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Another Bollock blander.
Ihe Government will, of course, lose no
time in dealing sternly with the ruffians
who have risen in Georgia aep’nut the exe
cution of the revenue laws They have
prefaced their work by muru and mean
to do worae, unless we teach them that all
the crimes of the decalogue are not to be
committed in the name of liberty. Tav
assassins who killed seven men in Jackson
county, and brutally murdered the Mate
Tax Collector and his wife in Washington
oouoty, can offer no plea whatever. Our
laws are not murder provoking, nor are
our authorities, and the time has surely
come when our Southern States sbeuld be
protected not so much from disloyalty as
from rampant villainy.
The above appeared editorially in the
New York Tribune of the 234 inat. O 1
course it is not necessary that we should
say to our Southern readers that there is
not one word of truth in the whole para
graph.
There have been slander-mill rumors of
disturbances iu Jackson and Washington
counties in the State of Florida, and in the
same issue of tbe Tribune which contains
this editorial onslaught upon tbe people
of Georgia we find a telegraphio item sent
from Washington to the effect that there
exists in oertain counties in Florida gangs
of law ess men who defy tbe United States
authorities in collecting the Internal
Revenue there.
Congress will meet in a few weeks and
we suppose that Greeley’s article was in
spired by the mean wretch who, through
fraud and outrage, writes himself Gov
ernor of Ge irgia This corrupt creature
left for N w York a few days days befoie
tbe Tribune i editorial appeared, and he
doubtless located th alleged “outrages”
in Jackson and Washington counties,Geor
gia, well knowing that if they occurred U
all it was iu those counties in Florida.
Deary’s Election to be contested.
Tbe Pennsylvania election is likely to be
contested. The Age says the frauds prac
ticed by the Radicals in Philadelphia were
so glaring and outrageous that even before
a Radical L;gi lature, tbe election of
Geary must be declared illegal It calls
upon the Democrats of the city to Oollect
and prepare for submission to the Legisla
ture all the acts of fraud which may have
come to their knowledge.
. Cotton Supply and Prices.
The following article from the Boston
Pont, on tho cotton crop of 1869, which is
now the all-important subject of contro
ycry, so far ss dollars and cents are con
cerned, will be found to be worthy the
oareful perusal of our readers:
“Iu the season of 1867-’6B cotton touch
ed its lowest price during Christmas week.
Last, season the lowest point was touched
before the middle of November, say 22
cents for middling in Southern markets, a
tall of about 6 cents per pound from *he
opening price of the season. But it had
been discovered while that decline was in
progress that the world's consumption of
ootton had during the picoeding year so ex
ceeded the world's supply, that the stocks
t on hand, which were 1,092,000 bales, Oc
tober Ist, 1867, had fallen to g 14,000 bales
October Ist, 1868. This startling reduc
tion of nearly 500,000 bales in the reserve
during oae year, showed that tho world
wanted more cotton than could be had at
tbe price. Producers and consumers ac
cepted the teachings, and prices advanced
from 22 cents in Novomber to 29 cents in
February At that price in New Orleans
and corresponding prices ah ad, a check
was given to consumption. Cotton spin
ners and manufacturers have generally
done a losing business since February last,
when working cotton at market value
Trade would not bear a price on cottoD
good* to correspond with tbe higher price
ol cotton, goods accumulated in stocks at
home and in the distributing markets, or
were forced off at considerable losses.
“So now wo hud, in oontrsst with last
year, that while the supply of cotton to the
world during tho year ending October Ist,
1869, has been about 390 000 bales less than
during tho -preceding year, the stocks re
maining on hand October Ist, 1869, do not
vary 30. (XX) bales from those of Ootuber
Ist, 1868. showing that the world did not
want any increase of supply at the price of
that year.
“The actual crop or production of the
United States for 1868 9 was not more than
2,350,000 bales, and of that about 85 0 it)
bales wore used in the South, burnt, etc.
Tho foreign export from it was less than
1,470,000 bales. The-common estimate of
the iresent orop is 2,750,000 hales. We
make no estimato, but remind old cotton
men that no dry season ever failed to exceed
the. largest estimate, uo wtt. season ever
failed to fall below t!,e minium u estimate
in the actual product, reckoning the ‘wet’
and ‘dry’ character from and after July
15th.”
“A emp of 2,750 000 hales would show
an increase of 400,000 bales upon the last
one, and would a lord an increase of 300,
000 bales in the foreign exports if wanted
at the prices. The lower range of prices
duriug 1867 68 made consumption outrun
supply 478 000 b lies. The higher range
of 1868 69 nas enabled a supply of about
322 IKK) ess to satisfy the cm-sumption.
Toe difference is the sumofbotb, say 800,-
000 b les.
“From these faois, it seemsc.ear that at
ouo price omsuiuption rxiends; at another
it contracts; that a price somewhere be
tween the average of 1867 68 is necessary
to give such au expansion to the uses of
cotton as wilt appropriate tho increase in
supply; and that while the planters must
ooncede to that point, they hold the power
to preveut the fall to prices materially
below that point, as occurred iu 1867.
“ludia seuds very favorable reports of
her cotton orop; the most favorable for
many years, iu decided coutrast with those
a year ago The last crop was a pariial
failure, to the acre, even according to the
small average of India. In February, 1869,
Mr. Forbes, the Cotton Commissioner lor
India, appended a postscript to his report
of the crop iu the several districts, in
which, after referring to the losses in the
culture of the A ucrioan and native varie
ties, he says: “The native plant has suf
fered more severely; tho estimated loss is
here given at 60 per cent, but notwith
standing the above, owing to the inorease
in cultivation, the whole crop of these
districts will be considerably in excess of
that obtaiued from them last year. ” The
result proved that both the unfavorable
early reports and the report of Mr. Forbes
were oorrect. If the flattering promise of
this year applies to an equal area, and
shall be fulfilled, the supply of India cot
top may have an extraordinary increase.
It is, however, quite too early to know
anything of the yield, or even its probabil
ities, which may be wholly ehanged alter
fruiting begins. If the promise of an
abundant yield in India shall continue to
December, aud the current estimates of
our crop be sustained, the discouragements
of English manufactures and spinners will
give place to a hopeful renewal of activity
by lower and safer prices of the rate mate
rial.”
To Planters —Mr. J. 0. Mathewson
gives notice, in another oo'-mn, that the
Soluble Pacific Guano Con any, of which
he is agent, have determined not to ad
vance the price of their guai o, as was
their intention. It will remain at the same
price as last year. Parties who paid the
advanced price will have the amount re
funded.
Claghorn, Herring 4 Co.—The at
tention of planters and larmers is called to
the advertisement of Messrs. C.'aghorn,
Herring 4 Cos., who are prepared to make
advances on cotton consigned to their
houses in Augusta, Charleston and Phila
delphia and to Messrs. Lockhart 4 Demp
ster, Liverpool. Messrs. Claghorn, Her
ring <f- Cos. are also agents for the sale at
sheetings, shirtings, stripes, yarns and
Whanu’s Super, hosphate
A IS tw Synagogue---The Israelites of
Columbus are endeavoring to raise funds
t > build anew Synagogue.
The squabble OTer the Atlanta munici
pal election still continues with no prospect
of an abatement. A call appears in the
Constitution tor ward meetiogs.on Monday
to nominate Aldermen and choose delegates
to nominate a Mayor. The Intelligencer
and Era oppose the movement.
Clothing Store. —We invite attention
to the advertisement of Cook’s Clothing
Store, in soother column. Messrs Jordan
4 Blanchard, young men of energy and
holiness, are in charge and have a very
handsome and well selected stock of ready
made cl tb n*-, hats,gents' furnishing goods,
4c., whiob will be sold at the most reason
able prices-
The Star says Judge Stillwell and Mr.
Patterson, of Griffin, brought from New
York, a short rinoe since, several Swiss
laborers, who are giving great satisfaction,
and express themselves delighted with
their good luck.
• '*.:aL M A riMKtt
THE JKWIBIMsTSAGODIiK !
L 1 VINO TUE CORNER STONE!
A llruk Procession on (lie Occasion !
TUE CEREMONIES AT THE SYNAGOGUE !
Address of Ber- Dr. I. M. Wise
Several months ago the Congregation
“Children of I-irael’ in this city conceived
the plan of builJiDg anew House of Wor
ship, which should take the place of the
Synagogue on the corner of Greene and
Jackson streets, now used by the congre
gation. In accordance wittf this design a
fund w«s raised to meet the expenses of
the construction, a building committee
was appointed to superintend the work,
plans and specifications prepared, a hand
some lot purchased and every effort made
by tbe energetic gentlemen, who had the
matter in charge, to give to the Israelites
of:hiscity a Temple ot Worship in as
-hort a time as possible Not long ago the
contracts for the construction of the build
ing were let out and work commenced.
The four walls haviog been fairly started
on their upward progress, it was deter
mined that the corner stone should be laid
with all the honors and all the imposing
ceremonies wniuh such an occasion do
mauded. In order that additional eclat
night be given the affair, Rev. Dr. I<aac
M. Wise, of Cincinnati, a celebrated Jew
t h Minister and writer, was invited to
come to this city and deliver the address
at the laying of the Corner-Stone. The
invitation was promptly accepted and the
orator arrived here from the West last
Wednesday.
