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r. W. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER * CO., Proprieijit.^ A. « . EdUar .. m - ho*i:« !__ M n.ny p*r Annum *lO 00 „ ibn-'* Months 250 ,i One Month • ••• 1 (A) „ .< Throe Months 1 50 per Annum -3 <ri Wt » Six Months 1 80 GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE. The Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman, ctflke3Jst. , f re f e rring to tlie anticipated return this gentleman to his home in that State, B nd the manner in which that joyful event should be celebrated, says : }{ e will return to Kentucky in the course of time—a few days or a few weeks will see him among his accustomed walks in Lexington. He seeks no ovation, and, in Ids behalf, we request that there be no demonstration beyond the personal and individual marks of welcome. That lie juids foremost iu the alFections of the r)eop le of Kentucky no concealment need be made, but even those who would most dearly love to testify the popular sense iu bis behalf must recognize the respect due to his wishes in this regard. He will come Kentucky realizing that, politically, hi* career is closed indefinitely, and look ing to the bar as the field of his labors and tbe source of his support. Never rich, his means now are slender, and for the re cuperation ofh is fortunes, exemption from public life will come gratefully to him. Suggestions of political elevation will not come from his well-advised friends, and all who call themselves such will, we are satisfied, manifest it most agreeably to him by observing the general line of con duct t» hi* return indicated by us. Deferring of course to his wishes iu the premises, we suppose there will be no pub lic demonstration to attest the love and ad miration of his old friends and neighbors, aud the r gratification at his return. But there is, not only in their hearts, but the hearts of every true man in this broad South, a sentiment of furvent loyalty to him, and the many noble qualities that illumine his life and character, that can not and should not be repressed. Tt should shine out in every eye, and show itself in speech and manner wherever lie goes, and let who will scold and frown. Let cold blooded policy and creeping expediency go bang, if they bid Bout hern men or Southern women turn their hacks, or shut their heart’s doors upon Joint C. Breckinridge. He is called by those who have fastened upon us a system whose beauties are being illustrated just now, and in this State, upon the banks of the Ogeechee, a master “traitor” and “rebel,” for whom there can he no forgiveness; who de. serves the law’s direst penalties, and whom to honor is to share his guilt and deserve his doom. We shall be told that any mark of regard to him, personal ly, is a symbol of disloyalty, and that we shall tints retard the adventof peace; that it will make our enemies still more irate, and give their scheming brains further occasion to devise fresh deviltries for our undoing. If General Breckinridge were un ordinary man, and only prominent on account of his connection with the re cent civil war, we should probably feel inclined to hearken to tins croak. We certainly would, in tiie oases of Mason, Slidell and others, who did little or noth ing as compared with Gen. 8., anti who made no sacrifices of interest in taking po sition with the South. We are perfectly willing that they should come home and drop out of the public memory as quietly as may be. Gen. Breckinridge, though, deserves more at our hands. He left a seat in the U. IS. Senate, he sacrificed home, friends, a prosperous present, and still more glowing future to cast his lot with us. If he had remained in the Senate and given the weight of his great name aud influence to the war policy of Lincoln, there is no station and official honors that lie might not have attained If lie had been governed by expediency instead of principle, lie might, to day, have been President of wliat is called tlie United Btntes. But he scorned it all, bought as it must have been, at that price. He pre ferred death, exile, uuything to stain ing the whiteness of his soul. He was cast in a heroic mould, aud coul I no more have antagonized Nature, than lie could help towering above liis fellows, lie crossed tiie Rubicon without a sign or a shudder, and for four long years, witii a serene faith and a calm courage, almost antique in their grand simplicity, gave his every thought and act to tiie cause he deemed just. Among all the civilian generals of tiie Confederate army, none more completely put away the politician than lie. He did his duty from first to lust, without faltering, and with a devo tion and single heurteduess that chal lenged tiie admiration of an entire people. God bless him for it, say we! V/e shall honor and love him till the day of our death, and we know we speak for a vust majority of the Southern people. For them we dare to say, when he steps on Southern soil: Welcome! th rice welcome home! O! fearless Soldier, stainless Geu tleman, aud incorruptible Patriot! THE SAVANNAH NEGRO TROUBLES. We are glad to know tiiat tiie law has been vindicated in tiie arrest, by civil au thority, of tiie negro rioters on tbe Ogee ehee, but at the same time ieel somewhat disappointed tiiat it was done without the ai lof a volley or two. The shooting down, promptly, of a score or two of these ruffians would have had a wonderfully salutary influence. Os course we do not mean tiiat this should have been done whether they surrendered or not. We did hope, though, that they would resist the military, and make force absolutely necessary. Hereafter, we suppose, whenever the negroes down there take a notion to rob and pluuder, and run white people off tlieir plantations, it will be the rule to or der a lirge body of Federal troops down, just to—receive their surrender! They s ;it upon and defy the law and its officers, & nd then, when tired of the sport, signify their willingness to surrender to the Uni ted States! And this is one of the fruits °f the tiling called “ reconstruction” — w hich is supposed to uieau the ability of a People to take care of themselves, and tnuke their laws respected. We. wot of da y* and officials in this State of Georgia, w hen such difficulties would have been settled without tbe aid of Federal bayo nets. —A deluded citizen of Portland, Maine, becomiug impressed with an idea that tiie "oSd is soou to be visited by a second deluge, lias applied his whole property 7'>,000) to the building of an ark of refuge. Hie boat will be 50 feet long, 15 feet wide, ttt-bottonied, square sterued, and round ’ JW9 > a house a little aft of midships, ie is sole plan ner aud builder.and iutends, w hen it is completed, to furnish it with necessary provisions, and calmly await he rising of the waters. —By tbe falling in of the roof of a skating rink at Albany, New York, on . 