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■ —« <r,~jnataauLss: ™««wBaa Tli© Greox*a:ia 'W©©lxl'V zr Telesfra/Tili. THE TEEEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1800. Gen. Horace Capron. The distinguished Commissioner of Agricul ture, at Washington, was among our visitors yesterday. Gen. 0. is a man who would be classed among the “elegant” in person and manners—Blight in build, a little under average height, with a large head, finely poised, and surmounted by wavy hriir well frosted by our busy old Father Time. He is an enthusiast in the great concerns of his office and the vast in terests of agriculture. In the talk which followed, Gen. Capron in sisted upon the necessity of diversifying South ern agriculture—of « timdrj abandonment by the Southern people of the plan of putting all eggs in the cotton basket. True, he said, it is impossible while cotton bears its present high price, to attack the cotton mania with much success; but your people ought to feel that tho present condition is exceptional. You cannot reasonably expect it to continue long. You are getting now for a little more than half a crop, sixty-four millions more money than you real ized for the great crop of 1859. This high price is contingent only on short supplies, which are •onstantly increasing both in tho East and the West. The British are pushing cotton culture in the East Indias with an intelligence and an application of labor and outlay which must in time lead to still more decisive results. You, down here, are concentrating all your energies on cotton culture. Both of you will soon produce a surplus. An addition of half a a million bales will reduce prices five or six cents. Practically, the more you swell the crop the less you get for it; and every suggestion of sound economy warns you to diversify your products. Your country is admirably adapted to the cereals—the grasses—fruits, and particu larly grapes. Turn your attention, in part, to these, before over-production has reduced your cotton to too low a price. With plenty of grass and plenty of stock come themeans of recuperating your lands and all the needed facilities of high culture, which will produce three bales of cotton to the acre, and therefore enable you to sell tho crop at a lower price and still reap a handsome profit Gen. Capron, we are glad to say, was pleased with Georgia—with the Fair and the people. He said a very largo share of the attention of his department would be devoted to the South, and he was anxious to make it useful to the people our section. gome of tlio I.cssons. Some of the lessons of the Exhibition are very obvious, it has been a grand one in the amount and variety of the exhibits and the public at tendance. In both these important particulars it was far in advance of the anticipations of this print. That the exhibition was not ready on the day appointed, is a remark that we have no doubt will bo made bfall its successors down to the end of time. X-good part of the unreadi ness, in this case, was due to railway blocks and interruptions in great linos of transit. Every merchant in town was behind in his consign ments of goods, and since it is the .universal fashion of exhibitors to calculate time closely so to incur as little expense as may bo in mak ing an exposition of their wares, the effect upon them may be imagined. An interruption in the course of transit is fatal to all timely arrange ment of the goods. But as wo remarked a few days ago, no such exhibition was ever ready to the day or is ever likely to be. The experience, however, of the present Fair suggests a few patent lessons which should be laid to heart. 1. It was too late in the season. The weather too cold and inclement, and the exposure of ladies and children to November blasts and rains might well be avoided. The Fair should be assigned to some period in the latter part of October. 2. AnExecutive Committee of thirty, scattered all over the State and meeting once in two months, is a very inefficient Board of Manage ment, necessarily. Ten active men, with the officers of the Society and a heavy majority of them residing at the place of exposition, as the case in Alabama, wonld do much better. 3. Too much of compactness and convenience sacrificed to a mile race track. If any such track is made it should be a mere addendum to the regular fair grounds, and not come in to separate the exhibits and necessitate such tedi ous rambles to reach them. If any track is in troduced into the grounds it should be a small The People at the Fair. Every visitor has been struck with admiration at the appearance of the popular throng at the State Fair. Col. Knox, who, as a private citizen, and as President for some years past of the State, and a county agricultural society in Penn sylvania, is very familiar with such gatherings, says he never saw oso to compare with it in point of intelligence, order, sobriety, good man ners, and the splendid physique of the people, women and men. CoL Forney and others of our Northern visit ors made substantially the same admissions. Solon Robinson, of the New York Tribune, who has been in attendance upon Fairs for a life time, says the appearance of such a concourse, so well and richly dressed, in so short a time after a ruinous war, is the most wonderful illus tration of the recuperative energy of a people ho ever saw. He could never have believed if he had not seen it. When we asked him how they compared with similar gatherings in other parts of the country, his terse reply was, “ As well as the lest." For our own part, we have taken a pride and satisfaction in the oppearance and demeanor of tho people—the grace and loveliness of the wo men and the substantial and dignified demeanor of the men of Georgia and Eastern Alabama, that we can hardly express. 4. There should be no side-show charges un der the patronage of the Society, but the peo ple should be admitted to all that the Society has to exhibit at one charge and that as light an possible. 5. Tho grounds and buildings being laid out and prepared, should then bo carefully plotted, allowing an appropriate share to each class of exhibits according to the number of entries, and exercising a sound judgment and taste in the order in which the different classes are ar ranged, both in the buildings and on the grounds. Each of these allotted divisions and classifica tions should be in charge of a special commit tee, or a particular momber of the Executive Committee, who should be constaptly on the ground to supervise the reception of good3, and assist and counsel with exhibitors. 6. It is evident that the President of the So ciety or a duly authorized committee should re ceive all invited guests on their arrival, and provide them with proper entertainment. 