THE PROCESSION.
It. was announced that the- ceremony
and the place appointed for the rendezvous
w >uld take plaoe on Thursday afternoon,
of the different bodies which were to con
stitute the procession, was the Bell Tower,
on the corner of Greeoe and Jackson streets.
By two o’clock, the time appointed, quite
a ! irge crowd had assembled around and
in the old Synagogue to witness the spec
tacle. The congregation ‘‘Children of
Israel ’ first assembled.together with the
Sabbath School scholars of the Synagogue
and the members of the Lodge B’Nai
Beritb; next oame the Mayor and Mem
bers of Council; and then, after some de
lay, the members of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows’ Lodges.
At about three o’c c-ck the procession
was formed by the Marshal of the Day,
Mr- J. J. G’jhen, and moved off in the
following order :
1. Music.
2 Congregation.
3. Sunday School.
4. Lodge B’Nai Berith.
5. Mayor and Members of Council.
G Citizens.
7. Odd Fellows’ Lodges
8. Masonic Lodges.
The procession marched up Greene to
Campbell street, down Campbell to Broad,
down Broad to Centro, up Centre to Tel
fair, and thence to the site oF the new
building. Tho procession, in which were
the Masons and Odd-Feilows wearing their
regalia, the Hebrew Lodge with its insig
nia, and the members of the congregation
wii it tbeir badges, presented a most impos
ing an. 1 i leas, ng spectacle, arid attracted,
as it matched through the streets of the
ci y, large throngs'of spectators.
LAYING THE CORNER-STONE.
Near the spot where the walls of the
new Synagogue arose, a large platform had
been raised, on which were placed seats for
the dignitaries who wore present. In the
area around this platform, on the brick
wall of the City Ilall Para, on the-site of
the building, wherever one could sit or
staud, were crowdb cf spectators, whom
the novelty of the ass air had drawn thither.
The ceremonies were opened with a
prayer from the Rev Mr. Blum, the
Minister of tho congregation, aud when
this had been finished the laying of the
cornerstone commenced. The corner
stone was a handsomely finished block of
granite fixed on the northeastern oorner of
the building. In the top of this block a
-quare apeiture, several inches in depth,
had been cut for the reception of the box
of articles which was to be deposited in it.
Suspended by a Irame work and pulley
above was the stone cap which was to be
placed upon the lop of tho stone to ceil up
the box. After tho prayer by Rev. Mr.
Blum the box and its contents was deposit
ed in its receptacle by the Masons, toe
stone cap lowered and fixed in its proper
position by Mr. If. 11. Denning. The
usual Masonio tests were then applied and
it vas announoed that the stone had be-,n
tried “with square, plumb and level and
fount to be true and perfect.”
ADDRESS OF REV. DR. I. M. WISE.
Wheu the ceremony of laying the corner
stone had been finished, the Marshal in
troduced to the audience the Orator of the
Day, Rev- Dr. Isaac M. Wise, of Cincin
nati. We regret that, owing to the want
of proper facilities for reporting, wo are
unable to give as full a report of the ad
dress of this distinguished Jewish divine
as we would have desired to present to the
readers of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
We must, therefore, content ourselves with
a necessarily brief and impeifect syoopris
of the oration which he delivered. His
argument was founded on the well-known
Scriptural verse, “ The stoae which
the builders rejected has become the
head of the corner.” To this emblamati
cal stone ho compared the Jewish religion.
Thousands of years ago when the Jewish
nation was a band of simple and rude
shepherds, but even then worshipping the
true and only God, it was surrounded by
the Chaldeans and other people much far
ther advanced than it in all the arts of
tho then-civilization, but whose religion
was idolatry. To the Chaldean sages and
Magi the simple faith and worship of the
ignorant Hebrews was a matter of wonder,
amusement aDd contempt- They attempt
ed to bring their rude neighbors to the
worship of their own idols, but without
success, and scorned, iu turn, the Reason
ing and argument used by the latter to
convert them to their religious belief. Yet
look at the result. The wisdom of the
Chaldean sages lies forgotten in moulder
ing parohment; their idols and
their religion have sunk into obliv
ion ;. but the r aith of Abraham and
of Moses survives iu all its pristine purity.
At a later period in Jewish history arose
the governments of Greeoe and Rome,
which, by their power and genius, had
proudly arrogated to themselves the civili
zation of the whole world, aod classed all
outside nations as barbarians. These, too,
knew not the true God, but erected msg-
niticent temples, adorned by the genius o!
their children, in winch were placed the
countless gods and goddesses, to whom
their worship was directed. These, too,
sneered at the religion of the crushed and
conquered people who were scattered be
tween the banks of the Jordan and the
shores of the Mediterranean; but to-day
this rejected faith still exists, while the
creeds of the Greeks and Romacsjogeth
er with their gods, lie buried beneath the
ruins of their temples, *Dd the very lan
guage of their poets, orators and artists is
a to: gue unknown, save in the schools and
cod-'ses. Many more illustrations of a
similar character to the foregoing
did the orator give, in order to prove
that his religion, "rejected by the
builders, has yet become the head of the
corner." He painted the rials and priva
tiens, the persecutions and the suffer cgs
which his people had endured for the last
eighteen hundred years, but from which
they had emerged unscathed; portrayed in
glowing colors the triumphs and happiness
yet in store for the children of Israel.
He advised tbe people of his creed to stand
by their religion with all the firmness and
unshaken faith of their ancestors;. for he
believed that the day was rapidly ap
proaching when the inhabitants of the
whole civilized world would embrace their
doctrine and every "house become a temple
of the true and only God and every man
be a high priest in His service.”
At the conclusion of this address, which
we have ao imperfectly reported, the bene
diction was pronounced aad the audience
dismissed. The procession again formed,
in the same order as before, and marched
back to the Bell Tower, inhere it, too, was j
dismissed, and the oeremonies of the day *
were finished.
The President and the Bold Gamblers.
Mr. President Grant aud Mrs, Grant j
and their relations “are all on tbe make.’
They are determined “to have enough to
live on after they get through with the J
public, or rather when the public gets'
disgusted with the short comings of the
accidental President. Even the most j
zealous of Mr. Gr. .’s supporters cannot
claim for him a big. sense of honor or
official dignity, for his palm has itched for
everything from a palatial residence down
to a bull pup. The recent gold-gambling
scandal has involved Mr. and Mrs. Grant
in some way, and some of the Bohemians
go so far as to say that not only Mrs. but
Mr. Grant had a hand in tho ring; but it
has not yet clearly developed itself that the
President was involved in the speculation.
The New York Express has some curious
developments in the shape of letters from
Fisk and Stone, friends of the President.
These letters are not at ail complimentary
to the incumbent, who fills the highest
office in the gift of the people. It will be
remembered that President Grant gave
James Fisk, Jr., a very dubious character,
in return for which Mr. Fisk gives the
Mr. Grant the following :
To the Editor of the World :
Sir: lotbe Washiogton correspondence
of the Herald this morning, I read the
following paragraph :
In tbe course of conversation your eor
respoodent remarked upon the bold at
tempt of 'lr. Fisk to obtain from the Pres
ident advanced information regarding the
financial policy of the government. The
President’s reply was substantially as tol- ,
lows:
“L don’t know but I should have felt }
insulted by such a proposal had it come
I from aDy other but a person like Fisk
: But coming from a man so destitutu ot
! moral character, I didn't think it worth
i noticing ”
I My first feeling on reading this was
naturally one of indignation that a- entic
man occupying the highest station in the
land should use such language concerning
one with whom he had maintained friend
ly relations, and from whom he had re !
caived nothing but acts ot kindness.
But, after a moment’s reflection, 1 felt
that 1 was mistaken in attaching the lea t
importance to this.statem.ent. It is ob
viously a pure invention ot the vene able
Bcot who presides over the Herald. It is
simply impossible that the President can
I have used any such lan uage about me.
Gen. Grant never would have accepted
the hospitality and shared the table of a
man whom he believed to be so destitute of
moral character as this canard pretends
General Graut spent three hours at my
table on one occasion, and made the entire
journey to Boston in my company, as is
well known to many gentlemen who were
witaus, and who know that our relations
were of the most friendly character. He
and his family have repeatedly accepted
trifling favors at my hands, of such a na
ture as are perfectly proper among friends
i (and which I mention now with no iriten-
I tion of implying that they have placed
General Grant under any obligation), but
which no gentleman would accept from one
whom he did not consider a friend. Indeed,
so perfectly ea-.y have been the relations
, between us, that General Grant has always
. dispensed with these little formalities of
acknowledgment which other gentlemen,
equally eminent, bit less intimate with
me, have thought it necessary to observe
(not even thanking me for them), an ; the
numerous little services which it has been
my pleasure to render him have been treated
on both sides as a matter of course, just as
they should be between friends quite at
ease with each other.
On every occasion on which this Herald
| inventor pretends that General Graut felt
so insulted, our conversation was most
agreeable, and J asted neaily an hour.
