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GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER MACON, TUESDAY JUNE 22, 1869. LB ARK A TRADE. Os 13,496 prisoners in tbe penitentiaries of thirty States in 1867, according to the report of the Prison Association just issued. 87 per cent., more than three-quarters, had not learned a trade. The above paragraph furnishes a text from which a most wholesome sermon can be preached. It is not to be concluded, of course, that the per cent, alluded to was drawn from the ranks of the “learned professions,” as they are called. The real point in the statement is that work keeps a man’s brain and hands from mischief, aud that if he hajs learned a trade he is not only safe, so far as tempta tion is concerned, hut always has at his command a refuge against want aud idle i, ss—those fruitful sources of crime. With a good trade, in this growing country where skilled labor of all kinds commands such fair wages, bread aud clothing for himself and family are secure for mechan ics of every description. If his taste and enterprise lead him into some other calling where success is not won, he has the su preme satirfi'action of knowing that in such an event, he still has a capital to draw upon ol which nothing but Providence can deprive him. It has always been a mystery to us why there are not more young men learning trades in our country, especially since the war. Broken down, pecuniarily, as our people found themselves at the close of the terrible struggle, it would seem an aban donment of the silly policy of making doctors aud lawyers of their sons, was specially indicated, not only by past ex perience, but necessity. Never was an occasion more auspicious for the change. But what was seen ? Parents rushiugtheir children off to college, without the least reference to their fitness to appreciate and benefit by its training. Aud this was, and still is often done at great pecuniary in convenience. Paterfamilias stints and starves at home, and the rest of the fam ily are put on short rations, in order that young Hopeful may idle away his time at college, and come home an A. B. We have known and know many boys at col lege who have no more business there than so many idiots. They can’t or won't learn, and after being literally dragged through tiro course, are turned out with diplomas, to be manufactured into so called lawyers and doctors. They have health and strength, though, and the test might have developed some aptitude for certain mechanical pursuits. They would not have made master builders, smiths or machinists, but might have earned a living, and made themselves useful mem bers of society as subordinates in these pursuits. We don’t propose, of course, to shut up schools aud colleges, but we do think it would be best for all concerned to inquire first before trying to give a boy a learned education, to find out whether he is fit to, or can receive it. There will be lawyers, and doctors, aud ministers while the world endures, we suppose, but there is no reason why they should be recruited in discriminately from the graduating classes of our colleges, without the slightest ref erence to their fitness. If a boy goes to college and won’t or can’tgeton with his studies, clearly college is not the place for him. He ought to be somewhere else. If he lias any mechanical aptitude at all, find a trade for him aud bid him stick to it. In tiie various branches of mechani cal industry there is always room for re cruits. The recruit may not be above re- spec table mediocrity, but still he has his place, aud his use to himself aud the coun try, under the control of others. It is not necessary for every mechauic to be a “boss,” by any means, in order that he should be useful and earn a respectable living. Mediocre lawyers and doctors, though, are worse than useless. We have witnessed many changes since the war, but this, one of the most needed, seems long in coming. 1 hat it is partic ularly demanded now, none will dispute There is wisdom in it, there is wealth in it. There is the germ of industrial inde pendence in it, aud last, but by uo means least, there is, in its success, the destruc tion of the false aud pernicious ideas that labor degrades instead of ennobling. Away with it, then. Let Southern col leges and the learned professions flourish, but let Southern workshops be filled with Southern youths, and Southern progress illustrated by the sturdy toil of the best blood of the land. Mokk wagons were iu the city yesterday (hail we have noticed in some time. All carried away large quantities of corn. [ Columbus Sun, 20 th. These same wagons will come back in the fall with cotton bales raised by, but not belonging to, the producer. The corn and meat seller and the bank people will take charge of them and put the proceeds iu their pockets, and the corn buyer will go back home conscious of having paid his honest debts, but not so clear on the ques tion of his net profits in the shape of a bank balance. And this will be the case all over the South. How long, gentlemen, are you going to slave tor others in this way? How long will you continue to ignore the fact, the axiom, that that couutry is, and will always remain poor, that does not feed itself? You have borrowed money to buy fertilizers wherewith to make cotton ; you have borrowed money to buy meat and to buy corn, and now, when you ought to be calculating what your clear profits are likely to be, you are harrassed with the thought of what you owe, and what your condition will be if the caterpillar or any other enemy of the “King” should over take and slay him. To be in debt is bad t'UtJU Khj b.ilUQbe that and hungry, besides, Now, some people say there has been pleuty of corn planted this year to supply all wants. We hope so. The same thing, though, was said last year, but facts like the above and others don’t bear it out. We venture the prediction, right now, that even with a good yield from what is now iu the ground, there will not be enough corn made in half the counties iu Middle and Southwest Georgia to do the people, and that paragraphs like the above will appear in the papers next year. In the meantime, however, the money lenders and provision dealers will make much greenback hay, and so the proverb, “its an ill wind that blows no oue any good,” will have another illustration. .When the farmers extract as much profit out of this system, we shall be most happy to chroni cle the fact. Married Sixty-Bix Years. —We were informed yesterday of the death of Mrs. Nancy Stroud, of Lee county, Ala., who was born Feb. 10, 1785. She died on May 13, 1869, aged eighty-four years, two mouths and three days. She married sixty-six years ago, iu her eighteenth year to the husband who survives her. Her husbnud, James Stroud, was born May 18, 1779. He is now in his ninetieth year lives in Lee county, and evinces more life and energy than some men at fortv His hearing and eyesight remain good and often “ drives the plow afield,” and daily performs his portion of farm work The pair have raised a large family that now count three or four generations. If the old gentleman be a philosopher these children are the links which hold past years together. How many of this earth can say, “I have been married sixty-six years?” Both husband and wife are of Primitive Baptist (vulgarly known as Hard shell) persuasion. [Columbus Sun, 20 th Chief Justice Chase’s Opinion The National Intelligencer says: A letter from Chief Justice Chase, received in Washington, gives a flattering account of the improved condition of South Car olina. He says the people are fast recu perating from the effects of war, and, if permitted, would soon be thriving and prosperous. He and his daughter have been treated everywhere with the great- - est respect and kindness.” CIIINKSK LABOR—C AW IT BE SCCCKStsFCLLV EMPLOYED IK ALL THE STATES i A California paper says “the Chinese are coming to stay. They are also coming to work. For that matter, indeed, we are told between forty aud fifty thousand are already hard at work on and along tbe line of the great Pacific Railroad- The mining districts of California swarm with them, and the universal testimony as re gards their industry, enterprise, and peaceable disposition, is altogether in their favor. We have spoken of the multiplication of the Chinese on the Pacific. From Sau Diego to Sitka, and back to Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and