00 day last, four cbildreu were seriously injured, and one fatally. [communicated. J SELECT COTTON. Editor Journal and Messenger ; Will you allow me, through your daily journal, to make one suggestion to the planters of Georgia ; as well for their bene fit as cotton growers, as for the common interest of our Btate. All admit that the cotton crop is our main dependence for money, and that it behooves us to increase its production in our State. To thateud, energetic efforts are being made. The teachings of science and the mechanic J arts are being api>ealed to for aid ; Cliemis and the proper aoaptation implements of husbandry are being em ployed through the dictation of experi mental research; planters are arousing from tiie slumbers of error, bending every energy and employing every laudable de vice for the advancement of Agriculture, and the production of larger crops from their greatly diminished means. Among other subjects engrossing the attention o tiie modern co-ton planter, is the impor tance of careful selection of seed. There are many varieties and names of cotton grown in Georgia, many of which have their warm advocates ; butall experienced planters have, doubtless, observed the tendency in cotton to degenerate ; add are as certainly' aware of the necessity of con-' stantly selecting, in order to keep up the seed of any particular kind. Not many however, practice this conviction, aud it is a generally admitted fact that our old seed of cotton has run out for want of this care. Nine-tenths of our planters are making not more than one-third crops in consequence of this degeueracy of seed, and yet the true cause of this failure has not occurred to them. We owe the true demonstration of this invaluable fact to a few thoughtful, enterprising men, who have been selecting and culling the most approved cotton seed for the last twenty years. A mere glance at the cotton fields of these men at once shows tiie great dif ference. A recent visit to the farm of Mr. ‘ David Dickson, of Hancock county, quite .convinced me that one of tiie secrets of his remarkable success in growing cotton is to be found in the superior kind of cotton, which lie lias produced from careful select ing during a long series of years. Origin ally prolific, it has been so unproved that hardly an imperfect stalk can be found in a whole field. His cotton bears abundant ly of large heavy bolls, aud is so easily picked that a hand can gather double as much during the season as lie can of the common cotton, which is a very impor tant desideratum in these times of dull labor. I consider tiie Dickson cotton’ the very best in the country, and tiie best adapted to our climate, soil and labor. It is incomparably the best that I have seen. For tiie first time, Mr. Dickson is offering his select seed to the public, aud we ought to consider the proposition a great benefit, as it will certainly prove a boon of success to all who may plant them. My suggestion, then, tomycotton plant ing friends, is to get the Dickson cotton seed, and then subscribe to and read the Southern Cultivator, and the whole mys tery of Mr. Dicksons remarkable success as a cotton grower, will be revealed to them. J. Dickson Smith. Houston county, January 2d , 1860. HOW SAVANNAH TAKES IT. Commenting upon the granting of the hill of injunction against the Central aud Southwestern Kail road Companies, the Savannah News rather ruefully remarks*; While we were congratulating ourselves that tiie city was relieved from a heavy burden of debt, and enthusiastic persons were already looking forward to a reduc tion of taxation, it appears ttiat other par ties have gone to work to prevent the pro posed contract from going into effect It is wise never to count chickens until they are hutched, and these do not appear to be out of the shell yet. This important matter is now in tiie bands of tbe Courts, and we wait to see what the result will be; but, whatever may be done, we hope that the interests of Savannah and Georgia will be secured. This is the main poiut to be gained, it matters little by wliat course, so that it is reached. We understand that the bill of injunc tion lias been served upon the President of the Southwestern Railroad, Mr. Win. B. llodgson. It will doubtless be fought energetically in the Courts; and until it is decided, the great stock transfer is not perfected. We are inclined to think that i the blowdid not come unawares, although | it lakes the general public by surprise. ! THE UK VST MAKES A NEW A EAR’S CALL ON THE PRESIDENT. G -ier.il Butler, accompanied by Chief : J un. ice Carter, of tiie United States Dis* ! tin- Court, made his appearance in the st-earn of tiie profanwn vu/yus aud created i quite a sensation by walking' up to the President of tlie United States and shaking him warmly by tiie hand Tiie meeting was extremely cordial on both sides. But ler grasped his great political foe by both bauds, shaking them With tiie utmost warmth. President Johnson reciprocated heartily, and noth stood face to face for at least five minutes, with clasped hands, chatting aud smiling like the oldest ami closest friends. Butler’s eye twinkled, twinkled and twinkled with an expres sion it was difficult to comprehend. Presi dent Johnson’s sharp little ey’es twinkled, twinkled, twinkled likewise. Johnson’s face was all over smiling aud happy. But ler’s countenance was radiant as a full moon, beaming with mildness, benevo lence and affection. “Mr. President, I wish you a happy New Year ar.d all the compliments of the season.” General, I heartily return to you good wishes; I am delighted to see you. General.” “Mr. President, lam equally delighted.” Tbe conversation at tiie interview was ending in an exchange of meauiugless civilities, when suddenly the (Jeueral becameaware of the presence of the ladies of the Exee utive household and hasteued to pay his respects, tiie meeting with Mesdames Patterson aud Stover was conducted with all tbe skill aud gallantry of which Gene ral Benjamin is capable. He was courte ous, complimentary and witty, and took his leave with a t’hesterfieldian grace of which Sophomore Stunner might be en vious.— Wash. Cor. N Y. Herald, 2 d inat. IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. The Chattanooga Daily Republican con tains a call for a Convention to assemble iu that city ou tbe 24th of February next, to take measure to induce Congress to make an appropriation of tiie necessary means to construct a caual round the Muscle Shoals of the Tennessee River. We quote a portion of the call: We, the Governors aforesaid, most earn estly recommend that the cities, villages and counties of the Tennessee Valley, and the counties adjacent thereto, the Boards of Trade aud other business associations throughout the country, be represented in the Convention. The importance of pro viding free transportation by water for the vast products of the country drained by the Teuuessee River cannot he over-esti mated. To the people of the whole South and West, to the entire country, the measure is of the greatest importance, aud as a commercial matter a 1 imperative neces- I sity. A consultation of representative men cannot fail to advance it. R. B. Bullock, W. G. Beownlow, Gov. of Georgia. Gov. of Tennessee. I Saai’l Merrill, Wm. H Smith, Gov. of lowa. Gov. of Alabama, i T. O. Fletcher, J. W. Stevenson, . Gov. of Missouri. Gov. of Kentucky. [Augusta Dress, oth. —Mrs. Elleu Barfield, wife of B. F. Bar field, proprietor of the Bainbridge Oeor i gian, died last Saturday. Centrul Railroad. At the Annual election for Directors of the Cen tral Railroad & Banking Company, held in Savan nah on the 4th inst., the old Board was re chosen, riz: Wm. M. Wadley, Andrew Low, Job* R. Wilder, Wm. B. Johnston, General J. F. Gilmer, Geo. W. Wylly, Jno. Cunningham, Edward Padel ford, Geo. VV. Anderson. The following gentlemen were elected Directors of the Augusta aad Savannah Railroad; William Duncan, John Stoddard, A. R. Lawton Robert A. Allen, Jno. Davison, Augustus S. Jones, Wallace Gumming. Jjphe two latter are new members. a subsequent meeting of tbe Board of Direc tOTs, WullaceCumming, Esq., was duly effected as A lot sold by Messrs. Jonathan, Collins <fc Son, at the extraor dinary high price of 25% cents. It hardly cleared, Mr. Collins tells us, New York middlings. It wax purchased by a geutleman not in the cotton trade, and cannot, therefore, be claimed as a criterion of prices prevailing yesterday—2s cents being the rul ing rate for New York middlings, which was freely paid. The sales yesterday reaehedthe extraordin ary amount of 1,070 bales-the heaviest day’s work we have had to chronicle this season. Talking of cotton, the Savannah Kern, of the 15th, says that a bale of the “Peeler” cotton was sold in that market on tbe previous day at 45 cents per pound. It was shipped to Savannah frou%goAcin phis, as being a better market than The staple was beautiful