and more especially the bottom and river
lands, are very rich and productive, and
heavy crops of sugar cane, rice, wheat,
| corn, clover and hay can always be relied
on to repay tbe planter, and this section of
Georgia presents the most attractions, for
: while its low lands are very rich, the piant
i er can live on the high grounds i nmediate
; iy adjoining, and be safe from all malig
| nant diseases. Lands here can be bought
from $2 50 to SIOO per acre, according to
location, improvements and soil. At
present there are some splendid bargains
offered, caused by the necessities of the
owners. For the manufacturer, Augusta
also presents the highest attractions. It
is a most beautiful city, and doing, for its
size, an immense trade, some half-dozen
railroads centering here, pouring all their
rich freights into her stores and ware
houses, and cotton, in thousands of bales,
all bring cash. For health, Augusta is full j
as healthy as Newark, N. J., or any of the I
cities of the plains in tile North. Besides i
her railroads, she has navigable waters to i
the ocean, via Savannah river, to Savan
nah. and with two competitive railroads ;
(via Charleston and Savannah) to the j
ocean and a third one building to Port
Royal, and thus by steamers to New York, !
bringcheap f’reightsand its advantages; and !
her railroads, extending and ramdying all
through the South, bring a huge and lucra
tive trade, far more so than either Savannah
or Charleston, for if tue purchasers from the i
many interior ciiies and towns of tbe
South come to Augusta they will buy, but
if they go to Charleston or Savannah they
will go tan tier, and not stop short of New
York, and this gives Augusta very great
advantages, atiq I think but a few months
will pass ere the start will be taken, and,
with giant strides, Augusta will grow as j
her position and advantages become known
to the business roan and capitalist. Here, j
in tbecity, we I rid some of the best known '
cotton factories of the Union, and in full
tide of operation and success, and more j
projected. Her manufac ories are driven j
by water power in tbecity, taken from the j
Savannah River, a tew miles above the i
city. The water power is being enlarged !
to drive manufactories to almost any ex- j
tent. Her railroads also have large and I
splendid machine shops, and many other
manufactories are flourishing finely, but j
the opening for more are numerous, and j
the call for capital loud and deep. One,
especially, is now wanting, and that is an
“Agricultural implement manufactory.”
Perhaps no better opening presents itself
in this country, and from Augusta, as a
centre, the trade of almost the entire South
could be secured Augusta has beautiful
wide streets; some with four rows of trees;
mtfny palatial residences and gardens are
here that seem like a dream of paradise, j
The city is also well supplied with hydrant j
water, both river and spring, for all pur- j
poses, horse cars, and gas, besides fine
markets. Another important point is its
location—in a basin, as it were, between
the bills; and though healthy, yet a
couple of miles’ ride in any direction brings
you out to the high sand hills, with the
healthy, dry air (similar to Aiken), and [
these hills are the homes of many of her i
merchants and the surrounding planters,
and ean be reached by fine buggy roads, |
steam or horse cars, in a few minutes. |
Splendid water power and springs abound j
in ali directions. Thus located, and with
her thousand advantages, Augusta, in my
opinion, has a most splendi t destiny be 1
fore her, and presents to the busines man
or the manufacturer the finest attractions.
0.
The Elections la Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
The elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania
are significant in a “national” point of
viow, as showing the steady growth of
Democracy in public opinion at the North
in opposition to Radicalism. In Pennsyl
vania, th questions in the main, were of
a local character. Packer had to contend
with not only tha opposition of the Ad
ministration, but also the more serious
opposition of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company; andfar worse, suffered
front the ill-advised and improper seleotion
of standard bearers in the city of Phila
delphia, who give to the Republican
candidate the majority which saved him
from defeat. Notwithstanding, the Re
publican majority has been reduced from
28,000 to less than 4,000. Such a majority
in a popular vote of more than half a
million votes does not give assurance of
great strength to the Republican party ;
but points out very plainly what may be
expected by the continuance of tho ex
treme Radical policy, as the dominant
policy in the Congressional elections of
nex year, when pol tical questions will be
decided free from the embarrassments of
local interests.
In Ohio the Republican majority has
been reduced from 41,000 to 10,000, and
the power of the Legislature has been
given to “Fusioniats” from the single
county of Hamilton. This # has been
achieved in the lace of an unfortunate
nominiation, and its rejection by the
nominee, Roseeratiz, and is more than
the Democracy had a right to expect.
Pendleton offered himself as a leader in
the last hour of a forlorn hope, and right
gallantly was the duty performed. Lite
his gallant compeer of Pen sylvania, he,
too, had to coutend with railroad questions
of purely a local character, which proved
formidable obstacles.
Seeing, then, that tbe present policy of
Grant’s administration has been only an
incident, and not really involved in these
elections, the large gains of the Democracy
give us the assurance that extreme Radi
calism has been “scotched” and that true
Democracy will triumph in the elections
for anew Congress next Fall.
Hearth and Home.—This publication
has nearly completed its first year and al
ready ranks among the best agricultural
and family papers in the country. The
reading matter aud the illustrations are of
an excellent character, and the typo
graphical execution is faultless. We take
pleasure in calling attention to the fact
that the publishers very generously offer
to send the Hearth and Home free to the
end of this year to all who subscribe for
one year previous to Ist January next.
Those who subsc tbe earliest will get the
most for nothing. The price for small
clubs ha.s been reduced, and three copies,
all at one time, will be sent for $9; five
eopies for sl2, and all over five at same
rate, which is only $2 40 to each sub
scriber, making it one of the cheapest
family weekly newspapers published.
Terms invariably in advance. The Hearth
and Home is published by Messrs. Pettea
gill, Bates & Cos., 37 ' ark Row, New
York, at $4 a year.
To the Planters.— The Mowing let
ter from a planter in Seriven county hears
testimony to the value of Ailum’s Cotton
Screws, manufactured by Phillip Malone,
at the Augusta Foundry and Machine
Works :
Tcckihoe, Sc riven Cos., Ga., 1
September 25, 1369. j
Mr. Phillip Malone :
Dear Sir : Mr. Guernsey, the carpen
ter you sent down to me, having this week
emipleted the fixing of one of Allum’s
Patent Screws, I take great pleasure in
expressing to you my satisfaction at the
working of it. We pressed a 600 lb bag
with it in ten minutes and eaD easily press
SCO lbs if requisite. It meets all that can
be desired in a press, in its simplicity and
expedition- I take great pleasure in en
dorsing Mr. Guernsey to you as a master
of his business, and thanking you for your
recommendation to buy that as the Press
that would suit me.
I am, sir, yours obliged,
Hall Haddon.
Spencer's Hotel.— Passengers speak
of this as being one of the best eating
houses on the Georgia Road. Everything
j is neat and clean, and served up in the
I highest style of the culinary art.
FATAL AFFRAY!
SHOOTING BIFFIITLTT AT THE MARKET!
WM. K. MACDONALD KILLED !
EVIDENCE BEFORE THE CORONER’S IN
QUEST.
Wregret to chronicle a most unfortu
nate and fatal affair which took place at the
Lower Market, in this city, Wednesday
morning. It appears that a few minutes
, after eight o’clock n altercation occurred
; between Mr. William R Macdonald, a cot
j ton broker of this piace, and Mr. John P.
Foster, a butcher, v ell known to our citi
zens, in which Mr. Macdooall was shot
I three times in the abdomen and thigh and
almost instantly killed, and Mr. Foster ac-
I cidentaliy wounded in the leg by a ball
from his own pistol. While,in common with
all of our citizens, wa greatly lament the
unfortunate affair, we refrain from any
extended history of it, but refer our read
ers to the evidence taken at the Coroner's
inquest, which will be found below. The
unfortunate occurrence is rendered doubly
melancholy on account of tbe bereaved
widow of the deceased aod large family of
young children who have to mourn the un
timely death of a husband and a father.
