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The Greorgia, ~Weekly Telegraph, and. Journal IVIessenger. ' 5= SB Telegraph .and Messenger. DECEMBER 21, I860. •[ KK031 WASHINGTON. # ,lon of Virginia—«eorffli»-Am- BUIs -IJroiralow— Cuba. , n r „ 4nlAn <fentt«f Telegraph and Messer,ger. Sr*'"'iQTTtvflTON. December 15, 1869. Committee on Reconstruction yesterday ^ (1>6 Virginia bill nntil Saturday next, unittee is unanimous in favor of the ft* admission of the State, and the post- ^"ent > s merely to allow time for the print- ^Seuments to sustain their action. W 01 *" bfCn aR serted in various quarters that ®**** Walker has been representing him- ^rtTlesding Radicals hero ns being a deeper- Za Radical than was generally supposed, and ft*® 1 . (ho impression that ho intended act- fn itb toward the conservative element elected him. This is indignantly denied (fiends, however, who declare that Gov. * js open and above board in all his deal- ** D * r A jj,at treachery and falsehood are for- nature. It is asserted also that the &tiye Committee, sent here to importune for the admission of Virginia, have misrepresented, and unjustly t<tn P ■ however, that some of tho ’"^beis of this committee were ready to to the terms sought to be imposed by ; r or to any condition the Radicals might «to impose. Governor Walker and a prom- f*, member of tho Committee offered this, ^finally carried the Committee with them. * for the reconstruction of Virginia c*n- ‘ t0 )ie introduced. Yesterday, Gen. Ward, f \- f * York, presented in the House a hill ** riding that the new clauses in the Constitu- of Virginia which relate to suffrage, com- (me school fund and provide that colored c hall serve as jurors, shall never be altered * j epea lod. The bill was referred to the Com mon Reconstruction. The treatment which Virginia is receiving, w d the conditions she is asked to accede to, in flate what Georgia has to expect from a Rad-' ial Congress. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary a point out that the pledges which the repre- »utives of a State may be forced to make, (to jmive admission to the Union) with regard to Je altering or repeal of certain laws, at any fu- -re time, cannot be enforced. Such proceed- l,p ere contrary to public policy; and the jnrts would so hold, in addition to their being ptfitiu jradum. There have been no new developments in re- Hion to the case of Georgia since my telegram i Monday night The friends of Georgia in jingress desire facts with whioh to expose the (tomes of Bullock and his ultra-Radical allies. Jisalso urged that representative men should latent to Washington to defenrftiie interests of State against her detainers. Messrs. Cox and Wood, of New York, have jiren notice in tho Honso that they would vote Or no more special bills for renewing disabili ty, and demanded the introduction of a general 0L I learn from a reliable source that Gen. Butler is preparing an amnesty bill, the provi din'; of which are worthy of its author. Ho that each applicant shall present to die District Judge of his District a statement in niting giving in detail his acts during the late nr. The Jndge will thereupon oanse to be in- «ted in the official paper of the District (more pip for the carpetbag organs) an advertisement to the effect that Mr. has applied for pinion, and appointing a certain day to hear tie case. If no one appears on that day to mke objections, the Judge will furnish the ap plicant with a certificate which will act as a re moval of all disabilities whatever. Bntler explains that the requiring of written (tatements as to what part each individual had liken in the “rebellion” is for the purpose of '•making history:” but it is suggested that he is desirous of obtaining information on which to Use indictments! It is not at all probable that nch a bill, if introduced, would be passed by the present Congress. There was nothing doing in the House to-day to fill for special mention. The galleries were well-nigh deserted, and even the reporter’s gal- lay was without its usual quota of Bohemians, lathe Senate a long personal explanation from Kr. Btowuluw was read from printed slips by tie Secretary. It was pretty much the old story «er ngain. * Cooper was endorsed as a consist- at Union man during tho “ rebellion” and as a Rpporter of Grant and the present administra tion. The circumstances attending the salo of the Knoxville Whig were given in detail. The pack was venomous and bitter, and abounded h such terms ns “knaves,” “unscrupulous Ins,'’ “scoundrels,”etc., etc. When Congress- nen Butler and Stokes were denounced as liars, od other opprobrions terms were applied to them, the Speaker interrupted the reading, but d was immediately resumed, and Brownlow rent on to say that he had been dying since 1$0J, and although the pace had been a good accelerated by bis trials during the war, he npected to administer on his own estate for a pod nnny years to come. At all events, he *on!J not commit suicide to pleaso his enemies. While the reading was in progress, Brownlow •jt sunk down into his chair, with his chin npon •a breast and his left leg thrown over his desk, imposing a very substantial shoe and a foot that ®ook as if in an ague fit. A speech from Senator Carpenter, in the in- iMvsts of the Cubans, was next in order; and tot withstanding the protest of Mr. Sumner, *ho said tho Senate had no facts before it, and nisw nothing of the question except from news paper reports, Mr. Carpenter proceeded with “S address. He protested against tho release ?Spanish gunboats now in New York har- and claimed that the neutrality laws, do not Parent foreign nations to fit out military or na- JJ* expeditions against any nation with which rj *** a * peace. His speech was Cuban all joeb and excited the uninterrupted attention of senate and lobbies during delivery. Quito number of Cubans were in tho galleries and ”ie attentive listeners; but there were no “embers of the Spanish Legation in tho Diplo- 0*hc gallery. tfM ' • I * ou * e8 °f Congress were occupied yes- ~™ a I ln pronouncing eulogies on the late Sen- or Fessenden. Nearly all of them were read manuscript. The galleries were well filled, -e utr sex largely predominating. u a subject of curious speculation that, me the report , of the Secretary of the Navy for an appropriation of $28,205,671, the jaimate of the Secretary of the Treasury asks b v?* v 18>000»000. This is thought to indicate "fnt? “ elwcen heads of the two depart- i® reTct Brigadier General R. W. Kirkliam has 2T ordered to report to the Commanding Gen- l of the Military Division of the South as ' 4utf Quartermaster. Dalton. . ^ Dangerous Toy.