Having thus shown the absurdity of tho
Herald story, it is not necessary that it
should receive further notice. Gen
eral Grant cannc: expected to publish
a disavowal of all: nguagethat sensational
reporters may put in his mouth ; and as
i he has never contradicted one of my state
j ments hitherto, l shall not trouble him to
confirm this in detail, though he will un
doubtedly do so, it called upon.
Yours truly, James Fisk, Jr,
Tho following from the World\ooks like
! business on the part of the President who,
it is alleged, had put up a margin with
which to buy Government bonds:
STATEMENT FROM OEO. E. STONE.
“Yesterday afternoon our reporter call
ed on George K Stone, of the firm ot
Stone, Nichols & Stone, brokers, 52 Wall
street. It will be remembered that they
are the brokers through whom it is alle
ged the Piesjdent bought Government
bonds on a .margin of four per cent.,became
a “bull” in Wall street, aud sold out to
Jay Gould at a handsome profit. Mr
Stone said that he had ?ead the statement
iu the World, that the firm had bought and
sold stocks lor General Grant, but that he
did not to deny it. fie did not wish to say
anything about tho matter unless called
upon to do so by the proper (legal) au
thority. The affair was none of his. He
had never done auj thing of which he was
asharne i. if there was scandal afloat con
cerning the President, which might be sei
at resi by bis denying that it was true, he
did not propose to make any such denial.
He proposed to let matters take their
course. He understood the position in
which this placed the President.”
Gen. Butteifieid, who is accused of hav
ing his finger iu the family pie, lias resigned
as sub Treasurer. The New York Sun ,
as to his successor, says :
"No man should be appointed who has
made donations ts money, houses, horses,
or anything else to Gen. Grant or General
Sherman, who paid over to General Graut
a large part of the money he received. No
matter whether the candidate be fit and
capable in all other respects, if he is a pe
cuniary benefactor of the President or
Jeneralof the Army, he must be sternly
| excluded- The dignity of the Presidential
1 office, as well as the good name of the act
, ual President, has already been sufficiently
: damaged by disregard of this principle,
| and it will not answer to disregard it any
! longer. Every man who has given gifts to
j the President or Gon. Sherman is thereby
j rendered morally ineligible to aDy office of
I power or emolument. This is the moral
law which the people of the United States
j require to be observed henceforth. It
j would have been well for the President and
! still better for tho country if it had always
' been enforced.”
| The Philadelphia Age tuggests that
i “probably, it has escaped most of our
] .eaders that Daniel Butterfield, Assistant
Treasurer and gold speculator, is also an
, officer iii the United States army. , It is a
i singular example of the incongruous effect
! of this mixture of functions, that Butter
; field suggests that, if tried,it ought to be by
a court martial. How admirably it would
i subserve the ends of justice that Corbin’s
i partner should be tried by a court appoint
i ed for the purpose, by Corbin’s brother
in-law ! That President Grant accepted a
large present from Butterfield will also
greatly increase publii confidence in the
| impartiality ol the proceedings in his
j case.”
j Verily, the hi daces in the Govern
-1 ment have fallen into the hands of men
whose only aim seems to be to p'ostitute
! them to dishonest purposes, and to enrich
themselves at the public expense. There
lis no present remedy for the evil. The
Northern people are yet joined to tbeir
| idols.
The Dickson Fertilizer Company.
A few days since, accompanied by Mr.
J. H, Alexander, the able and energet’C
Superintendent of the Dickson Fertilizer
Company, we paid a visit to the works of
the corporation for the purpose of ob
serving the manner in which this justly
celebrated manure is prepared for the
maiket. Dickson’s compound has for
many years beeD known to the planters of
tho Sorth as tbe invention of Mr. David
Dickson, the celebrated planter of Hancock
county, who has used it for so long i time
and with such favorable results upon his
own p anution. Early recognizing the
value oi the great fertilizer, Peruvian
guano, by repeated experiments he dis
covered that its fertilizing properties were
greatly enhanced by a judicious admixture
of other articles, such as dissolved bones,
salt, pot-ash and land plaster. This mix
ture proved to be of great efficacy, and,
growing in favor wherever it was used, soon
became known throughout the country as
"Dickson’s Compound." The first depot
for us regular manufacture and sale was
established, we believe, in this city in 1868
by Messrs. Shivers 4 Alexander,
two gentlemen of great enterprise
and large experience. Though its
m anufaeture was commenced on a com
paratively small scale, so well established
was the reputation of the article among
our planters that nearly one thousand tons
w«re sold during the first season and the
demand proved to be far greater thaD the
supply. Satisfied that it would be impos
sible to fill the orders of farmers this year
by a continuance of the old system, it was
determined to effect a change in the manu
facture f the compound. Accordingly
during the Summer of the present year the
“Diekson Ferti.izer Company” was formed
and officered by some of the best and most
widely known men ol business iu this State
for the purpose of entering into the
manufacture of the fertilizer on a large
seale. The company received its charter
at the last term of the Superior Court of
this county and commenced operations on
a cash capital of $150,000, with the priti
| lege of increasing it to double that amount.
The company's manufactory is situated
beyond South B oundary street, on the line
ol the Augusta & Savannah Railroad, a j
short distance from the corporate limits of
- city. Necessarily put up in great i
haste ihe workshops consist of two im- !
mense wooden building?, one 140x40, j
and the other 200x40 feet. These i
buildings are situated parallel with i
each other, and have just sufficient j
space between them to admit a railroad !
track, which connects the manufactory with j
tbe different rai.ways leading out of the I
city. In the smaller buildiug is contained
the office of the establishment, the sacking
department, and a large amount of the j
materia! used in tbe manufacture of the i
compound. Here, also, two ot the gangs '
of the manipulators are employed. Every
article which enters into the composition
of the fertilizer is carefully and accurately
weighed, in accordance with Dickson’s
formula, and placed, wi h the other con
stituents, in immense heaps upon the
floor. Standing near these banks cf the
raw material is a large iron sieve, arranged
in the position of an inclined plane. Upon
this sieve the manipulators throw, with
shovels, the mixture, aud the meshes are
made small enough to reject the lumps in
tbe guano, only allowing that to pass
through which is fine enough to run free'y
through a guano-feeder. By this
means the various component parts
of the fertilizer are thoroughly
mixed together, and it is then ready
for weighing and sacking. Behind the
sieve the sacking gang stand, who, as
rapidly as it can be done, deposit the com
pound in strong bags manufactured to or
der for the company, which are then
placed upon platform scales aud their
weight redueed or increased to the stand
ard, 183 pounds—one pound being allowed
for the sack. From the scales the bags go
to still another squad, which sews securely
their mouths and they are then stored
convenient to the Railroad track and ready
for shipping as orders may arrive.
Ir addition to the regular Dickson com
pound. the company also manufactures, to
meet the requirements of stiff clay soils, a
higher grade of the same known as “Dick
son's Compound, Diamond A.” This is
composed of the same ingredients as the
ether, but in different proportions, being
more highly ammoniated and containing
a larger per centage of Soluble Phosphate.
In the other and larger building are
stored immense quantities of guano, plas
ter, salt, dissolved, bones and pot ash, the
latter being imported directly from Ger
many by the company. Great care is ex
ercised in the purchase of the different in
gredients of the compound, and especially
of tbe guano., This is procured directly
irom the government agents and is requir
ed to come up to the analysis made by tbe
distinguished chemist, Colonel George
W. Rains, of this sity. Iu addition
to the large quantity of material
now on hand, the company have en route
several hundred tous more, which will
soon be inside the manufactory. In order
that the loss on guano from tbe small
lumps it contains, which will not pass
through tbe sieve,may be obviated, Mr. J.
A. Shivers, the General Agent of the
company, is now haviog machinery erect
ed with which these lumps may be pulver
ized and rendered available. Three squads
of manipulators aro now employed, which
turn out twelve tons, each, of the com
pound per diem. VYhen the machinery,
however, is put in operation the daily
yield will be increased from thirty-six to
fifty tons.
The company has agencies scattered over
tbe country and it i3 now engaged in supply
ing the orders Irom those quarters. When
this has been done the Superintendent
wishes to accumulate a supply of 1.000
tons at the depot before the first of Janu
ary, for the indications now aro that after
that time the supply will scarcely equal
the demand. We are glad to note thi4
fact and hail it as a good omen ol the suc
cess ana prosperity of Southern manufac
turing enterprises of every cescription.
In this connection we state that the
company has had printed several thousand
copies of a very valuable pamphlet ex
plaining the nature and properties of their
fertilizer, and also containing several im
portant and high’y interesting letters from
Mr. David Dickson, of Hancock county.
These letters, describing the author’s
method of planting and manuring corn and
cotton, are very valuable. The pamphlet
is intended for gratuitous circulation among
the planters and can be had upon applica
tion to the office of the company, No. 4
Warren Block, in this city.
Congress and the Supreme Court.
Tho time was when the Supreme Court
of the United States was an august tribunal,
the decisions of which were looked to with
respect and submitted to with the best of
grace by all the people of this land. But
since Radicalism has assumed the control
of American institutions, and prostituted
them all to its own base uses, this Court
has become a weak, time-serving tribunal,
reserving its decisions at the beck of the
Radical Congress, or making them to ac
cord with the views of that corrupt body.
