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J. W. BURKE k m Georgia Journal & Messenger. jr. W. BIIKKE &r C'O., Hroprlctor#. A. W. BEEitE, ) S. KOBE, f K‘U ,ors ' RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. Ten dollars per annum. Five dollars for six mou fas. Two dollars and fitly ceuts for three months. One dollar lor four mouths. WEEKLY. Three dollars per annum. One dollar and fifty cents for six mouths. One dollae for four months. J. W. BURKE & CO, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1868. THE GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL AND >5K* UHANIUAL CONVENTION. To give time for a full and perfect organization and to secure a cost* ination of all the leading in terests of the State, the undersigned Committee, appointed for the purpose, call a meeting to be held in Macon, on the 10th of December, proximo, at which time a Constitution and Charter for “The Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Associ ation’’ submitted for adoption. XiftßßSSrto the State are invited to attend. Geo. S. Obf.au, Cuas. J. Hakkis, James A. Nishet, L. N. Whittle, Jos. Clisby. Committee. FARMERS 1 STATE CONVENTION. The Putnam County Agricultural Society have called a Convention of the Farmers of Georgia, to be held in Macon the second Wednesday in Decem ber next, for the purpose of orgrnir.ing a State Im migration Society. CONVENTION. To Pin liters, Manufacturer., and Meehanie.. The old Cotton Planters’ Convention convened after the war, in Maoon on the fith of September, 1,806, met again, in Milledgcville, in November, 1866, and changed its name to “Agricultural and Manufacturing Association of the State of Geor gia,” with a view o! enlarging its operations, and inviting the co-operation of every industrial inter est of the State. By resolution, this new Association was to have met at Milledgcville, simultaneously with the Legislature, in November, 1867. Owing to tl.e political changes in the State, and excitement of the public mind, it was deemed advisable to post pone said contemplated Convention till a time more opportune for useful deliberation. Deeming that period to have arrived, i hereby call a Convention of that Association to meet in the city of Macon, at 10 o’clocka. m., on the 10th day of December proximo. Planters, Farmers, Manufacturers in Cotton, ; Wool, Iron and Wood, Mechanics, and every in dustrial interest of the State, are earnestly invited to send to that Convention intelligent repreaenta- j ives to deliberate for the advancement and devel- j opment of the industrial interests of the State. The Committee recently appointed in the city of Macon, to make provision for holding uu Agricul tural and Industrial Fair in that city, at a future day, are respectfully requested to provide a Hall fur the Convention. The newspaper press of the State, I feel assured, | will manifest its characteristic libera.ity, in behalf of the material interests of this State, by publishing j this call, and keeping it before the people till day I of meeting. Ben. C. Yasckt, Pres. Agricultural and Manfg Association of the State of Georgia. Athens, tVa., Abe. \Wi, 1868. CmnsTMAs is Coming.—lt is hardly necessary to remind our little readers tlmt Christmas isconiing —ih'ey 91+ kmwV.itft q<*«« *»*» W- Whf - ■ want to tell them, however, that "when they are looking out for Christ man gifts, there is no present j so cheap or 60 valuable ar a year’s subscription to j Burke's Weekly. ‘ Two dollars will insure its visits : every week the year ’■ouud. Think of this when | you go to lay out money for Christmas or New j Year’s presents. Parents whose children are not now taking the Weekly, will do well to send two dollars for a year’s subscription. It give the children more solid en joyment than twenty dollars worth of anything else you can buy tliein. All wlio send two dollars by the Ist of January will receive the December num bers gratis. Address J. . Burke & C 0., Macon, Georgia. This Charleston Mercury.—We Bud the following card in the Charleston : Courier of Monday : A Card. —Circumstances beyond my control have caused the suspension of tl.e Charleston Mercury. Bui the public should not be led to the conclusion that the paper is extinct. Meausres are afoot for issuing it again on a substantial basis. And it is expected to put it forth in a style that will satisfy every requirement of a first class Southern newspaper. R. B. Rhktt, Jr , ' Proprietor. Up to date there have been 145 bankrupt petitions filed in the Clerk’s office of the United States District Court, for this Southern District of Georgia, since the passage of the act; and 230 petitions for final discharges. About twenty-five or thirty persons have received final dis charges from bankruptcy. A North Carolinian het ten gallons of tar that he could drink a quart of brandy and walk a mile before it “slewed him ” He won his tar, but was shortly after buried. Careless farming is wearing out the wheat lands of California. The crop this year is no larger than last, though there was one-fourth more acreuge in cultiva tion. Charles Dickens has not received so much as £SO for the numerous German editions of his “David Copperfleld.” The most popular authors of the Faderlaud derive wretched incomes. Lizzie Ballyntine, of Richmond, Va., has been compelled to restrain her self from wearing tiie breeches by a bond of SIOO. Tiie law says she must wait till she is married, before eujoyiug that luxu ry- Mrs. Beachman, wife of a Federal soldier stationed at Columbia, died on Saturday, from the effect of wounds received the previous Thursday, at the hands cf a sweet tempered “colored” lady. “Let us have peace.” Forty car loads of mess beef passed through St. Louis Friday, from Leaven worth and other points, en route to places East and Europe. Several through bills of lading for such freight from Leaven worth city to Liverpool have been signed during the past week. Albany, Ga., Nov. 20th. Editors Journal and Messenger : Hou. Wm. M. Butts, of Buena Vista, came to his death very suddenly last night from apoplexy. He was on a camp hunt, about twenty miles below this place, with a party of friends, and was taken suddenly and died in ten minutes. It is a severe loss to his bereaved family and widowed mother. I knew him well, and (like al who knew him) bad learned to esteem him. He was a good-hearted frieud aud a genial companion. May he rest in peace. Yours, Rambler. We bad had the pleasure ol a ride over the Ma con aud Brunswick railroad on Monday Ui*t, a* f ar aa Station No. 1, eleven miles from this city. For tome days past the work has been unavoidably de layed In consequence of the swamps through which it passes, all of the road being made ground. We are happy to say that they are now out of tiie swamps and every Indication is of rapid progress with the work. That portion of the road already built is «f the most substantial character, aud will compare favorably witli any road in the State.