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1 LW- OUSBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Jodbhal.—New s—j?olitios—iteratoke—Agbrcultube—Dome'sYio Afpairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1869. VOL. LXIV-NO. 22. (i or tho Telegraph and Mesjcn^cr- - True Womnnliood. BY SIDNEY HERBERT. jn^riDcd to Col. n. B. Tompkins, Clayton, Ala. nf »11 the type* of tho P nr0 and E°° a » Ifka nohleat is that of trao womanhood, llan may be bravo, and greatness achieve,; Vet woman bis homage mu3t 8tiu receivo. ffonien there are—and thoir number is great— won ia sink their sex to a low estate; Eat all through life's rugged and cloudy wav 8 womanhood shines with serenest ray. me nurse of infancy and the guide of youth, drives us the first unfoldings of truth. «,! sweet the presence of mother and wife, mit eo cheers our hearts ’mid lifo’s toil and strife; mat, when tbrf dark clouds of misfortune fall, ini cover tho home with their frowning pall, Meets all our sad doubts and our fears and sighs tVidi a hope and a faith that never dies. Without hor sweet smile, without her pure love, rirth could not fit us for heaven abovo; Her presence, that cheers ns and guidoa our feet, By tho grace of God, makes our spirits meet for the kingdom abovo, and Christ the Lord, Where, and by whom, sbo trill have her reward. Here, ehe must toil ’mid earth’s pain and its sin, pnt there—blessed thought—shall her rest begin. system is the giving to Congress of tho power to control the rate of interest on the national bonds, and by this means to regulate all busi ness transactions. It is held that this is the only way that the value of money can bo regu lated. The law declaring that 23* gr. gold shall be a dollar does not regulate tho value of money; it only'fixes the value of gold. The rate of in terest determines the value of money; it is this that gives the power to accumulate property on the products of labor. With such views the Executive Committeo of the National Labor Union will endeavor to pre vent tho funding of tho debt in long bonds) and the resumption of specie payments. They are for tho payment of the five-twenty | bonds in greenbacks, as they say, according to j the terms of the contract, for a free banking system, and currency expansion; and letters re ceived here from reliable sources in tho West go to prove that their idoas are growing more prevalent every day. The Executive Committee of tho Working men’s Union maintain that the fear of an over issue of currency, which defeated tho hopes of ■ Pendleton, cannot affect their plan of converti ble bonds at low intorcst; but that when prop erly understood their monetary system will re store prosperity to the country; stop the rapid concentration of capital in a few hands, and revolutionize tho laws governing tho distribu tion of the products of industry not only in this country but throughout the world. gneb was tho dear one whose loss you deplore, And whose look of lovo you may sse no more. Ifc in heaven’s courts, at the throne of God. We all shall moot to “pass under tho rod." There, there, in tho midst of glorieo bright, That are never darkened by shades of night, She will have a homo with Christ, her Lord, Anil this shall be her eternal reward. Clayton, Ala., 1869. - Fronde LiberalChristian.] The Future. What mav we take into the vast forever ? That marble door tBmitj. no fruit of all our long endeavor, No fame-wreathed crown we wore, No garnered loro. What can wo hear beyond the unknown portal ? No gold, no gains Of all onr toiling; in tho life immortal No hoarded wealth remains, Nor guilds, nor stains. Naked from ont that far abyss behind us Wo entered hero; No word came with onr coming, to remind us, ' What wondrous world was near, No hope, no fear. Into tho silent, starless night before ns, Naked wo glide; No hand has mapped the constellations o’er us, No comrade at onr side, No chart, no guide. Yet, fearless, toward that midnight, black and hollow, Onr footsteps faro; The beckoning of a Father’s hand wo follow— His lovo alono is there, No curse, no care. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Congressional Rlnes—The lobby—Wash- Ington Hotels, etc. Washington, December 4, 18G9. Editori Telegraph & Messenger: In the good old days of the Democracy, “Bings" wero never heard of — political “Rings” I mean, of course. Now it appears that nothing can be dono without them. Tho noted “ whisky ring” is already a power in the land.»There are “ Rings " to get men into office; and “ Rings " to got them out. There The National, — Here we find Senator Ram- soy, fresh from his pleasurings in Paris at the expense of the public Treasury. Ostensibly he was sent out to negotiate a postal treaty, in which he most ingloriously failed. Mr. Wash- burne, who draws a salary as American Minis ter at the Court of St. Denis, not having time to attend to such trifles, .was disporting himself meanwhile at Baden Baden. The National will be the headquarters of tho Minnesotians during the session of Congress. This hotel is remarkable for its “ trooly loil ’’ news-stand, from which “copperhead” news papers are rigidly excluded. WnxAEn’s. — The gossip at this hotel last night was made np principally of arguments and considerations that referred to the many who are eager to come before Congress with bills and appropriations for thoir individual ben efit and advancement. The presence of so many members of the Committee of Ways and Means may have naturally turned the conversa tion in that channel. Hon. James Brooks, of New York, editor of tho New York Evening Express, Mr. Blaine, Speaker of the House, and a dozen or more of Senators and members of the House, are registered hero. Among tho guests is Ex-Governor Dorr, of California, re- I contly appointed Minister to China, who visits ■ the seat of Government not only to receive his I instrnctions from tho Secretary of State upon questions of Chinese policy, bat to endeavor to i have the mission raised to a first class embassy, j It is probable he will succeed. Hon. J. B. J Chaffee, Governor of Colorado, is also here, : and when asked “ on what business,” jokingly ! answered, that the purport of his visit was to secure the removal of the Capital to Danver City. It is thought, however, ho is engaged in some enterprise likely to prove more beneficial to the far West The Ebbut House.