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BY J. W. BURKE & CO. Georgia Journal & Messenger. W. BIJKKE & CO.. Proprietors. A. W. H KIOSK, 1 S. BOSK, [ Editors. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. Ten dollars per annum. Five dollars for six mouths. Two dollars aud titty cents for three months. One dollar tor four months. WEEKLY. Three dollars per annum. One dollar and fifty cents for six months. One dollae for four months. J. W. BURK E A CO. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1868. NE SI TOR, Ac. We have a piece of friendly advice for that soulless old skinflint, A. T. Stewart, who is using his vast wealth to ensure the destruction of Constitutional Liberty in this country, and to secure a place in Grant’s Cabinet. It is expressed, in the caption of this article. Lest he should not understand it we give it a free translation and make it read : Attend to your shop keeping, and let politics aloue. This advice is suggested by the recep tion from Geo P‘. Rowley, A B>vt easing Agent of New York, of a copy of the cor espondence between Pierrepontaud Stew art, with a request that we publish it as selected matter, tor which we are to re ceive the magnificent sum of $lO, and are allowed .to make such comments its we choose, except telling the matter was paid for ! We have sent the slip back to Row ley, and we hardly think old Tape and Needles will make auother proposition to this office, of that character. The columns of this paper are open to him as a business man anil advertiser, but at our rates, not his. And when he asks to aid in circula ting such stuff as the correspondence be tween himself aud a recreant Democrat, like Pierrepont, who has grown rich by toadying Stanton and liuuliug among the offal of the War Department, he shall pay for it, roundly. If he wishes to see his name in print in the Journal and Messenger, let him send us a blank check. In that event, he may possibly have that pleasure. The Galaxy. —We have received the Novembern uniberof this bril'iant month ly. We know of no American magizine more rapidly attaining popularity than Galaxy, and none that more justly de serves it. The following is the table of contents: Cipher ; The story of a Hero ; London Beggars; The Picture of the World ; A Talk with Mr. Burlingame about China ; The ballad of the King’s Bloodhound; Midge ; Beechdale ; The Attempt at Stras bourg; Democratic Deities; By Rail to the Rocky Mountains ; Two French Edi tors ; Words and their Uses ; Miscellany ; Drift-wood ; Literature and Art; etc., etc. For sale by J. W. Burke&Co. Subscrip tion $4 per year. A steam omnibus is the latest Parisian novelty. Tennessee owes s3B,ooo,ooo—and will owe it, so long as the Radicals rule. The Hon. John Quincy Adams left Charleston, for Boston, ou Saturday. A man in New York State has been lined $25 for shooting a bird ou Sunday. The Czar of Russia has prohibited the practice of hounepaihy in his dominions. The crops in Minnesota exceed in value the lands upon which they are raised. The “Ivy Mill,” that made paper for Benjamin Franklin’s newspaper, isstill in operation in Delaware county, Pa. Dorian, the Fulton market oysterman, has madeafortuue of $500,000 from the bivalves. A Jerseymau has recovered SSOO from another in whose wash-tub his son was drowned. More “rebel outrages” are wanted by the Northern Radicals—also several mur dered negroes. Mr. Win, Beadles died iu Coweta coun ty, on the 6th inst. He was born July 13th, 1773. The Boating people—nothing if not clas sical—call the “Grecian Bend” the “Hel lenic sinuosity.” Double-breasted frock coats, tight trou sers, Canadian hats aud light gloves, is now the fashionable promenade costume for a New York swell A gang of burglars at La Crosse, Wis., tied an old man and liis wife together, aud after robbing the house, laid them on a bed and set it on fire. Judge Monroe Clower has been nomi nated as the Democratic candidate to suc ceed W. A. Ballard, deceased, in the Leg islature, from Monroe county. A Yankee out West has been making money at a couutry fair by letting people raise him by the ears at twenty-five cents premium when they succeed, and ten cents fine for failure. Look out for a carpet-bagger named Church, hailing from Chenango, New York. He has sloped with a lot of money belonging to his father, and is supposed to be on his way South to run for Congress. A maiden lady now living in New York City, has made a will, iu which she directs her executors, iu due processor time, to use her dust and entire remains to make mortar with which to lay the corner stone of a church. The carpet-bagger to liis fellow-citizen of African descent:— “I know not, I ask not, How much you can tote, I know that I love you. Because you can vote.” The way women of “respectable appear anee” go on a spree in Cincinnati is to take a hack and ride from oue saloon to another, taking a drink at each without getting out. One brought up at the po lice station the other day with S3OO in her pocket. The Election.— lt is important to re member that the day of the election is Tuesday, November 3d; that the polls are to be opened at one place in every Militia District in the State, as was the rule un der the old order of things; that there will be three ballot boxes, with three sep arate sets of superintendent's, at the Court House or county site in each county; that the managers of the election are to be one Justice of the Peace and two freeholders; and that every male person, native or nat uralized, twenty oue years of age, who has resided six mouths iu the State, and thirty days in the county, and who shall have paid all taxes that may have been required of him, and which he has had an opportunity of paying for the year next preceding the election, shall vote. Re member this last clause! jy We have lately been reading of some persou who was killed by a cork which struck him in the eye when draw ing it. But if the cork has killed its one man, consider how many the bottle has killed without a word being said about it PARTICU LARS OF THE LATEST “ REBEL" OUTRAGE. We find in the Memphis Avalanche , of Friday, the particulars of the seizure of the steamer “Hesper,” near Cat Island, ou the Mississippi river, and the destruc tion of certaiu arms ou board, belonging to the Radicals of Arkansas; which event was made the basis of a dispatch from the bogus Governor of that State to the Sec retary of War, published yesterday. These arms were intended, of course, for negro bands, and to be used to overawe and drive from the polls the Democrats of that State. The Avalanche is of opinion that the Radicals of that city were at the bottom of the affair, and that it Wus concocted and executed solely in the interests of the party, and to make capital at the North. Be this as it may, the deed is done, aud the Arkansas Cusses must take it “fist and skull” till anew supply can be or dered. Kays the Avalanche : The following particulars of the seizure were obtained, in substance, from Capt. John Ford, of the impressed tug Nettie Jones: About five o’clock Thursday Afternoon, the tug Nettie Jones, Capt. John Ford, left the wharf for Port Pickering, having a barge in tow, and intend ing to return with lumber. The tug -rrtoi,;;,. destination, and landed at, Oup 1 fW>- MRMMMpt ■ifo one rrwftnie Itmf flail *i*areclybe#ri made fast before the spot was eovered with men, all so securely masked as to be unrecognizable. They were probable a hundred in number, and had evidently been concealed for some time under the blutf. Had they sprung out of the earth their ap pearanee before the startled crew could hardly have been more sudden. Without speaking a word, they quickly boarded the tug,took possession of the pilot-house aud engine-room, aud ordered Captain Ford to immediately start down the river, adding, by way of an incentive to promptness, that some body might be hurt. As soon as Captain Ford could