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Sf pm tarn One »«*[•" """! Totl ube Of Five or more ene copy «U ,iiM P* * llS ' " T ' T,: " M. DWINELL, Proprietor. Sties °f Land r eLtred by law to be held on jurdiu* *« aC0 month, between the ihe first Tuesday 1 1. orcnoon and three in the iiouri of ,‘‘S the Court Honee in the county in arhicb th» P”^j le5 must be given in a pub- liepwtts 4 .° d *” a utf pemonal property must Soti«s. o( *e ma nner, through a public g«- Jltfl"d»J» SrTaud Crt^itors of an estate, must ta e p ubli!ll 'pHc,tion 3 s wUl be made to the J&SSSS f " 40 aeU ,and mo .nblisbed f“ r l "“ “““ 0 f'Administration. Gnar- S be published 3b days-for - mu Administration, three months- jUmWiJo- 1 Guardianship, 40 Jays. for Jiil0,,s ' 0 ” °“ j loscure of Mortgages must Rules for the . months—for es- e published month y space of three /bluing lost SomExecutors or been giver.by aaas^apsssasss- ja£ST5i¥nfer“"“‘ rwise srdcred, at the following 5t ^ ig .Usperlevyoftenlinesorl«s$3 00 * »0 Citations f tor '"“'"“( Guardianship...-••• * «0 for dismission from # ## ^^^^"f^iimfrsfrn from , ## ^SSSSbsszz--■ d SJ|SUSS !cs M:5w [For the Borne Courier. The Unjust Steward. And it came to pass that one Rufns, who was Governor of Georgia, was accused of wasting the goods of the State, and the people said he should be no longer stew ard. And Rufus greatly feared, and he said to himself, what shall I do ? I. cannot dig, and to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that when I am put oat of the Stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. And he called all the State's debtors who were freedmen, and to thefirst he said, what owest thou, sud why art thou shut up in prison ? And- he answered, 1 have slain a man without cause, and my life is forfeited; and Rufus said unto him. take thy bill, and write three years in the Penitentiary. And to the see ind he said, how much owest thou, and he answered, three year's service in the Penitentiary.— Takw thy bill and write one year. To a the third, how orach owest th-u, and he said odo year’s service. Take thy bill and write paid, in full, and moreover, I will give you a magistrate's commissioner for the city of Savannah. Thus did Rufus continually, a d verily he will havehis reward. Briefly. Turuer Cleared. Id our telegraphic column says the At- iiots Constitution of the 22nd will be found j special dispatch from Macon, stating that Turuer, contrary to expectation, has been acquitted and turned loose. The result is certainly a wrong. Subdu- j C g a ll prejudice against the unfortunate culprit, and viewing the testimony as* lawyer, we unhesitatingly say that Turner should have been committed. It must be borne in mind that the same amount of ter timony is not required for committal to .trial as for conviction. When there is a .reasonable possibility of gnilt shown on tho -preliminary examination, it is the duty of ;the investigating officer ta bind ov er. After the first examination, and before ihe reopcaiag of the hearing, the Commis sioner would have committed Turner. We think that while it was hardly technically Segal to reopen the ease, yet, under the cir cumstances, it was right. The truth is, as we are informed, and we believe it, that Mr. Morrill has acted under instructions from Washington in releasing Turner. And we also have intelligence from a good source, that Tamer's rule as Post-Master is over. He will no more trouble our Macon neighbors with his post al jinks This whole Turner episode makes a foul stain upon the Federal Administration. Turner’s character was fully exposed before bis appointment was final. A known scamp was thus forced in a high position upon * targe moral, and intelligent people for the brutal purpose of crgAiiying them into Soodbehavior. The rascality of the appointee has beensuuned and the shameful specta cle is seen of the government at Washing. toagagging justice in Georgia, whioh State it seeks to punish because it alleges it won do justice, to shield the government from the result of its wanton trifling with right. The administration thus ignominiousy crawfishes out of its dilemma. It would be a bitter pill to remove Turner, the criminal. It can more gracefully withdraw him ao- quitted. Let it lake the lesson. Ignorance and vice, may typically represent the ruling par ity, but they only pntit in trouble and breed for it shame and failure. If we are to be punished, it had hotter do it with good and not had instuments, which may hurt us badly, bat will damage our erucifiers also. Fires lu Marietta. On Friday, the l6th, the fine new dwoiling ofD. M Foung, Esq. was burned, and Satur day night following, a wooden building, oc cupied as a store, by S. A. Dupre—-prop erty of Mrs. Harris; two brick stores, own ed by Mr. A Cook, and one by j D. Smith. R. H. McCuteheon & Bro., lost heavily in goods. Borne Market No material changes in prices since our last quotations. Good red wheat ig still worth $1 25al 30, and cotton 30 cents. Destructive Drouth. It has been over three weeks since there has been anything like an adequate rain for the crops in this section. The corn crop, especially, has been greatly injured, all the late corn being almost entirely ruin ed, while tho earlier crop has been materi ally diminished. The JLost Man Found. The man who mysteriously disappeared from Cave Spring, some, ten days since, nas turned npjot Cross Plains, but refuses, aa we are told, to giye feis name, The Turuer Case. The Macon papeisof Wednesday tell ns hat the Turner case was reopencth Tues day morning on motion of Turner’s court sel. , Emily Pope, colored, swore Tomer was ir agent; she had put in his hands $400 first in February, and then a few days after a $100 bill her husband had given her two. years ago. Turner told her I hat Nutting’s Rank di 1 not like the