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m — Celegrnjili unit JJtangr MACON, FEBUUARY 13, I860 THE GEORGIA PRESS. The Savannah Hibernians will have no parade this year, There are now between sixty-five and seventy pupils in attendance at Mercer Bigh School, Penfield, Georgia, and a good prosjiect of an increase, Tjjk Columbus military companies are flunking of disbanding. Hr. A. T. Way and Mrs. S. A. Norris, of Darien, are married. Miss Buck Wiif.ei.er, of Columbus, fell dead in that city last Friday JxijHiK IIii.i.yer, of Atlanta, is fond of bird shooting. He recently took a hunt at Oconee station on the Georgia road Hex Walker, of Greene county, killed foar wild turkeys, aggregating forty-three pounds, at one shot, last week. The Bainbridge Fair begins on the Cth of May next. A premium list will soon he out. It lias been decided to hold the fair but one day. There will possibly be a reconsideration in favor of two days. Mu. D. Rosser Adams, of Eatonton, married Miss Mamie E. Tufts, of Jones counly, last week. So much small grain hasjnever been seen before in Oglethorpe county. The editor of the Meriwether Vindica tor has a boxwoodtrec which grew from a sprig plucked near the grave of Washing ton at Mount Vernon, and whenever he be gins to make a hard statement ho goes into the yard and looks at it and then makes It all the same. Darien Gazette: General A. R. Law- toil, of Savannah, is* growing immensely popular in Southern Georgia, and it would not surprise us to see him in the Guber natorial chair in less than twelve montlis. General P. M. B. Young, of Carters- wille, lias taken up his residence in Wash ington, D. C., for the winter. The Middle Georgia Military and Ag ricultural College lias adopted a uniform. It is similar to the one used by the Dali- lonoga college, viz: Confederate gray— short sack coat, and black stripe on the pantaloons. Jksui* Sentinel: The rain last week has put tin; Pliinliolloway in good rafting «rder, and the limiter men are busy run ning their timlier out to where they can raft it up and start for Darien. Timber is st ill bringing very remunerative prices. The Augusta lawyers are very much disgusted with the establishment of the new district court of Macon. Tmk Brunswick Appeal contains the following iti regard to the beaching of the well known steamer David Clark last But few have week, mention of which lias already been made : “The steamer, David Clark, bound Southward, attempted to pass through St. Andrews Sonml in a thick fog, late Satur day evening last, and missing her reckon ing. passed through tlie buoy and struck the weather shore opposite little Cumber land. Slur stuck first on tlie sand-pit, and made a l.ed from which two powerful ste-i.u I tigs tailed to dislodge her. At one o’clock yesterday, tlie steam tug Athlete towed tint David Clark up the harbor and made her fast at the dock. She was drived off tlie sand-pit by the olf-shore gale Monday night, and, alter a most per- iloos n.hectare and terrible struggle to save herself, lodged on tlie spur of the north breaker about day yesterday mom in". S!u* t lumped heavily for two hours, when tlie Athlete rescued her uninjured.” ft.* KVF.syn.LE Gazette: “The cry of lire sa' inlay night created a genuine panic for few minutes, and every hurry ing ps««erby was plied with eager ques- tioii, fun:i almost every door. The hour lie: u; e:t rly and so few having retired the neb <•> limit gates was almost instanla- Rc-.ii- r-.d divers were the questions and cnnfn«u-g the conjectures heard on every side. Those few who were so unfortunate » c > have begun the task of disrobing for t.! - nigh, i.-ft ofl' just where they were and j> *ed the eager throng without fear or co'opnuction. One colored female was n liiiTv ing toward tlie scene of destruc- .. v-wing her striped stockings in the : t<.}!.;»« a tragic manner—perhaps we s |.„.,i,ivplain that the stockings were in bei- hands. After nil the excitement and tli- ,h.-i,i.-:ate state of mind into which r-',» ->r i >ur citizens had worked tliem- sc ; 'v? during the uncertainty of tlie oc «t'i ■•»», there was evident a feeling of con- si-Wabh* disgust mingled with their relief when n was known that only a little, un- pi. .1 pole house was inflames instead of c -r 1.4 isome hotel building, as many a* first declared." Vi i>vo Bar-room.—Chronicle and ti ft ■ hSil-aionalist: We have just learned • :!;< tlmling bar-room which has been ho.cd in the Savannah river some time, S of which mention was made a few ,si'ic.., l-.as been seized. The parties o had apparently been carrying on a i -f : i!i :it whisky business were pursu- r. ,i V.e Carolina side by revenue of- M'd finding that the still-hnnters re even more vigorous on this side of I few re vi dl-.1 the ' for;-, bow. iivor, concluded to take middle and anchored oft' an island in the n nah near the Elbert county side. A •ays vince Mr R. Wink Taylor, deputy me official, procured a small boat, aviugtlie Elbert county side, pad- '.v ■ toward the gin gondola to recon- . and tlie premises. Approaching mat as if to take a drink, he was in- by one of the keepers that his pat- .ms not desirable. He continued, vc r, • o approach the barge, when one o: rt k • icrs drew Ills pistol and threat en'd to fight. Mr. Taylor’s position was ti.m n iiii’e criitcal; but throwing aside V .!dull' tactics, boldly proclaimed that lie ban • -m. to seize the boat and would do s . He left tlie boat, entered the room and v d- a forma' \iptnre of the affair, which 5 r to have been a well regulated and fully implied bar. Mr. Taylor’s bold- d<* ! and -interprisc were strikingly pre- s .ted, .-. id his captare is highly coin- v tided 'ii Elbert county, we learn. The C. 'umbus Enquirer: People of fl.is enlightened age mar probably think V re 3-7 no more of the old time conjurers, etc., and that such tilings have been van- t .krd (mm tlie civilized part of the er.rth, bid this is a mistake. There a. # r itch practices among some nc- gre - in the very heart of this city, and probably _ elsewhere, for aught we know. »Jverbea: iug a negro ask his employer for twenty-five cents, and the employer wish ing t« know for what purpose he wanted it, art-ru*: ed the attention of the inquisi tive reporter, in search of a bit of news. The iv 3 ro said he wished the money to hare the “ amel of liis ear pulled up.” Inquiring what he meant by this, tlie re port/*" —as told by one who had several times vitnessed the operation, that it •was performed as described below: By “amel," be meant what we generally call plat.*. There ere certain classes of negroes in e very win inanity, who prey upon tlie ig norance ofothers, called “doctors,” who treat certain diseases. When the patient enters . !i >-.anctuary, he is placed in a sitting position in a chair; tlie “doctor” •ik*- a bunch of hair from the top of the b 11 in Ids hand, and having a firm grip on it pull* with all his might and main until tb, scalp “pops” and separates from the skull; he then ties the bunch of hair vi- v i fitly with a strong piece of twine a n't vi V. patient’s neck to keep tlie sralp t -r going back to the skull. The • pt tied and the scalp raisecSin •:i for two weeks. After the a!’.-.•*.