sufficiently re cover from his fright to decide whether his unbid den guests were a hundred or a thousand in num ber, and whether the height of ordinary men or tail ns church steeples, he comprehended that re sistance was out of the question Accordidgly he ordered one of the crew to east off the line, and in a few moments the tug was rapidly steaming for President’s Island chute. Upon taking possession the new commanders kept a vigilant eye on the crew, not allowing any one of them to leave his post for even a moment. The engineer was not permitted to oil his machinery, the mysterious passengers evidently fearing he might suddenly put it out of repair. The head of the tug was Held steadily down the river until approaching Cat Island, twenty-live miles below, near the Arkansas shore. This was between 7% and 8 o’clock, and Captain Ford was ordered to run his tug alongside the little steamer Hesper, which left the city during the afternoon with the cargo of Radical arms for Arkansas, and was tied up, wooding. During the trip, the lead ers of this mysterious party informed Ford that they intended overhauling the’Hesper aud destroying the arms, hut that strict orders had been issued to the mea to harm no one, and respect all other property. In obedience to orders, Captain Ford ran the tug alongside. This was no sooner accomplished than, leaving two of the number in the pilot house, two in the engine-room, and one in the cabin, as a guard—the latter over one of the crew who had in sulted the leader—the veiled party suddenly sprang aboard the Hesper. Little or nothing was said, and the boarders, who evidently had an eye to business, placed the crew under surveillance and commenced the work in hand. The gunboxes were broken open with axes and hatches, the guns taken out and thrown into the river. Many were broken before being consigned to the element. A large quantitv of ammunition in the hold, marked “sundries, was also thrown overboard. The boxes were shoved overboard after them, and many of them were seen by passengers on the Mayflower, floating with the current. In half an hour the task was accomplish ed, and the party quietly returned to the tug, leav ing the Hesper adrift and in possession of all her crew who remained, Captain Houston and his brother having made rapid strides for the woods as soon as the Nettie was seen bearing down upon their craft. The mysterious raiders once more aboard, Capt. Ford was required to turn the boat northward, ;yul proceed until farther orders. At midnight she reached a point in President's Island chute, eight miles below tile city. Here, by order of the veiled commander, she was run aground. No sooner had this been done than someone, until that moment invisible, on the island, was hailed. A minute after ward a skiff put out from the shore, and was rowed alongside. Whether the person in It was black or while could not be ascertained, as he, too. was masked. Six of the raiders got into the skiff and were taken ashore,wad stair trips until three a. m., when the last six were safely carried over. But before any one left, strict orders were given Captain Ford to remain in the chute until daylight He did so, the tug not ciianging position until seven a. m. yestcrdfly morning. She then returned to the city, bringing the first and only utclligence of what had occurred. A Future View or our City. —Our citizens are full of tlie brighest hope for the Macon of ten or fifteen years hence. They have good grounds for it. The population has rapidly increased since the war, and few of our people in the habit of moving exclusively around the business center know the improvements going forward on the su burbs. The demand for half aud one acre lots up on which to erect cottage houses is very great. They are generally wanted by men working upon salaries, who are anxious to get permanent homes for their familes. We already have six hundred miles of railroads in operation, and in one year will have over eight hundred. They stretch over the richest portions of Georgia, and make them tributary to our city. The cotton raised along them is brought here for sale and the people come here to purchase provis ions, their bagging and ties, tbeir luxuries aud their necessaries. We will soon have three long lines to the Atlan tic seaboard, and in a few years will have tapped the Florida system of roads by the completion of the projected route from Albany to Tallahassee. The spirit of enterprise and development of the resources of the State is abroad in the land, and more particularly is it so here at the grand center.’ Occupying ttic geographical center of the Com monwealth, it has assumed the position of its com mercial center. No oue ever saw more extraordi nary energy displayed to bring about this result than has been by our citizens. No one would now dare build a railroad within fifty miles, without touching our corporate limits with it. It would not pay. Haviug either literally finished, or have under way all the railroads we will Imve any use for for twen ty years to come, we must now look around for something else to do. Upon this point we have not a doubt as to tlie best investments. We meau Cotton Factories. We do not mean, however, those Factories which confine themselves solely to making white sheetings and shirtings, but rather let us have them in all their ramifications. Let us manufacture calicoes and the hundred cthcrarticles into which cotton largely enters. We can do all this just as well as the yankees. There is nothing strange or unnatural or costly about the business, but it is very simple, aud quite easily managed. The erection of these Factories is tlie next thing in order. Market Patches.—We kuow a man who has made $5,000 clear money in the last two years cul tivating four acres of ground near this city. He keeps it heavily manured, and every inch, except what liis homes do not occupy planted in potatoes, cabbages, vegetables, etc., which lie regularly sells in our market-and sends to our Provision Stores. Besides this, he lives first-pate. This thrifty man’s example might be profitably imitated by a great many lialf-employed men about the city. No matter what a man may raise in ttiis country to eat, he can readily find a purchaser for it just 365 days iu every year. Nothing is more profitable in the way of farming, considering the amount of capital invested. Com: ressino Cotton in the Interior —lts Effect upon the Commercial Interests of Savannah. —Charles E. Boardmau, Civil Engineer, aud recently foreman of the Neptune Iron Works, in the city of New York, having erected and put in running order two hydraulic, togle joint combination cotton presses, for Ma jor N. C. Jones, at Dillou’s Wharf, left this city last night for Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose of erecting in that city two more of these improved presses for Major Jones. From thence he will pro ceed to Macon and Columbus, Georgia, Montgomery, Alabama, Vicksburg, Mis sissippi, and Shrevesport, Louisiana, for tlie purpose of erecting at each oue so those points one or more of these power ful presses. It will be observed that all the above points are on the through line of railroad from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean, terminating at Savannah, and that the compression of cotton will increase the capacity of the railroad cars for its re ception 33 per cent., thereby greaUy increasing the facilities for, aud at the same time diminishing the cost of trans portation from those points to this city, and also effectually securing the staple from the depredations of cotton thieves, who everywhere infest the railroad depots and cotton warehouses, which is estimated to average some three pounds per bale. [Savannah Republican, liilh. THE LILAC. The lilac bush is in blossom, It hath the balmy smell Os that dear delicious summer Os love’s first miaacle ; I feel as I breathe Its fragrance The old enchanting pain, The sweet insatiate longing, Thrill through ray heart and brain. O youth, youth, youth ! —where are you ? 