— Brunswtek Banner, lttt/i, WORK THE PANACEA. We printed an article,' yesterday, show ing what a garden of thriftand prosperity had been made to blcom in the wilds of Texas, by the untiring euergy of a colony of sober, hard-handed, and clear-headed Germans. Their example is worthy of imitation by all classes at the South. Per haps no people ever started in life—for we are really doing that, now —with equal incentives, and more favorable circum stances surrouudiug them, to make their future a story of hard, unending, yet re munerative toil. We are as poor as cau be, taking our former condition, and tlie , circumstances of our neighbors, as the standard of comparison. We have almost literally to start from “ the stump,” as the say h.g goes. We have been pre-eminent ly a lazy peop'o as to manual labor, too ; apt lo rely upon slave work, aud able, un- j 1 foriuuately, without serious detriment to ' \ our fortunes, to pamper and indulge our : st ives. Our boues were not so hard, nor j our muscles so firm aud weli trained as j they should have been. We were in tiie condition ofa racer of high blood and ca- i pable of thdgreatest endeavors, who had ! been allowed to stand in his stable until j aii bis powers were paralyzed and ren- j deled worthless by high living and lack j of exercise. Such was our condition when ; the war cloud broke upon us. We learned much during that time, hut I its passing away found us still very ! ignorant and uprepared for the re- ! ception of the great panacea. But j did ever a people have more to w >rk for, and more favorable adjuuets and ap pliauceß with which to push it forward? We are sure not. Earth, air, aud water all shout the answer, no. Such waste and ; wreck to redeem and clear away ; so many : imperious minds clamoring for relief ; j such a climate, such a soil, aud so much treasure begging to be unearthed and util- : ized, never before was known. We have j answered those demands after a fashion, ) but only after a fashion. We have not done a tithe of w hat vve ought to have done, or what we might have done. We I have barely scratched, where we ought to have delved deep and long. We have , barely put forth ourstrength, whereevery j muscle should have been in play and at j its utmost tension. We have been play- ' ing at work, iustead of doing the thing , itself. We tlo not blame our people for this, al- : together, because they have been hamper- j ed and bedeoilled, and their energies chill- ; ed by had government with all its thou- ; sand ills. Btill. we might have done better. We must do better, if we are going to get back where the war found us, to say noth ing of going much beyond that point, j which we all expect to do. We have not nettily utilized all the forces at our com mand. We are still tuking rather too much interest iu tilings not only not ; essential to our well being and materful progtess. but absolutely hurtful. We give j days to political speculation, when hours j would lie wasted time. We are too much interested iu what the Radicals say about j Grant aud his probable course as Presi- j dent. We are too sensitive about sneers j aud misrepresentations which cannot be ! stopped, and which deaf ears and busy hands would soon sileuce We spend too I -mwiu-URML.. .tippettf* to Northern wealth to come down here and be invested, promising every protection to it, when tiie spectacle of a whole popula tion hard at work aud laying up money for themselves, in peace and security, would be the best and most eloquent guar antee of safety for tliatof others. In a word, we talk rattier too much, and work not quite enough. We give words as i bouds, when deeds would do much better. I That all this will cure itself, we do not | doubt fora moment. We see a glorious future for the South, a future carved out 1 by our own hands, and in despite of our ! enemies and their evil plans and purpo ses. \Ve are confident that these South- j ern States will yet become the home of tiie busiest and most prosperous and hap py- population in the Union. Nature has done great things for us, but she waits patiently for her reward. She still smiles 1 upon us, confident that we will one day answer all her expectations. Bet us hasten to meet and remunerate her. Let i us hasten to show our gratitude tor Iter generosity iu such returns as never before waited upon patient, unremitting toil. Let us hasten to restore to the body, poli tic and social, even more than their an cient life and health. Tiie panacea is in dicated by every symptom. It s work by all, for all, and all the time. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. Macon, Ga., Nov. 17th, 1808. To Hon. Madison Bell, Comptroller Qen.: Dear Sir—We the undersigned citi zens of Bibb county, and owners and rep- J resen tat i vc-s of a large ijuruber of lotsof wild land in Worth county, which lauds have j been given in and paid ail taxes (State and Convention) due under the laws of Geor- i gia, and which lands are now advertised to be sold by the Sheriff of Worth county in December next, for taxes, respectfully ask that you will take such actiou us will , stop the illegal proceedings anti oblige, Yours, very respectfully 1 , Wm. B. Johnston, Thurston R. Bloom, James It. Butts, John T. Napier, Mix & Kirtland, C. D. Findlay, Albert Mix, C. D. Findlay, Agt for L. N. Whittle, Mrs. M. H. Findlay L. A Jourdan, C. S. Findlay, : It. B. Findlay, G. W. Fiudlay. Win. B. i’arker, Georgia, Birr County: This is to j certify that the within named partiek residents of Bibb comity, have paid aIP taxes, both State and Convention, due this State. T. M. Heath, Tax Collector Bibb county. Macon, Nov. 17th, 1868. Comptroller General’s Office, t Atlanta, Nov. 23, 1868. { To Asa Itooks , Tax Collector 1867, Worth County : In conformity with the request con tained in tiie foregoing petition, you are hereby ordered and directed to stop the publication and sale of all wild lands lying in your county, whether the owuets have returned them out of the county or not, or whether they have been returned at all or not. You will see, by reference to sec tions 874 ami 875 of Irwin’s Code, that you have no authority to sell wild lauds; and that it is the duty of the Comptroller General, exclusively, to advertise aud sell such as have not beeu returned, iu the manuer and form as therein prescribed. You will also forthwith make a full anfi explicit report in the premises to this of fice at your earliest possible convenience, before the day of public sale; and you are earnestly forbidden to sell, or cause to be sold, any of such wild lands until you re port as directed, and until further orders. And you are further informed that any sale of land iu contradiction of these or ders will be illegal and of no effect. Respectfully, Madison Bell, Comptroller General, Borne enterprisiug North Carolinians are planting more tiian 2,000 acres-mak ing two hundred thousand trees—in peach j trees, at Ridgeway, on the Raleigh and Gaston railway. GOSiStP ABORT THE LATE THADDKUS STEVENS. The National Intelligencer, referring to the story going the rounds of tiie press that the personal property of the late Hon. Thaddeus tevens was barely sufficient t • pay his debts, aud that his furnace prop erty was worth about $60,000, which, with his house at Lancaster, valued at $15,000, constituted tiie bulk of his real eet de, re marks that such a stateiuen t is more poetic than true. Tnt) J.itelti/encer then pro ceeds to coin neud the private life und habits of the deceased, and adds : He owed nobody nt the (late of hi-- <]<■ cease, and he had in the Bank of L . - ter, as we are informed by Mr. Bougieer, iiis personal friend, about twenty imm aud dollars. He had little or nothing iu public securities. His plain and simple mansion at Lancaster cannot lie valued at above half a dozen thousand dollars. The sum and substance of his means.were in his furnace at Gettysburg Though it, in former days, he w,i* acCustom <i to say, was an absorbent of bis income profes sionally, yet in later ones it ha t> t-n prof itable, the ore tied being superior, Mid the method of blasting belli./ by charcoal. Hence, the Confederate force did him much damage In its raid ; not so much in the value of what was actually destroyed as iu the destruction of work at the mr- ntM'e at a period o-f.grv«i demand for stipe-- rior sorlsof iron for machine purposes. A few thousand dollars probably covered the actual losses in property inflicted by the rebel raid in question. 