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Tlie Greorgia, 'W r eekly Telegraphs the telegraph. MAHON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2G, 18C9. Tl»e Macou amt Branswiclt Railrcjtrt Wo hoar it stated out of doors that, in tho course of ft week or ten days, indeed, perhaps as soon as nest Saturday, the first through train will bo put upon tho Macon and Brunswick Rail road, with all tho modem improvements. En gines and cars will bo new, elegant and com fortable. Tho following is the rumored sched ule from Savannah, by this and connecting roads. Leave Savannah, by the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad at 0:15 a. m. Macon at 4:15 r. M. and arrive at Atlanta at 9:15—through from Sa vannah to Atlanta in fifteen hours, where im mediate connection will bo effected by tho Wes tern and Atlantic trains with the wholo Western, Northwestern and Northern system of Railways. Down trains will leave Atlanta at 7:30 a. sc Macon at 12:30 r. m., and reach Savannah at 10:30 r. M. This will be an improvement. Sad Affliction. We are pained to seo by the Constitutionalist of Saturday, that our friend, tho editor of that paper, is suffering a deep affliction in tho loss of his infant son. Tho Constitutionalist says: With sorrow wo record the death, yesterday ■afternoon, of tho infant son, Aubrey, of Mr. James R. Randall, editor-in-chief of tho Con stitutionalist. On Thursday, araaffiglbV serious illness of the loved angel of his household. During tho day (yesterday,) the feelings of tho anxious anddistressed parents vibrated between hope and fear, until, at a lato hour in the afternoon, death relieved tho suffer ings of tho little one. In this sad affliction the parents havo tho sincere condolence of a large circle of sympStbizing friends. We beg leave to tender our heartfelt sympa thy to Mr. Randall and his family, andaro sure all his Macon friends will unite with ns in this expression of condolenco. Tho sincerest sym pathy is, however, powerless to bind up the lasoerations of a heart tom by such bereave ment. Time and the consolations of religious faith alone can bring to our minds the comfort ing assurance that tho little fellow has winged lus flight, on unsullied pinions, to a radiant and blissful existence—to more tender love and car than earthly parents can bestow, and, above all, to that perfect protection and security which our ability to extend to them, constitutes one of the sharpest stings of such severe chastisements from tho hand of tho Almighty. Another “Plot.”—The Albany News pro fosses to liaye, upon “good authority,” the do- tails of a plot by which it is proposed to sell ont the Democratic pnrty of Georgia to tho Radical party, certain Democratic Senators and Repre sentatives being the auctioneers. The details »re these: Gov. Bnllock to go to the Senate, instead of Dr. Miller; Mr. Conley to become Governor; the two to cease their efforts to have reconstruction reconstructed, and to let Jhe negro legislators drop; Senator Nunnally, Griffin, to become President of the Senate, .and tho Fifteenth Amendment to bo ratified. Well, if the great Democratic party of this great State can be sold ont in this wise, it. had better be, and so have done with it. We do not pro pose to believe that one or one dozen members of the Legislature have so ranch power. Shaup.—Don Piatt has been improving tho shining hour, recently, by some complimentary illusions to Senator Chandler, of Michigan, who ■has just been heard from at Rome, “ where ho ■is sitting for his bust. ‘ Can storied am, or animated bust,’ re vivo the drooping glories of vloparted sprees ? soys D. P. How natural it is for the famons statesman to have an animated bust in Rome. lias he not had a hundred in Washington ? He could havo filled Corcoran’s now gallery with them. Tho artist ought not to work in marble, but give us a head of brass, with a pedestal of pan-copper taken from the protected mines of Michigan, for the profit of which this great statesman makes us pay trib ute. And then it will be like the molten calf worshipped of old.” TIi© Suez Canal and Cotton. What ia to be the effect of the Suez Canal upon tho price of cotton ? W o put this propo sition to our readers for their consideration, and becanso tce aro unable to answer it. At first blush, some of them will doubtless be inclined to considor it a strange inquiry; but their sur prise will diminish by a very brief considera- ttion of the facts. East India cotton now com petes under many and various disadvantages •with tho great American staple, in spite of a long and expensive land transportation which precedes its shipment from Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, to Liverpool and London, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, a distance of eleven, twelve and thirteen thousand miles. The Suez Canal and the Red Sea R>nto shor ten tho voyage to only a little moro than one- half. Thus from the English Channel to Cal cutta, by the way of the Cape, tho distance is said to bo 13,000 miles, and by the Suez Canal it is 8,000. From Bombay to Calcutta, by tho Cape, tho distance is 11,500 miles, and by tho Canal 0,200 miles. Thus we see that tho Suez Canal makes a difference in favor of East India Cotton exceeding, by two thousand miles, tho marine transportation of tho Southern cotton crop. • • It needs no further explanation to show that tho Suez Canal does work a very important chaneo in the relative attitudes of the two ****** cotton nrodn.w— - the world. It is an important gain by tbe East India crop in tho general conditions of a more successful competi tion, and it is bound to stir up tho great Anglo- Indian Cotton Interest to new efforts for ob taining larger and better supplies from that country. It is a weight thrown off by our an tagonists in the great cotton race. Lot the politicians in Congress who aro now talking about burdening tho American crop with another special tax, answer in the face of this greatly altered condition, if they aro ready to impose a new burden upon their own cotton products, at the hazard of losing the race, and with it all thoso immonso supports to national credit and business derived from tho American cotton crop ? Sorely no policy could ho more suicidaL Instead of burdening this gigantic national interest, every consideration of a wise policy should prompt them to stimulate it to the utmost. To push it onward with renewed en ergy and vigor. And that, too, should be the policy of tho South. We do not mean to say that we should disregard a wise plantation policy in order to produce cotton at the sacrifice of other crops. This would simply cripple onrselves and impair the conditions of ultimate success. We do not mean that we should suddenly swell the cotton crop in such gigantic proportions as to make its production nnremunerative. That would effect tho same results. It would throw industry into other channels—impoverish the planter, and vastly diminish the chances of ultimate triumph. But what wo propose is this: a steady and rapid advance, both in the amount and quality of the American cotton product—a dose study into all the conditions of a sound economy in cotton producing—in order that we can sustain reasonable decline in prices and still find cot ton a profitable crop. And what shall wo gain by it ? Possession