throughout all which San Francisco is the commer- cial centre, we are told they are every where to bes rund. Every town and ham let has its “China-town.” Their industry is most remarkable. Mining, clothes washing, aud kindred occupations were the first branches of industry in which they engaged, but of late years there has been a great increase in the variety of their employments. In the construction of the San Jose Railroad, in 1860, it was dis covered that they were cheap and effect ive road builders. The Mission and Pi oneer Woolen Mills found that they made first-class factory operatives, and now they are rapidly obtaining employment wherever patient manual labor, without any great amount of brain work, is requi site. Large numbers are engaged as ser vants in families, hotels, etc., taking the places of girls in chamber-work and cook ing, in which they became expert. A large proportion of the immigration con sists of boys, from ten to sixteen years of age, who are immediately put out to serve in families, where they soon pick up a knowledge of the language aud of house- hold duties. In fact, the Chinese are rapidly monop olizing employment in alt the lighter branches of industry usually allotted to women, such as running sewing machines, making paper bags and boxes, binding shoes, labelling and packing medicines, etc. They are willing and anxious to learn anything and everything that may prove of pecuniary value to them, and in spite of the difficulties which their total or partial ignorance of the language im poses, their patience and imitative faculty enable them to learn to work with sur prising facility; and close observers of their habits do not hesitate to say that there is not any manual trade in which they could not become efficient workers in a reasonable time. These straugers are said to become Americanized—so to speak—very rapidly. They learn to buy and sell, to labor, ac cording to American modes, just a3 they discard the umbrella-shaped hat, wide drawers and thick paper shoes, tor the felt bat, pantaloons and boots; but they retain all their essential habits and mode of thought just as they retain their cues. The Chinaman running a sewing ma chine, driving a sand cart, or firing an en gine in California, is just as essentially a Chinaman as his brother who, on the other side of the Pacific, is working in the same way and with the same implements as his father worked a thousand years ago.” If John will do all these things in Cali fornia, why won’t he do them here in Georgia, and all the other Southern States? We want to see the experiment tried, anyway. We believe it will prove a success, and teach the idle, worthless ne groes who play at cooking and washing aud waitiug in our houses, that they are dependent on white folks, and not the white folks on them. They are becoming more aud more trifling every day, aud house-keepers are getting more and more ready and willing to substitute other la bor in their stead. A Chinaman can’t possibly be as bad as the negroes, stuffed up as they are with allsorts of fool notions as to their importance. You cau’t name a single bad quality the Chinaman has, that cannot be triplicated, and with some to spare, in the negro. All reports concur in representing the Chinaman as patient, faithful and indus trious, in the highest degree. These the negro is not. Besides, John doesn’t care a button about voting, aud being a mem ber of the Legislature, or a Postmaster. We vote for him all the time as an experi ment, at least, aud as opposed to the pres ent worthless lot of would-be ladies and £entlerat?u who oamloauami, ftftar a fash— ion, to cook and wash and wait on js. HOW TO MAKE POTATOES A SLUE CROP. Captain J. M. Elliott has laid upon our table an Early Goodrich potato that weighs twelve ounces. For fifteen years he has planted Irish potatoes in the fol lowing manner, and at different times in Northern and Southern Alabama, and in various places in this county—including wet seasons and dry seasons, and nearly all sorts of soil— with invariable success, and never was excelled by his neighbors, who planted in a different way. The plan is particularly advantageous for late or fall potatoes, as it prevents the effects of drought upon the crop : First, have the ground well plowed and thoroughly pulverized, then run off fur rows about two and a half feet apart, for the rows. Fill the furrow half full or more with wheat or pine straw, partially decayed, then place the seed, cut in pieces containing a single eye each, on this straw, single pieces, at a distance of eight or ten inches. Put no dirt about the seed at all, but cover the entire patch to the depth of six or eight inches with straw. A little dirt is sometimes used to weigh down the straw, and prevent its being blown off'. A large crop of nice, clean potatoes, will be the result, and you have only to take away the straw, and pick up the potatoes.— Home Courier , 18th. Another Payment into the State Treasury. —lt will be seen from the fol lowing that Superintendent Hulbert has made another payment into the State Treasury of $25,000 for the month of May last: Western and Atlantic Railroad, ] Office Superintendent, > Atlanta, Ga., June 18, 1869. J To his Excellency , Rufus B, Bullock, Governor, Atlanta, Ga. : Sir:—l have this day paid to N. L. Angier, Esq., Treasurer of the State of Georgia, twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars, for the month of May, 1869, from the earnings of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. I am, Governor, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. Hulbert, [lntelligencer, 20 th. Sup’t. Accident to Major Pendleton. —We regret to learn from the Valdosta Times, of Wednesday, that Major P. C. Pendle ton, editor of that paper, met with a severe accident on the previous eveuing. While the Major was returning home in his bug gy, his horse took fright, ran away, and threw him out against a stump by the roadside, giving his head a blow, which produced uucousciousuess. His little sou, somf* fifty yft**i*3 fiirtiiur on, but received no serious injury. Medical and other aid, was very soon procured. The Major was well cared for, and strong hopes are enter tained of a speedy recovery. Mr. Lo Having a Good Time.— The St. Paul (Minnesota) Dispatch says : “We learn from a geutlemau who came down from the Chippewa agency that a delega tion of some twenty or thirty of those In dians are on their way down to St. Paul to have a grand dog feast. They have learned that some twenty or thirty flue fat dogs are killed every day by the po lice, and the bodies buried. They think this a shocking aud awful waste of food. Dog meat is a great delicacy with them. They propose to encamp in the park near the City Hall, and live on dog meat until the harvest of canines ceases, aud then re turn home fat aud happy.” On Dit. —That Governor Bullock is sending private notices, by mail and mes senger, to the “elect,” to assemble hereon the Fourth of July next. At that meet" iug he will endeavor to induce the body to reject the negro aud the Fifteenth Amendment, so as to make a case for Congress.— Constitution, \Sth. The Main Question.— The receipts at the Coliseum, in Boston, where that stunning humbug called the “ Peace Jubi lee” is now on exhibition, were, for the third day, a bushel and a half of green backs, dry measure. So the main chance is being pretty well looked after. Fare from St. Louis to Ban Fran cisco.