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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 13.
A OALI MNY REPUTED.
From a private letter we make tlie J
following extract, in vindication of the
good people of Greensboro from the
upendens of the Radical candidate for
Congress from this District :
“We were no less surpriesd than
mortified to read in your excellent paper
the letter of .Mr. P. Clayton, of this
place. After all onr sufferings, there is
something so cruelly selfish and unfeel-i
ing in this invitation to the Government |
to protract our oppressions by remand- j
ing us to provincialism and terrorism, *
t hat there must be surely some mistake j
in the paternity of this cold and heartless j
epistle. It is not credible that it could j
have been penned by a son of Georgia. '
The dust of the noble race which sleeps
in view of the room where these lines
are penned forbids the thought. Some
beggarly and mischievous carpet-bagger
must liijve imposed <>n the Washington
Chronicle. As to efligizing Mr. C., or
insulting his family, there is often i
na'procat snubbing in the social world,
outside of polities. If States are to be
rrcoriH/ruelrd and bayoneted on this ac
count, our country is in a bad way.”
SMALLPOX FOR ALL.
When Mr. Lincoln was questioned in
regard to some of the wittiesms at
tributed to him he laughed and said :
The papers make me smarter than I am;
I have said none of these things with
one exception, i diu say, when I had
the small-pox, “ Now let the oftice-seek
<;i s come, for at last I have something I
can give to all of them.”
What an extraordinary quantity of
vims would have been necessary to in
oculate the vast army of place-hunters.
We hardly think that, had the entire
body of “ Father Abr ham” been con
verted into a single juicy pustule, there
would have been enough to go round,
and the consequence would have been a
considerable amount of growling among
the disappointed, if not a kicking out
•if party traces and the running of an
independent separate malady schedule,
as illustrated in this Congressional Dis
trict in the present campaign. If this
sort, of imprudent rushing into danger is
to be persisted in by men to whom the
voice of the people has considerately
whispered advice not to expose tbem
iiclVos, as a dernier resort to reform
what promises to be a serious blow to
the public interest, we earamend the
delegates to the next Democratic Con
gressional Convention to bring with
them a supply of old Abe’s pacificator,
in order that they may have something
with which to still the clamors of the
malcontents.
THE INAUGURAL EXEROSES OF
TIIE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF
GEORGIA.
The session for the term 1872 73 of
(lie Medical College of Georgia, was
formally inaugurated yesterday in the
presence of a large class of students, and
a targe and appreciative audience, as
sembled in the lecture room of the Col
lege edifice in accordance with the or
der of exercises usual on such occasions,
and under the auspices of Hon. W.
Hope Hull, President, and the Board of
Trustees, and L. A. Dugas, M. D., Dean,
and the Faculty of the institution.
After an announcement that it had been
the time honored custom of the institu
tion to open the inaugural exercises by
invoking a Divine Blessing, and at the
request of the venerable Dean of the
Faculty, the Rev. H. H. Parks, of the
Methodist Church, offered up a solemn
prayer "to Him in whom we live, and
.•uove, and have our being,” ami who
••hath taught us to pray to Him as Our
Fath.tr. ”
Introduced by the Dean of the Facul
ty, Professor l v D. Ford, M. P., L. L. D.,
then came forward and delivered the iu
augural lecture, taking as his thesis ?
•"Man, the Subject of Revolution and
Progress ; considered in his relations
to nature, and the highest effort of crea
tive power in the universe, physically
and spiritually.”
At the expiration of the hour usually
allotted for the lecture, a doubt modest
ly expressed by the lecturer, lest
he should commit tresspass upon
the patience of his audience by con
tinuing, drew forth a hearty round
of applause, encouraging him to pro
ceed; and we are sum that the close of
the leeture, after nearly double the
allotted time, was received with univer
sal regret.
Wo shall attempt neither a synopsis j
nor a criticism of the eloquent lecturer’s
essay. To do either were to do iujus- j
.tioo injustice to the lofty thoughts and j
comprehensive generalization which j
found eloquent expression in winged j
words of the sweetest resonance—in jus-1
tioo to the great philosophy taught his- j
torioalJy and the deductions it fore
shadows. Perhaps we may do uo injus
tice to this-philosophic effort in attempt
ing to throw the light from our dark j
lantern, to catch the height of his great j
argument, by pointing to man, fresh 1
from the hands of the Creator, the con
summation of the creative powers of the .
Doitv —retrograding, and involving in j
this retrogression all things terrestrial, ,
until the Divine Incarnation; but pro
gressing since the Advent, and ennobling !
all things in this progress, as disclosed ’
by history, s,acred and profane, and il- j
lustrated by the achievements of sci-.
•moo, and foreshadowing a still higher
■elevtAion.
Wo have solicited a copy of this elo
(pie,'»t lecture to lay before the readers
of the I’HROxn i.k. being unwilling to
put in print our oww notes.
The Viva Voce System or Election. i
—The frauds of false registration, re
peating, personation, stuffing, etc., by j
which the lYuusyUauia election was
carried, have arousad the attention of
politicians to the necessity el a new
guanl to secure a fair election. llany
who have heretofore steadily opposed .
the viva voce system of voting now say j
that it is the only effectual security
against fraud. Judge Black, who has
been chosen a member of the Pgnnsyl- j
vania Constitutional Convention, 4e-1
dared in a recent conversation that oue 1
of its first duties will Vie to adopt new j
securities for the purity and fairness of j
the elections. He thinks that many of j
ihe Republicans elected to the Conven- j
lion are desirous of correcting the frauds |
which all now confess were perpetrated
the late election, bnt doubts whether
they will co-operate with the Democrats
as to the details of legislation necessary
to secure a reform. He says that a fair
eviction will instantly show that Penn-
sylvania is a Democratic State.
0- ■■
A Hendersonville (N. C.) letter says
five thousand people assembled there on
the 25th ult., to witness the execution of
Martin Baylard for the murder of Silas
Weston and his three children, but he
.escaped during the previous night in his
-wife’s clothes.
BEND UH THE ELECTION RETURNS.
We ask the friends of the Chronicle
and Henttnel in the Eighth Congres
sional District to send in the official
count of the election held yesterday,
; making use of freight, passenger and
mail trains, and the telegraph, for this
purpose, just as these agents may be at
command. Our arrangements for ob
taining the returns in Districts other
than the Eighth are such as to insure
the earliest official news of the result
throughout the State.
THE INCOME TAX TO BE REVISED.
The well-informed Washington corres
pondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce states that during the recent
i canvass in Ohio and Indiana the candi
dates for Congress, “relying Upon the
strength of the Administration,” with
the design of securing the German vote,
contracted to effect the repeal of the tax
on lager beer, and in lieu of this tax to
renew the income tax. The justification
is found in the following argument used
at a mass meeting by a candidate for
Congress in Minnesota: “I find here,
my friends,” said the Congressional can
didate, holdiug up the report of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue —
“that A. T. Stewart, a dry goods mer
chant in New York city, paid more in
come tax than was paid by the entire
population of Minnesota. Why should
we not favor an income tax? We don’t
have to pay it.” Our Western fellow
citizens have an effective mode of put
tinginuse the argumentum ad homlnem.
This was the argument which the Radi
cals used when they enacted the cotton
tax. The West is evidently making pro
gress iu the study of Eastern political
economy.
THE RESULT.
Indifference, apathy and a lack of
high, commanding purpose in the
hitherto recognized Democratic strong
holds of the country, North, South,
East and West have done their work.
The vigilance, activity and corrupting
agencies which have been invoked to the
support of Grant, have achieved an al
most unparalleled triumph and given
him another four years’ lease of Presi
dential power. Our dispatches leave no
room to doubt the crushing defeat which
we have experienced, and the certainty
that Grant has been re-elected Presi
dent by an overwhelming majority.
