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S3 00 PER ANNUM 'the enterprise is PUBLISUED WlifcKJ.r BV I)I ’.LANKY A- ANDERSON. TKKMA Os SUBZOItIrTIoN. One C’opv, Three Months, f } <*? 1 SWMontlm, - ; “J To t Six'Copies'One Year -- - *ls 00 advkrtihino ratks. one Squsre, (10 lines of Brevier, or 8 of Minion > (one inch space,) one insertion, V r each subsequent insertion, , ■ 76 Permanent advertisements taken by contract Advertisements inserted without specification as tcmhefumb® “ finsertions, will be published until ordered out. and charged accordingly. Terms —Cash on demand. Job Printing. „ rw ,*red to do all kinds of Job Work, such (Vulnrs, Hand Bills, Posters A <>., Ac., on **Caid»,CU ver y lowest prices, short notice, and at ' JA \, IKS DELANEY, JAMF.S W. ANDERSON. gtatetiwaal to. L ]5. AN DEII 8 O li. a ttox’ii oy AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY CO VTNGTON, GEORGIA. WM. W. CLARK & J. M. PACE, UAVE formed a partnership, and will transact all business entrusted to them in the connties ot r Kutts Henry, Gwinnett, Gallon, “‘iTewtmi and in the District Court of the United lutes at Atlanta. Special attention given to cases iu Bankruptcy. w w . CLARK, ecu? 1 * *’ * k j. 0. M O R It 1 S , attorney La.w, CONYERS, OA. ll A7JO SE 6, X) 13 ax t I as ’K, CONYERS, GEORGIA. Will b* found prepared to put up work in his line, which he fee s confident from his knowledge of ihe improvements will ttive satisfaction • • those who may lav or him —3oi3 JOHN S. CARROLL, DENTIST, COVINGTON, G I.OIUSIA. . - T.-.h Filled, or New Teethlnswted.iu best Style, and on Reasoiiaids Terms Offlce Rear of R. King * Store. 1 ltf .! AMES M . LEV Y , Watchmaker & Jeweler, East side pf the Square, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Where he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks ,n I Jewelry in the best style. Particular attcu tien given to repairing '''' stelies injured by in eoin.ieteot workmen. All work warranted. mMSS TUSHES AMS REPmES. PR >l-. WILLIAM FISHER v, ill 2£*^a and , Vole his SATURDAYS to rutting ll $ j jland Repairing Pianos. He wi.l viail l’a-i ilirs in the country, and convenient ti on (he Rail Road for that purpose. His •rg experience will enable him to give *atis ,f»ctis:i to his employers. Charges reasonable. He s permitted to r.fer to Presidvtil Ol r. Covington, Ga., April 8, 1868. —20if DRS. DEARINC & PRINGLE HAVING associated themselves in the Prac .tice of MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer '(heir piofeesional services to the citizens ol Navio i county. Tirev have opened rn offi eon the East side of the Square, (next door to S- Diwald’b 8t -re.) and. are prepared to attend to »1' calls promptly They have also a carefully veUc ed assortment of the Very Best Medicines, •nd wiil give their personal attention lo Com pounding Prescriptions, for Physicians and otters. Special attention giveu to Chronic Diseases At night Dr. Dealing will be found at his resid r.ce, and Dr. Pringle at his rooms imme diately over the Store of C. H. Sanuecs A. Id no. may 15, 25tf BOOT & SHOE SHOP. 1 would respectfully inform the citizens jjSJili of Covington and surrounding country 4 v * that lam now prepared to make toorder '--3 BOOTS AND SHOES •f the finest quality. As I work nothing but ths Best Material, I will guarantee satisfaction. Shop over U. ICiug’s Store. e 6 anfly JOSEPH BARBER II T HEN R Y, Resident Dentist. COVINGTON, u.,vC;GIA. I* prepared with all the latest itn iTyafiaßL provements in Dentistry, to give sat- I LI * isfaction to all. Office north side of btuare, —\ ‘>2tf •I Os E D H Y. TINSLEY, Matchmaker & Jo wel o r D f illy prepared to Repair Watches, Clo -ks >»a ! Jewelrv, in the best Style, at short notice, All IV ..rk Done at Old Prices, and Warranted. 2d door below the Court House. —stf SOLO MM Q N fiCWALfr, At his ,dd siand, sign of the BIG W vTOII, Has received his Stock of Spring and Summer Goofis. He wish-s to purchase nil kinds of Country Produce, for which he will pay the Highest Market Price ia CASH, er Goode.—2 46tl C • H. & A. W. FORCE, W liolesale Dealers in Boots Cto ODOO3, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. r>ll r Roods arc purchased direct from the Eastern Manufacturers. Wo will sell them to Countrv Merchants at N. Y. prices— r reight added.—ly42 VKTILLIAM BILVERBER.G, Wholesale and ’ T Retail Dealer in Y GOODS, C»ENTB* 15oT8’ AND YOTTIIS* CLOTHING, Wools, Shoes, Hals, Trunks, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Whitehall street. 2d door from I. T. Bank ’ bhoe Store.