—As Christmas is com- we hold it to be sound precaution to copy following from the Charleston Courier: Aru latest invention sent out to athuse our Wren at the risk of life and limb, is the nitro- i'l Ctri o e . torpedo, a little toy done up in tin /* i and m the explosion of which, when thrown g«nst me wall or pavement, the boys take in- i le 11 flight. Experience has proved them to -/“‘nently dangerous, and we caution all Jpunst having anything to do with them. They vcr y explosive, and the force exerted is . i powerful, lacerating the flesh when com- ln contact with it, and the very thing- to ,° u t one’s eyes. Several accidents have al- J oooured in our city from them, and im- Jy*ate steps should be taken to prevent their and Bale, if possible. tiff?. *°* . the Ladhs.—I have had my j,.,, , c ] r * Wilson machine almost eight years, ~*T e never ceased blessing the lucky it 1 brought it to me. Not one cent has ^ re P a l rs » and I have broken but one Us a°t 16 211 'l a half years. The same needle * lt bick and thin for since I or S iij.f bat it would answer to nse fine thread by *°?' ever 5'thing, I never change my needle, ^dstt 16 8ame one 1° Rew thick cloth of many I "uso for hemming poeket-handker- T ' „ Mbs. K. S. Bkown. Aew Haven, Conn. CUBAN NOTES. Tlie Seizure of theSpanlsh (innboat«-l|on Uie “ InsqrrertM" Look at it- Inside items relative to the Seisnre—A Pen-and-ink Rketeh of a Hero—A Queer Dinner Party —The Coming Straggle in Cul»a-Activity along the Golf Coast—fiznor Moreno and Cuban Relief. Special Correspondence Telegraph and Messenger. Key West, Fla., December 11,1869. the seized gunboats, • In New York, were not half such a source of gossip and calculation there as in Cuba, up to the time I left Havana, Sth inst. Such a furore as there wa3 at'Matanzas and Havana when the telegraph brought the news! Never before; since the beginning of the revolution, have the Spanish element there felt, in any great meas ure, alarmed about real intervention on the part of the United States. But at the first blush of the news a terrible excitement prevailed among the fire-eating class of Spaniards—those who keep out of the field. They were wild with ex citement—an immediate declaration of war by Spain against the United States and the total extinction of the American nation, was the mild est thing one could hear. Among the “Insnrrects” the matter was dis cussed with better lights: While they hailed it with joy they know how temporary would be the detention, they did not connt upon the seiz ure to do more than embarrass the Spanish Government, but they made all the eapital pos sible but of the fact of seizure. The “Insnrrects” knew that the seizure was brought about by tho Peruvian Government, and knowing that, in fact, Spain and Peru were at peace—though not a cordial peace—they did not build more npon it than was wise, knowing the character of the Peruvian Minister in the United States. The seiznre was only made—though long in contemplation—through the shrewd diplomacy and exquisite management of a secret agent of the Caban Government, accredited to Pern. He saw that the moral effect to Cuba, and the canse would bo worth a score of battles, and the scheme was duly concocked and carried out. It is but one of the many rods in pickle for Spain, and I venture to assert that the distinguished soldier, and no less distinguished diplomat, will be a worse thorn in the side of Spain than any Cuban army now in the field. A PEN PHOTOOBAPH Of one known by name and sight to many thou sands who done battle for the Lost Cause, as well as to many thousands who battled against it, may not- be uninteresting. General Paul Hamilton—in older days, Major—is, in personal appearance, little like the conceived idea of a terrible soldier, a man of blood. I should judge him thirty-five years of age, a little over medi um height, slenderly built, erect and soldierly yet, though not as when he rode at Shiloh and Corinth, for work, and imprisonment, and wounds, and cares havo bowed him somewhat. A quiet, mobile face, which, in its varying ex pression, is the most singular and interesting I have ever looked npon, an eye which can be as piercing as an eagle’s, yet is as mild as a fawn’s, a high, open brow which bears the imprint of many cares, wrinkled and seamed, with a firm, decided curve to tho lips which bespeak the man of iron will, quick resolve and desperate determination. And yet the lips can Rmile as hough noharsh word ever issued from them, as an incident illnslrated to me. In conversation with the General, Iremarked I was from Carolina,and should, I hoped, soon return there. His face grew as soft as a woman’s, as he said, “ Caro-, iina, it is very dear to me; I trust some day I may get there, also.” To look npon him, one would scarce believe the tales told of his prowess during the war in our own land, much less the deeds done in Cnba, while he was in the field. The perfect exem plification of courage, and of the rashest cour age, he carried his men along by his personal valor and the magnetism of n soul which bad no fear, and which, recking nothing of life, dared attempt all things. From merely looking at his face when lit up by a smile of confident resolve, I could follow him against a thousand-fold of odds. He talked quite freely of tho revolution, of the chiefs of it, of its chances, and in one hour gave me a clearer insight into the real con dition of -affairs in Cnba, and the chances the Cubans have, than I havo been able to gain by a five months’ trip through every accessible and some rather inaccessible portions of that Island. Referring to the capture of a party of recruits last July in Macon, he said such material was of little service, if ho were to judge from tho articles in the Macon papers, some copies of which he had sent to him. He says, though, that there are a number of Georgians worthy of the name in the field and more coming. Da ring the hours I spent on board the General's yacht, the Ruttiers—the most beautiful speci men of marine architecture of her size now afloat—I was treated with the utmost hospital ity and good fellowship, and for no other good and sufficient reason save that. I was able to re call to the General the fact that I, being sepa rated from my command, joined' his at Shiloh and rode during the first day’s fight with it. I was invited to dine with the General and his staff, and taken after my Cuban experience in gastronomy, I shall ever look back to it as the greatest dinner of 1809, if not of my life. I rather think I should like that kind of service, provided I could havo such a cook as he is blessed with. Col. Hamilton, a relative of tho General, a much older man, is the chief of staff and confidential executive officer. Col. Gravier, he of tho famous Nicaraguian, South American, California and Cuban memory, is also attached to the staff. Senors Montero and Ruiz, and Secretary Barratto, Major Wertlow, and last but not least, Colonel Thornton, were of the party. Not a man here but has a history, and either life wonld famish food for a score of romances to a novelist. Col. Thornton came over with me from Cuba, but I little dreamed that my quiet looking fellow-passenger, who smoked and peered so assiduously through a pair of glasses at a volume of Schiller, in tho original tongue, was aught but a qniet German visiting our shores on a voyage of pleasure. He was under Gen. H. through their famous campaigns from January to August of this year. 