■! •r.ae has expired, the patient is .veil. Price only twenty-five •!a m hops are growing popular in H. Barnes, of Albany, was run mule and knocked senseless, i narrow escape from death, nericus Republican says not a i has bcea serred the people of that place this season reached Macon. TnE Eagle and Phcnix Mills convert into yarns and cloth about 130,000 bales of cotton annually. Some Columbus negrpes had a bloody row on the outskirts of that city, in which pistols were freely used, last Saturday night. Several are in a critical condition. Bome can certainly justly claim to be the banner newspaper town of Georgia, It revels in three—two dailies and one tri weekly. Rev. J. S. Lamar, of Augusta, has in vented an electric motor which, it is said, promises to prove a success, is to super sede steam, and is destined to place tlie inventor's name alongside that of Edison and the other great scientists who have figured in the world. lie is now in New York looking after liis invention. It seems that several lines of railway between Rome and Chattanooga are be- ng contemplated. The Rome Courier, however, suggests tliat one line will be enough to do tlie business between the two cities at present. Among the industries of St-. Simon’s Island is the production of olive oil, Tlie article there manufactured is pro nounced by judges equa', if not superior, to the finest made in France or Spain, and where it is not too wet the soil on all portions of that anil adjoining islands is admirably adapted to the culture of the olive. Tlie St. Simon’s correspondent of the Brunswick “Adterliser says: There are trees on this island that have borne continuously for the last fifty years. This fruit lias never been known to suffer from frost in tills locality, except during the famous cold spell of 1S35. Brunswick Advertiser: “We are pleased to announce that Dr. J. S. Law rence, the contractor for dredging out our harbor, lias been here this week prepara tory to commencing woik. Tlie probabil ities are that he will begin operations in a few days. Meanwhile we are looking confidently to our immediate Congress man, John C. Nichols, Esq., for other and bigger appropriations; lookingnot only to tlie putting of our harbor in jierfect order, straightening our wliarf front, etc., but also the building of a custom house, post- oflice, etc. Uncle Sam’s money could be spent in no more laudable maimer than those above named. We believe Colonel Xicliolls will leave no stone unturned to accomplish these ends, According to the St. Simon’s “Dotter” of tlie Brunswick Advertiser “tlie largest tig tree in Geoigia is on Captain King’s place, near the grounds of liis splendid residence, so famous far and near in the good old ante-bellum days as ‘Retreat.’ it is thirty feet high, lias a stem ten feet high to the first branch, and sixteen inch es in diameter. In one year thirty bush els of figs have been gathered from it.” The last number of tlie Bainbridge Democrat contains a history of the Deca tur Guards by Captain J. II. Martin, of Hawkinsvillc. From it we extract the following: Some of the battles engaged in were York Town, * Garnett’s Farm, Chickamauga. Gettysburg, Sbarpsburg, Spottsylvania Court House, Petersburg, Manassas, Fort Harrison, Fort Sheppard, Fort Gilmer, riiiilip's House, Malvern Hill, Fassel’s Mills, Knoxville, Wilderness, Fredericks burg, Manassas Gap, Thoroughfare Gap, Lookout Mountain, New Market Heights, Cold Harbor, Charles City Road, Will iamsburg Road, Betliesda Church X ltoads. The Oglethorpe Echo is evidently dis gusted at the location of its own town, and wonders why in the world that particular site was selected by the founders of the place. It declares that a worse location could not have been found in the county, and says: “While there are seven roads leading from the place, with tlie exception of tlie one to Crawford, they are almost impassable in winter on account of tlie steep hills by which we are surrounded These have proved the greatest drawback to tlie commercial importance of the town. We have creeks At our doors on three sides, and the fords are in bad order. If Lexington had been located midway to the present town of Crawford it would to day rival Athens.” Savannah News; We learn through a gentleman from Bryan county of a ter rible and brutal crime committed near Jenks’ bridge, in that county, on Monday afternoon last. He was passing the place shortly after the murder and learned some of the particulars, but not the names of the victims. Near the bridge lives a colored man with his wife and child, hard-working, inoffensive people. On Monday the man left his home to go to work in the neigh borhood, his wife and child, a girl, three or four years old, remaining at home. During his absence house was visited by a negro tramp, and his wife was assaulted and killed. The suppostion is that there were two or more negroes with him, but there is nothing definitely known, and the nature of tlie crime is a mystery, as there was nothing to show that robbery was the object. On the husband’s return in the evening, when he entered liis house, the revolting spectacle of his wife’s body lying in the fire place, blackened and charred, presented itself. Au examina tion showed that she had been struck on the head with a heavy blunt instrument, a hammer it is thought, which blow must have produced instant death. The villain or villains, to make their brutal work doub ly sure, nearly severed the body in twain witli a knife and then threw the bleeding .and mangled remains in tlie burning em bers in the fireplace. The child was mis sing, but after a diligent search the dead body was found in an old well on the premises, where it had been thrown by the murderers. The agonizing cries of the afflicted negro attracted tlie attention of the neighbors, and the news of the fearful crime quickly spread. Squads were or ganized and search was made in every di rection for the perpetrators of the butche ry. Several parties were arrested on sus picion and every effort will be made to clear up the mystery surrounding this crime, which our informant states has cre ated a profound sensation throughout that section of tlie country, which lias heretofore been free from serious dis orders. Yesterday morning, some workmen while engaged in excavating tlie lot at tlie corner of Pryor and Line streets, came across the frame of a human being. De cayed pieces of blankets that were seen around tlie bones gave evidence of the fact that the body bad been buried in a blanket. An old watch, and a pair of shoes that at one time covered the feet of the deceased, were about all the effects that were dug up. Learning that Mrs. Mary C. Munday, who resided just oppo site the lot, knew when the body had been buried, we called upon her for the purpose of finding out it there were any interesting facts in relation to the burial. “I can not remember the exact day,” commenced Mrs. Munday, but it was on tlie same day that the soldiers were fighting so hard on Peachtree creek. I was living here then, and on that day saw some Confederate soldiers digging a hole on the lot. I sent my little boy once to see wliat they were going to put in the hole. He soon returned with little tears in his eyes, ai d said “mama, those men arc going to bury a poor soldier.” Upon liis .return I went over to tlie lot and asked the men to put off the burial for a few moments, and then I would try and get a box of some kind to put the remains in. They could not wait, and, wrapping tlie body of tlie unknown Confederate soldier in a blanket, lowered the remains into the hole and covered them over. The men who buried the sol dier said they found the body in a build ing, and, from appearances, the man must have been dead about two days. Mrs. Munday says that she was never able to find out who tlie soldier was. She EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Cuthbebt, Georgia, February 10th, 1SS0. When the writer entered the car shed yesterday morning, the spacious shelter was filled with agricultural delegates, and numerous other passengers, bound for the convention, and all other points in South west Georgia and Florida. A moment’s inspection showed all the seats “double bunked” with occupants, and nothing in prospect but a STAND UP RIDE to his journey's end. But a happy thought made him enter the baggage car, and po litely ask to be accommodated with a “trunk seat.” The Good Book has something to this effect, that if a man wishes to make friends he must show himself friendly, And this was verified in the present in stance, the obliging baggage master re ceiving us cordially, and tendering the softest trunk as a seat. Afterwards another car was put on, and the deponent transferred liimself thither. THE DELEGATES were nearly