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% :. i i i c&kbht it x i i-.ii * PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GKAHAM & REILLY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS AND' GENERAL IN ALL THINGS. TERMS: Ti\i'ee-Dollars a Year, , . . PAYABX.K « ADVANCE. Volume 17. * 3. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1870. f Minion type, solid, conati- a ix >t contracted fur will be Hjiceiiying the length of Caddy’s version op •excelsior,* Twaa growing dark *o terrible f*dit, , Whin through a town up the mountain there paxhed A broth of a boy, to hi* neek in the wjow, Aa he walked, Ida ahalalah ho' iwnng to and fro, if* np to tho top Tn* bound for to go, Be jalwra! 73 m ,is t«, occupy fixed places will he re nt, above regular rate*. <ul column inserted for twenty professional Cards. HAWKINS & BURKE. jtoi’iioya nt X»av Amcricus, Georgia. He looked mortal and, his eye* were as bright As a fire of turf on a oowld winter night, Ami a divil a word that he Mid could ye tell, As he opened his month and let oat a yell, It’s up to the top of the mountain I’ll go, families, talk about times being too] bard to support the cause of religion.— And it is the more criminal when it is remembered that all good in their own hearts, all the honesty in the country, and the justice left in the law, and all the protection afforded their property and families are owing to tho influence of religion on the public mind. Nor will Unless covered np with this.bothersome shuow. Bejabers! window r as ho traveled Through tho along, Tho light of tho candles ami fires so warm ; But a big chunk oi ice hung over his head; Wid a chnivcl and groan, by St. ratiick! he said, It’s up to the very tip-top I will rush, And thin if it falls ti's not meself it'll crush. Bejabers! hose head i on that miserable jno. D. CARTER, >. i" A'.T LAW, Amcncua, Georgia. . Vuicricus Hotel building, com* r of V ! ( .,r.cg< sirceb*. may Id tf. Wliist a bit! said an was as white Ah the snow that fell d< Sure, yell fall in the wather, me bit of. lad, For tho night is ho dark and the walling so FORT & HOLLIS, OH SETS AT LAW, And Solicitors of Patents. Anit'i'icuSy. Georgia. . , r.v.ai over H. T.Byrd’s store. “ f spril 2tltf C. T. GOODE, V i torney at Law AMDIUCUS, GEOttGU. ,. ,.V, r \V. T. Dave hj tort’* Drug store. lledad! he’d not lisbt to a word that ■ But he'd go till tho top if ho winl oi |'A bright buxom young girl; sm-li Axed him wudn't he shtop, and !i Ho snapping his Sager and winkiug l»is eye, While shmiling upon her, he made this reply; Faith, I meant to kape ou till I got to the top, your slmatc self lias axo.1 me, I may as Hi slit 5 AM. LUMPKIN, attorney at law. ‘serious Georgia. -V,,;, in all court* »r 8. W. Ga. i,. :iiiiH»iom to Dil Wm. A. Greene. bejabers! . j • He »h topped all night and lie shtopped all day, And ye mfintu't ho axing when did he go away ; Fot wndu’i lie lio a bastely gossoon To ho lavin’ his darlint in tho hwatohoneymoon? Whin tho owb 1 man has paraUo* enough and Hhnre he might as well nhlay, if ho is comforta ble there. Be jabers! even this seenrity abide, if Bible in fluences are allowed to wane. Providence regulates much here; and if His cause is required to pay the price of hard times winch the sins of a people have helped to bring upon them, woe be an to that people! To them,' it will be dear retrench ment I Hear how the Almighty talks about this view of tho question: “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed mo, But yo say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes und offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse; for yo have robbed this whole nation.”—Malachi, 111,8, 9. The Lord styles all such re trenchment robbery; asserts that such conduct is the cause of a curse which is expressed with a double force: “Ye are cursed with a curse." It is, therefore, dangerous retrenchment that begins at the house of God. And much of the danger appertains in this life, and belongs to man’s business Let retrenchment and economy obtain, by all means; but beware of the manner h>, ift7Q. -ly JACK BROWN' loruoy »t £jaw, N. A. SMITH, orn oy nt Xj <v w, nflLl.xrkg in tlie Court* of Sumter and W , :>un... (•milieu, and in Circuit Court of • t . t .i Olicgo sircut, next to Itepubli- feb J, tr. _ j. A. ANSLEY, Alio mey-at;Law From tlu- Bainbridgo Argon. Dangerous Retrenchment Mr. Editor.•*—When “times are hard,” almost every one is full of retrenchment and economy. It reminds one of Dr. | Franklin's maxims : “A wise man will carry liis cloak on a dry day, but anu fool will carry it when it is raining." All the need of care when tho ca lamity is upon them, but very few fore see the evil coming and hide themselves from it. And hence it is, that much of the retrenchment of our day is made at the wrong time, in the wrong place and in regard to the wrong things ; and as a consequence, much of snch economy is very dangerous to the best interests of society. There is an old Hindoo prov- and place of accomplishing this end.