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.1. W. BURKE &|£). GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER I, tv. HI KKE A: (.'O.i Proprietnro, 1. \V. ItKFSK, ) s. iinsi:. s it VTES OF HI'B.SCKIPT|O.V. T' • daily, per Annum $lO ro 1 Six Months 50) “ Three Months 2 50 “ One Month ..... I 00 Ti Tbi-Wkkkly, per Annum 500 1 •• “ Mix Montlis 2 50 “ “ Three Months 1 50 t » Weekly, per Annum 3 00 1 “ Six Months ISO -a- 1" Ll.-gg"!; g \ (HAKACTERIKTK HOWL. From Maine to Alaska there rises upon the chill air a howl from Radicalism over the recent arrest anti jailing, upon the charge of slander, of one Hatnuel Bowles, editor of a “loyal” paper at Springfield, jjagg. That exemplary citizen, the editor of the New York Tribune , leads the cho rus, of course, and exhausts a vocabulary richer in expletives than logic, in de nouncing the act. He declares that the whole matter reads “like the stories of the famous Icltrcs dr cachet*, during the days of the Bastile,” and with a culminating roar of indignation, demands “new legisla tion losecure the protection of all persons,” incidentally calling the heavens to wit ness that “the liberty of the citizen is as sacred for an hour as lor a lifetime.” Truth well spoken ; but with what a face of brass does Greeley, and such as he, who made “the liberty of the citizen” a by word and a mockery, not for an “ hour,” hut for long, bitter, black years, utter such words? How dure they clamor for more “legislation to protect our persons,” who endors'd the infamies of Forts LaFayette, and Warren, and McHenry; Seward’s “ little cell,” and the thousand name leu and damning crimes by Stan ton and his dogs against the “ lib erty” of citizens whose only crime was ■ peaking their mind on matters whereof the Law and the Constitution, gave them full right to say their thoughts? What manner of guardians of the “liberty of the citizen” are these who hounded on mobs of “loyal” vagabonds to strike down free dom of speech and of the press, by mur dering editors, and wasting their substance —who urged and approved the arrest at midnight, by a brutal soldiery, of men in their beds, without warrant or even verbal charges, and their trial, short and sharp, Im for “com ts organized to convict.” How dare they lift up hands of deprecation, and cry aloud with voices almost choked With wrath, over such outrages upon “the liberty of the citizen” who for four long years chuckled witii criminal glee at every fresh attack upon those ancient guarantees set by our fathers to protect this liberty ? The shameless audacity of tlie exhibition surpasses even our most sanguine calculations. It has even given us anew sensation—that of being ashamed of Radicalism. We do not excuse or justify tiie arrest of Bowies, or rattier the maimer thereof. We hold it to have been a scurvy trick, most scurvily performed and for the gratification of personal spite. But it was legally done, upon a lawful warrant, lawfully obtained. The prisoner knew who it was that arrest ed him, his authority, and all matters that it was his right to know. He went tojail iu a carriage, and not between a lile of sol diers. and ignorant how far his life was sale. Doubtless he had, in the past, and when “loyalty” was gushing aud paid, seen and approved the latter mode, so that he had an opportunity of enjoying the contrast. For so much let him he thaukful. llut, suy these indignant patriots in ad dition to all tills, It was a cruel thing, a pitiful thing, to leave the prisoner’s inva lid wife alone all night in her comfortable room at the hotel. So it was—perhaps llut liow many invalid wives not only were separated for one day, but for months and years from husbands even less amcu atiJe to justice than this poor victim? How many of them not only did not indulge (lie luxury of woe in a first-duss hotel, but in filthy cells and casemates, exposed to the brutality of such scoundrels as Butler and llaker? Was Mrs. Phillips, at Ship Island, any better oil'than Mrs. Bowles at the Fifth Avenue hotel? Faugh! This plea is not the least sickening part of the whole business. It reveals, almost uncou sciously, a lower deep of Radical selfish ness, of its hard, cruel, bitterly merciless creed. Country, Constitution, laws, life, liberty and property —everything must be saci iticed to its wicked will, but the moment its own devices return to plague their iuveutors, Heaven is in voked for vengeance! We have seen many exhibitions of its temper, out none more ehaiaetoristie, none more despicable and richly deserving public reprobation than this. VHK INSAS. Militia HullianUm Mill Kauipniil. 1 From the Memphis Appeal.] We leant from a gentleman lately ar rived from Arkansas, that matters in Au gusta, and the South-western part of that State instead of getting better, are worse. Tiie few who couid and did withstand the rapacity of Cph&m and (Jatterson up to the latter part of last week, have at last succumbed, packed up their traps and traveled—those of Augusta to Little Rock and DeVull’s Bind', and those from the South-west to Texas and the Indian coun try. A rumor prevailed in Augusta on Mon day, that l T pham and his men, satisfied they had about cleaned out the country and ruined its people, were about to leave for new and untried lields, where they tiiought it likely their enterprise would be as thoroughly successful. The sardines, caudy and other good things of Augusta are giviug out, and as they cauuot soldier without that kind of provender, they are "going for” the nearest and next best point, perhaps Camden or the Bluff. The militia are jubilant over the prospects of a march in pastures fresh and green, and already are gloating over the surprists and tiie miseries they will induce. Iu the southwest Catterson is monarch of all he surveys, and has determined to remain so, unless Colonel Badeau, who is to make a tour of inspection of the State shall insist upon his recall and the dis bandment of his miscreants. The mur ders and other crimes committed under this man will never be known to the world, tiuless he hitus-lf should surprise us by his‘‘confessions.” lie is the most vindictive, remorseless, implacable and brutal ruffian that was ever associated with Clayton in villainy. There is an idea abroad that Colonel Badeau will he able to insure the people some mitigation of the sufferings they have been enduring, by the suspension of martial law, and from the presence of the militia, ami that even the Governor him self w ill soften his heart and listen to tiie yoice of reason ami common sense. But, judging by the past, and his refusal to bear even respectable Republicans and be advised by them, it is hard y to be hoped f°r. The fear of General Grant, operating upon him through Colonel Badeau, may have the desired effect, and the citizens of Arkansas may be spared any farther in terference by the thieves and murderers of batterson and Upliam. Clayton may pos sibly be induced to call off bis "dogs of war. We will wait and see. the municipal election held in * battanooga on Saturday, the extreme Radicals were badly defeated, and the mixed ticket, representing Democrats and Republicans openly committed to "rebel” enfranchisement was successful. There Were four Democrats elected to municipal offices. fferotfia Smmrul an tl V Well Merrilrd Compliment. I yesterday a well merited and richly deserved j compliment was paid the firm of J. W. Burke & 1 Cos., through their senior representative, Mr. John ! W. Burke. Feeling that something more enduring 1 than empty words of compliment were due the | firm for the kind and considerate manner in which j they have ever endeavored to promote the interests ' of their employes, while subserving their own, it was quietly resolved, on the [xirt of the gentlemen j engaged in the various departments of this exten j Hive establishment, to procure some suitableteati j menial, for presentation to Mr. Burke. The gift was a tine gold watch aud chain, and acorniMUec appointed to procure one. Right faithfully did they perform their duty, as" the one selected was a magnificent affair—massive, handsome, and with all the modern improvements— and we know will he duly appreciated by its re ceiver. By resolution we give below the proceedings both preliminary to and those which took place on the occasion of the presentation: F.ditorial Room or Journal & Messenger, 1 Macon, Ga., December2B, 1868. j At a meeting of the employes of Messrs. J. W. Burke & Cos., on motion, Mr. A. W. Reese was called to the chair, and Mr. 11. J. Neville re quested to act as Secretary. After a few preliminary