—This is the favorite re sort of the officers of the army and navy; its well appointed bar, seductive cook-tails and velvety “whisky straight,” conducing not a lit tle to its popularity. The signature of the Hon. J. C. Breckenridge is seen upon the register; and his handsome figure and fine face attract the attention of everybody as he passes in and out Schenek, of Ohio, is hero, girding np his are steamboat and railroad “Bings;” and, ... m “Rings” whichexistbyfrand,corrnptionand;l^.^« said to contestwith Beast Bntler black-mail. The members of these rings dance 1116 leadership of the notlse The most conspicuous object at the Ebbit House upon entering tho area about tho office, i and mako merry, but it is tho people who pay the fiddler. They wear purple and fine linen, ^ petition in favor of Cuba, spread ont on and sparkling diamonds; but it is the hard j the counter, awaiting signatures. A long white earnings of the laborers and the brain-workers sheet or roll of paper, is_ headed: Rise Cuba. . of the conntry which pay for these things. In these 11 rings " Congressmen—it would be start- Wines—ambrosial nectar—rare and ripe and sparkling. Guests from every section, in whose ranks may be found the representative of every profession. Hero may be met the learned advo cate fresh from the tribunal of justice;-the skilled physician fr8m tho bed-side of tho inva lid ; the son of Mars, and tho follower of Nep- tuno; the astnto judge from tho ermined bench: the legislator from tho councils of the nation; tho literatour whose scintillations enliven the assembly; the diplomat, freed from the labors of national complications; the financier, re lieved from tho anxiety of a fluctuating market. These form the class of visitors to this sympo sium. Dost like tho picture ? It doos not ex actly realize the imaginary homo Claude Mel- notto’s love for Paulino drew; but ’twilldo. Comparison with European palaces is not my purpose; but that whioh'I: Would describe in all its appointments is strictly palatial, for it is the residence of the Goddess Fortune, whoso way ward fickleness has never diminished her army of adorers. The Season.—I have already briefly sketched the scenes at the principal hotels, where' the gaiety is for tho most part made np of wines, whisky, cigars and cards. But many officials and Congressmen havo purchased, or leased, and elegantly fitted up, private residences, whero breakfasts, dinners, receptions, and balls will bo the order of the day and night. It hap pens some times that these gatherings' are rather mixed; bat that matters not to gaiety- seekers at the Capital. If a blackleg or a cour tezan should mingle with foreign ministers, Senators and their wives, Representatives and dittos, and if there should be a plentiful sprin kling of shoddy, it is not to be wondered at. This is a fast age; and tho gait is rapid at the Capital during “ tho season.” Unsophisticated people are sometimes led to ask how it is that Senators and Representatives and Government officials, who came here a short time since in an impecunious condition, and whose legitimate pay is so small, are enabled to purchase and pay for costly residences and to live in a style of al most regal splendor. But, if the query be ad dressed to our habitue, ten to one he wifi simply shrng his shoulders and say, Quien sale! Pbepabations fob Congress.—For some time past busy preparations have been making in the Capitol building for tho assembling of the Forty-second Congress. Tho work is now com pleted, and the result is a palace, which would have rejoiced the hearts of the Kings and Queens of old. In many of the committeo rooms costly carpets of Brussels and velvet have been laid down; and tho fittings and fur niture are elegant enough for a boudoir. The Vice President’s room has not been overlooked, of course, 7 but has been garnished in corres ponding splendor. A new carpet has been laid down in tho House of Representatives, but in the Senate Chamber the carpet .which has done duty for two years will again sink under the tread of “grave and reverend Senators." The furniture in both Chambers has been polished and varnished anew, and some additions made. A new apparatus for heating the building will be put in operation this winter, which provides for exhausting the impure air as fast as fresh moistened air ascends from the basement. This will, it is thought, obviate the necessity of our National Legislators “moistening their clay” so often in the sanctum presided over by Down ing. This will bo bad for Downing; but per haps well for the country. ■When I next write I shall tell of the opening scenes of Congress. Dalton. Under this is the Cuba flag, and a mnp of tho Island, colored and divided, with tho following foot notes: “The portion of the Island rescued from insatiate Spanish tyranny is colored red;” this constitutes about two-thirds of tho Island. “The portion in yellow is still within the grasp of a brutal despotism." Then follows an appeal to the friends of Cuba to sign this petition, which asks Congress to acknowledge her rights as a belligerent power, and to recognizo her in- ling were I to state how many—are often the central figures. They have their “strikers,” who lounge about tho hotels looking for fat “jobs;” for men who have claims against the Government, or bills to get through Congress. In the case of claims, it is necessary sometimes to expend a certain amount of money in the ] de P™ ^t_ GT0K ._ Bat « b irdsof passage” Departments. Bills are got through Congress j haVQ ag yet found their way to this elegant es- by money paid down, and by compromise. Says j tablishment, where all is nowin readiness to one Congressmen to another, “ You vote for my recoive the incoming throng that later will bo “• „d 111! (or So (ho bill i, ; to “.SS’iooSrllS passed. Sometimes it is a just one; bnt ottener . fir0 a i read y installed in their palatial suites it is a legalized robbery of the public Treasury, j of ’ a p ar tments. Tho elegant coupe of “Carl A poor man or poor woman, who applies to Benson,” which in the envy of. his poorer Congress for tho necessary legislation, to obtain ■ pothers ^r^bSakotkc.nlclves to° tho that which is rightly dne, stands no chance whnt-: stre °. ca ra, is often seen boforo tho door; as ever. Be the bill jnist or nnjnst it must bo lob- we jj BS tho stylish coaches Messrs. Naylor & .tied through Congress; and money must bo j Bro. have provided for the transportation of Th«« to alt men at tho Capital. j ‘. ce j iere j t<l private dinners; and it wiU bo the The Loncy.