'The Cuban gentlemen were once of the wealthiest in tho Island—now broken in fortune, but not in hope and spirit. They are hard at work for the cause. I happened to have with me a recent issue of tho Vox de Cuba, containing an order for the release of some prisoners in the Cinco Villas District, and Colonel Thornton very gravely read to the General the order which released him, Gen. H., among others, adding: “Yon will have to inform His Excellency that yon an ticipated his order and released yourself,’ and then I heard Gen. H., at the solicitation of tho party, relate his ride from Cinco Villas, or Gnadalnpe to the coast. I have known of won derful rides and daring ones, but I listened to this with feelings akin to the marvelous. How a man, half dead with wounds and imprison ment, found nerve to undertake it conld only be estimated by knowing the wonderful courage of this man. To watch his bronzed bearded face as he spoke, simply telling, without attempt at coloring, the dotails of that escape. Bnt it sprinkled his hair and beard with gray, and Dressed lines into brow and cheek which will never be smoothed out. From the comments after the recital, I gathered that there was something of a lover’s as well as of a soldier s nerve which prompted and sustained him in the feat. But with the enterprises he has on his hands, Cnpid will be outranked by Man tor many a day, I fear. Such spirits as his seldom know the bliss of repose, they live and have their being among stern and stirring scenes. No braver, no gentler soul than Paul Hamilton s ever gave itself to war or to woman. May his fondest hopes in both bo realized. . THE COM3N® STRUGGLE Is causing unwonted activity along the Florida coast, and munitions of war are being concen trated and shipped m large quantities. The untiring zeal of the General s staff is manifest by the activity of their movements, and quietiy and in secret they are doing more for Cuba than sanding thousands of men would acoomphsh. CHARITY FOB CUBA. Senoz Jose Felipe Morens joined us just pre vious to my departure from the yacht, and I learned that ho is the President and prune mover of tho new Cuban Rebel Committee, who propose to establish agencies throughout every State, and solicit contributions m aid of the families of Cubans and of Americans made destitute-by the revolution. A general agent will be ooanuisMonod for each State, who will commission sub-agents and thoroughly canvass every city, town and county. I trust the press generally will, as it has ever done, aid this no ble charity in every possible manner. Each contribution will be receipted for as a CONTRIBUTION TO CHARITY. There is no bond business, no promise to pay back, no other inducement held out save the noble inducement of giving relief and aid to tile starving and destitute, made so by battling for independence. The address for the next few weeksof Senor Jose Felipe Morens will be Wasli- ington, D. O., where he goes immediately to per fect and arrange the details of the organization. Applications for agencies may be made hiih by letter, and, as it is purely a work of charity, those who take agencies must give their services gratis—nothing but actual expenses being al lowed for collection. The noble, large-hearted Southern women should take this cause home to themselves and aid it as they only can aid it. At another time I will try and give some items.relative to Cuban scenes and experiences, both in and out of-the Caban army. Valynez. Constitutionality of the Tax on Cot* ton. A case has just been argued in the United States Supreme Court at Washington, of great interest to cotton producers, dealers and con sumers. It is the case of Farmington against Saunders, from the district of West Tennessee, involving the constitutionality of the tax on cotton imposed by the internal revenue act of July, I860. Farmington owned one hundred and fifty hales of cotton, npon which the three per cent, tax had been levied, and whioh he paid under protest, to avoid the seiznre of his property. Subsequently this action was brought to recover the amount of the tax, the claim be ing that it is invalid because unconstitutional, as being .a direct tax without apportionment, and as being a tax on the exportations of the cotton-growing States. The judgment below sustained the tax, and the case was brought by writ of error for. review, the plaintiff in error insisting that an ad valorem tax on personal property, without reference to consumption, is of the same character as an ad valorem, tax on land, both being direct. This tax, therefore, it is submitted, being levied directly upon pro duction without reference to its use or consump tion, is in its nature a direct tax, and can be levied only by the rule of apportionment. It is also contended at length that cotton is produced in the Southern States for the pnrpose of ex portation, as shown by the history of its growth and consumption. From 1820 to 18G4 three- fourths to five-sixths of the cotton raised in the United States was exported abroad. From 1864 to 1807 the exports were from two-thirds to three-fonrths; and for the year ending June 30, 1867, the exports were 667,137,870 pounds, of the value of $202,807,910; and of the portion not exported abroad, it is asserted as a familiar fact that bnt an insignificant fraction is con- snmed in the States where the cotton is pro duced, the great bulk being exported to other States of the Union. The Attorney-General, for the Government; maintains that the tax is not a direct tax, being neither a tax on land nor slaves, or other capitation tax A direct tax is in its na ture capable of apportionment, without creating great inequality and injustice in the application of the rule; and it is obvions that this tax is not capable of apportionment among tho States, as required by the Constitution. It is, there fore, an indirect tax, and falls ultimately npon the consumer of the article in its manufactured state, and not upon the producer, of whom the tax is exacted. It is insisted that it is not a tax on exports, bnt an excise tax and uniform throughout the country. The fact that