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'VRD*KBBAY MW|IW, FKBKI AKY 1-
Death of tbe Floyd Representa
tive.
We regret to learn that H. A. Gartrell,
one of the Representatives clecl to
the next Legislature lrom Floyd county,
died suddenly in Athens on triday morn
ing last. Mr. Gartrell was visitiDg Athens
on business, and died away from tue con
solations of family and near friends.
Rut One Missing.
Captain Corker, Representative from
the Fifth Congressional District, in this
State, was admitted to his seat in Congress
yesterday. The Georgia delegation in the
House is now full with the exception of
the Representative from the Second Dis
trict, Col Tift; who, at last accounts, had
not succeeded in getting his certificate of
election from the Express agent in At
lanta.
We hope in a few days to be able to
announce once more a “full House from
Georgia-’
fcecrefary of the State Agricul
tural society.
The friends of Colonel A. R.
late editor of the Columbus Sun, suggest
his name for the office of Secretary ol
the State Agricultural Society. A better
selection coujd not be made in the State-
Colonel Lam ar is widely knowD through
out the State and the whole South as a
gentleman ctf marked ability and groat
devotion to jkuMuetfc He is energetic, in
dustrious, a/ fluent writer and well in'
formed agriclilturist. As Secretary of the
Society he be able to popularize
that and increase its useful
ness in the Those familiar with
the past workings o*' the Society know how
much depends jipy the efficiency, ability,
IT*US try and fpopularity of its Secretary.
Tna-e peCi. to these qualifications, Colonel
Lamar stands unappre ached by any one
within the list of our acquaintances.
Bullock vs, Akeiman.
A Washington telegram to the Harris
burg Patriot states that “Bullock, of
Georgia, has written a letter here, wherein
ho charges that the Republican defeat in
the recent election is due to the course
pursuod by Attorney General Akerman.”
There is some truth in the statement.
The machinery of the Election Bill devised
by Akerman for the purpose of securing
fraudulent voting by the negroes, was
effectively used by tho Democrats to pre
vent illegal voting. The abolishment of
the county precincts, and tho attempt to
force all voters to the Court House also
prevented many negroes from voting-
Tho three days time allowed under the bill
for ballctting enabled Democratic influence
to bo more generously exerted over the
negroes. Thousand* of negroes voted the
Democratic ticket on the second and third
Jays of tho ulecuon, who would have voted
for tho Radicals if the voting had been
cenlined to one day.
Tho inilit; ry sent here to enable the
Radicals to carry out their schemes for
illegal voting, were the means by which
repeating and other illegal voting was
prevented. Without the presence of the
military tho Dernocratio majority in the
State would have been several thousand
loss. But this mistake was concurred in
by Bullock, and he should not taunt poor
Akerman as the sule causo of the Radical
failure.
Popular Representation!.
Wo give below a table carefully pre
pared by the Bahim ire Gazette, showing
tho population of the different States un
der tho now census, the present number ol
Representatives returned by each, and the
number which would be returned in ease
of a change in the basis of representation!.
There arc at present 243 members repre
senting tho different States. On a basis
of 275 members, there would be one mem
ber lor every 138,242 inhabitants. On a
basis of 300 members, there would bo one
member lor every 126,722. Where the
fraction exceeds one-half, tho State is
allowed another representative. The basis
of representation for 1860 was one mem
ber to 126,823 inhabitants, and lor 1850
one to 93,420:
Popn - J* re9< nt Harts Barts
flutes. latiuH. 138',SCI 126,732
Men,
A 1n!,. 1,1, .7. WT.ftO'i! C» 7 8
Arkmvs 4Nfi,io3 3 4 4
rail nil ill fts6, 48 8 1 4
1 'oQOtclcui : ft37,BxA 4 4 4
Palawan 1*16,015 1 1 t
f l- rUu isy.Mft 1 I 2
11,In 9. 3.5:!1,«74 14 IS 26
Indiana 1.676 046 11 13 13
In*. 1,199,946 0 9 9
K»HMa ail.,-ini 1 33
Kentucky I,’KS.Oin 11 10 10
lain, ana :».o||U 33 «
M .ryinnl.'.'.V. WI,«M * « «
Manuel, n,»tt, US,,V,I 10 . 11 M
MlcS'Kin. ... 1 ISI 00 0 0 0
Mum.-da .136.000 3 4 3
Mlajau'nni tCl.loo 5 tt 7
Ml..mi i .... i 1,703 <WH It 12 13
a.-Ortfk. 133.0U1 1 1 1
Nevada 43 491 1 1 1
a>,» H»nu..U4re 818 40(1 !! 33
N.w .ter,e, -100,511 5 7 >
New Y ok 4 370,54tt 31 34 31
North Car.- ion 11 35.M0 7 H 0
otto 3,083.302 lit 10 31
tlrajron 90.933 l 1 1
t'eu’ .vlaiinta 3-517 473 3< 33 IS
Uncle 1.1,id 217,300 2 2 3
Mouth Carolina 723 Ml 4 6 »
Te-uiea.ee UN 306 S 9 10
Trane 7**7.501* 4 0 6
NeruiuM M1.5H3 33 •>
Vir.lnt, 1,2ti96-'7 S 9 10
W„t Vurtuia 460,000 834
W i.-ennitn 1,065 296 »_ S S_
Tour. 33,016,684 213 213 »\A
“It will be seen by this that if the
smaller basis is adopted, the Democrats
will gain 16 members and the Radicals
only 8 members —counting Louisiana and
South Carolina as Radical. It is mot
probable, therefore, that the number of
representatives will be greatly increased.”
SourUern Outrages.
‘ Southern outrages” is the latest clap
trap phrase of the Radical party to 'coyer
fraud aud gain power. Something by
way of excuse has been needed to justify
the actions of Radical leaders—actions
which would have made the face of a
Carthcgeniaa flush with shame and dis
potled the Cretan of the preoidience as
signed him in Sacred history. This some
thing was public sympathy in appeal to
public sentiment, to divert the public
mind from their plundering schemes. At
the outset, the c.y ... , the war was cot
over. The Northern mind was impressed
with the idea that a host of thoroughly
armed Confederates stood ready to
rally at the first blast of the bugle,
to rise again for the overthrow of “the
bvot h v.wuuu;ut tbe wuihl UVtT MW/'
This was to cover plundering at quarter
master’s sales, sales of captured and
abandoned lands aud property, and
negro bureau plunder and cotton plun
der. This, according to the dialectics
of Forney’s Chronicle, we suppose should
be called the honor ot “cowardice.” Then
came the test of "loyalty” to cover a cot
ton tax, and test oaths for the protection
of Union men and to avoid a just restora
tion of private property, and to maintain
oyal legislation. This, in Forney’s vein,
would be called honorable “cowardice.”
Then came the raw head and bloody boms
of the Kiu-Klux to cover plunder tu re
construction. Again, danger was rung
out through the land as imminent, »nd the
loyal Republicans of the North were star
tled with fright, while the loyal Southern
Radicals stole v.ith security, and this last
ed until every strolling circus baud, catch
ing the Radical inspiration as a sensation,
killed it by charicaturc. Now we have
the melo dramatic "Southern outrages,'
the eff spring of a Presidential mes
sage, coming as the tale of a Bowery
beggar—‘‘Mammy’s sick and Daddy’s
dead, please, sur, give me a penny.”
Where the penny is to be reached for—
what job is to be accomplished—does not
yet appear. But that the pennies are at
the bottom of the sensation, every on
knows who know anything of Radical
legislation from April, 1865, to Jan
uary, 1»71. The question is, what
is tho job? There is none visi
ble at the South. Mr. Trumbull, al
though a Republican Senator, had the
temerity to say, apologetically and regret
fully, “Georgia is too rich,” while he
pointed significantly with his finger in the
supposed direction of the State Road, and
rtad with emphasis the statistics of its
e irnings. But the State Road is gone, and
where, from Virginia to TExas, is there a
promising field? Ihe Holdens and
the Littlefields tave done effectually the
State bond business, and Bullock the rail
road business, and Scott the bayonet and
land question-, and Warmouth ihe corn
question, and there is no spot visible ripe
for and rich in reconstruction, unless it be
San Domingo. Nor is the material requ - j
site for the necessary sensation at hand.
The Washington Patriot says of the ab
stract of Southern outrages furnished the i
Senate upon its eager call, that the evt
dencc has been printed, and a copy is oe
fore u=, thus accredited by the highest
magisterial re; poosibility of the country.
We find on page four a list of alleged out
rage'briefly and obscurely described, which
list is not otherwise authenticated than by
the following sentence;
January, 1871, a memorandum, without
signature., left a' the War Department,
giving the names of some of the persons
who have :eeD put to death in Alabama
within the last two years by pe-»ons
wearing the disguise of the Ku-Klux
klan.
In the whole pamphlet, every other al
leged outrage is ascribed to past years.
Tt.is ■‘memorandum without signature,
left at the War Department,” the sole co
temporary evidence under the call of the
Senate, is actually thought fit to be com
municated as ground for charging upon
whole States a combination for the pur
pose of private rautder and for levying
war against the United States ! It is un
speakably humiliaring to be obliged to
confess that tie Republic of our fathers
has come to this.
An Impeachment Imminent.
