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J. W. BUIIKE k CO. Georgia Journal & Messenger, J. TV. RIIKKE A' CO., Proprietor*. a. tv. uei:se, ) _ , «. KOSEi ffcdltor*. H \Tfc> OF KI HHfRIPTKW. DAILY. Ten dollars per annum. Five dollars for six monlis. Two dollars and fifty cents for three months. One dollar for four months. WEEKLY. Three dollars per annum. One dollar and fifty cents for six months, one doliae for four months. J. W. BURKE A GO. WKDNKSDA V. DUX). 1868 4 THE Hit; STOCK SALE. Upon this subject, tlie Savannah News, of Monday, says: V pr 'mature announcement was made on Satur day la.-t to the etlVct. that the city interest in the Atlantic ami Gulf Railroad umouiitiiig to one mil lion and two hundred aud thirty-eight dollars had l)ei!ii sold mid transferred to the Southwestern Kail road Company. Siicll sale and transfer lias not been made, nor can itTje until sam tioili and by Coiin , il. Tlie preliminary arrangements for such sale have heen peif, eted,'a!id tlie m...: ' will come up utlfie r«ve of the City fa -U for con lirn ■ • -> '■■■-* . \ - , i 1• 1 l;ti - .men Tallied of for some tune, and us n»m\t canvassed. ; Oil the part of the South'* uiti'i',l road, i; is one of | lit? greatest “t.okes of financial strategy ever in- j augifrated, or endeavored to be carried into effect, j The oiler 1..- made to take the stock of the road , owned hy the citv at the same price paid for it hy I the cite (if!2 lOiii-. we believe,) and the Company to pay "off the bonds of the city, issued for the pur pose of subscribing to this road as fast as they Ufa- ! lure, and also to pav the annual Interest oil those 1 bonds, amounting to a hundred thousand dollars j per year. I The objects of the purchase are very plain The j manner of competition of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad has heen ruinous to the Southwestern ami other roads. The lines which are being opened ! will affect the business of the Central and South- I western roads, and this piece of strategy is intend- j ed to do away with that difficulty. It will he al most a deathblow to tlie Macon and Brunswick j road, and seriously affect the Albany aud Thomas- . ville line. This stock will not give the Southwes tern Company a controlling interest in the Allan- j tie and Gulf l oad, hut it is understood that other j holders will work with them, and thus give them j the control of the road. We understand that this j transfer, if made will not stop tlie extension of the j Gulf road into Alabama, nor will it be used against, . hut rather in the interest of Savannah, it will on- ; able the. Central and Southwestern roads to perfect j arrangements by which the trade of the sections of country into which they extend will be secured for Savannah, and il will work against the Augusta j and Columbia (S. C.j road, and will secure even [ freight and passenger tariffs. The city will he lid of a great burthen if tlie pro- j jeet is carried out. and citizens appear to regard it ; favorably. The high taxes at present in vogue can ! be reduced as soon the city is rid of the pay- j ment of the heavy amount of interest mentioned j above. We make no comment upon this matter at pres- j ent. It will be thoroughly canvassed hy our citi zens during this week ; and when Council comes to act upon it—it will probably act advisedly, and ! for the best interest* of the city. It is rumored in ' this connection, that at the next election for Presi dent and Directors, a gcntlciuau of great ability, and holdings promient official position, here, will be made President of the road, should this arrange ment tie carried out. The rumors concerning the matter created considerable excitement on Satur day. Atlantic anil Gulf Railroad stock went up considerably, and some extensive purchases were made by parties who wanted to speculate a little. Wo are inclined to take issue with our cotemporary as to the effect of this trans action upon the Macon & Brunswick I Railroad. True, with a controlling inter- j eat in the Gulf Road, the buyer, whether it be the Bouthwestern or Central Road, | could forbid its Brunswick rival running cars to .Savannah, and thus prevent its competing for the freight and passengers now passed over the Central, but the way to tlie sea would not be blocked, and Macon might find Brunswick a substitute j for Savannah. With one or more lines of | steamers between New York aud Bruns wick, Macon aud her neighbors could jiossildy get along very well without Sa vannah. We have reason to believe that when the Brunswick road is completed, one line now running to Savannah and working in harness witli tlie Central road will be withdrawn, and put on between Brunswick and New Yolk. Tlie North ern capitalists who have put their money in the M. & B. road, have deep pockets, aud will stand a strong tug before own ing defeat. We believe their project will he entirely successful and that it will pay. Os its advantage to this city and section, there can be but one opinion. It is to our advantage to aid it in every way possi ble, without detriment to other interests quite as necessary to the general wel fare and prosperity of our State and people. We have no war to make upon this or | that road, except as they may, in our judg ment, seem to be acting from purely selfish motives, and without the slightest regard to the consequences to other interests. Jt has appeared to us that tlie Directory of the Central Road, thought and worked too much for Savannah, aud too little for Macon anil other points and sections whose patronage is no inconsiderable item ! in its sum total of profits. The people hereabouts have had some share in build ing upthatcorporalion, and their interests deserve, it strikes us, proportionate con sideration in return. Ret Savannah and the Central road grow, and flourish, and wax fat even to the point of bursting with prosperity, but let not that prosperity be ! built upon tlie ruin of other cities and cor porations- We bear no ill will towards KavauDuh or her people, and none to riie ! Central road. We want both to do just as \ well as possible, without detriment to other interests. Ret both be satisfied with i the extraordinary prosperity they now j enjoy, andgive other people a chance. We | do now aud have always favored active competition, hut never monopoly. Com 1 petition is life to Btate and people. Mo nopoly is death aud ruin to both. LIVELY TIMES. We have not seen our principal streets fuller of life and bustle since the war, than 1 they were yesterday. There was hardly; room for people, and wagons and carts, j too, and we judge a big trade was the re sult. A great deal of cotton was waiting I purchase, and other products seemed as ! abundant. This is the best news our people can | hear, or tell. Ret Congress and our ene- 1 ruies do their worst; so that these things continue, and these signs of thrift and stout-hearted determination to make tlie old laud new, crop out, we are on the high road to practical if not political inde pendence, and satan himself cannot stop us. Bun shine and shower, climate and soil in this South-land of ours, all hold, by Nature’s decree, tlie whip hand of Radical malice at Washington. It can not legislate them away, nor reconstruct them to our hurt. With brave souls and tireless hands we can make the victory complete, and crown our homes aud hearthstones with the laurels of a thrift that owes nothing to fawning; a comfort whose constituents are all of our own pro curing; and an independence won with out the spilling of a drop of blood—an independence whose symbols are full pockets, and whose result shall he tbe servile bows of those who now despitefully use us. Happy day ! It is ours to make its advent near or distant, too When we see such signs aa our streets showed yes terday, we are loath to believe that it stands very far back in the shadows of the future. —The Sheriff of Cumberland County, Kentucky, becoming wearied of dunning a tax payer for his dues, seized upon his splendid set of false teeth. The delinquent had to gum it on “milk and mush’’ until he settled the reckoning. [Correspondence Journal und Messenger, j SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE—APPOINT MENTS FOR tS6». Albany, Ga. Dec. 22, 1808. The South Georgia Conference closed its second session, held in Albauy.Ga., Mon day night. The Conference was well at tended by ministers and laymen. The session was, perhaps, the most pleasant ever held in tlie State, and the kind peo ple of this growing city will long be re membered by the members of this body. Surely, the services ot the Sabbath will never be forgotten by those whose good fortune it was to bear the sermons of Bishop Andrew, at 10} A. M , Dr. R. Pierce, at 0 p. M., aud Bishop Pierce, at night. Next Conference to he held at Cuthbert, Georgia. I herewith send appointments for 1809. J. B. S. Savannah District —Jus \V Hinton, V E. Savannah. Trinity, Good N MacDouell. Wesley Church and City Mission, D 1) Cox. , Springfield, Win M Watts, i Sylvunia, K 1! Uowren. i Beaver Dam Mission, to he supplied. Alexander and Bethel. 