At eleven o’clock an inquest was held on
the body of the deceased, at his residence,
No. 35 Ellis street, before a jury composed
as follows: J. W. Rigsby, foreman; J.
F. Miller, Henry Arlington, B. Morris, T.
Maffit, F. M. Loftin, Martin Mew, B. F.
Frazer, Henry Goins, Alexander Taot,
•John Philpot, and George Browne. Be
fore this jury the following testimony was
adduced :
Dr. 11. A. Big non, sworn ■ I found
three wounds, after examination of the
body, pistol or gunshot wounds, two of
which entered the cavity of the abdomen
on tho right side; .one of wh.ch wounds en
tered midway between the crest of the
illlum and tbe linearalba ; the other ou a
line with the first wound, .but about five
inches nelow it ; the third wound is in the
right thigh about the junction of the up
per and,middle thirds. These wounds in
my opinion or either one of those in the
abdomen would cause death. I am a prac
tising physician.
William B Hays sworn: I was stand
ing in the market speaking to Mr. Cole
man, a gentleman that Mr. Foster got a
cow from that Mr. Macdonald claimed.
I saw Mr. Macdonald standing on Centre
street ou the crossing on Broad. I made
the remark to Mr. Coleman that that «as
the gentleman who claimed the cow. My
attent.on was th. n called to my stall and
when l turned back I saw Mr. Macdonald
striking Mr. Foster over the head with a
walking, stick and Mr. Foster running
back from him, at the same time drawing
a pistol from the right pocket of his pants.
He commenced shooting, all the time fall
ing back, and Mr. Macdonald following
him up and striking with his stick. They
fail back fighting in that manner to the
centre of the street between Bidgood’s
store and the Market, where Macdonald
fell between tho railroad tracks; I run up
to Mr. Foster then and he told me he was
shot; I commenced “outing” his clothes
which were on fire; the policeman ran up
at that time and Foster gave himself up
and told him he was a gentleman, and
would go with him anywhere; I called
John Moore’s Express wagon and Foster
got in it and went to the Court House or
started there; I don’t know whether he
went; when I saw Macdonald he was in
Bidgood's store; don’t know whether he
walked or was carried there; I then went
back to my business; the stick I consider
a medium sized stick; Maoionaid struck
Foster b fore and alter Foster drew his
pistol; Foster walked from the market to
where Macdonald was standing; 1 don’t
know what lie went for; I didn’t hear
Mcdonald call him.
Thomas Georye sworn : I was standing
on the corner of Centre and Broad between
8 aud 9 o’clock this mornlug, I saw Foster
corno from the market; him and Macdonald
stopped and were talking; I then turned
my hick on them and was talking to Mark
Griffin; I heard a scuffling aud turned;
saw Foster and Macdonald trying to twist
a stick out of one another’s nand. The
stick in the scuffle fell on the grouud.
Foster made for the stick and got it and
d-ew it back as if he would strike with it.
Macdonald then wrenched the stick from
Foster aud struck him with his fist. Mac
donald then stepped back and commenced
beating Foster over thehead with the stick.
Foster then commenced backlog, throwing
up his arms and knocking off the licks un
til he got to the railroad, when he drew a
revolver, Macdonald still hitting hi n over
the head with the stick. When Foster
drew the revolver I heard the report of a
pistol. Macdonald was about the c ntre
and Foster on the edge of the railroad. I
saw a pistol in Foster’s hand, saw the
smoke and heard three shots fired. At the
fourth shot Macdonald fell iu the centre of
the railway- Foster then turned and start
ed to the Market. lam confident Foster
fired the pistol. After Foster started to
the Market I went to where the fight com
uiene id, got Macdonald’s hat and put it on
his head. I then left Macdonald and went
to Foster, as the latter stood by Moore’s
wagon. A policeman went up and ar
rested Foster, who said he gavo himself up.
I didn't hear the conversation between
Foster and Macdonald when they met. The
stick was a common-sized stick. When
they first met Macdonald had the stick in
his hand. This happened in the city of
Augusta, Ricumond county, Georgia.
Alexander Kilpatrick Sworn: I was
standing between the first clothing store
and Rappold's store, corner Centre and
Broad streets; Macdonald was standing
on the middle of the crossing on Broad
street ; Foster approached him and struck
him with his fist several limes; Macdonald
dropped his stick and Foster got it and
struck at Macdonald a time or two ; Mac
donald took the stick away from him and
commenced hitting Foster, who ran back
warding off the blows with his arms ; I
heard a pistol fire ; a second shot was
fired, and l saw a pistol in Foster’s hand ;
at the fourth lire Macdonald fell between
the railroad tracks, and Foster made for
the Market; a policeman arrested Foster,
and ho gave himself up and called for the
Express w agon to take him to the City
Hall.
Jack Smith (colored), Sworn : I was
at the Market this morning, and did not
see the first of tbe. fight ; I was about the
ceutre of the Market when it begun ; I
saw Foster with the pistol in his hand and
saw him fire three shots ; when he fired
the last shot he turned as if going into tho
Market and a policeman arrested him; Mac
donald was striking at Foster with his
stick when the latter fired; I didn’t see
Foster strike at Macdonald.
Louis One Sworn : About twenty min
utes past eight this morning, being on duty
in the Market as policeman, my attention
was called by the report of two pistol shots;
1 went to see what was thecause and found
Foster running backward before a gentle
man, having a stick lifted over his head ;
before I came near Foster I saw him shoot
twice in the direction of the gentleman
before mentioned who fell after a few steps;
I arrested Foster, who told me he was
shot and asked to be conveyed to a Doctor;
I didu't see Macdonald strike Foster, he
only had the stick raised; Macdonald was
advancing toward Foster and the latter
was backing ; tbe stick was one McDonald
usually carried ; I didn’t see McDonald
with a pistol.
Allen Hi Shaw Sworn : I was ii Rig;
by's store when tne light occurred; I heard
a cry from outside that there was a fight; I
ran to the door and saw Macdonald beatiDg :
i Foster over the head with a stick ; Foster i
was retreating backward ; after Foster j
got on the other side of the railroad anl
Macdonald about the centre Foster drew
: his pistol; I saw two balls strike Macdonald
s rrom the pistol; Macdonald then fell and
j was taken into tbs store of Bidgood and j
1 died in a short while,
t George Hale (colored) stcom : I saw
Macdonald standing on the crossing of
Broad and Centre streets; I saw Foster
; coming out of the Market, but I didn’t 1
i pay any attention and went on a little way
! further when l stopped; I then heard
: someone say "look at that man striking
, Foster over the head with a stick;" I
i turned and saw Macdonald striking Foster
I over the head with a stick and Foster
| throwing his hands up as if to catch the
stick; I saw Macdonald strike Foster four
times on the head with the stick; Foster
was backing and Macdonald advancing;
; Foster was trying to get his pistol out; in
I pulling it out it went off in his pocket; he
then got his pistol out and fired; Macdonald
still followed him and Foster fired again:
j Macdonald fell about the middle of the
| railroad.
D F. Tanner Sioorn ; I was talking to
Mr. Foster in the market this morning; to
the best of tuy recollection Foster spoke of
Macdonald in the conversation in reference
to a hide and horns which were in the mar
kef : I saw Macdonald and remarked to Foster
“There comes Macdonald now." Foster
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 27. 1869
then went toward Macdonald and called
him. He stopped. They had some con
versation; I don’t know what, and I saw
Foster st ike Macdonald with his fist
twice; Macdonald ha fa stick at first which
fell when Foster struct him; Foster picked
it up and struck or struck at Macdonald;
the latter then took the stick from Foster
andsruck him with it repeatedly; I then
saw Foster fire his pistol three times, and
Macdonald in the act of falling; after Fos
ter struck the first lick with his fist Mac
donald struck at him with his fist.
This closed the testimony and the jury
retiring returned with the following ver
dict .