7. The arrangements for transportation to the Fair Grounds should be better ordered, and more comprehensive than our's have been. If the present Fair Buildings and Grounds become the property of ‘the Society, they must be reached by a double-track street railway. We set down these ideas loosely as they oc cur to us, for the benefit of future State Agri cultural Exhibitions, wherever they may be held. This one.has shown what may be done. It has been a great success'in. spite of inexpe rience and bad weather, Tjhe next one, we hope, will display a large improvement. Prof. Henry of the Smithsonian In stitute. Everybody who has approached this venera ble gentleman, is equally charmed with the sim plicity of his manners and the wonderful amount of curious, interesting and valuable scientific in formation which flows from him in conversa. tion. His affability is as great as his learning, and his mind is a vast storehouse of well ar ranged and well digested knowledge. He ap pears to be equally well posted and instructive an all subjects of human interest, in the largest sense of the term. It has never been our good fortune to meet with his equal. He has .hun dreds of pupils in Georgia and the South, who will heartily endorse all we say, and t>; pleased to learn that their revered instructor is in the enjoyment of fine health and spirits, and is well pleased with this his first visit so far South. We hope he will be persuaded to come again and tarry longer. Coi. T. P. Knox, of Pennsylvania. We had a very pleasant call from this gentle^ man yesterday, a distinguished Pennsylvanian but as we loarned from him, a native Georgian. He spent the first twelve years of his life in Savannah, where his father, also a native Geor gian, was engaged in business. Col. Knox is a man of fine personal appearance and highly pleasing address—a genial, frank and intelli gent gentleman. He wa3 much gratified with affairs in Georgia, and said that but for his extra ordinarily pleasant belongings in the old Key Stone State, he-would take up his abode here. He liked the climate and he liked the people. He thought immigration from the Northern States would be large, and that several of his fellow-excursionists to the Georgia State Fair would become property holders and residents of Georgia. The Fair. The writer took occasion of the Thansgiving Holiday, to walk over the Fair building and grounds.. Whatever opinions may bo expressed to the contrary, the exhibition itself is magnifi cent. It far exceeds in mngnitudo the antici pations of the Telegraph. Tho whole of that immense building—the Laboratory—is filled with trophies of art and ingenuity, and the up per floor—a hall between three and four hun dred feet in length, is crowded with interesting objects. Splendid pianos, costly furniture, beautiful pictures, plate, jewelry, embroideries, cloths, clothing for ladies and gentlemen, books, carpeting, boots and shoes, crockery, harness, plants, fruits, confectioneries, preserves, and many hundred articles of household and per sonal adornment and utility are here in endless detail. Below in the first story tho show in machine ry and agricultural implements is literally grand, and fills the whole space. Outside are horse powers, cotton presses, ploughs, wagons, carriages, Btock and fowls, besides a great many outside shows of all lands. The sight at the amphitheatre or hippodrome was literally magnificent. That immense circle built to accommodate ten thousand people was orowded—not a foots’ space was lost. It was living bank of human flowers—brilliant'with all hues and radiant with Georgia loveliness. The hippodrome contained eight or ten thousand. The grounds outside were thronged. The Laboratory building was literally a press above and below, and "Huff’s Rink, outside "and inside, was a sea of life. The whole represented an assemblage of fifteen to twenty thousand people and constituted one of the most brilliant scenes wo ever beheld. PRO OEEDINGS by tjeleo-raph:. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Laying of tlie “Corner Slone” of St. George’s Church, Griffin, Ga. On Monday, the 18th instant, Bishop Beck with notified tho rector of St. George's Church, that he intended to visit Griffin on tho 13th and 14th. It was decided immediately to call on the Bishop to lay the Comer Stone of St. George’s Church,"although there would not be time to call together any of the Clergy from different parts of tho Diocese. Tho Bishop was detained in Newman by the necessities of the work in that new field, nntil the morning of the 13th, and did not reaoh Griffin until 14 o’clock p. in All preparations and arrangements be ing completed on Saturday, it was thought proper to have the sacred service performed on Sunday. Therefore, at 3 o'clock on that day, the congregation assembled at St. George’s Chapel, and from thence marched in procession headed by the members of the fraternity of Odd Fellows, who, from their own rooiq joined their friends and fellow-citizen3 in giving ex pression to the sentiment of the day. Arriving near the ground, the Bishop and Rector, fol lowed by the wardens, vestiymen, and building committee, advanced between open ranks to ward the north-east comer of the chancel of the now edifice, saying the psalm appointed in the service for laying thtf “Cornerstone.” A list of documents deposited, was read by the Ju nior Warden, Capt. John M. Hill. Then tho voice of the Bishop, rising alone amid tho assembled throng, (in nnmber four or five hundred,) fell full upon every ear like the blast of a trumpet. The service ended, the Bishop commenced a short address, which, by a kind of elective affinity,, seemed to gather into itself only the thoughts most appropriate at the moment; and these were woven into graceful and majestic periods that went to the heart of the listeners. The members of the Society above named standing immediately in front of tho Bishop, he reminded them that the very principle which constitutes the life and contin uity of Odd Fellowship and Masonry—(many of the Masons being present, .though not in rega lia)—viz : the transmission of office in an un broken line from the fonndation of each Order, the latter receding farinto the past, is the iden tical principle that constitutes tho life and con tinuity of tho visible Church from her founda tion by tho Apostles to the present day; a suc cession of Bishops being just as essential to tho life and continuity of the visible Cbnrch as is a succession of Grand Masters to the life and con tinuity of the Order of Masons, or of the Order of Odd Fellows. Both of these Orders thus sub sisting by the force of undeviating succession in office, it is not difficnlt to comprehend how the visible Chnrch also maintains her life and continuity by the force of the same perpetuating principle. The closing hymn, from the “ Hymns An cient and Modern,"’ to bo used at the laying of the “ Corner Stone," in the notes of “ Old Hun dred,” was sung by the Choir of young ladies, under the direction of Prof. Henry Schoeller, in which tho audience heartily united; and was one of the interesting and imposing features of the ceremony. It is proper to add that the new edifice is cru ciform, 72 feet in length, and 57 feet in width: the entire wall being built of granite. In tho morning the Bishop had preached at St. George’s Chapel, and confirmed three per sons.' His sermon on the words, “Almost thou persnadest me t4.be a Christian,” in thought, style and delivery, we have no hesitation in say ing, may bo ranked among the highest produc tions of pulpit oratory.