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15Y J. W. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER I \\. ill'llKE k CO., Proprietors. W vl. M. BRUW.XK, Kdllor ~J j n,ij. CO SECOND STREET, MACON'. OA. Itx rKK OF HI BM KIPTIO.V T)( .. v ... r Annum ?10 00 .. ' siv Month* 500 i hr< ■ Months 2 50 -one Month 1 00 ■ i Weekly, per Annum 5 00 •* Six Months 2 50 u « Three Months 150 Wr.EKi.Y ] - r Annum 3 00 8b Month* 1 50 THE NEWS. Prinn Arthur of England is going West a hunting excursion. Sewn hundred and fifty hands are ' v irking on tlie Brunswick and Albany lioad. ])r. Stringfcllow, of Gainesville, Fla., j , i ut Aiken, S. C., on the 25th ult. . (;. .vi rnor Clayton, of Arkansas, is acan ihdatc for United States Senator. Three Amethysts were found in Hall county lately. _ - The ri,- crop in Louisiana is ten times tlii - vear what it was in 1860. The cotton crop in Floyd and Polk counties, Georgia, will not exeeed a half crop- , Th bonded.debt of the city of Colum i.ii, ..mounts to $3.14,500, the annual interest thereon being 82-1,115. The Tribune, of N. Y., contemplates the , .mlitiou of the constitutional amendment ta one of increased peril. -Crawford county, Ga., has an average viebl of corn; cotton, half a erop; fodder, fine and plenty. Tie blind king of Hanover has written jiiiiuphlet to prove that the duty of France is to crush Prussia. An Englishman has invented a way of Hiring hay and grain in twenty minutes, by th.- use of artificial heat. Ii i .ml that about the Ist of October, S.utor Sprague will commence work on the i .1 1 ;iiibin S. ('. ) Canal, and proceed to erect a cotton factory. The Tennessee Senatorial election, ac cording to law, must take place on the , ..ml Thursday after the organization of tin,* Legislature. (lay 11. Salisbury, one of the oldest newspaper writers in tiie Stab- of New York, : found drowned in Ifuiliilo creek on the Lin instant. i-A -Judge Osborne, of New York, was, . i Saturday, held in 85,000 to keep the )■ having challenged a lawyer to tight a due' the le v. Dr. Robert J. Boyd, minister tin- Methodist Episcopal Church South, ...! at Marion Court-house, S. C.,on Friday, •"•■l instant, and was buried on Sunday. The < 'li irleston (S. C.) Chamber of Com merce have passed a resolution offering a '-ilver goblet to the State Agricultural So re iv. to be given as a premium for the best ten bales of upland cotton. Among the noted receipts by express, at Lan.-wille, September 4, were four imported ( i its wold sh.-ep, at a cost exceeding two thousand dollars, for Mr. C. C. McFerran, Ibr his farm in Jefferson county, Ga. li Monroe and Pike counties the cotton fields are us white as is usual iu November Mel December. All the cotton raised in that eta.ii will he ready for market by the mid dle ..f' October. Pea crops are nearlya total failure. George Fisher for thirty five 1 years a re ulent of Augusta, Ga., and a Cap tain in the Confederate army, died at the l science of his cousin, Robert Younge, 1. <|.. (ir» ’isf ones, near Sheffield, England, n tlic2otu of August, aged Ail years. By the completion of the Western Pa ■tie Railroad, on Monday, ears now travel iiitinuously from the harbors of New l'ork or Boston to the harbor of San Francisco. AiTivuievments have been made for carrying tin through passengers and mails between mmeiito and San Francisco, without trail- hipmeut inside of four hours. Oilieial information lias reached Wash in- tKii that the President of Peru lues issued aili-ne torn public exhibition at Lima, in 1 iml«-r. 1870, of agricultural and manu ■ i-n il products, including models and lanerv, native and foreign. 8200,000 in 1 i ppropriated for premiums and ex- l'lii'quiet and pleasant little town of r. is looking up. Quite recently a <>f persons have invested in real mid settled there. The schools there <|Ui i. ■ flourishing. Emory College s. two weeks since, with about forty 'indents, and is doing quite as well as ii\ time before the war. i Albany \cirs says: “ Capt. Allen, man i -es Jordan A Lockett’s Foul-town it’"ii. put in a specialty of six acres. !e lilv fertilized with the Dixon mix pi. luted about the 4th of May. tii t picking last week—yielded two - ml pounds to the acre, and we learn patch will probably yield two more o! an equal amount—making 116,000 ‘•iimLs to the six acres.” bon. J. A. Koyee, of Cincinnati, liero a prominent Iladieal, in a coinmuni t*• the t'inciniiiti Kmjuirer, says: “I s ' red myself from the Republican ■ ause it is an organized hypocrisy, ilu dissimilation, a fraud, a delusion sii.tie. a combination of grasping fa iat toning on the vitals of the wealth* 1 i- and wealth-distributors of the lt l lt is evident that Mr. lioyce, ais connection with the Radical par *'• kepi his eyes about him.” Mu the 7th, Wells R. Whitmore, who is ■ ' uiie otliccr, with headquarters at Did n't stod a man named Deadman, who 'iiuing an illicit distillery in the neigh 'd of Ringgold. Deadman resisted 't v ry strenuously, but finally sub- Subsequeutly, however, he made at to escape and was in the iu*t of away, when Whitmore tired, with attention, he says, of causing him to Although Deadman wars about forty "ay when the shot was fired, it took m las body, and he fell. c d\ of Judge Oleot-t of the Hust ''urt ' 1 Richmond, Va., under Gen. found on the 20th lilt., near El t lty. Man . ud, under circumstances ■ -pliat lus death was caused by ex iial w. at of food. He was of North !c. a b. ithcr-iu-law of the celebrated t i.. site, and a son of a lawyer of emi ud wealth. For twenty years lie was : Louisiana, and for a short time . ' of the Supreme Court of that i i:.g from that position to go North ' utbreak of the war. • he British Press oil Cotton. an the N. Y. Herald, September 5. British press continues to be very - leised about the supply of eotton. day or two there are leading articles ; ay amount of correspondence on the I aid there is hardly any conceivable \ ; - inereiusiug the production of the | :i;d that is not discussed. The in | ! -apply is termed a calamity, and is j wing to au increase of the con ; ]■■ wer at a time when the raw ma | i- decreasing. A writer in the London | s a very sensible view of the mat | lie .j-gues tlmt the true way to in \ thi production of cotton is for the 1 '"er- and capitalists of England to i -ate with the grower. That is, we l t employ their capital in oonueo -1 -1 ‘la* labor of the planters in order ■ . lulate a larger growth. | ' writer remarks, too, that it would be I tin American planters to grow five | f hides at double the expense of * f I-’ )'>r when the same pro fit can be ■ m half that amount. But where I ‘■" -! ah manufacturers and capitalists H i- ir money in co-operation with the jg , India and other countries have | ami a vast amount of capital has 1 “v in the experiment. There is, * ’■■r, .ne place in the world where rais { ai is not an uncertain experiment, 1 1 planting never fails to be success | -'utable. In our Southern States j . ' ai'e.i of cotton lands yet uneul ■ .. ' 1 bmre were capital and labor ■ n lmlhons of bales or more could ■ I-'U-V V 1 lus ls the country, then, for the ■ ipl,. I , uveßt bi if they would get an I ‘' t “''kraLl l S! ou tt “ J " ®eo||ia lowwal a«d Mtsmmn Death of Senator Fessenden. The telegraph announces the death, Sep temlier 8, of William Pitt Fessenden, one of the U. S. Senators from Maine. Although Mr. Fessenden belonged to the Republican party—indeed, was one of its founders—and was identified with the aboli tion movement that culminated in the lute war, and in so much ruin and sorrow for the South and her people, he was among the best, least vindictive, most