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Fulton Democratic Ticket. TOE ORDINARY: DANIEL PITTMAN. A. M. PERKERSON. job CLXRX fcntmoB court: W. R. TENABLE.; jo* corsrr treasures: C. M. PAYNE. tsb tax receiver: A. O. GRIER. JOB TAX collector: 8. a HOYLE! FOE OOCSTT SURVEYOR: B. P. WALKER. job coboneb: WILLIAM KILE. Izucnc* imm 1] ATLANTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER & Death of Horace Greeley* The sad news hu come ol the death of Mr. Greeley. In view of hi* recent warm rapport by the Soothem people for the Presidency, hi* death has a pecnlitr significance and awakens a sentiment of poignant tenderness and regret. Thoogh he had been an inflexible and successful foe to tbeir institutions for so many years, 'yet bis resolute championship of their restore, tion to national equality and brotherhood, and his melancholy decease right upon the fiilure of his generous crusade associates him tenderly In their most chiralroos sensibilities. And we make the prediction that the most raplendant episode of bis philanthropical life will be bis romantic but disaatrons can- didaey for tbe highest honor of a Democrat ic government, aa the exponent of a re-es tablished nationality and the full restoration of tie Southern Pleiades to the national con stellation of stars.; We bare only space to gire a brief sjnop- sis of bis long and eventful life. Re was bora In Amherst,New Hampshire. February 3,1811. His father waa a farmer of small means. With nothing bat a common school education, be entered a printing office at fifteen yean old at East Poultry, Vermont. He completed his apprenticeship In 1831, at twenty yean old, he went to Ntw York and worked as a journeyman printer until 1834, when he edited the New Yorker, a weekly literary lourasl. In 1840 be edited tbe Log Cabin to aid in Harrison’s election aa President In 1811 he established the New York Tribune, that is so identified with bis great fame, and that now lives a monument to his genius. In 1848 Mr. Greeley was elected to Con gress as a Whig. He has been defeated sev eral times for political office. His recent memorable Presidential candidacy to too re cent to need further explanation. He baa been an author aa well at editor. A Hto “ninto Towards Reforms” was published in 1850. “Glsnces at Europe” and a “History of tbe Straggle for Slavery Extension,” fol lowed In 1858. In 1800. he published the •'American Conflict” and In 1808 “Recollec tions of a busy life." Hto death leaves a large gap in American journalism. Before the newt of hto death reached us, the following waa in type: The telegraph appears to confirm the re port of Mr. Greeley's mental aberration. If tbe atalement to true, it to a sad calamity, and will create a painful interest. The St. Louto Democrat thus appropriately and feelingly comments upon the sad fact, if fact It be: Tbe American people will think of him always aa a man of auollcts character and of gieat Intellect, who for twenty years excr eted * greater and more uniform Influence for good than any of hto contemporaries in the sphere of public instruction. They will think of hto long battling for the right when the wrong waa strongest and most pow erful They will think of hia noble example of Industry snd temperance in private life, and of bto valuable contributions to the sums of human knowledge in many useful fields: they will think of the many virtues which made him, a year ago the foremost •nan of bis country in all that rela te to what was good and true and if they must think also of what baa since transpired. It will be in that spirit of charitable forgiveness so beautifully ex pressed by Sterne: “When the securing spirit bore the oath to Heaven’s chancery she Unshed as the gave it in, and tbe recording angel, aa the wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the page end Uotted it out forever.” Merely as partisans we cannot be indifferent to tho sorrowful wreck of Mr. Greeley’s rea son, nor uninfluenced by the hope that what we have beard to far worse than the actual uuth. It greatly enhanced the cost of our v iclory, snd thickly twines tbe laurel with the cypress. In the intensity of its sadness the effect to fsr greater than would have been produced by death itself. Had ho passed away in hto good maturity of years, and hto full maturity of honor, the country would have been moved to a deep regret which would soon have given way to tho partial ob livion from which, in an age and a nation like this, even the greatest cannot long be ex empt ; bat the spectacle of such a man as a living ruin can be contemplated only in pain ful sympathy and lasting grief. north Carolina. Tbe squabble in Nerth Carolina forUnlted States Senator presents a curious case of per sonal spite. Though Vance received tbe Democratic caucus'nomination, a few per sonal enemies bolted, and hare thrown away their votes on Merrimon In violation of the , party faith. Pool, the Radical, has 72 votes. Vance, the Democratic nominee, get* 78. Merrimon geta 20 bolting Democratic votes. Pool’s election seems hopeless. The bolters won’t support Vance, but they won’t elect Pool There to some talk of Pori’s men going to tbe Democratic bolters to defeat Vance. Of coarse tho Radicals, any time, will sup port a Democratic bolter befere they will a Democratic nominee, as in the one case they break the Democratic prestige and help Democratic division. As there is no valid objection to Vance, tho bolters are acting from pure reprehensi ble personal sentiment and deserve the reprobation of good mem The South. We of the South must be made awaken to oar advantages. There are three sections of the Union, tbe East, the West and the South. Of the three the Sooth to the strongest The former slave Stales have 15,000,0,0 of people and 138 votes in the Electoral College. The New England and Middle States have about 12.000,000 peo ple and 113 electoral * votes. The Western and Pacific States have about 12,000,000 of people and 115 electoral votes. Negro eman cipation has added to our representation in Congress. It all depends up an ourselves as to our future. Political subordination cannot last forever. We must diversity our industries, make ourselves Independent and powerful and political stre ngth will come to us Let us preserve our Southern individuality only yielding it to proper progressive modi fication. and Southern genius will yet rule this country. Parallels. The sudden death of Mi. Greeley, under the pressure of an unaccustomed political agitation, aggravated by severe domestic affliction, recalls to mind the sadden deaths of Presidents Harrison and Taylor. General Harrison was so overcome with ceremonies and band-sh&ings, to which he was unused, that, when he reiched Wash ington to be inaugurated, both hands had to be trussed up, they being in a perfectly help less condition. He wasexhausled, and tbe deli very of bto inaugural on an inclement day brought hto enfeebled and discomposed system the odd that resulted in pneumonia and ended hia days. General Taylor succumbed also to a regular disease which hto system, weakened by hto unaccustomed public duties, could not r-aist. Mr. Grefley’s death resulted from the over strain upon mind and body by protracted A RIDE OX A TRUCK. A Perilous Adventure— 1 Twenty nilei Beneath a Loconatlrevn a night Express-Hands and Feet All Frozen. Man’s daring often assumes a phase of foolhardiness almost incredulous to believe, and it appears at times as though tbe present generation to either becoming more brave or less intelligent every day. One of the most singular instances of foolhardiness known to this section of country transpired upon the Kansas Pacific Railroad last Sunday night A young man named Joatah T. Haight, a native o', and s recent arrival in thto dty, from Wooster, Ohio, after “fighting the tiger” in one of the sporting rooms on Sat urday night, found himself “ broken,” with out CTen so much as sufficient to pay hto hotel bill After wandering around the dty all day, on Sunday, he conceived the hlca of endeav oring to reach Topeka, Kansas, by stealing a ride upon the Kansas Padfic night Express. With this intention he partook of a hearty ■upper at hto hotel, near the Union Depot, wrapped himself up aa warmly aa podUe and started out to walk to Armstrong Station, two miles west of Kan?o3 City. There, while the train was stopped, he crawled upon the pilot of the icy locomotive and crouched down upon the trucks beneath tbe smoke-box The train moved on at a rapid rate, tbe cold, bitter winter's wind swept Keenly snd pierc- OUB WASHINGTON LETTER BMtsrelt as a Currency Locker-So- clctr>H«tcli>?le«r Presideat’a Hone-All Sorts of Gossip. From oor Irregular Ccrre-pocdent ] Washington, D. C-, November 25,1872. The action of Secretary Boutwell in lock- mg up greenbacks is reedving the'eurses, both loud and deep of the mercantile community here; that being assigned as the cause of the prevafliug scarcity of money, which cannot be had except at rates that gladdens the hearts of the mo fern sbylocka. The suffering log merchants d—n the corner grocery shop keeper—Boutwell to their hearts content The Jay Cookes, Heary Clews, Drexels and bankers generally, are reaping a rare harvest, while a ^system of checks has been adopted among business men, in order to facilitate business transactions. Money to worth here from 2 to 10 per cent a month. Our mer chants are looking both blue and blank at the prospect and nightly offer up prayers for lioutwell’s election to the United Stajes Senate in hopes of a change of policy. Statement of nil ton anlene, Charged with the Crime of aurdering Fxaulc Phillips. GOUT nows 10 DAY. My bastneaa on the Jarj'i done—the quibblin’ all la 1 Jfiy it pteaee Tour Honor and Gentleman of the Jury i 1 am broeght before yon, chained with the crime of raartrr. I in not gniltr. I know, from »e- poru Out hire been pot out. end publlrbed In tbe pa pa* that 1 hare a bad chancier In rour eyes.' It ir reported that I have murdered terra men: that “•blood thirsty mardertrelolll begin andVtate toy am amenity; I have had two or three I will ac- haowledgethatihtvebeenw'ld; tbit I have drank Uqeor, gunbled. Tidied hooree or M-Iame. aid dtsai- pttrf eruerrhy; but what I did waa not done under of religion, nor did I belong tolhe church 1” Walt ber r-cm. md bid bouee at night. Whit I did war openly and above board. xt rare inoorao Mrwcnrr waa directly dtathe war, in'he wtnteror 1865;.. war with emeof the members of Caitn’o’a circus; ttat occurred In Xuntcom-ry; I met with tbe Com pany to OpeLka; t war la the car with see of them; laaSb-.