Whatever may be the ultimate result
of this verdict of the American people,
there is nothing which needs to be re
pented of on the part of any Southern
Democrat who faithfully stood by his
party in support of the only combina
tion which afforded a reasonable promise
of success in securing a change of ad
ministration, and the constitutional re
form of abuses specially onerous upon
his own section. In the support of
Greeley and the coalition platform
upon which he was placed, South
ern Democrats, ever taunted with
disloyalty and treasonable purposes,
have given to the world the highest
proof of the sincerity of their attach
ment to the preservation of the old
landmarks of constitutional liberty.
They have exhibited a patriotic, we
might almost say an unparalleled sacri
fice of all subordinate issues and senti
ments to the one grand purpose of ar
resting the centralizing tendencies of
the Government as shaped by the un
skilled hand of a military captain.
That the overthrow of their cause
should carry with it disappointment and
mortification, is only evidence of the
sincerity of their adhesion to the inau
guration of a real peace across the
“bloody chasm” of war, and an earnest
desire for the weal of a common country.
That their offer has been spurned by
a startling numerical majority, is
only another argument that Radical
ism has well nigh consummated its
unholy crusade in fettering a controlling
power in the great commercial and
money centres of the country to its cen
tralizing chariot -a strength not to be
broken except by something of the
nature of a political earthquake, or the
falling to pieces of its organization from
tkeweightof its own rottenness.
Turning from the contemplation of
the gloom}’prospect in national politics,
let us ding all the closer arouud our
noble old State, ever ready to guard her
sacred interests from lapsing into the
hands of the spoilsmen and adventurer.
Home JtunE in Ireland. —The World’s
London correspondent says Earl Rus
sell, formerly PrituJ Minister of Lug
land, who is now upwards and 80 years of
age, has addressed him a letter ?u con
nection with a scheme which he proposes
introducing at the coining session of
Parliament for home rule in jgglftnd,
and in which he says that he wishes to
promote improvement and bring about
Irish prosperity; but he fears that if an
Irish Parliament is set up in Ireland her
energies will be wasted in contention.
He therefore wishes to divert forces
tending to inflammability. He fears,
however, that wisdom will be wanting
both in England and Ireland.
Has a Married Woman the Right to
Practice Law ?—An exceedingly inter
esting case is pending the decision of
the United States Supreme Court :
Mrs. Myra Bradwell vs. State of Illi
nois. This case involves the question
whether a married woman has a right
under the Fourteenth Amendment to
practice law. It is held that the clause
thereof which says uo State shall pass
any law which shall abridge the privi
leges and immunities of citizens of the
United States guarantees this right.
This case will probably not be decided
until the case of the Butcher’s Benevo
lent Asssociation of New Orleaus is de
cided, for the reason that this last case
also involves the construction of the
Fourteenth Amendment. The New Or
leans case has been ones argued and is
ordered to be reargued early >« Decem
ber.
The SrrREME Court and the Ku-
Klux Law.— Among the most prominent
and important eases before the United !
States Supreme Court, u°' v ' u session,
is one held under adriaouaent—of Thos.
Jefferson’ Greer, of South Carolina,, peti
tioner, involving the constitutionality of
the celebrated Ku-Klnx law of Congress.
This case has been argued by Mr. Rev
►rdy Johnson for the petitioner, and the
date ot iw decision is uncertain. It is
not likely that judgment will be pro
nounced before Jke December term.
The Next House of Represent aha Ej.
The Administration papers are -crow
ing %ti advance over their presumed in
creased majOfjty in the next House of
Representatives. ftp St. Louis Repub
lican, on the other hand, gwx? as the
results of its calculations the probable
complexion of the next House, as fol
lows |SB Liberals and Democrats, 134
Grantit.es.
Colored Men Haviss »#s Prefer
ence.—lt is stated that there are imjr
few' restaurants in New York attended
by female waiters. In the new up-town
restaurants, of which so many have been
opened lately, tewftle waiters are never
employed, preference being given to
colored men.
In San Francisco, on Saturday, Thos.
Ana boro was fined SI,OOO for libeling
Edith O’Gorman, the escaped nun.
The demand for terriers of the Isle of
Skye breed is increasing so much that a
New York dealer has put up the price of
them from S2O a piece to SSO, and finds
purchasers at that.
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
To the Christian Public.
The undersigned, composing commit
tees appointed severally by Stonewall
and Bartow Divisions and the Grand
Division, Sons of Temperance, of the
State of Georgia, to address an appeal
for co-operation and assistance to the
ministers and members of the numer
ous Christian churches of the State,
beg leave, by these means, to present a
few considerations on the great subject■
committed to them.
It must be impressed, deeply and j
painfully, upon the minds of all who
have been interested in laboring for the I
good of our fellow-men, that there is
no occasion of evil so destructive, so 1
ruinous to all that is good and holy in
our nature as intemperance.
It would be difficult to find a Chris- i
tiau, in this enlightened age, who does ;
not, theoretically, advocate the prin- j
ciple and the practice of temperance, j
But by the use of intoxicating drinks, |
iii the so-called temperate way, many '
of those who are commanded to be the j
“light of the world” and the “salt of
the earth” place themselves on the side j
of the drinking customs of the day, and
adversely to those who are engaged in
earnest efforts to propagate the prin- !
ciples of total abstinence from the use, j
as a beverage, of all “spirituous and
malt liquors, wine and cider.”
YVe believe tliat these principles afford |
the only safeguard, alike for-those who
have suffered from the terrible evils of
intemperance and to the young in the
formation of their habits.
The drinking customs of social life—
alas ! so rapidly increasing among our
people—are sowing bitter seeds of ruin
and death for the future ! It is a de
claration of Divine truth, “they that
sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.”
The pride and joy of many a family cir
cle, from the influence of these customs, ;
will be brought to the shame and misery
of a drunkard’s life, the hopelessness
and woe of a drunkard’s death, aud the
destruction and wratli of a drunkard’s
eternity!
The work of our organization is but a
part of your works as servants and fol
lowers of Him who “went about doing
good,” and we, associated with you in
the greater work of giving the “glori
ous gospel of the blessed God” to all
the world, impressed with the actual
necessity to our success of having you
take hold with us, appeal in Christian
love to you, that you will do so speedily,
and share with us the toil and the joy of
rolling back the fearful tide of intem
perance from our beloved country.
We are greatly encouraged by the suc
cess that has attended the efforts we
have made. Joy has been brought to
the hearts of many a sorrowing family,
deliverance from the fearful thraldom
of drunkenness to hundreds of our fel
low-men, and our benign influence is
thrown around thousands of the youth
of our land—our pride and our hope for
the future. But we would enlarge our
work and render it potent.
May we not, then, successfully appeal
to our pastors, ministers, officers and
brethren of the churches to unite with
us in some of our organizations, thus
showing their approval of our principles,
and giving new and irrepressible force
to our work ?
As members of the Order of Sons of
Temperance, we believe the simplicity
and impressiveness of our ceremonies,
and the fact that only white persons are
eligible to membership, adapt it admir
ably and specially to the necessities and
preferences of our people.
Although it was not immediately con
sidered in the appointment of the com
mittee, yet we know that we utter the
sentiment of those we represent, when
we acknowledge for the press of this
country an influence second only to' that
to which xve appeal, and bespeak its
power iu behalf of our u'ork.
COMMITTEE FROM STONEWALL.
G. W. Garmany, P. G. W. P.
A. P. Abell, Chaplain.
•T. B. G. O’Neal], P. W. P.
E. L. Neidlinger, P. G. W. P.
COMMITTEE PROM BARTOW.
Ely Otto, G. S.
H. 11. Sasnett, W. P.
G. E. Bevans, P. W. P.
COMMITTEE FROM THE GRAND DIVISION.
(1. W. Garmany, P. G. W. P.
S. S. Sweet, G. Chaplain.
F. W. Fildes, G. W. P.
D. D. Duval, P. G. W. P.
S. \V. Brookes, G. C.
11. 11. Sasnett, G. W. A.
CLASSIC BUSTS.
The Mystery of Fine Busts Explained
to a Basliliil Keportei —A Great Cali
fornia Invention.
