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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1870)
Cfaottirtr iSf eutturi.' WKDXKSIHY MOK.MNti, SEPTEMBER'.’!. Very Much Mixed- Will our fricnas of the Augusta Chroni- I oi.b & Sentinel sound their fog bell and ) let ns know exactly where they stand on j the question of electing eligible or in- | eligible representatives to Congress I Per- j haps our own brain may be a little mud- | died, but they really appear to as to be i fighting on both sides.— Savannah Eepub- j Uean. As the Ckboxk i.e & Sentinel never ! gets befogged, politically, we have no need of a “fog hell,” and hence we are un able to wake up our sleepy neighbor. The course of this paper was explicitly announced in our leader of the 3d instant i We have not abated one jot or tittle of j what we then said. On the contrary, we I are more thoroughly convinced, after read- ' ingthe strictures of some of the Demo cratic press upon that article, that our position is invulnerable, and our argument unanswerable: As the Republican has evidently been “nodding” during the absence of its editor-in-chief, and has not perhaps seen the article we refer to, we will, to oblige the loeeem tenens, briefly re-state our po sition. We are opposed to the nomination of candidates for either State or lederal offices who are ineligible under the provis ions of the XfVth amendment. Wo are opposed to the nomination o any one for Congress whose only recom inundation is that he can swallow the test oath, or who has been relieved from its exactions. We are in favor of nominating the truest, ablest and most patriotic citizens in the several districts for Congressional honors who are eligible under the 14th Amendment without regard to the fact whether they can or cannot take the test oath. We trust the Republican will have no trouble in ascertaining now our position without tbo assistance of a “fog belL" While on this subject—will the Repub lican pardon us for propounding a few questions ? Did the Republican insist pending tho election in this State for members of the doth Congress upon the selection of can didates who were eligible under tho law then in force? Did the Republican insist in 18C8 when nominations wore being ruado for the 41st Congress upon the selection of candidates who were eligible under the 14th Amend ment, and who could also tahe the lest oath ? Will the Republican tell us why it is that in 1870 the selection of candidates who aro eligible under tho 14th Amend ment, and who can tako the test oath is in sisted upon as necessary and imperative, whilosuch rcquiremontH were not made a sine qua non iu the previous elections ? We feel quite sure that the Republican hits some good reason for this change in its nourse, and respectfuly ask to ho advised thereon. Tlie Legislature. The action of this body for tbo last ten days has been a disgrace to the State. The vicious system of “bolting” has hecomo ho fully developed that bnrdly a question is now acted upon, which docs not produce a bolt on tho part ofthoso in the minority. Tho llouso iu frequently left without a quorum and members draw full pay while lounging in tho beer saloons and other places of public amusement. Tho public business has been so often and openly dis regarded that tho House found it neces sary to adopt a rule imposing a fine of eighteen dollars for absence from roll call. This is a disgrace to members and a stain upon tho Legislature. If .members oan not afford to attend to their official duties they should resigu and let tho people el-eot men who will bo willing to devote their time to the public service. [fit ba truo that membors are satisfied that their holding over the forty days al lowed by the Constitution is an unlawful usurpation thoy ought to have tho honesty and courage to adjourn sine, die and stop tho exorbitant and rnoro than useless expenses which their oonlinued sessions involve. As matters now aro they aro little better than a mob, and tho sooner thoy disperse the hotter it will be for them and for the people of tho Gtatc. • Let us Have Peace. Tho Demooratio State Convention ro fused to take action or advise any course to bo adopted by tho party in regard to tho question of eligibility. Tho aotion of the Convention was concurred in by tho entire press of tho State, and unanimously approved by tho peoplo. If tho minority of tho Executive Committee, which met in Atlanta two weeks after tho Convention adjourned, had not undertaken to revise the aotion of that body—if they had been content to let a good work alone wo should have had no distraction in tho party—no oriminations aud recriminations—no cruol and unjust suspicions of improper motives, and no open warfare upon a largo portion of tho party, who have neither said or done anything iu opposition to tho actiou of tho Conr ‘'ntion or tho platform of the party. This tire-brand of eligibility has boen thrown into tho canvass by tho imprudent and uncalled for action of a few gentlemen —clever and patriotic if you ploase—but who in no sense can claim to bo fair exponents of the popular sentiment upon tho subject which they bring prominently into the caavass. We give these gontlo ruen credit for good and patriotic motives, but tho result has showu that their pru dence aud discretion is not abovo just criticism. Having, without just cause, thrown this exciting and disorganizing issue into the canvass, their friends seek to make concurrence in the views they pre sent a test of party fealty. Thoso who insist that this is a more matter of expe diency in deciding upon which the larges 1 latitude is to be allowed in the severaj districts, arc charged with being disor. ganizers and faetionists, and some of the moro rabid of the Committee’s friends insist that this latter class shall bo read out of and refused participations iu the triumphs and honors of the party. The motives of as good men as there '■ are in the h——a, i the charge openly made that those lead ing gentlemen who refuse to follow the dictation ot the minority of the Commit tee are influenced in their conduct by personal ambition. Judge Stephens, than whom no truer, or more patriotic citizen o»n be found in the party, is charged with having been controlled in his judgment by his ambition for a seat in Congress. The ; same charge has been insinuated against other gentlemen who fail to acknowledge the wisdom ot the Committee’s action. We protest against such conduct as ruinous to the party, and to the whole btate. If, upon mere questions of party axpcdieacy, every member of tho party is to be compelled to submit to the direc tion and dictation of a minority of the Executive Committee, the party organiza tion cannot be preserved. Honest and honorable gentlemen will not consent to be stultified in this way. They claim for themselves nothing more than they are willing to acoord to others—the right, in mere matters of policy, to obey the dictates of their own consciences. If they are denied this right, then the party organiza tion is an unmitigated tyranny, to which they will not submit. These gentlemen who differ from the minority of the Executive Committee upon the question of selecting candidates who arc eligible under the law, have made no war on tho Committee or its friends- Upon this matter they “agree to disagree,” without calling in question the purity of the motives, or the patriotism of those who differ lrom them, They havo not called hard names —they have made no mean insinuations —they have impngned no motives, nor have they questioned the integrity ot those who oppose them. Whatever of split, or of discord there is now in the party, is not fairly attributable to them, They feel, however, that an unjust and unprovoked attack has been made upon them, through the denuncia tions heaped upon Mr. Stephens, and they indignantly resent this ungenerous con duct. A clamor has been raised for the resig nation of Mr. Stephens. It appears that the committee has never yet organized, and benoe that no legal selection cf a chairman has been made. The committee will be soon called together for the purpose of organizing, and the selection of a chair man. Judge Stephens is the man who should be selected. This is eminently due to him when the recent course pursued against him is takeo into consideration, lie Las been cruelly and most unfairly assailed. The people, in whose interest alone Mr. Stephens has acted, should now sustain him. He may cot be willing to accept the place now. Upon this point we have no direct information. But we insist that whether he acoept or not, it is due to him and the public sentiment of the State, that the position should be tendered to him. Inconsistent. When the people of Georgia were called upon to nominate candidates for the 40th Congress thero was not a single Demo cratic paper in the State which insisted upon the selection of candidates who were not ineligible. So far as we know there was not a Democratic candidate in the ! State who wag selected because of his eligibility, and if we are not mistaken, not j one of them were eligible under the con stitution and laws then in force. Two Democrats were elected. Neither of them were eligible. One labored un der the disabilities of the 14th amendment, the other could not take the tost oath. Both of these Democrats were allowed to take their seats—their disabilities having been first removed by the House. It is well known that in the 40th Congress there were but a mere handful of Demo crats—less than forty, all told. Yet a House of Representatives, overwhelmingly Radical, admitted