11l tiie last part of Mr. Btovens’ life he remarked that he would take $150,000 for his Gettysburg property, but Dr. Noble Young, of this city, (his physician ) who is familiar witlt it and the locality, esti mates its prospective value, in good hands, at double that figure. The works were carried on in Mr. Stevens’ name, and, of course, they did not make the returns that they would had he been a practical iron master. Mr. Stevens’ library is very largo und varied iu its character. It i„ worth sev eral thousand dollars. He was, we learn, thoroughly read in tbenld stamp of works iu history aud literature, and also iu the modern ones of superior character. He received, while in Congress grew, num bers of newspapers, of both sides in poli tics, most of which lie read as lesperi their editorials. Herein this intellectual giant differed from a cloud of iu ferine per sous in Congress and elsewln-re in public position, who ho oft* o profess contempt of newspapers and newspaper e resp mi en ts, ytt who owe very mu h of then prominence more to tiie misplaced par tiality of such ttian to any marked tm ribs of their own. In the latter-day public care r <f Mr. Stevens, his labors were immeo < , nmi as his physical powers were declining, lie was obliged to be exceedingly ei rcu m-pee in respect to bis habits and efforts. He was through life a temperance in to iu tin 1 strict sense of the term, indulging only m a glass of wine or other drink at a form of hospitality or courtesy upon the i c.-a-o n of the visit of old and valued friends, or possibly of soma superior political func tion-try. He therefore received with un disguised dislike the prescription some throe years before his death of the u~o of stimulants. He was abstemious as to diet, eating but two meals a day, ami reti: ing very early and min. lav. He in Id that much sleeping or lying iu be-4, even it not sleeping, was a great natural res-.or.* exhausted nature. This is in consistence with the modern scientific idea thatthr. or four hours’ closo mental iuhor eai-s lor twice the repose that does the stun; expen diture of time In handwork, the cull being far greater upon nerve powt r and other sources of vitality. Breakfasting at tight o'clock. Mr. Bio* vens would at once proceed to dispose »f his mail, w hich was, of course, very 1 Mge. Most letters he would throw into tne wastebasket upon the sight of the ntitue of the writers. When once questioned as the propriety of so doing, he answered that tokuait Jtbfl eoatenU by tUg tmiu««. , It was Tat ley i?. ad wbositrt that - hm#t letters answered themselves.” 'I he few leitcra that Mr, Stevens wrote were com prised in a half dozen lines. The un si im portant took but a litter page, excluding party or political one;, which were r* brief for documents of that stamp Until the last of his life lie but little utilized the labors of others iu carrying on his cor respondence. Mr. Stevens was opposed to the receipt of the most common pr sent.*, such a canes, de., iu comp fluent of public-er vices. On a certain occasion a sealed package came to liim, which he suspected contained money as a reward for some public service. White engaged for a mo ment iu another apartqpt *t, the pad:age was opened incautiously by an attendant. It contained a great number <>f one thous and doll >.r bids. Mr Stevens, in caus-ng a re-seafing of the package, and it* imme diate return to the source from whence it came, ex pressed great regret that it should have been opened, becan*e lie intended to return it intact, suspecting ttie contents, yet uot wishing to know for a certainty of what in its presentation fie felt to be a wound. Another package of $5 000 t was returned with stinging retort. 1 hat he had very many like offers in monei and stocks is iikely, and that they were habit ually refused is sure, since that bus tstaU* is of the most moderate value. *► » -• From the Augusta Chronicle and Bentinal. Let the Convention* al Maeon on the Otii amt Kitii Unite. Spakta, Ga., November 23d, 1868. Messrs. Editors: A few day- after the publication of the address issued by Messrs. Caper*, True and myself to the people of Georgia, urging them to send delegates from every county, to Macon on the 9th proximo, I saw a call made by the worthy Presi dent of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Asso ciation of Georgia, fora similar Convention at the same place and on the next day. We were not aware of this call, until our address had gone forth to the world. The Agricultural Meeting of Put nam had fixed tlis time aud place, aud instructed us to publish an address urging upon the people the importance of the subject of immigration par ticularly. It will be seen, therefore, that the Committee are without the power to make changes. It will be an easy matter for the Convention of ttie ninth to organize and adjourn over ft) tiie tenth, ami if thought advisable by both, to unite, as the object are the same. I take the responsibility, without, consultation with any one for want of time, to suggest that all the counties who take action under the address issued by Messrs. Capers, True and myself, appoint their delegates with instructions to attend both Conventions. This, it appears to me, is the best course to i e pursued, and I trust that it wifi be satisfactory to all interested There ought to be no division among us on “ the general issue,” at least. B. f. Harris, of Hancock. N. B.—Please pnb ish nt Once, and request all papers, friendly to the object, to do so, likewise. B. T. H. A Curious Marriage—Some twenty years ago a weatliy gentleman from New York arriv and at St. Joseph, Mo., and after a short sojourn left for the West. He was about-sixty, an Englishman by birth, who had come to that city when young, fired and industry, but with scanty meank. After years of hard labor, he gained a large fortune in the mercantile and stock business. While in Bt. Joseph he became acquainted withayoung girl of about seventeen years, of French de scent, then*employed as a waitei in one of the principal liotals. The girl was penniless, aft(j posses ed of but ordinary education. Hhgjfcrs the owner, however, an exceedingly* JftStdsome face and great musical talent, gentleman, on de parting for the West, left with her a snug sum of money, to l>e,’(jevoted to the culti vation of her taste forunusic and her gen eral education The merchant passed two yeais in the West, in Montana, and re turned several weeks ago He found the young lady in Platte Town otficiat ng as c lambermaid in a boarding-house. Be ing w thout a helpmate aud possessed of ample means to support a wife, he pro posed, was accepted, and the two left for St. Louis, and last week they were in that city enjoying their honeymoon. A Singular Case of Disease.—On Saturday last, Mrs. Seeley, the wife ot the late Stephen Seeley, residing on Sixth street, in Troy, died from an acute iutlaui matory attack. Several years ago an in ternal water tumor formed iu her breast. Since that time it has been constantly in creasing in size until lately it had become sogreat that it was with difficulty that the sufferer was able to walk. After her decease, in order to prepare her body for burial, it was deemed necessary to remove the tumor. The operation was successful ly performed, aud the tumor was found to have increased in size to such an extent that it had reached the enormous weight of over one hundred and twenty pound*. , Albany Journal. MACON. GA.. TURK I AY, DECEMBER f 1808. THE REVOLUTION IN (.'l'll V. It is uotv more than a month since the eastern provinces of Cuba have beeu dis turbed by revolutionary movement*. All the available Spanish troops have been concentrated there, a dozen engagements have been fought, and the insurrection is -till in full vigor. From a letter published in the Message,■ Franco-Americain, we learn that the seat of war is confined to the mountainous ;art of the island, cast, of Puerto Principe, aud that the contest, from being a guerilla affair, lots become a war conducted in true military fashion. A p-oviainnul government has been estab lished at B:i>'iuao, at the head of which are Francisco Aguilera and Carlos Coape d:-s, the first a licit planter, and the second a distinguished lawyer nt Bayamo. Though large slaveholder, they are both in favor of the abolition of