The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, November 12, 1872, Image 2

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Term* •( Sab*crlptl«n: W ITO-Y CONSTITUTION PCT aum *1 00 .ill tu’ecriplltm# ire p*j»W« ttrlitlr la siwaet • tbeim^foreblcb pajaxat • made. sitlta* prerlnnaly renewed, the name of the a iMrlbet win be abtekea mm oar book*. PT* Clabe of Tea *15 00, *a0 a copy of the paps *-nt free to the getter-op. ATLANTA, TUESDAY w NOVEMBEK 12 Ei-Gercrner Bullock. Amoni? the "Personal*'’ of the Wishing- tr.n Patriot we find the following: "Ex-Gov- ernor bullock, of Georgia, who is at present in Paris, occupies a magnificent residence in the Champs Elysees ” Election rtstarna. We are rapidly getting in election return*. Greeley's majority is increasing. We will give no more special .reterns, bat will in a day or two give the correct table of the re form In the whole State. Ninciy-seven counties give Greeley a ma jority of 11,476. Second District. The probabilities are that Gen. Wright baa defeated Wbitcly. Whitely has an actual ma jority of a few votes, hot there U no doubt of palpable and prinut fae'e irregularities and fraud that will put Wright in. The first District. The contest in the First District is very close. Out of nineteen counties the Savan nah News says Rawls has 2,ICO majority in eleven and Sloan 2,117 in eight. This gives Sloan lint eleven majority In the nineteen counties. It is impossible to tell the remit, Itcw Kallroad Appointment. Mr. J. J. Griflln, formerly of Savannah, has been appointed the General Western Agent of the Great Southern Freight Line. Mr. f irifiln takes the place of Mr. Cotlingbam. lie Jias his office at the Georgia Itailroad depot. This is an excellent appointment. Mr. Griffin was a gallant soldier of the Confeder- ary, a member of the Oglethorpe Light In fantry of Savannah, that went out under the heroic Bartow, lie has since the war been connected with our Georgia railroads, an has won an enviable reputation for solid bnsl ness qualities. Our Orowm. The Constitution Ua» been growing re cently with a steady enlargement of patron age that is the more gratifying that it is not spasmodic, but regular. Our subscription list daily enlarges By mail and through om enterprising agent and hi* local subordinate:, we arc getting large accession* of paying readers. List week's work was especially flatter ing. We are giving our readers a large, newsy pajier, with fresh intelligence from all quar ter*. We thank our friends for their patronage, and promise them the paper shall keep up to ila high standard as a newsy, dignified, en terprising, careful, business and family jour nal, that wdl chronicle the incidents of tlic whole world, yet that. In fU selections, can lie taken into the pure homes, for perusal by the daughters and wives of our worthy citizens. m m m Georgia ftfate College at Agriculture and mechitnlc Arts, From a circular received, we see that the Slate College has a faculty of ten professors an I instructors and one hundred and tweniy- tdx student*; that it ofTers six separate .-ourses of study in agriculture, engineering, ptncticnl chemistry, etc., and has established a chemical lahratory for instruction in prac tical chemistry. Scholarships giving free tui tion are granted for each member of the House of Representatives. I)r. Pendleton, well known to the people of Georgia and the South, is the Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture. It is designed, the circular states, when the resources will permit, to provide commodious laltoralorics and thoroughly equip them with modern apparatus; to provide an experimen tal farm and furnish it with improved agri cultural implements; to establish a planl- bouae for illustrations in tiotany; to place in the industrial museum models of implements and machines, pnalucts of agriruUnrc. of manufacture and the mechanic ana gener ally; and to provide for the students a read ing-room with reviews, magazines and the prominent agricultural journals. Akerman. The following incident of the immaculate Akerman will prove interesting to his many friends and admirers. We take it from the Gallon Citizen. This raper says that the crowd was very small. But to the tale: lie seemed to t*> more gratified with his elf rt than snv of his hearers, and while thus musing »ml passing down the steps of the courthouse, he was accosted by a gen tleman, in rather an unfriendly tone, as follows: “You O—il d—ntheif, Ionght to kill you right here." Amos’ frame almost rent asunder with quivering. Borne of the bystanders inquired the cause of the harsh language, and were informed that the min had once been so unfortunate as to lie charged with the crime of murder, anil had engaged the services of Akerman to de fend him, and had paid him a retainer of i ne thousand dollars Amos thereupon, scenting that morh In hand, accepted a fee from the prosecutor and appeared upon the State's side at the trid. No restitution was ever 1 made of the one thousand dollars, and the other day, when accosted about if, he simply said to the gen tleman. "Let us forget these old thine*." No person's nerve* will hardly be shocked at this information : but if they are, the gentleman thus treated lives in the city of Dalton, a living witness to the fact and a respectable citizen, by whom all that we have said Cain Ik substantiated. UesUtution tinder God's law is never satisfied with a “let us forget these old things.” Elghtll Dlst.tcl. The Augusta Chronicle gives the vote • for Congressman in the 8lh Congressional Dis trict. It is all official bnt the vote of Talia ferro. Wright, the elected Democratic candidate, received 9.07" votes, DuBose 1,-lW, and Clsv- ton 6,230. The total vote was 17,101. Wright’s majority over Clayton is 3,443, over DuBose 8,413, and over both 2,183. By comparing the vote cast with previous votes in the same di»trict,we see that at Gov ernor Sndth's election the whole vote stood l*,239 t of which Smith received 13,850, and Wruker 4,383. Adding Wright's and Dn Bose's votes, wc find the Democratic vote to have fallen off from 13.856 to V',973, or 2.92:!. The Radical vote increased front 4,383 to 6,230 or 1,847. The victory is a very flattering one to Gen eral Wright. The defeat of General Du- llosc was right, under the circumstances, and it is a crashing one. We opposed him re gretfully ; but from a sense of duty. He is a fine young fellow, and had a bright politi cal future before him. He has made a grave mistake; but it has brought its own penalty. We are convinced that he acted under an outside in .Inert ec, and not from his own voli- :i m.-and sacrificed himself to a spirit of fidelity to ill-judged friends, cruelly disre gardful of his interests The Georgia Election. ATPIJNO OOCHTT. Hcststuxe, November 6th. Greeley, 138; Grant, 9. Morgan Rawls, Danner it, for Congress, First district, 153; Andrew Bloane, Radical, 9. JEFFERSON COCSTT. Louisville, November 6lb. The consolidated vole of this (Jefferson) county, U for Greeley, 624; Grant, 323; O'Conor 14. For Congress—Wright 512; Dn Bose 103; Clayton 32 L rULXSKI C0C5TT. Hawkins ville, November Cth. The vote of I’ul.ski county is as follows: Greeley and B:o . n 1,97; Grant and Wilson 251; majority for Greeley and Brown, 440. For Congress—Gen. Philip Cook, Third dis trict, 715; Col. Jack Brown, Third district, 251; majority for Gen. Philip Cook, 40». For ‘•Btraight-Oui” or O’Conor ticket 16 votes. Al< of these votes were voted at one orccinct, and were feiven also for Gen. Cook —the name of Jack Brown having been cm Of and Coal’s substituted. Jack Brown’s nSmfc was on t! ticket. L*Gr-nge Eeportte.) COWETA COUSTA. Grant 13271; Greeley 1,301; O'Conor 110 Harris 1,427: Berifhne 1,535. MEltfW1THEB COCKTT. Greeley 8b3; Grant 877; O’Conor 143; Har ris 1,131; Bcthune 842. HEARD COUNTY. Harris’ majority 250. CARROLL COUNTY. Greeley’s majority 300; Harris’ 500. Etherton Gazrtte 1 ELB8RTON COUNTY. Grant 130: Greeley 301: O’Conor 25-1 Wright 397; Du Bose 253; Clayton 130. Co!ambus Sun.] HARRIS COUNTY. 147 Radical majority. TALBOT COUNTY. 200 majority for Greeley. MARION COU.N Y. 'the regular Grant, and Wilson tT L - VV. JF-. SP CnATTAJIOOCIIEK COUNTY. 40 ranj ’rity for Harris. Chronicle and Sentinel.] GIIEKNE COUNTY. Grant 1,245, Greeley 498; O’Conor 231 Clayton 1,257; Wright 501; Da Rose lb7. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Greeley 1,255; Omni 437; Wright 1,251 Clayton 321; Du Bose 1. OGLETHORPE COUNTY. •eeler 44S; Grant 417; O’Cor.or [giit 153; Clayton 415; Du Cose GO. HANCOCK COUNTY. Greeley G33; Grant 467; O’Cor.or 23 Wright G33; Clayton 459; Da Cose 23. WARRKN COUNTY. Greeley 431; Grant 491; O’Conor 18 Wright 438; Clayton 401; Du Cose 20. COLUMBIA COUNTY. Greeley 304; Grant 15; O’Conor 11; Clay ton 15; Wright 296; JJp.Bosc 33. BURUtf COUNTY. Grant 1,030; Greeley 1,081; Sloan 1,093 Rawls 1,051; 6CBEYEN COUNTY. Sylvan i A, Noverfff>cr Cth. The following is the official Tote of this connty as consolidated hy the managers: Greeley and Crown 553; Grant ami Wilson 2 5. For CjngrcFS—Morgan Rawls, Demo crat, 554 jPTndrew Sloan, Radical, 205 Democratic majority 349. The election passed off quiet at all the elec tion precincts. There whs no disturbance whatever. A very good proportion of the colored people vot^i lor Greeley and Crown. ^ HABERSHAM COUNTY. Clark esyille, November 7th. Greeley 187; Grant 42. For Congress— '-■Ho*, timullvo! CHABLESTON. Carolina 9 * City BjTThe ?ea—Aa Iter- e»Unf Letter. Charleston, S. C, November 3,1872. Editor* Constitution: We left Orange burg on Thursday last on board the cars the South Carolina Railroad en route for this city. This road and the Georgia Road are among the best managed roads in the South. The conductors are courteous and attentive; cars fiaely famished and well adapted to comfort, which speaks well for the officers in charge. The former road is much traveled by merchants from every sec tion of the Sou’ll, going North to purchase goods, ua il makes close connection with the Adger and Iron Lice of steamers running to New York—the finest and f as test vessels on the coast. Af f er & ride of about four hours we reached the “Citt^y the Sea” and as we entered THE DEPOT, - The din and confusion that ensued, was almost deafening. Hackrnen, omnibus-dri vers, and hotel porter?, were standing out side the railing pushing and elbowing each other, and shouting at the top of their voices: “Fine hack, sir l” “Hab a private can Lure, sahf “Dia way to de P&villion Hotel!'’ Here’s your Charleston Hotel omnibus!” New York steamer d is side!” We were glad when this Babel was left far behind us, and we were being rapidly whirled down King street towards our present destination. This morning we visited the “White Point Garden,” or as it is more familiarly known THE BATTBnY, which whs deserted, wirli the exception of some nurses and their charges. Saturday afternoon, however, it is usually crowded with pleasure-seek era and sight seers. The Post Band, which is an excellent one, per forins on that afternoon for about two hours, which renders the resort still more attract ive. The view from where we stood was fine one. As f»re as the eye could reach, stretched the teundlcss waste of waters. On our right flowed tte* Ashley; on our left, the Cooper, and just in front they met. forming the Cay, which wa3 crowded with all kinds of vessels; among them the revenue cutter “Racer,** a fine specim-n of naval architecture. Snatches of song floated to us as we leaned over the railing, watching the ebbing tide as it splashed against the rocks at the base of the battery. Away ofl in the* distance, but dainty visible, lav Fort Sumter, Morris slant!. Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney, and further in Sullivan’s Island and Mt. Pleasant. Besides these Fort Ripley, which is almost entirely washed away, so little of it remaining that at “high tide” Democrat* From Interest Votluc for tirani. The Atlanta correspondent of the Savan nah News is responsible for the following It presents a most disgraceful fact: There is one fact which I may mention, upun the authority of a leading Democrat from one of the Cherokee counties, viz: that manv persons along the line of Sherman*.', march, between the Tennessee and Chatta hoochee llivirs, have voted for Grant, or r»ayed away from the polls, in the hope that, if re-elected, he will favor the payment of their claims for property taken or destroyed by the Federal troops! Some Democrats in those o unties through which the great projected canal will j>ass, were also in fluenced by the expectation that Grant can be relied upon to give bis influence in behalf of that important enterprise. jy One of our Straight friends remarked to ua the other day while in Atlanta that the Straight element had now accomplished its purpose—elected Grant, and that he should retire from politics, at least for the next four ycara.—Cfryteft Times. H. I*. Beil 2<w3lB. a. Darn' cast. GWINNETT COUNTY. For President—Greeley, 813; Grant, 197. O’Conor, 30. For Congress—Bell, Democrat’ t*72; Darnell, Republican, 14S; Finley, no Candidate, 1. The vote of the county is^ery small, about one-half of our voting strength. LEE COJJNTY. Official vote of Lee tJounty 1 Greely, 269;-0*Conof, 27. i> District—Jade Brown, 409; Phil MILTON COUNTY. Alpharetta, November 8. I send yon the official count of tlic vote polled in this county on yesterday. The vote was very meagre; four of the precincts did not hold the election, and numbers of our people did not vote that were present. Such apathy will ruin any peoplu. The Greeley ticket was: 299; Giant, 30; Glenn, 212; £ reeman, GO. LINCOLN COUNTY. President—Greeley electors, 395; O’Conor electors, 32. Congress, 8th District—A. Rr Wright, 288; D. M. DuBose, 3. No votes for the Grant electors. None for Phil. Clay ton. Very small turn out; negroes generally refusing to participate. CRAWFORD COUNTY. Minority for Greeley 40. Majority for Glenn 84. CLAYTON COUNTY. Glenn 356; Freeman SCO; Greeley 282 Grant 3J>5; O’Conor 83. HENRY COUNTY. Glenn 814; Freeman 589; Greeley 6G3 Grant 005; O’Conor 96; majority JONES COUNTY. Greeley 839; Grant 321; majority 518 Blount 889; Anderson 321; majority 518. DEKALB COUNTY. Glenn 845; Freeman 429; majority 416. Tire Largest Bee Hive in tiik World In Los Angeles county, on the eastern slope of the San Franci**co range of mountains, and in the immediate vicinity of the Li ing Petroleum company’s oil region, there u the most wonderful collection of wild heney in existence. The hive is looted in a rift, which penetrates the rock to the depth of probably 160 feet. The orifice is 30 fwt long and 17 feet wide; four passages. This rift was discovered to be the abiding place of swarm of bees, t.ml is represented as coniin. out in a nearly solid column one foot in di ameter. Certain patties have endeavored tc descend to the immense store of honey col lected by these bees, but were invariably driven back, and one man lost his life in the effort Others have, at the expense of much Inter and money, built a scaffold 125 feet high, in the hope of reaching a place whence they could tun a drift into the rock, ami ex tract its well-hoarded sweets, but finally ceased their work. Within lour years t bees have added not less than fifteen f»*ct depth to their treasure, as ascertained by ac tual measurement, and it is thought tlut the present lime there cannot be le»»s than eight or ten ’ous of honey in the rock. A man named B. Brophy lives in a cabin not far from the spot, and obtained, from the melting of the honey by the sun's heat, enough for his family requirements. All through that region immense stores of wild honey are found in trees, in the rocks, neatly every place where its industrious manufac turers think of—for bees feem to think—that it will be secure. They consume a very small proportion, as the climate enable them keep up operations nearly every day in the year, and flowers of some sort are always irr bb>ora. It m ist be a very severe season in deed wb.cn he little fellows are not seen abroad in vast nuraters, busily engaged in their mellifluous work —San Francisco Com mercial HeraUl. OeMtU-Rfd .scene*. From JanlasIL-m! Paps*- on Death ] Most persons seem anxious to know if * hey are going to die—not because they wish make physical preparations, but that th< _ may arrange their m vteri *1 affairs, give final directions for the disposal of their effects their remains. Again and again have I Ik* asked by the wasted wretches in prison : “Do you think I am a gone case, Doctor ? 1\ not afraid to die, but I want to know.” I have found, particularly at Salisbury, that material comfort is the thing longed for by the dying. In their last hour in en and women want physical rest and ease above aught else; and I know instances in wh the replies of persons near the'»r dissoluti were in such sharp contract to inquiries m ide of them as to become positively grotesque. I was present when aa acquaintance, hav ing been struck down in the streets Ly a fall icg chimney, was carried home in a dying slate. As as he had recovered co sciousncis, his wife, half frantic with tern leaned over the sofa oa which he lay, and said. “Oh, my ffarling, do you really love we?” The response was, “Yes, if you will pull off my b.vits,” and these were his last words. A gentleman, long ill of a wasting fever, had reached that condi;ion of rest which generally heralds the great transformation. Ilis betrothed, who had devotedly nursed him. said: “Dearest, do you die h.^ppy ?” “I should,” was the answer, “if that infernal fly wouldn’t bother me,” and spoke no more “Wonldn’t you like to see your father?” in quired a doting mother of nerson as his life was ebbing fast. “Of course I should, but I’d rather"have my f;-.ce washed.” Such words, apparently harsh and unfeeling, come from persons of natural sensibility and ten Cottan-lta. 10. The receipts this week are 134,000 bales— 29.000 more than last year, and 2,000 more* than two years since. It is likely the receipts for next week will be about 125,000 bales, compared with 101,000 last year, and 122,000 the year before; and the receipts at the in terior towns 47,000 bales, compared with 33.000 last year, and 46,000 the year before. This week the weather has been dear, cool and windy for three days, and cloudy four days, with light rains on three days. The thermometer has averaged 61 degrees at noon. The indications are that we shall have a killing frost and plenty of ice daring next week. Thus fur the crop has been seriously dam aged cither by worms or frost in a large por tion of the country. About the first of Sep tember the army worm destroyed the vitality of all the cotton about as far North as 32 de grees of latitude, which region embraces all of Florida, one-third of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and half of Louisiana. A large portion of the cotton growing region of Texas is embraced in this belt; but it is so far west the worms did but little damage ex cept in a few counties on the coast. Then, on the 15tii of October, there fell a killing frost as far South as 33 1-2 degrees of lati tude. This killed all cotton in Virginia and North Carolina, half in South Carolina, one- third in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, all in Tennessee and Arkansas and some in portions of Texas. This damage by worms and frost we estimate at fully 759,000 bales. There is still a belt between the degrees of latitude mentioned, about one hundred miles wide, where the cotton in one-half of the fields is still growing and maturing. This, no doubt, will be entirely killed by the frost next week. Our estimate is that if the worms had not come thia year, and frost had not come until December 1st, the crop would have reached nearly 4,500,000 boles. The blight or rust did not do the damage reported, and probably will not amount to over 150,000 bales. This leaves the crop about oar esti mate of last week. The receipts this week, although largely in excess of our estimate, are only about right, compared with a month past. During the month of October the excess of receipts over last year, same time, were 24 per «t is ^ nearly imperceptible from _ land^ent, just what this week Las been. This increase carried on until the end of tho cot ton year, will make the crop 3,637,000 bales. Our readers can judge for themselves whether the circumstances this year and last, for Oc tober, are the same. The principal excess of receipts^^heei^LdavAnnah and New Or leans ; it is Hcely the extremely early season, caused by drought and worms, has brought the crop forward at least 4 per cent, faster than last^year, during the nmnth of October. The receipts at tlm interior ports seem to have reached their maximum Fort Sumter never has been repaired,, although we think an appropriation wn3 made by Congress for that purpose. Two or three enormously large guns, however, have been mounted upon the ruins, and there is also a light-house here.