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THF ATLANTA WEBKLV SIT T . FOR T 'RWEEKEN0TN6 DECOrnin, 4. 187?. •* *• ' "‘ " ~ r k'h. .1# A /. A.’ #>/#*'. I VJ AZO* *>/!.» v THE atX \ N GKOtiGIA 5KW* aitEVIIIM. — The maludy is subsiuing in Savau- mb. Tho “young Democracy” speak of having a ball iu tli** Forest city. Bainbrilg* cherishes hw< et, memo ries of fier Harmome Vereiu B» 3L — The Bainbridge Sun endorses C**l. J. R. Sneed as worthy ol filling the offic* of secretary o ( State, gg—A small fire in Rome on thb 23rd matam—burning the kiiclien of T. G. Watters. —The Conmercial will publish earn Sunday, “Facts from Scripture worst knowing.” Bill Arp editor. — A Fair will tie h Id by tlie Savanna t Tost Society, second week in Dtcembei for the purpose of aidiug m the f*undu-, of a Mariners Home, iu that city. —The Seaport Appeal says >t is “eon temptible” in the Savannah papers n “snove foward Savannah as the terrni nns nnu obj ctive point of the Grea Western Canal.” —Tne Augnsta canal, after its enlarg - mans, will have w iter one hundred as < fifty ieet vide, and fnurte* u iect u« ej. wito »wemy-e'ght feet fall—an 6C<i. omi <ad oree for manu'aetnnng of over four teen thousand horse power. — The Savannah News of the 25th 11- ytuui, cental uh an account of tho m*t ons conduct of Degroes in attacking e pr icession returning from a funeral. A shower of stones and missilswere throw/ amid the procession. A little white *«• had his head severely cut, and oDe i«i two of the Hiheruian brass band tr« Siiuek. The attack wis most wantei and outraveons.” Imlimliial. —Apples can be purchased for_ fou. cent** per bushel in s. m-* parts of Illinois — A single point lace at the O’.ucinna Exnomtion cost $3,000. — An IPinois vineyard of twenty at.ro*- will yield this season 20,000 gallons o wine. — Russia in ports cotton cloth fro Turkey, pr-feiriiig it to that woven i England. —American steam fire engines hav< taken the first premium at the great In dust rial Exhibition at Moscow. —A single carpet factory at Lowed Mass., works up into carpets 6,000,001; pounds of wool annually. — A German paper states that 1,501 American un wers and reapers were sol- last year in a single city iu Germany. —If has b-ieu ascertained at the Stab Auditor s office that the value of all per soual property 10 Ohio bos increase- upward of $30,000,000 over last year’ valuation. —The Shenundoah Valley of Virgini:- is 125 miles long and 25 wide, embracing tbe counties of Augusta, RocKiughan-. Shenandoah, Page, . Warren, Ciarki Frederick, Jeft nnu and Berkley, with » population of about 160,000 to an ureu <1 28,495 square miles, of u cash valuatn >t of $70,0i)0,00t». There are 1.001,961 acres of improved lands, and 120,860 on improved. Scientific American Notes. In Tersk the first We*. Car. — Tbe habit of a* curate and of sys tematic thoughts is invaluable. — Endeavor to take y< mr work quiet)v. Anxiety and over action are the cause ot sickness and restlessness. We must um our jndgm*-nt to control our excitement or our bodily strength will break down —Rossis wi.l soon beat tbe world i*. her staff of feminine doctors. Tbre hundred young RnssiaD women huv* •laimed admission as students in medt •ino&ijd EKigeij st the M p dtcal Schoo of St. Petersburg. — Experiments by Professor Junicben prove tnat the time foi cooking variouf articles of daily consumption is very much shorter when effected nuder strong pressure, while a great saving in luel is also obtained. — The fatigue of the limbs incideut. to railway travel is occasioned mainly by the trembling motion of tbe floor under th“ feet. luvalids will find great relief by t he use of an air cushion for a foot stool. -The Commissioner of Patents has issued a patent of Jehn R. Weed for a hush of dried fish and potatoes, os an ar tide of food. Boarding house keepers will now have to discontinue the practice of l•-*tinp their fish balls stand ovpr. —An acorn suspended by a piece o tin .. . within h><lf an iuch of the surface of water in a byacintn glass, will, in u few months, burst and throw a root dowu into the water, and shoot upwards its si ruight and tapering stem, with beau tiful little green leav* s. A young ouk tree, growiug in this way on the mantle- shelf of a room, is a very elegant and interesting object. — William