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Uomt ^#Ktwr. U«''^GBAD^c^Ed«or: r^srs^i?: I „, weekly. BATES OF $3 00 | 1 75 L l oo ^ year..—— - 1 1 Months-.-* ** '““wWiBLYIN ADVANCE. 1ST- Ijti „ b) ofFi« orraore LyJ-">“*■ one copy will be F“ r " W. DWINELL, Propriolor. lpVERTISEMENTS. gpiAL A* trat or S> Electors or I , „i Lsn'l by A , ] aW to be held on l^-VTei^mooth, between the S T« fd ‘-Vw Wnoon And three in the of«“ JJ e C oar<. Bonn in the county in i lii pr 22e s»'M t nt“ t ^" be given in o pub 'Si" d ‘S^ r 'fpSonnl property must . , ^nner! through n public par- ^■en io ■ • ... to sale d.ftj • 0 da^3 J^r’ ft[K ; Creditors of an estate, fbe published 40 da} s- raa do to the fcs& p, {“V e 1056,1 ,an ' imu8tb0 te^sissssax^ ic " Tdmini.t»tion, three monlhs- • ,T ° torn Guardianship, 40 .lays. I - Jisa ‘° i 1 f ,rcclo*eure of Mortgages must lit* for the fc fuur mo ntlis—for es- nabVvshed monthly gpace of threo ' V U!l !:S ittirom Executors or I in .j 1 :_for co.,ip«hn 8 boiid ha3 bceu given by Lliiimiittitor., u e ,, three months. ledeeenif, for the tu-p ^ cont!nued »ceord- [ requirements, unless oth- *&,.UhefiUow.ng r £3 ten lines or less $3 00 fi’fa. sales, per levy, 5 00 ^ Ration for dismission from s ## |^ , "f^I\icitioo‘''ford;'smi 9 sion from ^ ## [OordUnGip,. .-•••• " 6 00 •’ «« b \otices, (50 days,. •loaure of Mortgage, per square......... | ( vnidrertising his wife, fin advance) 10 0 LrilTi Site perl lerifi Mods*?' Collector's sale /ntior.s for letters ot SATURDAY MORNING, Dec- H- DON’T BE ALARMED. Tbs recommendation of tiie President, isl the action of Congress in regard to the kile of Georgia, is evidently alarming icof our good people, and we apprehend Jtiit sitae of those who -‘take council of ■theirfears” will make themselves ridicu lous. The two great complaints against our ■Statcarethe expelling of the negroes from ■the legislature, and the failure to adopt the 1 ]5th Amendment. The right to do these I things was clear aud unmistakable. After [thenegroos had been expelled, the Legis- Ikture pisse f, and Bullock vetoed the fol- llowing resolution : •Resolved by the Senate and House of I Hepresentativea of the State of Georgia, I h Assembly convened, That a case involv- iog the right of a colored man to hold of- | fice shi 1, as soon as the same can be prop- I erly brought belore tho Supreme Court of I the State, be heard and determined by said I mart and we believe that the people of the I State will, as they have heretofore always I done, in good faith, abide the decision of I the highest tribunal of the State whenever |» declared. Erea if this resolution had not been To lled, it was never intended to have retro I mire force, and havo the effect of annul- I ling what had already been done. But in I all future elections the belief was expressed I tint the Supreme Court decision would be, is good faith, abide i by. IVe most sincerely hope that the Legis- htnre, when it reassembles, will maintain is self-respect, and if their rights and priv ilege* are to be overslaughed, let it be done [ a ioite of their best efforts to retain them. If any man is to have a seat in the Lagfa- htnre who is not entitled to it under the rulings of the respective Douses, which t one are the lawful judges of this matter, ht it be done by the force of the bayonet. ifben the Legislature meets, if tho Gov- «nor assembles others thao thoso whose I “nits appeared on the roll, at the tiaie of adjournment, let the first act bo the daring of the Hall. Second Day. The Conference was opened this morn, ing with religions services, conducted by Rev. C. W. Key. A number of members, clerical and lay, absent yesterday, answered to their names this morning. Nearly all the morning session was con sumed in the examination of the character of Elders. Rev. Dr. Boring announced his desire to resume the labors of the regular 7 “ ° « “““ ° and the works aud purposes of the Devil nncrnmu * * tor*. dOled t English Immigration, hewou'd respectfully call the attention *fw readers to a letter iu another col- •om—«a the above mentioned suject—and respectfully commend the same to the care- P erus ?> of the Dome Commissioner of 1 e "1*m4 and Immigration Bureau for the ilite c * Georgia.” The large exodus of 011 P w Pk> n °w going on from North Geor- to the IV estern and South Western -*ates will very shortly create an immense which should be filled alone by **f%immigration from Great Britain. ile baviag no objection to well-disposed •“grants from any part of the civilized °" ^~T ct " e prefer those from the above stationed portion of Europe. North *° r gia is not only a fine field for Agricul- maaufacturing aud mining, but manufacturers and miners are now ; oea: >ed—and this demand is rapidly reaiing where can these be fonnd in ^“ lcr Perfection than in England. A ,/■' ° reat responsibility rests upon the S L ** °^ tbe Commissioners Col. George IV I iT’ ^° me Commissioner, and Col. C1 oicign Commissioner appointed J‘he Legislature of the State, to carry the provisions of the-‘immigration Bill” the - 11 *** ' a8t Eess ' on - The people of thi* ex ^ ect 601116 practical results from “experiment.” 1 hope Col. Wsil has let vie if 016 6uccess ln Germany—if not to Or. . ° f ' a ' Jor ' le at 0008 transferred our neat" B," 1 ^ materia, Crests of Gerl v ’ U10re “P° ci % North in t^i, 6man d of our public officers t 8 will. *•* r P rom P tan d energetic action, “Comm^ioLn^ * 8UbjeCt when 0M > ■emonerg have made their reports. lessee,* 6 Harris, of Ten- Constitntion^al o b J be . a “““her of the , v . . 