*Your readers can imagine how large the guns are when they made a cargo Jpr a Jprge schooner. Poor old Fort Moultrie entirely ruined. The officers’ quarters are rotted down, and the parade ground grownup in weeds and covered with rubbish. The place i3 taken care of by a United States Sargeant. Wc also had a view of “JIM island,” as it Is called by the negroes, one of the strongholds oLthe “8oa Island” darkeys, who speak a florae lingo, and are almost as wild os the native African. Still they can vote, and invariably drive any unfortunate conserva tive—white or black—who attempts to exer cise the franchise away from the polls, TRid sometimes off tho island. On our left, close at hand lay THE WHARVES, at whose sides ships of almost every nation were loading and unloading, the majority of them being filled with cotton for Great Brit ain and other foreign ports. At the steamer wharf we went on board the magnfl^nt steamship Manhattan, of the Adger L^Whe ihlT steamer on the coast. Wc f oun^Wery- ...j?5 in splendid order; the dining saloon, cubing and state rooms elegantly furnished; and the officers and waiters polite and atten tive. From this wharf we visited THE PRINCIPAL STREETS. They were all bustle and confusion. Men, women and children were hurrying in eieiy direction; carts rnttlingnfcr the*stonF*. *nd the street-cars rolling a'toHK A* c 8£l 1 corner an old “mauma,” with broad-trimmed Eana- ina bat or gay handkerchief perched mpon her head, or wound aremud tastefully, a la turban, was seatej, a large basket before her full of molasses candy, qjrpundBHts and apples, spread out in tempting array, *With a view to attract the attention and the pennies of tlic little lads and misses hurrying on to school. On all sides was heard the xies: ’Tcetcres, (oysters,) here’s ye fresh retcresl” “rihrimps! shrimp* 1 shrimps!” Fresh fish and crabs!” “Fresh fish and crabs, jist from do water!” Mingling with these sounds adown the streets, every fifteen minutes rang out, sweet and clear, the chimes of tit. Michaels’ dear old bells;“rebel belis.” What a feeling of love and pride they awake in the heart of every true Charlestonian! There is one feature abont Charleston which, noticing, caused us a feeling of rebel lion and repugnance, and Ibis was the NEGRO POLICEMEN everywhere visible. The police force here consist chiefly of negroes. But they are generally very well behaved towards prison ers and not at all disposed to be overbearing. As the pay is poor they make as good “guar dians of the peace” a* the claw of whites' who conld be had at the s.’.mc price. The citizens seem to think as a matter of course that they should have them and so are perfectly satis fied or indifferent Their uniform is much like that of the officers of the United Slates Army, being of a dark blue with brass buttons and the regular army caps. Their clubs aie painted black. TIIE AMUSEMENT SEASON lias not fully opened yet—very few troupes having visited the city so far. Last week the Pomcroy-Snedair Opera Company, who will visit your city soon, gave a series of enter tainments at the Academy of Music, and we believe Were well patronized. The first part of this week Mrs. D. P. Bowers performed there for three nights, and Harry Mac&rthy and troupe are now finishing the week. Hurry is as lively and entertaining os ever, and his troupe is a first-class one. The weather at present is delightful, and the health of the city remarkably g«w>d—but few deaths, and those mostly of children. As we leave here on Monday our next let ter will probably be written in the “Gate City,” and will be descriptive of a visit to Magnolia Cemetery. Yours, etc., Annie Maria. present,^fs the receipts were less at all of the towns except Memphis, aacnhat has been behind last year, until last week. Wc gave sqigRjeasous lastweek why the re- ceiptg’ShoukKe less this week; but we made error in«£xpccting the effect to follow the cause so soon. The average time for cot ton to arrive at the out ports after leaving £he plantation is about ten days. So the receipts should be less next week than tliisy demess, bcciuse in their dying hour the de sire for material c un'ort often c-owds out every other con*ideri*ion. tyTlie jtiW of St Louis has issued anTojfi FelloVof standing, is dead. SrduT^r KC<iriB11 “ | UOlMli! Mtl ELE\. IVc ItcKitutcs tlic Edltorsbl* of the Tribune* After ItelliiqaiNlalng “An other Line of Buslnev* ‘ New York, November C.—The Tribune to-morrow will publish the following: A CARD. The undersigned resumes the editorship of the Tribune, which he relinquished on em barking in another line - of business six months ago. Henceforth it shall bo his en deavor to make this a thoroughly independ ent journal, treating all parties and political movements with judicial tairne-s and candor, but courting the favor and deprecating the wrath of no one. If he cau hereafter say "any thing that will tend heartily to unite the whole American people on the broad platform of universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, he will gladly do so. For the present, how ever, he can best command that consurama lion by silence and forbearance. The vic tors in our late struggle can barely fail to take the whole subject of Southern rights and wrongs into early and earnest consider ation, and to them, for the present, he re mits it, since he will never again be a can did ate for any office, and is not in full acr ord with either of the great parties which have hitherto divided the country. He will be able, and will endeavor to give wider aid, and steadier regard, to the progress of science, industry and the useful arts than a partisan journal can do, and he will not be provoked to indulgence in tho-e bitter personalities which are the recognized bane of journalism. Sustained by a generous public, nc will do his best to make the Tribune a p»wer in the broader field it now contemplate?, as when human freedom was in peril, it was in the arena of political partnership. [tiigned] Horace Greeley. New York, Nov. 6,1872. South Carolina News. Four gin houses have been burned in Ker shaw county this season. Mr. David Luckie, cashier of the National Bank of Chester, is dead. The sabre clubbers of Edgefield expect to have u brilliant time on the w 2Sr.h of Novem ber. The Columbia Union says that the total tax to be levied this fall will be 17 mills on the dollar. During last week the National Bank at New burg paid out over $70,COO for cotton transactions. The Brptist State Convention will convene at Darlington November 2ist Rev. Dr. Winkler is to preach the introductory sermon. Tennessee \cws. Charlotte Thompson is playing in Mem- pbs. There are 762 convicts in the penitentiazy, two-thirds of them colored. Mr. Il Barry, a well known printer, also am fobiki thiMpa SPIRITUALISM. ! —— Strange'! Stranger!! StrangestU! MENTAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Spirits from India Converse in Arable Through an American Medium. r*\ _ ___ Will Woflders Never Cease ? An Evening With n Spiritualist. «■ •> [The followin j article was written by Bev. Dr. Hicks, editor of the Macon Enterprise, and first pabltsind in the XIXth Century, of Charleston,Anent the Surreacy affair, the Doctor rehreduce3 it in the Enterprise of October 31>t:| No subject hat of late taken deeper hold on the public-mind than Spiritualism. Re cently, in Hfraffork city, the (moot aston ishing testa nINbeen applied, without suc- coss, to dUcovetJJy whit agency, other than the one assigned; a Hr. W. H. Homier pro duced what he calls Spirit Photographs. The best experts of the country, in the art of pho tography, acknowledged their defeat, and Humler, for tbonime, at least, is master of the field. The writer of this paper docs not affirm his belief in spiritual agency as applied to holography, ndr on the other hand, does lie om the multitude in hastily denouncing what he has not the penetration to understand or account for. . The fact is, welive by mystery. All agents baffle our intim&y, and few facts known to ns at nil, are sufficiently known to warrant dogmatism in any department of science and economy.* The following account furnishes the whole of the writer’s acquaintance with Spiritual ism, and if it serras the purpose of entertain ment, the objecMii view will be achieved. No matter when, no matter where, 1 re solved to visita celebrated medium, for the purpose of testiug bis powers, and for an evening’s experience with the so-called mysteries and wonders of Spiritualism. I had heard much favorable to the personal character and remarkable developments of the medium whom I proposed to visit and that, if from any cue. I could from him gain the; information I sought. After a uussMsf several hours, I found myself at the of a large house, and was about to pull the bell, when it suddenly opened, and a finedpoking gentleman, proba bly thirty yeais onge, made bis appearance. Withont introduction, he extended his baud, and brusquely and, as I thought, with a frank abruptness, said, “Good day, sir, I am delighted to see you. I have been expecting you for an boar."