—3m43 Atlanta, Oa. CS 1 a W ip 11 1 D0.0.5. PROPHITI Coving to n Gr.ono ia . Will still continue his business, where he intend* keeping on hand a supply of Drugs, Medicines, Taints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, 'together with a, I.ot of Botanic EVledicines, Concentrated Preparations, fluid Extracts, Ac. lie is also putting up hi* Jjiivei* MecUoinos, FEMVLE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL II tcrinlfuge, AnU-Eliliotis l*il(s, and lrauy otiier preparations, Li? Will give prompt attention to ali orders 5* -151TICW.AR NOTICE. Iler. after NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV Eli ED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for O j&- £3 Z3C ! You nee not call unless you are prepared to PAY CASH, for I will not Keep Books. Oct. 11, 1807. O. S. PKOPiUTT. Dr. Prophitt’s Liver Medicine- Certificate of Rev. M. W. Arnold, of Ga. Gun. HAVING used this Medicine sufficiently long to test its virtue, and to satisfy my own mind that it is an invaluable remedy for Dyspepsia— a disease from which the writer has suffered much for six years—and being persuaded that bundled* who now Buffer from thisannoying com plaint, would be signally benefited, as lie lias been by its use—we deem it a duly we owe lo this unfortunate class, to recommend to them the use of this remedy, which has given not only, himself, but several members ot his family the greatest relief M. W. ARNOLD. pre,jnuniw JJ tttmmmm - Rail Road Schedules. r.corirlit Railroad. E. W. COLE, General Superintendent. Day Passenger Train (Sundays excepted,)leaves A moist aat 0.00 am : leave Atlanta at 7 ft in ; ar rive'at Augusta at 5.30 pm ; arrive at Atlanta at 4.20 ' N iijht Passenger Thain leaves Augusta at 10.10 p ui ; leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta at 3.00 a ni; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 a ni. Passengers for Miiledgeville, Washington and Athens, Ga., mu t take the day passenger train from Aun-nsta and Atlanta, or intermediate points. Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma, and intermediate points, ran take either train. For Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on Night Passenger Train, at 10.10]'. m. Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junc tion, Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take either train and make close connections. Through Tickets and baggage checked through to the above places. Sleeping cars on all ui;;ht pas senger trains. MACON & AUGUSTA RAILROAD. E. W. COLE, Gcn’l Sup’t. Leave Camak daily at 2.40 p. m.: arrive at Millcdge villc at 6.20 p. m.; leave Miiledgeville at 5.30 a.m.; arrive at Camak at 8.55 a. m. p vrerr leaving i»ny point on the Georarta H. R tiy Day Passenger train, will make close counee liu’u ;,t C.iinak for Miiledgeville, EatontOD, and all intermediate ] obits on ti.e Macon A Augusta road, and for Macon. Passengers leaving Miiledgeville at 5.30 A. M., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same day. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. H. T. Peake. General Sup’t. Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at 3.55 am, arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 a in ; leaves Kingsville at 12.05 p m, arrives at Augusta at 7.25 ]>. in. This train is designed especially for through I ravel. The train for Charleston leaves Augusta at i am, and arrives at Charleston at 4 p m ; leaves Charles ton at 8 a in, and arrives at Augusta at 5 p ni. Night special freight and express train leaves Au gusta (Sundays excepted) at 3.50 p m. and arrives at Charleston ns 4.30 a m ; leaves Charleston at 7.30 ]> in, and arrives at Augusta at 7.35 a m. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. Campbell Wallace, General Superintendent. Daily passenger train, except Sunday, leaves At lanta at 8.45 am, and arrives at Chattanooga at 5.25 pm; leaves Chattanooga at 3.20 am, and arrives at Atlanta at 12.05 p m. Night express passenger train leaves Atlanta at « p m, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.30 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at 1.41 a m. MACON k WESTERN RAILROAD. E. B. Walker. Gen’l Sup’t. Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 a m.nnd rrives at Atlanta at 2 p in ; leaves Atlanta at 7.15 am, and arrives at Macon at 1.30 p in. Night passenger train leaves Atlanta at 8.10 p in, nn d arrives at Macon at 4.25 am; leaves Macon at 8.30 I* m, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a m. Hotels. PLANTERS HOTEL. JGUSTA, GEOKGIA. furnished and refitted, unsurpassed by ll any Hotel South, is now open to the Public. T. S. NICKERSON, Prop’r. Late of Mills House, Charleston, and Proprietor of Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. C. United States Hotel. ATLANTA OKORGIA WHITAKER <fc BASSEEN, Proprietors. Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen ger Depot, corner Alabama, and Prior street*, AMERICAN HOTEL, Alabama street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Nearest house to the Passenger Depot, WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors. W. D. Wilky, Clerk. Having re-lease 1 and renovated the above Hotel, we ate prepared to entertain gin sts in a most satisfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts wiil be to piea-e. Baggage carried to and from Depot free of charge PLANTATION TO RENT FOR 1869. ( CONTAINING 2000 acres of Land. 500 acres J open for cultivation, of which more than 100 is bottom, and 100 creek lan !. On the place is a geoil Dwelling, and all necessary out houses, including Kitchen, Stables, Gin House, Packing Screw, Ac. Said Plantation is situated on the Yellow River, eight miles south of Covington, known as the ROIPT WRIGHT l’antatiou. It will lie rented to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in the city ot Covington, on the Ist Tuesday in October next. For fur ther particulais apply to Mr, Kiucaniion, on the idacc, or the undersigned. 1 C. WRIGHT, FRANKLIN WRIGHT, Sept. L 1808. AUimnistvatois COVINGTON, GA., OCT. 9, 1868. There is no Death. 11Y Silt E. lit; MV EH I.YTTON. There is no death ! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore; And bright in Heaven’s jeweled crown They shine forevermore. There is no death! The dust we trend Shall change beneath Lite summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they boar ; The forest leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. There is no death! The leaves may fall, The flowers may fade and pass away ; They only wait through wintry hours, The coining of the May. There is no death! An angel form Walks o’er the earth with silent tread ; He bears our best loved tilings away, And then w e call them “ dead.” He leaves our hearts all desolate, lie plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers; Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn immortal buwcis. The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones Made glad these scenes of sin aud strife, Stings now an everlasting song Amid the tree 6f life. Aud where lie sees a smile too bright, ' Or hearts too pure far taint and vice, lie bears it to that world of light, To dwell in Paradise. Born unto that undying life, They leave us but to come again ; With joy we welcome them —the same. Except in sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen, The dear, immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless Universe Is life—there arc no dead. From the New York Tribune. Interview with the Hon. EL H. Hill. A representative of tlio Tribune called on the llou. Benjamin 11. Hill, of Georgia, at his hotel, and during a long and interesting interview,"that gentleman expressed the opin ions of which a synopsis is given below. ‘‘My opinion of the Reconstruction policy of Con gress is, that its successful establishment will totally ruin the South. It will demoralize so ciety, disorganize labor, and destroy confi dence. Genrgia will vote the Democratic tick et, the whites having a decided majority, as well as the support of large numbers of the negroes. But in many portions of the South the negroes are in such large majority (hat evil disposed white men can control enough of them to secure the offices ; hut the means by which the negroes are -u controlled and influ enced are such as engender among them abso lute haired of the white race. Asa result of this hatred, we of the South are in constant dread, and cannot leave our wives and chil dren alone with safety and confidence.” In reply to a query about the prevailing opinion in the South on the suffrage question, Mr. Hill said : “I th-hik our people would have accepted impartia suffrage as a compromise and finality. They do not object to negro suf frage because they hate or would oppress the negro, hut for the reason that they consider their late slaves incapable of understanding it at once, and fear that they would become (as they have become) tools in the hands of wick ed and designing white men. Thus, by giving suffrage to the negro, he is made utterly worth less as a laborer, and dangerous to Llie peace of our society. Our people, having become impoverished by the war, desire now to recu perate. .They can'do so only by cultivating their lands, and for tliat purpose need the negro as a laborer. It is their interest, there fore, to be kind to him. I know the Republi can party eould have commanded (lie white vote of the South after the surrender, if they had pursued a different policy toward our peo