“We, the Jury, being duly sworn and
charged to inquire, on the part of the
State, aforesaid, when, where, how and in
what manner the said William R. M ic
donald came to his death, do say irorn the
evidence produced before us that the said
W. R. Macdonald came to his death from
injuries received on his body by three gun
shot wounds, two balls entering the abdo
men and one the thigh, said gun or pistol
held aud fired in the hands of John P.
Foster; said shooting aud killing being, in
our opinion, manslaughter.”
In the afternoon Foster was taken before
Justice Snead, waived an examination and
gave bond in the sum of five thousand dol
lars for his appearance at the next term of
the Superior Court.
The Blue Ridge Railroad.—From a
party recently arrived in this city from the
line of the Blue Ridge Railroad we gather
some facts with regard to the construction j
of this important line of communication !
which will be read with interest in this |
section, which is destined to be so greatly !
benefited by the Blue Ridge and North- I
eastern route.
The corps of Surveyors, which left
Walhalla in the latter part of la t Summer
to re-survey and locate the route of the
Ralroad, had passed through Clayton,
Rabun Gap, the Tennessee Valley, and
had gotten some distance into North Caro
lina. A corps of Surveyors had also been
recently organized and had started from
Mareyville, Tennessee, to meet the party
of engineers ju-t mentioned. It is ex
pected that the two corps will meet each
other this Winter in the region of the
Smoky mountains.
As we have before stated the engineers
permanently locate the line of the road
as they proceed with the survey and ap
point or detach members of the corps to
take charge of and superintend the con
struction of the different sections of the
railway, and everything seems to indicate
that this most important work will be
urged to completion as rapidly as possible.
Our readers are, no doubt, aware that
thirty-three miles of this railroad, from
Anderson to Walhalla, South Carolina, on
the southern end of the line, and that por
tion of the line from Knoxville to Marey
ville, Tennessee, on the western end, are
already completed and in operation. The
road from Walhal'a to Clayton, Georgia,
about twenty-five miles, has been put
under contract and let out to a sub-con
tractor named Steers, a man who has done
a great deal of work on Southern and
Southwestern railroads since the termina
tion of hostilities and said to have been
very successful in his operations, This
part of the line is considered by railway
engineers to comprise the heaviest work on
the whole road, and our informant does
not think that it will be possible to com
plete it within the time—August, 1871 —
specified in the contract. On this portion !
of the route, running through a very rough
and mountainous country, three largo tun
nels will have to be excavated under the
mountains. One of these is the celebrated
“Stump-House Mountain” tunnel, situ
ated a few miles from Walhalla, and which
is at this time more than two-thirds com
pleted. The shafts are so full of water,
;t will take much time and
money to get it reauy rur work, aod
remainder of the tunnel will be so dif
ficult to excavate that the contractors
at one time seriously thought of
abandoning it, and running the road
around instead of through the motmtain,
although so much money had already been
sunk with the shafts. “Dick’s Creek”
Tunnel is the next one to Stump House
Mountain, and will be also a very heavy
job oq account of its length and the hard
ness of the rock which will be encountered.
Both ot the tunnels just mentioned will be
bored with machinery meddled after that
which is now being used with such com
plete success ou tho tunnel under Mont
Cenis in Italy. The third, Saddle moun
tain Tunnel, will be worked after the old
style.
Shanties were being put up along this
'line when our informant left Rabun, work
men were on the way there from North
Carolina, and by this time work has, no
doubt, been commenced. The construc
tion of tho entire line from Walhalla to
Knoxville, will be commenced as soon as
the surveys are finished and every effort
made to ensure its completion within the
time specified.
The construction of the Blue Ridge and
Northeastern Railroads is of the utmost
importance to the people of Augusta, and
we are gratified to note that one of them,
at least, is iu a fair way of being built.
A “Corner” In the Wheat Market.
Out in Chicago tho speculators operate
in wheat just as the speculators in New
York manipulate railway stocks. This
year the crops were a few weeks behind
hand. During the period of delay gold,
under the auspices of the ring, whose
doings have become so famous, took its
flight upward amoDg the “sixties.” The
wheat gamblers saw fortunes looming up
in the expanded values of their cereals.
The little grain that had arrived in market
was eagerly bought. The farmers held on
to that which they had not sold, and in
dulged in fond anticipations of reaping a
pecuniary harvest fully commensurate with
the agricultural one. In the midst of these
plants the gold bubble burst and the price
i ran down to 130. The Chicago speculators
I are dumbfounded. They cannot bring
I themselves to comprehend the altered sit
uation of affairs. The Eastern buyers, who,
I from their dealings with Europe, always
j regard values from the standpoint ot gold,
will not give old time prices. The spec
ulators at the West cannot sell without
heavy losses. The farmers, too, are averse
■ to letting their crops go at the altered
j schedule of prices, and are hoi ing on for
: something to turn up which shall give them
i their former valuation. Meantime, the
money which would go West to move the
! crops is lying in bank in New York- The
I rate of interest has lailen to about half the
j legal figure. One large firm on Wall street
had four hundred thousand on deposit last
night, for which they could not find em
! ployment Money, which was worth a
| thousand per cent on stocks in the late
panic, is likely to become a drug if the
farmers and speculators do not let the wheat
i come. The deadlock caDnot last. long,
; however. The side which has not the
money must yield to the side which has.
I The abundance of funds in the city is a
I favorable circumstance. It stimulates busi
ness and new enterprises. The delay in tae
arrival of the crops is a guarantee that
j they will finally come all the cheaper. A
fall in breadstuff's is an enjouraging fact at
! the threshold of Winter. —New York Her
ald.
Buried Alive ! A Sad Reminis
cence of the Year 1833. —The laborers
engaged in removing bodies from the old
City Cemetry, on digging iQto a full-sixed
grave struck a two-inch plank box in an
excellent state of preservation. The
singular circumstance of burying a person
in such a coffiu at , noe engaged the at
tention of bystanders, and their curiosity
was heightened to a feeling of pain when,
i on removing the cover, the remains of a
! human body were found, with the skull
resting upon its face, showing beyond
question that it had been buried alive.
On further examin»tion, there appeared
j the remains of what was evidently at one
j time doth, and this indication was made
almost a certainty when the cover of the
; box was entirely removed so as to|expose
: the opposite end of the remains, when a
i pair of shoes perfect in form, but so de
cayed as to crumble at the least touch,
were exposed to view. They were low cut
! laced shoes, apparently of a superior qua!
ity, and fashionable make, indicating that
I the wearer, who, from their sixe and eut,
must have been a female, was not of the
poorer classes of society.
! The fact that this body was buried in a
plank box, without coffin or case, in the
j clothing worn while living—aud the other
; fact that it had been buried alive—leads
I inevitably to the conclusion that it was a
cholera patient of the terrible year 1833,
when people died as the leaves fall in
! Autumn, and were buried almost before
i life had left their bodies, in order to stay
the progress of that fearful pestilence, the
1 cholera. — Detroit Union,
Special Correoondence or the Chron
ics <fc Sentinel.
LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL CON
TENTION.
| Action of the Standing Committees—Com
j mittees too Cumbersome—Report of
I Committee on Immigration Clash Be
| ttce n Kentucky and Virginia—Hurried
Action of the Convention —Delegates Be
ing Business Hen—lndustrial Proces
sion— Louisville Loyal With Flags
Headquarters of Georgia Delegation
Adorned—Bullock Leaves for Washing
ton—His Bovinity's Schemes to be Un
folded.
Louisville. Oct. 14th, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel •
The i»c-letter of yonr correspondent
informedyou that on Wednesday, the sec
ond day cf the session, the National Com
mercial Convention completed the work of
permanent organization ; that thirteen
Standing Committees had been appointed
and were readj to go to work ; that order
and decorum w*re gradually replacing the
confusion which reigned on the first two
days ; and that cn to-day (Thursday) and
to-morrow the badness which caused its
assemblage would be rapidly and sys
tematically dispatcred. To night I regret
to write that the latter portion of my pre
diction has not bem fulfilled. A three
I hours session of the Convention was held
j to-day at which less work was done than
I even at any previous meeting of the body.