—Every one has heard of the Lob- : 8Cen0 during tho winter of many social ro- by, sometimes called tho “Third House;” and . unions of this kind. The banquet to be given it is not less powerful than the legabzed bodies J^^^^l^e^^i^robably open'fte which sit in the Capitol building. ThoNational. senson Intelligencer, under its now management, has a j j n a <jdition to the usual table d'hote of the lobby editor, whose duty it is to visit the hotels hotel, there is attached, in what is known as members of the.lobby h„. wsay. I propose to accompany him on one of breakfast O rdino a la carte-e. diraderatum to his daily rounds. We first visit • those afflicted with lato or irregular hours; The Metropolitan—This istlib oldest; hotel and the chef dc cuieine is Popilnrdo, whoso in the city, formerly tho Indian Queen Tavern, ' fame is familiar to -.‘ji® ^pt by Daniel McKerwin, in 1815; afterwards °^ 9 ! a 6 n Ho M e, it Alb’any. and Brown’s Indian Queen Hotel, then Brown’s bo- ft u -j do repute as careful and excellent tel and now tho Metropolitan. There are many managers. ’; essociations of tho older time connected with it; j-,,- Other Hotels.—At the St. James, the Ga-e- of meu whose names wero household words, and dcijia, the Kirkwook, the American, and nii- of women whoso beauty and accomplishments merous other.hotels, may be found astray Con- end elevated position lent Instre to Washington g ressraa n or a Senator; but- the lobyists resort wriety, and reflected credit npohihe American tQ great cara van femes already described, name. Among tho guests at the Metropolitan q> JOEB ’g Lair.—There is a lobby whose mo Gen. Maroy, Inspector General, United nalue j do not choose to give, whose influence is States Army; Hon. Cornelius Wendell; Gen. Jn ^ remo test circles of society, but whose Mecm, of Virginia; J. B. McCulloch, better dcs ; g - natc(1 p i ace and city number shall remain known as* “Mack,” of tho Cincinnati Enquirer; ^ nnfenown The dignity and-exalted po- J.S. Barbour, President of tho Orange and ^ 0 fi ts visitors, their variety of character Alexandria Railroad; Alexander Delmar, of the ^ t , w an d the weight and gravity of the hational Intelligencer; Judge Miller, of theSu- Bub - cls considere d, make it a more prominent Preme Court, and Paymaster General Bnce. £££ ££ many ^ng all the others corn- Becisious of the Supreme Court or Georgia. DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER C. From the Atlanta Constitution.] Tho Court convened at 10 o’clock a. m,, De cember 6, 18G9. .. The Southern Circuit was taken up. 1. E. A. Hoyt & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. D. J. & J. W. Sheffield. Complaint from Thom as was begun. A P. Mynatt, Lochrane and Clark, for plain tiffs in error. 1 . Hammond and Davis, for defendant. After the argument was opened, it was discov ered that the evidence, which was a part of the bill of exceptions, had ribt been copied for the Judge and Reporter. For this reason the case was dismissed. No. 2. Ann M. Peacock, etal, plaintiff in er ror, vs. Joseph M. Howell, administrator, de fendant. Equity from Lowndes, was dismissed for want of prosecution. Baker and Hammond for plaintiff in error. Alexander and Jjove for defendant. In No. 3, D. P. Gibson, plaintiff in error, vs. C. C. Williams, defendant. Complaint from Lowndes. There was ho appearance for plain- tiffin error. But defendant in error claimed that he should have a jndgment for damages for the delay caused by this bill of exceptions, opened the record and argued the cause. Baker & Hammond for plaintiff in error. Peeples & Dasher, ilansell & Hansell, by A. W. Hammond & Son, for defendant... Chas. C. Kibbcr, Esq., of Hawkinsville, Ga,, and W. G. Irwin, Esq.,. of Atlanta, Ga., were admitted to this bar. No. -1 A. T. Burke, el aj, plaintiff in error, vs. Kobt S. Anderson, defendant. Equity from Pulaski was argued. IIansel..& Hansel, Sam. Hall, C. C. Kibber, for plaintiffs in error. La nier & Anderson, Pate & Ryan for defendant. Pending the argument of Mr. Lanier for de- a .1 . M. .1 In...... .-.<1 4a11 lit «>Ail The Metropolitan will be the headquarters of Boa. Alexander Campbell, of Illinois, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the National La bor Union. Tho Committee meet here January Ll he 5S5 0f *\ e whose countless burners turn night to day; re earnest, and the proposed organization bids fair - .. . rostl _ nl ; rror s all their rich adora- bined. It is of the world, and yet not of the world. Here the veriest sybarite may be con tent. Rooms, ample and elegant, sumptuous even in their fittings; gorgeous chandeliers, to become a most formidable one, - fl ectin £’ n co ^ ni ‘' . ridi It is said that ninety-dive persons out of every °Ra hundred throughout the country are in fa- Tor of the movement; and that the Executive Committee will remain in Washington until it has exhausted its efforts to carry ont the views °f the Union, as expressed in the last National ments. Gems of art in pictures and statuary vie with the ornate decorations of gilded cor nice, frescoed walls, flowing draperies, andHth- some lace. Fauteuils of more than Eastern luxury .tempt to repose, or graceful ease. The sinks doepj VI union, as expressed in the last jNauonm • ^ Te}vet ., e Forn i ture 0 f nre LAor Congress. Prominent among these will £ ^ of ' exot5c ig drap ed with the 0G too passage of a bill similar to that intro- Q© sl o « . _ duced into Congress last session by ths Hon* A. Kuykendall, of Illinois. The Committee *ays further: The central idea of our present monetary OeSfgtr.