ple. Those of us down there who had opposed secession, always charged that the Democratic party would bring about disunion, and that disunion meant destruction. The facts turned out as we predicted. We also told the peo ple that the party opposing the Democracy did not hate the Southern people, and would not do them an injustice. But the Reconstruc tion policy destroyed the confidence which otherwise might have been felt; hut for this_ I do believe all the evils of secession would have been charged by the people on the De mocracy, and the white vote of the South would have been largely against that party. — But this Reconstruction policy of suddenly disfranchising whites and giving the ballot to ignorant negroes, and the plan of forcing these things upon us, threaten to fulfill the worst picture ever drawn bv the most rabid seces sionist.” As to the Republican candidate for President, Mr. Hill said that the Southern people do not dislike General Grant. llis de portment toward General I.ee at the time of the surrender at Appomattox, and his vindica tion of the Southern people to the President in 1865, made him a favorite with them, so much so, in fact, that he could have gained their consent to any honorable terms. Res garding the reestablishment of slavery Mr. Hill remarked that much misapprehension exists in the North respecting Southern opin ion on that subject. lie asserted that South erners would vote the proposition down almost unanimously, because they have found slavery too costly to be maintained against the senti ment of mankind. In case emancipation re sults unfavoral ly to the negro, however, the Southern people will not feel themselves re sponsible for it. In reply to a query as to the onuses for the rejection by the South of the Constitutional amendment (14), he said : M e rejected it solely because it disfranchised our leading men for doing what the people, by their totes, hail requested them to do. Be sides, it disfranchised tlio very men who did their best to prevent secession, and leaves open a rond for the worst secessionist to become Republicans, thus not only repudiating their own past career, hut deceiving tho party which receives them. They only join to have their disabilities removed. Mr. Hill said that the financial question excites but little interest among the Southern people. They believe that if tho Union can ho restored and the re sources of the country fully developed, the currency can lie brought up to par, and the national debt liquidated when it hecomesdue; hut if the Union is restored in hate and by force, and the South is thus made incapable of recovering, the resources of tho country can not he developed, the government cannot he economically administered, and will he sub verted long before the bonds fall duo, and then they will never he paid at all. They think that capitalists should by all means oppose the Reconstruction measures, because (and hero Mr. Hill was very emphatic) tho South can never have either safety, peace or prosper ity under those measures. When tho election throughout the South was alluded to, Mr. Hill said : “Tho South will vote for Seymour only because he is pledged to relieve us of this measure,and enable us to recover out prosperity and reservo out peace. We expect this re lief to come peaceably, and by lawful means. Wo would not have it otherwise, because it is to preserve the peaoo that wo ask relief from these measures.” In relation to the recent expulsion of tlio negro members from the Georgia Legislature, ho gave it as hi.s opiniou that under the Reconstruction laws, and the laws of Congress, they were entitled to tho ; r seats, hut that, at tiie same time, tho Legisla ture had power to pass a law disqualify ing them. Their expulsion, lie said, could not have been accomplished without the connivance of the Republican members. It lias no great effect on tho whites, hut the blacks are consid erably affected by it, for they have lost their confidence in the nu n who proclaimed them selves their friends. Mr. Hill does not believe in the exisistence of the Ku Kdux Klan—at least not as a Southern institution ; he said there had undoubtedly been “demonstrations,” hut his belief was that they had invariably been incited by Republicans, in order to give Northern men a wrong impression of South ern opinion. When the question was asked, “What would the negroes do in case Scvuiour and Blair were elected?” Mr. Hill said that he had no doubt they would quietly submit. Their condition xu that event would ho fully as good as under the present rule, and they would become of more use to the country us laborers. When asked whether he proposed to aid in the canvass of his