(From the Han Francisco Chronicle.]
lii this modern and artificial age, when
ladies so love to stuff', pad, lace and
twist the human form divine as to make
it graceful, despite any little short
comings of nature in the way of an im
perfect figure, we are not astonished to
hear daily of new patents and inventions
for aiding the dressmaker iu her laudable
efforts to improve nature’s handiwork.
Believing that something new was
needed to give additional prominence—
contour, development, embonpoint, or
what you will—to the female form, a
modiste of this city has lately invented
and patented a tiu bust. A Chronicle
reporter sought the inventress at her
manufacturing rooms. Climbing a flight
of stairs, he rapped timidly at her door,
for wliftt man does not feel a little shaky
when about to explore the mysteries of
the feminine toilet? A plqmp, bright
looking little woman, with rosy t‘hepk s
and a smile that bespoke good humored
cuteness, opened the door and said :
“W'ELL, sir?”
Reporter Madam, lam a—l heard—
excuse me—X that you are
the inventress of a tin —a L}n b-b-b—that
is, a tjn model for ladies, njaflaip.
Modiste Yes, sir; patent tin busts.
Do you wish to purchase one ?
The reporter expl#ium hjs occupation,
and informed the lady that fie bad mere
ly called, thinking that some informa
tion concerning the great invention
would prove of interest to the lady
readers of the Chronicle,
“Oh, dear, so yon are reporter ?
Well, 1 declare I don’t know whether I
ought to show you my patent bust or
not. You newspaper men—and especi
ally the Chronicle men—are so saucy ;
and then you are so cruelly sarcastic
sometimes that really I am afraid of the
Chronicle, though I TOpJ.d not do with
out it for the world. Now, t hhn'tv you
came up here to make fun of this bust
of mine ; didn’t you ?
Reporter No, madam ; I assure yon
I came to write something in the cause
of science and improvement.
Modiste- Well, then, I s«ppos,e I
must show it to you. Bo walk right in.
in the lion’s den.
The reporter turned as red as a beet
as he entered a room where some come
ly girls were busy cutting and sewing
something. He took a seat, nearly miss
j lng thetuah, and remained very ill at
■ ease while the retired into
, another room to get the wopdeiiiu bust.
I The girls cast mischievous glances at
1 him that made him feel like a cat in a
1 strange garret. Presently the inven
tress returned, bearing in her hands a
tin thing that resembled John McCul
lough s breastplate when he does “Rieh
■ aid jlj . ' te-ln, placed it iu the report
! vr’s lap, which startled A?e &\* Smug
gling again, and made him feel like rwo
, strange cats in a garret.
Modiste—You see this is just like the
; body of a lady. It is made of tin, and
: we make them to any size.
A HORRIBLE BLUNDER.
Jh, norter —How in the world can a lady
wear* out, phese stiff, uncomfortable |
things ?
Modiste —Why, dear me, they do not j
wear them at aIL Tliey are dummies— ]
models on which to fit dresses.
At this point the girls screeched, and j
the inventress had to quiet them by a j
reprimand.
Oh! I see; you only the P atter n
on this—this bust.
Modiste—Yes; it’s just like fitting a j
\ dress on a live woman, you see, only it
: doesn’t fidget like some of them. It’s
. convenient. You can take it in your
I lap whim fqn are fitting on the dress,
j and yon can’t do tw with a live woman,
! you know.
1 ' The reporter blushed, and said he
j rather thought not.
Modiste—Of course not; it’s not a bit
inconvenient to carry around, though it
js so large. See here, I put my hat in
it. It makes a splendid hat-box to put
in yonr trunk while you are traveling—
hat can’t get mashed a bit. We make
them of all sizes and furnish patterns,
wire-stand and everything complete, so
that a lady can adjust her bust to the
heighth of her figure, and make a dress
fit exactly. Oh, it is extremely con
venient, t assure you. If you are rich,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1572.
j and don’t want to bother with running
; to yonr dress-maker so often to get your
| dress tried on to see how it’s being
| made, why ally ou need to do is to get
a bust and leave it at the dress-maker’s
I with your order.
Reporter—l see, madam. Very nice
j arrangement.
THE ECONOMY OF THE THING.
Modiste.—Yes, and if you are only re-
I spectable, and like to wear neat-fitting
j dresses, but can’t afford to pay a dress
maker twenty-five dollars for making
i one, why you can get one of my patent
I tin busts and cut and tit your own
| dresses. Then, too, if you are a proses-
I sioual dress-maker and wish to make a
favorable display of your goods, these
are the best things you can get. See
there (laying her hand ou two very
visible proturberanees .on the model)
that just sets off a bodice or a sack
charmingly.
Reporter—Suppose that those who
order these—ur-ah—these inventions.—
are not—ur-ah—well developed, tall and
straight ?
Modiste—Oh,’ that’s the beauty of
these busts. If the purchaser is not
well-formed, we make the bust so any
how ; and wlieu the dress is fitted to it
and padded, it’s real graceful, I assure
von. We never have auv trouble about
that.
A STJFPOSABLF. CASE.
Reporter—ls a young lady should:
purchase one of these, would she not :
outgrow it and the dresses fitted to it ,
become too small ?
Modiste—All that they have to do is ;
to send it back and get it enlarged. If
it’s a very fat woman and she grows j
lean, we can make her tiu bust smaller.
Here the reporter rose to go, express- :
ing the belief that the madam’s great j
invention would prove a success. He j
was politely bowed out, and passed j
down the stairs. When he reached the
bottom he stood for a moment ponder
ing on the deceits of the world, and of j
the fickle fair in particular. Just as ;
he stepped into the street he felt some- •
thing strike him on the head, and
heard a peal of silvery laughter from the !
window above. He picked up the soft '
missile with which lie had been struck. |
It xvas a tot of cotton rolled in paper. j
And this was the parting salute that the j
tin bust girls gave the bashful Chronicle
man.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
The purchase of the Powder Works
by the city is another important step
taken in the direction of developing the
manufacturing interests of Augusta.
They now have a number of sites, suffi
cient, 1 am informed, for the location of
(400,000) four hundred thousand spin
dles, enough to consume (8,000) eight
thousand horse power of the water to
be afforded by the canal. So far all is
well. But ought not the City Council at
once to take steps to expedite the move
ment of capital in this direction? Here
tofore it is only the nest that has-been
made, and it is time now to put the
hen that is to lay the golden eggs
on it. Has this been thought of ? Are
any steps being taken in this direction ?
The responsibility here, as in all that
has been done, is with the City Council,
and unless they act promptly and effi
ciently, years may elapse before the city
receives any benefit from the enormous
expenditures incurred.
It is imperative that machinery be at
once set in motion, to transport capital
for utilizing the resources that have
been developed here. For me, I do not
doubt in the ultimate success of manu
facturing iu Augusta, and I propose
that the City Council without delay •of
fer a commission of not less than (3)
three per cent, for any one who will ne
gotiate and caused to lie brought (from
outside the city of Augusta and Rich
mond county) and invested in the manu
facture of cotton, wool, iron and other
goods on the Augusta Canal, capital in
sums of not less than six hundred thou
sand dollars. The commission to be
paid whenthe capital shall be so invested
and proof furnished. The city can
loose nothing by such action and very
possibly realize, as soon as the canal is
finished, handsome returns from water
rents and indirect taxation.
Tax Payer.
The Great Western Canal.
The Savannah Republican lias a letter
in its issue of Friday, written from At
lanta, with reference to the Great West
ern Canal, which groups some facts of
general interest and from which we ex
tract as follows ;
The project under consideration con
templates a continuous line of water
communication, natural and artificial,
from St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,
to Savannah, in the State of Georgia.