Rumors were rife in this city yesterday
to the effect that the colored gentry of the
Gsneral Assembly of South Carolina had
assembled in caucus and agreed and pre
pared articles for the impeachment of Gov.
Scott, ol South Carolina. The charges upon
which the impiuchment is to be founded
will bo drawn from the various reports
and the information acquired by the nu
merous investigating committees that have
labored so assiduously the present session
for the good of tho State. It is said that
the chief causes for oomplaint are that
Seott will not ‘‘tote fair” in tho division
of “winnings”—that “heaps of money
has been made, but black folks don’t git
none”-—that “heaps of laud has been
bought up but niggers don’t git as much
as doy can put in dero eye”—that “heap
bonds and rale stock is gwine about, tut
Scott allways says turkey for Scott buz
zard for niggers,” and “besides dat de ma
jority is black peoplos and dey ought tu
hab dn offices and de employments, and
dat de Union wont be safe until dey doo
git it, and dat de colored society of South
Carolina is gwine to git it, fur dry
hab four fust rate colored law
yers from the State of Massachusetts
who are first rate and kao law it as well
as any ribel, and knows about de peach
ment business, and is guioe to get Mr.
Sumner, of Massachusetts, to fotoh up dat
dey don’t know.” Our informant, who
has seen something of the world, and (as
valet we believe) as an attaehee of an
United States Embassy, has visited sever
al of the Imperial Courts of Europe, and
resided for some time at th 6 court of one
of the great powers, is clearly of the opin
ion that “do colored society of South Caro
lina” owe it to themselves to “stablish
their civilization” and “quality with do
white man in deUoion” and that to do,this
they should successfully conduct “a peach
ment business” and “run a State by
dernselvcs when dey is in de majority.’,
The chivalric cclored leaders of colored
Carolina seem to be well posted as to their
political rights and well versed in the
Radical methods for obtaining power. It
appears as if we are to have a Carolina
illustration of the classical fable of Actcon
eaten by his own dogs.
St. Louis
Something of tho progress of St. Louis
may bo gleaned from tho following
statistics, taken from an annual compen
dium, entitled, “St. Louis, the Future
Great City of the World,’’ derived from a
census just taken; “St. Louis erected
1,336 buildings during 1870, at a cost of
$5,627,106. One of them cost $300,000 ;
several others more than $50,000 each.
She owns 209 steamers and 229 barges, of
a total value of $6 844 200. Her receipts
of wheat in 1870 were 23,115,022 bushels;
of coal, 23,921,475 bushels.”
Their debt is $13,744,000. St. Louis is
clearly destined to be one of the great
cities. Her locality commanding the fer
tile bottoms of the Mississippi and Mis
souri rivers—extending for thousands of
miles, and unsurpassed in fertility—the
chief town of a State in itself wonderfully
fertile, and still more wonderfully abound
ing in minerals—developing silver mines,
and Jead mines, and coal mines, and iron
mines. St. Louis, if not reaching to the pre
tension of the “Great City of the World,”
has a great future before her. The com
pletion of her great bridge over the Father
o! Waters this year, at a cost ot $5,000,-
000, will give her unrestrained access to
thirteeu railroads, which now terminate on
the Illinois shore. Booking westward,
eleven railroads are completed, or in pro
cess of construction. Were her connection
southward and southeast complete her
commeic al porition, as a great centre,
would bo assured. We look for a day,
not tar distant, when these will be com
pleted and give her the command of the
intertropieal and tropical teutons of the
Gulf and the Atlantic for distribution in
tho great West and returning, in ex
change, the surplus from her storehouses
ot provisions and from the manufactured
products of her mines.
bwefiiuh Immigrants.
The following letter will be read with
interest by planters and housekeepers.
The Swedes brought to Jones county last
year have been found superior laborers,
quiet, industrious, contented and efficient.
Those tried as family or house servants
have given great satisfaction. We learn
that the experiment has proved so suc
cessful in Jones and Jasper counties
that the planters in those sections are
makiug arrangements to bring out a large
number this spring. The Swedes are,
perhaps, the best ciacs for the supply of
the unskilled labor required og the plan
tations aud tho farm yard of the Southern
St** o *
Moxtickiao, Jan.' 8, 1871.— Messrs.
George IT. Adams and 11' Willingham,
Fortyth Go. —Sues ; I suppose you have
heard oi the emigration from Sweden to
Georgia. I wish to inform you that lam
goiug to Sweden next spring, for the pur
pose of bringing laborers to Jasper coun
ty. 1 wish to make this fact known in
year oouuty. Perhaps some of yonr citi
zens would like to send for laborers. I
am a Swede myself. I have lived in this
country three years, and an. so well
pleased that I want ten thousand of lay
countrymen to come here. We are raised
to work, and love to work every day ex
cept Sunday. * * *
1 beg to refer you to Messrs. W. Lofton,
Dr. W. D. Mad.son, J. Slights, J, Roberts,
W. Penn and J. Greer, of Jasper county,
allot whom for laborers last year,
aud now propose ‘o send for others. The
terms are #75 for each immigrant, and
that they work for you one year, and dur
ing the time you pay them #25 as addi
tional compensation. Alter the first year,
you will make your own bargain with
"them If you treat them right they will
stay with you a number ot years.
* * * If you think your people
would like to send for a number, advise
me of the fact and I will appoint a meet
ing in your county, and give you all the
information you wish. * * 1 *
Very respectfully, your obt. servt.
J. Foss.
The Average Price of Sugars at
New York.
A recent commercial circular furnishes
the following Statement of the average
price in currency of the various kinds of
sugars at the port of New York for the
last four years:
1867. IS6B. 1869. 1870.
If. O. Refining,
grades, Ac 10.06 10.02 11.17 9.371
Cuba fair to good
refining 11.11 11.32 11.64 9.74
Porto iUco Refin
ing grades 11.11 11.41 11.63 9.57$
Havana white 14.72 14.77 14.92 12.88
Havana brown
No“. 7to 9 10.70 11.07 11.53 9.36
Manilla 10.65 11.06 11,32 902
Brazil 10.68 11.36 11.72 9.63
Melado 7,49 7.87 7.00 6.55
Tbe'uard Times.
The following remarks, from the pen of
an old subscriber, are judicious and time
ly, and are commended to the reflection
of the planting public. His suggestions
as to economy in management of farm
affairs, and the propriety of holding the!
remnant of cotton still on hand, are wise j
and profitable if accepted. We exfact as
follows:
“That oar planting and farming interests
are very much depressed, and our planters
and farmers desponding is true, and that
they have good cause for being so is equal
ly true; yet, they are not alone in this
condition General trade throughout this
whole country is equally so. There are
bat few who have been able to make both
ends meet, in any of the pursuits of life.
But is this sufficient reason for our people
to allow this depression to continually
weigh them as with a night mare? Rather
should it not cause them to arouse them
selves and look into the true causes,
and try to remedy them. I will suggest
a few of the leading causes for their re
flection. Extravagance of their living;
too much cotton and too little corn; no
j attention to stock. Others could be onu
i merated, but these are sufficient for my
! purpose. Just let the planters reverse those
! causes, practice close economy in their ex
i penses; have corn fields, and oats, and
| wheat fields for cotton patches; look
, after hogs, cal tie, and sheep. Grain fields
i will enable them to feed stock, which will
! in tarn cheer np drooping spirits, and the
! curtailment of cotton planting will secure
| good prices for what is raised, aud pros-
I perity will once more smile on our coun
| try-
“With reference to that portion of the
cotton crop of the past season now unsold,
I would advise that it be held for better
prices, and only sell it as a good demand
and better prices are offered. So much
ot the crop having already been sold, both
factors and planters can afford to hold up
the remaining portion, instead of forcing
it off at prices so much below the cost of
production. Besides, after it is sold, in too
many cases the proceeds will not square
their factors accounts, and self interest, if
not kind feelings for their patrons, should
prompt factors every where to afford
their planting friends every facility they
may wish, to hold np a portion of their
crops. This I know the Augusta factors
are doing and will continue.”
to Work.
Already we sea by the official proceed
ings of Congress that our Representatives
are “accepting the situation.” Mr.
Price, of the Sixth, has introduced a bil[
giving 10,000,000 acres of the public lauds
in aid of the construction of “the Atlantic
and Great Western Canal.” This canal is
to connect the waters of the Coosa with
those of the Tennessee, giving water
transportation to the Gulf of Mexico by
way of the Coosa and Alabama rivers.
A connection with the Atlantic coast
also is to be effected by continuing the
canal eastward, connecting the waters of
tho Chattahoochee and the Oamulgee,
giving a water communication through
Georgia to the Southorn Atlantic coast.
The hi 1 is elaborately and carefully drawn,
as if the author felt sanguine of success,
just as if ho believed that a Republican
Congress would grant a mite for tho bene
fit of* tho Southern States. Price’s pro
ject, if our memory serves, has been lang
syne once before tho public. If recollec
tion serves, it Was put forward in an argu
ment upon “internal improvements by the
Government” by Dr. J. G. McWhorter,
then editor of the Georgia Courier, as the
demand of Georgia if the Whig policy of
that day was to be the policy of the coun
try. The editor of the Courier wa9 an un
flinching Democrat of that day, and favor
ed low t;xes, private enterprise and no pub
lic government works. Mr. Price, Demo
crat of this day, seriously takes up a simi
lar enterprise (uot identical, for McWhor
ter’s plan embraced the whole river system
of Georgia, from the Chattahoochee to the
Savannah), and seeks to make that which
was designed in reduction ad absurdum, a
reality. Sic tempora mntantur. But
since the completion of the Suez Canal and
tho Mont Ccnis Tunnel, who can condemn
aa impractical or impossible a little canal,
or series of little canals, cutting through
the short ridges which divide the streams
which flow from the water shed of the
Blue Ridge, in Georgia and Alabama,
into the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
■Mexico? What streams of untold wealth
lrom the rich coal fields and iron mines cf
Tennessee, Alabama aud Georgia will not
the great Western and Atlantic Canal
pour into Southorn cities when once
wrought out? Such an enterprise is
worthy three times ten millions of Salt
Lake land.-.
