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WM. M. BROWNE, Editor.
i i:,sday morningToctobeu 5.
THE N'EV^
—Tlie Nashville Union says the Radical
papers in Tennessee are gradually dying out,:
the last being the ShelbyviUo Republican.
—Sixteen fruit growers of Floyd county i
Indiana, have sold the present season abou, j
20,000 bushels of peaches and 5,000 bushels
of pears.
—.Ur. Stillman S. Conant, formerly of the
New York Times, has entered the service ot
Messrs. Harper & Brothers.
The managers of the New York Stock
and Gold Exchanges have been forbidden by
injunction to enforce any contracts made
under the rules of the Gold Exchange.
’pile Providence Journal, Senator An
thony's paper, seems to indicate his willing
ness *»o accept important modifications, if
not the abolition of the income tax.
The escape of the Cuban privateer Hor
net is officially confirmed, and the so-called
Cuban legation is quite overjoyed at the
fact.
—The convention between the United
States and Hesse Darmstadt regulates citi
zenship on the basis of naturalization as
with the North German Confederation.
The superintendent of the mounted re
cruiting service at Carlisle Barracks, Pa,,
has been ordered to forward without delay
all the colored troops at his disposal at that
station to Galveston, Texas. [This is doubt
less to see that there is a fair election, and
that the negroes are allowed to vote as of
ten as they please in four days.]
—lnformation was received iu New Y’ork
on the 30th September of the death, in
Chicago, on the 29th, of ex-Postmastor
Isaac N. Fowler. His remains are on the
wav to New York for interment.
—Secretary Boutwell expects that the first
installment of the uew legal tender notes of
the denominations of one and two dollars
will be ready this week. Tens are to he
ready about the 15th of October.
—The New York Commissioners of Immi
gration report the following statistics :
Number of immigrants arrived to Septem
ber 22, 18C9, 203,2ii4 ; since to September
29,3,911 ; total, 207,175.
—The New. York steel importers had an
interview with Secretary Boutwell on Satur-!
day iu order to counteract the impressions!
produced by the views of the steel mauufac-'
Hirers on Wednesday. j
—Louisa Muhlbach has officially decided :
to visit this country next spring and summer, j
Madame Muhlbach will he accompanied by
her two daughters, Theodora and Frederica j
M undt. !
—lt is stated that there are 3,400 lodges;
of Odd Fellows in this country, numbering 1
300,000 members, who contributed in two
years nearly §>35,000,000, and expended to
ViMcws. orphans, for burial, etc., about
§2,000,000.
—rax-Govemor Perry, of South Carolina,
has been very ill, but is recovering. Tht
venerable Bishop John Early, of Lynchburg,
Yu., is seriously and perhaps dangerously ill
at liis residence in that city.
—The New York Democratic State Con
v ution at Syracuse, declared negro suff
rage to be unconstitutional, condemned the
Fn enth Amendment, and took ground
against Chinese immigration _ ('
- The carpet-bag Legislature of North:
Cr.ii Tina, at its last session, appropriated [
5M',970,000 for railroads. Its bonds issued j
for this purpose und for this enormous!
.—tuw -'Unt are estimated to be worth in thej'
market lees than nine millions in gold.
—Benor Lemus, the Cuban Envoy at
Washington, in a card, states that only one j
Constitution exists in Cuba, and that is the
one adopted in May last, by which slavory j
is forever abolished.
—Lord Clarendon has returned to Lon- J
don from Paris. He outlines anew landlord!
and tenant rights bill for Ireland, and as
sures England of the peaceful aspect of j
”*■ Europe. j
—Secretary Cox lias ordered that the
clerks iu the Interior Department shall be
paid their salaries on the 15tli and S'Hh oi
ea,ch month. The Secretary also grants,
leave of absence for eight days to the Ohio!
and Pennsylvania clerks who wish to go,
homo and vote.
—General Sherman has directed that all!
clerks in the War Department, independent;
of politics, who desire it, shall be allowed to j
go home to vote at the comiug elections, i
[Arc not all the clerks in all the departments |
of one political party, and that radical?
—Tee resignation of Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, Richardson, to take effeet j
January 1, was received yesterday. Soereta-1
ry Boutwell says he cannot help accepting i
it, but that ho docs so with regret. Mr. j
Richardson resigns his office in the Treasury!
rath r than give up the Probate Judgoshi*
of Middlesex couuty, Mass.
g —iuJTkiug’' ivui'Wiil efforts ior"
f mid upon the clerks employed in thevunouCT
l»c»e. Xlicy nope, during the!
coming winter, to have a representation of
their organization occupying every promi-i
nent position in the Executive departments.
—Thu following are the customs receipts;
from September 20 to 25, inclusive :
He*. Law #2,447.536 1
Bison ... 299,60'!
Philadelphia 141,7;»7 ‘
Baltimore 170,363
Xtw (Jileaus, fiom September 13 to 18.. 08,400!
ban Francisco, lruru September 13 to 18, 182,500
Total $3,310, LIW
—Rov. W. M. Leftwich, D. D., of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, has u
book iu press entitled Martyrdom in Missouri,
and giving a “history of the religious pro
scription in Missouri during the late war—
the seizure of churches, the test-oath prose
cution and persecution of ministers under
th ■ U'*w Constitution, and the kindred inci
dents of the shameful proceedings.”
—Mr. John Rose, the Canadian Minister
of Finance, Was b'aliquetted at Montreal re
ceiuiv, and said ih his speech that the train
ing of the New Dominion had fitted her for
any destiny tl|at may await her, but that she
must bo,ware, lest in seeking independence
stance. r
—Lather C. Ohallis has brought- suit
against the Central Branch Union Pacific
Railroad for 5500,000 as the value of ser
vices rendered in negotiating a treaty with
the Kiekapoo Indians, and procuring a grant
of United States bonds to the company to!
the amount of 51,600,000 to aid in the con-:
struetiou of the road.
Tin; Great Eastern is the great cable
• layer, and now having done such good ser
vice in tho Atlantic, she is about to show
herself in that part of the Indian Ocean;
known as the Arabian Sea. At last accounts!
the Great Eastern was stowing away forty!
miles daily of the cable soon to be laid be-!
tWeen Aden and Bombay, a distance of one!
thousand eight hundred miles, more or less.
—Much surprise was expressed because
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, Appointed
ft number of Democrats as delegates to the
Loui villo Commercial Convention. But
tome shrewd fellow found out that the elec
tion in Pennsylvania took place on the very
(1 iy the Convention was appointed to meet,
ands >, surprise gave way to indignation and
' disgust.