more than half the cotton produced in the country is exported to a foreign country has nothing to do with the constitutionality of the law. That does not depend upon the state of trade; and if Con gress cannot constitutionally tax any commodi ty, if some part of it is annually exported, it can not lay any excise tax at all on commodities withfiut providing for a draw-back in case of ex portation. Snch a construction nullifies the power of Congress to lay excise taxes, and is myiifestly erroneous. An array of eminent counsel appear in the case, the plaintiff in error being represented by P. Philips, Albert Pike, R. W. Johnson, (form erly Senator from Arkansas,) James Hughes, W. F. Sharkey. E. R. ''’nrtis and R. Topp. The Government is represented by Attorney-Gene ral Hoar and Assistant Attorney-General Field. —Savannah News. Collision at Sea Between Hie Brltisb Ship Golconda and tho American Brig E. A. Carver. We are indebted to Captain-Davis, of the Golconda, for the following facts regarding the collision, at sea between his vessel and the American brig Annie E. Carver, which caused the abandonment of the latter. The Golconda was bound from New Orleans to Liverpool with a cargo of cotton, sailing on the first instant. The captain reports that at half-past 4 o’clock, on tho morning of the 11th instant, the wind being east by north, the ship heading north by east, he saw a light on the port bow, close aboard; he immediately ordered the wheel to be put hard-a-port and brought the ship as close as possible to the wind. Those on board the brig hailing him, asked him to keep his ship off, which he could not then possibly do, and a col lision took place—the Golconda striking the brig about the knights heads, on her starboard side, carrying her bowsprit and locking both vessels together. In consequence of the heavy sea which was running, the brig’s foremast broke at the deck, carrying away the Golconda’s jib-boom, figure-head, gear, sails, back ropes, and both backstays, starting the cut water, fore channels, and causing various other damage, sails destroyed, etc. Every exertion was made by the officers and crew of the two vessels to get tho brig clear by cutting the stays (wire), and about half past five o’clock of the same day, got clear of her. The captain and crew of the brig were taken on board the Golconda, after securing the Golconda’s bowsprit temporarily, several hours were spent in endeavoring to take tho brig in tow, but it was impossible to get a hawser fast to her because of the heavy sea running. At the captain’s request, the Golcon da remained by the brig until four o’clock, to give him time to secure his effects, which ho succeeded in doing. The captain decided to abandon the brig although she made no water. At the time of the collision tho Golconda’s lights were burning, and were kept so from dark until daylight. The cause of the occur rence was purely the neglect on the part of the captain of the brig in not obeying the rules of the rood at sea. Tho brig's boat—tho only one she had—was saved and brought to Savannah. Tho brig E. A. Carver, Captain Sylvester, was bound from Cardenas to St. Mary's, Ga., in ballast, and had a crew consisting of the mate and six hands. There were also two ladies on board. All of whom were brought to Savannah by the Golconda. The brig was owned by H. W. Bracket, Setli G. Wyman, and others of Maine, and was partially insured. She was 273 tons burthen. The names of tho two ladies are Mrs. B. W. Sylvester (wife of the first mate) and Mrs. WalL Savannah Republican. To Some of onr Georgia Cotempora- ries. Have yon read CoL Tift’s letter? If so, why do you persist in static that he therein recom mends the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend ment ? It makes no difference what his private views are npon the subject, so far as this inqui ry is concerned. If in his letter he makes no such recommendation, you are amenable to the charge of imperfect reading and injustice. Most of yon have evidently taken your cue from one or two daily editors, who made the statement in reckless disregard of the facts, and with an evident design to break the force of his position by withholding his letter and misrepre senting his views. , In all candor we ask yon to go back and read his letter, and if you find in it a solitary sugges tion outside of the inquiry made by CoL Woot en, relative to reseating the negro, we’ll ac knowledge onr error and beg your pardon. Fiat Justicia ruat ceelum. Whatever CoL Tift’s views may be on the Fif teenth Amendment, he did not obtrude them upon you in his reply to CoL Wooten, and the persistent assertion that he did, is a gratuitous outrage npon tho intelligence of the people. The truth about the matter is—the argument on tho pledge and policy of reseating the nemo is unanswerable, and the prejudice agamsWhe Fif teenth Amendment is invoked, at the risk of truth and honest journalism, to destroy its ef- fC Again, if yon are so terribly brave, and so very willing to submit to martyrdom, why do yon preach peaee 1 peace! peace! and shudder audibly at tho very name of Ku-Klux? _ Wa are tired of sickly sentimentality; bred of cowatlly boasts Of readiness to meet any and every emergency: tired of braggart, bullying words to the the enemy, and timid counsels to friends. Away with it all! Either look the situ ation square in the face and accept its inevita ble renlts, or encourage, assist and applaud the dariDg spirit that strikes for liberty.—Albany Nat*. . For the Telegraph-and Messenger.'] “Carpc IJIem.” Enjoy the present, whatever it may be, and be not solicitous of the future: for if yon take your foot from its present standing and thrust it toward to-morrow’s end, you are in a restless condition. It is like refusing to quench yonr present thirst for fear the cooling draft may be wanting the next day. H it is well to-day, it is madness to make the present miserable by fear ing it may be ill to-morrow. He is wise who enjoys as much of this world as his circum stances will admit of, and buries all its cares in oblivion’s shade. If only the troubles of one day oppress him, he will probably be able to sustain them. “Sufficientunto the day is the evil thereof,” bnt not intolerable. But if we look abroad and bring into one day’s thoughts the evils of many, certain and uncertain, what will be and what will never be, onr burden will not only bo intolerable bnt unreasonable. What is the nse to be taming aside from pleasure’s syren call to pursue the transient bubbles strewn on life’s pathway from the cra dle to the grave, and teaching ambition’s soar ing wing where all its flights must end. This world is one of few joys at best; only a few fleeting years of toil and disappointment given us in