—The North Missouri Railroad has commenced selling tickets to San Fran cisco for $158.35 under the arrangement just entered into between the Union and Central Pacific Railroads Knocked into Eternity. —ln a prize fight at Cayugu, New York, last Saturday, one of the contestants, named McGuire, was killed in the ninth rouud by his ad versary, a man named Donnelly, who escaped to Canada. The Buena Vista Farm and Way Place, both near Charlottesville. Va., were sold last week—the former, 404 acres, for $19,000 cash, aud the other, 417 acres, for SII,OOO cash, interesting to distillers. Macon, Ga., June 19, 1869. Editor Journal and Messenger: In an swer to the interrogatives from your cor respondent-first question —whether a dis tiller, after having complied with the law relating to the distilling of fruit, can dis pose of the spirits distilled in large or small quantities without violating the law? The law relating to distillers does not impose a special tax upon any distiller who sells from his distillery spirits in the original casks or packages, gauged and branded, and the tax-paid stamps affixed by a United States gauger. The law does not allow any distiller to sell at retail on his premises, or in any other way than in original casks or packages. In answer to the second question, viz: "Whether a person who has taken out li cense a3 distiller of fruit, can distill corn whisky under the same license?” The law relating to distillation of whisky is almost totally different than that of a dis tiller of fruit. A distiller of whisky must pay a special tax of S4OO, keep a bonded warehouse at his own expense, also have a United States store-keeper in charge, etc. It will be seen that a fruit distiller’s license does not authorize a per son to distill whisky under the same. All licenses run from the Ist of May to the 30th of April of each year. A person taking a license to distill fruit from the Ist of July will have to pay 10 12 of SSO 00, aud his license expires the 30th day of April. All spirits drawn from a distillery must be placed in casks or packages, containing less than twenty gallons. W. C. Morrill, Collector. IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. Treasurer’s Office, \ Atlanta, Ga., June 11, 1869. / P. C. Calhoun, Esq., President Fourth Na tional Bank, New York : Dear Sir—Enclosed please find my reply to Gov. Bullock’s extraordinary and unauthorized injunction, purporting as an attempt to restrain you from further of ficial intercourse, etc. I presume this paper of the Governor is based on my letter to you of the 24th ult , which, after rendering the $55,000 as a credit to you, I stated, in conclusion, for my own protection : “So far as the $55,000 drawn by Gov. B. is concerned, not re turned nor reported to the Treasurer by him, but applied by him to purposes un authorized by law, (especially the $20,000 last drawn,) it will require special legisla tion before we are authorized to acknowl edge it as a debt of this State.” By this statement it was not intended to discredit this part of your account, so far as I am concerned; but the amount having never reached my hands, and, so far as the Treasury here is concerned, be ing short the $55,000, as charged in your account.! was certainly warranted, as a matter orpreeaution for my own protec tion, to state the condition of the credit rendered in my statement, aud charged in your account, knowing it would require an appropriation by the Legislature to cover the amount, aud an Executive war rant for the same, before the terms of the law would be complied with, and the Treasurer's books in conformity thereto. I have no reason to doubt hut such ac tion will be taken as to meet the amount, provided you make no further advances of like character. My office is independent of the Govern or. Having been elected by the Legisla ture and given bond in conformity with law, the Governor lias no power to enjoin or restrain you from official intercourse or business transactions with me as Treas urer. What action have you taken relative to the new bonds? Respectfully yours, N. L. Angier, Treasurer. New York, June 14, 1869. Hon. N. L. Angier, Treasurer : Dear Sir—i have yours of 11th inst., with printed copy of Gov. Bullock’s no tice to this Bank aud your reply to the same. I forwarded to Gov. Bullock copy of your letter of 24th ult., for the purpose of bringing to his notice tbe following lan guage contained therein, which seemed to look towards repudiating the drafts m4 Je by him against funds uorroweu oy mm for ttio mate of Oeurgta, and which he assured the writer he ha 1 full power add authority to appropriate to the uses of the State. “So far as the $55,000 drawn by Governor Bullock is concerned—not returned or re ported to the Treasurer by him, but ap plied by him to purposes unauthorized by law, (especially the $20,000 last drawn)—it will require special legislation before we are authorized to acknowledge it as a debt of this State.” This language not having the explaua tion contained in your letter of the 11th instant, made it desirable on our part that the matter should be understood at once, aud in consequence, the copy of your let ter of May 24th was sent to Gov. Bullock requesting an answer. As yet we have not been able to dispose of any of your bonds at your price. Our money market lias been very close since receipt of the certificates of your Secretary of State as required by the Board of Bro kers, aud have not thought best to offer them for a day or two. Your coupon interest, due July 1, I sup pose must be paid as presented, and shall continue to protect the credit of the State until otherwise directed. Respectfully yours, P. C. Calhoun, President. [j Era, 18</i. Bishop Beckwith’s Address. —The Bishop of Georgia, in a late address to his diocese, advises the formation of brother hood and sisterhood among the laity for special use iu works of charity, educa tion, and propagation of the faith. He says: I would call your attention to a few points mentioned in the pastoral letter issued by the House of Bishops, and with this I must content myself. The necessi ties of the times call for enlarged effort iu works of mercy and education, and the bishops urge upon the church the forma tion of associations of Christian men and women “lo minister to the sick and needy, to care for the aged, and to train the young.” Ido heartily recommend to you the forming of three brotherhoods aud sisterhoods, provided they be, as the letter declares they should, “free from ensnaring vows, of enforced confession, and iu all things subject to canonical and diocesan authority.” I had hoped to report you an orphan’s home in full operation, under the care of a church sisterhood. Circumstances en tirely beyond my control have, thus far, delayed the work, but by the next Cou ventiou, God willing, I trust the home will be built, aud the sisters at work. A • i . -> ---i.. O'anitjinf New Ynrlr. Mr. Wm. H. Appleton, has furnished me the means to erect the building, and I be lieve that I have made such arrangements for taking care of the orphans as will, under God, insure its success. To Southern Agricultural Socie ties. —Mr. Thomas McElroy, European Seed Grower, of New York, having dona ted over $3,000 worth of all kinds of seeds to Southern agricultural societies, gratui tously, the officers of the Fruit-growers’ Club, of New York, desire the representa tives of all Southern agricultural societies to forward their address to either of the officers of the Fruit-growers’ Club, No. 37 Park Place, New York City, when a package of seeds will be forwarded to the address of such societies as may desire a supply. Not So. —The Chronicle & Sentinel, of Thursday, says on the authority of a di rector of the Georgia Railroad, that so much of the statement recently made to the effect that the Georgia Road had pur chased that portion of the Montgomery and West Point Road from Opelika to West Point, is entirely without founda tion. Fine glover Hay.— The Rome Cou rier has seen a sample of clover hay, rais ed this year on the Poullain plantation, on the Coosa river, by C. P. Morton, that equals the best Northern bay. There is 160 acres of clover on this place, about one-half of which was well saved previ ous to the recent rains. The yield will average about two tons to the acre. A Few days ago a dog belonging to Rev. C. A. Downs, of Lebanon, N. H., had a slight “onpleasantness” with a woodchucs, and the latter seized him by the cheek and refused to relinquish his hold. With remarkable presence of mind his dogsbip repaired to a brook near by and sousing the woodchuck under, held him there until he was drowned. Place Aux Dames. —The Americus Republican says Miss Sallie Banks, of that city, has received the appointment of Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for that Collection District, comprising the counties of Macon, Schley, Sumter and Webster. GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. STATE NEWS. A White Man Stabbed to Death by a Negro- —Editors Chronicle cfc Sentinel: Adkiu D. Lewis, a good aud useful citizen, residing about seven miles from this place, was murdered in his field about 8 ■ o’clock A. m. to day. The murderer is a negro named “Ben,” about 40 years old, a round, plump fellow, weighing about one hundred and fifty pounds. He used a knife to accomplish his hellish purpose, with which he inflicted four or five stabs on the body and breast of the white man. He fled aud no arrest so far. As far as can be judged it is a ease of premeditated murder—Ben having disclosed his plans and purposes to a friend last night. A child of Ben’s was hired to Mr. Lewis as a house servant, and, it is supposed that a correction of the child some days ago by deceased, caused Ben tocommit the horrid deed. A little son of Mr. Lewis, about 10 years old, was present at the killing. Now and Then. Waynesboro. Ga., June 16, 1869. Is He Eligible.