61 Convention of that State - «2G5? asked, “What yon win joj, j^,,P Shut your eyes, and pastorate. Rev. Dr. "Wiley," President of Emory and Henry College, and Rev. Dr. Arba- gast, President of Martha Washington Fe male College, Abingtcn, Va.,and Rev. Mr. Springfield, of the Holston Conference, were introduced. The reports of the Presiding Elders and preachers showed that the work of the church is in a very prosperous condition. Tblrd Hay. The Conference was opened with reli gious services by Rev. John P. Duncan. The transfer of Rev. A. T. Mann, D. D., f.om the Memphis Conference to the North Georgia, was announced. Also, the trans fer of Rev. Jno. Harris, from the S.uth Georgia Conference. Rev. Mr. Hickey, of the Holston Con- ference, was introduced. A letter from the Trustees of the Chero kee Wesleyan Institute was read and re ferred to the Committee on Education. The following young ministers were con tinued on trial: Jas. H Baxter, Henry S Babcock; (who was also elected to Deacon's orders) John W Stipe, Jno. W. Baker, J A. Myers, A. G. Carpenter and David No lan. Jas. T. Lynn, was discontinued at his own request. Bishop Doggctt delivered a brief, but most impressive address to eight y-iung men who came before the bar of the Con-, ference. This was a solemn aud interest ing part of the proceedings of the morn ing session. Rev. Dr. Muosey, the distinguished Seeretary of the Board of Foreign Mis sions, was introduced to the Conference. Rev. L. M. South, D. D., President of Emory College, read before the Conference a most scholarly and interesting report up on the history and condition of the College. The report animadverted in very severe, but just terms, upon the act of the Legis lature repealing the act granting education al aid to maimed soldiers. The Institution is shown to be in a most prosperous condi tion, with a high standard of scholarship, and a good patronage. The Doctor urged, in emphatic terms,-the need of an ample endowment of the College. Doubtless the gooCt cha*-acter of qEs students is due in part to the fact that the act of incorpora tions excludes from the village of Oxford everything in the shape of dram shops and gaming saloons- The Doctor’s report explained the sys tem of culture adopted by the Facility, and strongly questioned the value of the so- called University systems in vogne in New England, as an education of immatnre and undeveloped minds. The most interesting features of the re port was the Doctor’s account of a most ex traordinary revival ot religion that em braced a great part of the students daring the late session. President Smith followed his report with an eloquent and impassioned address upon the subject of sanctified education. Rev. J. 8. Key, D. D-, agent ol Emny College, followed with a short and telling speeoh in favor of Emory Colle; e—urging with true eloquence that Georgia must ed ucate Georgia boys. Thy Little Giant Wheat Screen.— A joint stock company has been formed in this city,for the purpose of manufacturing and selling the above named machine, in valuable to farmers. It has more practical worth to wheat raisers than any machine of its cost that we have ever seen. This Company own the patent right for Georgia, and want agents in the several counties.— See adv. Slang.—The Commercial of yesterday, devotes about three fourths of a column, of slang and groundless charges of falsehood and nnfair dealing to the publisher of this paper. We donbt notit is an unpleasant fact to the publisher of the Commercial that it is well known that “the circulation of the Courier is nearly double that of any other paper in the Cherokee' Countryhut then he need not get mad about it. If the Com mercial chooses to take advertisements at cheaper- rates Hjanr. thfe^ tpqurfc-, it is our right to satisfy advertisers fay letting them know qur relative circulation. Keep your temper Brother—blackguard ing wont help you. We are Toady to have the proof of our statement tested. Death.—We have seldom read any thing more beautiful than the follow ing Irons the pen of George D. - Prent* lice; “There fa but a breath of air and a heat of the heart betwixt this world and tiie next. And in the brief interval of pain ful and awful suspense, while we feel that death fa present with ns, that we are power less, and He all powerful, and the faint pulsation there fa bnt the preludes of end less life hereafter, we feel in the midst of the stunning calamity about to befall us, that the earth has no oompensltion good enongh to mitigate the severity of our loss.- But there fa no grief without somo benefi- cient-provision to soften its intenseness. When the good and lovely die, the memory of thefa good deeds like the moonbeams in the stormy sea, lights up our darkened hearts and lends to the surrounding gloom a beauty so sad, so sweet, that we would not if we conld dispel the darkness that environs. ' Montgomery Election.—The Tele graph has already announced a R*d‘<»J tri umph in the municipal election on".Tues day. The vote for Mayer stood—Glam- cock, Rad., 1174; Scheussler, Dem., 558. The Mail states that one of the Aldermen elect for the 3d Ward fa a Democrat. All the others are Radicals. Two negroes were elected Aldermen in the 5th Ward. From the N. Ga.Citizcn. Origin of the “Te*t Oath.” Mr. Editor,—-Many, perhaps most, per sons have thought that the infamous test oath imposed upon the Southern people by the Radical Congress, iu violation of the terms of surrender agreed uponbetween Generals Grant and Lee, and Sherman and Johnston, was an original idea of the Radi cal leaders. Bat Solomon, the wisest man, said “there fa nothing new under the son,” and his followers, and the measures relied upon by them to secure and perpetuate their power, are always the same. In reading Banyan’s Holy War, recent ly, I was forcibly impressed with the-close resemblance of the Radical test oath to that imposed upon the people of the city of Mansoul by Diabolus. Either the Radical leaders, who devised the test oath, stole the idea from that book, or their father, the Devil suggested it Banyan, in the third chapter of the Ho ly War, says : “Diabolus, that he might make Mansool as 8uro as he could, frames and imposes a new oath and horrible