?' As I bad never teen the gentleman before, I was naturally qrpriaed a; this greeting, and hesitated how .to respond to his frank and cordial salutation. Looking iuto his face, I thought I saw honesty stamped upon every feature, and, taking the profiered hand, I entered with him into the house. The room into which he led me was small, with an ordinary rfibnd mahogany table in the center, covered with writing materials, and surrounded with chairs, fmmediatcly upon being seated, rappings were heard throughout the room—on the table, under the table, at my feet, under my chair, on the ceil ing,.on the door; eywywbcre throughout the room the mysterious raps reported them selves. Though somewhat abashed and dis turbed by this, to mb, novel experience, I cultivation of two of my senses, namely, seeing and hearing, bat by receiving a com munication in a language which not ten per sons in the country could read or understand, as our estimate slnrtvs. Tlid^narket iJ p»M>.iers of a traveletfgentleman. New York this' week hiTbeen on harobeen 1«« contemplating a visit muck depressed, wjtha light demand, small sales, and a decline in price of 1-2 cent a pound. This has been due to very large re ceipts, and a natural reaction from the ac tivity of last week. Although the principal reason of the decline everywhere has been that ajmost every one, believing it must go dbwn, wouflhnbt buy. They cannot put off ^buyfag long, at this time of the year, and it % likely we will have a more active market very soon; but the price wil^je^pnQ upon holder?: If they demand good prices they pita get them :bu! iKthey get scared, buyprs ■wHl pay £& litOT «as possible^ for the cptlon " they will be compelled to huve. Liverpool has been dull, with small sales all the week and Manchester spinners have again reduced their stocks to about 75,000 bales, compared with 200,000 same time lost year. For the past lour years the stocks of cotton at Liverpool have been counted only at regu lar intervals, last of June and December, and that has given speculators a great advantage, as they could add to or subtract from the sales and make them appear .large or small as suite I their purpose to raise or de press prices. Last year the sales reported at Liverpool for November and December were very large, and, as a consequence, when the stock was counted at the end of December it was found to be over 84,000 bales, 59,000 of which was American. To prevent this fraud the slock has been counted this week and found to be over 32,000 bales, 27,000 of which is American; so we know the very large sales reported hist month were not correct, which accounts for wliat many persons could not understand, such large sales and so little rise in price. One great • reason of the dullness aud small sales iu New Orleans has been the scarcity of steam freight room tor Liverpool. Orders could not be filled because the cotton could not be shipped. The amount on ship board and engaged for shipment at that port at this time is 20,000 bales for Liver pool, 20,000 for Havre, 6,000 for North Sea, 5,000 for Spain, 4,000 for Turkey and 3,000 for Bremen. The exports so far from New Orleans have been, for past three years, as follows: 1STO 1871 187* To Great Britain 01.000 42,0 » 4“ 000 To Continent 10,000 18,000 50,000 We do not intend to alter our estimate every week, but may give different calcula tions. In the bureau’s last report they stated the acreage was 13 per cent, more than last year, and the condition 6 per cent, better; this makes 19 per cent., which, added to last year’s crop, would make this crop 3,540,000 bales. We have no doubt that the effect of worms and drought has hastened picking, and made this crop fully two weeks earlier than last year. The receipts for four weeks in November have always been equal to the receipts for September and October together. If this should be so this year it would make the re ceipts average 159,000 bales per week for No vember. Our estimate is 131,000 per week, is a totsl .for the month of 525,000 bales. We always suppose;! .the re ceipts, as published by the associated press in tae morning papers were the receipts as they st(x>d at each port at 12 M. the day be fore ; but as far as tiuvannah is concerned, we were mistaken, as the receipts at that port are not telegraphed to the pr^as until 24 hours afterwards, thus giving tho Savannah mer chant about 36 hours advantage, or from Monday noon until Wednesday morning. Whether all the ports are managed in the same way we do not know. If they are, it probably accounts for tome of the strange freaks of the cotton market we have not been able to understand, for in this fast age many changes take_ place in thirty-six hours. The receipts at New Orleans this year have been more regular than we ever knew them. This is accounted for by the fact of more railroads and the cheaper rates of freights as compared with steamboat, than formerly. The receipts at that port now are 50 per cent, by railroad, compared with 25 per cent, last year. This probably accounts, in part, for the great ex cess in receipts at that port As to the future, we would advise our nlanting friends to sell now all the cotton thev intend to sell before Christmas. To dealers we would say, we can see no profit in selling short, and it may be too early to buy, so it may be best to wait for further develop ments. nevertheless controlled my fancies, and em braced a fmjTmomeflS of science to study, if possible, tire character of the gentleman be fore me. As I have already - !®!, he was about thirty years of age, of poifty form, crowned by a shapely head and frontispiece, and looked out of a dark searching pair of eyes. Alto gether, he impressed lne with the ease and and of which, as 1 afterwards had abundant opportunity of discovering, the medium had not the slightest knowledge. There remained yet one more important test A secret involving the character of a third party was known only by my dead friend and myself, and I immediately re solved to penetrate, ir possible, this mystety, by asking for a revelation of the facts in volved. I propounded my question mental ly, and requested that she would write the answer in her own hand through the medi um : as before, he seized the pencil, and care lessly and rapidly wrote the secret out, with out knowing a word of the same. It was true. For the time being, our conference with tho spirits ended. Entering then into familiar conversation with the medium, I learned something of his most eventful life. I asked him, among other questions, when he first felt these spiritual impulses and impressions—in short what made him a medium. He can didly replied, “I h*vc been a medum from cliilahood, and I am so from necessity. If left to myself, I would not choose this voca tion, but I am forced by day and by night by powers oat of me, and as inexplicable to me as to yourself, to perform the partWu see me acting.” If you have no objections, sir, I would know your experience somewhat in detail” “Not the slightest.” was his frank answer, and inviting me to light a cigar, he threw himself back in his chair, and, as nearly as I can remember, in the following words re lieved my curiosity: “It is generally believed,” said he, “that spiritualists are nothing more than deceivers —persons who are given up to the follies and vices of a corrupt world, and who are strangers to the sweet and holy virtues of good charac ter and domestic life. In short, that they are fraternity of catchpennies, living upon the credulity of the people. While I must admit that we have among U9 characters of this sort, who go from city to city giving public .seances ana seeking thus to fill their pockets, I nevertheless emphatically deoy that it is true even of a respectable portion of our members. As you seem to be a reasonable lerson, I beg you to hear a page or two of my ife, and judge,for yourself of the influence by which a true spii itual mediumjis sometimes beset. ‘As far back as I can remember, I was the subject of spiritual manifestations. As I grew to manhood and mingled with society, they not only perplexed but annoyed, and several times almost drove me to despair. Thoughtful days and wakeful nights attested my misery. 