— The cause of God is placed at the mini mum scale of support at best, and every dollar drawn from it because of hard times, is robbety in the eyes of God. It would be equally as just and generous to say yon do not owe your creditor moro than half your debt because times have grown hard. There is a woeful degen eracy of moral principle npon the money question already; by means of it the land mourns, and to rob the cause of God on account of stiugent times, is to completo the ruin. But to the faithful perform ance of the duty there is a gracious promise: “ Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, mat there may be meat iu miuo house—and prove me now here with, saith the Lora of hosts—if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it Aud I will rebuke tho devonrer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of yoar grounds; neither shall your vine cast her A Love Story. Jim,’ said a young sailor to his cousin who lived a long way inland, and had never seen the ‘big water,’ ‘Jim, did yon ever think of going to seat” ‘Yon mean going to see the gale, I sup pose, I’ve been to see tho gate lots of ‘Tlintaint what I menu,’ said the sailor. ‘Bat what about going to see tho gals? Can you give me an account of any of your adventures ?’ Well,’ replied Jim, *1 .never make plans. But I had a little larkin’ scrape last spring, and as you live away off to Boston, and don’t get such chances, if you’ll agree to keep mum I’ll tell you all NTIU.Y BEPORT. els per acre, the product will reach 210,- 1 000,000 bushels. There mo intelligent men who estimate nearly a million more wfrABTM^w OF aoricootvpk, statistic- the acreage of Illinois, an avenge Ainorious, Gro.. HAWKINS & GUEBRY, Atlorneys-at-Law, h Circuit and tieular at ten- corner College A. U. BROWN, mOKXlIV AT LA1V, * Georgia. tafc iwaK - * “ ‘“ovT.r George W. Wooten, ATTOUNKl'-AT-LAW, I *Vmcricu6i, Gra. CS V - In the Court House. janlStf GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, a* n*l Agent fur the sale and purchase ; Georgia. Inveatigat- red to. \\ ill faithfully at- .trusted to hia care, ty, Ga. uovlltf WILLIAM A. GREENE, KORGIA. friend* of Anurii ry iu all tho depart- Cis aprlfMy Dr. J. B. HINKLE I W'uV UndCT Lis eervice* (in all the | i the Profession) to tl - j* * * »ed upon him. rr™ llUnti,, n given to Surgery. i'-LA-f 1 i r * t ‘' r "i“ l llie 8tore Dr. E. J, 'a j J'' “’‘‘knee fronting that cf B*v. J. junO^tf Dr - S. B. HAWKINS. S' " FFICE ‘I Dr. i:i,lrij c rt, Dmg More. lilieral patronage rb, which classes men thus : Wise bc-foro the time ; wise man at the time, and wise mau after the time. The first and second classes usually succeed to a greater or less extent, but the lutter begii —it is olwuys moro or less disastrous. Tho wise man lieforo the time will in- trodncaJifa economy in tho beginning. Every plan, purpose anil investment will bo impregnated with this idea, regard less of the flattering prospects to achieve overwhelming fortunes. Retrenchment will enter into every purchase, every ar ticle and every outlay of business. It is trno that “ventures” sometimes “make merchants,” but this does not affect the general business principle that every man should invest m such a way as to endure the shocks of adversity. It is upon this, principle that some men never fail, and other rarely ever miss a failure. Economy of desire, and retrenchment of the passion for hasty wealth are very essential to permanent success; but this ungnarded, wholesale greed of gain, is generally the sure precurser of failure. And this principle holds good in agricul ture as well os in merchandize. A man may overreach himself in tho one surely ’ *’ ' ~ Jl 1 about it T will keep perfectly dark,’ said the tar, who was beginning to feel interes ted, ‘go on with your story.’ ‘It does make me feel kinder ugly when I think ou’t, I’ll be banged if it don’t bat it’s over now. You see, Suite Baker and I used to take a great shine, to one another. Suke was one of your right down smart, well looking and good behaved girls. ‘She appreciated me and 1. apprecia ted her, uud we never should had no trouble if it hadn’t been for tho old man. He was a darned old snake in the gross, and made ns more trouble than all the rest of the family. Soke and I never ‘joyed ourselves, for he was always sneak ing round, and throwing out hints, and making himself as hateful as he.was homely. I got sick on't and so did Suke. I suppose the old fellow didn’t like me and didn’t want me there ; I don’t know what elso to make of it, for he told me more than twenty times to leave, and not come again. ‘Soke’s room was in the end of the house, and I told her one time to leave her window up, and I’d come in, and we’d have a bit of visit. I knew she wouldn’t hesitate to do it, for I am very honest and very .speotful in my behavior. Well, after the folks were in bed, and the house was still, I goes und gets a ladder and puts it up to the window. I then polled off mv boots and crawled np. Suke met me at the window, and a tickel- der couple you never saw than we was. But just as I was trying to clamber iu the tbe confounded ladder slipped, WAsunraioirD. C., Oct. 20,1870. Sir: I herewith present for publication a digest of tho reports upon the condition of the crops for the month of October, with brief holes from reporters thereon, together with various extracts from the correspondence of the Department the address of the Commissioner at the Illi nois State fair,, and articles upon variety in southern productions, climate of Southwestern Arkansas, Osage orange ns feed for silk-worms, the Louisiana rice crop,-market prices of farm stock,' the drouth in England, agricultural statis tics of Ireland, diseases of cattle In Eu- lope, wooll-growkig- in Uruguay, the treatment of liquid scaragp in * Great Brit- ain, scientific notes, meteroWy.for Sep tember, Ac.,' ire. • **' * J. It. DODGB, Statistician. Hon. IIokac4& Cavbon, Com. I Without reference to increase 'or de crease in acreage, which was reported in the July number; the average of “cqi*l dition” is aa follows in the several States: Increase—Maino' 10 per cent.; Ver mont, 5; Bhodo Island, 5; New York, 3 New Jener'4; Pennsylvania, 3: Vir-1 ginia, 3; North Carolina, 12; Sonth Car olina, 10; Georgia,' 12; Florida,. C; Ala bama, JO; Louisiana, 3; Texas, 1; Arkan-| Ln. 1(5* nVnMAAAAA ’ OO* \V. ■) Vl.mnin fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.