and elicited general ad miration. If is believed by ujany that it will, in time, be cultivated extensively,.JuiTthk* j(lace of the lower grades of Sea Ish«a cotton. * ' WASHINGTON SPECIALS. ABOUT THE EFFEOT OF THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. Washington, January 1, 1869. —The ef fect of tiie President’s amnesty proclama tion of Christmas is yet the subject of ar gument and doubt among Congressmen aud others, ami it is asked: “Does the proclamation remit or cancel ail penalties and relieve against all disa bilities?” Among competent judges there does not appear to be any doubt that it cau be pleaded in bar to pending criminal pro ceedings, and that it is within the power aud province of the Executive to pardou whether before or after a judicial convic tion. But does the proc’amation relieve as to the disabilities described in tiie new amendment to the Constitution the Fourteenth ? This is the mooted question. May those who participated in the rebel lion now hold office aud vote? Are the disabilities provided in the Fourteenth Amendment intended a-* penalties, and if so, does not the President’s pardon oblit erate or remove the penalty? In answer to this, it is claimed by some that not withstanding the recently adopted four*- teenth amendment, which provides for removal of disabilities by a two thirds vote iu Congress, the President’s poweris com plete, aud that his pardon under tiie sec ond article of the Constitution accom plishes exactly what theCongiess may do by a two-thirds vote; that tiie Fourteenth Amendment does not repeal tiie second article of tiie Constitution, but at most only gives Congress concurrent power witii the Executive in tiie subject matter named ; that while under the amendment Congress may do this thing by a two thirds vote, under the second article tbe Executive can by his pardon accomplish tiie same result. Such is the subject of the argument held by some officials —legal men and Con gressmen—and there is so much coullict of opinion on this important subject that iu all piobability there will be no definite settlement of it until a judicial dicision shall be had. —Richmond Dispatch, 'ld. THE BUREAU MAN. At the emancipation celebration here last night, General Howard, of the Freed ineu’s Bureau, advocated universal suf frage in all the States. He said that the negro race were not out of the woods, nor was the work yet completed, for freedom did not exist iu all tiie States. If it was right, he said, to grant the ballot to colored people 111 Olio section it just that they should enjoy it in every State —in Maryland and Ohio us in the Southern States or iu the District of Co lumbia. He thought that knowledge was an important element in the advancement of tiie colored race. They needed more practical information and industry. On tiie part of some, lie added, there were those who believed that only those who would give them money were their friends, and they t’lought it very hard to have to work for their living. CORRUPT OFFICIALS TO Be OUSTED. When the Senate reassembles it is un derstood that the President will send iu the names of nominees for every Internal Revenue place against whose present oc cupant charges of corruption have been made. He w ill probably select good men without regard to politics’, and thereby test the sense of the Senate in his desire to break up the fraudu ent revenue rings. ILoui'-ville Courier Journal, 3 d LET US HAVE PEACE” IN MOBILE—NEGRO RUFFIANISM. On New Year’s Eve, about half-past eight o’clock, when all Mobile was upon tiie streets, witnessing tiie grand turnout of the Mystic Societies, Mrs. Geisinger, the wife of the popular proprietor of the “ Lee House,” No 32 Soutli Water street, while sitting in a back room of the estab lishment, Mr. Geisinger and tiie rest of tiie family being absent, observed a large aud powerful negro entering tbe front door in his bare feet and moving rapidly towards the entrauce which leads into the room which she occupied. Six other ne groes were standing ou the pavement im mediately in front of the door, which they closed upon their accomplice. Mrs. G. finding herseJf shut up iu tiie house, and the negro rushing upon her in a threaten ing manner, fled from the room tow’ards the door, which had just been closed, but before reaching it the negro villain seized her by the throat and arm and threw her violently upon tiie floor. She screamed loudly for help, when a negio on the out side said iu a loud voice, “ cut her d—d throat if she makes any noise.” Making a desperate effort, she succeeded in getting hold of the knob of tbe door, and succeed ed iu puiliug it slightly open, when her assailaut, who had diaw’ii a large knife, fearing that assistance had come, rushed past her aud out iuto the street, and joined liia gang, who were walking along very leisurely. Upon catching up with them they all burst out into a loud laugh, and then proceeded quickly away from the locality. Mrs. G. cried loudly for assistance, and in about half an hour afterwards a negro policeman came up, and gave as an excuse for uot appearing promptly that lie was engaged iu guarding a store, w iiich had been left open, aud could not leave it. T Register, 3 d. Grapes in Los Angei, s County Cal ifornia. —It is stated, ou good authority, that the vintage of Los Angelos county will this year produce one million and a half gallons of wine, to make uo account of the value of table grapes shipped from there to San Francisco aud other markets. This wine will average at least half a dol lar per gallon. Los Angelos will, there fore, realize $750,000 from her wiue pro duct. Half of thi9 is said to be from the Anaheim Vineyards. Probably the entire area of laud from which this -wine lias been made does not exceed SOOO acres. The county of San Joaquin, from 100,000 acres of the best average wheat laud in tiie State, will aggregate 2,000 000 bushels of wheat, worth, at $1.67 per cental, (the average price this year,) just about $1 per bushel, or an aggregate of $2,000,000. From these figures it appears chat about 21,000 acres in grapes will yield as much in value, in wiue alone, at fifty cents per gallon, mak ing no account of table grapes, or brandy, as 100,000 acres of the best wheat land cultivated iu wheat. A’re for acre, the advantage is nearly five to one in favor of grape culture. —Sacramento Union, De « cember 14. ■ Brandy “Experts” at Fault.—At a recent trial of a revenue case in New York, skillful experts swore that some specimens of braudy which were submit ted to them were not only genuine, but were worth twelve dollars a gallon in gold, when it was afterwards proved that they were manufactured in Brookjyn, and w’ere not brandy at all.— Richmond Dispatch. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1869. THE RADICAL INSURRECTION ! V The Negro *• Prayer Meeting ” on the Ogeechee as yet Undisturbed—Fourteen of the Prayists Surrender -to the Mii'.tary —Further Arrival of Troops—No Move ment on Account of "the Weather. _ v > * [From the Savannah News of the sth.] The main body ofßullock’siusurreetionl ists continue to hold their “ prayer meet) ing” ou the Ogeechee plantations, undis; turbed by invasion, either by biu'* coats ot Sheriffs posse eomitatus. The arrival ot tbe military has put au end to the latter, and those who has enrolled themselves to: service iu that body, were yesterday nr'f fied that their services would uot be neel ed, the representatives of the “ best gor ernment the world ever saw ” haviug taken tiie matter in baud. The exoi »- meut among citizeus appears to bedyitg out, the general impression being that tie negroes had gained a point, and the civil authorities also. Tbe idea that this armed insurrection against the laws was preconcerted aid arranged by parties whose interests wouil be furthered, should tiie State be put oti of the Union again, is also generally •«- lieved. The so-called Governor, wh-se duty it should have been to put down tbe trouble at ouce, iusLead of being where he should have been, was away, endeavoring to furtiier his own selfish interests, at tie expense of the peace, quiet and prosperiy of the country, aud nothing in the wqfiil could have furthered his purposp better than a disturbance of this kind. Nothing easier than to charge it to the v m-w Tbe negroes, with tiieir “ rude justice,” could not see why tbos rich plantations, and the crop, the result of a whole year’s labor, should not belong to them. It was a piece of presumptiui in white men to invest their capital in paut iug, to place watchmen in the fields ; md, finally, iu the Sheriff'to think it his luty to arrest a thief or murderer who happtued to have a black skin. We who are lere, who are sufferers by the disturbed stab of thecouutry, cannot view things exactly iu that light —but we do not see with Rad ical eyes, nor hear with Radical ears. In the course of time we may become evil* ized, hut the Radical millennium has uot yet arrived. Fourteen deacons of the Ogeechee “jray er meeting” arrived in the city aiout three o’clock yesterday morning. They gained tiieir point —they surreudersi to the military authorities at tiie Ogletlorpe Barracks, and did not “give up t< tbe rebels—rattier bad expression that, for a “ prayer meeting,” but in accord ance with the “rude sense ofjustio” of these people. Thauks to General Siiley, however, a point was made by thecivii authorities, as the prisoners were alonce turned over to tiie civil officers of tin law. Commitments were issued against hem by Justice Philip M. Bussell, Jr., arnithey were escorted to jail by Sheriff' Doner, Deputy Sheriff Mendeil, Special Diputy Sheriff Russell, and Officer Kauliman. These are the parties against whom war rants were first issued. Their namis are as follows: Paul Banks, Silas Green, Ben lurry, Carolina Early, Abram Minis, 'Fiomas Benedict, Richard Jones, Dandy M«Neal, Janu .ry Hamilton, Harry Blake,Caesar Malone, CufFy Williams, Jerry Jon*s and York Hamilton. Dandy McNeal is one of the drill mas ters, and lia- been a prime mover in tiie insurrection. Harry Blake was ttptain of one of tiie companies. The charges against each one of these parties are as follows: Ist—lnsurrection against the lawful au thority of the State of Georgia. 2 Assault witii intent to murder certain watchmen ou Southfield and Irairie plantations. 3 Robbery from J. M. Middletpn 4 Robbery from J. F. Tucker. 5 Highway robbery from special itficer Kauffman. 6 —Highway robbery from DepuUSlier iff E. Meudel. 7 Rescuing prisoners from arresting of ficers ami resisting the Sheriff of the county while in the discharge of life duty. 8— Assault with intent to murder Red ding Baxley. 9 Assault with intent to murder Rich ard Winn. Tne eVlUeilCs“aß,.tt«t,„ v *-s#e paon tLe above charges, is very sf»om . we un derstand. Olliers of the original seven teen, against whom the original Warrants were issued, are also expected in. Two additional companies of tie lGth Infantry arrived here yeslerday miming. One of them, Major St. Ouge’s, w(as for merly stationed at iliis post. No movement against the negroes, who are still ou the Ogeechee plantations, aud who were engaged in the insurrection against the lawful authorities hts yet taken place. The military officers think that the matter has beeu much ecagerated. Perhaps Winn and Baxley, then their heads were being beaten witbelibbed mus kets, thought that an exaggerated style of treatment, and a peculiar modeif holding “piayer meeting,” but they forgot to ascribe it to a “rude sense of jistice,” as the Tribune says, on tiie part oil be negro. It is uot probable that any expeililiou will be undertaken to-day, we learufrom a re liable source, the bad weather ireventing a movement to the front. Tfc city has quieted down, and the affair is left to tiie military, co-operating with thacjvil au thorities. No trouble isauticipatii when an attempt is made to arrest tli guilty parties. Over thirteen hundred warrujs have been issued by Justice P. M. Kesel for the arrest of parties conceruediin the trouble on the Ogeechee plautatihs. In addition to those named ahoy, there are one hundred and thirty-f mothers, against whom the same charges, numer ated above, have been made. | is ex pected that these persons will beirrested by tiie military and turned ova to the civil authorities for trial. It would also have been well war rants been issued against sevtfel well known Radical apostles belongin in this city, who hastened to the Ogeecty when the trouble occurred, and who h;'e been there ever since, engaged in inding the Ogeechee negroes to further bad «eds. HIGH-HAXDED CONDUCT OF VEG9EB AT DAKIEX. The Sheriff Compelled to Imprison TV White Men lo Preserve their Lives. We learn from a gentleman wib came up trom Darien, on Saturday veniig. that there was great excitement b tint place when he left, cousequeut upii tbi action of a band of negroes, numhring eighty louriuall, who were armed itti iiuskets and bayonets. They came 6m about ten or twelve miles in the eourry, bringing with them as prisoners twuwhite men, w hom they marched up to thajaij, where they commanded the Sheriff yce tlH*sn in irons and imprison thX. The negroes were expostulated ith, the Sheriff telling them that men tild only be put in jail on a commitmen and by regular process of the law. Theneclared that if the Sheriff did not put tl meu in jail and lock them up, they wild shoot them at once. The Sheriff, by |»rce and arms,” and to save the lives (the men, had to put irons on them in tliipresence of the negro guard, and lock iliu up iu a cell; the negroes remaining arsd to see that they were not released, skie white citizens of the place would havq terferred on thei r behalf, but the couijliT of the more prudeut prevailed, and tk were al lowed to remain in the jail, aslieir lives w r ere considered more secure lere than outside. From what our informant did learn, some of the negroes had been lot at once or twice by parlies iu the eiitry, and they took it upon themselvj to arrest these young men as the ones tt had filed at them. The general impress*, from the character of the parties, was thkhey were totally mistaken. One of thtneu was named Sallust ; the name of tj other we did not learn — Savannah Netkith. 1 We Agree With Him.—fee of the negro speakers at the negro conation on Friday said: “As an evi<|ce of our superiority as a race, I can teiou that I am a inemberof the Alabamatgislature, i and there are fifty white memrs whoaie not as well qualified for the jtion as w e negroes.” The negroes were by far e most re- j spectable Radicals in the pie/ld concern. They were less corrupt, morihouest and i more truthful than theif BRcal white - associates.