remarks the following resolutions were prepared and unanimously adop ted : Ibsohvil, Ist. That inasmuch as Messrs. John W. Burke & Cos , have always evinced a kindly dispo sition and the warmest feelings of friendship to us, by guarding our Interests and working for out common good, aud as we have never, iu any way, reciprocated, other than attending to our various duties, we feel in duty bound to make some gieater effort to show our appreciation. Resolved, 2d. Knowing our obligations to our families, and being unable, pecuniarily, to present something to each member of the firm, we there fore select Mr. John \V. Burke as a suitable em ployer to whom we may give the token of appre ciation. Revived, 3d. While we do not make any present, because of above stated reasons, to the others of the linn, we will assure them that they are ever in our minds, ar.d constantly will our best wishes at tend them. On motion a committee was appointed by the chair, consisting of Messrs. W. M. Mitchell, N. Pinkham, C. A. Hall, J. 11. Bremer, and J. H. Smith, with Mr. A. W. Reese, Chairman, to ap point the day for the presentation of a gold watch and chain, this being selected as the most appropri ate gift. The committee appointed Tuesday, December 29th, at tS o’clock, p. m., as the day and hour most suitable for the presentation, and the Book Store the most appropriate place. Resolved, That the proceedings of the meeting preliminiary to, and of this presentation, be pub- j lished in the Macon daily papers. On motion the meeting then adjourned. A. W. Reese, Chairman. 11. J. Neville, Secretary. In accordance with the above resolutions, and on the word being given, the employes of the entire establishment—from sanctum to press-room—pro- j ceeded in a body to the Book Store, where the pro prietors had been invited to meet them upon busi. ness—care being taken to keep Mr. Burke in pro found ignorance of the object in view, and so well was this managed that he was taken completely by surprise. The meeting being called to order by the Chair man, Mr. A. W. Reese, he stated that its object would be best explained by the reading of the above resolutions by the Secretary. At the conclusion of the reading, Mr. James 11. Smith, who had been selected, by the committee ua their spokesman, then advanced in front of Mr John W. Burke and addressed that gentleman as follows : Mu. Burke: —Not another word need be added to the very expressive resolutions which the Sec rotary lias just read ; but I cannot permit them to pass without saying one word in behalf of those at whose instance they were drawn up. These men have assembled from every depart ment of this large establishment- from the sanctum, where the brain is busy in the preparation of its daily repasts for the eager public—from the com posing rooms, where the clicking type tell of nim ble fingers—from the press-room, where the clank ing of the machinery, and the music of the steam is heard, and from the bindery where the leaves of paper, after nassirur from the. nress, are sluiced a suitable form to be handed down to our posterity as mementoes of our time from generation unto generation. We arc here to utter no word of idle flattery—nor to crook the “pregnant hinges of the kneebut animated by a noble purpose, moved by a single object—that of showing our high appre ciation of yourself as a man, a Christian, and an employer. The poet utteved a lofty truth when lie said : “ One little word in kindness spoken Will drive the clouds away— One little deed performed in love, Turns darkness into day.” Feeling thus—moved by a kindred emotion, it was with singular unanimity that the idea of pre senting this memento was carried out. And lam proud to say that this is the unanimous gift of the operative force of this entire establishment —from those who have grown with its growth, to those who have but recently come into it. But enough. Now, sir, the most pleasing part of this ceremony remains to be performed. 1 pre sent you with this beautiful watch, together with a list of donors. Take it ; cherish it, and if at auy time you may be cast down, behold twice in every t.venty-four hours that its hands point upward—tell ing you that every cloud has not only a silver lining, bat admonishing you to look upward for help and succor Yes, sir, keep it; and when at last you shall like Israel’s great singer “fall on sleep,” be queatu it to those who may come after you, as a memento to yourself from those connected with the I'iKcnix Printing House—more to be prized than “royal robe or kingly diadem.” In reply, Mr. Burke spoke in substance as fol lows : Mr. Smith and Gentlemen : This beautiful gift which you have presented me, is as undeserved as it is unexpected, and 1 find myself without words to express my gratitude. Our relations have been pleasant and cordial; you have done your duty faithfully, and if we have been kind to you, it *M because you deserved it; and while I appreciate highly tliis testimonial of your regard for me, I feel that even it cannot add anything to my respect and esteem for you. lam proud of this occasion. I have occupied every position in a printing office, from printer's devil to my present station. I was always proud to be recognized as a printer. Tiie printing busi ness is tiie most elevated of all tiie branches of trade. It is justly styled the “art preservative o f all arts.” ‘•And yon, kind friends, who represent other brandies of our business, are engaged in the noble work of co-operating with the printer. The editor must toil and prepare copy for the printer—the pressman must print from the type* set by the printer—the binder must fold and bind the book before it can be serviceable to tiie public, and then the salesman takes charge of the book and presents it to the public; while the book-keeper keeps his accounts, and show r s by his balance sheet how the business succeeds. Thus you are all working to gether to elevate tiie minds and morals of the country. Go on, beloved employes. May God's richest blessing rest upon you and yours. “ I am glad to say, here in the presence of the generous donors, as well as of the spectators, that our relations have always been pleasant, and I can testify to your faithfulness to our interest; and in behalf of the firm of J. W. Bcrkk & Cos., (for I consider the gift to me as the representative'of the firm, 1 1 pledge you that no etfort shall be wanting on our part to make the heretofore pleasant rela tions that have existed still more cordial and en during. “Excuse me, gentlemen, for making so poor a response to the eloquent remarks of Mr. Smith, your representative, and believe me when I repeat my sincere thanks for this beautiful gift. Macon & Augusta Railroad.—We congratulate the City Council, and our citizens, generally, upon the action of the Council at their last regular meeting on Tuesday night. The sum of $50,000 was pledged to com plete the link between here and Mi I ledge ville, and the Macon & Augusta Road will soon be a fact accomplished. As previous ly stated, not a dollar of this sum will be required, how ever, till the road is finished, and the cars run into Macon. —A New York surgeon wishes to introduce the Paris practice of removing the little toe of children and adults as a preventive of corns. Found Pc mi. Mr. George P. Wagnon, once an old resident of ' Macon, but lately of Alabama, was found dead in j his bed, at the Isaacs House, yesterday morning, i The deceased had been suffering from the insidious i inroads of that fell destroyer, consumption, and : this, no doubt, was the cause of his death. Our senior furnishes the following facts coirccm ; ing the deceased, which will no doubt prove inter ■ eating to all old residents : He was a resident of oht city probably as far back as 1836, and well known as an active man on our street- as a cotton lntyer, and in other bnsiness engagements. He was several times a member of the City Council, and was always distinguished for his energy an<%ctivitv in whatever lie was engaged. After leaving this city, some twelve to lifteen years since, he resided at West Point, aud after wards in Russell county, Ala., near Columbus, where he lost his home by fire, with all its eon' ■ tents. He had recently conie back to this city to j resume his old occupation of “buying cotton,” and I was cordially welcomed by many old friends. Mr. Wagnon had been suffering for some time i from his disease, and being iu needy eircum j stances, lias been kindly cared for by Mr. Isaacs, I who acted the good Samaritan by him. In this he was assisted by some few