I lie American Cable Company has filed
with the Postmaster General its acquiescence
iu the regulations of the law of 1866, rela
tive to tho lauding of cables on the shores of
the United States. The company propose
to lay the cable between Erauce and the
United Estates at once, and it is understood
—-•their rat-.a for toils will be very much below
L those now charged by the Atlantic and
i French Cable.
■ The Augusts Constitutionalist says: “The
work on the Port Royal Road is progressing
very favorably, and the engineer corps have
completed the survey to within ten miles of
AuyUbtn. The route runs through the best
yjoitioa# of Barnwell District, and promises
taxiing to Augusta much of tho trade that
has formerly found its market by the river,
!at Savannah. We learn that the rails are
now being shipped from New York, and will
be laid from the junction of the Charleston
and S iv inn di Railroad to Allendale by Jan
uary next, and at this rate we may expect to
see die line completed to Augusta by the
coming May.
—Quincy papers inform ns, says the Flori
dian, i.'f the cheering fact that upwards of
fifty bauds are now busily engaged in the
construction of this long hoped for road,
and that active measures are being taken to
place five hundred more hands on it in a
very short time. This looks like reality. It
is work versus talk—the beginning of a good
thing—the initiative step to the completion
of the groat line of communication tliat is
to connect us with Pensacola, Mobile, New
Orleans, and the great Southern Pacific
WSftilroad, and we congratulate the country
the movement, and the brilliant prospects
it opens to us.
\ vacant Judgeship of the Ninth Cir-
I cuit, esnbracing the States of Virginia, West!
| Virginia, Maryland and North and So. Caro-!
f lina, created by the act of April 10, 1869, is
now exciting a lively interest among legul
i celebrities. Foremost as an aspirant for the
is Judge Underwood, now District
■Judge in Virginia. In case he succeeds, ex-
BGevernor Wells was to fall heir to the Dis-
Htrict Judgeship, but the ex-Goveruor himself
Has now declared a candidate. Judge George
KU. Lee and J udge Rives, of Virginia ; Mr.
P Swan, of Kanawha, West Virginia, and Chief
' Justice Pearson, of North Carolina, are also
prominent in connection with the vacancy.
J udge Rives is said to be strongly favored
k ty Governor Walker for the position,
“The Liberal Proposition l
There is a tribe of people in the East who;
are called Devil-worshippers, because they
make offerings to the Spirit of Evil, not be
cause they love wickedness, but because
they hope to appease the evil deity, and
avert from themselves the injuries and oa
hunities with which they believo that he 1
has the power to visit them.
As the people of Georgia are not disposed
!to accept this peculiar oriental creed, we
! believe that they are generally averse to the
“liberal proposition” of tlio Governor to,
j send a train of cars at their expense to
' Lynchburg, Virginia, to convey hither cer
tain Radical officials who may think proper
to visit the State Fair, and to engage the
volunteer services of Mr. Bullock to go to
the State line and receive the guests, as the
representative of Georgia and the dispenser
of her hospitality. The people do not be
lieve in the efficacy of appeasing the Evil
Spirit by bowing down and worshipping it.
They may not do anything to provoke his
malevolence or envenom his hostility, but
this is all they can be reasonably expected to
do in the way of “expediency.”
We cordially agree with our esteemed eo
temporaries, the Savannah Republican and
Morning News, in their remarks iu reference
to this subject, and we are assured that they
interpret faithfully the sentiment of nine
tenths of the people of Georgia. Especially
do we agree with them in what they say in
regard to the pleasure it will afford them “to
see gentlemen from every section of the
Union in attendance at the State Fair, and
to extend to them the rites of true Georgia
hospitality.” Nobody has any objection to
as many “Northern visitors” coming to the
Fair as may choose to come. Nobody lias!
any objection to their being well and lies-';
pitably treated. But almost everybody ob-;
jects decidedly to falling upon the necks,
embracing, and rejoicing exceedingly over
the visit of a set of Radical Congressmen,
who have made themselves notorious by
their malevolent persecution of the South
and her people ever since the fortunes of war
| gave them the physical strength to usurp
i the power to oppress and wrong her. And
j even were the people of Georgia ready to
l receive the Radical officials as welcome and
| “favored guests,” they would object to Mr.
[ Bullock thrusting himself forward as their
j representative, to act as their Master of Cer
! emonies:
I
There is nothing whatever tube gained by
sycophancy or fawning. Were we all to turn
out in procession to meet Butler and Logan
and Schonck, get our wives and children to
strew their way with flowers, and were we
to follow Bullock's special train bareheaded,
and shouting a welcome to those distinguish
ed heroes, wc should only incur their con
tempt, and they would do right to despise
us. We should not abate one iota of their
hatred, or induce them to relax their perse
cution in the least. We might, “fawn’ but
“ thrift” would not follow it.
If it were usual on occasions like our Fair
to send trains or cars beyond the borders of
two States to meet invited guests, and to
request the Governor to go to the extremity
of his jurisdiction to welcome the strangers,
it might be considered politic not to depart
from the established custom in the present
case. But there is no instance on record
where such a thing has been done. No
invited guest has any right to complain of
being neglected or slighted should he be
allowed to travel by the ordinary mode of
conveyance, to arrive like any other traveler,
and receive no other attention than is ordi
narily due from a host to his guests. To
depart from the established usage can only
be justified oa the ground that special honor
and special gratitude are due to the guests
or that it is designed by a show of feigned
oordiality, by servile flattery, and voluntary
abasomont to conciliate enemies whose hos
tility we dread, whose enmity we seek to
appease by acts of submission and homage,
: and who have lieen invited only to purchase ,
their compassion by our degradation.
Except in the case of Mr. Butler, who is
j beyond the pale of society, in the
opinion of the world, no
; objection is made to any of jho invitations
~ „u nw)/’ ......Hi
Agricultural Society hav/» sent. < >;i tin-
Contrary, they have been approved. It i
| hoped that all who have been invited will;
i come. They will seo a people who have
been despoiled, persecuted and oppressed,
struggling manfully to retrieve their for-;
i tunes, and regain their prosperity. They
i will see a people at peace with each other,
and with the world, asking nothing but to
.be allowed to govern themselves, aud man
age their own business. But let them also
see a people who have sufficient pride and
self-respect not to pretend to a cordiality
and fraternal feeling which they do not and
can not be expected to feel, or to feign to
esteem it a priceless honor that those who
have persistently buffeted and kicked them
since they were powerless to resist, have
come to see us.