8 S Sweet, L A Ddrsey.* I Waynesboro. N B Ous ley. I MlfV-u 3TIU-.••.!), i- o<s ..<|’|#tlea. \ Louisville, it F Evans, .) T Johnson.* j Gibson, Win M C Conley.* Washington, <' •) Toole.* Sanders' file, T 15 Lanier. Daristioro Circuit, S G Childs. Macon District— C R Jewett, PE. j Macon, Mulberry St, J S Key. j “ Citv Mission, James Jones, J\Y Burke. “ First St, J Blakely Smith. Jeffersonville K W Flournoy. Irwinton, W Lane. ' Gordon, C W Smith. i Uemulgee, to he supplied. Ilaa kin.-'iilu, Mission, W F Robison. l’ulaski and Wilcox, to be supplied by K A Hindi. l-’ort Valley, E A H McGehec. Perry, W Knox, llayueville, W W Stewart, i Montezuma and Vienna, -fames Harris. « Swift Creek Mission, James Spence.* Macon Circuit, W C Bass. Knoxville Mission, James Dunwoody. tV F College, -J M Bonne!!, I’res’t, C W Smith. “ W C Bass, Professors. Editor Southern Christian Advocate, E H Myers. Coi.cmiu s District K B I.sstkh, P K. 1 Columbus, St Luke, Jus K Evans. ) “ Si Paul, A M Wynn. ( Girard and Wesley Chapel, J It Littlejohn. Muscogee, S 1) Clement.-.* one to he supplied. Pleasant Grove, B F. L Timmons.* Butler, R F Williamson. Cedar Creek, W W Tidwell. TalhuUou, T T Christian. Talbot, R J Corley, il P Myers.* Hamilton, W A Parks. Lumpkin, D It McWilliams. I Buena Vi-tu, Geo T Embry.* I Juniper Mission, to be supplied. Cusseta, I) O Driscoll, V F Tignor supernumerary, j Florence, S R Weaver, Henry C Fentress.* Amkkk ns District—J B McGwire, P E Americas, It W Dixon. Betlml, M A McKibbeu. Magnolia Springs, J M Marshall St irkvilie Mission, to t>c supplied by T L Speight. Cuthbert and Georgetown, J O A Cook. Spring Vale. Geo 8 Johnson. Dawson, B F Breedlove. Terrell, C A Crow #ll. Weston, J W Mills, Oglethorpe and Ellaville, F J Iletjtz. i Albany, Ii I) Moore, j Flint River M siou, Hastings Packet.* Bainc.rioob District— Geo. Clarke, P. E. j Buiuhridgc, A -I Dean. Decatur, W M i) Bond. Spring Hill, J T Ainsworth. Thoiuu-viile, .1 M Austin. Camilla, W 8 Baker. Ockloence Mission, P C Harris. One to bo sup plied. Morgan, C F. Brown.* Colijuit, to lie supplied by l) C. Stanley. Spring Creek Mission, to be supplied by W M Russell. Trinity and Blakely, Geo I. W Anthony. ♦ Fort Gaines, It .1" Baldwin. '( Grooversvillc, J W Talley. BrcXsxvii k Distict—J. W Simmons. P. E. j Brunswick and St. Mary’s, C A Fulwood. Centre Village, J L Williams. Wayncsvillc, J M Potter,* Wuivsboro, W T Mc.Micliaci. Doctor Town Mission, W M Kennedy, li'iim -svtile, to lie supplied. Ocinulgee, A P Wright.* Coffee, lobe supplied by K B Finley. Stockton, J I) Maulden, Valdosta, J M Hendrey. Quitman, O L Smith. Morven, -T -T Giles. Moultrie Mission, M TI Fielding. Berrien and Irwin Mission, to be supplied by N Talley. Altamaiiv District—L. I’. Pains, P. K. lliucsville, J E Scnteil. Darien ami Mclntosh, W M Hayes.* Bryan Mission, to be supplied. Statesboro, to be supplied by D Roberts. Swainsb >ro, N D Morehouse. Dublin. -I J Morgan Oconee, C C Hines.* Jacksonville, J G Worley. Bcidsviilc, I) Crenshaw. Alfamab'a, D G Pope.* Professors in Emory College, J O A Clark, 1 T i Hopkins. Agent for Emory College, F F Reynolds. Sunday School Agent, 1. Pierce. Agent American Bible Society, R H Luckey. S Anthony, Superintendent ot Colored People. James A Wiggins, transferred to tlie Florida Conference. Geo Bright, lran-ferrCd to Missouri Conference. C P Jones, “ “ St Louis “ John P Duncan, transferred to North Georgia Conference, and -tntioned at Dalton. John II Harris, transferred to North Georgia Con ference, and stationed at McDonough. Deacon* or Licentiates. - Notti iibkn Judicial Purity as Pou traywd by Beecher.—From a recent Heim- n by Beecher, the following is an ext met : “I ; community is so low in its moral tone that imiL nation cannot rise hi thunder against them. I ,i, .i.uce of the courts, I repeat, is rotten, rank ami foul. I say wo are in more danger now than before slavery'was wiped away; for truth, justice and honesty have departed. Our most sacred lib erty and institution* are being destroyed. _ Money rules supreme and our courts of justice atiuk with corruption. We are in more danger now than by being overwhelmed with slavery. Money is our danger and tlie corruption which follows ii.” Considering that these courts are presid ed over, for the most part, by those “loil” even us B. himself is, and that this picture j is of u civilization that vmiateth itself far above that of any other known land, we may well say toour reviiers: Go to and tug with might aud main at the huge beam iu your own eye, ye hypocrites. We have “rebels,” and “traitors,” and Ku-lvlux and all shades of “disloyalty” down here, but justice is not “rotten rank aud foul,” nor do our courts “stink witli corruption.’) In all the black catalogue of our sins, no sucii damning accusation finds a place. Death of Gen. J. W. Ar.mstong.— We regret to record the deatli of our late, and highly respected fellow citizen, Gen. Armstrong, who died at his residence in Bartow county, on the 21st iust. His re mains are expected to arrive here this morning, and his funeral io take place from tlie Presbyterian Church, at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Alex. TI. Stf.i’hens, it is said, is about to ac cept Hie chair of belles-lettres in a Georgia college. Collegiate professorships seem to be tlie refuge of the shattered lenders of the rebellion, from Lee and Semmes down. J ust what the effect of this w ill be on the future of tbe country, evary man can beet eausider for himself. i I'hiladdphia Prev, lkermber 14. Poor Forney is shocked that “the shat tered leaders of the rebellion” are compe tent to take belles-lettres chairs in South ern colleges, and therefrom evolves terri ! b!e tilings to the future of the country. But how about the country aud the rising generation if some of the as yet unshat j lered leaders of the loil —such scholars as I Bprague, Candler, Wade, Wilson, and even Forney, whose belles-lettres chairs might be founded upon the infamously celebrated Jamison letter—were to assume professorships in some of our Northern colleges? The Prat* oelieves in commit ting tlie government of Southern States, 1 the enactment of laws, and the drafting of constitutions to swamp negroes; but , happily reconstruction, with all its power, lias not been able to prevent the Southern people from committing the education of their children to cultivated and scholarly i men.— World. i ' ~ —Ptttfen#or Brutke has been appointed Dean ot i the medical faculty to tbe Univeruity of Vienna, i He is tbe first Protestant elevated to this position 1 sauce the foundation of the University. Heller than a Wolf Trap. ; There is no man in this broad land that doffs hit j beaver quicker to native shrewdness —especially if I exhibited, by a lady—than the writer of Wiese few | fines. I Our suggestions on the “Goose Question,” pub fished yesterday, we acknowledge to lie crude, and tlie eminations of a school boy’s brain, when com - pared witli what we are going to relate. Even our miniature PGuy Fawke’s Plot,” gotten up against the peace and dignity of colored society, and with a special object of “raising” some darkey’s chicken pot or domietie by “loading” sundry sticks of wood, does not weigh an ounce in the balance with tlie brilliancy of til# idea carried out by a true und noble old matron, of this city, whose wood pile suffered from nightly raids. Wolf traps, spring-guns, policemen, have no terrors for a darkey on a night raid. But there is one tiling more potent than maiming, ball or guard house, in tbe mind of the co.ored man, and what that is, will be seen in tbe sequel: Due of tbe colored population called, a day or two since, at tlie City Hail, and with evident ter ror depicted upon h*rcountenance—-her teeth chat teririg and eyes something less tluwi a dinner plate in size, and so prominent that yon might have hung your hat on them-informed the “powers that be,” “datdere was a ease o’ sroal pock in Col linsville.” His Honor, with his accustomed activity and \ igilance, immediately had one of the city phvsi i 'fetus notincn, and iihtrf " « re hunt it q«t irk the meantime making active