of hi. boarders, who did j all within their power to soothe the old loan’s ! afflictions and sorrows. May they meet their re ward in the future. VOTES TO FARMERS. A correspondent who writes over the non de plume of “Christopher,” prints in a res nt issue of the Constilutionalut, a communication so timely in its utterances, and so cheering in its enumeration of the agricultural prospects of Geogia, that we give it this conspicuous place iu our columns. It is a better editorial on the subject, than we can write | “Farming is ‘on the rise,’ as (hey say In the markets; is getting better; yields more, promises moie than it ever did. And Middle Georgia is the best locality to farm in, live in, and die iu of all America. Georgia is the greatest State in the Union, (or out of it,)and foran able and interesting statement of her climate, soiis and re sou reel, the reader wilt please see the ar ticle upon that subject of Rey. (J- W’allaee Howard, published in the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, for 1860 ; to be reproduced soon lor distribution among the members of the Georgia Agricultural riociety, iateiy convened at Macon, at the expense of that association. Upper, Mid dle and Lower Georgia constitute three separate aud distinct regions in point of climate, soils and productions, and of the three, Middle Georgia combines most of tbe good and few of the bad points of tiie other two. The advantages of this locali ty, aud, indeed, those of the whole State, are begiuing to be known and appreciated as they never were betoie, and, therefoie, farming is looking up. Who, in tbe memory of tbe oldest planter alive, ever dreamed that Georgia could yield more than one hale of cotton per acre until David Dickson, of Hancock, made three bales on one acre? Who but thought twenty bushels of wheat per acre a prime crop, until the Athens Club and other en terprising spirits demonstrated that double that yield was but ordinary ? It is a mod ern and grand discovery that tiie red clay hills and sandy pine levels of this regions could yield two hundred do'lars worth of crops iu one year, aud this has put fann ing on tbe rise. “The indications of anew era of energy and hope iu farming are many and plain. There is new life stirring tue country in this matter. The Siate Agricultural So ciety, chartered years ago by the Legisla ture, witii oniy a nominal purpose, laid iu silent apathy for so long, is t.ow revived, and is alive witii energy, has a great work before it, and urged on by such valuable men as Dickson, Howard, Bcballer, and sustained by thousands of intelligent planters all over tbe State, lias accepted tbe task iu good earnest, and is pressing on to restore tiie weallii and prosperity of Georgia through her agriculture. Iu many counties of the State local associa tions for tiie promotion of improved agri culture are in existence and doing good. And iu other counties clubs and societies, with tbe same purpose at heart, w ill s on ,-i'— — 1 l-- 1 iix i&j i*i)f.ti T'lit;lifol- man ail over the State are lending tlieir am, in noble confidence that great good will re sult from such a course. "Another, and one of the best indica tions of this new era in agriculture is in the matter of agricultural literature in Georgia. She boasts the best agricultural paper in the South —the Southern Cultiva te)i —thecirculation of which has increased to over five thousand, from half that num ber a year ago ; and with a proper exercise of energy would reach ten thousand in Georgia alone within the next twelve mouths. Anew journal of agriculture— the Rural Southerner —has been started within the year past at Atlanta, and lias now a large and increasing circulation. The Maryland Farmer , and American Farmer , of Baltimore, Practical Farmer , of Philadelphia, and other leading agricul tural papers in .New York and in tiie West are all rapidly gaining readers in this State, and could gain more if they would. So also with the stock-raising publications, and all else appertaining to the farm. See, also all the secular and religious papers of the land, how much of their space is now devoted to affairs of the farm and garden. The dailies of every city in Georgia devote almost as much to that as to political mut ter. "Further indications are in me growth, development and support of nurseiies, model farms, and such like institutions the introduction and large sales of new and improved stock of hogs and cattle of prolific cotton seeds, corn, wheat and the like, of which we might name hundreds of varieties. Also, the large sales of im proved tools and implements for the farm ; turning plows being one of tbe first, ot which ten are sold now to vine a year or two ago; grain drills, reapers, threshers, harrows, cultivators, and all the long cata logue of now familiar names, but recently unknown. The growing use of commer cial manures —guano, bones, etc. —is au other prominent feature in tiie breaking of the new dawn. We need not call the names of the different manufactures, im portations and manipulations, nor tell how many and where uew establishments have sprung up lately lor making and selling fertilizers. Evident it must be to all, that in this respect a great change has taken place. A laige proportion of the crops of Georgia are now grown with such materials as these for mauure. Iu all di rections it is apparent that the people are thinking more aud doing more, and in vesting more ami accomplishing more, iu planting than they have ever done before. The reason of it all is that intelligent men, with one accord every where see that farm ing is a profitable as well as a noble pur suit. Therefore it is we say farming is on tbe rise ; promises more and yields more than it ever did before. "Let farmers, then, take courage; ap preciate tiie advantages ' hey possess ; lead and study over them, and strive to make the very best of tbe tide now setting in their favor. Theirs is a profession, and not a mere trade; a profession in which new developments are daily taking place, and being seized upon by the ready and intelligent and turned to profitable ac count, while the dull sluggard, who de grades his calling by bis indifference, lets them slip bv and runs on iu the same old rut.” Horrible Crime in Columbia Coun ty.—Uuder this head the Chronicle it- Sen tinel, of Sunday, notices a3 follows the murder and arson case iu Columbia couuty, reported per telegraph in Mon day’s issue of this journal : There occurred in the neighboring couuty of Co lumbia, on night before last, either a most myste rious accident or, what is more probable, au atrocity unparalleled in tiie annals of crime. Ou Christmas night a house situated five miles from Appling Court House, the county site of Columbia couuty, and occupied by a Mr Gabrel Martin and two sisters, was burned’ to the ground and its three occupants cuH*uin«ti in the JUunex. The neiirhbors arrived too late to save the bodies from the fire, but it is generally believed the house was first entered bv negroes, tiie three persons murdered and the premises set on tire to destroy all evidences of the crime. Mr. Martin was supposed to have a good deal of money concealed on tiie place, and this furnishes the true key to the whole transaction It is scarcely probable that three grown persons would sleep so soundly as to be burned alive in the house without a single one escaping. —An "eminent Federal Judge” tells a Washing ton correspondent of the Savannah Republican that the “execution of Davis for treason would he cold, blooded murder, sir.” MACON. GA.. TIES DAY, JANUARY 5, 1869. THE HAVEN BU S. BY SIDNEY LANIER. L < >ur hearts are gone, and our hearts are broken And but the ghosts of homes to us remain, And ghostly eyes and hollow sighs give tokeu. From friends to friend of an unspoken ]>aln. 11. O, Raven Days, d*rk Raven Days of sorrow, Bring to us, in your whetted ivory beaks, Some sigh out of the far land of To morrow, Some strip of sea green dawn, some oranj streaks. in. ( Ye float iu dusky flies, forever croaking— Ye chill our manhood with your dreary shade. Bale, in the dark, not even God invoking, ; • We lie iu chains, too weak to he afraid. iv. O, Raven Days, dark Raven Days of sorrow, * Will ever any warm light come again ? Will ever the lit mountains of To morrow Begin to glean across the mournful plain? A MOlllLlt.Vs EXPERIENCE IN BRAZIL. We bad the pleasure of a visit yesterda from Mr. James J. Selby, an iuteliigei Mobile youth, who has just returned frot Brazil, whither be went in 1867. Mr. Selby landed first at Rio and too passage from there for