Tlie Staie Hoad Lease.
The Chronicle & Sentinel, of Au
gusta, dubs the State R.,ad lease a bare
faced outrage upon the people’s rights.—
Atlanta Constitution.
You are right neighbor, “theras our
sentiments.” We have never sought to
disguise them. We stand upoo that pro
position. If it would not be impertinent,
we would like to suggest, though very
mildly, that we, and the people generally,
would like to know how you regard the
transaction. On which side of the propo
sition do you stand I—Augusta Chronicle.
We very mildly take Mr. contemporary's
suggestion. Wo shall tell it, and the peo
ple generally, at the proper time, how we
regard the transaction. We are still on
the track of matter that may throw light
on the affair; »nd we prefer, for the pres
ent, to withhold our own verdict. We
trust that thic is satisfactory. —Atlanta
Constitution.
How do you stand on the matter as it is
now presented ? The people want to know
how you regard the lease in its original
aspect. Close up your rear—you have
kept it open, ala Bard, quite long enough.
Let future developments be duly con
sidered when they are made. If future
light—oonvincing light—shall be thrown on
the lease, you can give us your opinion
then under tire new aspects of the case.
How do you stand non neighbor ? That’s
the question ?
¥ai*k«‘e Cuteness.
Some years sicoe the Wisconsin Legit
lature passed a law offering a bonus of ten
dollars a head for every wolf’s seaip
brought to the authorities. This was in
tended to stimulate activity in extermina
ting these animals from the State, and for
theproteeanu of (he large herds of sheep
and other stock wuut. mess J constant
prey to the wolves. ,
The cute Yankees in the rural districts '
have succeeded in raising large incomes
from tup operations of this law, not by
the hunting down «n 4 extermination of
the wolves, but the successful tai&np of
young whelps. In some counties it Las
Decume a regular, as it is a profitable, busi
ness. The domestication and raising of tame
wolves is mpye profitable than the hunt
ing and destruction u’wild ones, and
hence the latter are left undisturbed in
the forests, from which their depredations ]
upon stock are daily increasing, while the j
trade it? tatno wolves’ scalps has become i
very profitable.
Bullock and Tift.—The Constitution ,
of yesterday, says that Hon. Nelson Tift
left hst night for Washington City. We
■ understand, that after waiting patiently
for several weeks to get the Governor’s cer
tificate, he failed to get it. Why the Gov
ernor refused to give him a certificate we
are at a lost to imagine ? The subject of
granting him a certificate was referred to
Justice Brown, Lochrane and MeCay, but
they failed to agree. Mr. Tift, however,
obtained a certificate from Judge dotting,
Secretary of State, showing the official
count of the vote in the Second District.
The Reconstruction Committee on Tues
day referred to a sub-committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Porter, Morgan and Upson,
the question relating to minors and the
test oath. The law at present requires
minors who served in the Confederate
army, hut who have since attained their
majority, to take the test oath. Some
time ago Mr. Beck proposed an amend
ment for relief in that direction, and that
isjhe proposition now pending before the
sub-committee.
ICOMMUNICATED. ]
llie Georgia Railroad.
Editors Chronicle <£ Sentinel :
I feel a deep interest in the prosperity
and sound credit of the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Crmpac v, and to aid it in
these respects, I beg to submit* few sta e
meots and to make a few suggestions, upon
the well known principle, that when the
symptoms of an approaching disease are
fully understood and judiciously and skil
fully treated in time, the patient may be
much suffering, and life itself pre
served.
First, then, I observe, that the com
pany has recently tecome endorser in con
junction with the Central Railroad for the
road frjm Montgomeiy to Selma to the
amount of one million two hundred thou
sand dollars, and has also with like con
junction advanced in cash the sum of four
hundred thousand dollars for the same
and for stock in the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad. These are formidable
sums, and yet when the subject was first
agitated of joining the Central Road in
this enterpise of extension towards Missis
sippi, it was represented that half a million
j of bonds would be the extent that tie com
| pany would be required to endorse, and
I sixty thousand dollars all the cash it would
; have to advance- How is this vast in
i crease of bonds and cash to be accounted
> for? Is the company not usmg its
| credit aud its cash rather lavishly ?
lAt whose suggestion or instigation
i has this been done ? Os the four roads
j concentrating at Montgomery, it may be
! said with truth, that, the stock of not one
| of them will command in the market more
I than twenty-five cents on the dollar, and
! that neither of them pay dividends, and
i yet this is the region to which tbo com
pany has entrusted its credit, and lent its
cash, and that a period when commercial
capital is so much needed at home; these
are the roads whose bondholders have
heretofore suffered such immense ’osses.
Secondly, I observe, that the company is
now endorser for tho Macon and Augusta
Railroad to the amount of seven hundred
and seventy-five thou -ana dollars, to which
I make no objection, but set it down as an
important item in tbe liabilities of the
company.
Thirdly, I observe, that the company
recently subscribed to the Port RoySl Road
the sum of four hundred thousand dollars,
from which subscription it was fortunately
relieved by the timely interposition of its
stockholders who entered their solemn
protest against the proceeding. Though
this subscription is do longer binding, it
illustrates the rase with which the com
pany is induced to lend its endorsement and
to advance its cash. Fourthly, I observe,
that there have been of late wbat seems to
me extravagant expenditures by the com
pary; I thousand dollars for a
Round House in Atlauta, which is a fourth
more than the Augusta Round House
cost, and which has recently been built; I
mentioo thirty thousand dollars or more
for a freight depot in Atlanta, of which
Alexander & Co- wore (he contractors, not
to specify extras in abundance ; I mention
three-tenths of one hundred and thirty
thousand debars, and of fifteen thousand
df liars for tracks, flooring, &0., by way
of extras, all for the Atlanta iron passen
ger depot, amounting to fifty-three thou
sand five hundred dollars as the eernpa
ney’s prorata. Ido not know who is ti e
contractor of the tat job, buj I am cer
tain that an elegant passenger depot
could have been built lor one-half the sum,
and which would have answered all the
purposes of the iron one. Adding these
items together, and it will be seen that
there has been an expenditure, in Atlanta,
of one hundred aud thirty-three thousand
five hundred do lars, or more. I abk for
whose becefii ? It is understood that tho
building committee of tbo iron passenger
depot consists of Gov. Bullock. W. Harris,
late Master ot Transportation on the State
Road, and Col. L. P. Grant. What influ
ences raised this committee ? Why are the
Governor, and an official from the State
Road, the committee-men and noneon this
committee from the Georgia Road,
or from the Macon & Western Road ?
These are pregnant facts, and tend to il
lustrate my subject, and especially,
when it is remembered, that there
are not owned in Atlanta more than
four hundred shares of the capital stock
of the company, which is owned princi
pally in Augusta and the counties of
Wilkes, Clark, Morgan and Newton, whose
citizens are the origiual projectors of the
road, and some of whom still hold the
original scrip.
Augusta, at this time, greatly needs a
passenger depot, and would be content
with one not costing over half of the At
lanta structure; and its cost divided be
tween the four roads at Augusta would
make tbe company’s pro rata not more
than twenty thousand dollars.
Fifthy, I observe, that the company has
a bonded debt cf its own exceeding six hun
dred thousand dollars, which it is under
the highest moral and legal obligations to
protect and keep it and above par, and
which can be done with the greatest ease
by adopting the policy of taking up its
bonds whenever they fall below par ; and
for this purpose a small amount of cash
will generally suffice.
Sixthly, I observe, that the endorse
ment of the contract of the lessees of the
Western aud Atlantic Railroad is a fearful
step, but it has been so fully ventilated
by others, that 1 need not press it. I only
remark one fact, which seems to have es
caped the notice of the other writers, to
wit, that Mr. Plant, President of the
Southern Express Company and Mr.
Dins more, Presideni of the Adams Ex
press Company, are two of these lessees,
and that these Express companies enjoy
peculiar privileges, and do an immense
business, which the railroads ought to do
themselves. I simply note the additional
fact that another one of these lessees is
H. I. Kimball, who is the principal owner
and manager of the sleeping cars on the
Georgia Road, and enjoys them as a mo
nopoly.
In view of the foregoing observations, I
remark, that when a corporation once be
comes endorser and security for such com
panies, there is no reasonable prospect of
relief; there is no certainty that the debts
will ever be met; and there is great dan
ger that they will fall on the endorser in
whole, or in part, or 'ead to worse com
plications. They resemble national debts,
which seldom grow less, and may grow
larger.
