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(pgaggia Hatirttal aud Iplesseupr,. B Y j. w. burke & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j W. BURKE A CO., Proprietors. w> , >l. BBOHXK, ' ' Editor. OFFICE 50.60 SECOND HTREET, MACON, GA KITE* of bUBaUHIPTION. D V 'Sfx MMthH 500 »« Thrt*** MoQlbs...* -•••• ZSO „ (joe Month. lOn •< Three Months 1 50 u'rrKLY.perAnnum 3 00 „ Months 1 50 the prick of conciliation. \\’e were sorry to see tire New York Times abandoning the course of concilia' lion, kindness and good will towards the - ,dlli which distinguished it so agreeably from most of its Republican cotempoia ! es.aodadmitting toa place in its columns a o article entitled “The Names Rebel and Traitor,” in which the Southern peo ple are abused with a wealth of invective and of spirit, we have rarely seen equalled by the more rabid and vio lent organs of ad vanced radicalism. The» -i*e f>r this access of rage and it,use was General Blair’e Long Branch ■jieecb, in which that distinguished Fed eral officer paid a just tribute of respect to tieneral Lee and General Stonewall Jack boo and expressed the opinion (hat the time had arrived when the animosities and dissensions excited by the war should be laid aside, and when both parties should by word, deed and thought labor to promote mutual fraternity, harmony and kind feeling. Tlie mere hint that the constant use of the terms “rebel” and “traitor” in allud ing to Southern men is not calculated to promote cordiality of feeling, puts the Times, in a perfect fury of passion. We are tailed upon, if we “desire mitigation of judgment” to begin by confessing our selves rebels and traitors, by declaring our acts heinous crimes, and by admitting that the stigmas rightly attached to us should be always “associated with dis- It is true that we have very earnestly and witli no little sacrifice of our sensibil ity, labored to produce what the Times calls a mitigation of the judgment, and that, as fate lias decreed that we must live together, we have desired to be on friendly terras with our neighbors; but we have never seen t lie day, and we hope we never may see the day, when the Southern people will voluntarily acquiesce iu the justice of foul abuse, or when we will admit even in our dreams that we were guilty of any crime when we attempted to do the very act which lias immortalized the name of Washington. We failed, and have been obliged to sub mit to all tiie dreadful consequences of defeat. We have borne and have ap parently still to hear being called traitors, rebels ami brazen felons—“atrocious aud abominable criminals”—but the contin ued use of such epithets, and the contin uance of the spirit that suggests their use, will never increase the Southern desire to mitigate the judgment or promote the interests of pacification” which the | Times at one time labored so efficiently to I vlvance. Such language can only emtiit- I .tr animosity, perpetuate alienation, and prolong sectional strife. The sensible men at the Nortli cannot expect that the Southern people will be so very meek and lovely as to love those who despitefully use them to the extent of rejoicing at being called criminals, and of joining in the abuse of those who, like General Blair, express the belief that such abuse is inconsistent with conciliation. General Blair was right. There never can be peace aud unity be tween two people, one of which is in the daily, hourly habit of vilifying, slander ing ami vituperating the other. If the •North wants peace and unity with us, let her people and her presses abstain from Ihe use of the terms w liich the Times says are the right names of vital things; but 11 the Northern people are so sensitive as tobe'Tashed into an honest indignation,” if we venture to remonstrate against the application to us of such iusulting lan guage as tills a columu and a half of the limes, in tiie article to which we have rt-lerred, we can only say, more iu sorrow than in anger, that if we can 11“win tiie generous feelings” of the Northern heart , otherwise than by admit* i : ug the justice of that language, and as* suiting to the judgment that we are “•lons, guilty of “an infernal monstros- L which cau only be guaged by some J ture Macaulay or Hallam, we must fore s''the acquisition of “ the generous feel n o s , until better times, when we hope ! mwe may secure them without utter : abasement and the acquiescence iu a . 'dgtnent which we kuow in our hearts o’ he false. We will also say that the Northern people cau never wiu tlie gen erous feelings, of our hearts or do aught 'l‘ au “ lash them into au honest iudigna -1,01 so loug as they fee! aud express the which we sincerely regret to ‘ e! *d in the pages of so usually temperate a journal as tiie New York Times. Y DECIDEDLY COOL REQUEST. I be coolest thiug we have seen since the commencement of the “heated term,” is the resolution of the negro convention at Baltimore, invoking Cougress “to drive ' hiuese labor out of the country.” The " e sro must be allowed to "throw down the 'i l and the hoe whenever he pleases, a nd go to attend conventions and public • reelings, and the poor white employer ' •‘ I uot be allowed to secure iudustrious aborers who will mind their business and f arn their wages. it is of course a direct attack on "the *hits of the colored race even to com -iui ot tliei r laziness aud reckless disre gard of their contracts. It is a sign of a ,>r - v unreconstructed frame of miud in 1 y white man who wants a laborer to w ‘k instead ot attending political meet -:s Hut it cannot he helped. If the •no coutinues to pursue politics as a i Session and leave the cotton-row "in the L “, lie may as well make up his mind ■ that the white man will get a China* ••--'•i or some other man to take his place, “-d leave him to the uninterrupted en* dent of political life. Even Congress aDQ ot avert this inevitable fate. ' ATU 0F Gen. Steadman.—A cor- J m leut of the New York Herald, ln g from Santiago de Cuba on the Bth nst ?nt, says : •be (Ji* 1 ,, dee P regret I have to announce I'm ten 1 lbe dtd i of General Steadman, beoen. l la . les Gousul at this port. The ar rived on the 29th ult., and buiSatiir attacked by yellow fever, •al a.j.i , ooodition became criti- h 'oi t th r ed all med ‘cal skill to save day arm ,Ullt!ral took place on Wednes- a ?rt Wended by a targe official Profound; 1 ie General’s death caused l her ece t l r f° W l(,wn - although from but f ew 1 , ate °. f h.s arrival he had made Ijo Qiina‘ir. ai^ '4 u aintances. Pending the b UB lnl U ®'. C '? n '^ teadnQan successor, tenieu °f the Consulate will be at 3ed 10 Mr. A. F., Phillips. THE AGE OF PROGRESS. Our day and generation will be marked in the world’s records by great evidences of human progress. The Pacific Railroad, bringing the two great oceaus within a week’s ride of each other; the Suez canal, uniting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the gigantic tunnel through the heart of Mont Cenis, and the second line of ocean telegraph which has just been laid between the shores of France and Massachusetts, are accomplished facts, the importance of which to all the interests of the human family it is hardly possible to estimate. Then we see that it is proposed to corn mance work immediately on a canal across the Isthmus of Corinth, connecting tiie waters of the Gulf of Corinth and tiie Gulf of Athens, and at the same time it is proposed to build a ship cauai across the Isthmus of Darieu, ou our own continent, by which ships of largest burden can step, as it were, from ocean to ocean. The pro ject