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tlw i«te«B*nw»r. Atlanta, osorqia prdcn. At this day Egyptian cotton wn used tu aovcn-ciglitii* of the article* In which Son Is land cotton was formerly out|>loyod. The plan tations of the South were not worth the twen tieth purl of whnt they wore before the war. _ _ ^ H.mlnn. Dm. IB. lUf. i Alter tlicao Blnlotuents, Mr. Sprnguo might well Saturday «*ornlns.J»a«. i ^ ^ w|i||o K lftm , ^ WWI , (Uwiy >,*>, H Me Miuvn 1 lor the purpose ol producing cotton, the Joint- To r , IN rriUni nr unnraln. ’ h » d conqn. rod territory merely to j Such in the expose ol n pritctlcnl tnitn end a I representative of the indnetrlal Intercut ol tho I country on the floor of the Senate. If it had tiecn made In n British House of l uminous, or IHTtlAI, 1 ■nttc, > 07. ) Itooue ('ohskhvaTITk Centrat Executive Committee, Macon, Oa.. 1>oc- 80. HW' ConcervaUTO Clubs already lornttnl in this State, will please report their organisation and address forthwith to these headquarters. Counties where clubs are not formed are earn- wily Invited to take immediate action, and to- port the same a* above. HT AU communications should Iw address ed : OoJtnnnvaTivnCentral Executive Com- MtTTtn, Macon, UaJ Bv order ol the Committee. J. It. 8NEKD, Secretary. *.« Conservative paper* tliroughout the State will please gWe tho above a low Insertions, and urge upon the people the liiqiorwncu el immedi ate organization. ■'Artist laStkMS Is Ikh OSes Are requested to come forward and pay up their indebtedneea. It have what is itsjust due. We give Uds notice now, especially to these engaged in businese in this city and else where, who have used the columns of this Jour nal as an advertising medium. A word to the wise is sufllciont! tiossrsor Brswa u* *• «• Dahhlna os Ihs Dallef «aaa»la«. Wo notice in tho “ Opinion " ol tho 86th inst. that Mr. M. G. Dobbins, a gentleman of extreme v,I proclivities In this city, is somewhat dis turbed at Governor Brown’s relief letter to the President ol the so-called Stale Convention, and occupies a column and a hall ol that paper to reply to it, addressing the aforesaid President, U,e Hon. J. R- Parrot," in doing so. With the merits ol the controversy between the two Governor Brown and Mr. Dobbins—we shall have nothing to say; our object in noticing it now tating only to ofler a Uriel comment upon a soli tary eentence in the letter of tho aforesaid gen tleman of extreme radical proclivities, Mr. M. O. Dobbins. Thst sentence reads as follows. Ad dressing Mr. Parrot, Mr. Dobbins says: •• Ihegyou and the honorable body over which you preside, not to attempt the establishment ol a government on any such foundation. If you do, I predict It will cause trouble and confusion. The "foundation" referred to in tho foregoing by Mr Dobbins, is the interfering by the Con vention, with the sacred obligation of contracts in other words, repudiation. Now is it no; strange thst a man who is willing to lorce negr supremacy upon tho South; to make it the .fob a dation tor a new state government; should up prebend eny danger, or stickle at any measure of relief that may be proposed by Gov. Browi or anybody else? Is it not strange that a nisi tainted with radical wn to the extent that Mr Dobbins is, should bo so sensitive on the subject of relief, and that for the grave reason only thn “ it tedl cause trouble and conf utt'on t" Mr. Dob bins has no voice to raise, no letter to write, in behalf of the oppressed white race of the South to which he once belonged, but from which h hat ostracised hirnsoU— no, not a word—but In dote have a voice to raise, and a long letter n write, when contractt are threatened to be dis turbed. Ia the one case the pocket is only affect etl! In the other, everything that is dear to Hu white man! Truly, Mr. Dobbius is very disin terested, and inordinately patriotic! had heeu delivered even a few years ago in the American Senate, such nu appeal would Itnvoex- cited profound attention. But whnt is the du st ruet ion of a great national industry to the Rad ical party immorsed in schemes ol President making V Their cry is, perish commerce, per isli manufactures, perish cotton, perish tho poor ‘ ids t f ol the revenge by which tilts party proposes to negro, who depends on this last industry lor Ills ’irrGj W tax' WV|'VII«ie via sisin sikps himwomj •••>' daily bread, rat Iter Ilian sacrifice one jot or littlo tin pcipctuate its power. But while these truths nvty tall on closed cars in the Houate, they will not pass unheeded by the great business and mercantile classes of the cmtulrv. These, and all thinking and pnrtrlotie men wilt inquire what iwrty is responsible lor this state of tilings, and they will see tint tho expulsion of these bad nteu Irom power is the first step towards tcllcv- powi ing the public distress. The picture drawn by Mr. Sprague in tho foregoing, is quite a glomy one. We are inclined to think that it is too darkly colored. Should it prove, however, to be a trutliiul one—that Ameri can Cotton has lost its supremacy in the markets of Ettropo, tlien indeed will the American pco pie begin to enquire what party is responsible for the cry “perish commerce, i>eris mauulact urea, perish cotton, perish the poor negro, who depeuds on this last industry for ids daily bread, rather than sactilice one Jot or tittle ol the revenge by which tills party proposes to perpetuate its power." And in the enquiry tho people will scon come to the correct conulusiou. Then woe to tiie betrayers of their country's best interest! Swill will be their paiiialimcnt. Least ol all will it consist in their being hurled from ponwer, or from place anil station; for uo more will they he trusted hy their fellow men, the linger of scorn being ever pointed at them. upon these grottmiOM?wffl^mpractloabla Irom the acnttcrc I condition and heterogeneous character of our population. With a population averaging practically at wn to the square mile, you tvinnof bring the school In wire