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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. I. SCRUGGS AND J. B. BUMBLE. Fikk.—About three o’clock Friday morn ing a Are broke out in the millinery estab lishment of Mr. I. Isaacs, Decatur street. Little loss, however, was sustained from the fire, but we believe the greater part of the damages sustained was from the water thrown Into the house by the engines.— Tallalulab, No. 3, was promptly on the ground, and It is suggested that the *• ma chine” did about as effectual service with out a President as she could have done with an official dignitary of that rank Jesting aside, Tallulah is one of our best engines, and the noble crew which rallies around her is composed of active, vigilant, and efficient firemen. THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION, The miserable affectation of discrimina ting between classes of rebels, and liestow- ing upon some tho forgiveness of Andrew Johnson and tlirustiug others no less in nocent under the ban, has been tried, and has failed. Personal subserviency to a man who has been false to both sections, 1ms had its day. Let tiio occupation of the autograph stamping machine and the pretty Mrs. Conn be ended. No true Re publican will object to a Proclamation of universal amnesty. Let those M ho have the misfortune to bo worth twenty thou sand dollars be kept in tho dreary regions of expectancy no longer. Andhkw John son, whom high-toned and influential gen tlemen of the South had despised, must he fawned upon and beslobbered by those 'arrlstocrats” no longer. The plchiuu king has opened his heart. Constant obei sance from the hated “aristocracy” hath caused his anger to relent. Tho Andrew Johnson party lias miscarried; neverthe less. there is still tho ghost of a chance fora rally in opposition to tho Reconstruction Acts of Congress. Eighteen months ago, the Republicans were for Universal Amnesty and Impartial Suffrage. No one opposed this measure except Andrew Johnson, Ills satellites, and one or two crazy men hanging upon tho verge of the Republican party. The President, aided by those Southern men who liad sworn fealty to ids person, and the crazy men referred to,succeeded in de- Veating Universal amnesty. They also de- icl’ted the ratification of the Constitutional Amendments. They arc therefore the lc- Xltinifcto authors of the Military Recon struction nc ts. And yet the same obstinacy and ambition which defeated Universal amnesty and Impartial suffrage twelve months ago, n °' v seeks to defeat the Recon struction Acts, and thus strangle its own offspring. It sca^S tId*, too, by tho odop. tlon of a policy which it once defeated, and which it still displses. Let us he on the alert now for a now Platform. Tho stone which tho builders rejected In *00 Is to be given the chief place in the corner in 1H07. Everything for Men; for Principles, nothing. Amnesty and Qualified negro suffrage in tho hands of the Republicans was horrible. In the hands of the Jolmsonlzed Democracy It is the embodiment of lovellnss. Verily, Man Is man where e’er yon lln.l him. Jlis Interest*move, hi* passions wind him, GO TO FARMING AND QUIT BEGGING. A good living is what comparatively few men succeed in making, In village or city life. And yet nothing is more easy of accomplishment on the farm. Besides, there is a pleasure in cultivating and em bellishing the earth, improving and in creasing Its products, and thus adding to the aggregato of human happiness. Why then, should young men hesitate to become farmers? It is both profitable and honorable. It is the nearest approxima tion to independence that, man, ns a mem ber of society, can make. A gentleman farmer—and all farmers arc or should be gentlemen—belongs to an order of nobili ty. that is not indebted to place holders for its institution, and may, if he chooses, be ranked among tho greatest benefactors of the human race. Let all idle young men go to farming, and quit seeking tidal and fourth rate clerkships. New Converts —We arc gratified to ob serve that quite a number of newspapers in this State have changed, and others arc preparing to change their tone in refer ence to the Congressional enactments. Cue or two of which, only a few months ago, were “standing by the President as the last and only hope,” have very sudden ly changed front and aro manifesting ex traordinary zeal In their new field of la bor. We welcome allies In the work of Reconstruction from whatever source, bc- cansc the cause is a noble one. Wo there fore conjuro them to remain steadfast In their new liorn faltli, and not permit their aggressive zeal to run them into difficulties or exhaust their energies before the cam paign opens. It would probably ho un wise to denounce their late associates as ••dlsimlonlsts” and “fire-eaters.” Bo stead fast, therefore, but temperate and Judi cious. ^ Drought in Northern Nkw York.