With the exception of one journal, and
we trust some friend will “ draw his atten
tion ” to the fact, we have not seen a single
paper in Georgia, which has any claim to
; interpret popular sentiment, which has ad
vocated the acceptance of Mr. Bullock’s
“liberal proposition.” Some have been
silent, but wo hope that they will speak out
at once, and let the true representatives of;
public opinion put themselves on the record
in this matter, and thus render it impossible
that the State may be put in a false position.
We are much gratified to find that ever
i faithful and able champion of the honor and
interests of the State of Georgia, the Co
lumbus Sun, agrees with us so fully on this
! subject. For the very flattering manner iu
which this concord of opinion is conveyed,;
! we would express our grateful acknowledge
ments.
Radical Irregularities.
The papers contain the news of the lynch
ing of two men in Wisconsin and of an at
tempt to lynoh another in Illinois, thus in
dicating very clearly that life and property
are not as safe in those favored Common
wealths as their friends would desire. If
amongst us rebels and traitors, this lynching.
was to take place, tho “big type” of the;
newspapers would be exhausted in displaying
the “atrocious rebel outrages,” and our
model Governor would have proclaimed mon
strous rewards for the apprehension of the
lynchers.
We can partly understand why this lamen
table state of things exists in Illinois, since
! that State has adopted “State Sovereignty”
as the legend of her seal, and the Governor
opposes Congressional absorption of the
power of States. But why Wisconsin, which
is so essentially Radical, should indulge in
such practices, is incomprehensible.
W e commend the case to Mr. Benjamin
F. Butler, of the Reconstruction Committee,
! confident that there is nothing too hot or
too heavy for his versatile ability.
Hard on the Negro. —The unkindest thing
that has been said or written about the negro j
. has been said recently by John Covode, j
of Pennsylvania, who is an M. C., and is!
Chairman of the Radical Committee of his
State. He declared in a speech at German
town, Pennsylvania, on the 24th ult., that
his “grandfather was sold as a slave at Walnut
street wharf," and that it was “the captain
of tho vessel that gave him his name—
Govodo—which has since been changed to
Covode. ”
While we have no belief in negro equality,
we have no desire to insult or ill-treat the
negroes, and therefore we protest against
this assumption on the part of Covode. It
is natural that be should desire to elevate
himself to the level of the negro, and to
pretend that he is of the negro race, but
! common justice forbids that he should bo
allowed to slander our colored fellow-citizens
iby any such impudent pretension. There
are a number of “mean niggers,” but none
so mean as John Covode.
—■The American Consulate at Mexico has
i Wen robbed •< meney and valuable#.
Officious Adrice and Interference.
Senator Wilson, of Natick, Massachusetts,
has been iu Washington “interviewing” !
President Grant and Secretary Boutwell, ;
advising the former not to remove from
office those men in Mississippi, Texas, Vir
ginia and Tennessee, who have given their
adhesion to the Conservative party, and re
questing the latter to plodge the support of
the Administration to a bill to be introduced
by Wilson at the ensuing session of Con
gress, which professes to put an effectual
! stop to gold gambling for all time to coiue. _
Wilson has seen, from the effect of the
Boutwell-Creswell interference in Tennessee,
that Government influence to promote Radi
calism has only resulted in swelling the Con
servative majority, and therefore opposes the
policy of fighting when defeat and loss of
prestige are inevitable consequences. He,
therefore, recommends Grant to keep hands,
off, as the only profit the Administration can
gain in the Southern elections is the credit
to be derived from non-intervention in mat- j
ters which do not concern them. He tells
Grant, in substance, roar Radicalism as
loudly as you please at the North, but be |
non-committal or Conservative at the South, ■
[for interference will only make Radical \
[ ruin more disastrous and apparent.
Wilson's bill to prevent gambling in gold
: consists in making it a penal offence to sell
gold without an actual transfer of the sum
sold. As people who sell gold do not ordi
narily carry a few millions of the precious
j metal iu their vest pockets, the provisions of
Wilson’s bill would be rather difficult of ex
[ cution, and would therefore be necessarily
evaded by tho fraud, falsehood and subter-
fuge of which most Wall street brokers are;
such accomplished profoasors.
But why should Mr. Wilson’s bill bo con
fined exclusively to gold ? Why should it
not apply to every marketable commodity ?
Since gold has ceased to be the currency of
! the country, it has become quite as much an
article of merchandise as wheat, cotton,
corn or dry goods, and it would be quite as
1 just and proper to enact that no grain dealer
should sell a bushel of grain, or no cotton
merchant a bale of cotton more than he
! could deliver on the spot. The proposed
law is an absurdity. Instead of preventing,
!it will promote gambling, and, like all the
■ other prohibitive legislation of the Radical
law-tinkers, will only tend to embarrass and
annoy honest men, while the real gamblers,
who aro much smarter than WiLson, will
gamble and cheat as much aud more than
they do now.
As Wilson stands a good chance of being;
defeated for a seat in the Senate by the no-,
torious Butler, would it not be better for!
him to confine his energies to minding his
own business in Massachusetts, and not
meddling in affairs of which he knows noth
ing ? We would heartily support any bill,
even though Wilson should »e its author,
which would prevent gold gambling, stock
gambling, aud all kindred iniquities, but the
! proposed bill would do more harm than
good, and only increase the inquisitorial
powers of Congress to the injury of honest
commerce.
Second Class Dents.
All the grown Dents having been amply
provided for at the public expense, that is,
all the brother-in-law Dents, except the
Judge, having good fat Federal offices, the
' younger brothers of the family—the rising
generation—are now getting their turn at the
second table.
Master Frederick Dent, jr., nephew- by
marriage to the President, has just received
the appointment of Inspector of the Custom
House at San Francisco, at a salary of §ISOO
| per annum. How many more Dents of the
' same class there are who are yet to be fed
and clothed at the expense of the people is
! nut stated, but we rather apprehend that
t here aro a goodly number.
The Mississippi Dent, of t\ie older branch,
j who has got nothing, and is said to be not
[on friendly terms with his big brotlier-in
[ law, will soon be Governor of Mississippi,
and then the whole family will bo provided
places of/profit.
| Another Present.
j\ow that the PiMculent-Gencral has re
ceived as many houses, lots, horses, car
riages and tea-services as his friends think are
sufficient to appease his appetite for such
gifts, a Yankee company, at Shelburne Falls,
( Mass., have had the bright idea to send him
| “an elegant set of cutlery,” consisting of
“a set of sixty-two pieces,” done up in a
[case composed of “two American woods—
j butter-nut and bird's-eye maple”—with scar
let velvet inside.
The writer who describes this “elegant
affair” has “no doubt but that President
Grant will appreciate this presentation.”
Neither have we any doubt on the subject.