1 call, but you come no more; I weep, but afar you mock me, And you laugh when I implore: Yet you hide within the lilac, With an odor you shoot me through, And a whiff of the old you fling me, That is better than all the nd»'. How proudly we struggled to fcave you, When you implored us to stay ! How bitterly grieve to regain yeu ! When once you have lied away! Too late, too late we love you, And long for your laugh of sunwise, And we only truly can see you With manhood’s tears In our ties. J You flung your arms around me] And pelted me with flowers; ! You clung to me a* we wanderefl Among those lilac bowers; You kissed me, half-laughing, hgif-crying, Beseeching me to remain, t But impatient I shook you fromjmo — And you never will come again Your lilacs arc ever blooming In happy gardens of play, But they luve you not. >vUu hawe you, , m flee awr.v i* •“hey Tong Tor the fields of Freedom, Where the fruit of Ambition grows, And for manhood’s heights that are lifted Against a sky of rose. THE WORLD’S PROPOSITION. The following is the gruvearnen of the editorial in the World suggesting a change of candidates and which has created such a sensation all over the couutry. As an act of justice to that journal we deem it our duty to give ita reasons for a proposal that has been so sharply criticised : The narrow escape of the Republicans from a great defeat is uotdueto their prin ciples, but the military prestige of Grant and aspersions cast on Blair. On a simple contest of principle we should have suc ceeded, ami we may succeed yet if we can remove or neutralize these adverse influ ences which have really nothing to do with the question. Can this be done ? It Is a grave ques tion, fraught with momentous consequen ces. We commend It to the attention and to the most earnest reflection of the recog nized leaders of the party. We have still nearly three weeks for action, aud w here so slight a counterpoise would suffice to turn the scale, prompt action, if it be judi cious as well as prompt, will accomplish wonders. If, in a review of the whole situation, it shall be concluded that mistakes have been made, it is better that they be cor rected now tlia.n that the country be dragged through four more years of strife, to be redeemed then by measuies of the kind that might, by a magnificent exercise of pluck, be as easily adopted now. Whatever a sagacious foresight per ceives to be the proper course for the Dem ocratic party four years hence, if it shouTd be beaten now, had belter be pursued at once. The time liascoine, the hour has struck, wheu we must turn our faces to the future. It is a rough country, witli a great career before it which no imagination can grasp. A majority of our voters are young meu, abounding in hope and activity, aud tiie country being in the dawn of anew era, when all minds are filled with expecta tion and excitement, that party has the best chance of a great future which is most in sympathy with the youthful and irrepressible energy of the nation. A growing nation like an improving in dividual lias always something to learn. A political party which does not advance with the nation and enter into the full ness of the expanding, exuberant life, is oil the declivity which descends to deca dence and decreptituile. The Democratic party is full of vigorous, youthful, aspir ing element*. KwUur Ahuusn* 4a> other party are yearniug to join it if we have hut the courage to build the bridg for them to cross. The Democratic party cannot die; its vitality, its invincible tenacity of life, the sanguine confidence with which it gathers energy from defeat, bespeak a great desti ny in reserve. If our leaders should be convinced by the result of the late elec tions t hat sonic mistakes were made by net following their original judgment— if those who disagreed with them in opin ion now see they misjudged. If there is any impediment to success which can be removed by noble, daring, or self-sacrifi cing virtue, or a bold stroke of policy, now is the hour for action. It would be an infinite pity if, when we are so very near success, we should fail to win by a lack of a little boldness L’au~ dace, Vaudace, toujoura Vaudace. Our principles have not been rejected in these elections; there is no call to change them. All other elements of the canvass are light and trivial compared with the success of our principles. It requires some great ness of soul to act a bold part in an unex pected crisis when everything hangs on a swift and courageous decision in this hour, when the party stands with one foot over'the brink of peril and the other on the edge of victory. The capacity of a few men to form a great re-olution may shape the destiny of the country. We speak as unto wise men. Judge ye what we say. THA\KSOIVI\G PKOCbA>I ATIO.V fly the President of the I’nited States of America : In the year which now draws to its end, the art, tiie skill, and the labor of the peo ple of the United States have beeu em ployed with greater diligence and vigor, and in broader fields than ever before, and the fruits of the earth have been gathered into tiie granary and the storehouse in marvellous abundance. Our highways have been lengthened, aud new aud pro lific regions have been occupied. We are permitted to hope that long protracted po litical and sectional dissensions at no dis tant day are to give place to returning harmony and fraternal affection through out the Republic. Many foreign States have entered into liberal agreements with us, while nations which are far off, anil which heretofore have been unsocial and exclusive, have become our friends. The annual period of rest, which we have reached in health aud tranquility, and which is crowned with so many bless ings, is, by universal consent, a conveni ent aud suitable one for cultivating per sonal piety and practicing public devo tion. I therefore recommend that Thursday, the 26tli day of November next, be set apart and observed by all the people of the United States as a day for public praise, thanksgiving, and-prayer to the Almighty Creator and Divine Ruler of the Universe, by whose ever-watchful, merciful, and gracious provideuce alone States and Na tions, no less than families aud individual men, do live, and move, and have their being. In witness whtreof, I have hereunto set my baud, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, the twelfth day of October, iu the year of our Lord one thousand [seal.] eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the independence of the United States the ninety-third. Andrew Johnson. By the President: Wm. H. Seward, See. of State. OLD STYLE TYPE. The Printer's Circular says: Our esteem ed contemporary and neighbor (Child’s Publishers' Circular) lemarks : “It is be lieved that the Caslons were the oldest type-founders in London. In the year 1716 W illiam Caslou established the Caslon Letter Foundry, now conducted by H. W. Caslon & Cos., who are reviving some of tiie old founts, engraved and cast oue hun dred and fifty years ago. What is called Old Face Type is much used, here a9 well as in England, in reprints.” Justso, Mr. Childs; but who, with even a half an eye for true taste, can commend this going back to barbarism? For half a century the type-founders of Americaand Scotland have been approaching perfection in the cat ot Roman types, and each real advance has been at once perceived aud acknowl edged by the mass of the trade. This “old lace” irruption has had some jugglery at the bottom of it. Some sly speculator has come upon a lot of old punches, ora lot of old type, and has made a virtue of his blunder, and suggested anew “mode” in “faces.” MACON, GAiV TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1868. BLAIR. Important Speech by the General at <4 Loula— He Taken u Hopeful View of I lie