slavery. Home twenty other per,-sons of wea th aud influ ence in Eastern Cuba are embarked in the movement. Most of the insurgents have liberated their slaves on the condition that they -lial aid in securing the independence of. Cuba, and in a!! the guerilla bands are to, be found a cel tain proportion of uegroes,' who fight courageously by the side of their former masters, in the insurgent ranks arc also several hundred veteran Domini wars or niaTrepTumo, tinu, strong© to say, a number of young creole and mulatto women, who bundle and fire tli-dr mus kets like old soldiers. Borne of these women, it is -.aid, belong to the beat socie ty, mid exercise a marked influence upon their leader* and fellow soldiers. The Provisional Junta proposes soon to send an agent to Washington to demand of the United Stales Government a recognition of their lights as belligerents, aud will show that the revolutionary army already numbers over seven thousand men, and that the Bpauish authorities arc unable to make head against it. .Several sevete engagements have al ready taken place, in which a body of Spanish troops under Colour! Quiron, arid another c mimanded by (J done! Lotto, are repored to have been decidedly-worsted. Meanwhile, telegraphic communication with Pue!to Priucipe is cutoff' It is not kno vn w hether the revolutionary move ment projected in that city ha* been com menced, but there is no doubt that several hundred Cubans from Hie neigh l»orta<*>d have gone to join ilie insurgents at Baya mo. Rumors are rife of an attack upou Santiago de Cuba, tube aided by the in habitants of the place. In view of these grave complications, the Captain General, Lersundi, bus recalled General Ravenet, commanding in Eastern Cuba, and sent tti it her Oenei al Mum/,, who and stingnislied himself during the invasion of the island by Lopez in 1854. He is expected lo act with promt.trie * and vigor, aud has beeu promised large reinforcements This will leave but two or three thousand B anish troops in Western Cuba. The result of the revolution v.i 1 depend largely mam the attitude of tin districts of ftfatunzas, Vuelta Abajo, Cardenas and Havana Tiie latest accounts from Havana, dated in the 12th, state that the government Poop*—eleven thousand strop - —were be sieged in Manzanillo by a laige force of in surgent* wh<> w<-ro only three nnies di - taut. Tire Spaniard*, meantime, wtte throwing up barricades in the streets for protection. Accounts from Hautiago re |e>rt that a large force of insurgents were within four milts of that place on the 0 h in«t Great panic appears to have pre vailed, for it i* -aid that hundred* of fami lies had cleared out for Jamaica. The con fusion i* reported to tie immense all aioug tiie coast, aud u significant cry for aid from the United S ales was prevailing ev ery where. Home of the wealtliie-t fami lies in tiie island have linked tHerr for tunes with the cause of the insurgents. All tiie town* from I’ue.to Priueip” o San tiago except tlnee ar* in the in.in., of the insurgents. Bo disastrous has been the result of col isi ns in lire interior lotliie Bpauish troops that they are afraid to ven nsrc ouA-oXyttie 'A'-iLa. Naw brig Jent.vJdark, with 3; u'm lif# MHN 1 iiitlon, seized at SucvitSs try The,. aathortßes, and a load or uni* for tit© LovernWent troop*, also from’tiie United Biates, had been captured by iheTlMui ge 11 1 s. —(. h a rtes lo nA < ws. W INDI AN II \ (' I'LE KEENE. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga zette gives another account of tiie late Indian attack on Colonel Foisyth's com mand, heretofore fuily described in these columns. The so lowing extract, how ever, i* sufficiently interesting to quote: Again the men dug for their lives, and soon w. re tolerably well shielded by tne friendly sand, which, being soft, they had thrown up with great rapidity. A hole was scrape i out iu the centre of the little Lslaiid, an I in this the dead and wounded were laid. The Indians were now seen approaching and tiie devoted band prepared to sell liietr lives »* dearly a* possible. Their fainting and bleeding leader, a* lie heard the yells of t He eorulug savages, raised himself up and cautioned his comrade* lo be cool and make every shut tell, for they had only sixty-five rounds to the man. The struggle was fierce and bloody, but the Indians were again re|uDed. Once more the chiefs rallied their warriors, and sought to in spire them to brave deeds by haranguing them. Home of these addresses were de livered in so loud a voice and so near the Iteseiged that nearly every word could be distinctly heard. Sharp, who had for merly lived witli the Indians and under stood tlreir language well, interpreted what was being said. One Bioux chief, pointing to the sixty horses of the scouts, said: "Bee their potties ; they haveouly a few, and these men litie singly, and there are no more men there tiian horses, for they never go as we often do, two upon one horse. We are hundreds, t hey less tiian one to four, nha tne on you, warri ors, to let this hauhfut of palefaces drive you hack.” Then the women and children appeared on the hills, clapping their hands and singing the war song, and the Chief con tinued : “ Look at your women and chil dren ; they comedown to see you lie brave, liiujou run away from the white soldiers and they are ashamed of you. Come, now, let us kill tiie pale faces.” While these speeches were going on the Great Medicine Man appeared in full regalia, and, beating bis drum, lie sang a song which amounted i.i substance to this: “ The medicine is good; the Great .Spirit is with us; tlio bullets of the pale faces won’t strike the brave; only cowards are killed by them; 1 am not afraid of then). You must kill the white soldiers, or the j Great .Spirit will forsake us; our medicine ' be had, our children and women die of j starvation. Warriors, bo brave!” He I sang in a loud, monotou us voice, riding i about in circles, swinging his body to and i fro, and beating furiously with a stick upon ids drum. To show how harmless the bullels of the whites were, the medi c’ne man rode around the fort, heating his drum and singing about his go k 1 medicine . and bravery. An old scout who had his | thigh broken early iu the fight, and who had beeu watching the medicine man, fired at him, aud the ball whistled soelose that the Great Medicine withdrew to a i greater distance to perform his antics and j preach to ihe young braves about the i safety of fighting tiie pale faces. Raising 1 himself up in his sand hole, the old scout again drew a bead on Great Medicine, as he approached a little nearer, and fired, this time with ettbet, for the Indian was 1 seen to reel in his saddle, and drop his : drum stick, as his pony carried him off. ; “ He has got his rm dicirie,” said the scout, as, exhausted witli pain, he fell back in ! the damp trench. Negro Suffrage Defeated in Mis souiu.—Negro suffrage was defeated in Missouri by the German voters. It is lost by twenty "thousand majority, while the Radicals carried the State by a verv heavy majority. In one ward iuSt. Louis, where the German vote is strong, Grant got 658 majority with a majority of 1231 against negro suffrage. Li another, there was a Grant majority of 675, with a majority against negro suffrage of 1860. These Germans believe that Getieral Grant con tinues to hold tlie opinion he used to ex press, that negro freedom does not include negro suffrage. -Monty. Advertiser, 21sf. Niggardliness.—The official members of a church in England, whose pastor had salary of only S2OO, having heard that a present of $lO was made to him, claimed it as part of the salary. THURSDAY, XOY. 21J, 1868. ' A Novel Law Point.