—tfriffin Star. IN SESSION At tbe Fair Grounds, Saturday, Not. 20th. Society called to order by the President. On call fer business there was some debate on minor points, when Col. Hood introduced the fol lowing resolutions, which were unanimously passed: Resolved, That tho President and 'Vico Presidents of the State Agricultural Society shall be ex ojjtcio members of tho Executive Committee. Resolved, That the Executive Committee shall consist of three members from each Congressional District, who shall be chosen by the President and Vice Presidents. Seven, if each Congressional Dis trict is represented, shall constitute a quorum; and eleven, if the districts are not represented. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of all the members of the Executive Committee to meet at least seven dayB before the opening of tho State E&ir, to superintend and direct the arrangements: and in case any member of the Committee shall bo absent without written excuse, he shall be consid ered to have vacated his office, and it shall be the duty of the members to appoint and fill the vacancy. Resolved, That the sum of four dollars per diem bo paid to each member of the Executive Commit tee, to defray his expenses while in attendance on the duties of his office. Resolved further, That no man shall be ap pointed a member of this committee who is not a member of the County Society, provided there be no one in the county in which he resides at the time of his appointment. The next business in order was the election of officers. Col. Yancey was nominated for President. Also, Col. Locket. Soipegentleman announced that Col. Locket had authorized him to withdraw his name if brought before tbe Society. On the ballot CoL Yancey was elected President. Tie following gentlemen were elected Vice Presi dents by acclamation: let Congressional District—Wx. Scieley. 2d Congressional District—Benj. Locket. 3d Congressional District Felton'. 4th Congressional District—Henry D. Capem. 5th Congressional Disirict—Joel Billups. Gth Congressional District—David 0. Barron. 7th Congressional-District—C. W. Howaud. Col. David W. Lewis was then nominated for Secretary and unanimously elected. William Hazel- hurst, of Macon, was unanimously elected Treas urer. The report of tho Secretary, who acted as Treas urer during the past year, was then read and re ferred to an auditing committee, composed of Messrs. Obear. Nutting and Browne, of Macon. Moved by General Wright that a Committee of three be appointed to revise and amend the Consti tution and By-laws, and to report at the next meet ing of the Society. Passed. COinUITEE. A. R. Weight, Chairman. C. W. Howaud, Authub Hood. The following resolution was read and unanimous ly adopted: " Whereas. Wo aro informed that the mechantilo interests of Savannah are d»sirou3 0f sending tho Hon. Ed. C. Anderson to the cotton marts of Wes tern Europe as a special agent to encourage direct trade with Savannah, and the investment of foreign capital throughout the State of Georgia; therefore. Resolved, That tbe Geoigia State Agricultural Society hails this move with great gratification, and ask-for tbe Hon. Mr. Andeison the courtesies of the Agricultural Societies and Cotton Supply Associations of all countries that he may visit. Resolved, That the Hon. Mr. Anderson be re quested by the President of this Society to report to him, fortheu8eof tho Society, all information that he may deem beneficial to tho Agricultural and Manufacturing interests of this State, and that the President furnish him with any information con cerning tho resources of tho State of Georgia, and the inducements of foreign capital to locate here. At the^conclusion of tbe reading of the resolu tion introduced by Mr. Howard, with respect to Mr. Anderson’s visit to Europe, some one asked if Hr. Anderson was not a Director in tho Central Rail road, and if so, bo wonld like to have tho fact stated before the vote on it was taken. Resolution of General Wm. M. Browne: Resolved, That a committee of three members of the Society be appointed to visit the Legislature of Georgia, and use their influence to obtain an appro priation for the Society, and in all respects protect the interests of agriculture. Gen. W. M. Beow.se, Hon. Wit. Schley, Mayor Hulsey, Atlanta; Were appointed that committee. Besolved, That tho Secretaiv bo required an nually to submit a report of his actings and doings, and such recommendations and suggestions as he may deem the interests of the Society require. Resolved, That tho Secretary bo requested to see and negotiate with tho Presidents and Railroad $n- ■ lerintendents of'this State, and procure from them, 1 possible, free ticket for three members of each County Agricultural Society to two Agricultural Conventions to be held each year at such points as tho Executive Committee, or a convention may # determine. Mr. Obear, of Macon, introduced tho following resolution: Resolved, That tho salary of the Secretary be in creased to three thousand dollars, and that he he required to employ a Recording Secretary at such Dn. Daniel Lee.—The people of Georgia will bo gratified to learn that this eminent agricul tural -writer has returned to tho Stato (after a residence of several years in Tennessee) and has become the editor of the Farmer and Arti san, the hew indnstrial weekly, published in this place. It is not flattery to say that Dr. Lee has done more for progressive agriculture in Amer ica than any man living. With a thorough knowledge of the chemical constituents of soils, and the nature of plants, he unites the graces of a polished writer, and the ripened experience of years of zealous devotion to progressive husbandry. Dr. Lee edited the Southern Cul tivator for years, with marked snccess, and his contributions to agricultural literature have been read with interest throughout America and Europe. His connection with the Farmer and Artisan cannot fail to make that new journal an established success.—Athens Dimmer. Would it be too much trouble for the Macon TEigwiurn to give us tho proper credit for news taken from our columna? Wo would Tather you would appropriate it entirely than have credited to one-horso journals.—Americas Re publican. We aro sorry if we have been, accidentally reiqiss in this particular, or have given “wrong credits” by mistake. FROX WASHINGTON. Washington, November 19.