1 sought relief in the quiet home circle; amid the gayeties of social life; in the fields and woods; among books; and in the Church of God—butiu all my pursuits, in all places and under all circumstances, my steps were followed and 1 was pressed into the thankless aud unwilling service. My sufferings at last had become so great as to alarm my most intimate friends, and they despaired not only for my reason but of life itself. I was a walking skeleton. I could not sleep. I was tormented by excruciating nervous pains; in short, endured th^ffirrors of perdition. At last, unable to WPl out longer, I yielded myself to the straflge, mys terious influences which seem to possess me, and «in that act I found relief. “Among my singular experiences was this, that if I encountered one who suffered from any cause whatever, I seemed to become, for the time, a part of his being, and to realize in my person all the anguish he endured. I was ffven drawn to those whom I had never seen and whom I knew nothing. This cu rious sympathy has carried me to almost every country in the world, in search of un fortunate m*rsons, aid, in every instance, I have founa relief only in administering relief to them. On one occasion, I was suddenly summoned, by jjiiritual influences, 1 *to sail in tile first ship for CaUfornfa. I resisted for days until my old agony threatened me, when taking my trunk I started on a mission the intents of which wen^s unknown to me Errata. Atlanta, Ga., November 7,1872. Editors Constitution.: Having just teen our printed account of the death of 3Iaior R. N. Hull, we notice some typographical errors. In the second line of the second paragraph, instead of “under the shadows of the morn ing fires,” read “under the shadows of the mourning pines.” A little further down for “under the hue,” read “und^r the bine.” Ag*iin, for “from brow to cheek,” render it from “brow and cheek.” Iifetead of “inside the gate,” it should be “outside the gate.” Lastly, for Dr. J. D: Cleckle, read Dr. J. D. Clecklev. This last we wish corrected for the benefit of those who may wish to write to that gentleman. By giving place to the above in your col umns, you will confer a favor upon Yours, etc., Annie Maria. to me,” said the medium. “ I must admit, sir,” I answered, “ that I have for sometime considered the subject” " And you desire to test my powers as a medium?” Buch is the object of my visit” Allow me to welcome you to my house, and, without further introduction or ceremo ny,'” extending his hand to me across the table, “let us be friends.” 1 must say that the cordial reception thus extended to me, won at once my confidence and placed me entirely at my ease. “If you have no onjeciion, sir,” I said, “we Will proceed at once to business.” Horeadilyassented." During thisconver thjffifthe rap3 h.ul ceased, and the silence of iwon was broken only by the interchange of words. No sooner had I proposed busi ness, however, than the raps began, with greater vehemence, if possible, than before, aud tbe table was suddenly lifted from the floor and tipped intv n 'jf lAP- , » “A friendly greeting,” said the medium, from a delightful band of angels, who are hero to enjoy with me an hour of your society.” “Your guardian angels,” continued he,“are excessively fond of yon; they press upon your chair; they hover about your head; they shield you with their hands; they go befiffc your steps; they weep when you are sad; they shout when you arc cheerful; they sing songs to yon in your dreams, and kiss your eyelids in the early morning to awake you to a peaceful life.” “By what process,” I asked, “do you pro fess to know these things ? ” “I see them now,” answered the medium, “tho room is filled with them; they greet you with delight, am^sraile on me for your sake.” Being somewhat at a loss how to begin the investigation, 1 was relieved by the announce ment that there were spirits present who were exceedingly anxious to communicate with me. “Can you give me their namc3?” I asked. “Certainly,” was his quick reply, and im mediately taking up a pencil, aud wrote the names of several persons whom,I had known intimately in years gone by; among them the name of one that sent a thrill of happy mem ories through my heart. It was my mother. “Ah,” thought I, “my mother will not de ceive me. I shall certainly lie able to test whether this be true or false.” The medium laid the pencil down, and, leaning back in bis chair, thoughtfully gazed at me. Upon my inquiring the cause, he an swered, “I Am looking at your mother; she stands behind your chair leaning lovingly and confidingly on your shoulders and gazing as she used to do upon your face, with the fondness which you so well recall, tihe is now smoothing your brow, she Is smiling upon you, and bias you remember the many lessons which, in your childhood, it was her happiness to impart to you, aud which, in your manhood, you have found to be of con stant service.” “When did she die?” I asked, and where?” “At such and such a time,” was the an swer, naming the day, month and place of mv mother’s death. Being bent upon a thorough investigation, and having all in/ skepticism aroused, I im mediately asked him for her maiden name. Without hesitation, and again taking the pencil, he said, “She shall wnte it herself,'? and thereupon he wrote, in the familiar hand of fny mother, her full name, when she was bom and where. “If this is my mother,” I remarked, “she will not object to writing my own name and the( time and place of my birth,” when, strange as it may appear, gentle reader, the pencil swept across the page and the truth was told. The first effect of these startling develop ments was partly to unbinge my feelings, aud for a moment I was lost in amazement But not yielding my faith even to this evi dence, I resolved still farther to prove the possibilities of the medium in such a manner as would leave no room to doubt the genu ineness of his powers. Having traveled over a greater portion of the world, anu r*ade ac quaintances in foreign countries, many of whom are now dead,! determined to apply a significant, and, as I conceived, a most diffi cult test. As if my thoughts were instantly divined by the medium, lie remarked: “There are spirits present whose manners are in- a strange contrast with those of oar community, and they are making motions which I cannot interpret.” I then mentally inquired if the spirit of certain friend of mine who had died in the East ladies, iraaxpres»-nt. The answer came immediately: “Your friend who died in the East Indies is here, and is exceedingly anx ious to converse with you. I see now” and he proceeded to describe the personal ap pearance of one who had been dead six years. “I see before me,” he said, “a short, delicate lady, whose face is marked with traces of suffering; she is dressed in a light fabric, and wears upon her bead a summer hat. tihe ap pears to have just returned from a walk. Her hair hangs loosely upon her shoulders, and in her band is a letter which she seems desirous of presenting to you.” “ 1 would know her name,” I observed. He instantly seized a pencil and wiote upon a paper, which he banded me with a perplexed air, saying, “ Here are some characters, sir, but I must confess that I do not understand them.” On taking the paper, to my astonish ment, I read in clear, beautiful Pcni-Arabic Romanized words, the name of my dead friend, with the salutation common among the natives of Ind:a, “BurraJi, Sthtb, Salaam, the name by which she playfully called me, literally meaning, in the Oriental exuberance of politeness, “ Great sir, good cheer! ” While regarding the inscription with si lent wonder, the medium suddenly drew up bis coat-sleeve, with the exclamation, “See here !** and there, in red lines upon the fleshy part of the fore-hrm standing out in bold re lief, were the English initials of my friend's name. Not to be deceived. I seized his hand and held it oat for a few moments, while I watched the strange phenomenon fade from sight. Thus was I nonplussed, not merely tty the Some of tbe Causes. In looking over the field of battle, some of the causes of Greeley's defeat point out saiiently. The monetary interests seem to have been banded in solid phalanx on Grant’s 'side. The heavy war expenditures of the government built ap immense for tunes and huge bonded interests. These have all banded together to keep Grant in power as tljp^author .of their existence, jmd the tutelary drvimly^oi'theif ifteservafion. To ti^&odd^lktbe piptqptyd jmfustries, tlic banking and railway enterprises fostered by the Radical administration, and we see what a host of strong influences were„ at work for G ran t’ylection. J* v Tlic use of war powers, subvming parch ments and constitutions underlie grim ne- cesritifi of revolution have accustomed peo ple to arbitrary manures janCL blunted the ^ecn edge of distrust aud opposition to the encroaching despotic power of .uflb central government. Georgia News. JONESBORO. Two ladies of Jonesboro quilted a whole quilt one night after supper, last week. Tbe number of lawyers iu Jonesboro is increasing. Clayton Times. TROMASTON. Rev. J. P^Murray has been quite ill fortlfc last few days. Odd Fellowship is increasing in this place. On the 6th instant Mr. Rabun Mathews was married to Mrs. Nettie Wil- liams^ Mr. B. N. Barrow died on Sunday last. *Ou Monday last a negro child about three years old was burned to death at Dr. Herring’s mill.—Ihonuuton IlerahL WASHINGTON. Tltt 'VWkcs Connty Fair was a success, both as to articles displayed ami numbers iu altcndauew* Dr. Sid, from Holland, has been .giving cuterlamwcutB in Washington. Mr. Dillard Walton, of Wilkes county, died on the 4th instant.—Washington Gazette. TALBOTTON. Mr J. Waterman was run over W a horse a few days since, was knocked down and sc- ‘ Dtjply injured. He is doing well, however. r. A- J* Perryman aud Miss Hattie tiraith. THE L*ST WT II re, no more rf t’it* earc-n of tine! Snctk to me now of thit h 'p;*r 'Tin*. W b< re :h« ear never 1 *t» u» i h* «•:£ • e;' And sorrow and rare .-re *1' unk-« wn ; Now when my pnlee hei*' f»:nt *n-l *’•»« And ray moment# arc r.Hmli-r d V re *v* ■ "*'th thv »ntt, *wc; t *vic • my »i*ur. i ' that ltnd where my r.t Mn,» U» «:> AtH tel! me of tho-e wV.oare Far from * urow an-i ir fre Tne loved of my *oni, w .