conservative, and most honest of Iris party, and was known to have opposed most of the extreme radical measures in open violation of the Constitu tion which Sumner, Butler, Stevens and Boutwell, proposed from time to time for our punishment and degradation. He was cer tainly the ablest, most dignified, best in formed, and houestest of his party iu the Senate. Asa lawyer ho ranked with the most eminent men in the profession. He was a good speaker, seldom rising tv) the height of eloquence, but always forcible, nervous, and to the point. He was at times irritable, petulant and snappish in debate, but he never forgot the dignity of his position or of the body in which he sat. He was said to be incorruptible. Nobody has ever breathed a word against his public or private charac ter. He always denounced corruption and official dishonesty wherever ho found them, and no consideration could induce him to do violence to his conscience and do what he behoved was wrong, in order to secure the ends of his party, or promote his own po litical advancement. He has done the South deep and irrepara ble wrong. Ho has been for years one of the fiercest anil most redoubtable of her foes; but since her defeat he has not boon among her persecutors. Mr. Fessenden was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, on the 16th of October, 1806. He graduated at Bowdoin College, was admitted to the bar in 1827 at Bridgton, Maine, and entered the Legislature of Maine in 1831, where he soon won distinction as a debater. Iu 1840 he was elected to Congress by the Whig party ami served but one term in the House of Representatives. For sev eral years he withdrew from public life and devoted himself to the pructice of his pro fession, and won considerable fame by an argument before the Supreme Court of the United States in which he was associated with Daniel Webster. He was again elected to Congress in 1850, hut was unseated through an informality of the returns. He was a member of the National Convention which nominated General Harrison for the Presidency, was a member of the Conven tion which nominated General Taylor, though he supported the claims of Air. Web ster, and was also a member of the Whig Convention which nominated General Scott. In 1854 he was chosen Senator in Congress by both branches of the Legislature of Maine, though at that time the Democrats had a majority in both houses, but a union of the Whigs and Freesoil Democrats elected him. At the dissolution of the old Whig party Mr. Fessenden allied himself with the Re publicans, and became one of the most fanat ical and persistent of the Abolitionists. His speeches on the Nebraska bill, on Kansas affairs, and on the Lecompton Constitution, were able, but ultra in their opposition to the rights of the South. In 1859 ho was unanimously re-elected to tlie Senate for six years. After the resignation of Air. Chase and his acceptance of the Chief Justice ship of tlie Supreme Court, Mr. Fessen den became Secretary of the Treasury in Air. Lincoln’s Cabinet, but he only held the po sition for a short time, and was again elected to the Senate from Maine. Since the close of the war lie has generally favored a moderate policy towards the South, or perhaps we should say, a less violent poli cy than that which a majority of his party supported. It is true that he voted for the reconstruction acts, and most of the uncon stitutional legislation for the Southern States, yet it is somewhat due to him and Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, that the legis lation was not much more oppressive and unconstitutional than it is. He became very unpopular with bis party and with the peo ple of Maine because be voted against the conviction of Andrew Johnson, on the cele brated Impeachment trial, and was even de nounced as a traitor because he would not forswear himself to gratify violent party passion. He was for many years of bis Sen atorial service a member of the Finance Committee, and for the hist few years its chairman. Blessings iu Disguise. Air. Secretary Boutwell is entitled to rank among the most remarkable inventors of the age. He redeems $37,000,000 of bonds which are not payable until the year 1887, at a cost of $45,000,000, and calls it ‘‘making money by paying off the debt.” He cancels by calling iu millions of greenbacks which do not bear any interest, and issues bonds instead, which bear a heavy interest, and be calls this an “economical financial policy. ” But the greatest of all bis inventions is, that “there is now more money in the South than in any other portion of the country — North, East or West,” and he calls this “official evidence of the rapid recuperation of the Southern States.” We would only remark as to this last named invention that if there really exists such a plethora of money at tho South as Mr. Boutwell’s official figures represent, we have not heard of it, nor have our friends that tangible evidence which is preferable to that of official figures. On the contrary we have reason to believe that money has rarely been so scarce or hard to get as it is at present. We believe that it is worth from lb, to 2 percent, per month, which is hardly an evidence of that abundance of money of which Air. Boutwell’s official figures prove tho existence. Perhaps those who own all this money have deposited it in that “hole iu the sky” with which Mr. Boutwell is fa miliar, which accounts for the fact that it is not available for practical purposes. Lord Palmerston's Diary.— We believe it was Mr. Bouton who said of John Quincy Adams, who regularly kept a diary, that “no man is to be trusted, sir, who keeps a diary. He must be a rascal, sir. ” It lias been just discovered on an examina tion of the late Lord Palmerston's papers, that he too was guilty of this “rascally act.” His diary is saidto be very full of sketches and reminiscences of the prominent men and women with whom he was associated during a public life of considerably more than half a century. The announcement of the discovery will strike terror into many of the friends and companions of the old statesman, and they will be very anxious to persuade Earl Stanhope, (better known as Lord Mahon,) the literary executor of Lord Palmerston, to inform ftiem as to what his lordship wrote about them before the diary is given to the printer. It contains, doubtless, many cu rious revelations which would be eagerly read by the gossip world, for “Old Pam’s” lift; was as varied and as marked by strange adventures as it was prominent and long. Senator Morton and Thomas Car lyle. Sen;.' >r Morton, of Indiana, one of the great guns of Radicalism, has taken the stump ia Ohio and Pennsylvania, and on several occasions recently, has told the peo ple what a benevolent, economical, honest, liberal and incorruptible {.arty is that to which he belongs, and what a selfish, lavish, dishonest, exclusive and corrupt party is that of which Mr. Pendleton and Judge Asa Packer, are the representatives. Mr. Morton is fond of similes. They are his favorite rhetorical figures. Sjieakiug of the Democratic and Radical parties, he said : “The Democratic and the Republican platforms, taken together, resemble a double mile-post—that part of the mile-post that looks backward, tells you where you came from, and how fur you have gone. That is the Democratic party. The other side of the mile-post is the Republican. That looks forward, and tells you how far you have to go.” It will bo observed that the Senator forgot, or intentionally omitted to mention whither the Radical mile-stone leads. He is right that the Democratic mile-stone tells us that we came from tho