—every psllms to the bruise knows the ctese^that ha g. around a circus; they are gen- Tmrrrs *jn> Bonuses. Itorlnr the time I waa going to If ontgomsry I had aescru hundred dottara In niT pocket- tbe Con ductor of the train, knowl g 'hat Ihadit, came In th^ rnr vbeea iho mcn were, and asked me to change a hendred dollar bill for him; tbe next night I waa to the abow; afrieud of mine. Mr. Clayto£ handed — **» in the cbm.; these men sew it: while the . lurmtnee wan pd** m I started out of the door logo to the Blalto; some of the men belonging to the company called my name: “kalone, where are you going’ 1 add: “lam Colton—No. 13. The receipts this week are 131,000 bales— die lawyers, righ‘ and left, and give my I *>,000 more Utan last year, and 10,000less than Ira^fiS^Siom,chair,lUnaghtl-onldgrow ““receipts for to; , „ l next week will be about 130,000 bales, com- UKdo no. know my** 0*11 set a* th« 10 . 5 ,000 last year, and 152.000 on ^SmSr* * dJ ° arced tor * ood ’* nd IhaTe Ithe year before; and the receipts at the in- rn )DOM at last, and thank the Lord, Tm coin* home I tenor towns 35,000 bales, compared with 29,- * JW,Mr 000 last year and 53.000 the year before. ta . This week the weather has been cloudy one *wkward game to play the gentlfm.n in I day, clear and pleasant four days, and dear And this ’ere Sunday salt of mine on Sunday rightly I days. No rain. Batwhm I wear the stuff a week, it*romehow galls I • and frets, 1 lug through Haight’s clothing, chilling him to the marrow. He soon discovered that be most inevitably freeze to death in his present uncomfortable condition, bat there was no escape. The train rushed on through the Kaw bottoms, never halting, never stopping. Haight found liitnaelf gradually sinking, be numbed and without, down into the eras liars of the trade frame. Gradually be drop ped down nnlil be found himseff jammed between the warm amoke-box and the axles The notoe and clatter of the machinery be came deafening, the keen prairie wind* whistled and shrieked around tbe rushing locomotive. Haight knew be must die if left in thto perSona position a little longer; but there was no escape until the train baited. He thqught of dropping down upon the tics, which glided beneath him with lightning rapidity. Thto he knew would be inatant and certain death. He would have done so, but be found himself unable to get through tbe net-work of iron, so he gave himself up to bto fate. One by one the stations glided past him in the bright, fraty moonlight. Edward- vilie, Lenade were passed, when the train suddenly “slacked up” and glided slowly to the water-tank at Stram-ers Creek. Here Haight aroused himself with a desperate en ergy and made a determined effort to extri- cate himself from hto perilous condition. Cramped, benumbed and half dead, he crawled out from the trucks and out to the track. The train moved ou and y Haight attempted to rise, bnt suffered sen e agony from cramp that he waa obliged to call for assistance. He was sent back to thto city on a freight train on Monday. His feet and bands »re badly frozen. He has communicated witb his friends who reside at Emporia, and will leave to-day for that place. He will hereafter have a mortal averaion for faro and free rides in winter. Kaniax City Timet: bto dying wife, tbe mental anxiety of each an ordeal, and the depress ing effect of his defeat. Either alone would probably have failed to have carried him off, bat tbe conjunction of the two waa too MACON IN_A HUFF. Or On a Bonder. The Staid Old City Goes Wild Over a Gallant Citizen, and the Bojft Have a Hud Spree. The meeting at tbe City Hall last night was one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Macon. By seven o’clock the hall was perfectly jammed with Democrats— representative men of the party, men who represent every department of business and all the profession* The hall was packed with such men as these; the stairway was crowded from the door of the hall to the front entrance; the portico and front steps were crowded; the yard in front of the City Hail was foil; and, up to the adjournment of the meeting, a steady stream of people flowed thitherward. Had tbe bail been large enough to have held them, snd had the meet ing lasted long enough, the meeting wonld have embraced not less than two thousand Democrats—probably many more. The meeting was called to order by Cttpl T. G. Holt, Chairman of the Central Demo cratic Club of this city. In a very few words be stated that tbe object of the meet ing waa to ratify the nominations for aider men that had been made in the several wards, and to transact such other business as might come up. The names of those who had been nomi nated were then read, and Mr. II W. Jemi- aon moved that the nominations be confirmed Ire acclamation. This was carried with few, if any, dissenting voices. Mr. John P. Fort then introduced the fol lowing resolution; Resolved, That whereas a large number of the merchants and business men of this city have recommended W. A. Huff for re-election to tbe office of Mayor, therefore it is the sense of this meeting that it wonld be unneces sary and unwise to make a nomination for said office. Thai resolution was received wih the wild est enthusiasm, cheer after cheer expressing the favor witb which it was entertained by the audience, and when the motion to adopt it was formally put, the vast audience ruse almost as one man, and shouted a long and loud affirmation. It was a minute or more before quiet was sufficiently restored to pro ceed with business. Col. H. H. Jones then moved that, in order to arrive more fully and conclusively at the sense of the mcctiDg, a divlion and count be made, Thto was carried, nnd all who favored the adoption of th- resolution were requested to rise and hold up their right hands. Seeming ly every man in the hall arose, and every right hand shot upward toward the ceiling, amid deafening hurraha and shouts for Iluff Those who were opposed to tbe resolution were then requested to raise their hands, and less than a score responded. Tbe resolution was adopted by a vote so overwhelming as to be almost unanimous, and amid such en thusiastic demonstrations as are rarely ever witnessed. Cheer after cheer rang through the hall and continued long after the meeting adjourned. When the crowd left the hall a large por tion remained in front Mayor Hnff came up and be waa loudly called for. He went to the steps, and in bis own peculiar manner very briefly returned his thanks for the hearty indorsement he bad received at the bauds of the multitude. He said he could never forget the young men who had stood by him in thto matter, nis kindest words were for those who had opposed him. He was sorry he had ever said an unkind word shout any man in Macon, but thanked taem all most heartily for their approval. The crowd then dispersed, but until a late hour the air of the night was burdened with hurrahs for Huff. Everybody appeared to be in a good humor and seemed reioiced that the danger was averted, and that the Democrats of the city had not been imprudent enough to split upon a choice of candidates. If Mayor Huff has any personal or official vanity to be appeased, certainly it ought to have been surfeited last night. Few men ever bad such unqualified approval at the bands of so great a mass of men so fully rep resenting the business enterprise of Macon. There were merchants, and lawyers, and doctors, and a swarm of mechanics and work ing men, each of whom vied with the others in their demonstrations of approved.—Macon Telegraph. THE BCD FROLIC. For a long time people have wondered what use cou.d mud be put to other than the making of brick. But a few mis-tiiievnus boys found a use for it last night Sometime after 12 o’clock a party of them went around the business portion of our town and filled the key hole of each store door with the villain ous compound. Br time the clerks got dow town to “open np” the mud was hard. You never saw so many lock smiths at one time and on such short notic in your life. Aleck Menard crawled upon the frost covered roof of Zeilm’s drug store so as to get inside the store bv the sky-light, but it was no go. He bad to break the cel nr door and crawl up. Some merc|)pnts were one and two hoars picking the mud out of tbe key holes. Some tall swearing was indulged in and if one or m ire of the madders had shown themselves, something darker than mud would have flown freely as water. 