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" TV very the Warren cojf! ty tmimes and we say, right liere, that drews deserves Lite thanks of good citi— /vns, everywhere, for his action in the matter, particularly with reference to Nor ris, the Radical Sheriff. We are sure his course is approved by all law-abiding, peace desiring people. But the case can’t rest here, of course. It should not be allowed to drop until, un tier the law, and by 1 gal examination the light shines in and clears up the whole mystery of Adkins’ death. Not only have t..e people of Warren county, but of the entire Btate, been saddled with the re sponsibility and odium of that transac tion, but the whole question of Georgia’s status re-opened, with u prospect of the re-establishment of mart'al law'. If the President, as is alleged, has remitted the question to his Attorney-General for de cision, Adkins’ death, and the representa tions thereof made by Georgia Radicals, has been the prime cause of that step. What Mr. Hoar is likely to decide, can be very easily guessed from his opinion in the Weaver case from Texas. If Butler bullied him into that, as is charged, why he will surely bully him kito declaring Georgia a tit subject for bayonet rule. We don’t know the extent of our peril, but it cannot be insignificant with Hoar and Butler to aggravate it. The best way to meet the danger in this, and all other like cases, is first to give no cause for it; next, when cause is given, to find out the responsible parties, and make them shoul der it. All the people of Warren county did not kill Adkins, but they are, with their fellow-citizens of the entire State, held responsible as accessories both before and after the fact. Let them compel a withdrawal of the charge by using the law and its agencies, to discover who it is that has thus put them in the prisoner’s dock. We don’t care one straw for Adkins as Adkins, but when his dead body is made to appear as a witness against an entire people, we want to kuow who put him on the stand. We hope the mau or men who did it, if they have not grace enough to declare themselves, will be unearthed by a grand jury, and take their chances be fore the courts. If Adkins was killed on account of personal acts, let iiis slayers show their justification and go free. But if he was not killed for (that reason, hut on account of politics, let that fact appear, and let a jury of the best men in War ren county pronounce the law’s penalty. This is the honest policy, and in such mat ters, as in all others, the honest policy is not only the manliest, but, in the long run, the best and most effective. \\ K HOPE NOT. Our friends of the Journal of Commerce, says the Savannah Republican, bave an article on the religious deterioration of the negroes of the South since left to themselves, and the introduction of Obi worship and other disgusting supersti tions as substitutes for the Christian plan of grace. The Journal argues that this state of things is the result of Northern policy toward the blacks in removing hem from the salutary control and re ligious Influence of thewouthern* whites, and hence it devolves upon the Northern . people to send out missionaries and aid us in evangelizing that portion of our popu lation. We thank the Journal for its kind con sideration of our condition, as well as its pity for the moral night that is gathering over the negroes of the South. But in Heaven’s name! spare us, and spare the negroes, the inflicJon of Northern re ligious missionaries, so-called. We have had a taste of that kind of help, and pray forever to be delivered from it. The in fluence of Northern preachers upon the Southern negroes, whether well intended or not, is for evil only. Nine-tenths of the deviltry they now have in their beads «arae from that fruitful source. The Northern Church, as a general thing, has degenerated into a meie political propa ganda, and its members seem to consider tiieir highest duty to consist in makiug everybody else believe politically and ev ery other way just as they do. The North ern Methodist preachers now in the South are, as a geueral rule, missionaries of the iiadical party, and consider the claims of their Master’s kingdom the least impor tant of all the duties that devolve upon them. Poisoning the minds of the ne groes with false notions of human rights and duties, and efforts to rob the Southern churches of their rightful property, ap pear to be their chief employment. No, Bro. Journal; we want no more re ligious missionaries from tbe North. Leave the Southern people to win back the negro to the paths of Christiau recti tude, and tiie race will make far greater progress titan they would under foreign teachers who know nothing of them, and, as a general rule, have false notions of ev erything concerning them. ANOTHER ITEM FOR THE GRAND JURY. Iu tiie last issue of the Government or gan, published at this place, we find the following comment upon the recent brutal murder of Mr. R. W. Flournoy by a negro: “ We commend the act of the negro in thus defending himself against a murder ous assault, and the only fault we have to find with him is, that he does not confess the whole transaction." Tiiat a most bloody and barbarous mur der has been committed, no one but a po litical knave or fanatic, who has heard the circumstances, doubts for one moment. Aud yet here we have a cool, deliberate justification of it from a man who weekly tells the people of the North that life is not safe in Georgia, and that "rebel” newspapers, by their denunciations of Radicals and violent appeals to the people to take the law in their own hands, have made murder, for opinion’s sake, abso lutely respectable! We commend this applauderof, and inciter to, murder, to the further attention of the Grand Jury when it meets uext Monday. Wesleyan Female College. —We have received the Triennial Catalogue of the Trustee*, Faculty, students and gradu ates of tliis Institution for the years 1868> 1869. It shows a total of 179 pupils in ac tual attendance, which is a very gratify ing extiibit. We know of no school that more deserves a generous patronage. We give it as the deliberate opinion of those very competent to judge, ttsat none betttr is to be found anywhere. It should have at least 300 pupils. The catalogue is, typographically, a most admirable specimen of taste and beauty and is published by J. W. Burke & Co.’, Macon. the First Instalment.— Chinese la borers, fresh from tbe Pacific, have al ready made their appearance in New Orleans, probably the forerunners of thousands of their race, who will tiock to the sugar and rice fields of the Pelican Btate, by way of the railr >ad and the river. One load of Coolies was imported thither from Havana two years since, audarestill working upon a sugar plantation in La fourche, hut the l ustom House officials nipped the enterprise, and stopped the further importation. But how can it be I stopped this time. of 'that worthless ma- known as the Freed meirPrtTireau, tliey have been steadily improving*and are now working as well as could be desired. It is surprising what a damning influence the Government ( tti cials, in the character of Bureau agents, did exercise over the freedmen, and I think all the strife and contention be tween the two races ia Southwestern Georgia might well be attributed to that cause, giving to it the aid of unprincipled carpet-baggers who were continually in stilling into their heads fascinating tales of the glorious times coming, tiie day of jubilee just ahead, in the way of a division of lands, stock, and the distribution of offices, etc., which, by the way, is turning out to be true, so far as postoffices in your city and some others are concerned. But complain not. Grant says “ Let us have peace.” Creswell catches the sound and echoes it throughout the land, “ Let us have peace.” Bullock answers himself, and exclaims, “ Let us have peace,” but it must come in the form of a military government, with him a provisional Gov ernor, until he can complete his arrange meets on the Brownlow-Tennessee sty le. Hold on, Governor ! The people, too, are loudly calling for we of this section earnestly believe that if let alone, ami the freedmen are taught the impor tance of improving the country and re pairing the losses sustained by the late war, instead of politics, Southwestern Georgia can be made to bloom and bios som as a garden. And to this end all honest, intelligent emigrants would re ceive from our people a hearty welcome, if they come among us for the purpose of assisting in building up and developing the resources of the country ; but if they are politicians, anil are coming for politi cal purposes, we would say to them now, •* their room is better than their compa ny,” and we would much prefer their seeking other climes. No local news of importance. I sign myself, respectfully, chops itv cpsox coi:\ty. The Rock, Upson Cos,, June 11, 1860. Mr. Editor .