<• ; The follovrinj, from the Albany, N. Y., l crr 5' nmn Rml Argus, well puts a parallel to U “ 6 ‘ h things that lead to this sccqgfi wclojy of the Radical- 1- ” - --* _ cyu close of the ami-Napoleonic war in England. The National debt rose annually by Its hun dred thousand millions. There was an issue of paper money to relieve tho bankers and brokers. The nobility, comparatively poor in the last century, were curiched by offices, pensions, endowments, and opportunities of investment and speculation. The upper class of commoners realized untold wealth and bought alliances with the nobility. The corn laws kept the land owners in.sympathy wilh the Government. The corn eaters starved. There was a prosperity among the upper cl asses greater than that of our own now; but never was there more suffering among the poor, never so many crimes against property and life. “The inequalities of the law and the injustice of government made imperative the reform movement It was bold and honest, and was again and again repulsed by the organized power of government But it drew the young men to it It won, step by step, victo ries ; it conquered public opinion faster than it did votes; but at last it held control of both. It has governed England for forty years, with occasional losses of power, which were merely temporary. But no measure of reform that it ever succeeded in establishing was ever overturned. ‘gush is to be our history. The vote of Tuesday is no measure of public opinion. We have access to the popular ear and heart. The thin partition that separates parties will be broken in the next impulsive movement of the people. Our success is postponed, but only for a brief time. Napoleon was stromfc er than Grant, but' how long did it take To sweep him and his cohorts out of power? Tweed wielded as large a machinery of cor ruption as Grant; yet his days are now passed in seeking his escape from prison. “ We see nothing in the past to regret, noth ing in the future to fear. ‘God is patient,’ savs one of the old saints, ‘because he is eternal.' The people endure beyond the life of one or many generations, and*they too can be patient and wait. WImt is good will come if we labor faith fully and fearlessly for it” From tho New York World’s Lontlo^orrespond'co.] Tbe Lord’s Sapper tnTspurgeon’s Cbureb. S ie long tending looking up to him. s ceremony were itn- communicants, who w< The preparations for as a child unborn. Onamving in San Fran cisco, a “stranger infir strange land,” my steps were directed To the very house iu which, as it afterwards appeared, the cause of my sympathy presided, and through spirit ual agencies, I was there enabled to clear away a mystery which had plunged a respect able household into the deepest distress. Such was the story of the medium. It was told in an artless confidential mauncr, and I ever since have had occasion to remember, with peculiar satisfaction, my first “ Evening with a Spiritualist.” To tbo Public, Atlanta, Ga., November 9,1873. Editors Constitution: I desire,' through the medium of your widely-circulated paper, to call the attention of the people of Georgia to a recent business transaction, as ingenious as it is outrageous. About the first of last February, I purchased from J. O. Tilton, of Pittsburg, Pa., the right to sell, in the State of Georgia, a patented invention, known as“The titeam Washer, or Woman’s Friend.” The in vention was patented Sept. 19,1871. In order to secure the deed, for the State, on Mr. Til ton’s terms, I was compelled to mortgage my homestead, and was also induced to make a considerable outlay of money in the matter of advertising etc., relying implicity nj>on Tilton’s representations all the while. Just about the time when I was ready to com mence selling county rights, I was notificdjby a gentleman that he had bought eighteen counties from J. C. Tilton. Similar notices began to come in from every quarter. My agents were led to believe that 1 was, myself, only an agent without the right to sell terri tory, and they consequently ceased to act for me. I soon found out the reason for this state of affairs. Tilton had secured a second pa tent! He at once re-advertised the territory of Georgia for sale, but took good care to say nothing about the two patents. The new pa tent is precisely like the old one in principle, and in its manner of working; it differs only in appearance. It is also more expensive, and more complicated. The new patent bears date March, 5tb, 1872. 1 can safely challenge comparison. The patent which I bought an swers its purpose as weil as the new patent, and is moreover simpler and cheaper. Tilton is aware of this, and in his recent advertise ments heunblushingly publishes testimonials, dated 1871. The date shows conclusively that Tilton is using the certificates in favor of the patent sold to me, for the purpose of recommending the new patent This alone is sufficient to show that Tilton is acting un fairly. This is a brief statement of facts. I ask the peopie of Georgia to read aud consider. I am prepared to convince them by actual tests and by the testimony of competent workmen, that my representations as to the merits of iny “steam washer,” which I have a right to sell, are entirely correct. I was born in Georgia, have always lived here, and have a wife and two daughters depending upon me for a support If Tilton succeeds in his little scheme, it will reduce my«elf and family to the extreme of poverty. All that I desire is that the people will examine the merits of this case aud by its merits judge it A. B. Fears. The following certificate is from an expe rienced workman in this city: I have examined and practically tested the “Steam Washer, or Woman’s Friend,” paten ted by J. U. Tilton, of Pittsburg. Pa., aud felt no hesitation in saying that the washer E atented in 1871, and controlled in this State y Rev. A. B. Fears, is cheaper, simpler, less liable to set out of order, and also does its work as well as the new patent for the same, washer, taken out in 1872. I have put up a number under each patent and give the preference to the one purchased by Mr. Fears. John Gouge, Tinner. posing, in the samq sense as the commissari at arrangementsffor an army arc imposing The elders dr£fe away the sheet-like covering from the table, and there appeared twenty- four plates filled with great slices of bread, and twenty-four goblets of wine. The elders, twelve iu number—perhaps to represent the twelve apostles—took* seals ^ at the table, and then lir Spurgeon, still standing up, repeated the words, “And taking bread ho gave* thanks and btealc^fid gtuy: tapthem^ayi&K/* This is inst—Talbolton Standard. y \ , CARROLLTON. Mr. William It Williams & Miss Sarah F. JBbggers, of this county, were married on the olsL Mr. Upshur, of this connty, pulled twenty-one bushels of apples off of one tree this season. They were of the golden varie ty.—Carroll County Time*. franklin. Cotton Ls pretty well all picked in this sec tion. Frauklin can boast of as few loafers as any town in Georgia.-- Franklin County Few*. ROCK MART. At last we have a passenger coach on the narrow guage. The Cherokee Railroad is now in good condition, the engine in fine or der, the road’s credit established, fourteen fiat cars, aud the road paying. The State and lumber trade of our town confines unabated. Mrs. Vincent Brown, of this county, died on Wednesday last. Tbe Iliraiu Phillips plan tation near Cedar Town, was sold on Tues day last for $20,00 >. Captain Griffin, of Rome, was the purchaser.—llockmart licjfor- ter. BLAKELY. New syrup in considerable quantity is offered for sale in this market. Col. James Buchanan 1ms tho contract for grading the first six mili*s of our railroad leading cast from Blakely. Corn is plentiful in this mar ket at one dollar p<r bushel. Between Blakely and Albany a large scope of country is reported almost inundated by water. This is especially the cqse in the neighborhood of General Colquitl’aplantation.—Eirly County Fetes. SAVANNAH. The horse malady has obtained a firnrfoot- hold in this city* At the stables of Giebcl- house there are $ix horses affected. At the Club stables there are nearly one dozen horses in tbe incipient degrees. At Mr. DeM art in’s there are several in the same predicament. The well known trotters, “Nick King” and Thunderbolt,” are in the list.—Advertiser. Quite a number of the legal fraternity are in the city in attend .nee at the session of tiie United States Circuit Court. There arc number of important cases to be trial during the term, and it is understood that in some of them the best legal talent in the titutc will be represented.—/Savannah Fetes. AUGUSTA. On Saturday Judge Twiggs passed the dnulli sentence noon Henry Johnson, alias Ben Bacon, convicted the day before of the murder of James II. Martin, near Bell-Air lie was sentenced to beihing the 29lh day of November. Rose aud Harry Watkins are to appear in Augusta on Thursday evening. Constitutionalist. COLUMBUS. Thus, than, wfft M-tcr, lot ra«* ?■ Thy lovrd vaice f*il on m> Ii- .-i '• Like tbe innrrour of j n :u That circles the horn-? of «n- »•* l> And eo let my spirit calmly ri-«*. the toyed op»r * And the ►xve t In the jflorioa* tram The Chattahoochee is very high. Mr. Mor gan Saxton* omtiatnrdav, had been firing squibs of powder iu ; his gun. Finally lie at tempted to load it when the charge suddenly flashed in his face, badly burning his fore head aud nearly putliug out bis^ eye. ftt one time Colunil; SUBTERRANEOUS FIRE ! A Smouldering Volcano In Elbert Near the Former Residence of Nancy Rart. On Friday last, Aaron Cobb, a tenant of Mr. Monoo, while duck hunting, discovered smoke arising from a small hole hi the sand near Broad liver, just above the mouth of Wahatchie creek. Notwithstanding the ground was exceedingly hot around the place, Aaron’s curiosity prompted him to approach the hole and explore its depths with a reed. Finding no bottom,-he let it go, and instantly there was an explosive noise heard, accompanied by such a volume of sulphurous smoke and ashes that Aaron thought he had found that lake of fire for which he had lived In continutl dread all his life, and he ran as only a frightened darkie under such circum stances can run, and reported the above in all its details. Several white gentlemen have visited the vicinity of the placer They af firm tbe ground is hot and the smoke ascend ing, and they take Aaron’s word concerning the devil’s chimney, being prompted by over- caution not to approach two close for fear of sharing the fate of the reed. To say that the fact of the existence in El bert of a smouldering volcano, a Vesuvius or Etna, has caused intense excitement is only reasonable. Who can tell at what moment