bill, bat others said it was good. R. Hutchins, of Jones, loan ed her the $400. - Turner kept the $100 and has paid her sixty of it. Marion Harris, colored swore : She had known Tamer three years, he had aever given her money. She gave Tamer a $50 bill to hay her a ticket—he did* so, and gave her the change— she had not told Par- cell, the detective, that Tamer had given her money, she did not tell Mr. Neil she had got the money f-om a Washington min ister; she told Mnrphy she fonod the money in the street, because she did not know what else to tell; she never mentioned Tamer’s name to Murphy; she wished -he could tell what Purcell .tone to her; she ■got the bad money from Shuman, cr Sher man—$1,560 in all—at Tamer’s honse in Philadelphia; arid she was to give him $60 for every $100; it was her own business whether she was intimate with Shuman. Charles Cowlan. detective, swore he was told by J. C. Beddington, Chief of Secret Service, to look into t he matter; he had ar rested Marian Harris; he confirmed her ac count-of Shuman giving her the money, who. he said, .was a colored messenger in the United States Treasury Department, and is now under bonds for stealing these bonds. George B. Chamberlain, swore Marion Harris confessed without coercion. E. B, Purceil swore that Marian Harris told him Turner had given her the money. Capt O. C. Neil swore he was a secret service officer in the United States Treasu ry Department, that the stolen money was taken unsigned from the Treasury Depart ment, two years ago; that Marian told him she met Tamer at a bad honse, in Phila delphia; that she made two statements about the money; one that ‘she got it in Washington, and the other that she got i in Philadelphia; her statement was made before her re-arresc. T. C. Mnrphy swore the stolen bilk and Marian’s hills agreed; that she told him she got the money from Wyman, or Way* man; did not search her. Counsel argued, and the Commissioner reserved his decision till morning. The opinion is he will be bound, over Marian Harris is a bright mulatto, rather above the medium height, and sailed into the court room, yesterday in a sky blue dress, rather tastefully trimmed} a jannty little picnic hat set off in blue; large jet ear-bobs, and shoes tipped with morrocco.— She is up to style, and about thirty-five years of age. If she really did’nt fill Tur ner's eye, it was not her fault.—Telegraph. Another $25,000.— Superintendent Halbert notifies “Governor” Bullock that he had paid $25,000 into tho Treasury from the earnings of the State Road for Jane. _ *©-Tbe Governor of Florida has issued a proclamation fixing the second day of No vember next as the day on which a popu lar vote shall be taken to determine the p-oposed session of West Florida to Ala bama. y@_A young gentleman was escorting a young lady homo, a mile os two and not wishing to walk, he remarked: “Mary let’s take a buss.” "But Mary, blushing to the eyebrows, drew back, and with wounded modesty, replied: “Oh George, not right in the street!” Superior Court. Ibis court has been making good pro gress during this week, and a large number old civil cases disposed of, and all the old ooios on criminal docket, and about half Tk f * D ^ D " S °f‘hs present Grand Jury.— e oriininal docket is still under consider ation. The following are among the interesting ofril cases already tried: Estate of R. J. »n vs estate of N. J. Omberg—ver dict for defendant. Tbos. E. Williamson y—verdict lor plaintiff, or $2,000—motion for new trial pending; «dJ.M. Walker, vs John Baker’ In ts case the plea was the Belief Law and Usury— verdict gives plaintiff $734, reducing his claim some six hundred dol lars. Many old cases have been dismissed from * 6 docket. It Is the purpqse of the court to go on and clear the docket at a* early, a "to as possible. We regret that Judge irby has been suffering from severe iu- taposition during the week. So far as we ■eve been able to ksro, his adminktration 14 giving entire satisfaction, and the ihdi- cctaons are that he will mnlrr, a good and Pcp-Usr judicial officer. Col. Warren Akin, at the request of the Judge, has consented to preside in several oases *jto the full consent of all parties in terest- O n account of the indisposition of Judge hy» the court adjourned on Friday night » Monday morning. Sambo in Congress.—It k known to most of onr readers, that at .the reoent election in Virginia, a negro was elected to the National House of Representatives from one of the Dktricts. Grant is sud to be satisfied with the result In Virginia. We shall soon sea whether this col ored puston will he more successful than his brother Menard of Louisiana was. We are glad that the Radical Congress will have to face the mnsie. They, as the world knows, do not want to see Sambo in the Halls of Congress as their equal; but they most swallow their own nauseous medicine, or risk the consequences of dkturbing the pleasant and hortherly feelings of their ne gro brethern. Sambo cannot be fooled by Sumner and Forney with promkes any lon ger. He hue been told by them that his right te a seat in Congress k as good as a white man’s; and he will not he satisfied with the empty honor of an election with out a fUll enjoyment of its fruits.—feder al Union, jeg^We learn from the Atlaata New Era that there k a movement ou foot to build a railroad from that eity direct to Station No. 13 on the Central Railroad aking Macon) and that the Central [road proposes to undertake the work.— The object k to shorten the distance from Atlanta to Savannah by ftom 25 to 40 miles, so as to afford a more direct route from Cincinnati to the sea coast. All the straightening that may be under taken will not giye Cincinnati another route to the sea, or to the West Indias so short and direct os that running due South from Chattanooga to the Gulf yia thjs pity and the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Colum bus railroad. It is possible that a straight- eng course may be pursued that will leave Atlanta considerably east of the route.