—“ls ex-Provisional Governorship eligible?” is a question we heard suggested yesterday by lawyers. The Code provides a Judge shall be a resi dent of the Circuit over which he is to preside at least one year preceding his ap pointment or election. The newly appoint ed Judge has been living in Savannah the last two years.— Columbus Sun, 17 th. Rain.—This section was favored with copious rains on Sunday and Monday last. Crops, generally, we believe, are in excel lent condition.— Talbollon Gazette, llth. Suicide.—We learn that a most shock ing suicide occurred at Bonesville, in Co lumbia county, yesterday morning. It appears that a gentleman by the name of Walker had a little quarrel with his wife at breakfast time on yesterday, during the course of which the husband got up and left the house, saying to his wife that he would go down to the mill and remain until she recovered her temper. He walked down to the mill, which was but a short distance off, but had not been there long when one of his children came running from the house and told him that her mother had killed herself. Return ing to his home, Mr. Walker found his wife lying on the floor in a pool of blood, dead. She had cut her throat from ear to ear with a razor. [Chronicleand Sentinel, llth The Tables Turned. —This morning, a porter at the National Hotel, (we blush for manhood to say that he bore the sem blance aud form of a man,) whose name we will not disgrace our columns to utter, attacked a little orphan newsboy, named Willie Jones, who earns an honest liveli hood by selling The Constitution and oth er papers, and applied a heavy whip to the lad with all the force of a demon. The lad, we are informed, is good dispo sitioned and industrious. The attention of a Mr. Tom Castello was attracted, who immediately stepped forward, and wrench ing the whip from the wretches’ hands, chastised him soundly for his brutality to the youth. Castello may be rough on the outside, but inside dwells the heart of a mau. We learn that the beiug who so ruthlessly assaulted the little boy, did so because he would not get off the sidewalk. No matter what the provocation, the con duct was unjustifiable. [Atlanta Constitution, llth. Six Men Escape from Decatur Jail —lnteresting Particulars—Humor ous Letter. —In March last six individ uals were convicted of violating the In ternal Revenue laws of the United States by illegal distilling, aud sentenced to im prisonment in the county jail. There being uo jail worthy of the title in this county, they were incarcerated in DeKalb county jail, at Decatur. The names of the party imprisoued are: W. L. Wooten, DeKalb county ; Berry Bates, Whitfield ; J R. Morris, Gwinnett; W. McDaniel, Murray; Richard Tripp, James Tripp, Cherokee. They were guarded by Capt. James Hun ter with usual care, but it appears that the prisoners had been clandestinely furnished by outside parties with a cold chisel and crow-bar. By meansof these instruments they succeeded in removing the iron grates from the windows of the cells, and tearing their bed-clothing aud converting them ihu> a iujic, maue rtiCTrcsoaae about’ half-past eleven o’clock yesterday. llbid. Clover. —Judge Joseph E. Brown has a small lot, about an acre and a quarter, near the Belwood Depot, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, two miles from town, in clover. In 1867, it was an old, impoverished sedge field. Judge Brown had it broken up deep with a No. 19) Peckskill plow, and thoroughly pulver ized the soil. In March he sowed it in oats aud red clover. The oatsyielded well, and was cut in regular time. The clover grew ofiT finely, and in 1868, Judge Brown cut it twice, obtaining, over two tons of clover hay. The clover has not beeu pas tured upon, although a tenant this year has supported a horse, and cow and calf by cutting it as necessity required. Th# first cutting this year, now beiug housed, will reach fully ten two-horse wagon loads. This, with what has been used by the tenant, will show a laigeyield for so small a spot. Parties who are complaining of the high price of Northern hay, and of the frauds practiced iu bailing it, will see by this, that economy dictates to them to imitate Judge Brown in raising their own hay.— lbid. Another Homicide in Meriweath er. —We regret to hear of another killing scrape a few days since near Rocky Mount. Mr. Wm. Britton shot and instantly killed oue of his neighbors named Lapsey. It appears that Britton, on a rainy day last week, invited Lapsey to go up to Rocky Mount with him. The invitation was ac cepted, aud while there a good deal of whisky was consumed. Lapsey became quarrelsome, and had several little fusses, being evidently very much beside himself with liquor. Britton finally got him iu the buggy and started home, when sud denly Lapsey fell upon Britton with a large knife, cutting him several times, whereupon Brittou jumped out of the buggy, drew his pistol and shot Lapsey dead. There was no previous diffiellty between the men. This is the tale a» re ported to us.— Griffin Star, 18 th. Greene County Clover.— Dr. ’llios. P. Janes, of this county, has just fin&hed mowing a field of five acres of Red Clover, the most of which measured four feet and and five inches high, and yielded two aid a half tons to the acre. It was planted one year ago last March, on old laid which has been in cultivation for the lat 30 years, and without manure. He hs other fields planted ten months latei which bid fair to equal the five acre lot He is also growing the various kinds and grass successfully. [Greensboro Herald, 17 th. , A General Rain.— So far as we ca» learn this whole region of country and i large portion of the entire State, was vii- on Monday last with copious and re peated showers. It was what is known in farming par lance as a first rate season. Corn, which though healthy, had been greatly dwarfed by the cold spring aud subsequent drought, will now come forward rapidly, and attain sufiicient size for au average yield. In deed, our experience is, that in a good earing season a small stalk seems to pro duce most, as all the strength of the fertil izer and natural soil is concentrated upon the development of the grain and ear. ' Cotton, too, will now outgrow lice And all back-sets. It is however fully tlree weeks later thau usual. The crops were generally in fair coidi tion and ready for this timely of moisture. To our farming friends we would ay, be of good cheer, and gird up your Ijiuß for the struggle of the next four woks. Feed your mules well, encouragqthe faed men, rise early and stir until dark, dm’t heed a little rain or sunshine; keepthe plows in motiou, and seek and try tide serve the benignant smiles of the food Lord of the harvest. Remember that the crop campaign <joses in one brief month. The battle o’ the year will then be either lost or won. Cuthbert Appeal kith. Death in a Well.—A desperatficon flict recently took place at Cairo, is this county, between two negro men wide at work in a well they had been emplojtdto dig. One of them stabbed the otlir so severely that he died, and the murlerer was lodged in jail for trial at the prbeDt term of the Court. A white man wit nessed the deadly conflict from thejipof the well, but had no means of interfriug. [ Thomasville Enterprise, n'h. The Wheat Trial in Athens. j£di~ tor Constitution: I send report if the Committee: Dr. J. 8. Hamilton, forty-six eth bushels. Juo. W. Nicholson, thirty-ninl forty sixtieth bushels. Col. D. C. Barrow, thirty-nine tljrtyh five-sixtieth bushels. Mr. E. Bancroft, thirty-five four-pxti eth bushels. All of the crops more or less wofsted, the latter cut short one-third. * Athens, Ga., June 16,1869. Atlanta Cotton Factory Company. *\t a meeting of the stockholders of the Atlanta Cotton Factory Company at the Georgia National Bank, b nday, the fol lowing Board of Directors were chosen : John R ; ce, Richard Peters, Edward E. Raw son, John C. Peck, Atlanta; Dr. J. F. Bozeman, Columbus; Wm. P. Herring, Augusta. At a subsequent meeting ti e Board made choice of John Rice, Presi dent' Dr. J, F. Bozeman, Secretary aud Treasurer; J. Rhodes Brown, Columbus, j Superintendent. From the commence ment of the agitation of this question of cotton manufacturing in our city, we have taken a great interest, and have never doubted its success, if under the manage ment of the right men. We with pleasure announce the Board of Directors and its principal officers - — Era, '-oth. THk Burke County Murderer.