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WK VOTE NO.
Mobile Register lias receutly taken
strong ground iu favor of the acquisition
~f( üba. We see no good reason why the
s.,uth should favor any such measure,
. i . ially since it is determined to free the
„|. 4 v,.s after ten years. We have had
jongh, iiere at home, of negro govero
nicuts, without spending money to buy
|)|( an other lot in Cuba. If Cuba becomes
a portion of what Is now, with such grim
irony called the ‘‘American Union,” we
h ill have, as the prelude to her entrance
into “thehappy family,” more Radical
rawntpunretuu, wticic
, , j ier wealth and intelligence shall be
thrust aside and degraded as down here,
,u,(l scallawagp, carpet-baggers, and swel
t(J|. jnK hostile negroes invested with office
and power.
Ihe orange of Southern “reconstruc
tion” will soon be sucked dry, and thirsty
• riots from Showhegau and elsewhere
mus t find another. Suppose Cuba ours,
an( i what better would they wish ? There
they would flock, and there re-enact, to
fill their own filthy pockots, and corrupt
; 10 ,l min the negroes, the same deviltries
that have turned our own land into a
Pandemonium. We want no more of tills.
Such Radical co’onization aud expansion
nil! keep the South iu chaius till the end
of the chapter, bet those crazy Spanish
evolutionists keep their elephant. When
. M„vrar and code raising Uuffee gels to
"wotin,” they will find him one of (lie
hugest dimensions.
M-.Y COBB’S I.AST 110 l HB-TIIE CORONERM
INfIIKST.
We find the following in the New York
World, of Saturday :
j, vst Hoi ks or Mk. Cobb—Cokonkk’s Inquest.
Mr i otil> frail been stopping at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel for ttii" past four weeks, together with Iris
wife, Mrs Mary A. Colilr, and his eldest daughter,
Man Ann. They came North that till) danghter,
wl i an an oinpiislreil young lady, ninttmn years
might have an opportunity of visiting the
ilering places and recuperate her health. The
family i: 1 recently returned from a short visit to
tuid were to have left to day for. ltulti
laore Mr. Cobb hud enjoyed Iris usual good health
all ah nit!. anil, up to till- time of his sad death, wits
,i md luioyant. lie hud friaiuently driven out
uilii his site and daughter, and on Thursday e.von
ing tli v attended the Episcopal Convention! Yes
rtiiiy morning Mr. Cobb rose in good spirits, and
iifcr iiivaU fast started to go to his-rooms, witli liis
wit and ilaughter. VVhile ascending the parlor
■tair-, about U-.3U o’clock, they met Col. J. .1. Wtt
i mis, of Florida, who was formerly an olliei'ir on
i,m Cobh's staff, and Bishop Beak with, of (jeor
m Mr. i .obh stopped to introduce Air. Beckwith
ihi wife, and engaged in convorsatiou relative
rmou recently preached by the Bishop. They
l -un rsed but a short time, when Mr. Cobb
,k 1 to address his wife; hut witiiout uttering
in tiling, put his band to life head, swoouod, luiil
.A ~ upon the step. Mrs. Cobb, knowing the
i or.iuM of her Uuslmnd, thought it was an ut
:.iri, ~f vertigo, aud expected bo would soon re
in,' i o|. Williams,however, saw instantly th*t he
iiuiisly ill, aud hastened to get a piiysieiau.
Ii Ki.i'iuiikt, the hotel physician, was quickly on
■ i lin' and mid foamed at the mouth, while his face
iv i-livid and his eves sunken. The pnlso at the
a l was entirely stopped, and the beatings of the
~'uil «cre feeble; in twenty minates lie was dead,
n itiamt having uttered a word or made a sign of
; non. Tlie terrible and unexpected blow to
» sand daughter was almost too great for
ilinn to bear, aftd all day they were overwhelmed
with grief, while the oceurrenee seemed to cast a
.mm ver every one present at the hoteli Kvery-
thing was rtimi-U> eomtort the nttUctod relative*,
.mil Mv. Un-wuhl, of the hotel, gavq all liis tiuie
to them, and dfeyutijicd the sail intelligence by
telegraph to a large number of relatives unci fritiuls
of tin dec ; tl living In all parts of the COilutry.
Mr c nidi was aged (V! years one month and ttvo
d.n - anil his place "f risktdiee was at Athens, (hr.
lie leave- four sons, John, l.amar, Howell, and
Andre, aial lliree daughters, Mary Ann, who was
..nt nitli him, and two youuger. lleyvasju
vert I man, of tine form and features, liis
' "lj ».n placed in a handsome coffin, and iced pre
paratory to leaving MrGcoigU by the steamer this
morning. . -• *».l
('a a" omit of the extreme suddenness of Mr.
l A death, it was deemed prudeut to hodd.ft
ner\ htijlhMf, and about tnfeb'ivClWk h. m.
' iruner lioliins, accompanied by Dr. Beach! ar
med at the hotel for that purpose. A* it was jiee
•-.'.y to remove the remains immediately, this
line eould not well be postponed, and Mrs.
1 i. I ng informed of the facts, composed tier
i >iii while -die gave a brief statement to the
Mr- i 'ld' said : for tiie past six months or more,
■ ' u-iciml Ims complained of oppression about
•■’(■•-I. which he thought resulted from dyspep
apon going npsuitrs he wonhl he taken with
Hen >hort breathing, and pain irt the region of
et accompanied with suffocation; these
li'lmw became worse, hut since ottr arrival
he has appeared much better; this morning
in Ids usual health; between 9 and 10
, while standing on the foot of the stairs Os
: ball i'mversing with a gentleman, lie sat down
of tin-steps, and immediately put his hand
- Iv ad, leaned back upon 41rc stairs raised his
twice, gasping for breath atl the time, liis
1; a fell to one side. A physician was sent
'. 'vim soon arrived, and deceased was removed
''-'"hi After being laid there he gasped tint
■a ,i then died. He had not eonqdaiwed in
1> i-t of apoplexy.
; arther proceedings w ere then adjourned, when
"urr stated tte.it as there was no physician
aW te-tify as to the cause of death, it would
-an to make an antopsy of the body. The
' f the deceased hesoeched hftn to avoid do
- if pu-sihle, and accordingly a jury of she
' ' was impunnelled that the'cause eif death
ascertained, if possible, without a port
'■animation. The jury consisted ns fol
lb -I C. Nott. Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, Dr.
- K. Jennings, Dr. Alfred 1.. Oarroll. Dr.
' Anderson, Dr. James 8. lfuvler, ami Dr.
’ Hughes, iltc s.l-i r
tatlmny Kiqianner, of tlio Fifth Avenne
> l vlngduty sworn, testified: About 9:80 a.
' io. 1 was called to see deceased, who was
(t this house; 1 found him lying at the foot
- lir- ofthe parlor lloor insensible, his (ace
towards the right shoulder, breathing ster
' (omning at the mouth, with livid ftwo, pu
d' 1. eves inieeted, no pulse at the wrist,
' 1 lie hi art feeble; had kiln rUmovad to the
' ■m; applied restoratives without suc
u;l almost immediately after tils removal he
la mv opinion Ills death resulted from
■ on ttie vessels at the base of the brain.
Joseph Williams, of Florida, boinjt»w#rn,
i am a guest of this house ; 1 knew de
•i.timatcly; alt tliat 1 liavo known him to
nn of lately is cold and headache; this ditti
ik Jf**terduy; tliis morning,
e:, ' , 1 'l H *ko with liim it the table; ho Uicu
•.. iv r I .,’' ,u ‘ r fi*«u 1 haw known him for sdtne
'• > - cut bJo 1 wasatthe foot of the parlor stairs
w r '.itioi'. w itli Mrs. Cobb and Bishop Buck
■ ' 1 »ed stood by as a third person, oece
h.mi ", v ’ rs ' ,1 ». "hen suddenly he threw liis.
t" '' K u1 ' aiid looking a round, sat down
—a."; • loaned baritr] uuft ifitmared iu
:t t ■ t,', [ u '■ '•kb w standing by. and supposed
tract, a Vin '\ ' c , vo ''Ugo; seeing liis face con
and went i’ 1 thouglit it serious,
atelv, and r n^Bnntr ’ arrlve< l imuicdi
duiost l i e c [*® 10v 'Dgdeceased to a room, he I
tiie ImdiNuiAr r msulUfd together, alter viewing
m to hi dcci.T*' 1 a verdict that the deceased .
t J l>\ . , • rnmpreiwlouof tlio brain, in
im ',l • -tien of tlio face, retraction
Huiptoms Wh eh n ll "») ni D'*( atnYw, and other!
tail,. K h Utu *% astep.d death from lids 1
- ; > the B ?kWrlc(t for home last wen- |
t- *ij rniii. i * tr!, ‘U- Tlio bodv wilj follow
". v steamer.
r, N ( “0P or ISCS.—AYe made a careful
or six week.- ago, that the total amount
•* A wieh would be raised in the Southern
' 'i dbe g.lQO.ux) bides. Binoc thou the
' 'm i heavy rains have been destroying it
•.v,.'' 11 carefully {ire pared table
„ , >»t the crop wtll noA go over 1,800,000.