the two Democrats from Georgia. One of them had held high rank in the Confederate army, and what was, in Radical eyes, much worse, he had been educated at West Point. He was elected as a Democrat, on a Democratic ticket, by Democratic votes, and in opposition to a regularly nominated Radical candidate. The other member was, and had always been, a decided Democrat, had frequently been in the Legislature before the war, and held various other public offices. He ran in a district where there was an over whelming negro majority, and the Radi cals openly charged that his election was procured by cheating, bribery, threats and intimidation of the colored voters. These charges were industriously circulated among Radical members of Congress, and we believe, tbo election contested by the defeated Radical candidate. Yet, not withstanding all these villainous charges, and notwithstanding the evident consti tutional disabilities of Mr. Tift, and his firm adhesion to the Democratic party, an intensely Radical Congress removed his disabilities by a two-thirds vote, and ad mitted him to hi* seat. Io 1868 when it was thought that we would be permitted to elect members to tho 41st Congress, Democratic nomina tions were mado in tho several districts iu tho State, and not a voice was heard in sisting that candidates should be selected who could take the test oath. If euch a proposition had boon then made , public indignation would have driven to the wall tho luckless wight who had the termerity to make what was then considered so de basing a proposition. Wo distinctly remember that Lawson in tho 4th, Alexander in the 31, and Christy in the 6th, were put in nomination by the Democeatic patry neitherlof whom was it pretended could take the test oath. TheD the people wero not told that tho nomi nation and election of such gentlemen would streßgtJjfln the Radical party. Then wo were not warned by Congressional and State Committos that the selection of men who were unable to swallow the test oath would injure the NationalDemocratio party. Then, the only point insisted upon ae a matter purely pf expeilienoy, was, that wo should endeavor io geleot candidates who were not constitutionally disqualified, and even this was left to tho discretion and discussion lof the several District Nomi nating', Conventions free from the dicta tion or ioteffirooeo of tho Executive Committee. It is trua that the election was not held, but io every district in the State except tho fifth, the nominations wore auuoUQ.eed and an active canvass made. When these nominations Wei & tefido there were, as before stated, but a mere handful of Democrats in the House ot Representatives. Now there are upwards of seventy. Then the passions aroused by the war had not cooled. Theu there was not a tinglo leading Republican in Congress who was in favor of removing the disabilities of the 14th Amendment net one that was in favor of a repeal of the test oath. Yet the Democratic Press of the State failed to warn the people against the impolicy of nominating ineli gible candidates. The Democratic State Convention which met in July of that year, failed to take action on this im portant quostion, and tho Executive Com mittee could see no good reason why such warning should bs given. Two years have elapsed. Public senti ment at the North and West is under-; going a decided change. The passions aud animosities of the war are dying out. Reason begins to assert her sway. The leading minds of the lvadieal party in both Houses of Congress—such men as Ferry and Trumbull, and Carpenter and Sprague, and Edwards, in the Senate, and Bingham and Logan, and Farnsworth and Dawes, and even Butler, in the House, backed up by an increasing spirit of toleration and moderation among the masses in tho North and West, are now demanding that Southern pro scription should coase. Anew Congress is about to be elected. Tho canvass, in most of tho States, has already begun, and from Maine to Oregon the people—and more particularly the rank and file of the Republican party—are insisting upon a cessation of tho cruel war upon the South. In .the State of Missouri, where the bitterness nirainst Southern men has been more intense than in any other State, Tennessee not excepted, the Republican masses havo demanded a repeal of the j proscriptive clauses of their own Constitu- ! lion, and have, in consequence of the re- | fusal of the Radical State Convention, j which met on the Ist inst., to pledge the ! party to an immediate repeal, repudiated j the candidates and the action of that Con vention and placed in nomination for Gov- j ernor a Republican, pledged to their repeal, and a lull State ticket, who are under similar pledges. The party of Drake and M,.C!urg, the representatives of continued j persecution and proscription, is opposed by Grata Brown, Carl Schurz, Stanard and tho ablest men es the party, who make the fight openly upon this issue alone. And this is but a fair type of the condition of public sentiment generally in the West. AS hy, then, should the people of Geor- I gia stultify themselves by selecting candi dates whose only or chief rcccmmenda- i tions are that they can take the test oath or have been relieved from the exactions of the oath T If such a course was not re- J quired in ’67 and in’6s what is there in the condition of parties or of public senti ment which now require such action ? We oonfess that we fail to discover such neces sity. Will those Democratic presses who now declare that the welfare of the party depends upon the selection of eligible can didates please tell as why they failed to give this adyice in ’67 and id ’6B ? Will they have the kindness to tell the people why they suspect that the next Congress will not admit tneligible members when the Fortieth Congress so promptly admit- 1 ted Messrs. Tift and Young ? Will they tell the people why the change in their present course from that pursued in pre vious elections ? We think there is glaring inconsistency in their conduct, and would be much obliged for an explanation. LETTKB FROM JIDGE LISTON STE PHENS, HE DISCUSSES FULLY HIS LATE LETTER! HE PRONOUNCES THE CHAIR MANSHIP OF THE COMMIT TEE VACANT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO QUO RUM ! HE REFUSES TO RUN FOR CON GRESS ! CrAWFORDVTLLE, Ga.. Sept. 12, 1870. Editor Constitution , Atlanta. Ga. : Dear Sir ; —After seeing what you and others have said, through the press, in re lation to my letter accepting the Chair manship of tbe Democratic Executive Committee of this State, I ask a place in your columns for a final summary of what I have to say on that subject. It in very clear that the resolution which purported to come from the Executive Committee, recommending that so-called “ineligible” men shall not be presented as candidates cither for Congress or the State Legislature, was not the act of that Com mittee, and is not entitled to any official character. Under the resolution of the Convention, providing for tho forma-ioD of an Executive Committee, the Commit te is to consist of fifteen members, four teen appointed by t! e President of the Convention, and the fifteenth to be added by tho election and acceptance of a chair man, outside of the fourteen. Until the requisite number of fifteen is completed by the addition of an outside chairman, there is no “committee” to do business. Before that completion of the requisite number, the only act which can be done by i a quorum of the fourteen, or by the whole fourteen, is the election of the necessary additional member. This statement is too plain to need illus tration or argument, and I leave it to stand on its own clearness and impregnable strength. Your correspondent, in your issue of the 10th instant, finds inconsisten -1 cies in my position. only in his own mis statements of it. I cannot waste further space on this branch of his criticisms, for they are not of the slightest real impor tance. They are fully answerd by a care ful reading of my letter. In answer, however, to another criticism of that correspondent, I have to say, that if "many have taken serious offense,” and i a “great many” have felt “profound pain,” tho "offense” and the “pain” do not lie at my door. The whole responsibilit/ for the disturbance of harmony rests upon the small number wbo, without authority, put forth the disturbing resolution, as the ac tum of the “committee When thechair manbhip was tendered to me, coupled with tho announcement of this resolution, whether I accepted or declined, I was equally obliged to apeak cut, or else be justly considered as aequiescing in a course which I regard as a dangerous departure from sound principles and sound policy. But to say no more of my peculiar posi tion, which required me to express my own views, it was exactly a case where, not one, but numbers, would feel con strained to enter a protest. The resolution was necessarily an ele ment of discord, not only from the rnuDoer in which it was put forth, but from the matter which it contained. Not only is it no official act ot the committee, but it is an act which goes beyond any legitimate con struction of the committee’s powers. It is worse tbau a mere usurpation of power, for it is in direct eocfl'ct with tiie.aotion of the Convention itself. The same proposi tion, in the same orsome very similar form, was before the Business Committee of the Convention, and found so little favor that it was passed over as njected, without a formal veto. This resolution then under took to add to the platform matter which had been rejected from it. This matter was not