I The only thing that puzzles us, is to guess
what the President of the Lamson &
! Goodnow Manufacturing Company” will re-
Iceive. The present suggests “cut-and-come
again.” The office of Secretary of War is
vacant, and so, we learn by telegraph, is
that of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Ti-rkey and Egypt. —The difficulty be
tween the Sultan of Turkey and his vassal,
j the Viceroy of Egypt, is reported to have
been almost arranged by the mediation of tho
principal European Powers. There is one
little point yet unsettled, and that is, we
suppose, whether the Viceroy can borrow
money on his own account without pre
viously obtaining the permission of his Im
perial master. The Khedive, as the Viceroy
is now familiarly called, insists on being al
lowed to borrow money when he pleases, as
essential to the success of his great commer
cial enterprises, and it is probable that the,
Sultan will be compelled to yield this point,
as English aud French capitalists derive all;
the profits of the loans, and they will not
lend on any but undoubted security.
Delighted to Hear It.— lt will doubtless
bo very gratifying to tho people of the
United States to learn that the Peruvian
Minister has not “had his attention called”
by Secretary Fish to something or other that
he is supposed to have done; tliut he has not
done anything to which attention could be
called; that if he had done the particular
something, Mr. Fish would not have thought
of calling his attention to it, and lastly,
that if Secretary Fish had called his atten
tion, the Peruvian would have paid uo atten
tion to it.
Jordan's Alleged Treachery. —There is'
seldom or never smoke without some fire.
Although the accounts are rather foggy!
about Jordan's proposed treachery and the
Cuban patriots, the general opinion seems to!
be, that Jordan offered to sell himself arid!
all his patriots to Captain General Deltodas,
but that tho latter did not think Jordan or i
his army worth the money. Deßodas tells
the story himself, and seems to be a rather
smart man in judging tho value of his cus
tomers. i
Ms. Greeley is iu favor of the Adminis
! tratiou keeping its hands off the contending
parties in Texas and Mississippi. In the
j course of an article on the subject he makes |
the following allusion to Mr. Sumner :
“ Mr. Sumner, we infer from his last speech,!
would d> nothing until they had solemnly declar
ed lhat they repented of taking part in the rebel
lion. This may be statesmanship; it strikes ug as
the obstinate folly of a martinet or a child.”
Very Bad News from Montana Territo
ry.—Ashley, of impeachment and financial!
notoriety, and now Governor of that Territo
ry, meditates becoming a Democrat. “Take
any shape but tliat,” O place-selling, evi
dence-manufacturing impeacher, mid the
Democrats’ “firm nerves will never trem
ble."
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, is said
by his Radical admirers to be the best man
for Governor of tho Key Stone State, because
ihe is six feet high! Notwithstanding this,
! the Democrats insist that he stands very loxc,
and are determined that he shall not be
■ elected,
Another Colored Convention.
Jeff Long is not the only negro who de
sires to have u colored convention, to con
sider the labor question, denounce Koop
mansehap and Chinese immigration, and
make arrangements generally to have it uni
versally acknowledged that the negroes
must be.
“ * * As they ought to bo—
Groat, glorious and free.”
Downing, the oyster man, has held a ne
gro convention at Newport, Rhode Island,
where a large number of Northern free nig
gers were present, and adopted large num
bers of resolutions. Downing’s convention
decided that a national labor convention is
essential, and that one must be held in
Washington City on the 7th of December,
I before the right of the colored citizens to
' receive the largest wages for the least
amount of labor can be satisfactorily estab
lished.
Downing’s convention must have had a
very agreeable time at tho pleasant and
fashionable watering place of Rhode Island.
[ Downing cooks oysters inimitably—he can!
1 serve them in every form “on the shortest
notice,” from tho half shell up to the most
; complete stow. It must be very agreeable
!to mix oysters done to a turn, sea-air and
politics, and have “nuffin to do,” but it
would seem to a disinterested observer as
more conducive to the real welfare of the
negroes to adviso .them to stick to their
work, behave themselves, honestly, soberly
and quietly, eschew oysters and idleness,
attend to matters they understand, and leave
Downing, the oyster opener, aud Jeff Long,
to do all the loafing and vagabondism of the
whole race.
So surely as the negroes, in an evil hour
for themselves, adopt the wicked advice of
the Downings, Turners, Bradleys and Longs,
and attempt to make combinations to* com
pel capital t't accede to their terms for labor,
those who employ tho negroes, and without
whose employment they can not exist, will;
combine against them, and they must go to
the wall.
The planters arc ready and willing to give
their laborers full compensation for their
labor —higher compensation, considering the
quantity and quality of the work, than any
other class of farm laborers in any part of
the world—and the negroes, if they are wise,
will trust to the justice and good sense of
their employers, and pay no attention to the
stupid chimeras of knavish agitators of their
own race, who aro too lazy and too dishon
est to work, and whose only means of sub
sistence is what they can filch from the
pockets of their fellows, under the pretext of
labor conventions and similar apish hum
‘ h ugs.
Virginia and lhe Will Amend
ment.
It is proposed that the Virginia Legisla
ture, which is required by Congress to exer
j cists the highest prerogative of .State sov
ereignty—(amend the Federal Constitu
tion) —and ratify the so called Fifteenth
Amendment, as a condition precedent to re
generaey as a State, will adopt the Amend
ment, provided the Shite is re-admitted, but
in ease Congress should, for any reason, fail
to re-admit the State, then, and in that case,
the ratification of the Amendment is to be
considered void and of none effect. This is j
; eminently sensible and proper. It is only as ■
a State of the Union that Virginia can le
gally vote on any amendment to the Con- •
stitution. Territories and conquered prov
inces have no voice in the enactment or
modification of the organic law of the
Union. If Virginia is not a State it would
he a fraud to count her vote any more than
that of Alaska. If, on the other hand, Con
gress declares that she is a State, as fully iu
the Union as Massachusetts, aud entitled to
the same rights and privileges, then her
vote will count.
The provisional, or rather contingent rat
ification, is a good idea. It is not - without
precedent. Virginia aud New Yojk ratified
the Constitution itself conditionally, and
had their conditions not been accepted,
their ratification would not have been
counted.
It is not so certain, however, that C<m-r
gross will ue.-opt Virginia’s proposed action.
With Attorney (J-nneral Hoar’s indian -rubber
opinions aud the habitual regard for laws
and constitutions which has characterized
tlie Congressional proceedings for the past
j eight years, it is by no means impossible
.that Virginia’s vote for the Amendment will
be recorded as that of a State ; and before
the ink of the record is dry in the State De
partment, Congress may declare that Vir
ginia is not one of the States of the Union.