—v richest fabric of Lyon's looms. Servants with attentive mien,'are waiting to comply with the slightest behest. Tables gleaming with silver plate, bearing their load of culinary delicacies. fendant, the Court adjourned till three o’clock p. M- ,. • .. hiiftMttHnrJI , The Court will set from ten o’clock A. m., till one o’clock r. M., and from three o'clock r. si., till five o’clock p. m. , j. , •. 8 i, .,. A Sumner.—The World’s critic has been lis tening to Sumner's lecture on-Caste. : He thus, after the manner of guano tastfers, analyzes. the admirable Chawles - Humboldt, W._ Von....5 Newton .1 Kant.... "4 Shakspearo 5 Agassiz..... ,..5 Tho Bible .3 Crcaar’a Commentaries.5 Pritchard 2 Homer 1 Macaulcy... 4 St. Jerome... .3 Do Tocqueville........ 7 Eraamua »>. >'J® Humboldt,'A von,... .5 iEneas Silvius;..J 5- Plato....10 Laplace .......3 Pope -2 Des Cartes..^; ......5 Strabo....5 Total. ..95 Leaving V melancholy rcEiduumof pure Sumner. 5 Grand totri. -100 In spite of this, the man is acknowledged to have a wondeful voice, on imposing deport ment, and a store of book knowledge. The oriiio adds: “The wonder which has puzzled so many people who have only read-him, dimin ishes when one has heard him. For he is really eloquent. The notion of Sumner’s indorsing Kant is funny—on paper; hut when you come to hear him quote sonorously the concluding words ■ 11. . Lf1 Dnva PoeGATl * OTtd fllATI ndd South Georgia Conference. * POUETH DAT. •: ; : r r - ■ Cothbebt, Ga., December 4,1869U '-' Conference met at 9 a. m., opened by reli gions services by Rev. James E. Evans. The following local preachers were elected to deacon's orders: ! ‘ Richard S. Scruggs, Henry J. Harvey, Glias. H. It. Hays, James D. Russ, Travis Pittman, John Striplin. Report of Committee on Books and Periodic als anthorizing the printing of Rev. J. E. Evans’ article on Episcopacy was adopted • The following preachers were elected to El der’s orders: ■Geo. T. Embry and Stephen D. Clements; and W. C. Bass, Cosby W. Smith, and W. M. Hays; to Deacon’s orders. \ ‘ -. The follorwingipees^iers were elected to mem bership in the Conference: Cosby W. Smith, W. C. Bass, Wm. Hays, S. D. Clements,; . .. L The following local preachers wero elected to Elder’s orders: W. P. Jordan, John M. Bolton, John W. Bo- lancl, John W. Jordan, F. A. Wheless, Philip J. Dell, Isaac A Towers, A. L. Bessent. Judge James Jackson, from tho Lay Delegates, read an interesting report on the duty of preach ers to engage in no secular triumph, and of the members of the Church to so support ministers as to make it unnecessary for them to follow other business than preaching the GospeL After notices, Conference adjourned to 3 p.m. Conference met at 3 p. m., Rev, Dr. Evans in the chair. Religious services by Rev. J. W. Hinton. ., .. - Conference went into legal session to hear several reports on financial matters. 1 Rev. Dr. E. H. Myers in the chair. T. T. Christian made an exhibit of the prop erty belonging to the Conference, and his re port was referred to a .committee for auditing. The Conference appointed T. T. Christian Treasurer, to visit the North Georgia Confer ence to arrange all matters between the Confer ences. • The Legal Conference then went into the election of officers for the ensuing year. Rev. Dr. E. H. Myers, President; Rev. J. Blakely Smith, Secretary, and Rev. T. T. Christian, Treasurer. The Legal Conference adjourned, and Rev. Dr. Evans resumed the chair. The Conference then went, into the election of delegates to the next General Conference, which resnlted as follows: Clerical—Tit. Loviok Pierce, Samnel An thony, J. E. Evans, E. H. Myers. Lay—James Jackson, J. J. Jones, A. H. Colquitt, W. I. Greene. There are two more to elect, one clerical and one lay delegate. Will report in my next. N. FIFTH DAY. Cuthdert, Ga., December G. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: 'In my account of this body, I have neglected to notice the anniversary of the Sunday School Society, on Friday night last. There was a large au dience, which was happily addressed by Rev. J. E. Godfrey, Rev. S. H. J. Sistrank, and Dr. OlL. Smith. On Saturday night the regular anniversary of the Missionary Society came off. We had a most powerful address from Dr. Munsey, of Baltimore, Missionary of the Society of Foreign Missions. We never heard anything to com pare with this effort. It is beyond my power to describe this wwnderful man. At the close of his speech a collection was taken, and over one thousand dollars was collected. Yesterday was a gloomy, wet day, but notwith standing this, large audiences assembled at the various churches to her the word presented. Bishop Kavanaugh preached at 10j, Dr. Lov- ick Pierce at 3, and Rov. R. A. Holland at night in the Methodist Churoh. Dr. Key preached at the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. J. O. A Clark at tho Baptist Church, at 10J o'clock. So far as .we know, all these distinguished gentle men did welL We heard the Bishop in tho morning, and we soldom have heard a better effort.' j • , 1 i The Conference reassembled this morning at 9 o’clock,. Rev. Geo. C. Clark in the chair. Tho election of remaining delegates to Gener al Gonferenoe was the first- business in order. After several ballots,'the following was the re sult: Rev. Dr. J. S. Key, Clerical Delegate. Rev. R. W. Lovett, Lay Delegate. The following alternates were then elected: Rev. J. W. Hinton, Rev. J. B. McGehee and Dr. O. L: Smith, Clerical. Dr. M. Woodruff, Dr. H. S. Wimberly, and T. M. Furlow, Lay. The following preachers were admitted on trial: <“ Francis M. Russell, Georgo E. Gardner, Wm, G. Booth, James K. Armstrong, Julien S. Jor dan, John Skipper, Ed. J. Birch, Eph. Tucker. The committee appointed to prepare an ad dress in response to tho fraternal message from tho Protestant Methodist Cfinrcli reported, fa voring the appointment of a delogate to visit them at their next Conference; Bev. Dr. Evans appointed as delegate. Dr. Luthc-r M. Smith, President