overlooked by the Business Com mittee nor the Convention, but was pur posely omitted. The attempt, therefore, afterwards to introduce it, by the actiou of the Executive Committee, especially when that attempt was made before the forma tion rs the committee was completed, was necessarily a fire brand ; and harmony can be restored only by removing the element which disturbed it, and leaving the mem bers of the party in different localities, just as the Convention left them, perfectly free, on this point, to pursue their own convictions of sound policy, consistant with sound principles, as announced by the Con vention. And now, a few words In defense of the opinion expressed in tuy letter that, in to looting o<tndiol-it*o fov (IqnproHu. ltits so-ealied disabilities ought to be disre garded; or, in other words, that the ablest truo men in every district should be select ed without any regard to the so-called “disabilities.” II confirmation of its soundness and importance were needed it ha* been abundantly furnished in the na ture of -the objections which Lave been made against it, and the quarter from which they have been urged with the hot test zeal. One of the loudest in lamenta tion j$ Dr. Bard, ex-Governor of Idaho, and editor of a Radical organ, miscalled the True Georgian. Hs has already used columns of his paper, onq threatens to use un indefinite number of columns in the j future, to persuade Democrats that if they act pp the policy advocated in my letter they Sill rqjti the Democratic party. Who is silly enough Lot to see that his professed concern for ibe safety pi' the Democratic party Only betrays his real alarm at the peri! of his own ! The danger which he scents on the brct'ZC is danger, not to the Democrats, but to !ho 60'Calff and Republi can party. And wliui ore his reasons with which he hopes to frighten Democrats away from the ground of their greatest power ? lie, like your correspondent (who, perhaps, gets his cue from the ex- Governor) cries out that the letter is “revolutionary," and yet the only “rev olutionaty” feature ’.vh ch he points out in it is tho proposition to “shake the country from centre to circumference'’ -by argu ments On the theatre of Congress 1 This sort of “revolution” is indeed what I do most devoutly desire, aad what he and all his so workers in usurpation and des potism do most trembling dread. There is nothing they tear so much as the pros pect of having their deeds of usurpation ar.d malignity put on trial before the great tribunal of the Ami rican States. ,fl he whole fabric of measures called reconstruc tion, including the so-called )4'-h and loth amendments of the constitution, rests upon usurpation too palpable and gross to be denied even by its authors. The prime author of the scheme, Thaddeus Stevens, openly proclaimed that it was outside of the constitution. Its supporters cannot maintain it by argument, and hence they cunningly endeavor to draw and scare Democrats away from the field of argu ment by singiDg eensejess laudations to the irreversible arbitrament of arms, and by a shower ot high sounding phrases about “verities,” “fixed facts,” and modern ten dencies towards nationality and centralism, with the derisive epithets of “Bourbons” and “fogies.” Tha vita! principles of State sovereignty, State equality, and State rights, which they have trampled ia the dust, are contemptuously dispatched with the one favorite phrase of “dead issues.” They know that these issues are not dead, and that lhoy will novor dio until tho Doui oeratic Party can be induced to commit the stupendous folly of joining the enemy iu burying them alive. They are now indeed in the dust, but they are fail of vitality and power. They, with the liberty which is insepara ble from them, were onee before under the heel of the Alien and Sedition Acts, but were rescued by one of those glorious “revolutions” which are ever so teriible in the prospect, alike to liberty’s usurping enemies and her unwisely timid friends. Under the lead of Jefferson, the Democrat ie party, State by State, declared those odious acts to be “unconstitutional, null ami void and on that issue, not only the acts, but the whole party which originated them were swept away by a storm of in dignant condemnation. The country was “shaken from centre to circumference,” and the constitution was rescued from the hands of its enemies by a “revolution” as peaceful as it was splendid. The freemen of Middlesex, in the days of Chatham, were denied the right of being represented in the British Parlia- i ment by John Wilkes, the man of their choice. He was subject to a so called "disability” which the House ot Commons i had unconstitutionally put upon him. j Chatham declared the so-called “disabili ty” null and void ; and in pursuance -of his advice. Wilkes was again and again i elected aod returned to Parliament after : each new rejection. This issue, on the I right of a single man to a seat ia the Brit- I ish Parliament, contributed more than all j others to the total overthrow cf the Tory party, which had committed this breach ; of the constitution. Here was another “revolution” as bloodless as it was com plete aod beneficent. Such “revelations” can always be achieved in the cause of liberty, when truth is wielded by courage, ability, wisdom and patriotism. The mu tations of political power which lie within j the recollection of the youngest man in the , Democratic party, ought to banish all do- j spair, and tospire soul-stirring confidence, ! even under the dark shadow of the pres- j ent colossal proportions of tho centralizing organization which now bears despotic sway in this country, by virtue alone of confessed usurpation. Let no one be dismayed or deoeived by j such mistaken statements and gratuitous I assumptions as thoso of your correspond- * cut. He is utterly mistaken in the idea which he seems to have that the invalidity of the .so-called “disabilities” has ever been argued on the floor of Congress by any man demanding a right to his seat. Equally gratuitous is his a-sumptien that the va« lidity of the 14 tb and 15th so-called amend ments, as well as the 13th amendment,will be upheld by all of our courts. It wi II be re membered that I make a distinction between the 13th ameDdmeDt on the one haqd and the so-caded 14th and 15th amendments on the other ; and I will here state, for the special benefit of the ex-Gjvernor of Idaho, what I conceive the difference to be. Tire 13th was constitutionally proposed and rat fied, in good faith, by the requisite num ber of State Legislatures. It is true that when it was proposed by Congress, ten of the States were absent, but their absence was voluntary, and therefore did not affect the validity of the Congress or of this act. The subsequent ratification of this act by the States in good faith gave it, in my judgment, all the elements of a valid amendment to the constitution. It is true, also, that while the Southern Legislatures which ratified it were not connected with their predecessors by an unbroken chain of legality, and had their initiation in a palpable usurpation of power on the part of the President, yet it is unquestionably true, also, that they were elected and sus tained by overwhelming majorities of the true constitutional constituencies of the States represented by them. Tney had all tbe substance of legal gov ernments, and rested on the unquestion able consent of the constitutional “people.” Every man of information knows how ut terly absent these vital elements are in the case of the 14th and 15th so-called amend ments. These two were not constitutionally proposed, because the ten States volunta rily absent on the first occasion were now denied all voice in | reposing these amend meets, although they were present by their representatives stud claiming a hearing. Aod this, too, io the teeth of those ex press provisions ts the constitution which declare that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived cf its equal suffrage in the Senate, and that each State shall have at least one representative. As to the ratifications of these two so-called amendments, they were made in these Southern Slates by bodies which were not Legislatures of the States, but were notoriously the creatures of Con gressional usurpation, and acted under the duress of dictation and bayonets. How naked and indefensible the usurpation of Congress was in laying its hand on the j suffrage of the fctatos to form these crea tures of its own, is showu by the decision j rl the Supremo Court, pronounced by | Chief Justice Chase in the recent ease of Texas vs. White. There the court held that these States were, during the war, and have ever since been, States in the Union. It rnußt be borne ia mind that un der the constitution prior to the passage of the so-called 14rh and 15th amend ments, t lie whole subject of suffrage was under the exclusive control of the States in the Union. This was the univcr-ally received con struction, aDd that feature in our system leceives a marked prominence from the faotthst the electors of offices of the Fed eral Government its'lf aro expressly made dependent by the constitution itself, upon the action o! each State for herself. When, therefore, the power attempted to bo con ferred in the so-called amendments was exercised by Congress previous to their passage- a power to lay its hand upon the suffrage of the States and mould it at its will—the usurpation stands out with all the distinctness and gigantic prominence of our own Stone Mountain. These so called amendments are but confessions that