In accordance with the programme, as
| the Standing Committees had all been ap
| pointed and organized and had held meet
ings last night at their varous Committee
rooms for the purpose ot tousidering and
discussing the resolutions vthich had been
| referred to them during tie day, the re-
I ports of these thirteen Coamittees were to
! be called for, read, diseased, adopted or
j rejected as the Convention might deem
proper. The programme however, was
j only carried out to a very limited exront-
The same obstacle which interferes so
seriously with the working of the Conven
tion had also been a stunbling block in
the way of the Committees. Composed,
as they were, of one delegate from each of
the twenty-eight States sail to be repre
sented here, they were so large and un
wieldy that, with many of them, it was
found iiu| ossible to get onoigh of the mem
bers together to accomplish anything.
This sentence will, no doubt, sound
paradoxical, but anylof your readers who
havo had experience: in suen matters well
know w at I write to be the truth. There
were so many delegates cn the Commit
tees that most of them thought there
would be enough members present without
themselves. Hence, when the Commit
tees were called on fur their reports to-day
but two or three of them announced
“ready.”
The committee on emigration reported
a long preamble and resolutions favoring
European emigration to the Southern
States, and the establishment of a general
agency, which should be filled by Commo
dore M. F. Maury, the widely-known
savant of Virginia. The duties of this
General Agent shall be to reside in Europe,
spending his time principally in those
countries from whence most of the emi
grants to this country come, and distribute
among their peoples all the information
they may wish in relation to the climate,
soil, resources and health of our Southern
States. The physic,! geograi hy of the
same section shall also be explained to
them, its railroad and water course f'aciii
ties, the prices of land, etc., and he shall
also assist in every possible manner those
who may elect to cast With as their for
tunes in getting across the Atlantic Ocean.
The resolutions would have passed without
any trouble had it not been that Commo
dore Maury was named as the person who
shoul i receive the appointment of General
Agent. Against this selection many of the
delegations voted, but Virginia worked
vigorously and enthusiastically in support
of her distinguished son, and theYesolu
tion was adopted. Kentucky afterward
endeavored to have this action rcnnnairlcT--
eil, but the attempt P rove success
ful. The committee also reported
favorably on a resolution endorsing the
New York, Mediterranean and Oriental
Steamship Lines, and asking the Legisla
tures of the Southern States to offer a
bounty for every emigrant brought over
by it to be paid in bonds of the States to
be issued for that purpose. This report
did not fare as well as its predecessor, but
very properly was laid upon the table.
This was about all the business of import
ance that was transacted durrog to day’s
session. The reports prepared and pre
sented by some of the other Committees
were read, but action on them postponed
until to-morrow. Most of the Committees,
however, were not ready and the time of
the Convention consumed until the hour of
adjournment in noisy and disorderly discus
sion of unimportant motions and resolu
tions. The delegates were very turbulent,
and occasioned a great deal of confusion
and the loss of much precious time in little
rangles which too often bordered very
close upon personalities.
In wr.ting this I do not wish to leave the
impression that any bad feeling exists
among the different delegations; on the
contrary, all tho confusion seems to arise
from the efforts ot the members to make
everything pass off as rapidly aud as har
moniously as possible. Another paradox,
but let me explain. Os the many hun
dreds of delegates present here from every
section of the Union, the large majority of
them are practical business men who are
anxious to transact the business which has
brought them here in order that they may
return to their homes as speedily as pos
sible. Whenever, then, any resolution is
introduced which they think may cause a
prolongation of the session, or when any
mem er begins to explode his surplus gas
the other members at once endeavor to
put a stop to the proceedings and, general
ly ignorant of parliamentary usages, go
about it in such a manner as to create a
great deal of disorder, thus making con
tusion worse confounded, causing the con
sumption of much time :n getting affairs
straight again and the defeat of the very
object of their exertions. The delegates,
however, are getting decidedly homesick,
and to-morrow, I think, will be the last
day of tbe session. The Convention will
sit foi eight hours and will put things
through with a rush if it does not again
repeat its former mistakes aud become
tangled up for the fourth time.
To-day the grand “Industrial Proces
sion,” in honor of the Convention, took
piace and was really a magnificent success.
In the procession were represented
manufactures, commerce, science a< and art.
Hundreds of the largest manufacturing aud
business establishments in the city were
represented in it by their workmen, and
specimens of their work and the result
was a pectacie in the highest degree novel
and pleasing. The procesaioo was a mam
moth affair, and I do not think that I ex
aggerate in the least, when I state that it
was fully if not more than five miles in
length. Most of the specimens of work in
the procession were gotten up in a most
beautiful and tasteful manner, and produc
ed a very striking effect. Dating the
morning the sidewalks of the city were
thronged with a surging mass of humanity
thatrendercl locomotion almost impossi
ble, and from'every loophold and window
of the bouses flag3 fluttered in the breeze,
which, by the way, was most confoundedly
chilly. And, now, since they are mention
ed, l wish to say a few more words on the
subject of fflags, Os ail the loyal cities in
which I have had the misfortune to be,
Louisville is decidely entitled to the palm
over them all, that is if flags and loyalty
are synonyms. It seems to me that
every store and house in the|city is furnish
ed with one or more of these abominations
ranging in size from a poeket handkerchief
to a horse blanket. The stage in the Opera
House, where tbe convention holds its
sessions, is canopied with one,aud ou every
pillar, post, chandelier, crack or crevice
is stuck another. In tbe reading room of
the Gait House (the headquarters of the
j Georgia delegation) little American flags
| have been placed by Bullock in such pro
; fusion that one almost imagines himself at
j the headquarters c*f the General of the
Armies instead of the room where a crowd
i of rebellious Ku klux from a rebellious
j State are wont to assemble. The flags, by
j the way, were procured by the Governor
from the General Halleck who commands
this department, and were probably ob
tained for the purpose of infusing loyalty
by their presence. I am free to confess
| that there are many of us here, however,
j who have grown sick of the sight of so
much painted cloth and would be more
pleased with Louisville were she a Jttle
} less loyal.
Bullock intends leaving for Washington
i to-morrow or next d*y, though what will
be the object of his visit I am not tnform
; ed. From his antecedents he can have
. but one; to traduce and injure the people
! of the State over which he claims to be
Chief Magistra-e. Since my arrival here I
have gotten hold of some queer rumors
about his Bovinity’s plans, which, if true,
j will create some astonishment when they
become known in Georgia. H. G. W.
: Special Correspondence of the Chronicle
it Sentinel.
LETTER FROM LOUISVILLE.
Fourth Day of tlse Commercial Conven
vention—No Adjournment Yet—The
Southern Pacific Railroad —The Major
ity and Minority Reports on the Subject
Ohio to the Rescue—Majority Report
Adopted Amid the Cheers of the Con
vention-Report of the Committee on
Agriculture—On Water-Line Com
munication Between the Mississippi and
Atlantic—On Removal of Obstructions
from the Mississippi— On the Internal
Revenue—On Manufactures and Mining
—Direct Trade with Holland—Leveeing
the Mississippi—The Banquet , etc , etc.
Louisville, October 15.1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Contrary to general expectation and de
sire tbe National Commercial Convention
was unable to finish its business and reach
an adjournment this afternoon. There
was so much noise and confusion on yes
terday, so .many of the Standing Commit
tees were their reports
and had further time granted them, that
when the Convention met this morning for
the purpose of dispatching all of its busi
ness aud breaking up, so much was there
still untransacted that it was found to be
impracticable. Still, during the extremely
long session that was held (from nine in
the morning until five in the afternoon)
an adjournment might have been reached
had it not been for the long and exciting
discussion upon the Committee reports on
the Southern Pacific Railroad and the
Levees of the Mississippi River, and the
disorder which reigned during the whole
day and which, at times, was so great that
the Presiding Officer was compelled to
threaten a suspension of all business.