Unhappy country! when its judiciary,
even, have become as weak, timid and
policy-seeking as to stoop from the high
and independent position which they ought
to hold, to that of submission to a venal and
corrupt Congress, or an unworthy and il
legal President.
When such a state of things exists what
security can there be for “life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness ”, on the part of
the citizens? None whatever. These are
all at the mercy of an irres ; onsible Exec
utive and Legislature, who may construe
laws to suit themselves, or punish innocent
citizens to gratify private vengeance. Un
til this unfortunate state of affairs is
changed, and tbe inde endence and purity
of the JuPciary are re-established, liberty
is a snare and independer.eea delusion-
The Supreme Court of the United States,
it is said, has postponed its act-on on the
Yerger case to December, so that Congress
may act upon it; and Congress, it is said,
will enact a law to meet this and similar
cases. There is no telling to what ex
tremes Radicalism will go. Perhaps, af
ter a while, human patience mty be ex
hausted, Right resume its sway, and Jus
tice and Honor once more rule the land.
Let us hope for the best.
Southern Interests.
The Louisville Courier- Journal,referring
to the recent National Commercial Conven
tion held ac Louisville and the State fairs
to be held at Macon and Richmond, Va.,
takes an encouraging view of the future of
the South. It says: “Almost everywhere
the Bouth seems to be waking up to the
importance of its interests, inland and ex
ternal commerce, manufactures, and of its
large crops of cotton, corn, sugar and rice-
The production of ail these throughout
that section will be very large this year,
and, if events shall be propitious, still
larger nex' year. It will be a mistake,
however, of the people of the South to at
tempt too many things. Cotton there is
more of a king, counting the money value
of cotton, than it was in 1861, when $160,-
000,000 was all that the largest orop ever
produced yielded to the producers. Now
about half as much gives abou: $100,000,*
000 more money. Necessity, industry,
economy, forecast, thrift, the best kind of
capital for States and people, have been
substituted for slavery, and with happy
effect. When tho South shah have com
pleted all ils needed railroads to the sea
ports and developed even a half of its
mineral wealth, it will prove altogether the
wealthiest part of the agricultural Union.
Iu cotton lands it is without a rival in the
world, and in sugar, rioe, corn and cattle,
it should occupy the foremost place on the
continent. For the South there are good
times ahead, and we rejoice at all tbe steps
taken by her to exhibit her wealth and pro
mote its increase. All£that has been done
for her she has done for herself in spite of
Federal interference, political and military.
W ithout such interference, her wealth and
prosperity would be at this day far greater
than they are. She vriil have good cause
to bless the day when the interference shall
be withdrawn, if such a day shall ever ar
rive. And we think that we see the glim
mer of it.”
The Radical Council in Charles
ton.—There was a “dignified scene” in
the old Conned Chamber of Charleston
! Thursday night. A claim of one. Corbin
was up for adjustment, when in the course
i o’ the remarks which ensued, Alderman
■ E. W. M. Mackey called his uncle, T. J.
j Mackey, a scoundrel, when pistols ' ere
j drawn, three shots fired by the latter
at the former, and nobody hurt,
j Great confusion followed, and tbe menage
rie wound up and adjourned without set
| ding oi defining the nature of the claim,
i The Mackevs are awfully toil scalawags.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
THE YERGER CASE.
OPINION BY CHIEF JUSTICE
CHASE.
Washington, October 25, 1869.
DECEMBER TERM, 1868.
No. 17- Original.— In the matter of
Edward M. Yerger; petition for habeas
corpus and certiorari ; opinion of the Court
delivered by Chief Justice Chase.
Upon the prayer of the petitioner, ad
dressed to tie Circuit Court of the United
States for the Southern District of Missis
sippi, a writ of habeas corpus was direct
ed to*certain military officers holding the
petitioner in custody, commanding them to
produce his body and abide the order of the
Court. In obedience to this writ, the pe
titioner wjs brought into Court by Maj.
Gen. It S. Granger, who made his return
in due form, certifying the cause of deten
tion to be that the petitioner bad been ar
rested, and was held for trial upon a
charge of murder by a Military Commis
sion under the act of Congress of the 2d of
March, 1867, to provide for the more effi
cient government of the rebel States Up
on this return'the petitioner was ordered
into custody of the Marshal, and the Court
proceeded to hear argument. It. was ad
mitted that petitione- was a private citi
zen cf the State of Mississipyi; that he
was being tried by a Military Commission
without a jury, and without presentment or
indictment by a grand jury, and that he
was not, and never had been, connected
with the army or navy of tbe United
States, or with the militia iu active service
in time of war or invasion. Upon this
ease the Circuit Court adjudged that tbe
imprison nent of the petitioner was lawful,
and passed an order that the writ of ha
beas corpus be dismissed, am] that the
prisoner be remanded to the custody of the
military officer by whom he had been
brought into Court, to be held and detain
ed for the purpose, and to answer the
charge set forth in the return. To
obtain the reversal of this order and relieve
from imprisonment, the petitioner now asks
for a writ oicertiorari to bring here for review
the proceedings of the Cireuit Court and
for a writ of habeas corpus to be issued
under the authority of this Court to the
officer to whose custody he was remanded.
Upon the suggestion of the Attorney Gen
eral, made in view ot the importance of
the questions vrbieh will probably arise if
the case is brought to a hearing, we have
heard preliminary arguments upon the ju
risdiction of the Court to issue the writ
prayed for, and have carefully considered
the reasonings which have been addressed
to u?. This argument, by the direction of
the Court, was confined to the single point
of jurisdiction, and lam now to state the
conclusions to which we have come. The
general question of jurisdiction in this case
resolves itself necea-arily iu two narrower
questions : Has the Court jurisdiction, in
a case like the present, to inquire into the
cause of detention al eged to be unlawful,
and to give relief if the detention be found
to be in fact unlawful by the writ of habeas
corpus, under the Jundiciaiy act of 1789?
If, under that act, the Court possessed this
jurisdiction, 1 as it been taken away by the
2d seotiou of the act af March 27, 1868
(12ih U. S. Statues, 44), repealing so much
of the act of February 1567 (U. S. Sta ues,
85), as authorizes appeals from Circuit
Courts to the Supreme Court; neither of
these questions is now here. The first has,
on several occasions, received very full
consideration and very deliberate judg
ment. A cause so important as that which
now invokes tho action ot the Court seems,
however, toju tify a reconsideration of the
grounds upon which its jurisdiction i as
been hitherto maintained. Tbe great writ
of habeas corpus, has been tor centuries
esteemed the best and only sufficient de-
fence of personal freedom.
In England, after >i long struggle, it was
finally guaranteed by the famous habeas
corpus act of May 29, 1679 (3 British
Statutes atlarge;' 3 Hallam’s Constitution'
al History, 19)—for tbe better securing of
the liberty of his subject, which, as Black
stone says, is frequently considered as an
other Magna Charta—(3 Blackstone’s
Commentaries, 135) It was brought to
America by the colonists, and claimed as
among tbe immemorial rights descended
to th§m from their ancestors.
Naturally, therefore, when the confed
erated coloniss became United Stales, and
the formation of a common Government
engaged their deliberations in convention,
this great writ found permanent sanation
in the Constitution. This sanction is in
these words; "The privilege of the writ
of habeas coijpus shall not be suspended
unless when, in cases of rebellion or inva
sion, tbe public safely may require it.”
Tho terms of this provision necessarily im
ply judical action. In England all the.
higher courts were open to applicants for
the writ, andit is hardly Eupposeable that,
under the r.esv Government, founded on
more liberal ideas and principles, any
j court would be intentionally closed tp
' them.
We find, accordingly, that the first Con-
I gross under the Constitution, after defining
by various sections of the act of fteptem-
I her 24, 1789, the jurisdiction of tee Dis
| trict Courts, the Circuit Courts and the
| Supreme Court in other cases, proceeded,
, in the 14th section, to enact that all the
j before mentioned Courts of the United
| States shall have power to issue writs of
1 scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other
; writs, not specialy provided by statute,
; which may be necessary for the exercise of'
j their respective jurisdictions, and agreea
j bie to the principles ard usages of law (1
j United States Statute-, 80). In the same
i section it was further provided that either
: of the Justices if the Supreme Court, as
j well as tho Judges of the District Courts,
shall have power to grant writs of habeas
j coipus, for the purpose of an inquiry into
> the cause of commitment, provided that
I writs of habeas corpus shall in no case ex
tend to prisoners in jail, unless they arc in
i custouy under or by color cf the authority
1 of the United States, or are committed for
1 trial before some Court of the same, or are
i necessary to be brought into Court to
j testify.