preparations to have it immediately removed to the Hospital. Away hies our energetic M. D , and going into the lot designated, found it not there. Gut was pointed out by some of the colored resident* to a lot not far distant. Proceeding to the house indicated, “Mr. Bolus,” after rapping quick und sharp—in true professional style—was confronted bv the smiling and benign countenance of a venerable Southern matron. Assuming liis mo»ti»evere and authoritative look, the Doe. demanded to see the small-pox patient ! Fora moment the old ladr seemed dumb founded, tlieu holding her sides, to catch her breath b< tween the pauses of laughter, the Ijiiy led the nonpin-sed doctor through tbe bouse iuto tlie yard, at tile ex treme end of which, and surrounding the fence which overlooked her wood pile, were tacked up miniature red Dannel flags. The medical gentleman looked obfuscated, but lie was not tong left iu doubt. The old lady very blandly relieved him of tbe stage of “diaguo-is” into which he had worked himself, by simply Mating that in order to prevent nightly raids upon her wood pile, she bad concluded to hoist the “iied tlag!” Since doing so, nary a stick had been dis turbed. Comment is useless: but this may serve us a Hint to others of our readers. - THE OGLETIIROI’E «4H M I IUKIIIEHI HL UOtERY OF A LARGE POHI IOA OF l ilt. MISMIYG MONEY, AMI * il’TlfU: Ol IRE THIEVES. On the nth inst. the liotise of Mr J< « bd'-m, in Ogielhrope county, Georgia, wa- robbed of s io,. 000 in gold, United Stat s currency, aud bank notes. The follow ing are tbe part ■ mart A young qnm by the mom: of William Sim; son, who reside# in ar’this city, had been at the hnu «• of Mr. Dalton frequently in the ; ’ n- < > -i\ weeks, and by some Bn-ana discovered that Mr. Dalton had a considerable tin•• out of ui<>u<-r in a small desk, which sal on a table in the room a I joining tbe one occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dalton as a sleeping room. After getting the •••-.act loca tion of all things inside the I Simp; on -! ft that place and came to Atlanta. At th.s phi. • he met with a cousin by the name of'l homas Weaver. Simpson informed M caver wiial discoveries h (Simpson; had made, ami prevailed oa VS - aver to go down with him after the money. Vi <s" er went, and upon his arrival at Mr. Dalton’s ;-i-,, . him-, if off as a traveler, and obtained perm mm to stay all night. At the usual hour the family ..ml We., er retired. W eaver occupied a room iu Urn bum. art #f tlie house. Between ten nr . i o'clck Weaver stole from bis bed, pas-wl through tic par lor Into Mr. Dalton’s slec|>ii)g r ~un, uni Worn thence into tbe room where Hie m»n*-y was, p.« k.-d up tlie desk, pas-, and out through Mr. Deft m’sroom into tlie parlor, and from thence to the rod. H went up the road about a quarter of a mile, where he found Simpson, who bad been v.aii: .g f-.r him. Both of them*then went into a pine tli k-t by the roadside and broke tho box open. They gathered up a great many of the papers, and, as well a- they could, U'-lp.q,'.shed them from tbe n.ouea', v, w as eueloscd iu large express envelopes. They carried oft a great many of tue papers, and (as they report) three of the envelopes and tec -r.etr of gold. The rest was left (c- they report , -..i.e in the box, and the Other* -eatte ed oil tin- ground. After waiting a few days Mr Dalton sent f.n < uj.;. John C. lioid, a lawyer of Lexington, Ga am! put the ease in bis hands. Cap*, it-id, with the shrewdness characteristic of nimseif, questioned certain parlies and obtained information aa to who tlie robbers were and ' they lived. »'apt. Reid came to Atlanta last V» edm>day evening, ami in Lieut. Johnson ot the police had t-an rc. me mendwi to liiin as being a No. I detective, ( apt, Urid found Lieut. Johnson, and being acquainted with officer Wooding, he iiicid iulornuil these two officers what evmence Ii bad cunr. uir.g tlm robber, anil all three of them (K id, Johnson ..tit! Wooding,) concluded to ascertain Urn wiicreabout af Simpson and Weaver. In order to more fully get the information dcsireri, officer Vtootiirtg, with the advice of t ’ ipt. Reid and t.i at. Johnson, called on a gentleman aud obtained information sufficient to start iu search of Simpson and Weaver < apt. Reid and the two police officers went into the country aud found win rc tbe fath i of Simp -m lived. After getting to the house, a young man who was acquainted with tin- family was sent up in inquire if be could get a baud to do some work for ( ’olotiel J. M.C. lied. Old Mr. Simpson came Iw t ii door and talked with Hn- young n. m ; in tile im antime Captain Reid, Lieutenant Johns n, and (itiicer Wooding stationed then:-. I" s n<-m the house so as to licar what was said, and not iaeng .-atisbcu witli the advances of tbe young man at tlie door, concluded to go in themselves and fee what could be diseovcri-d. Lieutenant Joimson enter, and tirrt, and discovered a young mini in bed, ami said: “How are vou. BillAt thi instant ( aptain Reid and Officer Wooding entered, amt Simpson, upon being informed what was the matter, Surren dered quietly. Simpson had f!*00 in greenbacks and over flit*) in bank note.-. Simpson eonh-ssed tho whole thing; aud after securing him, the party started in search of Weaver, who wu- found at home, seven miles from tlie city, ami w ilk him v. as found $798 in greenbacks and wjtki 5» in gold. After securing Weaver, the party start'-d for the city, where they arrived at suuri-e. Officer Wooding was sc.it down to OcTctliorj'ie county, with Captain Reid, iri ebarg of the pris oners. The officei returned Saturday evening, and reports $4,900 more of the money had he n recov ered in tlie woods where tlie box was first opened, and that, ill alt probability, the rest would be found, as the box was carried a considerable dis tance through the woods open. A thorough search will be made by Captain Reid and others, tho pris oners for guides. Simpson and Wcaver deny e'er seeing any of the money except what was found with them and a few dollars they had spiut. Lieut. Johnson and Officer Wooding received au equal proportion of tlie reward. None more deserve it. —Atlanta Jnldliyaicci', ff’L/. Causes of Sudden Death.—Very few of the sudden deaths which are said to arise from diseases of the heart do really arise from that cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden deaths an experi ment has been tried in -Europe, and re ported to a scientific congress at Strashurg. Bixty-six casesof sudden deatli were matte the subject of a thorough post mortem ex amination ; in these eases only two were found who had died from disease of the heart. Nine out ot sixty-six had died from apoplexy, while there were forty-six ca es of congestion of the lungs—that is, the lungs were so full of blood they could not work, not being room enough for a sufficient quantity of air to support life. The causes that produce congestion of tlie lungs are, cold feat, light clothing, costive bowels, sitting still until chilled after being warmed with labor or a rapid walk, going too suddenly from a close room in to the air, especially after speaking, aud sudden, depressing news operating on the blood. These causes of sudden death be ing known, an evidence of them may serve to lengthen many valuable lives which would otherwise be lost under the ver dict of heart complaint. That, disease is supposed to be incurable; hence many mav not take the pains they would to avoid sudden death if they knew it lay in their power. | The First Cotton.—The first shipment of cot ton from Vicksburg, Miss , through to New York, i over tlie Charleston route, passed through this city yesterday. It consisted of dO bales JU.s is one of the wholesome results of tlie meeting held bv the general freight and ticket agents of this city some davs ago. This route is largely patronised and is becoming more of a favorite daily. Wo understand that freight H delivered in Liverpool, from Charleston, at savea-sixteentks of a penny.