all embrowned farmers in middle life, or more advanced years. They were a rugged looking set, with grizzly beards, slouched hats and shaggy eye brows, yet there was no mistaking the honest and intelligent countenances of these hardy husbandmen and sons of toil. And if conventionalisms were at a dis count, kind words and genuine bonhomie more than made up the difference. In short, WE FELL IN LOVE with the bluff fanners, and their society was keenly enjoyed, albeit there was a faint smell of guano about their garments slightly similar perhaps to the odor of Esau when he was wont ta come in from the field and minister to his sire, Isaac of old. There were only two ladies in view, who resembled a couple of daisies spring ing from a bed of nettles. Not that they were so pretty, but then they possessed the charm of rarity, and there is that something about women, je ne sals quoi which always challenges the admiration and respect of the well-bred of the other sex. The writer, however, was quite ret icent on this occasion, as somehow or oth er he always has a predilection for SWEET SEVENTEEN, with the honey-dew on her lip and the sunlight in her “ een.” Of babies, sad to relate, THERE WERE NONE, and this made him inconsolable. There is no presence complete, no company sym metrical, indeed no dispensing with tlie traditional “blessed baby.” The little elf with its prattle and winsome ways, stirs the innermost chambers of the soul, humanizes and softens the most obdurate heart, brings hack the gentle influences of childhood and even casts a pleasing glam our o’er advancing years. God help tlie man that does not love a baby. THE GRANGERS were represented by their head centre in Georgia, President T. J. Smith. That highly intelligent gentleman told us many interesting things relating to tlie present status of the fraternity. On the night previous, the annual convention which was held in Macon, became so en thused that it actually protracted its ses sion until daylight. They deliberated with closed doors so that tlie proceedings have not transpired. It is known, how ever, that there was twenty-seven dele gates present and a paper published in Columbus, Mississippi, was selected as tlieir future organ. Politics and internal dissensions have wrought sad ravages in tlie ranks of the order in Georgia, and not a tithe of the oiganizations remain intact. Another reason for this decadence is tlie prevalent idea that the Granges have ac complished tlieir mission in great part, by cheapening the cost of agricultural imple ments, introducing the generai cultivation of rust-proof oats, encouraging a diversity of crops and inducing the farmers to raise tlieir own supplies and practice econ omy. It is a curious fact that where the CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM was established, tlie granges still exist and flourish. It strikes ns that tlie contemplated re vival of the order will prove most oppor tune if it can only be made to check the ground swell for a big cotton crop this year, which seems inevitable under the stimulus of present inflated prices. God speed the Grangers then say we, if they will keep the planters from going into debt and hold them steadfast to the new programme of raising provisions in abun dance, under which they have but just be gan to emerge from the slough of despend into which they recklessly plunged after the war. The next annual Grange Con vention will be held in Thoinasvilie. SERIOUS FALLING OFF IN FARM LABOR. The writer was surprised to learn from Colonel Smith, Colonel Mobley, of Ham ilton, and otberreliable planters on board, that it is safe to assert that tlie field labor of Geoigia will be reduced fully TEN PER CENT. the present year. This is not exactly due to any actual exodus that has taken place (though quite a number of colored emi grants have left Georgia in tlie past year) but rather to the unrest and uneasiness caused by the movement elsewhere. Tlie continued railroad agitation also has had some agency in the matter. The talk of the immediate extension of tlie Macon and Brunswick Railroad, for instance, keeps many hands from making new con tracts, in the hope that they will find em ployment at big wages in the grading of the contemplated road bed. Then again, every year witnesses the retirement of a considerable number of well to do labor ers from service, who have saved enough to purchase land and set up for them selves. The women, too, are • becoming more and more disinclined to the perform ance of field work, and it is notorious that the young colored people who graduate from college and the schools are utterly opposed to manual labor. These facts should be seriously looked in the face, and the proper steps be taken in season to supply all labor deficiencies by European immigration. A GOOD SIGN. All along the route to G'uthbcrt, large areas of land have been laid down in oats, and the stands were excellent. The plows are beginning to move, too, and if our farmers will but resolve to plant even more com than usual the cnrrcntyear, then indeed, at present prices of cotton, will they reap a golden harvest next fall. But draw it as you will, thrift and pros perity can never follow cotton growing to the neglect of stock and the provision crops. THE FRUIT UNHURT. From no less authority than that of S. H. Rumph, Esq.,- the noted nursery man and clever gentleman, we are enabled to communicate the pleasing tidings that up to the present moment the entire fruit crop of Geoigia is safe. The late spell of cold will also set back the budding of the blooms for some days, and the prospect for a full yield is all that could be desired. Indeed, Mr. R. thinks that the paucity of the crop last year will result in over-production, and he intends to begin to tlnn out the blooms even be fore the embryo fruit appears. AT SMITHVILLE the delegates enjoyed a capital dinner at the hands of Messrs. Johnson & McAfee, and the former,to tho astonishment of our tis a vis, a newly arrived Yankee, threw in gratis, a liberal supply of his own de licious scuppemong wine. When the train reached Dawson, it was boarded by Captain James Allison and Colonel Dews, a committee from Cuthbert, and long be fore the delegates reached their destina tion. they had each been assigned to com fortable quarters and knew exactly where to go. Soon the sweet strains of a band of music and tlie slowing pace of the cars announced our approach toCuthbert. At the depot an animated scene was presen ted. At least . A THOUSAND persons, embracing nearly all of the mer- says he had^ no papers or lettere upon liis j chants and best citizens of the place,had as- person by which he could be indentified. * sembled with carriages and other vehicles to The city was then occupied by the Con- welcome their expected guests. In a trice, federate army, and the men who buried the soldier returned to the field of bat tle as soon as they had completed the rude burial ceremonies. every one was made to feel perfectly at home, and almost as rapidly as this is pencilled, the several members of the con vention were whirled away to their various stopping places. Indeed, they could go nowliers amiss, for absolutely the whole city kept • OPEN HOUSE. The writer is no delegate, and therefore was “unassigned. Before he had landed fifteen minutes, however, he was billed to so many delightful homes that he lost the run of them and was utterly bewil dered, and could not decide where to go. Judge Clark, Colonel Hood, Captain Mat tox, Colonel Dews, Colonel Fielder, Dr. Powell, Ed. McDonald, Jim Wooten, and we know not how many more threw open their doors to him. At last the question was settled according to propinquity, and so he avoided the dilemma by announc ing that he must sojourn nearest his base of operations, and tbis happened to be the charming abode of Mr. James Wooten Thither, then, we hied, and those ac quainted with that gentleman and his ex cellent wife, will realize that the tired ed itor had