covenant upon the towns' folk to-wit: That they should never desert him, nor his government; nor yet betray him, nor seek to alter hfa law ; but that they should own, confess, stand by and acknowlege hi n for their rightfhl king, in defiance of any that do, or hereafter shall, by and pretence, law, or title what soever, lay claim to the town of Mansoul, thinking, belike, that Shaddai had not pow er to absolve them from this covenant with death and agreement with hell. Nor did the silly Mansonl stick or boggle at all at this most monstrous engagement, bnt, as ifit had been a'sprat in the month a whale, they swallowed it without any chewing. Were they troubled at it ? Nay they rath er bragged and boas tad of their so brave fidelity to the tyrant, their pretended king; swearing that they would never be change lings, nor forsake their old lord for a new.” When we bear in mind that, for many year8,the leading spirits of the Radical par ty were in the constant use of the expression that the Constitution of the United States was a covenant with death and agreement with hell,” it fa apparent that they stole this expression from Banyan’s Holy War. Did John Banyan, or the Devil, suggest to them the idea of the Test Oath ? Whitfield County Farmer. BULLOCK AND BLODGETT BOTH HARD AT WORK. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CHRONICLE Sc SENTINEL. Washington, Dec. 7, p. m.—The President’s message and the repoits of the different chiefs of the Government Depart ments having been read and received, the next important matter claiming the atten tion of Congress, fa the question whether Georgia fa legally reconstructed or not The indications now are, that early action will will be taken by Congress in thfa affair, and a second reconstruction of the State ordered by that body. The certificates of the seven members of the House of Representatives from that State are still before the Committee on Elections, to which they bad been referred for consideration. They will remain with this Committee without being reported back to the House until Congress shall have act ed on the recommendation made by the President with regarJ to Georgia in hfa This recommendation, coming from the quarter it did, has received prompt atten tion at the hands of Congress and to-mor row fa the day apppointed by the Senate for the settlement oi the matter so far as that body fa concerned, and it is believed that there will be very little delay in the action of the House of repretentatives. The Senate will, on to-morrow morning take np the bill introduced at the last ses sion by Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, to settle the Georgia difficulty. This bill pro* vides, in substance, that the State shall he at once remanded back to a Provisional government with Bollock as Provisional Governor; that the original Legislature shall be called together, re-seating the no- i »ro members and expelling the whites who iave taken their places: and the qualifica tions prescribed by the Fourteenth Amend ment to he strictly adhered to, after which the reconstruction of the State is to pro ceed in due course. This bill meets the President’s views, but some think that Sen ator Carpenter will want to have hfa bill jassed, which applies the test-oath to mem- >ers of the Legislature. Bollock has gotten up a powerful stimu lant for the Senate in the shape of a report from General Alfred Terry, military com mander in Georgia, which will be lead to that body -to-morrow in time to be used in thedebate which will ensue on the Ed mund’s Bill. This report fa couched in the strongest language and fa evidently one of tiie strongest cards of the Bullock ring. The report gives a very gloomy account of the condition of affairs in that State and goes far toward corroborating the previous statements of Bullock and other Georgia Radioafa. General Terry represents that there fa absolutely no safety, whatever, in nearly every portion of that State for eith er the lives or property of the colored people or white members of the Republican party. He says that he can see bnt one remedy to be applied for the core of the evil, and that fa military government in the State for a time, by means of which the prevaling lawlessness can be checked and the crimi nals detected and punished. He believes that it fa absolutely ersential for the safety of the negroes and the Republicans that the State be turned over to tiie oontrol of the military authorities until the Legisla ture can till called together reorganized and on such a basis as will give protetion to all of its citizens. This report is forwarded to Washington by General Henry W. Halleck, commandant of the dfavfaion of the South, but he does not concur in its recommenda tions. Added to Bullock and the rest of the Georgia Radicals there fa now Foster Blod gett, and both himself and Bollock are in dustriously lobbying Congressmen in order to get the State remanded. They are on the very extreme line and are arguing in favor of the harshest and most Radical measures. ._ A Montana paper calls for the organiza tion of a company of volunteers, who shall have a bounty for all Indians they kill, and also have all horses and valuables captured; bnt it expresses a donbt if Governor Ash ley will listen to its wise demands, “through fear of the philanthropists in the Eastern States.” Internat’l Land and Labor AGENor, I Town Hall Chambers, > Birmingh. M,Oct.25,1809 ) Editors Avalanche.