-- Mum Timm, IWA. New Steam Plow. —We are glad to record tlie invention by a citizen of New Orleans, Mr. J. C'. Deiavigue, of a must important implement in agri culture. it is a steam plow, not like that of Fowl i er, exhibited at our Fair, which consisted iu two engines placed on opposite sides of the field, and drawing the plows back and forth, but running with its work through the field, and being, there fore, far more simple, less weighty and less costly, both to operate aud to purchase. ' It ia an ordin ary portable steam engine, placed upon a platform, of’which it becomes tlieniotor, and which supports the operators, who guide it from the engine and ! attend to the plows, cultivators or harrows, which i can be attached in the rear. The simplicity of the i arrangement is greatly in favor of it,and we trust tlie I inventor will have an curly opportunity of show -1 ing its effectiveness, —AV* Orkmm Picayunr, MACON. GA.. *f ’©DAY, DECEMBER 29, 1808. MUVGULYR t lIU t VIKTAX K. Solution of a MyHtery and Identification of a Cerjiw by Kuiencc. Among the victims of the recent heart rending and terrible calamity ou the beau tiful Ohio, were Mrs. Commodore Thorn sou, a young married lady of New Or leans, on her way hack to the Crescent City, and » companion named Mrs. Grif fin, who had resided in the same place. The day following the awful night of the accident the bodies of both these ladies were found, as it was thought, and taken i charge of hy grief-stricken friends for in terment. They were placed in the Epis j copal church at Madison, Indiana, not far from the scene of the wreck, und tbe ladies of tlie parish very kindly rendered tlie remains every proper attention, aud prepared them for the grave Their fu nerals took place in Christ Church, Bev. James Bulled, D. I)., officiating. The graves were prepared, and the interesting funeral services had progre-sed nigh to an end, when a message was received from Commodore Thomson, directing that the bodies of his wife aud Mrs. Griffin t:e for warded to Philadelphia for interment there. At the .-aine moment Mr. Wolff', cousin of Miss Fahnestock, who was also lost iu the disaster, appeared in the church and laid claim to lire supposed body of Mrs. Thomson ns that ot Ids unfortunate relative. The friends of Mrs. Thoms >n in sisted that iheuchajied corpse belonged t a ner, ano • reorder to prove itiat L* not mistaken produced evidence snow that their deceased friend wore a plain gold ring on her fltigei trt'h the mime “Grace” engraved inside, aud it was by this ornament that they had sue ceedtd in identifying tlie body. Mr. Wolff was surprised at this announce ment, as it was on just such a ring of that identical shape and hearing tlie very same simple legend “Grace,” that lie depended on making good his claims to the corpse as that of Miss Fahnestock. He had positive knowledge of her own ing and wearing such a ring in life, and was doubly assured of the fact by tele grams from Pittsburg a-serting that while here, ju-t a few days before her terrible i dea’h, the young lady had on her linger such a ring. Here was a dilemma. Tbe friends of Mrs. Thomson were equally jKtsitive with those of Miss Fahnestock, that tlie ring found on the corjise had been worn by her and beyond doubt fixed ideu . titicarioo. Alter a caitn discussion the | friends determined to forward the b<siy to Philadelphia and there endeavor to solve the mystery. 'Lite two lost ladies were of about the same size aud build, and as tlie clothing had all heen burned away and the features horribly mutilated, the eon ; fusion arising from tlie remarkable coin ; cidence of both having rings on their fin gers of exactly the same kind and hearing ! the same legend, was quite natural, and, of course, sorely distressed the respective friends. The corpse arrived in Philadel phia, and the question of identification sill! remained unsettled. Asa iaet resort, several gentlemen of the medical profes sion were railed to bring science to sol ve the perplexing problem. A post mortem ex amination revet* ed the fact that tbe dis figured body was not that of a married Judy, and the friends of Mrs. Thomson willingly arquit -ced in the decision, aud the corpse was surrendered for burial to the relatives of Miss Fahnestock. The coincidence of tlie ring) was very remark able, and hail both tlie lost ladies occupied the same relations in life tlie identification, perhaps, never could have l>eeo m de, unless, indeed tire body of Mrs. Thomson he yet dragged from tlie river In suet: pre ser atiou a-to render tlie features u .-og uizabic.—JsOu w’We Courier Journo’, 1 V /(. Y CRA< K IN A HOG TROUGH. Tlie following frmti a recent numbo, of the Prairie Parnor is almost equal to Fraukliti’s storv of the whistle: A lew days ago a /riend sent me word that every day lie gave nearly twenty pails of buttermilk to a lot of shoals, and lliey scarcely improved at all. Thinks I, this is a breed of hogs worth seeing. They uiujjj he uildn* blsetl iron kind, tip I. caii ed on him, TVearlTtitS.fepeal themouiufUl * story, and then vieised the sty, in order ly get a better view of the miraculous swine. ! went into the pen, and, ot)'dose examination, found a eraek iu tlie trough through which most of the contents ran away otider the floor. Thinks i, I.era is the type of the failures of our agricul tural liretliren. When I see a farmer subscribing for a half dozen political and miscellaneous pa pern, and spending all his time in reading them, while he doesn’t read a single agri- j cultural or horticultural journal, thinks I, ] to myself, poor man, you huve got a large j and wide crack in your hog trough. When l see a farmer attending all the : political conventions, and knowing every ! man in town that votes his ticket, and ye*', to save bis neck, couldn’t tell who is President of his County Agricultural So ciety. or where the fair was held last year, 1 “unanimously” come to the conclusion that the poor soul baa got a crack in his hog trough. When l see a farmer buying guano, but wasting as lues an and ben manure, trying all sorts of ex|>erimentß except intelligent hard work and economy, getting lire choicest of seeds regardless of eo-t, then phintingVihem regard let-s of cultivation, flowing the variety of fruit called Sour fart Seedling, and sweetening it with sugar, pound for pound, keeping tlie frout fields rich while the hack loin are grow ing up with tiiieties, briers and elders, con tributing to tlse Chocktaw Indian fund j and never giving a cent to any agricultur al society ; such a man, I will give a writ ten guarantee, h s got a crack in his hog trough, and iu his head also. When I see a farmer allowing loose' boards all overhisyard, fencedown hinges oifthegate, manure in the barnyard, I com# to the conclusion that he lias got a large crack In his bog trough. When I see a farmer spending his time traveling in a carriage, w hen lie lias to sell ail his corn to pay the hired help, and his hogs are so lean that they have to lean against the fence to squral, I rather lean to the conclusion that somebody that stays at home will have a lien on the hum, aud that some day the bottom will come en tirely out of his hog trough. \ HIGH OLI) TIME. Closing Scene ut the Army Iteiiuion in Chicago. i [Special Telegram to the Cincinnati Commercial.] Chicago, December 10. There was a stormy scene at the ban ! quet to-night. After the eatables were dis | posed of, a terrible raid was made on bot tles, and negroes who dispensed liquor re ' fresh men ts were almost frightened out ?>T t'»eir wits, as they were be.-ieged on every baud by eager and excited wearers of shoulder-straps, champagne corks flying as thickly as bullets iri a battle, and necks of bottles were snapped off’ iu every di ' rectiou by those who were too thirsty to J wait for corkscrews aud waiters. In vain General Hheruiau essayed to bring his subordinates to ordeiq His ] march to the sea w r as an easy task when 1 compared to au attempt to restore quiet among that army of Generals. lie rapped, shouted, and finally mala himself heard hy a few, and announced that the 1 regular order of proceedings would corn : m euce. The poem by Colonel Pierce was not : finished, and tlie remainder of tlie pro | gramme, down to the response of General Logan, was, after vain attempts, ahan ; (toned by the incessant riotous conduct. ’ Shouts and screams were continuous; ! alleys were choked by a surging crowd ; tables and floors were strewn with glass; ! champagne bottles were stuck into boiled hams, and anarchy reigned supreme. Governor Oglesby begged the assemblage to be quiet. James H. Bowen called on the Chair man to urge the police to tlie faithful per formance of their duties. A dozen Gen eral and staff officers rose simultaneously l to plead for order. Six military personages were arrested for endeavoring to carry bottles of wine from the hull, aud conveyed to police ! headquarters. Gen. Logan asserted that tlie riotous demonstrations at the south end of the hall were studied marks of disrespect to the President elect of the United Htates. General Thomas sprang up and rapped ! vehemently w T ith his gavel, asserting, in ; the firmest of Dunes, that he would not speak until