of Emory College,, made a most interesting report to tho Conference. Referred to the Committee on Ed ucation. - - •' • The Conference resolved itself into tho corpo rate capacity, Dr. E. H. Myers, President, in the chair. Rev. Gi G. N. McDowell, Treasurer of the Fund of Special Beliefs, made his report, which was received and Adopted. Rev. R. A. Holland made an interesting speech, which was well received. The Conference adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock-A. M. *7 j_ - .SIXTH DAY’S FEOOEEDINQS. Special Correspondence of. Telegraph and Messenger. Cuthbebt, Ga., December 7, 1869. The minutes read and confirmed. The committee on the case' of Samuel A. Clarke, who, on having been expelled, prayed for the restoration of.hia credentials, the. committee refused to grant his request, and were sustained by the Conference. The secre tary was directed to forward a copy of said re port to the Presiding Elder of the districtof the Illinois 'Conference ih which said Clarke re sided. noil' Revs.: A. It. Byrd and G. W. L. Anthony were located at their own requests through their re spective Presiding Elders. The names of J. M. Potter, 15. E. L. Sim mons, W. M. C. Conley were called, their char acters passed, and they continued. Rev. J. G. Wesley was granted a supernume rary relation. The listof -superannatcd preachers was called, and the relation of all was continued. Revs; Wm. F. Roberts and Leonard; Peak were readmitted. ■ Rev. Samnel Anthony made a report on An drew Female College, which was referred, to the Committee on Education.; . •> By the death of Hon. James M. Chambers a vacancy in the officers of tho Missionary So ciety was occasioned, and the vacancy was filled by Hon. John J. Jones, of Burke county. The vacancy occasioned in the Board of .Directors, by the transfer of Rev. D. D. Cox, was filled by. tho appointment of Rev. S. S. Swoefc. Conference adjourned. w AFTERNOON SESSION.' The minutes were read and confirmed. The Conference requested the appointment of Rev. F. F. Reynolds as agent of Andrew Fe male College. The statistical report was read and adopted, which exhibited an increase in most all the de partments of the churches. The Treasurer’s Teport of the Domestio Mis sionary Society was read'and-adopted; the whole amounting to near $6,000. Rev. O. L. Smith made a report on the Bible, which was received and adopted. The Com mittee regretted the appointment of Rev. R. H. Lucky as Agent of the American Bible Society. The Committee on the religious interests of the colored people, made their report through Dr. M. Woodruff, which urged prompt action on the part of the Conference, in reference to the colored Conference of the M. E. Chnrch South, in Georgia, lending all assistance in their me to say, my furrienda that the gurreat Ger- „d .. nois, weight to Kant.” power. - x . Rev. R. W. Dixon, Treasurer of the Foreign Missionary Society, made his report, which was read and adopted—amounting in all to $1,- 569.93. The missionary debt, so long on hand, was paid in full by the "Treasurer, and the South Georgia Conference is the first to meet her ob ligations in the discharge of this debt. A resolution complimentary to Rev. Dr. Munsey, Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Board of Missions, was was presented by Dr. Evans) and adopted by a standing vote. Dr. E. H. Myers presented the report on Ed ucation, commending Emory, Wesleyan Female and Andrew Female Colleges to the considera tion and generous patronage of the entire con nection, which was read and adopted. A resolution referring to the plan presented by Dr. Jesse Boring, in reference to organizing an orphan home, and constituting the delegates to the General Conference a committee to con sult with other delegations upon this subject, was read and adopted. Three thousand-copies, of the minutes were ordered to be published. -tit Fort Valiev wa3 selected a3 the place for holding the next Conference. „; , After the usual resolutions of thanks to the citizens of Cu'ihbert, railroads and steamboats, the Conference took recess to enter into legal session . | The first Friday in May was appointed as a day of fasting and prayer, in behalf of the Gen eral Conference, which, will be in session, at that Important Meeting in Washington- * Ideas on tlie Currency. It is nnnonneed that following the Labor Con vention of Colored Men, to^ meet in Washington to-day, the Advisory Board of tho Execntive Committee of the National Labor Union will come to Washington on the 3d of January, and remain during the. session of Congress, with the view of influencing legislation upon financial questions. It will be remembered that the Nntional Labor Congress which assembled in Philadelphia last summer,- adopted resolutions in favor of a paper monetary system and free banking. It is under stood that their views were enibodiod, ton great extent, in the bill introduced by the Hon. A. J. Kuykendall, but have since been elaborated, and many details will be added to said bill to secure the more efficient Working of their system. The committee having this measure in charge are en thusiastic in its support, and claim that a large majority of the people of the. West is with them. They claim'it only needs discussion to spcceed. It is held'that the central idea in. our present monetary system is that it gives Congress the power to control the rate of interest on the na tional bonds; and by this means to regulate in all business transactions, and this is the only way that the-value of money can be regulated. The law declaring that 23| grains gold shall be a dollar does not regulate the loanable value-of money; it only fixes; the value of gold. The rate of intorest, it: is claimed, determines the value of money and gives it the power to accu mulate property or the produots of labor. The Workingmen’s Union favors the payment of the tho five-twenty bonds in greenbacks, ac cording to the terms ;of .the original contract, and wool-1 have greenbacks substituted for the national bank currency. Instead of funding the debt according to the terms of the Shermanbill, they wo aid substitute General