— The Havannah News, of Tuesday, mentions a point rais ed 4>y Mr. Hartridge, of tiiat city, In tiie case of Joltii Donovan, charged with tiie murder of his step-father, which we do hot recollect ever having been raised befoie “Mr. Hartridge cited two sections of the Code, one of which says that, in cases before mentioned, no Court can compel n witness to testify. A previous section says that vvhe e such testimony would tend to work forfeiture of estate, or bring infamy or disgrace upon a member of witness' family, lie cannot lie compelled to testify In the case in point the mother is the on'j living witness against her son, aiid by advice of counsel she objects to giving leHitnotiy- taking refuge under the sections of the Code above alluded to. “The ntaiu question of doubt, vve believe, is whether or not it is applicable t > crimi nal cases, or applied ot.ly in civil suits. Mr. Hartridge and other prominent mem bers of tlif Bar arc of the opinion that it is to’-esfruriual caacas.” . p H. —Since writing the above, we see front the News, of yesterday, that the point was sustained, aud the witness excused rom testifying. The Right of Secession.— Profeasor Bledsoe editor of the Baltimore Southern Quarterly Review, having, iu a recent issue of that magazine, sharply criticized Mr. Btephens’ book upon the late civil war, Mr. B. rejoins in a long letter to a Baltimore paper, defining hi* position upon the points raised by tiie Professor, and especially upon the question of the rights of the States—that of secession par tieuiarly. In hie letter, Mr. S says : “It was Dot by vir.ueof tiie Constitution that this right (of secession) was to tie ex ercised, Put by virtue of that sovereignty of the .State by which the constitutional compact was entered into.” ‘ 1 In* a arc the principles in which I was educated. From the lime that I en tered public life, and even before, I liel.l tiio suma* ttie records can abundantly establish ” Having been censured for reproducing the Declaration of Independence in hi* book, lie gives excellent reasons for having done so. Amoug them that tiie title is us follows: “ In Congress, July sth, 1770 —Th“ Unanimous Declatati *o of (In thirteen Uulted States of America.” It was no Declaration of National inde pendence, says Mr. Btephens, “or ttie in dependence of a nation, but the inde pendence of separate Btates.” United State* Bum* in Kuuopk.— i The Kho de la Bourse, published in Paris, has an jutere-ting article on tHe dperalions in United Mates Bonds to France and Germany. This journal states I that of up wauls of six It und red millions j of dollars wortii of American securities i held iu Europe, four-fifths, at least, ate j field in Germany. The daily sales of j United Btates Bonds at Frankfort, Ham-j burg, Bremen and Berlin will it is assert ed, compare favorably with ifie tronsac- j tion*.in Wall-street, aud at Rotterdam and Vienna llie sales are larger tiian iti Lou don. In Paris, tiie purchases are small, and are principally affected by Americans residing in or passing through that city. X hvßeJto stwtesL however, that while iheJ rirU-t Have nudruatftl gretsU ; tyif tUylSp. . the'UnitedStfiti-H bonds con litpte steadily, and i»l present i on the Bourse at a high figure j The New Orleans Times says: “It is a gratifying fact that of late a rapidly in creasing demaud for farms and planta tions in our Louisiana lowlands has been j developed. <iuite a number of planta tions have recently changed hands, at figures which would have been considered extremely low before the war but which greatly overreach the most sanguine ex pectations entertained l>y their owners j one year ago.” SUPREME C OURT. Clerk’s Office, Buprkme Court, ) Atlanta, Ga., Nov. ID, 1868. / The docket of the December term of ttie Buprenie Court, to be held in the city of Atlanta, for the year 1808, will be called iu the following order of Circuits : Ist. l’ataula Circuit— Webster, 1. 2d. .Southwestern Circuit—Sumter, 5 ; Lee, 1; Mitchell, 1. 3d diddle Circuit—Richmond, 8; city of Augusta, 2; Columbia, L 4tli Eastern Circuit—Chatham, 7. 6th. Brunswick Circuit 6th. Southern Circuit. 7th. Cherokee Circuit Gordon, 2; Bar tow, 4. Bth. Blue Ridge Circuit—Union, 1 ; Lumpkin, 1; GUtner, 1. 9th. Tallapoosa Circuit. 10th Coweta Circuit—Fulton, 6; Fay ette, 1 Troup, 1; Dekalb, 1. 11th. Flint Circuit—Henry, 1 12th. Northern Circuit —Warren,2; Ogle thorpe, 1. 13th. Western Circuit—Hall, 1. 14th. Chattahoochee Circuit— Muscogee, 5; ( ha tuliooehee, 2. 15th. Maoou Circuit— Houston, 1; Bibb, 5. 16th. Ocmulgee Circuit— Jasper, 2; Wil kinson, 3; Morgan,!. Charles W. Dußose, Clerk. A PHENOMENON—A GIRL WITH TWO HEADS. We paid a visit on Friday to that most wonderful of nature’s freak’s, the double headed colored girl, or perhaps it would be more correct to say, the two giris iu one. For convenience we shall speak of them in tl.e plural. They are entirely l distinct, ns far as mil tl is concerned, laugh ing and chatting with each other, aud being apparently upou the most intimate tenas, andjotie may have a headache or a cold'wTibout the other being affected but any fever, or other serious disease, effects both equally. Their bodies are separated from the small of the hack up, each hav ing a perfectly formed bust, two arms, etc., aud each lias two legs, but there is only one trunk. Both are remarkably intelli gent, reading aud writing with ease, while their manners are really refined. In quite a lengthy con versation, they did not make a single grammatical error, and their language was usually select. Upon questioning them as to their edu cation, they replied that they had beeu carefully taught by their former mistress, Mrs. Smith, in Columbus, North Carolina, in which village they were born. They are now fifteen years old, and mors than ordinarily bright for girls of their age, having had the udvatnage of foreign travel. They both sing very sweetly, one having a soprano aud the other a contralto voice, and we have rarely heard two voices that blended so perfectly in a duet. Among their other accom plishments is that of dancing, and the manner iu which they manage to execute a waltz is truly wonderful. When stand ing at ease, the left foot of one and the right foot of the other do not lie flat upou the floor, but rest upon the toes. In walking, however, they step with all their feet alike, though they can hold up two feet and walk with perfect ease with the other two. In speaking of them as one, they are called Millie-Chrisie, but iu ad dressing them separately, one applies the distinctive appellation, she on the left being called Millie, and she on the right being called Chrisie; though Chrisie, iu addressing her other half, calls her “Bister.” There is a striking resem blanee between their faces, and the con formation of their heads is much the same—Chrisie being perhaps a shade brighter than her sister, and rather more talkative.— New Orleans Picayune, 21D. The Floridians are sending the palmetto root North, to have its tanning qualities tested. They think there’s money in it. From the Dublin CDiversity Magazine. A More Ghosts; Old and New. The following recital came to us from a near relative. He received it in tiiami* ; script from the writer, who vouches for ils | authenticity, and declares that fie repeats witfiout exaggeration tiie facts thereto tie- ; tailed : Alta Vista, 1848. The events I am about to relate occurred at a distance of about eight hundred miles i apart. One at Alta Vista, the residence of Major Richard Pollard, in tiie Green Mountain* of Albemarle County, Virgin ia ; the other at a frontier mililary post of the United States, on the Western bounda ry of Texas, —uot, «a now, incorporated in the Union. A detachment of about two hundred men of the oth Regiment of In faiitry, atnl a few dragoons, were there in garrison, witli the usual complement of officers. Amongst tiie latter was Lieuten ant Henry Pollard, a remarkably line and intelligent young t an, of about twenty live years of age. Toward tin; clo»e of tiie day of tiie 12th of May, 4831, tiie Clear ringing notes of a bugle announced the hour of dinner, ami immediately after, tiie officers were gathered around the mess table, buoyant with health and in tfi-*ir accustomed harmony and good-fellowship; conditions under wnaht khu’ Ul&th msf for theTast tune. Alta Vista occupies ’.it; summit of an elevation which commands a charming view across tlie Green Mountains; west wardly to the Blue Ridge; and to ilie southward and eastward, on a clear day j cau t>e seen Mount Laurel, within the borders of tiie contiguous State of lien tucky. About half a mile from the house on the north side runs tiie public road, while surrounding it is an extensive park, j scattered over with a profusion of spruce and locust trees. Arbors composed of Cane spring up here and there, and as tney a e the resort of members of the family for reading, studying, or playiug, ttie bouse servants have ta-eti them under their especial charge. They devote to them uremitting care and attention ; they i have trained over and about them flower- j b aring vines and creepers, which diffuse i an agreeable fragrance, rendering them at the name time impervious to rain and to j the sun’s r.