—Sirs: Without entering upon what may be called the mo rale, ethical or industrial, in regard to a large and sadden importation of Chinese labor into the Southern ani Wettern States, I beg to express the opinion that, there fa an abundant supply ot better labor near er home that may be imported at sheaper rates and conditions as to pay nent. Cer tainly there are a hundred thousand English laborers in town and country who would gladly enter upon all the fields of employ ment and occupations which the South and West open to them, if they conld get tcross the Atlantic. Bnt if those fields were cov ered with apples of gold, to be had for their labor, these poor men could not pay their passage across the ocean to obtain them. Can the poor Chinese to he importod do any better out of their own means? If ifbt it the whole expense of their transportation from China has to be borne or the party by company importing them, fa it not clear that each must cost at least twice per head as the whole charge upon an English laborer from London or Liverpool to Memphis or St. Louis via tho Mississippi? If, then, planters and farmers, and Manufacturers, and railroad companies are willing to pnt English and Chinese on the same footin as to the conditions of their importation, a hundred thonsand of laborers from this conntry would go at once, and gladly, to the occupations and localities thus opened to them. Even if there were only one steam- era month direct from Liverpool to New Orleans, such an importation might be ef fected. And with alt this reconstruction of Southern industries; with the great Mfa- ssfaippi as the jugular vein of the the wealth they produce, and also tapping the great traffic between Eastern Asia ant Western Europe via the Pacific railroad, surely there ought to be not on'y one steam- er a month bnt one a week from Liverpool or London to New Orleans. If these were np to ca*rry emigrants at a cheap rate, they might be loaded with good English blood to be infused into all the States of the Mis- sfasfaippi Valley, and of the great West. It would not cost more than forty dollars per head to deliver them at Memphis or St. Louis; and as there wonld be one tranship ment, at New Orleans, thei would bo bnt a slight chs nee of any of them slipping away at that port, or at any one on the river. Now does any company or party offer to deliver Chinese at St. Louis or Memphis less than forty dollars per head? If not, wonld yon not all prefer English laborers at the same price? I wonld ask your lead ing men to give a little thought to this proposition. If they are disposed to try the experiment onr agency will assist them in carrying it out. Having traveled a good deal in both countries, and seen how mnch honest labor fa needed in the one and how many labor ers in the other need employment, I have felt it one of the best undertakings I ever E at my hard to, as yet, to do what little .y in my power to bridge tho sea that di vides these worlds of labor-demand and la bor supply It wasjwith this feeling & object that I entered upon the work of onr Inter nation Land and Labor Agency, the spirit, principle and object of which have already won much confidence both in the United -States and England. Indeed, within two months of its first opening, more than a thonsand farms were committed to it for sale to England purchasers, from Maine to Califorhia, and from j,$500 to S50,000 in price. We are also receiving applications for servant girls,and working-men from both those and intervening States. Several in telligent, indnstriousyonng men, with their ies, are going out to Memphis on the steamorthattakes this, to take cotton lands in yonr vicinity to cultivate on shares or on lease, payable in stipulated portions of the crop. If they find that all the condi tions of the lease arc fulfilled in good faith by the planters, doubtless scores of other families will follow them, and make a very valuable element of yonr community. It is sad to find how few of even skill ed acd industrious mechanics, as well as fatm laborers, can raise money enongh, even by borrowing, to pay their sea and inland fares to points less distant that Memphis or St. Louis. After being oat of work for two or three months, their savings are gen erally exhausted. As an illustration : wc advertised in (he leading paper in this town for a groom for a gentleman in Milwaukee. Ten young men well fitted for the place applied for it in twenty fonr hours. Of these only one conld pay bis fare all the way to Wisconsin. Most of them were intelli gent looking young men. One had been the military servant of Lord Raglan in the Crimea; had earned good wages, bnt had infirm and aged parents to assist. This may be perhaps taken as a fair measure of the means of working men of various occu pations in this country. Not more than one in ten can raise the money to pay tbeir passage to the Mississippi or even to the Hudson. Bnt even at this rate of ability we conld send out a large number of good laborers of every trade and occupation, if good, definite and guaranteed offers were made for them. But they must know pre cisely to what party they are to go, the ser vice required, and the wages to be paid per week, month or year. With regard to noose servants, such as cooks and house maids, not more than twenty can pay her own passage by sea and inland. So that parties applying for such “help” must ad vance to the agency the whole fare from Liverpool to the place of their destination in America, to be deducted from their first wages. We take every precaution to send out only such as are very highly recom mended as faithful and competent in eveiy way for household service. We are much pleased that some of the first operations of onr agency were diiected to Tennessee, and hope yonr State will de rive no little advantage from onr efforts. Yotus truly, Ellhu Burritt. Horse thieves are now hung at sight in Texas whenever they are caught. A trav eler in that State writes that he fonnd sev en of them hung on trees in a ride of five miles, and a Texas paper says that the crop of such fruit fa large this season throughout the State. Delegates to the General Conker- znce.