— Columbus Enquirer. - • m ~ H£!MjI-OU!Cai..=—The editor of the Peo ple’s Defender^ at NeWPSP. 5 ? displaying eat Hen-orgy in the science of Hen ojogy. line ofhk hens are setting on one egg, and some on less. One k setting on a squash, and another in. a pot' of water, oa the fire. The last Will be pretty apt to hatch out fowbip-pieces. -W j*- »■ — Phosp -oros Poisoning.—The emana tions Iron 1 phosphorus in match factories can, it ia saw, be deprived of their noxious qualities by means of essenaa of turpentine, which is to be placed in shallow vessek and allowed to escape freely into the atmos phere. It k also suggested that turpentine should be adininbtered as a remedy to chil dren-who have poisoned themselves by eat- ing tbe e.nfi ef Incifer matches. Horses sometimes run for cups, but not half so often as man do. (^.Greeley says that two-thirds of the income returns of New York are fraudu- lepfc . Tlia ties that bind merchants closely to their customers.—Adver-ties. ASrWhat’s the difference between water and Whiskey? Men slip on the former when it is Dozen, and the latter when it isn't. - Cotton Failures-In England. Onr Englkh papers announce several potton failures- In Preston, Messrs. George Smith & Son, Moor Brook Milk, had been compelled to suspend payment, and Messrs. Taylor, and Stead, of Liverpool, were pre paring the necessary balance sheet and statements Messrs, Smith & Sop ran 13,000 spindk? and abopt 45P looms, and employed upwards of two hundred work people. The failures have also been an nounced of Messrs. R. (f W. Jackionjootton spinners and manufacturers, of Lanucaster and Preston, who ran 35,000 spindles and 900 looms, and employed three hundred op eratives; and of Mr. Bourne,of Brindle,near Preston, who ran 34,000 spindles and 500 looms, and employed about the same num ber of hands. The cotton trade iff Preston and the vicinity—indeed, throughont Lan cashire—is in a most wretched condition and there are rumors of other misfortunes, impending. The German* am} the Puritans. The Germane, says the Chicago Times,- who are now howling so mellifluuusly in Bos ton over the invasions of their rights, are being served just aa they ought to be. They have trained in the Radical camp, have fought the Radical battles, and h*ye help ed Massachusetts gain a supremacy in Rad icalism that k as intolerable as it is immov able. They are jost now getting the bene fits of allying themselves to the Pnritans. Democrats have no sympathy for them. It is to be hoped that Puritanism will contin ue to knock in the heads of beer barrels,and to olose up beer shops, until the German population at the hub shall repent, in dust and ashes, its long alliance pith the fanat icism and pretended loyalty pf Neyr Eng land, _ A Menagerie In a Midnight Storm, On Monday Baily & Co's. Menagerie and Cirons exhibited at Muscatine- The tent was struck at 11, p. m., and the show Started for Davenport. Before a doyen milts had been traversed, a terrible storm let loose its lightning, thunder and water. The lightning was blinding in its brillian cy, the thunder was terrific, and the nun violently driven by the wind, came down in sheets A panic seized the whole caval cade —men, horses and animak seemed ter ror-stricken. Eight of the drivers deserted their teams, and it was not long before wagons and horses were in inextricable con fusion—a jammed up mass of floundering animak and overturned vehicles.. The darkness, save when lightning illuminated the scene, was impenetrable. The caged lions, tigers, leopards, wolves and other beasts, became frightened, and bounded from side to side of their prisons, and rolled and. growled, and shrieked in very terror. The lightning came nearer and nearer, until its thunder seemed to. break in the very midst of the caravan. The e’ephants laid fiogp ip fb? feed and re fused to move.' Three of the horses were killed by lightning. It k a wonder that no hnman lives were lost. At daybreak the scene presented beggars description. Imagine it from tbeabove ac count of the night’s experience. It was the worst adventure that ever be fell a pjrcns in tbk portion of the West. - The show reaohed Davenport at a late hour in the day, men and teams well rugh exhausted by the terrible nights work and the hard journey which followed it.—Da venport Gazette. . Take tbc Paper*. Those planters’who take a newspaper, pay for it, and read it regularly, are the. men who bear the highest reputation as agri- cnltoralkts, and who are the moat valued in their respective neighborhoods for shrewd ness and sagacity in their business transac tions. Many a planter, if the troth were k R owP, saves more than ten times the price of hk subscription in the pourse of a year, by the information that he obtains through the columns of his paper. It k useless to argue the point, the man who does not read the papers k a long ways behind the age.