' v rcedh3gly if it reaehCa a grand total of
K / '“He* of the United States, the United
' c-riuany and France demand ?,1)00,IKIO
had utritau cotton to supply the demands of
)'v«r f 1 '' thi» amount from us tliis
It i"1 l ! l<5 *" u *hle and plain reason we hav’nt got
'-bt here U the planter's opportunity to
S ll Hull p r i ce for Ida crop.
[Forthe Journal anil Messenger.]
A PETITION.
BT E. H. C.
-My little l>oy about six years of age, brought me
yesterday, a “reward of merit” from his Tuuclier,
j. an fi said “Little Mamma,” keep my ticket for me,
“lid if I ask God every night to make me good I’ll
get another next week, wont I ?
Oh Mamma ! ('and he gently came and nestled at
my side>, ■
Dear Mamma keep my ticket, and be very mjrc
, you hide
It where no old naughty finger can find it to
destroy, ' '
<—vAud.hfe arms were clasped around me—My gen
tle, nobif, Bov*
And Mamma, little Miunma, (and his voice to
whispers grew),
If I’ll be good to Johnnie, to tny Papa ami to
you;
If I’ll “notice little Sister" and ’member ’bout
my hut
IV ill I get another ticket, my Mamma, just like
that ?
If I’ll say “now I lay me down” slow, and al
ways let
My Brother have the nicest place, and kiss ybn
’fore I get
In my trundle, near the cradle whore little Sister
lies,
Will f get another ticket if I’m good ? You know
I trie*?
a.« I. i , . » mm wi mi mirwriri, —ITTO Mil (V Thy
eyelids wet,
1 told tny Boy of Jesus, and I ltado him ne’er
forget
That lie loves good little children. Pray Darling
t oh (7c tie'* near,
Ask him to make you “good,” my Child, Tie
turns no deaf’niug ear.
Father, I tremble often as I meet these earnest
eyes,
Though the burthen’s “sweet” ’tis “heavy,” to
nurture such a prize
As this fair, pure, spotless child, I must pure and
spotless lie,
Help me Puttier, that I bring it unpolluted unto
Thee’
“Clod who gavest to my guiding hand this wan
d’rer” to lead
Through paths that oft’ are lone and dark, where
feet so often bleed,
Bruised and pierced by cruel thorns, O leave me
not alone
To guide him to those gates of pearl 77« n, he
must lean upou !
M acon, April, Mt>B.
FORNEY’* LAST FORGERY.
(,’ard from Howell Cobb.
From the Savannah News, 12th.}
Under this heading the New York
World publishes a communication from
the late General Howell Cobb —perhaps
the last words he ever wrote for the press
—vindicating himself from a most foul
and malicious slander concocted by that
vile falsifier, miscreaut and pimp, John
W. Foruey, In Georgia the character of
Howell Oobb needs no defence from
Charges of inhumanity and uncharitable
ness, such as those alleged by the base
creature who scruples at no villainy, no
falsehood, to ruin the character of an in
nocent woman, or to blacken the reputa
tion of a political opponent. But the ref
utation of the slauder will be read wish
interest, as being among the last words Os
one whose noble attributes of character
were so well known, whoseprivateand pub
lic worth was so sincerely appreciated, aud
whose memory will be long and warmly
cherished by the Southern people.
The infamous slander against Mr. Cobb
was put forth iu the shape of a letter pur
porting to have been written by one of the
‘ Brigade of Death” which recently fig
ured so conspicuously in the grand parade
of tlie “Boys in Blue” in Philadelphia, a
pretended survivor of Anderson ville. in I
statements equally as false and revolting,
the writer gives the story of a young man
by tiie name of Cabel, a native of Florida,
who, at the time of the breaking out of
the war, was a clerk iu one of the Depart
ments in Washington, and who volun
teered in the Federal service; was after
wards captured in Virginia aud sent to t lie
military prison at Anderson ville. This ,
young man was, of course, most barha- i
rousiy treated, and rapidly sunk under his
accumulated wrongs and privations. He
was in a very low state of health and on
the verge of despair when Gen. Cobb vis
ited the stockade. The writer says:
But when he learned that Howell Cobb
was within tlie vicinity of the prison, and
would soon visit the place, his hopes were
high. “Only let me see Mr. Cobb,” he
said ; “ I know that lie will reunember me.
and get me exchanged or get me free.”
As soon as it was known that Mr. Cobh 1
was inside the stockade, young Cabel,
witli my assistance, mustered strength
enough to appear before him. At first
Mr. Cobb paid but little attention to him, 1
but when lie mentioned to Cobb of his j
(Cabel’s) brother being formerly a member
of Congress from Florida, then it. was that ‘
Howell Cobh proved the human demon.
Again scrutinizing young Cabel. he said : j
“Oil! yes, 1 know you, and know about
your brother you speak of; both of you
have proved false to your Southern duties j
—you are both traitors to the South, and I
can only wish that your brother were here !
to share your lot,” Young Cabel seemed ‘
to stagger under these cruel remarks, and |
as Mr. Cold* was about to leave, young I
Cabel appealed again to Cobb if ho would
not try to get him free; could lie not, at
least, do something to mitigate his sutler- j
iugs— he showed Air. Cobb his emaciated
arms and body—the dreadful sores upon
his feet as they seemed ready to drop from
the ankles from rottenness. At last Mr. ’
Cobb said: “Cabel, I will do nothing for
you unless you will renounce your allegi
ance to the United States Government,
aud, as soon as you are able, join the Con
federate ranks—as you are Southern horn, i
I demand this of you—or trouble me no ,
longer.” As soon as Mr. Cobb had fill
isbed Ids hellish words, young Cabel truly ]
stood up in the position of a soldier, and
manly and bravely replied : “ Mr. Cobb,
this is asking too much of me, and
although if I comply with your request I
may be saved from a horrible death here,
I feel that l cannot, for liberty and life,
desert the tlag I was born uuder and
swore beL re God to defend. Oh ! no, Mr. ;
Cobb, do not ask so much of me. Aud let
me ask you, Air. Cobb, It you were a ptis
ouer in the Union lines, and such propo
sitions were offered you, what would you
say if”—but before Cabel could fiuisli the
sentence, Cobb, iu a pompous manner,
said : “ W hat would I say ? Why, if tlie
United States Government, under such
eircumstaucee, were to otter me not only
liberty, but fame aud power, I would say
dig a hole large enough to contain me and
my family, and before I would swear alle
giance to the United States Government f
would take my family by the hand and
walk into the bole, aud be buried from
sight forever.” These are his exact words
not only heard by myself, but by many
other poor creatures that were listening,
and talked over iu many a gloomy circle.
After Mr. Cobb had finished his supposed
brave remarks, he turned away to leave for
t another portion of the yard, and poorCabel
went back to our little cave aud threw him
seif npou the ground, completely over
whelmed in grief and despair ; spoke only
of the “cruelty of Mr. Cobb, how little he
■ expected it,” etc.
! ’The harrowing story goes on to relate
i how, after oue more attempt of the youug
j man to crave the merciful interposition of
I General Cobb, when he was ruthlessly
| thrust aside by one of the guard; lie era wl
| ed to liis cave and died—“by 9 o’clock the
! next morning the only thing of that dear
• young boy was thrown into the dead
-1 cart.”
The following is Geu. Cobb’s letter :
New York, Oct. 3, lStk>.
To the Editor of the World :
A friend lias just placed in my hands
what purports to be a speech of Mr. John
W. Forney, of Philadelphia, and I ask a
place iu your coiumus to notice a state
ment made in reference to myself which I
cannot permit to pass ancontradic&ed.