—We learn from a private letter that the Sonth Georgia M. E. Conference, which has been in session several days at Cnth- bert, have elected the following delegates to the General Conferedcc which meets next May at Memphis, Tennessee : Clerical Delegates:—Dr. L. Pierce, Sam’l Anthony, Dr. J. E. Evans, Dr. E. H. Myers, and one to elect. Lag Delegates.—Gen. A. H. Colquitt, Jndge Jackson, of Macon, Dr. Green, CoL J. Jones, Dr. Lovitt. SCHEMES FOR THE INJURY OF V- -- - GEORGIA. On the 24th day of November the Bad ical Executive Committee of Georgia had a iecretseision. Among them were Bide lock, Blodgett, Halbert, Farrow, Blount, Conley, Jeff. Long, and ethers. ~ We had intended to have ventilated the matter sooner, ba we desired to get at the facts folly, and onr attention has beca ab sorbed in the municipal election. , The session was stormy. In the morn, ing a committee was appointed to report upon urging Congress to reconstruct Geor- gfa- The committee" was Farrow, Halbert Coply, Jeff Long, and another negro. All but Conly reported against any fur- tli er reconstruction. Conly made a minori ty Report urging it A hot discussion en sued. Pending the discussion the committee adjturned for dinner. JP’hjJeljhey were out, Bullock and-Blod gett got hold of the negro members and secured a majority in their views, and on the reassembling of the committee a ma jority of them sustained the minority re port. This report calls for Congressional inter vention in the affairs of Georgia immediate ly. No particular bill fa asked for, but the reseating of the negroes in the Legislature, and the manipulation of that body to give Gov. Bullock its control, fa sought to he ac complished fy Congressional authority. As to Bollock seeking Dr. Miller’s place iu the Senate, that fa denied, and fa not probable, as it wonld hardly compensate Bollock to give up three years as Governor for a few monthi as Senator. FartoW and Halbert, it fa said, both op posed the thing. The majority were against them. How far they will acquiesce fa a matter of some speculation. They both owe their position to Bollock, and can illy afford to break with him. Bnt the rumors are rife that they will resist the matter. This fa extremely uncertain. Bullock left for Washington to carry out the programme, and urge Congress to haul the State to tow. It fa said he carried large amounts of money with him, and has more to draw on. Blodgett and Harris, it is rumored, will leave for Washington in a day or so. The secret proceedings of the committee will be printed and laid before Congress The publication oi Bullock’s proclamation, claiming an extravagant condition of hos tility to Union men in the State, and offer ing rewards foT murderers, fa a piece of the same cloth. Suspension Bridge* In china. The construction of suspension bridges has been thought a signal achievement by the Western nations, bnt in China they are of great antiquity, and many still exist. They are made of iron chains, and their mode of construction resembles, in the main that used in the Western countries. They are, however, generally confined to the moon taioous re-Jons, and span rivers whose nav igation fa interrupted. There fa one over a river in the Ynnnan province that is said to have been first built by one famous Chu-koh-hand more than two thonsand years ago; and there fa a second and mnch larger one in the Kwelohow pro vince, spanniag the river Pei. This lattei was built during the ming dynasty. It consists of many chains stretched across the river, and fastened firmly in the stone on either hank; from natural elevations above, other chains depend, and are made fast to the span, and there also chains fas tened to it from below, the object being to make the bridge as firm as possible. A plank floor is laid on this bed of chains. Of 1,777 Protestant missionaries, 533 are in India and Ceylon, 277 in Sonth Africa, 217 in Gniana and the West Indies, 196 in the Pacific Islands and the China Sea, 133 in China and Japan, 132 in West Af rica and 89 in Western Asia. The large numbers in South Africa and British col onies include many pastors of feeble church es of English settlers who aro not proper ly foreign missionaries. The Low Church Bishops, Mclivaine, Alfred Lee, Johns, Payne, H. W. Lee, Bedell, Stevens, Vail and Whitaker, have addressed a letter to the other members of the House of Bishops, proposing that “alternate phrases as a modification in the office for the ministration of baptism of in fants” be allowed. They solicit the co opera tion of the other bishops in an effort to bring about this mild reform. Th i statistics for the Methodest Church South are, summarily, as follows :— 7n 1868. In 1867. Traveling preachers 1,495 2,389 incres-j 107 Local preachers, 4,413 3,932 increase 4tl White members, 503,593 472,434 31,112 Colored members. 32.095 54,173 dee. 22,087 In addition to the above tnere are 179 superannuated preachers. There are in the Holston Confederence 75 Indian mem bers, and in the Indian Mission Conference 2.226 comprehended in the table among the colored members. There are also 9 bish ops. According to the American Presbyterian the united Presbyterian Church raised last year 86,047,042 for congregational purpose; for ministerial relief, 856,162; for the four causes of education, home and foreign mis sions, church election and publication, 81,- 214,310; for contingent expenses of the assembles, 838,706; for miscellaneous pur- loses, 8760,690—being a total of $8,166,- 114. This fa considerably below the real sum. In numbers they are surpassed by the Methodists, the Methodists Sonth, the Baptists and the Diciples. Next below them in numbers come the Lutherans, Con- gregationalfats and Episcopalians. Were all the the denominations which accept Presbyterian polity to be united, including the German and the Dutch Reformed, they wonld number over 900,000. Oglethorpe University.