the powers sought to be conferred by them upon Congress did not belong to Congress before. Chief Justice Chase also held in tbe same case that the States aro inde structible ; and it is yery plain that these so called amendments are aimed, and in tentionally aimed at the very vitals of the States; for the control of their sufirage places their political power, and their very existence, at the mercy of a grand consoli dated centralism which already begins, through Mr. Attorney-General Akerman, to designate the States as bare “corpora tions.” To show how gratuitous is tho assump tion of yoUr correspondent as to what the courts will do, it is only necessary to re memer that while the reconstruction ae s, which aro the indispensable support ot the so called. amendments, have been before the Supreme Court of the United States on several occasions, yet their validity has never received the sanation of that court ; but, on tho contrary, on each occasion, the particular parts of them which the court held to be involved in the particular case, were also held to bo unconstitutional and void. I allude specially to two leading features of these acts suspending the priv ilege of the writs of habeas corpus, and creating military tribunals for the trial of citizens. It is to bo specially noted, also, that on every occasion the court has failed to affirm, and seems studiously to have avoided the affirmance of the validity of these acts in any particular whatever, aud has announced principles whion >—w carried to their logical consequences, are decisive against the validity of the entire fabric of reconstruction, including the so called 14th and 15th amendments. It is proper at this point to remind your correspondent that this court has also de cided that the iron-clad, or test oath, i3 un constitutional and void, even when applied to lawyers ; and for a much stronger rea son is it void when applied to members ot Congress whose qualifications are pre scribed hy tho constitution itself, aud can not bo changed either by subtraction or addition. The courts are a forum of rea son and argument. Usurpers and crim inals make their appearance upon that lorum only when they are dtmgged there. Just here, I remark, in passing, that Gov ernor Bullock’s recent notice to county officers-, that any of them who are subject to the so-called “disabilities” will be prosecuted if they continue to hold their offices, is regarded by me as nothing but a trick to fill tho offices with his own crea tures, awl thus get into his owd hands the manipulation of the elections in as many counties as possible, Ret the incumbents stand firm, and either there will bo no J r.rosccutions, or if any shall be instituted ■ to fc«Bg up the sham and augment the scars, they wjU bo allowed to linger, and lingering to dim In this connection, 1 will also add a word in roply to a sensational telegram from Washington City, published in your paper, dated the 10th instant, and signed “Sam. J. Randall, (dbairman.” It advises the people of Georgia to plect no men to Congress but such as can take the test oath. The advice given is enough to show the Democrats of this Slate that Mr. Randall iis a very bad adviser. He means to have us semi negroes to Congress, or else he is clearly ignorant of the “situation ’ in Geor gia,for in most of our Cosgrebsiona! districts men who can truly take the test 03th are exceedingly seircc, outside of the negroes. The white men whose sympathies and wishes were against us in the trying days ot the war, do not, as a class,, command the confidence or even the respect of our people, and if sent to Congress by us would only misrepresent, demoralize and debase us. Better to remain unrepresented for j ever, if need be, than thus to render our | selves the subservient instruments of our I own degradation, I firmly believe that the greatest numerical _ victory gained by a | surrender of our principles would be the i greatest calamity that could befad the i Democratic party. Such a victory wouid i destroy its moral force, and bring it to | decay, dissolution and contempt. | Now, a word, Mr. J?4jtor, in response to your suggestion that I, as ehaipman, shall call an immediate meeting of the Esecu j tive Committee. Information obtained from several quarters since my letter ofae • ocptance wan written, jpyes me eaM-ifacfory I assurance that there was uet » oygrum of the committee present, when a s'm".!i num- I ber of them (certainly not more than six, ! and soma say only five) went through the form of electing me chairman, and pass ; ing the resolution which has given ri-e to j ail this trouble. My chaitmaaship is, therefore, regarded by me as only one of the very many “so-called” things of the day. and I cannot presume to exorcise any ! of the powers belonging to a legally elected i officer- Tbe chairmanship of the ytm j miltee is vacant; and the committee is yet i incomplete. | And now, in conclusion, please allow me : a few lines on another subject. The man ner in which my name has been suggested | as a candidate for Congress, in the sth dis trict, in many quarters, and particularly by the very able letter of Judge Hook, renders it proper that I should mako knewn my determination on that subject. I want no office whatever; and under the • present circumstances I could not be in duced to accept any. [ fee! some satisfac- : tion in announcing this determination, because it will give the Democratic party 1 full assurance, if any were needed, that my : advice to them is colored by no personal j object, and springs entirely from a pro- j found conviction that the course recom- j mended by me ia essential both to the ! preservation of our principles, and to the ! achievement of ultimate success. Every ; throb of my heart is for the restoration ot j that constitutional, local self-government : which is. the foundation of our whole American system, and which distinguished us for more than three-quartcis of a ccd tury, as a congregation of the freest and happiest people on the face of the earth. I am also thoroughly persuaded that this great end can be accomplished only by the Democratic party of the United States act ing in concert in all the States, and, more over, that this party will be powerful only as it shall be pure. Yours, very respectfully, Linton Stephens. The taxable property in Greene county, as assessed for the present year, is $2,- 029,984, which shows a considerable in crease since last year; this is attributable to the increased value of real estate. The number of polls in the county, including whites and blacks, is 2,087- — Herald, From the Fmancid Chronicle. Cotton Friday, P. M. Sept. 9, IS7O. By special telegrams eceived by us to night from the Southed ports, we are in possession of the return showing the re ceipts, exports, &e., of ettton for the week ending this evening Snt. 9. From the figures thus obtained i appears that the total receipts for the even days have reached 11,104 bales a/ainst 6,868 bales last week, 5,454 bales th; previous week, and 5,287 bales three veeks since. TLe details cf the receipts tor this week (as per telegraph), and tie corresponding week of 1869. areas folhws: Received this wiek at— -1870. 1869. New Orleans—bal«_ 2,101 2,345 Mobile 605 976 Charleston , 2,286 1,87S Savannah i 3,412 6,481 Texas 1 347 591 Tennessee, xe 1,293 273 Florida ..... 3 North Carolina.... .... 199 103 Virginia 861 198 Total receipts „ ,11,104 1 2,351 Decrease thi. >ear 1,247 The exports for the week ending this evening reaoh a of 3,704 bales, of which 3,704 were to Great Britain and bales to the continent, while the stocks at all the porp, as made up this evening, are now 54f23 bales. From the foregoing statement it will be sccd that, compared with the correspond ing week of last seasoi, there is an increase iu the exports this week of 3,211 bales, while the stocks Ip-night are 41.817 bales more than they Were at this time a year ago. The market thdpast week opened with a decidedly better feeling, owing to the im provement at Livt-pool under tbe belief that the war would soon be brought to a clot. Later advices from the Continent not being interpreted 60 favorably, the stroui buoyant tone pre viously observable Ipas lost, and prices gradually returned ti very near the point ruling last Saturday.! Offerings have also during the past few Ays been increased, the appearance of tfe new crop leading holders to sell out. gales have not been pressed, but thVe is now a fair as sortment of stock on Vhe market of ail descriptions. The cfve to night was quiet but steady, the olferings being less abundant and yet holdets are inclined to accept any lair offer. FcrVorward delivery there has been a good b sincss doing at about the prices of last w£k. Total sales of this description reach 4,700 bales (all low middling or on tho ba is of low mid oiicg), of which 4 200 bales were for September—3oo at 18, 1,1 X) at 18i, 1,000 at 18[, 300 at 18f 200 at 18 5-16, 900 at 17L and 200 at 17|-; 6,10 bales for Octo ber— 200 at 16|, 1,200 at 17, 1,300 at 17$, 400 at 17$, 30u at 17$, ana 200 at 17 1-16, 1,700 at 16f, 200 at 16 IJ-16, 500 at 16j and 100 at 16$ ; 1,900 biles for Novem ber—3oo at 16 11 16, 2)0 at 16|, 300 at 17$, 100 at 16$, 100 16$. dud 300 at 16$ ; 2,000 hales for DeceuiberLlOO at 16$, 200 at 16$, 400 at 16 7-16, ICO at 16f, 400 at 16$, 300 at 16$, 500 at <ss ; also 200 bales for October and Nivemler at 16 9 16, and 200 same month at lit, and 200 rame month, one-half each mjoth, at 16$. The total sales for immediateßclivery this week loot up 7,779 bales, mcitding 888 bales to arrive, of which 6 513 b|les were taken by spinners, 427 bales on spiculation, 839 for export. Consumption op Ofa Mills.