State, he answered that he did not, for the reason iliat the state of public feeling is such that but little agitation would fan the present excitement into serious troub les. “In fine,” said he, “the people antieiputo fearful riots on the eve of the election.” As ouv reporie* was about to take his leave, Mr. ii 11 said : “1 wish to 6tate that I uni convinced there is in the South an organized scheme to provoke collisions botweeu the whites and blacks, for the purpose of infla ming the miuds of the Northern people, its prime movers being Radicals.” Mr. Hill’s manner of speaking is very col lected and deliberate, and his opinions are evidently the result of deep thought. A* BILL To he entitled an Act for tlio Relief of Debtors and to authorize the adjustment of Debts up on Principles of Equity : Sec. 1. The General Assembly of (lie State of Georgia Enacts : That in all suits which shall he brought for the recovery of debts, in any of the courts of this State, or upon con tracts for the payment of money, made prior to the first day of June, 1865, except for the wale or hire of slaves, it shall nnd may l>e law ful for the parties in all such eases to give in evidence before the jury empannelled to try the same, the consideration of the debt or con tract which may be the subject of the suit, the amount and value of the property owned by the debtor and creditor at the time the debt was contracted, or the contrast entered into, to show upon the faith of what property credit was given to him, and what tender or tenders of payment he made to the creditor, at any time, and that the non-payment of the debt or debts wac owing to the refusal of the cieditor to receive the money tendered or offered to be tendered, the destruction or lyss of the property upon the faith of which the credit was given, and the amount of loss by the creditor, and how and in what manner the property was de stroyed or lost, aud by whose default. And in all sucli eases the juries which try the same shall have power to reduce the amount of the debt or debts sued for, according to the equities of the ease, and render such verdicts as to them shall appear just and equitable. See. 2. That in all cases in which jverdicts have been rendered or judgment entered upon debts contracted, prior to the first day of Juno, 1865, and the judgment remains unsatisfied, it shall he lawful for the defendant or defendants, by motion in the court in which the judgment was obtained, to have the same submitted to a jury for trial upon the same terms and condi tions a.; are contained in the preceding section, with like powers to tho jury to reduce the amount of the judgment according to the equi ties in each ease,and render such verdicts as to them shall appear equitable and just, and the judgment rendered in such ease shall supercede prior judgment; l'rotided, no judgment shall lose the priority of its lien by reason of the rendition of anew judgment; and Provided, That in all such eases twenty days notice shall be given lo tlio plaintiff in execution in eases in tlio Superior Courts, and in cases transfer red to that eojirt from the Inferior and County Courts ; nnd in the Justices’ Courts ten days notice shall ho given, and in all eases com menced by motion in either the Superior or Justices’ Courts tlio case or eases shall ho in order for trial at the term at which tho motion may he made, but shall he subject to continu ances as eases upon the appeal. Sec. J. That in all eases in which the de fendant may have in possession the property for which the debt sued on was contracted, the jury shall have power to render a verdict, re turning the property, together with compen sation for the use of the same ; Provided, That any improvements made by the defendant shall he taken in consideration, or any part of tho purchase mono)- which may have been paid for the same,according to the value of tlio property at the time of the trial. See. -1. That in suits against Trustees, Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, it shall he lawful lor tho defendant or defendants to give in evidence the loss or destruction of the trust property which came into theirliands, or its depreciation in value, and the value of the property in their hands at tho co aim once ia out of tlio suit, shall ho tho measure of damages to be rendered by tho ji.ry titan t them ; Provided, That no Trus tee, Administrator, Executor, or Guardian, shall he exempt from liability for the value of any trust which lie may have wasted, or which has been lost by his neglect or default. Sec. 5. That in all suits which may bo com menced by original action, or by motion under this not, both parties thereto shall ho compe