Butler’s converti- ble bonds at low interest, which, it is assumed, would forever obviate .a scarcity of money. In support of these • views the forces of the new labor movement will be marshalled, and they are already very powerful. : eLplLSy and°frfm hif S,’ ‘And purarS Rev. A. M. Wynn presented some resolutions . • » - ? J— 4\w>t 4Vwx imrrent ritlF- touching the collection of Sunday School funds, and requesting the Bishop to reappoint Dr. L. Pierce agent for the Conference S. S. Society. ' Rev. J. B. Smith offered a resolution in refer ence to constituting the delegations to the Gen eral Conference from' tho patronizing Confer- The government at Washington has concluded an additional postal convention with Great a Su^d rate SieT^stageo/encesas a publishing committee of the South, tween the two countries: era Christian Advocate, which was adopted. Snpremo Court—Evening Session. From the Atlanta Constitution.'! " * Atlanta, December 6, 18C9. Argument was.resumed and concluded in No. 4, Southern, Circuit. « : .- No. 5 was argued. It is E. G. Fulgham, plaintiff in error, vs. B. B. Johnson. Qtto war- ranto, from Pulaski. . ,7 ■. „ , Hansel, Burke & Grice, S. Hall, for plaintiff in error. ... J Pate, Ityan & Watsan, C. Anderson, for de fendant. The Southwestern Circuit being next in order, the continued case of J. M. Jones, Trustee for Mrs. A. Jones, vs.’S.-'S. Boone, administrator, being a motion for new trial, from Sumter, was called. B. Hill, for plaintiff in error. S. C. Elam, W. A. Hawkins, for defendant in error. Pending a motion to dismiss the writ of error for irregularity in sending reporter bill of ex ceptions, Court adjourned till 10 o’clock, a. m., to-morrow. ; -c(i . The “correct style for full evening dress” is announced to be a black dress coat, with velvet collar and plain Iapt-is, rolling. low. A black embroidered cassimere vest is the most fash ionable this Reason, though white Marseilles vests are much worn, cut low to show three shirt studs, with a rolling collar, and are in good taste. Trousers are made of a fine black doe skin, but easy to ths leg and with a good spring at the bottom. . The shirt-bosom should be neatly embroidered and the stnds jewelled, small diamonds being the most dressy. The tie should always be white, the ends a little larger than in the centre and .embroidered. Gloves also white, thongh a little lavender or pale cream-color is often worn. Boots of plain calf-skin, not patent-leather. - Weekly Resume of Foreign Affairs. PREPARED FOR THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. Great Britain. : —The departure of the “Mon arch," the formidable, turret-ship of the English navy, which is to take the remains of George Peabody on-board, will take place on the 2d of December. The vessel has been fitted np in an appropriate manner. Tho rates of freight to and from India round the Cape of Good Hope,'have been considerably reduced Bince the completion of the Suez Canal The Shipping Gazette, in an article devoted to the discussion of the American finances, arrives at the conclusion that specie payment might be soon- resumed without injuring any class of creditors. The Times, speaking of the possible cession of San Domingo to tho United States, warmly advocates the purchase which would create new places of commerce, benefitling the whole world. Ten new peers will be shortly created. Before his departure-for the Council, the Catholic Archbishop Manning, had issued to his clergy a voluminous pastoral letter comprising 150 pages, and entitled, “The CEcumenioal Council and the infallibility of the Pope,” whioh breathes a still more Roman spirit than Rome herself. According to the Protestant Clergy man, Camming, Manning boasts of having con verted 2,000 Protestants in England to tho Cath olic Chnrch during the last two or three years. News from Rio do Janeiro report that the English vessel Royal Standard foundered on her way from Melboumo to,London, near tho Cape of St. Thomns. The greater number of passen gers, mostly composed of women, lost their lives while attempting to reach the shore. The “Registrar General” has just published his statistical report for the second quarter of the present year. He says that the rate of mar riages for that quarter is the lowest for the same period in 25 years. He argues; logically, that the means of existence have not steadily improved with the large mass of tho English population. For, continues the man of stern facts, marriages are easily contracted in times of prosperity, and the rate is only diminishing, when icy reality ohills the tender sentiments of onr hearts, reminding even the most passionate lover, of the undeniable truth, that more is re- •quired to render a union happy than love and moonshine. 54,244 marriages during the three months of spring, when tho human heart es pecially is inclined to tender feelings, denote therefore a period of commercial stagnation and involnntary resignation in the United kingdom. But even in the magic circle of the “upper ten thousand,” there exists a dislike for marriage among the happy owners of “broad acres and inexhaustible bank deposits, who prefer a sin gle life to a union with one of England’s fair daughters. Lord Stanley, for instance, or the 15th Earl of Derby, as he is called since his father’s death, a mamof 43 years of age, can hardly be accused of economical reasons for being indifferent to the charms of his country, women. For he commands an income of £120,. 000 a year, hardly to be affected by any politi cal orisis or commercial stagnation. France.