of tuuneiling tiie Straits of Dover so that a sub marine railroad eau be con- ; structed between Englaud and France is ! deemed quite feasible by eminent engin- , eers, and steps are being taken to carry it j out. Tiie Emperor of the French is in terested iu the execution of a plan for making Paris a seaport, by deepening and widening tiie river Seine from Rouen to Paris, and by cutting a cauai to tiie sea from Rouen, navigable by the largest vessels. It is also contemplated to unite the Rhone with the Mediterranean at tiie Golfe de Foz, and thus have another out let from tiie interior to tiie sea. When we add to these giant undertak ings the recent various discoveries in the arts aud sciences, by which the arcana of nature have been explored, aud the power and dominion of man have been enlarged, we can form some estimate of the pro gress of the age in which we live. THE OUTRAGE IN COLUMUI V POINTY. We copy from the Augusta Constitu tionalist the report of another of those acts of mob violence and defiance of tiie law, tiy which a few bad and desperate charac ters in Columbia county have endangered tiie best interests not only of their own county but of the entir? State. It is just such lawlessness as this whicii affords a plausible pretext to our political enemies to slander and oppress the people of Georgia, and it is by tiie leckless crim inality of a few characterless vagabonds that the temper of the entire people is judged. There is but one way in which the law abiding community can protect them selves and vindicate their innocence of all participation in these outrages, and that is, by uniting to arrest and bring to justice tiie real offenders. It is not only their in terest hut it is their duty to do so. Where passion, caprice, and prejudice are per mitted to usurp the power of the law, and where each man is permitted whenever he pleases to anticipate tiie verdicts of juries and the sentence of judges aud eon. stitute himself the executioner, protection for life and property no longer exists, and anarchy iu its worst and most dangerous form prevails. Whatever may have beeu tiie guilt of tiie victims of this outrage, their executioners are still more guilty. It behooves tiie good people of Columbia county therefore to combine and bring them to justice, and teach all sucli despe radoes that the liw is still respected and obeyed, and that while the courts are* open and are accessible there cau be no pallia tion of crime like theirs. It is lamentable to mink hoar the ael of a few violent malefactors may imperii the liberties, welfare aud fair fame of the peopieof the State. We hope that a moment will not be lost in arresting the guilty parties, and that tiie people of Columbia will themselves wipeout the disgrace which now rests up on them. Tiie best aud most efficient allies of the Radicals are tiie men who commit these outrages. They are the worst and most dangerous enemies of so ciety, and a failure to detect and punish them is almost as criminal as their act We hope that the press of Georgia will speak out on this subject and arouse the people to a speedy performance of their duty, in tiie arrest of the perpetrators of the crime and the vindication of their own respect for the majesty of tiie law. tub moil r SPIRIT. At a farewell dinner at St. Louis, given liy his friends to Mr. Blow, the new Min ister to Brazil, that gentleman took occa sion to give some-ad vice to the people of Missouri, which the Northern people gen erally would do well to ponder iu their heart of hearts. It is not only true in spirit but in policy, and if the North wish for the "solid and enduring reconstruction” which Mr. Blow counsels, there is but one way to attain it and that Is by implicitly following Mr. Blow's advice. We make the following extract from his speech : “Let me open my heirt to you plainly, for I have never had but one view in re gard to the settlement of our difficulties. I had a perfect faith in the high charac ter, the honor aud the nobility of our people. 1 had an undying faith in the strength of our republican institutions, and hence L deluded that, justice and safety once secured, it was our clear duty to forget tne past, and live ouly for the future. Let tlie world speculate as it will, all honest minds will agree that brave men are to be trusted. Let the enemies of Democratic institutions hope for new discords, but for us we will boldly pro claim that the men Nortli or South, East or West, in whose veins courses the pure blood of our revolutionary fathers, are our brothers. What we want is a re-union founded on the love of the people for each other, and on a genuine attachment to free institutions ; and such a result must tiow from impartial justice. Let us reach that point, and on tne moment the voice of the century will proclaim us the first uation in the world Such, my friends, is t Lie picture I have drawu from a knowl edge of wtiat you have done for your coun try. Let Missouri gladly welcome all who honor these divine teachings. This will form a perfect re union. Thisissolid and enduring reconstruction.” THE TOST OF It VOICAL RI LE. In a recent speech at some public meet ing in England, John Bright made the proud boast that “the commerce of Great Britain is equal to that of all the rest of the world.” Iu those good old days before Radical ism blighted the laud, when patriotism, honesty aud intellect, characterized the men who held the reins of government and shaped the policy of the country, the commerce of the United States promised well to have ere this equalled, if uot sur passed, that of England. But instead of ruaktug progress, the United States have retroguded to a lamentable extent. By Radical protection for the purpose of eu richiug a few New England manufactur ers, by au unequal aud oppressive sys tem of taxatiou, crushing industry aud euterprise iu order to fill the pockets of a gaug of brokers and hankers, by a stupid aud vacillating financial policy worthy of the genius of Mr. Scheuck, the shipping interests of the United states have been almost annihilated, the carrying trade has for the most part passed into the hands of foreigners, aud aruoug commercial powers the United States ranks as a third rate power, doing about one third the trade of Great Britaiu, aud less than half that of France. The amount of the public debt, gigautic though it be, is not more tbau a fraction of what Radical predominance has cost the people. Two Evidences of Progress —On the 23J iust. the new ocean cable was connec ted with the shore of the United States, and direct communication established between Duxbury, Massachusetts, aud Brest, France. On the following day the first through passenger from Sau Francis co arri/ed iu New York. Such is the progress of the days iu which we live. So do we annihilate lime aud space. —The Government of Bolivia has fol lowed the example of Peru aud Chili, in recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cuban revolutionists. CONSTITUTION OF THE REPU BLIC OF CUBA. We publish below the Constitution of the “so called” Republic of Cuba. Gen eral Prim’s noteat ninety days, payable in the annihilation of tiie “rebels,” is nearly due. Like another Minister of State whom we “wot of,” he will proba bly have to renew. Political Constitution to be in force dur ing the War of Independence: Article 1. The legislative power will be lodged in a House of Representatives. I Art. 2. In this House will he equally represented the four States into which from this moment, the island is divided! Art. 3. 