M. Welling’s patent fortbe manufacture of artificial ivory has been extended seven years. The artide is composed of 10 ounces of white shellac, 4| ounces acetate of lead, 8 ounces ot ivory dust, ana 15 ounces of camphor. The ingredients are reduced to powder, heated and mixed, theu pressed in heated molds into sneets or other desired forms. — Tbe value 01 the patented stove im provements may be judged of from statistics which were made public at the meeting of tho stove manufacturers he o in Cincinnati. It appears that tiiis in terest has, in this country, a combined capital of over $30,000,000, that it em ploys 150,000 men, and tba the probab.e product, during the current year, will not ‘all short of 2,500.000 stoves. Dr. H. Schwarz records the results of experiments made ascertaining wheth er. by igniting bone ash witn orgauie substances, such as glue, size, sugar, etc., a good decolorizing charcoal is burned, and whether the scent animal black can be revivified to its former strength by a similar process. It appear* Sy f*™*! black may be entirely revivi- ‘ °l°sed vessels by ignition with genius* w hich need not be nitro- ftsf*Tbree prisoners conficedin the jail of Ohncon, Jones county, broke jail i°n "* d madetheir escape — The crowd who went out from San Francisco with baskets and shovels to scoop up diamonds and rubies in Arizo na, are rapidly returning. Ou> Aliami» i.c-ivt. [Ppec!?* CJrrcrpandeacfe of tu« Morning Atfit-i.' iTiasTA, Kovemb-i 23, 1871. nor. Alexander h. stephess. Mr. StephensiiBii paid u ahriefveitand returned home. He u* still very feehia, and remained in door all *he Dme li*- wa» in the city. He evidently ilt*ire<* 10 he Uo.tert States 8e at > . and it is t ought that it - vie.* had some reference toth- .pptratioD. He did not male.- a pub ic adrirees hat uromi-ed to do e<> 011 the evening of the 3d ot !•*■■ ,»m’,r, the time when the cie tors will assemble here t<> cast thy vo'e of the State for P-e.ideut »ud Vie* Pr* aid nt. The law 1 (-quires *he a’t* tulanc- of the •lech-ra at the C p tat ou the first Monday to December "to cast the vote of the State • »• the n*d -.leadmy following . 112 M.” Mr Stephen- has sip- nit)—i hiHiDtenion to speak ou • ue-day evei.ing the «d aud some persons have imagined, from this cotuctdenn-, that he will seek to tifs-uade the e sc- to - from casti g iL vote of «h<- state for . r Oreeiey. This can hardly tie true, however. OGEEfBCE. We clip rom the Savannah (Ga.) New* O' the 2jrh Hist the »»>'■*• extract of a lett.r irom Oyrecher—the Atlanta cot res p. indent or that journal. Our object in untieing it is simply to correct a misap prehension. The time appointed by dr. Stephens for his respouse to » call uiion him for an address, by a large r ”m .er of the cl izeus of Atlauta, wa Wednesday *•ight aflr the vote of tb* itate snail have been cast b; tbe College ■f her electors. This by law is to be on the Weunes hiy ;n December. Tbe time appointed by Mr. Stephens was. therelore, express'y ixed on the night after this event shad ave taken pi .ce. Notbiug could hav* • en fnrtue.r Irom his intention that. ■ nythiug like au object “to diasuadethe •lectors from casting the vote of the 6 ate for Mr. Greeley.” Mr. Stephens’ views upon that matter ua been lully given to the people ot Georgia during the late canvass, in telding to the solicitations of those wtio -k»d tor the address, bis object was to ; ive his views mainly in teference to the utur*, and especially in reference to the In ure of the Democracy of Georgia, as veil us the United States in relation to toeir principl* s und their future policies tpon them. Mr. Stephens, above all thing!, politi ally desms unity in the Democrat, •srty in this StaLe, and in all the States; out that uu’ty which alone can be se ared by an adherance to those princi- •ies of their faith, on which the Govern- ueut was founded, and on the maintain- mce of which all sure hopes for tbe pre servation of the liberties of the country iepend. Upon these principles, when . r.ctly adhered to, theD*mocracy have •ever suffered defeat, and in Mr. Ste- t hens’ judgment never wilL With re- ; <rd to the remark of Ogeerhe that Mr. Stephens “evidently desires to be United States Senator,” we have only to vty that Mr. Slepheus desires nothing, oliticaliy, so fur as be is individually ncerned, but to serve his country, and o the utmost of his ability, physically md mentally, to contribute all in his /ower to aid iu the preservation and per petuatiou of the free institutions of our Ancestors in whatever sphere or position tbps** abilities may be hrongbt use sully, nto exercise. He has no personal views, •v’shes, objects, aims or aspirations what- i-vt-r to gratify. A. H. 8. 