and the school master to every mail’s door. At present tho average population to tho square mile in three eo-terinillotlH, Now England Slides, Massachu setts, t’oiiuecticnt and Rhode Island, docs not (all lar short of 190, whllo in the three coder- minors Status Georgia, Florida and Alabama, it docs not exceed 11 to tho sqttnro mile, lu the former States the imputation is homogeneous and wealthy, while iu Dio latter it is eomposod ill nearly equal proportions of two widely different races, ouch naturally repugnant to commingling socially with the other, l’raclioally therefore we are as if wo had but seveu to the square mile, so lar as relates to a system of common schools. Wccannot tlien import (lie New England system, even If wo desired it. But nre our difficulties insuperable ? Cun we do nothing hecauso wo cannot ape New England ? Shall we nut rather liy united counsels, by con siderate and eauliotis yet determined action, devise and establish lor ourselves some plan of our own, which will accomplish the great object we have in view: tho lull dcvclopeincnt oi nil the moral and Intellectual resources of our coun try? Looking to this noble end, why tnay not the pnhiic authorities establish in every district ol lorty or filly miles square a public school, ami hy adopting and utilizing tho manual labor prin ciple make that school self-supporting ? Twenty- live such school* would bring a school house and a school master within twenty-live miles of every mail's door, and, to a vast majority, much nearer. The State thus presenting to all the opportunity <>t education, should not permit its policy to be defeated ; lull should take measures lo compel de linquents to nvail themselves of it,and thus secure hy its combined imuiitlccucc and power, the uni versal education of all the children iu the State Is there anything Impracticable, any tiling even difficult to minds resolved, in the establishment ol such schools? If there is let it lie pointed out. Tims fur it lias eluded alike all my obser vation and all iny reflections upon the subject. An origiual expenditure of one or two hundred thous and dollars would build and equip establishments enough upon tills plan to bring the opportunity of education within the reacli of all. Suppose it would take hull a million. Even tlien n sim ple poll-tax, made applicable by law to educa tional purposes alone, would furnish the means to establish the system and to sustain it, until it should lie so organized, perfected, and governed as lo bo self-supporting. Of course this system could not he reasonably expected, any more than any other, to work well iu all ita parts at the very moment of its first adoption. Tirno, obser vation, reflection, and experience are the great correctors oi all human inventions and Institu tions. We must adopt the best system in our pow cr. looking to our means and situation, and then rely upon those reformatory principles for its gradual amendment, perfection, and firm estab lishment. Not only does a system of common schools, upon the manual labor plan, stem to he the best suited to our situation as a sparsely settled peo ple, of different races and very limited means ; but it has other mcrils upon which it may fairly claim the favorable consideration of the iViends of geueral education. It requires that the educa tional establishments should be situated for I In most part in tho country, remote from all those allurements and temptations to idleness and vice which abounds in cities, towns, and villages. It thus favors industry in the pursuitof knowledge. It does mote. It favors the formation of virluouB habits and the preservation of good morals. It favors and promotes the eradication of false ideas and pernicious sentiments from the public miud on the subject of labor. It will lie a grand era in our history when we shall have learned to think and feel that it is idleness, not labor, Hint is disgraceful. Then indeed may we set up a monument ol progrtss. Then shall we have laid a broad, deep, and solid loundation for a grand advance, first in material, and thence by uecessary consequence in social, moral, and in tellectual improvement, And, while this system tends thus to eradicate these false ideas and senti ments from the popular mind, that very eradica tion will, by rcciprocul action, tend to deveiope, improve, and perfeet the system, and establish it firmly and permaueutly iu the confidence und the affections of the people. By its requirement oi regular and moderate exercise of the body, this system tends not only to the preservation of bodily health, hut to the full development of all the physical [towers.— Tliis is no small praise. Sound and healthy bodies are the fit habitations and instruments of vigorous and manly intellects. Nor ought the labor to he uninstructive or undclightlul. Far from it. How instructive nml pleasing might it not be made to study in connection witli agri cultural labor, the composition, texture and ca pabilities of various soils -, to contrive with this accurate knowledge of soils, a like scientific and accurate knowledge of various manures, becom ing thus qualified to improve the tillage of our country! To trace those qualities in soils which udapt them to the growth oi certain crops, the organization and chemical nature of which must also lie known, becoming thus qualified to use the soil to the greatest possible advantage. The pupils will thus learn a great truth, long over looked, and sadly neglected to the incalculable detriment of tho Btatc, that agriculture bits the most intimate relations with the sciences, and depends for Us highest development and success upon a thorough knowledge oi these sciences.— Thus far our agriculture lias been almost wholly tentative and empyrical. It has been the gene ral opinion that those employed in agriculture required but little education. Sad mistake !