'I hose States are by name Ori ental, Camaguey, Villas and Oecidento. Art. 4. Citizens of the Republic, t wenty one years of age, can only be Representa tives. Art. 5. Tiie office of Representative is incompatible with any other in the Re public. Art. 6. When a vacancy occurs in the representation of any 3tate, the Executive of the same will dictate measures for the new ejection. Art. 7. The House of Representatives will appoint the President in charge of tfie executive power, the Cotntnander-io- Chief. the President of the Sessions and his other officials. The Comtnander-iu- Chief is subordinate to the Executive, and will render him an account of his opera tions. At. 8. When circumstances demand it, the President of the Republic, the Com mander in-Chief, and the members of the House, will he impeached before the House of Representatives. This impeachment may be made by any citizen; if the House regards the charge as probable, the accused will he given over to the judicial power. Art. 9. Tiie House of Representatives can depose freely all functionaries whose appointment belongs to them. Art. 10. The legislative decisions of the House, to be obligatory, require the sanc tion of the President. Art. 11. Should this not be obtained the House will immediately return for new deliberation, iu which they will con sider the objections which the President may present. Art. 12. The President is obliged, in the space of ten days, to impart or refuse to impart his approval to the projects of law. Art. 13. Ths passage for the second time of any resolution of the House will make tiie President’s sanction compul sory. Art. 14. The indispensable objects of the law should be taxation, public loans, the ratification of treaties, the declaration and the determination of war, the au thorization of the President to concede patents or letters of marque, to raise and maintain troops, the creation and main tenance of a navy, and the declaration of reprisals with respect to tiie enemy. Art. 15. The House of Representatives will constitute itself in permanent session from the moment at which the represent atives of the people ratify this fundamen tal law. until the termination of the war. Art. 16. l’he executive power will be lodged in tiie President of the Republic. Art. 17. To be President, it is necessary to be thirty years of age, aud to have been born in the Island of Cuba. Art. 18. The President can make treaties witli the ratification of tiie House. Art. It). He will appoint embassadors, ministers, plenipotentiary and consuls, from tiie Republic to foreign countries. Art. 20. He will receive embassadors, take care that tiie laws are executed, and expedite tiie necessary documents to all employes of the Republic. Ari. 21. Cabinet Ministers or Secretaries will be appointed by the House on recom mendation of the President. Art. 22. The judicial power is indepen dent; its organization will be theobjectof a special law. A Ft. 110. 'Co U.O *l,O ditions are requisite as to lie elected. Art. 24. All the inhabitants of the coun try are entirely free Art. 25. All citizens of tiie Republic will be considered as soldiers of the liber ating army. Art. 26. The Republic does not recog nize “D. Ds.,” especial honors nor priv ileges whatever. Art. 27. Tiie citizens of the Republic cannot accept honors or distinction from a foreign country. Art. 28. The House cannot attack re ligious liberty, the press, pacific reunion, education and petition, nor any of the un alterable rights of tiie people. Art. 26. This constitution may he amended, when so determined, by the unanimous vote of the House. This constitution was adopted in the free town of Guaimoro for the 10th of April, 1809, by Carlos M. Cespedes, Presi dent of the Constituent Assembly, and tiie citizeus, deputies, Salvador, Cisneros Betancourt, Francisco Sanchez, Miguel Betancourt Guerra, Ignacio Agra monte Cemar, Autonio Lambraua, Jesus Rodri quez, Antonio Alcala, Jose Jz,aquiue, ElonoratoCastello, Miguel Heronimo Gut tenez, Aveudis Garcia, Tranquilino Val dez, Antonio Lorda, and Eduardo Mac hado Gomez Long live free Cuba! \ MY* SHOT AND KILLED AT CRAWFORD YILLE. We are advised by a special correspond ent that a most unfortunate occurrence took place iu Crawfordville on Saturday. The facts, as detailed by our correspond ent, are : Mr. Columbus Reese came to the village iu the afternoon, (the same man who was tried soon after the war at Washington, Wilkes cuuuty, by a court martial, for killing a negro,) aud began to drink, as is his custom. It was not long bef>re he began a quarrel with Mr. Thos. Edwards, a quiet, peaceable man, though in the habit of drinking sometimes ; yet lie was never known to injure any one, and was much thought of iu the commu nity. The quarrel continued for a few mo ments, when Edwards, turning to walk awav, Reese threatened toshoot him, hav ing a drawn pistol in his hand. Edwards was unarmed and had made no threats or any demonstrations. When the ttireat was made he (Edwards) fronted Reese, opening his shirt, and, as a brave man will do, told him to shoot. Reese, stand ing iu five feet, shot, the Gall entering Ed wards’ breast, uear the heart. Edwards fell upon the ground, and iu a few mo ments had breathed his last. Reese re mained in town for some hours, walking the streets and threatening to kill any man who attempted to arrest him. He is still at large, and up to this hour no efforts have been made for his arrest. f A ugusla Constitutionalist. Removal of the Federal Capital.— The Cincinnati Enquirer, of tlie 26th, gives the following strong reasons why the Capital should be removed from the District of Columbia : it is high time that the Federal Capital should be removed aud the name of its present loeatiou ebauged The illustrious name of Washington is blasphemed by applying it to a uegro village; and the seat of government of the Republic should be a place where citizens holding public employments can educate their sons and daughters without briugiug them into immediate contact with the odorous and une'ean off-pring of the Ethiopian lazza roui who swarm uuder the shadow of the present Capitol. Hancock County.— The Augusta con stitutionalist says: A gentleman who was iu attendance on the dedication cere monies at Sparta, on Sunday, informs us that reports from all sources represent coru as having been greatly damaged by the recent continued drought, and th?.t uot more tbau half a crop of this grain will be made in that section under the most favorable future seasons. Cotton is doing fiuely, and promises a highly re munerative yield to the farmer. Behind the Age. —Marshal Serraoo, the Regent of Spain, refuses all pay and emoluments beyond those due him as a Marshal of Spain. He is behind the age. He belongs to au “effete monarchy.” If he were more progressive, and lived under the best government the world ever saw, he would pocket all he could get —bouses, horses, carriages, cigars, etc., etc., and make hay while the sun shines. —The St. Paul Pioueer says the wheat crop of Minnesota, from present indica tions, ought to measure eighteen million bushels. 'Vita. sine Literis Mors est THE CROPS. Clarke County.—A correspondent of | the J< urxal and Messenger, writing I from Athens, July 26tb, informs us tnat the copious raiusot Saturday and Sunday, i the 24th and 25tb. have greatly improved the condition of tiie cotton crop. The up land corn, with few exceptions, wss in jured beyond cure by the drought of nearly seven weeks. Gardens are burnt up. Lowland corn promises agood yield. Preparations are making to plant turnips to a larger extent than usual. Oglethorpe County. —Another cor respondent of the Journal and Messen ger, in a letter dated Lexington, July 26tb, writes that the condition of the crops generally is satisfactory. In some localities which suffered from the drought, the upland corn will not produce more than half a crop. Savannah, July 24.