— While along tho Atlantic coast wo are running over with water, a serious drought prevails through all Northern Now York, and tho peoplo aro complaining of dusty roads, shriveled pastures, failing streams and dry wells. jjTBkn. Hill and tho Augusta Chron icle should, and doubtless do, feel under ob ligations to tho Augusta Agent of tho As sociated Press for keeping him and it so constantly before tho public. aTTho official figures of the Kentucky election show a majority for Helm, over both bis opponents, of 43,110. Senator Trumkull an the Situation Senator Trumbull, an old line Abolition 1st and consistent Republican,has published an elaborate argument against the right of Congress to regulate suffrage In tho States, IIo says: However dcsirablo It may be, In the minds of many, to abrogate tuo unjust dis crimination on account of color, which prevails in tho qualification for voters in most of the States, and to establish a uni form rule in that respect, particularly in the election of Federal officers, tho loyal peoplo of the land have recently mado too great a struggle for the maintenance of the Constitution, to seek to accomplish the ob ject by Congressional enactment, at a sac rifice of tho obvious meaning and spirit of that instrument. The fundamental law, known as the Constitution, emanating di rectly from the sovereign people, and pla cing on their representatives limitations in the exercise of power, can never ho disre garded without endangering the private rights and tho public liberties of tiio peo ple, as well as flic existence of tho Union of wJiich it forms the truest security. There can be no stability In the Government without a fixed fundamental law. Hence, tiio first step toward a free government Is a written Constitution, in wlucli is expressed tiio sovereign will of the people in relation to the form and powers of government, and tho extent of authority delegated to their agents. To trust representatives with unlimited discretion, or allow them to ex ercise powers not granted, Mould he to make them the masters Instead of tiio ser vants of tiio people, and such a representa tive government M'ould belittle better than despotism. But it needs no argument to restrain a loyal Congress from attempting to regu late suffrage in the States, when it is once shown that the Constitution confers no such poucr; and, however desirable the thing may be in itself, some other M ay Mill be. sought to accomplish the object. Tiio United States did not, by the con quest of the rebel States, destroy its own authority over them as States; that tlnHod just the same as before the war it did destroy the hostile State Go ments Miiicli had been established, and, thereupon, in the absence of any legitimate State Governments, became invested as conqueror with the nou’urs lxfionging to State Governments, till such Governments could he re-established; and it is under tills power as conqueror that Congress as sumes, during the process of reconstruc tion, to control, by military pou’er, the lo cal affairs of such States, and to regulate suffrage therein. No one would pretend that Congress could suhjcct the peoplo of Illinois or New York to the military rule which has been established in the rebel States; and there is as little m arrant for saying that it could regulate suffrage in Illinois or Non* York because it lias done so in the rebel States. If tiio views expressed arc correct, It fol lows that there are but two ways of secur ing impartial suffrage, throughout the Union. One is, for the States themselves to adopt it, which is being done by some already; and now that the subject is being agitated, and its justice being made appa rent. It is to bo hoped it M ill soou commend itself to all; tiic other is by an amendment to the Constitution of tho United States, adorning impartial suffrage throughout the Union, which to become effective must be ratified by three-fourths of the States. The position of the Republican party ta that the rebellious States forfeited their rights by revolution. Congress ccrtaily lias as much right to dictate the terms of re- admittance to constitutional rigiits as lias the President. Washington. September 3. The forthcoming Amnesty Proclamation is the chief topis tills evening. It U now thought the President will yield to urgent solicitations to make the proclation uni versal in its character. It lias been deel ded, *o far, to pardon the following classes: 1. All who arc or have been prefended civil or diplomatic officers, or otherwise domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate Government. 