As was foreseen at the opening of
the Convention the question as to
where the Southern Pacific Railroad
should be located—along what, paral.el of
latitude it should run —was the most im
portant one brought u > and, like Aaron s
rod, swallowed up all the others. Contrary
ro hat was generally expected there was
no rivalry—at least none openly expressed
—between Virginia aud Lei port ot Nor
folk and the rest of her sister Southern
States. Tbe op. osition to the thirty-see
ond parallel line eame not from the dele
gation of the Old .Dominion but from the
gentlemen who represented Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, Missouri and Maryland in
the Convention. The Virginia delegation,
seeing the danger from the States last
mentioned, came over aud acted and voted
with the Southern Atlantic and Gull
States.
When the report of this Committee was
called for its Chairman announced that he
would present the views of the majority of
the Committee, but that there was also a
minority report on the same subject. The
report of the majority after stat'ng in its
preamble the great necessity existing for a
Southern Pacific Railroad on account of
tho climatic influences which, during the
Winter season, would so seriously interfere
with the operations of the Union Pacific
and the Northern Paeifie Railroads,recom
mended that the main trunk of the pro
posed line be located along the route fore
shadowed in my former letters, viz : From
the Pacific coast to San Diego, in ali
fornia, thence to the conjunction of the
Gila and Colorado Rivers and on to the
Texan town of Brazos, which shall be its
Eastern terminus —from this last named
point the different local roads could radiate
to Galveston, New Orleans, St- Louis,
Memphis arid Vicksburg. By adopting
this plan a line of road would be secured,
the main trunk of which would follow very
nearly the thirty-second parallel of latitude,
ending far enough West not to be affected
by the jealousies of the different rival
harbors and yet near enough to be reached
and tapped bv branch lines of railroads
leading to them all. The location of the
road, too, would make it decidedly the
sTifcted to the waters of the Western
Ocean. The report of the minority
favored the location of the line nearly two
hundred miles farther North than the first
named route: that is along or near
the thirty fiith parallel of latitude
through the Northern portion of
Louisiana to some point in Arkansas.
The advocates of this route contended
that it was the most central aud the best
of any that eould be constructed across the
continent. A motion from Missouri to
substitute the minority for the majority
report brougfit on a most excited and dis
orderly debate, which was participated in
by a dozen or more delegates, and lasted
nearly two hours. The champions of the
measure from Kansas, Missouri and Penn
sylvania fought earnestly rud energetically
in its su port, and were met with equal
earnestness and vigor by its numerous op
ponents. The irrepressible Chairman of
the Georgia Delegation, Varney A. Gas
kill, of Atlanta, made one ot his charac
teristic speeches against the substitute,
and, though the oration would not have
taken very well at a literay entertainment,
and perhaps will not seem a remarkable
production when it appears in print, yet,
upon tbe turbulent delegates to the Na
tional Convention it had aver,- happy
effect, and was received with much
laughter and frequent applause. A deeid •
ed sensation was also produced, when Mr.
Corwin, a delegate from the city of Cincin
nati, whose iuterests, it would certainly
seem, were identified with the thirty-filth
parallel route, rose and vehemently op
posed the substitute on the ground that
the South needed a road, and that she
should have one of her own. fter this
speech the fate of the substitute was set
tied. The vote on it. was taken amidst
the greatest noise and 1 contusion, and the
result was a large majority against its
adoption. Then, while the dsorder
was at its heighth, the majority
report was put . and . carried by
an unanimous vote —Pennsylvania,' Mis
souri and Kansas remaining silent when
the vote was being taken. Then, indeed,
was confusion literally worse confounded;
the delegates stamped on the floor, clapped
their hands, waved their tiles in the air
and cheered until the building trembled
from the tumult, while the lovely ladies of
Louisville, w.o sat in the galleries, atten
tive observers t s the proceedings of the
Convention, took sides with tbe South and
applauded and waved their little bits of
linen cambric as if they perfectly under
stood all about Pacific Railroads and par
allels of latitude. Indeed, so intoxicated
with their success were the delegates that
it was found impossible to transact any
business, and the Convention had to take
a recess in order to sober itself.
Tbe Committee on Agriculture, through
it§ chairman, olonel B. C. Yancey, re
ported a resolution petitioning Congress to
repeal the direct tax on land, wh ch bad
been so unjustly imposed upon the South
ern States at the termination of the war.
This was, of course, .unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Continuous Water-
Line Communication, reported in favor of
three water routes from the Valley of the
Mississippi to the Atlantic oceaD, a
Northern, Middle and Southern. The
first by a ship canal across the State of'
Illinois to the Great Lakes; the second by
the Ohio and Kanawha rivers and the
Jamas River Canal; and the third by the
Tennessee and Coosa rivers. Government
assistance was asked for the accomplish
ment of these gigantic plans and the re
port adopted.
The Committee on the Removal of Ob
structipns from the Mississippi River pre
sented a report showing the amount of
money it would require to remove ihe ob
structions to navigation in the channel of
I the Great Father of Waters and its tribu
tary streams aod asking the customary
j donations from the General Government,
i Adopted.
] Tne Committee on Taxation, of which
I Committee Hod. H. W\ Hilliard, of Au
gusta, was Chairman, reported a resolu
| tion requesting Congress to modify the
I present onerous and unjust system of In-
I ternal Revenue taxation and taking the
: burthen from the necessities of life, place
i it where it properly belongs, upon aiticles
|of luxury. It was said that Mr. Hilliard
, had prepared an exceedingly able and very
j elaborate speech on the finances of the
I country and the evils of the Revenue sys-
I'tem, as at present administered, and those
i who knew something of the Chairman ot
| the Committees’ ability expected a rich
I treat in tbe forthcoming oration. The
1 Convention, however, was so disorderly
i and impatient with other speakers that
Mr. Hilliard, if he had prepared his
| speech, did not make it, but contented
himself with a few well-chosen remarks on
j the resolution which his committee had re
ported. These were well received and the
resolution was adopted without a dissenting
voice.
The Committee on Mining and Manu
i tactures reported resolutions asking the
’ Legislatures of the different Southern
: States to exempt ali manufactures from all
taxation for a term of years, to cause all
| the mining statistics of their Stat s to be
i collected and published; also, in view of
the recent Avondale disaster, that laws
should be passed for the protection of the
lives of miners, both of which were adopt
ed. '
A long and turbulent debate arose on
one of the resolutions of the Committee on
Emigr%tion, which expresses to Commo
dore Jansen, of Utretchf, Holland, the
Convention’s appreciation of his scheme
for direct trade with the j ort of Norfolk.
Some of the members of the Georgia
and other delegations took it into their
head that the resolution, in some way,
though they did cot see n to exactly know
how, reflected against the Atlantic and
Gulf ports South of Norfolk, and violently
opposed its passage. After the unseemly
wrangle had continued for some time, with
no prospect of its termination, it was sud
denly brought to a close by a five minutes’
speech from Hon. Erastus Brooks, of New
Y ork, who gave a deserved rebuke to the
“dog-in-manger” policy which caused
delegates to oppose a resolution of the
character of the one offered. This speech
did the business, and the resolution went
through safely. A resolution was intro
duced by Mr. Corwin, of Ohio, providing
that the Convention shall meet on the
first Tuesday in every October, and that
the next meeting should be held in Cin
cinnati. In return for Ohio’s conduct on
the Southern Pacific Railroad question,
the cotton States went for it, and it pass
ed unanimously. An excitiug debate also
took place on the report of the Committee
on Leveeing-the Mississippi liiver. One
party in the Convention, headed by a dele
gate from Vermont, was in favor of having
the work done by private parties (Eu
ropean capitalists, he stated, would under
take the job), who should be paid in
the bonds ot the different Mississippi
States, to be issued for that purpose. The
other side insisted that the river was of
National importance, and that the levees
should be built by tiie Engineers of tbe
United States, and with appropriation
granted by the General Government.