'Not content with plugging every key hole, they went to the post office and chocked the tetter box full, thereby ruining all the letters that were in it. Now, this was a first rate joke. Stopping up the key-holes of about forty of cur best stores may be fun to the boys, but it’s thunder to the merchants. If a fire had occurred las; night in the business portion of our city, what chance would there have been to sun the stock! We are glad that some of them are known, not by the “curl of tbeir har,” but by other little peculiarities, and our Grand Jury may have something for them to do other than dabbling in mud. Look out beys,—Macon Enlerprite. Great preparations are being made by the fashionables for the coming season which promises to be a remarkably gay one. The French minister. Count Noaules, has knocked two houses into one—corner 10th and K streets, and will entertain in grand style, aa becomes the representative of la bette France CONSISTENT. The assinine, Jeffrey, of our police court. Judge Snell gave practical evidence that be believes in the doctrine he set forth in hto charge from the bench—that keepers of places of refreshment have no right to refuse admission to negroes, as be gave an entertain ment at his residence on Saturday evening to a number of the most respectable and wealthy of negroes of this city. The Judge did not invite any plain folks, so there was no turning up of nosea on account of race, whatever there may have been on account of shade between the lighter and darker ones. Can demagoguery further go than thto? OUR HOTELS. The marked improvements made in ottr hotels during the past summer places this city in the advance, so far aa fine hotels are concerned. The Arlington, though scarce three years old, has undergone complete em bellishment three different times, so great is the desire of the Messrs. Roessle to keep the hotel of the country so far as convenience, comfort, elegance and tbe delights of the table are concerned. Daring tbe past sum mer the hotel has been newly painted and the chambers repapered with the new style of confiscated gold and silver paper, which adds greatly to their former beauty. A connoisseur, who has traveled the world over, pronounced some of the suites of rooms the most exquis itely tasteful of any he had ever seen. Truly, the Arlington to the aboae of luxury and magnificence, and well worthy of the capital city. DIRECT VOTE FOB PRESIDENTI The question of an amendment to the Constitution dispensing with the Electoral College and giving the people an opportuni ty to vote directly for President, is being nrged from several quarters, and it to thought that now to the time to press it to a success ful conclusion. Along with this to the prop osition to have the elections for State officers, occurring in the Presidential year, to take place on the same day as the Presidential vo'e to taken. The idea to received with favor by members without regard to party. COTTON CLAIMS. The Court of Claims fa now engaged on the oalance of the unajudicated cotton claims, filed within two years after the decla ration of peace. Since the passage of the law referring all claims for cotton seized after that date to the Secretary of the Treas ury—the money for its sale having been paid into tbe Treasury—there have been 1,200 claims filed with the Secretary. As he can not attend to them properly, for want time, it to thought that Congress will remit them to the Court of Claims, or appoint special commission to examine them. NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION. Among tbe first bills of the new session will be one introduced into each house for the erection, in the northern suburbs of the city, of a suitable family and social residence for the President of the United States, leav ing the present bnilding to be used ns an Ex ecutive office. The old reason—unhealthy locality—is no longer assigned for the new building, but the very correct reason that the present building is not large enough for both family and business purposes. SPEAKER BLAINE denies in toto the report that be has written to members of Congress advocating a revival of the law providing for the assembling * Congress on March 4th. FOREIGN STEAMBOAT LAWS. The Treasury Department .intends utilize our Ministers and Consuls abroad the collection of information relative to the regulations prescribed by foreign govern ments for the safety of steam vessels and passengers tbereon, with a view to improve and remedy our own steamboat inspection, which sadly needs it, judging from results. THE BIO GRANDE DIFFICULTIES. The Commissioners who investigated the Rio Grande outrages have completed their report and spent two hours with the Presi dent yesterday in relation to this question They state tuat from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Rio Grande City, a distance of 5 miles, the Americans in that limit have suf fered to the extent of $30,000,000, to say nothing of tbe murders committed by the Mexicans. They think that if they had in vestigated as far as El Paso the loss, includ ing Indian raids, would have increased tc $100,000,100. They urge an increase of cav- alary as a protection to tbe border people or a predatory warfare will ensue. The Presi dent will urge prompt action by Congress in the premises. THE NEW TREATY. Hon. Wm. M. Evans to here arranging matters of official detail connected with legis lation to be consummated under the treaty of Washington, no less than four articles of the treaty calling for acts from Congress and State Legislatures to carry out the terms Secretary Fish will urge Congress to legislate early on these matters, especially npon the subject of the fisheries. LtNTENCT TO KU-KLUX PRISONERS is to be the President’s policy, and the recent pardon of one of them, who was sent to the penitentiary for ten years, to hat the fore runner of what will follow. don’t want it. Judge Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, denies that he is a candidate i knocked me ore. Am 1 fell I threw will be biek direc-Jj A, I .eld that ram one -rnekme on the face snd kra*k- d me down. I at- □Pted todraw my pt.tol. All did no I not a tick In- head, which knocked mjmlf osmy back, and SHOT TH* Wart DEAD the beck. I cot that lick, which I will *bow to you, on my forehead, where ay AfcoU waa raw?bed. (Here prisoner exhibited he Karonbl* head to the jury.) I wu lurernible next d»J. My mother waa telegraphed for to come After my rwulM, but I came too. They did not eren put “•» in ®y own room At the hotel, hut in the fiat room they came to, thinking I SHOULD BBC. The pbyzicisns and rcrerul of my friends were in ® ‘ f lend.- wished to spsak to me; but the physician* asked them to leave, saying I must remain they left a ne^rowltn me: I made him help to my own room; there waa nothing done done to in that case; I waa looked upon aa being justified and not ere a brought to a preliminary examination that was the first serious difficulty. th* x*xt xumccx.Tr in January, 18|t7. In Selma, with a Federal soldier, or three or four of them. I waa knocked down and beat considerably; and I finally got away, haring knocked onedown with a pair of ^knucka" I had. ‘ little Derringer pistol waa in my pocket, and Tntar sit that came i shot ; ran up stair* where there were several gentlemen - •dv'eed to leave, and I did leave; the house _soon after ransacked by the soldiers; they searched for me, swearing THCT. WOULD Nfr.T. ME ; wait out of town, to Co'ambus, and afterwards loritia, aa I w.a adviaed to keep away from Si' .jbcie I staid till tbe soldier went aw*y; I was i about seven months; I then came home, was CARRIED TO MONTGOMERY - , and from there to Selma, where I was tarred over _ the civil authorities, wdciel waa tried, and the evi dence of tne man acat 1 shot cleared me—hu saying WAS JUSTIFIABLE in what I had done, as the soldiers started thediffl- cuity, and a had no other chance to de: end myself. THE THIRD DIFFICULTY was l»stChristmas ni.h; inColombas. One of th- mat that the difficulty was with was Paine his reai The thermometer has averaged 50 degrees noon. Day before yesterday was I'd Otowwr my hom^puu: rl* of pepper, HlUriU, widest day ever known in this rnkaveitaalnbilf a jiff when I get homo today. latitude in the month of November. I hare no doubt my wife looked out, a. well aa any i The thermometer was 22 degrees at ' 7 AawcUaaaar woman amid—to tee that things m: l *• M '* and 21 <Jc S rcc3 6-t noon. It to likely we shall have the longest continued and cold- , , Rt weather during the month of December S3S rrf,u ' when rm gone, to 'tend to all the I that has ever been known in Atl.,.t, BnDNothlag prospers half ao well when I go off to I The market in New York tins week has And I wiil'pnt things Into shape when I get home to* I been dull and lower, caused by laiger receipts, scarcity and high price of money, and the extreme scarcity of freight room, vessels to Tbwmornin' that I cotoe away we had a little bout; I coolly took my hat and left before the show was - „ . M \ 1 , 10 k out. charter, especially steamers, have not been so Fw -^£^ WMnM8htWbcremt8heOQfihttOtak0 I 80,1106 for along tima This has kept ex- And she was always quick at words, and ready to I porters out of the market But then, sne’s first one to giTe up, when she has had ^ e believe vessels will be more plentiful ArnUhf Jn meet me with a klee when I go home to- *“ d m ? ney chc *}* r b / U»e time the new year ‘ day. I comes in; and if so, exporters will buy freely, My Httleboy—ril give ’em leave to match him if they ^ ^ will cause an active market It'efnntoeee him atnit about and try to be a man t JI “y P^BOUS ask Us“ Why doea not the The gsmest, cheeriest little chap you’d ever vraut to I pnee go downhereand in Europe, when there And then they laugh because I think the child resem-1 ^ everything against it—extremely large re ceipts, by far the largest since the war, money very scarce, and vessels to ship the The little rogue, he s prey; torn mj s for me, like robbers for their He’D to rn, pocketa Inalde ont when I get home to- cotton to Europe very scarce.” Tho reasons My little glil—I can’t contrive how it ehonld happen “ Uiere l w ? s °° American cotton, outside of thus— I Liverpool, m August The mills had to be d^o d n. P ! Ck tt ** ,w “‘ b0,Mt “ d “ supplied or stop running, and many persons My wlteshe says that haa’aome face will some day have delivered their cotton at the ports, and And then I laugh/because she thinks the child resem- tlicn gfren orders to hold It for certain prices. She'll m«tme half way down tbe hill, and kta. me, T i*“ )B “ ta * Bght The course anyway 1 of the market for the next nine months is W " h h “ 1 likely to be this: When there is a decline s If there's a heaven npon this earth, a fellow knowe It ,lu * e P ortion of tbe S°od cotton will bewith- He’rbemaway from home a week and then gete twek I f r °ln the market entirely, and only anin. I offered again sparingly upon an active and If thcre> a heaven above the earth, there eften. I'll be advancing market Some homesick fellow meets his folks, and hngs ’em Liverpool has risen this week with