— Montgomery Adr titer, 3d. i LO! THE POOR NEGRO. i He Hu tbe Alphabet and the Ballot, but Ue Can’t Sing. | (From the Danville (Va.) Register, Dec. 25. j I And the negro! what is Christmas to him uow mean particularly the plantation negro. It is no Christmas at I all comparable to what it was iu the days of auld latig syne, in the feudal days of ; the Republic, the full-blooded Afriean Itondsmau was an institution, the like of which will never be seeu again. The mistaken p) ilanthropists of Yankeeland were wont gj shed crockodile tears aud heave theh ‘bosoms in very agony of sym pathy at the imagined wrougs and cruel ties done the Southern slaves, whom they looked upon as tbe most abject, misera** bie, cast-down, broken-hearted, ill-treated creatures upotr the top of the wide earth ; in all of which "they were wofu ly in error, for many of these slaves were the very happiest people that ever drpw the breath of life! Ail that had humane aud well-to do masters were happy aud contented. They were divided into classes, according to their several occupations, aud were of varied habits; but they ail enjoyed Christ mas as the event of ail events. It was what was kuown as the cornfield nigger that was the sui generis, the salient repre sentative of his condition and his race. The cornfield negro on a plantation was like part of the soil. He had him a com fortable cabin to live in. and lie might have therein for his especial comfort aud complaint, a wile aud just, as many chil dren as he could raise, all fed aud clothed at the master’s expeuse, like 'himself. Besides this luxury ot a wife and chiiUrey, he could raise a pig extra; he could keep a dog (master feeding botli ;} he ciULdAiavaß a garden patch to himself, and his “VHl 1 woman” could raise as many gourds as her heart might desiie—and they were some ou gourds! What is more, Sambo, in the good old days, used to he touched with the divine afflatus—he carried music in his “ sooty breast.” It is couimouly believed that the negro carries more music under his waistcoat than a Caucasian. But whether this be true or not, Sambo had a soul for sweet sounds, and the banjo was bis delight, the companion of his idle hours, liis great good joy. Who iu south side Virginia does uot remember old Joe Sweeney and his banjo! Oh, how she talked ! Old Joe was looked upon as a sort of deuii-god by the music-loving negroes. And then for the dancing—iu the jig, the breakdown, tiie old Virginia reel, the negro was perfectly at home. Sometimes he moved with inimitable grace through the figures of the dance, and there was uo white man who could "cut the pigeon wing” like tiie corn-field nigger. His leg went right down into the middle of his foot; but that did not prevent iiim from shaking th «l foot—not in the least. Weil, tiius lie was tiie year rouud, and at Christmas, he “laid down de shovel and de hoe” and spread himself. It was a local season with him—a point toward which the aims and thoughts of the whole year were turned. All classes of negroes were turned loose then, to make tiie most pleasure possible for themselves. Sambo, of the cornfield ; Dinah, of tiie spinning wheel; tiie cook, tiie chambermaid, tiie boy who waited on his master’s table, to ‘‘Hand de bottle when ’twas di r, And brush away de blue-tail fly;” all went in f rit at Christmas. Each one expected and received some gifts from tiie white folks at tbe annual holiday, and they were seldom disappointed. But this is over. Sambo is no longer tiie happy servant he used to be; lie no longer enjoys his plenty, free from care and anxiety; he lias got trouble into his brain at last, and Christmas is not wliat it once was to him. They arecramming the alphabet into his head and the ballot into his pocket, but that does not make Sambo Happy nor give him bread. He even neglects his foremost idol, tiie banjo, for lie cannot sing his song “in a strange land.” Let us Lave pity ou the poor ne gro. THE FLORIDA SENATOR.—THE HON. A. S. WELCH, OF IOWA. The Tallahassee Sentinel, gives the fol lowing account of one of Florida’s Sena tors, whom it dubus a “ carpet bagger ex traordinary.” It will seem so, to ail who will read wliat the Sentinel says of the Sen**?';*- O'ba.Hon. A- S. Welch,of lowa, 1 resident of tiie Agricmrnral I'olleife of tiiat State, it says, “ witii S4OOO a year, and a furnished house, audSeuator from Flor ida, (until March next,) will soon be an nounced by the Jacksonville Union, as a candidate for the task of ousting Mr. Gil bert from his seat as United States Sena tor from ttiisState. Mr. Welch was elect ed last juiy, to serve the unexpired term, and shortly after accepted the lucrative position of President of the lowa College, gave up his residence in Florida, removed his family to lowa, aud his property here was left for sale. His saw-mill sold for $12,000. His re-ddence is held at $5,500 with furniture. Mr. Welch lias just re turned to Florida. He proposes to stay, if the Legislature will oust Mr. Gilbert and put him in his place. He proposes to pull up stakes ii.stauter, if tLe Legislature will be so naughty as not to gratify him ” “ Gentlemen of tiie Legislature, we have the high honor to take tiie bull by the horns, and introduce to vouracquaintance in January, the Honorable Mr. Welch, of Michigan , President of a coliege ill lowa, and at preseut United States Senator fiom Florida." EXTRAVAGANCE IN NEW YORK CHURCHES flow They are Deep in Debt. (From a New York letter in the Chicago Post.) Uur people were greatly surprised at tiie rumor that tiie Rev. Dr. Osgood, of tiie Messiah Church, had resigned. He occu pies one of the most costly ami command ing church edifices iu New York. He has been in New York nearly twenty years. Succeeding Dr. Dewey in 1849, he at oucj took rank among the foremost preachers of New York. Removing from tiie lower I part of the city, a church edifice costing | over $2-50,006 was erected, and lias just been consecrated. The financial troubles I aud reverses have embarrassed tiie society i to such au exteut that Dr. Osgood teuder !ed iiis letter of resignation. A meeting of his friends was called, and at their earnest solicitation the letter was withdrawn. The pressing indebtedness of tiie church is about SIOO,OOO. One gentleman offered to pay the interest ou $50,000 for one year. This up-town business is becoming rath er serious Crowded in a nairow space in upper New York are more costly churches ; thau can be fouud iu the same space piob j ably iu the Christian world. They were built when merchants were flush, and ; land, building materials and labor very ; high. Most of the congregations wor \ sbipiog in these expensive affairs left not only tiieir down town churches wheu they moved, but their congregations also. A handful of aristocratic, wealthy people, with from $200,000 to $300,000 in their treasury, obtained from the sale of their down-town property, cau build a very ex i peusive and tasbiouable house of worship, I but they can’t fill it with a congregation after it is built. It is melancholy to look ' in on the handful of people that compose the average of up town congregations. On a pleasant morning, by the aid of people who come from the lower pxit of the city, a respectable congregation cau be gather- ; ed. But he second service is lean enough, \ aud might as well be abandoned. Most of these new churches are immensely in : debt. Commercial reverses have wiped aw’ay the resources on which the congre- ! gation relied. More than one fashionable ; establishment is reeling under a debt that ; may prove its extinction. Thanks !— To our friends of the Monroe Advertiser, we lift our hat for the follow ing good words. It will not be our fault if they are not always deserved : “The Journal and Messenger has been enlarged and otherwise greatly im proved. There aresome clever writers on the Messenger, and they get up a splen did paper. If good wishes avail anything, that journal will experience a most happy aud prosperous new year.” —President Johnson, it is said, denies J that his amnesty proclamation is intended ; to cover the case of President Lincoln’s assassins confined in the Dry Tortugas. —The great ice gorge iu the St. Croix j River, Minnesota, opposite the town of Taylor’s Falls, Is over forty feet high, and j the ice is still accumulating. J THE GOLDEN SIDE. There is many a rest in the road of life. If we would only stop to take it; And many a toue from the better land. If tire querulous heart would make it! To the sunnv soul that is full of hope. And whose beautiful trust ne’er faiieth, Thegrass is grecu and the flowers are bright, Though the winter storm prevaileth. Better to though the clouds hang low, And to keep the eyes still lifted; For the sw.