—Revenue to-day. half million. , In the Supreme Court, Chase ordered that cases hereafter continued at this term, be put at the foot of the calendar of the next term. It is understood that cases so di^-ased of will be delayed about two years. The Revenue apartment has the "following ad vices regard ingifficS distilleries In Virginia: In Battlecount and Craig counties, in the 6th Dis trict, several stills were found, and tho distillers ar rested. About 300 gallons of brandy were seized. In the 8th District a large number of stills were dis covered and the parties arrested. In Montgomery, Pnlaaki, Bland, and Tazewell counties, on Rich Mountain, two miles away from any road or path, a nnmber of stills were seized and a largo quantity.of whisky, beer and brandy was confiscated. Super visor Embry, of Tennessee, reports successful oper ations against distillers in the let and 2d Districts of that State. In Anderson county, Edmondson, who had been left in charge of some stills and a quantity of whisky seized, was attacked and over powered by a crowd of men and the property taken away from him. Thecounsel for the Government hero filed a gen eral demurrer questioning Farragat’s crew’s right to bounty for capturing New Orleans, and questioning the jurisdiction of the Court as against the United States. K*Rl, , General «nftet*ha3 be’enlarrested in New York, charged by Mrs. Florence, of New • Orleans, with having taken three swords preeented to General Twiggs by the United States Congress and the States of Georgia and Texas, valued at §35,000, and a box of silver, 82,000. He claimed that tho swords had been deposited in the Treasury Department, but inquiry proved that such was not tho case. He was held in $15,000 bail. Washington, November 13.—Business is suspend ed to-day. The French government has ordered a war vessel to accompany the English and American vessels in conveying the remains of Mr. Peabody homo. General Hazen, commanding tho district of lower Arkansas, apprehends trouble from the Indians in the spring. Washington, November 20.—Indian goods at Fort Sully aro burned, which will involve suffering among tho Indians of that section. Tho ship builders’ associations aro preparing petitions for the repeal of tho duties on ship build ing material*. . Nelson’s official majority in New York is twenty thousand five hundred and sixty-six. A ship building at tho corner of Olivo and Fifth streets, St. Louis, foil, burying thirteen workmen in tho basement. A heavy storm on Lake Erie. The brig"Concord, of Detroit, was*lost, with the captain and four men. The Dictator arrived off the Savannah river, hav ing encountered two 6torms. Tho Dictator behaved excellently. Delano goes to Jacksonville, Florida, to look af ter alleged revenue troubles. Revenue to-day $250,000. Boutwell returns on Monday. The Treasury holds one hundred millions in gold and ten millions of currency. A Cuban letter to the Now York Times eays, of the Americans and foreigners landed by the Perot, about forty still remain, the rest were killed or dis abled. Of the Grapeshot expedition only two re alary as he may agree upon No*further business, the Society adjourned, sub ject to the call of the President. Georgia Press Association. Macon, November 17, 1869. The Association met at 7 o’clock, at the City Hall, and was called to order by tho President, Jos. Clisby, Esq. On motion, S. A. Atkinson was requested to act as Assistant Secretary. The following papers were represented : Chronicle <fc Sentinel, A. R. Wright; Consti tution, I. W. Avery; Columbus Sun, Thos. De- Wolf; Cnthbert Appeal, H. H. Jones—J. P. Sawtell; LaGrango Reporter, C. H. C. Wil lingham ; Dawson Journal, S. R. Weston; Americus Courier and Montezuma Sentinel, E. Christian; Georgia Farm Journal, J. F. Shecut: Atlanta New Era, I. W. Avery, (proxy;) Tele graph & Messenger, Jos. Clisby; Savannah Republican, Jos. Clisby, (proxy;) Southern Banner and Farmer & Artisan, S. A. Atkinson; Griffin Star, S. A. Atkinson, (proxy;) Central Georgian, J. M. J. Medlock; Bainbridge Argus, H. H. Jones, (proxy;) Albany Nows, O. W. Styles. Tho Committee on Legal Advertisements and advertising generally, made a report, embracing schedules of rates, which was laid over. The Committee on Permanent. Organization reported the following officers of tho Associa tion : For President—Joseph Clisby. 1st Vice President—A. R. Wright. 2nd Vico President—Cary W. Styles. Recording Secretary—S. A. Atkinson. Corresponding Secretary—O. H. C. Willing ham. Executive Committee—L W. Avery, J. H. Christy, T. DBWolf, S. R. Weston, M. DwinnelL Mr. Medlock moved that a Committee of threo be appointed to draw up a bill, to be presented to the next session of tho Legislature, regula ting the legal advertising in the various counties of this State. Tho motion prevailed and tho Chair appointed Messrs. T. DeWolf, A. R. Wright, and J. M. G. Medlock, as tho Com mittee. JUM • ■ ' Mr. C. W. Styles, from the committee on Constitution and By-laws, .reported a constitu tion, and moved that the members present sign and endorse the same, and that it be sent by the Secretary to the various Publishers of the State, and when signed by a majority of them shall be considered effective as tbe Constitution of the present Association of Georgia. Which was agreed to. , The report #f the committee on Organization was taken up and adopted. On motion, the Secretary was requested to forward a copy of the constitution to each of the Publishers of this State, and request them, to signify their endorsement or rejection of the Bruno. j On'motion, the Association adjourned subject to the coll of the President. ' "V .. c . ) JOS. CLISBY, President. S. A. Atkinson, Secretary. FROX ALABAMA . Montgomery. November 19.—In the Senate a bill was introduced by a Senator from Selma, ^to vacate the municipal offices of Mobilo. The bill author izes tbe Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House and Attorney General to appoint the Mayor and Al dermen of Mobile, to hold for three years. The Senator from Mobile denounced the bill and said that Mobile aqked for no such legislation. Resolutions were offered and referred, to abolish the hoard of school commissioners. This board has full legislative authority, passes bill* and appro priates the school funds.. A Senator said they ab sorbed all the fundB and kept the schools closed. In the House a committee was appointed to con fer with certain railroad Presidents in reference to freight charges that discriminate against citizens of the State; and a bill was introduced to allow State endorsement of bonds of the Mobile and Alabama Grand Trunk railroad. It has rained hard hero all day. The river is rising rapidly. Tbe entries for the State fair are already numer ous from different sections of the Union. The in dications point to a very large attendance. FROX NEW YORK. New York, November 19.—Yesterday there was a violent gala. A train on the Harlem road was blown down an embankment, and one man was killed and several hurt badly. The mail and Ex press cars, with their contents, were burned. At Toronto a collision occurred on tho Grand Trunk Railroad, in which an-engineer and driver were killed. . St. Joseph's Convent at iforonto was burned— inmates saved. ' Tho investigation yestorday of tho case of tho privateer Hornet, shows that her coal was unfit for use, and vindicates Higgins. FROX VIRGINIA. Richmond, November 20.