me- ,-«uaround. | u * v Buftet my creed be richt or wrong, or be it as it I dium sales. Tho rise is only one-six- My heaven ta jut ahead of me-I’m goln’ home to. teentb of a P eDn l' for 8 P°to. but future ar- rivals for December, which were much de pressed last mouth, has risen in the past few ..... . —w— — — .... the noliinz Mill and war Rilled, while faint, alias C.Dr-ud. es- ipcd, This man was with his friend in Columbus last Christian; I saw they were drinking; and liable to quarrel; l was standing with a couple of my friends; aomeoi our pany nude a remark; one of Paine’s cun asKtd Colon-1 Itatuecy and mystlf to take a drink; I refused; they went off /our or five minutes and then came b&ck and again to drink ; they repeat d it the third time; we then walked off dojwn the street; ihai night, anon half-past twelve, waa la the bar room of toe tfankin House, baffling fob cards. We then came out ana started up the street Mr. CT** 10 * wl . tll ,“ e * lictaid, “Let us go to the ball atMoljG— s; that was a house of baa repute. H5C J wh * t *re doing.” I went to jheclaor. l he landlady said there was *a difficulty. **I WAET NONE OF THAT IN MXKE." f° I Jf*® 1 and said, “Let us go in the other house. I went to tbe door. They stld a girl was sick and wanted to see me. I went in and the girl asked me to SEND FOR SOME BIRDS. I talked a few minutes. I heard some parties come in tbe house, Jn a few minutea I walked into tbe hall, ana then into the parl-r. On eaca side of the parlor are little rooms. Then I saw THESE TWO MEN that had come In; I was leaning on the right side of the door; a jonug friend opened the dJor; I made c to her, and got up to leave the room; I „ -.j® 1 Woman on the bed; then this mao Capraud to lowtd me into the room; I sort of laid my hand ou her; he shoved mu back and said, THIS IS MT GIRL,” and jerked a p stol out. Clayton and young llr. Hawks were standing at toe door; McDonald followed in; I loufed at him; I was surprised when he drew his pis tol; I sold, friends, I d.du t come for a difficulty; I come for amuetmeutI baid I don't want no difficutt. ;■*' *■ send enough for me; I am prepared.” i . Dot . I turned and tried to get ont; Capraud replie». using some exccedh gly abusive lan- goage; I walked lino the hall; aa I did ,o, McDon- aid stopped and TUT ms HAND ON ME, and said: “You ne«jd not put on any airs.” I re- pied: Your friend has treated me wrong, and has “f 1 ™* pistol onme” He said: “He has got no pistol. I said: “ There he stands with oie tin his hand.” Capraud waa then in the door with the pis tol. McDouall said; “HE CAN WHIT YOU with, or without a piirtol.” Capraud said; “Yea, I can.” Haihuu GRABBED MT FISTOL AND I THEN FIRED immediately; as I did I threw my .band up; Capraud fired. There (exhibiting his arm to the jury) is the bullet hole In the coat; Iha^a black vest on snd th® ballet did not pierce it; I suppose the pistol waa not properly loaded, though tbe shot HURT ME BADLY. The door was pulled to; the bsll went through the door^he fired^again; I held the door; the second PISTOL AGAINST M’DONALD’S BREAST ' and fired; I then went out of the house; I gave my self up to the Sheriff and told him what I had done- he said it was ail right, to go to my room and 1 FEE HIM nf THE MORNING (I) Clayton, Hawks and ftamsey were there; we met the Tjie Atlanta Herald. We have a few days J of a penny, which is equal to 1 a cent ThUh ““ ad f ““ Badicals in the support of a ticket run against the I stronger, ana it is likely the lowest Democratic party. In its last issue it confesses to I prices for February and March contracts, inferiority in its local department and charges it upon have already passed. The receipts for No- tte dhcourtcj of Th* Chwithtios. After our lo- vcmbcr Me emaU expected-onlv cal reporters have ransacked the city for news, and I . K . -m-cvicu uiuy obtained much that tie Herald fared to obtain, they I 15 P* 31 cent - more ^an last year. If this ratio send over to get it from us, and if we accommodate be carried out tho crop will be only 8,450,000 them, they brag of publishing more news than any I bales. The total receipts at the seven largest « ^.ooo ¥**«»$*« little more than we intended at the outset. 317,000 last year, same tune. If this be W&admit that our experience of journalism has I taken as a basis of the Crop it will bo only neverbroug.it us in co.ntact with ju«t such a sheet as 3,400,000. The receipts for the months of ^^(fowing live weeks)for the past Is In Ar power to prove la return, iticommeeced bCCQ “ follow9: 1806,368, a -waflfcre npon The Constitution,laboring inccs-1304,417,000; 18G8,420,000; 1869, 544 t santly to prove that The Constitution was trying to I 000; 1870, 707,000; 1871,605,000. If the in breafijjrtioicn. Of course we knew, but many would crease this year over last is 10 per cent, i- not, CSat this was simp-.y to make it respectable bv will , , • creating tho impression that The Constitution I , ff iplS ^ mo “th, of five feared ita rivalry. If a prop*ietor uttered a playful weeks » <>Go,000 bales, or 133,000 bales per remaxjc that could be twisted :into support of the idea, week. Our last letter from Manchester re- the Herald at once rushed it into print. Now, we do ports that in consequence of hiffher not claim that our kindly disposed conduct merits I nr t r< *o ♦/% inhnroro i any fMrticnlar praise, for the idea that the bcrald 1 to laborers, and the high could injure The Constitution in the very zenith of P nce 01 coal, profits are not SO its power and popularity, was, as all thinking and in- larg© S3 last year; but the demand for telligent men were aware, most absurdly preposter- goods and .yarns, for export, is fully up to ous. It may yet become necessary for ns to give in lllfeir expectations. For the month of Octo- detail the irrefra dble proofs of our kindly and good . * nnr . ... 1 neighborly conduct. • I t>er the exports this year over the lost 7 per cent in goods and 20 per cent in yams. For the ten months of this year the increase over last has been 21 per cent in goods, and Tfae Alabama noddle. It to very natural to think our own side right A Democrat sympathizes with the Democratic cause without knowing the facts. The Radical, of course, thinks with his own people. In tho South tho Radicals have pretty nearly unanimously been of a type, and have done things generally that damned them in all honeat eyes, prims facie. North it has been different There a good man can bo a Radical. South a Radical is about inevitably bound to be & bad man. Tho exceptions are rare. Hence when we find a Southern Radical in a controversy the chances are ten to one he is at some rascality. Tho Alabama difficulty, as far as we can see, confirms the rule. Our readers are aware that the Democratic and Radical members have each organized a Legislature. The Democrats have a quorum and the formalities of the law on their side. They get theirquorum by admitting members elect from Barbour and Marengo counties, whom the Radicals claim to be fraudulently declared elected. Governor Lindsay, the retiring Democratic Governor, recognized the Democratic body. Governor Lewis, the new Radical Governor, recognizes the Radical body. An attempt at compromise was made. The Radical body agreed to unite with the other, if the Democrats declared elected from Bar- boor and Marengo counties—eight altogether refused seats and Radicals be seated in their places. This, besides overthrowing the election in those counties without an investi gation into and proof of fraud, would destroy the Democratic majority in the Assembly and substitute therefor a Radical majority on joint ballot Of course this majority to the Radi- C&1 aim. The Democrats properly rejected the prop osition, and submitted a proposition to tho effect that the Radicals from Barbour county be admitted, the Democrats retiring with the privilege of contesting the matter; that the Democratic Speaker of the House resign and the Radicals have a chance to joinin another organization; and that the Marengo county election be referred back to tho county for a new election. The Radicals decline these seemingly fair propositions, artfully and treacherously claim' ing that the Democrats admit in making them that the elections in Barbour and Marengo counties are fraudulent. This is a character istic specimen of Radical trickery to thus construe a compromise offered simply for peace. Under this plain unvarnished and unexag- gerated statement of the facts, tt will be seen that an outrage of the first magnitude is on the Radical docket in Alabama, Our Alabama Democratic friends must possess their souls in as much patience os possible, keep a stiff upper lip, stand stead fast to the light, and they may perhaps pre serve the nest-egg of good State government for future use. But how much intermediary trouble they will huve to undergo, Governor Lewis, a Radical Legislature, a Radical Congress, a Radical President and the devil only know. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Bat the Herald went farther; tt endeavored In va rious jar* to prove that the business of The Cohsti- tutio* was declining, when the verj contrary ■ the fact. It went farther still, and indulged In per- lie -lortuta. Hon. Thomas M. Turner, of Savannah, died on the 21st of November. Ur. John Graham, of Augusts, died on Wednesday last Mr. J. W. Horton, nf Augusta, died on Saturday, November 31sL Mr. Robert Jackson, of Borke county, died on the 23d of last month. Mr* Dol. Henry Til! died, near Hender son, a few day* since. Mr. Robert Jackson, of Jefferson, died November 21st., for the Secretaryship, stating that he docs not want any office in Washington longer than Boutwell remains here at the head of the Treasury Department. There will he tears shed over this determination, a meaner or smaller fouled official does not live here. SENATOR SAWYER, of South Carolina, to here, and is hopefnl of his re-election. I hope he is right, a* he is aboat the best of a bad lot " AL.vHAJIA. A POSSE COlHTATUfl. Montgomery, November 30.