—Napoleon opened the Corps Legis- tiff on the 29th of November. His opening speech has already fonnd an able discussion in these colnmns. The Paris journals express them selves gratified with it and look towards farther reforms. On the second day, November 30th, the Opposition brought in an interpellation on account of the adjournment of the Chambers, September last, and the conduct of the authori ties during some disturbance in the provinces and in Paris, Jnne last Depnty Baspnu brought forward a bill on account of the assassination of citizens; he demanded an act of accusation against the ministers. Great excitement pre vailed, and the session was very stormy. The next debates promise to be highly interesting.. The “Journal Official” publishes a decree, re organizing the school for the living Oriental languages. This school comprises the instruc tion in the Arabian, Persian, Turkish, Arme nian, New Greek, Malayean, Hindustan, Chi nese, Japanese and Anamilic languages. The minister of instruction is further empowered to decree lectures on the history, geography and legislation of the Orient. North German Confederation.—The Lower Chamber of the Prussian Landtag continued the special discussion of tho new bill on depart mental administration as far as clause the 7th, which treats of the obligation of accepting no public offices without emoluments. All the clauses debated were passed. A popular meeting was called on Sunday, December the 7th, by Loewe-Calbe, Schnlze- Dolitzsch and other leaders, of the progress party, to support Dr. Virchow’s motion in favor of disarmament. The assembly was mostly- composed of : members of the so-called social Democratic party, who passed, indeed, a reso lution favoring the motion, bnt at the same time expressed a total want of confidence in the leaders of the movement. Prince Karl, of Prussia, the Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, will shortly proceed to Jerusalem to take possession of the site of the ancient church of St. John, lately presented by Abdul Aziz to King William I. The King indulges in hunting the wild boar in the forests of Silesia. ; The. Barlin-Potsdfm-Magdebnrg Railway Company, during the aummer, had instituted a number -of experiments with the air telegraph, as a means of enablingpassengers to stop trains in case of necessity. They nave been so suc cessful that all mail trains on that line henco- forth will be furnished with an apparatus of the kind. Probably they will be employed on all North German railways. ■ - Tho prize of one thousand thalers gold for the best dramatio lyork, which was founded by Royal decree of November 9, 1859, has been awarded to Emanuel Geibel, for his tragedy, “Sophonisbe.” . : Austria.—The insurrection in Dalmatia, is said to -be quelled. Several insurgents were hanged, when the Emperor himself gave orders to stay the murderous work. Tlii3 insurrection punishes a proof of the neglect with which that province has been treated by Austria. A mere military government, enforcing obedience at the point of the bayonet, will neyer succeed in pacifying that district. .... ; Tho grievances of tho Dalmatians, from' whioh sprung the outbreak, are not without founda tion. They were presented to Francis Joseph by the majority of the Landtag of Dalmatia. In Dalmatia there are 3G0,300 Servians to 45,000 Italians, and yet tho official language is Italian. In the law-courts, as well as all branches of the administration, Slavonic is but regarded as a foreign tongue. The Dalmations, therefore, complaining of the efforts made with the view of introducing the Italian into the public schools and suppressing the only Slavonic ‘Gymnasium,’ demand the introduction of Slavonic into the schools and halls of justice. Some arbitrary measures of which the recruiting authorities have rendered themseivc-s gnilty, seem to have beenihe immediate cause of the outbreak. Italy.—The court has pronounced sentence in the process against Deputy Lobbia and col leagues. Lobbia was sentenced to one year military imprisonment, Professor Martinti to 0 months, Caregrati and Novelii to 3 months’ im prisonment for having simulated an attempt on their lives. Friedrich Overbs'ck, the head of the Roman- German painting school, died in Rome, at the advanced age of 80 years. A. romance of two volumes, by Garibaldi, will be published in the French language in London toward the end of December. A number of coins, 1419 in all, have keen found in the convent of St. Annunciate, in Florence; 2 are of gold, 58 of silver and the re mainder of copper. The gold pieces bear the likeness of Valentinian II and Justin 3. Among the silver and copper coins are pieces of Julius Cies&r, Pornpey, Menus Antonins, Ootavirn, Ti berius, King Juba, Caracalla, Heliogabalos, Constantine, Ataric, King of tho Gotha and 167 of the Free Cities; also several Etruscan and Yolsclan pieces were among the number. The whole collection was deposited in the National Museum of Florenoe. Spain.—Nothing remarkable has passed in Old Spain. The Republican Deputies have re sumed their seats. The Cortes has passed a vote of thanks in favor of-Ferdinand de Lesseps, the_builder of the Suez can'at A motion cen suring tho Government for overstepping its au thority brought in by the Republicans, was re jected with 140 to 35 votes. Thirty thousand volunteers are said to have left for Cuba. Nothing new has transpired respecting tho election of a King. Dulce, the former Captain General of Cuba, is dead. Russia.—The National Russian party is gain ing ground, Alexander II, who does not favor its pretensions, continuing in feeble health and almost weary of the Imperial drown. The Em peror has always entertained most cordial rela tions with his uncle, the King of.Prussia, and was always well disposed towards Germany. The national party aims at an alliance with France to keep Germany nentral, while Russia would .start once more the Oriental question, or, possibly, descend upon the F.nglUh posses sions in India: Russia, whose German subjects in the Baltic provinces • are dissatisfied with Russian rule, is looking with distrust at the North German Con federation, destined to become the nucleus for all scattered German tribes. The fact again that the Prince of Roumania, the empire on the Danube, has chosen a German princess for his consort, is considered by the old Russian organs a most inconsiderate act. Muscovite tyranny continues raging against the German Polo and Jew. An old law, for bidding the Jews from living in certain parts of the. empire, has been resuscitated in several instances 'from the mouldering dust of ages. Two thousand people of this ancient race, with out a country, were' carried