—The Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe College conven ed in this city on the 1st inst., and affirmed the action of the Synod of Georgia in refer ence to the removal of the College to At lanta, on condition that the Gate City raise forty thousand dollars in money ,and furnish a title deed to ten or twelve acres of suitails ground on which to erect the hnUdings for the said institution. If these terms are not complied with by the fiist of March, then the.Trnstces are at fnll.liberty to accept a proposition from any town or city in the State, in relation to the location and endow ment of the College. The citizens of Atlanta express the ut most confidence that the necessary sum can be secured by the time above indicated. Messrs. Nisbet, Gresham and Anderson, of Macon, are a committee appointed to select tbesite oftheinstitntion and to arrange all the preliminaries. The friends of Oglethorpe intend to employ every agency in their pow er to revive and re-endow it —Macon Tel- The name of Scott’s Monthly has been changed to the Cosmopolitan. Conference met at 9 a m. Religions services conducted by Rev. Josiah Lewis. Most of this morniog’s session was con sumed in the election of local preachers to deacon’s and elder’s orders. The questions that came np in relation to these matters were thoroughly sifted. The character of superannuated preach ers was brought under review this morn ing. Oneef them had died during the year—Rev. James Qailliiuu, who, when he had forgotten hfa friends, remembered .the Redeemer, and talked well upon the sub ject of religion. This fa a most venerable band of veterans. The Conference hon ors them, and they have deserved well of the church and of 1: the country. They are Wm. J. Parks, Jesse W. Carroll, J. B. C. QnilliaB, Edmund W. Reynolds, Jno. P Howell, Jas. B. Payne, Henry Cranford, Andrew J. Deavors. Miller H. White, Jno. M. Bright. Rev. Dr. Wiley, President Emory and Henry College, and Rev. Mr.. Arbogast, President Martha Washington College r ad- dressed the Conference in the interests of the Institutions over which they presided. Delegates were elected on Monijay to the next annual Conference. Annouccements were made, and Confer ence adjourned with the benediction. Flftb Day. Conference met at 9 o’clock. The reli gions services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Wiley. Tbe following resolution, introduced by Rev. W. J. Scott, was adopted by a rising vote : “Whereas, The Baptist Church, of this eity, through one of its deaeon’s, Thomas J Perry, Esq., has tendered this Conference the proceeds of its monthly collection, on yesterday, in support of our domestic mis sions; therefore. Resolved, That this generous expression of Christian courtesy and sympathy from a sister denomination fa highly appreciated by ns, and that we will ever cherish it in lively and grateful remembrance, as one of tbe most pleasant incidents of onr present session. Resolved, That the Secretary be request ed to transmit a copy of this resolution to Rev. Mr. Gwaltney, the Paster of said Church, and also furnish copies to the city papers for publication. Albert W. Rowland and Eldridge K At kin, were readmitted into the traveling con nection. Wm. M Winn, Felix P Brown, Benj. E Ledbetter,' Thoe. H Simmons, Wesley G Hanson, were admitted on trial. The interestingfeatoreof the morning’s session was the election of delegates to the General Conference, to meet at Memphis, Tennessee, next spring. On the first ballot the following delegates were eleeted: Jesse Boring, W J Parks, W H Potter and W P Harrison. On the second ballot Atticus G Haygood and Alfred T Mann, were elected. Reserves W R Branham, H J Adams, and G J Pearce. Lay Delegates, Bev. J E Godfrey, Col. Geo. N Lester, Dr. J P Garvin, T M Merriwether, Esq., H R Harris and L D Palmer. Reserve Delegates, W A Tuner, C H Johnson, Dr. L. Smith, W S Tfaomp. son, F L Little and Jndge Jno. J. Floyd. Reported lor the TrI-Weekty Courier. Insurance Rates Lower —Since the exhibition made by the Mountain City fire Engine on Satuday evening, the Insurance Agents in this city,have about concluded to lower the Insuence rates on buildings, Ac. about 80 per cent. She threw direct from the engine four streams through Siamese connections to a very .considerable distance and with vigorous force. These streams wonld worry a fire pretty badly. When the Rainbow comes ont with her Siamese connections, we suppose Insurance Agents will then pay a premium for the privilege of insuring a house. We are betting our bottom dollar on the fire department ot Rome. We welcome to oar table the Hancock Journal, which come3 rejoicing in the foot that Mr. C. S. DuBose fa its associate Ed itor. This young gentleman possesses con- si derale talent. Yon have ou best wishes Charlie. Mrs. Jas. A. Oates’ Burlesque and Operatic Troupe.—This Company will be in Rome and plays at the City Hall on the 20th and 21st insts. They are highly extolled by the Press in Louisville and oth er places. See adv. Personal-—We are pleased to learn that Mr. Goodloe Yancey, has become connected with the Atlanta Intelligencer. Mr. Yancey is a man of consummate talent and we welcome him cordially to the realm of newspaperdom. We simply mention that he fa a son of the celebrated Wm.YAKCEY, to say that he fa a son,'worthy hfa tire. Success to yon, Goodloe. Wo are informed that CoL Foster, of this place, was robbed last week of about 81800 in gold and $10,700 in enrrenoy. The money was in hfa trunk in CoL Foster’s residence, and the thief carried away the trank and its contents. No cine has as yet been obtained as to the pepetrator of the crime.—Tuskegee News. The Mobile Weekly Register, the oldest Democratic paper inthe South,fa arid to hare reached a larger circulation than was ever attained by any Journal Sonth of Mosod and Dixon’s line. It fa foil of interesting varied matter having an able Agricultural Department, presided over by the veteran Editor and successful Agriculturist, Hon C.C. Langdon. Its General Literatue, Poetry, Stories, Ac., make it highly accep table to the ladies. The coming year will open with a new continued story, of deep interest, by one ol the most distinguished writers of the day. Tbe price was recently reduced to 83,00 per year which, for so large a paper (12 pa ges,) fa extremely cheap. Washington, Dec. 9.