Situation. Ht. Louts, Octobe/16. Genera Blair was serenaded ta-ij*gfat at his residence on Washington Avenue. Several Democratic clubs, with torches, banners anti music, were presets, and a large crowd of citizens gens ally filed the streets. Alter referring to local: matters at some length the General spoke as fol lows : I am the candidate of the Dfaaoeratle party tor a very distinguished position, aud I expect to be a candidate nfc long as they dt-sire it; so Imig as 1 cam avail to help tile great cause which we all have at heart; my fellow-citizens, it will be uo sacrifice to me, or rather it aili be a work of pleasure to me to surrender that position whenever by so doing I can add one vote to the strength of the Democracy in this State or any other of the Suites. I am not a candidate for the purpose of embarrassing or lrustratiug and defeating principles which have my cordial support, aud wheu I cease to be of use in oue capacity I am ready to try it in soother; and 1 call upon you here 10-night for the great cause which we ail have <■:,) oused, not to hesitate to make ade manded to gafli for us the victory. So am I ready tp make any sacrifice; so am I ready to go on and do anything, to take ‘«e.pon my shoulders any burden, or to lay doWlfauy that may have been conferred upon me heretofore. Aud this brings me to allude to that ru mor in our moist to-day. [A voice— “ That’s what we want.”] It lias been said here that both the candidates for the Presidency aud Vice-Presidency have sig nified their intention to decliue in favor of some other candidates. All I have to say is that botli of the candidates have al ways, from the moment they were nomi nated to this moment, and will always be ready to lay down their candidacy when it can uo Jouger be ol service to the Dem ocratic party of the country. [Cheers.] If it should be beiieveil that by so doing we could add to the strength oi tiie Dem ocratic party, and give it a better chance of victory, you will find you are not mis taken either in your candidate for the Presidency or Vice-Presidency, for they will justify in your eyes tiie great honor and distinction which you have conferred upon them by showing that they are not unworthy and not insensible of tiie honor. [A voice—"We want no Chase.” Other voices—"No, no.”] That is for you to i say [Voices— “Weil done,” and cries of “Heniirieks for Blair.”] 1 do not desire, my fellow-citizens, an expression from you to-night U, ou that subject. I want you to view it calmly anil dispassionately, without regard to the feelings of any man, because tiie feelings of individuals are nothing in the scale as compared witli tiie great objects we have in view, that of success and the restora tion of our country. Ido not intend to abandon tiie field. In one sense, at least, I mean to bear my share of tiie battle, whether in the ranks or as an officer; 1 will depend upon tiie wishes of tiie Dem ocratic party. Gen. Blair then thanked the crowd for their attention, and bade them good night. In tiie opening part of his speech the General announced that lie wus neither dismayed, terrified nor discouraged at the result of the receut elections, which was received with cheers. IRON JAIL*. Yesterday morning there were shipped from Potosi, Washington county, Mis souri, from tiie iron works of Messrs. Paw ley & Corel!, corner of second and Mor gan slieets, a very novel, and at the same Hint h very useful artiee of manufacture. We were invited to inspectiton Saturday, aud for that purpose visited thuestafi sh inent. The object we went to see was a complete iron jail, built for Po tosi, ainlJE!j^P"^r.'*tfi i et .-.t»d complete an a;; commodiousc-uyS mi, oi w ■»» it >s "v«S* erect. ?te bul ding ft* Hselfp fifteen - l.feet upon its founda tions, with* S tifs seven and half feet high.’ The building is constructed of heayy* boiler iron, pannelled ail around, wiliiau appropriate cornice »l»out tiie top. Tbl«? iron prison is divided into three separate cells. Übe largest one is tea eet in width and sixteeu iu length. This apartment is entered by two separate dbors, on the op posite sides. The doors are solid iron plates in the lower half, the upper part being of very strong open iron lattice-work, iu which is an ingenious contrivance mak ing a feed door, which is so arranged as to shoot back and forth at tlie option of the keeper on tiie out.-ide. The doors of this and ail other cells are hung upon strong iron hinges, with swivel catch and patent locks, entirely out of reach of the inmates. This large cell has so r iron bedsteads of lattice work, which are hung by heavy wings to the sides of tiie structure, so that they eau be folded against tiie sides, and leave the room clear for exercise. A water closet and wash how! is also provided of iron, and no extra furniture is required. The remaining part of the structure is divided iuto two cells, each five by eight feet, both entered by a door similar to the large one, and furnished also with folding beds, water closet, aud wash howl. The whole work is massive, strong, aud well contrived, and of itself furnishes a prison that a culprit, once in, would find ita hard job to get out of, until his keeper opeued the ponderous and securely fastened door for him. But this is not the only safeguard for the criminal’s projection. The iron jail is to beset up within the hall of a brick prison, so much larger in its interior dimensions than tins solid iron cage, that there will be a space of several feet between, the walls of the iron prison and Die brick walls. The brick prison is itself to be eutered only through two doors, one of solid iron, and oue of lattice iron work, both protect ed by swivels and patent locks.— St. Louis Democrat. “ SELL YOUR COTTON.” Under this caption our venerable cotem porary of the Milledgeville Recorder osiers the cotton planters the benefit of his counsel. The Recorder is one of the ablest papers in the State, and its editor has for many years been a close observer of tlie fluctuations in the cotton trade, and from his large acquaintance with the planters throughout tlie eotton-growiug States, his thorough knowledge ot their present con dition is, perhaps, well qualified to give them prudent advice. He says : “We would advise our farming friends to sell all their cotton at the present ruling prices :—23, 24, 25. Don’t hold with the expectation that you can get 30 cents. Cotton may go up to ttiat sum, and then again it may not. Be contented with a good paying price, and allow the buyer a margin to make a little something for himself. Without the speculator, where would your cotton be in price? It is to him that you are indebted; for in his de sire to make, he buys and holds to throw up prices. He wants to get his profits out oi the manufacturer, who must have cot ton. Don’t discourage him from buying, for if you do, down goes the price. Give him a margin to encourage his bids, for if you drive the speculator out of the field, the manufacturer will have it all his own way. You can make nothing by embar rassing the speculator. He has the capital, and will invest in something else, if driv en out of the cotton market.”— Savannah Morning News. Remarkable Incident.— The office of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser was burned some two weeks ago, with a loss of about $130,000. The paper, we believe, did not, however, lose an issue, and re lates the following: “Perhaps ns remarkable an incident as any which occurred in connection with the disaster, was tiie settlement of the cash account the next morning. The money was taken from ihe safe and drawers by tliiee or four different clerUaof the establishment—one taking a handful! of bills, another a heap of fractional cur rency, another a handfuli of pennies, etc., but when the money was counted it was found that the cash hook balanced to a cent.” Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine.— Messrs. Havens & Brown send us this superb chronicle of fashion for November. As usual it is admirable in every repeet, and will, greatly aid las femmes in emula ting thff “lilies of the field.” THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1868. GOV. BULLOCK'S LAST PROCLAMATION. If we understand the meaning of Gov. Bullock’s proclamation, published yester day tnoruing, suspending the collection of all poll taxes till the next meeting of the Legislature, it is designed to admit to the ballot that large class of voters who have not, and probably never will pay that, or any other tax, but who can be counted upon, at ail times, to vote tiie Radical ticket. Waiving, for the present, tiie dis cussion of the justice, propriety, or delica cy of the Governor of tiie whole people, apparently for party purposes thus de creeing an equality of rights between those who have, and thosy who have not entitled themselves by compliance with tiie law to their enjoyment, we desire to put this question : What effect has this proclamation in remitting penalties incurred under tiie Constitution for non-compliance with its requirements? Has tiie Governor the right tii do, ox ha* l** di*oe ate, tiling more in tills proclamation, than extend the time , in which tax defaulters shall comply with those requirements? The plain purpose of the proclamation, as it appears to us, is to admit to the ballot box, without ques tion, every negro in tiie State, whether he has, or has not paid bis poll tax, and in defiance of that provision of the Constitu tion which requires that the person otter ing to vote “shall have paid all taxes re quired of him, and which lie may have had an opportunity of paying for tiie year next preceding said election.” Will it do that, though, is the question ? We think not, and we call the attention of those who will be managers of the election to tiie point- Governor Bullock may have power hi suspend the operation of a law, but he has none upon earth to set aside a plaiu Con stitutional requirement. The white people have paid the poll tax of 1867—the year next preceding the election—the negroes have not, or at least the majority have not. The Constitution says they shall do so before voting in 1868. Gov. Bullock means that they shall, if his proclamation means anything. Which shall the olll cers of the Caw, all of whom have sworn to support the Constitution, obey—its plain requirements, or those of the Execu. live? We speak now unto men who we believe not only know, but will do their whole duty as sworn servants of the Con stitution ai.d laws. Another fact in this connection should also be remembered. Gov. Bullock, who is not in Atlanta —the proclamation to the contrary notwithstanding—hut in New York, is there for the purpose of borrow ing money for the Stale. What sort of financiering is that which refuses to re ceive the legitimate revenues of the State, and al the same is hawking her bonds around Wall street for the purpose of rais ing revenue? We do not desire to deal with this question in a partisan or captious spirit, but we do not hesitate to declare that, viewed in every light, it is wholly wrong and deserves the severest public reprobation. ♦ (Communicated,J The Hurlil us Urn. C«*M> at 4then*—Funeral »*rr <lcn and Honors. • , A|h Eoitob.: It was toy privilege to be tjkffft'Httld■ ob!fetttM ahft' ui'recU% atr -attewHng the interment of the late ted Gen. Howell Cobb, at his forme*! in Athens. Sympathy for the be fatnily, and fieraonai attachment toritbe deceased, attracted many persons from different parts of the Slate. Com mittees from diflV-rent cities were also in attendance, to pay the last tribute to him .whom Georgia never failed to honor. Mr. Wadley, President Central Railroad, received the remains in Savannah, and taking personal supervision of their ship ment furnished a speeial train, which brought them through to Athens. The train reached Athens on Thursday morn ing, at 8 o’clock. At 8 o'clock the citizens on masse assembled at the depot, and took charge of the precious 1 dust of their illus trous townsman. Blowly they moved under the sound of toiling bells to the City Hall, where the great statesman was to be laid in state until his final sepulture. The associations were deeply affecting. With in that Hall his voice had often echoed its clariotj notes, rousipg and directing the public mind. Now we gather round him to find that death has Rxed its seal upon his lips, and silencs reigns. But a few weeks ago his Callow-citizens met irt this Hall to hear his couusel in the present dis tress. None dreamed it was the last. But so it was, and here we are to bury him. At 2j o’clock the most imposing proces sion ever known in Athens was formed from the City Hall. The-elergy m a railed in front, followed by the Masonic Frater nity, of which the deceased was an hon ored member. Next followed the hearse; then Committees of Visitation ; then the Faculty of the University and students; au<l, finally, citizens. The procession marched to the College Chapel, where the funeral services were conducted iu the following order : Reading Scriptures, by Rev. R. K. Por ter, of Atlanta; Hymn by Rev. Mr. Birktiead, of.Ath ens; Prayer by Dr. Mell, of the University ; Address by Rev. E. W. Warren, of Macon; Address by Rev. J. 8. Key 7, of Macon ; Address by Rev. Mr Flynn, of Mil ledgeville; Prayer by Rev. Dr. Brantly, of Atlanta ; Hymn by Rev. Mr. Ivey, of Athens. The scene within the Chapel is beyoud description. There were congregated the relatives, the friends, the admirers of the illustrious dead. No idle curiosity, no captious criticism obtruded upon that sol emn scene; but sorrow, sympathy 7, and trembling awe pervaded the vast assem blage. The officiating ministers wisely ab stained from eulogium.and used the occa sion to inculcate thq great truths of the Gospel ministry. Happily, the subject and the occasion furnished them abun dant materia'. The great statesman and soldier was not neglectful of his immortal interests. Seriously and earnestly he had grappled with the great questions of God head and Atonement. At first unable to receive them, because of constitutional infirmities—infirmities of belief—yet after long struggles, and diligent inquiry, lie was brought to the sure realization of his acceptance with God, and died a sincere believer in Jesus Christ. These points were brought out and dwelt upon by the ministers conducting the service, to sev eral of whom he had given a confidential recital of his conversion, and an avowal of his purpose to unite with the church. 'The impressions of this service will never be effaced. Eyes unused to tears were blinded with weeping; strong men were bowed with grief; old age and youth were alike impressed* and Christians re joiced in triumph and hope. Athens never met a loss do painfully felt—so uni versally deplored. He was sorrowed lor as for » father or brotner. Towards the sun setting the procession reformed from the Chapel, and moved to the old cemetery, where we deposited the honored dead side by side witli the dust of his children and his parents. I have no reflections to offer. Surely his life and his death will make their own appeal. Observer. PANNIERS. A Ifiitffmnd’H Kx|>cri*?iice of the Grecian Bend. [From the New.York Democrat.] I wisli to say what 1 know about the pannier , iu order, firstly, to display tuy knowledge; secondly, to prove that mar ried men are specially qualified to write fashion letters; and lastly, that I may ! have the pleasure of talking about my wife—and myself; and also because I am I in a state of some apprehension in regard to her, and with the sympathy of the public. I will state, as a preliminary, that my wife is, or lias been until lately, a good , enough sort of a woman, iu proof of which 1 will remark that every morning, witli out fail, she retires into our right, hand closet for devotional purposes, never emerging under ten minutes, unless, in deed, tiie baby should cry. Not many mornings ago the ten minutes bad elapsed, but no Mann came forth. 