of the market—an almost entire monopoly of tho trade. That is what we want. We wish to sup ply all Europe as well as our own continent. The 1,400,000 bales of inferior cotton now pro duced by India can and should bo substituted by American cotton, and their labor returned to the production of food crops essential to the comfortable subsistence of those people. In- Appeopeiate- Delicacy. — Mark Twain’s last was a very palpable hit, considered whero it was delivered. The place was the “Hub,” and bo was lecturing on the Sand wich Islands. Speaking of the cannibals, he said: “At this point I usually illustrate can nibalism before the andience; bnt I am a stranger here, and diffident about asking favors. However," he continued, “ if there is any one present who is willing to contribute a baby for the purpose of the lecture, I should be glad to know it now. I am aware, though, that chil dren havo become scarce and high of late, hav ing been thinned ont by neglect and ill treat ment since the woman movement began. dian cotton production has already been prose- cuted at the sacrifice of more than two millions of her people by starvation, and to the outrage of all sound and beneficent principles of public economy. It must be checked and destroyed by better and cheaper cotton than India can prodace, and we in the Sonth should study im provement and economy in production until we can do it. With the substantial monopoly of tho trade, our sectional interests will be secure—the im portance of our industrial and commercial po sition vastly augmented—and the steadiness and security of the grand cotton interest of the United States put beyond debate. Peabody vs. Vanderbilt.—Vanderbilt has had bis statue built and dedicated with appro priate ceremonies. Of course ho paid for it. The cost was $800,000. Mr. Peabody com pleted his abont tbe same time. It consists of benofaetions to various charitable purposes to the amount of $0,590,000. „ The one has fame— the kind of fame that will live so long as there are hearts to bless and tongues to praise him. The other only a cheap notoriety that will not last as long as the appropriate metal of which his statue is built. \ Leppincott for December is on our table. Trollope’s novel, tho “ Vicar of Bnllhampton," and “ Beyond the Breakers^” a story of consid erable power, aro both still running. Among the other articles are several essays and papers of more than average interest—notably one on the coming crisis in Canada, and the education of the negroes of the Sonth. Considering the stand point from which the author of the latter argues, he has not missed the mark more than his class generally do. Young Ketchum, of New York city, who abont three years ago got into great tronble and much notoriety on account of certain financial irregu larities, has been pardoned ont of Sing Sing by Gov. Hoffman. In two affrays in Sumter county last week, Mr. Sheely was severely ent with a knife by Mr. Stokes, and Mr. James Bullock shot by A. S. McKenzie. A girl eighteen years of age, named Mary Sohn, in Baltimore, who was bitten by a dog twenty-two months ago, died on the 15 th of hy drophobia. Nelson, Democrat, for Secretary of State of New York, has 20,235 official majority over Seigel, and Allen, Democrat,, for Comptroller, 25,C over Greeley. North American Insurance Company.—We ■call attention to the advertisement of this mam moth corporation, and the twelve enumerated .advantages it offers to insurers. Mayor Russell, we regret to see by the Au gusta papers, declines to be a candidate for re election as Mayor qf that city. A vibe at Florence, Stewart county, on Wed nesday night, destroyed four storea. No insu rance, and the fire the work of an incendiarv. Tlie Last Bceclicrlan Sensation. In his sormon on Thanksgiving Day, Beecher referred to the “rebellion,” and said its failure ought “not to give ns a notion that the nation is undoubtedly secure from disruption. _ Few know how near the rebellion came to proving a success. It was an attempt which was founded upon bad grounds, upon that which Vas odious to the moral sense of the world; but should the Pacific States in other generations, without slavery, a vile curse interferring, undertake separation on strong commercial, political and economical grounds, the issue would probably be very different. Our late success must not lead ns to suppose that no other attempt would be made if the Southern States, temporarily ex hausted, should renew the struggle on the grounds of political policy and economy. The result could not be foretold. Such was the ex tent of the country that in future, when the re spective parts became populous and wealthy, separation could not bo stayed if their interests lay in a separation. Tho national unity was secure only when it was to the interest of each section that there should be such a unity." While expressing no opinion on the feasibility of separation, even under such a favorable com bination of circumstances as would surround tho Pacific or other States under certain circum stances, we hardly think tho discussion of the question either wise or legitimate now. We havo all taken a good start towards a stronger, and we trust a healthier, Union than ever, and should bo willing tho experiment should have a fair e- 5 - 1 •“* VBJ y nulD ’hat with no disturbing elements onr future must prove a brighter one materially, at least, than ever. All we have to do is to down-brakes, reverse the engino, and run back to whero we were ten years ago, and our future, in the widest sense of tho word, is assured. We will havo trouble of eveiy description if this is not done—that’s be yond dispute. Lot ns all work towards that point of departure and there will be no use troubling even onr imagination with such theo ries and speculations. Of course, men like Mr. Beecher must have their sensations and “shoots,” or else his congregation would vote him “stale, flat and unprofitable;” bnt the great heart and mighty energies of this great people can find occupation much worthier of both. TIi© Republican on tlie Fair. Whero so many people—committees, exhibi tors, railroads, wagon drivers, and laborers of evory kind—are expected to come to time, it is next to impossible to prevent confusion and disappointment. Everybody being new in the business, wo may expect a better arrangement next time, as much will bo learned. It is too big an affair every way to bo managed by a small city like Macon, and tho Society would do a wise thing to have all future fairs held in Sa vannah. We can accommodate the crowd here, provide a convenient location, and have admin istrative minds equal to such an occasion. Then bring the fair to Savannah, where everybody can be comfortably lodged and abundantly fed. No donbt the people would prefer it to any oth er place in the State, if put to vote. Wo clip tho foregoing from tho Savannah Re publican of Saturday. The vast number of strangers in Macon during the Fair excelled the ability of any town in Georgia to accommodate all with entire comfort. Tho utmost hospitality, however, pervaded among all the people, and it was highly appreciated and complimented by tho visitors. Furthermore, onr hotel accomoda tions exceed in extent by a third thoso of any town in the Stale, and tho channels of access to the town by railway aro more numerous than those