-et blue sky will soon peep through, Wheu the ouiiuous clouds are rifted ! There was never a night without a day, I Or an evening without a morning; i And the darkest hour, us the proverb goes, Is the hour before the dawniug. There is many a getn in the path of life, Which we pss» in our idle pleasure. That is richer fur thau the jeweled crown, Or the uiiser’a hoard of treasure ; It may be the love of the little child. Or u mother’s prayers to heaveu, Or only a s grateful thanks Fora cup of water given. Better t o weave in the web of life A bright and golden Ailing, And to do God’s will with a ready heart. And hands that are ready andVilling, Thau to sn.ip the delicate, minute threada Os our curious lives asunder. And theu blame Heaven for the tangled end*, And sit aud grieve aud wonder. A NEW INVENTION IN FIRE ARMS—A PATENT EXTERMINATOR. (Froaa the Nashville I’re-s. J The invention consists of a range oti guus of 0.76 bore and about 40 inches long, mounted on a carriage of very simple t structure to be hauled by one borse. Tiie width of the carriage between the wheels six feet. The gum barrels, twelve in •wirfeber, arearrauged apparently parallel to each other upon this carriage. We say apparently, for their line of tire is not strictly parallel, but divergent, so that at three hfffhired yards distant the twelve bullets sweep aline of about thirty-live feet. They are ranged at equal distances from eaclr other, except in tho middle, where there is a space often iuches, into which is placed a telescope of considerable power, aud a uicearrangemeut for adjust ing the gun3 iu taking aim. This con trivance enables the operator to send a bullet through tiie bull’s eye at one thous and six hundred yards nine times out of ten. The tubes themselves are rifled, and double the strength of ordinary rifles, and are made strong at the breech by a band six inches broad and one inch thick. They are all loaded at tiie breech. The breech'pieces are ull connected by and, whicli i.s attached to a crunk, one turn of which opens ami shuts ail tHe breech pie es.aiui loads tiie pieces; for tire breech pieces, by this motion, are brought in con tact witii twelve tubes, placed immediate ly over the breeches, and containing the cartridges, the same turn extracting tiie cartridge from its tube, and inserting it with precision in its place iu the gun. The guns are made ready for firing by as simple and rapid a motion us the turning of a crank. They are fired by another slight motion, which drives twelve nee dles, inserted in tiie breech for the purpose, into the fulmirate with which tiie car tridges arc covered. So simple, sure and rapid are these movements, that twenty seven rouuds were fired iu sixty-three sec onds, yesterday, at tiie place of trial, out ou the Hyde’s Ferry Pike. Tiie cartridges are four inches in length, and do not en tirely explode until tiie ball i.s about half way out of the barrel; ail effect whicii is produced by a nice arrangement of the material of which it is composed. Ex cept tiie bullet tiie whole cartridge is com bustible, and leaves nothing behind when it is fired oil'. The gun will send a hall three miles. The aim is always good at 2,000 yards. At a trial yesterday a line of plank, six inches broad, was raised four feet from the ground and fired at fifteen hundred yards distant, aud out of sixty shots fired forty seven went through, and six others left marks upon tbe edge of tiie plank. The inventor is confident that a regiment of soldiers, a mile and a half dis tant, could be all killed by one of these Pollyleri (the name lie has given them) in four minutes. In tiie hands of an in telligent, steady operator, at least ninety per cent, of the balH fired w;li take effect. The whole affair, wheu in fighting trim, weighs but five hundred pounds, and is intended to be hauled by one horse and worked by two met), one to drive, and ‘i-- t<> operate. Tho loading and firing apparatus is so arranged that it can be detf-ched iu a moment, when the other part of tiie deadly engine becomes perfect ly useless. One of them can be finished off complete, with horse, etc , for SI,OOO. Tiie inventor, a young workihg me chanic, feels jubilant at the great success which has attended tiie first trial of his important production, which cost him so many mouths of toil and ail the means which lie had at his command He goes to Washington in about a week, to push his fortune, and to revolutionize tiie art of war. A FACT IN TIIE HISTORY OF THE VELOCI PEDE. The Pall Mall Gazette is authority for the statement that fifty years ago tiie velocipede mania was as prevalent in England as it is in France to-day. It was then known as the “Pedestrian Hobby Horse.” It was identical witii tiie French velocipede, save tiiat it was worked as the French instrument is now started, by putting tiie feet on tiie ground on each side. The patentee was a Mr. Johnson, but it would appear tiiat tiie invention was not iris, but came from Germany. The following description is taken from an engraviiiK of the year 1819 : “The machine is cf the most simple kind, supported by two light wheels run ning on the same line; me front wheel turning ou a pivot, which, by means of a short lever, gives the direction in turning to one side or tiie other, tiie hind wheel always running in one direction. The rider mounts it, and seals himself iu a sad die conveniently fixed at the back of the horse (if allowed to be called so), aud placed in the middle between the wheels; the feet is placed flat on ttie ground, so that in tiie iirst to give the machine motion, the heel should be tiie part of tne foot to toucli tiie ground, and so on with the other foot alternately, as if walking ou the heels, observing always to begin tiie movement geutly. In front, before the rider, is placed a cushion to rest tiie arms ou while tiie hands hold tiie lever which gives direction to tbe machine, as also to balance it if inclining to either 9ide when the opposite arm is pressed on the cushion.” General Blair.—General Frank P. Blair, who lias been stopping iu this city for a week past, has left for one thousand miles beyoud Omaha, to survey anew section of the Pacific road. General Blair declined to discuss the canvass, but is con viuced tiiat the majority of legal voters in the country were not represented by the party in power, which got itself up by the negro and kept its opponents down by dis franchisement. He has come put of the war, he says, a bankrupt; his business gone, and he solely dependent upon a commissionership of the Pacific Railroad for even subsistence In refeieuce to re cent issues which had grown up between General Grant and the Radicals in regard to thecivii tenure law. they only bore out tiiat estimate of the General’s character which General Blair had been frank to acknowledge. He had stated it that General Grant would lead, not follow ; and would be more likely to demand new powers than to relinquish a single prerogative. The Genera! was of the opin ion tiiat tiie liveliest times in political circles were ahead.— Washington Express, Ist. Excitement in the First Pesbyte rian Church. —Y’esterday morning Rev. David K. Porter, Pastor of the First Pres byterian Church, while in the act of read ing the secono hymn in tbe regular order of services, suddenly fell to tiie floor of the pulpit. Considerable excitement was ceated in the congregation, and mern'em of the Church went up to the Minister, who was found to be suffering from ail attack of palpitation of the heart. He wa9 taken to his residence, and medical aid summoned. We understand that the attack is not likely to have any serious result, a few days’ quiet being only neces sary to restore tbe Reverend gentleman to his usual health. —Savannah News, 4 th. —The men of Illinois are called “Suck ers,” because the pioneers in that State used to get water from tbe crawfish holes by sucking it through a reed. MACON A WESTERN K VII.HO ID COMPANY Preside lit’* Annual Hr|H>rl M.uxjn, Oa., Ifeeeuiber Ist, 1868. j To the Stockholders : Gentlemen— The earnings of the Road ; for the tiscai year ending the 30th ulitmo, • are, iu curreucy, asshowu by Treasurer’s j Table, No. 1— | From Freights *315,619 99 I I rum Passengers vmo jts j From Mails ”” 7 756 25 l From Interest and Premium 2 422 88 .From Car Kent 614 82 Total from all sources.... #4'v4,373 82 And expenditures for the same time, as J Per Table No. 2 *315.026 74 i For Kevenne Tax 10.751 91 For general Taxes. (State, County and City,) 6,1*7 51 For Deductions l,‘i»o 73 For lusurauce 957 81 Net earnings. *150,219 13 To this add balance as per last Report.. 