I remark again, tlia, should the compa
ny, at any future time, and for highly im
portant and necessary purposes, desire to
raise money upon credit, it may have to
mortgage its road, which would be a great
calamity, and do serious injustice to its
present bondholders. It is the dnty of the
company to preserve its credit intact.
I remark, onee more, that tho company
has procured an act of the last Legislature
making its gipjtal five millions of dollars ;
it is now four m Lions, This act should
not have been asked lor ; it will do iojuvy
to the company, for by the terms of the
act the additional million is to be raised
by selling stock at par, and it will not com
mand par, except just before a dividend is
to be declared, when, by addiog the ex
pected dividend, it is sold a l P ar > nomi
nally, but in fact, at four per ceDt. below
par. The stock and bonds of the com
pany are rather under than at par; and
why ? Because of the state of facts I
have been endeavoring to nyesept in the
foregoing observations and remarks. The
piactioal question now is.what is the reme
dy? I answer,evidently,the company must
change its policy ; it must go back to its
own proper work ; it must get relieved of
its cajolements as far as possible, and
which can only no by the stockhold
ers in convention, in o; sea nfit yet ratified
aod sanctioned by them in convention ; it
must economise its mpans ; it must keep
its bonds at and above par, and must re
fuse. in convention of its stockholders, to
consent, La up (ocrense of capital, so as to
guard its stock from imp*emotion it must
enter into no combinations or alliances in
these times of corruption of all sorts —
political, social and economical ; it must
keep strictly and rigidly within the powers
and objects of its charter ; and, finally, it
must yea*, so imitate that class of good,
easy souls who ale always fer.dv to lend
their names to borrowers only tor iorai
sake, under the delusion that there is no
danger. Messrs. Editors, how many
worthy persons have you and I seen utter
ly overwhelmed and ruffied by just this
sort of over confidence ? And with cor
porations, which are endowed with a kind
cf immortality, the evil is a thousand I
times worse. Scd sapientibus verbum sat. j
Bondholder.
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The Western aud Atfantic Hail
road Lease.
Editors Chronicle <£■ Sentinel :
It is rumored in Atlanta that the Dob
bins Company baited their bid for the
lease of the Read with a—Blodgett—and
that the fish—Bullock—failed to bite at it,
and that the Brown-Cameron Company,
being more familiar with the peculiarities
of this B—fish baited with a bait that
never fails to catch this particular kind of
fish. Grape Vine.
Eatonton is probably the only town in
the United without a municipal organiza
tion of some sort. There is not even a
town marshal.
The new education laws of England
1 ave directed public attention to text
books. One writer declares that “it is
hardly an exaggeration to say that there
does not exist such a thing as a good
English grammar.”
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. j
Washington, D. C„ January 23, 1871. j
Editors
”. W. Paine was sworn into-day as
Representative from the First Georgia
District, the Radicals first ascertaining
that.th«re was no chance for a contest.
Michael Kerr and James Brooks advised
Genera, teoong to present at the same
time the credentials of Stephen Corker,
but Sam Randall and Fernando Wood
thought it better to wait until to-morrow,
in accordance with Blaine’s request, and
being greater luminaries they were heark
ened unto. Corker’s case comes up be
fore the Committee on Elections, and
when this committee reports the affair
will be brought directly before the House.
It will be difficult for Mr. Daßose to have
his disabilities removed, now that it is
known he is a Democratic member elect
to Congress, and the fact that he is the
son-in-lav to General Toombs will not
popularizj him. To speak es such men
as Toombs and other Southern leaders in
this Congress is like a shovel of hot ashes
in a nest of vipers. However, Mr.
D ißose’s case does not, come before the
House until after the 4th of March, when
the complexion cf the body will have been
improved, and this is a iortunate circum
stance. If, like Mr. Josh Hill, he could
take the test oath, his prospects would
loon better. As it is, he'must otly trust
to that goodness, “which delighteth to
forgive. ’ Mr. «osh Hill’s case affords a
remarkable illustration of the instability
of the iavor of great men. The Senate
refuses to recognize his claims upon the
public purse, and he is debarred from re
ceiving the Senatorial fee, am< anting to
$5,000 a year. All is vanity and vexation
of spirit ! It looks as if the Legislature
will bes lowed to elect two new Senators.
They will scarcely return a man whoeould
take the test oath. Maeanley speaks of
compromise as the essence of politics, and
of two evils we should choose tbe least.
To have sent Joe Brown here, would have
made the people of Georgia sick at
Stomach-
General Young introduced a bill this
morning removing the disabilities of War
ren Aiken, Lewis Tumlin, Lawson Fields,
Robert Jurreocy and Redding Denmark.
The names of the last two gentlemen were
suggested lyGov. Brown.
The Protection Union Club, a colored
political association of N. C.,intendsend
iog to this oty a delegation, asking Con
gress not to remove the disabilities of
Gov. Vanoe, since the efforts to remove
Gov. Holdeo is but the venom of party
feeling. Gov. Yanee, however, intends
cheating them of their revenge by re
signing, it is reported, and allowing the
Legislator! to elect some man who can
take the oath of office, and go into the
Senate after the 4th Maroh next. Here is
a man wiling to forego personal ambition
for his ciuntry’s good. The degree of
enthu.’-iasn which this fact will awaken
must be icmewhat moderated when we
hear furrier that the Governor has been
trying hii chances here and has tound
them simjly desperate. Blodgett is here
spending k>s time between the bar room
and, the Senate lobbying room ; and the
fact that ihe Senators know how readily
they can make him vote as they please,
will probsbly give him a seat, which he
could never battle for with greater energy
than have the disappointees-
In ‘ways that are dark
Ami tricks that are vain,”
Blodgett can equal the Heathen Chinee.
Sumne' has introduced, in the Senate, a
bill which is,to secure to the negro the
additions; privileges of being admitted on
an equal r ooting, into all hotels, theatres,
and cars, announcing his intention of push
ing it through. This puts in an awkward
fix those Radicals who believe in equality
merely as a thing, aud who have no desire
to room cr eat with an odoriferous son of
Africa. Charles can stand this, and a
negro wench as a wife is what he deserves
at the hands of the South. Inasmuch as
Congress believes that the negro never
gets his rights under the laws of the State
of Georgia, it is being considered whether
it is not best to transfer all cases where
the negro is concerned from the State
Courts to the District Court of the United
States. This would involve vast expense
and worry, and every person in Georgia
who happened to be at loggerheads with
a negro, would be dragged either to Sa
vannah or Atlauta, there to appear before
Judge Erskine. Tokp.
Washington, D. C., JaD. 24, 1871.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Mr. Corker, like a great original proto
type, has come, seen, and conquered, and
has just been sworn in as a member of
the House from the Fifth Congressional
District. When the subject or his admis
sion was sprung, Gen. Butler at once ob
tained the floor, and harangued in favor of
Beard for thirty minutes He first had
read the protest served by Beard upon
Corker, the object of which was to let the
House know that good Republicans were
“beat, shot, and maltreated” in the State
of Georgia. The Chronicle & Sentinel
was then made to appear in anew role ,
and Butler had read an article in that
paper, which was condemnatory of the
clipping of the ears of certain negroes in
Jefferson county, who had been engaged
in the burning of gin houses. He then
appealed strongly to the passions of the
members, and expressed his unwillingness
to seat either aspirant for Congressional
honors, until the matter was thoroughly
investigated. General Young followed,
and the short speech he made was, I
am told, the best and ablest effort
which he has ever delivered. He ex
pressed a desire to do everything fair, and
did not propose that Mr. Corker’s being
seated should at all prejudice Beard’s
case. However, now that the Judge is
seated, Beard will find it difficult indeed to
get the upper hand. In the course of bis
remarks he paid a high tribute to one J.
E. Bryant, who has come on here volun
tarily to conduct the case of his humble
servant, the defeated colored candidate.
He alluded (o the fact that Bryant would
make a small tee, and some notoriety, and
somewhat comfort the recollection of his
defeat in the late election. J. E., who,
together with Thomas P., was sitting in
the House, and like Captain Scott’s coon,
made no sign, but he must have winced,
and I do not exaggerate when I say that
he felt, and kesnly too, the wit and sar
casm of the handsome member from the
7tb, But what won Corker his success
was the support and approval given his
claims by Hawes, ot Massaehusetts. Withr
out the influence which Dawes wields, the
matter would have been referred to the
Committee on Elections, and much delay
entailed; but he came out boldly, and was
unwilling to see the precedent established
that a member presents his credentials j
here, and merely on account of a notice
of protest, kept out of his seat. It
the contesting member has good claims,
why he has plenty of time to make them
good. After extended remarks by Farns
worth, Rerr and Randal', your member
was brought forward and took the oath
to support the American Eagle. Bryant
aod Beard vamoosed —two men who now
fympathise and experience tho pang3 of
disappointed ambitioD.
It is reported here that Gov Bullock
has refused to'giye Tift credentials ; in
fact, notified him that ho would send
credentials to Whitely, who is here, unless
Tift shows reason why this should not
be done at once.
Late yesterday, after my letter had been
sent off, the Seuate ludieiaty Committee
reported favorably as to seating Mr. Josh-
Hill, ana against Dr. Miller. The eiec-f
tion of the Dr. was acknowledged legal, as
in the orse of Mr. Hill, hut the fact that
he cannot take (he test oath, just now
robs Georgia of his services. His inten
tion is to hold perfectly still until the
Senate votes qpen seating his golleagpe.