to any other point in Georgia. We think Macon can, therefore, do better with a large crowd than even Savannah; and as to the ex tent of our mental capacities—having “admin istrative minds equal to such an occasion,” we know it has been a current notion that some- THE SOUTH SEA. HORROR Partlcnlars of the Revolt of Sonth Sen Inlanders on a Coolie Ship. From the San Francisco Bulletin, fiovember 10. By the brig Nautilus, Captain Tomer, whioh arrived from Tahiti yesterday, making the quickest trip on . record—sixty-seven days for the round trip—news is received by a business house in city of one of the most thrilling tragedies ever enacted on tho high seas. It brings to mind the fearful scenes witnessed on board the African slavers several years ago, and surpasses any of tbe dark deeds on shipboard that have been chronicled for a long time. Some two years ago tho French bark Munadi was fitted up by the Tahiti Cotton Company, and sailed for the Gilbert Islands, near Auckland, ostensibly on a trading expedition, bnt really for the purpose of securing a cargo of’coolies, to be used ns slaves on the plantations. _ She was provided with stocks, and arranged in all respects like a slaver. She procured her human freight, and, after considerable difficulty, suc ceeded in completing her voyage in safety, in spite of the obstacles placed in her path by the French Government and the natives. The Mu- riadi venture proved so remunerative that the company could scarcely curb their impatience and wait for the excitement to dio out, before sending for another cargo of woolies. Abont six months ago tho Cotton Company pur chased the bark Margaret Brander, ar ranged her similar to tho Muriadi, and sent her to the Gilbert Islands, under the Tahitian flag, after more “laborers” for their ■ plantation. No unusual preoantions were taken : n equipping tho vessel to enable the offieerc. and crew to withstand any ontnroak winch might taRo and tho owners saw the gallant bark sail away with no apprehension that tho voyage would result tHS^Arously,. The Brander arrived at the Gilbert Islands in due season, and imme diately sot to work procuring the “laborers” wanted. In doing this, .moro trouble was expe rienced than had been anticipated. Tho natives of the Gilbert Islands aro fierce and revengeful, and are bitter in their hatred toward the whites. At last, however, the complement was obtained and the vessel sailed away with three hundred men and women. By some means or other, the natives discovered tho destination of the Bran der, found that they were to be subjected to slavery, and the Muriadi’s cargo had been con verted to that purpose. Instantly they became sullen and eyed their captora with a wicked look. Feeling somewhat insecure, Captain Blackett, who had charge of the vessel, ordered the strictest watch to be kept on the movements made by the coolies, and all possible precautions for the safety of the vessel, officers and crew taken. His fears were not groundless, for, when some two weeks ont, tho coolies rebelled in the night, killed Captain Blackett, two of the officers and several men, and charged aronnd the vessel in the wildest fmy, hacking their victims in the most frightful manner. . While tho poor wretches wore carrying on their horrible work of mutilating and disfig uring their victims, the mate of the vessel man aged to secrete himself below. His absence was soon discovered, and the now half-crazed savages set to work to discover his whereabouts. Mistrusting their intention, and with a presence of mind seldom equalled, he placed a keg of powder under tho main-hatch and arranged a fuse. Then calling out to tho coolies above, he scampored back from the powder as far as pos sible. When the fellows had crowded around the hatchway, and were peering do wn to see him, he fired his fuse, and tho explosion which fol lowed, killed nearly all on board. The lost were so demoralized that they jumped overboard, or fell easy victims to tho remorseless warfare waged by tho mato and the few remaining men. Singular as it may seem, tho vessel was not so badly damaged that she would not float, and the mate succeeded in bringing her back to Tahiti. The Cotton Company feel dissatisfied with their investment, bnt aro not discouraged, and it is currently reported that the vessel is being fitted up for another cruise. heads of the people, but we never heard it claimed before that it increased the amount of solid contents. Beecher’s Thanksgiving Sermon, Seems to have attracted an extraordinary amount of attention in the North. A special to the Louisville Courier-Journal says: Henry Ward Beecher’s Thanksgiving sermon to-day was one of the most remarkable which he ever delivered, being devoted to tho discus sion and eulogy of State rights. He did not think the rebellion had settled the question at issue. He anticipated more secession troubles, and, in the event of another rebellion, might go with the Southerners. He discussed the possi bility of the Government splitting up into four republics, and said that only universal intelli gence and love could save tho republic. In a word, tho sagacity of Beecher has put him a few years ahead of our Northern brethren in making tho discovery -that compulsion and brute force is a poor substitute for consent in a republican government wnicli has no other rightful foundation than tho consent of the peo ple. Well, now, this discovery looks to us down here very much like seeing tho son—a grand sight, doubtless, bnt not an uncommon one. But up in tho North, we havo no donbt it will strike the people with all the force of an orig inal discovery. Colnmbns immortalized himself by discovering the new world; bnt it was there and the Indians saw it n long time before he did; and jnst so with this great truth which Beecher has evolved in the solitude of his study. It was there, and wo saw it, when tho South made this government and founded tho whole of it npon this truth. In fact, onr fathers did not know more than two kinds of government—the one of them a free government, founded on the consent of the people and reflecting their will; and tho other a despotic government, founded npoj a certain alleged divine right to govern the peo ple without their consent and contrary to their will. In relation to the South, tho Radicals have undertaken to mix tho' two by virtue of new names, bnt Beecher has discovered that the at tempt, ss a permanent business, must prove a failure. We think so too; and, therefore, would exhort tho Radicals, if they havo any common sense and Iovo of the Union, to qnit the business of lording it over and dragooning tho South. You havo dealt in whips and scor- pions—fire and lightning, long enough. Try now some gcntlo emollients to allay inflamma tion. Light From A New Quarter.—One Zepha- niah Platt, who is by the grace of what is called “reconstruction” a Circuit Judge in South Caro lina, has dreamed a dream and it has made him prophetic. When men of his ilk talk thus, be sure the light itrtwinking. In a recent charge to the Grand Jury of Barnwell District ho said that “he thought that, at no distant day, indeed ho looked forward with pleasure with the belief that in anothor year all the offices in the State would he filed by intelligent native white Caroli na gentlemen." Accident.