Mr. Forney read as a part of his speech,
and gave to' the country with his indorse
ment the following letter, as I fim! it in
his published remarks:
[Here follows the forged letter in full,
i signed ‘T. E, Davis, late 4*th Regt. N. Y.
S Volunteers.]
Gt-n. < V>bb continues ;
I desire, in the most emphatic and im
cotiditional matineT, to pronounce the
statemeute of this letter, so far a* they
refer to myself, an unmitigated fabrication
from beginning to the end. There is not
the slightest pretext npoii whitJh itoan
rest. Neither to this Mr. Cabel, nfrr any
other prisoner at Andersonville or etea
whore, did I ever use the language Im
puted to me, or any thing at all resembling
it. No one whohnovts me wifi credit tile
oh a rge for a moment. It is not my n a tore
or disposition to treat anybody—much lesa
a helpless prisoner—iua~manner so eruel
and unreeling. John W. Forney knows
me, and he knew at tfie time be publish
ed this letter to the world that its state
ments were not, could not be true. I
make this unequivocal de-uial to protect
my name i;> the estimation of those who,
unlike Mr. Forney, do not know me.
Whatever else may be said of me, cruelty
or unkiirtlness to prisoners can in no in
stance be charged against me...
On the contrary, I cau say with truth
that during the warno prisoner ever made
a request of me, which it was in power to
grant, that wae not promply responded to,
aud there are those in Mr. Forney’s own
State who will bear testimony to the fact.
Allow me to add that the statements iu
tlds letter be'ai internal' evidence of their
falsity. Mr. CabeF, the former member of
Congress, whom lam made to denounce
as a traitor, was my personal friend,
and was with the South during the whole
Ufii- anJ in thn t’jrvuffijornt/i «*■*«**• ■•**-
close, if he had a brother In the
Federal army I never heard of it.
The Anderson ville prison was never in
my command nor uuder my control, but
the guard employed there was detailed
from my troops, ami this occasioned the
three visits I made to it. On one o
these visits I received a message from a
prisdnerby the name of Cable, from Ohio,
that he desired to see me. I applied to the
commandant of the prisou tehave him
broughtout of the prison to the quarters I
was occupying fur the day. The request
was promptly complied with, and I had
an interview with Mr. Cube!, who was
quite an iiHelligetit man, which lasted for
an hour or two. The interview was as
pleasant as could he. There was not an
offensive word said on either side, anil at
tiie close of it Mr Cabel expressed to me
his thanks for tlte manner in which f re
ceived and treated him. The ouly request
made of me that I bad the power tagtant
was promply granted, and lie appreciated
it. as he did inV whole cohduct and bear
ing towards him in the spirit Os kindness
which dictated it. 1 have no wish to ex
tend tliis communication by auy com
ments.
Howell Cobb.
P. B.—Since wri ting the above, 1 have
casually mot with Mr. Cabal, formerly of
Florida, wlio expressed tin? greatest sur
prise and indignation at the statements Tfi
this letter, and authorizes me' to say that
lie had no brother or near relative iu the
Federal army that he knowaof.
SPIT l\ THE BOH L.
An old chap ip Connecticut, who was
one of the most niggardly men in that part
of tr e country, carried on the blacksmith
iug business very extensively, aud also
boarded all bis own hands. And to show
how lie envied the men wh it they ate, lie
would ahvays have a bowl of beail’soup
dished up for himself to codip while that
for the hands was served up in a large pan
just from the boiling pot. The fellow had
an apprentice who was very unlucky
among the hot irons, frequently borning
his fingers. The old man scolded him se-
verely oue day for being so careless,
“How gap I tell if they are hot unless
they are red ?” said the boy.
“Never touch anything againutlti! you
spit on it; if it don’t hiss it won’t burud’
In a day or two the man sent the boy in
toaee if his soup was cool. Tba boy went
iu—spit in the bowl, and of course the
soup did not hiss. Sd be Went back aud
told the boss that all was right.
“Dinner!” cried he. ::i .
Ail hands run ; down went the old man
lit life'h'pnil />r *h« t.'l.lA, ..’ll i-1
large spoonful of boiling hot soup into his
mouth. -a .
“Good, cried the old man in
a rage. What did you tell me that lie for*
you confounded young rasCal'?*’
“I did not lie?” said the boy innocehtly.
“You told me that I must always spit on
everything to try jf was hot; so Is pit in
your howl and tiie soup did not I
supposed it was c6ol.’ r
Judge of the effect among the jours.
That hoy was never In want of friends
among thejourueymeu after that.
“ TUIS NOBLE ANIMAL. “
SCENE AT A CINCINNATI HOHSE A LOTION.
Auctioneer ou the block shouts, “Bring
forth the horse !” .Enter two attendants,
leading, or more properly supporting, a
dilapidated equine sj>euimen, to weed pnd
emaciated to possibly walk in without
assistance. He has a head like a bass viol,
his backbone is to sharp for even
Chickens to roost oh, and not hairs chough
in liis- tail to make a fid die bow.: There
are bunches big as watermelons on his
knees, and gutters down his sides to carry
oil'tiie rain water; , thi .
Auctioneer—'“ Ah ! gentlemen, here we
have a line specimen ol that noble animal,
the horsy. 1 sometimes think that the
horse is in a way related to man. [By
stander—‘This hbl'se is a devil fell poor re
lation.’] Talk of the sagnbfty of the'dog,
that of the horse far surpasses it. Look
at liiin. Bee how he pleads for sympathy.
[Bystander—‘Plends for oats, more like.]'
VVBat shall 1 hear for this noble animal?
[IIu deboy—‘Hear tbp bells tolling iu a
day or two,'] A direct descendant from
Bucephalus; he was sired by Lexington,
Kentucky, and darned by [Bystander—
‘Everybody that has owned him’] his
material ancestor. Come, gentleuiCu,
make a bid. If you want a family horse,
of a gentle and alt'ectionate disposition, not
disfuosed to lun away, [Bystander—‘Or
walk away e.iher,’] tins is your animal
Any gentieuiau, by leaviug a deposjt of.
five dollars for security against fast driv
ing, is welcome to take and try hum—
[Bystander —‘For soap grease?’] He is
war rawed net to pall when hitched in the
stable, [Hostler—‘Or when bitched in the
wagon,’ ] and can go single or double. —
[Bystander—‘He would go better with a
horse on each sitlauf him to hold him up,l]
Gentlemen, do I hear an oiler? It you
don’t want him now, you eould easily dis
]H)se of him for a cavalry horse in the next
war. He may be considered the ne plus
itltrrx of n lioreo. [Byotandcr *Yee ttio
krtock-nee plus u&rfr.'}-‘-VVhat ami otter
ed?” “ ■
A Yeiee—“Aeventy-five cents.”
Auctioneer —“rioid 1”
The bidder eriea “sold,” aud thgn all
the people raise up tlntir voices ana cry
“sold” also. —Cincinnati Times
Effect of the Spanish Revolution
in Cuba.—A correspondent of the New
York Times, writing from Havana, on the
3d instant, says:
From anything to be observed here, no
oue would suppose that a revolution was
going ou in the mother country. What
little the people here know of the matter
is discussed very quietly and guardedly.
The Creoles—when there are no Span
iards near—generally chuckle over the
scanty information they have, though
none of them appear able to say what ben
efit they expect to derive from the change.
The newspapers here have tittle or noth
ing to say on the subject, and merely pub
lish the two or three brief telegraphic dis
patches contained in the government
organ. Oue of them this morning has a
. long leader ou the women of France and
England, and auotber a scathing review
of the condition of almost all the countries
In the world except Spain. Whatever
may be the result there, it is not probable
that any disturbance will occur here. The
Spanish residents and naval and military
men stationed here have generally been
long enough absent from the mother
country for the moderation of their parti
san feelings. As to the Cubans, laziness
if not loyalty, will always secure them
from revolt. * Any change that may take
‘ place here will be quiet aud gradual.
Tbeeorumutatioirof Jfefferson’a sentence
—the negro who aided Perkins (white),
who was hung on Friday, for an outrage
upon the person of Miss Ford, near Nor
folk—is explained by the fact that there is
1 a negro majority of 7,000 in that district.
MACON, GA„ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, iS6&
THK KPIHCUf’AL OXVKKAL CONVENTION.