2. All persons m1»o have been absented from the United States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. 3. All who left judicial stations under tills Government to aid the rebellion. 4. All persons uho held tiio office of Governor of States, while tile latter were in insurrection. 5. All persons who have taken tho of amnesty prescribed in the proclamation of December S, 18(55. 0. All persons u ho left their homes M idi in the jurisdiction of the United State: and passed beyond the Federal lines into the ^rebellion for tho purpose of All who left seats In Congress to aid the retail ion. •> 8. All who have been military or naval officers of the rebel Government below the riink of Lieutenant General. A number of citizens from Louisiana and Texas, now' in the city, are preparing to pe tition Congress at their next meeting to re instate Gen. Sheridan. They also advocate tiio Impeachment of the President. Gen. Grant does jiot attend Mr. John son*® Cabinet meetings now; lie having requested permission to absent himself from such meetings except when military matters arc to he discussed. The President still intimates ills purpose to remove Gen. Pope. lie is urged to till: by disaffected persons from Georgia, all of whom arc allied in op]K>sltlon to Recon struction, and uho act from the most self ish motives. It is not probable, however, that Mr. Johnson will have the hardihood to violate the terms of compromise with Gen. Grant. Mr. Stanberrv’s lieutenant, Binckley, is now engaged in preparing a report on the President’s charges against Generals Sheri dan and Howard, similar to his report on General Sickles. These reports will 1>c submitted to the Cabinet before being made public, and anything in the eases may injure Johnson will be impressed, of Personal. Gen. W. P. I mils has resigned ills posi tion as Superintendent of tho Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. He M ill devote himself for the future to the Nashville and Northwestern road, of u’hlch lie is not only General Superintendent, but a princi pal stockholder, lie is succeeded In the position he vacates by Major Edwin II. Ewing. Col. Irwin has been appointed receiver ot the Manchester and Tuilahoma Branch Railroad (in Middle Tennessee). On account of the terrible ravages of vollow fever In New Orleans, General llancock asks permission to remain North until after tiio 13th of Octotar—an order of the Department, Issued some some time ago,* allowing leave of absence until that date to all officers transferred to that region. Tho lion. Charles Sumner has sold his residence in Boston, intending to make his home, the greater part of the time, in Washington. The Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk, Vu., lias elected Rev. J. I». M. Curry, of Alabama, pastor. Mr. T. Murphy, a citizen of Savannah, M as drowned Tuesday, while attempting to cross over to Fort Pulaski. Turn and Now.—Not quite two mouths ago. when Mr. Johnson penned his veto to the last Supplemental bill, lie said: Tho Military Commander Is. as to the power of appointment, made to take tiio place of the President, and the General of the army the place of the Senate; and any attempt on tho part of the President to as sert lus own constitutional powers may. under pretense of law, be met bv official insubordination. Mr. Johnson then knew what tho law meant. It gave to the General of the army tho power to disapprove the President’s order to District Commanders. A recent Washington dispatch, inspired by the White House influence, says that General Grant’s order, forbidding District Commanders to reappoint dismissed offi cers, Is merely an expression of opinion. Then does Mr. Johnson claim the right to overrule the order ? Nkuro Supremacy!—The voting popu lation of the ten Southern States, as pre sented by tho New York Herald, shows how idle are the fears of negro supremacy under a general amnesty proclamation: /-Maioritlcj-s White*. Blacks. White*. Black*. Virginia 166.663 110,061 47,61# North CarolIna-l«,*» 74.111 88,881 South Carolina. 08,810 W,«*I .... 