In the other sad event, fbc Dr. proposes re
tiring like Ajax, from the field, convinced
like Francis at Pavia, that "ail is lost
save honor.”
No decision has yet been reached as to
Blodgett’s case, as he has no claim to a
seat until after the 4th March. The Con
stitution provides that the Senator who
shall succeed the retirieg Senator whose
term expires, shall have been elected by
the State Legislature which meets prior to
the occurrence of the vacancy. Now,
; Blodgett would haye been defeated bad
j Gov. Bullock' con>ehe4 the new Legisla
j ture at the usual time, blit as this was
j not done, and the bodv does not meet uc
[ til November next, why in comes Foster as
having been elected by the last Legisla
ture meeting before the vacancy which oc
curs when Dr. Miller’s term expires on
the 4th March. Mr Trumbull, the pro
found lawyer of the Senate, thinks the
last election of the Georgia Legislature
■ for Senators was void, as a lawful election
! had already been held. Fanaticism may
seat the perjurer, but this is to be seen.
Dr. Sam Bard is he e, having come on
i to get cuts with which to illustrate his
weekly. He has not been in General
Grant’s private closet. Atlanta could ill
afford to lose such a mac, Tore.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 25, 1871.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Tom Beard, accompanied by his para
site, Bryant, leaves here to-night for Geor
gia, in order that they may commence
taking testimony at once, Capt. Corker
will not attend the party, inasmuch as it
would be unnecessarily expensive, and he,
therefore, requests that a Democrat he
placed in the office of Carr, and another in I
the office of Robinson, in order that they !
may see and hear the testimony sworn to j
and presented, challenging what is false, j
and learning what rebuttal evidence is !
necessary. Then the Captain wishes the j
chairmen of the Democratic Committees
in the several counties of the Fifth Dis- j
trict to go to work and get up necessary j
testimony to refute the charges which may j
be sworn to before Carr and Robinson, ■
and forward the same to him at Washing- :
ton.
Gen. Young, the champion of Georgia, j
held converse with Speaker Blaine last 1
evening, at Fernando Wood’s party, and j
the Speaker ssid to the soldier that he !
considered the contest between Corker
and Beard virtually settled in favor of the j
former; and, in fact,-the Captain himself
intimated as much to me daring to-day,
with a sly wink.
P. M. B is devoted ir his attentions to
a beautiful danghter (Miss Minnie) of
Senator Chandler, and thus he is scarcely
off with the old love before he is on
with the new. Having been defeated by
a tai-heel in the Atlanta court, be
now transfers his affections, which, like
the star of empire, westward wing s its
flight. The lady has much cattle and
gold, and these things have their weight,
even with a Congressman.
The unveiling of Miss Yinnie Ream’s
bust of Mr. Abe Lincoln will take place
tr-night beneath the grand dome of the
Capitol, when speeches will be made by
Trumbull, Banks, Brooks and others.
Anew platform is now being erected,
where the ceremonies will take place, and
around which beauty aud valor, the
statesman and the citizen, will gather
to pay oae more tribute of respect to the
illustrious dead, and to the noble art in
which the North would thus enshrine the
cherished form of her martyr President.
Gen. Logan has just returned from Illi
nois, where he went to manage the Legis
lature in such a manner as to secure his
being returned for six years as Senator.
He was succes-ful, and takes his place in
the Senate after the 4th of March. Logan
first made himself notorious in the House
by his strong and continuous efforts in 1
securing the expulsion of Whittcmore, of
cadetship memory. He manifested great
hostility to anything which looked dark,
but having turned the revet end carpet
bagger out he paused, and Roderick R.
Butler was allowed to retain his seat, al
though proven to be equally as guilty as
Whittemore. Logan is said to have
paused because he learned, upon thorough
investigation, that the same charges of
selling cadetships and other corruption
could with equal justice be charged against
one-third of the House. Had he contin
ued the war it would have proven one of
utter exrircriop, therefore he retired from
the field. Roderick is up before a com
mittee to-day upon charges of forgery aud
stealing widows’ pensions.
The House has been discussing to-day
the Indian Appropriation bill, and the
policy of peace will be the order, instead
of a war of extermination, which the
Western members think should be inau
gurated against the Apachees and Caman
chees. The philanthropy of New England
prevailed. Deranger, of Texas, charged
that tho Indians would not be so bitter
except that they have had handed down
t tradition to them the manner in which
.icir forefathers had been cheated and
swindled when they were first driven from
Massachusetts. This observation, of an
cient date, was brought out by the oppo
sition which Dawes gave to the policy of
extinction, and Deracger’s friends laughed
at it.
The Senate has been debating the proprie
ty of repealing the income tax, and several
grand speeches have been made, both for
and against. No vote has yet been reach
ed, and the matter will probably go over
until to-morrow. Ten thousand dollars
have been appropriated to defray the ex
peases of the committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges of outrages in the
Southern States. Akerman, together
with Mr. Josh Hill, has been upon the
floor of the Senate during the whole day,
and seems to be working to get the last
gentleman in. Inasmuch as Mr. Hill’s
admission would secure one vote for the
San Domingo job, his chances are good.
Akerman and Hill— par mobile fratruml
Dr. Miller in quod 1
Victoria C. Woodhull has applied fora
seat in the reporter’s gallety, and was
told that there were no eligible seats un
assigned. Dr' B rd has gone Northward,
ho ! If he could have heard the Indian
troubles to-day, he would have cursed
Grant for ever trying to send him to
Idaho. However, with his bland man
ners he might have had luck, and become
the “White Chief” number two. With
such a hero, Mayne Reid could make a
thrilling romance. Torp.
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Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
On the eve of the 27th December it was
the pleasing privilege of the writer to
witness a series of charades and tableaux
vivants at the academy at Bartow, Ga.,
gotten up aad exhibited by the young
ladies *md young men of Bartow and vi
ointy. Permit me space to make acknow
ledgments for this charming entertainment
and to bear testimony as to its complete
success. The scones were opened about
seven o’clock and carried on in a pleasing
and entertaining manner.
The tableaux vivant, “Maids of all
Work,” was first introduced, followed by
the charade “Changeable,” which repre
sented a young fop, who, speculating too
largely on his personal accomplishments,
lost not only an immense fortune, bat the
heart of a fair lady also; and saw with
horror the fair and magnificent charge
transferred to the care of a consistent
brother- The tableaux vivant, “Three
Scenes in a Drunkard’s Life,” elicited pro
found attention and conveyed an instruc
tive impression to the minds of the young
and a warning to those who, by simply
touching wine, are led to commit farther
excess, and descending to the gambler’s
table finally finds himself deserted by the
fair hands who proffered the wine and the
stout hearts who encouraged him in the
excess, and thrown on the eold charities of
the world, or more haply meets an un
timely fate- An impressive scene, may it
never be forgotten. “Night and Morn
ing” were next exhibited, and a more
vivid contrast was never seen. “Night,”
in the solemn dignity of a defeated yet
defiant monster, slowly retiring before the
gorgeously arrayed “Lord of Day,” Many
other soenes were introduced, but we must
close this communication with a brief nc-
tice of the charming charade “Phantom,”
which was received with applause by the
audience, and none who were present will
ever forget the deathly berrnr depioted on
the countenance of poor Julius (a black),
when under orders from his mistress, to
prevent by alj means the entrance of his
young mistress' suitor, who h»u been for
bidden the privilege of visiting this young
lady- When the suitor, dressed in the
hal aments of a phantom, entered unex
pet edly and seizing poor Julius by the
throat told him “to come,” the poor
darkey thinking Gabriel bad “blowed”
made confession and acknowledged the
theft of "only two bottles sherry,” one he
gave to a ''yaiiojp gal” and the other he
took tor “rumatiz,” upon which the phan
tom ordered him to go, Julius, while
UDder orders in the house, gave one of his
old time love 6ongs, ‘ I Love Miss Dinah
So,” which was heartily applauded. Upon
this the scenes closed.
We pronounce the affair a ctpplete suc
cess, and the efforts of the performance as
highly appreciated by the audience
Spectator, j
The Seating or Corker,
In the House of Representatives, Jan
uary 24th, Mr. Young presented the cre
dentials of Stephen A. Corker, member
elect from the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, and moved that he be
sworn in.
Mr. Butler objected, aod presented a
memorial of Thomas P. Beard, contestant,
claiming the seat, and moved that the
subject be referred to the Committee on
inleotiortS.
The credentials of Mr. (J.rker were in
due form and signed by Governor Bull ck.
Having been read, Mr. Brooks, of New
lork, contended that on the presentation
of _ those credentials, Mr. Corker was
entitled, as a matter of right, to be sworn
10.
The Speaker decided that, while in the
organization of the House, it was the
duty of the Clerk to place on the roll
members who held proper credentials,
after the organization, the Question be
came one which was under the control of
the majority.
Mr. Randal! suggested that it depended
entirely on the politics of the man holding
the credentials.
Mr. Butler sent to the Clerk’s desk and
had read a notice of the contest, claiming
that the election was carried by fraud and
intimidation. He also sent to the Clerk’s
desk and had read an extract from a
Democratic paper of Georgia— the Chron
rcLE, of Augusta—detailing an outrage of
the Ku-Klux in breaking into a jail,
taking out seven prisoners, cutting off
their ears and shooting another prisoner.