The Triennial Convention c*f the Pro
testant Episcopal t Pure*-of the Untied
Btktfe*, which assembled at Trieify Church,
New York, on Thnrwtav. Had a fuM repre
sentation Irom a!) ike 'Dioceses, aud the
edifice was filled to its utmost capacity.
The procession from the vestry room to
and into the church was composed-entire
ly of Bishops, with the exception of the
t<ecretaries of both Houses, and Canon
Batch of Montreal, and another dignitary
of ti»e Canadian Church, each of w hom
wore timir robes of office, scarlet and black.
The regular morning service was held-
Rev. Dr. Itotter, of Grace Church, read
prayers; Canon Balch, of Montreal, the
tiratJesfeon : Rev. W. F. Perry, the second
lesson; Kev. Dr. Howe, of Philadelphia,
said the Litany; the Ante-communion
service by Bisboj>s Fastbnrn, of Massa
chusetts, Atkinson, of North Carolina,
and Jones, of Virginia.
The sermon was preached by Bishop j
Lee, of Delaware. It was strongly evan
gelical, ami altogether in harmony with:
the views of the low .Church party. Re-:
ferringto Ritualism, he said a minister
waa not ordained to be a mere master of
ceremonies, to study the cut and color of
garments, and to take part in any fbulish
pantomimes.
These practices underlaid the danger
ous heresy of priestly .meditation, whereas
the Church, the Prayer Rook, and the #rii-,
cles held that Christ alone was the prtuo
tuitiuu for Kins, and the only mediator.’
hUt by
looking to alliances with parties far re
moved. from the faith as held by the Ejtis,-
copal Church They would have to choose
between the dead past and the liviug
present, and not go back to the cloister or
the cowl. As to an alliance with the Pro
testant the question was
one which could not lie auswerqtj in a
moment; but Christian fellowship could
be fostered and practiced,, and this would
lead to union mere enduring than any
other. There ought to bo conciliatioß,
but true conciliation consisted in speak
ing the truth.
The communion was then administered.
The offertory, it was announced, would be
divided equally between domestic aud
foreign missions.
At tiie cl se of communion services, the
House of Bishops retired, aud the Rev,
William S. Ferry, of Lilchfii jd, Conn.,
Secretary of the last Con vention, called
the house of clerical a/idJUty deputies to
order. Thaxull was called, and the Rev.
Di. James Craik.of Kentucky, w as unan
imously elected president. Mr. Ferry
was re-elected secretary, and the Rev. J)r.
Hodges was appointed assistant.
Dr. Craik made a few remarks, congrat
ulating the body that delegates were pres
ent from all the dioceses. He concluded
by paying a tribute to the late Rev. jDr.
Hawkes, Washington Hunt, Judge Cham
bers, of Maryland, and Hugh DaVey
Evans, of Maryland.
Adjourned nutii Thursday.
Bishop John B. Kerfoot, of FittsbUrg.,
preached the triennial seringu on Wednes
day eveniug, before the Frotejtaut Epis
copal Bunday Helmed Union and Church
Book (Society, at Trinity Chapel.
The New York J'lrprcss says :
The General Convention consists of a
House of Bishops, (42 in number,) and of
a House of Clerical and Lay Deputies,
numbering some 280, half of whom are
.clergymen, and half laymen, eljosen by
the several dioceses and parishes to which
they were respectively attached. The
Low Church, or Evangelical party, as ijt is
sometimes called, lias hut few voices in
the House of Bishops, hut among these
few are men of great influence, such a£
Bishop Mcllvaine, of Ohio ; Bishop East
burn of Massachusetts; Bishop Lee, of
lowa, aud Bishop Lee, of Delaware. In
the other house there is an j ufusion of the
Radical element, but the signs are that,
though it may make a great deal of ncF-e,
the traditional conservatism which usij, il
ly governs will prevent changes of a vio
lent character, either in the discipline or
the ritual of the Church.
The Convention includes not » iv----
♦ to. .»n»i i.i^wvMiitjry.
New England is represented by such nieti
as Dr. Huntington, of Boston, and pr.
Hallams, of Connecticut. From the same
quarter come some distinguished lay dele
gates, including Amos A. Laurence,
Richard H- Dana, Jr., and the lion. B.
R. Curtis, of Massachusetts, and Origon
8. Seymour, of Connecticut. New York
is represented by the Rev. Dto. Haight,
Littlejohn, Bayne, and Cook, and by
Samuel B. Buggies, Hamilton Fish, Or
lando Meads, a well-known lawyer of Al
bany, aud Henry E. Fierrepont, of Brook
lyn. Brominent among the deputies frfim
the diocese of Western New York nie
Governor Seymour aud Judge Johnsou.
From New Jersey comes the celebrated Dr.
Stubbs, who figured as the recent prosecu
tor of young Mr. Tyug. IViinsylvnnia
sends Dr. Howe, of Philadelphia,.Who
several years ago was elected a bishop of a
new missionary diocese in the West, but
declined the honor. George W. Cassj a
nephew of Lewis Cass, and President of
the Chicago and Fort Wayne Railroad, is
a lay delegate from the diocese of Pitjts
burg, representing Western Pennsylvan
ia, and Thomas H. Howe of Pi ttsbupg,
is another. Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota send Dr. Paddock, of Detroit,
who was recently elected to tbp Episco
pate of Vermont, but declined. Oiiio
sends lion. Valentine B. Ilortdn and Gd
lumbus Delano, former members of Con
gress, and Virginia, B. Johnson Barbour
CoSipressino CotTox.—Smite gentlemen arc dis
cussing the practicability, and whether ft will ]iaj J ,
of putting up a Cotton Ctmipressing Press, to be
ruu by steam, in .Macon; We understand a <'on .
federate General has'a patent recently taken but for
one pf theae prc'Sci, which is ample and eliciqt,
and which can be successfully run by a twenty
horse power engine. It is claimed that it Avill re*
duce every bale to one-third the size w 6 ordinarily
see. , , • , i
It is a fact not generally known, tluit the steam
ship companies running between New Yrtl-k :ind
Savannah, us well as others interested in our com
mercial mariite, liavo these presses Ui o.purati(>u,
and that nearly every bale is compressed before hy
ing taken on board. They are obliged to ub tftis..
in order to reduce bulk and thereby enable tldcm
to carry more than twice the amount. Not n trite
of cotton crosses the Atlantic without first liejng
compressed.
The New York and Savann Ji Stcam»htp t oin
pauies paid sixty ceuts for thi- work last year, and
ajv now paying forty. The main ({uestjous enjer
ing into the establishment of one here are, wifi bu r
railroads pay anytliing for tiie n-duetion of hulc ?
aud will shippers pay anything to have their bales
put iu perfect order for marine , tnutspottation,
without being subjected of going through that pro
cess ot another point? And can tin-money thus
paid put be got back from the steamship iiiies,
either directly or indirectly, or by a reduction of
freight upo» cotton so compressed ? We think
so. If they for such work in Savannah, they
would pay for it here just a? readily.
A common platform ear will carry about thirty
bides, which is as much as can be eonremently
piled upon them. But if reduced by one of tlicse
presses, say only one-half, forty-live bales could be
put upon it. We make these ■suggestions to
those who wish to embark in anew enterprise,
which we believe, if properly managed, could be
made to pay handsomely. The capital necessary to
stait it would not be very great, not over $1,500 bt
$2,000, at the outside.
The Triennial Sermon Last Eve
sr;JO- —The Righ Roverned Bishop Beck- ;
with, of Georgia, last evening t reaOlied
the triennial sermon before the Board of
Missions of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. His text was tiie words from
Ezekiel: “Again he said unto me; prophe
sy up'iu these dry bones.” He character
ized the present age as one of peculiar
restlessness and discontent. The spirit of
inquiry, scepticism, aud revolution pre
vails in science, politics, and social insti
tutions. The age is restless because it is
seeking truth, discontented because it can
not find it. The Protestaut Episcopal
Church, by its conservatism and its apos
tolic authority, i9 exactly adapted to meet
the requirements of the age, and restore
order and stability to society. The Bishop
in the second part of his discoorse point
ed to the West, rapidly filling up with h
new population, and to the disorganized
South, as fields of labor to which tiie
Church should turn its energies. Here, he
asserted, is a glorious opportunity, and
upon the manner in which the Church
treated it depends its future. — JS’ew York
World, 9th.