18,877 Georgia 188J08 08,40* 88,710 Alabama.; 1180$ 08,68# 80,081 Florida 18.M0 I4.lt! 4,700 , KB&±SS S2U <S m The First National Bank has withdrau’ii Its advertisement for the purchase of Con federate bonds, whhh it put out at the in stance of parties in Europe. The only offer of the bonds for sale came from New York city. The bank proposed to pay two dollars and a half for every thoiiantid. A defalcation in one of tiic Bureaus of the Treasury Department is generally be lieved to exist. The investigation 1ms not been concluded, and the suspected party dot having been- arrested, the pitfrtycA&ts are not yet divulged. Riots in Baltimore are expected. The celebration of the anniversary of the bat tle of North Point takes place on the 8th. The militia of Maryland is now composed mostly of -roughs” who held positions under the Confederate Government. Their number is put down at 20,000; the whole militia ’force of the State being about 30,000. Tiiose regiments made up in Balt- more and adjacent counties arc to take part in the coming celebration. So, also, are several independent regiments, composed mostly of colored men who served in tiic Union army during the rebellion. A con flict Is anticipated. These Baltimoreans state that tho rebel element in Maryland, and especially In Baltimore, is very great, and they mean mischief, if they can make it. They go so far as to express a willing ness to obey a summons from Jolmsou to disperse Congress. Outside of political circles. Washington maintains her accustomed dullness. A TOUcrnblc Failure. From tho Montgomery Advertiser.] The so-called State Conservative Con vention. which lias just adjourned in tills city, must be regarded as a failure in every essential particular. Wo say so-called State Convention, because neither in tiio number of counties represented nor in the character and influence of tho delegates, did tho assemblage rise to anything like tiic dignity or significance of more than a county meeting. There Mere only thirteen out of sixty counties in the State represented, by eighty- seven delegates, sixty-two of these being from five counties. Wc Mould not dispar age the character or influence of the dele gates. So far as we observed or have heard, they Mere generally respectable, and. in some few instances, men of talents. Such men as Joe Taylor, Judge Stone, Barnes, Clanton, Ashley, and others m c might men tion, would be prominent in any political assemblage; but it is customary for our Stato Conventions, Instead of having a half dozen delegutcs of tills prominence, to con tain a score or two of them. We cannot account for tiic absence of tills largo number of influential men on any other hypothesis than that they thought no good was to come of tho organization of a minority party having no tangible issue to build upon, lias not Use result proven the correctness of the Judgment of that lurger class of leading inen. passed In advance upon tho action of this Conven tion t A few men have met, calling themselves the Conservative State Convention of Ala bama; some of them giving vent to ex pressions which may serve to irritate and make more tyrannical Radical rule; while, to show tho absurdity of tho whole pro ceeding, the platform has not one word to say pro or eon on the reconstruction laws or Congress, which were supposed to be tiic source of contention. The members could not agree—some being in favor of, and others opposed to, accepting the terms—and hence the adoption of a string of generalities, which, houever .true in themselves, will be of no avail against the will of Congress upon the question* now before the country. OT The Black Crook lias reached Its 344th t * President Johnson. An English View ot tho Difficulty Between Congress and the President. From the London Dally New*. Aug. 10 ] Mr. Johnson lias made loud complaints of late of the indignities which, in his per son, the office of President lias sustained. It is true that Congress lias in many re spects set the executive officer of the Con stitution aside. But when we examine the process by which that result lias been at tained, it becomes evident, that the fault lies with Mr. Johnson himself. lie has commit ted himself to a struggle with Congress, and though lie lias been entirely beaten, he refuses to yield. He liegaii Ins executive career by magnifying ids office, and trying to reconstruct the Union in his ow n way In tho absence of tho Legislature, to w'honi the work properly belonged. Defeated in tills endeavor to steal a march on Con gress, lie made a