The latter plan was finally adopted.
At five o'clock the Convention adjourn
ed until to-morrow when it will
meet for an hour to dispose of a little mis
cellaneous business; alter which it w> 1 ad
jo urn sine die.
To-night a grand banquet was given the
Convention at Glover's Skating Riuk Ii
was excellently managed, and was a most
delightful affair. The viands wore good,
and were served in the greatest profusion.
Champagne, of course, rau in rivers, and
all the States were toasted and respomh and
Col. Thomas Hardeman replied in behalt
of the Empire Slate of the South. No
accident, l believe, occurred to mar the
Measure ot' tbe occasion, as tbe Committee
of Arrangements, with tbe foresight which
lias been characteristic of its management
during the session of the Convention, had
prepared litters and litter bearers for the
accommodation of the wounded. 1 am
afraid, however, that the hospital will be
full in tbe morning and soda water at a
premium. G. H. W.
OUB TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT.
On the Oct. 16, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel :
The criminal docket of the Hancock Su
perior Court during the past week was
quite heavy, resulting chiefly from tbe
number of negro “Ku-kluxes” that have
been arrested and brought to trial. A de
mand for jurors, which it Was supposed
would exist, iept a great many of tbe
citizens away from Court, consequently
the attendance has been quite small The
bar was represented by Generals Toombs
andDußose, of Wilkes, Colonels Pottle
and Gibson, of Warren, Judge Hcune, aud
Col. Lewis, of Greene, beside a local bar
which few counties in Georgii can boast
of as distinguished talent. Judge Stephens
and Col. C. Dußose have long since won
enviable fame before the courts of tbe
country, but three young men, Colonels
Jordan, Little and Pierce, are rising in
public esteem, and wreathing laurels for
theirfuture in ihe profession. On ‘Tues
day the case of' the State vs. Alfred, charg
ed with killing Stanley, was tried, and
tue jury returned a veratcc ot guilty oi
voluntary manslaughter.
Thirteen of the negroes (the Ku-kluxes)
referred to were uonvieted of an assault
with intent to murder. I believe thr bal
ance were released.
A few other cases of minor importance
were summarily disposed of, and an
amount of business pending, which it was
thought would require an adjourned term
of the Court.
On VVednesday night, about fifty men,
in disguise, entered the jail at Sparta and
took out a man by the name of Oxford,
charged with homicide, and carried him
off, butas Ido not know anything of the
character of the man or tbe crime commit
ted 1 e in give no idea as to the disposition
made of him-
The corn and cotton crops of Hancock
are not more than half of what it would
have been with favorable seasons, yet
crops are much better than in counties
above. A number of citizens told me they
would matte an ample supply of corn, and
a few would have some to spare. The
planti rs have made good use of the favor
able weather fur picking cotton, at and are
pretty well up iu this department of their
business.
But few towns can boast of better order
in the streets on public days than Sparta
The wild and ferocious do not make many
yells before they find themselves in the
“jug,” consequently such demonstra
tions are few and far between. For
this state of things all honor is
due to the worthy and efficient Sher
iff of the couDty, Mr. Rogers. I don’t
know of a mote active, vigilant, and
fearless officer iu the State. Perhaps the
Couit, and the public, little regard their
obligations to such a man.
As there is room lor improvement in this
office I wouid suggest the Hancock Sheriff
aßa model. Those who may chance to
visit Sparta, will find the Edwards’ House
ample in all its provisions for their com
fort, and aecommoda'ion.
That courteous, and po'ite gentleman,
Mr. CothreD, will be on hand (one of tho
few in this world that has made a fortune
honestly), and show how a Hancock man
can keep a hotel. Traveller.
Special Correspondence Glironlclc ii
Sentinel.
LETI’EIi FROM LOUISVILLE.
The Commercial Convention— Winding
up of the Show —Ports of Entry The
Southern Pacific Railroad Again—A
New Route Proposed Southern Har
bors— Chinese Emigration Two Re
ports—The Argument of Eich Side-
Thanks to Everybody Fillmore's Fare "
well Speech—Adjournment —Review of
the Convention — What it has Done. etc.
Louisville, October 16, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
This morntDg the National Commercial
Convention fiaished its labors and adjourn
ed sine die. Tbe last day of the session
was fully as noisy and disorderly as its
predecessors, but did not la-t quite as long,
the Convention having been adjourned at
a few minutes after eleven o’clock. The
following is a summary of the business
transacted during the morniDg—wind ex
plosions omitted: The Committee on Mis
cidlaneous Business reported a resolution,
which was adopted, requesting CoDgress
to make ali cities situated on navigable
rivers whose local exportations amount to
or exceed SIO,OOO in value per annum,
ports of entry. Judge Roberts, from
Texas, offered a string of whereases ob
jecting to the resolutions which the Con
vention had previously adopted in regard
to the location ot the Southern Pacific
Railroad and a resolution asking that a
Committee be appointed to report to the
Dext Convention the best route to the
Pacific from New Orleans, Galveston Bay
and the Western harbors of Texas. Mr.
Roberts claimed that the line recommend
ed by the Convention was fully one thou
sand miles longer than it should be and
that it could not satisfy the requirements
of the country. After some discussion
the preamble to the resolution was strick
en out aod the latter adopted, not because
the sentiments of the Convention had
changed aDy on that subject, but simply
as an act of courtesy toward the mover.
Despite every objection brought forward by
its enemies the route along the thirty--sec
ond parallel is the only one which will
be acceptable to tbe great mass of the
pe>ple of the South and Southwest, and it
is on this line that the road must and will
be constructed.
The Committee on the Harbors, Bars
and CnaDnels of the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts made a very voluminous report on
this imnortant subject. The report asks
that the General Government vote appro
pi iations for deepening aod otherwise im
proving the harbors of Wilmington, Sa
vannah, Mobile, Ship Islaud, the Mouths
of the Mississippi, Galveston Bay, Pass
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 43
Carollo, Corpu.i Christi, and Brazos. Al
though it was not believed that Congress
would or couid grant all tho aid desired,
still every one felt that it was deserved,
and the report was adopted.
A resolution was adopted requiring the
President of the Convetitio-i to appoint a
delegation of six members to attend the
Universal Exposition iu St. Petersburg in
May, 1870, who shall exhibit samples of
Southern cottons, and represent, iu a me
morial, the inducements held out by the
ootton-growing States to emigrants.
The Committee on Chinese Emigration
made two reports, one signed by a large
majority ot the Committee, stating that
the Convention did not regard the ernigra
tion of Chinese as dangerous to the insti
tutions or social life of this country, but
rather as promising a great addition to oar
material wealth. Georgia, Virginia, Flori
da, Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas, and
Missouri signed, through their delegates,
and favored this repott. The minority re
port , endorsed by Alabama, Tennessee, Ma
ryland and Massachusetts,declared that the
importation of Chinamen into this country
in unlimited numbers, and under contract
for service during a term of years is con
trary to an enlightened public policy. On
these two reports, so diametrically opposed
to each other, an exciting debate arose.
The opponents of the measure, through
their spokesman, Mr. Shorter, of Alabama,
contended that, asiae from otuer consider
ations, it would injure the best interests of
the planters by causing a great increase in
the quantity ot'cotton produced and a con
sequent decrease in the amount of money
realized for the staple. That if there were
now raised three millions of bales and the
price received by the farmer was twenty
cents per pound, the introduction of a large
number of Chinese laborers might run, the
yield up to six millions ot bales but that
the price would decline proportionately
and the planter, in the long run, find hint
self a heavy loser Mr. Lubbock, of
Texas, speakin in favor of the majority
repor , contended thaf it was not the in
tentiou of th committee to advocate the
importation of Coolies, but to favor
Cniuese which was quite a
different matter. What the South now
needed more than anything else was a suf
ficient number of industrious, skilled aud
docile laborers who would aid in the de
vciopment of her material resources. He
did not wish the Chinese brought here in
a condition of-servitude but wanted them
to come like the Irish and Germans, who
cast their fortunes with us. Litior wasthe
great question of the day aud Chinese im
migration alone could solve it satisfactorily
Afror the debate had been carried on for
some time, and the subject under discus
siou had been weli-ventilated the minority
report was pul uuou its passage as a sub
stitute for the other and rejected. The
majority report was then brought forward,
and the Convention, with charmtDg impar
tiality, rejected it alsc, so that Chinese
emigration remains just where it did be
fore.