l’ara, in tbe goveri ment steamer, for the purpose of joiniD the colonists who went from Mobile unde the guidance of Major Hastings, and ba settled some distan a up the Amazon. The Brazilian Government had itself to transport emigrants from country to any part of Brazil where tey might wish to settle. The experienciof Mr. Selby of the manner in whicii tat pledge was kept was any thing but grti- Fying. After great trouble and numeois delays he secured a ticket and weutm bogrd the steamer. During the passge that lasted twenty days he was pijn and day in the open air, and affod ed no shelter from suu or rain. He vis furnished two meals a day of feria, which were served in a huge basiu set ut upon the deck for the tiie deck passengers cn mrnae. Thera wre about a hundred aud fifty of these, p groes, imlians, and ha’f- breeds—the v«y scum of creation —lousy and filthy, aid all fed together, hejpjng theipselvea by tie handful at a time. Tiie passage from Para to tiie Hastins Colony, occupying three days, was of tk same nature as that from Rio to tiie flrti mentioned place. So much for the trans poriation. The colonists who went of with Hastings were promised supplies f< six months or their equivalent in with which to purchase supplies whel they might deem proper. Row thatpronl ise was bent may be appreciated from th following: The ollicial charged with furnishing tli settlers with supplies is named-Piuto. Hi is Vice President of tbe province of Par;} and proprietor of a harem which turn] him out annually a fair crop of half breef Indian and negro offspring. With the money that Pinto had reoeitf ed from the government for the purpoie designated, be established a store on tie bank of the liver, filled it with theuliea)- est groceries he could obtain, and forcal the settlers to buy from him at tiie higef cash price, or starve. The settlement is distant from tiie rive about eight miles ; a sandy desert without shade intervening; and once there tliesef tiers had to trudge under a tropical sui hearing on their backs the poor but costlj groceries supplied by the enterprisinr Pinto. Delicate women from Al.-.batnl bad often to perform that fearful task. The land in the Hastings Settlement and the Valley of the Amazon generaly, is inferior in quality lo that of our own country; and whatever is planted it} speedily devoured by the miriads of insects that swarm in those tropical regions. And not only do those pests attack vtgetablei life, but man and beast as well. An insect called by sailors “tiie jigger,” lies in weight at every turn ready to make lodg ment in the foot of tbe pedestrian, and form a colony of young “jiggers” in bis llesh. The feet of hogs are so infested by these insects, tliaf the auimuls uever get fa ter than an ordinary lathe. Scorpions, ceutipedes, tarantulas, ants nYie'lVm combined stYrig£B"a"l faced hornets, ticks as large as a mans thumb-nail, that go through human flesh like a mole through freshly spaded earth, are some among many of tiie Amazonian blessings that endow a man with tbe powerof despising such tr ties as the clouds of mosquitoes and sandflies that prevail there. Comparatively speaking, thevam pire is the mosquito of the Amazon Val ley. Whether the vampire is really a blood sucker, is a question that has given rise to some disputation among naturalists. We remember reading, several years ago, a magazine article whose object was to de fend the great .South American but against tbe serious charge that was generally be lieved to be founded iu fact. Mr. Selby sets that matter at rest. He lias killed vam pires iu the act of suckiug liis blood. Horses in the Amazon Valley sutler great ly from these blood sucking bats, and have to be kept well protected irom them at night. Os the families that went out with Hast ings only four remain at the settlement, the rest having gone to Para as a first step towards getting back home. Those that remain are the following : Vaughn, Mendenhall, Steel and Emmett. The health of the country is about on a par with our swamp lands. While tbe Hasting colony has been re duced to a remnant, all the other Ameri can colonies have been utteily broken up; the colonists coming in as best they could to the nearest seaports ; generally in au absolutely destitute condition. The result of the Brazil " fever,” sad as it has proved to those who yielded to its attack, will stand as a warning to the Southern people against the hasty aban donment of their native land. Even the greatest curse that can fall upon us from tbe foul womb of Radical hate—the curse of mougrelism—cannot be avoided by go ing to Brazil or any other South Ameri can country. In all of them the nasty fruit has ripened, and pollutes earth and air with its sickening odors. [Mobile Tribune , '2.Uh. BLUE laws still i\ force. A Connecticut paper calls attention to some of the laws of that State, which are certainly no great improvement on those of two centuries ago. It says : 1 A married woman, guilty of infidel ity, is punished by imprisonment in the State prison not less than two years. A married man guilty of infidelity, excel t with a married woman, is punished by a tine not exceeding seven dollars, or by im prisonment in the common jail not ex ceeding thirty days. '2. The husband can in this State con vey away all his real estate without his wife’s couseut, and cut her off at his deatli from every cent of his property. Iu no other State in tiie Union an this be done. 3. While the wife has no right to any portion of her husband’s property during his life, and may be cut off from any por tion of his e-tate after iiis death, the hus band, immediately ou the marriage, takes possession of a 1 her property, and keejis possession during his life, giving the prin cipal thereof to her or her heirs at tbe time of his death. 4. Tbe property which may be acquired by their joint exertions during wed lock belongs to the husband alone, she having no legal interest therein whatso ever. 5. The children, fruit of the marriage, belongs to tbe husbaud, not to the wife. Iu case of separation he is entitled to the custody. The only remedy at present open to married women against laws reducing them to a condition nearer slavery than freedom, is divorce. We are not surprised, therefore, th it two thirds of the divorces giauted in this Btate are granted to wives, who have thus obtained restitution of their our property, control of their own children and a share of their owu earnings. —At the Milledgeville tournament on Christmas day, Mr. Stubbs crowned Miss Mollie White “Queen of Love and Beauty.” —Mr. J. M. Selkirk has left the service of the Central Railroad, and will settle on a Fiord county farm. —Mrs. W. H. T. Walker, widow of the late Ma jor General Walker, C. S. A., who was killed in 1804, near Atlanta, died of heart disease, in Albany, New York, on Monday. M\RK TWAIN ON HVRTFORII. Don’t direct auy more letters to me at Hartford until I fiud out iu which Hart ford I live in. They mix such things here in England—l think I am in Hartford proper, but no man may hope to be cer tain. Because right here in one nest we have Hartford, and Old Hartford, and New Hartford, and West Hartford, and East Hartford, aud Hartford-ou-the-Hill, aad Hartford-around-generally. It is the strangest thing—this paucity of uames in Yankee land. You find that it is not a matter coufiued to Hartford, but it is a dis temper that afflicts all New England. They get a name that suits them, aud then hiteij distinguished handles to it and hang them on all the villages round about. It remiuds me of tiie mau who said that Adam w’ent on naming his descendants until he rau .out of names, aud then said, gravely, “Let the rest be called Smith.” Down there at New Haven they have Old Haven, West Haven, South Haven, West sy-sou’-West Haven, and East by east oor’-east-balf-east Haven, and the oldest man in tbe world can’t tell whioh one of them Yale College is in. The boys in New England are smart, but after they have learned everything else, they have to de vote a couple of years to the geography of New Havpn before they oau outer college, gud theu half of them can't do it till they go to sea a voyage aud learn bow to box tbe compass. That is why there are so many more New Eugiand sailors than any other. Some of them spend their whole lives iu the whaling service, trving to fit them selves for college. TMApriiass of people have colonized the city of New Bedford, Mass. It is well known that nine-tenths of tiie old salts there become old salts just in this way. Their lives are a failure— they have lived in vaiu—they have