—The Eetouton Press and Mesaen ger regrets to learn that a little son of Capt John A. Reid’s, of that county, was accidently shot while out anipe-henting with some gentle men a few days ago. His injuries are serious, bnt Hot considered dangerous, so we are in formed. A train was blown from the track of the Har lem Railroad daring the storm of Thursday last, with the result of burning the baggage car, kill ing one passenger outright, and seriously in juring eight others. The steam saw mill of Merrell Callaway,’Esq., of Americas, was set on fire last week and de stroyed. thing ia the atmosphere of Savannah swelled the Tlie Indian Rubber Comb Company of New York. Visiting onr great State Fair as we do daily, and carefully examining each of the various specimens of the arts of mechanism therein so elegantly displayed, each vieing with the other for supremacy of admiration, our attention was specially attracted to the disply of samples for warded by the manufacturers to onr distin guished mercantile friends, Messrs. J. B. Ross & Son, for exposition in our Fair. First, amongst these comes the endless va riety of goods made by the Indian Rubber Comb Company of New York. Included in the same, there is represented each and every ar ticle of Indian rubber goods made by this en terprising and extensive manufactory, and whose business has grown up within the past fifteen years from a new and unknown source of trade to the astounding magnitude of many millions of dollars annually. These goods be ing so varied and of such exquisite workman ship and design, we propose giving them a more extended notice when more at leisure; and whilst on the subject of samples of combs, etc. we beg to call attention to the samples of Brown & Stevenson’s plain and ornamented steel Ion; combs, dressing combs, pocket and tuck combs in endless variety and of the most elegant workmanship. These fabrics, like the Indian Rubber Company’s goods, are of comparatively new origin, and too, like them, have grown to a magnitude in amount and of consumption, little thought of by the casual observer. And next to samples before referred to of fancy goods, comes the old time tried and sta ple good samples of Messrs. J. O. Noyes & Co.’s raw-horn combs. These goods being known to all dealers, as well as every household through out tho entire South for tho past thirty years, justice requires at our hands a moro than casual notice. Tho manufacture of these goods dates back to onr colonial history. In 1759, Enoch Noyes, tho great grandfather of tho present manufacturer, first commenced tho comb and button business in Newbury, Mass., from which time the samo has been consecutively continued by lineal descendants of the samo ancestry to tho present time. The magnitude of operations in these goods requiring the location of a central distributing depot, the noble pride of honest in dustry prompted Mr. J. C. Noyes, then fifty years of age, to locate bis son, Mr. Charles H. Noyes, in the city of New York, in 1850, whore, like their great progenitor, ho has, by honest thrift and industry, placed himself at tho head of the firm of Noyes, White & Co., whoso busi ness now (independent of the father’s patron age) as importing and commission merchants, amounts to many millions of dollars annually. In the foregoing brief notices wo omitted to say Messrs. Noyes, White & Co. aro agents in New York for all those various goods besides innumerable stylos of other American manufac tures. Tlie Telegraph and messenger. From the Brunswick Appeal, and with our cordial acknowledgments, we take the follow ing: Macon Papers.—The news comes to ns of the sale of the Jonrnal and Messenger to A. W. Reese, reoently its talented editor, and the con solidation of it and that staunch old journal, the Telegraph—Messrs. Clisby & Reese as editors, Such a consolidation of influence, talent and experience has never before been concentrated in any jonrnal in the State, and we predict for the new paper the largest circulation and great est power of any journal Sonth of the Potomac. Rev. Mb. Kko&les.—The last Greensboro Herald says: • We are gratified to Ieam that the Rev. Mr. Knowlef has purchased property, and has permanently located in our city. He exhibits in his daily walk Christian traits -which are an accession to any community. We gladly wel come him as a permanent citizen of our little oity. * DISCOURSE ON THE DIVINE WISDOM AND GOODNESS, Prepared for the Occasion of the late Na tional Tbanlugivlngr, and Delivered before the Georgia State Agrl- * cultural Society, BY REV. DAVID WILLS, D. D. A Homo Made Manure. We extract the following from a communica tion to the Selma Southern Argus: We have the finest portion of the world for our inheritance, and the only land to which mil lions of gold can be drawn without sending a dollar's worth of tho soil’s virtue in return. Our cotton seed is a multiplying gold mine, which hitherto has not been appreciated, but if we do not soon realize their importance, other coun tries will possess them. And here I may re mark that as usually applied, two-thirds or more of their virtue is lost, and it may not be valueless to give some directions for making a compost, in which every pound of cotton seed or stable manure is made to bo worth threo times as nmch as when used in the ordinary ways. Tho following is the plan used by my father in permanently enriching his lands in Virginia, and which has been tried by many in Alabama, with the most gratifying results : 1. Build a “four square” rail pen, about six feet high. 2. In the bottom put a layer six inches deep of mnek, or top soil from fence corners or woods. 3. On this layer of soil put two inches of cot ton seed or stable manure. 4. If to be had put on this one inch of ashes. 5. Having previously dissolved a bushel of salt in abont three barrels of water, with this water slake one barrel of quick lime, and with this salt and lime water wet the layers which ’have been put down. 0. Repeat the courses in order, viz: six inches mnek, two inches cotton seed or manure, one inch ashes (if at hand) and salt and lime water; after the pile is sufficiently high, top with eight inches muck or top soil; and if practicable, shelter the pen. When ready to apply take down one side or moro of the pen, and with a sharp grub hoe shave down the heap from top to bottom, so as to cut the materials fine and mix tho layers. One quart of the compost is worth as much ns the samo amount of cotton seed, and the dirt has been mado ns good as the seed. This is the cheapest and best fertilizer that can bo used. No farmer should waste his sped or stable manure by applying in tho ordi nary way. v For such planters as may not find the time and labor to make such compost, or who may need more than they can manufacture, CoL Wm. Gilham, Philip St. George Cook, Professor of Agricultural Science at the Virginia Military In stitute, will prepare and havo sold in Mobile, Selma and Montgomery, this winter a chemical preparation by use of which evory farmer can manipulate his cotton Eeed into a fertilizer in his own gin-house, at a cost of not more than $30 por ton; and this home made fertilizer will be worth more than the most of commercial ma nures. It will pay better than anything ever before offered to tho people. In order to ob tain the most valuable and scientifically pre pared article, I induced CoL