struck clover and would fare equally as well as any of his fellow trav elers. THE CONTENTION was in session at Powell’s Hall, and in a few minutes we were listening to its de liberations. Near three hundred dele gates are in attendance from every section of the State, and a more imposing body of men could not be gathered in any coun try. This year, gray beards predominate, though there is quite a sprinkling also, of young, vigorous and intelligent looking farmers. We think the convention is more representative, too, in its character than usual. That is, it is more strictly confined to the agricultural guild, and there are fewer of the other professions present as delegates. Tlie proceedings liad been opened with prayer by Kcv. Mr. Cook, followed by an address of welcome from Mr. Arthur Hood, Jr. This is spoken of very highly, that young gentleman acquitting liimself most handsomely. Only once did he trip when addressing t he Convention as “gen tlemen of the jury.” Older men than he have done tlie same, lint we cannot help felicitating tlie community that tlie body in session is not one of those chilling and horror inspiring assemblages, yclept a Court of Justice. No. There are no bai liffs, with tipstaffs, thank heaven, here, and the sheriff is made to keep a respecta ble distance. Some how there is a don jon like feeling connected with the court house, which it is impossible to shake off. The response to Mr. Hood was made by that inimitable wit and orator, DR. DAVID E. BUTLER, in one of tlie happiest efforts of his life, Next came the opening address by the President, Colonel Thomas Hardeman, Jr. This was au admirable and eminent ly practical eflbrt, replete with wise sug gestions and the best advice. As it forms a part of this report, further comment is unnecessary. It will furnish a rich treat to our readers. After roil call, Prof. Wm. M. Browne made a deeply interesting report of his experiments on the agricultural farm of the University, which is under his charge, with many of the best varieties of com mercial fertilizers, cotton seed, composts and stable manure. He also treated of the comparative value of turning under green crisis, such as pea vines, etc., when dry or in a succulent condition. He fa vored the latter. The Professor discussed tlie utility of TOPPING COTTON, to insure increased production. So far as his experiments determined, it was found that the topping operation hastened the maturity of tlie fruit already formed, but iu the end the stalks not thus treated continued to hear and eventually yielded the most. If possible, our readers shall have the benefit of this practical aud highly useful address also at some future day. After an interesting discussion on the report of General Browne the Conven tion adjourned until the next morning, by invitation, to witness tlie PARADE OF THE CUTHBEBT FIRE OR GANIZATION, and a fire test of a new chemical engine. The streets were literally jammed with a vast concourse of people, covering almost the entire population of the city, aud hun dreds of visitors from abroad. The ladies, too, enlivened the scene by their gentle presence, and tlie Albany band, with strains of inspiring music, lent increased animation to the occasion. Tlie proces sion, headed by tlie gallant firemen, marched to a vacant space not far distant where the “test” was to be made. Here, an unoccupied, isolated building had been purchased for the experiment. This, after being thoroughly saturated with kerosene oil, was lired in a dozen places by a committee of delegates, aud soon the roof and interior presented A BRILLIANT SHEET OF FLAMES. Theu chief engineer, James Allison, Esq., gave the word mid tlie firemen commenced operations. The windows were broken in with axes, ladders placed upon the burn ing edifice, a fireman, carrying the noz zle of the liose, mounted the roof, and the struggle with the fire fiend began in ear nest.' Gallantly did they make the fight, rushing inside, tearing down walls and ceiling, knocking oft shingles from the roof, and ever squirting with powerful effect the caemical prepared for tlie engine upon the hissing flames. Some pf tlie men went where suffocation seemed inevitable; but they stood up bravely to the work, and in a brief space of time what liad just appeared to be a living mass of flame was transformed into a smouldering ruin. But the fire had been quenched, and tho severe test of the CHAMPION CHEMICAL ENGINE, NO. 2 liad resulted in a splendid triumph. Tins engine is charged on the ground and very rapidly,with a preparation of car bonic acid and soda, and acts like the pipe of a soda water fount, scattering the gas- eo:is mixture from the nozzle of a section of liose upon the fire. The gas set at lib erty, seems to smother the flames with in finitely greater effect than water, and the holder of the hose can fight his way step by step, outing the fire as lie proceeds, until he marches into the very centre of the burning striicture. Cutlibert boasts of one of the best fire organizations in the State. It embraces no less than three engines, one book and ladder apparatus, and three full compa nies. The Chief, Captain Allison, lias no superior in liis department in the State, and the display : to-day was in a high de gree creditable and imposing. EXPERIENCE MEETING. At 8 p. m. tlie Convention again assem hied informally, Colonel Livingston in the chair, and held wliat was termed an ex perience meeting. Mr. Carmichael, that sensible and venerable wag from Newton, brought down the house repeatedly with one of the drollest of his characteristic harangues. It formed a queer melange of good things, preposterous nonsense and the broadest humor. Every body seemed, however, to enjoy his talk. Quite a num ber of agricultural topics were discussed, and much important information elicited in this off-hand debate upon questions of real practical intererest to the farmer. 4. That all the newspapers in the State 1 credit, and, I tremblingly add, more dls- lOTullu tn fill T* wol fowl on it nr<1tin» to 1 notmo T>1 „ I* F~*i • _ a friendly to our welfare aud willing to as sist in the work, are requested most re spectfully to publish these resolutions aud make common cause with us. On motion of Mr. Black, of Screven, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to investigate and report upon the Clement Attachment at the next meet ing of the Convention, to-wit; C. T. Zachery, of Henry county; E. Heysen, of Moigan; C. W. Sproul, of Rome, and —, Searcy, of Talbot. Dr. J. P. Stevens then proceeded, agreeably to the programme, to deliver a lecture on the subject of “Food for lire stock and the best methods of utilizing it.” We close these notes for the mail, while the Doctor is still on the floor reading a most admirable and. practical paper. Cuthbert is doing her whole part by the Convention, and the delegates all express themselves highly delighted witli their en tertainment. H. II. J. COLONEL HARDEMAN’S ADDRESS. “Watchman, tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are.” This anxious inquiry should be made of every, sentinel on the watchtower of the agricultural interest of our State. What 1 of the long night of financial em barrassment, of impoverishment of es tates, of labor derangement, of specula tive farming, of supply dependence, of agricultural disasters V “Does the morn ing seem to dawn,” or is it yet night, and night without a star? Has the past year furnished no evidence of returning pros perity, no proof of material progress and advancement? These are vital questions, because they lay hold of the very founda tions of your industry and connect them selves with its vitality and existence. Has your outlay exceeded your income ? If so, retrogression and disaster must fol low; if it has, where has it been expend ed? For luxuries that could have been dispensed witli—this were criminal folly. For the purchase of cereals, that your fields should have furnished? This is a depleting system, that will