Constitution of the United States, Equality of the States, and the right of the people to govern themselves subject only to the Constitution, and that it tells us also how far wo have wandered from the road of republican liberty, and federal inde pendence. But he should by all means have explained the forward indications of Radical ism. There is no one hotter qualified to do so than he. We remember to have road recently and copied for tho benefit of our readers an ex tract from some remarks of the venerable Thomas Carlyle to a correspondent of a New York paper who “interviewed” him. The language of tho author of “Sartor Resartus” is strong and unpleasant, hut we do not know how better to define the tendency of Radical progress than to quote his words. We hope that Mr. Morton will use them in his next speech. Carlyle says: ‘ ‘ As sure as the Lord reigns, you are rush ing down to hell with desperate velocity. The scum of the world has got posseasion of your country, and nothing can save you from the devil’s clutches. Not, perhaps,” cried he, raising his voice to its shrillest notes, “a hell burning with material fire and brimstone, but the wide weltering fiery chaos of corruption in high places, and the misrule of the people. ” The New .Minister to China. It is rumored in Washington that the President is about to appoint Mr. George Wilkes, the racing, cock-fighting, prize ring notability,as United States Minister to China, in place of Mr. Ross Browne, removed, and Mr. Howard who has declined the honor. Mr. Wilkes has often displayed his diplo matic talent as the bottle-holder at a prize fight, the judge at a horse race, and the stake-holder in a cock-pit, and his literary ability has been confined exclusively to a sporting paper published in New Y'ork, which is the accredited organ of the “sporting fra ternity.” His political education was per fected, we believe, iu San Francisco, at the time of the YYtrilannc r ' “““ has the further merit of having “bet high” on the election of General Grant, to the ex penses of which he is said to have subscribed liberally. He is not exactly tlie man who in old times would have been selected to fill a first class diplomatic mission, or indeed any mis sion at all, except that of a referee at a horse race; but times are changed. Have we not Washbume at Paris, and Sickles at Madrid, and why should we not have Wilkes at Pekin? What will Logan say, however, at his being set aside by the editor of the Spirit of the Times? General John A. Logan, tlie grand commander of the Grand Army of the Re public, and Head Centre of all the Loyal Leagues, the linpeacher of Andrew Johnson, and Hater of tlie South —a renegade from the Democratic party and now the most radical of radicals—to be snubbed and liis request refused for George Wilkes! It is really too bail. It may be that the rumor is not well fouuded and that Logan may be spared the humiliation. So far as the “ Flowery Kingdom ” is concerned, we do not see much choice between the two. It is six of Wilkes and half a dozen of Logan. Attorney General Hoar’s Virginia opin ion, which we now read as it was written and divested of the emendations of telegraphic operators, declares in short that the Legisla ture of Virginia shall not be required to take the test oath to ratify the Fifteenth Amend ment, but that the Legislature is only pro visional until Congress rc-admits Virginia into the Union as a State, and that therefore the General Assembly shall not be permitted to do any business of any kind until Con gross shall have granted her permission by declaring that the work of reconstruction is complete. In other words, Virginia is a State of the Union while she votes to ratify a Radical amendment to the Constitution, an act which none but a State can legally perform, and then after she has done this she is not a State but only a provisional or ganization subject to the will of Congress. It is the most remarkable political legerde main on record. The juggler who swallows the sword and takes a small cork-screw out of bis mouth as the result of tlio deglutition, is a tyro compared to Hoar who swallows a State, and produces a provisional territory. Sweets to the Sweet.— lt is stated on the authority of a despatch from Boston to tlie New York papers that Benjamin F. Butler has written au article upon the Stowe-Byron controversy which will be published in a few days. This is very appropriate. There could be no fitter person to comment and dilate upon the loathsome theme. It is not stated what paper is to publish the article, but we should suppose that the New York Police Gazette will lie the favored medium. A Pleasant Locality. —lt has been cal culated that one-tenth of the people of the Territory of Arizona are killed every year by the Indians. It must be what the song calls “a pleasant spot.” It would be a first rate place for the Radicals to “settle up.” Such immigration might lie hard upon the Ca mauches, but then ‘ ‘the greatest good of the greatest manlier” is what we desire. Impertinence Rebuked.— Some Radical worthies in Savannah had the insolence to call on General Gilmer, acting President of the Central Railroad, to get him to influence the employes of the road to support the Rad ical candidate for the Mayoralty. General Gilmer received them with freezing polite ness, and it is unnecessary to add, declined the insolent request. The Bainbridoe, Cutiibert .and Columbus Railroad.— The Bainbridge Argus gives the following information concerning this pro posed road: “A sufficiency of stock has been subscrilied to the Bainbridge, Cutbbert and Columbus Railroad, to complete the road-bed to Cuth bert, as soon as the fine is run to Tallahassee, 40 miles towards Cuthbert and 20 miles to wards Tallahassee, will bo contracted.” "V ita sine Literis Mors est MACON, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1569. A Monument to Dollars. The proposed monument to commemorate the fame and great public services of Geokue \\ ashingtox, of whom American citizens sj>eak with pride as the Pater Paine, is un finished, and all appeals for aid to complete’ it fall upon closed ears. No “immense statues” or “colossal bas-reliefs” have lieen erected any where in honor of any of the great men who have illustrated the his tory of the United States by their intellect, devotion to the public interests, and great virtues. They died, but beyond their good deeds which live after them, there is nowhere any sign of popular gratitude, reverence, or respect. To a citizen of New Y'ork who has risen by a succession of fortunate circumstances from the position of a ferry man to that of a railroad monopolist and owner of of dollars, whose name is not connected with" any great or benevolent enterprise, who has never distinguished himself by the display of any ability, but the power to pile dollar upon dollar, without education, without re finement, without any of those qualities which entitle men to historic fame—a mon ument lias just been erected in liis life-time in the city of New Y'ork, which is described as “ unrivalled in any part of the world. It is not to the man but to his millions this os tentatious compliment is paid. It is tej Mammon and not to Virtue. As the work is regarded as one of the wonders of the day, and is said to possess great merit in an artistic point of view, we copy the following account of it from the New Y'ork Tribune: ERECTION OF A COLOSSAL BRONZE STATUE AND ALLEGORICAL BAS-RELIEF IN HONOR OF COMMODORE VANDERBILT. For a month past about fifty men have been engaged in erecting, on the top of the ! western wall of the Hudson River Railroad depot, an immense work