124.571 77 Making *274,790 90 Out of this amount bas been paid Dividend No. 44...| 60,000 00 Out of this amount has been paid Dividend No. 45... 60.000(10 # 20,000 00 Leaving #154,790 90 Os which amount * 43,190 64 has been paid for materi al now on hand, as shown by the balance sheets aud inventory, (Table No. 5.) And Dividend due and being paid this day 90,000 00 Lilanee...' * 16,300 26 The above sialemen ns was an ticipated in my last report, a decrease this year botli in tiie gross earnings and ex penses. Os tiie former, $83,972 86, and tiie latter, $130,891 53, tmt an increase in the net earnings of $46,918 67. The decrease of the earnings has been caused mainly by the reduction of the rates of freight and the irregular charac ter of our connections with tiie Central Railroad aud the steamships from Savau uah to New York. The expenditures, $334,154 69, includes $60,970 67 extraordinary expenses. This being deducted from $334,154 69, leaves $273 184 02 tiie working expenses of the Hoad, about fitty-six per cent, of tbe eam ings. The extraordinary expenses are for new rails, chairs and spikes, Revenue lax, gen eral taxes, (State, county and city,) insu rance, depot building at gunny si !c, bridge witii stone abutments over the Road iu Troup street, legal expenses, etc. I refer you to ihe Treasurer’s Report and balance sheet for the financial condition of the Company. It will show tiiat no change lias been made in tiie liabilities of the Company, and tiiat tiie Company owes uo debts other than those incident to operating the Road, and has nothing due ilie Company thm. may not lie collect ed, except tiie claim against Mr. Cline, which lias not been adjusted, ami may have to be charged to Profit and Loss. In March last, tin; Directors determined to dispeuse witii the offiee of Superintend ent, aud leave liia duties to he performed by the President, with such changes in tiie departments as lie thought proper. The service inis been performed, and in tiie reorganization of the departments tiie carpenter and machine shops were again placed under separate, management, with Mr. James A. Knight in charge of tin former, and Mr. William McCandleas now of tiie latter. I refer you to tiie report of the Foreman of tiie machine shop for the amount of labor performed, and material used iu shops, and to Tables 3 and 4 for service peformed by, and the preseut condition of the engines. DEPOT BUILDINGS Are all in good order, and ample for all the requirements on tiie Road at this time. WOOD AND WATER STATIONS Are in good order. ROAD REPAIRS. The repairs of tiie road-bed have been as complete this year as could Le made with out the purchase of more uew rail-, whie l was not deemed necessary. About five hundred and forty tons of new rails were obtained from reroiling of old rails. Tiie new rai s were laid on tho track continu ously, with new chairs, and the sound rails taken up were removed and relaid where damaged rails were found iu the track, thus putting the road bed in good order. The road-bed lias required 46,587 cross-ties, and vve now have on line of Road for this year’s repairs 24 560, which will approximate the requirements of tiie Road, and in order to keep the Road iu excellent condition, it will only be neces sary (for the supply of new rails,) to re move from the Road five or six hundred tons of rails annually to be rerolled. The cross-ties used tiie last t hree years have generally been of sucli excellent quality, tiiat they may he expected to lust several years; and the Road having been so well repaired, no heavy repairs will he required lor some time to come. ROLLING STOCK. I copy the report of Mr. James A. Knight, tiie efficient Master Carpenter, for information iu reference to the rolling stock : “ I'be stock of cars consists of 6 passen ger cars, 6 baggage cars, 2 seiond-cl ss passenger cars, 2 express cars, 135 box car 9, 49 fiat cars, 12 slock cars, and 5 coal cars. Total, 217. “ Tbe cars, botii freight and passenger, are generally in good order. Two passen ger aud baggage cars have been thorough ly repaired and panned and put on the road in as good order as wheu built. The ordinary seats ot two passenger cars were removed, and reclii ing or sleeping chairs substituted, at a cost of S3O per chair, each car requiring thirty seats; total cost per car, $960. Two first-c ass pa-senger cars are in process of construction, and can be completed during the next year.” The condition cf the Company’s eiitire property is such ttiat no expenditure* need he made next year, except such as may be incident to the repairs of the natu ral wear of the same, or until our connec tions may require additional motive jkiw er, which may be tiie case when the Ma con and Brunswick aud Augusta and Macon Roads reach Macon; also additional supply of box cars. The completion to Macon, of the Ma con and Brunswick and the Macon and Augusta Roads, will lie an era in the busi ness of this Company, aud will advance its interest to au extent not yet obe properly estimated. It now app'ears to he time to take hold of and aid tin; Savan nah, Griffin and North Alabama Road, 1 leaving Griffin for Decatur, Alabama. This connection is of the most vital inter- } est to this Road and ail the lUadsconnect ing with us at Macon, each of which evinces a sincere desire to aid the enter prise. but urge this Road to take the ini- i tiative step, and show a disposition to aid | the road. I trust it will not requireargu- j ment toshow tiie stockholders of this Com pany that this Road is of vast importance to us, and when all our connecting Roads at Macon from the East are willing to aid, and only connect with us at Macon, gi - ing us the benefit of all their business to take over our Road to Gritfiu, we ought to aid in putting this Road iu operation without delay. It is therefore earnestly recom mended to you to give such direction to this matter as you may desire. It has pleased an All-Wise Providence to remove from us two of the most es teemed and valued Directors of our Local Board; in this the Company, end we as individuals, have sustained a loss not easily repaired, for in Mr. N. C. Monroe and Mr. Hendley Varner we had efficient and constant counsel, ever ready and will ing to give the Company’s interest their time aud influence. It is a pleasure to me to acknowledge my indebtedness to MiioS. Freeman, Secreta ry and Treasuier, to H. W. Bronson, Mas ter Transportation, and to the Agents, head* of departments, and all the em ployes of the Company, for the faithful performance of tiieir several duties. Respectfully submitted for the Board. A. J. White, President. —The agent of.the Virginia Express Company was knocked down and robbed of $12,000 at 5 o’clock New Y'ear’s morn ing, at Norfolk, on the way to the depot. He was seriously hurt. —During the year just closed, 156 whites, and 285 blacks, have died Ju Atlanta. VOL. LX., NO- 43. POLLARD. History of thr Fatal \rtirlr—Hanna's Account. The initial No. of the Southern Opinion, under it* new management tW. D Chee ternian <fe C 0.,) has ma«le its app»:irance witti aUrocive eouicti -t. .! ’>! . i un-a, Mr. Pollard’s as-■ «■:■ 11 < ami H.iimate !i it li, contributes a long and circumstantial ac count of the killin' f the la!