1 .«- situation. Fr»m -he M 'Uroe Advertiser. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. Editors Daily Sum^ Allow a snb.cri ^ itor Aoverlistr: During a visit to ber to expre.-s briefly his sentiments c j t y r f Atlanta, last week, I met the the situation. gentleman whose name heads this article. It is not very cheering, but it might j we nt with Col. Sam Eahols, Associate ta liu u ^«t oc « fh« neo- Editor of The Sun. to tbe train that brought Mr. Stephens to Atlanta. H- still mes his crutches, and walks with be worso. It will be so unless the peo pie oi tbe Sontb change their policy.— Tne re election of Gen. Grant is not the worst fruit of the late movement. The m-sses of the people are demoral ized politically, -md sore under defeat. Tnese results might have bten avoided, but it is now two late. No good was done tl>e country by the candidacy of Mr. Greeley. It was all an experiment, wito him, and right well does te bear njs defeat. The r-eoplc are the sufferers. At present too much bad feeling exists in the South over the results of the elec- )D. Her truest men are complained of for eir fidelity to truth. Our ablest states- inau, Hon. A. H. Stephens, is so com plained of for his uncompromising at- rm hment to the principles of tine D mocracy aud lor his efforts to save tbe M «rty from destruction. Had his son ud policy been adopted the greare t evils of the late campaign, it is now believed by your correspon- lent, aud thousands of others, might •ave been avoided. We ought to learn who are safe coun selors and strong helmsmen. Let the Democracy iu the future think and net for heiselt. Let her put her iwu ablest statesman iu office. Let us be true to ourselves. North Georgia, E®* Dickvns, that most wonderful de ineator of human character, and por • rayer of every incident hi life, could now 8 t<? a partdell i.u deecrjptiPB 1>1 the presf-ure of Chancery suits npon the minds ot men, as shown m bis noval of “Bleak House.” Geo. W. Purdy, of Marlsborougb, Nrw York, has tor ten years oeen engugeu in a constant legal struggle. The suit has bren wi«b one Lhibert A. Ken', who in 1859 losed a tarm from George’s father, for fir** years, with a covenant to convey the pioperty if Kerr paid $10,<‘0U and all arrearages ot rent during the first three years of the orm. George’s father died the leav- ng five children and his widow. Kerr purchased the interest of two of the children m 1861, and ou thn Just day of the three years offered paymeut iu terms ot the covenant and demanded a deed, which was refused. He then sought a legal remedy, which George has con tested up to now. The property has in creased iu value some $50,000, hence the long contest in which George has been engaged, and the mental pressure has so affected him that he has attempted to take the life of his mother and sisters, and had to be placed in an insane asyium. Nous Verrtms, says M. Thiers, the Fresident of the Republic of La Belle France, when told that the offerings of bouquets of flowers sent by the officers of French regiments to the Empress* fete at Cbiselhurst meant disloyalty to the Republic, and was a sign of- the latest love of the military for the glory of the Empiie. Thiers seems to think himself safe in the highest office of the Republic, and has exercised a wonderful influence over the mercurial temperament of his people. Yet events go to prove that with nil tneir high respect for the adroit oia gentleman, who presides over theii destinies, they begin to weary of his tandiDg threat to resign unless the representatives of the people concur in the advocacy of his measures and policy. He may yet live to see that France can do without him, or the reinstallment of Napoleon III as Emperor again of France. frperacce is corporeal piety; it is •tejjonof divine order in the From the Atlauta couBiitu’ion. Nov. 24,1872. Etlitors Constitu ian: Among the rea son!! urged by