He called on Union loving men, on either
side of the House, to say whether, with
such allegations, and with proof append
ed, they would seat the member until the
matter was inquired into. Seating him
now would end the whole contest, as tes
timony conld not be taken and the ques
tion decided before the term of the pre
sent Cengress. It would be some sort of
sanctioning and ennobling a crime The
House should recollect that the District in
question was the home of Alexander and
Linton Stephens, who are now unrepen
tant rebels.
Mr, Jones, of Kentucky, inquired wheth
er the Democratic paper referred to did
not condemn the outrage, and whether
anybody w r as responsible for it except the
Radical Government of Georgia
Mr. Butler retorted that the Democratic
papers usually condemned these outrages,
but never wanted the criminals to be
brought to justice, lie referred to the
declaration of the Memphis Appeal that
the Federal Government was a festering,
reeking corpse
Mr. Jones remarked that be conld pro
duce emulations 'of the same character
from Wendell Phillips and other Radicals.
Mr. Young said the remarks of Mr.
Butler were ouly a repetition of the stale,
old story of Southern outrages. He
might send up the Pojice Gazette to show
the state of society in the Northern
States, but those were stories with some
exaggerations. He claimed that the elec
tion was fairly conducted, and tha t Cork
er had reoeived over 6,000 majority.
There had been United States solders
stationed in every precinct in the District,
so that there could not have been any in
timidation.
Mr Niblaok inquired whether the whole
executive power in Georgia, both Stale
and National, and almost all judicial
power, was not io the hands of members
ot the Republican partv.
Mr. Young—Every bit of it.
Mr. Nibalck—Then the fault lies at the
door oi Republican officials instead ot at
the door of Democrats.
Mr. Ruder remarked that in the case
of the outrages alluded to the State offi
cials had done their duty, having these
men in prison ; they were there in exe
eudon of the law aDd were taken out
against execution of the law.
Mr. Kerr argued in support of the right
of Mr. Corker to be sworn in.
Mr. Coburn reminded hiia of the re
cent action of the Indiana Senate in de
priving a member of his seat.
Mr. Kerr disclaimed all knowledge of
the facts of that case, but had no daibt
that, the action of the Senate was justified
by fact l -'.
■ Mr. Farnsworth supported the absolute
right, of the person holding the proper ere
dendals to be sworn in where nothing is
> al'eged against his qualifications. He did
not want to make a precedent now which
would return to plague them hereafter.
Ofix Dawes was afraid that the repre
sentations of bis colleague, Mr. Butler, as
to the condition of Georgia, were true;
but that, at the same time, if anything
had been settled lrorn the beginning of
Congress to the present day, it was that a
certificate which a member brings from
his State in conformity to the law entitles
him, as ipnma facie case, to admission,
except on allegations against his eligi
bility.
The motion offered by Mr. Butler, to re
fer the credentials aud memorial of the
contestant to the Committee on Elections,
was rtjested. ‘
Mr. Corker then presented himself, and
was sworn in.
The Prospects or Cotlon.
A Manchester View of the Condition of
the lrad“.
We take the following from Benjamin
Whitworth & Brothers’ Monthly Cotton
Circular, dated Manchester, January 5,
1871:
During the past month the Liverpool
market has experienced a gradual decline
in prices, and if it has occasionally show’ll
some appearance of strength through the
heavy buying of tho trade, the enormous
receipts at the American ports and the
threatened heavy arrivals in Liverpool,
have immediately subdued such a tend
ency, and allowed values to take their nat
ural course. The stock-taking at the end
of the year, showing a deficit of 34,000
bales less than the estimate, has had no ef
fect, as the deficiency was at once ac
counted for from the quantity of cotton
taken by the spinners directly from the
ships not Laving been duly reported, and
as it is a well known fact that the trade
have covered largely either by direct im
ports from America or in arrivals, it must
naturally follow they will be to that extent
independent of Liverpool; we, therefore,
look for a further settling of prices before
it is possible for any reaction to begin.
What is to be the crop in America is in
variably answered by very full estimates,
varying from 3,750,000 to 4,000,000 bales,
consequently consumers look very com
placently on the future value of cotton,
and would buy much more sparingly were
it not that they are so heavily in contract,
and the present rates leave them a fair
margin of profit which they are anxiously
to make secure. »
Tho v/ar in its effect on trade seems al
most to have gone out of consideration,
so remote does the end appear. * * *
We almost cease to look tor any serious
change in our position by a sudden end to
the War, and believe that any reaction for
a rise, which such an event would occa
sion, would be very temporary; efciil, io
looking to the future, we cannot ignore the
tendencies of such au occurrence.
The trade in Manchester has not, been
in a better position for many years, every
spindle seeming to be at fall work. The
consumption cannot be much further ex
tended, and when wo consider the in
creased average weight of cotton bales
since 1864, equal to a supply on last year’s
quantity of 300,000 bales, and look at the
present consumption as fully 56,000 bales
per week, we may readily understand that
the trade is doing almost all it can. In
deed, the buying on Indian account has
been to such an extent that it is almc
unaccountable, and, we fear, may have
been unwisely extended, as the margin is
so much against tho merchant, that such
looses must ensue as in all probability will
bring down many of the weaker houses
and cause many serious complications
hereafter; we can but hope, liow-ever,
that such will not be the case.
In looking to the future we can but be
lieve that everything depends almost eu
tirely on the question of supply, and as we
are assured, on all sides, that we are be
yond any risks on this head, that from
America, India, Egypt, and every cotton
growing country we shall have above an
average, we may rest contented that
prices cannot ramble from their present
basis, and we look for little or no improve
ment until the next planting sets in, when
prices will he ruled by the acreage sown
for another year’s supply. We are rather
disposed then, in considering all the bear
ings of the cotton trade, to slightly reduce
our range of prices, and look for BJd. per
pound for Middling Orleans being a lull
average for the coming year. At Bd. or
unaer, we think prices are safe for spot
cotton, and, when Middlings can be laid
down below that figure, we would recom
mend every confidence.
Georgia Sews,
Columbus wants a toffn clock.
The Gypsies still delight Columbus,
Cuthbert oan support a silver cornet
band.
Hawkinsville has six lawyers.
There arc 600 Good Templars in Pike
county.
Valdosta has a fire company btjt po en
gine.
Angel A. Bntler, aged sixteen, while
out hunting in Jackson county, December
27th, accidently shot and killed himself.
Our guard house is prized up out of the
ditch, and a pillow under the lame slue.—
BarnesviUe Gazette.
JCing Ifroughtcn (colored) has been
found guilty of manslaughter iu the
Chatham Superior Court, for the killing
of Hemy Screven (colored) ip November
last,
We regret to learn that Jimmy Sproull
was so unfortunate as to again break aD
arm at the Skating Biot, oq last Satur
day. (Jar tersviUe Eta ndard.
Capt. Dunlap Scott is suggested as a
proper person to represent Floyd county
in the Legislature, to fill the vacancy
causes} by the death of 11. A Gartrell.
! The remains of a negtoman and a white
j girl three years old, wire found buried un
j dcr five inches of soil in the yard of the
j Medical College of Maeon.
I A. L. Harrison's African parrot died
i Monday. The bird had been in this city
I a year, and had learned to laugh and talk
| glibly.— Columbus Enquirer.
j The annual election of Rresioent and
I seven Directors of the Southwestern Rail
! road Company, for the ensuing year, will
s lie held at their office, in Macon, No. 66
Mulberry street, Ayer’s building, on
Thursday, the 9th day of February next,
at 12 o’clock m.
Mr. William Rutland, an engineer on
the Maeon and Brunswick Railroad, and
Mr. James Morris, of this city, got into a
fight last Dight about b o'clock, in a house
on Fifth street, in which Morris had a
thumb Dadly shot, and Rutland was beat
terribly over the head and in the fpee with
a pistol. —Macon Telegraph and Meissen
I 'J«r.
We are gratified by the information that
Mr. Henry High*, of Heard county, who
was severely stabbed by a negro last week,
aod who was reported killed, is in a fair
way of recovery from his injuries. The
negro has been captured, and is now con
fined in the jail of Heard county, awaiting
his trial.— Aewnan People's Defender.
The corporators of the Romo Street
Railroad Company had a meeting in this
city to-day and authorized Z B. Hargrove
and W. B. Terhuno to open books of sub
scription to said company, and as soon
as stock to the amount of five thousand
dollars is obtained a meeting of the stock
holders shall be called for the purpose of i
electing officers. —Rome Courier.
James Scattergood, a colored employee
of the Central Railroad, was accidentally
killed in MacoD on Monday last, when in
the act of ooupling two oars together.
Telegraphic Summary.
Berlij, January 26 The reporu.l
presence of Favre at Brussels, though nci
officially confirmed, caused intense excite
ment. People repaired to the palace,
hoping confirmation from the Queen’s lips.
No telecram had reached her Majesty.
AH public offices are closed. Business
generally is suspended. The fact is known
officially here that only five days’ lull
rations remain in Paris.
London, January 25. —It is stated up
on unofficial, but trustworthy authority,
that the Germans will insist upon the un
conditional surrender of Paris, her forts
and defenses.
The report published in the limes of a
collision between Bismarck, Napoleon and
Eugenie, is unfounded.
It is stated Garibaldi is surrounded near
Dijon.