— Macon Mess. _ Tor the Alabama Timra. ilr. G. M. Drake: Dear Sir—I send you an anecdote or two for the good humored, fat readers, of your paper to laugh at. If you lantern- jawed, dry-bone fellows can’t get up a bu_-h on reading them, just go over and look at some of your fat neighbors, and it may be yon will catch the infection. . - DADDY MONK. The Primitive Baptists, in a certain neighborhood, Dot a thousand milss from here, determined .to bnild themselves a house of worship. There lived ini the com munity a prtacher whose name was Monk. Ho was commonly called by hk brethren and neighbors “Daddy Monk.” Three of the members were appointed to take up a collection, and their success was such that they had fifteen dollars on hand after pay ing for the bouse. A. consultation was held to decide what should be dole with the balauce ou hand. It was at first de termined to divide it out pro rata, accord ing to the amount subccribed by each. But they could none of them work out the sum. Daddy Monk proposed, by way of settling all difficulties, that the money be appropri ated to the purchase of a keg of whkky, to be kept at some place near the church, for the exclusive use of the brethren on preach ing days. This was unanimously agreed to. So the committee purchased fifteen gallons of good whisky andstorod it with a broth er living near the church, and it was reg ularly brought out on preaching days. This was in December. Daddy Monk promked to preach for them the first -Son- day in each month. According to promise, he preached in January, and opened the doors of the ohnroh. Eight persons join ed. In February fourteen joined, and in March 21, making in all 43 new members. On that day the liquor gave out. and Dad ly Monk exhorted them to bny more “for,” said be, “when we completed this house three months ago, we were few in number, and not mnch respected But now, by the grace of God, and the fifteen gallons of whkky, we are a large chnrch, having ta ken in 43 souk, bless Goc, nearly three to the gallon ? Thk same Daddy Monk was sharp in thk way, as . the following shows : Yon know that there has never been much cordiality bet ween the Primitive and Missionary Baptist. The Missionary call the Primitive Hardshelk. Daddy Monk, while preaching one Sunday, delivered him self in this wise : “The Missionaries think they are mighty smart. They call ns Hardshelk. ' 'Well, now, if we are the hardshelk, they mqst be Ihe softshejk. What sort of eggs is hard shell eggs and softsheU eggs ? I’ll tell yon Hardshell eggs k the sort what hatches out chickens and docks and* turkeys, „and all them sort of good things. SoftsheU eggs k the sort what hatches out lizards and seor plops and snakes, and all them sort of nas ty poisonous things.” R. A Snake Story. The Columbus (Ohio) Statesman k re- For sometime past an immense blaok snake has been seen on the Chittenden farm, on the Westerville road, about two .miles from the city,and by reason of his fearful proportions and defiant attitudes, has filled the neighborhood with alarm and terror. Not long since he was seen slowly traversingja field, with head ereot, and bearing in hk month a large rooster, whioh he had captured on a foraging expedition; and at another time an amateur sportsman of thk city suddenly came upon him as he was in the act of crashing a cat in hk tightening folfia, The spake was of such great size, and manifested so much rage, that the young man became almost palsied with fear, and immediately ran away from the terrible locality, not once thinking of hk gnn, which he might have used mest ef - fectnallv in destroying the monster. The foot of seeing the snake was report ed to a number of acquaintances on hk ar rival home of the frighted hnnter, and the next day a number proceeded to the locality where he was seen the day before, bat no trace of hk snakeship could be found, and the hunter was jeered by hk companions as the vistiip of a baseless, imaginary fear. The Mowing 4»y tiro boys were walking in the same neighborhood, apd came upon the snake, who, with erect bead apd dart ing tongue, at once gave chase. The boys ran furiously for nearly half a mile, oloBelyfollowed by the reptile, before he slaekened hk speed and gave np the chase. This also was reported, and again an exploring party viaited the ground and searched carefully fortheanako but with out success. On Tuesday morning of thk week the same two boy; again visited the Chittenden form, thk timebetter prepared to encounter the foe should he put in an . They hed not been on the grounds ~ : a great while before they were gratified by an appeaihnee of the montier, who was ap proaching them with evident war-Hke in tent. The boys took position, and so soon as opportunity presented, made such well directed shots as to pkee their enemy en tirely in their power, when they soon din ed h : m. The monster measured six teen feet in length, and was proportiraate- ly large. One of the most respectable oiti- ifgps of the county, a gentleman well known in Coiambus, bow and measured the snoko, and assures ns that there k no mktake in the above statement of its lengths We un derstand that the brave slayers of the rep tile are having hk skin properly staffed and design exhibiting it. .Tiie Direct Land Tax at the South.—The Washington coneipondent of the Ne w York Herald soys there k so me talk of enforcing tho collection''of tho di rect land tax in the South. The Southern States share ofhk tax—which amounted to twenty millions among all the State?— was six millions; of this sum only about three millions has been paidinto theTreasory from the Southern States. It will be re membered that when this amount had been eollected President Johnson senta message to Congress setting farth .that, in view of the poverty produced in the South by the war, it would, in many instances, be ruinous to that section to enforce the collection of the tax at that time, and rec ommending that it be suspended for - some time, so as to allow the industrial interests of the South to recuperate. It is stated that the limit of the suspension fixed by Congress has now passed, and the law pro viding for the levying and collection of the tax come* into full force again. It is ar gued by those who urge thk proceeding that the industrious of the South have great ly improved in the interim, that the crop s are abundant, and that there k no longer any excuse for delay on the score of pover ty. Whether the Secretary of the Treas ury will act upon the advice tendered him in thk matter remains to be seen. ,’ THE NEW CABLE. The Great Eastern