By this time the regular business was
disposed of, and then came the flood ol
thanks usually poured iorth ou such oc
casions. Everything arm everybody was
made the recipient of the Convention’s
gratitude, and thanked ad infinitum, ad
libitum and ad nauseam. Thanks were
returned to President Grant; to the.
President of the Convention ; to its Secre
tary ; to the ladies of Louisville; to tbe
State of Kentucky ; to the Telegraph
Companies; to the Reporters; to the
Louisville Courier-Journal ; and to Cos!
Blanton Duncan. At last the hour of ad
journment arrived, and in a brief, but
touching speech. President Fillmore an
nounced the Natioual Commercial Couven
tion adjourned without a day. For a few
minutes afterward the hall was a scene of
wild disorder ; hasty but hearty hand
shakings took place; brief but affectionate
farewells were uttered ; cordial wishes for
each other’s future welfare were expressed;
cloaks and beavers were hurriedly donned,
there is a rush for a few minutes toward
the doors, and then tho Opera House is
deserted, and the noise anil bustle of the
previous five days is succeeded by a d
den stillness like unto that of the grave.
To-morrow the janitor, with his corps of
sweepers and dustmen, will be busily a'
work “putting things to .rights,” and as
they gather up rosettes and streamers,
half -v-Tmiiuuo O.U* iun lead
papers, mutilated reports and the debris
from the Secretary’s table will moralize, in
their homely way, over the great Commer
cial Convention, and what it has accom
plished. Perhapt you aud your readers
will pardon a few reflections from another
quarter on the same subject. I know that
many persons, after a careful perusal of
the proceedings of the Convention and de
scriptions oi the balls find banquets given
in its honor bv the hospitable citizens of
Louisville, will ask “what, after all has
been accomplished by this grand assem
blage of delegates from twenty-eight differ
ent States? What is there toshow as the
result of their five days’ labor ? In what
way is the country benefited by their meet
ing ?” If these inquirers, however, will
only reflect a little, I think they will agree
that a great deal of good has been done in
this city within the past few days; that
within the walls of the Opera House plans
have been adopted, and schemes set on
foot by plain men of business, which, when
carried out, as they ultimately will be, will
benefit the people of this country, nay tbe
entire human race, more than all the vic
tories of ooDquerors or the triumphs of
s'atesmen It is true that the Convention,
within or by itself' cou ddo nothing Is
very nature rendered definite action im
possible. It was a body neither legisla
five or executive). It had neither the
authority to frame laws or the power to
execute them. It was a self constituted
body, whi h eould only advise, rroom
meud and remonstrate; and beyond this
it was powerless. But, despite these tacts,
I assert that within its nec ssarily hunted
sphere of action, it. has set on toot enter
prises of the greatest importance,
which, when executed, will prnve of at
most incalculable value While the Con
vemion has probably made many recoin
mendations to Congress which will be dis
regarded, and has asked for much assist
ance which will be refused, yet on roany
subjecis its voice wili be heard and its pray
ers granted. From the deliberations of the
representatives of commerce who met in
Memphis and Louisv'lle three great bene
fit will be certainly derived, either one ol
which, alone, would confer lasting lustre
upon their memory. Beyond ad robt we
shall have, and I believe in a very short
time, (l i a Southern Pacific Railroad con
necting with its iron bands the many r fine
harbors of the South-Atlantic and Gulf
coasts and t' e ports of the Pacific; (2) di
rect intercouse between one or more .South
ern ports and Europe, and (3) cheap and
easy transportation between the great
basin of the Mississippi River and the
waters of th c Atlantic. To secure these most
desirable results we will have, through the
instrumentality of this Convention,not only
the good will aud assistance of the entire
South and Southwest but also the hearty
eo-operation of the North ; not only the
votes of' Southern Democrats but also
those of Northern Radicals. In the Con
vention that urged the execution of those
plans sat alongside of whilom ardent seces
sionists Republicans of as pronounced a
character as Hiram Walbridge, of New
York city, arid Freeman Clarke, of
Rochester. These men aiways voted in
favor of the resolutions introduced on the
subj. cts above mentioned. When they re
turn to their homes they will not withdraw
their support aud Congress will not venture
to deny to the whole country what it might
hesitate to grant to this section alone. Be
sides this, the Convention leas been a
“peace jubilee” that will do much toward
restoring harmony and good feeling to the
country. The delegates frotu the North
ern and Eisterh Scat s mingled freely with
those from the Soutn, #rj will u»rry back
with them very different reports of us
from those their people have heretofore been
accustomed to hear. At each successive
meeting these assemblages will grow more
national m their character aDd the good
feeling between tbe sections encouraged
aod increased. Let us not. then, think thi-
Convention a failure, but, rather, feel
thankful to it for the piood it has already
done and the good it wili yet accomplish.
H. G. W.
FRANCE.
Public Meetings—No Disturbance—The
Deputies of the Left—A Council at Com
piegne—The Policy of the Emperor Re
viewed by the Siecle.
Paris, October 14.—Yesterday there
were three large public meetings in the
city. No disturbances occurred.
The meeting of the Deputies of the Left,
called by M Jules Simon, took place last
night. Only seven members were present
at the meeting.
'I he ministers have gone to Compiegne
to attend a council summoned by the
Emperor.
The Siecle to-day has a general review
of the policy of the Empire. “France,”
the article says, “continues to guard the
temporal pother of the Pope contrary to
agreement, and mounts guard around the
C-iunc lin which Jesuits propose again to
outrage modern society. No explanations
are offered. Equal ignorance is suffered
to exist as to what counsels have been
given to the present rulers of Spain; but
! we know that the suspension of constitu
tional liberties iri that country is coincident
with General Prim’s return from Paris.”
The Siede asks the reasons for the appoint
ment of General Fleury as Ambassador lo
St. Petersburg, aud continues: ‘‘The mo
ment has arrived when France wishes to
know something about her foreign as well
as her home policy— to know the end pur
sued, whether peace or war.” At this
crisis the adjournment of >he Corps was
an act of supreme impolicy. On these
and other questions, clear and precise ex
planations are required which the Govern
ment alone can give, sinoe its foreign
policy is still directed by the unhappy
traditions of diplomatic mystery and State
secrets.
Easton A Co.'s .New fork Cotton Re
port Tor the Week Ending tieiober
15, 1809.
Received by Telegraph Friday Evening.
v Kxoorta to Exp »r sto
Receipts, Gt.B it’u. U >uii’nt.
New Orleans, 34,900 ssOn) 5.511 *8,953
Mobile, iS 303 14 9i 2 353 1,359
OilVeston, 8 *.SS ......
Florida, 557
SsvA..r>ah, 14 OCO ”0 9<o 4 110 1,
Charleston, 7,8*0 6, ‘0 2,510 260
New York. fi.26 14 OCO 7,473 2 058
Boston, Ptiil & Balt. 3.410 0 0.0
Total this week, 67 555 127.768 21 957 12 959
Previously reported, 203,2iS 27,8 .'4 16,350
Tot. since Sep 1. 1, ’69, 270.788 127.768 49 831 29 809
Same time last year, 195904 108,810 31,24 ' 15,839
QUOTATIONS.
Up'.’d& Fior. M t>-le. N. Ore ins. Texas.
Ordinary. i.o n > nai. nom. t> m.