by force into the interior of Russia from the frontier of Bessara bia. It is believed that Alexander II will dis approve of this act, whioh brings us back the times of Tamerlane, the Goths and.Yandals. Jarno. Appointments of Preachers for 1S70. Savannah District—James W. Hinton, P. E. Savannah, Trinity and Isle of Hope—James E. Evana. Savannah, Wesley Church and City Mission—George G. N. [McDonelL Springfield —Thomas B. Lanier. Sylvania Circuit and Beaver Dam Mission—W. T. McMichael and Charles J. Toole. . Bethel—Wm. F. Robison. Alexander—W. J. Baker. Waynesboro—N. B. Ousloy. Waynesboro Mission—R. F. Evans. Louisville—S. S. Sweet and Julien S. Jordan. Davisboro—Robert H. Howren. Sandersville— N. B. Morehouse. Washington Circuit and Gib son Mission—S. G. Childsand F. M. Russell. J. O. A. Clark—Professor at Emory College. Macon District—Charles R. Jewett, P. E. Macon, Mulberry Street, YineviUe and East Macon—Robert B. Lester, and one to be sup plied. Macon City Mission — James Jones. Macon, First Street—J. B. Smith. Macon Cir cuit—W. O. Bass. Gordan Circuit—John W. Burke. Irwinton—B. E. L. Timmons. Jeffer sonville—R. W. Flournoy. Hawkinsville—F. A. Branch. Pulaski and Wilcox Mission—To be supplied. Fort Valley and Marshallville— B. F. Breedlove. Houston Circuitr-C. W. Smith. Knoxville Mission—Lucius G. Evans and E. Barrett. Perry Station—Walter Knox. Hayne- ville Circuit—W. W. Stewart. Montezuma and Vienna—James Harris and J. Dunwoody. Swift Creek Mission—James Spence. Wesleyan Fe male College—J. M. Bonnell, President; C. W. Smith and W: O. Bass, Professors. Editor Southern Christian Advocate—E. H. Myers, D, D. Agent Emory College—J. S. Key. , Columbus District.—Thomas T. Christian P. E. Columbus, St. Luke’s—O. L. Smith.—Colum bus, St. Paul’s—A. M. Wynn. Girard and Wes ley Chapel Mission—J. B, Littlejohn. Mnsco- geo Circuit—S. D. Clements. Hamilton Cir cuit—C. A. Crowell. Talbotton Station—J. O. A. Cook. Talbot Circuit—R. J. Corley and H. P. Myers. Pleasant Grove—H. D. Moore.— Butler Circuit—R. F. Williamson. Buena Vis ta—J. O. Branch. Juniper Mission—W. G. Booth. Cussetta—W. M. D. Bond and Y. F. Tignor, Supernumerary. Upatoi Circuit and Pine Knot—G. T. Tooke. BL D. Moore, Presi dent of LeVert Female College. L. Pierce, Agent Sundaysohool Society. Ameeicu^Distbict.—J. B. McGehee, P. E. Americas—R. W; Dixon and S. Anthony. Bethel—J. E. Sehtell and J. T. Johnson. Ogle thorpe and Ellaville Circuit—J. W. MiHn and John Skipper. Magnolia Springs—E. J. Rentz. Starkville Mission—To be supplied by Speight. Cuthbert and Georgetown—E. A. H. McGehee. Spring Vale—G. S. Johnson. Dawson—J. M. Marshall. Terrell Circuit and County Line Mission—G. B. Embry* Weston—J. K. Arm strong. Lumpkin—D. R. McWilliams. Flor ence—S. B. Weaver, one to be supplied. F. F. Reynolds—Agent Andrew Female College. Baisbbidoe District—G. O. Clark, P. E. Bainbridge—A. J. Dean. Decatur Circuit— W. it Hays. Spring Creek Mission—To be sup plied by W. Russell. Colquitt—Eppes Tucker andJ. M. Potter. Blakely and Trinity—D. O. Driscoll. Fort Gaines—B. J. Baldwin. Morgan —O. E. Brown. Camilla—J. T. Ainsworth. Cairo—P. O. Harris. Springhill and Thomas County Mission—WeBley Lane. Grooverville— W. F. Roberts. Thomasville—J. M. Austin. Albany—G. H. Patillo. Flint River Mission— ,H. Puckett Agent Bible Society—E. H. lackey. . ...■>• Brunswick District—J. W. Simmons, P. E. Brunswick Station and City Mission—C. A. Fullwood. St Mary’s—E. "J. Bnrch. Centre Village Mission—A. P. Wright - Waynesville— J. L. Williams. Waresboro—J. D. Manlden and W. H. Thomas, supernumerary. Arlington Mission—W. M. Kennedy. HoImesvIUe—To be supplied by E. Findly. Ocmulgee—D. Cren shaw,- Coffee and Irwinville Mission—To be supplied by J. Ware. Stockton—L. C. Peek. Valdosta—W. M. Watts. Quitman—J. W. Tal ley. Morvin—J, J. Giles. Moqltrie Mission— M. H. Fielding. Altamaha District—L. B. Payne, P. E. Hinesville—M. A. McKibben. Darien and Reynolds.Chapel-^-G. Ei Gardner. Statesboro and Bryan—W. M. Conley. Dublin—J. J. Mor gan. County Line Mission—To be supplied. Rocky Creek Mission—H. C. Fentress. Oconee —C. Hines. Jacksonville—L. A. Darney; J. G. Worley, supernumerary. Altamaha Mis sion—D. G„; Pope. Rsidsville and Tatnall Mis sion—Y» r . W. Tidwell; W. F. Conley, super numerary. D. D. Cox and W. A. Parks were transferred to the North Georgia Conference. Marshall G. Jenkins was transferred to the West Texas Conference. ' The Prussian journals, in commenting upon tho number of killed, wounded , and missing at tha battle of Konnfggratz, gives the proportion of losses at the principle battles that have been fought in Europe during the last one hundred and fifty-years. : At Koniggratz the Prussians lost, in killed, wounded and missing, 359 officers and 8794 men, and the Austrians 1147 officers and 30,224 men. The proportion of losses to the total force engaged on each side was one in twenty-three for the Prussians, and one in seven for the Austrians, and for both armies one in eleven. In the battle of Malplaquet, fought in 1709, the proportion of losses , to the forces en gaged was one in fiveat Rossbach, fought in 1757, one in twenty-five; at Lentben, fought in 1758, one in eleven; at Zomdoff, in 1758, three , in eight. During the wars of Napoleon I, the | losses at Aosterlits and Eytau were one in four; ' at Wagram, one in eight; at Borodino and Wa- i terloo, one in three, and at Leipsio one in five, j At Solferino, during the Italian war of 1859, the [ losses were one in eight The total number of | troops engaged at Leipsio was 460,000, at Ko- ; niggratz 430,000, and at Wagram 820,000. At ] Leipsio the number of men lost was 90,000, at | Borodino 74,000, and at Waterloo 61,000. A wood-sawxr, who was piling wood near the railroad track at Edgerton, Ohio, one day last week, noticed, while standing on the pile as the lightning train approached, a large stick lying upon the rail. Without a moment's hesitation he leaped directly before the train and grasped tire stick. AttbatiaatantthseagtaeAttvckhim and hurled him some distance forward. He fell to the ground mangled and lifeless, bqt he had saved the train.