—The Sheriff' of Burke county arrived in this city yesterday and, after consultation with Judge Gibson, decided to make arrange ments by which Ben. Godby, the murderer of Mr. Lewis, who was arrested in this city oil Thursday last, will remain in the jail of this county until the time for his trial arrives. We are informed that the negroes of Burke county have sworn to rescue Godby from the authorities as soon as he arrives in Waynesboro, which may accouut for his detention in this jail. A coroner’s iuquest has been held over the body of Mr. Lewis aud a verdict re turned that he was murdered by Godby. We are informed that the murdered man was literally cut all to pieces—no less than twenty-threewouuds having been inflicted by the assassin, of which all but three were mortal. — Chronicle & Sentinel, 20th. —Horrible Accident.—A horrible acci dent occurred about six o’clock yesterday evening, at t’ue machiue shop of the Albany and Gulf Road, in this city, by which Mr. Thomas Gee.ron, a young mau eighteen years of age. and by trade a painter, was most horribly and parhaps fatally injured. It seems that Mr. Gearou was endeavoring to adjust a belt on the main shaft running from the machine shop to the paint shop, wheu by some means he slipped, and was caught by the belt aud whirled around with great vio lence, making, it was thought, an hun dred or more revolutions before the ma chinery was stopped. Drs. Bullock and Martin attended him, by whom it was found necessary to amputate his right arm, which was broken in two places In addition, one thigh was broken aud many other bruises received. His condit’on was reported as very critical wheu our reporter left. The scene at his widowed mother’s house was heartrending, the in jured young man beiug an only sou and her only dependence. [<Sfcit>. Advertiser, 20 th. Survey of the Bainbridge, Cuth bert and Columbus Railroad.—The Corps of Engineers has been organized under C. B. Harkie, Esq., Chief Engineer, aud the preliminary line is now being run out. Col. Crews accompanies the party to represent the company in negotiating for right of way, so as to facilitate their move ments. The corp3 left this city on Monday last .—Bainhridge Argus, \Bth. The Augusta Postoffice. —“ Reliable Authority ” says that neither Bryant nor Blodget will get the Postmastership at this city. It is said that both the Mongrel and and Carpet badger have so faithfully shown up the character of each other to the President that be has decided to throw them both overboard and try anew deal. “Let us have peace.”— Chronicle and Sen tinel, 20th. Georgia Watermelons.—Watermel ons grown in the vicinity of the city made their appearance iu our market yesterday. They were a superior article, and sold from fifty ceqjs to one dollar each. [<S'ctu. Republican, 20th. Death in a Railroad Car.— The Gulf Railroad train that arrived here on Satur day morning brought the body of a man who had died in a car a short time before reaching Savannah. The circumstances, as we have been able to learn them, are as follows : Mr. Milieu, a citizen of Valdosta, who had for some time been a sufferer from dropsy on the heart, and latterly confined to his bed, started on Friday evening, iu company with his wife, for iu Gonuectieut. Being and placed iu one of the baggage ears on -a* bed. The journey was undertaken In opposition to the wishes of his physicians, who warned him that he was unable to accomplish it. The excitement of travel and the joyous anticipation of being once more at his old home and among his old friends, gave him unwonted strength and vigor, so that soon after passing Station No. 6, lie want ed to sit up iu his bed. His wife assisted him to raise himself to a sitting position, and supported him in her arms, filled vith joy and gratitude for the apparent lenefit he had already received by the change and travel. But her ill founded j>y was of short duration, and ended in unutterable woe and grief. Before the train reached No. 5, she held in her arms the'corpse of the only relative, almost the >nly friend she had in the world —her husband was dead Upon arriving at Savannah, the body was taken in charge by Messrs. Ferguson & Dixon, who had it interred temporarily in Laurel Grove Cemetery. Savannah to Vicksburg. —On Satur day evening a train of fourteen platfoim ( cars, loaded with railroad iron, left the Central Railroad depot for Montgomery, Ala. These rails are intended for the rail road between Montgomery and Selma, which, when completed, will give an un broken line of track between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River, with terminal points at this city and Vicksburg. This company are pushing their road with all possible speed, and it will not be many weeks before we shall have the pleasure of cbronicaliug the driving of “the last nail.”— Savannah News, 21 st. PARTICULARS OF MB. RAYMONDS DEATH. Mr. Raymond, accompanied by his daughter, went to Greenwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of selecting a family lot. He intended to have the body of one of his children, who died a few weeks ago, removed from the vault and reinterred. He returned to the Times office about five o’clock, and re marked to the associate editors that he never felt better in his life, except a sad feeling of fatigue, consequent upon his long walk through the cemetery. He left the office about six o’clock and proceeded to his residence in West Ninth street, where he remained until about niue to re cover from the fatigue of the walk of the evening. Mr. Raymond left his house about niue, remarking to the members of his family that he had an appointment to attend a political meeting. He was seen shortly after walking up Broadway, and one or two friends who stood in Wallack’s Theatre noticed his elastic step and gen eral appearance of robust health. After attending the meeting he returned to his reeidpne« about 11 o’olook, aud as soon as he had closed the door after him he fell heavily upon the floor. None of the iu mates of the house heard the fall, how ever, having retired for the night. About three o’clock this morning one of 1/is children became restless, aud, on becoming fully aroused remarked tbatsbe h'ard some person breathing heavily, flie persons in the house were awakened, and on descending to tbe hall-way Mr. Raymond was found extended on the floor entirely unconscious, breathing heavily and apparently with great difficulty. He was carried to bis room and placed on a bed. The physicians sent for arrived soon after. They examined him and pro nounced him beyond all medical aid. They also declared tbe case to be appo plexy. Mr. Raymond lingered in an un conscious state till five o’clock this morn ing, when he died surrounded by his fam ily. He passed awav apparently with but little pain.