which to prepare for a happier, and it is wise to make the best of it. There are mys teries in the daTk future not intended to be re vealed to man, and he shonld be content with the knowledge that an allv Proridence has bestowed on him. Those who are exerting themselves to unravel the fntnre and to find out their destiny are only adding to the eup of sor row which they are participants of, and to the chain of misfortunes of which they are a link. This iS a mystery Which, in the economy of Di vine Providence, is not revekled to man. It is known only to Omnipotence, who affirms in command, that we must take no thought for the morrow; for we know not what a day may bring forth. Many plan out with vivid imagination a fu ture too bright and beautiful ever to be realized. They make life a brilliant scene of continual en joyment. How few have their brighf dreams realized? How few of these airy castles but what fall to the ground, turning the heads and crashing the hearts of many? Their wild fan cies are too often like the blasted rose, which when first beheld with its tiny bud embosomed among the green leaves, onr hearts are thrilled with admiration. We watch long and anxionslr for the first blessom; each day it expands mor« and more the folds of its robes, and displays thi beautiful tints beneath; but when it seemed Just ready to burst into perfected beauty, it sud denly dropped to the earth. From this a lesson may be learned; beantifnl emblem of the delu siveness of the bnds of hope which ambition’s towering stem has pictured on the imagination. If we wonld be happy, and enjoy the fleeting moments allotted to ns in this life, we must learn not to repine at misfortunes, nor envy the happiness of another, since it is impossible for any one to form a correct idea of his neigh bors sufferings. If all the calamities of man kind were cast into one pile in order to be eqn ally distributed among all; those who now think themselves the moat unhappy, wonld pre fer the share they are already possessed of, be fore that which wonld fall to them by such a division. Ne ccdemalis. The wealth and fashion of this worll passeth away. Why toil so incessantly for them? They do not add to our hapiness. “Riches profit not in the day of wealth.” A moderate competence is all we shonld crave. If the world woild be content with this, we wonld find more happy faces, more people enjoying life than do.— How many toil day and night, without rest, either body or mental, all for the accursed thirst for gold that perisheth. Wo shonld all work some, for “labor ipse voluptas,” bnt there is time enough for pleasant recreation, for an occasional social chat with a neighbor. “All work and no play makes Jack a dml boy.” Equally unwise is it to be looking back gath ering up trouble with which to .burden our hearts. Think not of former pleainres or dis appointments; the remembrance' of which has a tendency to lengthen one’ti face, and spread over it an air of unhappiness. Let the past go for what it brought, and look (head with glowing anticipations, always viewinglhe bright side of everything. There is never if> bo seen a cheerful smiling countenance am«ng those who are always harping over every petty trifle that intercepts their routine of joys. * Many are the pictures that hang on memory’s wall; some sad, some joyful, some mggesting pleasing emotions, others fraught wilh mourn ful remembrances of the past. Lot ns divest these walls of some of their borderland only leave their ornaments. The brightest scenes of life are not exempt from cares. Thesweetest rose has its thorns; but we must look only up>- on its beantifnl traits, inhale its delightful per fumes, unmindful of the piercing thoi^i that lies concealed beneath it. If you would be happy yourselves, always en joying tho bliss of contentment; if you would bo" agreeable to others, enjoy yonr present mo ments, leaving eaoh day to shift for itself.— Vive, vale. <[| j Idyl. Georgia News. j Columbus had her heaviest cotton receipts of one day last Thursday, which jvere 1167 bales. Macon’s heaviest day this year was 1148. Total cotton receipts of Columbns to Friday were 41,409 bales; shipments, 28,719'; stock on hand 12,690. Macon is about ten thousand bales ahead of Columbns, so far. Not Contracting.—The Columbus Sun of the 17th reports that many freed men were in the city the day previous, and says the crowds of whites and blacks appear increasing daily. Farmers say the negroes are becoming more pru dent than heretofore, but they are not willing, as a rule, to make contracts until after Christ mas, nor are planters endeavoring to any great extent to hire. As yet hardly any offers have been made. Maoox and Augusta Railroad.—The Au gusta Constitutionalist learns that track laying will soon be commenced on the gap betwe en Mil- ledgevillo and Macon. The first ship load of rails is expected to arrive at Charleston about the first of January next, and very soon after another cargo at Brunswick to be transprorted over the Brunswick Road to Macon, when the track laying will be pushed forward from both ends of the road. Small-Pox in Henry County.—The Consti tution says that the small-pox is raging in Henry county, about six miles east of Jonesboro. Two ladies, Mrs. Garrett and Mrs. Wright, have died. Rev. Db. Evans.—The Union Springs Times thus alludes to the sermon of Bev. Dr. James E. Evans in the Baptist Chnrch at that place last Sunday: “This gentleman’s sermon on Sunday last, at the Baptist Chnrch, was the means of forcing tears to eyes long dry from hardness of heart in many—all, we might say—who heard the elo quent discourse. Having in the past often lis tened to the preaching of this earnest, unpre tending man of God, whose soul is engaged in the work of doing good, and who has spent long, long years in bus Master’s service, we cannot recall a single instance in which he failed to make a deep impression npon onr heart. We know the man, we love him, and would to God there were thousands such as T$e in the ministry to-day.” ’ IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Intereatinflr. Official Statements In Regard to Cotton Production. The following is what the Commissioner of Agriculture says in his annual report, just out, under the head of “Southern Agriculture “The continued high price of cotton has made its culture more profitable than at any former period, and the crop of 1868 has yielded a larger amount of money than that of 1859. The yield of the past year exceeded very slight ly the estimate of this Department, which was 2,3S0,000 bales. The present season has wit nessed great activity in this culture, an increase of area cultivated, and more general and gen erous fertilization, and has also been character ized by drought in