—House.—After an effectual effort to investigate the recent gold horror, the census bill was resumed Sen atx.—The'. Reconstruction Committee heard a dozen speeches regarding Virginia, and adjourned to qatarday, when other argu meets must be submitted in writing. The disability bill is now before the Presi dent It is" House bill No. 331. The London News, commenting on Presi dent Grant’s Message, says that the Ameri cans want indemnity for their feelings on the Alshama question rather than there trade or pockets. Bone, Dec. 9.—The Ecumenical was open ed by the Pope. Seven hundred Bishops fol lowed him in the procession. Washington, Dec. 9.—Revenue receipts near half million. Customs for the week ending December 4th, orer two and a -quarter millions. The President nominated John F. Dillon Circuit Jndge of the 8th Circuit. This clos- eses the Circuit Judge vacancies. SENATE. The District Committee is directed to in quire into the propriety of repealing tbe charter of a medical society for rejecting ne gro rotes. Trumbull reported, with amendments from the Committee on Judiciary, a bill relating to the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The bin, as amended, declares that the ju dicial power of the United States gives no powers to the courts to decide upon political questions, and that it rests with Congress to decide upon political questions, and that it rests with Congress to decide what gov ernment fa the established one in any State. It prohibits the Supreme Court from entertaining jurisdiction of any case growing out of the execution of the recon struction acts until the government of the late rebellions States are recognized by Congress as valid. It repeals all acts authorizing ap peals to the Supreme Court in habeas corpus proceedings. The President fa directed to hold and proceed with all prisoners held , in said States by military authorities without regard to any civil proceedings of authority whatever. . . House.—llr. Schenck introduced'a bill to complete the reconstruction of Georgia. Mr. Van Tramp presented a joint resolu tion of the Ohio Legislature, withdrawing the ratification of the I5th Amendment. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Montgomebv, Dec. 9.—In the Senate to day there was a strong debate over the bill to break up the present city government of Mo bile, and turn it over to a triumvirate, con sisting of the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and the Attorney General It was so amended as to give the power of ap pointment to the Governor, The bill was then recommitted. In the House, by a vote of 42 to 29, Mr. Brown, Democrat of Chambers, was declared not entitled to hfa seat. A motion was made to reconsider the vote to-morrow. Nashville, Dec. 9.—The Senate has pass ed a bill to the first reading forbidding in dictment for acts committed by soldiers dar ing the war. Washington. Dee. 10.—San Francisco.— The Governor’s message recommends State aid to facilitate emigration from Europe and the Eastern States. He says the Legislature has the power to prohibit Chinese emigration, and favors the removal of all barriers to Chinese testimony, not only as an act of justice, bnt sound policy. Washington, Dec. 9.—Senate—No session. House protest against the admission of Booker. Fourth Virginia District refused an elec tion. A straggle between the banking and cur rency and ways and means committees, re garding reference of financial bills growing. Census bill resumed. Supreme Court dismissed the appeal from Louisiana in the case of New Orleans, .ts- New York Steamship Company. Montconest. Dec. 10.—In the House to day Brown, of Chambers, Democrat, was voted ont of hfa seat, and refused the privi lege of spreading hfa protest on the JonrnaL A motion to'seatWord, hfa contestant, was voted down. McKinstry, Republican, of Mobile, was voted a seat to-day in the House, in place of Magee who was recently ejected -on the ground of inelligibility for having been a Road Commissioner before the war. The name of McKinstry was in the list of persons whose disabilities were removed this week by congress. Washington, Dec. 10—Revenue to-day one fourth million. The awards made by the Court of Chums for cotton captured by the military, aggre gates seven hundred and thirty-tonr thousand dollars, in twenty nine cases. The Govern ment has appealed in them all The census bill was discussed all day. Louisville, Dec. 10.—Congressman Gol- liday fa the prominent candidate for Senate from Kentucky. He favor repudiation on moral and legal points, citing precedents in support oi repudiation of our own and for eign countries. St. Johns N. B., Dec-10.—Last night be ing very cold the crew of the schooner Ketch- em built a fire in the stove and closed the hatches. Fonr dead this morning. The New York Tribune says dispatches •from Cuba confirm the defeat of the Span- ards at San Jose. Also an account of se vere punishment of negroes at Sagua. Num ber of stripes from two to eight hundred. Tho Diaro D La Marian says the -Spanish district Holqnin unable to move for want of reinforcements. Three thousand troops nec essary. Troops suffering from severe sick- :ss. Seven sugar estates destroyed in Rcnedfas district, five in Trindad, three in Cionfugas. Col. Cameron, with 600 men and five pieces of artillery, attacked the Cubans at Vegas del Costellavo. Tbe fight lasted four hoars. The Spaniards were repulsed with great loss. Forty-seven dead left on the field. Official statistics from HaTanna show from the commencement of the war with the Span isha loss of 8,000 killed in battle; 5,000 from disease; two thonsand deserted to the Cubans; 3,000 now rick. New Yoee. Dec. 10.