— N. Y. Post, 18th. ||Railroad Companies Must Provide Seats for Passengers. —Railroad com panies must fiud seats for every passenger or pay damages. So, at least, tbe Supreme Court of New \ork on Tuesday morning decided, (on appeal from a lower Court,) in the case of Walker vs. the Long Island Railroad Company. Plaintiff’ sued to re cover damages for negligence, that caused the deatli of his father, whiletravelingon the road about a year ago. Deceased was standing on the platform, and was knock ed off; therefore defendants contended that, as it was in violation of the printed rules hung up in the cars, plaintiff had no claim. But, it being proved that deceased had gone through all the cars, aud looked iu vain for a seat, the Court gave judg ment for plaintiff, affirming the decision of the Court below. Judge Orr, of South Carolina, has deci ded that tbe homestead clause of the State Constitution aud the act carrying it out are not in conflict with the Federal Con stitution, and that tbe SI,OOO exemption is inclusive of the dwelling house and out buildings. Meares’ Bluff plantation, near Wil mington, N. C., was sold a few days ago, 625 acres, with improvements, for $7,000, cash. HORRIBLE KU-KLUX OUTRAGE. Allentiou, Greeley ! The Superior Court room iu this city was, yesterday morning, the scene of another of those horrible outrages upon toil blocks which have recently so griev ously vexed the pure and gentle soul of the philosopher of the Tribune. The perpe trators of the outrage we are about to relate were all white men—men who have hith erto been regarded as gentlemen of refine ment and intelligence—fair types of that Southern sentiment and feeling which has so long and decidedly marked theeharac terofwhat is sometimes rather contemptu ously designated as Southern chivalry. These men were twelve white citizeus of Richmond county, selected fer their worth and intelligence from the great body of the citizens of the couuty, to serve as special jurors for the June term of Richmond Su perior Court. The facts of the case, as we gathered them from a leliable eye-witness, (the writer of this notice,) are as follows: The -representative of a large estate in this couuty, a pure white, had caused to be levied a distress warraut for rent upon the property of a black mau named Phillip Oliver for nine mouths’ rent due for the useofa house and lot iu the city. The evidence of the plaintiff showed that the premises had been rented to the defend ant at-the rate of fifteeu dollars per mouth by the former owner of the property. That the plaintiff purchased the house in 1866, and continued to lease or rent it to the negro, but agreed, on account of the hardness of the times, to reduce the rent to twelve dollars aud a half per month. This price was paid for a few months, when the price was again, at the request of defendant (the negro,) reduced to ten dollars per month on account of the con tinued “hardness of the times.” Hometime iu the winter or early spring of 1868 the former owner of defendant and his wife, being reduced to great poverty and also being a very old and infirm lady, moved into the house occupied by the negro, and while there set up some pre tended claim of right to the premises. The defendant and his wife took care of, sup plied and clothed his old mistress while she thus remained with him —purchased delicacies for her —provided her comforta ble bedding aud other clothing—nursed aud waited upon her iu her sickness, and performed all the ottices of kindness and gratitude due, under the laws of society, from children to their parents. For this service he askeu to be allowed a deduction on the rent claimed to be due. on the ground that his old mistress claimed the house to be her property, aud not the property of the plaintiff. Os cour.-e under the law and the charge of the Court the jury could not allow the claim set up by the negro. They were bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount of rent due, to-wit: ninety dollars If they had stopped here, all would have been well. If they had gone no further, the Tribune would have had no right to complain of further of fences by the Southern whites upon the rights of “loil” blacks. But the jury, moved and seduced by feelings wnich very rarely trouble Puritan hearts—insti gated by the generous impulses of a noble nature wholly uuappreciable by Puritan morality—and actuated by a generous de sire to encourage acts of kindness aud be nevolence even iu the “ loil ” population of the State, actually took advantage of their position, as jurors, to raise, by a vol untary subscription in their own body, the sum of thirty-one dollars, being over one-third of the amount due, as a contri bution to the negro to aid him in paying the verdict which, by their oaths, they were bound under the law to find against him. But this was not all. The plaintiff im mediately remitted one-third of the ver dict—the counsel for the negro gave up his fee for his services in his defence —all be cause the case showed that a black mau and woman had taken care of and support ed their old mistress, when the hand of misfortune and sickness had fallen hard upon her. When it is remembered that the jurors were all white, the Judge white, the plain tiff white and the defendant’s counsel white, what a howl will Greeley raise over thia, in puritan lands, unnearu of uuiiage. The pi re and pious Forney will doubtless clamoy more loudly now than ever for military government here, and the honest and spotless Beast Butler and Booby Bul lock cry again to Gen. Terry for more troops for the protection of loil men. The following is a copy of the note of the Jury, sent to the Court accompanying the verdict: We, the Jury, (Pannel No. 1) beg leave to contribute the sum of thirty-one dollars to the defendant in consequence of his gratitude and kindness to his late mistress. W. J. Owens, Foreman. [Chronicle and Sentinel, 20th. TROUBLE IN SPARTA. One Man Killed, Another Mortally Wounded—The Negro Representative 'lmplicated—The Sheriff Pursuing the Parties—Titi/.cuH Aid ill the Pur suit. Anxious to present to the many readers of the Chronicle & Sentinel a correct state ment of all the facts connected with this allair, we had an interview with a well known gentlemau of this city, who came down on the Georgia Railroad yesterday evening, and from him obtained full par ticulars of the occurrence. The geutle man referred to was in the town of Sparta when the affray took place, aud may be considered the very best authority on the subject. From our informant’s statement it will be seen that politics had nothing whatever to do with the matter, and if the Bullock News Agency in Atlanta will telegraph tbe facts as they occurred we think that it will baffle even the Wash ington Chronicle or the Tribune to torture them into a political bearing. It appears that on last Tuesday after noon, Ames’ Circus was performing near the depot of the Macon and Augusta Rail road, iu the town of Sparta, and, of course, a large crowd of negroes had come in from the country to witness the exhibition. Among others who were attracted to the place was a negro man named Washing ton Pierson, a notorious scoundrel and desperado, who has for some time past beeu known as the ringleader in nearly every act of rascality committed in Han cock couuty, and another negro named Eli Barnes, the colored Representative in the Legislature from that county, who was expelled last year, who is also reported to be a bold, turbulent inceni’iary, and a constant stirer-up of strife between tbe white aud colored races. Tbe circus ex hibition opened at two o’clock in tbe af teruoou, and the cauvat was soon filled with a large crowd of both white people and negroes. Two hours later, at four o’clock in the afternoon, a crowd of ne groes, iu which were both Barnes and Pierson, assembled outside of the canvas, when the latter got into an altercation with two white men standing near. Some words passed between the parties, wheu Pierson pronounced one of the white men to be a G—d d—d liar. At this the man drew his pistol and fired, tbe ball pene trating the heart of Pierson, killing him instantly. Upon seeing the fall of their leader the negroes fired a volley into the two whites but did no execution. A ball, however, from one of their pistols struck a negro named Marshall, who happened to be in the way, in tbe abdomen, inflicting a mor tal wound. The ball which struck Mar shall was supposed to have come from a pistol held in the hands of Eli Barnes, the expelled negro Representative. Tbe white men, as soon a Pierson fell, fled from Sparta into the country, pursued by tbe negroes. The pursuit had not been con ducted a very great distance when, it is said, the white men rallied and fired a volley into the pursuers, which, though no one was injured, caused the negroes, iu turn, to take to their heels. Soon after the negroes were killed, Mr. Rogers, the Sheriff of the county, sum moned a .posse comitatus of the citizens and went out to arrest the supposed guilty parties. This posse was still out when our informant left Sparta, yesterday morning. Our informant also states that “Rev.” Wm. Henry Harrison, another expelled negro member of the Legislature from Hancock county, left Sparta yesterday for Atlanta. Os course he was the bearer of dispatches to Bullock, and we may look out for another dispatch to the Radical journals North and West. — Chronicle and Sentinel, 19 th. Tobacco. —The cultivation of tobacco is increasing in Indiana. The weed is raised on almost every farm in Dubois, Orange, Green, Davies, Pike, Gibson and Martin counties. In Huntington, Dubois county, there are four large tobacco stem meries, which shipped last year 700 hbds. of tobacco, worth $350,000. Will Have Plenty of Biscuits.