never been able to get the haug of tiie New Ha ven geography. In tfiia connection they teil a story Qf a stronger wh > was coming up the Connecticut river, and was trying ins best to sleep ; but every now and then tbe boat would stop, and a man would thrust bis bead into the room, Fiift fie sung out “Lfadflain j” and then “East Haddarn!” and then “Haddam’s Neck!” and then “North Haddarn!” and then “Great Haddarn!” “Little Haddarn!” “Old Haddarn!” “New Haddarn !” “Irish Haddarn!” Dutch Itaddam J” “Haddaui- Haduaur!” ami then the stranger jumps out of bed, all excited, and says : “I’m a Methodist preadier, full of grace, aud for ty years in service, without guile ; I'm a meek aud lowly Christian, but d—u these Haddams. I wish tire devil bad them, 'I say !” THE PIN iNt'UI- OUTLOOK, The struggle of the question will be on finances, bin there is no definite knowl edge yet as to what shape it will take, and the mystery must remain until it is known what the great political Mrs. (Irundy— who wears shoulder-straps and smokes strong cigars—will say about it. Mean time, the country is drifting toward bank ruptcy through extravagant expenditures, and the little doubt that has hung over the ultimate certainty of repudiation as a work of ueoessity and mercy, is gradually being removed. The early resumption of specie payments, which Congress seems determined to insist upon, is the Pan- Handle route to repudiation. It Hanks all conscientious scruples by the force of ne cessity—and achieves by a single act of Con gress what else might take long years to accomplish. Look at t lie prospects for the coining fiscal year. They stand thus: The estimated expenses will not fall a dollar short of three hundred ami fifty millions. I have good Republican authority for tlie assertion tfiat they will exoeed that amount by twenty-five millions, and may foot up as high as four hundred millions. It is not hard to count the items. To start with, we have a hundred aud thirty millions in gold for interest on the public debt. The army will costa hundred mil lions —a pretty large sum when itiscon sidered that we are at peace with all the world and the rest of mankind, except a :ew unoffending Indiana, against whom Military Genius insists ou waging periodi cal butcheries. Then put down about six ty millions for pleasure excursions, under the auspices of the Navy Department. Then we have an army of civil officers, turn ery aU( I dishonest, and equal to the deple ury, and, last but inn least— and a debt that ought to be, aud must be paid—thirty millions for pensions. The reader may ex ercise his arithmetical powers over this in a sum of simple addition, and find out, if be can, how my figures can be gainsaid. So much for the expenses—but bow about the receipts? In all human proba bility the internal, eternal and external taxes will not yield two hundred and lily millions, leaving a prospective deficit of more than a hundred millions, and in creasing the national debt by that amount, instead of reducing it, us we are so often and so falsely told is being done. It is easy to gabble about national honor aud national faith, but it does not lie in the mouths of men who by their wasteful ex penditures render honesty impossible and convert honor into a joke, to read lectures to Democrats about the inviolability of the publiccredit. Public credit is no more inviolable than private credit, aud the nation that recklessly squanders its re sources can no more meet i:s obligations than tiie individual who spends his last dollar at the gaming table. It seems to be the peculiar aud inaliena ble privilege of every American citizen — including A. J.—to propose a way for the payment of tiie public debt. I need not recount the many devices already put forth. The best and most practicable of them was insanely voted down at the November elections. My own opiniou is, that two years from now the most popular mode of dealing with the ‘‘Nationalblessing,” will be through the cheap and patriotic form of a vote of thanks. It will certainly be acceptable to the bondholders, who are all patriots, and love '.heir country beyond everything else, to be paid off in this way. In fact, if there is anything which a true Radical holds as above alt price, it is the thanks of Congress. 80, let them have a neatly engrossed , resolution passed with great form and ceremony, declaring that the nation owes j them an everlasting debt of gratitude— and let gratitude take the place of gold and greenbacks in their loyal hearts and money-chests. —“ Muck" to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Trade in the South.—The prospects of trade in the Soutii for the coming year are, on the whole, more cheering than the terrible condition of that part of the coun try would deem to warrant. During the last two years more coin, wheat and bacon were made in the Soutii than ever before, aud yet during tbe year about closing a fair crop of cotton lias been raised, mainly on the strength of what the planter could | do without credit, so that he is notin debt, aud what he realizes will be mostly his own, to invest in something profitable for the future. That is, more money will be distributed in tlie South than has been seen there since 18t>0, the cotton alone j being certain to realize about $250,000,000. i Thirty millions of this will be distributed from one point in Alabama—Mobile. Fifty million will pay according to a fur estimate, all the debts, leaving tiie balance ! to put life, and hope, and prosperity once more within the enjoyment of the people. They cannot expeud this money for negroes, as of yore; nor will they seek to add to their lauded possessions, tire smatl plantation system having met with general favor. They will invest their gains iu the purchase ofi nproved farming implements, hourebold furniture, articles of comfort and luxury, diy goods, cloth ing, books, sewiug machines, pianos, aud other musical instruments, <fcc., <fcc. In deed the trade of theßouth promises to ce a rich one, and we entirely agree with the Mobile Register , that the enterprising men who view this prospect in the right light, aud take proper advantage of it by placing themselves in a position to ‘‘push things,” are the men who are going to get rich honestly, even under a military mon archy. —Philadelphia Age. —Old Brownlow is out in favor of the separation of East Tennessee from the other divisions of the State. lie says the people of that section “are ready to go empty-handed," and assume “their proportion of the State debt" If the Governor speaks for the people, as he assumes to do, East Tennessee may “go at once, and stand not on the order of her going.” So says the Nashville Union. —Charles Vann shot and killed Wilson Thomp j son, on Monday, the 21st, at Colquitt, Miller ■ County. DECISIONS OF THE SI PKKME ( til K r. Ili-ln erf'll at Atlanta, Ore. 2*. IHtW. Furnished by -V. J. Ifainmond, Stfjm-me Ounrt Re porter, expressly for the CbnftttulUm, \v. W. Whitlock, et al. vs. Jane Yauu, et al. Equity: From Thomas. Brown, C. J. By the third item of the will of A. V. he gave to bis wife during her wido.vbood, certain negroes aud other personal prop erty, aud about five hundred aud twenty acres of laud, known as bis “Home Place.” In case of her marriage, the negroes were to be divided into three lots—she to take oue, aud his two youngest sous, each one share, aud his said two sons to take the balauce of the property iu said third item, including the “Home Place,” which was to be held by their guardian till they were of age. Testator afterwards sold tiie “Home Place” to K. for SIO,OOO aud took notes and gave bond for titles. After this sale be added a codicil to his w ill, in which be expresses bis purpose to give direction to a “certaiu fund that be shall have,” aud recites the tacts of tiie sale of tbe “Home Place” for SIO,OOO, and direct that “said sum of money” be re-invested by his executors in a plantation for the use of his wife during her life or widowhood,and if she should marry agaiu, said plautatiou to go to bis two youngest sons, as set forth in the third and fourth items of bis will. He afterwards collected $2,500 of the pur chase money, which he used, and soon after died. The balance of the purchase money lias never been paid, the title to the ‘ Home Place” remains in the estate, and K. the purchaser, is insolvent: Held, That there was an ademption of; the specific legacy to the extent of the $2,500 collected and used by the testator before his death, aud as there is nothing | for the codicil to act upon till the purchase money due at