Genera! Logan was heard, and General Logan spoke, and thus gave order. Out of Chaos finally came a sunbeam of peace, and General Thomas, who was re ceived with the wildest cheers, was per mitted to complete his address without ' serious interruption. SOME TOWIYItM EAUE*’ OF F'SHT I. UFA A . KTTK, VRESIIIEVT LINCOLN AND lilt. SEW - ARM: BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. The Louisville Courier-Journal of the 9th iust. contains au article ipspired hy the recent burning of Fort Lafayette, and signed with the well known initials “G. D. P.” We quote the narrative portions of the article as follows : I have some peculiar reminiscences con nected with Fort Lafayett*. In 18ul, three distinguished gentlemen, Hon. Win. M. Gwiou, who had served many years with distinction in the Senate of the United Htates; Hon. Calhoun Benhain, who has been United Htates District Attorney iu : California, and Mr. Brent, who had been a prominent lawyer in Baltimore, and was then a very prominent lawyer of Cali fornia, embarked on a steamer for some point in the East. General Hunmer was on board the same steamer. When she was near the isthmus tlie General made thorn his prisoners. He simply deigned to tell them that lie arrested them on sus picion that they were intending to fight against the United Htates, a suspicion per fectly preposterous in the ease of Dr. Gwitm, who was an infirm old man of about seventy years. When they de manded the ground of his suspicion, lie only answered that he entertained it, und was not responsible for his suspicions The three victims were conveyed to the ( J tetri o.u-vrmrs-'tl, »«»•' Mr. M- ,v»r,(, secretary of Htate, ordered them, without tut interview, to Fort Lafayette. ’As one of the three prisoner* wa* my near nmi very dear relative, I hajueneil very soon to'Washington to procure their release. 1 had written and telegraphed earnestly to the President for the release of Governor Alorehtad, Mr. Uurrett, and others, blit, when a member of my own family was a victim of oppression and tyranny, i felt that I should give nay per sonal presence to the effort for deli reran ee. I arrived at the capital long after dark, and called immediately upon Air. Lincoln. He received me with the greatest cordiali ty and geniality’, though he g*-ntly inti mated that lie rather thought that 1 had heeu a little unjust to him. i asked him for the discharge of the three Fort La fayette pri-oners, Owmn, Beobani, and Brent. He inquired what were the charges agaiust them. Os couise I told him that 1 didn't know, and suggested whether it wasn’t more hi« busines.- than ours to know. He answered “Well, I don't know about these tilings, but 1 am and sposed to do u hat I can tor you, and will give you a letter to Seward.” I took the letter aud called at Mr. tie-ward's of fice the next morning. The distinguished Secretary received me with his accustomed amenity, hut, in regard to the matter in hand, talked quite dtpioinaiieaHy It was about my tirat experience of a tegular di ploinatist'a conversation, i didn’t much admire or understand it. Mr, H. invited me to take tea with him that evening. I did. After tea 1 renewed my apidieutiou for the release of my friends, and argued the matter a well as I could, lie had only tins reply to make ; - "1 am ering the matter, and I ehniibe very glad to aee you at tea or breakfast or dinner every day, and we will udk tire subject over.” Oue evening, when I had been a!»out four days in Washington, I ventured to urge my request very strongly upon the ."Secretary, and lie said, “ Gall at my office to-morrow morning at half-pasi'lcu, and I wili give you ttn prder for the relea->* of your friends.” Os cour-e 1 was punctual to the minute. “ Fred,” said tie, addn »*- ing ills sou aud assistant secretary, “ give Mr. Fieutiee the document t uireeied you to make out.” The Assistant (score'ary placed it in nty bands i read it. it w»» not an order for the discharge of the vic tims. It was only au older that I should have the privilegeof seeing them in iheir piisou wle-u 1 pleased. *• Why, Mr. f-rw urd, tiiis i» not what you pr mi»ed me yesterday.” “No, tt i* not,but 1 specially desire that you go to New York and talk with your friends, and ascertain their feelings gad tnleiiuons and report to me.” s\tild him in terms a little brier, porsibiy, Uiat he certainly could not txfs ct me to visit tny frieuds in prison aud enter into Conversation with them as a Government spy. “ Weil,” lie said, “do me the favor to go and see them, and write to u.e aa you like.” I sain “Yes” i went, and wrote to him every iluy as strongly as J could In favor of the release of the prison ers. My first tluee letleis were unan swered. In reply to the fourth I received a dispatch saying that my friends were “paroled to. Washington forexpiauntion.” Os curse I considered that dispatch us implying a discharge I went immedi ately with J)r. Gwuiii’b wile and daugh ters to Fort Lafayette, exhibited the order to the prisoners, and advised them to pro ceed to Washington immediately. “Go with us,” said they. 1 told them thai it wouid be exceedingly inconvenient for me to go with them. They were appre hensive of deceit and treachery. “Go with us,” said they, “ or we will not ge.” I wen: wit . them. Ou arriving at Wash iugtoo 1 called upon Secretary Seward in their behalf. He required that they should either take a certain obnoxious oath or l»e remanded to prison. 1 asked them what they would do, and they ugreed that, as there were no charges against them, aud as they had committed no crime, they would sooner go buck to their bastile than take any oath- All my appeals to the Secretary were of no avail. Then my appeal wa-i to President Lin coln. At my second interview with him, he said, “I will set your friends free. They may go as much at large as any other citi zens of the United States.” I asked him if lie would grant them permis- ion to go to Euro e. lie replied that none of our people had a right ogo to Europe without passports, noteven himself, and that there fore he could not give pa-sport a, hut that iuy friends should he just as free as lie or any other man under the government to go and come at pleasure. I requested him to put this declaration in write g. lie said ”'No, it is a very delicate subject, ami Sew ard will lie very mad about it. 1 will not touch peu to paper in regard to it. Tell your friends what l have told you, aud tell them further that i shall he glad to see them. All of them, I believe, cttUftl upon him aud expressed their thanks, though whether thanks were due, under all the circumstances, is, I think, quite a question. In 1865 Dr. Gwinu, who had not taken and could not have taken any part in the war, went from this country to Mexico for Ida own private purposes, whatever they were, and 1 have reason to know that Vhey were right and proper. He went and took others with him to make money, hut. on account of the miserable condition of Mexican affairs, they failed. Dr. Gwinn came back to Lire United States in the full consciousness of right and the expectation of safety. He had done no wrong to oth ers, and be anticipated no wrong to him self. But upon his arrival within the Federal lines, then kept up for no useful or proper purpose, lie was snapped tip upon not even a pretext, and thrust into Fort Jackson, below New Orleans. Sev eral of his frieuds were thrown into Fort Jackson with him. There they were kept for many months. They were kept incar cerated, but perhaps not very badly used. I went to Washington to get them dis charged, and succeeded, although in oppo sition to all tlie diplomatic efforts of Sec retary Seward in the opposite direction. And in an interview on that occasion, Mr. Seward had the very intense coolness, fifty degress below zero, the point of liie ther mometer where the mercury freezes, to say to my face that he was tlie man who had discharged my free friends from Fort La fayette and given them ail their subse quent liberty. Gkipfih Cotton Factory. —Tlie prospects of this enterprise are now exceedingly flattering. W e learn that more than half the stock necessary Vo start this enterprise has been subscribed by tlie inost responsible parties, and tlie money is ready to be paid in. There is a great deal of surplus money among the planters of the country, and they are afraid to loan it to their neighbor* who need it, on aceouut of lack of confidence, Homestead laws, etc. , This is a sure ebanc# for safe investment at good interest. We expect to see operations commence for the necessary buildings in a short time. ~ | itfar, 22 i1. The SormiEUN Branch Mists. —The director of the l nited Slates Mint at l’hiladelphia says : "11 [' a fact, proved by experience, that coinage can be executed at the principal mint at less expense than in any other part of the country, and as the means of safe transportation have greatly multi plied of late years, there is no reason for reviving coinage operations at either of the three branch mints formerly in operation in the Hon them States, and he therefore recommends that those establish ments be disposed of.” HANGING IIF THE SEYMOUR EX PH Ess ROIIHERs. 