-—Having seen reports fr< m other counties Concerning the crops, I presume some of your naders would be pleased to hear something from this sec tion. I atn glad to say they are very promis ing. Corn is not very' forward for this season of the year, but is now growing rapidly, and with good seasons there will be an abundant yield. Cotton is small, owing to the very cool nights, all through the spring, but it is now growing finely since tiie warmer weather set in. That which was manured with fertilizers is very fine, and those using it are well pleased with its effects. The farmers in this section have got their crops clean and in nice order. Freedmen are doing remarkably well. Wheat harvest is about over, and a good ield may be expected, though late wheat is a little damaged by rust. The oat crops generally are very good, aud a large area is sown. Seasons have been very good so far, and but few wear long faces. Everybody is in high spirits, and business goes on smooth ly ; and with sufficient seasons in the fu ture, and a fair price for cotton, the farm eis will be well rewarded for their labor. Respectfully, Subscriber. A REPLY TO “FLINT.” Editor Journal and Messenger: In your issue, of the 11th iust , is a let ter from this town, signed “Flint,” in which the writer lays some very heavy charges against the good citizens of our town, which are without foundation. I do not kuow who “Flint” is, but I will venture the assertion that he does not own a house or lot, nor never did own either, <br had any legitimate business which lie mas conducted in this town, for a iongeij period than two «r llnee tfeeks. All said by “Flint” anout'tbe location and trade oH this town is about correct, and had he stuck to the truth as close throughout his letter, tliis reply would be untnceesary. As to “Flint’s ’ animadversion upon the society of tbe town, there is unfortunately some ground for the charge, but I will venture the assertion that “Flint" is tiie bead and leader of all the deficiency of this society, ami his animadveisions against this people savors of the Phari sees who carried the poor woman up to the temple, and said to Christ: “The Law of Moses commanded that such should t>e stoued. Whatsayest thou?” “Let him that is without sin cast the first stone,” answered the Saviour. Exit Pharisee. “Flint’s” charge of want of sociability of our people is equally w-itlmut foundation, unless his code of sociability consists in perambulatiug the town from grocery (o groceri aud taking a smile; if so, our peo ple plead guilty to the charge. With the exception of two or three “Flints” our people are quiet, honest, law-abiding, and industrious. They have their legitimate business, aud follow it with zeal. As to “Flint’s” contemptuous sneer at tbe Methodist Church, nothing betttr could be expected of him, and, for tiie respect of this commuuity to his family, I forbear to express my feelings. His charge of the church not being fiuished is in keeping with his other statements about tliis people. The church is large enough for this community, ami it is fin ished aud painted True, the inside is not plastered, painted or papered, nor is the floor carpeted, or the seats cushioned Our people are poor, but of their poverty they have built this church since the war, and have done the best they could. Iu one part of ‘'Flint’s” letter, he charges the people with being unsociable, aud in another he says all denominations, races and colors use their church. Strange inconsistency, that. "Flint” says tliis town has been built twenty years, and yet they have never built a school house in the town. Well, that is true. There was no need of one in town, as there was, and is, a school house convenient to town ; and as to that large number of children wholly without education, 1 have searched the town, and if there are any children in town, wlio are old enough to attend school, brought up in the ignorance repre sented by “Flint,” I am not able to find them ; and if they are liere they are on the dark side of the question. “Flint ’ says the young people of the town are consequently without education ; yet, lie says tbe prospects for Montezuma are exceedingly good. Penury and old fogyism is dying out; anew town is to be built of brick; the old Montezuma will uot know the new Montezuma; she is to command a great trade aud become rich. I submit, this is strange logic: for uuedu cated people to build up a big town ot brick, and command a great trade. Hear the conclusion oi the wtioie matter—ldle ness and A. Hail. Esq , were the instiga tors of the bewaiiiugs of “Flint.” Montezuma. Montezuma, June 1 \th, 1859. LETTER FROM MM ON rOINTY. Monii zlm \, Ga., June 14, 1869. Editor Journo and Messenger : Bince my la-t communication I have made diligent inquiries concerning the crops of the surrounding country. All reports are extremely favorable. I have uot conversed with a planter yet who is not greatly encouraged by the prospects of an abundant yield. A great many of them have finished their corn crop. Cot ton is looking exceedingly well. An ex tensive plauter informed me to-day that he had a finer prospect of a large crop than he ever had before in his life. Fertilizers have been used more exten sively in this section than ever before in any previous year, hence the result of fine crops. The great misfortune, however, with a major portion of the planters iu this section (and I presume it is so every where throughout the cotton planting region) is, that tiieir entire attention is devoted to the culture of the •* king,” neg lectiug, to a considerable extent, the culti vation of grain and the raising of stock, the consequence being that they bave to hypothecate their present growing crop by liens, drafts, etc., in order to obtain provisions, etc., to enable them to cariy on their farms, which, in many instances, aft the end of the year is uot sufficient to discharge these demands. If this evil could be remedied, i am of tbe humble opinion that our country would be far more prosjierouH. Montezuma is on tiie high toid of pro gression. VVe are to have a Sunday -school celebration next Friday. Can’t you come down? VVe promise you everything in the way of edibles tiiat the county affords. You can also feast your eyes upon the beauty and chivalry of Montezuma and who manifest consmerabTe energy in tiieir vocation. We anticipate by reason of tbe fine prospects of .the cotton crop the recep tion of an increased number of bales of cotton to that of the previous year. Yet we do not extend an invitation to trans ient and foreign purchasers of this staple commodity of commerce, until the same is stored and our means exhausted. Will keep you posted as regards the crops, etc., from “time to time.” Flint. STATE NEWS. Belling Stamps Cheap.—lt is well known that tiie old red three cent postage stamps came in she-ts with one hundred stamps on each, aud were sold for three dollars. The new blue stamps are smaller than the old ones, and have one hundred aud fifty on a sheet, makiug the value of each sheet four dollars and fifty cents. Clift and Seely were so smart as not to count the number on each sheet, and guessing witli an intelligence marvelous in people so young that they were the same in number as the old red ones, so and the sheets at three dollars each—having lost S2B iu one day by the shrewd plan. This cheap rate was soon ascertained by our citizens, and a rush for stamps was made. Beely smelt a rat and counted the stamps, consequently stamps are now quoted at par. The above transactions, anil the placing of Beely as chief clerk in the Postottiee, entitle that- ignorant a-s, known as Clift, alias “Booby,” to the supreme contempt of our citizens, and consequently his con tinuance in office by tiie Radical adminis tration. On yesterday, we learn that Beely sold 300 stamps at the rate of sl, aud also over paid $lO on a money order. [Savannah News, 10<A. Georgia Mining Operations.