THBKBDAY, (XT. 22, IX«S.
j ' THE ‘R'Et-l LT. Tl ESnAY.
I It W uuderalood that the three greal
f States at Ohio, Pennsylvania and India lift
. wete carried by the Radicals on Tuesday
| lftst r liy majorities rangin ' from two to
, twenty thousand. While uot exactly un
prepared for swell a result, we cannot deny
1 Cherisplng strong belief in a different one.
Our friends there were very sanguine in
their confidence, and so correspondingly
! asftmAd i« its utterance, that we were led
to the swim of almost feeling certain that
the olbse of the pulls W’ould vindicate their
pmpheciefe. Rase ms, though, that tliey
l liavcbeen deceived.
We- will nut attempt to conceal our
; chagrin at these reverses. Looked at in
i the light of their probable effect upon the
result in November, we do not hesitate to
1 avow OtiY conviction that they may well
be considered serious, at least. While it
dogs uot follow that the real battle
mttst go against us in November,
because we have lost the preliminary skir
mishof October, still the effect must Lie
Had. a-., ; t
We have high Impes, however, that there
kfa yet time and room for a retrieval of all
met srmfimi TLere is nothin'' Imnossible
to earnest, determined men, whose souis
ar© in the great work of saving their
country and themselves. A cheek is often
times the best spur to greater zeal, more
iuteuse devotion, and more unflagging
work. We believe every day that sees the
eyes of the people of the North more aud
more opened to the depth, and height,
aud breadth of the financial ruin that Rad
ical juis-goverument has brought about,
wilt add to the Democratic strength, and
that if apathy does uot come as the result
of these reverses, tiie party will do infinite
ly better in November. Whether or not
those who have felt the shock most direct
ly Cau rise above its depressing influences,
and make 1 a Hill more determined struggle,
is a question Urey must settle. Wearede
ekied In the conviction that if they will,
victory is still within the range of strong
probability.
As to the South, and Georgia, especially,
Tuesday's work must and will make ik,
diflfereitjce in our action. If it was our
duty to carry the State for Seymour be
fore these ©lections, it is doubly that-, and
our safety, besides, to do it now. We
must set our house in order for the storm
that may come. We must prepare to save
Georgia from the black llood that may
sweep Over tiie land. We can doit, aud
w r e must do it. There ia a clear majority
of at least ten thousand for tiie party of
the Constitution iu this State. If Sey
mour is elected, it would not make very
much difference whether it was that, or
smaller. Witli Grant as President,
though, it does. The larger our majority,
then, the greater our assurance of being
undisturbed, the greater our prospect and
power of being unhurt by mean and mis
chievous Federal legislation. Let Geor
gia give Seymour twenty thousand ma
jority, and no matter who is President,
her soil will be very uninviting to the
sowers of Radical hate and strife. They
will give us a wide berth. Her own ]>eo
jjle will slowly aud surely gather up in
their own hands all the power, aud let
what happen outside that will, we will be
comparatively at peace, comparatively
r *'“P:from the ills that will follow a Radi
cal national iriumpu. inure is eveiy
thiag to gain, and nothing to lose by {Kit
ting and keeping the State right. Let us
resolve to do it. It shall lie our chief aim
for the next three weeks to do our part in
so necessary, so vital a work, let who
will be elected President. Have Georgia
from beingctiained tothechariot wheels of
Radicalism in its march over a murdered
Constitution aud a ruined country, should
be the rallying cry, now, of every true
son.
Election Proclamation.— Governor
Bullock has given notice through bis
official orgau, that, at the electiou in
November, “in addition to the election in
each Militia District, there siuiii be at the
county site election precinct, three ballot
boxes uspd, and three boards of Superin
tendents of election organized, to tbo end
that all duly qualified voters may have
opportunity to vote. In all sttch cases
there shall tie aseparate Bo'rd of Superin
tendents of electiou duty qualified and
organized to eaeli ballot-box, and the
election shall be conducted by each Board
of Superintendents, in the same manner,
and in the same iurnmlities as if there
were but one ballot-box and one Board of
Superintendents. Each Board will make
separate returns, as required by lasv.”
Umv GENER AL COBB S HE ATH VY AS KELT
IN ATHENS.
From an Athens letter in the Atlanta
Intelligencer, of dale tiie 10i.li hist., we
make the following extract:
The entire community here mourns as
tone man tiie loss of their lieloved feliow
citizen and friend, lioweli (Johb. The
■news of his sudden death was a stunning
blow to the people of this town. They
cannot, realize tiiat they are never again
to see the genial face, or listen to the
ctveurful voice of him whose society tliey
so much enjoyed, iu whose greatness tliey
took so much pride, and whose friendship
they so touch valued. Almost from his
infancy Howell Cobb has resided in
Athens. He was horn in Jefferson coun
ty, but when lie was quite youug liis
parents moved to Athens, ami since that
period until the close of the war ids resi
dence has been here. Thus lie was the
playmate, aud school and college compan
ion of most of the older residents, endeared
to all by his frank, kiudly nature, and
1 beloved by all for the whole souled gene
rosity and cheerfulness of character and
i disposition by which his whole life lias
, been distinguished.
I never saw a more sorrow stricken peo
ple than tnose of this town. Since the
; news arrived they move about and talk to
each other as if they were in the chamber
! of death, and ou many a manly cheek
! may be found the traces of tears, those
honest evidences of an honest sorrow.
The funeral will probably take place on
Wednesday or Thursday. All business
will be suspended iu the town on that day,
and every inhabitant will follow to the
grave the remains of the friend of all.
Disastrous Effects of the Late
Rains and Floods Upon the Rice Crop.
—We learn that the recent heavy rains,
aud the Hoods in the rivers and creeks
consequent thereon, have had a very dis
astrous effect upon the rice crops. A few
weeks ago it was thought that the crop
would be*very heavy this season; but
within the week just past one-third of the
crop raised along the Savannah. Ggeechce
and Altamaha rivers has been destroyed ;
and the floods are not yet over This will
materially lessen the estimates which
have been formed of the amount of rice
which would be raised this year.
The amount of damage done lias been
carefully calculated. It is placed very
low, perhaps, as the destruction is going
on every day now. The floods have been
greater this year than they have been
known to be for many years, and the
damage they have done thus far is very
great. We hope that the rice planters wiil
come off better than they anticipate, but
things look gloomy at present.— Savannah
Sews, Vyh
Six thousand bushels of Tennessee corn
were shipped from Charleston, direct to
Liverpool, last week.
! From Lfppfncott'’? Magazine for Outofier, i
I’AIMtR THK PINE.
; TO TUB MIIMOKY CUf HK>KY TiyuuJi.
, . . ry ii, juvxxjr-,;' , l
I.
The same inaieslic Pine is lifted high
Ag)iin«t tlx* Uvillglit '■kr.
The -suin' low, rueUtieliulv Siu-«e«ekwo3
Amid the topmost leaves, ? ■ : - j
As when I watched, and luurod, a*d dretuwpt
with lain,
Beneath these shaildwr dim*
’n. ; j
O Tree! has thou u > meiinu_v at tgycore
Os one who copies uo in i.
No yearning memory us those scenes that wfro
So richly calm amt fair.
When the tifet rats W sMnmh ringdpwn.
Flashed tike a roytil crown© 1 •! •
in.
Amt lie, willi liand outsiceU'hcd aud eves ablaze
Looked Ixn Ut w ith tuirnmu giize.
Ami (wcßied. to drink theannretdiho strong a iur,
Or, Uiislual in tiyuwo djyine.
Hailed the first shy aiut tremulous glance from
far
Os K.vening’s virgin sta©V
IV.
O Tree ! against tliv mighty trmik lie laid
His weary tiead': tliv shade
Stole o'l'r him like tiie first cool spell of sl«e|i :
It brought a y>eai’e *n de*o
Thu uiejnivt i«issioii dual Uom o)it Ui» uyys,
As lightning from stilled skiea.
And in tljat (.aim he loveal to rest, and hear
The fioft wind-angels ejvar
An<f sweet, among the uppermost tirnnehcs sigh
ing :
Voiehs he heard replying
(Os ah lie dn onie.d) far up the height.
And pinions rustling ligjiL
VI.
O Tree] luwo not, Ids inwHoueli, Ids dregrpa
So fufi of heaveulv gleams,
Wrought t'arough the foldfrd dullness of tiiy ltark,.