QuOd O tlinary (<e b' 2 @2SV @26 @2“ 4
bow Miudliag, @263% 6S-*6?s @2%
Middling, @36# @37 @27 X
Sales of the week, 18,758 bales—includ
ing 5,529 to spinners, I,ltil to speculators
aud 12,068 to exporters.
Gross receipts at tins port for the week,
24,114 bales. Since Ist September, 87,443
bales.
tStocks in the interior towns Oct. 8—
1869. 1868.
\uniJfta, Ga A- UamhurK 3 7*7 8 14 >
«’ol mbu?. G 058 b 3ce.
Me 5 812 4,1-2
Mo a mtry A 4 53 5 712
vi ph «»• 3 78) 30 .
Nashville, fc b 1.9 76
Ttil 21219 1y.497
Sut Ist teal Position: 1809. 1808
•Slick in Liverpool 425 000 4u7 100
Afloat from Lndia 226,000 334 000
Afloat from America... 20,000 17,000
Mock in London 56 860 72 »18
Afloat from L union... 140,000 141 000
Siock in Havre... 78 530 48 076
Afloat fir Havre 58,920 63.049
Stock in Bremen 4 344 8 660
Afloat for Bremen 30i 7,585
Stock in U. S. ports... 127,768 108,810
Stock iu the in erior
town? 21,219 19,497
Total 1.158 942 1,227,495
Deficiency iu visible
supply 68,553
Stock of cotton in tanchester spinners
at the uiilis, now 45,000 bales, same time
1868, 125,000 bales, Middling Orleans,
uow 12Jd., then lid
New York, October 16, 1869.
The Market. —ln onr last report the
market closed dull at 27}c for Middling
Uplands. Livernoi 1 closed easier at 12jSd
for Uplands, and 12|d for Orleans. Sat
urday, the market was moderately active,
but irregular. Sales 2,810 bales at 27c fur
Middling and 26jc for Low Middling. Liv
erpool closed dull and unchanged. Sales
8,000 bales. Monday the pressure to sell
arrival cotton continued , and prices de
clined JuJc Sales 3,248 bales ai 26£<t26ic
for Upland Middling. Liverpool closed
irregular at 12i«12|d for Uplands, and
12i«12fd lor Orleans. Sales 10,000 bales.
Tuesday, the market was very irregular
aud cotton was pressed at a decline. Sales
3,060 bales. Liverpool was quiet and un
changed. Sales 7,000 bales. Wednesday,
with a comparatively steady market in
Liverpool, a better demand sprang up and
prices advanced ic. Sales 4,297 bales at
264a. Liverpool closed at 12fd for Up
lands, and 124d for Orleans. Sales 8,000
bales. Thursday, the demand was good
early in the day, and pi ices were, stronger,
but the market closed with less firmness at %
26£c for Middling and 26ic for Low Mid- *
dling. Sales 3,278 bales. Liverpool closed
quiet at 12|d for Uplands and 12idtorOr
, ms. Sales 8,000 bales. Yesierday, the
mar was not so active, but closed steady
at 26Jc. Sales 2,065 bales. Liverpool
closed firniei at 12£d for Upland, and 124d
lor V/i Jeans. Sales i.,vuu ymivM
During the week pi ices in New York
have declined one cent ; in New Orleans
there lias been decline ;in Galveston ic.
@ ic., gold ; in Mobile ic ; in Charleston
ie ; in Liverpool id. on Or leans and id.
on Uplands; while in Savannah prices
closed ic. over last week’s rates. In the
interior the decline has keen small as plant
ers were not disposed to pres All the
week the amount of available "Cotton has
been small, as most of the Cotton arriving
had already been sold Although we call
the stodcin New York 14,000 bales this
week, it must be remembered that this in
cludes all Cotton on shipboard, not cleared,
and all Cotton landing and in process of
being shipped We close with the market
barely supplied ; and most of the Cotton
expected during the balance of the. month
has been sold, to arrive, jor shipment and
to spinners. Planters have now sold the
270,000 bales received at the ports, and
probably have sold 150 000 bales nunc in
the interior. We expect they will si II enough
to meet their pressing debts, after which it
may be di[/icidt to induce them to part with
the balance.. The. sales in Liverpool this
week, footed up 56,000 bales against 48,-
000 bales as reported daily.
Receipts ad Exports.— The receipts
ih's ween have been 67 555 bales, agaiosi
52.522 bales the correspond me week last
year, and the foreign exports 34,916 bales,
agaib.-t 10,647 bales in 1868. The totals,
so !ar thts year, <an bi seen in the fades
given above. The following t able will show
the totals at each port:
1868. 1869
Now Orleans 99 362 88 767
Mobile 26 210 34 298
Galveston 14,143 14,242
Florida 450 862
Sitanoal) 34,998 70,844
Chariesion 17,633 35,841
New Ifork 9,118 15,182
Boston, &c 2,960 10,752
Total to date 195,904 270 788
The reee pts are now 270,788 Dales,
against 195,904, an increase of 74 884
bales so tar. Os i his increase, 54 054 bales
is at Savannah and Charleston. With in
creased railroad facilities cotton conn s in
more rapidly every year, a id receipts cin
not be taken as any indication of crop.
Last year, at this lime, the receipts
amounted to 195,904 bales, against 105,-
330 the previous year, and yet last year’s
crop did not come up to that ol the year
before.
DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS.
1868 1869
Stock 28th August 43 594 10,911
Receive i since 195,904 270,788*
Total 239 498 281.699
Exported 47,085 79 140
Stock 108.810 127,768
Bales to spinners..... 83 603 74,791
DISTttiBUTI N OF RECEIPTS.
Stock 23th An*. Rec'd Since. Total.
1869 10 911 270 788 281.699
1568......43 594 195 904 239.498
Expo ted. B >ck. Biles to Spi nere.
1869 79 140 127,768 74.791
1868 47,085 108.810 83,603
From the Broker's Circular of Septem
ber 30th, wo take the following figures:
AVERAGE WEEKLY DELIVERIES.
Trade. Ex.* in. Import.
1869 45.790 10,066 2,252 187
1868 51,550 11,859 2,521,487
AT SEA.
Am. E. I. Sto k M. Or!. F. Sor*r«
1869-8 000 384,000 442,010 12-1. 9f J.
1868-0,000 566 000 424,180 luj J. Sd.
The cotton at sea is 180,000 b-les less
than last year, and the stock i- 17,830
bales more. The import so far this year
is 269 300 bales less than last. The aver
age weekly deliveries are 7,553 bales less
tnanlast Th consumption of American
c itton has averaged 11,953 bales for the
past six weeks. Os the sales that week
24 per cent, were American and 57 per
cent. Surats. Stock of American 13 per
cent., and of Surats 68 per cent, of the
whole.
The Sales fob F'uture Delivery
have been as follows: Oct her, 600 bales
at 25|c, 200 at 25fc, 4(<o at 25£c. Novem
ber, 100 bales at 25|c, 400 at 254 c. De
cember, 300 bales at 26c, 300 at 25|.:. .00
at 25fc, 300 at 254 - January, 900 bales
at 26e, 200 at 25}c, 300 a' 254 c F’ree on
board at New Orleans, 350 bales at 25c.,
and in Charle-ton, 200 in November, at
25c, Besides the above there were Bold on
private terms, 1,000 bales in October, 500
in November, 700 in December ; 200 De
cember, free on board at Charleston, and
250 October, at Savannah. Total, 7,300
bales.
From Liverpool, yesterday, wc have
the following report: Sales of the week
56,000 bales, of which 8,000 were to ex
porters and 8,000 to speculators, leaving
40.000 to the trade. The total stock' is
425,000 bales, of which 42,000 are Ameri
can. This shows a decrease of 34,000 in
the total stock, and a decrease of 4,000
in the stock of American. The market
opened quiet. Sales estimated at 7,000
bales. Middling Uplands 12id, Orleans
124d, closing more aciive and firmer.
Sales 12,000 bales. Goods and Yarns at
Manchester, quiet.