That this Court is one of the Courts to
which the power to issue writs of habeas
j corpus is expressly given by the terms of
: this section, has never been questioned.
| It would have been indeed a remar.able
anomaly if this Court, < rdained by the
1 Constitution for the exereiee. in th United
, States, ofthe mo:-t importart powers in
■ civil ea-es, of all the highest courts in
England, had been denied, under the Con-
I stitution which absolutely prohibits the
i suspension ol the writ, except under extra
i ordinary exigencies, that power in oases of
alle ed unlawful restraint which the
Habeas Corpus act of Charles II express
;-y declared those courts to possess. But
the power vested in this Court is, in an
important particular, uDlike that possess
ed by the English courts. Ihe jurisdic
! tion of this Courtis coDfiued by the Con
! stitution and is appelate, whereas that of
! the English courts, though declared and
defined by statutes, is derived from the
common law and is original
The judicial power of tbe United 3iates
extends to all ei'es in law and equity
arising under the Constitution, the laws of
the United States, and treaties made un
der their authority and to large classes of
cases determined by the character of the
parties or the nature of the controversy.
That part of this judicial power vested
in this Court is defined by the Constitution
in these words : ‘‘ln all cases affecting am
bassadors, other public ministers and con
suls, and those to which a State shall be a
party, the Supreme Court shall have orig- j
inal jurisdiction. In all the other cases be
fore mentioned .the Supreme Court shall :
have appellatej lribdi,tion, both as to law
and fact, with such exceptions and or der
such regulations as the Congress shall
make.” _ ‘
If the question were anew one, it would,
perhaps, deserve inquiry whether Con
gress might not, under the power to make
exceptions from this appellate jurisdiction,
extend the original jurisdiction to other 1
cases than thcMe expressly enumerated in
the Constitution, and especially in view of
the constitutional guaranty of the writ of '
htbeat corpus to eases arising upon petition
tor that writ But in the of Marbury j
vs. Madison fl C. R , 137,} it was deter
mined, upon full consideration, that the
power to issue writs of mandamus, given
this Court by the 13th section of the Judi- ,
ciary act, is, under the Constitution, an ,
appellate jurisdiction to be exercised only :
in revision of the judicial decisions, and
judgment ha* ever since been aocepted as
fixing the construction of this part of the
Constitution. It was pronounced in 1803
-in 1807.
M ,
LETTERS TO THIS YOUNG MEN OF THE
SOUTH.
LETTER n.
Failures in Life and ihrir Causes.
«.
Everywhere Science seeks for the spirit !
in vain. The subtlest investigations do- ;
tect no track nor trace of wnat the church ;
calls the sou!. And so it should be. For |
when spirit cannot elude the senses it is no
longer spirit, but matter, wherefore the
investigations of modern science cannot
harm religion, for religion is founded on
faith- If true, it can stand any lest; mod
ern science, failing everywhere to prove or
disprove, will only heap grander glory
upon its name. In the meantime, without
regret, without fear, throw wide the gates
of thought ! And now concerning this
j hie of ours, so fearfully short: if religion be
true we will best obey its commands by
performing what our hands fin I to do with
all our might. If religion be false, oh !
when we think of life’s fearful brevity it is
then wo begin to realize in earnest tbe im
portance ot the moments which our doom
ed hearts measure out iu their numbered
pulsations.
In the venture of existence you cannot
have two chances. You can live but one
life, pass over ono only career. To lose
the least, and to gain the most, from each
tnomeut that flies, crowding into this brief
span of existence the very largest of
thought.feeliug, and action —this is success
in life. As far as concerns this world, only
a certai number of pulsations are given
us, and then the at ms which compose our
bodies are scattered, and the vital forces
which animate our minds are parted for
ever. The fire of the present sweeps over
us and scatters us in the ashes ot the past.
To snatch from the flying seconds the in
terest feeling, the swiftest thought, the
noblest deeds, this is the great problem of
human life.-
Look around you a moment. Behind
are the last crumbling falsehoods of the
past. By our side in the present are liv
ing truths which bid defiance to time and
space. Before us, B_>on to be crowded with
your deeds, the future lies untarnished in
the morniug of its promise.
Ere another day, unnumbered mistakes
and failures will mar the bright prospect.
The earnest hearted will begin their labor
as ever,'buoyant in their efforts to achieve,
but the nay, howsoever begun, will offer
to most men at its close as .bitter a harvest
as all the days that have gone before. But
the causes ot failure wili not be so numer
ous as the failures themselves Thousands
will err because their past life has been full
of mistakes. The day cannot easily gain
what tbe years have lost. With more time
in the future,less accumulated error in the
past, to young men of course the hope of
improvement is brightest. Perseverance
i- pre-emmently the need of those who suf
fer for the errors of early life. Their first
efforts to reform being sure to fail,
they naturally glide back into their old
ways. Here is a man who, for years, has
been noted for a deficiency in integrity of
character. The fact has grown proverbial.
Everybody doubts him and his own self-re
spect is lost. Now, suppose this man, late
in life, from some moral impression made
up in him or from motives of self-interest
determines to reform ? At tbe end of the
first day,in summing up the result,he find<
that bis experiment brings far more disas
ter than either profit or peace of mind. He
is pained to find himself doubted and mis
trusted while attempting to tell the trutn.
Meanwhile, his business, which has long
been so adjusted as to prosper only by
falsehood, begins to suffer serious damage.
He concludes that dishonesty is the best
policy after all, and ends his experiment
in virtue. Persevering, his reform in due
time would be noticed and credited, and
his business would assume a healthier tone.
Under accumulated errors , we include
deficient education, alienated friends, wast
ed time, and all the numberless mistakes of
our past lives. For all these, our one rem
edy is persistence in the effort to reform.
“Give a dog a bad name and you’d as well
kill him.” Give a man a bad name and
he will live it down. The lack of an earn
est purpose is the second great cause of
failure. The purpose must be definite.
The world must see that you are in earn
est. When you begin any business what
ever, act and feel as if that is to be the
only one you will ever follow. An idea that
you are “permanently loeatec,” is of in
valuable importance. Let it be said that
when you undertake an enterprise it means
something. The purpose must be well
chosen, but when once chosen, act ange is,
above all things, the most dangerous. Per
manency, solidity, fixedoess of purpose,
looking far ahead to results, these quali
ties are essential to snocess in life. Here
is a young wan who is studying law. He
says he believes he wili “fry the law.”
He will certainly not like it. No
body will be disposed to give him business,
upon which to make > xperiweuts; what
everhc does, done with half a heart, will
be half done. Presently you will hear this
young man saying he ‘'has concluded to
quit the Ja w.” This lac It of a fixed pur
pose is alaultfor which talent and even
energy cannot atone. For example there
is a certain class of men in all onr south
ern States who are the great “stand by”
to deliver Alumni addresses at colleges, to
manage Conventions, Fairs, &c. They
are men who, to use a common r hrase,
have “never done anything.” Some of
them are men of talent, and yet, in every
true sense of the word, their life is a fail
ure. WheD a shrewd person hears that
one of them is at the head of an enter
prise he wants no better indication that the
enterprise will fail.
The coming day will close upon many
that will fail because of wasted t'me.
Every beat of your pulse consumes a sec
ond. The tendency to pause, and wait,
and dream away life; the love of ease, the
dislike of 1 ibor, the love, too, of pleasure
and frivolous things, all these beguile us of
the grander gains to be snatched from the
flytDg hours. Eccentricity, peculiarity in
mode* of thought, oddity in manner, in
dress, in matters of taste, a tendency to act
differei ily from other people. On every
possible occasion, all these set meu at
cross purposes with tbe world, and there
by injuie their success Originality and
eccentricity are different things. To
be original is to have great
ideas, to appear different from other
men, because there is genius within us
and wa cannot conceal its lustre. To be
eccentric is to violate willfully the rules of
life, to mortify our friends, and seeking
notoriety by folly, to gain the woild’s con
tempt.
To be wanting in enthusiasm, in love of
our work, to be dullards, laggards, loafers,
to miss he spirit of the age, to know not
the value ot time, along these great high
ways rs fame thousands have travelled
ami will travel to the end of the world.
Yet, out cf such meu destiny sometimes
culls her great servants. Sometimes anew
thought, striking in a man's pulses leads
him forward through a life of shocks, dan
gers and deeds, worthy in action, bright in
renown.
Last of al ! , men sometimes fail for want
cf talent. We mention tuis last becauso
we consider it tbe very least ia importance.
Any man, even by our definition, is sue
eessful who makes money, raises bis fami
ly, gains reputation, happiness, and hope
for the world to come. All these thing3
men cf even ordinary talent can do. There
is no need of any hing brilliant or unusual.
Success is a modest word. With enthu i
asm, energy, honesty, truth of heart and :
attention to his own business, a fool com- j
pares very favorably with a genius.
Avoiding tbe quicksands of politics and |
poetry, be can weather the storms apd
sail safely into port.
With all the appliances ot modern civil
ization, mere talent is of far less importance
than in former times; we mean, of course,
as regards worldly success. Concerning the
higher types of purpose, we will speak :
hereafter. TO-MORROW.
From the Georgia Clipper.
An At'cmpt to Murder a Cltlaen-The
Mi ftary Practicing the Teachings of
their Commander.
The citizens of our quiet little town
were shocked on Tuesday morning by a
rumor that Mr. Ed, Cody, who resides
near this place, had been assassinated by
United States soldiers. The arrival ot >lr.