his death (which is the “oer 1 tain fund” that was the object of it) is collected, the oodioll, made uuder a mis- ! take, did not revoke the will, as to the home place; and that the widow and two youngest sons take it uuder the third item of Die will. But should the purchaser at a future time pay the balance of tbe pur chase money and interest, and compel a conveyance of the land, the codicil will then attach to tbe fund, when so paid in, and it will bo the duty of ti e executors to invest it in a plantation fur the widow and children, as directed iu said codicil. Judgment reversed. A. B. Wright, J. L. Seward and Wil liam Doqgherty for plaintiffs in error. A. D. Mclutyre for defendant iu error. Miles Q. Dobbins, vs. A Porter, et al. Equity : From Chatham. McCay.J. Where a bank made an assignment of its assets fir the benefit of its creditors, aud a large portion of its assets was in money qt a market value, and a creditor, nearly twelve monthsaftertheassignment, filed u creditor’s bill, charging ttiat six mouths after the assignment, and again shortly before the filing of the bill, he had demanded his share of tbe cash assets from the assignees, and they had refused to pay him unless he would release the hank from the whole of his claim, and the hill prayed an account: Held, that the bill was not demurrable If there was complication or cause for further delay, it ought to beset up by way of defense; it canuot be assumed. Judgment reversed. W. Dougherty for plaintiff in error. Jackson, Lawton aud Bassenger for de fendant iu error. Tiie Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah vs. Miles D. Cullens aud wife. —Case from Chatham. McCay, J. A municipal corporation, tlie owner of a market, the stalls of which it rents, is bound to keep the pavement in front of the stalls in a safe condition, and if a citi zen of the corporation is injured, through the neglect of this duty by the officers of tbe corporation, tbe corporation is liable to (be extent of (he injury received. Judgment allirmed. E. J . Harden, by tbe Reporter, for plain tiffs in error. Thos. E. Loyd for defendants iu error. J. J. Pierce vs. Thos. Morgan, Survivor, of E. M. Bruce & Co.—-Equity: From Kichaioud. McCay, J. Equity will not entertain jurisdiction for a tort, as such, except to prevent it. When A, a warehouseman, files a bill against B and C, partners, also warehouse men, alleging tiiat they, as factors for D, had, in conjunction with D, illegally got possession of certain cotton which had been stored witii A by various parties, and had removed it out of the (State, to lie sold on D’s account, and prayed that B and C he enjoined from paying the proceeds to 1), and that they be decreed to account to A for Die value of the cotton : Held, that ttiis a hill for account and that the true owners of the cotton, A’sprincipals, ought to be made parties to the bill. 2. Equity requires all parties at interest within the jurisdiction to be parties to a bill. When a bill is filed against B andC, partners, who are both served and answer, the bill paying an account, aud one of the partners dies: Held, That his personal representatives must be made parties to the bill, unless it affirmatively appears that he died non-resident, and that there are no effects in the (State iu which bis estate has an interest. When a bill is filed against a partner ship, and after both have answered, one j of the linn dies, it is not error to per- ! mit, before parties are made, an amend- I ment correcting a misnomer as to the Christian name of the deceased partner. | When a suggestion is made of the death ' of tiie party and entered on the Judge’s docket, it is not error, even after judgment, to allow the entry to be made, mmcpro tunc, on the minutes. It is only I tlie correction of the neglect of the clerk. It is tiie outy of the Clerk to transcribe into the minutes ai! the entries on the j Judge’s docket, showing action in tiie cause, when the action does not otherwise > appear on the minutes. Judgment affirmed. Walton & Sliewmake for plaintiff iu error. Johnson & Montgomery for defendant in error. Death op Dr. Daniell.—We regret to have to announce the death of Dr. W illiain C. Daniell, an old and highly respected citizen of Savannah, which occurred on Saturday night Jast at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. LeHardy, in Walthour ville, after a brief illness.' Dr. Daniell was a native of Greene coun ty, in this State, aud was seventy six years of age. When a boy he attended the celebrated school of Dr Waddell, at Williugton, South Carolina, aud was a contemporary of Longatreet, McDuffie, aud others who ro.-e to distinction. He settled iu Savannah in early life, and de voted himself to the practice of physic, a profession for which he was well fitted by a mind of great natural sagacity, improved by all the advantages of a polite and thorough education. He was several times returned to the Legislature from Chatham county, was once, perhaps twice, Mayor i of tbecity.and assisted LaFav ette in layiug the corner stone of the Greene Monument in Johnson square. He was an ardent friend of Southern independence before and during the war, and held the respon sible otlice of Receiver under the Seques- J tration Act. His labors of late years have been devoted to the rice culture, in which he met with great success and amassed a handsome fortune, a large portion of which was lost with the late Southern Confed eracy.—Savannah Republican '£.)lh. Arrests in South Carolina.— Chief Constable Hubbard, of South Carolina, with five or six deputies, went to Abbe vill Court House, a few days ago, and ar rested Mr. Charles N. Dendy, ou a charge of complicity in the murder, a few months ago, of James Martin, member of tiie South Carolina Legislature. Mr. J. Fletcher Hodges, a son of General George Hodges, was also arrested for complicity iu the murder of B. F. Randolph, a negro mem ber of the Legislature. Ben Thompson a negro, was also arrested for implication in the murder of Martin. The prisoners were carried to Columbia, where an ap plication will be made for their release on bail, the community of Abbeville being well satisfied that the parties arrested are innocent of the crimes alleged.— National i Republican, 29th, THE I—-I E HETWKKN CONtiHE** AND «K>* KK \L HR ANT. Coming eveuis cast their shadows be ; lore, aud a great aud dark shadow is be i projected over every interest in the rand by the looming up in Cougress of a determination not to remove from the Ex feutive of the country the shackles which, ru a moment of party hatred and fear, the Radical majority were enabled to impose upon the President. When theTeuure-of ; Olhee bill was passed tbe pretext was that a was necessary to control tbe occupant of tbe chair, and uo means or arguments were used to assist its passage except such as were exclusively personal to President Johnson. No man who advocated the measure, lu or out of Congress, dared to proclaim an intention to disturb the bar mouy of tbe powers of government, as ad justed ill the Constitution, and which from the first momentof our national existence, has contributed so greatly to our national growth and greatness. Had such an in- I tention been avowed by tbe framers of that hill it would have been received every where with a burst of popular indignation and scorn, and President Johnson would have become a martyr instead of a re I proacli in tbe public esteem. To-day tbe position Isehanged. A man endowed iu the highest degree with tbe confidence of his fellow citizeus is about to assume the Executive authority, which (hey have conferred upou him in'the hope j that his wisdom will bring back the glad j sunlight of peace to the land aud hlsinteg rily restore simplicity and honesty to the I overgrowu aud corrupt hranebes of gov- 1 crumeut. Aoioes the field of this fair hope a fiark shadow portends, and the die positlou of Congress to bestow distrust 1 where the people have conferred confi dence is its cause. Oue-third of tbe last session of tiie present Congress has al- i ready expired, aad from what lias therein 1 passed we may know the spirit that ani •nates the body and what will he its course in the remaining eight weeks it has to sit unless some great power forces it to depart from its intended course. As at present limited by the legislation of Congress the Presidential olliee and power which General Grant will assume on the 4th of March next will be utterly useless for good iu tiie path where most is expected ot him. Not ouly can lie not con trol the policy of his government in allairs