the seaboard States, and other causes of diminished production, which have modified the expectations of planters; yet the crop will exceed that of last year, and may reach 2,700,000 bales. “I regret to observe, from official correspon dence and during a brief tour through the cot ton States, the tendency to neglect other crops and concentrate all available labor and capital npon a single product, however profitable. The inevitable result will be moTe cotton and small er net returns in money after the purchase of needed supplies, and, as a further result, aslower improvement of neglected lands. This bane of Southern agriculture is still operative, and may cease to exist only when low prices, disaster and despondency shall ngain arrest the impolit ic and irrational coarse of prodaction. I would not advise an attempt to keep up prices by lim iting the yield; a somewhat larger supply of tho staple is needed in the markets of the world; the present rates cannot be* sustained indefi nitely ; bnt I would not foster the suicidal plan ror cheapening the money-producing crop while fendering dearer every other that must be pur chased as an auxiliary of its prodaction. “It is gratifying, however, to note the in crease of cotton manufactures in the cotton re gion, their flourishing condition, their large dividends, and the quality of their yarns and fabrics. Operatives are easily obtained at reas onable wages, becoming readily inured to habits of systematic industry, and rapidly acquiring the requisite skill. . At the commencement of the present year there were eighty-six cotton mills reported from Southern States to t}ho Na tional Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters, running 225,063, spindles, consuming 31,415.750 pounds. The following are details of returns from the cotton States: MARRIED, At the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savan nah, oil the 25th of November, by the Rev. A. Lan dry, of Jacksonville, assisted by tho Bov. Mr. Bazin, of Macon, Mr. J. A. Mebcieb, of Montreal, Canada, to Mademoiselle Maby Ellen O'Connell, of Ma con. No cards. STATE. i Spindles Average yam., j Virginia 10 36,060 15% North Carolina.. 17 24,219 19% Sonth Carolina.. C ■ 81,583 15% Georgia 20 69,782 12% Alabama 8 25,196 Mississippi 6 ' 8,752 Texas 4 8,528 Arkansas 2 924 Tennessee 10 13,720 is 0.0 s 4.010, ooo'm.18 3,537,000 145.85 4,174,100[l82.14 10,804,350455.70 2,820,596412.00 1,457,000460.43 1,372,104160.90 258.400,268.83 l,847,200'l34.00 “The cotton manufactured in the United States in 1860 was 422,975 pounds; in 1868, by these returns, 450,000,000 pounds. At the former date the home consumption was twenty per cent, of the crop; it is now forty per cent. As the ratio of consumption shall be further in creased, the prosperity of the country and of the cotton section will advance. “The sugar interest is rapidly attaining its former proportions. A disposition is indicated to extend its culture beyond the cane plantations of the Mississippi River to Florida, Southern Georgia and Texas. Fruit culture is gaining a prominence which it never before enjoyed; vineyards of hundreds of acres in extent have been established, and orchards of thousands of acres, with groves of oranges and other tropical fruits. There is evidence of progress also in the nse of improved agricultural implements, tho employment of fertilizers, and in the mental activity and spirit of inquiry whioh are moving tho rural mind of this section.”—Charleston News. A Jnnip From llie Steeple of Notre Dame. The Paris correspondent of tho New York World says: The Morgue stands almost in the shadow of Notro Dame de Paris, and the poor corpse had not far to be carried. The chnrch towers are 204 feet in height, the new spire 280 feet. The man I sought was the only occupant of the Morgue. Ho was stretched on one of its dozen benches, which are shut from the spectators by a glass partition, with a little stream of water percolating on his head, and a dark rag spread across his loins. Otherwise, he was perfectly nude. His years must have ranged from fifty to sixty.- A brownish complexion, black eyes, gray hair, neatly and recently cut, and a stature of about five feet six inches were his character istics. His eyes were wide open and fixed in a look of scornful resignation, and his face and head were evidently those of an educated think er. I shonld have set him down, had I met him living, as a lawyer or professor of some educa tional establishment. His clothing did not seem to appertain to the condition in life that I have suggested; tho shoes were new, but suen as might be worn by the vulgar. There were no papers npon him by which he could be recog nized. The great fall had very little disfigured the appearance of the corpse His spine was broken in several places, but as he lay on his back we did not see these wounds. His right arm, however, was black with the braises from the ends of the fingers to above the elbow. Beyond this there was no mark of injury visible to the public. The Reconstruction of Georgia.—Mr. Carpenter, (Rep. Wis.), from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported, on the 13th, Mr. Mor ton’s bill to perfect the reconstruction of Geor gia, with amendments. The bill, as amended, provides for convening the old Legislature on a certain day, to be named by the Governor. Its organization shall' be effected by summoning all persons elected to the General Assembly of the State, as appears by the proclamaticn of General Meade, dated June 25th, 1S69, and excluding all persons in eligible under the Fourteenth Amendment. No person shall be refused a seat in the Legislature on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The President is authorized to employ, on application-of the Governor, the military and naval forces of the United States to enforce the provisions of this act. Finally, it is provided that the Legislature of Georgia shall be regarded as provisional only, until the further action of Congress. I <*» “ — * The Cotton Tax.