intended to honor Commodore Vanderbilt. The design origi nated with Captain Albert Degroot, who caused drawings to be made, and laid them, with an explanation of his plan, before a committee of New York gentlemen. The funds were quickly subscribed. A large foundry was built to make the castings, and George and Valentine Fisher employed to superintend this part of the work." The construction of the models was undertaken by Ernest Plassman, who completed them at his School of Art, in Sixth Avenue, in ten months. In September last the casting of the work was begun and successfully com pleted by Fisher <fc Brother. A strong scraffolding having been erected and care fully enclosed, the various parte of the work were securely boxed up, transported to the depot, and hoisted to the roof, where they were duly erected agaiust a massive brick wall three feet thick, to which they were firmly fastened with iron anchors, more than 2,000 in number, and weighing over four tons. The strictest secrcsy was enjoined, from the outset, upon all connected with the work. It covers an area of 3,125 square feet, measures 150 feet in a straight line, aud 31 feet in extreme height; weighs nearly 100,000 pounds, and cost over half a million dollars. It consists of an immense bronze statue of Commodore Vanderbilt plaecd in the centre of a colossal bas-relief which is contrived to illustrate the career and achievements of the Commodore, to represent the great inven tions of this century, and to portrav allegor- ! • n j g.'j* im oi tiu: xvcpLuuic. ' rue Rase I hue, upon which the bas-n.n.f i... is j a narrow tier of blue-stone. In the centre I is a great carved block of granite, weighing eleven tuns. On this rests a bronze pedes tal five feet square, one and a half feet high, and bearing the inscription “Erected 1868.” On this pedestal, within a recess, stands the statue. It is 12 feet high, nearly solid, aud weighs four tuns. It represents the Commo dore with head uncovered, and wearing a heavy fur-trimmed overcoat, his left foot slightly advanced, his right hand inserted beneath his vest, and his left modestly ex tended. The bas-relief is ten feet high at tlie ends, and is surmounted by a granite cornice, which slopes gradually up ward for about one-third the length from each extremity, turns suddenly up, runs along horizontally, aud finally forms an arch in the centre over the statue. The middle portion of the cornice is decorated with or namental work iu bronze. The bas-relief at each end is terminated with massive scroll work, representing leaves and plants. On the right hand, beneath the statue aud the scroll, is represented the Commodore’s ma rine life, and on the left his railroad life. At the right hand, in tbe foreground, appears, in a reclining position, Neptune, with flow ing beard, a wreath of leaves on his head, his right hand grasping a rudder, a sea monster rising from the water at his feet, and a raccoon peering around the corner of the rocks on which he rests. In the back ground rise the Palisades of the Hudson; a light-house is seen, and the boat Dred, in which Mr. Vanderbilt in early days con veyed passengers from New Y'ork to Staten Island at twenty-five cents a head. Next comes the steamer North Star, in which the Commodore sailed around the world. Finally is seen the huge steamer Vanderbilt. In the middle of the foreground a dock appears, on which are coils of rope, bananas and pine apples, and a great watch-dog crouched on a eotton bale, and, next to the statue, a cap stan, anchor and chain. At the extreme left Liberty sits erect. In the background rises a woody slope, and in the front a fence and two cows are seen. Back of these is an en gine drawing six ears and entering a tunnel, and in the rear is a villa on a hill-top. Iu the middle of tlie foreground a switchman is seen, flag in hand, and the locomotive C. Vanderbilt appears, drawing a train of ears. In tlie front of the locomotive are two har vesters in the attitude of working. Next to these several agricultural products are visible. In the upper part of the bas-relief birds are seen flying. Yesterday afternoon this work was exhibited to a few members of the press. It will be uncovered to the public on or about the 28th iust. Will oni Misfortunes Never Chase? Air. Henry Wilson, of Natick, Senator from Alassaehusetts, has written, it is said, a his tory of tlie Rise and Fall of Slavery in three volumes, the first of which will appear be fore the meeting of Congress in December. We have borne defeat, humiliation, loss of property, tyranny, and injustice in countless forms, with a patience and fortitude which have elicited the involuntary admiration of our enemies, and we thought that tlie cup of our misery was full to overflowing. But now comes Wilson with a book in three volumes to slander, humiliate, and worry ns in bad English. We would suggest that he name the three volumes severally, Envy, Hatred and Alaliee, and that the appendix be headed .All Uncharitableness. We have such confidence in Wilson's capacity, and are so familiar with bis style and way of thinking, that we do not hesitate to give this flattering notice of his work in advance of its publication. Pollard has written the life of Jefferson Davis, why should not Wil son write the history of slavery? They are both equally familiar with their subject. The Chops in Arkansas. — We see from our exchanges that the cotton crop of Arkan sas, it is estimated, will amount to 300,000 bales. W« hope that this is true, although this account does not agree with private informa tion we have received from Arkansas. The corn crop is said to be the best and most abundant ever made in the State. Savannah Monthly Salh of Stocks. — The Savannah Advertiser, of the Btli, re ports Court House sales of Central Railroad stock at SI 20 to 5120.50 per share, and of Atlantic and Gulf Railroad stock at $35 per share. City of Savannah bonds were sold at 887. Let Us Get the Highest Price for Our Cotton Crop. We publish in another column an excellent article from the Augusta Chronicle and Senti nel, advising our planters of the imprudence of hurrying forward their cotton to market, showing how such a course must necessarilv cause a rapid fall in prices, will produce a false impression as to the size of the crop among European buyers, and will result in large gains to the speculators and large losses to the producers. We cordially endorse the views of our Au gusta contemporary. We trust our planting friends will heed the advice so forcibly given Ito them. If they are wise they will only send to market and sell cotton enough to uiy their indebtedness and hold the rest ' il the true state of things has been ascer j in Europe and at the N. >rth. It is ; k it first duty of course to pay their debts, i .* aud merchants who have made advances cannot wait for their money. They need it to carry on their business and sustain their credit, and every man who has j received such aid should discharge such j debts promptly aud in full. Beyond tliis it ! is absolute folly to glut the market at this time. The price must fall if they persist in it. It has already fallen, and will fall still lower. Speculators will buy, hold, and reap immense profits without running any risk, for everybody feels certain the market will advance considerably beyond the present prices when the fact is ascertained beyond a doubt that tho cotton crop of 1869 is not only not larger, but is smaller than that of 1868. Let our planters derive all the profits of their crops; and if they are wise, and patient, they will secure them, and be glad that they have been advised to abandon the very im politic course they are now pursuing. A Good Idea. From the Savannah Republican. We perceive that Mr. H. 8. Haines, Gen eral Superintendent of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, has addressed a scries of questions to the various agents along the line regard ing the crops that will elicit much valuable and reliable information. They will be found below; and we would suggest to Mr. Haiues that after liis facte shall have been collected the public would be edified by having them laid before it in a condensed form. If all the railroad and steamboat lines of the coun try would adopt a similar plan, it would save both themselves and the public from work ing in the dark: I. What is tho condition of the cotton crop? 2. What will be the yield as com pared with the crop of 1867? 