has landed the cable successfully on the Island of St. Pierre — Miqnelon, French territory, where it will connect with the American continent by a cable belonging to the Massachusetts Tele graph Company. The reason why the French Government did not, as was atfirst proposed,counect the two continents directly by one cable from Brest to Cape Cod, was the objection made by the United States governmentand the opinion given by the Attorney General that the central government, and not that of a State had the right to grant the privi lege to knd a -able on American soil There is a rumolthat the British Ocean Telegraph Company, in order to continue their present monopoly in ocean telegraph communication between America and Eu rope, have purchased a controlling interest in the new Company. Great and little Miquelon and St. Pierre arc a group of is lands off the Southern coast of Newfonnd- lacd, eighty-five square miles in extent, with a population of 510. Tue last tele graphic advices announce that in case the permission to land the cable in Massachu setts be forbidden, the managers of the French cake propose to connect St. Pierre and Cuba, and thus establish communica tion with the United States.—Exchange. My Flint Night “On Guard.” Banner of the South : During the first raid of Banks. through Louisiana, June, 1863,1 made my debut in military life, joining W——’s battery of Louisiana artillery, C. S. A. as ‘ high pri vate”—a young, raw and unsophisticated youth. The battery was encamped on the banks of Bayou Teche in a beautiful coun try, ornamented in the highest degree by the wealthy and aristocratic planters of that fertile section; the stream bordered with those grand old live and water oaks, welt known as the most magnificent trees in the country. After being three days in the company, I was detailed for guard duty; and at night stationed to watch some choice Sonthern fruits and vegetables, brought into camp for the sick late in the evening, and laid out on the grass under a large live oak, whose branches, spreading for oat, reached nearly to the ground A guard was. re quired to keep off quadrupeds, as well as some bipeds pertaining to the por cine spesies, whose cravings for snch deli cacies might render the temptation irresis tible. Though the.night was starlight, my post was dark and gloomy, owing to the heJvy shade of the trees, and I could, with difficulty dktingakh objects withiq a few feet. I had no weapon, I walked my lone ly beat, fifty yards from any hnman being, around the d iinty goods confided to my care. All nature was hashed in death-like repose; eve .-, our horses being wrapped in their slnmbeis, usually taken at thk hoar, abont three in the morning. Only one who has been in a similar situ ation, can realize my feelings on thk, my sweet and comfortable home, and' nnaccns- tomed to military life. My thoughts natu rally wondered back to scenes and dear One* at honif. My good »nA Lind, fothpr. my fond and indulgent mother, my sweet, amiable and loving sisters ever ready to fa vor their wayward and inconsktent brother all now seemed dearer than ever to my lone ly heart. * * b * Another sweet face also arises before my eyes, w ondering in spirit afar off to my distant' Missouri home. I am growing happy in n.y rever ies—by no means asleep, bat steadily pac ing my beat Yet, great heavens, what infernal yell was that overhead ? a most di abolical, unearthly scream. Is it the ene-' my from the lower regions screeching for hk prey ? My hat, uplifted by my brist ling hair, falls from my head; my knees knock together; my teeth chatter; a cold perspiration; my blood chilled; my stick clutched with the clasp of desperation. All thk was the shock of a moment—like a nightmare. Then comes a repetition of hort-tootrte-too-oooo-oo 11 ftom the comman- der-iu-ohief of the seroeoh owk—after hk warning blast —now sounding the assembly for hk scattered guerrillas, and anon, the whole forest re-echoes with the cries ofhk dusky warriors of the night, going forth on their predatory excursions. * * fit . # Laugh, if you will, my young sir, never theless, [hough I pride myself somewhat on my courage, and have “freed *be nffisio” “over and oft,” I frankly confess that “then and there” I experienced a single moment of terror snob as I never had . before, and hope never again to feel. Did yon ever hear a screech owl in the dead oi night ? Then try and have a companion with you the first time, or you may never get back your breath again. * * * — . g . 1 The Franco-American Cable.—The entire length of the cable will be about 3,050 or about 1,000 miles longertban the English pabje. That portion taken on board the Great Eastern was miles .long, or 400 miles more than that taken by her when sfie left England to lay the Vajeutia cable. It has been manufactured .in two sections. The Longest section, running from Brest to St. Pierre, will be 2,325 miles long; the shorter, extending from St Pierre to the Amerioan coait.will be about 122 miles long. In “conductivity,” at least, the cable will be sqpenop f> *he English lines already laid. The central copper wjra is larger weighing 400 pounds to the mile, that at present laid weighing only 300 f ounds. Its insolation k perfectly seenre. t k covered with Chatterton’s compound, and,over tbat,by four layers of gutta-percha. Outside of these ira spiral net of_ steel wires,each- wire being surrounded with five strands of Russian hemp saturated with a preservative compound. Notwithstanding its Immerse strength, the cable k as flexi ble in the water as a hempen rope. 