— The Covington Enterprise says the Newton county wheat is now mostly harvested, ar.d the yield has been generally above an average. Indeed, some farmers think it the best crop which has been gathered in ten years. TRIBUTE TO JUDGE K H. WOHRILL B\ THE COLUMBUS BAR. Preliminary Meeting*-Address if Judge M. J. Crawford —The Resolution*—Reply of Judge Morrill. From Columbus Sun, 18th. Court Housk, Columbus, Ga., June 16,1869 —lmmediately after the adjourn ment of the Court at uoou to-day, the members of the Bar were requested to re main for the purpose of holding a meeting. On motion of John Peabody, Esq., the meeting was organized by electing Hon. Martin J. Crawford Chairman, and John Peabody Secretary. The Chairman stated that the mt'iubers of the Bar had beeu called together to take such action as might be deemed appro priate in view of the removal of His Hon or Edmuud H. Worrill, as Judge of the Supreme Court of the Chattahoochee Cir cuit. On motion of R. J. Moses, Esq., the Chairinau appointed the following com mittee, to report to a meeting t> be held at the same hour and place the next day, such actiou as might be appropriate to the occasion, to-wit: R. J. Moses, Chair man, H. L. Benning, Porter Ingram. J M. Smith, B. A Tborntou and John Pea body. The meeting then adjourned. June 17, 1869. The members of the Bar met pursuant to adjournment, Hon. M. J. Crawford in the Chair. Mr. Moses, as Chairman of the Commit tee appointed at the last former meeting, reported a series of resolutions, which were, on motion of J. N. Ramsey, Esq., unanimously adopted. On motion of R. J. Moses, Esq., it was resolved that the resolutions be reported to the Court upon its meeting in the afternoon. On motion of B. A. Thornton, the Sec retary was required to furnish to the city papers copies of the proceedings and reso lutions. Tae meeting then adjourned. M. J. Crawford, Chairman. John Peabody, Secretary. Shortly after the Court assembled last afteruoou, the Grand Jury came from their rooms, and seating themselves on the right of the Judge, announced they were ready with the General Present ments. The petty juries were seated on the left. All the seats within the bar were filled by the lawyers of Columbus. All the members of the Bar rose, when Judge M. J. Crawford from his place de livered the following: address to judge worrill : May it Please Your Honor : On yester day, information reached us, that with the expiration of the present month, your duties as Judge of the Superior Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, would cease. Although this was not wholly unexpect ed, yet it brought wish ita pang of sorrow which we were not altogether prepaied to meet. On the eveniug of the 14th of No vember, 1854, the Sheriff of an adjoining couuty adjourned the Court by my order, aud on the morning of tbelSth, be opened it by yours. Since that time, now nearly fifteeu years, the scales ol justice have been held in your hands, how well and evenly balanced they have beeu, let the resolutions of the Columbus Bar attest. One of the most melancholy reflections connected with that event, js that so many of the bright names which then adorned our profession, are no more entered upon our Records. Some of them full of hon ors and of years have passed to their re ward. But many of them in the very spring-time of their usefulness aud man hood, have given up their lives iu defence of their homes and constitutional liberty. When the ermine fell upon you, sir, the laws which you administer were those of a free, sovereign and independent State, enacted by the people thereof. To-day you administer such as are permitted by the conqueror. You are the last of the Judges of the old regime. The others have loog siuce passed under the axe of the executioner ; and it would be strange if you were permitted to linger on the stage after your part is played. But the wisdom of the situation is to act on the principle that “A show of liberty, Wheu we have lost the substance, is best kept By seeming not to understand those faults Which we want the power to mend.” It has been made n\y pleasing duly, sir, by my Lut thren of the Bar, to tender you their kindest wishes, and to express their earnest desire that your future may he as prosperous and happy as your past has beeu honorable and satisfactory. But as the resolutions are more touching and ex piessive than anything which 1 could say, I proceed to read them as directed. He then read the following: RESOLUTIONS OF THE COLUMBUS BAR. At a meetNig of the members of the Columbus Bar, the undersigned having been appointed a committee to report to an adjourned meeting what action they could most appropriately take to manifest their high appreciation of the judicial and private character of the Honorable Ed mund H. Worrill, who is about to close an honorable, able and useful administra tion of more than fourteen years as Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit, have the honor to report for your consideratiou the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That as members of the Columbus Bar, while we are pained at the announcement made by the Executive, that the judicial duties of the Honorable Edmuud H. Worrill, will cease after the Ist day of July next, w e will aid his suc cessor by all the means iu our power to emulate the honorable example of his pre decessor, trusting that at the close of his career we may be able to say to him, as we now do to the present encumbent, “well done, thou good and faithful public servant.” 2d. Resolved. That to divest the Honor able Edmund H. Worrill of the insignia of office is not to deprive him of his well earned honors during an arduous and trying administration, in which lie lias satisfied the Bar and the people that the oppressor’s wrong is powerless when the Judge is upright. Under his administra tion all have been equal before the law ; there lias been no distinction as to race, color or condition ; justice Las been meted out alike to the rich and the poor, the humble and the strong, without fear, favor or affection. 3d. Resolved, That the Honorable Ed mund H. Worrill entered upou iiis judi cial functions almost a stranger to tbe people of Muscogee county. He retires from the Bench which he has adorned familiar to all, anil carries with him the regrets and good wishes of the entire com munity. 4th. Resolved, That the Hon. Martin J. Crawford, Chairman of the meetiug, be re quested to present these resolutions to tbe Honorable Edmund H. Worrill, and ex press to him our earnest wishes that suc cess may attend his efforts in whatever sphere he may move, aud to assure him that as our most pleasurable recollections iu the past will be found in a recurrence to our professional intercourse during his official term, so in the future our siucerest hopes, will be gratified in learning of his health, success and general prosperity ; and that he further state that it is the unan imous desire of the Bar that a copy of these resolutions shall be spread upou the minutes of the Court. Respectfully submitted by R. J. Moses, Henry L. Benning, Porter Ingram, J. Milton Smith, Beverly A. Thornton, John Peabody, Committee. REMARKS OF JUDGE WORRILL. Judge Worrill, with much feeling, ad dressed the members of tbe Bar as follows: ~Gentlemen— You can very well under stand, gentlemen, that my emotions upon this occasion are so deep and heartfelt that the simple language at my command would be totally inadequate to the expres sion of my feelings. The evidences of public confidence which I have so often received at the hands of the people, have ever given me the siucerest satisfaction ; not for the office which they have so often bestowed upon me, but because I have re garded each re-election as a renewed ap probation of my judicial course—and this feeling is, if possible, intensified by this manifestation of your confidence, at a time when I have no longer the power to serve you. It gives me the assurance that the feelings of kindness, l may say affec tion, which I feel to the Bar of the Chat tahooche Circuit, is reciprocated by them, and that I may carry into my retirement the recollections of their courtesy and friendship exhibited to me throughout my judicial career, and culminating in those partial and flattering resolutions. My years on earth are nearly run, but as the shadows of death