— May wo not reasonably expect that such a sys tem us is here hinted at, will pul a new face, not only upon our agriculture, but upon the lace of tho State itself? Milton, iu his celebrated trac tate on education, recommended the study ot agriculture, uveu when there were no hooks on Hie subject written in his own language. II so great, good and wise a man as John Milton thought Hie youth of England should study ag riculture in books written not only in a foreign fbngue, but long before his age, in countries re mote from England, wliat should be our opinion in this age, when science has so clearly demon strated her intimate and manifold relations with that noblest of all occupations? If Milton thought that by the study ol tho agricultural writings o! Cuto, Varro and Columella, schools modeled upon the plan be recommended would semi forth their pupils qualilicd “ lo improve His Ullage ot their country, lo recover the bud soil and remody the waste tliut is made of good,” what might not pupils, educated as hero recom mended, under Ute full midday beam of modern science, lie reasonably expected to do for their country ? But manual labour is by uo incun* restricted to agriculture. I do not know that any one has ever suggested other employments ns proper to lio connected with schools upon the plan re commended. It might he well worth while lo inquire how f ir mechanical trades may lie sac ue.sillily brought into tluir service. Home brunches ol intumlacluring industry might per haps lie made tho basis for schools on the manual labour plan especially lor the education ol le- niuli-s. We have all heard some boasts of the means ol education nflorded to "factory girls" in islalillsIimentB where (lie prime object win Hie aerimuilallon of wealth not the education ol Prom thi Opihku RdConUr, To I tie Public. Mv name having appeared iu the list sent to Congress Ivy the Convention for tho removal ol political disabilities, I take occasion to say that the same was done without my approval, con sent or knowledge, and that I do not nfllliale or sympathize witli that Convention norcan I sup port the Constitution it bus framed. In supporting John C. Meadors for tiie Con vention I was actuated hy motives of a personal nature and my confidence in iiis patriotism.— Tliis confidence be lias still further deserved by his tnaniy protest against the work ot that Con vention. A. J. Cooper. A If at for tho Southens BstUesis to track Daring tho Christmas Holidays. The Anti-Slavery Standard announces that the Republican party in Congress is falling to pieces, being constantly betrayed by its «wn friends. The great organization—the grandest, it says, ol all mere political parties ever formed, “ lias no enemy so dangerous as the cowardly and trench ' erous, tiie timid time-server, and the mete expe diency-mongers who dwell within its holders. In Congress it fails constantly. It is falling to pieces dady. A chief reason ia because it lias no leader, no one brave enough to strike back, or sagacious enough to see a blow and ward it off. Whatever elso might lie said of Mr. Stc- vens’ leadership, it had the merit ol striking bad, and of being always ready to attack when lib erty was threatened. A crowd oi inert rcspcc- tabilities now strive to rule. All of them art secretly conscious of tlicir unfitness for the posi tion their ambition aspires to. So alt strike lu prevent other men from that direction. Schcuck is too cross, Kelley is deemed too egotistical, Boutwell and Shellabarger too modest, (a quality with which not many are afflicted) Butler is ton imprudent on an emergency, and Logan is not yet a skillful enough parliamentarian. Julian would be best, but he is too hard worked and weary a man to undertake Hie task. For all practical purposes Mr. Btevcns hi of the past, ex cept so lar as he can counsel. “ It is no use disguising tho tact. The tic gab lUan party is not note one. Three ore hvo distinct parties in it* midst. Tiie question is really which ahall keep Hie great name and maintain the splendid organization. This honor belongs by all that is just to the Radicals. Tho Unnserva tlves have no claim, many of them are petty and peddling soldiers ot .fortune, while the others an jaundiced and disappointed politicians, wh< grieve at being so near statesmanship and una hie to mako tho people recognize them as such What transpired on Hie black days—a tw in grace—loot week has given a final, if yet urn; rated, blow at the unity of the party. Nothing Ain keep these discordant elements togellic long, except the pressure ot an outside danger overwhelming as that which drove them into fit elon when Sumter was fired upon. The repub iican party in Congress might have survived though that is doubtful, the defeat ol impeach meat “There ere other measures that might Imvc ml lied the shattered elements. But it can nrfvr r .sur vive the utter wreck ol mutual confidence w hich haa resulted from the tyrannical and shameless eon duct of the majority which destroyed the nation great hope. That conjunction of Conservative lean and coppei head lusts was fully exemplified hy the manner in which they crushed all debnte, destroyed free discussion, and made parliumcn tttry liberty a jest, brought reshape and scorn tiie highest prerogative bestowed hy tho Constitution on Hie National Legl .laturc. The tyranical con duet of the majority in preventing debate has swept away the lest hopes among discerning men of looking to kcepiug the Republican parly intact." Grants's Position —The principal topic ot conversation here at tliis time is the attitude in which recent events have placed General Grant. His “ private letter” to the President expostula ting against the removal ol Stanton, has created quite an excitement. Tho contents ot this letter were well known to the parlies iu Congress who were instrumental in uucarthing it, aud it is therefore supposed that ita publication was sought with malicious motives. No real friend ot the General, certainly, could desire such a dis- losure. Independently of tlm impudence aud gnorence exhibited by tiie writer, the style, grammar aud orthography ot the original are ab solutely appaliiug. Even as corrected tor publi cation, there is uot a single sentence ot grammat ical English from the beginning to the end of it. Besides all this, it deiends the whole conduct ot a man whom Congress itself lias abandoned to the merited fate ot u discnmfhtrd petty tyrant, who has not at this moment a friend on earth, Grant excepted. Surprise is also expressed that W.'lsou, Chairman ol the House Judiciary Com mittee, should have exposed the endorsement of Giant upon the vindictive and lying report ot Holt in the Lusk case. Altogether, these expo sures have ruiued Grant’s prospects for the Pres idency, and it is supposed in well informed cir cles that the friends of Ch'ise will in n short time be in tiie ascendant, ii they ure not so already.