—A dispatch to the New York World says: The argument of the cotton tax before the Supreme Court has been finished, Mr. Hoar and Mr. Field speaking for tho government, and P. Phillips, of this city, and Benjamin B. Curtis, of Boston, against the constitutionality of the tax. The sum involved in this particular case is only twenty-five hundred dollars, bnt the total amount to be affected by the decision is estima ted as high as twenty millions of dollars. It does not follow, however, even if the nnconsti- tutionality of the tax be affirmed by the conrt, that this entiro sum will be at once refunded. Probably only the moneys will be promptly re funded where the parties made regular protest and appeal as required by law. • It is conjec tured that this has been done in comparatively few cases; bnt if tbe decision be averse to the tax, it will follow that all this money has been wrongfully taken and it will be the duty of Con gress to provide for its repayment. Some mem bers say tbis will be done. In the debate on the repeal of the tax, it was conceded that the tax was only defensible as a war measure. The Southern Christian Advocate comes out in new type and makes a very tasteful ap pearance. We copy from it the following per sonal item: Bishop Pierce returned last week from Ar kansas ; bnt came near meeting a serious acci dent," near Madison, when within a hundred miles of his home. A rail broke—and the oar he was in—the rear car—ran some distance on the gronnd, and over the cross-ties, shaking up the passengers considerably. We learn that they all escaped, with a few braises. The Colored Conference.—Tho Southern Meth odist Conference (colored) has been in session in this city at the City Hall, since Thursday last, Bishop George F. Pierce presiding. About two hun dred colored mirraters of the chnrch havo been in attendance, quite a number of whom are from Flor ida. Tho Conference adjourns to day. We under stand that Bishop Pierce will preach to the colored ministers and people this morning at 19% o’clock in tho City Hall. B. A. FAHNESTOCK’S YERMIFUGE! WHY is it that so many children die .under the f V ago of five years ? That a large proportion of children die under that age, has long been a subject of remark, and without a satisfactory cause ascer tained, it is certain. Also, it is known that worms exist in the human system from its earliest infancy: therefore parents, especially mothers, who are more constantly with their children, cannot be too observing of the first symptoms of worms; for so surely as they exist, can they be SAmiYABTS CXiRTAZEOTZiV Removed from the most DELICATE INFANT, by the timely uso of B. A. FAHNESTOCK’S YERMIFUGE. It is perfectly harmless, contains no Mercury, being a Purely Vegetable Composition, And may bo administered with the UTMOST SAFE TY TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. Worm Confections, msde more for the purpose of pleasing the palate than of overcomi g the disease, have been manufactured all over the country, but their short lease « f life is nearly exhausted, and B. A. Fahnestock’s Vermifuge continues to grow in favor daily. CAUTION. Should occasion require you to purchase B. A. Fah nestock’s Vermilugc, be particularly careful to see thatthe initials are B. A. This is tho article that has been so FAVORABLY KNOWN SINCE 1829, And purchasers most insist on having it, if they do not wish to have an imitation forced upon them. ' SCHWARTZ & HASLETT, Formerly B. A. Fahnestock’s Sox Sc Co., SOLE PROPRIETORS. PITTSBURGH, PA. dec9-deod*wly W. E.-TANNER. ALEX. DELANEY METROPOLITAN WORKS RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, Corner of Seventh and Canal Streets. WM. E. TANNER & CO., Stationary & Portable Engines, SAW TVTTT.T.H, BOILERS, BRIDGE BOLTS AND CASTINGS, IRON AND BRASS WORK. I RON and WOODEN TRUCKS for Cars. IM PROVED MACHINERY' of all kinds built and repaired. Also, Agent sin the Southern States for BlaKe’s Patent Stone & Ore Breaker EC. R. BROWN, Ag-’t, sepU-diwly No. 35 Third st.. Macon. Ga. Sto. a. $20. $15. -^2^ 825. TUIE celebrated IMITATION GOLD HUNTING .X WATCUE-, "'Collins Metal.” (Improved Oro ide.) These celebrated Watches havo been so thor oughly tested during the last four years, and their reputation for time and as imitations of Gold Watches, is so well established as to require no re commendations. Prices-Horizontal Watches, $10, equal in apnonrance and for timo to Gold Watches worth $100; Full Jeweled Levers, $15, equal to $150 Grid ones: Full Jeweled Levers, extra fine and su perior finish, $20, equal to 3200 Gold ones. We have just commenced making a very fino Amer- . equal time to a gold watch costing $250. We charge only $25 for these magnificent watches. All our watches in hunting cases, gents’ and ladies’ sizes, chains. Collins Metal, $2 to $3. Also, all kinds of Jewelry, equal to gold, at one-tenth the price. CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS, SET IN GOLD. We are now making Jewelry of the California Di amonds. These are real stones of great brilliancy and hardness, and cannot be distingui tied from the genuine stones, oven by good judges. They are par ticularly brilliant at night by artificial light, do not scratch or become dull by use, end retain their brilv lianey for an indefinite time. The following arc the iriccs: Ladies’ and Gents’ Finger Rings, single stones, one karat weight......... $5 each Gents’ Pins, single stone, according to the size of the stone- $1 to $6 Ladies’Cluster Pins $7 50 Ladies’ Cluster Ear-rings $7 00 TO CLUBS.—Where six watches are ordered at one time, wo send a seventh watch free. Goods sent bv express to be paid for on delivery. C. E. COLLINS & CO., nov4-d£w3moB No. 335 Broadway. New Yo r k. TUTT J B YS8ETABLB LIVER PILLS Cures diseases of the Liver and Stomach; TFTT’S EXPECTORANT, A pleasant cure for Coughs, Colds, etc. TCTT’S SARSAPARILLA & QUEEN’S DKIJGB2 The great Alterative and Blood Purifier TUTT’S IMPROVED HAIR DYE, Warranted the best dye in use- These standard preparations are tor sale by HARRIS. CLAY & CO„ Agenie. J.H.ZEILIN&CO, apr2-dtwly DauaaisTS, Macon. Ga. IOSADALISI T he great American health Restorer, purifies the blood and cures Scrofula, Syphilis, Skin Disea.-es, Rheuma tism. Diseases of Womon, and all Chronh Affections of tho Blood, Liver and Kidneys. Recommended byihe Medical Faculty and -many thousands of our best citizens. Read tho testimony of Physicians and patients who have used Rosadalis; send for onr Rosadalis Guide to Health Book, or Alma nac far this year, which we publish for gratuitous distribution; it will give you much valuable information: Dr. R. W. .Carr, of Baltimore, says—I take pleasure in recommending your Roia- dalia as a very powerful alterative. I htt e s een i t used i n t wo cases with happy res u its; one in a caso of secondary syphilis, in which the patient pronounced himself cured after having taken five bottles of your medicine. The other is a care of scrofula of long standing, which is rapidly improving under its use, and the indica tions aro that the patient will soo» recover. I have carefully examined tbe formulae by which your Rosadalis is made, and find it an excellent compound of alterative in gredients. Dr. Sparks, of NichoIasviHe,Ky..sayshe has used Rosadalis in cases of Serofula and Secondary Syphilis with satisfactory re sults—as a cleaner of the Blood I know no better remedy. Samuel G. McFadden, of Murfreesboro, Tenn-.says: I have used seven bottles of Rosadalis, and