Cody upon our streets about 7 o’clock a.
m , relieved the fears regarding his death
but his b!ee ing wound confirmed the
attempted assas ination. We gain tha
following particulars from Mr. Cody :
Between 11 and 12 o’olock on Monday
night he was awakened by a detachment of
men, who demanded admittance to his
house —asserting that they were United
States s ldiers, and had an order to arrest
him; that Mr. Martin and several others
were then in jail, and as they did not de
sire to injure him he had best surrender
without resistance, ar others had done.
Mr. Cody arose, opened the door, aod ad
mitted them. They proved to be ten or
twelve United States soldiers, one of whom ,
demanded Mr. Cody’s pistol, and taking
it irom where it was hanging buckled it
about his own person. Mr. C. was then
informed that he would be tried in Atlanta,
ai>d requested to accompany them to War
rentoc where be would be retained over
night; that theirs was a very unpleasant
duty to perform, but such were their or
ders, and they must obey.
Not suspieioning their real intent, sup- j
posing they were executing orders similar
to those issued by Norris sometime since,
be i‘fefi in,” and had accompanied them
some 300 yards, when one of them seized '
him by the collar and demanded his money. i
Scarcely had he informed them that he
had cone, ere a pistol was placed near the
back of his head and fired, the ball grazing !
bis right cheek and the powder lodging
therein.
Mr. C. finding himself uninjured, took j
advantage of the flash of the pistol, which ]
blinded the Yankees, and sprang into the \
wood which skirted tne road. A volley
was fired at him as he gained the wood—
one ball inflicting a flesh wound in his left
arm, near the elbow, and several passing
through his coat and under clothiDg, graz
ing his body. Mr. C. made good his
escape and reached a neighbor’s house,
where his wound was dressed and he re
mained till morning.
We have heard of no arrest —nor do we ;
expect to—being made by Colonel Hull,
whose men committed this heinous attack
upon the life of a citizen who has never
even spoken to one of them. It is in a«-
cord-nce with his ideas of assisting civil
law, as expressed to our correspondent,
“Columbia,” and hence he endeavors to
j excuse his gang of ruffians by asserting
1 that it “may have been someone disguised
as soldiers.’ From such a man as Hull it
1 were folly to expect better.
This is not the only attempt at murder
j by this military We alluded, briefly, in
; our issue of the 13th iust., to several out
i rages and acts of lawlessness by these same
men, and are prepared to furnish them,
should Geo. Terry deem it his duty to
investigate the doings of Lis soldiery in
; this vicinity.
We have borne with patience this op
| pression, and submitted to indignities,
! that law and pa ice might prevail, aud the
vile plot of our political enemies against
f our restoration to the Union be flustrated;
1 but to expect submission to assassinations,
is more than we can give,
j The “ Clipper ” has counseled submis
j sion to the military in the hope that the
venomous slanders which have been heap
jed upon our people might be exposed. It
1 has remained silent - when our civil laws
were vio.ated by this m litary, disposed to
j regard such violations as accident rather
i than design. But we now say,and shall con
; tmue to advocate,so longascivil lawgiveus
the righi of free speech, “LET NO MAN
I BE AKIIESTitL) BY OTHER THAN
! CIVIL OFFICERS.” If our lives are to
! be taken by this military, under the cloak
j of “assisting civil law,” let us seli them
dearly. If Col. Hull cannot control his
• soldiery, aud thereby protect our lives, it
| behooves us to exercise the first law of
j nature, and protect ourselves.
“Let us have peace,” if we can; conflict,
j if we must.
j P. S.—Last night, as we were preparing
I for press, another outrage was committed
on another of our citizens. Mr. J. M.
Cody, a brother of Ed.’s, was knocked down
on the tide-walk and beaten in a shocking
manner. He now lies in a very critical
condition'-
From the Phoenix.
Baltimore as a Market.
Baltimore, August 15, 1869.
Mr. Editor : Will you allow a place in
your journal to a refugee who desires to
call the attention of the people oi his native
State and of the South, to a few facts that
have come under his observation, since he
has been compelled, by negro rule, to seek
an asylum where he cau live, at present
under a white man's government. I am,
as you are aware, a native of South
Carolina, but one who feels myself as
much a refugee as did my ancestors, who
were compelled to leave their beloved
France, in the reign of Louis XIV, wno
sought to deprive them of the liberty to
worship God according to the dictates of
their own consciences.
Since I have resided here I have been
surprised to learn how much Baltimore
has done for the destitute people of the
South, and what she is still doing. Here
let me state a few facts to show what she
has done: In money distributed since the
close of the war, no less than $1,000,000.
She now has two institutions of learning
for the children of the South, besides a
regular fuud for the education of children
in the South ; two depositories, where
$31,000 worth of work have been given
out in the past two years to dependent
ladies of the South, numbering 500 on
their list at present, and still in successful
operation. Many of the private schools
take children and educate them free, to
say nothing about the many hundred pri
vate contributions by her people. Will
any one say she has not done a good part
by the destitute of her sister States ? I
trow not. Then let the Southern people
show their gratitude by patronizing her.
Who else has rendered assistance to the
South, save that great philanthropist, Mr.
Peabody, whose name and deeds must ever
! live iu the hearts ot a grateful people ?
i Tnere is one thing which has surprised
: me—that is to see how lew of the msr
; chants of the Southern States stop in
Baltimore to make their purchases, when
1 have been informed by some of the Vir
ginia merchants that they have tried both
the Northern cities and Baltimore, and
they have found that they can do as well
here, and now give Baltimore the prefer
ence; why not, then, bestow your patr n
age on those whose feelings and sympa
thies have always been with the South,
instead of on those who have and are still
oppressing, and gloat in humiliating you ;
aud why desert your best friends for those
who manifest no interest in you, save to
further their own ends ?
Y ou may hear some say there should be
no North, no South, but on common
country; hut tell me if this vast country is
not already divided into sections, aud each
studying hi r own interest and having their
great commercial mart? The East has
her Boston; the North her New York; the
Northwest her Chicago; the West her St.
Louis; then why not the South have her
chief city and commercial mart—and no
o‘ty possesses greater advantages th'n
Baltimore? If the people of the South
would take a pride in her as the other sec
tions have in theirs, she would become
second to none. Besides, it is the true
policy of the South to concentrate her
trade within her own limits; and the sooner
she takes this step the better for her, and
the sooner will she he let alone to enjoy
her rights. Who, I ask, has brought this
calamity upon you and on me? Is it not
those who you have in times past and are
still bestowing your patronage, and sending
the products of your fertile country into
their coffers, only to strengthen them the
more, that they may rivet the shackles
which now bind you in worse :han slavery
tighter than ever? In view of all these
facts staring you in the face,ask vour elve3
the question if this is not the case; then if
you decide the question iu your minds,,
make the resolve to study your own inter
est and the section to which you belong,
and cling to those who have ever proven
your friends in prosperity and adversity,
if Baltimore and the other Southern cities
cannot meet ail your demands, they can
furnish you with vessels; they now have
their lines of steamers plying
and will import for you whatever you need
and give you a fair exchange.
And now, a word to you, ladies of the
South, Admonish . your husbands and
brothers to deal with those who have
proven your friends, lest your childien
share the same fate that has befallen you.
It is iD your power to exert an influence
that will be felt. You have dom and not
ed n. bly in times past, lor I can ttstify
that never was an anpeal made in behalf
of our last cause, or that of humanity, to
which you did not respond. Now, let
your actions in the past stimulate you in
the future to stand by your sisters of Bal
timore, who have done and are still doing
so much for you and the South; for I know
many mothers in the South can rise and
say, God bless the ladies of Baltimore, for
they have not only clothed and fed, but
are now educating our children. Shall
sueh deeds of kindness be lost sight of and
forgotten ? I trust not.
As I am not a merchant, and have no
personal interest save the welfare of the
south, I leave this subject for the present
with the people of South Carolina; ard
you must be the judge if I have ever
studied your interest in the past. Arouse,
then, aud list no longer to the siren song of
peace, when there is no peace, Be true,
then, to yourselves and that section to '
which you belong; and as sure as the night ;
succeeds the day, so sure will the star ol
success hover over and attend-you, and
Phoenix like, you will rise from your ashes j
and show to the world you still live.
T. A LaFar.
London Views of the Wall Street Sold
Bubbl .
From the Lond>jn Time*. October 12.
When Dante placed usurers in one of
J the deepest holes of his Kingdom of Dark
■ ness, he Lad, perhaps, a dim foresbadow
-1 ing of the battle royal that was fought
! about a fortnight ago between the “Bulls”
l and “Bears” of the New York Stock Ex
change.
j Reckless and unscrupulous, and too
! often ruinous, as joint-stock speculation is
j in the Old World, no one need fancy that
gambling at our Stock Exchange is ever
j carried on on the same scale as in America,
a country in which eveivthing good or tad
is apt to attain dimenrions in kecking with
the “bigness” of the Union.
In New York, we are t< id, there are
two factions at the Stock Exchange, one
mustering under the banner of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the “Commodore,” the other
obeying the orders of James Fisk, Jr., the
“Admiral.” The Commodore is said to
be worth from £j5,000,000 to £20,000,000.