passionate appeal to tiic people, and, being again defeated, en deavored to neutralize the policy to wlilcli he was opposed by an official explanation of the meaning of the acts, which put as much as (KMSlble of Ids own rejected poll- V into their execution. It was the fecliug •f mistrust which Ids persistent antagon- -m produced In the last Congress uTiich aused it to pass the act which prevented Mr. Stanton s removal; and it was the same fouling of mistrust which ids late Interfer ence with the Recoilst-uetion Acts pro duced in the present Congress which caused tiic substitution of Gen. Grant for the President in such matters undor the Reconstruction Acts as Congress could constitutionally take onto!’the President’s hands. Tlie endeavor to keep some legis lative control over the civil appointments, ami especially over tiiose of the Ministers of State, Is simply carrying out of a principle which all free governments Imvo successfully established. Ministerial re- sjH>nsibility is, indeed, a different tiling w iere, as with the Ainerlcaus, tiic minis ters are merely executive agents, from wlmt it must necessarily he where, as with us, the initiative of legislation is in their hands; but even under the American Con stitution tiic entire independence, of tho Executive lias been found to he a danger. It is Mr. Johnson more than any otlic President, who lias slioun the people the danger anil inconvenience of such in dependence, and it is fitting that, in Ids >ersoii, the office should undergo its first mjiortuut limitation. The Resident is al most as Irremovable during ids four years of office as a constitutional king; and if the most absolute power Mere given Mm over ids ministers lie Mould Is; able to tlnvurt the legislature to a degree entirely inconsistent with order^government. Of course a legislature, iu asserting its own supremacy lay* lUelf %j>cg to sifeli charges of desi>otism ns arc now made ngpinsi ife a i night in New York. Congress, ami Imvo beau niude uguiijAt own Parliamejfljfiit’yeurs gone by. Init wluje of tiio American difficulty is caused, as such difficulties always are caused, by M ant of harmony, between the two branch es of the Government. When, as du ring tiic present administration, Con gress and the President arc* not in harmony, one must over-rate the other. In bygone times Congress has been over ridden, now it lias over-ridden tiic Presi dent. But when, as during the last ad ministration. Congress and the President are In perfect agreement, much lati tude will be alloncd to tiic head of the Government, and the power and dig nity of the office will have a tenden cy to increase. And when there is a com plete recognition on i the .President’s part of the piifclytexccukive mature of bis function iu the Government, and of the merely suspensive character of Ids veto on legislation,there will be a corresponding re cognition on tiic purtof the Legislature of Its limited poM*er over the executive office. It is because that recognition is perfect here, as far as the supreme executive power is concerned, that our Constitution works as harmoniously ns it does. We do not think that Mr. Stanton’s sus pension indicates any intention whatever to epiharrass tiic working of tiio recon struction laws. General Grant’s appoint ment to tho office is probably intended a a guarantee to tile couutrv tliat recon struction shall go on unhindered. But Mr. Johnson is unable to conceal his vexation at tlie entire success of tiio policy bo so Utterly opposed. His last veto messages Mere iu tlie exact tone, temper and style of an article in the Quarterly Review on some f 'reat Liberal victory. And though he lias mpoged a curb upon Ids tongue, and in Ids few public utterances lias taken a higher and more dignified tone than lie formerly did, his statesmanship remains unaltered in its weak ness, and ids official actions only tend more and more to show the wisdom of Congress in leaving in his hands as little discretion ns possible in carrying out the law. Inauguration ok Gov. IIki.m, ok Ky.