streams of molten lava will break forth and overwhelm the whole community .burying an- ohter Pompeii for future generations to dig up and bring to light t This is no sensation to be put down oi intimidated by Grant’s hire ling soldiery, or to be banished from exis tence by a “General Order from these Head quarters,” but is a fact verified by actual wit nesses of reliability. Some think it may be fames from Nancy Hart’s abode as a warning to those who would sell their country’s liber ty, for which she, forgetful of her sex, per formed almost super-human feats to accom plish —EU/crton Gazette. HF" Rev. Dr. Vernon writes that Father Gavazzi, in fixing the number of the Free Church of Italy at 10,000, is entirely too high. The four Protestant churches—the Wald- enses, the Free Church, the Methodists, and the Baptists—do not altogether number more than 4,000 members. and btenkj|pd ga^jp tapthem^a^igg,-* This is my -body which 4s ’ given Tor you” aud suiting the action to the word he began to break the slices of bread on the platter near est to nim into fragments, while at the same moment each of the eiders imitated his example, and rapidly divided the large slices upon the plates before them into innumerable pieces. This 0]>eration lasted for some time, as there were many slices in each plate, and all had to bo broken up. The ciders then taking a plate in each hand passed from the commu nion-table into the aisles between the scats aud served the communicants with admira ble neatness and dispatch. One cider would stop at the door of e;ich seat, his plate was passed from hand to band, and each person took a crumb and ato it without any more ceremony. In less than five minutes all the thirty-five hundred were served, and the elders returned wilh empty plates to the table. It is to be re marked that the communicants received the bread silting, and ate it without manifesting; by any change of posture or other outw&rii act any belief that what they were receiving was more than it appeared to be. The real ization of this fact takes away from the mind of tho observer, who might otherwise lie shocked, tho feeling that a sacrilege is be ing committed, or that any disrespect is being shown to the person of the savior. To 3Ir. Spurgeon’s people and Mr. Spurgeon himself the elements of the communion undergo no change after the words of consecration, the bread remaining bread and the wine remain ing wine, and nothing more. Mr. Spurgeon again rose, anil repeating the words “This is the chalice, the new testament iu my blood, which shall be shed for you,” he handed the goblet nearest to him to one of the elders, while the others seized the remain ing vessels and carried them to the congre gation in precisely the same manner as be fore. In a few moments the atmosphere of the tabernacle was fragrant with the fumes of wine, for the breath of thirty-five hundred persons who have just been drinking carries with it a perceptible odor. The ceremony was brought to a conclusion with more sing ing and prayer, and then the immense build ing disgorged its thousands into the coldness and dreariness of the streets. The only other houses of public gathering open were the gin-shops and taverns, and in these commu nicants of another persuasifn were fortifying tbemse’ves against trouble in their own pecu' liar way. A Bold Foreign Policy In Regard to lUexicO) Cuba and Nun Domingo No Quarter to be Shown to Elbera Kcpullcaus-Georgia to be Kccon« ■tructcd. Special Telegraphic Cor. of the Courier-Journal. Washington, November 6.—Tho Washing ton Chronicle, of this morning, contains sevexal editorial articles tending to fore shadow the future policy of the Grant ad ministration. The Liberal Republicans are to be put to the sword. They are 8(>oken of as poor political renegades, and guilty of political infamy. CURRENCY TO BE INFLATED. On the subject of tlic volume of currency, the ground is taken that there has been h contraction of the currency by fire and wear and tear amounting to ninety millions, and that the Secretary of the Treasury ought to have the power of expanding the currency to retrieve what he may consider a stringency at any time. The idea is plainly maintained that specie payment will not be reached by a process of gradual contraction. GEORGIA TO BE ItECONSTBCCTRD. Under the head of reconstruction, tbe ground is boldly taken that some thorough reconstruction is needed in Georgia, and that it should be promptly undertaken. For tiie L.kttie People. “Mother,” said a lad, “is it wrong to break egg shells ?” “Certainly not, my dear,” re plied the mother; “but what do ask you such silly questions for ?” Because I have just dropped tiie basket with all the eggs iu it,” replied he. “flow like its father it is,” exclained the nurse on the occasion of the christening of head.’ A little boy appeared at one of the public librararies near tne city, and returning a book said : “Mother says she won’t take any mo < books out just now, as we’ve got the small pox at our house.” Not a Failure.—Tbe Literal Republican movement is not a failure. It has liberalizcu the Republican party, and its influence will temper tbe administration for the next four years for good. It has also liberalized the Democratic party, and put out of the way forever irritating issues and dogmas that were dangerous. The missionary later of the campaign on both sides has been excel lent Much has been done in the removal of tho asperities of party differences, and In harmonizing the antagonists of other days over the questions of thi9 day, toward the homogeneity of the American people—a work of inestimable beneficence.—Cincinnati Commercial. Air-Line Railroad.—The work of grad ing the Air-Line Railroad in this county, s&ys the Pickens Sentinel, is nearly com- E leted. Col. Ames and Capt Petty, the two irgest contractors in the county, have been pushing their work, vigorously, and will soon have their contracts ready for the ties and iron. These we believe are the last con tracts to be finished up, when the entire road, in the^county, will be ready for laying the track. bus^had a “Freed affair arranged for the benefit of the colored people by Radical whites, but it was governed entirely by a few blacks. It was conducted on tiie co-operative plan. The darkies deposited so much money and re ceived provisions at cost, on credit, to the amount of the deposit, miuus a heavy per centage. The manager was one Abe Smith, colored. Investments of several thousand dollars were made. Not long since the concern was “busied” .de clared bankrupt and became defunct. Wc have heard fruedmen say the books gave no showing of the stock.'? The darky stockliold ers were cleaned up. One man is now in the hospital who paid $900 in specie in the con cern. Parson Rucker, now dead, «j Baptist Colored Church, invested $500, anti others in like amounts. The sum total lost by the colored people is estimated at tel ween three aud four thousand dollars. Ate Smith has vamoosed to Atlanta, where il is alleged he is running a grocery store of some dimen sions on his own account.—Columbus IS tin. gtligious. irr,-, i, let t of 1*1’»«-fnt Vwf*-? and Pf !!• » ' and thtib-is* v*f a cluttgi.c-i n ; there. *nli. tore? 1 h.*’ Hr GRANT- What He Thinks About His Ke-Election. Ke Had His Spies In Every Creeley Camp. Now York Iti-ndd.] ' The President considers that whereas his first election was an honor paid on account of such service as he had teen permitted to render to the country in the field, his second is the nation’s stamp of approval upon bin, political administration of the government- and a popular vindication of personal eh nr acter from aspersions cast upon it since he has held the Presidency. Long before the appointed meeting of the Philadelphia Convention he had been obliged to see that public senlimeut in tbe party and the country had virtually settled the question of his succcssorship and reduced the functions of the Convention to a formal ratification of what the sovereign will of the people who had adhered to Re publican principles had decreed. The nomi nation of Mr. Greeley, at Cincinnati, and his confirmation by the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, was a real gratification to the President, as it not only narrowed the con test to two candidates and so emphasized the honors of success, imt the character of the opposition gave early and complete assurance! of the result. The President feels himself party mau and politician enough to rejoice with other party men and ijolhiciana over such renewed triumph and continuance of republican principles as Mr. Greeley’s candi dature assured from the first To the Presi dent’s surprise the Uallinioie nomination affrighted some of the really prominent lead ers of the Republicans, even as a sandier number of weaker men had been disturbed by the doings of the reformers at Cincinnati. Political giants, who would now willingly forgetj their record on the subject, came to the President after the Baltimore nomina tion and begged him to change his Cabinet, to remove this and that v^*ak or obnoxious officer from thia or that big place, and put it, with all such places, at the disposal of local wirepullers and managers, to win votes and court a popularity that would tide them over the crisis. Even his nearest friends complained of his solidity when they did not accuse him of indifference to the efforts the party was putt ng forth to save him and itself. It was at this tune he paid to a Western man, just elected member of Congress, “Everybody seems demoralized by this Greeley movement/ What is the matter? I have never had the slightest doubt of the result of the Presidential elec tion, and I am surprised that gentlemen in poiilcal life have ;so little confidence in the good sense of the American people as to tup- |K»e for a moment that they would select Mr. GreeleyJfor their President.” But the Presi dent confessed that he seemed to be alone for a time iu his confidence of w hat the Ameri can people would and would not do. The North Carolina election, as first reported, completed the fright of the politician, but justice is done them by admitting that when the truth came out they came forward and congratulated the President on the firm stand he had taken and which they at the time de nounced as blind obstinacy. One possible helping cause of the Preside nt’s indifference was, it is true, known to very few of the timorous or steadfast either, and was his knowledge of the fact that from the open ing of the canvass to the end of the great campaign of October the Republican National Committee had a picket in every Greeley camp of any consequence, from one end ot the country to the other, and kncw T day by day every phase of. tiie Greeley situa tion as well as Mr. Greeley’s managers them selves. Putting the information thus acquired to tlicir reports from their own side this com mittee and those in its confidence had & com prehensive view of affairs that saved them from doubts and panics, while the fears of the untutored were played upon to stimulate larger concessions of money and effort to carry the doubtful positions. General .Tons B. Gordon for the United States Senate.