—Judge Johnson, in ac knowledging the receipt of his credentials as United States Senator, writes to Governor Walker endors ing the principle of the fifteenth amendment, and hoping that it will soon become part of tlio Consti tution, and advocating tho observance of exact and complete good faith in tho payment of tho public debt, and advising the castingbehind us of all dead issues. The New York Tribune says, editorially, that a victory has been won by the insurgents near Reme dies, and there is a serious disturbance at Cardenas and Cortoumost, and conspicuous defections among the Spanish troops are reported from Cuba. A manifesto for annexation by the Congress at Guimaro is for tho first time given to the American public. The World’s Washington special says Senator Drake, of Missouri, is in town, and has a bill pre pared fej strike a blow at tho appelato jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, by removing from its con sideration every political question, such as those relating to reconstruction, as illustrated in tho Yeiger and McArdle cases; even going so far as to excludo from a decision the pending questions in volving tho constitutionality of tho legal tender cases. This bill will bo introduced on tho first day of tho SSssion. FOREIGN NEWS. Madrid, November 19.—The Republican prison ers are not to be sent to Cuba. Senor Orens has gone to paris. The threatened duel between the editor of Le Pays and Rochefort has been avoided. The latter explained. London, November 19.—In the international sculling match, the Browns, of Maine, won by tvyo lengths. Bio Janeiro dates of tho 27th ult. have been re ceived. According to latest accounts, Lopez has transferred his headquarters and the seat of gov ernment to San Joaquin. It was reported that Lo pez had killed his mother, one brother, and other persons, in consequence of suspicion that they wore engaged in conspiring against his life. The allies had made no movement. It was supposed that active operations would be still longer de ferred. Ismaelia. November 19.—Eugenie assisted at the Catholic and Musselman religious services. Thirty-four steamers have arrived. Tho shallowest point in tho canal is nineteen feet. The trip of the first detachment of the fleet with visitors was made from Port Said to this placo in eight hours and a half. Four steamers have just arrived from Suez, tho Southern terminus of the canal, and mot thoso from Port Said. The town, banks of the canal, and vessels are illluminated, and the night is given up to festivities and rejoic ing. GENERAL NEWS. New '“York, November 20.—There was a great storm all last night. Tho telegraph communication is deranged. Philadelphia, November 20.—A. W. Notting, commission merchant of Richmond, was found dead in his bed at tho Continental HoteL There was no indication of violence or suicide. His will was found in his pocket-book. A case is pending before tlio Supreme Court which involves tho validity of a title obtained by purchase at a sale under confiscation by the Con federate States, pursuant to tho sequestration act, Mr. Lee, resident of Pcuna, prior to the war, owned a flock of sheep in Texas, which were in charge of an agent. They were confiscated, and one Knox became purchaser at the sale. After the war, Mr. Leo brought suit in tho Circuit Court of Texas, to recover damages of Knox for wrongfnl taking of the sheep. Tho verdict was for the plain tiff—tho Court instructing tho jury that Knox ob tained nCtitlo by his purchase. Appeal was taken, Knox insisting that as tho Confederate States were adefacto government, having acknowledged bel ligerent rights, a title possessed by them in pursu ance of confiscation was valid, and their right to oxcrc'so tho power as a means of war, was un doubted. Morrow and Dougherty, who assaulted Rovenuo officer Brooks, have been sentenced five thousand dollars fiwo and seven years imprisonment. Chicago, November 20. — Tho propeller Thomas Scott has been wrecked with 20,000 bushels of wheat. The fate of tho crow is unknown. Fortress Monroe, November 20.—There was a violent galo from tho southeast.last night, and con siderable damago was dono to roofs, fencing and shipping. Two schooners are aground near Newport Nows. Pitttteld, Mass., November 20.—Burbank’s new hotel, six stories high, was blown down in a tre mendous galo. Boston, November 20.—Pere Hyacinthe is tho guest of Robert O. Winthrop. Pocohkeetsie, Nov. 20.— A violent southeast galo is prostrating fences, trees and telegraph?. Tho tide is unusually high. Tho wind shifted this afternoon and is now blowing straight from tho southwest. • New York, Nov. 20.—At afire in Brooyklyn, Thos, Wallaco jumped from a fourth story window, with a child in his aims. Both were killed. His wifo fol lowed and was picked up dying. TRANSACTIONS og XHJ^; y Georgia State Agricultural Society. Report: of, the Committee on an In dnstrial School. SPANISH AFFAIRS--A KING ELECTED, Madrid, November 20.—A hundred and sixty-one deputies voted for the Duke of Genoa. The Bishop of Havana is accused of an attempt to escape from the country with a hundred thou sand dollars. Another Carlist rising is apprehended. A constitution for the island of Porto Rico has been submitted to the Cortaa. It declares Porto Rico a province of Spain and permits public meet ings in tho presence of the authorities or their rep resentatives ; but prohibits discussion of slavery. Many improvements and reforms aro granted. Telegraph and Messenger. That sterling paper, the LaGrange Reporter, of the 19th, aftor announcing tho salo of the Journal and Messenger, adds: Since tho foregoing was put in type we have received the Telegraph and Messenger, a com bination of tho two Macon papers, published by Clisby, Reid & Reese. Mr. Clisby is the senior editor and Mr. Reeso the junior. This is now the strongest paper in the State, if not in the Southern Atlantic States. There are other com binations that might be made without detriment to the usefulness of the press. The idea of having two or three papers in onr small towns is bad policy, as all know there is not more than enough patronage for one, and too often not sufficient for one. We wish the Telegraph and Messenger the grandest success, especially for doing a sensi ble thing in nniting. The Newnan Herald, of tho 19th, a paper dis tinguished alike for its tact, ability and indus try, has the following: Consolidated.—Mr. Anderson W. Reese bonght tho Journal and Messenger, and by con tract with the proprietors of the Telegraph, tho two papers were consolidated on the 14th of November, and now tho successor bears the name of Telegraph and Messenger. We doubt not the parties at interest have acted wisely, for they now publish the largest and handsomest daily in the South, under tho editorial control of gentlemen, who have no superiors in their profession. Distressing.—Wo have just called on Mr. George Brown, son of Milton Brown, of Daw son, and find him in a very critical condition. As the night train was passing np, Mr. B. fell from the platform of the cars and was so badly crushed as to require the amputation of his right leg. The limb was taken off at the knee. Drs. McLeod-and Cooper performed the opera tion, and hope to save the left limb without amputation. This sad accident sends a note of warning to the traveling public. We should have added that the young man was taken to the residence of Dr. McLeod, and is receiving every attention.—Americus Cour ier, \~lh. FROX CURA. Havana, November 19.