tent witnesses. Sec. 6. That in all arbitrations to adjust and settle debts contracted prior to June first, 1865, the same rules aud regulations shall apply, aud the same evidence shall be ailmissiblo as provided in the first section of this act. Sec. 7. That in all cases where levies have been made and the property levied upon has not been sold, it shall aud may be lawful for tho defendant or defendants to file their affida vits, statiug that they desire to take the bene fit of the remedy provided for in this act, and the sheriff's to whom said affidavits are present ed, shall receive the same and suspend the sale and return the same to tlio Court from which the process under which they act may have is sued, or to such Court as may, by law, have jurisdiction ; Provided, That the property levied upon shall be returned to the defendant upon his giving bond and security, as in claim cases. See. 8. That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act he, and the same are hereby ropealod. The Army. The Radicals claim that the army which conquered the Rebellion was officered almost exclusively by Radicals, and that all the lead ing men of that army are now in favor of Grant and Colfax. The letters received from Generals who took prominent and earnest part in the late conflict, by tho gentlemen having charge of the recent grand Democratic meet ing in Indianapolis, prove very conclusively the contrary. General Buell says in his letter: “The North nnd the South wero arrayed in de-sdly conflict against each other ; but it was not among the mass of the Democratic party that the idea of dissolution was entertained, for while more than one faltered of those in the opposite party who had helped to stir up the strife, thousands of Democrats instantly rushed to arms to preserve the Union and maintain the laws.” Gen. Roseorans writes: “The desolate and ruined South, the op pressed tax-payers of the West and North, generosity, mercy, love of oountry, apprehen sions of evils to come, eyery motive that ought to move the hearts of true and noblo men ap peal to us to say by our votes we will stop that hoi>eless folly of attempting to govern the Southern States by what we call ‘loyal blacks,’ and give tlio people, under just guarantees, the right peacefully and legally to proceed to reorganize their own government within the Union.” General William F. (“Baldy”), Smith says : “All the “White Roys in Blue” look to In diana to plaee herself right on the record at the November election.” The following is a copy of Gen. Franklin's letter : Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1868. My Dear General :—I have received your note of the 7th instant, inviting me to join the Union White Boys in Blue of Indiana in the grand mass convention to be held in Indianap olis on the 2dd instant. I regret that other engagements will prevent mv acceptance of the invitation. 1 regret more especially be cause your organization is one of the few which prove that the soldiers and Failors of the war were Democrats as well as Radicals. Had such organizations been formed and en couraged in all of the States, I do not doubt that it would appear that a majority of the Union soldiers and sailors now living belong to the Democratic party or do not belong to the Radical party. I congratulate you upon the cheering pros pect in your gallant State, I am truly your friend. W. B. Franklin. Gen. Geo. W. Morgan, in a letter written to the Democratic Mass Convention lately held at Indianapolis says, “We shall carry Ohio!” — N. Y. Express. Twenty-four Hours from India. — A mer cantile house in Bostun lately received a dis patch <lated Calcutta,September 21, which had been less than twenty-four hours on its way, nnd which reported the fact that their ship was ready on that date to sail for Boston, YOL. 3. NO. 46, A New and Promising Business for Vir* ginia. Wo have been reading (says tho Lynchburg Virr/ininn) some accounts of anew business which we think may become immensely profit able in Virginia. It is the extracting of the astringent or tanning properties of oak hark for the production of leather. The information we have, convinces tls that the business will yield very largo profits. An artielo wo have before us on tho subject from a Georgia paper says l Five-sixths of the leather made in the United States is produced in tlio Nctv England and Middle States. In the prosecu'ion of this business, Boston and its immediate vicinity alone are said to consume about four hundred thousand cords of crude bark annually, and the enormous consumption which this fad illustrates, is very rapidly exhausting all the accessible sources of supply of the crude ma terial, and