of State, but lie cannot appoint his Cabi net council nor remove tbe head of a su bordinate bureau, nor even kick out of otfloe auy corrupt inspector who may be in league with the whisky ring. This degradation of the Presidential olliee to a mere military is destructive to our form of governmentand will be ruinous to national ami private interests. It is incumbent on Congress at the earliest possible moment to restore to the Presidency the powers whioh the Constitution conferred upou it. In the person of General Grant there is not the slightest shadow of a reason for continuing the distrust which has been heaped on President Johnson, and a re fusal or neglect to repeal the Tenure of olliee bill will simply amount to a determi nation on tiie part of Congress to deprive him of the power to do the good which the people have appointed him todo. (Should Congress fail to do this necessa ry and just act, there will be hut one course left for General Grant to pursue. On tak ing the chair lie must appoint to positions in iiis Cabinet men whom lie knows and whom he can trust to agree with him in any great question 1 hat may arise. And should any not agree with him, let him displace them at once, and trust the peo ple to sustain him. The Constitution, it is true, makes the Secretaries of depart ments tbe ad visers of the President; but they are iiis subordinate officers, not his masters, and auy other interpretation of our plan of our government is simply to impose confusion, contention and imp'- tency upon tbe head of the State. At u time like this, when every branch of the administration requires to be purged of the foulest corruption and jobbery, and when we have elected to otfloe Die man of our choice to do this work, it would be folly or madness, or something worse than either, to tie his bands with the present Tenure-of-Ollice law. On Congress rests the onus of the act. They are called upon to move before General Grant assumes the office, and if they refuse or fail to do so, there can be but one deduction as to the i reason for their course—they either (Us ed lie shall not have power to purge the Government of its manifold corruptions and wickedness. — N. Y. lltrald, 26//i, HE Xlt DICKS. Forney ainl Foruey’w Brother. [From the Springfield (Muss.) iivpublicftn. J That must have been a pretty scene when Baron Stoeckl and Mr. Robert J Walker united in pressing upon Mr. John W. Forney Hits sum of three thousand dollars as a token of international good feeling, while that pattern of all tiie par ties and all the proprieties (Mr. Forney, of course,) with his hands (undoubtedly, behind his back,) gently, but firmly, re fused tbe glittering gold, (Alaska was j paid for in gold,) and declined to subject iiis immaculateness to suspicion for any amount of base coin. What a pity there ' could not not have been admission by ticket to this little tableau! and cannot Nasty,iu Ihe absence of that,do something to reproduce this scene, which the world would not willingly let die? While ad miring Mr. Forney’s virtue, however, be yond all expression, we cannot fully sym pathize with the reason which he gave for his refusal. He could not do it because he j was Secretary of the Senate, a body not a few of whose members make more money in Washington than they ever made any- i where else. This would seem an untie ] cessary sensitiveness indeed. But that it would have been a disgrace to journalism, and a shame to himself in his high office as editor of a newspaper (two, in fact, both daily) to have sold his columns to the lob by, and allowed his press to be used to de ceive his readers, misrepresent public opinion or rob the Treasury, does not seem to have occurred at the time to this orna ment of his profession, not even to this model of sensitive purity, who couldn’t take a “testimonial,” forsooth, because he was (Secretary of the United (States Senate. But the money was not destined to go to Russia, by a long chalk. Like Genera! Butler, Mr. Forney had a brother who, in point of fact, published his paper. Happy in the consciousness of virtue, he was doubly happy in the convenience of his family relations. We trust his brother still lives and will long live to pick up the bags of silver and the suits of raiment which the proud spiritof the elder Forney refuses to accept. What would the (Secre tary of the Semite do without a brother ? To be sure, if he hadn’t a brother (aud brothersareproverbially something which we cannot get for ourselves, he might at least secure a brother-in-law. Now, a brother-in-law is something any man can have, uml it is his own fault if tic does no) get oue. A brother in-law does just as well, sometimes better, because he does not go under the same name General Butler had a brother-in-law who was a great comfort to him. Mr. Forney’s brother's name we do not recollect To prevent confusion, let us call him Gehazi. Mr. Gehazi Forney, then, was fortunately on hand to solve the difficulty aud release the friendly con tending parties from their dilemma —for Baron Stoekl and Mr. Walker could not live in peace unless they left the money in the Chronicle office, and Mr. Forney would die iu torment before he would re ceive it. At this juncture appears Mr. G. Forney. He would take the money. Oh, yes. he would. He wasn’t (Secretary of the (Senate. Oh, no, be wasn’t. He was only connected with a newspaper; and so delicacy was out of tbequestion. Besides, there was a youDg mau or two, sons of anti-slavery prophets, staying at his house (name of Forney), and for their saxe he would take a talent of silver and a couple of changes of raiment. Bo the great matter was settled. Mr. Secretary Forney retained his iuuocence, and Mr. Gehazi Forney retained what was proba bly worth a great deal more. Murderous Assault by Thieves.—On Sunday night, Mr. Wm. Fuulkenberry, who lives in the neighborhood of Girard, Ala., was aroused by a party of negroes who had visited bis house on a thieving expedition. He went out to see what was the matter, when lie was attacked by tbe thieves who beat and cut both him aud his wife in a frightful manner. It was at first reported in the city that they were dead, but we heard at a later hour yester day that they were not killed outright, but very seriously hurt.— Colunkbus En quirer, 2Silh. :V()L. LX., NO. d-2. A MODEL. LETT KB. In response to Mr. Tift’s circular pub lished a day or two since, the Republican Ordinary of Muscogee county, writes tlie following letter. Mr. Duer lias approved himself a good citizen and an holiest man, by T so manfully telling the truth. We comuieud his letter as a model for his fel low officials all over the State. They can ' just as safely aud truthfully say of their localities, what Mr. Duer has so well said of his : Cou mbi s, G* , Dec. J 6, 186*. ll<m. Tift, Wasftimjt'tu . Drar Sir—Your circular addrv--ed to tin- Judi cial officers umi Mayors of cities, in tlii-- State lee* l*«ton received by mr, aud, us requested, 1 pmi ■ <1 to .vply to the several interrogatories therein cun tained. Before doing so, however, it may m>t l>e amiss to Mate, that I wit a warm supporter oft 1 » Cong regional plan of reconstruct, .n, ant wj elected by the Republican party J lid ire of the < .>urt of Ordinary ol Muscogee county because 1 favored that plan. Is reply to your several inquiries, I ststeasf.il lows: lu my judgment the laws of the Slat are faithfully aud* impartially administered—a.