—A commission of insur gents are at Corracos, endeavoring to secure Yene- zueli&n recognition, as belligerents, and thoprivilege of recruiting from Yenezueiians. Washington, Nov, 20—Tho Havana correspondent of tho New York Times gives an account of tho bat tles at Comarco, Fray Juan, Ramon, Palopcardoand Sierra, between the Spanirds, under Yalmazoda, and the Cubans, under Jordan. The Spaniards claim the victogr at Palopcardo and Ramon, Comarco and Fray Juan. In tho battle' at Sierra, the Spaniards were defeated by Jordan. The Spanish accounts report threo hundred insurgents killed in theso en gagements. Tho Cuban Generals, Maso and Tamaco, were captured and immediately executed. Cubans in force on tbo Contramas river, encamped near tho Canto lines, extending to Yogus and Fili pino—army in strong position. Thjs insurgents killed in the engagement in Ciuco Valias district, in October, are reported to bo one hundred and sixty. To accomplish this result eight thousand Spaniards were needed. Tho dis trict is still in possession of the Cubans. The Spanish attempt to capture tho Cuban camp in the Cionaga do Zapota proved a failure. The Cubans had previously left and joined the forces. Nearly all of Cienfugos, Gloria and Soledad were fired by tho insurgents. Snow in Atlanta.—There was & slight fall of snow in Atlanta last Friday. The State Faik.—The State Agricultural Society of Georgia opens its annual exhibition at Macon to-day. General Wade Hampton will deliver the opening address, and thousands of people will be present to do hoijpr to the great occasion. We visited the Fair grounds last week, and were glad to witness the fact that the gentlemen of the Executive Committee have no bly discharged the varied and onorous duties imposed upon them by the society. They have accomplished a vast deal of work on the grounds, and though they may not to-day have every thing in readiness for the exhibition, they have done so much and done it so well,- that none but the "captious and fault-finding will prate of short-comings. From what we saw, we are satisfied that the grand ceremony of open ing will not he delayed a moment, and that all branches of the Exhibition will be put -in full operation to-day. The Steam power may not 'be ready before to-morrow" or next day, but it will be in time for the exhibitors of machinery. The committeo deserve great credit for their labors and success, and if everything isn't just as everybody wants jt, w© doubt not there will be liberality enough to pronounce a universal;verdict—“.well done, good and faith ful servants.” Stock, machinery, goods of every Description, farming implements, new inven tions, cotton, cereals, ores, metal, dirt, nnd thousands of nameless articles, were arriving in great quantities and numbers during the wool;, nnd tho committee were recoiviDg minute dispatches of car loads en route. Tho exhibition is likely to be the largest over witnessed at tho South, and the attendance will probably exceed any fair ever held in our bor ders—25,000 is the least estimate, while many place the figures at 40,000. Wo feel sure of a grand success, and in advance congratulate the State Society, the Executive Committee, and the glorious little city whose good fortune it is to entertain the multitude and reap the profits. FROX LOUISIANA. NewOrleans, Nor. 29.—The Grand.Jury pre sented five bills of indictment against the State Auditor Wickliffo, for auditing fraudulent veteran warrants. \ A The Catholic church at Biloxi, Miss., was demol ished by recent storms, and other damage done, jj A Good Year’s Work.—Mr. J. L. Long, of this county, with a negro man and a little son, 12 or 14 years old, has made fifteen heavy bales of cotton this year!—besides making nearly or quite corn enough to do him. More—he had to build his home and outhouses, the most of which ho did at night. A man that works that way deserves credit. Mr. Long was the son of a wealthy planter, who taught his boys to work, and he himself was worth between $50,000 and $100,000 before the war. Why should we de spair, when, with the will and energy, so muob can be accomplished ?—Za Grange Reporter. The committee appointed by this society to report on_the subject of Industrial Schools, re spectfully *qljnut the following: The necessity of making provision for an education diff*fen§f ronyffiat fdbished by the colleges, which adhere to*.the'- traditional cur riculum, is obvious to the most casual observer. The programmes of education in future are to differ from those of the past, by reason Of'the imperative demand for more science. The ex tension of the boundaries of knowledge by the recent developments of the sciences, and the growth of the arts, with advancing civilization, demonstrate the necessity for more than one typo of enlture. That scientific education is of the first -importance to modem civilization is acknowledged in the establishment of the vari ous special schools designed to combine practi cal knowledge with theoretical instruction. In France we find the historical Imperial Polytech nic School, the School of Roads and Bridges, the National Schools of Arts and Trades, the Sobool of Forestry and Agriculture, the Central- School of Arts and Manufactures, all celebrated for their distinguished graduates as men of foi- fcuiie, eugmeefs . • Germany is celebrated for its numerous real- schools, especially designed for scientific train ing for civiUife, for its artisan schools and Pol ytechnic Insratntes. In Prussia, there are twen ty-six Indnstrial Colleges, while'Bavaria has an equal number of artisan or trade schools. Be sides these, there are among tho most celebra ted Scientific Institutes the Royal Trade Insti tute of Berlin, the Royal Polytechnic School at Dresden and the celebrated Mining Academy at Frieburg, while the Polytechnic Institute, of Vienna, commands the attendance of over six teen hundred students. The London exhibi tion of 1851 showed Great Britain the danger of its occupying a secondary scientific industrial position, and since then Scientific Institutes have multiplied, having especial reference to modem applied science. The material prosperity of many European countries is traceable strictly to the character of tho scientific instruction given in the schools designed for special training. France holds the foremost place among the enlightened nations in the perfection of her manufactured articles, in her architecture and in the construction of her railroads, and all this excellence is attribu ted to her scientific instructions. “Wherever,” says Dr. Playfair in his report on the English exhibition, “science or art was involved, we saw, as an inevitable law, that the nation which most cultivated them was in the ascendant.” The experience of France and Prussia, demonstrates that other thing3 being equal, their prosperity has been in proportion to the efficiency of their sehools-for special training. Your committee would further direct the at tention of the Society to tho efforts made in the United States to supply this demand for practical scientific education. On July 2d, 1862, the Congress of. the United States passed an act granting to each