The Mississippi, the Ohio, and the Ten
nessee to Gunter’s Landing, including
the canal around Muscle Shoals, now
being constructed, form the upper por
tion of the line. The company now or
ganized in tfiis State, and whose work is
the subject matter upder immediate con
sideration, propose tp cpptinqe this
line South, first by a canal frpm Gunt
er’s Landing to the Coosa river to Gads
den, in the State of Alabama, thence by
said river eighty-seven miles to Rome,
thence up the Etowah aud Little river
to a poiut near Roswell, in Cobb coun
ty, where it will cross the Chattahoo
chee, thence via Atlanta to one of the
tributaries of Ocmulgee—Yellow or
South river. The Ocmulgee aud Alta
maha will form the remainder of the
line until a point shall be reached near
est SayunnA, l — sa y ie m °utli of the
Ohoopee—from which the canal will
be continued to that city. The dis
tance from St. Louis to Savannah by
this route is about 1,300 miles. Such is
the project. For a long time doubts
were expressed as to its feasibility by
intelligent and enterprising men, but
they hfive been dispelled by recent prac
tical surveys o£ flip most difficult por
tions of the line, by a scientific commis
sion organized by the' Goye|nnieut at
Washington for that express duty.
The official reports of tfie engineers,
copies of which ha VC beep received here,
will be presented to Congress at the
approaching session. It definitely set
tles the question of practicability, and,
further, the utility aud profitableness of
the work ‘as an investment, even at the
immense expense required for construc
tion. It is estimable that the portion
of the line in the State of- Alabama will
cost $0,000,000, and the portion in
Georgia, so far as Macon, $20,000,000.
It is expected that the Federal Govern
ment will, under tfiff pv§r and harbor
I act, put : th4 ’Gciniiigee iii a condition
| for permanent navigation beyond' that
| point. Os course it would be impossi
| bfe to embrace details In a letter like
! this, which b jhfcmled to give simply
j an ending of tge great .«* e
j engineers, in their report, not oply iudi
| cate the cost and character of the work,
but they go further and furnish esti
mates of its business when completed,
and the cost of transportation as com
pared with other routes from St, Louis
to the Atlantic. These are highly favor
able to the projected line, and, indeed,
| gT>p }f a 'iuiffLfx grecedan co over all
othera, now JiT Pt *irfi>t}cesß
I of construction.
The Grand Lodge of Georgia.— The
Grand Lodge of F. A- A. Id. of the. State .
of Georgia closed its communication in
Milton < ; u Thursday evening last, after
a very fiarmoiaoiis session of tLre<; nays.
Ample provision was made for the com
pletion of the Grand Lodge Hall on Mul
berry street.
The following Grand Officers were
elected :
Samuel D. Inin, M. W. Grand
Master, Simon Holt. R. W. Deputy
Grand Master Ist distrier, James M.
Mobley, R. W. Deputy Grand Master
2d district; John E. Red wine, R. W. De
puty Grand Master 3d district; Richard
T. Burner, R. W. Deputy Grand Master
4ta district; Arthur J. Leet, R. W.
Senior Grand Warden; James W. Tay
lor, R. W. Junior Grand Warden:
Joseph E. Wells, R. W. Grand Treas
urer; Samuel Lawrance, R. W. Grand
Secretary; Jason Burr, Grand Tyler.
The following appointments were
made :
Eex. Caleb W. Key, Grand Chaplain;
John G. Deitz, Senior Grand Deacon;
W. W. Goodman, Junior Grand Dea
con: G. W. Gammage, Grand Marshal;
B. H. Mitchell, Grand Pursuivant; E.
Trice, First Grand Steward; R. V.
Mitchell, Second Grand Steward; S.
Wise Parker, Third Grand Steward.
Mr. Fronde, the English historian,
has- realized the comfortable sum of
fourteen thousand dollars from the re
cent course of lectures delivered by him
I in New York city.
(From tlie New York Herald.)
A MEXICAN CIRCUS.
A Full Fledged Mexican Circus and a
Drove of Wild Bulls iu Brooklyn.
Our readers must have noticed for
some days past a caravan passing
through the streets, from the interior of
which a brass band thunders forth
strange melodies with much braying of
brazen instruments, while Jjehiud the
powerful wagon a squad of strangely
clad horsemen gallop to and fro in single
tile, wearing the serapes and huge som
breros of the Mexican vaqnero or cattle
bailsman. These men ride small, but
vigorous and fleet mustang ponies, and
are the most daring horsemen probably
that have ever visited New. York city.
Recently, at the Capitoline Grounds in
Brooklyn, this Mexican circus company
exhibited in presence of a small but
select audience. Those who have read
Mayne Reid’s highly sensational hunt
ing novels may have formed some idea
of what these hardy vaqueros of the de
batable laud on the Texan add Mexican
frontier can do iu the way of riding,
with or without saddle. As it is, it is
necessary to see the performance to
understand it. There are nine horse
men in the company, who have all been
bred in Mexico and Texas from child
hood, the principal of whom are named
Thomas, an American-Mexican; Mo- j
rosco, Carquiero, Kossuth and Leon.
Thomas was tlie chief raftchero for
President Benito Juarez, who had nine- j
: ty farms in the sister Republic, aud he
jis certainly one of the most expert j
horsemen we have ever beheld. While
; dashing at headlong speed ou his fiery
mustang he stooped, without stopping '
his speed, and picked up a white hand- j
: kerchief from the grass. Leon then was '
the next to appear on the scene. A sav- 1
’ age and enraged Texan bull was brought
forth, and Leou successfully threw the
lariat over his horns and brought him j
up standing on his hind legs, although
he made desperate efforts to gore the
spectators, who ran wildly out of his j
reach. Then Leou jumped ou his back, j
rode him around the grounds to the bull’s |
utter discomfiture, and all the while j
smoked a Havana cigar with the greatest
coolness possible. Carquiero threw a wild
mustang a complete somerset by the tail
while the latter was going at full speed
—a most astonishing feat. Pour of the
riders, while going at a speed that made
tlie spectators dizzy, in the twinkling of
an eye drew up in an even line, the mus
tangs panting ami endeavoring to break
loose from tlie inevitable grasp of their
riders. A smart pony, with as many
tricks in him as Ben Butler possesses,
was lassoed by the riders and brought
up standing.' Then there xvas a pony
race to see; who should own the odd
steer, as is customary with vaqueros in
Mexico, and no such speed has ever been
seen on a race track in America as was
made in a spurt of three-quarters of
a mile by these wonderful horsemen
yesterday. It is a pity tliat these
splendid horsemen and bull riders and
bull tamers could not have an oppor
tunity to exhibit at Jerome Park or
at Prospect Park, where a large assem
blage of both sexes might have an op
portunity to witness their unexampled
feats of horsemanship. As it is, they
can remain but a few days at the Capi
toline Grounds, as no other place could
be found large enough for the exhibi
tion. For grace, management of the
horse, simpleness of riding and perfect
agility in the saddle, or bareback riding,
they are unequaled. Their saddles
weigh sixty pounds and their stirrups
are very clumsy, but they do not seem
to mind their encumbrances whatever.
A comical Irishman offered himself as a
victim to be lassoed, and two horsemen
galloped their mustangs at full speed
after him, throwing their lassoes with
he greatest Swiftness, but the Irishman,
was too much for the Mexicans, as he
ran all oyer the field in such a zigzag
manner that the vaqueros were com
pletely vanquished and the Irishman
raised much laughter from the ovowd.
It is a very dangerous thing, however,
to do, as it might possibly result in a
broken neck to the victim who is lassoed
by the wild Mexicans. Altogether this
exhibition iR the most novel one that
has ever been offered to the New York
public by any strangers in the circus
line of business.
[From W. C. Watts A Co’s. Circular.]
British Consumption of Cotton.
Up to the close of June last the aver
age consumption in the United Kingdom
from the beginning of this year was
variously estimated at from 62,000 to
66,01 K) bales per week, but since that
time estimates have been considerably
reduced, in consequence of the small de
liveries to the trade during the past
three months. As hearing upon this
point, and affording, we suppose, as cor
rect an indication of the actual con
sumption in this country as any calcu
lation that can be made, we invite atten
tion to the following facts :
In June, 1870, itwas generally admitted
that our spinners had reduced their stocks
of cotton to very nearly a minimum point.