The time will come, however, when the
“wrong will be right,” and when most of the
laws passed “outside of the Constitution” will
be wiped out by the hand of justice ; aud
when that time arrives Virginia Is wise to
H see that she stands right upon the record,
and that her position is clear and truly de
fined.
The Chosen Candidate for the
i*l><Miisli Throne.
At last the Ministerial at Madrid
have agreed upon a candidate for the vacant
throne of Spain, and have nominated the
young Duke of Genoa as their choice. Don
Ferdinand, of Portugal, having declined be
cause he preferred the comfort aud ease of
private life; the King of Portugal having re
fused because he is resolved to live and die a
Portuguese; the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince
Alfred of England) having said, “Thank
you. No, I prefer the quarter deck of the.
[Galatea to the Escurial,” and Prince Na
poleon having begged to be excused, be
cause his eyes are fixed on another aud
larger throne nearer home—the Spanish;
Council have been fortunate in their choice,
j The Duke of Genoa comes of an old stock. I
He is not a Bourbon of any branch of that j,
unhappy house. He is a mere boy, so that
Serrano and Prim will be the real monarch 1
for years to come, and his uncle, the King > ]
of Italy, has very pronounced opinions in 1
favor of constitutional government.
The Duke of Genoa is the eldest son of a '
younger brother of Victor Emanuel, and is;,
about sixteen or seventeen years of age. I
The only remaining question is, will the;'
Spanish people sustain the Ministers’ norni- i 1
nation ? 1
For Sale or Kent—The Owner
Learing the Country.
Admiral Porter, it- is reported, wants to
! sell or rent the house which he bought in
Washington City a few months ago, as he
intends to go to sea, early in the next year,
iand make a long cruise in European waters.
! When the Admiral bought the house he
had been hired as dry nurse to Mr. Adolf
Boric, the newly appointed Secretary of the
Navy. After the official demise of Borie,
1 the Admiral Continued in the family in the
same capacity towards Mr. Robeson.
The question is, lias the Admiral grown
' tired of his services, or has Robeson’s expe- !
rieneo of the “ practical working of a man
of-war” during his Tallapoosa cruise,!
i enabled him to dispense with the Admiral’s
j fostering care ?
Now is the time for A. T. Stewart and;
other sympathetic and generous friends of
the Administration to make Secretary Cox
i comfortable. They can buy the Admiral’s
house, give him the cash, and then make a
: deed of the premises to Cox. They know
how to do it, and they should not let slip so
good an opportunity to keep their hands in.
The Cotton Tax. —The Supreme Court is
:to meet in Washington in a few days. The 1
Mobile Register says that one of the most
important cases to come before it for decis
ion at the pending term is the question of
the constitutionality of the late tax on raw
cotton, a tax laid by Congress as a measure
of vengenee against the South. There arc
severa#miliions of claims to be preferred at
once against the Government for the recla
mation of the amount collected, provided the;
judicial decision shall be adverse to the Gov
ernment. The prevailing opinion at the
South is that the court will declare the act
unconstitutional, but we cannot help remem
bering that the court has not for many years
rendered a decision that required boldness
and courage. Some mode of evasion has
been discovered whenever evasion has seemed
desirable,
The End! of Lopez.
Tlie latest accounts from Europe confirm
the report of the total defeat of Lopez, the
end of the Paraguayan war, and the triumph
of Brazil and her South American allies. A
provisional government has been installed at
Ascension, Lopez has lied, nobody knows
whither, and the people of Paraguay seem
to have “ accepted the situation," and sub
mitted patiently to the will of their new
masters.
"What government is to succeed tho provi
sional arrangement is not known, nor has
it yet been determined on what terms Para
guay is to be reconstructed.
If “tho allies" need any help in theis
work, might engage the experienced
: service* of Butler and his reconstruction
j colleagues, and we of North America would
! tty to for an indefinite time. If
they desirc-to worry and oppress the Para
guayans thoroughly, Butler & Cos. are the
men for the job.
Postal Facilities.
WWiHALCiVinnn, Sept. 27, 1869.
To the Editor of the Journal and Messenger:
Dear GiKSteltXii —ln our familiar aud very
pleasant intercourse, on our first introduc
tion, you asked me to make any suggestions
which might, in my judgment, advance the
interests of our section.
I am convinced that a great obstacle in the •
way of the prosperity of this section is the j
want of postal facilities, generally, through
the country. A few facts are worth an hun
dred arguments in the practical judgment of
those thinking minds which look with a
single eye to success. I have visited, in the!
past week, several points in Bibb, Houston,
Dooly and Macon counties; and at some of
these places I have met large crowds of
countrymen, aiul they invariably complain
of the want of jKjst-offices. They also say
they are aide and willing to make these
mail facilities, if hot paying institutional to
the Government, at least not an expense
and a burden to it.
Now, sir, cannot you do something for
the people, in reference to this matter? If,
in stirring the minds of those who have
control of these postal arrangements, you
'should succeed in ramifying and dotting the
whole country with post-offices, yon will not
only lie the means of procuring this coveted
i boon, but success will ingratiate yon aud
your paper with the masses.
Now, sir, with your “caiatno currents," can
yon not present this matter in a clear, strong
light, so as to have these grievances redress
ed, and these sought-for blessings bestowed?
Viator.
For the Journal and Messenger.
Escape of Coal-on, the .Murderer
of Mason.
Corey's Station, Sept. 30, 1869.
Mr. Edd n-: ft may be of interest to your [
readers to learn the truth about Coalson *s
escape. After the murder, Coal,son was de
tained by citizens present, until a Justice of!
the Peace was sent for, who came at once.
Upon his arrival, instead of at once making
a warrant and securing Coal.son, he went off
to see a patient, and left Coalson in charge
of a sick man, until he should return. This*
man remonstrated, and said he would not be i
responsible for Coalson. When the Magis
trate returned Coalson had gone, and has
not since been heard of. There Is much in
dignation iu the neighborhood at Coalson's
escape, and some blame the Magistrate for
bis negligence. Citizen.
James Ibiialaun, Once More.
iij batuniay morning's mail, another letter
rei'-lod tiu» city,with reference to ttii* gallant. gay
yloceiver of the “gentler sex,” which lia* been fur
oUhed us for publication, and which reads in the
words following, to wit :
“Att.anta, Oi., September 89, 1889.