—The Spanish gun boats were released to-day, and will proceed to sea immediately.' London, Dec. 11.—Burling formation that the Chinese government Las ratified the American treaty- House.—The committee of ways and means are instructed to inquire into the ex- pcd.eny of relieving the provision trade from taxation. A bill was introduced dispensing with specie from the Revenue service. New York, Dee. 11.—Pere Hyacinthe sailed for France tj-day. Augusta, Dee. 11.—The reported Co- ban expeditions from this place fa a hoax. There has been no disturbance between whites and blacks in Edgefield, S. C._ New Yoke, Dec. 12.—At a large meeting of Tennessee bondholders facts developed show Tennessee bonds to be 39,000,000, ot which 30,000,000 were issued to Railroads. One-half those roads could pay on demand. Tho Railroads actually cost 69,000,000. A committee goes to Tennessee to induce the Legislature to place the defaulting roads in the hands of Commissioners, for the bene fit of the bondholders. ■ Spanish gunboats not quite ready. 18 will leave in a short time. New Orleans, Dec. 12.—Galveston returns received. Thirteen additional counties all give majorities to Hamiltoa—aggregate 19()7, leaving Davis’ majority, as far as heard from, 7,107. Flanagan, Radical elected Lieut: Governor by a large majority. The Legislature largely BadicaL Washington, Dec. 13.—The American ship Crescent City, which started from Sa vannah on the 13th of October for Liverpool, was abandoned at sea. She was loaded with cotton. House.—Butler asked tho publication of three bills tor the admission of Virginia,’ to expedite the election committee. To-morrow, a vast number of bills under regular call, including many disabilities. * Senate.—Carpenter introduced a joint res olution forbidding the departure of the Span ish gunboats. Kellogg introduced a bill authorizing a Navy Yard at New Orleans. The Judiciary Committee bill regarding Georgia follows the suggestions of the Presi dent, with the addition that tde reconstruct ed Legislature shall be provisional until the members and Senators are seated. Prospect of Virginia’s admission brigh ten ing. Nbw Orleans, Dec. 13—A. Houston spe cial says returns have been received from 87 counties. Hamilton’s majority in 45 coun ties 8,986. Davis’ majority in 42 counties 12 322; Davis 3,572 ahead; forty counties to hear from, . Registered whites, 16,454, colored 9,233 Davis leads one-sixth of the colored register ed vote. The Legislature now stands Con servative, Senate 13; House 41; Radicals, Senate 12; House 34. Entire Radical State ticket, except Governor, elected. Hamilton’s friends churn his election by two thousand. ill Armstrong and Conyers, conservatives, be lieved to be elected to Congress. NIGHT DISPATCHES. Washington, Dec. 13.—Canvass of Con- ■ gross shows that action toward Georgia be withheld an til after the meeting, of the Leg Ialnre; when, if the negroes are reseated, the matter be dropped. Otherwise the meas ures foreshadowed in Carpenter's bill and Mortons amendment will be enforced. Gov. Bullock urges immediate action. Senator Trumbull, in the commiteee op poses the whole move. He is alone, however. President withdraws the nomination of D D Sugner, Assessor 4th Georgia district; also, H L Jones, as receiver of public money at New Orleans. Judges Davis and Nelson dissented from the opinion of the court declaring the taxa tion State bank notes constitntionaL Revenue today seven hnndred thousand dollars. The Judiciary Committee will report unfa vorably upon the nomintion of Zemafor cir cuit Jndge of the 6th district, unless the President withdraws him. The State Department hasofficial informa tion that 21 states have adopted the 15th amendment. House.—Among the hills introduced in the House wasa bill to build a Federal Court House at Raleigh, N. C. Also, a bill providing for the payment of loyal citizens for Quarter Master and Com missary stores taken by Federal troops. Atso, a resolution endorsing the Presidents views regarding the reciprocity treaty. It is now 12 o’clock and no dispatches yet. Whose fault is this?—think printers don’t want any sleep.—Es. Courier. ORDINATION. On Sunday morning Bishop Doggett or dained the following preachers, deacons— Henry J. Ellis, Sidney Babcock, Jno. M. Bowden, Cnrtfas, A. Connoway, Wesley G. Hanson, Alonzo M. Campbell,Franklin M. T. Brannan, Robt. T. Wilkerson, Oliver P Bitch. In tbe afternoon assisted by several el ders Bishops Doggett ordained the follow ing preachers elders, Wm. D. Heath,Tbos. H- Seals, Wm. P. Kramer, Jno. W. Heidt Amicus W. Williams, Wm. P. Riven, Joseph C. Holmes and James R. Mayaon. We havo received from Wm. N. McDon ald of Louisville Ky., a School Book entitled “A Southern Hfatoiy of the U. S. The authors claim that if fa superior to any school hfatoiy published. In support of this they call attention to the following: 1st. That its novel arrangement ren ders the narrative unusually clear and in teresting. 2nd. That it gives to Southern events their longwithheld hat just historic prom inence. 3rd. That it gives a true and hence a new account of the late war. The authors admit that one of their ob jects in preparing the works was to preserve, In the hearts of the American youth, an honest pride in the history of the Sonth. Summary Execution.—We learn that the negro man, oi whom we made mention some weeks since violated the persons of two yonng ladies, twelve or fifteen miles distant in the country from this eity, wae arrested in Cnthbert, Ga., some dsye since and summarily executed by the enraged citizens last Friday^ *hat fa known as Brick’s old field, in tbs neigtborbood of where the crime was committed Jnstien may be alow bnt it fa always on the tnek of, and will dways overtake, the griky.—Eu- faula Macs. - 1