—Thto morn ing a detachment of the United States Cav alry marched to a point twenty feet from the Capitol grounds and bivouacked. Intense excitement followed, hot learning that the troops were intended for a mere posse comi tates, and not to drive the Legislature from the Capitol, the excitement subsided some what The Legislature at the Capitol passed bill and sent tt to Gov. Lewis, but he ret used to receive it A joint resolntion was passed raising a committee to communicate the facts of the situation,by telegraph, lo Washington, and ap pointing a delegate to present a written state ment of the case to the President The Legislature express great confidence that the President will sustain them when the facts are laid before him. In answer to a committee of the Capitol yesterday Gov. Lewis replied that two hodies claim his recognition, and that tbe members of the other received a majority of the votes cast, and that he could not recognize the Capitol Legislature, because, if the persons whom he said did not receive a majority were included, tbe body would be without a quorum. The court house body did nothing to day, but has been in secret session a con siderable portion of the day. The Advertiser, a Central Liberal Dem ocratic organ of ti.e. State, in its issue of to-morrow morning, says: “That in view of the death of Mr. Greeley, we recommend all the Greeley electors cast their votes for Grant and make his election unanimous, and in return let us ask only for peace and pro tection from vagabond* and scoundrels, or, at least, that the government will allow ns fair play and maintain tbe supremacy of the law ana order. Our struggle has not been for men, but for the safety of the law and civilization.'' Official Tate at Alabama. The official vote for Grant electors in Ala bama is 90,272; Greeley, 70,441; O’Conor, Jne- In 1S6S Grant got 76,360, and Seymour 72,085, making an aggregate of 148,452, against 109,713 thto time. Grant’s increase of vote is 13.C06. Gree ley’s increase over Seymour is 8,353. At the last election for Governor the Dem ocratic vote was 79,447, and the Radical 77,- 076. It is a remarkable vote that jhas been just given, and the Radical vote, we believe, will Le found to be fraudulent. go with them; 1 gave up mj pistol, and went to the gnard house; I was nut kept in c nflnement, but SLEPT WITH THE JAILER J I waa trlefl before three magistrates, and was not even bound orcr; remarks of the citizens were that they were sorry that I did not kl 11 the other one: these are all thesevea men that I have killed till I cot into this difficulty with Phillips. E I hare been told abo that I hare ▲ FISTOL WITH THE NAMES of the men that I have killed on it. CanUin Glenn, please show the pistol to the jury that they may see how many namee there are on it. (The pistol was ex amined) I acknowledge Mr. Shivers told the truth when be raid the I hat been drinking for several d*T»- B* fore tbe difficulty I was consider bly under the influence of liquor, and since I received this irju- ~ ®Pmy head 1 forget.things. I think it was on tbe Idayaftrntoon before the difficulty I concluded to StlraSJmS.'to 11 ' 1 ^ Aa 1 waa E° In £ Q P White- JULIA THOMPSON’S, I saw Copper, and asked him to go with me; we went SZi ib 7TiJ want to ; he sat by the head of the bed; I had put my pistol under the head of the bed; gfatupI l foun§ Ut W * lund ttndtrtac ; when 1 THE PISTOL WAS GONE. _ I «id, “Charlie, bring my pistol back ” He brought it back and put it down; next day we came down town; I said I tooted on Cooper as a gentleman, but I thought he tr ed to STEAL MY FISTOL after going to a bad house as a friend; that was what Oot per came to me that night to expLin; I was then under th- Icflucoce of liquor; I said his explai was sufficient; McAllister said: “Let’s eo u, ***. be had Varden ^ S ® t * drlnk ’ aun ® again A KNIFE XX HIS HAND. I said r didn’t want a difficulty, the thing had been explained; I wae cat!*fled; I went out and sat on the box; he came np and commenced talking again. Krom there 1 walked across with McAlister to the corner near Spark’s butcher shop. I remarked to McAlister, ‘I am GOING TO GET MY FISTOL from the Maison de Ville.” I a«ked Shivers for it be refused it once or twice; I told him if Icouldn. getit'one way, I could another; that parties had ineract. it wentrartner sun, and indulged m per- fil . , " ■ ^ aonalitiea totrard theprepretors a-deditor* of Th* J**® “ nt - m ? aTD3 - ™ a requires 200.0CO Constitution intended to bring them into ridicule; I more COttOH than last year to supply and made attacks upon the paper in a slang, iudecor-1 this inci eased demand. The increased ex ons manner before unknown to Atlanta journalism, port last month was principally to Turkey AgainJrthis kind cf jonrnallsUc warfare we repeat-1 an £ India, edly entered Indignant bnt dignified pretest. And I .. , . . tow, dear reader, tho Htrald has the hare facedacaato . Present estimate of the American crop turn around and charge ns with discourtesy, because I m I^ivcrpool is from three and a half to four our local reporters refused to furnish it important millions of bales. In New York it is three toot MW* Which tt wa. unable to obum. and a half to three and three-fourth miiim". Lever before hare they been, and never while I T n ■jq l , w nrl*.nna 5f jo »!,«« » , the world etsede, will the people or AUsu'e I , N W ® rIean3 lC m three aD( l one-fourth be (agalh regaled ;with auch constant aud I i^ree and one-half millions. Suppose after telapffiL|eir-landations as they hare witneeeoj January the receipts should fail off so ss to in thFTferald—“unparalled-succes*” the "great- make the New Orleans estimate tho ceneral market dnlged In almost daily. In fACt, nothing was too wlUl . 8 P inners and thus make a very active mighty for their achievement. Indeed, this Caesar rqarket for several weeks? The Stocks of has become so great that in ita independence it as- cotton in Liverpool, and afloat for that port says to defeat even the entire Democrat party of our f or five years are as follows; city. Despite all this, however, because it fails to be 1 „ # lg(?8 lf ™ aa enterprising as its neighbor, it moat fain cast the Stocks 3*8.000 38^M0 393400 486000 jssroon blame upon us. Afloat 204,000 893,000 350.000 38*|000 22*,000 We have this to say p’alnly. The Constitution I Tottl.....622 000 CT7000 741000 and the San always acted upon the rule that in the I rn, ' , * , 000 642,000 matter of editorial enterprise and effort any advantage , Tkc to be delivered at that port in honorably obtained was legitimate, but in tbe matter I month of December is less thfin for five of business management there should be pcif ctac- I years past, same time. cord. Thia rule waa observed with the most pleasant j The American cotton in and afloat for result*. We attempted to inaugurate the same with t f,, r ... the Herald, bnt it seemed determi'-ett to have nothing ^°° ^ 41813 88 : of the kind. Well, it may have ita way. We have J g . . 18G9. 1870. 1*71. shown every disposition consistent with self-respect Afloat*. .7.7.". to inaugurate pleasant business relations and gcn< The receipts 'this year, so far, show 250,- 000 bales more than last year, same time I and 8tai the quantity of American in sight erouB, legitimate rivalry; and wc doubt not oar press brethren all over the State can bear witness to it. Bat we are dune. The Herald is informed, that ws ask no favors of it, and wish none asked of us. We need no assist- . _ ancefrom them or their reporters, and they need not I is less than for two years past, same time, wall out becansoTH* Constitution reporters refuse to We give this year and the past four years fnrnish news for the Hermld readers. Weed your own I for reference. row, neighbor; we are doing that foronrselvtts.with I . . , 1668. 1859. 1870. 187L 1872. themostsatisfactory results, for The Constitution S8d5UttftSdfiSUS gives manifold avidcnccs that it never was more pop- J Stocks, Liverpool 44 u.ar with the people or more pi os per ous than it is at I Afloatfor Liveipool... to the present moment. What the GiOigla Llector* ; Day. Export this week 34 55 Total 441 607 818 705 £88,000 jre To- I As we are now at tho end of three months. Wo will revise onr estimate of receipts. We went back and found McAllister; he inquired if I got it; I taid yes; be said let’s go fiu »nd take a drink; we went to toe Turf Exchange; I took a glass of beer and went outside; ana Cooper came np; about tlut time some parties came ont of the Ton Exchange, and some one in the party raid, “1 don’t care a damn for nr bodysome one in the other party remarked, *1 don’t care neither;” McAllister asked if that was m: ended for tun; I paid no atten tion to him; I touched McAllister; one witness rr nr mine. I don't want Me A said it wu * drunken minutes. The next going to bed SLEPT WITH BEDILL, in room 11; I started over there I was sick and ner- irnnken party^wu stood there a few t thing I remember 1 said I was MISS LEILA WILLIAMS me; I heard -onu one of the party. bad her hands or wRorn I thought was in the room, say: “TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF HXB, and I wi l kli an touches her: I saw the party : in the party caught from his looite; se me o’her , him; Miss Williams caught me at the same time, and —* - - “stop, don’t have no fass; he is a boy; I said I don’t want to be s&ot, or something to that effect; he (Phillips) mode an effort to get a the person, and threw hi* hand on hia h p ~*ig the position 0 I shoved Miss Williams away and id “get away, he is going to shoot me;” I FIRED; I saw he wheeled; I Area again and the ball went to the left; I then walked down; Mr. Haynes has told what I said; 1 to d them I HAD SHOT A MAN that was trying to shoot me; where ta Harris, the Sheiiff; they remarked, “we are office-a;” I sgjd “I surrender to you; here Is my pistol, take itI have been tol l tn*t the report has ha- gone to the mother of decern ed about tbe NAN’S ENGRAVED ON THE PISTOL, andtoCoL rtuliips, tbe father of the deceased; I have bo hard feelings to th-m for the interest they have taken in tb s prosecution; I think they are perfect!