Gilham to make for me and my friends abont Tuscaloosa, this spring, a completo cotton fertilizer, which has been thoroughly test«Hhero this season. Al though that region has suffered by a most ex traordinary drought, Gilham’s fertilizer has ex celled all othors, and paid from one to two hun dred per cent, on the investment; and contain ing every clement of fertility, it has made cot ton on land that was entirely barren. It will afford mo much pleasure to communi cate with any persons who may^desire anything further on these subjects. Yours truly, J. T. Muefee. FALL OF A BOLDING IN ST. LOIXS. Thirteen 3fen Burled In the Ruinn—Six of the Vnfortuuntes Extricated. St. Louis November 19. Abont 8 o'clock this morning a portion of the large new stone-front building on the southeast corner of Olivo and Fifth streets fell, with a ter rible crash, bnrying from nino to thirteen men, at work in the basement. At this writing, six men have been taken ont of the mins, one of whom, Napoleon Astor, has six ribs broken, two severe wounds on the head, and his longs badly injured. He cannot live. Francis Beayer, se vere wound ia the spine, and hip joint badly twisted: John-Switzer, badly braised on the head and different parts of the body; A. L. Johnson, Conrad Alt and Joseph Strouder, only slightly injured. Desperate exertions are being made to extricate the others from the rains. It appears*that tho foundation portion of tho building which fell has been settling for some days, and while the men were shoving np a col umn in the basement to put under it a new iron plate and stone, plint, which had been broken, the partition wall, 13 inches thick, resting on top of columns in the basement, and extending to the roof, came down with a crash, bringing with it ail manner of portions and abont 45 feet of the outside sonth wall of the building. Ev erything fell inwardly, therefore no one on the street was injured.’ The part of the building whioh fell was 45 by 30 feet, extending to the inward court. ' . [published by request.] Oh that men would praise the Lord for Hie good ness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men. Psalm evii and viil verse. There is peculiar prominence given to the office of thanksgiving in the holy Scriptures, and especially fn the sacred Psalter. The book of Genesis opens with the matin-song to the Almighty Maker of heaven and earth, and the notes of this noble morning anthem have echoed and re-echoed through the aisles and arches of the majestic temple of Divine truth till lost in tho apocalyptic voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord Ood Omnipotent reigneth. But the book of Psalms is an eminently enoharistio composition, in which the praises of the God of nature and grace aro celebrated with tho highest poetio magnificence and fervor, and on all manner of instruments from the liquid tones of the lute and harp to the bolder sweep of the cymbal and tho high-sounding cymbal. These inspired lyrics of tho sweet singer of Israel were sounded aloud in tho temple-worship during the bright-' est epochs of Jewish glory, and in all the sub sequent ages of the church the pious heart has found’them a fitting channel through which to send the gushing streams of its gratitude into tho bosom of Infinite purity and love. All the uninspired poetry of ancient and modem times does not embody such a quantity of pure and snhlimo devotional feeling and sentiment. Hence, Lamartine, the illustrious Frenchman, writes: “The little shepherd has become tho master of the sacred choir of the Universe. There is not a worship on earth which prays not with his words and sings not with his voice. A chord of bi3 harp is to be found in all choirs, re sounding everywhere and forever in unison with the echoes of Horeb and Engedi. David is the psalmist of eternity. "When my spirit is excited or devotional, and seeks for an echo to its en thusiasm, I do not open Pindar or Horace, those purely academic poets. I open the Book of Psalms, and there I find words which seem to issue from the soul of the ages, and which penetrate even to the hoart of all generations. Happy the bard who has thus become the eter nal hymn to all humanity.” Hnmboldt, tho world-renowned naturalist, regarded tho CIV Psalm as tho grandest poem on Creation which adorns the annals of timo. All nature may be likened to a metropolitan cathedral, whose countless orchestras perpetu ally extol the wisdom and beneficence of the glorious Creator.- The star-choirs above go toning on in eternal ecstneies to Him who calls them all by name—the bright summer land scape, bathed in tho broad sunlight and waving with life and luxuriance, sings a song of the beautiful and tho good—the solemn alto notes of tho autumn winds and winterfloods, mingling with tho deep boss of the swelling seas and led on by the loud soprano voices which fill the air with praise—these are some of* the unwritten melodies which are poured in ceaseless tides into the ear of the great Eternal. David calls npon everything to chant the Benedieite to the Supreme and Universal Benefactor, and the au thor of the book which bears this name has shown with surprising beauty and skill how all the works of God do praise Him. ■When we speak of the poetry and mnsio of this mundano sphere, we must not be supposed to have any sympathy with the principles of Pantheism. The pantheist resolves all the ele ments of matter into moro vital foroes, and boldly denies the all pervading presence and energy of tho Divine Being. “With him nature is God and God is nature. But tho Christian doctrine is that whilst the Deity fills, with His own infinite fullness, all time and space, He is as distinct from His works as the soul from the body. And yet we may gather materials for the warmest devotion from tho glories of the heavens and the beauties of the earth; hence, Milton’s morning orison in Paradise, and Thomson’s noble hymn to the God of the sea sons have no pantheistic tendencies, bnt aro eminently suited to inspire the mind with tho loftiest sentiments of admiration and awe. The passage wo have selected for yonr medi tations this morning, constitutes the chorus of a grand thanksgiving psalm for the return of ex iles. tho release of prisoners, tho restoration of the sick, the preservation of mariners, and for tho prosperity and happiness of husbandmen.. The precise ocoasion on which it was originally employed is not so certain, bnt nono will doubt that it is admirably adapted to all people who desire to pour out their hearts in grateful emo tions to the Giver of every good and perfect gift. Tho text naturally resolves itself into a three fold division. 1. The object of supreme adora tion and praise. 2. The proper occasions for thanksgiving. 3. ’The true, practical mode by which we as a people are providentially called, to render thanks to Almighty God. In tho first place, then, let us consider the ob ject of our supreme adoration and praise.