—III, 10, 11.— Hero, then, is tho seenrity against fatal retrenchment iu the hour of adversity. If public liberality would ever placo the cause of God above the stinted minimum of tho past and present, it could then share in tho general losses of the muuity without such evil results. But it is, the policy of retrenching at this point, or of deferring nntil the moans are out of your reach, is high-handed robbery of the treasury of Heaven.— “ Take heed how ye hear.” Bono YoixxtP* noise enough to wake up the whole town, hit one of the lower windows, und knock ed it all to smash. I just made out to stay, but I thonght, twonld been ns well if 1 hadn't been there, for I could neith- ;et in 0 J&F* General Preston of Kentucky said: “ It is now some two and twenty years since I first made tho acquaintance of General Lee. lie was then in the prime of manhood in Mexico, and I first saw him as the chief engineer of General Scott in tho Valley of Mexico. I see around me two old comrades who then saw Gen eral Lee. Ho was a man of remarkable personal beauty and great grace of body. He hod a finished form, delicate hands, graceful in person, while hero and there a gray hair, streaking with its silver lining the dark locks with which nature had clothed his noble brow. There were discerning minds that appreciated his genius, and saw in him the coming Cap tain of America. His commander and his comrades appreciated his ability, would gin two shielings for lightnin’ ennff to strike tho old whelp dead. I tell ye, Bill, there was some there, or something else, for I could see stars of all kinds and colors, just us thick as pias ters.—But thinks 1,1 can’t stand this by a jng full, so I took and let go. Buko hung cn like a beaver, and saved most half my hair, but down I went. Old Baker wasn’t specting me quite as soon and I hit him on the head and knocked lum stiff. I got up and went home, lint ' felt gouty, I tell you.” To a club which was then organized he belonged, together with Albert Sydney Johnston, General Beauregard, Lee host of others. They recognized a master spirit. I remember when General Leo was ap pointed Lientenant-Colonel. at the s country generally. Medical Card. ''luring permanently i' county, offers hi* pro ne* to tbo public, ami respect fully v of patronage. -J »t 1.L, office at Plains of Daxa, *y, ami lit his reaiilenco at night. !>t!y attcuded to. ra. Sumter county, Ga. sept 1 ly MEDICAL card. w _ Homovnl. | Damask. SMITH would inform hie '“1 tlio public gem-rail▼, that he [> 'tVcsIheixn- Mr. Sewell's Ilaraer* will be found at all tim w, • 'iu J,''-- ,,iC •ft'Cted gem ••"U »2y“ R ‘° t}tUi * TWy v the other. The stock in each should be of such dimensions aud quality as to iusnre reasonable grounds against failnre from the deeension of controlling staples of the country. Hard times are upon us, and the spirit of the day is quick retrenchment in order to avoid or modily disaster. But where does it begin ? Usually, the family must maintain its regular order and appear ance. The luxuries of the table, aud the riches of tho wardrobe must not decrease and hence retrenchment must begin else where. Often the creditors feel the first pulsations of this economy by the wise iaen after tho time. Bat if you will watch the current closely you will find that retrenchment begins first at the Honso of God, and next at tbe School House. The children must stop from the soliool, aud the claims of the church must wait for a convenient season. Such is the extreme to which this kind of econ omy is carried, that families well-to-do, up with all the fashions, and oat after the first classes of society, are always too iioor to take a religions paper for tho familv. And this is the most mistaken and dangerous economy. Tho reading classes will bo the goverring classes—two races may compete for this crown in tho coming generations ; and it is a most suicidal policy to withhold tho means of light for tho sake of two or three dollars. Disastrous retrenchment, that. Those families which grow up in this age with out the influence of a family religions journal, will be in a religious sense, al most semiheathens; and probably will become “liewera of wood and drawers of water” for the moro enlightened of tho coming age. A good religions newspa per in a familv, is the source, the centre, and the stimulus of all elevated intelli gence, and next to the Biblo in living conservative influence. Such economy is death thrust into the higher interests of a family, by the dart of a few dollars. It cramps the mind, inflnenoea the pas sions and degenerates the heart He that adopt3 such a policy will have the opportunity of seeing his offspring bo- * 1 . .1 aI •t.inilir nr Iho dnnea time when Sidney Johnson was appointed Colonel, and General Scott thonght that Lee should have been Colonel. I was talking with Gen. Scott on the subject long before the late struggle between tbe North and South took place, and he then said that Loo was the greatest living sol dier in America.. He didn’t object to the other commission, but he thonght Lee should be first promoted. Finally, he said to me, with emphasis, which you will pardon me for relating, *1 tell you if I were on my death-bed to-morrow, and tho President of the United States shonld tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and ask my judgment as to the ability of a commander, I would say with my dying breath letitbc Robert E. Lee.’ (Applause.) Ah!great soldier that he *— Princely general that ho was, he has fulfilled his mission, and borne it that no invidious tongue can level the shafts of calumny at the great character which ho has left behind him. When I last saw him the raven hair had turned white. In a small village church his raven head was bowed prayer. The humblest step was that of Robert E. Lee, as he entered the portals of the temple erected to God. In broken response ho answered to the services of Monthly magazine, T,r » -Potlort prr Annum. 64 P *GES READING MATTER. 30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS. | W * l KER, EVAHS & COGSWELL, D. WY, the church. Noble, sincere, and humble his religion, lie showed forth his true character in laying aside his sword to educate theyonth of his country. Never did he appear more noble than at that time. He is now gone and rests in peace, and has crossed that mysterious stream that Stonewall Jackson saw with inspir ed eyes when ho asked that ho might be permitted to take his troops%eross the river and forever rest beneath,the shadows of the trees.” (Great applause.) como the food of vanity, or tho dupes of superstition; and like ‘fwiso man af ter tho time,” it will be tqo late to remedy the difficulty. In regard totfia claims of Christ upon their prt»perty^ itio»V tten beerimO very A Sad Cask.—A few days since the police pieked np on the street a poor idiotic white girl, aud, there being no other shelter for her, placed her in jail to keep her from starving. The girl is about sixteen years old, and gives her name os Emeline Haynes. She is hope lessly idiotic, however, and is unable to tell who, or where, we her parents, or other relatives. It in believed that she was sent here by a man living in Millen, who, in order to get the helpless creature off his hands, sent her np to Augusta to "starve or.bo supported by the city. Ex- honcst, aud with holy zeal exclaim*' *'I changes, by copying the above, mayenl the girl to fled her retire, or time and place. They admit the claims of their, factor,' banker, merchant, tailor, grocer, lawyer, etc:, but when the Al mighty comes for a per cent upon what He has committed to thcm r it is an act of tuere generotitjr * to respond—almost mosey thrown away, pnppoae other creditors were treated^ih tho same way? Would they continue to favor us t We Would they continue to : rewire nil we have ‘ of a bemfteent . His cla-- — — act of p the bounties ue.’aod when iyjEfj friends, If ehe has any,—Anff. Cir\mu Tiir “ Cnorrs Lswvta ” Loaxna Ar- toi mis H*vr Yont EtEcnor.r-.Tho 7HI himeof Taesdsysnye: It is-understood thst Mr. Akermsn, tbe Attomer-flenerelof theUnited States, arrived in the city tat evemnj. Tor the purpose of consulting wiih -DnirieLAt- Election laws. The AttonoyCenend de clares that all tlie power of the Govern- mentis to be exerted in the enforcement | of the la*. , **? VfiPfrnaDX. q£ nri* ofier*- Wheat. —-The wheat crop of 1870, majority of the States, and especially in those in which this cereal is prominent, materially less in quantity than the crop of 1SG9, which was a very large one, notwithstanding the assertions of some croakers to the contrary. The redaction is due, first to the loss of plants by an unpropitious season for germination and IMU1U, 111, UUUWlWlil,*l, A, fU»»U- sas, 1C; Tennessee, 22; West Virginia, I 10; Kentucky, 14; Missouri, 0; Illinois, 17; Indiana 18; Ohio, IB; Michigan, 1C; Wisconsin, 19; Minpeeoto, 2;, Iowa, 5. Decrease, New Hampshire, I per cent., Massachusetts, lo; Conneclicnt, 3; ‘ Del- — ‘ vn. trv5 . I t.v. »t.« a.' /v_t I aware, 10; Kansas, : 13: Nebraska, 9; Cal ifornia; 9; Oregon, 5. I The crop has ripened unusually, epriy, without injury from frosts, and is re markably pound, with exceptions or 1 in jury from drought,, as In Eastern Mas- I sachusetts, where some fields were out op for fodder, and in Vi tered something, for he went and got fish-pole and began to welt my limbs in real earnest I tell you, Bill, I was :ry barrasin’ situation. There I v spenued by the hair, aud old Baker, mad as a hog, just wallopin’ mo -with hickory fish-pole. ‘What was to bo did ? If Suke und I should let go, I should fall, aud perhaps break my neck. If wo hung on, old Baker would lick me to jublets. I was never so unpleasantly situated iu my life. early growth of tho winter variety, follow ed by an open and- somewhat variable winter, and, second, to the drouth which prevailed with great severity in tho Northern and Eastern States. This reduction, as averaged from o local returns, appear to bo about 14 per cent. In the several States is as follows .