various frieuds of the ifferect aspirants’ to the position of United States Senator the most common md prominent one is that the aspirant has no national fame or reputation as statesman, and that because others have made a reputation prior to the war, their claims should he overlooked—taking ii tor granted that every political man in position prior to the war was re sponsible for the calamity produced ov tne results of the struggle. This might be held as a reason of some weight, if we Lad no nun iu Georgia who had the wisdom, statesmanshio and nerve to oppose the policy adopted, and to give us timely warning, before commit ting the rash act, which has brought u- to want, and almost if not eutirelv de stroyed every vestige oi Republican Gov ernment. But if we have in Georgia a statesman who s-iw and warned us 01 the danger of secession, wuose natural fame as a .tatesmsu is equal if not superior to any man on the continent, whose great- e-tdesiiefor the greatest good to tbe greatest number of mankind, is admitted by all classes in all sections, whose influ ence with tlie people of the different sec tions of tbe U uion, is greater than that of any living m»u South, whose life and experience nas set-led beyond doubt his ability and integrity—then, it s* erne to me, thatheof all nu n at tb s ime is the most to be honored and trusted. No argumeut is needed to show that we warn, our wisest, most careful and dis creet men in tbe national legislative halls; if we ever needed wisdom and ex perience it is certainly now. Believing, as I do, that nine-tenths of t<.e intelli gent m**n of the St ite would rejoice to kuow that the Hon. Alexander H. Ste phens was uonored with the position ol United States Senator, and that he em bodies all that it herein named os essen t.ial tor Georgia's representative, I hope the Jjegisl^tar© wifi unanimously elect him. ~ Walton. dtffi -ulty, and when he got off of the car he was offered a carriage to convey him to the hotel, (Kimball House,) bur. he declined, caying that he preferred to walk. Several gentlemen off* red to assist him. when he replied that he would ‘walk with Harry,” (his faithful m gro body servant) “as he uuderstood his motion better than any one else.” Mr. Stephens is in better health' than he has been ia several years, and looks better than *>ne would imagine, as his complexion is 1-ss sallow. His head is nearly white, and with hisbroad-hrimmed bat and flowing locks, reminded me of a genteel country farmer. His voice is yet firm, and. nis coal black eyes st 11 glow witn the fervent fire of uis younger days. During a ennversa ion with bis visitors, beat one time became a little animated and his voice rung out clear and keeu, as i?hen in former days ne enchained ad miring audiences with his magic and inimitable eloquence. Iu speaking ot his past life be remarked, “I have never regretted any act of mine, either public or private, excei t I may have said some indiscreet, things, iu my early life, in the heat of debate.” Mr. Stephens seemed, as he is, a relic of tbe great men of the past generation, who are fast passing away, and their like will never again be seen in this age or country. Be is an American nobleman, of nature’s mould, and she seldom re peats in ouch extraordinary cases as his. Mr. Stephens’ name has but r cently, been mentioned with the Uuit.ed States Senatorship from Georgia, and our Legis latore would commit one very wise act to elect him to the position. And while Gordon is a famed General, and Benin ng and Johnson are erudite jurists, Stephens is a statesman without a peer, and should be elected. His very name aud presence in tbe United States Senate would give a dignity and honor to that body that- ir bas not known or felt since tbe war, and secure to the Southern people advantages aud rights that no other man could com mand-or obtain for the m. J. FEMA LE FLEA SANTUIES “ 1 beard itf •• Wh- toid yjn ?’* “ Her frien.i (?) •‘You (t-D't hhj ao?’* *■ ’Ti» readful I '* ••Ye» awlnl!" •* Dou’. tell it, I , ray ?’* *« Good gracious! ’’ “ Wbo’d think it?" “Well! well I wedl’* •• Dear me!” •* I’ve hAu my '* Su-pii-loDst" •• And I. too, you see?" *«Li rd help us 1” ** Poor creatuiel” “So xrtful I* *'So sy” •■No beau’y!" “ Quite thir.y!” •* Betweeu you aud I!” “I’m going!” ••Do e.ayl" “ I cun’* 1’* "I’m forlorn I” arewell. deart” ••Good-by*-, sweet I” “ I’m g ad sbe'8 g.me !