-— Cor. Baltimore Gazette, ltec. 23. col, 9. Foiicls*’* Report on Mnuual l.ubor Reboots. ri BUjUm BY THE UNANIMOUS REQUEST Of THE elOR- U1A TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. On Colton. The National Intelligencer of the 2-liii inst. contains the following article on cotton : Mr. Sprague, of Rhode Island, rarely oh- trufiee himself upon the Senate; hut Ids ruuatks of Friday last on the repeal ol tiie cotton tax were more weighty und worthy ot considered"!! than nine-tenths of the platitudes which tin dominant party in that body prefer to inflict up- " ’ ’ ,tl attention to the on the country’ Ho invoked prostrate condition of Americnn industry, and more especially of the glcut staple, cotton, now being destroyed by the unwise legislation ol Congress. Sir. Brnague Is, as utl know, a large manufacturer, and he is, uiso, u large cotton plantet. He ought, therefore, to he iiiaster of his subject. A btiitcment from hiui, tliut the British mauutuctureiH were now able, hy their skillful labor aud machinery, to produce irom tllfl short, dry and onra despised staple ol India cotton a product equui to that obtained by us from the American staple, must have been start ling to hearers unwilling to learn any oilier les ion than that of an insensutu hate. Mr. Bprague told them that lie leurod they hud lost tills great Interest forever; Hint the control ol the question itad passed front tlielr hands.— He even leered the competition of India oottou In A "wrfrt" markets. As lor ties Island notion, ha behaved that in two years It would only be produced as a rare plant In aoaa gantlaman’a Mr. President tnd Gentlemen of the Georgia Teachurs' A elocution : The report which 1 mu about to submit lias been hastily written. I was not favored with the views of my associates on the committee. The responsibility, therefore, for tiie imperiec- tions and errors which it doubtless contains, ruts exclusively upon myself. For these I crave in advance your indulgence. .Manual Lnbor Schools were once attempted in this State. The attempt was feeble. Alter an ephemeral existence they died out. This re- clt may he accounted for iu various ways. It vi by no means such a triul ns would lead re lict ting minds to a condemnation of tiie whole system as impracticable. The projectors were probably not fitted for Hie tusk which they un dertook. They may have been good teachers, but Imd agriculturalists. Ferlinps they were good agriculturalists, hut inefficient teachers. Perhaps they were poor economists, aud did not understand how to make ends meet. Be nil lids as it may, there existed many other causes for the failure, without attributing it to any one, or to all such as are merely conjectural. There prevailed, at tho time tliis feeble experi ment was made, a very general aversion to labor on the part ol a very large proportion ol those who patronized schools, which alone rendered the iailurc of such schools almost inevitable, i’his sentiment ot aversion to lulior, regarding it in some sort as even humiliating to work, however false and absurd, was yet nlinost uni versal. It whs not, iudeed, an opinion openly expressed. It was rather n sentiment felt and acted upon. Perhaps the lailure »t schools upon the man ual labor plan at that period may be attributed mainly to Hie general prevalence of tins false and most pernicious sentiment. Besides these reasons for iailurc, there was still another lo bn found in the fact, Hint the attempt to introduce them was nu innovation upou the long established habits and customs oi the peo ple, for which there existed apparently to them no very urgent reason or imperative necessity. Nothing is more difficult than to revolutionize the habits and customs of ri people. The num ber to tie educated, nt tho lime, was compare- tivi ly small, and tlm menus of educating them n the usual way were considered amply sufli- dent. Tiie condition ol the country now differs very widely Irom whnt it whs at tliut period. In many mpnrtant particulars our situation is reversed. ric.-u we were a pr.-c porous pc pic, with ample ncatia o| cdui a'.iug all who were then the sub- c ■ of ctlnc iiion. Now wo hi a a subjugated aud tup iverished pcop'e witlt mo. c th in double the lumber demanding education. This vast uddi- ion to the number requiring education belongs o a dans wholly un tlilcMo educate themselves, /d or now is a matter pot o| clinico tmt of ice sity. This me <dy is i > general and so ii.pui Hint it must co,. q , rtiiu avi r.uou to labor; ltd it is lo he hope-1 will ultimately correct tliu ilscand p ruii iom tc.mm mt litl.iro alluded to, and eradicate it ir nu tlm popular mind. Tlm met sity l"r labor and the corrected state of pop- olir-euiiniMit in ret uo i to it will now favor the c'.-lahiiMiuncut, i.d t. c -iin-cu of manual iabor M.'ho"!.'*. Tint'' e>ioi now, not only a Mate ol tilin''-' lavi rVil't to their cMahlUlimcDt, lint an absolutelH-Ctre iiy for to!