—Crop reports from Southern Georgia and Florida, are very cheering. Numerous specimens of new crops have been received here. Augusta, July 24.—There have been rains throughout this section the past two j days. The crops are doin'- Sumter Cmv.ix.— lbe Americua Cou rier says: This section has at last beta v.sited by a refreshing, soaking rain. On Sunday it begau about 10 o’clock, and con tinued to rain for several hours. Although a great deal of raiu fell, the desceut was so gradual that it ran very little—soaking in and moistening the earth to a consider able depth. From what we can learn the rain is pretty general; and growing crops have been given anew lease of life.” Baldwin and Hancock Counties.— The Federal Union has the following: “A business excursion up the Oconee, across Walker’s Ferry and into Hancock county, at the close of last week, gave us a peep at the growing crops in that re gion. Cotton looked rather better than we expected. A trying drought has pre vailed, particularly in the Hancock por tion of our journey. Corn has suffered severely ; and early corn must of necessity yield a very short crop. Late corn may do better, as we had a good general rain on Sunday : aud now while we write, on Monday, the heavens are overcast with clouds that promise a still further supply of the needed showers.” The Caterpillar in Southwestern Georgia. —The Albany News of tiie 23d has tiie following: “There is no longer a doubt about tiie appearance of this seed ling of Radicalism—the cussed things are in Dougherty, Baker, Mitchell, and other counties, aud planters are beginning to look sour. All now depends on the sea sons. If we should have a wet August, the havoc will be terrible; but if reasona bly dry aud warm no very great damage need be apprehended.” Mitchell County.—Crops in fine con dition, witli au almost assured prospect of abundance. Pulaski County. —The crops general ly are good, healthy and strong. In some places the farmers complain of want of rain, but throughout the county they have had fine seasons. —Madison Farm Journal. Morgan County.— The Madison Farm Journal says : The drought in portious of tills couuty is darnagiug the crops ex cessively. Corn especially, is damaging badly. And if rain does not come very soon in copious showers this important crop will be cut very short in sections where the drought lias prevailed. Spalding County. —The fine rains of the last two weeks have restored every body in this region of country to the best of humor. Crops in Spaldingand viciuity are now more promising than they .have been for many years. IMPORTANT IF TRUE. The following extracts from some Sfour exchanges contain information which is important if true : —The fluid extract of lobelia, when ap pLH to mosquito bites, entirely and hiust instantly puio ..Vir itch ing. It can be obtained of any druggist. —They have anew grain in Paradise Valley, Cal., grown from seed taken from the crop of a wild swan. It is described as being like a cross of wheat and rye, with heads ten or twelve inches in length, and yielding at the rate of 100 bushels to the acre. —An English farmer, by picking over his seed wheat with tiie utmost care, and planting a grain in a place at Intervals of a foot each way, produced 162 bushels to the acre. —Sunflowers, when plauted on an ex tensive scale, it has recently been asserted by experimenters in Frauce and Holland, will neutralize the deleterious effects of exha'atious from marshes. This plan has been tried with great success in the lenny districts near Rochefort, France, and tiie authorities of Holland assert that inter mittent fever has entirely disappeared fiom districts where the sunflowers have beeu planted. Though tiie above facts appear to be approved, it is not yet ascer tained what effect the sunflower produces on tiie atmosphere, whether it generates oxygen like other plants of rapid growth, or whether, like the cone-bearers, it emits ozone, aud destroys the animal and vege table germs of miasms producing fever. EGYPT AND TURKEY. The Great Turk, aud his great vassal, the Viceroy of Egypt, according to iate dispatches from Europe, are uot on good terms. The Sultan refuses to receive the Viceroy, and the latter has returned home precipitately and commenced to equip his army. The cause of the difficulty is an apprehension on the part of the Sultan that tiie Viceroy of Egypt is seeking to throw off his subjection to the Ottoman Empire and is intriguing with the princi pal European governments to obtain their recognition of his independence. The Viceroy, on the other hand, insists that his recent European tour was made with the sole object of inducing tiie Great Pow ers to guarantee the neutrality of the Suez Canal aud regard it as a great commercial high-way, never to be used for warlike purposes. The fact that the Austrian Government received the Viceroy with the pomp and paiade generally shown to a crowned head is said to have given offence to the Sultan aud to have aroused the sensibilities of his government. We suppose that the "good offices” of England aud France will be invoked to restore amicable relations between the two Mussulman potentates and that the open ing of the Suez Canal will not be post poned by a war between the elder and younger sons of Mahomet. A Home for Ex President Da vi s An attempt Is making iu Bourbon county, Ky., to raise a fund for the purchase of a home for Jefferson Davis in that, his na tive State. A gentleman of Louisville has offered, if fifty thousand dollars or more shall besubscrioed to the fund, to give a splendid building site fora house, with ten acres attached, within four miles of Louisville. The Savannah Republican adds: "The idea of hedging in the great Confederate leader on a teu acre lot, and that four miles from towu, is simply ridiculous. If the Southern people wish to honor their old chief aud make him and his family comfortable, let them present him with a large and well improved estate, on which he cau live in style benefiting his charac ter aud dignity, and at the same lime lay up something for those who ate to come after him. He deserves a principality, and a quarter million for that purpose is not too much”. The last night of the great debate on disestablishment in the House of Lords taxed the London papers to the uttermost. The Times, which was the only paper that gave Lord Granville’s reply in full, and an account ot the division, had but fifteen minutes between going to press and catchiug the first trains for the coun try. In that fifteen minutes 15,000 copies were printed. The march of Radical ideas is onward. In Massachusetts it is made a crime, pun ishable by fiue and imprisonment, to sell a glass of lager; and the Mayor of Wash ington has appointed a negro to be aTrus tee of the white schools of the District of Columbia. Quiensabel The Pacific Railroad is now bringing us fresh fruts from California ; and the dispatch of a fruit car laden with plums, pears and grapes for Chicago aud New York, oper.s up the prospect of a large I fruit trade between our Atlantic and Pa cific States. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 3. 