* “FI A ill (JuROXaT OPUS.” AIi tie s uia ritnti <‘MBS AT SKLt dgi'leult. V S'ro-.„ .. R . « pc Great G* «»gtan-Il,. Malic, a "*« Impress.on. “Una Starlight ra. Sunlight. Communicated. Atlanta, Nov. 26, 1872 Editors Sun: In the Griffin Semi- Weekly Slar of to-day, appears au edito rial article, from which £ have clipped the lollowing: ALECK AS A SHOWMAN. Th ; s little dapper, double-triggered statesman of Liberty Hail, has bad an entire success in his “seances” at the Kimball House last week. “Hundreds have visited him at his room,” says The Sun, and * von the employees of The Sun office toadied him in force, and the great man oosrived to the apprentice of the office, “last of ail came Satan also.” This original observation occasioned a perceptible strain upon tne nerves of the historian, but the aforesaid “Satan” be- iug quickly removed, the statesman re vived ! The interviewer of the Herald states positively upon his afii.iavn, that Mr. Stephens tout him positively that be would rot consent to be United States Senator from Georgia, uui^oo a majority of the Legislature vote*! for him ! We regret this resolution of Mr. Stephens, fur we know the stern inflexibility of his will, and we leel conscious he will stick to tuis determination. We had hoped tbat he would take the office anyhow, whether voted for or not. Bat “ ’Twas ever thus from childhood’s hour,” etc. There is not one citizen of Georgia, be he Democrat or Republican, “Straight,” “Grantite” or “Greeleyite,” except tne author of the foregoing, who is so utter ly wanting in refinement of feeling, pa triotism or respect for himself, his read ers, or the honored statesman at whom the contemptible slurs are directed, as to have written the lines copied. But the people need no more than to read the article to be disgusted with it and its anthor. It will have no morn weight against Alexander IL Stephens than would the barking of a mangy fice at a full noon sun. H. General and Personal. — Sumner will arrive at home about the 30tb. — One of King Yictor Emmanuel's sons is in the buukiug business at Naples. — Two gentlemen from Chiua wer*- wedded to two ladies from Ireland in St Louis last week. — Cool proceedings—the present ex peditions to the North Foie. —King Amadeus has (S)pain in nearly all his joints from rheumatism, thougl he hasn’t yet got it under his thumb. —A butcher at Orange, Mnssachuaetts, fourd a pair of'ladies’No. 4 rubber over shoes in the second stomach ot a steer. Tbe animal was three years old, fat an>< healthy. —The bread of life is love; the salt of life is work;theuweettess of life, poetry; the water of life, faith. —“ApothecureleBSfie8s” is a new word, which the present generation has found it necessaiy to invent for the benefit of posterity. — Hon. Hamilton Fish, who retires from the Cabinet next March, will 3ml for Europe with his family in April, with the intention of remaining abroad two or three years. — Bishop McKirney is spoken of as the successor to Bishop Perseco, of Sa vannah, Georgia. — Mr Geo. E. M. Walton, of Hano ver county, Virginia, has given $1,000 to Ruudolph-Macon College, to endow a ■ “ Walton Greek Library” in that insti tution. — The hotel clerks of New York are making preparations ior a grand bah, whereat they will be enabled to relax from the severity of their official doki- tious aud practice the ordinary politeness of commonplace mortals. — The bociete Francaise d’Emigra tion, formed for the protec ion of French immigrants, has issued a circular calling upon French Americans for subscrip tions toward a f und in aid of French immigrants. Thus far $2,000 has been raised. — Tbe Titusville Press says that Stan' ley, when he lectures in this couutry this winter, will be dressed in his suit of clothes made by a Ujijt tailo:r, consisting of a twine string wound around nis big toe, and a straw hat cut low iu the cor sage. SCRAPS. Elsewhere in to-day’s Sun ap pears the Governor’s proclamations de claring the names of the Representatives elected to Congress from this State; also tfie names of State Electors of President aud Vine-Piesident of the United States. Tbe latter are required to attend at the Capitol in this city on the first Monday iu December n<*xt, to cast