end in bankruptcy. For credit supplies? These will consume and destroy like tlie “pestilence that walketli abroad in dark ness and wasteth at noonday.” The crops in many places have been short, yet prices have been remunerative, labor was reasonable and provisions exceptionally low, aud if nothing has been saved, it should suggest the inquiry, what of my farming system ? Is it dependent or self- suppoiting? If dependent, how can I remedy the evil, if not self-sustaining, where is the leakage, and what will check it ? A searching examination of tlie farm management and home economy would be advantageous to our agricultural inter ests, for it would throw some light upon a subject too little regarded by many—of re ceipts and disbursements. With all tlie emphasis of my nature, have I endeavor ed to impress upon the planters of Geor gia the fact that no business can prosper 4 that does not realize in its pursuit an inter est greater than that expended in prose cuting it. A constant leakage will finally exhaust the cistern and credit farming is tlie crevice through which tlie waters of your industry are wasted, and tlie great reservoir of your interest is losing its sup- fly. A false economy inaugurated it, >ad laws encouraged it—unwise ones were resorted to to support and sustain it, and thus fostered by legislation, tkp system has gone on, until credit is as much an el ement of farming as sowing the seed and pitching tlie crop. Estimate the value of your land, stock and farm utensils—allow for them a rea sonable interest; add to this interest the price of labor, the cost of supplies, and the incidental expenses of the farm. Sub tract tlie sum total from the amount real ized from the sale and consumption of your farm products, and tell me what in terest you have received from tlie invest ment. We answer, a small one, and yet to secure this small investment, you have subjected yourselves, unnecessarily, to the necessity of paying “some ten, some thirty, yea, an hundredfold” more than you received. Is this a successful business transaction—a profitable financial invest ment? Your daily experience negatives the question, aud to remedy the evils of your own financial policy and check your wrongs, sumptuary laws are resorted to by our Legislature, to furnish you a basis of credit, that your own industry should control and regulate. For one, I seriously apprehend—however good the intention of the law—the practical workings will be to force credit farmers to pay larger inter est than ever before. Money will be with drawn,or so applied as not to benefit labor Necessities are great, and supplies will be asters. Planters of Georgia, remember 1S73 and its disastrous financial history— of homestead appeals and bankrupt estates —and be warned in time to avert the dan ger that threatens your industry. Keep within sight of the harbor, and venture not out iu frail barks where the tempests are sleeping and the angry billows await the breaking of their troubled slumbers. These warnings should come in thunder tones from tliis^ society. The signal of danger should be raised, and throughout the length and breadth of the State the fiery warning should be seen and known by all men. Increased acreage and larg er crops are inviting fields for specula tion, but unless they are encouraged and supported by increased means, they are the ignes faluui of avaricious desire that will lead you into the swamps of poverty and the marshes of despair. In stead of increasing your acreage, direct your energies and your surplus capital to increased production of those already in cultivation, and if you have profited by the teachings of agricultural science, your acres will increase in productive ness as they grow old in years. Small acreage and heavy production, without exhausting tho soil, is at last the analysis of successful agriculture. How forcibly are these illustrated in the agriculture of Flanders and England, where the culti vation of the soil has reached a\state of productiveness unsurpassed by any por tion of the globe. This high state of cul tivation is attributable to an application of the principles of science to agricultural pursuits and a judicious and liberal use of fertilizing material iu the cultivation of their crops. ^So great indeed is the use of manures that one writer upon agricul ture of England affirms that the value of animal manures, applied to crops in Eng land forty years ago surpassed in value the whole amount of her foreign com merce. Increased productiveness—not increased acreage—should be the desire of the Geoigia fanner—for believe me ten bales of cotton from ten acres of ground is more profitable than ten bales from thirty acres, and this can be reached by skillful culture. Plant less, but plant under the rules of an intelligent agriculture, concen trate all your energies and resources iu perfecting a higher state of cultivation and production, and you will realize more satisfactory results than by expansson, which in these times of uncertain labor and financial embarassmeuts is an aggra vation of the evils you complain of rather than a cure. I speak plainly fori have no desire’to mislead you by fulsome flattery and delusive laudations. I cannot, as Phacion said to Antipater, be your friend and flatterer too,but “as you know me all, a plain, blunt man.” I will speak tlie truth, for my greatest ambition while oo- cupyingtliehigh and honorable position to which you have elevated me is to advance a powerful agency In improving and beau tifying the homes of Georgia; it has en couraged those influences and assisted in multiplying those agencies Which are making their sons more intelligent and giving them higher and broader news of their duties and responsibilities; it has fraternized the farmers of different sec tions of the State, and in these ways, has been instrumental in advancing the ma terial prosperity of the people and giving character and wealth to the common wealth. Sustain it with a generous sup port, and with it, its faithful co-workers, the agricultural press of Georgia, for which 1 make an appeal to-day—for they are exercising a healthy influence over the fortunes and destiny of tlie State. Your success should be a source of con gratulation and joy. Under your teaching and influence the signs of returning prosperity are everywhere visible in the State of Geoigia. Confidence is being restored and everything will be well, if the feverish excitement caused by the present price of your great staple, does not mislead the planters into ex travagance and unwarranted expansion. I sincerely trust that wise counsels will pre vail and that tlie year just commencing will, under the providence of God, be one of general prosperity and thrift; that our agriculturists will be blest in store house aud bam; that the educational interest of the State, now so closely and widely connected and identified with your pro fession; and your industry will be en larged and appreciated; that society will be blessed with peaceful relations and a higher elevation; and the old State, the home of our childhood and the grave of our fathers, restored to her former pros perity, will continue her march of pro gress in the full enjoyment of the bless ings of peace, in the conscious realization of plenty and the unrestricted possession of civil liberty and constitutions! govern ment. SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR! It Will Positively Cure State Agricultural Convention- Large Attendance—Opening Ad dresses. Special to toe Tfirnrapli and Meisengrr.J Cuthbert, February 10,1880, The State Agricultural Convention met in this place this morning at ten o’clock. Three hundred delegates were present and the prospects are lor the fullest meetin! held by the Society in years. The address of welcome was delivered by Mr. Arthur Hood, Jr. It was very fine, doing the young orator much credit. Response was made by Colonel D. E. the agricultural industry of the State and j Butler, of Madison, and