1869. THE NEWS! —Mr. Swinburne is very ill. —Mr. Prentice is better thisjnonth than he lias been for years. —lke Marvel gets $-5,000 a year for edit ing the Hearth and Home. —The new Treasury Building, at Wash ington, D. C., is now completed. —Ex Gov. Crapo, of Michigan, died at his residence in Flint on the 23d inst. sc —The wheat crop in Pennsylvania has beeu harvested and is unusually large. —SenatoHßuckiugham, of Connecticut, has been ill, but is better. —Senator Sherman is to join the Pacific quad shortly. —Hon. Albert Lange died at his resi dence in Terre Haute, Indiafia, yesterday. —Senator Stockton, of New Jersey, has the finest span of horses at the Braucb. —Hon. Sanford E. Church hay become the head of a free trade league. A -£s2 v ernor Chamberlain, of Maip,e, contemplates a tour of the New Eugland capitalists. * —Congressman Haight, of New Jersey, ...a probable to succeed Governor Randolph when the latter goes to the Senate. —The Congressional Committee of Ways and Means, and Senator Hendricks, were in San Francisco ou Saturday. —George B. McCartee, Chief of the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing iu the Treasury Department, has resigued. —Judge J. S. Black is rapidly recover ing from liis injuries received by a rail oad accident near Louisville, Ky. Mr. Robeson is as literally aud wholly under the thumb of Porter as was the good-hearted Mr. Borie. —lt is reported that anew cable is pro jected direct from Milford Haven, Eng land, to the American continent. —Louis Clapjen, a French physician, was found dead in his bed, at the Prescott House, New York, on Sunday last —Gen. Weitzell, Chief Engineer U. 8. A., in charge of river improvements, will be in Chattanooga this week. —Postmaster General Creswell endorses Stokes as tiie true represeutative of Ten nessee Republicanism. —Mexico, according to tiie census just taken, lias a population of 9,000,060 souls, against 8,253.05S iu 1861. —The President of the Republic of Ven zuela has recognized the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. —Gens. John C. Breckinridge and Braxton Bragg were iu Cincinnati on the 23d inst. —Henry J. Raymond, late editor in chief of the New York Times, died worth $450,000. —Commodore Chase succeeds Admiral Dahlgren as Chief of the Bureau of Ord nance in the Navy department. Hon. George H. Munroe, late editor of the Suffolk County (Mass ) Journal, has become connected with the Boston Commonwealth. —Postmaster-General Creswell fell from the porch of his house in Elkton, Mary land, a few days ago, aud broke his left arm. —Senator Cattell, despairing of re-elec tion to the Senate, contemplates leaving New Jersey and removing to Philadel phia. A movement is being made by the officers of tiie army to secure au increase in their pay at the next session of Con gress. —Mr. Charles Francis Adams declines to allow his name to be used in connec tion with the Governorship of Massachu setts. —A circular has just been issued by the Secretary of tiie Navy providing for the immediate organization of a torpedo corps in tlie navy. —lt is announced that in Mr. Ray mond’s papers was found a very enter taining aud enlivening sketch of his first experience as a local reporter. —Tiie recent purchaser of the Daniel paid SSOO to be released from his bargain, be> ause of his ill health. —Mrs. General Williams, formerly Douglass, is at the Greenbriar White Sul pli ir Springs; also Mrs. Gen. Green of North Carolina. —Chief Justice Chase was charged by Forney with having pledged himself in advance of hearing to release Colonel Yergeron writ of habeas corpus. —His Excellency A. Musgrave, Gov ernor of British Columbia, and his family are staying at Mr. Cyrus W. Field’s, at Irvington, on the Hudson River, New York. —The Board of Trustees of the lowa University, located at Mount Pleasant, lias elected Hon. James Harlan, United States Senator from that State, President of that institution. The Common Council of tiie city of Portland, Oregon, lias appointed a com mittee from their body to receive Hou Vv in. H. Seward on his arrival, aud tender him tiie hospitalities of the city. —The across the-continent Pullman pal ace sleeping-car reached the Thirteenth street depot at 7 o’clock Saturday morn ing, tiie 24th. Her time from Sacramento was seven (lavs. —The vaiious German societies in San Francisco have resolved to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt, by a grand concert and festival. —Secretary Cox expresses unofficially tiie apprehension that General Rosecraus will defeat General Hayes iu Ohio by a majority whereof the expression will re quire more than four figures. —Hon. Henry T. Blow, our new Minis ter to Brazil, sailed from New Y’ork on the 24th, for Rio Janeiro, on tiie maii steamer Merrimac. —Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, ar rived in San Francisco on tiie 23d. He was serenaded and introduced to the peo ple, but made no speech. —lt is again stated that John Bigelow, former Minister to France, has accepted the editorial chair of tiie New Y'ork Times. —Mr. A. P. Messenger, Thursday even ing, accomplished in New York t iie featoi riding 500 miles on a velocipede within fifty consecutive hours. —The present law, imposing an income tax. will expire in 11870, unless extended by legislation at the next session of Con gress. —Lieut. Seeley, of the United States steamer Pawnee, has been arrested at Portsmouth, N. H.. for excessive cruelty to seamen, tying them up by the wrists, etg. —The anniversary of the birth of Hum boldt, on the 14th of September, is to he celebrated with great pomp in St. Louis, New York, Boston, aud many other cities of the Union. —lt is claimed that the Peruvian, of the Canadian line, at Quebec, has just made the quickest passage across the Atlantic on tecord, having oeeu five days, eight houts and forty minutes iu going from laud to laud. —The Navy Department bolds the un necessary iron clads at $190,000 each. Richard Wallach, formerly Mayor of Washington City, has offered $320,01)0 for two of them, but the offer was refused. He wanted them for the Cubans. —The reeeut announcement of the mar | raige of Miss Minuie Warren and Com modore Nutt was premature. Miss bar ren is now at home with her parents at j Middleboro, Mass., and has not told the ! day of the union. Lopez, the Dictator of Paraguay, is said to have retreated to the passes of the Cordilleras, where he is able to maiutam his defences and supply his commissariat. Bolivia and other sympathizing republics are said to provide him with ammuuitiou aud other military supplies. —There is some talk in Washington of a plan to re-establish the District of Col umbia in its old limits by Congress, hr the reconstruction of Virginia; resuming control of the whole teu miles square, in cluding the town of Alexandria. It is said that President Grant favors the pro ect. - —Serrano, the new regent of Spain, he gau his administration by sending $6,000 to the Pope, as an instalment upon the Spanish tribute of 18,000 duros a year, originally instituted for exemption from serving iu the crusades aud for dietary privileges in Lent. The remaiuder of the tribute, Serrano informs His Holiness, shall he paid before September. —The HuDtsvilieDemocrat,of Monday, says: A number of residents of tiiis cicy ; were aroused by the shock of an earth | quake. about 2 or 3 o’clock this morning. I It made furniture in our bed room rattle for several seconds after we awoke. NOYES A CO.'S SWINDLE. Barnesville, Ga., July 26, 1869. : Editor Daily Journal and Afessenger, Ma con, Ga. : We enclose you the accompanying cir» i cuiar, (Noyes & C 0.,) received through the Postoffiue this day—and send it toyou that it may be ventilated as it deserves. We know not wbat the object