To the Mat that of Macon:
Sis—l suppose that you will be somewhat snr- 1
prised to receive this note, though I am advised to
apply to yju for inf .rmaliou in the case of a man
named Daualson, who has been arrested in tins
cityduriog this week. I have been informed, to
day, by city officers, that he lias been taken to Mu
eon, thereto stand a tiial for defrauding a woman
out of al) the money she had, aud he played tlie
same trick on rn with his deceitful heart and lying
tongu, he got about SOG from me. as near as I can
recolle :t, before be treated tho womaQ *s he did,
that he left iu M icon. The reason that I did not
try to have something done with him is, that I
could not beii-Te that a in n going about, acting
as he did, would go by his right name. I ask you
if you please, to be »•> kind a- to advis- me w! at
.step to take, that T may get my rights, or have him
put where Jo- ypil never cause tinro her widow ami
cbildroffto jMrdspriv ,-d of a home. I went to-day
to seeifl could see him. though I was disappointed
If there is a warrant for him, in the other case, j
hope he will not be released uu'ii I am advised
what to do. P.ease answer this immediately, and
address as below, Mrs. M. BuoOKs,
Atlanta, Ga., West End.”
The letter speaks for itself, and as such we beg
our reader, to peruso it It tell, ibe talc of one
among many that this miscreant has injured and
wronged, and we hope that the wise laws of the
good old 8:ato of Georgia may grant her, and oth
ers, nil tne satisfaction they could ask for or de
mand-
Arrest of a Ue.perajc.
Policeman \V. K Avaut, of this city, iaat waek
captured a stout, athletic negro, named Adam An
derson, who a few day. previous committed an
a-sault, with attempted outrage, upon Mrs. Con
don, the wife of Mr Lawrence Condon. The negro ;
was formerly owned by Hon Clifford Anderson, of'
this city, and when the negroes were emancipated
be left the service of Judge Anderson and entered
the employment of Mr. Condon, a railroad contrac-!
tor who resided in Telfair couuty, where the crime
. for which lie fled from Justice was committed.
Mr. Avaut, armed with tlie proper authority,
earned th- n -gro back to Telfair couuty and d‘ -
[IW ered him into the custody of the Deputy Sheriff,
who got his prisoner into a place of security. Tin;
wretch freely acknowledged his guilt, and will
probably meet the punishment to which hiscrimes
have so justly entitled him, as soon as the court
meet*.
Mr. Avint informs us that, generally speaking,
too much cannot be said of the conduct of the col
ored people in Telfair county. Tin y labor very
industriously, perform tlieir contracts cheerfully,
and seem to enjoy therns -lves Hint rate, and when
ever such a scamp as Adams is caught among them,
t icy seem to be more vindictive than the white
people.
Arrest of a Murderer.
Officers Ferrill and Plunkett night before last
arrested a noted scoundrel, by the name of Robert
Sapper, who had recently murdered another negro
by the name of Judge Freeman, an overseer on the
plantation of T. J. Williams, Esq., in Jones county,
twenty-four miles from Macon. Itseems that a dis
pute commenced in a cotton patch in which both 1
negroes were working, when Bob Mapper caught
Judge by the shoulder, and thrusting hi- knife into
the right side of Iris throat, nearly severed it from
his shoulders. He then gave another lunge, and
eut Judge across the left, lung, giving him a fatal
wound. The scoundrel, who is now in the guard
house, manifests no regret for the crime he has
committed. Officers Ferrill and Plunkett deserve;
greatcredit for making so prompt an arrest.
James l»onnlson at Leisure.
This renowned “conlidenee man,” the full par
ticulars of whose trial we gave yesterday, is safely
locked up in the city guard house, where his many
lady victims can call and sympathise with him if
so inclined. Lie says: “I 'spect I’ve done some
wrong, fust and last, anrl reckon I orler be pun
ished some, but l hope it wont be much, ’cause 1
don’t intend to do much more." The jury that
will give him a fair and impartial trial next No
vember, will probably provide a home for bis de
clining years, and he will not be very seriously
annoyed about his board bills, expenses of taking
care of his big hotel or his extensive farm near
Audeftsonville, for Borne time to Jeemes
is a philosopher, and takes everything with the
greatest coolness imaginable.
Disastrous Casually.
We deeply regret to learn that our esteemed fcl
' low-citizen, R. B. Findlay, E-q., was seriously
injured on Saturday morning last, by his right arm
' being caught in the saws of a cotton gin that he
was working at Findlay’s Iron Works. The hand
was fearfully wounded by the rapid action of the
'saws, and the arm to the elbow was severely
j bruised, so much bo that it will be along time
■ before our friend can use it. Dr. Holmes was called
■in immediately after the accident, and under his
well known professional skill the patient is as well
as could be expected, although his injuries have
. been more than ordinarily severe.
From It ( fresh;oi-nl lo Labor.
It will be seen by our advertising columns that
i I6e M. ’. W. •. Grand Lodge of Georgia F-. and A.-.
M. . meets on the 2Gth of this month.
Going Through the Motions.— The New
York Radicals have hdd a convention, no-
I minuted a ticket, and made a “platform."
j George William Curtis, the Lotus Eater Ed
itor of Harper's Weekly, and author of some
very mild literature, was placed at the head
of the ticket, but Curtis has declined the
' honor. As ticket and plat form will be knock
ed down in November, the proceeding is, to
a great extent, “ devoid of any particular
interest,” . ‘
STATE NEWS.
rolumbuft.
The Sun reports that the Eagle and Pheiiix
Manufacturing Company have made the fol
lowing reduction on a portion of the goods
they are daily turning out: Stripes reduced
from 18c. to 17c.; checks, variety of patterns,
21c. to 21k’.; Georgia Twills, heavy woolens,
40c. to 37c.; Truck for trowsers from 50 a. to
47c.; Thread rope 5-10, %, % inch, quarter,
half and whole coils, f'l Vic. to 40c.
The Sun says : All over the city signs of
improvement are manifest. Houses are be- j
ing painted and renovated. The foundries;
are vory hasv. They employ some twenty
moulders. The walls of the new mill of the
Eagle and Phoenix Manufactory are comple
ted to the fourth story. Nearly every store
and dwelling house in the city is rented.
Trade has commenced early and is very ac
tive. Everything points to u prosperous
season. Cotton is not as it ought to be,
hut still the prices pay far above the cost of
cultivation.
Trains on the M. and (4. Railroad are
running to Lin wood, seventy-four miles from ,
Columbus. Good authority states the truck
is laid some three or four miles beyond.
■ The grading is nearly completed. *lt is
thought trains will be able to reach Troy
(eighty-four miles from Columbus) by the
Ist of November. The business of the road,
as respects passengers, cotton and freights,
has largely increased over that of last year
at this time.