—Our mining operations, though of by no means the pretentious piopor.ions of tiie past ye ir or two, have not been in so healthy a edition as they now are since the war. T leir stock of jobbing operations which h tve speculation alone in view, and are a urse to any mining country, have all played out and given place to those that are makiug mining a legitimate busiuess, and the consequence is that the important fact is fully demonstrated that this is the cheapest mining country in the world. Messrs. Hull and Crissou, two practical Georgia miners, aud lessees of the Hamil ton Mill, are now daily crushing about seventy-five tons of ore with twenty four stamps, at a cost of 22 2 5 cents per ton, all told, including the raising of the ore, transporting it to the mill and milling. This will doubtless appear incredible So many of your readers, but if there be any who doubt, let them come and see, aud i pledge myself to substantiate my asser tion. The Yahoola Company bave been for the past six months repairing tiieir stupendous aequaduct, but will, in the course of a mouth, have it thoroughly and very substantially completed, the last of l he iron pipes for carrying the water across the river having just aimed, nothing is left to be done but to lay them down aud bolt them together. When this is com pleted they will start their splendid mill, and so perfect are all of their arrange ments that 1 should not he at all surprised if Mr. Hand, the energetic and thorough business President of the company, were to reduce the cost of raising aud milling the ore to li.teeu cents per too. Air. Hussey, of tiie well known firm of Howe & Hussey, of Pittsburg, are erecting a mill ou the Etowah, beiow Auraria, ami about seveu miles from this place, with good prospects ahead of them. The mill of Messrs. Moote <fc Harris stiil continues to do well, aud will dotißtless do better when their machinery is completed for drying their shaft. There are other mining operations that I would be pleased to notice, but are “ crowded out," as your newspaper men say, foi “ want of space.” —Dahlonega Correspondence AtUinla Constitution. Odd Jur.Loffs. — VVe learn that its ts cotHeiijJftateiJ by the Ancient Odd Fel lows of Talbottou to revive the Lodge in that place. During the war the members were nearly ail iu tiie army, and hence tiie decay of the Order. We hope the efforts of our friends will be successful. Crops in the Valley. —We learn from a friend living iu the granary of Talbot that tiie grain crops were never iu better condition. The yield of wheat will be very large. No disease having attacked it, the grains are fuller and heavier than for many years past. The corn aud cot ton crops are in good condition, and bid fair to keep up the reputation of tbe Val ley as the best farming section iu tbe State.— I'albotton Gazette, 10 th. Eire in Lexington. —Editors Constitu tionalist —Tbe dwelling house occupied by Mr. B. Hardaman, in this place, was burned this morning about 2 o’clock most of his furniture being saved. The property belonged to Mr. G. F. Platt and was insured for SI,OOO. The fire supposed to have caught from a stove pipe in oueof the rooms of the house used for cooking. Yours, j. Lexington, Ga., June 9, 1869. decision by the ordinary-—m me case of Win. H. and J. A. Atwood vs. C. H. Hopkins, Jr., to set aside the will exe cuted by Mrs. Charles H. Hopkins, iu which she devised all her property, amounting to some sixteen thousand dol lars, to her husbaud, C. H. Hopkins, Jr., the Ordinary yesterday, from the testi mony given and facts adduced, that the deceased was of sound mind duriug her illness and up to the time of her death, admitted to probate in solemn form the last wiii aud testament of the deceased. The counsel for the Atwoods, Messrs. Jackson, Lawton & Basinger, gave notice of an appeal. Martin J. Ford, attorney for C. H. Hopkins, Jr. — Ibid. Btewart County Crops. —We saw a gentleman yesterday who had just re turned from a tour through Btewart. He says he visited nearly every part of the county, and he never saw the crops more promising at this season than they now are. He says the plants are not so large as he has seen them, but they are very thrifty, and the lands have been so wefi prepared and so generally fertilized, that he considers them in a most promising condition. The Btewart county planters, he says, expect to make enough corn to “do them” next year.”—Columbus En quirer, 1 1th. Homicide in Meriwether County.— A friend informs us that a difficulty oc curred, near Lutherville, in the upper part of Meriwether county, ou Saturday last, between a Mr. Strickland, from Al bania, and Mr. Geo. Teagle, in which Strickland was shot through the body and died, and Teagle was shot twice through the arm and once in the body. We do uot kuow whether the latter’s wounds are considered fatal or not. Mr. Strickland has been married bu' a few days Teagle isasingie man.— LaGrangeReporter , IDA. Sheep Raising.— VVe learn through Col. Rennet that Capt. James H. Hunter, of Brooks, is successfully experimenting with sheep, and tiiat he has demonstrated that Southern Georgia is one of the fiuest sections in America for sheep raising We suggest that tiie Captain be requested to give his experience in the raising of sheep before the Brooks County Agricul tural Society.— Quitman Banner, lOfA. The Weather and the Crops.—Since our last issue, we have had several copious showers of rain, giviug the growing crops a healthy aspect. Wheat, we are told will generally turn out well Corn, though small, looks healthy. Cotton, with poor stands, is small, but healthy. VVe hope to see a fair crop made. [LaGrange Reporter , IDA. Welcome.—We were pleased to see in our city ou yesterday, several gentlemen from the State of New York, who are in vestigating the agricultural and mineral resources of this section, with the inten tion of purchasing property. They are solid men, and would be a highly credita ble addition to any community. We are sure they will receive a cordial welcome from the citizens of the Cherokee country. The following are the names of the party : A. Reynolds, H. Reynolds, Win. Van Kirk, Isaac Hall, H. D Hull, H. I*. Smith, G. VV. Bancus anti A. Marshal. Lewis h! Beck, Esq , and B. A. Echols, of Atlanta, are accompanying the party.— Rome Courier, 12 th. Wheat.—Owing to the large demand for flour, wheat, in this market, has ad vanced— re>t in w commanding from $1 25 to $1 40.— Ibid. The Wheat Club,—All the lots of wheat iu competition for the premium, have been cut, and the Committee have been busy attending to the threshing and AND MESSENGER i■ i o *. 11 “' •*I ‘ * ' l . r,' iif V: y Hn-1 11 O"-.. -1 -l. V ■ . ’ i v.- , D. II ,l' . mi,’ - \ . .. ,i :! i ~-i cl-. s Is ou i .rt-iW S /- „ 1 subscription by the county to tiie stock of the Air Line Road. Major .~amuel Knox was chosen Chair man of tbe meeting. Addresses were de livered by Col. Allston, of Decatur, Col. Estes, Col. Langston, aud Judge Bowers. Resolutions were adopted recommending a subscription of SIOO,OOO by Ihe county, the same to be left to a vote of the citizens of the county.— lbid. The Growing Crops —During the past week we have been blessed with a warm sun and frequent delightful showers, and from ail quarters we have favorable re pot ts of the growing crops. We do not know a farmer who does not regard the prospect, provided t he caterpillar and boll worm do not destroy the cotton, as emi nently flattering. From our personal observation, and con stant inquiry among the best planters iri this section, we are compelled to regard the unfavorable reports respecting the crops in tills region of the State as unre liable, and probably made to effect tbe price of produce, either at hotneor abroad. There is no appearance of caterpillar or bolDwortn in Decatur county that we have heard of, nor do the reports from other counties, of tiie presence of these dreaded foes, an,omit to much more than an appre hension that they will appear this season earlier than usual, and hence do greater damage to the cotton. Thus far, however, neither worm orotherdestroyingagencies have done anything to blast the prosjiects of tile planter. All species of crops are doing well, and promise an abundant har ve.it. Borne fields of choice cotton, we are informed, will more than average ltuee high, and some stalks already have eighteen aud more squares ou them. We also hear of cotton blooms Corn will soon be made. A few good seasons of rain, and this crop will prove equal to that of any year within the last decade.