theii vote on tbe Wednesday following at 12 ar. S®“ A new name bas been found for the much abused Mansard roofs. It is called, the “inver ed sauce pan.” It cooked Boston’s goose. S®*At the Superior Cou.t in Macon, a negro, George Hesty, tried for burgla ry, was granted a new trial, on the grounds that the indictment failed to specify that the prisoner entered the house with the intent to commit a fel ony. — Great Britain is threatened with a potato fam’it**. — ii*«?. o*.at.s are more numerous tlmt year on the Ohio tbau ever. — Eighty new pieces of music are published in Loudon every day. — It is said that the people in the wine districts of California are exceedingly temperate. — The Chinese government has started forty young mandarins to this country to be educated. — Jerusalem bas been lighted with gas, ana it is proposed to ran street cars .me slopes oi Mourn Zion. — There are sevmty-three weekly pa pers published in Michigan that have one side printed in Chicago. — B. L. Stewart commenced selling candy by the stick in New York, and is now worth $8,000,(J00. — A disease strongly resembling that which now prevails among the horses, has broken out in Canada among the bogs, and tbrertens to spread as widely aud become as serious. — Tbe highest office within the gift of the Government is the Superintendency of the weather signal station on PiEe’s Peak, which is fourteen thousand feet above the level of the sea. — The prophets are intimating that Lake Eri 1 will dry up and become the home of a teaming population. Land speculators are getting ready to go down and pre-empt a claim. —There is great enthusiasm atRheims over the evacuation of that city uy the German troops. The buildings were de corated with French colors and flowers, and at night there was a general ilium ination. —Nothing is lovelier or more holy than a thoroughly wifely woman. "Tne end i all cruwu thf work”— a1i, ** In* shall t*-ll the *n t I* is » wo i* me wsy. And el* inis- isort-nd. The work is all we know - Euullgh i«r • nr tain* sight; The end God kno« 8. Pre<» ou 1 The crown iR ich'. iium-iii. — One of ih* seasonable iiicuuv i- ieuces is that butter is hard to spread. — Littlebovs will soon begin t-> be goo. for they all wuut Christmas presents. — Bdloou bustles are said to be tb kind now iu use by the 'air sex her- abouts. —“Say, Jones, whai’s tho matter wit your eye?” “0’t. nothin’, only my wi ! < said this morning I’d better net up and make a fire; I told her to make it her- seif —that’s all.” • Au inuoceut-minded girl said to . gentleman rim other night: “The un's quiroes are Urrible. I wish you <’OU • s- e my back!” “I wish I could,” ««- the quiet re> ly. —A Boston wotuau who has been read ing the papers that Sunday marring * are illegal, writes to the papers to know how 11 is with babies born ou Sunday If so, which shonin be punished—th< father, the mother. • *,■■>< h-V>v? Jfcg'-Of uouneciii-ts t-iegraobing win the postal service, by the p rohase o the Western Union Telegraph Company > pioperty by the Government, the Mc-m phis Avalanche says: “The share capital of that company $35,000,000, with a bouded debt o* $3 500.000. L is urged that the Gover aient could purchase the property win less than the amount of re.ired greet, oack* in the Treasury, und iu the cheap ening of lelegraphit.g which wouid en ue, ihe public would be vastly benefite by the outlay. The profits of the tel* graph company arc enormous. Iu si> .years past the net profits of the Wester; Union above ad expense^ w-ie $17,116 694 23. Of this snm $4,856,879 34 w*. paid in diviw* nds, $4,898,401 98 in iu terest on bonds, atid over ten uniliou.- were expended in constructing a< * maintaining new lines, and the uurchus of telegraph patents ” >-a-4 General Notes. — The prospects of the Texas wheat crop are good. — George Macdonald, the lecturer, is the happy father of leven children. — Rev. Isaac Kalloch is a Republican candidate for United State Senator 'n Kansas. —Au Indian reading room is a Minne sota novelty. The Dakota Tawaxta Kin., and other high toned journals are on its files. —Mr. John P. Sanborn has jnst pur chased the Newport (R I.) Mercnry, the oldest paper In America. It was estab lished by Franklin in 1758. —General John A. Dix, Governor elec; of New York, is comptroller of the cor