—De have received to day (trough tho kind ness of 13. F. Nourse, of (Boston, the mill returns obtained up to this date, as to cotton used by them durisg the year. It seems that 76 per cent of the Northern Mills have been heard Amu and 70 per cent Southern spindles, aid from this data a summary of results has been reached by comparing returns ot the same corpora tions la-st year. In these mills North the number of spindles is increased 2$ per cent, but in the South there is an increase of only 453 spindles. U,oo these spindles the consumption North was reduced 1.7 percent for spindles, but increased 1.02 per cent in aggregate quantity ; South increased 6$ per cent spindles and 7 per cent in aggregate average. No. of yarn produced, North 29 (lastyear 28|), South 12$ (last vear 12 33), consumption per spindie, North 49.68 pounds (last year 50.54), South 127 96 (last yeai 119.01). Number of spindles, North 4,665,806 (same mills last year 4,539,653), South 137,127 (last year 137,583). The North ern Mills reporting on 4,665,806 spindles show an actual consumption 0f231,510,250 pounds cotton. Now apply to these spin dles the spinner’s rule of consumption on No. 29 yarn, 4$ skeias per day to each spindie. They usually reckon 300 work ing days in the year of 11 hours each, leaving out 65 days for Sundays, holidays and bad days ; but this year, owing to the six or eight weeks strike suspending work at Fall River on about 600,000 spindles (indorsed in the returns), aud the short work enforced in the last two months by low water at nearly all the large mills, we havo to take off 15 days (or 5 per cent) more, anq count trtt W -irking On cotton worked in No. 29 yarn (average) we reckon waste 19 per cent (gross) of cot ton on 16 per cent of the yam product. Thus 4,665,806 spindles x 4$ skeins x 285 days, gives in the year 5,651,457,375 skeins. Divide bv No. 29 (skeins to the pound) == 194.877,840 pounds yarn x 37,- 026,790 pounds waste (or 19 per cent ot the weight of yarn), and tho result is 231,904,630 pounds cotton used. Tbe reports, say it _ was actually 231,810, 250 pounds. This is one of the practical tests applied to the mill returns, to learn if they are consistent in their several parts end in aggregate results. Satisfied with the correctness of the data, and that these give a fair average rate of comparison for all the spindles in each section, we make these deductions for this year taking tho average weight of bales at 465 72. Bale?; Nor'hern consumption 777,602 Southern consumption 79,843 Taken from this crop 856,505 Add decrease stock in mills 30,000 1809 70 home consumption 886,505 These figures may of course need some slight rev’sii n when full returns come in. Gunny Bags, Bagging, etc.—There has been a good, steady jobbing demand for bagging ever since our last, and although no large sales have been made, transactions for the week foot up 900 bales native in this market at 30$c cash, and 2,000 rolls domestic at 31a32e. The de mand is entirely from the South, specula tors not buying anything. Holders gener ally talk of higher prioes, and a continued active demand, ba=ed upon tho expected short supply. Jo Boston 'a salo has been made of 200 bales ior the South at 30a30Jc for Calcutta Standard. Bags remain in active, and though weak, are nominally quoted at ?0-21C T Currency aDd 12c gold in bond to arrive/ Jute also continues with out movement, and our prioes are merely nominal. We quote sasc gold- Jute Butts have bcea mors active, with uales of 2,000 bales at 4a4sc curren«y. Stoc £s of Cotton at Interior Towns. —Below we give the figures received to night, showing the stocks of cutton at the interior ports ut ilia close of business to day, and add those fir fast week and the corresponding periods of last year for com parison : 1870. ISept. 9 Sept. 2 Augusta, Ga 1,800 1,444 Columbus, Ga 1.242 1,573 Maoon, Ga 1,760 2^201 Montgomery, Ala 1,665 1,580 Selina, Ala 1,525 1,310 Memphis, Tonn - 4,012 4,330 Nashville, Tenth, 2,100 2,191 Total 13,G0t 14,029 1869.1 Sept. 9 Sept. 2. Augusta, G? L 825 124 Columbus. Ga .L 625 125 Macon, Ga ()|o 265 Montgomery, Ala 710 gp Selma, Alai 31) Memphis, Tenn 102 94 Nashville, Tenn., 3 Total „. 3,235 ns The foregoing shows He interior stocks have decreased during the week 965 bales, and that they are »ow 10,429 bales in excess of the same period of last year. Visible Supply of Cdtton.— The fol lowing table shows the quantity of cotton in sight at this date of each of the two past seasons: 1 1670. jggg Stock in Liverpool.bales 401,000 449 000 Stock in London 26,821 23 359 Stock in Glasgow 2.000 *350 Slock in Havre, 155,300 44 jog Stock in Marseilles 13,0 0 Stock in Bremen 18,850 5 200 Stock rest of Continent. 30,000 iV/w, Afloat for G. Britain (American) 16,000 6 003 Afloat for France (Am. and Brazil) 22/ 22 15 &07 Total Ind. cotton afloat for .Europe 458,000 501 non Stock in U. S. ports 54,723 12 906 Stock in inland towns 13,664 3 235 Total 1,304,680 1,166,307 These figures indicate an increase j D t{j e cotton insight to-night of 138,373, bales compared with the same date of 1869. The exports of cotton this week from New Ymk show an increase since last week, the total reaching 2;476 bales against 1,599 bales last week. Singular Discrepancy.— lt is a little singular that while the population of Sa vannah, _by the late census, is fixed at twenty-eight thousand, the recent school report of the city fixes the population at thirty-five thousand, the latter figures hav ing been furnished, as we are informed, by the census takers themselves-the falling off being just twenty per cent, of the esti 1 mate. — Advertiser. A bill has been introduced in the Legis lature for the purpose of incorporating the Georgia Magnetic Telegraph Company. Annual Statement of the Cot ton Crop of the United States, for 18<i9 -70. V. e present this morning to our readers the annual ootton crop statement, as pub lished io the New .York Commercial <& Financial Chronicle of September 10, which places tie crop at 3,154,946 bales; the exports at 2,178,917 ; the home con sumption at 907,369; and the stock on hand at the close of the year at 59,747. The Charleston Courier of Friday, also published tLc annual cotton crop state statement for 1869-70. Summing up of the Courier shows the crop to be 3,203,- 828 bales, which by compaiison shows a difference of 48,882 bales between the two statements. We quote from the Courier as follows: “We present to the commercial world this morning, tbe Annual Statement of the Cotton Crop of the United States for the year et ding August 31, 1870, as pre pared by the Charleston Courier . It is hardly necessary .for us to sty that it has been compiled with great care, from au thentic information received from our cor respondents in all the great Cotton cen tres of the country. We lay it before our readers, feeling confident that it shows the product of the great staple the past year as correctly as is possible. The summing up'of the cropoflS69-’7O, as shown by our statement, is 3,203,828 bales, an increase in production of bales over 1868-69. This increase has been mainly absorbed by European coun tries, as will be seen by the annexed com parative statement of foreign exports for the pas: tvo years : IS7O. 1569. To Great Britain 1,478,849 989,491 'io France 346,430 224’186 To North of Europe, Spain, et 348,844 233,650 Total 2,174,123 1,447,327 1,447,327 Increase 726,796 After making the necessary deductions, there is left for home consumption, North and South, 964,842 bales. We have put down for Southern consumption 112,000 bales, which includes twelve thousand bales taken for consumption in Virginia and counted in the exports from that State, leaving for Northern consumption 852,842 bales, against 840,720 in 1869, showing an increase of 12,122 bales. From a letter dated Ist instant, received from B. F. Nourse, E>q., of Boston, Chair man of the Statistical Committee of the Manufacturers’ and Planters’ Association of the United States, an increase of 1 per cent, in Northern consumption is assume ! the past year, over that of 1868 69, which shows an increase of 8,407 bales, thus making, according to Mr. Nourse’s as sumption, the past year’s consumption, 849,127 bales. Our figures show the Northern consumption the past year to be 852,542 bales, a difference of only 3,715 bales. The value of the crop of tho past year (1869-70), may be put down in round num bers at $325,000,000. This immense amount of' money has been of incalculable benefit to the entire country. The summing up of the crop, ns devel oped in our statement, exceeds the esti mates of tbe most sanguine in tho early part of the past season from a half to three-quarters of a million of bales, which proves the utter fallacy of the many ad vance statements of growing crops, which are heralded throughout Europe and the Northern States for the purpose of affecting prices. Such statements work 'treat injury to the planter as well as the buyer and the consumer.” Cotton Crop of tlie United States tor tlie Year Heading Septem ber 1, 1870. L From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, New fork.] COTTON MOVEMENT AND CROP FOR 1869- 70. W.e give below our annual statement of tbe cotton crop of the United States for the year ending September 1, 1870. Our returns are, we think, more complete than have ever before been presented. Espe cially would we call the attention of our friends to the details of tho overland movement for the year. They show how cur railroad system, and Its more perfect development in the South, is again chang ing the course of the Western movement of cotton. Immediately after the war the product of those States sought the North ern mills through tho railroads north of the Ohio, and hence the avaount direct to manufacturers was then large; now, how ever, an increasingly large portion is seek ing the market through Charleston, and especially Norfolk, and the direct overland movement is smaller again. But we refer our readers to a subsequent part of our re port for a full explanation <■'' *- Lo or these shipments. It will be seen from the following tables that the total crop this year reaches 3,154,946 bales, while the ex ports have been 2,178,917 bales, and the home consumption 907,309 bales, leaving a stock on hand at the close of the year of 59,747 bales. The stock of cotton at the interior towns, September 1, 1870, not in cluded iu the receipts, is 14,629 bales, against 718 bales last season. We now bring forward our tables show ing tlie whole movement for the year. Tlie first table indicates tlie stock at each port, September Ist ot 1870 and 1869, tbe receipts at the ports for each of the last two years, and the export movement for the past year (1869-70) in detail, and the totals for 1868-09. Receipts,year ending Ports. U TT Z 1 1 Sept. 1, Sept. I, 1870. 