* sdiools. They nt tliu only pi'K in ahlii means by which education may bu brought within tlm ruuch oi a vast majority ol our population. "In another paper J linvu endeavored to t how that Hm cslab- litdnnunl of a system of common schools, A* be suyto'te.d by taxation of a girt only of the popula tion, would he grossly unjust nt any tunc: That if Just, it would lie in tliu highest degree in ex pedient lo iillcmpl It iu tliu present exhausted und impoverished condition of the country ; Ami finally that ii there existed no objections to it to an admlsaon of tits practicability and success uf manual labor schools based upon manit- faclurlng Industry ? Why upon tills plan may not Georgia foster and promote at mire two great and worthy objuctH—tho firm establish ment of a great branch ol productive industry, and the genera! education of her daughters. Let tho public ntilhnrilh'N arm some manor nien ol organizing Intellects, practically acquain ted with tho situation und wants of tlm Btatc, with adequate means mid powers, and 1 doubt not a system of public schools upon the plan suggested cau ha devised, which will tiring the opportunity of education within tlm reach of all. Any attempt reimport into Georgia common school systems from communities having a dense add hetmogencous population, will most, proba bly result in loss, discouragement, and failure. Rush nml precipitate action ought to he care fully avoided. Let all among us, who Imvc been long practically connected with the work of edu cation, ttdio counsel together, and aid by their advice in proposing and elaborating a practica ble system lor our Slate. These observations, hastily thrown together in tho intervals of exemption from dully toils, are intended merely to lie suggestive. Bo lar from doing justice to tho subject, they do not do justice even to the writer's views ot it. He trusts, however, that enough lias been said to attract | J’’^ share ol public attention to the subject, COMMERCIAL IHT1LII0110K, IIT TKLhOHAPB. New .Advertisements. nnd elicit such discussion here and elsewhere, as will result in the elaboration ul some [dan ol general education, suited iilii.c to o n wants and our sitimlion. Tint New Senator krom California.—Tho telegraph brings us the intelligence of tiie elec tion of flic Hon. Eugene Casserly as the succes sor of Mr. Cnnncss in Hie Ben ale alter the 4th ot March, 1800. We are gratified tlmt the some what protracted deliberations ol the Conserva tives have resulted iu the choice of one whom even the New York Tribune is compelled to re cognize ns possessing cousiberable anility and irreproachable character. Mr. (.'usscrly is a man of middle age, it native nt New York. He emi grated to Gulitorniu a few years ngo, where lie bus closely applied himself to the law. Ilia abilities and lorce ot character have raised him to a prominent position nt Hie bar, nml lliese, with Iiis steadfast adherence to Conservative principles, will combine to make him- influential and respected in Iiis ucw career.—National In telligencer. •ituport oa Cawawt Mwoto tiscuii KY TELHGKAPil. .v/rtK route associatjch vjncm diupatours New York, Dee. 27.—Flour quiet nnd un changed. Corn a sliado (tetter. Ryo urn hanged. < tats quid and firm. Pork a shade better, |20 05, Lard doll, 181 Hi lii. Cotton stendy, 15$. Freights dull. Btocks dull. Btcriing HR. Gold 134. Coupons of 1802 108$. fEVENIIVQ.] New York, Dec. 27.—Colton firmer. Hales 2200 laden nt 15$ to 15$. Flour dull but without decided chnugc. Wheat quiet. Corn firmer— Western mixed $138 to 1 30 ; Southern white :j.l 30 to 1 31. Oats declining. Pork quid at $20 li.'i. Groceries quid. Money closed more active—cull, 0 lo 7. Gold firm, 138$ 10 183$. Btcriing firm. Blocks lower. liAi.TMoitE, Dee. 27.—Cotton very dull at 15. Flour quiet. Wheat dull—choice Virginia Val ley $2 75. Corn dull and lower—prim* White $1 17; yellow $1 20. Oats dull at 75 to 70. Ityc steady at 70. Provisions dull and unchanged. Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—Flour unchanged and limited demand. Corn dull at 83 to 84. Whis ky in moderate demand. Mess pork held at $21. Ai’ocsta, Dec. 27.—Cotton market quiet and prices easier. Bales 500 bales. Receipts 080 New York middling 13). Wilmington, Dec. 27.—Cotton steady. Mid dling 13 to 134. Savannah, Dec. 27.—Cotton opened dull but dosed active and advancing. Sales 2000 hales. Middling 14 to 14$. Receipts 2001. Charleston, Dee. 27.—Cotton—better qual ities unchanged ; lower grades declined $ to 4c. Sales 1200; receipts 3250. Middlings 14) to 15c. New Orleans, Dec. 27.—Cotton stiller; mid dlings 14$ to 14|c; sales to-day 0000; rccelpu 0003; exports 7408; sales lor the week 28800 ; receipts 28032 ; exports—coastwise 8344 ; for cign 28480 ; stock 109109. St. Louis, Dec. 27.—Flour steady. Corn heavy at irom 87 to 00e. Pork lower at $21. Bacon shoulders 10 ; clear sides 13. Lard 12 Whiskey $2 20. Mobile, Dec. 27.—Cottou closed firm, factors generally claiming lull ratc9; middlings 13$ to 18$. Sales to-day 4,300 bales; receipts to-day 4,505 hales. Sales for the week 13,050; receipts for tho week 22,724. Exports 20,747; coast wise 4,050; foreign 16,097. Stock 04,795. 910710113. Atlanta, Oa., Dee. *?, ISM. mm* undorilgned will opsn school St tho Inetlon of A Whitehall sod Forayfh streets ou Monujr, nth dsy Of Jsnusry, IMS. The course of InstractloB will be thorotwh and prsctl cal. Tho discipline kind, uniform and decided. IV lutes of tuition: Primary cltsses |S per scholas tic month Id adTsaco. Advanced classes (it per scholas tic month fa advance. 