poration of Trinity Church. He has ban the arduous duty of sunervising the rental of the church property, which is valued at $60,009,000. All bills against the corporation have parsed through his hands, and the wardens and vestrymen are now endeavoring tc induce him to retain the office aftar he goes to Albany. Beautiful Allegory, Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was at one time defending a man who had been indicted for a capital .'flense. After an elaborate and powerful d fense, be closed his effort with the following striking and b -autiful allegory : “ WheD God in his eternal council conceived the thought of mau’s creation, he called to him the tlire* ministers who constantly wait upon the throne—Jus tice, Truth, and Merev—end thus nd- Hr* s** «1 them: ‘Shall w* nuk-- uinr. ?’ T irti sani Justice, *Ou, G -*i. make turn not. fur he will trample upon the laws.’ Truth made a* swer also, * Oh, God, make him not, lor he will pollute t .e sanctua ries.’ But Mercy, dropping upon her knees, and looking up through her tears, exclaimed, ‘Oh, God, make him ; I will watch over him with care through all the dark paths which he may have to tread.’ Then God made man aud said to him, O-, man, thou art the child of Mercy ; go and deal with thy brother.’ ” The jury when he had finished was drowned in tears, and against evidence, and what mast nave been their own con victions, brought in a verdict of not guilty. h"-aith alone. Oar mother earth; hence agriculture i — Policemen in Benin receive a dollar and a quarter a day; in Minich, one do-lar; in Vienna, one dollar and ten cento ; in Venice, ninety cents; in Paris, two dollars; in Madrid, one dollar an t a half; in Rome, eighty-five cents; in Bneharist, seventy-five cents; in St. Pe tersburg. sixty cents ; in Copenhagen, on dollar.. In Consianlinopl they have to content tnemselves with forty cents. —Twen ty-seven horses and mules and two yoke of oxen were burned to death at the fire iu Nashville Saturday ni&rht. Six horst-s were afterwards found outside the stables. Oi these, four were so badly burned as to leave very little hopes of •heir recovery, and two were lightly burned. All belonged to Pilcher, Wright & % Co., and were burned in tbeirstables. ■ —The Collector oi toe First District >f Kentucky paid into the United States Treasury during tbe month of October the sum of $10,013.60. Tbe Secqnd Distru’i o f Alabama, for the same month, paid $2,033.39. We fear that any attempt to T.K.mW mle idea ot the dwiuguished , * bQt Hurt. We ciiuuot. retr-un . rom a*tempting a brief abstractTm?"' remarks. Lis A t* 1 a graceful and apnronri a t H , r.a!action by C-Ionei S»ff . uI ‘ b dt p «»■ ;*»!' ot tbe Fair Awmoiation of^ 1 ' l -cubs took he Stand, after af!?? nubu-tbiy remark.-, -n which l, e inl ccas.on to refer to ms plantim* • -nee, pursued ins F object. Gold*?: t ne eloqu nt speaker, is u..t Wealth^ me got tin the wond. were there amt .g * »8*vmould not m-*ke a sin^ “° lb ’ i- r a hungry man, nor a fig jLt f ° a k ”> »-“*• Tl-ese "mwie 1* rtnr last, recourse i, earliest pursuit . f man." l !’ 6 uo peace, no rest tor mankind UlJ w! ey ki o* that. Where t ,ey sow thevrvj enp. The great qm s'ion we have tn .eal with is, how shall b” b*S’mved on, industry ou tins magnificent country of >ur- so jus to r- ap the greatest profit. Tne first, thing we have got to do is to se wnat product is best suited to ths mrti. n ot ttie earth iu which we five Vleu nave pi .-ached about Southern neo’ ,*b cultivating nay as a money cr.m ‘bout then raising all manner of tlih, k » nett-ad of cotton, bat experience 1m tight us that cotton ts the peculiar tire uuwf this country; it made it rich and owi-rml; u*> couutry ever ruse to wealth d power with the rapidity of the Miutli Cotton, then, ia the product of uur country. It is this to which our av. ri -ulturists must look mainly tor wealth m»l ihequ-stioo for us is, how can wi uake it cheaply ? 