* Maine, G ; New Hampshire, 10 ; Vermont, 10; New Yoik, 80; New Jersey, 23; Pennsylvania, 13; Delaware, 80; Mary land, 17; Virginia, 9; Mississippi, 17; Texas, 2 ; Missouri, 10; Illinois, 10 ; In diana, 18 ; Ohio, 14; Michigan, 9; Wis consin, 20; Minnesota, 15; Iowa, 13; Kansas, 2 ; Nebraska, 13 ; California; 15 ; Oregon, 8. The States indicating an in crease are : Massachusetts, 2; Connecti cut, 1; North Carolina, 9; South Caro lina, 10 ; Georgia, 10 ; Alabama, 12 ; Arkansas, 7; Tennessee, 9 ; West Virgin ia, 2; Kentucky, 2. In tho early Spring the “condition” of the wheat fields point ed to a decrease of 20 per cent. , As is usually the cose, adverse returns have had a more cheerful aspect as the season advauced, and a result somewhat more favorable to production is now recorded; yet the monthly records have maintained a close correspondence throughout tho season, verifying the general correctness of the reports. The Colorado grasshopper has been very troublesome in the Territories. In parts of Utah farmers are preparing to sow full wheat extensively, hoping to es- capo their ravages—in>Sau Peto County, Utah, very little grain has been saved; much land was replanted, and the fields are slill green, while frosts have already appeared. In Conjejos County, Colora do, not more than half the crop was har vested at the date of the report, and tho ground was already covered with six rendered nnfitfor _ . _ Excessive rains have wronghfc injury in some' parts of the South and in the Mist sonri Valley, where the rains of Septew ber have been very abundant .• in Ner braska tho rain-fall for the month being about seven inches. Other Grains.—Rye gives ft somewhat smaller yield than in 1869 It is. grown for pasturage iu the Southern States more extensively than usual In quality Ssm : T ® * E< * BA p H1 c tity of cane planted is greatly in excess' of last year: new mills are going np nil 1 over tho parish, and a season of general prosperity is apparently at hand.” Tho War. ■ {Sj.vut] to the ltlil.v J-nimal. •lus of old trbeat " •fonnerate, !«-»•«*, * Sot. IL-fNrt. ottcUement . Iowa,. Kans-tit find Nebraska, prevail, ofi tiio .took'mobango 1o-d»jr and n mob a* natal in Ohio,' Indiana, caustvVby u nimor tUal ob ilidiktioobo. and Kentockj, and wltor Sudan-- twben Pritraiaand Yrance liadaignednl V-Sura.- Tho excitement, pn^nfor- ve*r • stm in coiitiiimtal stooka, which exhibit ^atto—The i*apply of fattening much •ctirity ftnd annhnotion. ^and has (B^Xew Hampshire and Vermont it '• •• ■» ' „ ; ' is caused Jbj an apprehended deficiency • Bkbux, Nov. Jfc—The Empress Ewge- of hay and other feed,a i.d their condition nie has left Wilhdmsh6hoo and retnrncd ■■iyetylown A,ff»d supply is re- to England. ffinSt aeTu^robcrtuad-tbeotLocMarabaU Virginia; Njw JeA^, New York, and the andianoral offloera oaptoMjalSCeta, to. sontbern half of New England, : itr eomo- dnjv&itottUie'Eifeperbr ^Fapolr'ii, l,v MM iwVm ib^'wcrcBioet what retluccd condition except as yirginja. , ad '{S&mfi&ifo'llAtter firoia.GotiVXoe „ WbtaSon. t \ .* Advleea reitoiyed at Berlio, from the (MhU -military autboritics at Metz, ■Tho original of. the following.- private letter from General Lee wea -found at Arlington, bis home, when it-wasaacked JMli, UIB . INCtMGNVV I iypfiOid feVer of 'u malignant form, among this French troops and citizens of tlie latter .place. Tovbs, 1 Nov. 3.—Advices from different parts ’ of France report the people the grain is generally good ; thoni fully up to an averago in New Hamp shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, .Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, and Tennessee. Oats are hot generally so productive as last year, except in the Sonth, in Michi gan and in New Jersey. There is, also, a like depreciation in quality, in most quar ters. An average quality is reported from New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland; Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa. The aggregato product of barley ap- by tho Federals during the, war. His nnani&oijaagainst the cession ofterrito- son, to whom it was. addressed, General ^ , . . ., ft W r Turn n f *K». «t*fV of WaSRIftOToit, D. C., Nov. 3.-—It IS President Davis, abd afterwards • render- reported liCJe to-night that the English ed distinguished serviete in tlio field. He mission had been tendered to and nd- now a Professor in the Virginia Milita- cepted by Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, ry Institute :., ; ■ ;■ Arlington IIousi:, April 5,1852. Bonbon, November 5.—A dispatch rc- .V v Dear Son: I am just in the act_of ceiveJ b y Lo r d Granvelle. was commn- pears to bo less than in 18G9. The ly exceptional States are Georgia, Ten- uessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa, and Nebraska. Tho quality iu tho West Is generally good; below an average in tho Atlantic States, and scarcely an av erage in the Southwest, where it is grown to a very limited extent Tho only. States yielding full crops of buckwheat ore Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. The aggregate less than usual. Beans and Peak.—The reports indi cate an average product, in quantity and A Good One for Smokers.