* Gov. Ilelni, of Kentucky. Mas inaugurated at Elizabethtown (Ills residence) on Tues day, tiic 3d Inst- being unable, from Ulnhss, to visit tlie capital. In ids inaugural, he returned Ids heartfelt acknowledgments to tiic people for conferring the Guberna torial office iii>oii ldm. aud said lie would defend aud maintain Uie Constitution of Kentucky. He said tiio object of tho De mocracy of Kentucky is to save tho Con stitution aud tlie Union, and to rescue tlie Government from the vandal grasp of that Radical Congress whose govern* pie of action is “rule or ruin treated tiic people to foreet tiio bitterness of the past auu forgive Its errors, remem bering -to err is human, to forgive, divine and when wc take the heel of military des potism from tho people of ten of our sister States, then wc may cry out against the oppression of England against Ireland, Russia against Poland, Austrin against Hungary; but tiio world will think we may well be silent till then. lie denounced tiio action of Congress in excluding the Kentucky delegation, and referring to tho negro, said: “Wo should treat them humanely and kindly, and touch them to strive to hotter their condition and make themselves useful citizens; they must understand, however, that tho white limn will rule Kentucky, as wo*are not yet sunk so low us to conseut to !>o governed by negroes.” Iu conclusion, lie said: ‘•There are no secessionists among us now; wc are all for the Uuion and Consti tution ; and let not tiic true men of tho country give comfort to their enemies by foolishly fighting over the dead issues of the past.” ^ To UK. Imprisoned.—Late Mexican ad vices say that Prince Halm balm, who, It .will bo remembered, was Post Comman dant of Atlanta at one time, and who was to have been shot, has been sentenced to seven years* imprisonment. Santa Anna Is to lie tried by Court Martial. Lozada has glveu his adhesion to the Government. A list of persons executed by Maxl|nlllan*s order since 1886 shows a total of nlno thou sand two huudred and forty-four. QfTbgro Is a Joint stock beggars’ com pany at Pari* with a working capital of sixteen thousand dollars in Government securities. COBB COVIVTY. Heeling of Agricultural A**ocl*tlen From tho Marietta Journal.] The Society met on tlie 2d inst., pursuant to adjournment. After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting the com mittees M ere called on for their reports. Tlie Committee on By-laws, through its chairman, A. N. Simpson, asked further time to prepare their report. Given to the next regular meeting. Thu District Committees to further the Interest of the Society, on motion, are au thorized to report progress at eacli regular meeting. Tlie Committee on Premiums through their Chairman, J. A. Blsuner, made til following report ; Messrs. Cook & Cheek oiler to pay through the Association, to tauMurdcd by a committee, to any member of the Associa tion for tiio best ten acres of wheat fifty dollars, and for the best five acres of M'lieat twenty-five dollars. The Oakley Mills Manufacturing Com pany offer a premium of twenty dollars lor the best three acres of white M’lieat. and twenty dollars for tlie second best flvo acres of reu wheat. Tlie above premiums to lie paid on tlie crops to be put in the ground during the present fall. Moved and adopted tlmt u premium of ten dollars lie offered for tlie best product of turning from a quarter of an acre. The awnrds in all instances, it is understood, will require a statement of the character of the soli, tlie mode of cultivation, and the kind and quantity of manure applied. The address of Mr. Mansfield taing in order, that gentleman delivered a pleasing, practical aud instructive discourse touch ing the social importance of the industrial classes, and especially of the furmingelass— their hitherto defective modes of cultiva ting the Southern soil, and the consequent extended impoverishment of Southern lands. The remedies pointed out would lead tlie farmer to a fur more instructed area of culture—liberal feeding of tlie soil, and to a habit of acquiring valuable agri cultural knowledge from any and all sources. Jtioii of Hon. C. D. Phillips, the thanks of tlie Society were returned to Mr. Mansfield, and lie was requested to furnish ting then adjourned, with file request that the President procure from Mr. Nicliot. for the next reuglur meet ing on tlie first Tuesday iu October, the use of ids hall. It. T. Brumby, President. R. 31. Goodman, {secretary. The Descent of n .lief cor-*A Tule of Luke Oniario. v . -Iiooner Alge tic, who arrived in tlie city tills morning, •(torts having witnessed, at about the hour of eleven o’clock, on Wednesday night, a terrific and splendid phenomenon, in tin; descent of an immense meteor into ,ake Ontario, wlticli struck the Mater not more than three hundred yards from his el. The Captain states that a few mo ments previous to tlie apiiearanee lie hud come up from Ids eahiu on deck, uud was standing on the main hutch. The vessel M’os on tlie startaard