3. Has the crop been damaged by caterpillar, uml to what extent? 4. Has it been damaged by the rust, and to what extent? 5. Has the use of fertilizers been satisfactory, and with what result? 6. Wliut kind of fertilizer has been most generally used? 7. Will there be any difficulty in obtaining sufficient Labor to pick cotton? 8. What is the condition of tlie corn crop? 9. What is the condition of the rice crop? 10. What is the condition of the cane crop? If the investigation is carefully and con scientiously pursued there is uo doubt that it would do a vast deal of good. Tlie ques ni \r- tr. i— „„„ • - V vraiAicai and embrace every point in relation to tlie crops on which information is desired. We hope that others similarly situated will in stitute similar inquiries, and give the public tlie result iu a short, intelligible form. Just Perhaps, but Y'ery Severe. —The Louisville Courier contains the following an ecdote, with comments, in relation to tho past life of the Loyal League Head Centre, John A. Logan, who is not going to China. It may be just, we rather think it is, but it is a hard hit for the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic: “John A. Logan recently made a speech at Carbondale, Illinois, in which he said the election of Lincoln “caused tho Democracy to reel and stagger.” Logan opposed the election of Lincoln bitterly. Tho Quincy Herald, in this connection, says: “Tlie only Democrat that we saw that “reeled and staggered,” was John A. Logan, who was beastly drunk around the streets of Springfield, threatening to shoot Stephen A. Douglas because he had taken ground in support of the war. “John A. Logan is just as much a genuine patriot as the paste-breastpin that the rascal ly fellow passed off on poor Mrs. Lincoln was a genuine diamond. ” Another Change in the Postage Stamps. -—lt is stated tbat the Third Assistant Post master General intends to make another change in the designs of the postage stamps, and that the new stamps are to have the heads of Washington, Jackson, Jefl'srson, Franklin and Lincoln in profile on a red ground. Anything must bo an improvement on tho present hideous things. A letter from Morristown, Tennessee, dated September 3, says: “Our crop pros pects are better than was thought they could be ten days ago, and we shall Lave corn to spare, and an abundance of wheat and oats to ship.” Fearful Loss of Life in a Coal Mine. From the Nashville Banner. Plymouth, Pa., September 6.—A fire broke out this morning in the flue and bot tom shaft owned by the Delaware Lackawan na and Western Company, in this place, and in a short time the whole breaker and out buildings were in flames, and the hoisting apparatus, the only avenue for escape for the miners, destroyed. All efforts to stay tile flames were unavailable, and the whole structure fell, filling up the shaft. Over two hundred men are in the shaft and have no communication out, with no eliance for air, as the only way for getting air into the shaft was through the main opening, and that was filled with burning timbers and the debris of flames. It is feared tlie whole number have l»een suffocated by the smoke qr perished for the want of air. The fire de partments of Scranton, Wilkesbarro and Kingston are playing streams down tlie shaft, for the purpose of quenching the fire, so that the rubbish can he cleared out and tlie condition of tlie men ascertained. It will probably take till to-morrow morn ing before tidings can be received from them. The scene is heart-rending. Fami lies are congregated in great numbers. Aliners from all parts of the country are there at work, and merchants, and in fact the whole population of the town, have turned out to assist. The loss by the fire will amount to about 8100,000, partly covered by insurance. All the pbysieians of the vicinity had been summoned to attend, when the condition of the men has been ascertained. The allair has cast a gloom upon the whole communi ty. anil business is almost entirely suspend ed. The miners only resumed w ork to-day, after a suspension of three months. Among the men in the mines is Air. Hughes, tbs Superintendent. 10 a. m. —After the rubbish from the bot tom of the shaft was cleared away, two men descended in a bucket and sent word up to send down a pick and shovel to clear the doors with. The bucket was brought up anil two men started down with the tools. As they started, the men at the bottom re quested them to hurry, and on reaching the bottom both w ere found dead. No hopes are entertained for the men in the shaft. All are supposed to have perished. The black damp is very bad here. —Ovide Gregory, member of the Alabama Legislature from Mobile county, died in Alo bile on the Ist instant. The Montgomery Mail says Ovide was one of the most re sp-etable members of the House, though he Was a negro. Corrw;>ouileii«: of the Journal and Messenger. Letter from Nashville. the odd fellows' RE-UNION. Sr. Cloud Hotel. Nashville, ) Septemlier 5, 1869. ) Mr. Editor: We left Macon on Friday morning, Septeml>or 3d. for Atlanta, found Bro. C. O. Millar at depot, and arrived at Atlanta at 2p. m. Several of tlie brethren of Atlanta met us at the depot. After dinner, Brothers S. W. Grubb, Matt Buioe and W. P. McDaniel, took Bro. Millar and myself to ride and show ns the Gate City and the different sights around the city. J must say I had no idea tliat Atlanta was half the size it is. The corporate limits arc a perfect cir cle, and three miles in diameter. At seven o’clock, p. m. we took the cars for Chatta nooga. where we arrived at 4 o’clock, a. m., Saturday morning, September 4. At sa. m. we took the train for Nashville, 50 miles from Chattanooga, and found freight train off the track, in a narrow cut, which de tained us two hours, consequently we dnl not arrive at Nashville until sp. m. At 7 o'clock we were waited upon by a committee of Brother Odd Fellows, who escorted us to one of the Lodge Rooms of tho city, when we found the room well filled with Live Odd Fellows. Enclosed I send slip from one of the pa pers, from which you can learn a part of what was doue. Suffice it to say we had a good time. Sunday morning, September 5, wo went to Church. Brother Glenn arrived here this morning. We all leave here on Monday morning for Louisville. B. Odd Fellows’ Reunion. —A number of Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States I. O. O. F. from Southern jurisdictions arrived in this city yesterday, and the day before, and an enthusiastic meeting of the Order was held last night to bid them welcome to tho city. Those who were present from Southern States were: Geo. W. Race, of L.a, a Past Grand Sire. C. C. Millar, of Georgia. Geo. R. Barker of Georgia. L. K. Barber, Mississippi. Albert Colien, Arkansas. Henry E. Perkins, Texas. R. R. Mayes, Mississippi. D. N. Barrows, Mississippi. In