—An aged negre83 whose piety has secured for her an extensive reputation, in walking her usual rounds of visits dropped iu upon a neighbor who was equally well kuown temperance and a hater of tobacco. After Iteiug courteously roeeiveil the negress pulled from her pocket a loug pipe and commenced smoking some very tine “ Union” tobacco, to the infinite dis gust of her host. Tho man maintained composure several minntes, but tho fumes and smoke became too powerful for him, and risiug from his choir he said: “Aunt Chloe, do you think you ; Christian !" ‘Yea, brudder, I specks I is.” ‘Do yon believe in the Bible, aunt ?” ‘Yes, brudder." ‘Do you know there is a passage in Scriptures which declares that nothing clean shall inherit the kingdom of heaven ?” ‘Yes, I’ve heard of it.” ‘Do you believe it?” •Yen.” ‘ Well, Chloe, you cannot enter into tho kingdom of heaven, because there is nothing so unclean ns the breath of a smoker. What do you say to that ?” “Why, I specks to leave my breff be hind me when I go to heaven. quality, with some local variability. Tho pea crop,’ which is one of great im- Jarger acreage than formerly in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, but has been somewhat neglected in other Cotton States. Potatoes.—Potatoes exhibit a con- inches of The average quality of tho crop is bet ter than that of 1869. Iu proportions of the Eastern States aud New York the grain was shrivoled by dry weather. In Pennsylvania and Maryland, the excessive moisture and high temperature of June ere untimely, inducing diseases and msing imperfect development. In Vir ginia, the quality is variable, in some places superior, in others injured by heavy rain while in bloom, some fields suffering from the midge, while occasion al injuries were sustained iu the stack from’ wet weather. In the Southern wheat belt, including the table-lands of North Carolina and Tennessee, quantity was iu excess of the crop of1869, but the quality was injured extensively by rains between cutting aud tlirashing, though many counties report superiority in quality. Smut proved troublesome among careless farmers. Throughout there is au unusually large proportii No. 1 wheat. Occasional damage from rains while in the stack is reported from the Northwestern States. In Pierce County, Wisconsin, about one-third, all No. 1, was thrashed before the storms, and the remainder was greatly injured, some entirely spoiled. Other, counties hod a similar experience. Tho season was comparatively unfavorable in Kansas, Testa of Character. A great manv admirable acts are over looked by ns, because they are so little and common. Tuke, for instance, the mother, who has had broken slumber, if any at all, with* the nursing babe whose wants must nobbe disregarded; she would fain sleep awhile when the breakfast hour comes, but patiently and uncomplaining ly she takes her timely seat at the table. Though exhausted and weary, serving all scconnt of the drouth in July and August, but less injury was suffered than was expected. The Pacific coart re ports variable. Some counties in ere California make tho quality superior; while others report injunes from rust and i be- old regiment has been ordered to that , . . distant region, and I most hasten to see session, onnonncing the ratification of that they ore properly* taken care of. I the armistice on Bismarck’s terms.. Bis- lxave baft little to add in reply to yoar ~— march and Moltko signed for Prnmia; letters of March 26,2/v and 28. lour t i ia provisional letters breathe a tree-spirit of frankness; Trochu and others of the irovisionox they have giron myself and yoar mother Government at Pans in behalf of France, gfeat pleasure. <■ You 'must study to be The armistice commenced November 4th, frank with the world; frankness is the ends November 28th. child of hottest, find courage. 8», vied Tho German „ aK! rotirjng from xjha- you mean to do on every occasion, aud take it for granted yon mean to do right. - If a friend asks a favor, yon shonld grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot; you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivo cations of any kind. Never do » wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; tho man who requires you to do so, is dear ly bought at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly with your classmates; you will find it the policy which wears the best Above all do not appear, to others tenu Rox and concentrating oh Orleans. Skirmishes are frequent in tho valley of the Loire. The French claim advanta ges over the Prussians, and are destroy ing tlio railroad around Dijon. . The res toration of lights and signals along the German coast have beed ordered. Tlie French loan is fluctuating. The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. The weather is nnnsnally cold. Ice what you are not If you have any fault f orms rapidly. to find with any one, tell him, not others Toulls> November 5.—The Francois average iu oil ot the Atlantic States to Virginia, inclusive, and in all Western States north of tho Ohio River, the depreciation ranging from 15 to 44 per cent Tbe crop bos been an average oneiu West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten nessee, and Arkansas. Some reduction »quantity is experienced on tlie Pocif- »coast The sweet potato crop is comparatively larg< dangerous experiment than that of nn- . , 4 . dertalting to l>e one thing before a man’s supplies daring the armistice: Garibaldi face and another behind hia back. We is-uimpt'nding operations. The Germans should live, act, and miv nothing to the wc io marching on Ljons and Borage*. "£t°U« Ciraorat assumed command of the ^ path of peace and honor. t ional Guard at MatsoiUes. It is thought In regard to duty, let me, in conclu- the election Sunday, would displace him. of this hasty letter, xnform youtJhait j j0>D€?f# November . 