1 thought of her especially tbul morning, for I stood in need of a button ; but being a good bus baud, I waited patiently till she should come out. Five minutes more, aud no Maria. “The dear woman,” i thought, “she is praying for me as well as herself. I need her prayers, so U*i her go-on, and'T will wait.” I picked up the newspaper. Five minutes more, and uo Maria. Just then the dock struck, tiie baby woke and began to cry. Two minutes more—three minutes—four minutes— the baby crying, aud uo Maria. In a minute more I thought of a great many cases of sunstroke, apoplexy, heart disease, and all manner of things. Surely something had happened. I should have fainted if I had sat Still, so l rushed to the closet and found Maria, not at her prayers, but —well, by that time ’twas ail over, ’twas fixed. She was red in the face, to be sure, but she rushed past me to the baby. But I saw her as she rushed, and then I did faint nearly. I I could say nothing—»lie had gone mad, and had put on one of the pillows, I looked at tier and she was quieting the baby in a highly rational manner. I looked ail round, but saw nothing uncommon, for she was sitting down with her back to me. But I hud seen her very distinctly as she went past me, aud I said : “ Maria, vthat is the matter?” “ Nothing, my darling, nothing.” “Nothing, my dear?” I said. “Have you just said your prayers, and tell me— me, nothing t n She was conscieuce-stricken, but like a true woman, did not yield. She replied, with a force of argument which was strik ing, “ 'Tin not anything, 'tis only a pan nier. I (uuat bts lasbioiiablo, you know. I said nothing; my grief was also too deep for words. I sirupiy said, “Maria, I am waiting for a button.” I would have waited till she was asleep that night, and could have seen all about that pannier, or could have waked up be times next morning ; but 1 could not wait. My business was pressing, but 1 let my business wait. I walked down Broadway, looking out for one of those windows iu which aii sorts of feminine fixtures are displayed, and assuming an expression which 1 iu tended to he both paternal ami maternal —m short, endeavoring to look as much like a ‘family mau” as possible— ; 1 went in and asked to tee a pannier, j A dozen were brought me—some of wool, i some of c turn, some of whalebone and some of oilier things. Horae had stitches j running up; some had stitches running' down ; some had stitches going the other j way. Ou tiie whole, I liked the whale- j bone ones the best, because they were j the coolest, and less ike to bring on spi- i nal complaint, thereby inducing the j Green Apple—l mean theCreeiau Bend — i nothing like giving a thing a good name, though I think any respectable Greek would have run a mile at-the sight of any such thing, Finally, such was my state of sadness that I could eat no lunch, al though thereby 1 would have somewhat economized, had i not felt in such need of spiritual consolation, that l spentrouble tiie aiaouut in another wax- J. bad in deed, eau*« th be sad, for the thijHs owd t come home to me, but ori luaturtf reiiec- Uon, I resolved not to seoffi, bedose, In the first place, it would do no good. A Compromise, however, has been effected between us to the eff ct that I will let the j pannier aione, provided that tiie bend, j which I am positive was unknown to the Greeks, be not instituted—for that, neither I nor any other man of spirit will ; l'rot<‘«tant Epl»c«»|>al Triennial Convention. In the Episcopal General Convention, on Tliuisday morning, Rev. Mr. Todd, of Kansas, offered a resolution to the efleet that it be referred to tbe Committee on the Prayer Book, the expediency of eras ing frorii the ordination office the words ••whose sins thou dost forgive they are forgiven,” etc. The resolution created a momentary sensation. Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wiscon sin, said no clergyman had a right to offer such a resolution, and moved,- therefore, that it be tabled. Rev. Dr. Adams said . be did not wish any such resolution to ap pear ou tbe records. It was finally tabled by a large majority. Rev. Dr. John Hodges offered an amendment to canon eleven, to the effect that no minister of this church, settled over any congregation, or in temporary charge thereof, shall invite any person not having Episcopal ordination to offi ciate with him or in his place or stead on any occasion of public worsiiip iu the church or over which he is settled or in charge. Furthermore, no minisfbr shall invite or permit, to officiate as aforesaid, any min ister ordained by a Bishop not in commu nion with the church, unless such person shall have been received as a minister, under canon nine, title one. A motion was made to table these amendments as soon us they were read, the Low Churchmen being unanimous iu so doiug, but the other side were too strong for them, so they were referred, as requested by the mover, to the Committee on Canons. This is looked upon as tan tamount to a defeat of the Tyng party. The unfinished business of Wednesday, viz: the report of the Committee on Can ons on the formation of new dioceses was then taken up. . Mr. Edward MeCrady, of South Caro lina, expressed the opinion of uu old law yer that if the committee’s amendment passes the Convention, the dioceses will be bound hand and foot. He hoped no such canon as proposed would be adopted, by this hou-e. The most odious restric tiou that could be imposed upon a diocese is a pecuniary one. It was simply a ques tion of wealth. We allow any diocese that has wealth to divide as often as it pleases. The question was finally settled by the adoption of a resolution that none such should be recognized unless accomplished by assurances of support for tbe Bisbop. Considerable debate was had ou a reso lution offered by tbe Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wisconsin, authorizing a joint committee to sit during the recess, and to report to the next Convention as to the meaiiiug of the phrase “ Presiding Bishop ot the Church.” nop Also that, if there is a Presiding Bis in tiie sense of Primate, or Alelropolit or Patriarch, the committee reporta canon defining his powers and preenbing the mode of his appointment. The doctor, in support of his proposi tions, said lie did not care particularly who was the Presiding Bishop of the House of Bishops, but if that person was to be the Presiding Bishop ‘ of this Church,” he thought the mauuerof his selection should be altered and the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates permitted to participate. The movement was understood to be directed against Bishop Smith, of Ken tucky, who is an intense Low Church man’ A motion to table was lost by a large majority. Finally a substitute was adopted, simply instructing the Commit tee on Canons to inquire into tlie expedi ency of striking out the words “of this Church,” after the words “Presiding Bishop,” in sectiou three, canon nine, title three. Sisgr A clergyman says it is curious to note how many people alteud a circus “only because they went to please their children ;” but still more curious to ob serve that in many instances it takes two or three able bodied men, with as many women to look after one little boy 7 or girl.” I®"’Young men who would prosperin love should woo gently. It is not fashion able for ladies, to take ardent spirits. [From Hie New York World, October 15th.J COTTON. Ei;ypt a* • Producer of the Great Staple. The cable announcement of a heavy yield of cotton in Egypt is of great im portance to the people of the Southern States and to our people generally. The Herald thinks not, but that sheet is no better authority on cotton than politics. When it expresses contempt for Egypt as a cotton-growing rival, it betrays lack of knowledge, for it is a tact which uo one properly informed will dispute —not even Commissioner Welles’ man Atkinson — that, of ail tile competitors who have taken the field against us, Egypt is by all odds the most formidable. And when it states that ttie cotton of that country is “a poor, short staple and dirty article,” it asserts what is not correct. Cotton has long been tiie most impor tant item of commerce amoug nations. This country held au uninterrupted mo nopoly of tiie article up to the commence ment of the war. A large portion of England's commercial greatness grew out of and depends ujkio it. To give employ ment to her 3,00i) mills, 33,000,000 spindles and 1,000, u00 Mie lias looked to our Bea Island and Gulf Stale plantations. Iu a single year she actually paid out $412,000,000 for a supply. These facts suf ficiently indicate Die importance of our possessing the monopoly of supply, and of doing all iu our power to regain the ground we lost by The war. That result is certainly not to be reached by mislead ing our cotton planters as to their real sit uation. To tell them that there is noth ing to fear from Egypt is a fallacy. 