And all tilV nature dark
Stirred to -slow throbKiifgs, and the tlutt'V’mg
lire
. .Os faint, unknown desire ?
VII.
At least to me there sweeps no rugged ring
That girds tiie forest-king,
No .immortal staiu, or awful reut
(The maVlv (if Tempests spent),
No delicate leaf, no lithe lxmgli, viue-o’ergrdwn,
No distant, flickering cone,
VHL ~,;{ ] ,
But‘speak# of him, and soenw to bring one* more
The jjovatlie lone of yore;
But most wix’li breathed from oi|t the sunset land
The suusgt airs are bland,
jbii blow between tin- fwiliglit And the nigtij,
Ere jet the stars are brlffiit.
■ IX.
For then that quiet eve rutiles back to me,
When, deeply, thrillingly,
lie spake of loftv hopes Wlneli vuiniuish DeiU);
Aud on hfe uioi'Ud hreqth
A language of immortal meanings hung,
That tired Ills heart and tohgiiC. '
« rr >
• .x. ;
For then un.eartldv breezes stir and sigli, j
Murmuring, “Loblthp! 'fis t: 1 ’
Thy friend is near thee! All, - tlmA caust not See {;
And tlirough Hie sacred Tree
Passes what se*uns a w ild aud sentient thrill—
Pusses, ami all is still ?
xf. " ;
SliJl as the grave whluh.hold, Jiis Jramiuil form,
ilusfiied alter many a storing- .
Still as tlio calm that enxyus lfis marlile browl,
No pain can wrinkle no\v
Btfll its nie peace—pathetic praPi of God—
That wrtlfM tiie holy sod,
XU. .1 . .
Where (reedy flower from oifr dir.id’ minstrel’*
dust ' 1 . i ; j,i
Bhould bloom, a type of .truftt— !
Tliat faith which waxed to wings of ticaveuwanh
might
To b'ehr’his soul from night—
Tliat faith, dear Christ! whereby we pravi to
meet
liis spirit at God’s feet, 1
THE TRIENNIAL PROTEHTANT El'lkCottvL
CU.NVKNTION.
divine services.
The President presentml the Treasurer’s
report of the Triennial Convention of Sep
tember, 18<>!5, of whieh the following is a
summary; Disbursements —Secretaries,
$750; printing, binding, &e., $7,02S ; stih
dry expenses, sslß—total, Re
ceipts.—Quotas of twetity-slx dioceses,
$7,545. Deficit, $740.
This deficit, the Treasurer stated, would
be in part covered by tiie balance on hand
from the Convention of 1802. Th© rejiort
was referred to tiie Committee on .fcx*
penses.
Tiie chairman ofthe Committee on Elec
tions reported tliat they bad examined tiie
credentials of the various delegates repre
senting the thirty-four dioceses, as record
ed on the rolls of the Convention, and LjiaL
they were all found to be In legal form find
valid.
The Committee on New Dioceses re
ported favorably on the admission of the
new diocese of Nebraska, and offered a
resolution admitting them to IJhion with
the Protestant Episcopal Church, under
the nameof the “ Council of Nebraska.!’
file Hon. S. B. ftiiggWs objected to the
resolution, and spoke strongly i.gainst per
mitting such changes in the nomenclature
ol church organizations us “ Council ” in
stead of “Convention.”
The Rev. Dr. Howe, Os Philadelphia,
supported Mr. Ruggles hi his opposition
to such innovations.
The Rev. Thomas O. Pitkin, D. D.. of
Michigan, spoke in favor jof tire ns©of [lie
word “Council.”
The Rev. W. Cooper Meade, D. D.l of’
( 'onnecticiit, opposed the admission of the
Diocese of Nebraska under the title of
“Council,” as unconstitutional. He,
however, proposed to vote for their adnfis
slon conditional upon theirehaiiging tlieir
title as soon as their Cohveotion should
meet.
The Rev. Dr. A. N. Littlejohn, of Brook
lyn, ttaniglitthis debate premature because
the matter was under consideration by the
Committee on Canons and tliey had not
yet reported on it.
Dr. Littlejohn added that he held tliat a
new Diocese had tiie power to select either
word.
The Rev. Joshua Peterkin, of Virginia,
coincided with the previous speaker re
garding tiie right to employ either word.
Neither the Council nor Convention ap
lieared in tiie Constitution of the Church.
He, held tliat the diocese had a right, to
adopt either word, aud that instead of de
bating about this trifling matter it wastjie
first duty of this Convention to welcome
every new diocese with open arms.
Rev. D. R. Goodwin, D.D., of Pennsyl
vania, briefly supported the resolution.
Judge L. B. Otis, of Illinois, opposed,
and argued that such innovations should
originate, if at all, iu the General Conven
tion. He, however, favored admitting
them now on a pledge that they would dis
card “Council” and adopt the recognised
title of “Convention” at their first meet
ing.
Judge J. W. Stevenson, of Kentucky,
I said the uew diocese should not be admit
ted because such action would be uupre
' eedented.
Judge William H. Battle, of North Caro
' Una, strongly favored their admission, ar
guing tlieir right thereto from a legal
! point of view.
The Hou. Hamilton Fish quoted from
Article 2 of the Constitution as follows;
“The church of each diocese shall he en
titled to representation by both clergy and
laity, aud such representation shall con
sist of four clergymen, &c., chosen in tiie
manner prescribed by the Convention, <fce.
Mr. Fish asked, if this resolution admit
ting the Council of Nebraska was adopted,
what right, under the Constitution, would
! these delegates have to take their seats,
since there bad been no Convention, as
required by Artßle 2?
Mr. Fisli therefore moved to amend the
resolution so as to have it read that the di
ocese of Nebraska should be admitted as
’ soo as t liey had amended their Constitu
" tion and dropped the obnoxious title of
“Council.”
i The Rev. William Adams, D.D., of
Tennessee, proposed to offer a resolution
that would settle the point. [Laughter.]
A member in the rear of the house pro
tested that those in his vicinity could hear
neither the wisdom nor the jocularity of
the House.
Dr, Adams said the difficulty was not in
I the weaknessof hia voice, but in the Gothic
roof, and suggested that delegates when
speaking should intone their sentences.
He continued by asking that the reso-
I lution be amended so as to admit the
t ouncif of Nebraska to full canonical
union with this chutrh, with fhd fiuder.-.
standmg that the word , '(VH^w©IP , u-ed
v in tlieir GousUtution is identical aud
feetly synonymous with the word j'vou
vqntion.” He also advocated the like of
the word Coh venMotLns the more desCrip
tivobf tiie triennial meetings of the Pro<
i uslant Episcopal Ghoureb us the Uuttt*f
State?;.
He objected to the'word Convention, be
l cause ttre Bptaitualists.'Baptists, and oth
ers, held “conventions!” ll© thought the
Ixpiscpj.al G'Ui jeniKui sliouid uo* reject
llie diocese of Nebraska because they had
used the' word Council until the House of
Bishops had ©xpeflbd Rhdiop \Yhipplt> for
represoßting in tlieir assembly theiCoun
cil of Virginia. • , . <~.
Tiie Rev. I). R, (ioodsyiu, D.D., of Penn
sylvania, began speaking "in defence pf tiie
use of the word Council, when the I’resi
deirt announced tiie hour for reee*m had
arrived.
i tlijyju; « As i k tiii'vrs:
One of the greatest triumphs of modern
.clnnuislry is the utilizing ol waste Blat
ters. Valuable substances, whtgii in old
imperfect processes of niaiHilac“tnr»f Were
soar, ato'now saved and used'dver Again.
Inthebrisk competitibn wiikdiexists be
tween manufacturers, tiie quest ion of prof
it apd loss of leu turns ou t!(e exhaut to
which the waste products, so-cqlled, cau
be Utilized. Tt TteernS to us that there is a
lesson in this.far American i>oiit4ciaqs to
tiqq of temporsuy expedient to tfig |wr-,
manetice and' welt-liefug of thi,elr party.