>ys. At tin* south side, beyond (lie lawn is the garden, always neatly j kept, and well tided vvi’li tiie choicest shrub* aud flowers, am »ti. st w Inch shines conspicuoudy the yellow rose. Ail the immediate grounds about the house are enclosed within an oruaroeutal paling of wood; gravel walks giving aece*s to gates at variou i points. An ample piazza runs the length of the main building, which j has wings at either extremity; that on the south beiog the library and school j room for the children: that on the north , is now known a* my room, fiom my liav iue ulways occupied it when visiting Alta j Vista before my marriage. From tiie jwxeli in tiie centre of tiie j piazza, a broad grave;u Hg leads straight through the lawn to the principal gate of entrance to the park I 1 is hound and, as a.i tiie others are, by a low hedge of aromatic j shrubs aud flowers. About half a m;!o off, iu a southerly direction, are rows of negro cabins, and within a convenient distance of them stand* a two-story brick house, occupied by the overseer of tiie plantation and hi* family. At tiie time now referred to. Major Pol lard was absent at Santiago in Chili, where iie had b en sent by me i nited States Government on a special mission, which involved reparation for the capture of the frigate Essex, Omutiodore Porter, within the harbor of Valparaiso, in tiie War of 1811-14, by two English vessels, tiie Phoebe aud Cherub. This action was fought within guu shot of I lie batteries of the port, and witnessed by thousands of spectators who crowded tiie shores. It was une- i quailed by any of the war for the pertinac ity of the attack and tefence. When Commodore Porter ordered bis colors to be struck, and surrendered himself a pris oner of war on board the Plnebe, very few *>f tits ii*,-'*-wen? for duty, nearly every officer ’VSpWWtfbi <i. trod ‘Lot G *.* than one hundred and lorry of the crew were killed outright, or seriously wounded. Such a number, in proportion, is not re corded iu auy other, naval engagement The Essex was reduced almost to a perfect wreck.* During tiie absence of her husband, Mrs. P itlard, leaving the entire mauag -ment of t ie plantation to tiie overseers, occupied herself with tin* education of her childreu, who were under ttie tuition of tiie Rev. Mr. Brt >wu, a gentleman from Massachu- i sett3. He was a i rofound scholar, and, tieing without a church, had accepted the office of tutor ill tiie family, remaining iu it, including a res dence at Oak Ridge, between eight am) ■ ine years. As now, Mrs. Pollard, had then a great fondness for flowers, and passed much of iter time amongst them,—a lady of wonderfully pleasing and graceful manners, a highly cultivated mind, and particularly free from anything of a superstitious nature. I mention this for evident reasons which will appear in connection with this story. : Bhe wa-; in the habii of rising early, aud, attended by some of the female servants of the house, would frequently pass an hour or more, before breakfast, in tiie gar- ; den and tiie grounds adjacent. At this time site was in the prime of life, and re tained much of that personal beauty for which in her premiere jeunesse she had been remarkable. The early morning of the 13lh of May, 1834, was one of tbo*e for which the spriug season in mat part of Virginia is perhaps nowhere excelled. Nothing can surpass the delicious softness of a May daybreak in the Green Mountains. You see anal most cloudless sky, and are conscious of a temperature voluptuously soft aud trau quilizing. Tiie fragrance of a thousand flowers tills the air. At intervals, you may hear, as if to present a more striking interest, the notes of a “songster of tiie grove,” or the fanning of a gentle breeze may stir the leaves and branches of encir cling wood*. I prefer to give, as received from Mrs. Pollard's own lips, and as nearly as possible in her own words, what now follows,delivered with an uncontrollable emotiou, which frequently interrupted the thread of the narration. “I left the house,” she said, “ou the morning above indicated, quite early, before six, as I noticed by tlie clock, when passing through the hall. I crossed tiie lawn to the garden, and not seeing Uncle lien, (one of the uegro gardeners), I ex pressed surprise, as he was usually very regularly at his work, and my astonish ment was not lessened at hearing Martha exclaim, 'Missis, there’s Uncle Ben over yonder in the graveyard-’ (The family cemetery lay immediately beyond the garden.) I directed tny steps towards it, to see what he was doing, as it seemed strange he should he there instead of in the garden. I said, ‘Uncle Ben, what ; brings you hear this morning .” He re minded me that a few days before I had told him to pluck away some weeds which were growing up about the tomb of my dear little Lucy. I noticed, too, that he had swept and smoothed tiie surrounding ground. The morning was so delightful, the air so serene, that I felt tempted to j pass out through the cemetery to the fields, intending to return by thesame way, and I I told Uncle Ben not to lock the gate, as I should do so. “I was led to continue my wal t beyond what was my usual custom, but presently a peculiar sensation, as if impelled by some undefined influeuc \ came upon me, j and I began to feel very nervous 1 hasten- i ed to the path leading to tiie large gate, through which I now decided to return to the house,—theshortest way, iu fact. An overpowering sense oi sadness oppressed me aud once or twice I was compelled to stop. At length I approached the aspen tree which stands by the side of the pri vate road, just without the gate, when, judge o' my horror at seeing lying be neath it, my poor boy Henry! At his side were a cloak, a cap and a sash. I saw bioo 1 ooziug from lis neck. His features bore au expression indicative of intense pain, though cairn and tranquil. I in stinctively moved towards him, when he waved his hand, as if to say, adieu! A faiut smile seemed to struggle through the agony under which he appeared to be laboring. “In the room which you and Rose now occupy, I found myself lying on a couch. The curtains were drawn, and surrouud | ing objects at first dim aud indistinct. Presently I distinguished the forms of the children, Virginia, Minnie and Rose, — ! Rose, then a little fairy in her fifth year. bhe had grasped my baud. At the farther j part of the room were several of the ser vants, weeping. My first exclamation,as Virginia afterwards. tohl me, .was ‘My darling children, poor' Henry is dead!. You will ii'sver see yo:rf brother again.’ Between tiie interval nf mv vision, for I know not whal else to call it, and a return to consciousness, Virginia aud Minnie had gathered from the servants that near the aspen-tree, as I was about to turn in at tiie gate, J had suddenly stopped, cried out the name of my son, aud then became insensible. With the nssislau eof others, imroedi: tely summoned, they had borne me to the hou e in a state of utter prostra lion. To this day I have not deemed it prudent or advisable to communicate to ; my children what I saw on that dreadful morning; and had it uot been tiiat my first expression, on a return to consciousness, was of Henry’s death, not a word should have escaped me on the subject. Within my own breast it would have been con cettitd, until confirmed or proved to be unreal. But, bo far as they could connect anything with it, t ey urged me to disa bus© my mind of tiie irnpressiou, and that, when the post arrived, we should hear tie was alive and well. They pretended that I had dreamt it, and that like the shadow ofa dream, all would pass happily away. 1 allowed them to think, fully convinced tiiat their poor brother was no lunger in this world. “A fortnight or more had passed, when. 'Un tie surprise of every om\ Utw !e Isham made bis appearance. To meet the news of hi* arrival seemed to be a death-blow. Preceded by the children, I went to the piazza lose? him. Virgiu.'a outran the others, ami I heard liersay, “ Wliere’syour master, Harry ?” Mas»a Henry gone dead, missy,’ lie replied; and the poor slave hurst into tears. After a few momeuts, he continued, ‘They sent me home to i Aitti Vista, and told rue lo take this letter j to my missis.’ He then produced from a I doth, in which be wrapped it, a letter, : together witti a small sealed packet. The I letter proved to be from one of Henry’s j brother officers. I have it hear now, and I will read it for you. It was dated at Fort j Madison, ou tiie Rio Grande, 15th of May, 1834 Dear Madam: It has fallen to my lot t > communicate to you most sad news. Your sot! Henry, our late comjmniou and friend, is no more. c He fell in a duel ou 1 the morning of the 13th inst . about six; o’clock, having beeu shot through tiie i neck. I was with him when lie expired, j and heard the word “Mother” pass from j ids lips. His death was almost instanta neous. As lam *ure i: will he a satisfac tion to yourself and Major to know the circumstances which led to this meianeho y event, I here trive them. At I die niets table, ou the preceding evening, 1 everything had goue on, up to a certain l>erhet in tiie utmost harmony aud hilar ity, when Captain B most unhappi ly turned tiie con versation to the subject ; of slavery. Being a violent abolitionist, j he became unguarded in iiis remarks, and ; -aid many tiling* Derogatory to all slave owner*, whom lie denounced iu a body. I’lie other officers present did wbat they could to interpose and check his language, which only became more offensive and ; in*ulting, as also to allay tiie indignation ; tv deotly rising on tiie part of your sou. j “We rose from the table in confusion, ■ aud sought our quarters, greatly grieved at what had taken place, and not free from ; strougsu'picioustiiat Lieut. Pollard would ; ?eek apology or redress. The same night i 1 received a message from him, and by tiie bands of the surge n lie sent a note to Captain 8 , demanding a retraction of the words be had uttered, and in the pres ence of all before whom they were spoken. This not being granted a meeting was ! fixed for tiie n- xt morning at six o'clock. I accompanied your -son to the ground.— the bail of his antagonist pierced his neck, mui iie fell. We placed him at tiie fix>t of a neigbi)oring tree, where ii is ser vant I-liam had already deposited his cloak, sash and cap. The doctor immedi ately opened his collar to search the wound, hut it was apparent that he was beyond ail mortal aid, and in a uionuat <»r two fit, Breathed ilia last. I CannuyiJost* better in the service ihsfi your son aid.— He was a brave * nung soldier, and high minded beyond Ins years. His uniform honesty of demeanor and unaffected good ness won the hearts of aii. Every man in this detachment mourns his loss, and no one feels his deatli more keenly than Lie, by whose hand lie fell. VVe seDd I sham with tiff* letter, and he will deliver at thesame time a small packet contain ing a watch and a few other personal ob- j jects which we know lie valued, and isham tell* us he had put together, sealed, and addressed to yourself, before retiring to rest on tHe night before that fatal morn ing. Accent my warmest sympathies ou ! this terribie bereavement, aud believe me j to remain, dear madam, yours most faith- ! fully. John Deas.” Here the narrative of Mrs. Pollard ends. On an afternoon iu the follow ing month of June a funeral procession was seen to j leave the portieaVjf the house of Alta Vista It was composed of Mrs Jkfflard, herehil- j dren, with numerous relatives and friends i who had collected together from tiie neighboring plantations ; aud also of 150 negroes, their servants, who joined it ou the lawn. Tiie latter were dressed in their best ap parel, coarse and homely, but tidy and neat, and, as these people are wont to do, j giving way, now and then, to loud bursts of grief. They were headed by Uncle , Isham and Uncle Major, a slave then i eighty years of age, who h and been the I personal servant of Mr. Wiiiium Reeves, while serving in tiie army of the United Btates during the Revolutionary War, and i is still living (1848# with tiie Reeves family 1 atOak Kidge Plaiita ion. Passing through tiie garden, the procession entered the cemetery beyond, and ou ttie spot whi :h Uncle Ben had cleared and weeded on the morning of the 13th of May, next to tiie grave of his sister Lucy, Henry Pol lard was laid. On a marble tomb, rising over it, may be read these words : “Here rest the mortal remains of Henry, son of Richard and Pauline Pollard of Alta Vista, who died in Louisiana, on the 13th of May, 1834, aged twenty-five years.” As to the other actors in this strange but true tale, Captain S became a prey to remorse. His days and nights were pass ed in vain aud fruitless regrets. In num erous comfliets which took place on the frontier where lie was s ationed with the neighboring tribes of Indians, renegade Texans, Mexicans, aud others, his reck lessness and daring were remarked by all. During the invasion of Mexico by General Scott, bis regiment was attached to tiie division under General Garland. It bore a conspicuous part iu all the actions, from the taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of the city of Mexico itself. As the army ap proached the capital, tiie fortified heights j of Chapultepec, Chambussco, and Moliuo del Rey were stormed with great sl&ugh- j ter. Brevet Colonel, as Captain B had now become, led the attact o.i Chambuss co. He snatched tiie regimental eolors its bearer, and planted itou tire parapet, from which, with a few others he was the first to gain. He was struck almost instan taneou ly by three musket-balls, and, after falling, he placed his forage cap over his face and expired. Lieutenant Deas I knew rather intimate ly when I passed through Detroit in 1844. He was then senior lieutenaut of the sth Regiment of Infantry. I dined twice with him at the mess when the Mexican War broke out; he had become a captain, and was with the division of the army under General Taylor, which entered Mexico from Texas crossing the Rio del Norte. — He was disabled for some time from a severe wound which be received at Resaea de ia Palma, and was shot while swim ming the Rio Grande, with a few men of his company, justa few hours before the attack on Matamoros. W. C. \7. Sharp.—A bar keeper at Schenectady, New York, developes genius)far above his sphere. He has trained a number of rats to run across the floor aud waken up his customers who sleep about on chairs. The startled drinkers see the rats; the bar keeper declares there are no rats there; and the former, thinking delirium tre mens to be approaching, quickly go home. Bloody Row at Covington.