The other, who is perhaps not so wealthy,
seeks his strength in combination with
other houses, he lays out with them iiis
plans of operations at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Vanderbilt had occasion to leave
New York, and the men in the F,sk in *
terest, profiting by his absence, hit upon a I
scheme which, for a day at least, laid the i
whole field of the money market complete- 1
ly at their discretion. They bought up j
nearly the who.e of the gold in New York. !
How many fortunes must again and
again have beeD made and marred
the few business hours in those three i
eventful days; what hot and cold fits of !
frantic joy and mute despair must alter- j
nately have passed upon all those engaged
in tti t terrible game, what the stormy
passions must have been to which the 1
whole town and country became a prey, as
the tidings of those sudden ups and downs j
followed so closely upon each other as to
melt the telegraph wires and break up tbe
communication between the Exchange and
the banking houses in the city—the a one
of strife and violence—the Pandemonium
that thronged Gold Room exhibited—is
more than even the imagination of men
accustomed to the excitement of our own
Stook Exchange and to the din and racket
ot the Paris Bourse can oonjure up. That
one broker cut bis throat; another went
mad; a third disappeared, and has not
again been heard of; thst scores of houses
broke; that no one would pay up, eon
tracts were repudiated, no one would trust
his neighbor; that there was a knock
down aud a fight, the police became help
less, and a regiment was got ready to come
to their rescue; aR this iB of less moment
1 than the fact that for two or three days it
j was impossible to settle accounts and busi
] remained at a stand-still.
Ihere are men in America, we are told,
i who express doubrs as to the justice or ex
i pedtency of the Government’s interference
1 '*} affair. Secretary Boutwell was in
I , ew , or Ji simost ou the eve of the out
break. He was aware, as, indeed, the
1 whole city was, that a conspiracy was
I brewing—that what we might call an “Kx
i change stroke” was contemolated. By
| many of his friends, the Secretary had
been solicited to bring aid, but he had his
own views on the subject; he held that per
fect neutrality in Exchange transactions
was the only course imposed upon him by
duty; he turned a deaf ear to entreaties,
and left New York for Washington, allow
ing the imminent battle to take such course
I as fortune might decide.
Yet when the battle was at its height,
and the “bulls” almost clutched the vic
tory, Mr. Boutwell stepped suddenly into
the field, and, by advancing £BOO,OOO and
promising £4,000,000, he turtjed the scales
in favor of the “bears.” There may be
circumstances in the financial position of
the United States authorizing so glaring a
departure from all the sound rides of pub
lic economy, but it is difficult to deny that
what was "a mere struggle between gangs
of gamblers has been by tnis act of the
Government magnified into au event of
national importance;” and, after all. had
Mr. Boutwell persevered in his non inter
vention policy to the end, what would have
happened ?
The monopolists boasted that they would
send up gold to 200. What of it? A
great deal more money would have chang
ed hands, moro fortunes would have beeu
m deor marred; othef brokers would have
blown out their brains, or have gone mad,
or absconded, and the ttreat held out
against James Fisk, Jr., to “hang him up
at a lamp post,” might have been carried
into execution. But. it is not easy to de
cide whether all this would have been for
good or tvd, or whether it would not have
been present evil from which future good
might have sprung. It tnigM have allayed
the speculation fever, sobered thegambiing
madness, weaned some of the most help
less dupes from the Stock Exchange, rid
that place of some of its most arrant
rogues. The lesson will not be altogether
lost, cut short as it was by Mr. Boutweh’s
! resolution; but, had the lesson gone to the
| end, its precepts might have been more
| impressive, and their value would have
: been enhanced by their higher oo*t.
Magruder.
WHY HE JOINED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
At the annual dinner of a military com
pany in Boston, on Tuesday, General Ma
gruder made an interesting address, in the
course of which he said:
“I am now going to give an account,
which can be made public if it may be con
sidered desirable,and which is the first time
I have ever alluded to it—of the circum
stances under which I left the flag Dur
ing the dark days in Washington, Mr.
Lincoln sent for me, I then being either
first or second in command in the defences
of Washington. Mr. Lincoln sard to me:
‘The government of your State (Virginia)
refuses to send her quota of the 75,000
nen called for.’ Imagining that he would
like to know, in case the State went out,
v hat would I do, I said to him: ‘Of one
tiling rest assured, Mr. Lincoln, so long as
I am in command you aud your family
oay rest in perfect safety in the While
House, and if I send in my resignation,
you shall b a, priced of it at the same
time that it goes to the adjutant general,
aad I promise to remain in the city twelve
hours afterward,’ adding laughingly, ‘I
wish to be well off with the old love before
I am on with the new.’ Mr. Lincoln
laughingly said, ‘I will help you to be well
off with tho old love.’ I did remain thir
teen hours after my resignation, and then
made my way to Lo g Bridge. When I
reached the draw it was three tniDutes
past nine o’clock at night, and the draw
bridge had been rained three minutes. The
lieutenant in command of the company
stationed there was Lieutenant Baird, now
a major general of the U. S. army, and his
company being in my regiment, all the
meu knew me. I said to Lieutenant
Baird, ‘I have this favor to ask of you,
that you will let me pass the draw.’ The
Lieutenant’s reply was, in substanoe, ‘I
wish you had not to make the request, and
I would to God you wore coming from Vir
ginia instead of going to it.’ He, however,
let me pass.”
Gen. Magruder said the struggle in his
mind was between a sense of his duty to
the flag and his country, on the one hand,
and all those ideas and feelings which were
bred in him as a Virginian, on the other.
“I placed my fortunes in this one bark
and after a long dark night ail was lost,
save my honor. He then paid a tribute
of respect to others of his compahions iu
arms who had embraced the cause of se
cession, believing iu its right and justice,
and claimed that such men were actuated
by no unworthy principles. In conclusion,
he expressed his readiness and anxiety to
do all in his power to heal up the wounds
caused by the war; to reunite the long sun
dered ties, and to cherish all that was left
of the fraternal feeling which must form
the basis of the true Union for which he
earnestly hoped.
Texas Politics.
ALARM OF THE RADICALS ABOUT SAMBO’S
VOTE.
General W. T. Clark, of Texas, arrived
here again this morning, and will leave for
Texas immediately. Tbe distribution of
Federal patronage with a view to aid in
the election in that State has been pretty
well disposed of, and for the past few days
there has been a general movement in the
direction of the Lone Star State of ail par
ties interested in the success of the elec
tion. Reports recently received announce
that thd Democrats and Conservatives are
industriously at work, and all the evidences
are that there will boa lively time. The
friends of Davis have not yet opened the
campaign on their side; but the indica
tions are that they will now swing in. The
deepest interest is manifested in the result
of this election by the Northern friends of
the Republican cause in the South, aud
many of these are giving tangible evidenoo
ol this sympathy. The opposition is said
to be well organized, and, backed by the
old rebel divisions of the soil, are destined
to make a stubborn fight. Social influences,
as well as political heres : es, so perfectly
imbedded in this portion of the popular
mind, will have full sway, and is apt to
effect a united front of all the elements op
posed to progress and the new order of
things. Considerable anxiety is manifested
over the negro vote, nut so much upon the
grounds of the unreliability of the class as
their remarkable credulity, combined with
ignorance. The negroes, at a class, are
universally with the republicans ; but the
fears are that they will be duped by emis
saries of the opposition. A stampede of
the African vote at the last moment would
have a most damaging, if not fatal, effect.
One of the first effort* of the Republicans
in their management of the .-ampaign will
be to watch and keep the negro element
well in hand. It is now live weeks until i
the election, and much remains to be done
before the State can be considered in any
manner safe.—AT. Y. JETeraUTs Washing- I
ton Dispatch.
No Peace. -Bryant runs a side show to
the New Era in Atlanta, called the [ie
publican. A copy of this paper occasion
ally hods its way into our sanetum. From
i the last number received »e learn that
there is no peace among the little radical
faction of half a dozen men, who divide
out the spoils and call themselves the Re
| Publican party of Georgia. Farrow, Pot
-1 ash Farrow. Potty is the pugnacious vaga
bond who will not permit peace. Bryant
| devotes three columns to a defence of
! jkngier, and a review of the polemic Potty
j He t> ss> ? Terry reconciled the b,i!igercata
i e . , 1 Bullock, and that everything
had been arranged for a pacification be
i tween Bulloc and Angier, when Potty
stepped in and opened fire on the latter
I course everything is at at oil aad ends
| again. Joseph Brown and McC’ay were
| to advise Angier to let Bullock draw at
will, and \ngier was willing provided Bul
lock would withdraw the suit against him.
Joseph and Kent and Rufus and Angier,
and all the conspirators were thereupon!
to have a jollification and pacification, and j
to plot new mischief against the white j
; people of the fcitate, when Potty puts in \
and breaks up the saint. So the war goes
on. We never entertained tho idea that '
harrow could be of the slightest benefit to 1
the people of Georgia, but Bryant’s j
lamentation has convinced us that the poor I
creature has actually done a service to the
race he disgraces. Columbia Sun if-
Timex.
We have watched the course of so many
distressed, emaciated aud forlorn dyspep
tics, of w-jrn-out aDd prostrated female-i,
who have taken anew lease of life, and
have gradually received vigor, strength,
health, and the power of social plea-ure
from the effects of Plantation Bitters,
that we are not surprised at the < e»timo- j
uials daily received. If it is a pleasure to i
do good in the world, bow full must be the
measure of the Proprietors of these oele- |
brated Bitters. .