approach my path, the bright recollections of this cherished hour will be the last that will linger on my fading memory. I do not know that I hive ever had an unkind feeling to a single member of the Bar ; but if perchance I have at any time been misunderstood, allow me to say upon this occasion, that I feel that from you I have no wrongs to forgive, and towards you I have no feeling but such as springs from affection, friendship, and a grateful recollection of your uniform kindness and courtesy. MASONIC. MASONIC INSURANCE. We egret to learn that our Company in its ;fforts to spread abroad its benefits is misrepresented by the agents of several Stock aud Mutual Life Insurance Com paniei. We never say a word against them being always glad to hear of their succws. We can only say our rates of in. suraice are about one-half of theirs takiig their tables as a guide. Safe, sol' vent and reliable insurance companies’ ratesare all about the same. At 30 years of age, on SIOOO, $23 00.; 40 years, $32 00; oOyutrs, $46 00—annual paymeuts. These terms are liberal aud fair. W» admit our members (without a med. ical txamiuation) between the age of2l and <0 years, who are in the enjoy meut of a sufficient degree of bodily health— necewuiry to make a support for themselves and ;heir families—in Class A, 5000 mem bers—entrance fee S2O. Ciass B, 4000 members; C, 3000; D, 2000; E, lOoo—en trance fee to each $6, or in all the classes $44 On the death of a member in any class $1 10 100 is assessed on the members in theclass in which a brother dies, for the benefit of his widow and dependent chil dren ; if none of these, his mother aud sisters. From the 17th of April, 1567, to June Ist, 1869, 61 of our brethren have died. For their families and their heirs the institution has a-sessed its member ship $219,429 00. The members of the company from its organizatiou have paid $75 admission and mortuary fess; those who joined during the last twelve months have paid from S4O to S6O. It may be rea sonably calculated that the mortuary fees, annually, iu Class A, will be abouts 80. Iu this ciass there are many members be tween the ages of 50 aud 60. The average age of the deaths of the 63 who have died, may be set down at about 44. We made a mistake* iu the last weekly report in our figures, which we now correct. It will lie seen by tbe reader of this article that our rates of insurance are about as we say above one half of those of the comjKtnie* we mention, ami we hope their agents will bear this iu mind, and, at least, say noth ing about it. It SECRET SOCIETIES Asa matter of curiosity, we publish the following from the proceedings oftlieGeu eral Assembly of ihe Uuited Presbyterian Church of America held at Pittsburg, l’a. Os course we would not expect auytliing better from a body composed so largely of fanatics. This is not the Presbyterian Church proper, such as we have in this country, aud many flf whose ministers are worthy members of both the orders as sailed iu the fanatical assembly first named, if the principles of Free Masonry were well understood by* the blind zealots of the North, aud the obligations which enjoin the duty of man to his brother mau were recognized by them, we should now he having the peace which we so much de sire, and which those pretended evangUists of the gospel of “ peace, good will toward men,” relentlessly deny us. Rev J. C. Bigham, from the Committee of last Assembly on (Secret Societies, made a report. The following resolutions are appended: 1. That ibis Assembly regard adhe rence to the society of Free Masons, or to that of Odd Fellows, as inconsistent with membership :n good standing in the IT. I*. Cbu rch. 2. That all our sessions be, aud hereby are enjoined to carry out,hy the faitlifulex ercise <>t discipline, the principle set forth in the fifteenth article,as interpreted iu the foregoing resolution. 3. That this Assembly do most earn estly ami affectionately exhort all tbe members of this church to abstain from connecting themselves with any secret association, beiieViug that they are unnec essary,aud are calculated to act injuriously on the interests of society, and they do es pecially urge file ministers of this church to use their influence to keep our members from an incorporation with them, Un the first resolution, Rev. N.C. MclJill spoke againt tiie distinction here drawn between Free Masons and Odd Fellows and other secret associations. He believed that Good Templars are as had as Masons. If the fifteenth article condemns any se cret association, it condemns all. lie did not believe in applying the rule to some associations, ami not to others. The speaker objected further to the res olution, because he was opposed to ex cluding a man from tlie churcli because of his connection with any secret association. He believed,further, that this resolution is not calculated to accomplish good, but evil, in the church. It will either stir up strife, or be disregarded. He referred to the actu 1 state of affairs in this respect iu our congregations in the cities, and other prominent places, claiming that therearu many members of secret orders in them. Rev. J. C. Bigham argued that the for mer speaker had placed himself indirect opposition to the Testimony of the Church which tiiis resolution was meant to main tain. He claimed that in Lev. v. 4, we have the XVth Article of the Testimony in almost as many words. The speaker referred to the principles of these secret associations. Masonry claims to he a religion—is a religion-a false religion. It claims to have received a fuller revelation than the Bible; and also claims the privilege of modifying and expurgating the Hcriptures. Tbe speaker referred at length to their ritual, to show that the Society is anti-Christiau. The Odd Fellows are the same. The speaker held that no such persons had a right in the Church Rev. J as. Crowe thought the article on secret societies should be left just as tbe article on communion was by the last As sembly—a matter on which sessionsshould have made some discretion—a motion was made to refer these resolutions to a select committee, to report to-morrow morning. Rev. J. T. McClure related the history of his conversion on this subject. I here was no Christ, no redemption in Ma sonry. Mr. Dawson spoke against the reference. The question we have to discuss is not h<>w men do, hut what is the will of Cod what is right ? Rev. J. W. McNary had examined Ma sonry, and the more he knew of it the more he despised it. He objected t° literature and ritual, aud referred to the ohjeetioua! fealure- of the sarue. Adjourned to meet at 7. p. >L, the sub ject now pending to be taken up aU ; reading the minutes EVENING SFBBION. The Ist resolution of the Committee on Secret Societies was take * *Rev. J. W. McNary continued his re marks in favor of the resolution. Rev. D.B. Littell thought nothingeou.u be gained by this discussion. ’lns As sembly cannot modify any law of Church. The law on this subject is tiuct. If we vote these resolutions down. shall we not change thelaw of tbeCburc - The speaker said farther that, aliuos the Assembly should change the |av J , the Testimony, there remains the in commandment which cannot be 0 looked nor voted down. . .. Kev. Henry Wallace spoke against ir resolution. He was opposed to . efecre . sociations. They are evil iu their ten cies. They are un-Christian in w* character. But tbe speaker did not rcg» the resolution the best weapon with to fight. ... . rfi . Mr. H. Harrison was in favor of olution. He had early learned to re the name of Jehovah, and the oaths cret orders appalled him. . , e The only thiug like secret societies a had found in the Bible was a baud J who had bound themselves with an to slay Paul. They hid iigreased «« that day. There were fifty thousau Morgan was killed. A motion to lay the resoluti > table was lost. ..-^iaiions Dr. Patterson held that these ass are invading all the raniihcauo t |, e ety, not only, but they are i* d DOl g 0 nly very sanctuary of God. . ine J “ . The anti-Christiau, but anti-republi • diabolical character of Masonry , D0 placed beyond all doubt, and n further oroof. ma de He deplored the developments here to-day concerning the *ta churches, thronged by Masons ..fljet, Fellows. Let this nerve us lor tli oU not discourage us ; let us n f orc ing this line. He was in favor of earn , £ discipline. Nothing could be 1‘ •, t j,e liev. G. D. Matthews *»* iJW XVth Article, and he had acted