•» cl ,r -f the paper, with many facts hitherto un published, from which we extract the fol lowing interesting history of the “fatal article”: Says Mr. Hanna: I was at dinner at the Ballard House on a day the week previous, when a gentle man who sat at the same table with me, remarked, “Did yon hear of the elope ment?” I had not, and asked of him to whom he referred. The gentlemau then named the parties, and related all the facts within his knowledge. Dinner over, I returned to the oflice. Mr. Pollard whs not there; he had gone > his residence, on the Grove road, I• a note from him lay on my desk. Its < tents were an urgent request to visit him at his hoii-e that evening, a- he had some important items for communication tome. I visited him. f met him alone in my own room, as he seemed nnxiou- that th servants should not hear anythin that might pass between us. He had -one notes in his hand, and w hen I si *> e of the case l had heard at the Pal turn Hous-, here marked qui kly : “ Yes, I have he ud ail about it, too ; *aud I want you to take the address of this gea.leujau ;go i.«> .n, get all the facts, and prepare an article upon it—in the old style, remember.” rills was a phrase of ins, used when Tie wished anything written in a peculiarly witty or sarcastic vein. He then guve me the notes he held in tits hand. I suggested that |>o*»ibly It would behest to suppress names, as the parties stood high, and trouble might ensue. He an gered at ouce, ami replied: “The papers don’t keep my name out when I g t into a difficulty; why should I suppress the names of these persons? My family is as good as theirs. No, put the names in lull; I’m responsible for what goes in my pa per.” Here tlie conversation dropped, or pass ed to other subjects. We came into (ho city together the next morning ; in a few hours thereafter the article was written and in the hands of the printers. That night I was again at his residence, and heard tile proof read. Again t ugg. -ted tliut as the name occurred in but one place it might he omitted without injury to the interest or point of the article. 11 > de clined ; nor do 1 think he altered or e rased a single word, but, on the contrary, ex piessed entire satisfaction with it. As the week drew to its close, theallc<:ed elopement was the town topic in c-rtaiu circles, and grew in exaggeration It was hinted abroad Unit the Southern Opinion was preparing to ventilate the matter On Wednesday late, or early Thursday ru ing, a friend of the Giant family visited the Opinion office. Mr. Bollard was at Ins country house ; I was alone. ’Milsgentle man inquired whether such an arti cle, based on tli * rumor afloat, was to ap pear in the nexA issue, i told him 1 h<- - lieved there would he a publ cation. lie inquired further whether such publication could not be suppressed, saying, “Hi .illy, this is very dreadful! you are doing a family a very great wrong; besides, there is not one particle of truth in the report.” He then recounted the oireumstu ices of the young lady’s going away. 1 told him I was powerless to stop the publication of the smallest paragraph after it was once in type; and that Mr. Pollard was editor, proprietor, and chief censor. ‘•Then,” said he, “is there no way in which it can ho stopped ? Is (I ,<* any pecuniary consideration w hich w .old in duce you to forego the publication ?" With that the gentleman, on his own responsibility, as 1 have understood, offer ed to fill the space occupied by tin- i.rtide with an advertisement for w hich he would pay one hundred dollars down. I told him l had no authority lo negotiate ; that he must see Mr Pollard. “Then, where can Mr. Pollard he found? I must si-e him at once,” was his reply ; and lecc-iv ing his address, he took a carna: and went out to ttie Grove-road residence. What consultation lock p ace a! that in terview I never beard, except through a third party ; but as lam the relater of facts within my own knowledge only, 1 omit even the substance, there were several subsequent interviews, however, between this gentleman and Mr. Pollard. The paper was usually put to press on Thursdays at 4 i*. m. ; baton the afternoon of tlii* day, wlifii the for mu were on the pirHH, 1 received orders from Mr. pollard to hold them hack until Friday morning. Late on Thors .ay evening there w7s another interview between the genth mini representing the Grant family and Mr. Pollard, in the presence of the writer. The conversation again, as before, bin <1 on the possibility of suppressing the pub lication. The intermediator at last, rising with impatience, said with empiin-is' “ Mr. Pollard, is there no way by which this can he prevented ? lum a friend of Hie family, am acting s sucti, ami do assure you, upon the honor of a gi-utle mau, that the r ports concerning iis members are false—utterly false.” .Mr. Pollard,'rising, walked the floor of ids sanctum, then resumed his seat, and re plied: ”As for any pecuniary coii-id-lo tions that may he offered me, "that i- pale ly a matter of business. f publish my pa per tosell. If Mr Grant, or you, ns ids representative, wish to purcoa-e Hus edi tion of my paper, I will sell it to you ; or I will sell a half in ere-t in my paper, or I will sell it entire; for I have wi-hed for some time to form another tn-ws a|c r association in New York city. Hut as for selling my principle, tii t I will never do; (here is not money enough to buy me” The gentleman remaiiieii silent, and Mr. Pollard resumed: " Or, if 1 publish tins article, this lam willing to do: I v ill open my columns to Mr. Giant, and I will print line for line and word for wont whatever lie may write in contradiction of tlie article ” 'J lie gentleman asked: ‘‘.Mr. Pollard, Can I see the article you have prepared for publication?” Mr. Po lard turned to mo and said: ‘-Have you any objection to Mr. reading it?” I replied, • None in the least,” and passed the proof-sheet to him Ho read it over carefully, and concluding, remarked: “Weil, that i« not so had as I expected it would i*e ; never theless, tiiere is not one word of truth in the whole of it.” Mr. Pollard demurred. “How is it, Mr. , then, that, all these stories are going about? I myself have made inquiries, and feel justified m making them public through my paper.” Mr. , fur ttio third or fourth time, related the circumstances of the case, add ing, “Now, that is all there is in it.” Hull another and lastinterview was had early on Friday morning between this same gentleman and Mr. Pollard. The former did not seat himself, hut appearing at the door of the editorial room, delivered bis message: "Mr. Pollard, your prop .- sitions are declined; I can "do nothing further.” Mr. Pollard responded, “Well, sir;” and (here the matter ended The paper was at once put to press, and in it was the fatal article. Ihe paper appeared on Saturday mor ning, and the sensation it produced wm very apparent; but the day passed with out any intimation from any member or friend of the Grant family that they would seek reparation in any manner or avail themselves of the columns of the Opinion as a medium of correction.— Rich rnond Dispatch, 2d. BLOODY WORK! Chicaoo, January 2.—A Bloomington, Illinois, paper gives an account of a tragi cal a flair at tiraidswoods, a station on the Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. A party of coal miners on a s ree went into the saloon of a tnan named Toohey, beat him badly, and then commenced demolishing the contents of the saloon. Toohey, in the meanwhile, crept behind the counter, se ured his six-shooter, and threatened to shoot if they did no’ desist. 1 hi* only , increased their fury. He then commenced ’ discharging his revolver, ami shot four of them dead in succession, and in the cmi -1 fusion escaped through a hack door. H wus soon found in the possession of ti • sheriff, when an infuriated mob, to the number of about one hundred, surrounded the sheriff and his prisoner, with ropes to hang the latter. I oohey’s revolver seems to have been brought into use again, for the narrative says that two more w ere -hot dead, and four seriou ly wounded before the roughs consented to retire. Toohey is now safe in jail.