In tiie Sout h there are, at thi© moment, a
great quantity of waste talents. 'Thu war
kflled oil but admail proportion of tliat
brain power which for four years held the
whole North at bay. The armies, the ag
gregation of human forces, which were
wielded by it, are, the better part of them,
dead, aud buried; but, scattered all
through the South, in obscure places,
holding lniniblfe positions, aud quite uu
heitrd of among the hosts, new flames,.,
whoa© political exploits fill the Southern
newspapers,,grp a large uiajoriiy qfitlie
men whose, mental ability and deci;(iou
and foi'ce of eharaetor We fodnd It so liard
to Overmateli with all llie combined Fed
eral resottioes. To deny the |H»ssesMon of
talents to tlieae meu would bvto do
injustice to llie capacities of Nortliiern
statesmen iind Noritiern generals. To ad
mit them to tiie fullest is to relleet greater
credit on the ability.and courage which at
last vanquished .opponents so worthy of
our,steel. That is a pififul sborl-sigl|ted
[iolrey which underrates an enemy before
a Icit tte or after a victory.
Tlmqjiestiou is, lmw can these unem
ployed ia,lents la‘ turned to account for
the good of llie South There is but one
answer that tvt kitow of to this qucstUxn;
ami that is to treat (tie South fairly, and
give tfle.loyai ex-retiels of ability, a chance
to come oql (iiul take thqir stand for the
Union wltnouj unnecessary humiliation.
'l lie policy has been rather to repel them—
to force them into the background by the
applicution of test outhu and all sorts of
olleiisiveineans—tlian to invite their eo
operation lit tiie difficult task of res[qr|ug
peach and prosperity to the oodtitry. If
enough of other first-class ability eould be
found iu Llie South, or were iui|*>rted
thither, to render tiie aid of thea© unem
ployed powers unnecessary, then there
wooid be less reasofi to 1 cbmplfiin. But,
unfortunately* other talent equal to tiie
oc<fiisimulpes not develop itself abundant
ly. The “carpet-baggers” are a very com
monplace lot; not much superior intellec
tually totlie flegroesf nlitl, if any’bnte de
sires to know what success the tatter a/re
likely tP achieve in the future mauage
ineut of llie Southern States, wlieu Con
gress withdraws its patronizing hand, he
has bdUo read the of the leg
islatures verbally rei»orted iu theSomtiern
journals. Unfijss moi© brains cau be bad
lor tfie conduct of Southern a flairs Rian
are now brought to bear upon them, the
local governments of Hie recount meted
States will be a farce and a stigma mi the
name of Rig republic. For these tom tis
ttijno ip »u i/itfei place to looiv iu present
than aiiioiig the ranks ofthe old intellec il
tunt class of the South. Therefore, we re
peat Ihidi it would he. the part of wisdom,
and not only that, but llie dictatesofitrue
policy, considered simply as a parly quest
tion, fdr tiie Republicans (o encourage by
friendly advances instead of dwriotiritglng
by odious legislation tlie participation in
the local aUatls of all tiie available talertt
ofthe South, without reference to the past.
rjfat OrHal <xMnier< e.
AIIVERf IMVO-IIOW TO no IT—DOES IT FA At
A flf ill (A Mrtcon McrrliAiltx, <Ar.
Rrofessor H, (/. Eastman ia delivering
lectures ut the North on the value pf ad
vertising, and in one of liis lectures he
opened by skying that tfioke Who had been
most generous in tlieir advertising, and
thereby Ure>‘im»ti mmanwful in business,'
had been as “humbug*,”
Was Barniitu’s Museum any tli© less
worthy afrer he'siicceksfulfy advertised jt?'
Was the RCflgotr any bettor I«fore Homier
bought out one day’s issue «rs. the New
York llerqld Uiag it was afterwards?
Was Stewart’s store any the less worthy
of pnblii; pair©nago lifter jiaj lng $*22,(MKf
per year for a man to lulvertiee, when the
]>ayUH-nt ol i h»t gave sjuo,of»o in
return ? There is no such tiling us “huim
t>ug.” A man is eitlier a knave, charla*
tan.orelsfi tie can he classed among the
business men as a man.
The proper way to advertise was.to ad
vertise one thing gl a lime, as for instance
—sugar, sugar, sugar sUuak. Feople
wonld have 1 tlieir attention arrested by
that one word, aud they would boy sugar.
The result would be,.that u large t>u«iness
would lie established. But ii jtgonle ad
vertise all they had to sell they would not
succeed, because tlieir ad vertisernent would
not 1» read. This was so with everything.
If you are a dry goods meichawt, silks or
some other axticle must be advertised, and
that alone. An excitement must be made,
and business would follow.
Tiie merchants of Europe i>eat us in ad
vertising. They frequently spendslo,ooo
|>er for ad verLibeinents. A. T. [stew
art advertised his cotton goods alone all
over the Union. Mr. Bonner once went
to Mr. Beunett, of the New York Hvredd,
aud asked it lie could have three pages in
to morrow’s paper for his advertisement
of tiie Ledger. The answer was yes, if he
would pay a double price he coo id have
all he wanted. Upon whieh Mr. Bonner
said" that lie would take the whole
The consequence was tiiat Llie Herald Llie
next day had nothing but Mr. Bonner’s
advertisement of tiie Ledger in it. On
oue |sig«. in large letters, it was stated
tliat an article written by Henry Ward
Beycher would be iu the Ledger, auuso
oil through the whole eight pages. Mr.
Bonner did not advertise all he had to sell,
but only attracted attention to the ledger.
People who wish to succeed must Unt- their
brains; they must uot depend upon man
ual 1 abor.
Advertise not only in the best place in
the paper, but in the best p pers pub
lished. Advertise only oue thing at a
time, and take a whole page for it ; or if
advertisements are short, put them iu the
best place, even if it costs Tour times as
much. The great advantage oflmvinga
large column advertisement in a good
place in a paper Was, that it covered oth
er advertisements; people could not help
seeing it. But advertisements must tie
frequent; a single advertisement would
have no effect. They must be repeated
till the name of the advertiser become
well known. Never have a poor job of
advertising done. (MjCap work never
paid; get the best job you can. Use tiie
best material tliat can be had, aud liaveno
half-way work about it. Young men, if
they wish to succeed, mu-t advertise, and
continue to do so until soceess crowned
their efforts
The announcement that “Hon. Peleg
B. Pilkins, wlu> has for twenty years oc
cupied a position in one of our leading
public institutions, has come outfor Grant
and Colfax.” created intense Radical joy
in Indiana, until it transpired that the
Penitentiary was the “ institution ” in
which Pilkins had held a position for so
long, and from which he had just “ come
out.”
An enterprising quack has contrived to
extract from sausage a powerful tonic,
which heeaj’s contains the whole strength
of the original bark. He calls It “sulphate
of canine.”
VOL. LN-. NO 34
Kroon thrColamims son, 13th.
r TA?; JT-IT-WirVi’ W.kfM'KCJ.
> J Oivi y
A public meeting was Tins day nelii in
*‘ ,e ci*y Columbus, when on motion,
Ueu. Henry l, jtenntng was called to tlie
xne chiinbrni atruottircea tliit the
startling and pHinful intelligence bad
V s , °f :,s¥* death of one of our
purest, ablest aud most politic public men,
Howeli t'ol'b, titegreat Georgia statesman,
had suddenly died in New Vork city, on
the Oth inst., and that this meeting had
assembled to give expression to the loss
which the country had sustained, and
wiiich we, as individuals, felt over ll»i
--great calamity.
On motion, a committee ot seven were
appointed to Omit resolutions expressive
of the toolings- of this meeting. Martin
J-Crawfortl, A. H. Lamar. James N’. ll.trn
,«ey, lieveily A- T.hoiiUui. Alex. (\ M<>r
fow, J'viter Ingram, and F. U. Wilkins,
composed the committee. Whereupon,
tbeconiiulUee repotted through Mr. < taw
‘fortl flu* following resolutions:
Resolved. i'lmt we have heard with the
deepest l sensibility the anuuuucement of
the death of the iimt. Howell Cobb.
~;Reaol vml, That ill hie> death this State
aud coutury has indeed guttered an irre
pamtiJe loss, aud iu sadness and sotrow,
we how to tms most pamful ami nttlicting
disi)ensntioti of an all wise Providence
c .* * rr^. ; ;;its
bereaved
"wliiist We tuiltgle our tears with tlieirs,
over the grave of tlie departed, we weep
also,'that the wiue and pntriotid counsels
of Howell Cobb are forever loss to his peo
ple. .
Resolved, That a copy l>e sent to his
family.
After beautiful and touching speeches
made by Messrs. Crawford, Ramsey, La
roar; Thornton, and Morton, the resolu
tions were adopted, and the meeting ad
journed.'