'Owing to the snperior conductivity of this cable, and tho absence of breaks at various^ sta tions, messages can he transmitted with a higher rapidity than has been attained by the English line. It k hoped that twelve words a minute may be sent, instead of eight, as heretofore. a ■ a J&*The Great Eastern, which for a time promised tobe a mere useless hulk, has )roved,to be most valuable, and, indeed, las contributed very much to the safe and quick laying of ocean lines. She k now about to depart for the Indian Ocean to lay the cattle which k to unito Bombay and Suez. . X6T Prophylactic is a formidable big word, yet Darby’s Flnid has introduced it into hontohold use. The article deservoa to be in everybody’s house as its praise k in everybody’s month. Mr. Peabody’s last donation ia $45000 to the Danvers Institute,to be expended in a library, l c. • Tbe New Fountain of Healtb. According to the Air Line Eagle, the newly dkcovered springs in Lumpkin coun ty, called the Cedar Mountain Springs, or Fosters springs, are creating a great excite ment in that region, by reason of their ex traordinary restorative properties. He says: In our recent travek in the-, counties above this, we heard a great deal abont the medicinal and curative qualities of these waters, and of the cures which have been already effected by them, some of which were almost increditable. The excitement throughout the country among the afflicted is very great and con stantly increasing. If the half that is said oftheai be true, they will doubtless prove a blessing to hundreds of the afflicted, in giving health and vigor for emaciation and disease. There are many challybeate and also some sulphur springs to be found in onr country; bat in these waters are combined iron, snlphnr and other minerals, which —.vethem medicinal properties different om those of any others in the South. The -exhilarating effects are felt soon after the water is drank, which, in the case of deli cate females, sometimes amounts almost to intoxication. There have been some twelve or fifteen houses or cabins erected at tbe springs dur- the past spring, and the probability k that' the only restriction in the number uf vki- tors will be the want of proper accommo dations. We advise those who intend test ing the virtues of these waters, to go in wagons, provided with tents, and prepared to camp out. The Financial View of Bolltek’a Pardons. The Bainbridge Argus presents the fi nancial phase of his Expresselency’s Execu- tiv - clemency. A negio was recently con victed “ of enticing and decoying a ser vant from an employer,” and for thk offence was tried, found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars. Hk Expresselen- ey, .“Governor of Georgia and commander in-chief of the Army and Navy and the mi litia thereof,” furnished by the United States Government of the Radical party, issues an Executive proclamation “seven squares” in length, and publishes it in hk thirteen official ‘organs,” Tbe cost of each publication k twenty-one dolkra, ar.d the aggregate cost two hundred and seventy- three dollars. This cost, of coarse, k paid for ont of hkExpresselency’s general fond, the people’s money. This is bis Express- elency’s wise and liberal economy. Who discounts thk claim on the Treasury. The Crop* in South Catalina. The long continued drouth in the middle and upper sections of the State says the Charleston News, k causing deepjanxiety to the farmers, and all onr advices agree in reporting that the crop will be largely re duced in both quantity and quality. We are informed that along the line of railroad between Kingville and Wilmington, North Carolina, a distance of one -hundred and seventy miles, there is not an acre of corn which k not seriously injured. Bat the weather which k unfavorable to corn will e the quality of upland cotton, and e us an earl' xny"as low country the rice k suffering for want of rain. The small streams . are so salty the fields cannot be flooded, bat long continued showers wUl enable the plan ters to make an average crop. From the sea klands tho cotton reports are highly fa vorable, and ther’e k every reason io expect a better crop of long cotton than we have had for many years. The catterpillar now can do no harm. Onr great foe is pow erless. Farmers and pknters often look at tne bine side, but making all proper allowances for low spirits and popular exaggeration, it may be said that the drought has already done mnch harm, and will if it lasts much longer, largely curtail the fair propor tions of the corn and upland cotton crops of the State. Garibaldi.—A correspondent of a Par is journal who has been admitted to an in terview with General Garibaldi, gives a most dktressingacconnt ofhk appearance in tbe following: The General’s features appeared con tracted, his body emaciated, and be was ly ing on a sofa suffering horribly from an at tack of chronic rheumatism- Tbe ex-die- tator, bent like the tower of Pisa, is but a shadow of the past, and with difficulty one reoognizes in the trembling and delicate old man the fierce Republican of former days. A few days ago it was announced that Garibaldi’s health was so far restored that he was able to take part in the . work of hk fans* New Cotton in Savannah—We re ceived on Saturday, says the News, from Messra. A. M. Sloan & Co„ of tbk city,two bolk of the new crop, grown in Leon coun ty, Florida. We think thk is the first cotton “of the season," and hope the en terprising factors who received it will soon have many bales from the same sec* tion. ' • Ye Colored Melish.-t-A company of home-made colored militia, numbering some twenty or thirty, arrived in the city this afternoon. Upon inquiry, we found that tbe company was collected to search for, and arrest, If possible, a negro man named Antonia Brown, who had a difficul ty with hk wife some two months ago, and ent of her hand. We understand “the col ored troops fought nobly” on “jumping the aforesaid Brown near foam's Mill, bat be made hk escape.