addition to the above named gentle men from other States, Henry Brown, of Jackson, W. S. Munday and Prof. Todd, Gallatiu, and W. H. McConnell of Giles county, in this State, were present. In behalf of the Order here the distin guished visitors were welcomed to the city by T. T. Smiley, aud iu response, speeches were made by those mentioned, together with members of the order here. After a very pleasant reunion and music by the Odd Fellows’ band, the distinguished guests were escorted to tho Merchants’ Ex change by a committee, where an elegant supper had been prepared. Feasting being over, H. C. Hensley proposed a toast, in which he punned extensively on the names of all present His sentiments had a happy effect and for upwards of an hour and a half sparkling wit and sentiment flowed freely. The occasion was one of real joy, and will long be remeinlx'red by those who mingled around tlie festive board. The representatives leave to-morrow morn ing for the off Pacific coast. In addition to the Grand Sire, E. D. Farnsworth, and the representatives from this and other States, our townsman, Robert Thompson, is booked for the trip. They meet the Northern rep resentatives at Omaha, and all proceed to Sail Francisco on one train. *«r the South. From the New York Tribune. The egg-nogg ana roast turkey of Christ inas festivity will this year represent a wide spread and genuine congratulation over well based prosperity in the South. When the present crop is moved, and the planter re ceives a balance sheet from his merchant, he may feel himself a rich man. His crop has rarely sold higher, and the early part of the season was so favorable that he has less grain to buy, less pork and cloth and leather, than ever before. He may need more nudes; many will indulge in a handsome pair of carriage horses; but after all reasonable out lays there will be a great deal of surplus money in the South. Will not our brethren of the Cotton Belt listen to us while we urge them to invest that surplus not in gay horses or anew saddle, not in silver-mount ed revolvers, Axminster carpets, or brocade silks, but in spindles ? A fresh and brilliant career of greatness is open to the South, if she can but see her true and lasting interest. To buy land and laborers has been her traditional policy, her hereditary passion. Laborers she cannot now purchase; of land she has too much for the wisest tillage. Her territory is so pierced with navigable streams that the call for more railroads is not imperative. The most saga cious of her public men are duly alive to the importance of establishing manufactures, but all are not informed as to what maufac tures are just now the best for the South. This wo propose to consider. No part of the earth’s surface can compete with our Cotton Belt in the ease aud certainty with which cottons of long, fine, even staple can be raised. This grand advantage springs from our peculiar climate, and this Ls deter mined by geographical facts. Other regions, as India, Egypt, Brazil, and the African coast, can supply to the clamorous looms of Lancashire sufficient cotton for lower grades of cloth, and for the coarser yarns used in filling. But for the long, fine threads required in the mush us, lawns, fine prints, aud highest grades of Hhirtings and sheetings, American thread cannot be replaced. Cotton thread, fine, strong and even, is the precise article which England most needs from us, and she must continue to require it as long as she has that immense surplus population beseeching work that they may live, requiring additional looms to keep them from the poor loaf and thin soup of pauperism. These cotton yarns can be spun at tlie South at less cost, with less waste, by as cheap labor, fed by as cheap food, as in any part of the world. There are immense pine forests to supply fuel, the weather is so mild that spinning houses would consume hut a trifle for heat, and spinning cun be done by that large class of half hands, tlie crippled, the old and voung, those feeble in l>ody aud abased in spirit, with whom the South abounds. For manufacturers of the highest class, arts which require vigilence and skill, a trained eye and a nice touch at every stage of an operation, the South does not now furnish a full supply of the grade of labor required. But to tend the cylinders, cards, jack frames, and ring traveler frames, by which cotton lint is converted inte cotton yams, numlx-r --ing from 20 to 40, does not require a better operative than the plantations and the pine woods of the Cotton Belt can turn out in abundance. A spinning-house, fully equipped with every wheel and spindle required for con verting annually a thousand bales into yam, with comfortable cabins for spinners, can be put up for $50,000. The net profits of such a mill may be about $20,000 a year. Think of the immense increase of wealth and power to a community to be gained by supplying such an empire as the British with an article of prime necessity and pocketing twenty dollars a bale gain over and above the profit of growing the cotton! The South thinks she needs more agricultural laborers, more Africans or Asiatics. That is her error. She needs more of the descendants of Japheth, not Normans with hereditary pride of blood and of acres, but the patient, skillful, indus trious artisan, the artificer in brass and cop per, the man who think in iron. Upon this class depends the world, wide vigor and grasp of the British Umpire—this class it was that gave the North her victory. The South does not lack tire foresight and the thrift to see that her future power and an unchallenged equality in national uffairs depend not on a plow-beam but on a cog-wheel. Sat.k'of an Historical Farm.— An auc tioneer in Baltimore, on the 18th ult., sold a farm containing between four and live hun ; dred acres, known as the “Temple Farm,” near Yorktown, Va., said to be one of the best cultivated farms in that secthm of the 1 State, with fair improvements, and an nbun -1 dance of fruit, inarl, fish, game, oysters, etc. It was knocked down to Miss Clara Hewson for $8,005. This is the farm upon which Lord Oomwallis surrendered his forces and signed the articles of capitulation, and is, therefore, an historical spot. The Irish Disestablished Church. rrarrlar from the archbishops. Tho Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin have issued the following joint address to the clergy and laitv in reference to the Pro vincial Synods which they had summoned to meet at Armagh and Dublin. It was briefly referred to in our dispatches of the 20tli inst.: “To the Clergy and Laity of the Church of Ireland, grace and peace I**’ multiplied through Jesus Christ our Lord. We have this day issued our writs summoning the provincial synods of our respective privinees to meet in Armagh and Dublin. The pur pose for which wo have called them together is to consult anil treat on the representation of the clergy in that general synod of Bishops, clergy and laity, the expediency of assembling which has lieon recently di'clarvd by an unanimous resolution of the Irish pre lates. In considering a subject of such mo mentous importance as a future policy for the Church of Ireland, we felt strongly that we had not to originate a constitution for a new communion, but to repair a sudden breach in one of the most ancient Churches in Christendom. The State, which represented and acted for the laity, having withdrawn from all con nection with the Church, it becomes a mat- ter of necessity to devise means to reintro duce the lay element in . a manner which should be in consonance with the principles and rules which had heretofore