4V. M. BRAT. A M„ < ’lassies ana lacilsb. Major T. H. BOM AK. docv-i -St Associate, Mathematics, Ac. BRICKS ANO BTSlESTAT FOR SALE. REV. R. 0. KET0HUM 8 INSTITUTE. Ladles will commence oa tho 1st Monday lu Jsenary. In the ' Tomlinson House,” oa Ivy street. In addition to the n.usl course of Instruction In Kna llsh, Mathematical and Classical itndlaa, the French and German languages, the various hinds of Drawing and will lie tsught by M' deal department will bo nndtr the direction of 8TBRCHI. Tho musical d Prof. Harnuen. The pupils In M'lle Bterchl'3 department will be re quired to converse In French, doc*#—hat,Turn,Wed NOTICE. Ai'uusta, Oa., Dec. XI, Hull. To the Stockholder* of the SHUutjn die, or Macon and An (gi*ta HaUnad Vo.. (A ALLS for payment on subscriptions to the Capital Block of thfs Company have been made up to filly. Company llvu pur cunt. Htock upou which this amount has not been paid will he forfeited to the Company. A further call Is now made for twenty-five per cent., payable on or before February noth, 18#8, at which data eighty per cent, will be dne, and stock forfeited, If not AU stockholders in arrears will at once correspond with tlia Treasurer. The road is now in operation to Mllledgevllle, and la doing a large huelness. It Is believed that arrangement# will lie made by which further nil. will be avoided, If piompt payment Is now made, By order ot the Board of Directors. R. B. BULLOCK, President. J. A. 8. Millioan, Secretary and Treasurer. doc‘48—GOt TO RENT. A COMFORTABLE DWELLING on Honaton . street, containing four large rooms, kitchen. dec., known aa the Coleman protierty. Possession iven 1st January, 1808. Apply Immedlahly to BT \V1'I.V A CARROLL'S. Whitehall street. ityly at decK- TO RENT. 500,000 BR1CKH—In any quantity, Bin Email, comfortable Dwelling Houses, Two Dairy Farms, near tbs City, Forty Unimproved City and Hnhnrban Vacant Lots, Two hundred Acres of lend near the city, for sale In small tracts. AU this property sold on easy terms. A. K HKAOO MERCHANDISE NOW IN STORE. 500 POUNDH NEW LIVE GKEHB FEATHERS, *000 bags Liverpool and Virginia Salt, 100 coils and half coils “R." and 8t. Louis Rope, *5000 pounds Hwett's Wrought Iron Buckle Ties, 00 casks Bacon and Bulk Meat, 50 packages Lard, 150 bags Flour—of high grade, 6b) bags Corn, *U) bushels Cow Peas, 30 bales Kentucky Timothy Hay, 10 bales Factory Yarn, 75 bags Rio Coffee-price 33 to *7 cent#, 30 barrels Sugar, 0 barrels Georgia Cane Hyrup, 5 hogsheads Cubs Molasses, 30 boxes Starch, UO boxes Soap, 3000 pounds Ktllicklnlck Smoking Tobacco- good quality, only 40 cants per pound. ted at the corner of Collins and Baker streets, containing twelve rooms, and aiso dreaalng.ronms.. Lot one aud one-fourth acres. Possession cau be liad on tbe 1st day of January. For terms apply to GEORGE GIBBON, ilci'78—8t» Mitchell atreet, opposite City Hall. Disturbances In Alabama. Montgomery, Die. 25.—-Tho uegroes were out in force to-day, contrary to tliu municipal regulations aud military orders, with guns, pis tols, etc., and iu full uniform. No effort was made to suppress Hie demonstration. In tiie alternoou several tlions tnd Q' groes were lisr- rsngued in inceudi&ry language by Barker, Brai- Diird and other prominent Radicals. Late in the aftcruoon Barker and Brainard were arrested by the military authorities. Disturbance! were reported at Greenville last night. A military detatchment was sent down to restore order. No particulars, but nil was quiet nt last accounts. Tbe Selma papers report disturbances at De- mopolis and Camdcu, to which poiuts troops have been tent. Den. Pope not Removed. Washington, Doe. 27.—Undoubtedly Pope’s and Swayne's conduct was highly disapproved at tiie Wtiite House, but no action has yet been taken for their remoral. The Executive policy is to avoid irritation, if possible, which may tend to hold Hie Republican faction' together and en able them to pass more striugeut supplements to tbe reconstruction acts. Immediate change in the third military dif- triot is by no menus certain. I'orelgM Items. Havana, Dee. 27.—The steamer Virginia, from Vera Cruz, the 20th, vis Sisal, the 23.1, has arrived with dates to the 1 Dili from the city of Mexico, which elate there is much misery throughout the country in consequence of the exhaustion ami disorganization from war. The people arc compelled by hunger to resort to bri gandage. Peace lias been re-established at Teple and several pirate prisoners liberated. The revolution in Yucatan is assuming liflge proportions. Santa Anna has been proclaimed Dictator, aud in hourly expected Irom Havana with meu ami it million of money. The fort and town of Steal is in the hands of the insuigents, liut the port Is blockaded by two Mexican gunboats. A number of Imperial offi cers arrived ut Sisal from Mntumnrns on the 10th. The const ol Yucatan is closely watched to prevent the insurgents landing. Tiie Mexican steamer Toliia.so is ready to sail from Vera Cruz for the scene of revolution with five hundred men and ait tilery. Santa Anna is slill in Havana. I' in in Waslilnictaii. Washington, Dec. 27.—Cabinet news unim portant. 1’ope’s removal not discussed. General* Sherman and Gillaiu visited tho President this afternoon. Co). John Mushy is in town Revenue to-day two hundred und nineteen thousand dollars. From Monlgouiarv. Montgomery, Dec. 27.—Nicholas Davis, a prominent radical of North Alabama, fiat pub lished a letter fully endorsing the address of Messrs. Semple, Speers, and Otlen, protesting members, against the proposed Constitution The Huntsville Advocate, Radical organ, calls for the reassembling of Hie Convention to modify objections! features of the proposed Constitution, namely, llic clause about schools, the franchise and registrat ion oaths. That paper says, “If Hie Constitution is not modified, environed as we are, aud almost in u statu ot anarchy, its adoption cau only be accepted as a choice of evils. Not as right and proper; but it is iu our power to modify the evils now, and lor Hint purpose calls for tbe reassenibliug of Hie Conveuiion.” The same pupor repudiates the aetjou of radi cal meeting in North Alabama, and says tliut whila Unionists are ignored and rejected as un. ■ound. Sheet*, of Tutcnmbia, repudiate* the nomina tion* made by the self-constituted political Con vention. The Coniervatives all over Hie State arousing and are determined to use every effort to detent the Constitution. The whites, in North Alabama, who went into the radical party are luuving ii on account of oh jectional features In Convention. Prom Savutineh. Savannah, Dec. 27.