1 A New Albany dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, dated December 12th, gives some additional particulars of the hanging of \ the B* no brothers aud Charles Audersou at that place on the 12th iust., by a Vigi lance Committee from .Seymour, Indiana, of which the main facts have already been leceived by telegraph. It is estimated that the mob was not in the jail more than five minutes, and the actual lime taken to hang the victims was not over three min utes. The dispatch says: Frank Beno vaa tlie first victim. His cell was in tbe northwest corner of the upper tier. When the mob entered the jail ho was in bed, but the noise made waked him. He comprehended thesitu ation at once, and secreted himself under liis bed. His cell was unlocked and a rush made for him. The Vigilante seized him by the throat; be cried out, “What in the name of God are you going to do witli me?” No reply was made, but he was dragged out of the celi and a rope placed around his neck. Two men on the Corridor drew him up, while three or four caught hold of his body and lifted him, and when he had been raised to the distance ueoMwmy, the ro;»c was tied and the body left dangling in the air. It was i Frank Ber n’s neck and face that whs m> much swollen. The last words of Frank were. “Lord have mercy u}*on my poor wouA.il •' - . - • -i Mfmeoo K*en<> was tno victim. When the mob went to his ceil he said to them, "Keep out of this cell. Do not come in here.” lie had torn off the lid of the privy sink, and witli this he attempted toiiefeuu himself. He hit one or two men, but tbe nmt> knocked him insensible and apparently lifeless, with slang-shots. Be fore he was overcome by blows he prayed God to have m rcy on him. He wa s nearly’, if not quite Head, when hung up Wru. Beno was next taken from his ceil. He said to the mob, “Gentlemen, what do you want to hung me for? I had nothing to do with the robbery.” He was apparently terror striokeu aud died with “God have mercy upon poor me” on bis lips. He ha« always protested his entire innocence of the charge against him, aud ills declarations have been strongly reiter ated and endorsed as true by his brothers. He is now before One who will judge him impartially. dial !>» Anderam was the last one bung. V. hen the mob leached Iris eell lie begged earnestly for a few minutes lime in which to pray for God's noeicy. The mob re p Led: “Hush up; we don’t want a word imt of you. Its too ia’e for prayer now.” 1 lieu they seized him and placed a rope around his neck, and soon he was strug sriilig with death. Jus! u* they wue about laisinghfm up he exclaimed, in the great est apparent mental agony, “Oh Lord, b!et-s my |s-or old father and my sisters.” Ihe mot) had scarcely fastened Inc rope when it broke and the terrified, wretched man fell to 'he stone floor Leiow. He was soon taken up, ■nofti*Trope placed around bis neck and then commence 1 an aw lut sti::; _,(< for breatli. it lasted for some time, bui finally suffocation nut an end to it. Iu hanging each man, rxecit Hi mean, three or four ol rise mob would seize hold of tbe body, und throw their whole weight u|kmi it, in order to break the heck of the victim. The bodied and faces of thedead jR-rson- presented a trickin' right. Tire faces and necks of Simeon Beno [not Frank, as stated in nutr extra,; and diaries Ander son were quite pale, and not at all swollen; the f ces and hecks ot William aud Frank Beno were very much distorted. Frank Beno and Charles Anderson were married men. Their wives were notified of their u-iribic fate by telegraph, and ar rived here early this morning. Theocene that ensued when they ver’admitted to thejail to see tbeuead bodies o r their hus bands was beyond ail doeriiiiiou. i'tie [•••or bereaved creatures were frantic v. fUi giieT. They embiaetd tlie dt-ad bodies, ‘ kissing Ifae bloated and swollen faces, and uttering the most heart-rending lamerita lions. Tim scene wua ,oue that touched eyes. The sister of the l ean brothers. . who had stuck to them with ali the d«-vo i tion of a true and loving heart, was ineon- j soluble in irer grief. The Beno family has long been notori ous foritsbtd nameaud deeds. For years ; they were a terrorto tiie people of Jackson county. ’They have l»een engag' din } many daring robberies, and it is believed, murders Nearly all the burglaries, mb- j beries aud murders iu aud about .•seymour Rockford and Brooinstown, of lute years, , ara charged upon she Renos, Oneo Uie] brothers is now Confined in the Missouri j Penitentiary, serving out a fifteen years’ ■ term for a most dating robbery and at- ' tempt to murder. There is no doubt but ) that they weie engaged in all tbe express j robberies that have of Sat-years been com- i milled on the Jefferson Vi l.'e and Ohio aud j Mississippi Baifronds. Andersen was . equally noted as a daring and successful thief und burglar, iie was a tail, well j developed man with an intelligent and ; prep's-sesring face aud fine head, with i liign and benevolent looking forehead, j The Beno brothers were short, heavy set, ! and rather dul! and brutish ’ookoig men, the animal predominating in their pliyei ognomy. They were men ofiimited edu cation and intelligence. They were, how ever, adepts in crime, and up to the time when they were recently arrested, Dave managed, from them es ofcrimiuat prac tice iu our courts, to escape conviction. : FIRST BREAD, THEN t LOTHING, AND LAST, ARTICLES FOB EXPORT. in this brief heading we have summed up the entire domestic ecomony of a na tion. Let a people produce what they may for export, however remunerative it may [ prove in dollars and cents, they are still J in a state of dependence and at the mercy 1 of others. And we may go further, and’ add, that the people who produce within • themselves the means of subsistence, are, as a general rule, the most prosperous and ha, j.'V. The immediate yield may not be so great as it is from other sources, but it is steady and permanent, and in tlie long run is more certain to establish the wealth and independence of a nation. The dis regard of this rule by the Southern people, and its disastrous results, are the subject of a timely and judicious article in the New Orleans Picayune. Referring to our almost exclusive devotion to the cotton culture, to the neglect of the cereals and manufactures, it says: “But it may readily be seen that while a large portion of our labor might have been profitably employed in raising thest articles for export, tlie exclusive devotion of the South to them, its and failure to first produce its own food, and from its own textiles its own clothing, made is staple products the means o, conquering, im poverishing and enslaving it They pro duced vast sums of money, but they pass ed through the hands of the planter with scarce a moment’s detention, iuto those of Lite Northern farmer and manufacturer, and built all tlie great cities and vast and thickly peopled provinces and unindebted agricultural communities, which begin by making their support, and end hy selling their surplus to those who do not!” We trust the lute war has taught our people a valuable lesson on this point. Their devotion to articles for export cost them their independence in that struggle, and if still persisted in must render them forever dependent upon the capacities or avarice of others. Our present condition, fortunately, has removed some of the temptations to err in this regard. While we may vet he guilty of the folly of buying our bread, meat, clothing, and work ani mals from others, the great hulk of the an nual pro eeds of labor cannot, as formerly, be sent to Virginia and Maryland for the purchase of negroes to make more cotton. That much of our income, at ieast, we are now compelled to keep at home and devote in part to the improvement and beautifying ol our estates, and in part to manufacto ries and other local enterprises that con tribute to the public wealth aud conve nience. And just here we find the germ of Southern prosperity. Weave struggling to escape from the clutches of poverty now with uo great amount