was a most happy to arouse tlie fanners of Georgia to a n*i** n * 1 ^ . projier appreciation of their relation to - ffort / Colonel Hardeman delivered the society and government. They have not i °P feIun S address, which was timely and realized in its fullness, the individual j excellent. The delegates are domiciled responsibility of every member cf a representative government and from their inattention to affairs of State, in which they are so deeply interested, from their seeming indifference to anil negli gence of their own necessities and rights, have sprang many of the embarrassments that now surround them. They have con fided too much to others, what they should have done themselves. Who more in terested in good government, iu whole some laws, in tlie security of property and persons, in the diffusion ofknowledge and in the growth of virtue and morality, than the tillers of tlie soil ? Are they not the owners' of that soil, and drawing their support and independence from it? Should they not give tone and character to tlieir government ? Who is more interested in tlie jurisprudence of the State, in the laws of contract, in the statutes regulating the relations of landlord and tenant, in the laws of real estate, its title, possession and distribution, and yet all those rights and interests are too often intrusted to others for protection, maintenance and at the residences of the citizens of the place, and the hospitality of the city is unbounded. To-morrow the proceedings will he of a highly interesting nature. H. H. J. A dispatch from Dublin at 12 o’clock last niglit says one woman and sevenmen were killed and thirteen workmen and firemen seriously injured by the burning of the Theatre Royal yesterday. Every^ thing in the building was consumed, in cluding the large and costly wardrobe. The theatre took fire about ten o’clock from a light in the hands of a boy who was lighting the gas. The most of the employes were at dinner at the time, and the flames spread rapidly. Manager Egerton lost liis life by remaining too long in the building in lus effort to arrest tlie flames. Albany, N. Y., February 10.—A fire broke out this morning about 4;30 o’clock in flie county clerk’s office in the city hall building, and is still, at 10:30, burning, The entire interior of the building is con- defence. I would not have politics enter ( SU med, leaving only tlie massivc 9 marble into t ie deliberations of this society. It; walls standing? When the dome fell in would prove a grievous curse, for it S ercn men were crushed, one of whom, would destroy its usefulness and lose the ! name d Keeler, a member of steamer No. confidence ot its own friends, but I would j (j lias since died, and two or three others have tho planters ol Georgia manifest! are expectid to die. No estimate of the a deep concern in the affairs of j i css a t this time is possible, though it will the government under which they have | exceed $100,000. The judgment records, o'--- — •* | The records of deeds and mortgages on more affected than yours by unwise rev- rea i estate, po: traits of ~ furnished at exorbitant aud ruinous prices. ] these, for we have too recently realized These are but apprehensions of mine, based . the fact, that currency contraction and upon a knowledge of the disposition of man unwise financial legislation, paralized la- , , . - - „ , r ex-Govemors and enue laws and unjust measures ol finance i b^ks and papers of the surrogate office and currency. The prosperity of the are savc d. L’otli Houses of the Legisla- working classes depend largely upon ! ture adopted a resolution directing the trustees of the old capital to provide ac- Wednesday, February 11. SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. The Convention reassembled this morn ing, and was addressed in an exceedingly able manner by State Commisioner of Ag riculture J. T. Henderson, Esq. His theme was “The advantages of, and neeissity for tlie Department of Agriculture.” Tlie arguments of the Commissioner were lit erally unanswerable, and carried convic tion to all within the sound of his voice. Then followed an animated discussion upon the same subject by several mem bers. Dr. David E. Butler offered and supported with a most felicitous speech the allowing resolutions, which were adopted with only one dissenting voice: . Resolved, It is the sense of this conven tion that the Agricultural Department of Georgia, as apart of the State govern ment, is essential to the advancement of the great farming, mining and mineral interests of the land owners and tax pay ers. ' 2. The Geological Bureau, now sus pended from lack of the necessary appro priation by the last general assembly, is a great misfortune which this convention and the constituents it represents, deeply deplore. 3. The members of this convention will use all lawful means and efforts with the people to secure the success of those can didates who will restore the Geological Bureau to its usefulness and place it on a permanent basis. to speculate upon necesssity. 1 sincerely trust the future history of trade may prove them groundless. These exorbitant demands paralize the industry of the country, aud discourage and demoralize labor, for they impose obligations that cannot always be tilled, and burdens too onerous to bear. Excess of expenditures over receipts is a necessary consequence, and this excess necessitates other loans, and thus it goes on in tills tread mill rou tine until the resources are exhausted, and bankruptcy and ruin are tlie planters por tion. Such a system is doomed to disas ter, for it lives by shifts and promises, on mortgage securities and lien accommoda tions, half fed and half supported, until paralysis strikes a vital part, and dissolu tions follows tlie fatal stroke. The year of toil is ended, the crop is all sold, obli gations are not met, and foreclosures fol low. The draft mule is returned, aud my bor, destroyed values, crippled industries, and brought disaster and bankruptcy up on that great class, tlie laborers of tlie country, who of all others should receive the protecting care of government. Aye. to-day while I address you, for want' of proper protection, the labor of the country is at the mercy of heartless capital, and commodations in that building for the holding of the courts whose rooms in the city hall were destroyed. Washington, February 10.—In the Senate the Vice-President 'laid before the Senate the memorial of the mayor and common council of Milwaukee for the re- pi al cf the compulsory legal tender power of United Stales notes. Referred. for months In nthance by Wall street' Nothirg is so unpit Sant^i *o»d breath al'j anting Irtm a disordered sV teach h »nd «n Begulatorf ctrrecUdb ? t^iig iSStfJgg JAUNDiCB. gin mons Liver Regulator soon eradicates lhl« disease from the system, leaving the skinfifi! and free from ab impurities. 