prevailed in her ecclesiastical constitution. Precedents of an ancient date might have justified the Archbishops in summoning, of their own authority, provincial synods of the Bishops, clergy and laity of the Cliureli, to meet and consult On pressing affairs. We could not, however, exercise this power without decid ing questions concerning the representation of the clergy and laity which we have thought it better to leave to them to determine re spectively for themselves. Wo felt that the clergy would naturally and reasonably desire to consider on their own behalf the changes which would be necessary to adapt their rep resentation to the present circumstances of the Church; and that it would also be more satisfactory to the laity if the preparation of a scheme of lay representation wero com mitted to themselves. We had, then, in re spect of the clergy, to fall back upon the an cient ecclesiastical synods of the two pro vinces which, though they have been long in abeyance, were yet in existence, and capable at any moment of being called into active operation by proper authority. In the province of Dublin, the synod has been actually summoned pro forma every third year, for nearly a century and a half. In recurring to the ancient provincial sy nods, as a, means of bringing before tlie con sideration of the clergy the question of their future representation, we were met, at the outset, by a formidable difficulty in the constitution of the synods themselves. In lapse of time great changes had taken place in the church. Bishoprics had been united; chapters had decayed and been left without either duties or property, while the number of clergy had increased more than three-fold. It was, therefore, clear that the proportion of parochial clergy who were summoned 150 years ago would be by no means an adequate representation at the present day. Such an obsolete arrangement would Ist satisfactory neither to the clergy nor to the laity of the church. It will therefore be, in our judg ment, the immediate duty of the synods, which must be summoned on the ancient model, to consider and carry out such changes as will give to the parochial clergy the posi tion which they may justly claim m the rep resentative body. It may by some be con mMl jlai r f,S l oi''ii , t ; l;ui(t'li.i oiV' , si>tr' pur post• of reforming their representation in the pro vincial synods. But when we call to mind how highly honorable and important a task it is to adapt the ancient synod of the church to the requirements of its present condition, and, by removing obsolete arrangements, to give it a constitution which shall obtain the Confidence and co-operation of the whole church, the objection will, we trust, disap pear. Public opinion, the united wishes of clergy and laity, and the interests of the Church, so clearly deflue what is required, that we doubt not it will be fully accomplished, whatever sacrifices may be required on tin part of the present members of the synod. This being done, aud the numbers which are to constitute the representation of the clergy being definitely settled, these; ecclesi astical synods will be dissolved lor the pur pose of reassembling in that now shape which they will have given themselves, and in union with such a number of lay repre sentatives as Would properly complete the constitution of the proposed General Synod. We now address on reives especially to the laity of the Church of Belaud, with the ex pression of our earnest hope that they will prepare such a representation of tln-mselvcs against the time of this reassembling as may, when united with tins clerical represen tation, complete that laxly, which the neces sities of the Church so urgently demand. We are quite aware of the many difficulties and embarrassments which must beset our lay brethren in the undertaking of such a work—above all, iu the making a begin ning. And if we have been slow to proffer any suggestions as to the way in which tlie laity should arrange the scheme of their representation, this lias arisen altogether from an apprehension lest we should appear to limit that freedom of action on their part which we sincerely desire to see them exercise; and we are anxious to express in our own name, in the name of the whole episcopal body, and as we are confident in the name of the entire clergy, our readiness to co-operate in this work, by counsel, or by any other means in our power. If it should lx; thought expedient to make use of tin; parochial system and diocesan conferences, as on a late occasion, we oiler ourselves, and we are sure that we may also offer the ready help of all our clergy, for the carrying out of tlie wishes of our lay brethren. Earnestly praying that in a task si* novel, so perplex ing, so arduous, of such immense significance for the whole future of our Church, as that which is before us, we may each and all be guided by that Holy Spirit of truth, unity and concord, who alone can give us a happy issue from the difficuUixaand dangers w hich are around about us on every side, we re main your faithful servants in Christ, M. G. Armagh, Aug. 18, 18(19. 11. C. Durum. The Last Hours of Gen. Kawlins. At 7 o’clock this morning, Secretary Raw lins was in a tolerable comfortable condition. He spoke to Gen. John L. Smith and Com missioner Parker with his customary earnest ness on various subjects, and inquired whether they thought he would recover his health, or again rise from his l>ed. To this question Gen. Smith said he feared not, and asked whether he had any wish to express with regard to the distribution of his remains in case he should die. He replied lie would leave that with his friends, but he did not desire to have an ostentatious or expensive funeral. During the afternoon, Secretaries Cox and Robeson came into the chamber, when they read to him the following telegram : “Concord, Mass., Sept. G.—ls Gen. Raw lins is living, convey to him the assurance of my respect and affection, and of the sorrow with which I learn the condition of a friend so highly valued, a man so upright, able and faithful. God bless and ke. p him. E. K. Hoak.” Secretary Rawlins said with deep emo tion: “I am very grateful to the Attorney General for his love, and I wish you to say so to him.” At about 3 o’clock Ilr. Peterson was left in charge, Dr. Bliss and Surgeon General Barnes having been obliged by other duties to leave for a short time. Dr. Peterson, a few minutes after 4 o’clock, observed a mark ed change in the condition of the patient, w hose pulse liatl become very irregular, and he remarked to General Giles A. Smith that he was sinking very fast and had but a few moments to live, and requested him to send for Surgeon General Barnes. About this time then was read to him a telegram from Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, ad dressed to Gen. Sherman, dated Chicago, September fi, as follows: “Will you please give my love to Gen. Rawlins. All the offi cers here send their love to him.” With scarcely breath to speak he said: “General Sheridan is very kind. I appreciate and am very gTateful for his kindness. If the love of VOL. XLI. NO. 44. my friends could do it 1 would soon be a | healthy man. ” About five minutes jvast 4'cloek he asked j someone to raise him. Dr. Bliss, who had returned, adjusted the pillows under his l*aok, while Dr. IV torso n held him up. His eyes I once became fixed; and, without a struggle, he died at twelve minutes past 4 o’clock. ; There were present Secretaries Cox and j Hoheeon, Postmaster General Creswell. (ten Giles A. Smith, Gen. J. A Smith. Commis sioner Parker. Jas. liawlins, brother of de ceased, Gen. O. (). Howard. Mr. Chadwick, Surgeon