1869. New Orleans 1,142,(97 794,205 Alabama 306,061 230,621 South Carolina 246,500 199,072 Georgia 488 204 357,253 Texas 246,284 147,817 Florida 22,874 13,592 North Carolina...... 59,612 35,9 '8 Virginia 20-1,898 140,971 New York* 135,876* 10',584* Boston* 21,316* 35.033* Philadelphia* 12,509* 20,114* Baltimore* 26,274* 19,467* Portland* | 616* 1,991* Total this year >2,911,121 Total last year | | 2,100.428 Exports, year ending September 1, lb7o, to Port*. Great I Other Britain. France For’gn Total. New Orleans 549,60^1259,‘223 196,704 1,005,530 Alabama 165,9891 15,910 18,939 200,838 South Carolina.... 87,287 1,825 7,997 97,109 Georgia 204,570 43,796 17,205 265,031 Texas 122,100 7,939 22,514 152,559 Florida North Carolina.... 60 60 Virginia 9,660 9,660 New York 326,740 17,757 69,195 413,701 Boston 1,187 490 1,677 Philadelphia Baltimore 7,494 24,668 32,162 Portland - Total this year.... 1,474,695j346,4501357,772 2,178,917 Total last year.... 989,677!224,5271233,816! 1,448,020 Stock. Port*. Sep. 1, Sep. 1, 1870. 1869. New Orleans 20,696 770 Alabama 9,743 1,064 South Carolina 1,399 250 Georgia 2,833 363 Texas 4,795 202 Florida 11 18 North Car01ina..,,,., 126 Virginia 591 141 New York ...., 12,984 7,367 Boston 4,668 1,756 Philadelphia 885 160 Baltimore 1,017 253 Portland Total this year 59,747 Total last year 1 12,344 ♦These figures are only the portion of the receipts at these ports which arrive overland from Tennessee, Ac. The total receipts at New York, Baltimore, Boston and Philadelphia, for the year ending Au gust 81, 1870, are given in a subsequent part of this report. By the above it will be seen that the total receipts at the Atlantic and Gulf Shipping ports this year has been 2,911,- 121 bales, against 2,100,428 bales lastyear. It now we add the shipment from Tennes see and elsewhere dfireot to manufactu rers, wo have the following as the crop statement for the two years: Year ending Sept. 1 1809- 70. 1868- 69. Receipts at the ship ping ports bales 2,911,121 2,100,428 Add shipments from Tenn., <tc direct to manufacturers... 153.825 258,611 T0ta1....,, 3,064,916 2,359,039 Manufactured South, not included in above 90,000 80,009 Total cotton crop for the year, bales 3,154,946 2,439,039 The result of these figures is a total of 3,154,916 bales as the crop of the Uuited States for the year ending August 31, 1869, against 2,439,039 bales as the crop for the previous year. OVERLAND MOVEMENT, The pomt in crop reports, upon which the public has always desired light, has been in the overland movement. Ever since we first issued an annual statement it has been our effort to make up these figures from railroad returns. This year, however, we not only follow the same sys tem, but, in order that proof of the cor rectness of these figures may be in the possession of our readers, we give by re quest the details upon which our couclu sioais based. It will of course be at once admitted that no cotton can come overland to the North from the South except by crossing or passing up the Ohio, Mississippi or Potomac River. Hence, if wc obtain 1 r f^ u £?- s which show each bale received on the Mississippi north of Cairo, and on tho entire north side of the Ohio for the West, and on the north side of the Pi tomac for the East, we must have reached every part of this movement. Pursuing this plan, and beginning at the Mississip pi, we find firstj that the receipts for the year at St. Louis have been 18,298 bales. This cotton passes to the north over rail roads centering at that point, »nd is all that is taken trom the Mississippi by those roads. Other than this no cotton (not including local consumption) pas es up the Mississippi except what reaches the Illinois Central Railroad. A full return from that railroad shows this ; thas taken from Cairo and Southern Illinois, and carried north, 21,567 bales during the year. Following u i the north bauk of the Ohio, the first point ot departure we find to ho at Evansville, and a de'ailcd return made to us ot the Evansvil e <fc Craftfords ville Railroad shows that they have taken from Evansville for the North during the period in question 40,371 bales. Passing ou the tfi xf lines of railroad, which are nppoei e Louisville, we have first the Louisville, New Albany & Chi cago. This road has carried no.cotton. Next is the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indian apolis Railroad, including the Madison branch. The returns of that corpo ration give 106,506 bales transported. The Ohio and Mississippi branch (opened in May) reports that it has car ried none. From Louisville to Cincinnati there is no railroad running north from the river which has carried any cotton except the branch of the Jefferson, Madison aud Indianapolis road to Madison, included abovo. At the City of Cincinnati receipts for tlie year not otherwise counted are 146,424 bales. As to the quantity of cot ton shipped to places above Cincinnati without touching at the latter city, it is not possible to give an exact statement; but from much information in onr posses sion in regard to that particular movement wo aro enabled to make an estimate which must necessarily be very close to tbe truth. The amount shipped in this man ner is at best but a very small proportion of the Ohio river movement, as nearly all cotton for points high up on tho river is re-shipped at Cincinnati and included in the receipts at that port. For instance, a prominent mill at Pittsburgh inform us that they purchased during the year 2,438 at Memphis of which only 63 bales were shipped through direct to Pittsburgh by boat, and the balance was re shipped at Cincinnati. On the basis of this and tlie other returns we have received, we esti mate the total shipments from points be low Cincinnati direct to points abovo that city on the Ohio river, together with the consumption of such mills as are located near the river and use cotton landed di rectly at their wharves, at 17,250 bales. Turning now to the east of the Alleghanies, it will be found that there is no cotton transported overland—it is all reported at tlie Virginia ports. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the only through line connecting both with tho South and Southwest, reports that not a bale of cot ton has passed over their road ; and tho less important road from Richmond to Washington, via Aqnia Creek, makes a similar report. A summary, then, of the figures given above produces tbe following result: Receipts fir the year at St. Louis... 18,298 Carried North over Illinois Central ' Railroad 21,567 Carried North over Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad 40,371 Carried North oyer Jeffersonville, Mad. and Indianapolis Kai1r0ad.,106,506 Receipts at Cincinnati not other wise counted ...146,424 Shipped to points above Cincinnati without touching at Cincintiali, and consumed by mills adjacent to the river, &c 17,250 Total overland movement 360,410 Deduct atnout received overland at N. Y., Boston, Phila., Ac 196,591 Total direct to mills ba1e5..1c3,820 It may be asked why this movement di red to the mills is so much less than last year. A moment’s examination will ex plain it. First, the movement by railroad to New York is 31,292 bales more than in 1808-9. Second, the movement to the South from Memphis alone is over 17,000 bales more. Third, and chiefly, because Western cotton is seeking the market more and more through Norfolk and Charlo.ton, the movement in that direc tion being largely in excess of tbe previous season. For these reasons our returns show a smaller movement direct to the mills than was generally expected. With these explanations we give below the de tails of the crop fur the two years: LOUISIANA. Exported from New Orleans : 1869-70 1868 9 To foreign ports 100553'.) 619534 To coastwise ports 179520 222871 Burnt and manufactured... 1357 Stock at c.ose of year 20888 770 1208103 843175 Deduct: Halved from Mobile 49890 3651,5 Received rrom .M onigninm y isar j Received from Florida. 3477 747 Received from Tinas 11869 7376 Slock beginning oi ihe year 770 1959 • 66006 48970 Total product for year... 1142097 704205 ALABAMA. Exported from Mobile: To foreign ports 200838 163154 To coastwise jiort.s 97685 81821 To New Orleans from Mont gomery : .373 Stock at close of year 9713 1064 308266 248412 Deduct; Receipts from New Orieans.. 