— Bainbridye Argus, Vlth. Cotton Yesterday.—Middlings 29c. A lot of 160 bales, classed good styles low middlings brought 28ie. Warehouse sales 215 bales. Receipts 21 bales —17 Opelika R. R., 4 by wagoue. Biiipments 138 bal -■>, all by B. VV. R. R. Total receipt nice Bept. Ist, 1868 (in cluding 280 bales lock at that date,) 48,181; shipments 47,145; stock 1,036 Receipts same day iast season 0; ship ments 63; total receipts 85,860, total ship ments 84.461; stock 1,399. —Columbus Sun 131 h. Arriving.—A considerable portion of the machinery for ilia new mill of the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Com pi - ny is daily a: riving from Engiaud aid tiie North. The Company has been ex ceedingly fortunate in its purchases, hav ing pri cured some new and valuable ma chinery at a great advantage. 11 D pro! - able the brick work on tiie new mill will be commenced to morrow. Theoperatim s are being pushed forward with t uergv. [Columbus Sun, 13//i. k , Chops in Morgan and Jasper Coon ties. —Tiie past lew weeks of charming weatiier has brought out the crops in this portion of Middle Georgia wonderfully. An intelligent and observant gentleman, planting in the neighborhood of Parks’ Mill, paid us a call on Thursday. He re gaoled the prospects for a large crop < f both corn and cotton, in his section, unu sually promising Stand good mid the plants growing off vigorously. He had | just finished harvesting his wtieat, aud he had never made a better crop. Major E. J. Walton, of Bhady Dale, in formed us tiie same day tiial the crop prospects of that section are most flatter ing. And we learn from tiie same gentle man that Capt. John Cox, a very intelli gent and enterprising planter of this coun ty. expects to make, with a favorable sea son from this time forth, 75 bales of cotton with a force of six hands. But while such favorable accounts are given us, we regret to learn tiiat prospects for even an ordinary cotton crop are poor indeed, in other portions of this county. r [tfauafcft Journal, 12 th. (v r ito Can it. Puglie, of Jasper, and who, by thflpvay, is one of the largest and most successftil planters iu Middle Georgia, made liJft year without tbe aid of guanos. 21 ba!esP*»f cot ton with two hands.—MudisonJour nal, 12 th. One Man Killed and Two Wounded in Hancock County.—We learn from tiie Hancock paper tiiat, on last Saturday night, Mr. John Taylor, Superintendent of the Montour Factory, was shot and kill ed by a young m in named James Oxford, in the adjoining village of Montour, it seems (from the evidence given iu on tiie inquest) that Oxford was fiddling near the residence of Mr. Taylor, who went out to quiet the disturbance. *. fter a little alter cation between them, Taylor gave Oxford a punch in the breast, whereupon Oxford drew a pistol Taylor remarked, "Oil, you have a pistol,” and unwittingly made at at him again, whether as an assailant or to take the pistol from him, witnesses could not say. Oxford, it seems, took it seriously, and shot him in tiie breast; Taylor called for his step-son, young Far rish, to defend him, as he was shot. Far risb immediately replied by shootifig Ox ford just above tiie heart, the ball fractur ing a rib and glancing around, lodging in tiie back. Oxford returned the fire, shoot ing Farrish in the abdomen, just above the hip—tiie ball passing through without injuriug the viecera. Oxford aud Farrish are both likely to recover, tlie former being putin jail until well enough to stand his trial for commitment. Mr. Taylor died of his wounds on Bun day evening.— Chronicle and Sentinel, Yilh LACK OF VERACITY. There is considerable excitement at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, over the removal of Mrs. Hood, late postmaster of tiiat city, aud the appointment of Mr. Noah Boy nton. Mrs. Hood is tiie widow of a soldier, and was appointed to the postottiee about two years ago on account of her good character and tiie needs of herself and her orphans. While she was in office, no charge or com plaint was made against Iter, and she kept herself aloof from parties. None sup posed that site would not be continued in office by Grant, but, to make all sure, she visited Washington some weeks ago aud received his positive promise that she should not be disturbed. Bite returned home, confiding in his word and assuring her family and friends tiiat all was right, hut, to her utter amaze ment, she was removed iu a few days without previous warning, and no expla nation was given her or has since been given her. Such breach of faitii toward a woman, such downright lying toa soldier’s widow, is indeed utterly disgraceful. It is a crime for which no penalty could well be too severe. The poor widow’s successor is a fellow whose only recommendation to Grant is that be is an unscrupulous and offensive Radical brawler. If the President shall ever keep a promise, we shall, unless it be a promise to perpetrate a wrong, be happy to record the fact. —Courier Journal, VMh. The Guano Islands.— We lately had occasion (says the Ne w York Shipping & Commercial List,) to allude to the reports that the guano ou the Chincha Islands had become nearly exhausted. Later in formation confirms these reports, and from present appearances these Islands will he deserted, and then all the ships en gaged in the trade of the Peru viau Island: will draw their supplies from the new islands of Guanapa and Macobi, which are situated live degrees below the equator. We have lately reported numerous char ters from these islauds to Valentia, in Bpain, and as our Southern States are using tliis kind of fertilizer more freely than ever before, it is probable that the trade iu this direction will be largely in creased within the Dext year or two. There is a supply of guatio at Baker’s Island, iu tlie Hawaiian group, estimated at from 250,000 to 2,000,000 tons, and worked by tiie United States. It is, per haps, not generally known that there is also a small deposit on some of tiie islands off the northwest coast of Norway. Prob ably by the time all the deposits are ex hausted, we shall have come to the con clusion that it is wiser to utilize the nu merous substances that may be r adily converted into fertilizers at home lather than to transport, at an immense expense manure so many thousand miles. ’ Railroad Bale.