—The Madison xludilor is informed that a seri ous row occurred in Covington, on Mon day, between John Robinson’s Circus | company and parties of that place. One ! negro was killed, and ashowman mortally ; wounded. The company struck tents aud left for Atlanta immediately. YOL LX* MJLJ& TBK HHOOTIVJ W I'Otl. VHI). The following is the article, the publica tion of which cost Pollard ins life, as tele graphed yesterday morning. AN ELOPEMENT, SO UA IAAA) ON XT. AY STREET —AN CPPBR-T>:.V FAMI.LV GON CEKNEO—UUKAUIUL DEN 01 I ,'lfesr. “Oh, no, wo never mention em.”— a tr. The Indian Bummer in s away, aud with it h‘as passed a laii end radiant daughter of one of our first fcitiz i: —a na bob of Clay street, —a geutleinan %» Jio, suf fice it to say, holds the very fl t position in the wealthy and fashionable circles of theeity. Tbedaughter.the rebeliant Helene of the family, is beautiful f yon-idencrip tiou, but her beauiy did u • prevent her from failing desperately at irretrievably in love with a young gent i of semi miUtarie connections, who i: - ears, some months ago, plighted his tic u and accept ed the tiny hand, grasping it within hia own— “ Never to be yurtoil: never for aye." Nobody suspected a tnttttaUianoc, much less the father, until last {Saturday night, when the daughter, who was the light of his household, fled to parts unknown, or at least only guessed, in company with ; one (a masculine) who should ere then 1 luvn Ittuu w.MnUU-tx»<l binViin iii.iiiß ‘%‘tle rtimfwAy’ )»SrfiesttSv?i!?cuneSPff* ; from, and it is now said that tiie lady pro [ claims hersel; a wile of six months and that her attiauced is the choice of her a.ter iife. “Wbat God hath joined together let no man put asunder.’’ The gay young man, who has wished away the angel, is a Lothario named Horace Ford, of Goochland county, county ought to be proud of him, as it doubtless is. Horace is an orphan, just plunging iDto his teens, and ha- lost both of his parents by death. Much property accrued to Horace in the shape f money, chattels, goods, etc., and having convened the whole into “ready rhino, ” Horace ventured for a swim in the sea of gay life and Jove, lie met Mi*s Mary Granl—a beauty— “ Met perchance the usual way,” Talked delicious nonsense, won her heart, then half inclined to earnestness, threw it away. Ah ! me 1 Then he sailed— “Oh, he sailed —oh, he 1. The same as Capt. Kyd did, Horace went to Ne . Orleans, and not having been shipwrecked by the way. telegraphed or wrote io his beioved. t. it went on through the sultry m< nth of August, the crimson period of O T wiieu the forMts change their garments' down to dull, chid November. Alas, that love should never run smooth, in au even current, but love never did and never will, so they say. She responded, all unknown to the wealthy dad, and he replied. Thus affairs progressed until Horace announced Jast week tha he ws off for Texas right away, and couldn't stop f<rr trifles like an arti sliced. Then it was that the giii of the period made up her mind and trundle. Hire would follow trim—yes, she would follow him to the uttermost parts of the earth. Being of age, and tio longer the slave of parental control, Miss Mary, on Batuiday night last, having habilimented herself* becom ingly, deserted the palatial mansion on Clay street, aud casting behind her wealth, society and friends, sought the otliee of a gentleman on Broad street, whom site importuned to buy her a ticket to Ntw York. This gentleman, who s the pink of propriety, refused, and Miss Mary sought elsewhere and found the Italy means. At all events she procured passage on the cars and embarked on the SI o'c oek train, which carried her Northward at the rate of twenty or thirty miles an hour, if not as speedily as her heart desired. On the train, between iiichmoud and Actinia 1 Creek, she was obeerved to we«*p U if- iy Her departure created, of course, a hub bub iu the mansion do Clay street, and i amid the wringing of ham;-, ami loud ex [ preasiona of distress, the telegraph was invoked, aud parties sent in hoi pursuit. It was surmised that young Foi .', instead of going off to Texas “right away,'he anoouncetl, had put for New York, there to meet his Mary, and thither the do e..- lives directed their steps. The upsho of tiie matter is, to make a long story short, that Miss Mary h;-s b eu heard from ; that she is now in I’nilaJM phia, and that upon the w hole there n a very sorry family history conueeied with the case, which is not iu our power to reveal. SHOUTING SCRAPE AT ATHENS. From au Athens letter to the Atlanta Intelligencer , of date the E2d, we make the following extract: Avery regretable difficulty took p] • yesterday evening iu this town bet-,v< u Mr. Knox, agent of the Frcedtnen’s Bu reau, aud Mr. Tom. Frierson, a young mao belonging to one of the most respectable families of Athens, which resulted in Mr. Kuox shooting Mr. Frierson iu the i. just above the knee, inflicting a severe, if not dangerous wound. The cause of the collision is not very well understood. It is reported, however, that some misuuderstaDding has existed between the parties for some time, and that angry messages have passed bst« <—n them; but nothing serious occurred until yesterday, wiieu Knox shot Frier-on ou the stair case leading to Knox's offi -e. Mr. Kuox was promptly arrested by the municipal authorities, lowborn he read; y submitted, and a formal examination veil take place to-morrow. The negroes were very much exci ed all last night, and paraded the streets wo ii bludgeons, old swords, and crazy lii io ks of various descriptions, determined to do or die in defence of Knox, whom ; o v threatened to assail, aud against whom there was no apparent exeitemei.it or iii will. Mr. Knox is said to have telegraphed immediately after he shot Frierson, t< th ■ authorities at Atlanta to send troops here to prevent a riot, aud I learn that a special train with a detachment has just arnv.-n. Bo far as the white population and u. civil authorities are concerned, I u ; .i uo possible need of military interh-n The former have no feeling in the ma. i but one of regret that the peace and good order of the town have bc'-n disturbed, aud of sympathy with the wounded young man and his family, and the authorities are resolved to do their whole duty, and vindicate the law. *•» LOOKING IT. We quote with pleasure, the foliowiug symptoms of returning vitality to the good city of Charleston, from the Courier, of Monday morning. Our Liverpool Steam Line.—The Golden Horn, the first ship of the regular line of steamers for Liverpool, has cleared at this port with a cargo of 2,553 hales of Sea Island cotton, Messrs. R. Mure & Cos., her agents, having with excellent success, placed a full freight on her in good time. Hercarryiug capacity, which has exceed ed anticipations, it will be seen above, amounts to near 3,000 bales, and is taken on a moderate draft and a fine trim of ship. The cotton on this vessel has been received, not only from Carolina and Geor gia, but Alabama is well represented, and our new connection, Selma, in the latter State, has a fine shipment on board. The agents of the line here, notwithstandinsr the somewhat untried character of the en terprise, iiave secured a most gratifying basis for future success, and as soon as the superior capacities of the line are known, patronage will be obtained from ail the great interior points of the South and West. A Full Cargo.—The steamship Cham pion left her wharf last Saturday for New York, with a cargo equivalent to ”,1 ! i bales of Cotton. Her cargo was com pi - of 1,784 bales of Uplands, and 13 l»a es m Sea Island Cotton, 156 tierces Bice, 1 bales Domestics and Sundries, making hi all a cargo equal to 2,100 bales of Cotton, i This we regard as one of the cheering -L ns ; of the commercial prosperity which is lo ginning again to dawn upon ourgood .nil j city. _ . Dr. John Mayo, one of the old time ‘Virginia gentlemen,” died in Richmond on Sunday. He wore a cocked hat to the day of his death.