1 here is much to fear; but it is certaiu that, un der a stable political government, perse verance and well-directed labor will event ually place the Soutii first again on the list of suppliers, aud make cultivation of the staple in Egvyt too unprofitable to be continued. Tuere is a point beyond which it be comes more profitable for that country to send England breadstuff* than cotton. Jt is to that point our planters must force tliis rival. Were it not for the fact that she can not devote beyond a given acreage to cotton witnout being compelled to im port the cereals for home consumption, tiie rivalry' would be eminently threaten ing. The commercial returns of the world’s markets tell us how prosperously her cotton interest has thriveu since 1861. There is no wisdom in affecting contempt for the staple she produces ; nothing to be gaiued by assuring our planters that our own staple is so greatly superior that no other growth can stand beside it iu the markets. Let us not disguise the fact that the Egyptian staple is a good one ; that it commands a good price; that it is aii : bougiit; aud that it has been thought i worth while to introduce Egyptian seed j on oar own plantations for trial. It has been demonstrated that our Bea-Island variety, the best grown, can not be pro- ; duced in any other quarter of the world excepting along the region of the Nile. Proof that the Egyptian staple is held high may' he found iu the fact that the seeds commonly selected for experimen tal cultivation in ne w aud favorable local ities are the American and Egyptian, and ; tiie value of tiie latter has t een attested in . Peru, w here the plant grows thriftily in four mouths, while the native plant only t yields ia eight. Wheu the Sultan eneour- j aged cultivation in Morocco, in 1863, American and Egyptian seeds were im- ; ported from England, which jointly pro- j duced au article claimed to be equal to the i American in quality. But the actual cot- j ton operations of Egypt since 1861 are the ; best test of her importance as a compet itor, ami the results of which she is capa- j hie of in an emergency, ud it must always j be remembered ihat England is dissatis- i fled with her dependence upon America | for raw cotton, and will lend all possible j aid to that country which otters her the j prospect of iude|»endeDce oi ua. Egypt j furnishes that.nation with Die following amounts in the years named : aa.ouo.uoo.Uw. pjgs as.ooo.oooibs. ' 125,000.00018*. 1*35...., 177.000,0U0 Itii. These figures are official, and may be trusted. In 1864 England paid Egypt over $64,000,000 for t-ottou. The year be fore the war she paid her less thau *7,000,- 000. There is a lesson iu these figures. How far the present crop of that coun try will interfere with our sales in British markets wiil depeud on circumstances, but oue thing is certain —that we shall be im portantly affeeteil by it in several ways. It ill becomes us to att’ect an indifference for competition that we cannot attbrd, and it is in every respect more sensible for the South to set about recovering her lost cot ton status iu all earnestness, and with a sincerity that shows her appreciation of the true character of the situation, than for her to rely upon past power for pres ent protection. Affairs have changed, aud she has experienced crushing discourage ments. Her labor system has been totally revolutionized ; even worse, it has been destroyed, aud she has been forced to de vise anew one. In the midst of her pros ration, Congress, in defiance of all the principles of political economy, and with utter disregard for the national good, lev ied a tax upon the staple that would have Leena death-blow to its cultivation had it beeu much longer retained. These draw backs must be overcome. It can scareely be believed that this section is unworthily yielding to them, and yet tLat would seein to he the fact from the reports constantly received here that the cotton area is more and more being given over to wheat aud corn. The South can not reasonably expect to recover herself at once. Restoration must necessarily be gradual; and during its progress, "periodical and temporary re lapses must be locked for. The ultimate lesuit can not be doubted. We are bound to be master of the cot ton market if we use our advantages judi ciously. To recover lost ground at a sin gle stroke we must throw a full crop into the market; nothing less will suffice. The planters of the South must bend all their energies to effect this. If they exert themselves they will win, if not they will lose. The prize is certainly worth the ef fort, The losses on a short crop one year will be compensated by the gains ou a full crop the next one. Above all, it should be remembered that the reign of Radical ism will not last forever, and that there is a period coming when we are to produce an annual crop of 5,000,000 bales, to man ufacture it for ourselves, and then convey the fabrics to tbe great markets of the world by American means of transporta tion. England may set that down as a fixed fact. Let tbe South keep her eyes upon it, and steadfastly 7 labor on iu the fulfilment of her sute and prosperous destiny. IIIE ELECTION IV INDIANA. Close C'onte.Hts in the Past. The contest for Governor iu Indiaua is so exceedingly close that it will probably require the official canvass to determine the result. It is likely that there are not 500 votes difference between Hendricks and Baker ou a total poll of 375,000. We have bad iu our history a number of such close*contests. In IS4O Marcus Mor ton, Democrat, was elected Governor of Massachusetts by a majority of one vote over Edward Everett and scattering, the law requiring a majority over all to elect. The vote stood for Morton , v 51,034 Everett and seattenug .51,033 Majority 1 In 1844 Henry Clay carried Tennessee for President against James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate, by a majority of 113 votes out of a poll of 110,000. In 1840 General Harrison carried Pennsylvania for President by 343 votes ou a poll of 288,000, and lie was successful 410 votes on a poll of 90,000. tember election iu 1840 in Kent, the Whig candidate had OS inajori v only over the Democratic nominee. In B. Wheeler, Democratic Governor of Ohio, was beaten 250 votelSd Seabury Ford, Whig and Abolitiouist, of Geauga county. In 1850 Horatio Sey mour, Democrat, was defeated for Gov ernor in the great State of New York by Washington Hunt, Whig, by a majority of 250. In 1824 Governor Seymour was defeated for re-election by Myron Clark, the Whig and Temperance candidate, by a majority of 354 only. In 1857 the contest for Governor in Ohio was exceedingly 1 close between Salmon P. Chase, the Re- VOL. LX-, NO 34 *“ d H. B. Payne, the Den*- candidate. On a poll of 300 000 y .. Chase had but 1,20(J maiorily, 1844 the resuit of the Presidential elect l ,,,, was determined in favor of M, ovt ? r Henry Clay by a majority of in Uie teta.e of Ne w York. \S • uLut that State Mr. Clay was elected. In jsp. the vote of the single State of Pennsyl vania elected General Taylor fir President over General Cass, and in 1856 the vole of the same State elected Mr. Buchanan over Mr. Iremont. in 1836 the vote of Penn sylvania determined the Presidential eon test m favor of Martin Van Boren. These el * utioils in our mod ern politics: history.