1141 15630 (stock at beginning of year... 1001 2100 2205 17791 Total product for y0ar...306001 230623 TEXAS. Exported from Galveston, Ac: To foreign ports 152559 83376 To coastwise ports 89132 64505 Stock at close of year 4795 202 246486 148C83 Deduct: Received from New Orleans 100 Stock at beginning of year... 202 100 202 206 Total product for year 246284 147817 FLORIDA. Exported from Fernandina, St Marks Ac: To foreign ports 810 To coastwise ports 22881 12564 Stock at close of year n 18 22892 13392 Deduct stock at beginning of year 18 Total product for year... 22871 13392 GEORCIA. Exported from Savannah .- To tbe foi ign ports-Up lands 209102 161516 To foreign ports—Sr a Is lands 6529 6021 To coastwise ports—Up lands 214188 180989 To coastwise ports—Sea is lands 9007 5174 Burnt - 540 Stock at Savannah atciose year 2833 313 Deduct,: 492798 363013 Rec’d Iroi* Beaufort, S. C. 317 Received from Florida-Up l*nds 372 1 240 Received from Florida—Sea Islands 241 4S2J Stock at begiuu.ng ot year.. 313 696 4594 5760 Total product for year 488291 357273 SOUTH CAROLINA. Exported Iroin Charleston : To foreign ports-Upland*... 89851 52814 “ “ Sea Island 72-58 3995 To coastwise ports—Uplands 14''760 142024 “ “ Sea Islands 5586 3313 Exported from Georgetown... 379 477 Exported from Beaufort to Savannah .317 Stock at t harloston—Uplands 1161 3 8 “ " Sea Islands 238 42 2516-50 202873 Deduct ; Received from Florida—Up lands J6O 156 Received from Florida Sea Islands 4740 1700 Stock at Charleston beginning year— Uplands 208 18s9 Sea Island.. 42 9(1 51.50 3801 " Total product for the year... 216500 199072 ! NOKTIi CAROLINA. Exported : To foreign ports s*l To coastwise ports 59137 35908 Stock at end of year , 125 59612 35908 Total product for year 595J2 35908 VIP.UINIA. Exported : To foreign ports 9060 6253 j To domestic ports 192788 134747 j Stock at end of year at Nor \ folk, etc 5M hi 203039 161141 Deduct stock beginning of year 141 170 Total product for the year. 202898 160971 TENNESSEE, ETC. Shipments : From Memphis 286551 247651 From Nashville 58263 65825 From other places In Tenu., Kentucky*, etc 123784 194172 Stock in Memphis and Nash ville end of year 6471 94 Deduct: Shipped to New Orleans 42039 30767 Shipped to Charleston and Norfolk 8 2520 35666 Shipped direct to manufac _ tu f erß ,” ;y 153525 258614 Received from New Orleans 1402 Stock in Memphis and Nash ville beginning of year 94 107 Total shipments to New York Boston, Philadelphia and Portland 196591 18n89 Add shipments to manufac turers, as above 153826 258611 Total prod uct for year, from Tennessee, etc 350110 439800 Except the shipment* to New Orleans, Norfolk and Charleston, which are included in the New Orleans 5 lrgima and South Carolina crop. Total porduct detailed above by States for the year ending Sept 1, 1870..... 3 gdg Consumed in the South not inclu- ’ ’ Jed 90.000 Total crop in the United States for year ending Sept 1, 1870 3,154 946 Below we give the tctal crop for each year since 1822: Years. Bales. Years. Dales. 1869-70 3,154,946 1843 44 2,030,409 1868-69 2,439,039 1842-43 2,37S 875 1867-68 2,593,993 1841 42 1,683!574 1866-67 2,019 774 1840-41 1 634 945 1865- 2,193,987 1839-40 2,177830 1861-65 no rec’d 183 S-39 1,360,532 1861-61 3.6.46,086 1837-38 1,801497 1859-60 4,669,770 1836-37 1 422'930 1855- 3,851,481 1534-36 t’360,752 1857-58 3,113,962 1834-35 1',254 32S 1856- 2,939,519 1833-34 1 205 324 1555- 3.527,545 1832 33 1 070 438 1854- 2,817,339 IS3I-32 987 457 1853 54 2.930,027 1830-31 1.1 38348 185 J 53 3,262,882 1829-30 976 845 18-51-52 3, 1828-29 870 415 1850 61 2 355,257 1827-28 727.593 1849-r>o 2,096,706 1826-27 957,281 1848-49 2,7:8,596 1825-26 720,027 1847-48 ..2,317,634 1824-25 569,249 1846-47 1,778,651 1823-24 609,15S 1845-46 2,100,537 1822-23 495,000 1844 45 2,304,503 The crop of sea island the past year has been as follows: Florida, 9,948 hales; Georgia, 9,225 bales; South Carolina, 7,334 bales—total, 26,507 bales, the par ticulars of which are set out below: FLORIDA. Receipts at Savannah...bales...6377 Receipts at Charleston 343S Receipts at New York 103 Receipts at New’ Orleans 3 ) Total Sea Island crop of F1a...9918 GEORGIA. Receipts at Savannah...hales... 16241 Deduct received from Fla 6377 Deduct rec’vd from Charleston.. 322 Doduct received from Beaufort.. 317 7016 Total Sea Island crop of Ga 9225 SOUTH CAROLINA. Receipts at Charleston 13140 Receipts at Savanna li from Beaufort 317—13457 Deduct received from Florida.. 343S Deduc t rece’vd from Savannali 2685 6123 Total Sea Island crop of S. C.. 7334 Total Sea Island crop of the U. S., 1769-70 26507 Total Sea Island crop of tho U. S., 1868-69 18652 The crop of sea island during former years has been as follows : 1855- ba1e5...44512 1556- 45314 1857- 40566 186S 59 47592 1859 00 !. 46649 1860 66 No record 1866- 3222S 1867- 21z75 1868- D6Bi 1869- 20507 CONSUMPTION. The takings of the Northern mills from this crop have been less during tho past year than during tho previous year. This is duo to the belief which prevails among our spinners that the next crop is likely to bo marketed at a lower range of prices; this belief having induced them to rt n down a considerable portion of tho large stock they carried over last September. Hauco, notwithstanding they have taken less from tbe crop, their actual consump tion has increased, as is more fully ex plained below. Our u°ual summary, show ing the result for ihe year, North aud South, is as follows: Total crop of the U. 8. as above stated bal4s. 3,154,948 Stock on hand commencement of year (September 1, 1869:) At Northern ports 9,533 At Southern port3 2,807 12.313 Total supply during year ending Sept 1, 1870 3,167,289 Os this supply there lias been exported to foreign ports during the year... 2,178,917 Sent to Canada by rail road direct from tho West 27,533 Burnt North and South.. 4,172 Now on hand Sept. 1, ’7O: At Northern ports 19,55-4 At Southern ports 40,193—2,270.429 Total consumption in United States year end ing Sept 1, 1870 bale-. 890,860 Consumption in Southern States including above total 90,000 Leaving taken from the crop by Northern mills., bales. 806.869 The foregoing statement indicates that the Northern mills have taken from this crop 806,860 bales. The difference of about 30,000 bales be tween our own conclusion and mill returns may possibly be lessened when the com plete figures are received. If, however, this should uot prove to be so, a part of t perhaps may be put down to “con sumption other than the mills,” while a part is undoubtedly the amount now in transit overland (in excess of last year), and in increased stocks at the interior ports such a**St. Lanis, Cincinnati, Provi dence, Portland, &c., which of onursc cannot befhown in eur tables. TOTAL EXPORTS OF OOTTON TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR SIX YEARS. Exports to foreign ports for yvar ending August 31. From 1361. 1806. 1867. N. Orleans bis.. 1783673 516188 618940 Mobile 456121 270934 123424 S Carolina 214388 53324 80896 Georgia 3 )2187 92905 114101 Texas 602.9 6438S 76908 Florida 25073 37977 3009 North Car.>liua 195 21 534 Virginia 810 13011 New York 248049 495462 460068 Boston 24225 12014 17014 Philadelphia 3793 2035 3155 Baltimore.. 3545 6709 7975 Bortland, Maine 103 San Francisco... 32 Total from U. 5...3127508 1552457 1558787 Exports to foreign ports for year ending August 31. From 1808 1860. 1870. N. Orleans bis.. 581477 619031 1015530 Mobile 236511 163154 200838 S. Carolina 105813 56809 97109 Georgia 269604 167537 265631 ' Texai 68095 83376 152559 Florida 810 North Carolina 50 Virginia 8283 6253 9000 hew York 374034 327808 413761 Boston 1411 1491 1677 Philadelphia 1440 99 Baltimore 16300 19212 32162 Portland, Maine... 2807 1907 San Francisco 1 Total from U. 5..16570L5 1448020 2178917 Below we give a detailed statement of the year’s exports from each port, showing the direction which these shipments have taken: I N Grins Mobile OnlT't’n Cb'tn sav’h N York Ps’mre Ot’r p’ts Total. Liverpool 544,832 162,414 122,U«| 87,287 204, 670 325,212 7,4f1» 10,8371 1,465,20 Queenstown & Cork. | 4.7 3,470 7,9391 I ;Havm.. 259,223 15,910 1,825 4A 796 TtJM ("i i";" 3^47 j Amsterdam I 7,858 2,*219 !!!!!! 1 m *290 ono (Hamburg | 17,103 2,898 19 lil — ' 160 i'tg ■ llarcelona, Ac > 46.159 8,759 6,6:, 9 1,187 2 000 U Santander 1 200 ' oon !Malaga 4,576 , Man Sebastian \ ,221 :Genoa i 10,177 1,888 i.ooo ""up ! i44,"u .Gottenburg GOO "fed. Bt. Petersburg ' 8,281 R , (ru'et™ 1 *-: 10.98* 3,1291 2,877 '.'.'.[l aa'.Sw Jf exico 8,410 6,522 192 i”: I n 124 1 Total 1,005,530 200,838 152,619 97,109 265,631 413,701 32,162 11,687 iTusfiol *Otber ports includes 9,660 bales to Liverpool from Norfolk, 60 bales to Liver pool from Wilmington, N. G’„ and the balanco from Boston. The following arc the toial gross re of cotton at J, T ew York, Boston, i [Jilaaclpnia and Baltimore for each of the ■ laht two years endiDg September 1 : | j * KW TORK * BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE. HEK2IFTS FROM j * J IS6B -»- J 1869-70. 1868-9. J IS99-70. 1868-9. j 1869-70. 1868-9. j 1569-70.. New Orioaus 12,5807 116991 73008 53612 6929 5188 1594 isa i'exas j 41191 64873 19869 10910 ... . one 1S * Savannah 145364 161362 2666 23446 16781 195 H 15754 ~1/i Mobile 17610 IS6OB 6919 17657 338 232 50 3 Florida I 7465 6966 South Carolina../ 106500 121830 00*9 5189 10341 10930 19221 154 m North Carolina.. J 27514 46012 152 178 1313 1378 2887 2789 Virginia i 70774 97316 25713 s'lol 23490 34275 Norihoru Ports...; 12640 5357 76263 65356 V 902 136 37-3 Tennessee, etc | 16458-1 135876 35983 21316 20114 12509 19467 28274 Foreign 3031 11786 9311 228 ( 28 6 Total this year..! 6627801 780017 246433! 