—'Americus Courier, m *®“The announcement k made that tbo style no longer requires the most fashiona ble lady to change her toilet more than twice a day at the most gay and arktoorat- rcsorfs. Sunday School Convention for Ooatananla Circuit. This Convention met at Floyd Springs, June 26th, and was organized by calling M-Lowery to the Chair, and requesting Rev. A. P. Black to act ns Secretary. The following delegates were present. Floyd Springs, N. B. Hall, E. L. W. Griffetb. A B Moore, 3 G Rhudy. Rush's Chapel, A J Watters. Oostanaula, H P Pope, M I, Troutman- New nope, A J Stewart. Reports, representing the condition of the different Sunday Schools in the circuir, were made.^whicl were followed by inter esting remarks from J. P. >P Dowell, of Rome. The following preamble and resolutions offered by H. P. Pope, were adopted : Whereas, It is our hounden duty as Christians, as plainly taught by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to cooperate with him for the advancement of his cause, and the coming of his Kingdom on earth, and Whereas, The support of Missionaries in foreign lands, whose labors are devo'ed to the dissemination of the Gospel amongst the Heathen, is a most efficient means to this end. Therefore, Resolved, That we recommend that the Superintendents of Sunday Schools in thk circuit, collect not less than ten cents per annum from each member, for the support of our China Mission. Resolved 2d, That thednty of giving be taught the young, as essential to the com pleteness of Christian character. Resolved 3d, That this Convention elect a Secretary of the Society thus formed, who shall also receive the fond so collected, and forward it to Dr. E. H. Sfyers, Macon. Go., and report at the next meeting of this body. After a short recess, the Convention was reassembled, and was opened by'singing and prayer. Oh motion ofM L Troutman, tbe follow ing committee were appointed: — On tbe best plan of opening, closing and conducting Sunday Sunday Schook, H P Pope, A P Black, S G Rhudy. Ontbe best text books, A J Watters, N. B Haii, E L W Griffetb, W H Hickey. On address to parents, touching their duty in regard .to Sunday Schools, M L Troutman, A J Stewart, W C Brandon, J M Lowery. By H-PPope, unanimously adopted : “Whereas, It is the object of thk Con vention to advance the cause of Sunday Schook, by instructing children in the truths of the Holy Bible, without reference to any particular creed. Therefore, Resolved, That we cordially invite offi cers and teachers of all Sunday Schook .in thk circuit, to join in the deliberations of [Special Correspondence Leaiivill* Washington Note*. Washington, , The Mayor of this eity transmitted his annual message to the Couneik this evsn- iog, in which he recommends that the col ored schools be incorperated with the white public schools and placed under the same system, and share impartially in all respects tbe advantages as enjoyed by tbe white schools. He says the distinction of color is no longer recognized here, in the charter, at the ballot box, iu the courts, lecture rooms, public halls of amusement, nor in the City Councils, and should be eliminated as speedily as possible from the pnblio school system. The Mayor also sent to the Councils to-night fifty-five nominations for corporation officers, about thirteen of whom are colored, the principal one being Geo. B.Vashon, colored trustee for white school* NEW YORK. New York, July 20—The Herald says Colonel Whittlesey and a number of Vir ginia Radical* are in Washington, getting up document* to prove that the election in Virginia was carried by fraud. Affidavits are being prepared and will be pkeed be fore the Reconstruction Committee at the meeting of Congress. It is placed before Reconstruction Committee at tbe meet ing of Congress. It is hoped by this to have the election set aside,or eke have an inves tigation held, and thus delay the admission of the State. The forty-six persons who arrived on the United States frigate Gnerrier, yesterday, from Rio Janeiro, are a portion of the colo ny of Southerners and Tebel sympathizers who went to Brazil to establish a Southern colony. They are thoroughly disgusted and in a very impeennions condition. Char itable persons will pay their passages to their homes. Others who still remain be hind will come home as soon as they can Richmond, July 21.—At the White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the corn crop will be considerably shortened by the drought in that section. James Carter, colored, was arrested to day for robbing the mail intended for thk watering place. There are from fifty to one hundred arti- vak here, daily. Thermometer, tbk after noon,. 56. The official. returns show that the vote for Walker fell 26,000 short of the white registration, and that for Welk, 18,000 short of.the colored registration. The ob jectionable clauses in the Constitution were defeated by forty thousand ma jority. There seems to have been entirely a new deal in politics, as only six members of the Legklatnre have ever been there be fore. Thomas R. Bowden. State Attorney General, resigned to-day. A resolution of A. J. -Stewart, recom- mendincr the organization of the colored people into Sunday Schook, was passed. Resolution by A J. Watters, recom mending teacher’s meetings, to he held quarterly, for the purpose of interchanging views as to the best practical means of pro- mo tingjthe interest of their respective schook was adopted. It was determinod to hold a Sunday School Celebration, embracing . all the schook in the circuit, at Rush’s Chapel, August 18th. J. M. Lowery Chairman, and P. C-, was requested to confer with preachers in charge of Circuits and Sta tions of Rome Dktrict,as to the most suita ble time and place for holding a District Sunday School Convention. H. P. Pope was elected Secretary and Treasurer of Sunday School Missionary Societies. Interesting and edifying remarks were made by B. F. Jones, Superintendent S. S. Presbyterian Church, Rome. J. P. McDowell, former Sup’t Presby terian Church, Rome. , -7 - • W.L. Wadsworth, Rome. By 51. L. Troutman, resolved that the thanks of thk Convention he tendered the brethren and friends of Floyd Springs, for their courtesy and hospitality. On motion, the Secretary was requested to send proceedings to the Rome papers, with request to publish. After selecting Rash’s Chapel for the place, and April as the time for ntxt meet ing, Convention adjourned with benedic tion. ’ 7 - : iv- Jno. M. Lo .very, Ch’n. A. J. Black, Sec’y. Richmond, July 20.