Mr. T. J. Jackson, lias been employed as
Local Editor of the Enquirer.
Thus far since September Ist, the Mont
gomery and West Point road has brought
; from Montgomery, en route to Savannah,
5,800 bales of cotton, and 522 for Columbus
warehouses- total 6,322 bales. The Mobile
and Girard road, thus -far since September
Ist, has brought 1080 bales for Columbus
warehouses and 361 for Savannah —total
2,341 bales. During the month of Septem
ber, 1868, Columbus received 3,707 bales of
! cotton, and at the close of the month had a
stock of 2,057. The September just passed
has seen 7,310 bales warehoused, and on
October Ist, the stock was 2,370.
The comparison with last year shows nu
increase in ronnipts af 3.513 bales and « de
crease in stock of 278 bales.
* tlnnta.
The (bn slit id ion, says there is a lady living
in DeKfdb county, 76 years of age, who
never rode on the cars, never sent a tele
gram, never took doctor’s stuff, who is of
sound mind and body, and is now picking
out cotton every day.
The Georgia Railroad is doiug a very hea
•vy freight business at present. The receipts
for September will nearly reach 8120,000.
No road can boast of more skillful engineers,
or more courteous conductors.
The Era states that the City Council of
Atlanta have authorized the issuing of the
bonds necessary to pay the installment call
ed fur by the Directors of the Air-Line Rail
road.
The income of Atlanta, for the quarter
ending September 30th, was 882,777 20 -the
largest ever before paid into the city treasu
ry (luring three months. The expenditures'
for the same length of time amounted to
842,107 24.
Mayor Hulsey has declared liis intention
not to be a candidate for re-election under
any circumstances.
< oviogton
The E/Uerjtrise announces the death of
Mr. Richard liryne, on the 28th of Heptem
ter, a well known citizen of Covington, aged
about 70 years.
Mr. James Woodruff, of Newton county,
killed himself Saturday week by the urci-'
dental discharge of a Colt's repeater. He
had discharged one chamber of the pistol,
and cocking the hammer, was proceeding to
discharge the second chamber; he was in the
habit of bringing the pistol down to a line
square to the right, consequently he raised
the pistol over Ins shoulder, with the muz
zle in range with his neck and head, and
while in this position the pistol fired, the'
ball taking effect in the neck, ranging up
through the brain, producing death almos
instantly.
Kaiauuah.
Tie" New* says tie r ■ are at the present
time six steamships in port loading for for
eign and coastwise ports, one for Liverpool;
three for New York; one for Philadelphia,
and one for Baltimore, all of which will car
ry heavy freights of cotton. The wharves
present a bustle and busy life refreshing to
behold, and which will increase as the sea
son advances.
Miss Rat • dusker, wei: known in Macon,
has been appointed one of the teachers in
the Public Schools in Savannah.
The Central Railroad, through its Presi
dent, W. M. Wmlley, E-q., has made a pro
position to the City Council to pave West
Broad street, for Lie 'entire length of their
property, with the Nicholson pavement, at
the expense of the company, provided the
ity would allow them to widen the side
walk on the western side of West Broad
struct tight feet—at h-wst that portion of
pavement running parallel with their laud,
ihe Board of Aldermen have accepted the
proposition and will pass an ordinance to
that effect.
Prom the News we 1- am that the monu
ment to the late Bishop Elliott, authorized
by the Diocese of Georgia, lias been put up
in Laurel < trove Cemetery, where it has
been the admiration of all who have beheld
it.
It is not what is technically termed a
“monument," but n tablet; it having noth
ing of height which attracts an observer.
The whole is composed of three pieces of
Scotch granite, raised upon a mound of
earth about two feet high, tufted with grass.
The base is a beautifully polished gray and
blue granite, without a flaw diseeruable, and
covering a space probably eight feet by four.
Upon this base rests a second slab of granite
of the same kind, but beautifully variega
ted, red predominating. This is also highly ■
polished, and exceeds in lustre anything we!
have ever seen. Upon the top of this is the
third slab of the same material, terminating
in the form of a cross, laid horizontally, and
of the length and breadth of the stone.
Upon the right hand side of this, cut in old
English letters, is this inscription : Stephanas
Elliott, Epis — d. g. (leirrgien&is, prms, with a
hand pointing upward, the two last fingers
closed. On the other side: Oh — in pace —
Jrsu — St. T'lcrtncr, Firsta, Mdccclxvi — Art. Lei,
with the head of the “Shepherd’s Crook.”
On the front is cut the Bishop's mitre, and
in the rear the Cross Keys, symbolical of the:
Bishop’s office. The cost of the monument
is about 82,500, and it is contemplated to
place around it a massive iron railing upon
granite pedestals.
Augusta.
The papers announce the death of Win.
H. Crane, Sr., an old merchant and esteemed
citizen, who died suddenly Wednesday of
paralysis.
The Chronicle mid Sentinel notices the sale
of a house, on leased ground, in the south
western part of the city. There was not a
bidder present at the sale: so the auctioneer
bought it for the trustees of the land for $25! j
For the accommodation of persons wish- 1
ing to attend the Railroad Convention at
Athene on Saturday next, 2d of October, the
Georgia Railroad will run night trains on the;
Athens Branch on Friday and Saturdav
nights, which will connect with the night
trains on the main line of the road.
Persons desiring to attend the Convention
will be returned free over the Georgia Rail
road upon paying full fare going.
Vuldottta.
The Times says, on last Saturday Mr.
’ James Carroll, a citizen of Lowndes county,
i came to town on business, and while in the
transaction of it, in the oliiee of Messrs.
Peeples and Liles, was stricken with apo
plexy and died in a few minutes.
The same paper, speaking of the State
Fair at Macon, says: The hotel accommoda
tions of Macon will be inadequate to enter
tain the crowds that will go there, and sev
: eral counties aro making arrangements to
send delegations prepared to camp out.
If our county Agricultural Societies intend
to send delegates or to attend in a body, it
would be well for them to take early steps
! towards preparing for a camp.
\ The editor does not see why the planters
:of the South cannot demand and receive
gold for their cotton. A Planters’ Associa
tion, having that as one of their objects,
j should be organized, of which every cotton j
! planter will become a member. This Asso
j eiation will demand gold for cotton, and the
j farmers will back the demand by holding on
to their cotton until they see the yellow
trash pouring into the strong boxes.
The Chronicle Sentin el has been requested
to announce that the Augusta and Hartwell
j Railroad Company, and citizens of Colum
bia, Lincoln, Libert and Hart counties, and
,of the adjacent section of South Carolina,
! who are interested in this project, expect to
meet in Augusta on Tuesday, the 12th of
; October, for the purpose of presenting the
' merits of their enterprise, and of making nu
j exhibit of their claims upon the city of Au-.