— Cm. Enq. RISKIN'* TifKOftlKS. oe,U " s 00,1 Mauey—ilaactiens r„r .u I***opl«. " e iu tbs London papers the fol lowing interesting ietter from Ru.-kin . ! >U to-day a discussion Winch seems to have been greatly inter kytelfloK them the hioad tact, that England i« no longer l«S f»r her inhabitants” VUh you not, in the leisure of tuTr^soSeu H d "' CU " Bit ‘ , ‘ likely' tn I —n»?,L 11 1 ,g ’ an< * much inoie useful rJ? 3 ’ ? big England may be mad “ inhabitants and how iitu Mhri t f,,r wasteful on,, - '“"h letters on this quite is trml n 1 n V al bow mines by “**•» l "‘ w it is truly l ,st, not o.d. li per-sm or another, but by the fwes cti ath> n ? For, practically, people'- diate OM O r»H fel r y liXeU 0,1 lhe bmn - bauds f ™! me y >t cliange- I «ilwayH couftideriiiir how •* *> ! lomehody else, blft where that somebody else got it aLs. I ofU to r mh at r Ura “ y l UJOUrn over their& oftt to other people, without reflectin'-' that, if not lost altogether, it mav still he of some reflective advantage to them. W hereas, the real national question is not who is losing or gaining money, but who is making aud who is destroying it. Ido not, of course, mean making money, in the sense of printing noies or finding gold, true money cannot he made so VV hen an island is U>o small for its inhab- Jtauts, it would not help them to an ounce of bread more to have the island turned luto one nugget, or to And bank note* growing by its rivulets instead of fern leaves. Neither by destroying monev do 1 meau burning botes or throwing gohi away, if I burn a five pound note, or throw five sovereigns into the sea. I liuri ns one but myself; nay, I benefit other fore very body with a pound in his pocket is richer by ihe withdrawal of mv compe tition in the market. But what I want you to make yourread ders discover is bow the true monev : made that will get them houses and din-* pep; and, on tiieother hand, how monev is truly lost, or so diminished in value that all they can get in a year will not buy them comfortable houses nor satisfao d‘uuer@ - Surely this is a question which people would like to have answer ed clearly for them, and it might iead to some important results if the answer were acted upon. The ribbon makers at €ov entry, starving, invite the ladies of Eng iand to wear ribbons. The compassionate ladies of England invest themselves in rainbows, and admiring economists de clare the nation to be beuefitted. No one a-ks where the ladies got the money to spend in rainbows, (which is the fust question in the business,} nor whether money once so spent will ever return again, or has really faded with the faded ribbons aud disappeared forever. Again, honest people every day lose quantities of money to dishonest people. But that i i merely a cliange of hands much to be re i gretted ; but the money is not, therefore, ; dself lost; the dishonest people must spend j it; at somehow. A youth at college , Joses bisyear’s iucQiae-XojtJc.v, Bat tae Jew most spend it instead of him Miser or not, the day must earne when his hands relax. A railroad shareholder h.-es bis mouey to a director; hut thedirwu.rmust •some day spend it instead of him. l hi is not—at least in tile first fact of it—na tional loss. But what the public need to know is, bow a final and perfect /os* of money takes place, so that the whole na tion instead of being rich, shall he get ting gradually poor. And then, indeed if one man in spending IPs.money de-inn - it, and another iu spending it makes more ot it, it become a grave question in whose hands it is, and whether honest or dis honest people are likely to spend it to the Purpose. Will you |>ermit me, sir, to lav this not unprofitable subject of inquiry before your readers, while, to the very best purpose, they are investing a little monev in sea air? Very sincerely yours, T ANARUS, , „ J. Buskin. Denmark Hill, July SO. The Lock is the C’ottos Market.—There is a radical difference of opinion in our market bei ween buyers and sellers of Cotton. The planters are re fusing to sell even at the present rates of 221, in 23 eeuL, and buyers are insisting for lower figures than these. Meantime there is a lock iu the market. The planters say Liverpool and Manches ter arc nearly out of stock and will be obliged to come to terms shortly, and on tire other hand Liv erpool and Manchester reply that the have a good deal of paper maturing the Ist of No vember, and wifi be obliged to sell at their figure-. consequence of this, trade and commerce languishes. We hope the controversy will soon end, and that all things will soon resume a regular and an even channel. Meantime, let ever} man light for himself. We make the following extracts from a late num ber of the Liverpool Mercury : Let us look to our available supplies. Ou the 18th of September the stocks of eottou in aii Europe were as follows: 1868. 7867. I'm. Liverpool 452,356 886,650 928,250 London 55,650 108,650 106. non Glasgow 500 3.000 1.700 Havre 50.150 104,000 176.950 Rest of Europe 37,750 30,290 30,500 596,400 1,083,100 1,244,300 showing a deficiency of stocks ou hand of 486,700 tales, as compared with 1867, and of 647,900 hale-, as compared with 1866. when cotton ruled 15*1. per pound, and the estimates of crop 3,500,000 bales. Last year the failure of the Royal, and Un questionable solvency of several other of our local banks, created a pressure which caused prices to and cline to a point which the subsequent rise to 13 ! 4 'd., iu April, proved to be wholly unwarranted, i roni this time forward, the position of our visible snp plies will show a much larger deficit, as compared even with 1867, consequent upon the shipments from India after June being on a much -mailer scale this year than last. . Now, lei us look at the probable imjiorts of cot ton into Liverpool: PROBABI.B IMPORT TO SIST DECEMBER. America estimated same as last year 141,000 Brazil, say 150,000 iu excess of all last year yo’ooo Egyptian same as last year 40,000 Westlndia, same as last year ivl’ooo East India everything at sea to date 530'00u otock 452,000 1,280,000 This would give ms a supply of 67,000 tales per week, the same as last year, and leave us with a stock of 275,000 tales ou'the 31st December next, against 447,000 hales same time last year, i! is quite immaterial whether we receive a' smaller or larger supply from America this year, as anv -nr plus received must necessarily be at the expense of our supply for next year. The Rice Crop.--A correspondent of the Georgetown Times says in the issue of that excellent journal of 'Thursday last, “the rice crop of Georgetown and Santee has been put down at from 10 to 12.CNXI tlercea—it will not reach6,ooo. Since first October there huve been but two clear days. Tbe weather lias been cold and riauy with East winds and high tides— a great deal of rice lias been wet iu tbe field—over ripe rice is beaten down by the heavy rain. Rice on the stubble is float ing and caunoLbe got in ; rice hurriedly sprouting—weak ■ aud breaks ate t. It is believed lave already daui erop, which, as bad work ami ST rice was pushed ler and has been birds. An early p a very short one tuces can it go much beyond tiiat of last year which wa* 5,000 tierces. Two American women shoddy, of course—have been iuformeii that they can not come to the Empress Eugenie’s recep tions any more, because they do not know, either how to dress, or behave decently.