- uiu. b. if not more so, than fora number of years pat I know of no resistance to tiie law, organized or an organised ; the officers of tile law being as faithful as at any prior time during my residence In the State, which lias been since the year lMtv it affords me pleasure to state that tin relations of friendship aud good feeling between the races has greatly increased since the work af reconstruction lias been accomplished, and iKitb blacks and whit, as a general thing, feel that the welfare of the two races require# tiie cultivation of kindly feelings and the promotion of lhei r mutual nwtonal latere ts. It was to be expected that violent party spiiit would exist between the two political parties, i hat always lias been, and will be, when great political questions arc to lie settled. But now, that the Presidential election la over, Uie Democrats, so far as 1 know, feel an increased assurance in the pur pose; of the President elect, and the conservative element in the Bepulilican parly, to so administer the Government as to bring peace, security and equality of rights throughout the entire Union The influential portion of the people of Georgia, without exception, so fares 1 am advised, desire emigration from the Xortli and from Europe to aid in developing the vast resources of the count iv. They feel that it is upon the energy, intelligence, capital and skill of the white rare they can only rely to make litis land, favored of Providence, bloom umi blossom as tiie rose. Tiie people of the North pan us safely engage in agricultural and other pursuits with the people of the South us in commercial intercourse, aud now that reconstruction is accomplished, our p. ople do not desir# to see society thrown into a elate of so mentation by trying to reconstruct reconstruction, if there arc still evils existing in the body politi - which need to be cured, they do not sec th» eessity of tearing down the Government just . stub lished to correct the same, but to rely upon the constitutional inode of correcting evils under the Government already established. What we need above all tilings, ia stability in Government. It would be difficult to estimate tiie evils which would result, both to tiie Shite and tiie United States, if Congress should overthrow the pi -< til Government and establish a Military or Provisional Government ill its place. The people are just beginning to turn their at tention in good earnest to their varied interest-, which they feel will be alike secure to all under llie present Government, and any distracting political policy which wifi require anew the work of reeou struction cannot but prove greatly detrimental to the interest of tiie country. In conclusion, allow me to express tlifi hope Unit the future policy of the party in power Will be eon trolled by justice, moderation und an earnest desire to cultivate fraternal relations between tin different section* of tiie Union, which alone will be theaure foundation of n permanent peace. I am, sir, very truly, your obedient servant, John W. Durr, Ordinary. W AMIINUTOft Ml'Kt IALH. A STARTLING HTOKI. Witxhinylop, Dertmber 20.—A letter in tiie in;/ En>reu of to-day, the writer of which is vouched for by the editor us being entirely trust worthy, makes a statement that, there are certain missing records from the archives of the Govern incut, and the w riter says Unit he is well aw are that tiie statement lie makes will, in some quarters, awaken incredulity, in others a fear of further dis closures, while the masses will give neither thought nor attention to it; but lie affirms the truth of his statement. The report is, that when Judge Camp bell, of Booth Carolina, was in Washington at tempting to arrange terms for the separation of hi* (State from tiie Union, President Lincoln prepared a proclamation, tiie purport of which is given below. The writer says : Shortly after the breaking off" of efforts to avert the dire catastrophe of war, a gentleman having free access to the private office of President Lin coin repaired totlie Capitol of South Carolina und deposited with a high official of that State a man useript proclamation by President Lincoln, duly prepared and ready for lilt signature, announcing it totlie American pimple that rather tliauplung the country lu civil war the Executive Government a.- With this was a column of editorial in slip form, with corrections, supposed to be Mr. Lincoln’s, reciting freely the words of tiie instrument in.lica ting the Executive act, und challenging for it the approval of tiie American people. This is my statement of the missing record. That it was not issued was due to tiie intense feeling awakened by tiie tiring ou the .Slur of tiie West. — LuuintUle Coi rier Journal. A DI 81. IN EAKNK I. A duel was fought in this eity yesterday between an officer of tiie regular army on duty here, and whose name could not he ascertained, and Phil Forney, son of the lion. J. W. Forney, the weai. oils being pistols, at twenty paces. Three shots were tired, by which Forney was twice wounded and tiie officer once, but neither fatally. It i tliought Forney may lose ids hand. The priuci pals were eager to light the quarrel out. but, afu i Idood had been drawn oil both sides, the second interferred, and declared that as a gentleman's honor hud been maintained, they should he satisfied. The blight misimdei-landing arose in the dining room of tiie Willard Hotel, a lady being in Die . a and the qnarrel could only be adjusted bv the rigor , of the code. Forney’s second was Richard T. Shelly, of New Orleans, a former correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, Washington Chronicle and New York Tribune. —TrntUvillr Courier-Jour mi. TUB AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. Tiie President’s amnesty proclamation continu. -. to be tiie subject of comment by Congressmen and others in this city. It. is said that half a dozen 1 telegrams—some of them from Canada aud •nine i cable dispatches from abroad, have been received ' here by Government officers, making inquire l about the proclamation and its effect in ca‘ • of i the return of those who participated in the rebel I lion and subsequently tied the country. '1 lit p r sons in whose interests these dispatches were -ent i are George Banders, Jacob Thompson, lircei.in ridge, and Mason. I several Radical memoers of Congress have un i hesitatingly given their approval of the amm -ty i proclamation, and legislation in Congress is -ug ge ted in consonance with tiie spirit of that docu merit. (Jn Chris' mas day a number of persons of di tinction, members of tiie Supreme Court and < alii net, military officers, etc., and private <-ill /■ ~ called upon President Jobn-on to congratulate i m upon hi* amnesty proclamation, and ibeaptn of the selection of the day for its promulgation. (Louim-tOe Courier-Jourrud. THE CASE or 'i HE GEORGIA SENATORS. The rejection of Senators Hill and Miller, of Georgia, by tiie United states Senate, is urge t by a colored delegation under tiie lead of a Mr. Tin ner, us well as by the white delegation, at the head of which is Governor Bullock. The colored men base their opposition, it would seem, more upon personal grounds of indignation against the D m ocratic party for what they term its base jngruti tude, than on the ineligibility of tiie candidate- t,y reason of any provisions in the reconstruction laws. The Senators who are now seek ng adiuio sion, they contend, were elected by the help of the colored voters in the Georgia Legislature; but af- tcrwurila the party to which they belong, forgetting the service thus rendered, turned round and ex pelled their faithful and too confiding allies. • The influence at work in favor of Messrs. Hill and Mil ler is of such an important and respectable char acter tHat it is thought the Judiciary Committee cannot, with much show oi reason, report solver- y against them. Much men as Ex-Governor Jo.-' ; h E Brown and General Meade back up the claims of the applicants mentioned, while opposed to them are merely the partisans of Governor Bullock and the colored men that are simply seeking to be advanced.—Al Y. Herald, With. TROUBLE AMONG THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN*. Reports reach here of a serious difference iu ths ranks of the Republican party in Texas ou th question of dividing that State into smaller con stetlations. The native Republicans, taking the same ground as the Democrats, protest against th proposed carving project, while the imported Re publicans demand that the proposition be submit t'-d to tbe people along with the constitution. If treated in this fashion the constitution, it is ex pected, will be defeated by an overwhelming vote. —-V. Y. Herald, ‘Doth. Judicial Politeness.—Sentence of death was once passed on a notorious vil liuu by a popular judge, who desired to maintain and extend bis popularity. He said: ‘Mi. Green, you have just been found guilty. Will you have the kindness to stand up Mr. Green? I really would not trouble you, Mr. Green, but such is the established custom of the court. As I was saying, Mr. Green, you have just been found guilty by the jury, Mr. Green, of— of—l believe you call it murder, Mr. Fore man of the jury; yes, murder. You will please take notice, Mr. Green, that it is the jurv who find you guilty ; not I, Mr. Green." I express no opinion on the sub ject, but I am compelled by the law—it’s a mere formality so far as I am concerned, Mr. Green—to sentence you to be hanged by the neck till you are dead, dead. At w bat time would it be agreeable to you to be hanged, Mr. Green ?” <MI> —The javeuile Athenians have been enjoying themselves skating on “Carr’s pond, for several days part. That’* where .we learned hew—hr to doit