The following month war between France
and Germany was declared, and busi
ness here and in Manchester was for a
few weeks almost completely paralyzed ;
and by the f tli Augusf they b a 4 Proba
bly reduced [heir stopk to the lowest
possible point. By OUT table we !W il k e
them to have held tfiei) oiily dd.ooo
bales, as against 100,000 at the close of
the year. Now, it is on all hands ad
mitted that two weeks ago our spinners
had again run down their stocks of cot
ton to a minimum point. This being so,
we have only to determine the deliver
ies during the 112 weeks intervening
(August 4th, 1870, to September 26tli,
1872) to arrive at the consumption. The
deliveries from tins port aud'London, as
per figures of Broker's Circular aver
age 61,288 bales per week, but put it
down to round numbers at 61,00§, and
the calculation is as follows :
Consumption 112 weeks at 61,000 per week. .6,882,000
21 weeks in 1870 at 58,790 per week. 1,129, 596
52 weeks in 1871 at 50,000 per week. 8,114,800
30 weeks in 1872 at 66,840 per week. 2,588,610 —6,832,000
We have fieye assurped consumption
for the last 31 weeks t>f Uj?(j, 'jhen war
was progressing on the ‘Continent', at
the average for the entire year as per
brokers’ estimates, and have taken the
brqkefs’ figures of couspmptiou last
year. Reduced to pounds weight the
66,349 bales which appear to have been
consumed in the 39 weeks of this year,
only exceed the figures of last year
about 3 per cent., which is just about
equal to the increase in our exports of
goods and yarns as shown in a preced
ing table. Now, it may be the figures
of consumption, as given in the above
calculation, should be soTncrhst de
creased for the fit) weeks irf thD'year,
and correspondingly increased the in
creased the preceding 73 weeks ; cer
tain it is, they are rather larger than we
had supposed, but the main point is the
apparent average’ of ‘61,000 per week for
ltHhisfo-*' ‘ ‘ 571
The following 13 from tfie circular of
Messrs. Ellison, Tibbit A Cos., ot Liver
pool:
HOME CONSUMPTION.
The deliveries to home consumers
during the past forty weeks have amount
ed to 2,382,000 bales, against 2,518,000
last vear, weighing 862.281.000 pounds
against) jOq-pfijfibqqq pgupd*, [ufcaytqag,-
welght Wing ‘ 3fi2 pounds p’erhme this
year, against 399 pounds.
Subjoined is a comparative statement
of the weight of cotton delivered, and of
goods, i:., expert durina the firet
nine mouths of the past three years:
1872, 1871, 1870.
Cotton deßyM.tm’a o.i&S.oeo i,‘lSl.iiOO
Average ■ WI ‘ " K 9O
T<4iT Yttgbt, It ' 831,876,(p0 %7,i;7L(»l 776,490,000
Leas waste in spia’g
Yarn produced 736,216,000 861,497,000 693,310,000
Exported in > urn*
and goods 660,000,000 646,000,000 597,000,000
Balance 67,216,000 215,497,000 86,310,000
Uunre cuDSUmptionll3,ooo,oUo 126,0uu,000 1U0,000,000
In estimating the actual home consump
tion of goods this year and last, we hav
assured mat the quantity taken in 1870
was about 100,000,000 ft. (for the whole
year it was about 140,000,0001 b.) ; that
in 1871 there was an increase of 25 per
cent, over 1870, and in 1872 a decrease of
10 per cent, from 1871. The figures for
last year shows an excess of about 90,-
000,00011. in production over consump
tion. This excess would exist in the
form of raw cotton, and would be equal
to 100,000,000 ft. • or 250,000 bales of
399 ft.
These figures explain the puzzle of the
absence of any extensive resort to short
time, notwithstanding the small de
liveries to the trade for some months
past. Consumption has not been seri
ously reduced, because the trade had
ample stock to fall back upon. Assum
ing that spinners do not hold more than
an average working stock, their con
sumption during the past 53 weeks has
been at the rate of 66,300 bales of
366 ft. per week, though only 55,350
bales of 438 ft.—the average weight of
American. During the early part of the
year we think that the consumption was
pushed up to 25,000,0001 b. per week, or
68,000 bales of 3661 b. each. The pres
; ent rates of consumption is about 61,000
1 bales of 3661 b. or 51,370 bales of Arneri
| can size.
CONTINENTAL CONSUMPTION.
! The total import into the Continent
1 during the first forty weeks of the year,
that is up to Friday last, amounted to
1,833,000 bales, of which 545,000 bales
were received from Great Britain, and
1,288,000 direct from tlie various eoun
: tries of growth. Os the latter figures
1,093,01)0 bales were imported into Ham
-1 burg, Bremen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
I Antwerp, Havre, Marseilles, Barcelona,
i Gefloa and Trieste, 158,000 into Russia
(89,000 American, 22,000 Surat and 47,-
000 Brazil), 19,000 (11,000 American and
i BJOOO Brazil) into Spanish aild Portu
guese ports, other than Barcelona, aud
18,000 East India into Italian ports,
j other than Genoa. The stock at the
j commencement of the year was 302,000
l bales, and on Friday last 546,000 bales,
! so that the deliveries were 1,589,000
j bales, or 39,725 bales per week. The
actual average rate of consumption has
| not been less than 45.0(H) bales per week,
i so that Continental spinners hold about
I 200,000 bales less than they did at the
I beginning of the year. In our annual
! circular, published in January, we esti
mated that Continental spinners held a
surplus stock of 200,000 bales; this sur- 1
plus has now disappeared, and only a |
bare working stock is held by con- j
sumers.
PROSPECTS.
The prospects of the market are more
than tisually dim and uncertain. The
American crop estimates are smaller
than those current a month ago, but the
influence of this fact is neutralised by
the exceedingly large arrivals at the
ports. It is said that a portion of tlie
crop is unusually early, and that this is
the reason of the heavy arrivals; but
the whole crop is reported to be much
below an average and the receipts will,
it is said, fall off rapidly at the opening
of the new year. Consumers, however,
will not believe in a yield of less than 3i
millions until they see the arrivals at
the ports diminish very rapidly. With
a crop of 3; million bales, present prices
for American on the spot will not be
maintained, especially as the accounts
from the cotton-growing districts of
India, Egypt, and the Brazils are all ex
ceedingly promising for a good yield;
moreover, while the prospects of supply
are moderately favorable the prospects of
consumption are not very brilliant,owing
to the unsettled state of the money
market aud the high prices of fuel aud
food. But, as we observed in our last
issue, American cotton may very easily
give way id. to Id. per lb, and fair
Dhollera still be quoted 6fd. to 7d. per
ft), for with Middling Uplands at 9d.
Dhollera would still be relatively cheap
at 6}d. to 7d.
Proceedings of the Railroad Meeting
to Extend the Goodrich Railroad.
Stapleton's Store, Nov. 2, 1872.
On motion of Mr. George F. Hudson,
Major George Stapleton was called to
the Chair to preside as President of the
meeting, and Mr. John A. Lazenhy re
questor} to act as Secretary,
The object of the meeting was then
stated by the President to be to extend
the Goodrich Railroad from this point
(Stapleton's Store), or some point near
here, in as near a straight line as prac
tical with the interests of the road, to
intersect with the Central Railroad at
Davisboro.
The President then briefly explained
the great benefits to result to the people
and country from this road.
Mr. John L. Goodrich next addressed
the meeting, and stated the average cost
of the road per mile, and probable as
sistance to be received from the Georgia
Railroad.
The meeting was then addressed by
Mr George F. Hudson on the interests
of the people involved in the extention
of this road ; and that he thought the
people were ready to meet them with the
necessary amount of greenbacks.
The two following committees were
then appointed by the Chair ;
First Committee—George F. Hudson,
P. Walden, George L. Cain.
Second Committee—R. P. Little, L.
J. C. D. Brown, David Aldred, Dr. J.
F. Usry, John D. Stapleton.
On motion, the proceedings of this
meeting are requested to be published
in the News and Fanner, of Louisville,
and Chronicle and Sentinel, of Au
gusta.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, to
meet again at this place qn Tuesday,
19th instant, at o’clock, a. m.