’ * HvtTvnr fcr. llKNtu-Ntr, Clw’iu.
Hfirttt KrJiti; Hec’y.
Tife Ortv HxtcKtso t'ovetNV or Vf\, o\ It
, afford* as pleasure to announce that at :i un i’tin:
l of tilts Stockholders It th« Banking Hunt*? ><f< A
Nutting .V Cos., yesterday morning, anew itajnkin:
UtiDipawy was organized with a cadi capital of
IfJplhlJiW. LUg nuure given hi is /'The City Bank
iug|Uomt>auy ot Macon. 1 *
__ The following are the officers r looted
( r A Nittlso, President
Itihiritiif MritCn?*.- 1
W. B. JortftMota, \V. S. Horn,
7“TTT. (TtTßJiirtV, .InrrvK .1. \i
' Till! organization as LlillS completed will mm
nicnce operations o:r tile first (lay of Nori'iabt
The officers and Stockholders are all citizens of
Mayon and 'vicinity, and belong to the solid men ..t
the city. Their mimes are amply sufficient In this
ertmtrtunity' to guarantee the most iinpTi. it mini
dihieo, and to start tire new tmnk uniter the mo t
fa corah to ahgpk es.
We congratulate otir tit enchants and ptdnt.r
Upon' this Vhliiahie addition to fhc hanking capital
anfl Banking'facilities Os our city. We need more
Capital, and this acfcesslort of $1)00,000 will I ■
'greatly bcuetlclal in developing and expanding tin
homitiettutf and planting interests iif Middle tSeor
ft*-
1 The gentlemen at the head of it need no eotnmen
datlon from a*.' 1 They 1 are 1 known here as mm of
1 wealth and sterling worth.
Traffic and Ttubß.—Yesterday dltr street,
presented an animated scene. Receipts and ship
meVits Os Cotton, Produce, l)ry (foods and (from
l ies, Were the order of the day. Busines-was ex
Tcttenl, some 'of our heavy wholesale houses making
exTraOrdinary sates.
There is no doulit about Macon having assumed
and posftfoh of Importance among the'cbthiner. ial
‘eitiek of th 6 South. The volume of Tm-iil. -an
h only transacted here is enormous. Occupying
tlic gcWghiphlcal centre of the Stale (or, tis tie pre
cisd, Within fifteen mires of It) with raft toads null
iltitlg to every ai.xliihttv.e.tbeatacrir. rrom flu 1 i. .. I.
it is rapidly growing In Importance, and 'inviting
capital and labor, hi a year lb-nee two more long
llitCß Will hive tjCeli ibffipletefl and a Va t 'sWipe of
' 'Muhti'y opened tip for us to supply with 'iikT- ban
1 ditfg'dnd frofn Which to receiVe ddtloh. tr.d we
eitn «Ce in a few years another t oad rtiiWdVig'from
here to Tusenmhia, tapping tlieeoal ntld itdn rain,
iif hfortll Alabama, ami opening np a liew . I. mini
for the reception of supplies frOin tin- IV. ! f..i i
(dantatiOris'of Middle (leofgiu.
\iid may we not hope, when ‘Our peopleirrfvc m
; CCiVed the enormous Amouiit bf mdnl v fill win.
"the present Crop Os cotton Is flow -eliing, their at
tention will be turned to tin- erection ‘of df '/t-ns
TOtton factories in Maeoh! That Ik trie (hie road
to our jUoluouda, and, at iUend we con auy /..< '
Al(il*ann I I
* •* *
tIAUU Af It.—Wo UU reully. pleased to ?<ie that
~pur ij.agbborn osear Uie way, Mumh .1 .if. Hu> .
. l itm, wv doing .a. large tnuie, jiulgiuc from tin
iminbrr of bones, hulas, Isimlles and |Hi. k:ur«n tliat
are daily roiled out of their extensive establish
lUi'Ut. leu.
Their stock nl Dry Goods, Cron rim, Hoot*
■ Shoes, lists, Clothing, Baggit»g, Tim, etc:, h.i
been made ivtu|il«Ui liy line many lubliti.iw toil
recently, pur. lia.~i.it tty the senior of the lion - in
bis recent trip North.
Mt iil. B. Kois has the rrput&UbiUof belli:, on.
. of the elor.ist buyer* in the Month, ami of this fm t
we are well convinced/m inflecting Ixdll hi*Ml«. I,
ami prieviiist. Tlmt there la n large margin for the
country merchant in the many article tliia lion .
has for sale, there is no room for doubt.
Tt|c heaviest portion of their stock. this wla on
is In I)ry Goods, FraadmouV Clothing, Boots,
Shoes ami Hats. Th*oSt r buying to nil again should
make it a point (o Inspect tliis stock on visiting
Macon.
MfcrtTrvd or the Savannah Bar—At a rtimHim
1 of the liar of the city of Savnnntih, held at; tic
Court House this day, for the purpose of U in;
some action relative, to the death of Hon. Howell
Cobb, Judge Harden was ealleil to the Chair, and
Messrs. Burroughs and Jotted worn appMutid
Mciwetarie*.
General haw ton introduced the. following rodu
lions, which were unanimously adopted
That the members of tin- list', as a
mark of respect for the memory of tin* late Hon
11..we1l Cobh, and as an evidence of tbe-ir sin -ere
sympathy with his bereaved family, will jyiip in a
body this evening in escorting the remains of tie
deceased from the steamer to tbe railroad station
Mrjnivnl, That a committee, of live Is; appointed
by the Chair lo prepare suitable r.-olutiom,
report the same to an adjourned meeting to b
caned bv the Chair
The Chair appointed Messrs. Lawton, Lloyd,
<>’Byrne, Paine, and JoaiUr.
The meeting then adjourned to rea-- emlde on tb
arrival of the steamer.
John W. Bckboijghh, i u
<». Fenwick Jonku, s ' ‘ r< "■
Savannah, Oct lli, InCJ.
f Savannah SepHlfiraii, if//..
The United States Coi;»th in OaomiA.
There seems to be kbriiC doubt whether a term of
the United States Circuit Court win be held in
Georgia this fall. As the law now stand* tlie Su
preun; Court can a-uign a judge to a circuit in <
of 4 vacancy, or in U>.»* recess Uie a
signment can be made by the Chief Justice. The
vacancy In the Georgia Cimßt oivnrred during
session of the Court, but there **> no asskruia -nt.
The i±ue»Uoo now is, can the Chief Justice supply
the omission in the recess? If, upon cou.-alUirion
with other jaflges, the fttlef Justice ootjclndc* that
Miras the power to assign* judge, ho will hun If
proceed to .Savannah and hold tbe Court on th
lipst Monday iu November. Several verv imj r
Cant eases arc bending, and the [veorife drGedrgw
*re understood to b<* anxious foe Judge Chase to
t>e in attendance,. From havamiah lie will return
to Raleigh and hold Court, unlu-a it should '»■ d*
eided to try- Mr. Davis on the fourth Monday in
November,’ when tlie Chief Jtotlee will at one re
turn l/i Richmond.— Kj/tn*, 1101.
The New Cotton Ckoi\— ft vert
cotton of the new crop this year has just »-n
brought to the New VYirk market, from Cat
parish, Louisiana. It was solo temediatetv *tb
six cento a pound, it is called the Pet»h r
and has a long, line staple, approaching that <>r
famous
however, and, as It was grown in Hie JuWrmr •*'■
in the great cotton region of tin- ' .11 ,
we suppose it can tie rai*<*l where an> of .
nary ptapieo are. The Sea Island cotton ea« . }
Ik; grown within a short disUnee foi“ ' j!h ‘
In a jiartifularlocality ; th*' sn i' l ! H j |l ,,.„j l |, r j j
is limited. If the Peeler cotton >b<-#hj.<
cultivabaL, it would p«ke £J2EZa product, ami
ipgrkct value of this r.-t of t hC world,
might revolutlonDc th* vtMS Covered three
This particular kin manner. Mr.
or four yearn *gi Mississippi \ alley, fyuml
Peel, a phmtei , Ul . ( ij l)i; crop a plant hearing
among Ills ordina . th( , , n
a ««»th
Va until he lutdenough ol theiiew va/iekv
l f\ ui his ueighbopt. Thus it spread anj
uanie of Peeler cotton. No doubt it
imm* cultivated lierraiftw more wtonsivety, its it
such a high prleoi. Urn