* jastified if i was anything like the reports have de scribed me to be; I think any man guilty aa 1 am re ported to be ctLifct to be bunted ana prosecuted: bet 1 have been treated unjustly by these false re ports; I am a o mtwrative stranger here and these false reports have bxn published against me; I never k Hed anybody, except in my own defease LOOKED UPON AS JUSTIFIABLE in my acts before, and where 11 best known I am g me, and hear! g these r ports are bound to fora a very twdoptnl n of my character. If tt were necessary. 1 could produce men. besidt s those in Colomboa. to prove tha’ my s-atements are true. Mr. P 'u know* what lhave stated are facts. I heard that THEY FORMED A MOB cue night to at’ark me. and that it wa* Col. Phillip* that prevtntcd them. That shows they were pnjn- dicca against me. when tbe fat her. and brother of De ceased <ome oat to prevent the mob from attacking me. I have been tom that these were facta. _ . _ , — . , _ I now compare with last year, as that vear. Before Mr. Greeley’s death the Savannah from this time, was more, forward than News suggesteerthe idea of the Georgia elec any year since the war. Receipts last year, tors declining to cast the vote of the State to 111 is cJate « 8-50,000 hales, which was thirty- for Greeley, as the eleetion of Grant was as sured, and no good could be accomplished by bales for same time. Taking the receipts it The suggestion had begun to excite some a basis, it makes this crop 3,932,000. Taking the percent as a basis, it makes thi i crop 3,556.000 to be received at the ports, The suggestion of that course, then, was to which must be added, for overland and impracticable. The electors had been elected Southern cou umption, 250,000, making as Greeley electors, and our view ™ that •' grltQtous. missr If I were told that I moatd-e Summary of state fle*r«. SAVANNAH. Judge Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, has appoiuted Col. Edward C. Wade, of Quitman, United States Commissioner for the Southern District of Georgia.—Saamnah Yetet. William Collins, of Savannah, was slightly shot in the shoulder by Dunn, Saturday night Col. Stone, recently qualified Assis tant United States District Attorney, for the State, has taken possession of his office in the government building. King Alcohol contnbntes more to furnishing employment to the efficient police force of Savannah, than all other causes combined.—Savannah Adver- tieer. A two-story brick building, in Savannah, belonging to Mrs. C. A. S. Lamar, was burn ed Sunday morning. Seventy-nine entries have thus far been made for the Savannah Fair. The Arkwright Cotton Factory will soon be one of the moving, active Inst tutions of Savannah. Savannah has another mili tary company. This one Is composed of col ored men: S. B. Sbeftall, colored, Captain; R. D. Lucas, colored, Finst Lieutenant;.T. H. Spaulding, colored. Second Lieu ten ant; II. II. lie, colored, Third Lieutenant: W. H. Bell, colored. Orderly Sergeant.—Savannah Ee- publican. AUGUSTA. A man by the name of Roden was. run over and killed near Langley’s mills on Fri day on tho Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. A youth about fourteen years of age, named Odom, accidentally shot himself while hunting near Augusta on Wednesday lost. He is in a critical condi tion. The gin'- house of Dr. Arington, of Jefferson county,"was burned, with several bales of cotton, last Saturday. The murderer of Mr. James H. Marlin, of Bell Air, who was a colored mao, Henry Johnson, alias Ben Bacon, was executed on Friday last. Hto confession was read from the scaffold. A small fire in Augusta on Friday.—Comtitu- tionaliA A mule died of the epizootic in Angnsta on Friday. On Friday Mr. Jim Leary, of Hancock county, had his gin house and 25 bap of cotton burned.—Chronicle and Scnti- COLUMBUS. The residence of Mr. J. H. Underwood, in Girard, was consumed by fire on Friday morning. Gentlemen tell ns that squirrels, coons and “ possums” are dying in theUchee bottoms from a disease similar to that which is attacking horses. The horse disease con tinues to spread in Columbus. The last cot ton year Columbus consumed 0,830 bales of cotton.—Columbut fun. MACON. Snap, a well known dog in Macon, is dead. A Macon thief goes for a candle and a match box. Wide Awake Fire Company, No. I, of Cuthbcrt, has purchased the hand engine formerly used by No. 5 Fire Company of Macon. Macon came near having a fire on Friday. The street car mules of Macon have the prevailing malady.—Telegraph and Mr. Greeley’s Illness as Received in Wastiiugton, The Coming Session—Georgia Members—Graut and the Sou'lv-other Matters. From Ocr Regular Corrcapondcnt ] Washington, November 26, 1872. Washington was startled yesterday morn ing by a report of Mr. Greeley’s insanity. Several of the correspondents here tele graphed to New York for confirmation or denial of the report, and the answers received were so conflicting as to leave the matter in doubt. At 3 F. M. tho first edition of the Critic was issued, containing a dispatch stating, on the authority of “the morning papers,” (Joe Howard's Star alone had the news,) that Mr. Greeley had become insane and waa confined in the Asylum at while Plains. The dispatch said further: “His loss of reason is attributed to bis late afflic tion in the death of his wife, and the disas trous defeat suffered by him in the Presiden tial election. It is said bto friends attempted to obtain his admittance to the Bloomingdale Asylum, but the officers of that institution refused on account of the strictures published by the Tribune in reference to it But few, it is stated, are aware of the actual state of the case, nearly all of hia friends believing him to be ill simply from constant attention on his wife during her illness.” Of course this dispatch produced much ex cilement and vety general sympathy and re gret throughout the city, ana the feeling was intensified on reading, m a second edition of the Critic, the following: New York, November 25. The Commercial Advertiser of thto after noon, referring to the illness of Mr. Horace Greeley, says: “We regret to learn that the nervous malady under which Horace Greeley has suffered for several weeks past has unfortunately resulted in a serious men tal disorder, which unfits him for business, and demsuds perfect rest and seclusion. It is understood that tbe inciting cause of tbfa melancholy phsse of hto disorder was the Thou caa'at not c )retracted watching by the bed-side of his ate wife, together witb another family afflic tion connected with the loss of the steamship Missouri.” The regular edition of the Star published later, pronounced the report of Mr. Greeley’s insanity a canard on the authority of private telegrams received by tt from New York. The Associated Press dispatches from New York in to-day’s papers contain no reference to the matter. Thus the report seems to have originated with Joe Howard, tho proclama tion forger, and but for the statements of tbe Commercial Advertiser few would give tt credence. As it is there are good grounds for believing that this painful intelligence is only too true. The hard work Greeley went through during the campaign, his crushing defeat, the loss of his dearly beloved wife, to whom he was truly devoted, sod bis too speedy return to journalism, may have com bined to break down—let us hope only tem porarily—the robust system of even so tem- terate a man as the editor of tbe Tribune, dr. Greeley cannot well be spared from the it pacer be baa created. Even now tt to _ rping from wantof hto vigorous hand and able pen. Friend aud foe,if hehasafoein'the hours of his affliction, will unite in hoping that hto recovery may be speedy, and that he may soon return to that profession of which he is so bright an ornament. TlfE COMING SESSION. Congress assembles on Monday next, and for some time past busy preparations have been making at the Capitol for the comfort and convenience of onr national solans. Many of them make their exit on the 3d of March next, and there are some among them Whom we cannot afford to lose. The witty S. S. Cox, the sterling M. C. Kerr snd the eloquent Dan. Voorhces are prominent Demo crats who are to depart hence. The new Congress will not compare favorably with the one about to expire. The South has re turned some of its most inefficient and du bious representatives and left good men and true out in the cold. It may be said this does not matter, as tlio Radicals will have nearly a two-thirds majority in the next House, but it docs matter a good deal. In this reference to the Southern del egations I do not include Georgia. She has done well. But Mr. Rawls, whose election to claimed in the First District, will have to do very well indeed to fill the place of his pre decessors, Messrs. W. W. Paine and A. T. McIntyre. Two harder workers or more up right Representatives have not been sent to Washington from the South since the war closed. In the Senate there will be some thing of a Conservative gain, but not so great as was hoped for. Morton, v we looked to see defeated, to turned, and Conkling will no donbt be reelected. But we bavd got rid of Nye, the buffoon, and shall get rid of Spencer, the ex- sutler; and Georgia will send us a Democrat in place of Mr. Hill, against whom I have nothing to say, aside from hto politics. Ttatthea Which a'ntrs shouts bnu me na-tatl teir and sore For any one AR the tight foncht end mil >he abort]o*ney throni Wcatahouldl do? I do not think that I ehonld shrink or falter But jnetroon. Doing my work, nor change nur f*rk to alter Angbt that'a gone; But rise and move end lore and amlto, and pray For one day mor* And, tying down at nlrht for a last rieeping. Bar la tha: ear Which hcark ne i t, r, “Lord, within thy keeping Do thoa thy with” I might not alecp. for awe: tmt peiecful, tender. My «o.*l «touid lie AH night lore; »».d »hm ito« ***omlng Flashed o’er the Shy I think that I cool iwnhe. coaid caunlyssy, ‘ItislilAdiy.’’ Bat If a wondrous hind from tho blue yooder •»-»» —it * *rjv” tWtlL Ri unroll What could I da O, Blessed On Id: and Mattel, Other than this- 8tUl toco onus now, not flower, fustrr. Nor fesr to ntse The rood, although eo venr long it ho While led byYhce* Step by step, feeltartfcee clo-e Wide me. Through thorns, through flower*, whether the tsc I may not know, my God, do hand rcTcalcth Along the path nod No’ To all my questioning thought, the time to 'ell. And u is Welle Let me keep on. abiding and unfmrtng They soil always. • •ury’e ripen Ing short day’s. etuofOuDu and I can wait. they would have had no option in the matter bnt to cast the vote of the State for Mr. Greeley. And this, particularly when the proposition was made before the election and ignored, to have a set of electors run by the Democracy pledged to no candidate, but left to vote as they 6aw fit for the best interests of the State. No power but the people could have ab solved the elected set of Electors from voting for Mr Greeley. But the question now becomes a practical one, as to what the Electors shall do. Mr. Greeley, the candidate, is dead. Who shall be voted for? Onr view is decided. If there is one strong, pre-eminent, unalterable Southern characteristic, it is fidelity to its honor. Let the vote of Georgia be cast for the dead Greeley in tribute to hia efforts for national fraternization and the complete restoration of Southern equality and peace. In 18VJ, a portion’of the Whigs, headed by Mr. Stephens and Mr. Toombs, voted for the dead Webster. Let us follow the illustrious and appropriate example. It will be in keeping with Southern sensi bility. It will be a generous act of Geor gia requital for attempted service of a noble ‘Tto probable'that Greeley owes bis sudden and melancholy decease to his candidacy. That candidacy was marked by a sublime endeavor to restore the South to her rights. Whatever differences of opinion may exist ss to tbe philosophy of that endeavor, there can be no denial that Greeley made it, and nobly, admirably, made it. And for the life thus sacrificed for our section, it is bnt a simple return to gire the barren yet honoring tribute of the State electoral vote as a matter of sacred sentiment. But the thing goes deeper still in its de mand upon our grateful recognition. What ever his former opposition, Greeley held out the hand of kindness to an oppressed and plundered section. Though she can only signify a sentiment, the Sonth owes it as much to herself as to him, and also to the cause of right to do all in her power to re quite an attitude assumed for tbe great cause of humanity and in her own behalf. Tbe champions of humanity should be re cognized and encouraged. Greeley, strange as it may seem, took the position of our friend. We fought, however un willingly, under hto lead forourewn redemp tion. He spoke brave word-, for our regen eration. He heroically threw bimself in the breach of Northern .sectional prejudice to elevate the drooping nationality of his land from the dust, and complete the severed galaxy of her jewels. The South alone honored him with her vote, living, in response to this great attempt Let the Sonth give him, dead, the vote he won when living. And to Georgia let the honor belong of leading off in thto set of chivalric punctilio. the very forward crop and fine picking sea son, we believe the above figures much too large We suppose there bas been 35 per cent of the crop received to thia date, mak ing tbe total crop 3,500,000 bales, which to our present estimate. Our own spinners are taking from tbe ports much larger amounts than ever before—baving taken for the past three months for five years, as follows: 1868, 166,000; 1869,-159,000; 1870, 197,000; 1871, 190,000; 1872, 255,0u0. The exports to foreign countries)for the past three months for four years' arc as follows: 1869. 1679. 1871. 1873. To Great Britain 257 290 *08 To Continent 156 55 45 29 Total 413 455 335 M3 The above figures show where the excess of receipts have gone to. The Continent was bare of good American cotton, aud the demand for that kind makes it comparatively scarce. Liverpool will have to bid higher and raise her prices if she expects to get her share of this crop. France, tipain and Russia, all want good cotton. No other kind will answer their pnrrposcaa well. Liverpool takes a large quantity of poor American cotton to mix with her India cot ton. The last bureau report makes the crop 3,450,000 bales, which to 50,060 less titan our present estimate. The Bank of England held, two weeks ago, $100,000,0n0 of gold and bas now increased it ten millions more. The rate of interest bas been reduced to C per cent, and money is decidedly easier. The German government has $100,000,000 of gold, which has been re coined this year. This will be put in circu lation after January 1st, and will help to make money easier. Several of onr friends have asked cs the past week when will be the time to buy cotton. We will say to si) who expect to buy cotton this winter for future delivery that if we were going to buy at all, we would ratber buy wilbin the next two weeks than any other time. The largest crop ever gathered was in I 4.476,000- mud 35 per cent, was received up to this time. The crop 0LI86O was-3,461,000 snd 38 per cent, was received np to this date. Thto year our estimate to 3,500,000 bales, and that 35 per cent, has been received. Gathering*- What docs a man see in the wild, wild waves ? Sea foam. DAHLONEGA. . The Board of Trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College met a few days since. The meeting was large and the members en thusiastic, filled with faith in the success of the enterprise. Mr. Henry Perry, of Savan nah, was elected assistant teacher.—Mountain Signal. THOMASTON. The dwelling house of Mr. C. E. Ingram was burned down on the 29 th ult.—Thcrmuton Herald. MADISON. The beantiful Female College in Greens boro was burned on Friday, together with most of the furniture.—Home Journal. BLAKELY. A negro was sent to the penitentiary tor one year at the late term of Randolph Supe rior Court for two much voting: Hancock, who killed the young man Riley Martin, in Bainbridge in 1866, died in the Lunatic Asy lum a few days since.—Ebrlp Coup ip Neust. EAUNDERSVLLE. Steps are being taken toward tbe erection of a school building. Tbe gin boose of Dr. J. T. Linden, of Saunders comity, together with fourteen bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire a few days ago. Dr. A. G. Thomas, for the .past year Pastor of the Christian Chnrch in Saunderaville, left for his new home in Indiana last neek,—Saundernille Herald. An object the savings bt-u. Why to a seif Because, thongt help. A furniture ks member of soci’: and lounges, abo’ A drunkard, or. round and tornr : rarest. Your deposit in friend like tbe letter P ? t in pity, he is last in said to be the laziest -cause he keeps chairs lday. .ng told that the earth to ts axis all the time, said: I believe that,' r I’ve never been able to stand on the darned thing.” Item* of Interest. Sunflowers are raised for foci in Minne sota. In 1871 there were 425 applications fordi- voree in London. The Vienna exposition bnilding to to cover 2,500,000 square feet. Tbe stove interest in the United States bas a combined capital of over $30,000,000. It employs one hundred and fifty thousand men and the probable product, during the current year, wiii not fall short of 2,500,000 stoves. The British Medical Journal says that in a ball room containing fifty todies wearing false hair, forty-five millions of navtoellae, or inflnilesmal parasites, are set free: Filling tbe atmosphere, they are inhaled with tt. ana are a fertile source of pulmonary aflections. Bftsceltmneatu. The press .that printers like—A press of business. A Leavenworth editor sat down in a re served seat already occupied by a hornet. He stands up when scissoring his editorials now. An exchange announces, on the death of a lady, that she “lived fifty years with her husband, and died in confident hope of a better life.” “It to forty years, my old friend John, since we were boys together." Is itr Well, don’t speak so loud; there’s that young widow in the next room.” new Congress to the business which to likely to engross the attention of the coming ana last session of the expiring Congress, wc hear on every hand that the lobby will be very active this winter. San Domingo will not be brought.forward just yet, we are told by administration scribes, but we are to have the postal telegraph scheme, contracts for. building twelve iron sloops of war' in private ship yards, the French spoliation claims, ocean mail subei subsidies ad infinitum, tho James River and Kanawha and Atlantic and Great Western canal projects, and hosts of lesser schemes which will give Congress enough to do in the comparatively short space of time allotted to it. The land grab business to thought to he pretty well “played out,” and tt is not prob able tbe St. Croix cansl stealing enterprise will be revived Iu promoters are said to have “gone back on” the lobby last winter, and will hardly venture here again with so many unredeemed promises hanging over them. THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY TOWARD THE SOUTH. It was announced some time since that Grant wonld hereafter pursue a more lenient policy toward the Sonth; that be wonld not only pardon the victims of Radical hate but would recommend, in bis message, tbe granting of universal amnesty. I bis seemed very probable, but now the Washington cor respondent of tbe New York Times, who bas tbe run of tbe White House kitchen, and professes to speak “by authority,” declares that tbe President bas no such intention, and will leave the matter to Congress to deal with as tt sees fit This means that the policy of proscription and hate is to continue for four years more at least; for while Morton sad Butler and their followers are in Congress the tenth need expect neither favors nor justice. And yet we see Southern men, even three who fought under the Stars and liars, coming to the sup port of