The Dully News says that Favre re
turned lrorn Versailles to Paris on Wed
nesday. It is stated that William has
written Augusta that the capitulation is
imminent, and William’s speedy return to
Berlin is expeoted.
London, January 26, noon.—Prussians
destroyed the bridge over the Cher, near
Tours. The Prussians have abandoned
the seiea of Cambrai, and other fortresses
in the riastern Department of the North.
London, January 26. 3, p. m.—Ou in
quiry at the German Legation here, at
noon to-day, it was ascertained that no
information of the capitulation of Paris
had been received there, and none at the
British Foreign Office, up to a late hour
last night. Reports that Favre had made
proposition? for the capituiation remained
unconfirmed.
London, January 26 —Guizot writes
Gladstone upon the proper enuditims of
peace between Prussia and France. He
urges that Eugland at least should persist
in favor cf peace, and expresses the belief
that such action on her part would not be
vain. »
Official report shows the French strength
in the sortie on the 19th was 100,IKK) men.
Ten million francs fine was imposed
upon Nancy and the surrounding country
on account of the destruction of the rail
road bridge, by Frcnch-tireurs, near
Toul. Severe measures are threatened in
the event of non-payment.
Dispatches from Havre say the Prus
sians, in strong force, are between Bienne
and Grenville. The German loss at St.
Quentin is officially stated at ninety-five
officers and three thousand men.
Bordeaux, January 26- —Gambetta
arrived here from Lille. The French have
re-oecupied Alencon.
The Germans threaten Angeis. The
Prussians have entirely withdrawn from
the neighborhood of Dijon.
German forces are hurrying to the
Eastern department.
Since the engagement near Belfort,
Bourlake has manoeuvered so effectually as
to protect the French against the advanc
ing enemy.
The steamship Lafayette has arrived at
Garonne, with American arms for France.
New York, January 27.—The World’s
special from London, 25th, says the Secre
tary of the Err, ress to-day denied that
she signed the agreement which Bismarck
claims to have. The Empress is depressed
and distressed at to-day’s news from Paris.
At Favre’s request, Picard and Dorian
received passes to go to Versailles to join
in the negotiations.
The Conference, yesterday, had a dis
cordant session of four hours.
London, January 26.—The TriAne
special of the 23d, from Paris, says tncre
was considerable disturbance on the 22d
instant. A detachment of three hundred
National Guard attacked the Hotel de
Ville, The Mobiles defended it and were
firm. The affair lasted a quarter of ao
hour. The official report gives five killed
and eighteen wounded. An attempt to
cieatc a reaction was completely sup
pressed. Viney has aocepted the com
mand in place of Trochu, on condition
that stern measures shall be adopted to
repress disturbances. The Radical Club3
are closed. The Rnje.il dr Combat is sup
pressed. Numerous arrests have been
made. The number of deaths last week
in Paris were 4,465.
The Tribune special from Versailles,
Thursday, slates (hat Favre returned to
Versailles on Wednesday evening.
London, January 27.—A dispatch from
Versailles, 26th, to the London Telegraph,
says the bombardment of Paris continues,
though slowly, and shells have fallen near
the Church Notre Dame. The total losses
of Germans in the three days’ sorties is
only 2,000. None of the German bat
teries, except on the southern and south
western sides of Paris, threw shells into
the city. Fires are still occasionally kin
dled in Paris by German shells.
The number of French prisoners in
Germany on the first of January was
11,160 officers and 33,385 men.
The ladies of Munich have resolved to
present a laurel wreath to the Emperor
William, and erect a statue of Von Moltke.
The Times says, editorially, that rumors
respecting the impending capitulation of
Paris are conflicting. The only positive
news seems to be that negotiations are in
progress. Paris consents to parley, and
is, therefore, ready to capitulate.
A correspondent of the Times writes
from Paris, that there wili certainly be
more sorties, and probably it will require
a firm baud to prevent terrible tragedies,
for Paris loaths tho word “surrender,” to
which it must be forced by its thousands
of hungry mouths.
Deaths in Paris for the week ending the
20th, 4,465, an increase of 387 over the
previous week.
GeD. Faidberbe is at Dunkirk, making
preparations for the defense of the town.
A dispatch from Versailles says that
Bourbaki is withdrawing to Besancon, by
the roads on the left bank of the river
Daubs. A portion of the German Army
of the South is in pursuit. Bourbaki's
loss in the attack on General Von Wer
den’s army was fully ten thousand. There
is great suffering among the French, and
their sick and wounded have been aban
doned by the retreating army. The re
mainder of Manteufel’s army have inter
rupted communication in Bourbaki’s rear.
The flight of the French to the Island
of Jersey is UDabated.
The books for the Prussian loan is
closed, with subscription largely in excess
of required amount.
London, January 27, 5, p. m.—There
is a rumor on the Steele Exchange of the
capitulation of Paris, but as yet thero is
no authentic information ot the report.
Versailles, January 27—Negotiations
in reference to the surrender of Paris arc
now so advanced that articles of capitula
tion will be sinned in the course of to day.
Bordeaux, January 28, —It is officially
announced that General Giioohard has
been appointed to the command of the
first army, ia place of Bourbaki; who is
do longer able to perform active service.
The latter seems to have, in a momeQt of
mental aberration, attempted unsuccesfully
to commit suicide, with a pistol.
A circular from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, to all diplomatic agents of Spain,
comtliments the devotion and efforts ot
Seraooand Prim. It says : “The foreign
policy of Spain is expressed in the words,
‘we desire to live at peace with ail na
tions.’ ’ !
Florence, January 27. —The difficulty
at Tunis between the Italian Consul aod
the Government, in that conotryihas been
amicably settled The of the
Seine, Baron Van Hausen, Is at Romo in
consultation wi;h the Italian Government
regarding the building aod reconstruction
of the city with the requirements ol the
future capital of Italv.
f««m Washington.
Washington, January 27.—The Ken
tuoky Legislature yesterday reconsidered
its action of the day before upon the Cin
cinnati and Southern Railroad bill, and
passed it by a vote of 46 to 45.
The House tabled the Senate hill to
incorporate the Southoyo Lx press Compa
ny.
Iu tfcft Senate, Trumbull gave notice
that the Georgia Senatorial question would
come up in a day or two.
A bill was introduced to improve the
mmith of St. John’s river, Florida.
Snow and sleet oontmued northward un
til thi-* morning.
House.—A bill authorizing tbosaie of
the Chattanooga Roiling Mill to the S juth
Western Iron Company passed.
The Indian appropriation bill passed.
The following passed :
Resolved, That Senate bill to repral so
i much of the act approved July 14, 1870,
entitled “An act 40 reduce internal taxes
and for other purposes” as continues the
i incyme tax, after the 31st day of De
cember, 1869, be to that body,
with the respectful suggestion, on the
| part of tbs Bouse, that section 7, article
1, of the Constitution, verts in the House
l of Representatives the sole power to
originate such measures.
Senate. —Fourteen thousand citizens of
Western Pennsylvania protest against ob
structions of navigation by the bridge at
Cincinnati.
The committee to investigate charges
against Sprague, for illegal trading with
Texas during \he war, are authorized to
send for persons and pape-s.
Gen. Sherman has been appointed Re
gent of the Smithsonian Institute.
Civil service was discussed to adjourn
ment.
No important Southern confirmations.
Congressman Butler was acquitted from
the charge of perjury.
The Conference Committee on the terri
torial bill for the District meets on Satur
day.
Nominations; George W. Blackburn,
Sixth Tennessee ; Joshua D. Weddings, As
sistant Treasurer, Charleston, S. C.; A.
W. King, Collector of Customs, Pamlico,
N. C.
The Georgia Senatorial question will
come np Monday; also, steamship bills.
The steamer ‘. Utility , of the Keystone
line, was burned at her wharf.
Sundays Dispatches.
NOON JI3PATCHES.
FOREIGN.
Washington, Jtnuary 29.—The Stato
Department has tie following lrorn Mr.
Moran, acting Minitter to England, dated
this morning ; “Tie German Ambassa
dor here has officialv informed me that
the capitulation of allthe Paris forts, and
an armistice of three weeks by sea and
land, was signed about eight last night, at
\ ersailles, by Couut bismarek and Jules
Favre. The army of Paris to remain
.prisoners of war in the cry, but it is not
known whether they are to be disarmed
or hot. No details received. Count
Ilernstoff thinks it importait that the fact
of an armistice should be kn*wn as widely
as possible.”
Havana, January 29.—General Couelco
Parro surrendered, with tliirtyuien and a
number of officers.
night dispatches
foreign.
New York, January 29.—The llerald's
Havana special says: “Porro’s surrender
is regarded as tantamount to an end of tho
insurrection. It is rumored GeD. Bernabe
de V arena, better kn >wn as Bambeta. will
soon toilow P.rro’s example. Dr. Justo
del luaco and family, Mrs Risco being an
American lady, have also surrendered
theinseves. Gen- Parro is most kindly
dealt, with by the Spanish authorities, and
his liberty is in no wav restrained. Tho
same lenient policy is tlso manifested to
ward prisoners captured from the Hemet,
the Court Martial which tried them sen
tencing only two to imprisonment for six
y e ® rs ®°d the other "fix, all of whom are
Columbians, were alowed to leave the
Island.