of surpluv after expenses are paid, but it wilt not always be so At an early day in the future tlie waste places will been repaired, labor will be productive «ml tho annual incomes ot our people sufficient to Justify them in at tempting almost anything in the line ol progress. We pray tbattheume may soon arrive and that by energy and frugality, the people of the Bouth will early enter upon a course of industrial greatness aud independence that will make them the ad miration of the world. DECISION-* OF THE M I’HEWE COURT. Uultvnrtil al Atlanta, Dec. 1.1, fPrOisftlit? Atlanta Constitution.; i*. W. <). Lazenhy, administrator, etc., vs. James B. Wilson—Complaint from Co lumbia. Warner, J. When a cause has been tried before a jury, involving tlie value of Confed erate money, under tbe ordinance of the Convention, and a verdict rendered in favor of tbe plaintiff, and there being evidence in the record to support the ver dict, and no error alleged to the charge of the Court, such verdict will not he set aside aud anew trial ordered by this Court, unless the same is manifestly contrary to law and the principles of equity tlie more especially as the presiding Judge before whom tlie case was tried is satisfied with the verdict. Judgruent affirmed. E. H. Pottle, by L. .Stephens, for plaintiff in error A. B. Wright, by tho reporter, for de fendant in error. Win I). Green, et al. v-. John Jones, etal. Motion for new trial from Lee. Warner, J. A note was made in December, IHU4, payable the first of January thereafter * iu currency, and should the currency deore ... ..to b-y„ini ,i„ ocii t> value it Is to Is estimated at Its present value and so paid.” There were two credits marie on the note, one dated 28th December, 1804, and ooe-ou theiioth February. 18*15. The Court below charged the Jury that “the credits on the note were ail absolute and full extinguish ment of tho debt to tbe amount of the credit;” held that the charge of the Court was right upon this branch of the case in the absence of any evidence U> the con trary, and that there was uo error in the refusal of the Court to grant anew trial upon the evidence as disclosed by tbe record. Judgment affirmed. W’e«t, Goode, Vason and Davis for plain tiff's in error. Kimbrough, W. A. Hawkins for defend ants in error. Beoj. F. Fimms vs. Southern Express CVmpany Assumpsit From Rich mond. Warner, J. , From the facts presented by the record iu this case, this court will not control the discretion of the court below In granting anew trial. There was no error in the court below in refusing to charge the jury as request ed by (iefendant’e counsel “a- to the law of the place where the contract was made,” I according to the evidence presented hy the record. The charge of the court should . tie based upon the evidence before i tie court and jury ami not upon an assumed state of facts not proved. Judgment af firmed. Barnes and Cummings for plaintiff in error. W. T. Gould for defendant in error. Wright Brody, administrator, etc., vs. Furiow, Price, and Furiow. —Equity— From Sumter, Warner, J. When the complainant!* in an equity atise made a motion in the court uftow to nave tlie cause set down for trial, which application to the court was resisted on the ground that the several claim- of the plaintiffs in that hill, had been adjudicat ed by a former der ee of the court in a esuse in which the complainant#, with others, were parties, and the court upon inspection of the record not being satisfied that the claim of ’lre complainants had : been settled and adjudicated by that fortn i er decree, oidercd tne cause to be set down , for a hearing, to ascertain that fact, which ’ order of the court wa- excepted to and brought to this court. Held, that the de -1 01-ion complained of by the ptaintifrin error, was riot such a final disposition of the cause as would on! Mb* him to bring op the decision of the court below to this j resttti Ufrrati •» Oilt of rAOrjsfGjOrt fhcfeCO, ’ under -41915 t section of the Code; the cause being still pending in the court below, in accordance with the express terms of tho order of the court, to w hich exceptions are taken. Judgment affirmed. R. Hill, for plaintiff in error. Cobb .V Jackson, Elam, for defendants' iu error. James T. Roberts v-. James Mansfield. ‘ Assumpsit from Mitchell. MoCay, J. When A is tbe owner of two promisorv notes, due at different Units, aud of a mortgage on real estate Securing them, and transfers one of the notes to P», enter ing at the same time into a written con tract that tie will, in a specified time transfer to K and hi-assignees the mort gage to secure tbenote. and B transfers the note and agreement, the note being still not due, to (J, and A afterwards refuses to transfer the mortgage except upon condi tions, which Ci» not bound to accept. A has still tlie legal title to the mortgage, tint be holds it for C’s use, and if, by the tree of that mortgage, he collects from the | property mortgaged motiey sufficient to j discharge Ufa note, € may sue for and re i cover the same from A. Judgment re veistd. B. F. Lyon, S. D. Irwin for plaintiff in ' error. Vason & Davis for defeudai.it in error. Bank of Commerce vs Barrett, Carter A Cos. —Complaint from Richmond. McCay. J. The fact that the consideration of a note is set forth on its face does not carry with It notice of the failure of consideration, if it has failed, to a person taking it Ooua fide, nor is he iu such a case, ipso facto, put Upon inquiry, and hi mid to inquire if the consideration has or Ui not failed. Judgment reversed. Barne* et Cumming for plaintiff in ercor. W. T. Gould for defendant in error. Byrd & Coker vs. H It. Johnson et Cos. Equity Irom Humter. McCay, J. A contract between a factor or commis sion merchant aud a planter, giving a lien ! upon the crop Os tbe latter for provisions 1 furnished to :i ake it, is not required, by tbe act of the 15th of December, 186 G, to i be in writing. Tlie lieu is a good one be tween the [ arties, and their agents aud purchasers with uotice, though it be only in parol. A bill filed by the factor and sanctioned, i granting a ne exeat against one charged to nave a portion of the crop in possession as agent of tlie planter, and requiring him , to produce tbe same, that it may be stib jected to said lien, ought not to be dis charged on tbe coining in of tiie answer not denying the plaintiff’s equity, except on information ami belief, even though supported by an affidavit setting up title in the affiant to tiie crop, especially when the affidavit does not deny notice of the lien. Judgment reversed. W. A. Hawkins for plaintiff iu error. Goode & Carter for defendant iu error. John B. Perry vs. Wm. IF. Hoduelt —As- sumpsit from Calhoun. Brown, C. J. I 1. A and IF made aud delivered to C their joint aud several promisory note,due j twelve mouths.after date. C afterwards, for a valuable consideration, agreed with i A, without the consent of B, to extend tiie time of payment twelve mouths long er. C endorsed aud delivered the note to D, after it was due, with uotice of the ex tension of time of payment. D, after said time expired, sued A and Bus makers and C as endorser, ami obtained judgment. B, who was then ab.-ent in the military ser vice, returned, after the rendition of judg ment, and entered an appeal within tiie time allowed by the ordinance of the Con : vention of 18(15, and set up the defence that he was only a surety for A, aud had na interest in tiie consideration of the note. A, who had entered uo appeal, died before the trial, and was not a parly to the issue on trial. Held, that on tlie issue between 1) as plmutiffand Bas defendant, B was <t competent witness under our statute to piove that he was only surety to tbe note. In a suit by A’s representative, after payment out of A’s estate, again-! B ! for contributions, Amid 15, wlm were par- j ties on the same side ot the origii a! con tract, would-be opposing parties to the is sue on trial,"and B would beau incompe tent witness. 