8 The speaker r.heu went on to discuss e van on? causes of the decay of the Smitii unce the end of the war. S atis- cm go ’o --how that au average of three udli u buh s of cotton has been annually reduced iu the South since Gen. L.e*s -or nder, representing an Hi.nnal moam *»f money asgreat as tl e funded i -a. of the Government, but, vw. ar8 iioorer to-day tuan a; he surrendi r. Wbat has become o* ottr industry V First t d‘oremuit, the gigantto robi.eries cf t he United States Government has taken troui us millions, where they have taxed ! UN liireoSly iu the face of the law, on *>»h>n; th ousands have gone into the ■ock-ts ot their office holders under va- ions preb xto, that never reached the . Treasury. Then the carpet-bug govern- i neuto tiiiust on us have, by so-called , chemes *>f improvement, which wen- in ealny nothing put schemes of plunder, 1 tkeu millions m< re from us. A Urge nirtion of this enormous sum bus been ade l-y the brawny arms of the white ople of the South. The ml* has always been fur the con- luerer to plunder the conquered, and aost rigidiy has it been applied to the 3 .utiiern people. R<-construciion meant .(/thing prucrici lly for the Si uth, but he protection of the thief and curpet- •itgger at the expense of the people. Wueu our Legislatures were put into the lauds o these adventurers, then began ■ur uiad oi woes. But as much as we uave lost by the robberies of our ene mies, the decay of onr country is not ttogether due to this cause. We our- -elves are iu a great meisate responsible .or onr condition. We have used onr figures falsely. Our calculations have •tl been made on a false basis. Gen. Toombs then proceeded to arguo he complete fallacy of the idea that it is economical to buy corn with the pro ceeds of cotton. If we *10 this the rusk me of us will go to the poor nouse. No man puts more than four days to tho >cie it a year on his corn crop, but yon are engaged three hundred days ou cot- (<iti. With the small amount of labor re quired to make corn here at homi, c.m >oy man iu his senses believe that it is cheaper ior him to pay the high rates of inter* st, commissions and freights tl at He is compelled to pay for Western grain? We must cheapen the motive power • >n our plautations. He bad s* en in Cuba oxen used almost exclusively. It was the cheapest motive power tb t could be found, for grass is the princii al food required to sustain them. The only people who are getting rich farming iu the South er: those who make their lams nearly as self-sustaining as pos sible. All the laborer’s food must come rom the planter at last, and the best way to get it is to raise it. The great ttnng needed is protection. We must know that wo are men. Wo must protect ourselves from wrong and roqbery, from whatsoever source, ask for protection from the powers, and if it is not given, why then take it. We cannot get foreign emu ration with cue profit we want from it. Tne for eigner will not come heie for various us—pripa'iy b- vauso tlie cJi’Uit* iivius m*. b—. i:;i" iue histoty uf ib world shows that the people ulwayB fol low the line of tneir lari ude. Thn Southern planter goes southward to tne cotton States—the German goes to wheat .nd turnips. Where did our ancestors come from ? From Virginia, the Caro lines and Georgia. Many of my peopla went to Marengo county in this State, for it was supposed »o be the very pi® 00 where Adam was turned loose, but I £ Q P‘ pose the devil is turned loose there now. Yon will nave to rely on yourseivtS and Guffee. Skilled ia-jor will come of us own accord; but you will never g e ‘ anything but worthless labor if youh lTe to bring it her«. You will increase anl- ficiently fast to populate the country 85 thick as *t need be. There was never a greater error than to suppose that exces sive population produced prosperity* England is one of the most populous countries—her rich people are the rich est and her poor people are the poorest in the world. This is always the case in densely populated countries; tne ricbget richer and the poor get poorer. In conclusion, Gen. Toombs made 8 ® eloquent appeal against the materiolisin o| tue age. Cease, leliow-citizens, s 81li lie, thinking that a man’s happiness c >n- stat in whan he possesses. With tb 18 subject as his theme, the eloquent gen’ tleinan made a most earnest aud licart- turilling appeal for truth and honesty and contentment, as opposed to the hel ter-skelter scrambler for wealth, regard' less of the means by which it is acquir ed, which is fast becoming the national sin. V l — Judge Win. F. uoupei uus been 8 F pointed Chancellor of the Nashw* Chancery Court, iu place of Judge x* mundJS- Fast, resigned.