Grant almost daily, thus helping him to rivet more firmly on the South the tetters to escape which they once faced Federal bullet* Longstreet deserted bto comrades for an office under Grant, deserted Grant for Greeley, and when he saw the latter bad no chance for success, went back to Grant again. Mosbv, too, has fallen at Grant’s feet, and will donbtless get his reward; and the Republican of this morning extols General James P. Ma jor, J. E. Slaughter and a ao-callcd General A. C. Jones, for having aided io tbe re-election of Grant Why, then, should Grant change hisipolicy toward the South when men whom tbe South oncejhonorcd desert her in the hour of need and range themselves under the ban ner of the conqueror of American liberties? grant’s magnanimity. Four years ago General Hancock's name was prominently mentioned in connection with the Democratic nomination to the Pres idency. Seeing in this gallant soldier and able man, a formidable rival, Grant sent him to the far West, giving him a command be- longing, by right, (p one of inferior rank. General Hancock's name again loomed upon the political horizon this year, and Grant kept him in the West Now that the prliti- cal contest is over. Grant has given General Hancock the command pertaining to his rank. On this the National Republican of this dty bnrBts forth as follows: “He,” the President, “has completely ig nored personal differences for what he be lieves tbe best good of the public service, and hit thus shown a spirit of magnanimity which bas not its parallel in American his tory since the days of Washington, when men were appointed to office for the good of tbe whole country, and not because of their subserviency to party.” How about the magnanimity that exiled and degraded an effident officer, simply be cause he might have been a political oppo nent? ANEW DAILY. There is talk of establishing a new daily here, to be called the Federal Democrat. The name is enough to kill it in the existing State of affairs, let alone other cause*. An independent daily is sorely needed in Wash ington, but we are not likely to have one for some time to come: Tommy Hauck. Bellgloua Information. LUTHERAN CHURCH ITEMS. Rev. Dr. Coward, editor of the Lutheran Observer, during a recent trip of eleven days in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, traveled twentv &ve hundred miles, filled seven ap pointments, and raised nearly five thousand dollars at chnrch dedications, besides con ducting bto paper. BAPTIST CHURCH ITEMS. Tbe lady members of the First Baptist Church in Nashville have agreed tint they will dispenso with all finery on Sunday— mealing no jewels but consistency, and here after appear at church in plain calico dresses. The Baptists of Virginia have resolved to raise a memorial fund of $360,000. and the Rev. Dr. Burrows, of Richmond, baa been employed as agent to solicit contributions to the fund. Erase ofal enuen items. The Episcopal Church Guild, connected with St. John's Church, New York, during the last summer, visited over-ten thousand poor families in the fifth and eighth wards and vicinity, finding many of them in dens of discomfort, disease snd death. Tho Guild to composed of 125 members. A successor to the late Bishop East bum will be clectea-December 4th by a special meeting of tit0 convention of tbe Episcopal Cbureh of the Dioccsc of Massachusetts. Tbe pews of the new Episcopal Chun b on Madison avenue. New York, rented at pre miums ranging from $300 to $3,250 Tin premiums on fifty pews amounted to $15,800. CONOBEGATIONaL CHURCH ITEMS. There are 503 congregational churches in Massachusetts. The oldest pastor of the de nomination in the State, to Rev. Dr. N. Adams, of Boston. Less than one half of the Wisconsin con gregational churches are self-supporting. There arc 591 congregational churches in Massachusetts, and 13,874 chnrch memls-t*. Their benevolent contributions during tbe last year amounted to $438,479. Congregationalism to slowly gainings foot hold in the South. Tbe churches in Tennes see, Georgia and Alabama, have three colleges and seventeen chnrch organization* Plymouth chnrch, Brooklyn, contributed last year nearly half a million nf dollars to religious, charitable and educational objects. METHODIST CHURCH ITEMS. The Missionary Society of the Hethodtot Esptocopa) Chnrch. of Boston, have planned the building of a number of cfaapeto, and * considerable amount to subacribed for that purpose. They are trying to organize a Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, in which an abridgment of the English Prayer-book will probably be used in tile form originally prepared by Wesley. The trustees of the Wabash Avenue M. E. Church, Chicago, have resolved to adopt the free pew system. The Board of Managers of the Freed men'* Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, call for contributions for the current year to the amount of $100,000, to sorry for ward the schools and church operations among that people in the Southern States. FOREIGN RELIGIOUS ITEMS. The Society for the propagation of th 1 Catholic faith, which has its headquarters in Rome, received in the year 1871, a little mopt than one million of dollars; only $55,000 of this sum was obtained qntshie of Europe. A missionary in China states that if th > present ratio of conversion goes on a* tt h:>4 been going for some years bank, by tbe year 1900 tbe native Christians in China will num ber over two million. The Bishop of Sabub. Austria, has arrt hto resignation to tbe Pope, liecausebe would not subscribe to the dogma of infallibility. \fr Rrtnrfr<*rm’« aialnr <■ nmael.iu,. I. Mr. Spurgeon’s sister, to preaching U England, with 1 MISCELLANEOUS CtlCttCn ITEMS. The first American thanksgiving was he! t after tbe getting of an abundant harvest in theyear 1623. Kansas has had twenty camp meetings dor- the past season. A writer in the Chicago Standard aavs that the people of Boston will pay more to listen to a caricaturist of the Gospel than a preacher of it Tbe fiftieth annivcmir of tbe Daily Noon day Prayer Meeting of Pkila'Ielphia, w*> held November 23d, in tho First bapti-1 Chnrch. Robert Dale Owen recently suggested th 3 the word translated “year” in our version -f the Bible means but a month, so that Mi th t- sclah instead of ninehnndrcd andsixty nin\ was but eight years old. During the past year the New York City Mission has been sustaining forty missi- 1- nries, men and women, who have made 100w 000 visit* among the poor and needy, at4 held four thousand meeting* of vario U kinds The Boston Old South Church has beta leased two years for a post office. Connub alites. An old man’* advice to young men to, don’t make love to two girls at once. Love to a good thing, bnt it is like batter in warm weather—it won’t do to have too much on hand at the same time. A sympathetic Norwich man stopping in Boston, in learning to check the fire a great many buildings must be blown np, at once offered to contribute hto mother-in-law for the purpose. A young lawyer who had long paid his court to a lady without advancing hto suit, accused her one day of “ being insensible to the power of lore." “ It dues not follow,” she replied, “that I am so, bemuse I am not to be won by tLe power of attorney." •* Pnnnw. m*» ** rr>nlip<i thp. unites»• " hut vnn I A delegate from the Japanese Governmer.k on the way to tbe United State* for th. purpose of inquiring into our system of ro» The fifty year* of the New York Obwrvtt are completed. WHAT’S GOING ON Cl CHURCHES AND AMONG CHURCH TKOFLE. An Adventist finds evidence of Scripture that the “ Epizootic?’ to but another omen of the coming day. and another effort of God to call attention to it The late Unitarian Nations] Conference developed two facta; First, The alow growth of the Church; and second the scanty snpply of ministers. The membership of the Christian Chnrch in the Stale of Indiana numbers <5,025. Mr. Beecher’s Chnrch proposes tonne a fund of fifty thousand dollars to be cal led the “Plymouth Mission Fund,” for the en dowment under the rare of the Church. At the Baptist Union of England iatelv convened in Manchester. Mr? Spturam piopisnl the holding of a united con ference of all- the evangelical denomi nations, to be styled “A Congress of the Free Churches,” for the purpose of prayer and mutual edification. 1 Rev. Henry Kimler, pastor of a church in Newport, to seventy-three years of age. He took license to marry last weec. Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Cincinnati, dissents from the interpretation of the Judgment* manifest in the Urning of cities. The Christian World, a German reformed paper in Cincinnati, advocates the kneeling posture in prayer. Two ministers are having a debate through the New. Orleans Christian Advocate about Heaven. One of them takes the teripinre* literally, and declares tt to a city of pore gold, having walla of jasper. The other is sure that it is not located in the sun, and after that isn’t very clear aa to where tt is. Rumor, Ayonng man engaged in making hiraac’f attractive to a young lady, waa taken with a violent fit of coughing, and brought up two marbles he had swallowed when a bov The young lady dismissed him. Sbe eahl she didn’t want to marry a atone quarry. A young lady who has just returned from Europe advises her friends not logo there, “unless yon are sure that you know enough to appreciate the beauties of Europe. It lends such a charm to Italy to remember that among these groves of olive the immortal Beethoven sculptured the Mediccan burns, and^Stmk^mra composed the sublime poem On the night of the fire in Boston a dealer in boots and shoes, finding that the fire had readied his rear store, said to a few strangers who had assisted him, “you might as well help yourself to boots.” One fellow took a pair tbe mcichant handed him, and after “ Forgive me,” replied the suitor, “ but you I glancing at them said, "you havn't got a pair should remember that all the votaries of I of slim sevens, have you?” An explo ' cupid are toUettorC , I next door prevented a response.