Maonolla Water.—Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold j
at half the prioe, ••teS-»atath3*wl 1
AGRICULTURE.
ACorn Panic Oat West.
There is excitement and “downward ten
dency” in the grain market at Chicago.
Ihe papers of that city furnish tbe follow
>ng parnculars. The Chicago Journal says:
°°“ es ia more rapidly than
• °r shipment, under our rcceDt
h!!! ll^ r! ‘ L ri|!e “ e " ,s ' and there have
been but few here who could command
money enough to buy to hold Our weak
ness has reacted on New York and sent
that market down, while Liverpool Lav
oaught the same infection. Wall street
gamb.tt.g was the primary cause, but tl e
proximate cause arose in Chicago. Thcte
was a good deal of short trading to day,
many being anxkus to sell and o'hers
equally willing to buy, but with a decided
preference to the buyer’s option, which
made buyer themont,, worth a great deal
more than seller do.”
With reference to the coi.ri tion of the
banks, under this uofavera L condition
of things, the writer says:
“Tbe strain on the banks of this city,
produced by the large amount of grain
which has accumulated here, has been
heavy. The panic in New Y ork deprived
the grain and flour dealers of New Yerk
oity and State of the facilities for doing bus
iness because they could not get accommo
dations to pay sight bills drawn on them to
pay for grain shipped from here. There
has been any quantity of orders here to buy
Kram, to be paid for by bids drawn at
thuty days and it is useless for the banks
of this city, without an increase of capital,
to attempt to furnish funds for the whole
°f transactions in grain irom the hands
of the producer to the consumer iu the
eastern and foreign markets.”
At Cincinnati, tho Enquirer, of the
13th says of wheat:
“Advices from other points have been
of an unfavorable character, and the orders
haTe generally been withdrawn. Tbe city
millers, are, in most cases, limiting their
purchases to immediate wants, as they
have not much confidence in prices, and
the present rates for flour afford them no
profit. The receipts of wheat have not
been large; and the supply has exceeded
tho demand, and there beitiguo disposition
to sell, concessions were in some cases
granted.”
“Corn—prices are lower. The distillers
have been buying up pretty freely at
interior points, aud are not in the market
to any extent at present, and tho demand
from the local dealers is not equal to tho
receipts-”
Tbe New York Express, of Thursday,
says:
i ‘‘The late financial crisis in Wall street,
which has demoralized speculation, is r.ow
gradually extending to the channels of
1 legitimate business. The New York mer
j chants complaint of a steady falling off in
j trade, when the Fall business ought to be
i very active. Advices from different sec
j tions of the country speak, of business be
i ing unsat sfactory, while in some cases
: great depression exists. The latter is
particularly applicable to the grain trade
at Chicago and other lake ports. Under the
' heavy decline in grain at the West, pro
! ducors are not sending their grain to mar
ket freely at present, and this is clearly
seen in the decreasing earnings of the
Western railroads, while the farmer con
tinues in debt to the Western merchant,
and the Western merchant iu turn is un
able to liquidate his indebtedness to the
Eastern merchant. Thus it will be seen
that the depression in the grain trade af
fects injuriously the great railway aad
mercantile interests of the country, the
! ramifications of which are extensive.”
BINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
A MIROTON.
Pour into a dish that will bear the fire a
little soup unskimmed. Ad parsly,
scallion, tarragon, chervil] and chopped
cucumber pickles; season with pepper and
salt and oover with fine slices of boiled
beef; strew the same seasoning over the
dish, let it seethe on the fire for half an
hpur and serve.
BOILED BEEF LIKE A MATELOTTK.
Fry little onions in butter at a gentlo
fire; then add a spoonful of and stir ;
then pour in a goblet of claret, half a glass
of soup, some mushrooms if you have
them, salt, t epper and a few pot herb*.
When this ragut is cooked turn it on to
slices of boiled beef arranged on a dish.
POOR MAN’S BEEF.
Strew over slices of boiled beef, ar
ranged on a dish, salt, pepper, parsley,
scallion and a small quantity of garlic,
chopped together; moiston with a little
soupor waterjeover with fine breadcrumbs,
place on hot ashes for a quarter of an hour
ai,d serve.
BOILED BEEF FROM SOUP.
A beef taken from soup may be utilized
in various ways. The best way to employ
boiled beef is to cut it, cold, into slices of
extreme thinness, dressed with buttered
toast, or else to eat it as a salad, the dress
ing to be seasoned with plenty of pot herbs.
However, for those who preterit not, there
are excellent ways of serving it.
CARROTS AND ONIONS.
Cut into thin elices some carrots and
one-third the bulk of onions, and fry them
in the pan, with a good lump of butter or
dripping, taking care thit they do not ad
here at the bottom; season with salt and
pepper; and when they have colored dredge
flour over them, moisten with soup or with
soup mixed with milk; set the pan over
the fire and let them finish cooking; at the
moment of serving mix in yolk of eggs
and a little vinegar, and season with pars
ley chopped very fine.
PASTRY FOR HOT OR COLD TATES.
; With half a qound of flour, a good pinch
! of salt, three yolks of eggs, three-quarters
j of a goblet of wine aud half a quarter
; pound of lard, make a rather firm paste,
| cover it with a linen cloth and let it be
! for eight or ten minutes. After this time
roll it out witli the roller, theu spread over
jit a quarter pound of butter; told the
i paste double, roll it to the first thickness,
| double and roil again and repeat five time3.
j The paste is now fit for use.
POTATO PUDDING,
Cook in water two quarts and a half of
fine potatoes and mash them through a
fine colander. Mix them then with a
quarter pound ol melted butter and the
same quantity of powdered sugar. When
; the mixture is thorough, add six eggs beat
! en if for an omelette, a glass of brandy and
a pound of Zante currants. Mix again,
i turn the whole into a cloth, tie it that the
pudding may not escape. Put it to cook
in boiling water, boil it for a quarter of an
hour, take it out of the cloth. Set it on a
dish, and serve it bathed in sauce made of
a glass of wine in which sugar and melted
butter have been mingled.
ORANGE JELLY.
The basis of jelly orange is really apple
jelly, whioh, having little perfume of its
own, is an excellent vehicle for whatever
you may desire to introduce into it. The
apples being peeled with a silver blade
knife, put them to cook in water enough to
cover them, iu which the juice of a lemon
has been mixed. When tney oornnaence to
break, turn them into a horseebair si ve,
and let them drain without pressing. With
the juice which has passed, mix an equal
weight of good sugar and lioil When the
jelly is cooked, throw iu orange peel cut
into bits, and after boiling u p once or twice
from tho fire, and when the i rice has set
tled down, take out the pe.u with a skim
mer and turn the jelly into juis.
PUFFED FRIITEP.B. •
Put over the lire in a saucepan a half
pint of water or milk, with a pinch of’salt,
an ounce of butter, the fame quantity of
powdered sugar and some grated lemon
peel. When the liquid begins to boil draw
ofi the saucepan, stirring briskly with a
wooden spoon, incorporate more than a
quarter of a pound of Hour, enough t) form
a thick paste; set it n the fire,still stirring,
and after four or five minutes take it off
finally. Now break an egg into the pasta
and stir until completely inc -rporaied ;
b eak a second, proceeding in likeinannei;
then a third, then a fourth igg, or u*c a
part of the latter, according to the consist
ency of the paste. This shouid be so solid
that, in taking up a spoonful and letting it
fall back, it should neither scatter nor ad
here to the spoon. After these prepara
tions, dredge light y the pi -board; spread
outthetbe paste on itJaiH dredge the
paste; cut i< in equal parts, roll into balls
and tty. When the fritters are in the pan
stir them with a 1 idle, aud increase the fire
gradually until they have taken a fine color;
then arrange them ir, heap, sprinkle with
powdered sugar aod serve. It is desirable
to J: rp .Lii'i >!■ in the fiy at onci ; you
may arrange ihtiu on j.no s‘ I buttered
paper, draw the pan partiy off from the
fire and put in the paper. Adding a little
orange flower to the paste is good:
j Storing Potatoes.— ls potatoes are to
! be stored in a cellar, it must bo either na
j turally dry or made so by proper drainage,
j The potatoes ought also to ho drv when
I put into it—that is, they should lay for an
j hour or two at least, after digging before
i they are carted to the cellar. 11 makes
them cleaner, of course, to knock all the
dirt from them while pioking them up,and
keep that wbioh settles to the wagon floor
from going in the cellar with them ; but
they will keep better in the bin if these pro-,
cautions are not taken, ar.d a considerable
portion of dry earth is allowed tq to with
th»m.
Factsforthe Ladies.—Mr*. Bartlett,
of Black River Fal's, .Wisconsin, has
made with one “Wheeler A Wilsou” nee
dle six hundred pairs of heavy caDva*
pants, worn by loggers, earning ivitbiu
two years upward of six hundred dollars,
beside doing the work for her ovyu and
Other families.
octßo—wl
SALESMEN.—Wanted, 3 few relichle,
kjj •Qbrifttle mie to aeil by **np]t goods