of tbe circular really is, but are satisfied that something is wrong about it. We have likewise mailed a copy of the same to the United States Treasurer at Washington. Yours truly, Jas. B. Hanson. In answer to our correspondent we copy the following history of tiie swindle, which we fiud in the Washington Ex press : When Wm. E. Chandler was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, authority was given to certain parties iu New York city to photograph the national currency (the copies being about tbesizeof our fractional currency,) as a means of enabling bankers aud others iu detecting counterfeits? The firm undertaking the job did not succeed as well as they expected, and the surplus 6toek was disposed of to a number of parties in that city, who at once issued circulars, the tenor of which is the same as that of “Noyes & Cos.” It would be impossible to state the amount of money realized by their propositions, nor how many have been swindled iu their will ingness to defraud the Government. The photographic copies are packed in small tin boxes, and sent to address of tiie purchaser. He gets just what he bargained for—exact copes of tiie United States Treasury or National Bank Notes, and no one doubts that tiie originals were exe- ' cuted by the most skilled men in the art outside of the State’s prison—and the packages do represent what the circular claims. General Skinner, tiie United States Treasurer, is daily iu receipt of letters from parties who have thus been victim ized. But what can he do. It is certainly no crime; and if it was the accuser would lay himself liable to couvictiou in pur chasing what he supposed would be well executed counterfeits. The Government detectives, as well as tiie New York detec tives, have given their attention to the matter, but have failed in every case to find grounds for a prosecution. The “cir culars” are ingeniously worded, and the several firms faithfully fulfill their part of the contract. The only remedy is not to patronize tiie swindlers. Such advice, however, is unnecessary to honest men. At a large diuner, given after the dedi cation of the Peabody Institute, in Dan vers, Massachusetts, tiie following verses were read by Oliver Wendell Holmes : GEOHOE PEABODY. Bankrupt—our pockets inside out! Empty of words to speak bis praises ! Worcester and Webster up tbe spout! Dead broke of laudatory phrases ! But wby with flowery speeches tease, With vain superlatives distress him? Has language better words than these— “ The friend of all liis race, God bless him.” A simple prayer—but words more sweet By human lips were never uttered, Since Adam left the country seat Where angel wings around him fluttered. Tbe old look on with tear-dimmed eyes, Tiie children cluster to caress him, And every voice unbidden cries, “ The friend of all bis race, God bless him !” Extracts from the "Court Jour nal.” — We take pleasure in making the followinginterestingaunouucemeuts from our newly established “Court Journal “Long Branch, July 25. President Grant aud his family attended service at the Methodist Episcopal Church this mtaming. _■- _ co i2- , , tatuftyVode to the residencejpf Mr. .John Hoey, with whom they diue; returning at half-past eight. “Arrangements are all completed for a grand ball, which is to be given in honor of the President, to-morrow evening ” We are still without uews of the safe ar rival of Egypt aud Cincinnati, tiie Presi dent's favorite carriage horses. Master of Horse Cox should see to this, aud have tiie public properly informed. —The Ecumenical Council which has been summoned to meet iu the Vatican Basilica, Rome, in next December, will he t lie nineteen til. The program me, asat pres ent affixed, gives for the respective sea sons tiie following subjects: 1, Panteism, rationalism, naturalism, absolute rational ism, in nine theses; 2, moderate rational ism, in seven theses; 3, indifferentism, tolerantism, iu four theses; 4, socialism, communism, secret societies, Bible so cieties, liber-clerical societies, iu six theses ; 5, errors on the Church and its rights, in twenty theses; 6, errors on so ciety and its relation to the Church, in seventeen theses; 7, errors on natural and Christian morals, in teu theses; 8, on tiie Christian marriage, in ten theses ; 9, on tiie sovereignly of the Pope of Rome, in two theses ; 10, ou modern liberalism, iu four theses. Rumored Removal of Gen. Canky.— If it be true that the President has deter mined !o remove Gen. Canby and assign Gen. McDowell to the command in Vir ginia, it is to be hoped that the change is made in order to dispose of the test oath question, and practically overrule General Canby’s iude ensible position without di rectly rebuking that officer. It is admitted that General Canby con ducted the Virginia election faiily and im partially, and it is fair to presume he will do so in Mississippi if assigned to com mand in that State, and at all events he will be more acceptable to the people than the present commander, General Ames. Good for a Beginning.—A paragraph is going the rounds of the papers which informs the public that a newspaper is about to be started in New York with a quarter of a million subscribers ! For a beginning that will do moderately well; but how lias the exact number been ascertained? May it not be that the pa per will be started when it gets a quarter of a million subscribers? France Salutes the United States. The completion of the cable communica tion between France and the United States has been inaugurated by an inter change of good wishes and friendship be tween the Emperor and President Grant. They shake hands very gracefully across the Atlantic, and the United States and their “oldest ally” may now be supposed to be on excellent terms, notwithstanding the httle difficulty in landing the cable. The announcement of an express tralu that shall run from Liverpool to Loudon in four hours is a remarkable event. The distance is two hundred miles, aud in or der to make the tifty miles per hour it will be necessary to make it a through train that is, to allow no stop between the two places. The necessity of stopping for water is obviated by meebauical means. Bitten by a Rattlesnake. —A cor respondent informs us that a iad named James Lawson was bitten by a rattlesnake on the 14th iusl., on the plantation of VV. S. Bush near Ellisville, Florida, and died in twelve hours after be received the bite. An exciting fire occurred at Long Branch eariy Sunday morning. The sta bles of the Mansion House caught fire, and were completely destroyed in a short time, the fire burning rapidly. The horses were all saved. In 1871 the term of George H. Wil liams, Seuator from Oregon, will expjre, and the Democracy of their State ought to bestir themselves to see that he is not his own successor. Horace Greeley’s Tribune takes open grouud against Boutwell, of the Cabinet, for bis hostility to the newly elected Walker administration of Virginia. Gree lev thiuks the Republican party “cannot afford” to adopt Mr. Bout well’s views. From Geneva, Ala.