— Christians, friends and fellow-citizns, we are as sembled in obedience to tho proclamation of the President £>f the United States, who has re- oomended that Thursday, the 18th day cf No vember, be observed as a day of thanksgiving and praise and prayer to Almighty God, the Creator and Ruler of the universe, and that all the people of the United StAtes do assemble in their accustomed places of public worship, and unite in tho homage and praise due to the bountiful Father of all mercies, and in forvent prayer for the continuance of the manifold blessings He has vouchsafed to us ns a people. Now, according to tho current teachings of tho word of God, and the express language of the proclamation, we are to rise this day above all the principalities and powers of the enrth, and to render thanksgiving and praiso to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. That there is an infinitely wise, holy, powerful and glorious Being, who commands the highest love and homage of our hearts, no rational and moral being can conscientiously deny. IVo confess to tho belief that conscientious atheism does not oxist. Paley’s celebrated argument from effect to eaus9, from design to a Sovereign Designer, is absolutely unanswerable. And Bishop Butler’s and Lord Brougham’s 'appeal to personal con sciousness is irresistible and thrilling. Hence, Dr. Chalmers has well said that the theology of conscience has done more to uphold a sense of God in the world than all the theology of-ec- adomio demonstration. It is the powerful say ing of Lord Bacon, “I had rather believe all the fables of the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because His ordinary works convince it" Is it to be wondered at then, that Addison would have told a man who gloried in tho name of atheist, that he was an impudent liar, and that he knew it? There is as much troth as poetry in Col eridge's sublime strain, uttered in the Yale of Chamouny: Ood! let tho torrents like a shout of nations Answer, and let the ice-plains echo Ood! God! sing ye meadow-Btreama with gladsome voice! Ye pine groves with your soft and soul-like sounds! Ana they too have a voice, yon piles of snow. And, in their perilous fall shall thunder Ood! Ye living flowers that skirt the eternal frost, Yo wild goats sporting’round the eagle’s nest. Yo eagles, playmates of the mountain storm. Ye lightnings, the dread arrows of the clouds, Ye signs and wonders of the elements. Utter forth Ood! and fill the bills with praise; And tell the silent Bky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun. Earth, with her thousand voices,-praises God! We hear from Rpme, says the Poll Mall Ga zette, of November 1st, that at the approaching Council, red, blue and white balls will be em ployed to represent the votes in the following manner: .‘.‘The red will be affirmative, the blue negative, the white will express donbt or dis sent, hesitation or scepticism.” Bnt it is not God simply as Creator, but as moral Governor of the world whom we axe ever to acknowledge and adore. There are those who accept the doctrine of the Divine existence, and yet deny the faot of God's providential government over His crea tures and all their actions. This grave popular error is technically termed naturalism, a system which teaches that the world whioh was original ly created by Divine power, is continually up held in its course by a sort of self-sustained mechanism, and that what are called the works of Providence are only a series of natural de velopments which take place according to cer tain fixed laws and dispositions of matter. Ao- oordingly Melancthon says many men view the Almighty aa a mere shipbuilder, who, after building a world, launched it forjh and left it to take care of itself. But the true Bible theory is that the same Power upholds and governs this wondrous frame that created it: so that the old divines were right in regarding the whole system of Providence bnt as a continued creation. It is true that Infinite ’Wisdom op erates by laws, and every violation of these, either in the material or moral world, is always followed by a penalty. True science is there fore in harmony with revelation on this point Newton declared that every step taken in induc tive philosophy is to be highly valued, because it brings ns nearer to the First Cause. And again he says, in the Principia : “A god without do minion and providence is nothing bnt fate and nature. ” When the thrilling thunders of Water loo had died away, Wellington’s words were : *‘The'flDger of Providence was npon me." And amid the earthquake voice of victory, our great Southern chieftain, Stonewall Jackson, always ascribed the glory of his grandest achievements to tho God of battles. The heroes of all histo ries have uniformly recognized an overruling Providence. The sixty-fifth Psalm is a beauti ful recognition of Divine agency in the depart ment of husbandry: “Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water. Thou waterest the ridges thereof; thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft ( with show ers. Thou crownest the year with thy good ness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness ; *and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures aro clothed with flocks; the valleys also are cov ered with corn; they shoutfor joy, they also sing." No class of men are brought into closer com munion with nature, and, therefore, have better opportunities to behold the curious operations of the Divine hand than the cultivators of the soil, and, consequently, nono havo more occasion for tho exercise of faith and stronger incentive to foster the virtues of humility, gratitude and patience. They may not only witness the more sublime and startling displays of Divine wisdom, goodness and power, but they can see God man ifest in the soft showers and beanteons robes of spring, in the rich fruits of rammer and in the golden gatherings of autumn. They can hear him in the music of the streams, the thunder of tho torrents and in the wild echoes of the hills and valleys, and they are those who peculiarly feel their dependence on the author of the sea sons. “If an nndevout astronomer is mad,” an uudevout agriculturist is a madman also. Under this aspect of the subject, then, how exceeding ly appropriate is the prayer that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men. If, under these circnmstances, the Divine Preserver is not seen and acknowledged, then the com plaint of the poet is as just as if is beaujifoL “Bat wandering oft with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not tho mighty hand, That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres; * Works in the secret deep; shoots steaming, tlic-ive The fair profusion that o’erspreads the spring; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day; Fee.is every creature; hurls tlie tempest forth: And, as on earth this grateful change revolves. With transport touches all tho springs of life.” We are to consider in the second place the proper occasions for thanksgiving. The ques tion has often been asked, “what have we of the South to be thankful for?" and the ready answer is for the unnumbered and undeserved benefactions of Providence, or as it is in the text, “ for His goodness and wonderful works.” God our Father has made nature a magnificent and unfailing benefactress to ns and to all man kind. All physical laws aDd agents are wisely adapted to the mental and moral constitution of man, and he has been made the monarch of the animal creation. His Maker has crowned him with glory and honor and has set him over the works of His hands. So that he can proudly repeat the stanza— “ For me, tho mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from & thousand springs; Seas roll to waft mo—suns to light me rise; My foothold, earth—my canopy, tho skies.” But there are manifold favors which distin guish ns as a people, and for which we should feel profoundly grateful to God. ' The breath of pestilence has not fallen on our shores, bnt the bright hues of health have everywhere glowed on the face of a happy population during the days of another year; abundant crops have crowned the fields asa diadem; onrbarrep soil has grown fat under the hand of a moro liberal cul ture ; onr cities and streams are resounding with the clanking music of mills and manufactories; our colored laborers are, as a class, peaceable and devoted to the cause of the snow-crowned and commerce-ruling king of our climate; our political nnd financial condition, as a State, is for better than is enjoyed in onr sister States; onr harmony as Georgians, on all tho great is sues of the day, is indeed remarkable; the growth of conservative sentiment among our peo ple is steady and irresistible as that of th'e majes tic oak of the forest; tho white wings of our com merce have proudly waved over the wide waters; tho rich mines of the earth have poured forth a golden flood and increased tho wealth nnd strength of the States; the blessings of peace, like the rosy anddewy dawn, are radiantfrom sea to sea, and is it not a fact that onr civil and re ligious privileges are still greater than the des potisms of Asia or the monarchies of Europe vouchsafe to their subjects? In the late nnhappy war, the citizens of this section of the Union lost everything hut their lands and their honor, and what people has ever before been so wonderfully preserved when onr political condition was a sort of chaos, and ral lied so quickly from their reverses ? What peo ple has ever been moro smiled npon by Heaven ia their efforts to rebuild their broken fortunes? And whore on the face of the broad earth can you find forty millions of Adam’s family who enjoy brighter prospects for the future. De spite our pecuniary losses, political burdens, and sectional prejudices, we believe wo have it in onr powtr to become the most free, prosper ous and happy people under the sun. Tho heart that docs not dissolve in gratitude in view of all these loving kindnesses and tender mercies must be cold as ice and hard as the adamant. The evidences of life and prosperity which are strewn over these Fair Grounds to day are gratifying to behold, and we can never be sufficiently thankful for tho unspeakable privilege of worshipping the Triune Jehovah under our own vine and fig tree, and for the light of immortality which sheds its snpernal glories over this dark world of sin and sorrow. So long as sinners such as we are out of tho pit, onr lips ought to be loaded with benedictions. Can wo not, then,, join again in tho glorious ex clamation, Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men. In the third place, we aro to consider the true and acceptable way of expressing onr thanks, as a people, to the Father of our mer cies and the God of nil our comforts. Our for mal observance of this day will accomplish no good results unless we resolve, under the in spiration of the occasion, and in the strength of God, to meet bravely the duties of the hour. All genuine thanksgiving consists in action. It is not lip but life service which is well pleasing to the Most High. He is praised and honored when we act well onr parts in all the relations of life. The transcendently solemn and sub lime question then is, what must we do, as cit izens of Georgia, and as a component part of the American Union, in the present juncture of affairs, to Recure the benediction of Heaven, and to advance the true interests of the com monwealth and country? The time will only permit us to skirt the bolder headlands of this particular territory of thought. It is clearly our duty, my countrymen, to cul tivate peace and good will at all times and to ward all men, and specially toward all the mem bers of the great family of free and indepen dent States. Every good and true man onght and will ever protest against the wrong, and God forbid that any one among ns claiming to be a patriot or Christian should ever be com mended for acting a contrary part. He is too mean and oontemptible to live or die, who kisses the foot that kioks and tramples npon him. But the precise point we insist npon is that Chris tianity inculcates the law of love and forgive ness, and that it is obviously our wisest policy, in the present crisis,-to seek to buryxfid preju dices and to heal sectional divisions and war wounds, and to conciliate and nnify tbe Ameri can nation. This government is not to be held together by the iron rods of force, but only by the golden bands of brotherhood. It is only a bald truism to state that Republics rest npon the affections of the people, and everything that tends to alienate one section from another be comes a source of weakness and peril In such a form of government all discordant elements must be eliminated or its dissolution is only a question of time. And we here take the opportu nity of saying that none will ever exoel onr South ern people in their attachments to theGovernment when it is administered according to the princi ples of the Constitution and with the spirit of impartiality and affection, and that none will open their a ram wider to receive good and use ful citizens from every part of the land. .Treat us right and we will be loving and loyal to tho core. To the distinguished guests from abroad who have honored us with their presence, and especially to those of them who have always been friends of the South, we tender a warm hearted welcome, and bid them beer back to their kind friends and neighbors in the North the cordial greetings.of this great Common wealth. ‘2. It is plainly our duty to use all the means whioh Pnjjjdenoe has afforded ns to develop the immense mineral and agricultural which are locked np in the bowefcotT*** jestio mountains, and are enjoying' slumber in the bosom of our broad valleys. God, in his goodness haa^*®^®* people of the SouthTa magnifi^n? which is attracting the attention of world, and which, at no distant dav ia under an improved system of ain-itito.' come like the rich Sd“pleX t ’ ^ Palestine, that goodly land flowing^T* 0 * and honey which the Lord God Abraham, unto Isaqp and unto Jacob aat o two essential elements of fertility which f ° **• and moisture. HeatdependsprimarilvoM^ lle * 1 and secondarily on the currents of the air. The moisture in a given region is on the direction of the winds, Mid also lationof this direction to tbe direefiV? > te- mountains. In the United States therea? each other—the Rocky Mountain svstom . west and the Appallaohian system on u,° n!ts There also two systems of winds-an nn ® east a surface system-the upper blowing conH? 3 ouriy from the west at a considered* ousiyiromtne west at a considerable and occasionally coming to the surfaced surface wind in summer alone th« .«* summer system is from the southwest^ bearing . the moisture from the Guif of Menmv^ upper wind passes over the Rocky AW',;- right angles to the mountain ranges anr i‘ 3s ? 