—The official ma- jg jority of Walker is 10,202. fry- Gen. R. E. Lee is at Rock Bridge, Alum -;! Springs. s-T- Baltimore. Baltimore, July 20.—A bark left here recently with twenty-four thousand stand ofarms, and one hundred and seventy thousand rounds of amnnition, for Cuba. She get off without trouble, professing to be loaded with hay, and reached her des tination successfully. It k understood that another vessel k likely to sail for the same port with a similar load of freight. . old former in Ohio having read that the . State cleared over $7,000 by the labor of the conviets, suddenly exekimed, “I think we had better turn onr Legisla ture into a Penitentiary, by jingo.” The Lonkville Courier-Journal aayB that sixteen hundred ladies have promised their sons as pnpik for General Kirby Smith’s military academy. — -• • (^“Father,” asked a little thiee-year old the other day at dinner, of hk papa, “what u it that makes the lightning? “You can’t understand it now,” was the an swer, “I’ll tell yon when you get a little older,” and the father went to hk duly avocation. In the evening he returned^nd the young hopefnl,climbing upon hk knee, sud to him, “Papa,I know now what makes the lightning. It is God scratching match es against the sky!” HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM GREAT BRITAIN. V . : Conflict Between tbe Hone of Lords and Common* on the Irish Church Bill. London, July 23.—After a prolonged debate, nearly every Lord explaining him self, the Lords divided on the preamble to the Church bill, as it came from the House The government was defeated by a veto df 78 to 173. The issue k finally joined be tween the Lords and the country. The po litical excitement in consequence is intense. The Cabinet has been in session all thk afternoon. Gladstone, Bright,. Lowe and all stron ger members, insist upon the immediate withdrawal of the bill, on the ground that the obstinate resistance of the peen ren ders a conflict between the two house* in evitable. Some members, including the Earl of Clarendon, advocate more moderate proceedings, such as letting the bill take its coarse, and only abandoning it at the last moment; bat the insulting language used by the Marquk of Salisbury towards Gladstone and the large voto against the preamble, show that all attempt at compro mise Js useless. There is little doubt that Gladstone will carry his point by withdraw ing the bill, to be immediately followed by speedy adjournment to August, by which time the creation of a new batch of peen will give a ministerial majority ia the Placards appear on the walk to-day, headed, -‘Shall the people of Lords rale r" and calling a mass meeting at Arnndale Hall to-morrow, followed by monster 0 air demonstrations. It is ruaaered that the Duke of Cam bridge expreaset, openly, indignation at Radicalism, and hopes that the Queen and Ministry will refuse to sanction the coer cion of the peen. St’i! 1:] LOUISIANA. New Orleans, July 21.—The first case and death from yellow fever this season oc curred yesterday. The victim was 2 young Frenchman who had just arrived from France, stopping a few hours in Havana and quarrantiuedeightdayshere. fl®-The Wills Valley Railroad k com pleted to Valley Head, (Wm. O. Win ston’s). Passenger trains run to that place daily. Havana, July 22.—Manzanillo merch- q ants have been arrested for dealing with the rebek. ngf Loyal Cubans of Santa Espiritu have is- sued an address, urging their rebel broth- ShRII ren to return to their allegiance. j,%t .The insurgents, eight hundred strong have been defeated with heavy lost. Gen. jjjjg Jourdan was wounded. f Jackson, July 22.—The trial of E. M. Yerger, before the military commission, was concluded to-day. The verdict k not known. After the trial was concluded Yerger was brought before Judge Hill, ot the United States Circuit Court, on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge William Yerger, in behalf of the prisoner, submitted a plea, to which the Judge Advocate, Col. Thoa. F. Barr, submitted a return, and Yerger was remanded to military custody. The point# involved have, heretofore been passed npon by Judge Hill, with the same result, the case will next be heard from in the Su preme Court The Dent movement is supported by the Press-of ihe State, and he will receive the support of the Conservatives of ail par ties. Alexandria, Va., July 22.—Commo dore S. S. Lee, brother of Gen. R. E- Lee, died at bis home in Stafford county,to- day. j New York, Jnly 22.—Frank Ballard, ; Secretary of the Security Insurance Com- ! paoy,is a defaulter for sixty three thousand dollars. Markets. New York, July 22.—Stocks steady i and doll. Money steady at 7. Sterling 1 9* Gold 358. Flour 5slOc better. Wheat la2c better I Corn 5a7o better, and excited. Pork 23 | 75. Lard doll. Cotton doll at 34. Liverpool, July 22, noon—Cotton a shade firmer ; Uplands 12} ; Orleans 13; ’ ■alee 10,000 bales. fl^The phrase “A bad egg” will have; to be disnsed now. Darby’s Flnid k kil ling off all snch slang expression*. Bad \ odor* cant stand before it. jq_ti.. Chattanooga Republican soe-j rowfully announces that by the 5th of Au gust there will not be five thousand mb r m the State without certificate# ot —=— tion.