Qer. Stapleton, President.
J no, 4- Lazenbt, Secretary.
The Woodholl and Olaflin Libel
Case.— New York, November 2. — A
great deal of talk was occasioned about
town this evening over the arrest of
Woodliull and Olaflin. Proceedings
against them were first taken by A. M.
Cliallis, a well known broker, who, last
night, applied for warrants for their ar
rest for a gross, scandalous aqd ma
licious article op hirg. These warrants
were accordingly issped, but before they
could be executed, someone, acting on
beljalf of another libeled party, as it is
said, and importing the aii} qf Co,in
stock, the famous enemy tq ohscepe iit
eratUl'e, lipd warrants issued against the
women by Suited States Commissioner
Osborn.
Tiie affidavits in the case were made
by Albert Anderson, post office clerk, a
Mr. Woodly, of Brooklyn, and T. W.
Rees, clerk in the Independent newspa
per office, who swears to the sending of
offensive publications through the mail
by accused.
The witnesses in the ease—William
Moody (negro) and C. D. Miles, who
mailed the papers—were sent to the
house of detention. The two were takeu
to the Commissioner’s office in a car
riage, thence to jail until Monday morn
ing, when a hearing comes off. They
manifested the usual boldness, and de
canted on the way to prison on the out
rage of their afrest' and confinement
6ver Sunday.' Tliey insisted upon suit
able apartments at jjadlow street jail.
lyiqLixu qy< Debuty SflßKjsi' A. H.
received in the
city last night that A. H. Bnroh, Deputy
Sheriff of Bussell county, Alabama, was
allot and killed yesterday by young Dr.
J. C. Cook, on' his plantation in that
couuty. The weapon said to have been
used was a double-barrel gun,
Cook is a son of James Cook, , P-k;
lunibus. There ere reports' ibout
the anff'Wh 'heard the fact at so
late aii hour as to prevent giving par
ticulars this morning.— Columbus Sun,
November 3 d.
Fatat. Fracas in Mm.si4X3ar.iT. — A/jev l r
pyis, 'it',' OtUjbtr t}. —1 iis reported
here Mt*oniand tmeiua' Mor
gan wer’w killed cm Tuesday at Aberdeen,
Miss., by Captain Bill Forrest, Henry
Cozart and another man. Reports are
conflicting as to the orign of the difficul
ty. Forrest escaped ; the others were
captured.
They have a man in Kentucky
eigl.t ut • M gfc , 'V'i l q"qc.v'prhadthe
backache or a pain, never swore an oath,
never took but one chew of tobacco in
his life, gets into conniption fits at the
bare smell of Bourbon whisky, and “has
been a farmer and bricklayer all his
life.” He must have commenced the
farming business in the dairy line.
A Heavy Transfer— flqn. Henry G
Davis', United States Senator from West
Virginia, has disposed of his coal lands
in the George’s a'reek region (formerly
the property of the Maryland Coal Com
pany) to the Atlantic and George’s
Creek Consolidated Coal Company for
the snm of one-half million dollars.
The Atlantic and Ceo;ge’a lmeek Goal
Company i« anew institution (rather a
consolidation of old companies) incor
porated by the last General Assembly.
This company is a very wealthy one.
At a recent meeting the capital stock
was increased from 8500,000 to 81,000,-
000. Senator Davis is ’•apiclly pt-cow
(ng png ot the iucii in Com
gress, ami is undoubtedly the richest
man in his own State.
A Thbott Fire Department Chief.—
The Louisville City Council has im
peached George W. Levi, Chief q|
Department* t Ol having too many names
on Bis pay roll and pocketing the differ
ence. _ .
Ground Pea Crop.— The Montgomery
Advertiser says that a gentleman in
that vicinity planted this year a half
acre of land, which he considered too
poor for any other crop, ip ground peas.
It produced 20 bushels, for which he
has been offered $2 50 per bushel. That
is equivalent to a yield of SIOO per acre,
which beats cotton “out of sight.”
GEN. HAMPTON IN FREDERICK,
MARYLAND.
The False Education of the Times.
The recent address of the great cavalry
leader is full of grand and noble thoughts.
• We give an extract on the subject of
education, which in the address was
prefatory to his plea for agricultural
colleges, in which our youth should be
' educated to become practical and intel
ligent farmers :
Os the three pressing wants, the lack
of proper education among our people,
especially among the great body of our
farmers and planters, it has been speci
fied as the first aud most serious, lam
not one of those who measure the virtue
and intelligence of a people by their
ability to read and to write. There is
much truth as poetry in the aphorism :
*• A little learning is a ilaugerous thing."
The fatal mistake of the age, at least
iu some portions of this country, springs
from the prevalent belief that mere in
tellectual training is of itself sufficient
for all the purposes of this life, without
that better education of the moral sense,
which can alone teach man his duty to
his neighbor and to his God. Iu the
ceaseless aud unseemly struggle for
place aud riches which is debauching
the moral tone of so large a part of the
population of this country, all true edu
cation is neglected, and many young
men are launched on the sea of life with
J intellects sharpened at the expense of
j all the higher faculties, which are left
! undeveloped aud uneducated. The wild
pursuit of wealth us the only object of
life—“tlie cursed greed of gold”—leaves
no time for the proper training of heart
and soul, and too much of what is false
ly called education lias for its whole end
to impart only such knowledge as will
qualify its possessor to enter the mad
I race for power, wealth and other mere
: temporal blessings. The caustic words
1 of the Roman satirist, describing that
| education which teaches that money is
j the chief good, are sadly applicable to
many of our youth, who are taught in
the same school:
“Make money; honestly if you can,
but, if not honestly, make money by any
means. ”
It is this pernicious teaching that is
making so many of the people lose their
ancient aud hardy virtues, and it is
against this abuse of all high and true
education that I now protest, not against
education itself. It is undoubtedly a
good thing to know how to read and
write, but tbe mere possession of these
rudiments of education profits a man
but little, unless his nobler faculties are
directed ill the proper way ; and it is a
mistake to suppose that because he can
read aud write he is a better man or
more intelligent citizen. The Atlieuiens,
it may safely be assumed, (hough the
great body of them were without these
acquirements, were quite as well versed
in literature, science, politics*aud tlie
polite arts, as the people of New Eng
land, whose boiist it is that their system
of free schools has diff used education
more generally among the people than
in any other country; and the experience
of every thinking man in the South will
bear me out iu the assertion, that in all
the elements which go to make up true
manhood--honesty, truth, honor, faith,
courage ami intelligence—onr own peo
ple, all unlettered as many of them are,
have proved themselves, iu war as in
peace, at least the equals of those who
pride themselves on their superior edu
cation. But while these are facts which
cannot be successfully controverted, it
does not follow that a proper education,
a development of the full powers of
body, of lgiqd gud* or heart, should he
neglected, and it is in behalf of this
higher aud nobler education that I now
appealj to you and through you to the
people of the South.
Further from the Railroad Collision—
LOSS) $7,00(1.
From a citizen of our city, who was
on the train from Dalton which collided
with the train from Selma, on the Selma,
Romo and Dalton Railroad, we learn a
few additional particulars of that die
astrous occurrence. The collision took
place on a level plane, and the trains
were within one hundred yards of eacli
other before danger of the collision was
discovered. The conductor instantly
placed double forces at the brakes, but
within so short a space if was almost
impossible tq iuyput the speed of the
cars, and when the engines met it is es
timated that the down train was travel
ing at the rate of eighteen miles per
hour, and the up train ten or twelve
miles per hour. The engines drove into
each other ; and the baggage-ear on the
up train was “telesooped”bythe tender.