5.-11 e Tuu*« Sorghoi.—While the acreage of sor ghum is not very large, tho crop is in superior condition, and promises a yield of syrup of fine quality. • 49,- the light of the sun was slowly extinguish ed as if by nn eclipse. The Legislature of Connecticut won in session, and as its members saw the sadden and unexpected and unaccountable darkness coming on they shared in tbe general awe and ter ror. It -was supposed by many that the . • , ,,, » last day, the day of 'judgement, had CoT-rox.-Tho increase m Imfidth of cnm0 Home one, in the coMtemation cotton was estimated in July fit 12 pra „{ tho hoar, moved an ^Ijonrament cent , viz.. North Carolina, 8; South Then there aWto an old Puritan iegU- Carohna, ii; Georgia. 7; l londfi, 7: Ala- , ato Davenport, of Stamford, and fifiid, bama, 13; Mississippi, 12; Louisiana, 20; that if the lastduv had come, ho desired . , a -a , . Texas, 25; Arkansas 10; Tcnneraeo, 5 tobe foSndfit hiaptaoedoing W drty, jaen findrndow.betwp.„ Tho appearance of the raop on tlio first ana mraed that eandlea be and forty years of ago. The jufter. of October was reported as follows: Below t, roil ght i n> so that the House could pro* ment care for destitute families 111.. 1 atl. rj4 an average in condition—Mississippi, 1 ceet j w jth its duty. There was quietness children of those killed.' er cent.; Alabama, 4, Lonmiana, 8, that mans mind, tlie quietness or The oroanization entrusted WiWl'it Jeorgia, 1; Tennessee, .1. Above an heavenly wisdom nnd infleziblo will to Tho oiggz^roejtratdcd to t.a-Vt .T er aKe-Texas,o percent.-,Arkanra. 5; obvv g mat doty. Duty, then is the fectamn.1 be tjon^lfito by Normal-r 181 Florida, 2\ South Carolina, 4, North gnhumeak word in oar language. You EachDeputymnstfordishasrfnuV'j)i»lU acreage planted and condition first of October, the natural expectation, other circumstances being equal, would lead to a comparison with lost year, as follows:, North Carolina, 15 per cent, in crease; Sonth Carolina, 9; Georgia, 5; Florida, 9; Alabama, 8; Mississippi, 10; Louisiana, 10; Texas, 30; Arkansas, 15; Tennessee, 1. This would give a crop exceeding three and a half millions of Your affectionate father. : r,e. i O. W. Cnstis Lee. inferiority from the immaturity of grain of Oregon is good, while that sown late injured by the excessive heat of sum- with a refreshing cup of tea or coffeo be fore she sips it herself, and often the cup is handed bock to her to be refilled before she has had time to taste her own. Do you hear ber complain—the weary mother—that her breakfast is cold before she bos time to eat ? And this not for one, bat every morning, perhaps, in tho rear. Do you call this a small thing ?— Try it and see. O, how 'does woman shame ns by her forbearance and forti tude in what ore called little things!— Ah 1 it is these littlo things which are tests of character; it is these little self denials, borne with snch self-forgotteu gentleness, that the humblest home is mode' lieanti- fnl to the eyes of angels, though we fail Among tho winter varieties which have succeeded best the Tappahannock is promineutiy named. It is favorably mentioned throughout the South and West, and lias done well among the mountains of Utah. Complaints of low prices ore still heard. Ohio • correspondents assert that wheat cannot be profitably grown there at one dollar per onshel. In proportion of the Northwest that prices cannot be obtained; Northern Wisconsin 87 to 92 cents per bushel are common quotations. The fall cowing has been delayed by dry weather, and muoh of it is slow in germination. This is especially the case -a Indiana and Ohio. The fly bus be- run its. ravages in places, and in parts of vantn« tin* “nrmr nnrm" has film nnt in the Slat, any that Thiers, upon rw*«t<tw| to Paris, gave tho Government thT„*i- hismiaatoD.; Owing to the .turamg* .tut rettirfance oi Paris, the foar greati—• t >. Oxr. View or toe Census:-Tl,. fol- P 0 * 1 " 1 *; “T* g*** bales. But tbe indications oi tho season lowing telegram is significant: ha™ oomato Uie support «*ltt l \- thusrfar, reports since October first, and “ BWnaptoa. October 30.—The eon- lice, which will include revietoaling ft*« theprobabititiMofafavorableantamnior suaretnrns udintothat the popnlahon maturingnnd piokiogthe “topcrop” do notreaeh W,00^000. The mteathattbeGorentinenkwill z«*t ■<-to 4 prognosticate nre tnrn of YomtirVn. of negroes will be a mere tnflo. Tno re- » favorable experience of the past turns show that where negroes remained _ , -. , - . , ... season V 1 npon plantations remote <rom cities the Mo fighLng arottod, Pans for U*r, In 18t>0 the disconragomentzand draw 1 - Stmj&P!" WiSLJft da^. Tha iprta however kept , up, ib. backs appeared with tGe plant in spring, fir. to pravm.1 eracUen of Prmpura d*!r. iaagSIsS w,thexemption iron* dertroyingjresfa. waa taken und«;a.Be- blighting rains, insects,, Kansas the “army worm” has also pnt i appearance. Thore is yet some wheat unsold, though the moderately liberal harvest sent most of the surplus to market. Low prices to see it, alas! until the chair is vacant and the hand which kept in motion all this domestic machinery is powerless and cold! 3u 'A laughable thing took place at a revival meeting somewhere iu‘ Missis sippi not long since. The minister no ticed a seedy-looking chap in one ot the seats, looking as though he* needed reli gion or ft good square meal.. ~ So he step ped up to him and aftked him if he was a Christian. “No sir,” said he, I am the editor of the Radical paper in this place.