State 30,000 acres of land for each Senator and Representative in Congress, with the provision that the funds arising therefrom should be applied to the main tenance of at least one college, where the leading object should be “to teach.such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts.” The funds arising from this donation by the general Government, largely aided by private liberality, have constituted the basis of the agricultural and mechanical col leges now existing in every Stato of the Union, with the exception of the States of the South. Besides-these, there had been previously fonnd- od, by the liberality of private citizens of the Northern States, the Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, the Lawrence Scientific School of Har vard, and other distinguished institutes devoted to applied science. This brief review of what ha3 been done else where to. supply this deficiency in the old sys tem of education demonstrates, that for a new form of educational culture there exists a uni versal demand in all civilized countries; and plainly shows that to keep abreast of this age of progress Georgia must not be idle. .Never before in our history was the necessity so’ groat of providing this special and practical scien tific education for the risiDg generation. Our future prosperity imperatively demands it— Your committee wish carefully to avoid even the appearance of advocating a system of educa tion antagonistic to that now so well provided for in our colleges and universities. The sys tem of technical training schools is not antago nistic to the liberal education already provided for, but only supplementary thereto. It aims to supply a want which no classified college can supply. The numbers of young meu who pqrsne a classical course is of necessity limited, and should be so. Now, not more than one young man in sixty, secures a collegiate education. The industrial and technical educa tion is needed for that numerous class wboso tastes or whose limited means, compel them to ’ a different course; for this class who make our artisans, onr merchants, onr mechanics and onr farmers. The advance in science, the improvement in, and the general introduction of machinery, have rendered, in the arts, education the equivalent of years of practice. The young m.chanic, educated to a knowledge of machinery, may do far more and better work with a limited experi ence, than could probably be done by handi craft with the added experience of years. In agriculture we are in a transition state. Steam has transformed all the departments of the arts and manufactures, and is now proposed to enter upon the field of agriculture. In this department the limit of human progress has not yet been reached. In fact, scientific agricul ture is yet in its infancy, and an intelligent co operation of the scientific agriculturist and the skillful enquirer may yet. produce a new era in history. Looking to the prospective improvements in agriculture and in the arts and manufactures, our young men have need to be educated to be familiar practically and theoretically with the agents of modern prograss. The present gene ration must know more than the preceding. To meet these demands the State of Georgia needs a Comprehensive Polytechnic Institute, adapted to practical education, as well as to the higher walks of science, embracing schools of Applied Mathematics, Practical Mechanics, Ar chitecture and Engineering, Mining and Me tallurgy, Chemistry applied to the Arts, Mine ralogy and Geology, Physical Geography, Botany, Physiology and Higiene, Commerce and Agriculture in all its departments. In connection with the school of agriculture, besides an experimental farm, there should be a museum of agricultural products, where should be exhibited seeds, fruits, woods, &c., and specimens of all the various products of the soil of the South; also a museum of agri cultural implements, exhibiting all modern im provements of value, and all machines adapted to facilitate labor. - By establishing suoh an institute, the wealth of the State would be greatly increased. Be sides the power resulting from the increased in tellectual wealth added to the State, its gradu ates would become centres of influence for dis criminating practical scientific knowledge, and in a few years this influence would be mani fested in the increased production of tho soil. An increase of one peck per acre in the com crop of Georgia would be equal in value to $250,000 each year. An addition of one pound in a hundred to the crop of cotton would give an annual increase to the wealth of the State of about $200,000. "What amount would represent the increased wealth added to Georgia by a judicious develop ment of her mineral resources, and by the wide dissemination of knowledge regarding her mate rial wealth? This would be exhibited in a careful this is a small sum wheAo5mnar?a - creased wealth it wouldldd to in one generation. £ " T b«e ate three methods which ^ ’ Committee, by each of which it is «»tk of the teqt^red sum may be seem-a ^ the donation of lands by t Rn d =l. BeveralStfes. 2. By aid from the & S lature. s 8. By private donations first help ourselves before asking otW ^ deraid. The remarkableliK? y ,?K citizens of other States in a toped inspire the citizens 0 ?r^ to liberally contnbute their means » Geot ej an Institute so full of promise for and so thoroughly in harmony with a * ^ our civilization^^— —— ■ Your committee, therefo-e this Society the adoption of the foiw^^tc lufions ■ ’ - Resolved, 1st. That as the iie industrial classes, including the industrial classes, includi'nrairifu.^at of the soil, artisans, manufacturer. AllCnfo <nn Jlnman Vli) chants, we desire for our posterity the““ a ** vantages in special training schooW!^ enjoyed by our professional brethren !5St » 2d. That we take immediate establish in the State of Georoia asnf£! It sive polytechnic institute, adapted t n °I? pre ^ of the industrial classes as well , e wanti 10 tae hi. the industrial classes as well departments of science. 3d. That a committee of three he • to solicit means to aid in its estahliehm ^ that this committee b§ empowered ' ^ ever action may, by them, be deem^ * ht - tho interest of the proposed is. Respectfully submitted The average majority of the Democratic tick et in New York is about 25,YKX). Greeley, who ran for Comptroller, was beaten by the strong majority of 33,180! Mb; Reese. — Our confrere, Mr. Reese, has been confined to his room by illnesa<|>£ shyer geological and mineralogical smrvey. Establish gessed on tho ' Dlain tiffs during this Institute,where young men will be trained in H vmn B tWrs.” About ■ habits of scientific thought, as metalurgists, mechanics and engineers, and os a consequence the mineral wealth of the State will be devel oped, and her immense water power, now com paratively useless, will be made to contribute to the well-being of her people. The question then rises, bow can an institute so important and so generally needed, as sup plementary to our colleges, be established? The first thing to be done is to secure the funds to furnish it with as complete illustrative apparatus, and with as valuable laboratories, and as well filled museums, as are found in any institution in America; and then to secure the ablest and best fitted men, either here or in Europe, to become its teachers; so as thus to place the success of tho experiment beyond contingency. To found this Institute commensurate with future wants of Geoqiip ^ojjlfi than m. half million dollars, and Wm. LeSotBioc, Work and Wages, From the lharletton Rexes ) Buckle, the historian, says Hal effort of every man to better his own is so salutary, as well as powerful, ten capable of securing the propress ofc^' in spite of the folly and oxtravagw ce ?f'l rulers of mankind. "Where placid wnteut w berously reigns, there is neither procw-, improvement. Dissatisfaction is the k- of inquiry, of thought, and of action T?