One brakesman and the fireman on the
up train were killed. The fireman was
literally cut into three pieces, which
were severally and separately picked up,
and shipped to Covington, Ga., where
his family lives. One of the engineers sus
tained some injuries by jpgpjugfrom tlie
train, and tl\e hfigga&e master on the
down train was slightly hurt. A Indy in
the sleeping ear on the down train re
ceived some bruises in the face. It is
estimated that the peculiar construction
of the sleeping car saved theig aU Iroiu
instpqt death. The coupling machinery
was so arranged that the collision gave
the oar a heavy baokward movement,
and breaking loose, it rebounded ten
feet, thereby placing it beyond the range
of the terrible shock that would have
crushed it.
The loss, it is stated by tlie Supervi
sor himself, will not exceed $7,000. This
he considers quite insigpifteggi, deplor
ing, above pv.qy.YVhiUfi vise, the loss of
lisp. kdnme attaches mostly, it appears,
to the Master Mechanic, who is respon
sible for employing an engineer wholly
unfamiliar with the schedules. - A tlanta
Sun, 6th,
Alsatians t >; Yikuinia. —The advance
guard pi the large body of immigrants
from Alsace and Lorraine, who are to
settle in the neighborhood of Alexan
dria, have reached that ci(\\ tpp} jp-qriviw
engage*} in prospecting toy favorable
sites wheropt fa settle. 'Some time will
bp devoted by these immigrants to the
inspection <vf the several tracts of land
which are in the market in that section
of Virginia. They desire not less than
4,000 acres in a body, though they would
prefer a much larger quantity, and will
be governed by the price and location of
the land. The colony now
about 200 famines, *nd ' Spiffed in
arts, mannsacvnti'Ai'add farming. They
portion of France cap
tured by the Prussians in the late war,
and leave their native country for Amer
ica rather than become Prussian sub
jects. They propose to form ft iciid
stock company, locate o. yuvm, eU'V lay
out fgrrns, c\sv pntp.ftsb is to ex
clude' &T 1 'otb.eys from the colony but
those who come with them for a term of
five years, during which time no one of
the eolony will be authorized to dispose
of any portion of the lands purchased
and embraced within their survey, if
they can be suited in Virginia on good
terms, they say they can im-ipa-m,
colony to 2,000 without any
trouVy ""
A mmsy op Gnk op the Lowery Gang
in Georgia.— The Columbus Sun, ot
Saturday last, reports that George Ap
plewhite, negro, one of the Bobesou
county, North Caroliua, ontl&vm,
tured Sunday, if'iy, IVd- Ifamilton,
by Me.jsrn- Murray apd Bryant, through
aid and influence of Mr. J. It. Edwards
—all cif Harris county. A reward of
$C,200 has been offered by the Govern
orof North Carolina for his arrest.
This negro was recognized by his photo
graphs. He is in custody awaits a
requisite n fepm the tWernor of North
Cafdliha.
Southern Claims Commission. —The
Southern Claims Commission Friday
last heard the following case am
others:
Win. Hetzel, of Atlanta, Ga., a Ger
mau by birth, for the stock and fixtures
of a soap and candle factory in that
city, applied to various military uses on
the occupation of that place by General
Sherman. The claimant testified rtiat
of two thousand Cleipiun* in Atlanta,
only tlufe.u voluhtbereu into the Confed
erate army, and others helped the Con
federacy as little as possible. The
amount claimed by Hetzel is $28,000.
Instruments Requiring Revenue
Stamps.— Commissioner Douglass, us
the Revenue Department, lias decided
that all stamp taxes on instruments are
now repealed, excepting the tax of two
cents on inland checks, drafts or orders
drawn at sight or on demand upon a
bank, banker, or trust company.
NEW SERIES-*-VOL. XXV—NO. 40.
I
THE ELECTION'.
Official Vote of Richmond County.
The managers finished counting the
! votes polled iii the city on yesterday
morning, about eleven o’clock. The
following is the official vote of the comity:
AUGUSTA.
j Total vote 4,611
1 For President—Greeley, 1) 2,389
For President—Grant, 1! 2,195
j For President—O’Conor, Ind 27
| Greeley’s majority over Grant... 194
| Greeley's majority over both.... 167
For Congress—W right, D 2,291
For Congress—Clayton, R 2,200
For Congress -Dußose, Ind 02
Wright’s majority ever Clayton.. 01
Wright’s majority over both 29
BEL-AIR.
President—Greeley, 1) 104
President—Grant, It 1
President—O’Conor, Ind 0
Greeley’s majority over both... . 103
Congress—Wright,' D 102
Congress—Clayton, K I
Congress—Dußose, Ind ()
Wright’s majority over both 101
tarver’s.
President—Greeley, D 71
President—Grant, R 15
President—O’Conor, Ind 0
Greeley’s majority over both... 56
Congress—Wright, D 70
Congress—Clayton, R 15
Congress—Dußose, Ind 2
Wright’s majority over Clayton. 55
Wright’s majority over both 53
PINE HILL,
President—-Greeley, ]>.... 120
President—Grant, Lt 51
President—O’Conor, Ind 0
%
Greeley’s majority over both... 69
Congress—Wright, D 119
Congress—Clayton, II 51
Congress—Dußose, Ind 2
Wright’s majority over Clayton.. 68
Wright’s majority over both 66
I*oo3l HOUSE.
President—Greeley, D 79
President—Grant, R 65
President—O’Conor, lud 0
Greeley’s majority over both 14
Congress—Wright, 'D 77
Congress—Clayton, U (!2
Congress- Dubose, Lid 0
Wright’s majority over both... 15
CONSOLIDATED RETURNS.
Whole vote 5,117
President—Greeley, D , ~2,7(19
President—Grant, it 2,1127
President—O’Conor, lud 27
Greeley’s majority over Grant. IDG
Greeley’s majority Over both 409
Congress—Wright, D 2,(159
Congress—Clayton, R 2,1129
Congress—Dubose, l:ul G 5
Wright’s majority over Clayton 3:50
Wright’s majority over both. . . 2(15
Comparative Statement.
OCTOBER, 1872.
Total vote 1,901
GOVERNOR.
Smith, D 2,823
Walker, li 2,078
Smith’s majority 745
SENATOR,
Snead, D 2,7(7
Cain, D 2JHS
Snead’s majority 732
REPRESENTATIVES.
Clarke, D 2,717
Foster, D.. : 2,70(5
Walsh, D 2,554
Gardiner, R 2,057
Williams, R 2,057
BloAgeu, K . 2,01 »j
Maddrey, lud 211
Average Democratic majority. . . 003
DECEMBER, 1870.
Total vote polled 5,575
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
S. A. Corker, D 3,024
T. P. Beard, R. (colored) 2,548
Corker’s majority 470
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
D. M. Dußose, D 3,007
Isham Fannin, R 2,552
Dußose’s majority., . 455
LEGISLATURE.
Claiborne Snead, D 3,289
J. B. Gumming, D 3,044
W. A. Clarke, D 3,004
Daniel McHorton, R. (colored)... ,2,493
Dock Adams, R. (colored) 2,485
J. E. Bryant, R ... 2,072
Wm. Hale, Xml. (colored) 133
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION —1808.
Total vote cast . .5,882
Grant and Colfax 3,129
Seymour and Blair . . ,2,753
Radical majority 376
‘T'lvU, 1808.
For C.wdiintion . .3,103
Against Constitution 1,213
Majority 1,380
GOVERNOR.
Bullock, R 3,074
Gordon. 1,746
Majority, R 1,327
CONGRESS,
Prince, II 3,053
Davis, sud ~.. 1,347
Qrurofoy, lad 182
Majority, It 1,524
STATE SENATE.
Conley, R 3,060
Walker, D 1,077
Majority, li 1,383
mirRESENTATI VES.
T’vwxfldy, K 3,065
Bryant, R 3,010
Beard, R 3,021
Gumming, D 1,741
Snead, D .1,731
King, D 1,712
rdafuiiiy, R 1,321
VOTE IN 1867.