* “Then in the name of God let ns pray,” replied the demoted ~ Louis Gazette. publican administration and by wtli,—running'to weed" rather ItaS above U *■ ,b ™ burned with drouth in Augnat, „ k ; nvent i on 0 f t b 0 enemy.” They SidBJHfWfiWjaLaPJ? are, in point ot number., at /atond S& Their diminution will then become have retained a pait of that beyond the Mississippi. Sac County, Iowa, claims to have one-fonrth of the old crop still on hand. Corn. —The com crop of 1870, nnlike those of the two years prececding, is a full one—the best of the past ten years. It is a crop which yields best in our hot- ert seasons. A large area of the best corn region has hod rain enough for its fall maturation. The worst effects of drouth are Seen on the thin, sandy lands of Eastern Massachusetts, reducing tho crop at 50 per cent, in some fields, while soils of greater depth and better, texture give a superior. product. Southern New Hampshire has suffered from the same cause, but Maine, Newhampsbire, and Vermont, north of 44* 1 , exhibit better ma turity and a greateryield than for several *t ' i r r rise to three aud a half millions. prom&e of^ra’bLS ^“^>0 the MiontM. '' vfol.n». The city is qniel iSSyln present area in cultivation his reduced - r Qourt faia.session, and. the riofara W4ll the price to fifteen cents per ponnd, or be arrertod and punished according Ui the very verge of profitable cultivation; Elbctioxs tiiih Week.—No less than mbh and correspondent aro already report- twenty States hold their elections for | S5^5SS5555sS ^^4 product of cone sugar is, regarded os cer- officers at the some time. These States ore J / 8 1“ The States of the grqat com region, including those bordering on tho great lakea and on the Ohio and Mississipni Rivers, have without exception mgae either a fall or a ligr ' r% ** ’ ~ the com firtd of thft JH^PmHPH by this Department to have an .acreage in maize of 5,237,(XjO ip I860, fll ^•a-;Rev. Addison HnU, of Lancaster, 1 which proved** W 3per cent, Virginia, opened his wife s private port- rather than abovo tho acfaal returns of foho with falso.keys, aad- found an inter- assessors for that year, has this year fully estingbundle of love letters from ayonng | ^ millions of acres in com—an area lar- chuLdts by tho next boat/ J tom. For several years a considerable part of the crop h&s'been used as “plant do less. Never lef me or vour mother ar one gray hair for any lack of duty _ ^ . _ - . , . . “orn prat Tocra, Novtanbor^—I,. BbU'SELS, Novemb«r 5,—"Hie Kmpr<— hu zctDmed to Eoglwd. Site *i«t. only on. fi.y with lho Empraoc. It is btstoil hot. that *■ fresh iti-lui banco has occrared in Paris. Seliu, Ana., Novembrai.—A qn.,. t, I pending all day brtwoen Jack llkxiii (white) and AIL Grange (negro;—btoh brick masons—culminated in tho bitter being shot and killed. Baxter atit ren'. dered to Marshal Waite, from.whom be was taken by an improviaod mob of ■ groee, beaten, stripped and: drugged through tho streota—being left for deiui. Through the influence ol General P. n. i h and others the whites, who gsthen.l ger tbantheW und if the remainder ^3T".tr’u"J3 to aronndon hearing of Ute afimr, „„ ofthe reason ahoohl be yery_nn]tropr> °°iX^ long Inn, “.Brestoon. legs- retrained from attacking the negro.*- ^Iv^bwflm^aMrto them aletson.' The whites of the Sonth fooTancS to mor^r less prevrien” row alltlie cotton States. The opening of “IL the later bolls is unnsnslly well advanced “x? “ d u !? in most planes, sod tbs lalt picking pro- - T “™ «•. .“¥5 idea has never occurred to them, we now crop shsll b« limited to three millions of SSJaVSSrt the body ol Baxter was taken lijim.il SraS^^m^Xkn’S- ^I*^** still known as the dark day—a day when the conference between Ri-mnicK hji.J Thiers, continued by request of ti>c <ioy- eroment at Tours. !Pherc fighting yesterday around.tl** tions. The vote-in Paris on the quet.: j« sustaining ^frochu and the . pi government was yeas, 442,000; 000. Paris fa perfectly tranquil. Tours, November ,5.—A d< .-. been issued enrolling mid m •• ih/.qig was summoned by the Sheriff^, by wu am cane” for extending tho area of cano cul- ■“ KSXtM’SrfS Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Je. theso States shall have-' elevoa-tcntfis, or IQ. per qent^ above a wo shall know, unless the division fa very medium. In Texas the prospect fa close, which party fa to have the majority favpm- In t£eapit‘R« .. . r present-.wo have .bnfca faipVhhB^of an<I Florida. ' In Rrooks County, Geor- ft Democratic majority, t • who boarded the train at Verdi, present ing pistols at the heads of the condnctoi Illinois,' Kausaa, Kentucky, iKmismna. ^Ty Mrehral the ' ’ nvnoo ixiwnnil Tnlilunl if nf ft 10 OOH in mi!n car and robbed it of $40,000 in coin. The robbers escaped. A party has been organized to pursue them. Heavy rain this afternoon. Washington