254993 55811 56653, "82426 96922 Letter from BurUe. Editors Chronicle <fc Sentinel: He views aud suggestions contained io a late article which appeared io your paper, upon the poliey proper to be d in nominating Democratic candidates for Congress in the several districts of Geor gia, this fall, meets the hearty approval of patriotic and reflecting men, not only io l“' 8 humediaie locality, but wherever else 1 'l? ve heard the subject d.tcussed. iiT ~B hort torm we should, certainly, and by all means, select a candidate who, if elected, will be wholly unexceptionable, in a legal point of view as that matter is now understood at the Federal capital. At this particular time, and for the particular purpose m view, we canuet wisely afford to incur any risk. But tor the long term thero ere many reasons why we may nominate and elect, with comparative safety, a different caodi k'r- > Lave S ei | tio,D * , o ot ixeelient abilities who are notobnoxious to the 14th amendment, ond among the*}, you w jU pardon mo for saying, that your General VV right is commanding a deservedly large B*-are of public attention. Tho t oopio will understand his talents, his capacities and his patriotism ; nor are they at all unmied ful of his gallant services, either upon the field of battle, or more recently, in the arena. With regard to the short term, I know of no man in this Congressional district who would ba lets i bj’ctionabie, in the light before mentioned, than Judge btephen A. Corker. Iu every sense he is a .tru° uian. He is a good lawyer, a good citizen, and a pure aud patriotic gentle man. Moreover, he has had all his civil disabilities removed, aud that, too. with out any application on his part, and in deed, without his knowledge ot the fact until long afterward. His private charac ter is above reproach in every panicular, aud his military record, without a shadow or a stain. J udge Corker, lam informed, is perhaps, about forty years of age; is a man of mature judgment, as your corre spondent well knows, and, as ha lolly be lieves, would make the filth Congressional district an efficient, faithful and honest representative. He is, it is folly behoved, the most available man we have tor the short term. A meeting has been appointed for the 24th inst., to send delegates from this county to tho Convention to meet in Au gusta on the 29th. Burke. Pollilcil Meeting or the Clilzeni ot Ureeno County. On Tuesday the 13th inst., according to previous announcement, the Democratic Club of Greene county, met in the Court house, with the President, Judge Z auiet nian, in the ebair. The Secretary being abaeut, 11. M. Barns was requested to act as Secretary. The President being c tiled off, Dr. T. N. Poullain was requested to preside. Col. M. W. Lowi.i introduced and read the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted : The Democratic Parly of Grocno county heartily endorse the enunciation of the late Stato Democratic Oouvcotion, of thoso cardinal principles of political taitb, whoso violation by Federal and S.ate administra tions is last undermining our temple of constitutional liberty. Wa as cordially approve of their silence upon matiers of minor iiuportaucWhen tbe lifo of the Republic, is in danger, its true triends should not stop to quarrel about past party alignments, or former differences of opinion; but should rush with united effort to the rescue of tho sufferer. We agree with the State Democratic Executive Committee in their recommen dation, that candidates for the State Leg islature should uot be obnoxious to the 14th Amendment. For while we aro sat isfied that this bastard appendage to the Constitution cannot- live an hour under honest judicial scrutiny, or a candid pub lic judgment, yet we deetn it prudent to afford no excuse for Federal interference, either Legislative, Executive or military, with tho organizition of our next Legisla ture. The tax-payers ot Georgia caunot afford to give Bullock two more years con trol ot her finances, with uo check but a Legislature manipulated to his liking. While we think it would, perhaps, ho impolitic to nominate candidates for tho lower branch of the Legislature in this county, we deprecate, as unwise and ruinous in policy, the eagerness of some ot our friends to rush into the contest. Pru dence is as essential as valor. Public sen timent will, in duo time, settle upon tho representative men. “A word to the wise is sufficient.” In viow of the 19th Senatorial field be ing more extended, and tho wishes of three counties instead of one have to be consult ed, we deem it proper to meet in Conven tion in Crawfordville on tlie 3Jth inst., to consult together, and if thought proper to nominate a candidate for the Senate. We differ with the State Executive Com mittee in their views of tho requisite anto cedents aud qualifications of candidates for Congress. We had rather be unrepresent ed than miirtprcscnted or feebly represent ed. Nothing could advauco tho interest of the National Democratic party (and consequently the interest of tho Republic,) more than a bold, determined and able at tack, in tho halls of Congress, upon this so-called 14th amendment, the infamous teat-oath, and all lik<> ex post facto laws and all bills ot attainder. Congress is the arena to make the fight upon. ' From this elevation every sound from the artillery of tru'h will reach even the humblest peas ant’s ears, and arouse the people to a vin dicatton and assertion of their tong violated rights. It would be infinitely better to have an able representative at Washing ton, even should he fall in this glorious fight, but saattot the seed of truth broad cast’over tho Republic, than to electa negative man, or one who would compro mise or yield principle for the sake of piaco. Resolved, That this meeting appoint four Delegates to represent them in the Congressional Convention to be held in Augusta on tho 25th inst. Res lived That we appoint one delegate from each Militia District in the c unty to represent the party in a Senatorial Con vention lor this District ; which wo recom mend to be held in Crawfordviile, oa Fri day 30th inst., and that Taliaferro and Warren counties be requested to send a like number of delegates. Resolved, That in no spirit of dictation, or wLh to embarrass tho proceedings of the C mgressional Convention but merely as expressive of our preferences, wa sug gest the lion. Linton Stephens as one whose anility, firmness and patriotic devo tion to truth, eminently qualify him to repre-ent the sth Congressman 1 District upon the floor of Congress. Oa motion, the Cba ; rn:an appointed M. Vv. Lewis, W. G. Johnson, James L. Brown, James W. Jackson, and H M. Borns, to propose names to represent tho county in the Conventions referred *r> in tbe resolutions, who reported the follow ing round gentlemen as Congressional delegates : Dr. A. A. JernighaD, Dr. Wo. L M Harris, Col. M. W. Lewis and H.'m. Burns. Senatorial Delegates—J Ii Sanders L D Carlton, Dr A II Randal, W W Moore Jas W Jackson, Wm Brvan. Dr A A Jernighan, Wm O Cheney, L B WilSs V D Gresham, Charles Copeland, Jas Park R II Ward H M jiurns. Littleberry Jack son, W A Fo: ter, W A Corry, and John owan. On motion, (be report was adopted. Resolved, That tho proceedings of this meeting he published in the Greensboro’ lleratd , \V arrentnn Clipper , Chronicle & * ENTINEL and Constitutiona>ist. Oq motion, the meeti p adjourned. . tl ..I 1 - ■ k* BoULI.A I.v, Proa, jiru tern. H. M. Turns, Acting Sec’y. Democratic Meeting; i>i Striven. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel : Ly viituoof a call for a meeting of tho Democrat party of Sorlven county a largo number of citizens assembled at the Court house on Monday Septcrr.b r 12 b. The meeting was called to order by J. Lawton Siugellton, Chairman of the local Executive Committee, who ixrlaincd that tbc object of tho meeting was for ihe selec tion of delegates to the Blackshcar Con vention, and for other party purposes. On motion, the Chairman, with the aid of a committee, selected the following gentlemen a. delegates to the Blaokshcar District Convention: John C. Dell, Jas. D. Wade, and Win. Henderson. Alternates Robert T. Lawton, 11. A. Crockett and Richard Saxon- Judge E- B. Gross offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : lletolved, That the Democratic party of Burke and Bullock counties ho requested to appoint delegates to meet delegates from Scriven at Millen, cd tho Ist Satur day in October, for the purno3e of nomi nating a candidate for the I7th Senatorial District. Resolved, That while we believe tho Damooracy of Striven are cntiiled to the nominee of the Millen Convention, for the promotion of harmony V7e cheerfully yield our claims to Bulioek county. The following delegates were selected for the Millen Convention: Judge E. B. Gross, Dr. B. R. Minin, and James Parker, Jr. Alternates—Janies B. Dell, Thomas W. Oliver, and J. R. Cooper. On motion, the Chairman was requested to call a meeting of the Democratic party of Seri von, od the Ist Tuesday in October, for tho purpose of nominating a repre [ sentativc to the Legislature, and other county officers. Od motion, the Secretary was requested to transmit the proceedings of the meet ing to the Savannah and Augusta Demo cratic papers for publication. After which the Convention adjourned sine die. H J. Lawton Sinoellton, Chair’mn John W. Boston, Secy.