— One of our cor respondents, writing from Geneva, Ala., July 2lst, says that crops in that section are good—very good. Among other wonderful things for which the Great Eastern is lelebrated are her remarkable hatchways—she lays tele graphic cables. Correspondence of tbe Journal aud Messenger. LETTER FROM UPSON COUNTY. Thomaston, Ga., July 27, 1869. Mr. Editor: A gentleman who is plant ing in this couuty, Mr. L. H. Thurman, called my attention to a communication, which appeared in the Journal and Messenger a few daya since, written by some geutleman whose name he had for gotten—inviting, persons to come to his f«rm and look, at his cotton —which tie said was planted about tiie 22d of April, jn which he had found some stalks with eighty, and one with one hundred and sixty two bolls aud forms. Mr. T. re quests me, through the Journal and Messenger, to iuform tiie gentleman that on last Saturday lie examined cotton planted April 15th in the check, manured in the hill with fertilizers purchased of Mr. Ayres, of Macon, and found many stalks with two hundred bolls aud forms. This cotton is growyi upon upland, apd upon the same kind of laud the same gen tleman informs me that he lifts cotton planted the 3d day of May, which he topped on the 22d instant at front four and a half to five feet higfl, and full of fruit, plan led in rows four reet apart aud locked already across tiie rows. These facts will give some idea of the prospect in Upson. Much is written about the crops, because to us it is of great im portance. If other portions of the State do as well as Upson promises at this time, I amagiue less money will go West next year for corn tliau has goue the present— but it is hardly fair to presume that the whole State will compare with Upson, notwithstanding her red hills. Tiie land is not only good, hut we have tiie most energetic farmers in tiie State—men who not only press their business, but do it with system, and are of sufficient intelli gence to call in all the help they can ob tain from science. If geutletueu wish to see cotton that is cotton, aud co r u that makes the beans of the jnior glad, let them come to ITpson—ami they will find that Mr. T.’s crop is not the exception—yet land is cheap. I wonder persons iu search of good laud do not come here. Yours, R. MU. JOHN UIURLOW We see it positively asserted that Mr. Johu Bigelow, former editor of the New York Evening Post, and more receutly U. S. Minister to the court of France, has accepted aud assumed tiie chief editorship of the New York Times. In former days we had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Bigelow well. He is a writer of marked ability and power. He is a scholar of considerable eminence, and in tiie best days of New York journalism was universally regarded as equal to the best newspapei writers of tiie time. Mr. Bigelow is a Republican, hut we believe that lie is not a Radical. Like the late Henry J. Raymond, lie is conserva tive in liis opinions, aud prefers the wel fare of his country to tiie success of a partv. the holion-uichens vendetta. From the Memphis Avalanche. Mr. Wade Bolton, who was shot by Colonel Thomas Dickens, ou Main street, opposite Court Square, a few days ago, died at the residence of Mr. Frank Cash, on Court street, about seven o’clock yes terday morning, alter suffering the great est agony. It was at first supposed that tiie wound would not terminate fatally, but Mr Bolton refused to allow it to lie probed, and, although lie continued sensi ble to near tiie time of liis death, his at tendant physicians stated that they had no hopes of his recovery. The enmity which has so long existed between ttie Dickens and Bolton families has been referred to so often that it need not lie recapitulated at tiie present time. Suffice it to say that tiie deceased was one of tiie chiefs in tiie feud in which over a “ ik Yial'ive or Washing ton county, North Carolina, and was horn on the Bth day of November, 1812, so that at the time of liis death lie Was in his fifty seventh year. He came to this section of tiie country while yet a boy. He entered into business in early life with Mr. J. H. Winchester, and afterwards formed one of tiie firm of Bolten, Dickens & Cos , who were, previous to tiie war, exieosive negro traders iu tbe South. The firm amassed a vast deal of money, and the divisiou of tiie profits led to the feud above referred to, and which has ltd to the death of so many persons. Mr. Bolter: leaves a widow, hut no children, to mourn his death. It is conjectured that liis estate, of which Mr. E. M. Apperson has been appointed sole executor, will amount to about $250,- 000 It is understood that he has left his widow $20,000 and three hundred acres of land, aud lias bequeathed SIO,OOO to tiie widow of Stonewall Jackson. It is also stated that he has donated over SIO,OOO to build an Orphan Asylum and endow it, at Big Creek, tiie institution to be called the Bolton Asylum. He lias, it is said, also given teu acres of land to liis former slaves, wlio remained with him after the war and behaved properly. An Oppressive Law. —The interna revenue law pertaining to the sale of to bacco, in the form of segars, chewing, snuff, etc., is very severe, aud if strictly enforced must annihilate the retail trade in those articles. If a retailer sells a se gar, except taken at the time of sale from the original box, he is liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of SI,OOO ! (So in regard tochewing tobacco and snulf—they must be retailed from the original pack age or a like penally is incurred. A re tailer cannot take a handful of segara from a box in Ins show-case, place them upon tiie outside glass aud sell one or more from the lot without the risk of fine and impri sonment ; tie must let his customers select from the box—from tbeoriginal package— himself. The unnecessary obstructions to the trade thus presented are calculated to destroy it and oppress a large and indus trious class of citizens. Snuff cannot be sold from a jar, but must be taken from the bladder—tbeoriginal package—by the cent’s worth. I Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. A Valuable Work.— We have just received a copy of Lyman’s “ Treatise on Cotton Culture,” published by Orange Judd, of New York, aud from the exami nation we have given it, we do not besi tate to pronounce it to be the most valua ble woik on the subject we have ever read. Everything connected with the planting, cultivation and marketing of cotton is treated practically, perspicuously and sys tematically. The author, Joseph B. Ly man, late of Louisiana, is evidently a skilled planter, wli<»se knowledge has been derived from experience, aud who i has the good fortune to be able to impart his knowledge in plain, comprehensible language. Appended to this book is a chapter on Cotton Seed and its Uses, by J. R. Sypber, which will well repay pe rusal. This valuable work is for sale at the hook store of J. W. Burke & Cos., and sent postpaid on receipt of $1 50. —The Governor has pardoned Robert F. Curry, Walker P. Inman and Win. H. Inman, President, Cashier and Director of the Northwestern Bank of Georgia, who are prosecuted under the statute of this State for refusing to redeem the bills of said bank. The Governor alleges, as grounds for this proceeding, that the fail ure was not the fault of these officers, but the necessary result of the action of the civil powers of this State during the la e rebellion and the destruction aud loss of property occasioned bv the late civ! war”; and, secondly, because “the ex panses, inconvenience and trouble of a defence will work great damage and hard ship to the said parties.” Still at It.