For Convention 3,255
Against Convention 2
Not voting .2,258
Majority [<ir (kwHaatnui. . . 995
-»•-
(•■uAt i-i Cream and Civil Rwim.— ln
Washington City, Mr. Fraud, a German
keeper of a popular restaurant, has been
hauled up before the Courts for an in
fraction of the civil rights huv.be -ouie
negroes. They cuinpi'Vv, tJvd payment
was demand' dtUmu «n advance' for
ueAnv The defendant proved
t'Uat the negroes sat down at (In' tables
intended both for gentlemen ami ladies,
with bats on and cigars in tlieir mouths,
contrary to the rules of the house. The
Judge holds the ease under artiu-enaent.
. —t; •»=-' ——
A Novel Rf vifIAHW Game.—ln Atlanta,
)f r s t week, a novel game of billiards was
played in a matchcontest. It was played
by Mr. Waldron, of Waco, Texas, in
Mexican style. This is dour with two
cues, on which the cite is taken up, and
from which it is, rolbd with great pre
cision bj the practiced hand of Mr.
Waidron, striking the balls on the table
and sending them to the desired point
with thesame accuracy as when “rtvue.k”
by skillful bands iu the. uauat way.
—- :j2** l *' 9m
A m&tchaat in Savannah asked a
theatrical manager for complimentary
tickets, assuring him only well dressed
ladies and gentleman would use thorn.
Manager in turn asked for complimen
tary silk dresses, assuring merchant that
they would be worn only by ladies of
good appearance and figure. Corres
pondence dropped.'
The Athens Watchmanwys there will
he a contested election case from the
30th Senatorial District, composed of
the counties of Rabun, Towns and
Union. There were four candidates for
Senator. Hon. H. W. Cannon, of Ra
bun, received six votes more than the
next highest—Col. John England, of
Union—who will contest the seat.
Anderson’s Extra Prolific Cotton.
Dr. 1. L. Anderson, of Washington,
Ga., exhibited at our recent Fair somo
very remarkable ootton, which took n
premium and certificate of merit; and
though we spoke of it at the time, we
think it deserves more than the short
notice that the hurry of Fair week en
abled ns to give it.
This cotton was planted on the 15th of
May, and by the 20th of October it was
all open and picked ; the staple is long
and silky and stronger and finer than
any cotton brought to this market, and
sold for a cent and an eighth over any other
cotton—our merchants, without an ex
ception, speaking of it in the «highest
terms.
The limbs of this cotton not averaging
more than three inches long and hav
ing less foliage tl ( ian other varieties,
with the fact of its rapid maturing,
makes it peculiarly adapted to rich bot
tom land, where it may bo planted in
three feet rows and ten inches apart in
the drill, without danger of the bolls
rotting or being caught by the frost.
The bolls arc large—seventy-two of
them weighing a full pound, and they
grow out from the stalk and short
branches, two, three and four at a place,
more like ohesuut burs than any cot
ton we ever saw before; and it has from
four to ten locks of cotton to the boll.
A single stalk of this cotton was dis
covered five years ago, and from this
stalk, by carefully selecting the . seed,
tho staple and yield has steadily im
proved, and it is now confidently believed
that this cotton will yield fifty per cent,
more than any cotton planted in Georgia.
There being but little foliage, tho
bolls large and growing in clusters and
the limbs short, enables a hand to pick
nearly twice as much as of the ordinary
cotton.
Arrangements have been made to send
specimens of this wonderful cotton to
the Fairs in Jackson, Miss,,Montgomery,
Ala., Savilnnah, Ga., and Columbia, S.
C., where our planting friends can have
an opportunity of examining it for them
selves.
Dr. Anderson sends (lie seed anywhere
in tho South, free of transportation, at
five dollars a pound. He is perfectly
reliable, and will not send any but tho
genuine seed. Messrs, S. D. Heard .4
Son, of Augusta, have a small quantity
of the seed for sale.
The Purchase oe the Augusta Pow
der Works,— Mayor Estes on Saturday
completed tho purchase of the late Con
federate Powder Works, placing tho
notes of (lie corporation of Augusta for
the deferred payments, and complying
with the terms, giving the bond of tho
city of Augusta and, two surities, Henry
Moore and Thomas G. Barrett, for for
ty-eight thousand dollars, in the hands
of Captain Rollins, captain commanding
post of the United States Arsenal at
Augusta. Tho city, therefore, comae
into immediate possession of the magni
ficent property so essential in the con
templated plan of enlargement of tho
Augusta Canal, and affording, under the
new plan, magnificent sites for use of
the increased power which the enlarge
ment of the canal will make available to
enterprise.
Expected Colonies of Roumanian ITe
mtr.ws.—A letter has boon received at
the General Land Office, setting forth
that a movement is on hint by Israelites
of Europe for settling a colony of Ron
wavnnn n' l I(inenfnl .Towq in Amorim
It appears there is a company formed,
possessing a paid up capital of #1,500,-
000, who contemplate settling in this
country some 8,000 families, comprising'
40,000 persons. They wish to obtain
250,000 acres of Government land for
this purpose.
The Carpet-Bagger. —A writer in the
Philadelphia Age says that the term
“carpet-bagger” is a literal translation
of the French phrase “Homme do sac,”,
which is defined in tho dictionaries as
rogue, thief, &c. It no doubt has allu
sion to the large pockets and hags used
by vagabond plunderers to carry and
conceal the proceeds of their pecula
tions ; or, according to modern euphemy,
their speculations, terms almost synony
mous.
The Columbus Race—Time Made by
Short’s Bay Colt.— At the Columbus
Fair, the important feature of Saturday
afternoon was a trotting race for a purse
of SSOO. The following horses were
entered : Chambers’ “ Hickory Jack,”
Tyler’s “Foster,” F*. B. B.’r .“Tacoo,”
MeDougald’s “Emma,” and Sliort’s bay
colt. The race was won by the latter,
beat three in five. Time: 2:451, 2:46f,
2:45). Second hoot won by Hickory Jack
in 2:40.
Atlanta’s Decreasing Recehtm. —The
Atlanta Constitution prints some facts
and figures touching the receipts and
expenditures of that city for the past
four years. The receipts for 1869 aro
put down at $45)1,924 12, for 1870, $270,-
350 10, and for 1871, $357,542 16. This
difference in and steady, decrease of re
ceipts causes much “surprise,” the <\m
stitution says.
Exodus op Georgians.— Tho Chatta
nooga Advertiser says on last Sunday,
27th iijt., eleven wagon loads of emi
grants from Murray, Whitfield and Mon
roe counties, passed through Summer
ville < u roujr. for Arkansas. It under
stands that so many people and oxen
have moved from Murray county to Ar
kansas that corn lias fallen to 25 cents
per bushel, and no demand for shucks
and other rough food.
Hoop and Mouth Diheasb. —Tho
Treasury Department has issued a cir
cular to the collectors at the principal
ports instructing them to carefully ob
serve existing regulations which prevent
importation of neat cattle or hides from
a country where the lioof ami mouth
disease is prevalent. The-Department
received information that, this disease
had again broken out in the Argentine,
Republic.
Judge Story to Retire. —Judge Story
has written a letter stating his inability
to be juxiseiit at the present term of the
United States Supreme Court, but will
attend the December term. He will re
tire in April next, after a judicial ser
vice of over fifty years, of which the last
twenty-seven years have boon spent
upon tho bench of the United Stab s.
Supreme Court.
The New York Manufacturing Com
pany, 21 Courtland street, New York,
have established an “Emporium of
Novelties” and utilities for every" day
use. Agents, male and female, wauted
i everywhere. See their advertisement iu
another column.
Chicken Raislno.— Those who think
the business of chicken raising insignifi
cant, should remember that the women
of Attakpas and St. Landry Lave sent
over two hundred thousand dollars
worth of chickens and eggs to tho New
Orleans market yearly since the war, be
sides furnishing supplies for the villages
and for home consumption. One widow
lady in ono of the parishes sent to mar
ket seven hundred dollars worth of
chickens and eggs in one year.— A r . <>.
Picayune.
' At a large Radical meeting held iu
Savannah on Monday night, Aaron Al
peoria Bradley, the great “Wahoo,” de
nonneed J. E. Bryant in the most un
measured terms.