— Tne Opelika (Ala ) Locomotive, of tbe 12th, states upon tile authority of Governor Bmith, of Alabama that the Montgomery and West Point Railroad Company have sold to the Geor gia Railroad Company tiiat part of their line of their road from Opelika to West Point; aud to the Georgia Central Com pany, that part from Opelika to Colum bus. THE WAR It EATON ARRESTS. Wakkenton, June, 1869. Editors Chronicle Sentinel: Many reports of occurrences in this town will find tiieir way to the press, and for the purpose of giving you, and through you • the peop e at large, a correct account of them, I write this letter, in March last the office of Sheriff was made vacant in this county bv tiie absence of John C. from ttiecounty; he had no deputy, he lias filled ever since about & yi i lie Ordi nary of this coduty, in view of tiie ap | preaching term of the Superior Court and I oilier emergencies, after taking legal ad i vice, both here ami elsewhere, pasi-ed an 1 order appointing Mr. John Raley, an old andexperiei ceil officer, to fill the vacancy, “ad interim." The older w->s entered on his minutes, reciting that he had evidence that the former Sheriff had left with no ! intention of returning. On the first Monday iu April following the presiding Judge (Judge Andrews), at | the opening of the Court, put an order on j bis minutes reciting the absence of the 1 Sheriff, and that tin re was no deputy, and appointed Mr. Raley Sh-rilT to serve as i such duiing the term and for ten days j af.er ward, as provided by tiie Code of tne j’Slate. The (.'ode further provides (see sections 251 and 252 of Irwin’s Revised i Code) that if, after the expiration of ten | days, the officer vacating his office does j not appear, the appointee may continue as j such until theie is an appointment or elec :to i. The 25Lt section, under which the I Judge made his appointment iu xVprii, j provides “if there is a vacancy in the Clerk” (Sherd - , for the same provision ap plies to both) “and ins deputy for any reason do not act as Clerk” (.sheriff - ) “at the time provided by law 7 holding any of .said courts, the presiding Judge shall ap rpoint a JClerk’f (Sheriff), ‘.who hopls ins | office during the time and tor ten days | thereafter.” Mr. Norris did not return | to the county until the fourth day of June, a id then with a military escort commaud | ed by Col. Hughes, of the U. B. A.; he | came with a paper signed by Governor l Bullock deciding the question of his right to the office of Sheriff in Ins favor. Dur ing Norris’ absence it is known that lie i was in Atlanta, and in constant consulta- I iation witti tbe Governor. | With this paper signed by Governor Bullock, which Norris brought to tliis ; place, came orders from General Terry to i the commandant at this post, instructing him to recognize Norris at£Bherifl", and to ; furnish him men when demanded Os j coarse I cannot say what these orders weie • precisely, but the sequel will show that j Norris hail fuil powers to use tiie entire command for bis purposes when necessity | required It, and that he was to tie tbe Judge of that necessity, l it* re can be no question but tiiat Governor Bullock and General lerry both knew that there was a Sheriff i iu office in Warren acting under authority when the decision and oiders w ere made. Dn tiie sth day of June Judge Andrews passed the dep'T at tliis place, and wa called upon by officers of this command toeuiighleu them upon the vexed question: i t.ut he very propel 1 v declined to express uii opinion, and said that the identical | question wan then pending before him, ami iu a few dags tie would decide it. j Colonel Hughe.-, Judge Andrews and j Mr. Norris, went ou tiie train together, ; aud Col. Hughes had full knowledgeof Judge Andrews’views and intentions; lie j went to Atlanta with Norris, aud it is : highly probable---almost certain—that he j communicated to bis chief and Governor I Bullock the conversation with the Judge ! on the7thof June. Norris returned w itli I an additional force of about one hundred | and iliirty men, and went with them into j camp; additional orders came to ti e com mand, it is supposed, for in about three hours after ins arrival l.e ordered a de tachment of soldiers to arrest the acting ; Sheriff, Raley, refused to show his authori ty when demanded by Raley, refused to ; give lime for suing out habeas corpus and j iu less titan an hour, at the head of a . detachment of thirty or forty soldiers, w ith a commissioned < ffieer, marched him to jail aud put him iu the dungeon. The best that I could and > was to get the writ returnable oo Tuesday morning, tbe Bth, and had copies of it served ou Norris, . iajor Van Watt, the commander, and the Lieutenant of the guard On the night of the B.h Norris, witli his squad, arrested Messii E. E. Cody, E s. Cody, James M. Cody, H. Martin and A J. Hartley, refusing to show or state any U >rity when demanded. One was taker) mills Is-il at a late flour of lilt* night in the presence of his family; two others taken from their beds, and after the arrest i of one, his gun and pistol taken from the 1 house and carried away by Norris; all wi-re j lodged in jail immediately on their arrest. \ On the morning of the Btli Raley was pro I duced under the wiit of Norris. Major Van Wart (I am glad to sav) respected the i process, and answered denying custody, I but that bis command was only acting as “posse-comitalus'' under orders trom bis I superior officer at Atlanta. Norris, with great reluctance made bis return and with it affidavits and warrants under the hand of a Notary Public ex officio J I’. of Fulton • county. The affidavits were made by | Norris himself and put into his hands for execution, with orders to lake the parties , before the Notary m Atlanta or some judi cial officer. Borne charging an a-sault with intent to muider him (Norris.) some an assault with intent to tob jail keys, some for freeing a party from jail. It is not known whether tbe genius of the Attorney-General of the Slate was employed iu the-e specimens of criminal pleading, but Mr. Norris stated iu open court that lie was bis counsel aud had been telegraphed for to prosecute tiie eases. No one w ill deny but t hese arrests aud imprison insnts were illegal contrary | to, and in defiance of, law. But the par j ties, all being anxious to meet tiie charges, ! w’aived all objections aud proposed to give I these reeoguizai.ces with any amount of ! bond for their ap earauee at any court iu j tiie county in which the crimes were j charged to bave been committed. This i Norris resisted, aud, witli a force of fifty J men or more at command, urged the con | finementof all iu jail. The Judge (Dr. ; R. W. Hubert), Ordinary, decided in favor of the petition for bail and released them on strong bonds at their own request. On tbe afternoon of the same day an in junction was served on Norris, issuing from Judge Andrews, commanding him to perform no official act until the further order of Court. Here tiie matter now rests, and but for this, in twelve hours the eouuty prison would have been made a j bastile for Norris and Governor Bullock. | It remains to be seen whether orders from I Atlanta will direct him to respect this ! process of the court or not, and whether | fenerai Terry will sustain him iu defiance j of the law. As bad as Norris’ conduct has been, all | these wanton and wicked violations of ’ law, and the liberties of the citizeus ate I p ainly referrable to a faithless Executive, whose motive, I fear, is to irritate out people to antagonism with the military, and use this for purposes foreign to the constitutional duties of his office, and it doubtless will excite wouder that the commander of this military department should suffer his power to be used or such illegal purposes. Are we living under a Constitution which protects life, liberty aud property ? Instead of having an Executive to maintain the honor and defend his Btate, we have one who plots aud contrives to oppress the citizens, aud trample upon their liberties. If crime has been committed in this community, it ought to bs atid can lie investigated. The acting Bherilf, Riley, is able aud willing to execute any process, and can command a “posse comitalus" from the body of the citizens, if necessary, without tiie aid of tbe military. But tliis is not what they want. A peaceful administration of the law would not suit their purposes. Strifes and collis ions are quite necessary to inflame aud keep open wounds which are fast healing I am happy to say tiiat this plot has thus far misuariied; though the provocation has been great, our people have borne it with manhood aud patience. The first known act of Governor Bullock in this matter was to decide who was the lawful Sheriff of Warren county. Whence comes this right of the Executive department to assume a function which belongs to an other coordinate branch of the govern ment, to decide all judicial questions? The usurpation appears the more flagrant wheu his decision was put iu force by him, with tiie military to back it, after he knew that the exact question was pending in tiie Superior Court, aud that, too, before a Judge of his own selection. For all the lllejTal arrests aud restraints upon liberty which followed. Governor Bullock must be held responsible before tbe tribunals of public opinion. It affirds me pleasure t) add tha , in tbe performance of tiieir delicate duties, the commander of tiie troops, with officers and men