—The correspondence be tween State Treasurer Angier and State Comptroller Bell progresses duly. The rebutter of Bell appears in the Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday, and we may expect therefore to see the surrebutter of Angier in the Era of to-morrow or the day after. If they only knew how little the ; public is interested in their unseemly | squabble they would write fewer letters aud address themselves more asaiduoudy to the duties of their offices. Railroad Extension. The Macon I and Western Rai.road, we are informed, I will shortly run its track across the old Monroe railroad right-of-way, connecting with the Western and Atlantic Railroad, somewhere above Its machine shops ; VOL. LXI., NO 20 The Suez Canal. This marvel of enterprise and engi neering skill will he opened to the trade of all nations in September next, and the event celebrated in a manner com mensurate with the magnitude and im portaneeoT the undertaking. The his tory of this work is interesting. In 1846, M. Lesaeps, a French engineer of high rauk, who subsequently figured in Central America in connection with an effort to connect the two oceans by a ship channel through the territory of Nicaragua, obtained the consent of the Egyptian authorities to commence a canai across the Isthmus of Suez, and in 1854, having completed his plans and arrangements, organized a company and prepared for work, lie was made head and manager of the company, which was under a ninety-nine years' grant, and subject to certain rules and regulations to bo enforced by the offi cers of the country throng', wMrft the' canal ran. The works were to be at the company’s expense, and the vice royalty to receive fifteen per cent, of the earnings yearly. The ship tariff of the canal should be the same for all na tions. In ease the company desired to join the canal with the Nile, they might take at their own expense the unculti vated lands thereby. They might quar ry stone free, and similarly import all machinery, and at the end of the grant the Egyptian government would come into possession of the work. Napoleon favored the work in all possible ways, and when Egypt refused to carry out certain portions of her agreement, acted ns referee and mulcted that government in damages amounting to more than sixteen millions of dollars. In a direct line, the route from point to point is but seventy miles, but as the canal is constructed, it measures more than ono hundred miles in length. Its width is throe hundred and twenty-eight feet, and ships drawing twenty-six feet of water will bo able to pass through the canal with free keels. At I'ort Said, on the Mediterranean,two break- waters, nearly three thousand yards long, and including a triangular area of five hun dred and fifty acres, have been built to form a complete harbor. They arc twenty-six yards at the base, twelve in height and six at the summit . At Suez, a mole eight hundred and fifty yards in length is to be constructed, equally as a protection against gales and tides, for the dredging of tho Suez channel, and for the reclamation of lands. With re ference to tho financial condition of tho company, it is reported that up to tho end of April, 1868, more than fifty seven millions of dollars had been expended. In the meantime, seventy millions ol dollars had been received from t olls upon such portion of the work as are in active operation, accommodating the local trade. When the whole line is opened from tho Mediterranean to the Rod Sea, it will revolutionize the trade and com merce of a largo portion of Europe. Long voyages around tho Cape ot («ood Hope and across the Indian ocean will be things of the past, yarns for old salts, while ships will flit from the Pa SAbAHying *uutchfnan. The United States must take care of its own inter ests in Asia by canaling the Isthmus of Darien. In that way and that way only can we head off the French and English in the markets of Asia. — Phila delphia Age. —The cost of the transfer of tho tele graph lines to the Government in Eng land will amount to $.43,750 000. The an«« nual revenue of the telegraph lines is es timated at $3,309,190, and the expenditure at $1,707,420, thus leaving a net profit of $1,571,770. “llt is rumored that superintendent Hurl berl has taken steps to prevent the new Treasurer of the State Road from handling the money. Wise, if true. l 1 1 ’ Mayor’* Court. There arc scenes occasionally in the Mayor’s Court that arouse the sympathies of all pre.-rnt, aud create the wish that something could he done to stay the evils caused by seeing those poisonous compounds so destructive to domestic happine-s, to health and to the peace and comfort of our clti zens generally. This morning a ease was presented of this character, the particulars of which are as follows: A man of mature age, who has constant employ ment as a bricklayer, was brought up by officers Wood arid Pridgen, charged with getting very drunk and beating his wife shamefully last Sunday morning. The witnesses were all positive as to the great disturbance made, and tin- ease would have gone rather hard against the prisoner had not the wife tearfully begged the Mayor to “hear her just one single minute.” 11 is Honor, who is known everywhere as one of the most tender hearted men in Macon, courteously granted her request, when she began her sad story, sad enough we thought to have touched the hearts of all pre ent: “My husband,” she commenced, is a good inan. He works very hard to get a living, but lie will drink at times, and it’s the only fault lie lias when he is sober be is kind and affectionate as any man could be, but when lie gets drunk he abuse* me terribly and beats me. I can’t stand it, Mr. Mayor, as I could if I was only youjger. I am going on fifty years old, and have two grown up children in Savannah ; and when my husband beats me so bad it lays me up sometimes for three or four days, so that I can’t get up to do my house work, and some day I’m afraid I shall be killed. ’ “Well,” said the Mayor, “why do you not go to your sons, and leave your husband, if he beats you V” “Because lam a wife,” she answered sadly. I am his lawfully wedded wife—married to him by BishopVcrot, of Savannah; a wife should never leave her husband, sir; she has sworn to love him and to stay with him till death, and if 1 break my oatli made at the altar, I shall be sure to go to tor ment, and that I’ve no wish to do. Besides," she continued, as the tears streamed in torrents down her cheeks, “I’m quite old, and can’t live a great while longer. I reckon I’ll try to hear it the best way I can. If Mr. wouldn’t sell my husband such mean whisky lie wouldn t act as badly a- in does. It’s all Mr. ’s fault, every bit of it.’’ “I)o you ever take a little whisky yourself?” in quired his Honor. “No, sir, never!” she replied, with empha-is. “It has done so much sin and wrong to me an I mine. Oh! if you only knew half the trouble . brings, sir, y>u would try to close some of the-, whisky-shop*, and not let them make people -n very miserable; and es]iecially Sundays, w!> n everybody wants to be still and quiet.” “Who is this Mr. V Where does he keep Does lie sell Sundays?” asked the Mayor, -■ somewhat interested. “Yes, sir,” responded the afflicted ■ sells, every Sunday, at his shop on - -~~ his liquor is enough to poison anybody >..< it. Everybody says so.” f|f .. an ,j “I’ll issue a summon*,” said the w'ipy.ler liave this thing attended to at once. w ,. ( have this inan up to rnorro '' ]i vflU to attend nesses to appear before me. L to iL ” _ urontances, the poor In view of the existiu- 11 yc w ; t i, ou t being inebriate was permit b 1 lu , ut wc fancy that the punished for lus ““ ‘ j lit , ioUS interview with liquor dealer will l ja '\ . . c yv e would not the Mayor at his exactly like to be in i young uiau with a The next ease of! irenerullv. who boil on his foot. and ™% - shop, and was Mtluux " There ws-m-ln understanding somew here, or ,md was disebarg* cl and country storekeepers s en " Adeline A!!*-** - V# *