am entirely cured of Rheumatism: send me four bottles, as I wish it for m brother, who has Scrofulous Sore Eyes. Beniamin Bechtol, of Lima, Ohio,writee: I have suffered for twenty years with an inveterate eruption over my whole body: a short time since I purchased a bottle o* Rosadalis and it effected a perfect cure. HOBAXjAXi X IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. * «9_Laberatory, No. 61 Exchange Plae* Baltimore. Ori. Clemente, Rives 4t Co., Proprietors. For sale by X. B. SBILZK A CO iuly-Stf Lsf. HUST& ml DR. JOHN BULL’S CREAT REMEDIES! DR. JOHN BULL Jfam/Ja v rer find Vender oj the Celebrated Smith's Tonic Syrup. FOR THE CUBE OF TAKEN TTP, A BLAZE-FACE BAY MARE. Inquire at the house of A colored woman named CARRIE, on the Columbus road, two miles from tho city, or at the house of Mr. PERSONS. deol7-lir AGUE AND FEVER, CHILLS ^fVISJID FEVER Tho proprietor of thi3 celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority overall other remedies ever ofifcrcd to thc-public for the safe, certain, speedy and permanent cure of Airue and Fever, or Chill-.'Hint Fever, whether of short or long standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southwestern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion, that in no case-whatever will it fail to cure, if the directions are strictly followed and car ried out. In a great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect resto ration of the general health. It is, however, pru dent,and in every case more certain to cure, if its nse is continued in smaller doses • for a week or two af ter tho dDease lias been cheeked, more especially in difficult and long standing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bow els in good order; should the patient, however, reqfwe a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four dos, s of the Tonic, a single dose of Ball’s Vegetable Family Pills will be sufficient. Dr. John Bnll’s Principal Office, No. 40, Fifth Cross Street, Louisville, Kv. BULL’S WORM DESTROYER 2b My United States and World- wide Headers: I have received many testimonials from profess ional and medical men, os my almanacs and various publications have shown, all of which are genuine. The following letter from a highly educated and popular physician in Georgia, is c ertainiy one o the most sensible communications I have ever re ceivcd. Dr. Clement knows exactly what he speak of, and his testimony deserves to be written in let ters of gold.’ Hear .what the Doctor says of Ball’s Worm Destroyer. Viiaakow, Walker Co., Ga., June 29. Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir—I have recently given yonr Worm Destroyer several trials, and find it wonderfully efficacious. It has not failed in a sin gle instance to have the wished for effect. I am doing a pretty large country practice and have daily use for 6ome article of the kind. I am free to confess that I know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain e~d speedy in its effects. On the contrary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object in writing you is to find out upon what terms I can get tho medicine directly from yog. If I can get it upon easy terms I shall use a great deal of it. I am aware that the use of snch articles is contrary to tho teachings and practice of a great majority of the regular lino of M. D.’s, but I see no just cause or good sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be efficient simply becansc we may be ignorant of its combi nation. For my part I shall make it a rule to uso all and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which I may be able to command; not hesitating because some one_morc ingenious than mysclfmay have learned its effects first and secured the sole right to secure that knowledge. However, I am by no means an.advoeate or supporter of the thous ands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. I am, sir, most respectfully, JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, A Good Reason for the Captain's Faith. READ THE CAPTAIN’S' LETTER AND THE LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30,1866. Dr. John Bull—DearSir—Knowincthe efficiency of yonr Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial qualities it possesses, I send yon the following statement of my case. I was wounded about two years ago; was taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I have not sat up a moment since I was wounded. I am shot through the hips. My general health is impaired, and I need something to assist nature. I have more faith in your Sarsaparilla than in any thing else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me half a dozen bottles, and Oblige Capt. C.P. JOHNSON. St. Louis, Mo. P. S.—The following was written April SO, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie JohnsoD, mother of Capt. Johnson. Dr. Bull—Dear Sir—My husband, Dr. C. S. John son, was a skillful surgeon and physician in Cen tral New York, where he died, leaving the above C. P. Johnson to my care. At 13 years of age he had% chronic diarhea and scrofula, forwhichlgave him your Sarsaparilla. It cured him. I have for ten years recommended it. to many in New York, Ohio and Iowa, for scrofula, fever sores and gen eral debility; perfect success lias attended it. The cures effected in some cases of scrofula and fever sores were almost miraculous. I am very anxious for my son to again have recourse to your Sarsa parilla. He is fearful of getting a spunonS article, icnce his writing to you for it His wounds were terrible, but I believe he will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON. BULL'S CEDR0N BITTERS Authentic Documents ARKANSAS HEARD FROX. TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL MEN. Stony Point, White Co., Ark., May 33, ’66. Dr. John Bull—Dear Sin—Last February I WM in Louisville purchasing drugs, and I got some ot yonr Sarsaparilla and Cedron Bitters. My son-in-law, who was with me in the store,has been down with the rheumatism forsome time; he commenced on the Bitters, and soon found his and he also Improved. Dr. Gist who has been in bad health tried them general health improved Dr. Coffee, who has been In bad health for sev eral years [stomach and liver affected,] improved very much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bittere has given von great popularity in this settlement. I think I eonld sell a greet qua lity of vour medicines this fall; especially of yonr Cedron Bitters and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Mem phis, care of Riekett and Neely. Respectfully, C. B. WALKER. Prepared and sold by DR. JOHN BULL at his Laboratory, Fifth fdreet, LoHisviUe,Ky. Ail the above remedies for sale bv L. W. HURT * Co., janl-lv Macon* Ca.