under him, without an excep tion, conducted themselves with eminent propriety aud a jusl regard for the sensi bilities of our people. No good citizen de sires to assail or evade the requirements of law. To its supremacy in all things let us ail bow. I am, your obedient servant, E. H. Bottle. FIUOHTFIL TRAGEDY AT .1 A<KSO\. ('olonel K. M. Verger Kills n Federal Otlieer. From the Memphis Appeal, June 9. We learned last night, *>y a special tele pram from a correspondent at Jackson, Mississippi, the particulars of a horrible tragedy enacted in that city yesterday by Colonel K. M Yerger, who is well known in thin city us the origina or or naovi r rg an extensive immigr lion scheme, Tlnd wbbse speech qii, tlie late Commercial Convention was published by us a few days ago. The victim was Colonel J. G. Crane, <f the United States army, Chief of Subsistence for the De partment of Mississippi, and lately ttie acting Mayor of Jackson. The circum stances as detailed in our dispatch are as follows: During the absence of Col. Yerger, in this city, a pianoof his was seized, accord ing to law, for his taxes, which wereover due, and was sold, the purchaser being Colonel Crane. There had been some hard feeling between him and Yerger about some previous transaction, and as soon as the latter arrived in Jackson, day before yesterday, he demanded personal satisfaction from Ctane. The dispatch Hays Crane, being unarmed and having no idea of a personal rencoun ter, met him on the street yesterday morn ing and made, or attempted to make, a mild explanation. On this Yerger grew furious, and seizing Crane, whirled him around, using the grossest language to him. Crane resented this, and struck him with aiigtit rattau. Yerger instant ly drew’ a “thug-knife,” (a knife, the handle of which is at right angles with the blade, the blow being delivered from the shoulder,) and stabbed the unfortu nate man three times, the wound severing the heart and producing instant death. A Coroner’s Inquest Was summoned, and after bearing the testimony, returned a verdict of “ willful murder, by E. M. Yerger.” Yerger was immediately arrested, put in heavy irons and carried under guard to the military camp, where he now lies. The citizens, with whom Colonel Craue was a great tuvorite, deeply deplore the act ; and Yerger has no sympathizers. VVewill probably have further details of the affair to-day. At present we mere ly give the statement as telegraphed to us. SUICIDE Miss Lizzie Mason, whose mother lives at or near YVetumpka, committed suicide at the residence ol Colonel Butts, in this county, on Friday morning last, by taking strychnine. Some eighteen months since her father died, leaving her mother with several young and almost helpless chil dren, dependent upon iter, which lias lor some time appeared to weigh heavily up on the young lady who frequently told her relatives, whom she was visiting, that “she had nothing to live for, etc,” yet no one entertained any thought that she Would destroy her own life. The morning of her death site seemed to lie in excellent : spirits, hut from the note site left for her | aunt, and her other actions for several | days previous, little doubt can be enter j tainecJ but that she had fully determined to break tiie “silver cord” of life. Boon after sbe r«ad taken the fatal dose, it was discovered by the family, and a physician called in to attend tier, and every effort made to restore her to life. When tirst discovered she was in the agonies of a terrible paroxysm, and una j bie to speak, but as soon at it passed off : she seemed rational and conversed with her friends, but refused to tell them what she had taken, or why she wished to de ! stroy herself, and persistently refused to ! take an antidote of any kind, until after she bad had a third paroxysm, and when told, as she had been before, that if she would take the medicine prepared for her, that it would cure Iter, and that she could -ee her mother again, she consented. But, ala- ! ’twas too late, the fatal poison had done its deadly work, and in tiie fourth paroxysm, death released her from all ear*lily sufferings. Miss Mason wa- only about s-xteeu years of ;»tse. and is said to have been a young lady of marked beauty, possessing a cultivated and refiutd mind, and a heart oyei flowing with all those tender and pure emotions so peculiarly woman’s. [ Twkifltya Mountain Home. V YOUNG MW HYYYKD COMPLETELY IN T NYU. From the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette. 6th. Our citj - was yesterday the sceue of oue of the most horrible accidents we have ever been called upon to record. About quarter past one o’clock, at Venable’s saw mill, on Third sued, the hands were en gaged in placing a log on the saw' carriage, just as the saws were being set in motion. A young man about twenty years old, who had beet) engaged iu taking the bark off the log, was in tbe act of stepping on tiie frame, between tiie log and the saws, whf u, eitner beiug struck by the log as it moved forward, or in some other way, it was impossible to tell how,) he was caught up by tiie upper saw and draw n upon both of them. The saws weie then running with 80 pounds of steam and making over six hundred revolutions per minute, and in less time than it takes to record the fact, the unfortunate mau was sawed complete ly in two, the two portions of tlie body tailing on different sides of the saw-frame. Tiie saws struck him in the left side, and passing traversely upward came out be hind and a little above the right shoulder blade. The heart was in one portion of tiie body ami tiie lungs iu the other. The saws were, of course, stopped as speedily as possible, hut only to mid the mangled remains lying on the floor of the mill, and tiie tattered fragmeuts of clothing and tiits of flesh clinging to them. It was a shocking spectacle, aud oue that made the heartsick to look upon. Chops in Texas.— The Texas papers give glow ing accounts of the crops of all kinds it: that .State. We annex a few par agraphs : The Sail Antonio Herald, of the 2Sth, says of the crops that every day its editor sees numtiersof persons from every direc tion in Western Texas, and the reports that they give are uniform. They never .-aw so promising a prospect as is now presented for overwhelming crops of corn, cotton, potatoes sorgho, and vegetables of every kind. Late wheat is in danger of rust, especially if the present weather con tinues Fruiis promise to be more abun dant, as also the grape crop. It is very true that vegetation is not as forward as we have known it—indeed, it is back ward ; but that fact goes for nothing in our climate, where two crops are often made on the same ground during a single year. A traveling agent of the Herald has just returned from a business trip to Helena, Yorklown, etc. He reports the crops throughout the country as magnificent. The Colorado Citizen, of tiie 3d instant, says it has, from all sections of tiie coun try, favorable news of the condition of the growing crops. In most places the corn is fully made, and beyond danger from drouth. The only fear entertained is that with warm, showery weather, such as we ate now having, it may produce the cot ton worm. J. H. Shephard, Esq., of Columbia, in forms the Telegraph that crop prospects are better iu Brazoria county tbau they have been any year since the war. The corn is already made, and both cotton and sugar look promising. Aboutone-half the quantity of land that was cultivated be fore theslaves were set free is now iu cul tivation. The LaGrange New Era reports the health of the people and the prospect of the crops to be very excellent. Mad Dogs —The Montgomery Adver tiser says a good many of these brutes “are running loose in different parts of the city. Several, we learn, have already been killed by citizeus.” We are rather skep tical on this point. We have beard of mad dogs at the South very frequently, but w r e have never known of a case of hy drophobia iu man, woman or child; and one of our most intelligent and expe rienced physicians told us recently that he had never htard of one. Certainly none ever occurred in the whole range of practice. The people who chase and kill the dogs are more frequently deserving the epithet of mad, than the brutes them selves. Mk. Stephens on the Situation.