—Capiain Homer Ash land reports seeing off Cbiulct-ton a ves;o! so low in water that lie could not make out her name. She is supposed to he tiie wreck oi Hie Raleigh. Prom niclimond. Richmond, Dee. 27.—Gen. Schofield, at Hie request of Oov. Pierpoint, lias issued nn order removing thn Board of Directors of flic Eastern Lunatic Asylum, for xiohltin,; the Stale law in disbursements of money, and lias appointed a Board of army officials in tlicir hlt'iul. BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Porelitn Ilriu*. London, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from Dublin tlicopentilvi s. 11 the operativesenumukofortunes j nays an unusually large number ol Idicra re- for Hitilr employer* and still have opportunities ccntly received at the J'"-t (bi.eu there, directed lor nccqulring education, how much iiiiiru pci ' ' to |iroiuinuut officials, are all loaded with cxplo- Icctly might they he educated III eMiihlLlmn nls j aivn mulcrinla, designed to kill Hio persons to where education is the main object, and labor whom they arc addressed. Several exploded, is required uo litrilier lliuu may la< necessary to make tlm establishment a self-supporting semi nary oi learning ? Is not tUa boast equivalent. Inti no far nouc have been killed. A policeman ol that city was horribly mangled by ono which ha opened. Poretcu markets. |BT TUB CABLE LIMB.l London, Dec. 27.—Noon.—Bonds and con sols unchanged. Liverpool, Dec. 27 — Noon.—Cotton steady. Bales 8,000 bale*. London, Dec. 27.—Afternoon.—Consols 92$. Bonds 72$ to 72$. Bullion increased 1,800 pounds. Liverpool, Dec. 27.—.Afternoon.—Rather more doing In cotton. Bales will reach 10,000 bales. Frankfort, Dec. 27.—Bond* 76| to 70$. London, Dec. 27.—Evening.—Con*ol* 92$ to 92$. Bond* 72$. Liverpool, Dec. 27.—Evening.—Cotton tin changed. Manchester advices unfavorable.— American tecuritiee flat Louisiana Items. Most of our planter* have finished grinding. The crop is, evidently, very short, owing in part to the overflow, which, having created a great demand for seed cane, much was sold and planted that would otherwise have been made into sugar. But tiie great cause of the crop be ing short is traced to the fact that last spring was cold and wet and cane did not come up well aud never suckered at all.—Civic Guard. The Labor Question.—The colored labor ers of tliis parish held a meeting last Sunday to take into consideration the advisabteness of raising their wages. We have been informed that the majority were not in favor of the move ment, and the matter was dropped. We have been informed that many o< them consulted with Malor W. Wood, (our new agent for the Freed men’e Bureau) who advised them that it would not be to their interest to attempt to raise their wages beyond what the planters are willing to pay, and explained to them that such a move ment would compel planter* to send elsewhere for laborers, which would have the eflect of re ducing the price of labor lower than it is now. The planters in some of the sugar growing parishes have come to Hie conclusion that they cannot pay more than $13 a month for first- class hands.—Civic Grard. Sugar Cane in Bloom.—Sugar cane in Lon- igi isiana rarely blooms, from tho fact that the cane killed is usually killed before it arrives at sufficient ma Un ity to put forth its tassels. This winter, how ever, has been so unusually mild and favorable to the growth and ripening of cane that it is be ginning to bloom in some of the more favorable localities, and it is qnito likely that if the weath er continues mild a few days longer all the cane yet standing will be in bloom. Air. J. Gueno brought us a few stocks of cane the other day, from his plantation, just opening at the top and Hie tassels about to buret forth.—lb. THEATER! OLlhh-.IOIINSON II ALL OPEN EVERY EVENING, With au Excellent Company I Entire Change of Programme Each Even'g! TUESDAY—Christmas Eve, or Th* Duel fa the Lawn, SBiiToodlo*. _ WEDNESDAY—The groat moral laseon ot The Drunk art, aud I.itncrlck Boy. THURSDAY—Ben Bolt. SATURDAY-La Tonrd'Neal* and The Highwaymen S W“l’rlcc» of Admission, 75 nnd 50 cent*, dnejt—(It WAS THE LIKE EVER BEEN ! A FINE KENTUCKY BKEF-1,000 pound*. A lot of fine 1 euoceeee Turkeys and Chickens, (dressed,) A lot nt fine Tennessee Butter. All for Christmas, at SFAKKS * TYE’S, COOK Sc CHEEKS’ KENNESAW FLOURING MILL8 DEPOT, SCHOFIELD’S BUILDING, Whitehall St.. Atlanta. CR. |Amour, Bran, sud Ship Stuff always ou baud. All Ba r* j gusrsulsed. Cash orders solicited. <1 et -8m J. II. KBTNBR, Agent, "~TIRS. F A. MoCANDLESS WILL OPEN A SEMINARY FOR YOUNG UOIES, Near the Residence of John Ryan, Esq., Whitehall Mt.. Atlanta. Ga., ON TRB FIRST MONDAY OF JANUARY, 1999 M US. Met ANDI.BH8 has for the lift twenty re been eugsged In the basin* •* of teechln south Unroll us. She hse maintained at last named place, a school of tbe highest order, whteb has always ranked among the Arst sod best tn the State. Her entire lliue and attention willheatveu to her School, In which will be taught the usual English and Malhemat |gl„ — - i< til tinuirfu'*, togetutr with Lai n, rrcurh, and B|Niul»h. TERMS, PER MONTH: Primary Department $4 00 Kui’ii.h amt .Mullieiualtce, with French (optional).. 5 DU In, :.oh, Muthcmatlis, Mini Latin on 111,;: I.Ii, .Mntlicmntlce, French, Latin, and Spnnteh, 7 01) RUFKItUNOErt.—Rlvlit Revorend Bishop Davie, Her. 8. H. Hay, Clen. J. It. Kershaw,UMimlen, 8. U.: Kx-Gov- er..or J. L Maiming, South Carolina; Prof. K. G. Man gel, .Marietta, Ga ; Itev. II. K. Porter, Atlanta, Ga.; P. I'foimiii'. Atlanta National Bank. Fur furlhir Inlorina- I Ion apply at the rcrliUiiice of I*. Roman*. UeeSt—131 UKMOVAI.. U .M A ItSIIAl.L. Dentist, lias removed tils ofHce from . KnWMiu'a Curlier to Kr. I.awshe's New Butldlug on Whitehall street, between ll.iiil.