London January 27. -[Special to tho
World. J Favre was in conference with
Bismarck at midnight. Bismarck carried
his point. The capitulation involves peace
—the cession of Alsace and German Lor
raine and part of the fleet, a money in
demnity to be guaranteed by tho munici
palities, a portion ot the German army to
return homo aod the war is to cease, it
is necessary that some t trritory be retained
to secure the fulfilmei t of the compact.
The mobiles are to be sent, home and tho
German army to enter Paris. Tho Em
peror will return immediately to Berlin.
London, January 28.—Bourbaki at
tempted to kill himsfcll alter the defeat at
Belfort. His injuries are so severe that
his life is dispaired of.
The Times publishes, by request from
Chiseihurst, a denial of its statement that
intrigues were going oa between Bismark
and tho Bonapartibts for the restoration of
the latter.
Bismarek, on the 24th, visited. Favre,
who had oome to Versailles. An hour
afterward a council of war was held, at
which the Emperor William, Crown Prices,
Gen. Moltke, Boyen and Von Rood and'
Count Bismarck were present. At the
conclusion, another conference ensued be
tween Favre and Bismarek, and the former
returned to Paris.
In the afternoon, after receiving confirm
ation of the news of the disturbance in
the capital, Favre returned to Veisailles,
and on the next day resumed negotiations
with Bismarck. There has been no cor
respondence between Beust and Bismarck
in regard to the preliminaries of peace.
The Times, es this morning, publishes
the following :
“ Versailles, January 27 —An armistice
is agreed upon which is to extend imme
diately to the whole of France. There was
great agitation in Paris last night. The
beating of drums and the shouts of the
multitude within the walls were plainly
heard.”
Versailles, January 29—The Ger
man troops occupied the forts around
Paris at ten o’clock this morning. Tho
entire.garrison cf Paris, except the Na
tional Guard, surrea l;r tboirarans. The
armistice expires on the !11 U of February.
Madrid, January 27.—Elections for
the Cortes will commences in February.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 29.—The Gov
erntm ot will buy two millions bonds each
Wednesday and sell one million gold each
Thursday during February.
Dispatches from Nebraska foreshadow
the impeachment of Butler for questioned
appropriation of the school fund.
THE CHEAT FAMILY MEDICINK.
TAKEN INTERN ALLA’.
It cures rudden Colds, Coughs, and Weak St mach,
Gcne al Debility, Nursing So n Mouth. Canker, Liver Cmu
plaint, Dvspepsia or Indigestion, Cramp or Pain in lire
Stomach, Bowel Complaint, Painters' Colic, Asiatic Cholera,
D arrh ea and Dyeertery
APPLIED EXTERNALLY,
Corea Felons, Bolls, end Old Sorer, Severe Burns, Scalds,
Cuta, Brule and Sprains. Swe ling of the Jo'-it- Ri ni .
Worm ant Tetter, Broken Breasts • Frosted Feet and Cbll
blAloa, Toothache, P.ln In the Face, Neuralgia, and Rheu
matism. It :s a tore remi dy for Ague, Chills snd Fever.
PAIN KILLER.
Taken :nlo r nally, should bo adulterated wit'i milk or water
or male Into a syrup with molasses. Por a Cough a few
drops on sugar, eaten, will be m-re effective than : nything
S°e prin'ed directions, which accompany each bottle.
S' I * ''l”' 1 - 1 jmlO-thsaltuesAw
Tlio Colctorated.
Murray
&
Lanmairs
Florida Water.
The most lasting, agree
able, and refreshing of all
perfumes, for use on the
Handkerchief, at the Toilet,
and in the Bath. For sale
by all Druggists and Per
fumers.
TIIB U.SSUN OF NATURE.
TORPOR IS THE CHARACTERISTIC Os WINTER.
Vegetation diezor nils into a state of trance. The whole
aspect of inanimate nature teaches us that there la a
paraiylaiog inttu-nce io the air, and ought to teach uathat
our bodiei require at, increase of vital power to contend
w;th it. Son eof even the warm-blroded an rnala bury
themselved 1 D the earth and rema<D in a elate ot tart ai
stupefaction until tbea&nmu ie over, and the elixir of the
spring sunshine stimulates their stagnant. blood, and re
stores their vigor. Rut m-n. although he feelsthc ii/lluence
of the ee .son, car protoct himself against its
He has Juei to -warm him externally, ana can tone and
strengthen his internal organization anti endow it with the
extra amount of vi sit, which the oircutnetano-:. require,
of at invigorsnta that have over been recommended for
V : purpose HOSTETTSR’S STOMACH TITTERS is
the purest a-»d the best, fortified by tee dni’y use of this
-wiroleaeu a vegetable tonic, the human eyatem may defy
the chtia and and -mpaof winter in aav latitude. Its effect ia
to promote a brisk and regular circulation of the blc-od.
and activity In all secretive organa. Without the slightest
tendency to produ.ee lever, it imparts a healthful glow to
the surface, and stimulates the exterior v'ssels to discharge
in the form of gentle perspiration, the uso’ea, matter
eliminated from the blood. Thus the system ia kept un
clogged. Fever and eftie, Mfiousute , Indigestion and colic
all of which ate tho common conaeq repca of the searching
damps and low temperatoi 3 of win er, m»y be avoided (at
well as curedf by a cruise cf this gr-nj.l tonic and a tera
Uve. laoSb -tint wi
Burke sheriff s sale.—will
be fold Lefo-v the Court !!oum> d'jor In Wayn-s
--[ b ro, Bu *e C>UOtv, 'icf-rda. vjtnin the lawful boars of
; ,on the FIRST TUESDAY in MAR 11 the ioi
! low oe p ope ty, t-j-wit:
! Eixht biDfl'u.i of Land, m.re o: es. lyiag and
situated :u Burg* county ; bou-i ed we*; by iuyj .-t* ami
| Savannah ttvlroad; r.orth tyr ad knownfsth o:d Ohurch
, Ki-Ki: east by ib of Jamw.-.'IR Hoy.n. Horn r Qodoee ;
f south by Homer <;. Glissen, or Jam • M. I)ye, an 1 Wili am
E. Laaeter. AUo, one Oth.-r tract or p.tro.i < f Rand in suud
county o' Bmk®, contain In* tw » hundred und fifty acre®,
more'T
1/irg mrth .f iid jdChJ c x P wi *•! •;<* the -uld Rali
ro id from 7koman ht tion »o .Jain a iu u, < </rker of land on
rdd r ac, ar.d fom thpoiLt so the*-* op a atr-Igl* 1 ne
to t e big gate, fcuovu as the Jt-fier* Gate, at the junction
of the dirt road 'e'-drg from the ol! pii.ee, or Buckeye
Revel, to old CaiKcn Road, and aou.n o: aaid old Church
Road runo n* toibe Riilroad.
Said tracus of Lasd levud upon e \ the property of J,
Thomas u > «a'it>iy a montage A. fa. :s.- ed train
Birke Suo-r or O urt; also, to natioiy a H fa. from Rich -
inond tsuperior i.Jourt, in favor o’ (he JSatioa i Bunk of
uf. M'dier, Tboinu- £ Miaub, and J. I*.
Thor-.p-a. L -vy made Kovembr r ’a , ’S7D.
The above suted pro; wty a' the riek ot Jainea If.
Rye, former'tu chas rat .*sHerff s *ai ,on the 3rd day ol
J ißuarv. JB7R tee Cour Houm; door in the tow-, of
Wariieabora, Burke county, Geoti'a. Tbg January 25’.h t
iS7i- kUWAIIh liYHb,
yanßo—wtd
POSTPONED
Oglethorpe sheriff’s sale.
-Will be sold on the FIRST TL'EsBAV in Ifartk
nex’. before the Court House door in the town of Luxiug*
too, Oxlethorpe county, within tue legul hours of ra'e, tee
so lowing prop rty, to wit : A tract of Raikl containing
eight hundred and ten a'res, more er less, In Oglethorr;
county, lands of D. C- Barrow, James Jewel
a-.d Willfs Jgevied on a» the proper! y «.f Wm.
M. Brown to a»tisiy a >. /a. from the Superior
Court ot said c »untv upon the 'oreclosure of a mo-tgag* in
favor of FerdJn%na Fhimzy vs. W ui.M. Brown. Property
pointed out aaid ft- Ja.
January tilth, 1371. BOOKER ADKINS.
jaßfll-wtd r?h« rrtr.
AVOID QUACKS.—A victim of early
indiscretion. ““•‘“S inervous debility, fretn.tui..-
decar. Ac .having tried in vain every advertised remedy
has discovered aaimple means of wit-cure, which he wSt
need free to bis felowartZerere. Addret. j. h. TIT ilk.
78 Nassau ■tr< : eß>- w » ori{ - Jan. V—
. ogi-ethorpe coun-
TY.—LETTERS Dl^Ml>SOßY.—Frederick O.
Buuer, Executi.r ol John Moore, deceased, l*te of sa‘d
es unty, applies for Beitera ot D smis-iouas paid Jfixecuior
These are, theretore, t<j cite and admohish ai! ti:o?e
intereated. to be and my office on the FIRST
MONDA\ Ix\ Mil, 1871, to show cause, ii any taey
can, why said letters should net be granted
Lexington, Ga n January 2b, 1871.
F. J. ROBINSON,
jM3B—w3m Ordiuary O, C,