2. Tbe evidence ttaatß. was only asure l ty and that C knew that A was to pay the VOL. LX., NO. 41. debt, "a, *'■ kleient to sustain the finding !of tlie jury and the exteusio.. f fife of paymeut given by Gto A, withe tL j ; c< nsent of B, the sui “tv, rd earned bine a. A motion was up J ieh tlie l >urt agreed to consider in cmW mien with the record, to dismiss this case, on the ground ; that tlie new Constitution of ttie Btate, adopted since tlie trial in tlie court below, denies to tlie courts of tiiis .State jurisdic tion to enforce any Contract, the consider ation of which was a Slave, it appearing from tlie record, that the note in suit was given for slaves. Held that the judgment which tiiis Court pronounces upon tlie points made by the bill of exceptions, ren der it unnecessary to decide the question raised by the motion. Judgment affirmed. Lyon and deUruffenreid for plaintiff in error. . \V. A. Hawkins for. defendant in error. Vena Thomas vs. l iie State of Georgia— Murdei —From ."Sumter. Brown, C. J. The hill of indictment contained hut one count, which was for murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of‘•invol untary manslaughter,” which was re ceived by ti»e Court, and the jury dis charged. A motion wu-made in arrest of judgment on tiie ground that there are two grades Ol invoiu at a; y mtt nulling liter — one punished as a felony, the other by les-er Ptl ;i c-.y.n.-,al ... 1 ...-.a t i.ui a..- ft..,.- tin u xnould have been sustained by the Court. Judgment reverse”. W A Hawkins lor plaintiff in error. Solicitor Gtnctal Barker for defendant in error. S. S. Boone, vs. Wm. Sirrene, administra tor.—Equity from Sumter. Brown C. J. I wo partners rented a store-house for one year from Both November, ISriT, tlie rent to lie paid quarterly, and soou after dis solved the partnership, and one of them continued the business on bis own account fora time, and died. His administrator obtained an order from tiie Court of Ordi nary authorizing him to continue the bus iness for the balance of the y ear.forthe ben efitof theestate. The widow applied for the year’s support allowed by law for herself and children, and the appraisers allowed her £2,700, which was made tho judgment of tlie Court of Ordinary aud which left tiie estate insolvent. The other partner was also insolvent. Tlie landlord filed a bill praying an injunction against the ad mioistrator, to restrain him from turning over the estate to tlie widow, or otherwise disposing of the same till hie rent wa.- paul. iield. that the dissolution of ti.e firm diu not affect the rights of the land lord, as a teuaut cannot under our statute, transfer hi-lea.se Without the com- ut of i tiie landlord; and tbe lease go far a* the landlord'srightswere eoncei tied, remained partuendiip property aud forms no part o: , tlis estate of tiie deceased partner till the ! rent is paid, and that the landlord is eu ■ titled to his rent cut of tbe proceeds of the business dene in tbe home, or the stock in trade, for tin? 'ime tbe administrator ; used tbe premises before the eitaie is 1 turned over to tilt- widow of the deceased. Judgment reversed. C. Elam, for plaintiff’in error. \Y. A. Hawkins, for defendant in error. Finny & Johnson vs. Kobert J. Rowe and Jsjac Levy, r-beriff. Buie, etc. From Jviebnioud. Bf.ow.v, C. J. While the statute known as the slay-iaw was considered in force, the.piaiutiff’ in ti. 1 fa. notified the Hberitrthat the judgment uas recovered again- 1 the defendant as i bailee, which was one of tlie excepted cases in the statute, to which it did not apply, and directed him to proceed to nia-te tiie money by levy. He refused to <l.» so, an ! in response to a rule, claimed that he was not bound to levy under the notice; because the li. fa. did not show on its face that the case was within the ex ception. This was net a eieu.-. He should have made the levy under tbe notice and left, the defendant to his affi davit of illegality or other proper remedy, if tiie facts were not as stated in tiie no tice, and having failed to proceed wkh the fi. fa. he is iiabie. Judgment reversed. Frank H. Miller by VV. Hope Hull for plaintiffs in error. Hook and Carr for defendants xa error.; A Pai.l'aßLE Hit.—The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist has the following palpable hit: Au extraordinary occurrence is said to have happened at Petersburg, Ya , which many will think incredible, but we pub lish it we find it. Kev. Mr. Wingfield lias twice refused a euil to a church in New York, (vavated by the lamented death of the Bev. Dr. Hawks,) where the “ field of Usefulness ” isequal toten thous and dMiars a ytar. This Mr. Wingfield is | a tough man anyhow. We remember be ; was set to scraping tne streets in Norfolk i under tiie benign dictatorship of Bs’ier, hecan-e of some inflexibility of conscience. 1 but still we had no idea that, being re i eently married aud without worldly for j tune, he would refuse a providential entl t> a ricii city congregation. If his exnm- I pip could only be fol owed, tiie rich wor ! Kbippers in city temples would lie taught | a lesson they very much need. As things i are, men are continually confirmed in be lief that wealth is profitable for ail tilings, and tiiat deposits in security-Itoxes are akin to riches in heavenly places. IMPORTANT DECISION. An important decision was made by the Supreme Court yesterday morning, in the case of Aru-mus Could r*. Jonathan Miller, from Richm rulcounty, iu 1862, Miller borrowed from Could $3 (lot) Li Confederate Treasury notes, for which he gave his note payab’e “three years after date.” The defendant sought to get rid of the payment of the note, on the ground that the. considerate mi (Icing Confederate currency')'was illegal. The Court te’.ow overrah’d tbe defense, anil held that the note could be recovered mi, supn c-t to tie provisions of the ordinance of lsdo, allowing Con federate contracts to be sealed. Tlie Supreme Court was not unanimous in its opinion. Justices Warner and MeCav affirming the judgment of the Court below, and Chief Justice Brown dissenting. It maybe proper to remark that the Chief Justice put his decision upon tlie 2d paragraph of tlie 17:h section of the otii article of the-new Constitution of the State of Georgia. This decision of Justices MeCav aud Warner is in the very ttvth of the present State Constitution, and contrary to the United States Constitution, and in conflict w ;Lh tiie decision of tiie United States Courts' on the same subject. We predict tt;i- decision will t-o overrule.!—tie | United States Constitution ami hues now being i paramount. Disagreeable as this paramount an- I thority may be to many of u-. we mud submit t<> ! it, and-make tin-hc.-t o£it.— AtlautLl, 'h/-.■ t- . j More Optraoes in Arkansas.— Mnu],h \ Dt r I'.l. —Tbe m/nec/a’* l.ittlo Rock special to j nigtit says, reliable information states that un the I morning of the 10th, four companies of militia, ! commanded by Colonels Gray and Williams, from |Koaneaud Matthews counties, tbe latter colored, entered Louisburg, shooting in every direction, marched to Hie store of Brceam A Casey and set I it on lire, after pouring tlie coal oil on the floor. I Howard A Wells’ store was also burned. Roseau's ! store was saved by great exertion. During the : lire, Mr. Casey was shot down audios body tl I row'll i into the flames after rilling his pock-tc The town is still occupied by militia, who go [shootingand shouting through tiie streets. No one "as permitted to leave w ithout a jws.- All is I ijuiet at Augusta, ft is »aid that prominent c-iti i zem prevented an attack on the militia The peo ple desite tin-interference of United states troops in their behalf. A large meeting was held at [ Hatcsvillc to-day. All parties participated, declar iug for peace under any circumstances, promising support to the civil authorities and calling on other counties to hold simiiiar meetings. The arre-t of I William Mcrriweather, a prominent Radical of In dependence eountv. bv Genera! L'phuui, at Augus ta. on the charge oCdiscouraglng enlistment iu the militia, creates some sensation. Two DIEKK ELTIES IN STEWART COI NTV—BoTTI on tub Same I)av.— On the ldth instant Capt. J. C. Byrd had a niiiuiiderstandi ug with Me-=rs. John and William Beall, about some settlement of rent, which resulted in the killing of Captain Byrd by the Bealls. Three wounds were indicted upon Capt. Byrd, from which he died in a short time. William Beall has been arrested, and is now in jail, but John Beall effected liis escape. On the same day a difficulty occurred between llanic! Horton and J. X. Arnold and a son of -Mr. Arnold.iu which the latte r wasghotaudso seriously wounded that lie has since died. This difficulty, like tlie one between Byrd and the Bealls, grew out of a settlement of busiues.. ami at Mr. llortou’s bouse Mr. ilorton has not been taken inly cus tody, although the cas.e wa* being investigated w hen •uriuforuwat loft.— thlumbu* Eru/airer, 'i-i-l. —lt is said that in on -of the late action* in Japan, Japanese “Tommy,” who attracted so much attention from the American ladies in the days of the Embassy, was killed, lie was shot through the breast aud leg, but died lighting for ins chief.