-r and Alaliama. Mr. Lnweho has r usirueled four elcgaul room* tn nts s\t lienee on Whitebait street, expressly fur Dr. II. Mi abail, w ere hu is much belter prepared toaltand to Ute wants of hie patrons, ete. dert-tf HAfKBMM eaa have tWr, fronting Md snoa at on* nwq nj qumsaa at wa uwsl NOTICK. LL persons Indebted to the eatate of,Dr. Jo. H. Darla, deceased, are requested to come forward and a immediate payment, and those holding claim* agalnat the same wtll present them In terms oflhe law. D. P. HILL, Adm'r estate Jo. H. Darts. decD9-40d Frlntsr’e fee >»■ IBTABLIIHID llfil. LEWIS L. ABBOTT. W. L. ABBOTT. B. F. ABBOTT. ABBOTT & BRQ8. Commission Merchants, And Wholesale Denier* In PRODUCE, PR0VI8I0N8 & GR00ERIE8, Whitehall Street. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. CRASS 8EED8, FRISHII FROM ItKNTL'CKY NEW BACON. LBS. ClMr Bacon Side* (new) Jut is- 1 A A A A LBS. Clear Bacon Sid lU.UUv celred and for sal* hi 7 ABBOTT A BROS., Commission Merchants, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. BULK SIDES. K CASKS Clear Bulk rides. t) 14 Tierces Clear Bulk Side*, In store snd for sale by ABBOTT * BROS., Commission Merchant*. Whitebait street, Atlanta, Ga. COBN, CORN. QNE THOUSAND bag* white corn to arrir* and for tale by ABBOTT A BROS., Commtiilon Merchants. Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. OATS. OATS. >7 4 A RH9S TENNE88E OATS to arrive and for i 4U sale by ABBOTT A BROS.. Commission Merchants, Whitehall atreet, Atlanta, Oa. FLOUn. 200 BAOS Kxtra FamllyFlour, sale hy 100 bags Extra Superllue Hour, 8*0 bag* Family Flour now lu store and for ABBOTT A BROS., Commission Merchants, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Oa. O X BAGS prims Rio Coffee, Juet received and for At) sale by ABBOTT A BROS., Commission Merchants, Whitehall street. DRY HIDBS. 1 UALK DRY HIDES. * Barrel* Georgia Cane Syrup. * Bales Houston Factory Sheeting, for sale by — ijTT A BROS., ABBOT Commission Merchants, Whitehall atreet, Atlanta, Ga. HALT. SALT. ngar. 35 Barrels Alabama Flour, 75 Bags Alabama Flour, for sale by — « BROS,, dec7-1y ABBOTT 3 Commission Merchants, Whitehall street, Atlanta, on. COME AND OET YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ER LAW8HE, Nsw iron Front, - - * Whitohsll ttroot. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, SILVER-PLATED WARE, and BIJOUTERIE. BF*Prices to intt every parse add pereon. No tron- ble to ahow good*. Com* and *e* me. dac* i—ot COLGATE Sc CO.’S GHRMAN BRAftlVI 80AP. Tko Standard tf EXCELLENCE. For Sediby aS Oroeers. FOR KENT B Y the tat day of Jnnnary, law, * two-story Dwelling House * short distance south of Vr. Dodd's new residence, on Whitehall street, ^ atneetwo year* occupied by Rev. Pr.ttott. It contai - six rooms, n good well of water, kitchen, etc., and uearly an acre of ground. For particulars, apply opposite tho premises, or at , BRAUMULLER'S STORE, dectlt—tw Whitehall Street STOLEN—*25 NEW AND. (3TOLEN from th* Eobacrlber, on the night of the 18th n Instant, by a negro boy, my horse, or the fOllowtug description: Ol a bay color, aud about nine year* old; over medium six* t x scar on th* tell shoulder, ceased from the collar. Th* boy la about seventeen years old, and weigh* about 140 pounds; dark complexion, hot uot Mac*. Tbe above reward wilt be paid fbr tbe deltvmy of said uegro tnd horse, or horeo alone, at Oxford, On. Any In formation tn tegard to hlu Will a* tout to said plane, di- Red Clover, White Clover, Blue Orate, Herd's GrAee, Timothy, Orchard One*. A. K. SEAGO. FERTILIZERS. 20 '^Phosphate 15 * b * rr * 1 ' BM *k'i Raw-Bon* Super- 13 tons and 300 bag* Reynolds' Baltimore Chaaapoako Phosphate. Thee* are two of th* most reliable and ralnabl* Fer tilizer* known to Americnn formers. For Ml* by A. K. SEAGO. FLOUR Of th* Highoit Grade, for the City Trade. A LIMITED SUPPLY of very superior Family Flour, _ from P. Graham’s Mills, will be kept constantly on Present This U one ol . the State. Try It. urxnam't mine, will b* kept cot at price, 93 per ball barrel thekt. or th* beet brand* of Floor en ever made tn A. K. SEAGO. Agent for th* MUIa. WANTED, £JYE, CORN, WHEAT, OATS, and FLOUR, by decM—8m BO FOR CHRISTMAS I JUNE JAMAICA and SANTA CRUZ RUM, Imported Brandies, Wince, and Gina, Best Bonrbon and Rya Whiskies. -St R. M. ROSE A CO. 8QMCTHINC YOU WANT! C HOICE WRITE WHEAT FLOUR, suitable for l " — ‘ ‘ ‘ _ making Cake, Plea and Puddingi for the Christmas holidays, fur talc by FAINS A PARROTT, No 7, Peachtree street, Atlanta. AOBNCY TREDEGAR NAIL WORKS. id for sate by FAINS A PARROTT, Agent* Tredegar Natl Work*, No. 7, Peachtree atreet, Atlanta. OROCBRIBi FOR THB MILLION. A FULL atock of staple Groceries and Provisions for a-’- *— Laale by decOt—3t FAINS A PARROTT, No. 7, Peachtree atreet, Atlanta. HO FOR CHRISTMAS? GOOD TIMC8 ARC OOMINOI 11 yon waut to cheer yonr drooping spirits, coma to F. COBRA’S, Where you will get oholoe Goods AND CHEAP. Constantly Receiving— Plain and Fancy Cnrdiee, Fancy Cnrdiee, French Confoctlonerh Fancy Box**, Ac. let, Toy*. iey Box**, Ac., Ac. Lemon*, Orang**, Retain*. Fresh Mologt Grape*. Coco* Nnta, Extract of Beef, Almond*, FUberta. Cream Now, Booty, Fig*. Date*, ~ " Crsnbc it, Preserve*, Fickle*, Jelli**, Bardin**, Lobsters, Oysters, Sultana or M**dl*ii Baltins. Currant*, Citron, Turkish Prune*, »h Cranberry'* by th* niton. Largo assortment of Cham pan*, California Win**, Fnncbcognac Brandies and Win**, Jamaica 1 Teas, Coffee. 8ngu, Goshen Batter, Cheese, Vine*, Jamaica Ram, Holland Gin, nnd nil kind* of Ltqnon Bams, Sugar Cured Dried Beef, taararonl. VottnlceULsre.. - vans and Domestic Oegarm, beet I. VoimlceUt, Ac., Ac. -nd Domestic Began, be Tobacco aud Snuff, Plato aud Fancy Pipes, Soaps, PorflimorFs'A«H Sco. Whitehall Dtr*#*, W«Bt Rid* A few doors boa Alabama, adjoining Holbrook's Bat Eaporiom, ATLANTA, decl7-dtw GEORGIA. CHRISTMAS ANO NEW YEABSM ALEXANDER A OACRtLt, Weal III* Fenrblroo Street. Atlanta, Un. TNINE GROCERIES—everything eultable for Break- J; hut. Dinner aadTea, during Ute holidays, snd all other day*. _ . _ , .... -A lot of nice Now York BUCKWHEAT, war- aat the thing for bashful M. It—A lot of i ranted n twain* thmamUEar son art tat* -|nat mornings. dsett—St ASSESS [•cheaply, neatly, and qnicHy on L