5 “ ln de4r _ SICK HBADACHB. The stomach imperfectly digesting its contents causes severe pain in the head. a-coniMn'sd h. naiis^a. For the relief and cure of thiadiatreu tg affliction take Simmons' liver Begula'or * MALARIA. P -r 0 Mi-n ivin * .l n ““healthy localities a; avoid all bilious attacks b.v occasionally tskiovk dose cf Simmons* Liver Regulator to keep the liver in healthy attion. p 100 CONSTIPATION liould not be regarded as a trifl ng ailment no. I. • o demands tho utmost regularity of the ho* i Therefore assist nature by taking Simmons’ iivor Regulator, it is so mild and effectual. PILES. Reirf i* at handfor those who suffer day after ( ' y with piles. S mmons’ Liver Regulator hes c .red hundreds and it will cure vou, ALCOHOLIC POISONING. S ii mens 1 Liver Regulator will counteract the effect of alcoholic poisoning. By Its n»e the tor pid liver t« aroused, the nerves Quieted, the gas tric disturbance corroded and intemptrsi.ee pre vented. ' TKLLOW FBVER. The Regulator his proven Its preat value as a remedial sgout dnrii g the prevalence ot that ter rible scourge. Simmons Liver Regulator never fails to do all that is claimed for iL COLIC. Children suffering with oo’.io soon eiperienoa relief when 8immons Liver Regulator is adminis tered according to d rcctions. Adults as well as children derive great benefit from this medicine CHI'L“ AND PKVBR. There Is no need ol suffering any longer with chills and fever—Simmons’ Liver Regulator soon breaks the chill and carries the foier out of the system It cures wLen all other remedies fail. DYSPEPSIA. This medicine will positively enre you of tins terrible disease^ It is no vam boast but we as sert emphatically whit we fauw to be true. Simmons’ Liver Regulator will cure you. The orlgiral snn genuine Simmons Liver Reg ulator or Medicine prepared only by J. H. ZBILIN A CO. .... „ . . , Philadelphia, Pa. ferred to the Committee on Military Af fairs. Mr. Allison cf the Committee remarked that tlie Committee ha.l insetted an in creased appropriation for that purpose in the House bill now before tl:e Senate. In the Senate Mr. Conkling presented the memorial of the Ithaca Fanner’s Club, of Ithaca, New York, favoring the passage of the Reagan inter-State com merce bill; also, the petition of a larct number of citizens of Buffalo, New Yorir, for the same purpose. In the House ? Mr. Fernando Wood, of New York, chairman of the Coumittee on gamblers and snorting capitalists. Tell me not it is legitimate trade—justifiable commercial operations. Analyze it as you will, and you will discover at last it is but governmental protection to capital, to elevate or destroy labor at will. It is a growing evil, a National immorality, that only the strong arm of the general government can check and destroy. I hold it the duty of the government to protect countryman, he is an object of study for • that upon which her commercial prosper- the vetenaiy scientist. The eyes, (which ity depends. States are powerless. Geor- are called the windows of the soul) as . gia has taken an initiative step, but it re- they sluggishly open and shut, reveal the j quires the general government, who alone light of liis history, that his subsistence I has power to regulate commerce, to give . aud existence have been on the elements | support and protection to those upon j '' . a > s alK * Means, reported a resolution of faith, viz: “the substance of things whom depends her commerce, her re- . calling on the Secretary of the Treasury , > .— -* - — — -—- sources asd her prosperity. I sec the dan- A’** evidence oil file in tlie Internal ger, gentlemen, of these vast combina- j Revenue Office touching the enforcement tions, these syndicates, these corners in | of the Internal Revenue laws jn Northeast trade and produce, these shufflers for your Georgia. Adopted, hard earnings, and .pliyers, not only for { ^ r - Conger, of Michigan, from the the sweat of your brow, but for the pound same committee, reported back the bill of flesh, and I warn you now, unless the ' f° r f“ e relief of colored emigrants, planters of the South and West become > Passed. It provides that all charitable aroused to their dangers from this system I contributions imported for the relief of of “commercial relations,” your industries ! colored persons who hare emigrated from will be regulated by the uncertainties of i tlieir homes to other States, shall be ad- chance, and the value of your products j mittedfree of duty, tins act to take effect will be assessed by the speculative charity immediately, and to remain in force until of capital combinations. Entertaining ^ eb J ua J7 "*». these views, I would be false to myself The Sportsman announces that Christo- false to your generous confidence if I did pher Barrass has authorized the editor of not endeavor to arouse you to a sense of! that journal to return hily pounds of the your situation and a more serious atten- stakes of the Boyd-Elliott match and issue tionto your public affaire. Call upon a challenge to Han an m belialfofBojd to your public servants and demand frojn row a race within the stipulated time, for them interposition and protection. I'/ie ! two hundred pounds aside the champion- destruction of your labor is tfie' s »P of England, and the Aportanmi s destruction of your subsistence, and ' challenge trophy. Boyd will row the race when you render It unremunera- Hanlan on the Tjne Saturday, tive, you have virtually destroyed it, u London, February 10. The Times has Let labor be free and protected—capital j reason to believe that directions hateheen can take care of itself, if you will give sent to the British minister at Teheran to it just laws for tlie enforcement of its le- gitimato and proper demand; but justice, humanity, private necessity and public prosperity, demand that the operations of hoped tor, the evidence of tilings not seen.” His ears are at half mast, in hon or of the memory of the lost pastures of Kentucky. His mane and tail evidence his utter disregard for Washing ton’s farewell address, for they have entered into entangling alliances. His body politic reminds you of charity, for it is “not puffed up.” nis frame work is a corduroy wall, upon which is written in unmistakable characters, mene, tckel, upharsin, and his whole physiognomy suggests that he will never be the cause of a violation of that com mandment, which forbids the coveting “of thy neighbor’s ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.” There is a remedy for this evil, a preventive for this mortification, and I do not hesitate to state my opinion, (worthless though it may be) unless this remedy is applied and the evil checked, wide-spread ruin and disaster will befall the agriculturalists of Geoigia. The remedy is, restrict your fanning operations to your ability to carry them on, independent of foreign help; abandon this universal credit and mort gage system, which, like a cormorant, is feeding upon your vitals and consuming your hard earnings, or your epitaph may correspond with one written on a rely upon the products of inform the Persian government that her Majesty's government releases Persia from tlie treaty engagement of 1857, by which Persia bound herself not to take possession capital in trade and commerce’ should not! of Herat. This is tantamount to an invita- be permitted to paralyze the energies of! tion to Persia to do the thing she is thus the people and robthe working claves bf; expressly permitted1 to do. The T, mes their hard earnings by combinations and adds, we seem Jn effeettohave handed devices as demoralizing in their teuden- j Herat over to Pcrsiawithavttw to_uni- ciesasthey are disastrous in results. 11 ting the mterMt of Persia and 11 .a n p- would not array labor against capital—far position to Russia, from it. They were defigned to live and j C) S move and act in liannony and accord; but State of Nevada, which liaued from G as • - - - - - • * I gow, February 6th, and Lome on the Ah, Pro- your own toil and your own fields for your support and not upou the dear bought supplies o the merchant, and your receipts will soon be in excess of ex penditures; your coffers will begin to swell, your interest to prosper, jour man hood will be elevated and the homes of your wives and your children wi)l bo brightened with the sunlight of content- when capital, conscious of her own inde- J wu'^ltVlirr' meat and the blessings of plenty. These | pendence and power, wishes to divorce | *°r“»P ut bact w “ suggestions have forced themselves upon me from the present situation of some of the agriculturists of Georgia. Cotton has reached that point in value that it is tempting tlie avarice ami blinding the udgment of many of our fanners, and their whole desire now is expansion. If it were upon a healthy basis, it would be well and an omen of prosperity—and I thank God there are many sucli—but ex pansion upon a basis of high interest and mortgage credit is ruin—irretrievable ruin. Did you not prosper last year? —aud the late fall saved many. How can jon ex pect to expand this, when to run your farm will cost : ->u from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent, more than it did then? Remember that labor is dearer, provisions and stock have materially ad vanced, all tlie tools and implements nec essary to carry on your fanning operations have doubled in value,, money will be herself from these relations and seesaw (if. P e |’? rada ™ a Sed; _ .. you will allow the expression) lahor pt WASHUfOTQN, FebmMy lO.