—We are pleased to see the press of the State speak out in such favorable terms of General Gordon for the position of United States Senator. Since his name was first announced in connection wilh the position by the Savannah News, nearly the entire press of the State has caught it up and are urging his claims above all others. Wilh no disparagment to other gentlemen who are presenting their claims, we are for General Gordon first, last and all the time. Madison AppeaL Religious Information. DISCIPLES CHURCH. The Diseipb s of Christ, in Obi**. K;’ tuckv. and Illinois, hr.ve c u*H is solved \ * raise $20,000 as a Mifeion.trv f::r.d durii^* t* -• coining year, and otter Stales w/l toll w their example. In a meeting of one week’s c.ntiniMn , held by the.Disciples of D .Vi/ iUn l. >» . 451 freed men were converted, and He w. . is progressing wilh tin tinted interest, catholic church hkhs*. It is estimated that the actual b-.-se« to tl. • Catholic Church by the Chicago fiie.aiuoui \- ed to $1,50 »,000. Right Reverend ArohblGio (Catholic) of New York, behevts pointed to his present trust Ikoui-c h. knowu to be opposed to the *r:- pint of the age, and an enemy ot inlet per.ineo. The Bohemians and PolovVr* tetengn r to the Catholic Church, Ulrica •, mmd . some 20,000 persons. LUTHERAN CXtURC f There are24.3cc Lit b* ra: ° in Cnnnda. Rev. J.F. Return •::«!, ot Ilffin, « - cepts the call lenderej to him by ; Lutlin ..i Church at Lebanon, lVnm*\I\.».. St Paul’s German llvana« » I u:!.- * ; Church, Chicago, received a:d to mi" . of thirty thou and dollars to r« !*i ■••*. tl. • house of worship. The edifice is complete, dedicated aud occupied, and far superior l.> the true destroyt d. Four Norwegian Lutheran Churches bw recently been consecrated in \V isc- w , where worship v ill be conducted in the J>cm . diuaviau longue. ISRAKLITISII CHURCH ITl- VM. A Jewish temple that lias c«*st $ »0,0d0 1 nearly completed in Mil watt U«-e. Two Bishops of the Chuu k of Engi.i were born of Jewish parents —Ifa .•• !!• of Huron, and Bishop Alexander. Jt-ru- A writer in the Jewish Chr< uidei . ■’ that in the year lbb'O the Nation of l-ua-i tote restored to Palestine. The Jewifh Mcvcngcr P’Opn-o that t'.i:. ly arrangements be made by which the .1. v. ish congregations of New York can l.o'.d united thiinkfgivinir service on the day tie ; naled by the Riesi lent, in a m sun. r corn ponding with the importance of ti-eocr ,>i* •. ami which shall be promotive of goo.t w . among themselves. The Jews of New York city are -aid to 1..: fifrioufly considering the exivwiiry < transferring their weekly religion . :-uvi< • from Saturday to Bunt lay. tic veral of tl» : synagogues throughout me country are now open on both dajs. MKTUOD1ST CltURCII ITT MR. The one hundred and fourth anniversary f old John Street Mctiiodi-tChurch, hi the c • of New York, was celebrated he * Sunday, Dr. Newman aud Dr. Chapman officl iting TluaaUBslics of tho Tennessee Coufere. • of fiRMethastet E-piscop.i Church, Sin:: ft, shflKomcincrease for the last yar. T.. average salaries of the preachers was ubot.: four hundred dollars. The Methodist Episcopal Church organ!.; - tion of this country nee,hi nte-it eight h. ; tired new preachers every 3 car to keep tfie itinerant ranks filled. The Methodist Episcopal Church is talk! of making missionary contributions of the coming year reach $l,0tl),<X*0. The Rev. John Slcindio, formerly a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, has applied to be admitted as n member of tiie Protestant Episcopal Church in Missouri. EPISCOPAL CHURCH ITEMS. Service-* for deaf mutes are re-ulaily held at Grace (Episc qwl) Church, Sj r.iou -«•. The Church News prop***:* that the Bp!, copal Church shall plant a « n k and >• nary in Washington Ci-y, build a catuerlr i, and have a dioco^fe and Bishop of their ov.. The l'mlctiuni EpLcopal^Coiiveu iou •: the Diocese of New York, at the !ateoesoi.... voted to found a cathedral in that city. The Episcopal Un-hop of NcluaAa li built thirty-five churches in r.ix The “Episcopal Recorder” (l.ovv Chun!) and the Church Wet kly (High Church) ha . - both ceased publication. The Protestant Episcopal Church, dnri the last half century, ha* contributed f«.r ti raestic missions $2*216,556 01; for forei.-u missions, $2,215,280 81; lor fre* dnsen, $10 - 795 21; and for Indian missions, $*J7,5«3 5n, making a grand total of 71. Il is reported that the vcucrubV B j h Smith, presiding Bishop of tin- Protest;' Episcopal Church iu the United Slate*, at I Bishop of the Diocese of K*-mucky, has s* - lected Hoboken, N. J., us his residence for the next two years. The Bishop is uteu. eighty years of age. BAPTIST CHURCH ITEMS. Rev. Dr. Everts, of the Irirat Papti _ Church, Chicago, has resolved his Sunday evening congregation into a Bible class, an5 has called to his aid some of the experience ; laymen of ills church. The Baptist State Convention of Sou .* Carolina will convene at D.irting'.on 01 Thurrday,November21st. Iti v. E, T. Wink ler is to prciub the introductory term-. . Rev. James C. Furman is to preach the .M1 i si or. ary sermon. The Firit Baptist Church at Chirico m • about to remove to a new spot their h«»u«?. worship, which, seven years ago, was erecli-.; at a cost of $150,000. It will la- taken down and put up again, stone by stone, until it U exactly reproduced on tl»« ncv» site. Arthur Peter, Esq., of Louisville, has bond ed the subscription lor the »nd -wm* nt of ;i; j Baptist Theological Seminary, recently te< 4 . ted in that city, with a contribution of - 090. At a late meeting at Rockville, Mavylar of the Western District Association of Ma ryland, Dr. Wilson, of Baltimore, showd that there were fewer Baptist* in Maryland than in any other State or i:i any territory i.i the Union. There arc fourteen foreign mt-sions ;a charge of tbe American Baptist hav ing in all about 24,000 common r anis. In addition to tiie hundred American Utero. in these missions, there are five hundred n *• tive helpers, of whom about eighty are o. • darned ministers. PRESB YT K III AN CHURCH ITKMS. The Presbyteriiii8 are now build;.;,, churches at Marion, Center, Peabody ami FI rence, Kansas. The Presbyterian Synod of Baltimore have decided to atk tho General Assembly t» reconsider its xecent action in the matter of rotary eldership. The whole number added on examinati- n to the Presbyterian Church tel year was 2 W ,- 758, being an average of six to c:i',h congre gation. The Presbyterian Church oa the Pacific during the last ecclesiastical year jut-toUi.e , has increased seventeen pet cent, while !• increase of tiie |>opulaliou has not been ino* ■ than about live per cent. The membership is reported at 5,3hO, against 4,532 hist year. Mr. Taylor, of Glasgow, bco; laud, has re signed his connection with the United Pr< o bylerian Church because organs have been introduced in the churches. The Presbyterian savs: “R.v’v.ti'i a l ca np-mceiinga are held in gre horror 1 some of our high chu ck friends. The ne cessities of the' ease in at me parts of •. • Western States are causing a mteific.riion • f taste, if wc may judge from a cu-e m ]. w . In Dallas county a Protest .nt Epis -.1 parish that has no churcn building, i• chartered a train aud went out to a tx-uuti' •! country grove, where they had m v«t. 1 day ■ worship, and where tiundav w.is ihe gre t day of their feast A bishop attended un i actually preached under the trees. Tuis w m not, of course, a camp-meeting, but tnat is just what MethodiAts call it.” The Presbyterians have seven organiz’ d churches anu ng the Dakota Indians, unu«.r charge of native pastors, having a inetnbu- ship of 43 to 207. Several of 11100 congre gations have houses of worship, aud are ;.i 1 very flourishing condition. The project of an American Church . 1 Rome, under the care of Presbyterians and Congregatton&lists, is likely to be realiz A strong committee has teen appointed : » procure funds aud adopt other access ry measures to secure the object. A plan is under consideration to establish t Presbyterian Church South, in New Y« r , for the accommodation of Southern famiti * who do not fcclathomciii the church ot pl ications of that city. They aim to get a fir - class preacher. Dr. Palmer, of New Oricau is the*favorite. There arc twelve Presbyterian preacher*, belonging to tbe Presbytery of Easter 1 Tex as, preaching to twenty-eight cuurclie . uo of them serves four churches regularly. a«I two others occasionally, riding on horseback at least two hundred miles a month. Anotte-r preaches to seven different congregation! 1 every month. {indistinct print I