tack, sailing along finely with a light southwest breeze for Port Dulhotisic. and about twelve mjlcs off tiic Niagara lighthouse, bearing south* southwest. Presently his attention was attracted by sudden ifluininatioii from the Northwest, which almost instantly increased to a duz- ziing brilliancy. On turning, he beheld a large hotly of tire in the heavens, which seemed to be approaching at a distance of about thirty degrees, and growing ra *" larger as it came nearer, the observnt time being so brief as hardly to omit of computation in seconds. The momentary impression of Captain Turner Mas that certain and complete destruction awaited Ids vessel and all on board, as tlie terrific missile seemed to lx; directed to strike tiic vessel broadside. The time for retleetion. however, m as brief, and the light emitted was so blinding in its effect that the man at the wheel and another of tlie crew on deck fell prostrate, and remained for some time completely stupefied witli terror. The captain himself, as he states, remained transfixed, and saw tiio fiery body enter tlie M ater some tlireo hundred yards ahead of Ills vessel, about two points to tiio wind ward. A loud explosion attended tiic con tact with the M ater, which M as sharp and deafening, equal to a thunderbolt close ut hand, and a large volume of steam and spray ascended into tlie air, which was no ticed for some moments uftenvuril. In tiic confusion of the moment Captain Turner wait unable to comprehend what had occurred, and the crew M'ere Inclined to believe that the phenomenon was un ex plosion of lightning, tho sky being per fectly cloudless at tiio time. Tlie captain estimates, as well ns he Mas able to Judge from the brief time for observation afford ed, that the meteor was a body of about twenty feet in diameter. A long trail of flame of the most intense brilliancy M as noticed as it struck the M ater. As Captain Turner describes bis sensation, hi* facul ties for tiic moment M’ere all compressed in tlie sense of sight, so overwhelmingly M as tlie light from tlie fiery object, but tic believes lie Mas sensible to a terrific whiz zing. howling noise, similar to that made by the steam issuing from the eseajic pipe of a steamer, Miiicli attended tiic meteor previous to the grand explosion on striking tiic water. Captain Turner arrived at Port Dalhousic on Wednesday morning. He assures us tlmt his nervous system did not recover from tiic shock experienced for many hours afterward. Cotton in Central and Southern Georgia.— 1 The Macon Messenger, of yes terday, says: Tiio supply now on hand Is very light, and very little yet coming into market. Tho receipts up to the present time lire less than those of same date last year, though dally Improving. The recent mins have injured it badly, and caused an increased complaint of rust and shedding of bolls, and judging from present appear ances the rains are uot yet over. Wo learn, however, that there has been very little rain In Twiggs county, near Jeffersonville and Richmond Church, and that cotton in that vicinity Is quite flourishing, though tlie corn crops are poor. Tho clerk of the weather is not doing as well just now, as former* desired; wc hope, however, ho will reform os soon as the equinox is over. HT Tho Treasury Agent at Galveston writes to the Department at Washington Hint the yellow fever has been fatal at that point beyond all precedent. Out of twen ty-one officers connected with the Custom Department, only three were fit for duty, the others being either sick or dead. Off* A washerwoman in Milwaukee, known as “Old Katoj* died recently, with singular sytnpoms. Tho doctor found a number of large live crate in her stomach. OT Tho colored men, of St. Louis, have nominal ated one of their number for alder- 1 TEL15GItAl‘11 re 1*TEIXIGENC£. From the Now York Frc*» Atjoclation. San Francisco, Sept. 6.—Height bus been elected Governor of tiio State, AxUft Congressman from the First District and nearly a solid Democratic legislature dele* gation from San Francisco and Sacramento, elected. This prevents tlie re-election of Hen a tor, Conner. Advices by tlie cable state tlmt the action of the Prussian Senate indicates accept ance of tlie aaaiirahcc* that tlie Saleshury Conference Indicates peace. The North German Parliament is largely. Liberal. Tlie French horse Ruy Bias Won the gold medal at Effenhclm. The government of Denmark officially denies tiic sale of *Vest India Islands. Galveston, Sept. 0.