-In the will, I would interpose the power of law |, ena | e » Mr. Eaton, fromthe committee on and say to her, “Thus far shalt thou do, Foreign relations, reported favorably on and no further ” | ' the House joint resolution appropriating In conclusion, gentlemen, let me J 1 ' I press upon you the necessity of a iiiglibr I represented at the International exhibi- appreciatiou of j’our owu State Agricultu- t,0 “> aa< * 11 , .... .. . ral Society. Suffer ft not to languish for v Mr. Burnside introduced a bill, which want of proper support. It has done byumt.mnous consent, wasconsidered much for your induMiy, much for Geor- aud “PW'ating $1,W0 tad efray gia. It ha5 awakened a spirit of invest!- the expenses ot transporting the body of gat ion in the minds of the farming! Major Gmieral George Sykes, late of the population—into the science of ag- United Stato^ army, from Fort Brown, riculturc—it has encouraged home economj’, home independence—it has created a greater thirst for educa tion and general knowledge, it lias eleva ted the public sentiment in its estimate jpf agricultural pursuits;, it has endeavored Texas to "West Point. Mr. Jones, of Louisiana, introduced a hill making an appropriation of$S5,500 to aid in the completion' of the Custom House atNew Orleans. Referred. On motion of Mr. Gordon, the Senate explained the object of his bill, and said he thought we ought to give some assur ance to the distinguished citizen of Nic aragua, now here, to capitalists whom he represented, as well as, to the Nic araguan government, which felt a deep interest in the subject, that the United States would not be backward in protecting any enterprise which might be undertaken on that isthmus. He con sidered it absurd to refuse to appoint spe cial committees upon the greatest enter prise of modem times merely in order to save the salary of a clerk. Pending the conclusion of M". Gordon’s remarks, the morning hour expired. He continued to speak, however, until Mr. Edmunds rose to the privilege of a motion under the 64th rule and asked that the doors be closed. Mr. McDonald demanded the regular order. The Vice President declared the business before the Senate to be Mr. Pad dock's bill to autlioiize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain and certify the amounts of lands located with military warrants in certain States and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay said States five per cent, on such amounts es timated at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Among the States men tioned in the bill are Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Mr. Edmunds spoke at considerable length in opposition to tha bill. Mr. Jones, of Florida, gave notice that he would offer the following amendment to be inserted after the first section, provided that the Secretary of the Interior shall also ascertain the quantity of public lauds entered and patented un der the provisions of the homestead law in the States of Florida, Mississippi, Ar kansas and Louisiana, between June 21st, 1800 find March 3d, 1ST?, and that such lands shall also be subject to the provis ions of this act in the same manner as lands entered by military scrip and land warrants. Mr. Burnside, from tbe Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a minority re mit on the bill for the relief of General fitz John Porter. TliejSenate then ad journed. The House then resumed the considera tion of the bill to settle the titles to lands in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Messrs. Chalmers, of Mississippi; Haw ley, of Connecticut; White, of Pennsyl vania ; Dunnell, of Minnesota, and Con ger, of Michigan, spoke in opposition to the bill on the ground that it was a bill for the relief of the claimants who had been Jiving on the government, and who now wanted to get for $20,000, property worth $400,000. Messrs. Converse, of Ohio; Dunn, of Arkansas, and Wright, of Pennsylvania, spoke in favor of the bill, after which the previous question was seconded and the bill passed, 125 to 121. Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, introduced a bill amending section 3,585 of the Revised Statutes, on the cancellation of export bonds on tobacco, snuff and cigars. Re ferred. Mr. Beltzhoovcr, of Pennsylvania, in troduced a bill to remove Uie political dis abilities arising under the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti tution. Referred. Adjourned. Petersburg, Va., February 10.—Tlie railroad bridge over the Meherrin river at Hickford, on the Petersburg aud Weldon railroad, was destroyed by au incendiary fire last night, together with the comity bridge at the same point. The railroad bridge wa3 two hundred feet long and cost $8,000. Passengers by the midnight train from the North remained here last night. A large force of workmen has gone to erect a temporary bridge. Washington, February 10. — The President sent the following nominations of postmasters to tlie Senate to-day: Joshua R. Smith at Meridian, Mississippi, James W. Lee, at Aberdeen, Mississippi, Charles Miller, Morgan City. Montgomery, Alabama, February 10—The Lehman cotton factory, near Brattvillc, fifteen miles from this citj-, was destroyed by fire this morning. The fac tory had recently ran day and night. The waha ilSiiAArArGfl ahnnt fiinr nVlnAK flames were discovered about four o’clock in the main building, which was entirely destroyed with all tlie machinerj*. The loss is supposed to be about one hundred thousand dollars, and the insurance about seventj-five thousand dollars. Tlie tire is thought to have been caused by friction. About one hundred aud fifty hands are thrown out of employment. The proper ty was owned by Lehman, Durr & Co. San Francisco, February 10.—The State normal building at San Jose was burned to the ground early this morning- The fire was first discovered in the cupola. There is a suspicion that tlie fire was of incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at more than $250,000. Insurance, $50,- 000. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physicitn. retire 1 from practice. ni? had placed in hia hand, by au Bait Inui* missionary the formula of a simple vegt»*» remedy for tha «pee lv and permanent curejc Consumption, Bronch tas,Catarrh. Asthma. all Throat and Lun< . Affections, also a pc“ u !,, and radical euro lor Nervous Drbilily ana Nervous Complaints, after lamu. ttated to® ■wonder ul euratira powers in tu i-.-andsCpIca.ei- has felt It his duty to make it koown to »“ suffer;;r fellows. Actuated l - if.i luotiro a desire u» relieve human suiivnn* 1 will Iree of charge to all who de-jrv it, this with full directions for preparing and usinjc.^u German, Fnnch or Si addressing with stamp. h.-eab no Powers’ " educate planters that small farms and proceeded to-consider the motion entered freehold tenements, well and successfully | some daj's ago by Mr. Davis, of West Vit- Keld.for Postage. . A letter for J. B. McNeicc, Byron, Ga., is held for postage in the Macon office. Bridges In Bad Repair. We hear much complaint, in regard to the bad condition of the bridges on tue sidewalks in the vicinity of First and us*- scarce and credit high; and yet, In the cultivated arc .more remunerative uum grata, to reconsiucr its action m passing »«ie»iii« iu face of all these, the cry is for expansion; broad fields that are poorly tilled and sijf- Gordon’s bill for appointment of an Inter- streets. They should be promptly att and with it comes its companion, more # fered to exhaust. themselves; it Las been oceanic Caiial Committee. Mr. Gordon ^ ed to.