—A Western press dispatch from Washington City, dated the9th, says that “Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, in a letter in one of the Washington papers to-day, in reply to some criticisms on his history of the re bellion, takes a very gloomy view of the situation, aud argues that we are drifting itito consolidation aud empire. Nothing, he says, can prevent the establishment of imperialism but a determined effort on the part of the people to preserve free in stitutions. Tne remedy, he says, is not iu secession. That was tried and found insufficient. It must he at the ballot-box. He calls upon the people of the several Htites to seriously consider whether they will maintain free institutions or accept l imperialism.” GOV. HILLOCK AND TREASURER Y.NGIKK Executive Department, i Atlanta, Ga., June 4. 1869. t lion. A. L. Angler , Stale Treasurer, At lanta, Ga ; Sin—l am directed by His Excel lency the Governor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of an Executive order issued from this department. Very Aespectfui Iv, Eugene Davis, w Secretary Executivf? Department. Executive Department, ) Atlanta, ha., June a, 1569. j Whereas, N. L. Angier, State Treas urer, lias assumed to repudiate the of ficial acts of the Executive in connection with loans and drafts made in pursu ance of law with the Fourth National Bank of the city of New York, which Bank was by me appointed Financial Agent under authority of‘a Joint Jteso lution of the General Assembly, ap proved October 3, 1868: Now therefore, I. Unfits 11. Bullock, Governor and Commander in < Uiief of the Army and Navy ot' this State, and of the Militia thereof, do issue this Ex ecutive Order, relieving and restraining the said Fourth National Bank, acting its such Financial Agent, from holding further official intercourse with the said N. L. Angier, Treasurer, and from recognizing any order issued by him, unless specially approved by me ; and | notifying and directing said Bank that ■ henceforth all correspondence and in ! structions relating to the said Financial L Agent and its connection with this ! State shall he held with, and received | from, this Department only, j Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, the ! day and year first above written. [l. s.] 11l kuh B. Bullock. Governor. | By the Governor : Eugene Davis, Secty. Ex. Dept. Executive Department, i Atlanta, June 3, ’<>!*. i I, Eugene Davis, Secretary of the Executive Department, do hereby cer tify, that the foregoing and within is a ! true and correct copy from tiie minutes | of this Department, of an Executive | Order issued this day. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this the 3d day of June, 1869. Eugene Davis. Sect. Executive Department. The above order was received at the Treasurer’s office on the 4th inst. The | Governor fails, as usual, to make a state i merit of facts in the very preamble to his order. He saj’s : •Whereas, N. L. Angier, State Tr-as urer, has assumed to repudiate the of ficial acts of the Executive, in connec -1 tion with loans and drafts made in pur i suance of law,” etc. Instead of repudiating the “loans ; made in pursuance of law” by theGov i ernor. the Treasurer has paid all loans j “ made in pursuance of law.” The act, which in the only one author izing the Governor to make such loan-c j reads as follows: “That His Excellen l ey. the Governor, be, and he is hereby ! authorized and requested to effect a loan to the State, by bond or otherwise, upon ; such terms as to him shall seem meet. I of a sufficient amount of mone}’ to pay i off the members and officers, and other expenses of this General Assembly, ( As sembly of 1868 ) and that the Treasurer of this State meet and pay off the debt thus contracted, or interest thereon, out of the first fundscoming into his hands.” In compliance with said act, the Gov ! ernor, in connection with ilm Treasurer, ] borrowed on notes of the State of Geor- I gia a ‘ sufficient amount of money to pay j off the members and officers, aud other ! expenses of this General Assembly,” i Assembly of 1868,) which notes have been paid, taken up and are now and j have been for over two months in the possession of the Treasurer, the Govern- I or’s Secretary during the Governor’s I absence having refused to give an Ex j ecutive warrant for the same, and llin Excellency also, after his return, after an absence of two months, refused to give a warrant for the same, in violation of law. On the 29th October, 1868, the Governor gave his note as Governor of Georgia, to the Fourth National Bank of New York, for £300,000 00, and on the 3 1 December, 1868, one for §279,000. Does the Governor pretend to say that the money advanced on these notes was “to pay off the members and officers, and other expenses of the Gene r al Assem bly” of 1868? We beg to remind His Excellency that the General Assembly adjourned on the 6th October, 1868, the “members, officers and other expenses” being paid. Does the Governor pretend to say that the 855,000. drawn by him, paid to the Messrs. Kimball, and spent by him, attended by his private Secretary and others, hovering around Washing ton and New York cities, in his fruit less efforts to induce Congress to place in his hands the Supreme control of af fairs in Georgia, was done “iu pursu ance of law ?” We quote from Para graph 1, Section 6, Article 3, of the new Constitution of Georgia as follows .- “No money shall he drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law, ’ etc Will the Governor say there was any appropriation for the expenditure of the $55,000 drawn by by him? We further quote from the report of the House Committee adopted by almost a unanimous vote, which says: “ It is evident to us, that this Legislature, at its last session, distinct ly refused to authorize the Governor to purchase a heating and lighting ap paratus for the temporary Capitol, and that His Excellency acted in direct vi olation to the known will of the Legis lature.” From the same report, “ That the course pursued by His Excellency is, in our opinion, not only without au thority, hut is also without precedent, so far as we are advised.” Again from the same, “No emergency existed which demanded ot Governor Bullock this ex traordinary departure from law, and the usual custom of the Executive De partment.” Again from the same re port, “That Treasurer Angier did noth ing more than his duty, when the afore said irregularities were brought to his knowledge, in investigating fully the manner in which the money had been drawn, and in ascertaining, if possible, what disposition had been made of it ; and in ascertaining precisely to what extent the unauthorized proceeding had gone, with a view to his own pro tection as a bonded officer, and the pro tection of his securities,and the preser vation of the funds of the State. His course was commendable, and for it he is entitled to our thanks. ’ $20,000 of the §55,000 before men tioned was drawn by His Excellency after the above legislative action, and never reported to, nor received into the Treasury, but disbursed by him. With the above evidence staring him in the face, it is very had manners for II is Excellency to charge the Treasurer with repudiating any act, which may be done by His Excellency, the more especially when ho assumes to exercise judicial functions by enjoining the Fourth National Bank and the Treasur er of the State by an Executive order, from the legitimate application of the money of the people, to the purposes contemplated by the laws of the State, to he regularly disbursed through the Treasury department of the State gov ernment. This conduct however is iu keeping with most of his acts, exhibiting a great degree of hardihood iu the Executive assttmingjudicial functions in his efforts to restrain the Treasurer in a faithful performance of his duties as the receiv er and disburse!' of public funds, so con stituted by law. The Treasurer has - it qffiHunly labored to prevent the I reas being plundered, and credit not cease ffiese 'enomiregardless of til's illegal injunctions of His Excellency. He fully understands the object of the Governor, which is to draw upon the Fourth National Bank for more funds without authority, to he spent by him ! in violation of law, greatly tothedetri j merit of the public good. | 1 regret being again forced before the ! public; the folly of others and the vin i dication of truth is my only apology. N. L. Angier, Treasurer. Atlanta Ga., June Tib, 1869. THE SKI RET LET OUT. | The lodge of IO O. F., at M , de termined to have their lodge room done , up clean and nice, and it was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K should be hired to do the job. Afier the lodge adjourned, tbeguardian, who knew the inquisitive character of j Mrs. K , procured a billy-goat ami ! placed him in a eiu.