1 this passage it is thrown into a hi B W ® colder region, it deposits the vapor’wh^ gathers from the Pacific in tho fonT 1 rain and snow on the western faces and tin,! the mountain ranges, thus leaving the valleys between dry and sterile. ° *** On the other hand, the surface wind. ~y , in summer passes along the Appallachian tem, is parallel with the mountain ranee? consequently carries tho vapor from the Gulf f Mexico and deposits it in the valleys as weU * on the mountain tops, rendering the whoW gion extremely fertile and graduating theW and moisture to all the varieties of Tewtrti,. which are valuablo to man. “ Uoa This latter chain of mountains, beginninc Alabama, passing through this Stati and Vb gima, and on to Pennsylvania, contains mechanical power and the material of aechati cal construction in the commodities of coal a? iron, than can be found in any other part of £ globe. And in a few years thesa boundless tl sources are to be developed to enhance the rf* ries of Southern civilization.—Essay of P%> Henry, of Smithsonian Institute. ' *' Georgia is unquestionably the Empire Stateof the South, and with the dignity and necessitvrf labor everywhere acknowledged, she must soon hine as a star of the first magnitude in tbe Amt;, ican constellation. Sweat of the brow, as vd ns sweat of the brain, is essential to a great, sir. tnous and happy people. Once more: Th» blessings of liberal ednes. tion must crown this grand old commonweal^ if we would be that favored people whoso Godis the Lord. ' We must not only ro-endow and re-invigo. rate onr old colleges and universities, but mist provide increased facilities for mental culture for the masses of our population, without re. speetto past relations and future resets. I-, telligence is an integral element in good citizen, ship, and ignorance is the enemy of everything that is pure, lovely and of good report The highest type of civilization is that which is based on science and not that of the Greeks atd Romans, which rested on ignorance and super- stitntion. The end of all true science is to re. deem man from the curse of labor and to mis the elements of nature accomplish what was formerly effected by mere brute force. Accord- ingly it has been proved by experiment that twenty tons of coal when burnt under onoofths best steam engines is equal to the active labor of an individual during an ordinary lifetime. The two grand advantages which modem civil, ization has over ancient civilization are—hr:; in the application of the powers of nature to tho practical purposes of life, and second in the superior morality whioh Christianity has infused into it. And this brings mo to my last remark, which is, that a pnre and living religion is the strength nnd glory of States as well as of individuals. Vital Christianity is the acknowledged support and ornament of civil society, and is profitable to all things pertaining to thus life and to ih; which is to come. Skepticsm, heresy, and sa intense worldliness arc rolling in upon us lie tho waves of the sea, and threatening to sweep away tho foundations of our holy faith. A mere material civilization is net sufficient. A gross materialism is the curse of the age. Gold is tho god most supremely end habitafl; worshipped on this continent, and money an- swereth all things, is the cherished creed of on countrymen. Against this abominable idolatry of wealth Heaven’s high reproof is Rounding from the shores of the Atlantic to tho banks of the Pacific. Onr fathers lived and died under the glorious vision that this American nation was raised up to be the federal representative of civil and re ligious liberty to all the nations of tho earth, and who can tell trat the integrity of the Tuic: has been upheld to verify this grand idea of de parted patriots and statesmen? LetU3endeav or as Americans, then, to rise to a level with the magnitude of onr mission, and to use wisely all the means Divine Providence has placed is our hands to elevate this generation and te evangelize tho world. Then may we hope te realize the magnificent picture and prophesy 01 Milton: “Methinks I see in my mind a not’e and puissant nation rousing herself like a stror? man after sleep, and shaking her invinc;hc locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewkg her mighty youth, and kindling her undaziled eyes at tho full midday beam; purging and un sealing her long abused sight at the fountain k self of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, at what she means, and in their envious gatb.e would prognosticate a year of sects schisms.” The Supreme Court an«l Keconsfrnf The Washington correspondent of the Charier ton Courier says: ’ The long threatened conflict between tlie Fed eral judiciary and Congress is again deferred, though not sbttled. It is plain that the cr-nnid likely to arise from the Texan and MJsms^I® Habeas Corpus cases ha3 been evaded tlir--:- the tact and prudence of President Grant- tj was first thought that the Attornev-Ger.tr:- would compromise the question by withdraw^?, his opposition to the application for the write' Habeas Corpus. In that case the Governs® would have yieided the point, and the judior? would have been openly sustained, and c® 5 *-’ rational guarantees affirmed. This result ri- seen and evaded by the Attorney-General. he could not carry out the extreme views of® Government, he took care that the Governs®, should be permitted to retire from tfc* with the honors of war. I am persuaded tn Grant himself was tho prompter and author the arrangement which has been finally i®"' Yerger and his Texan compeer are to remuin their present condition for an indefinite tun that is, until the Executive Government 6 . see fit to turn them over to the civil autno- for trial. The Supreme Court, on its take no order at all on the subject, content with the a formation of its jurisdicn On the other hand, the Executive Govern*: relaxes its enforcement of the Re-constniom laws, but does not yield the right to it. Yaslati: or, Until Death Us »° p#rfc From the Columbus Sun and Time*.] , , (£t This is the title of the new novel from , pen of Sirs. Wilson, formerly Miss Augu 5 ^ Evans. It is a volume of 473 pages, lished by Carlton, in excellent style. is dedicated to the father of Mrs- VTil® ^ died whilo it was in preparation, said to have for its theme the question* , vorces. We have not had time to g“ nc ®. ® -Ji! its contents, and must defer further non® . we do so. No matter what maybe tneJjjj ment of the publio or individuals, the M®' e Beulah, St Elmo^nd Macaria, is bound to many purchasers and readers. . , The author makes for the critics m face, whioh consists of the following quos^ ^ “Every man has his own style, as he *!^ own nose; and it is neither politio no* ^ tian to rally an honest man about y* however singular it maybe. Ho*c» j it that my style is not different That no affectation in it, I am very certain- stng. “Yea, I take myself to witness That I have loved no daiknees, Sophisticated no truth, Nursed no delusion, Allowed no fear." , \3faUhcu In company with some editorial fn*"*” jti called On Mrs. Wilson, in Mobile psst spring. One of our friends, Cspwjjv son, of the Charleston News, in *. e !5* r ^5®iV tor abont Mobile, Minded to the visit, „ ^ to the noee of Mrs. Wilson, whioh w fined. Sines reading the F***?*’ nT**#' wondered if it was called forth by a* allusion. If so, it is curious. ftofitofiSm* the critics may spare her nose, will not keep ths violent pons of sure frem her book.