raising its value, ns the distance from which it mus t be brought and the difficul ties of gathering it increase. These facts suggested the idea of inventing machinery to extract and condense the tanning properties of tho bark in the original forest » so that a cord of hark is reduced to a single barrel of forty-five gallons. This extract is worth in the Northern cities ten cents a pound or a dollar per gallon—'the gallon weighing ten the whole barrel, therefore, worth forty-five dollars, and the demand for it in Europe and America can hardly be met by any probable supply. The manufacture of this bark extract, com*> mencing during tho war when the forests of tho South wore Inaccessible, has been confined principally to the hemlock forests of the North and East, which produce one thousand barrel* daily—about Four fifths of which go to Europe and the reminder is used principally by the tanners of Boston. The machinery for manufacturing this ex* tract is very heavy and effective, and costs from eight to nine thousand dollars. It is driven by a twonty-five horse power steam engine. The bark in slabs, as stripped from the tree, is first soaked in a tank, with water kept at a temperature of one hundred and seventy degrees by steam. It is then passed between iron rollers, which compress it to the thinness of wrapping paper, crushing every fibre and air and water cell in tho bark. In this condition it falls into another tank, where it is broken up and beaten, and agitated in warm water by paddlo wheels driven at ave» locity of one hundred revolutions a minute, and thereafter treated until the water has attained the point of saturation. At this density it ia carried to a condenser and further reduced to the drived point of strength for barreling and shipment. If all these figures and data are correct, evi* dcntly there is an excellent chance for profit from the oak forests of the South. More than this—in tiie Spring of the year the tanio acid has been found by experiments to be much stronger in the young oak leaves than in the bark, and we seo no reason why they, might not be brought into requisition for the manufacture of this concentrated fanning ex*> tract. A lettor from a gentleman in New York familiar with the business says: “The tanning properties of a oord of oak bark reduced to the consistency of ten pounds to the gallon, which makes it imperishable* weighs 450 pounds. This is worth in Phila s * delphia ten cents per pound, and in New York and Boston it commands a ready sale at twelve and a half cents, while in London and Liver pool it sells at fourteen cents in gold per pounds The demand abroad for American oak extract will for many years exceed our ability to sup ply, while that for home consumption will test our utmost energy to meet. Oak extract at ten cents a pound, when bark can be had at five dollars per cord, will yield to the manufacturer a net profit of twenty-five dollars per cord) and as one machine is capable of making two pounds per hour, or forty-eight pounds every twenty-four hours, it is easy to compute the returns which may be realized by running it for a single year. These figures may seem in credible to your people, but I challenge any one to show wherein they are incorrect.” The editor of the Virginian can place per-' sons who may wish to investigate this subject in communication with parties in New York who can furnish all the desired information. —= Richmond Enquirer it- Examiner. A rapid penman can write thirty words a minute. . To do this he must draw his quill through tho space of one rod—sixteen and a half feet. In forty minutes his pen travels a' furlung; and in five and one third hours one mile. \\e make cn an average sixteen curves or turns by the pen in writing each word.— Writing thirty words in a minute, we must make four hundred and eighty-eight to each second ; in an hour twentY*-eight thousand eight hundred ; in a day of only five hours, ono hundred and forty-four thousand ;in a vear of three hundred days, forty three millions two hundred thousand. The man who made a million strokes with a pen in a nrnnth was not at all remarkable. Many men make four millions. Hero wo have in the aggregate a mark three hundred miles long to be traced on paper by each writer in a year.- In making each letter of the alphabet wc must make from three to seven strokes of the pen, on an average 1 three to four. The convention of railroad agents at Meni-' phis, has decided to charge on cotton per one hundred pounds to New York, uncompressed all rail, $1 75 ; rail nnd water, $1 65* com-' pressed, all rail, ?1 10 ; rail and water, $1 80 ; being a reduction of ten cents per hundred oa last year’s rate.