-et. He then informed cite lady of ihe wishes of the lodge, and | aai 1 tie wished her to come early next 1 morning, ns he then would he at leisure | to show her what was and what was not to he dune Morning c me, and brought I with it Mrs. K .with her broom, brush | es, pails, tubs, etc*., prepared and armed I for the job, and the guardian waiting her arliW.il. •‘Now, in >dam,” said he, “I’ll tell you what we want and fie. aud how we came to employ you. The brothers said it was difficult to get anyjme to do the job who wouldn’t meddle with the secrets iu that little closet (pointit gto the goat’s prison.) \Ve have lost the key and can’t find it to lock the door. »la‘'Uicd them that you could be depended on.” “Depended on!” said she; “I guess I can. My poor dead and gone husband, who belonged to the Free aud Anti- Masons, used to tell me all the secrets of the concern, and showed me the marks the gridiron made when he was veni tiated, and told me bow they fixed poor Morgan, niid I have never told a living soul to this day. If nobody troubles your <-l<>-et to find out -ecreis till I do, they will lay there lit! they rot —so they will.” “I thought so,” answered the guardian ; “and now 1 want you to commence in that cor, er and give he room a decent clean ing and I have pledged my word and horn r for tiie fidelity of your promise; so don’t go into that closet, and all will be well,” and he left the lady to herself. No sooner had she heard the sound of his foot on the last step of the stairs than she exclaimed : "Don’t go into that closet! I’ll warrant there’s a pesky gridiron or two, or some other nonsense iu there — ju-L lik*- the Anti-Masons for all the world, I’ll be bound. I’ll see, any way! f can take a little peep, and nobody will be any wiser. I guess I can keep a se cret.” Suiting the action to the word, (think ing all tiie while what a glorious secret -lie would have to tell Mollie Trump, her next d< or neighbor,) she stepped lightly ami cautiously to the door, peeped mys teriously about to see if any one could see her, and Uieu quickly opened the door. YY’hat was her horror to see coming from a faroorner of the room, after having ut tered a most u earthly shriek, a living, actual bona fide billv-goal, with a perfect torrent of wrath Hashing out of his eyes. Making a i emeudous rush for bis liberty, j he reached the threshold of his prison i aim i-t by tiie time the old lady had suf ; ficieiiily recovered to screech “murder” and “file" without getting choked, and I came mar upselling the dame at the door. : Botli made a rush for the head of the -lairs, hut tiie d<K>r was full of implements i for house cleaning, and all were swept clear i from their position down to the bottom of ! the -teps. Tiie noise and confusion occasioned by i such unceremonious coming down stairs drew naif the town to witness Mrs. K.’a effort i" get from the pile of pails, tubs, i o us ami hiu-ties into the street. \Vn:> bould be the tirst to the spot but the rascally guardian, who, after releasing tin goat, which was crippled for life, aud j uplif dug tiie rubbi.-h that bound the good | woman to tiie eaitli. anxiously inquired if j she had been taking the degrees. “ bakin’ the degrees!" exclaimed tiie | now irate lady, “you fetch-taked hateful j you! 1 f you call tumbling from top to bo:- I torn of tiie stair-, ami bein’ scared to death, takiu’ things by degrees, why I have them. And if you frighten ar.d | hurt other folks as you nave me, I ’li war rant they’ll make as much uoise as I did, and titfcbby more.” “[ h ne you did not open the closet, madam?” said the guardian. "Open the closet! Didn’t Eve eat the apple when she was told not to? If you want a wmnau to do aDythiug, teli her not to, ami she’ll do it for certain. I couldn’t s. e anything through the key hole, arid I wanted to know what was in that closet, so 1 opened the door and il.e tarua! critter popped right out at me. 1 thought 1 was a gouer, and started for the stairs, with (Satan butting me at every ju up. I tell over the tub, aud got down staiis all in a heap—ugh ! that screechin’, hateful tiling !” ‘But madam,” said the guardian, “as you <r - in possession of the great secret of the Order, you must now go back and be 11 i iated iu the regular way.” “R auiar way !” exclaimed she; “and do you suppose I am going in that tarual place agin, ami ride mat critter without ondie or saddle ? No, sir ! never! I don’t want nothing to do with the man who rides it, nuttier. I’d look nice ou a billy goat, wouldn’t I, now? No,sir! I’ll uev'er go nigh it again, nor into your hail nutk er ; and if I can help it, no lady shall never j .in the Odd fellers. Why, I should lath er join the Free Masons, and be fried on a gridiron as long as fire could be kept un der it, and he pulled from the garret to the cellar with a halter round my neck, just as my poor dead and gone husband was ; fur he lived over it, but 1 never could out live such another ride as 1 took to day. You don’t ketch me back iu there. THE GOOD OLD TIMES. We have before us two old newspapers —the Augusta Constitutionalist of Febru ary 6, 181-3, and tiie Columbus Enquirer ot February 6, 1844 It may be interest ing to compare tiie prices of those days with the prices of the present time. We find cotton quoted in Augusta at 4 to 3 cents per pound; Kentucky bagging, 16 to 17 cents per yard; gunny, HO to 21 ; rope. 6 to 8 cents per pound; salt $1 50 to $1 75 per sack; bacon, hog round, plenty, 5 to 9 cents per pound; sides. 6 to 7; shou'« ders, 4 to 5; hams, 6 to 8; cheese. 7 to 9; canal Hour, $0 00 to §6 50 per barrel; com • try Hour §4 50 to $3 50; N. O. and West India molas-e-, 30 to 35 cents per gallon; Rio coffee, 7 to 8 cents per pound; Java, 12 to 13; sugar 8 to 9 cents; corn, 45 to 50 cents tar bushel. In t'oiuinbus, in 1844, we find cotton selling at 8 to 10 cents, hams, 11 cents; sides, 10; shoulders, 9; cheese, 9 to 11; Rio coffee, 9 to 10; Northern Hour. $6 00 to $7 00 per barrel; country flour, $3 00 to $6 00; corn, 37 to40; wbeot 75 to $1 00 per bushel; oats. 45; peas, 50; lard, 10 to 12; salt $2 25 per sack. i: seems that, in those days, our people preferted Northern of Western flour to the country product. - Now, it is the reverse, tin at improvements have been made iu the mills in this section within twenty years past, and those who have used flour from tiie Juniper, or Geneva Mills, or Owen’s, McCoys, or Persons’, doubtless greatly prefer it to the Northern article, which is frequently adulterated with grain of less value than wheat. When the Southern people again raise their own bread and meat, we may look for a return of these good old prices in the provision line, while, at the same time they will obtain a much better price for their cotton than at present.— Talbolton Gazette, 10/A. run Columbia & Augusta Railroad. —-Yesterday morning the Columbia & Augusta Railroad finished building the f * ro S> necessary to a connection, juid ei reeled a junction with the (South Capo- Itna Railroad at the turntable on the line of the latter road, one mile from Augusta, east of the Savannah River. If tiie Presi dent and Board of Directors of the Co lumbia & Augusta Railroad cannot “stand the carnpague” on the occasion of their road euteriug the city, they are not the men we have taken them for.— Chronicle 6 Sentinel, 12//t. Generous Request .—Mrs. Kolb who recently died in Madison, Morgan county le t an estate valued at near SIOO OOO’ almost all of which is bequeathed to the Ordinary of the county iu trust, for tiie purpose of educating the poor orphan children of the county.