General Barns, l>r. Bliss, Dr. Peter son and tlie servants in attendance during the day. w The late Secretary often expressed a desire j to s»h> President Grant, asking when he would come, but was fearful he would not | live long enough to do so. Yesterday even ing while Messrs. Uolx-son and Cox, and Postmaster General Creswell were sitting at his side, the first named remarked: “Gen. liawlins I am very sorry to see you so sick.” To which tlie General repin'd: “Mr. Secre tary, so far as 1 am personally concerned, as a member of tin' Cabinet, I have met with it for the last time. You will never see mo there again.” The company were deeply af fected, but made no reply. Soon after the death of Secretary Rawlins, his body was embalmed and dressed in the uniform of a Major General. Col. Dayton, chief of General Sherman’s stall - , and Capt. Johnson, of the medical department, to night sit up with the corpse. President Grant, accompanied by Private Secretary Porter, arrived at Washington by a special train from Baltimore at 5:12, and was met at the station by General Sherman. He at once preceded to tin* residence of General Giles A. Smith, where he learned that Secretary Rawlins had been dead an hour. The President was much affected while gazing upon the lifeless form of his triend, and expressed deep regret that, ow ing to the non-delivery of telegrams at Saratoga, he was prevented from sooner starting for Washington. President Grant, on returning to the Ex ecutive Mansion, transmitted the following dispatch: "Mrs. M‘iry E Kmrlins, Ihtxbury, Conn. : “Your beloved husband expired at 12 minutes past 4 o’clock this afternoon, to be mourned by a family of friends who loved him for his personal worth and services to his country, and a nation who acknowledge their debt of gratitude to him. On consul tation with friends it is determined that he shall be buried in the Congressional Bury ing Ground as the most appropriate burying place, unless you have other suggestions to make. The time of the funeral is not ar ranged, but probably will take place on Thursday next. “U. S. Grant.” Col. Douglass, Assistant Private Secretary to tlie President, has been telegraphed to re turn from Virginia, and is expected to-mor row. An informal Cabinet meeting wins held to night at the Executive Mansion, there being present Secretaries Cox and Rooeson, and Postmaster General Creswell, with the Pres ident, and for a short time General Sherman and other army officers. The object of the meeting was to mature arrangements for the funeral of tlie lab* Secretary of War. It has lieon decided the funeral shall take place on Thursday morning at ten o'clock. The re mains are to he escorted to Congressional Cemetery, which has been deemed an appro priate' place for the burial. The arrangements are, however, subject to any modification tin* widow of the late Sec retary may suggest, or perhaps such action as may he taken by his own State, Illinois, ‘ 7, /*"*’ '■" ‘■'K a forwarded to Gov ( riior 1 aimer by General J. E Smith \\ AHHINOTON, fv-j.i.. ... k . ~ lins died at 4:12 this i>. m. Has Illinois any wish to express with regard to the disposition of his remains V” To-morrow morning, the military will lake charge of the body, when it will lx* removed to the War Department to lie in state, a cat afalque being in course of erection for that purpose, It will be guarded by a detach ment of cavalry and artillery. The funeral 4‘.seort is to be made under command of Col. Bury, U. S. army. To-morrow tlie public departments will be closed in accordance with an order issued by the Department of State. Cotton. From the Chronicle & Sentinel, Septembers. We have taken occasion, several times re cently, to urge upon cotton planters the im policy of rushing the present crop to mar ket. Here at the South where we are all well acquainted with the true condition of the incoming crop, the increase of receipts during the month of September—the effect of the long continued drought and the uni versal prevalence of rust. Planters and Southern cotton dealers understand that rust and drought forces the premature open ing of the bolls and that full September re ceipts when these influences have been felt would not necessarily indicate a large crop. At the Nortli and in the European mar kets these things are not so well understood, receipts in the first weeks of the season indicate to them a full, if not a large crop. They pay very little attention to the reports which go out from the South of short crops, if along with these reports they find a large increase in the receipts in the different markets. No sort of reasoning and no amount of argument can convince limn that the crop is likely to be short when they seo the receipts daily augmenting and increas ing. In order that the true condition of the present crop might he fairly impressed upon Northern and European buyers we have urged our planting friends not to send their crops forward as fast as the cotton opened, hut to devote the whole of their attention and labor to saving it in good order. Wo knew if the cotton came forward very freely this mouth that an attempt would be made —and we feared successfully made—to de press prices under the specious plea of a full crop. We knew that Southern speculators would aid in getting tins te< ling abroad m order that they might buy at low prices, and then when the real extent of the crop was realized, sell at a great advance. By this means the planters would )>e cheated out of several millions of dollars, all of which would go into buyers’ pockets as profits. Yet, strange to say, the cotton planters are to-day, throughout the entire South, playing into the hands of the speculators bv rushing their crops to market. To prove this we find that from the Ist to the sth of September, inclusive, in 18G8, the receipts of cotton at all the ports were 999 hales. For the same period this year the receipts were 1,489 bales or an increase of fifty per cent, over the last year’s receipts. From these data it wall l>e argued that the present crop is larger by fifty per cent, than that of 18G8, when in fact it will not, in any possible event, reach last year’s figures. If planters, then, sell their crops for twenty-five cents, or even below that price, they will have nobody to blame for it but themselves. If they growl and complain that prices go up to thirty-five or forty cents after they have sold, they will have the consolation of knowing that by their own folly they have secured fortunes for the speculators to their own immediate in jury. Again we invite our planting friends U> take a sensible, business-like view of the situation —weigh well the facts we nave stated, and then act as their best judgments dictate. Amazing.— The people of the N -'i l - f 'I ,r ciallv those of the maritime . * • 1 • , / over tlie gone into a spasm of moron* q , . . i.i,, i*oat on the defeat of a little cock)' sn< , r , . , . , »i,(>v do not experience Thames. And vet tn<y <* f, .. , " 0\ f ! tils I<U,b any have been that their g f m the ocean by England, gradually < and mllk i France am defeat of the Harvard i T 7 iT butßadicalism has made the old flag a"secon 1 rat .affair on every sea. -Aug**- la Constitution alist. * , rn VkxT Astronomical Phenomenon will be the transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disc, which will take place on the 81W December, 1H74. Great interest is f. If in this event by the scientific world, as it is ernected that the observations which w ill b„ then made will enable astronomers to as certain with more accuracy the precise ins tance between the earth and the sun.