—To-day tlie fever is somewhat abating. Tiio number of deaths yesterday was seventeen. General Griffin’s only child is dead. Dr. Rom'c, late medical director, is also dead. Lieut. Garretson, District Quartermaster, has been taken. Only one staff officer ou duty. London, Sept. 0—noon.—Tlie specie iu tlie Bank of England, for the first tiniein fifteen years, exceeds the circulation. Washinton. Sept. 6.—The President lias recognized Alexander Ballaigue de Huas French Consul %t Charleston; Baron Albert doVaux, at Richmond; mid J. A. Quin- terro, Belgian Consul at New Orleans. A clerical error of twelve and a half mil lion* in the debt statement, in favor of tlie Government, lias been discovered, u’lifcli leaves the debt outstanding, less cash in treasury, two thousand five hundred and five millions. Gen. Grant was not at tho Cabinet meet ing to-day, which contined over two hours. Gen. Denver received tiic following: San Francisco, Sept. 5.—California sends a greeting to all Conservative citizens at tiio East, having elected Henry II. Height Governor, by many thousand majority; following in tlie footsteps of Connectloutt, and improving her example. The legisla ture is Democratic, and two Congressmen believed to be elected. Signed by tlie Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer of tiio Democratic State Central Committee. Another private dispatch indicates tiio election of tlireo Democratic Congress men. Revenue receipts to-day four hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars. Key West, September 6.— 1 The steamship George Cromwell, from New Orleans for New York, broke her shaft at tlie stern bearing, when tiic water rushed in. Tlie passengers, baggage, and two hundred and seventy bales cotton were saved; rest of freight M et. Capt. Stanard hopes to save tlie vdsel. Mobile, Sept. C.—Two cases of yellow fever were sent to tlie hospital from tiic schooner Darien, lately from Tampico.— No cases originating in the city have been nqiortcd. Berlin, Sept. 0.—Negotiations are pro gressing for tlie establishment of a postal treaty between Prussia and the United States similar to that with England. Grand Duke Fredcribk William favors tlie union of Baden with tlie North Ger man States. Advices from Madrid state that all ves sels from United States ports are ordered to be strictly quarantined. Paris, Sept. 0.—It is stated that 31. De muyswill soon re-enter tiio Cabinet. London, Sept. 0.—Recent dispatches dis credit tho release of tho Abyssinian prison ers. Preparations for an expedition for their release still continue. Be Frugal.—That with frugality feu- would he poor, and without It scarce any would grow rich, is a maxima as M'cll un derstood in theory as any truth that can be uttered, but the trouble seems to be to re duce It to practice. There arc few persons, however small their income, but what could, if they Mould, “lay up for a rainy day” a small portion of tliclr Meekly or monthly earnings. But, lie vlng no special object in view, they “live as they lisp,” and thus.* pass through the bloom of their youth and their early manhood M’ithout saving a penny upon which to subsist in their day of affiiction and in old age. Tills certainly is wrong, suicidal, wicked in tiio extreme. While there is yet left sonic of the milk of human kindness lit tlie M’orld, it should be a sad reflection to any rational mind to realize tiio fact tlmt lie is being borne by Ttmo’s rapid wings down the de clivity of life; that old age will soon par alyze these strong nerves and active limbs, and tlmt there is naught laid up to nourish and comfort in tlie hour of M ant. It may be true that the sum saved In a week, in a month, or even in a year, must, necessa rily, be small. But let us remember the Important lessons taught by tho industry and perseverance of the ant and lice. The savings from even a whole year, singly and alone, may appear insignificant. But the pcrsovcranqc and economy ofyear after year will cotmt—it will amount to no small sum. Take, for Instance, tlie cost of one drink per day of alcoholic liquors, for one year, and we have the sum of 930.23. Add to this ten cents worth of cigars, tobacco, or of the Teutontc beverages, and we have 936.60 more, M’hich sums added together, make the snug little sum of 9120.25. Two or three years saving of these items, to say nothing of a great many Incidental ex penditures that might bo dispensed with, will secure a handsome placo of perma nent abode—a spot that would be hallowed with memories and rendered sacred to its occupantitymUioftct that it is ‘‘home— tweet Home.”