* the steadiness with which the working d/ 2 the wide world over, strive to elevate to a plane of superior prosperity, we teco^ not only a sense' of tho necessity of • ment, but also a consciousness that the row- 5 ’ possessed to obtain, sooner or later a’lthr so eagerly and anxiously desired. ’ ^ a Tho working classes, as those are distincti- ly called who earn their daily bread by labor, must be in the majority in evervea munity. Under any social organization of tho many must be one of privation, hit’s and toil. To make that toil as easy as W? to secure to the worker all the fruits of bkuhi to reduce as far as possible the necessarv rS of those who obey " “the original ordinance that man “Must sweat for his poor pittance these aro the aims of the enlighted states® and economists of the age. And much hail ready been accomplished. While the v«ia classes of Europe are still knocking at the »£ the workingmen of America stand within th citadel. Here there are no laws which pier- the workingmen from regulating their ova? fairs in their own way. Although protest* tariffs, and legislation for the benefit of theui nopolist, blot the statute books, there is bog actment which embarrases the workingmeni; their endeavors to increase the benefits andu alt tho dignity of labor. The ballot gives tia power; the schoolmaster, the lecturer and th journalist will teach them how to use it srigh, and there are not wanting staid and thought;;, men who believe that, in less than ftn years,tb working classes of the United States will trol every popular election. Slavery, which prevented white immigntk and made competitive free labor impossHi allowed the atmosphere of the South to read undisturbed, and perhaps unpnrified, h; th currents of economic agitation. Thecoopo tive store, tho industrial partnership, the kb bination of employers against the employed, a of the employed against the employers, w unknown in the Southern States. When & war closed, the freedmen held aloof, andih white workingmen were eager for emplojE-L There was no immediate talk of making ds position of the willing worker more pleassa and secure. This, indeed, appeared to be in practicable. But, now, circumstances are i* dared to have changed, the wave of agitna: breaks on onr quiet shores, and the white tc ingmen, assembled together, give expression tho opinion that they must be up and doing, obtain better wages, and to guard themah' well from oppression and from wrong. Of the attempt which is making to uset workingmen as a means of giving notorietj political adventurers, and of imparting ne* 2 to a moribund political party, we have n now to say. "What we have to deal with at fact that our white workingmen arc deterci to obtain, if possible, a better price for th labor; not by threat or intimidation, bit peaceful combination and concerted xmity action. This is a matter which touches each every one of us. The price of labor, in absence of combinations, is a fair gauge rf'- prosperity of a community. Where the V is low, the supply of labor outstrips tie maud, or else the demand for labor has dec:^ while the supply hasremainedstationary. E.'~ hem of the dilemma is bad enough. lanti-t case is wealth accumulating, nor are the pen growing rich. We are, therefore, deeply ip ested in ascertaining the reasons why labor this community is poorly paid, and in detent ing whether this unfortunate result comesn natural and temporary causes, or from thu sence in South Carolina of the protectively Unions which exist, we believe, in every h** em and Western State. If there has beeny overt combination among the employees to Bj down the wages of the workingman, we kno’ not. If there has been any desire among “ capitalists, few as they are, to oppress grade the artisan and laborer, it has not e* to onr ears. But we feel that every titled to “a fair days’ wages for a far*? work;” and, when a body of hardy wa**?® desire to mako known their grievance^ plain their pressing wants, we, at throw cold water on their toiling. 0nt-yr trary, we shall aid them to tho best of ty in acting with prudence, temperance ani,- tice in the grand work now seriously be;? 1 A Rash Promise.—The Portland Argn> the following story of a young lady pupil at one of the schools in that city, & has already, it seems, beaten her fatten s - thematios: She modestly proposed that if h e J "J would give her only one cent on one tyi double the amount on each successive just one month, she wonld pledgo k cr5 .,._.» to ask of him another cent of money as she lived. Pater families, not stopping over the figures in his head, and not would amount to a large sum, was glaaM • th6 offer at once, thinking it also a opportunity to include a posable yr, y- dowry in the future. At the twenty---" . he became greatly alarmed, lest if ne c : . with his own acceptance he might be a bankrupt on his own petition. ., j. But at the thirtieth day tbe yonnz^F;-- manded only the pretty sum of The astonished merchant was only ^,..5 to cancel the. claim by ndyancingi}^ 1 ^^ cash payment for his folly in allowing , to give a bond—for his word he_ c°ns _r. "good as his bond—without noticing 1 eration therein expressed, and by P r0 ry. return to the old custom of advancing - sums daily until otherwise ordered. ^ Our arithmetical reporter has I’ ee on to it,” and saysthatif the old ge E - fulfilled his promise, his g us *i 1D ° f po":bi would have had, upon the receipt tieth payment, the snug little sum 01 v ’ 5X7 43. Suits for sums amounting to. } been entered at St, Louis uga, 1 Dick, who was provost marshal for w of Missouri under General Halleck, J . _.-i rebel sympathizers.” About il pii lar suits are to be brought, and tn . ^ doubtless be taken up.to' the Soprem tho United States. Gen. Schenck sailed from Europe ou ^ ; 28th, and will arrive in Washington . attend tho meeting of tbe Ways Committee on November 28th. ^ ^ An .Englishman, correspondent oi ^ ^ don Times, who recently traveled - . rP ^ rv.iiii.w- Aon i?MTiMflwv bad an tc".,.«!)£ Chicago to San Francisco, had an Fr^ of seeing the Mississippi river. » , i; rt ‘ it as “a coffee-colored, smooth-^ , cie^ on which there was a highjacked - boat ascending it, like a dirty sw. neck.” pf The Nashville Board of Alderm^ ed. a bill, to suppress the L ^ *r* city. . Refractory plftOM pf be dosed.