I gusta.
Mr. James Brennan, Special Agent of the
Union Land Company, is in Augusta, and is
anxious to confer with those who may require
white help, either male or female. He says
the Union Laud Company is prepared to
furnish all who need them, with a most de
sirable class of domestics, laborers, mechan
ics, etc. He may be addressed at Augusta.
The Ckronicle says that S. K. Tomlinson,
of Monticello, Jasper county, has erected a
factory for the supply of Northern manu
facturers of wagons and carriages with up
land White Oak and Hickory felloe*.
Albany.
The Xuics says the engineering corps of
the South Georgia and Florida Railroad
have been in Albany during the week, lo
cating the bridge across the Flint River.
The editor is pleased to learn from Major
Maxwell that the road will be completed
and in working order to Station No. 2by
the middle of the mouth, and to Camilla by
the 15th of November. He thinks they
will reach Albany by tire Ist of March next.
The builders are to commence work on the
bridge very soon, and are to have it com
pleted as early as the completion of the
road.
The News complains that shipments that
should have been in Albany a week ago are
lying in the depot at Savannah, or detained
somewhere on the line. Goods shipped
eight days ago from Charleston have not
arrived. The editor understands Alabama
and Mississippi freights go through without
a moment’s detention.
Siarta.
The Hancock Journal announces that fire
broke out in the gin house of Col. H. A.
i Clinch, near Sparta, on Wednesday last,
about noon, which, spreading to a saw mill
contiguous, entirely consumed both build
ings in a very short time, together with a
gin and two and a half bales of cotton. It
is supposed a match was dropped into the
cotton while being picked, which came in
contact with the saws of the gin, igniting
and doing the damage. Loss about 82,000.
Fort UaiDfa.
The Mirror says the last Grand Jury
! recommended the building of a Court
House;, which is to be built of brick, three
stories high.
UruuHwlck.
We learn from the last Brunswick Ap
peal, that this excellent gentleman and de
voted soldier of the Cross, (Rev. Mr. Coley,)
formerly of Christ Church, at Savannah, has
accepted the Rectorship of the St. Mark’s
Parish, Brunswick, Georgia, and will per
manently reside in that city. The many
friends of Mr. Coley will rejoice to hear of
his return to the State, and unite in fervent
prayers for his continued good health and.
usefulness in his new field of labor.
Atbanu
Anew steam saw mill has just been com- ’
pletod in Athens. It is located near the
upper bridge, and is so arranged that the
' logs can be floated down the Oconee, and
taken directly into the race, which has been
(lug out for the purpose
The Banner reports that a few evenings
since, Mrs. Marion Johnson, of Hart county,
in attempting to fill a lighted Lamp, ignited
the kerosene causing an explosion which
' burned her so seriously that she died iu a
few hours. The house took fire, also, hut
wus extinguished bva little sou of deceased,
a lad ten years of age.
r J
Special telegrams to the Augusta jmp rs
state that ten; Convention which metiu Ath
ens on Saturday, for the purpose of taking
immediate steps for tin- extension of the
Georgia Railroad from Athens to Clayton,
was a success. The meeting was well at
tended, and there was a large crowd present
from Northeast Georgia. A committee ap
pointed to prepare business for the Conven
tion reported resolutions favoring the exten
sion of the Georgia Railroad from Athens
to Clayton, and requesting the people along
the line from Athens to Augusta to aid the
work; which were adopted. A committee
was appointed to confer with the Georgia
Railroad and to report at another meeting,
to be oaiieU by the President.
Foreign News by C able, Sept. 30.
Great Britain.
—The weekly statement of the Bank of
England is made public to-day. The amount
of bullion in vault is £353,000 less than last
week.
—The Right Hon. James Moncrief lias
been appointed Lord Justice Clerk of Scot
land, vice Hon. George Patton, deceased.
—The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Se
cretary of State for War, delivered a speech
to his constituents at Oxford last evening,
on the subject of the policy of the Govern
ment toward Canada. He said the general
policy of governing colonies from home was
a total failure, and there iiad, consequently,
been substituted for it a policy to encourage
them to develop their own power and re
sources, and stimulate them to a spirit of
self-reliance. He showed how successful this
policy had been in the case of Canada, and
briefly reviewed the progress recently made
by that colony. She already had an army
of her own, and such a merchant navy that
.if her people chose to adopt the act passed
for the purpose, she might become one of
the first maritime powers of the world.
“ This,” the speaker said, “ was the true po
licy to pursue. If we benefit the Canadians,
we benefit ourselves, also. By this policy,
our colonies have become sources of strength
and honor. When the time comes, and Eng
land calls for the support of her colonies,
there will be a confederation such as the
world never saw under a single sovereign.”
France.
—The Empress left Paris at half-past five
‘ o’clock this afternoon on her Eastern tour.
—No decided action has yet been taken in
regard to the convocation of the Senate and
Legislative body.
—lt is now reported that the father of the
murdered family, whose fate is attended with
so much mystery, was strangled, and his
body has been found in Alsace.
—There lues been a heavy outflow of specie
from the Bank of France during the past
week. The amount on hand to-day is 9,200,
000 francs less than on the corresponding day
last week.
Mexico.
The Mexican Congress assembled at the
capital on the 16th inst., the anniversary of
Mexican independence.
President Juarez delivered the opening
speech. He congratulated the members
: that they conld now celebrate the anniver
sary of independence for the first time since
1859 with peace prevailing throughout the
republic, the laws obeyed and a government
strong to repress rebellion and disorder.
After electing officers. Congress adjourned
in honor of the day, and a grand celebration
followed, in which 60,000 persons took part.
Senor Romero, Secretary of the Treas
ury, presented to Congress a report for the
fiscal year ending June 30. The exhibit is
very full and exact, and is highly praised by
both parties. The total receipts were Sl3,*-
765,000 and the expenditures $13,500,000.
The Secretary says that $2,000,000 have
been applied to the payment of the public
debt, the consolidation of which he advo
cates. The report concludes with a flatter
ing picture of the financial future of Mexico.
Senor Lerdo de Tejada has officially thank
ed Minister Nelson for his kind offices in
obtaining a renewal of relations between
Mexico and Spain.
According to the census just concluded
the population of Mexico is 8,567.060.
Several Mexican journals are discussing
the question of annexation to the United
States.
President Juarez, accompanied by his
Cabinet, the members of Congress and Mr.
Nelson, the American Minister, went to
Puebla, where he inaugurated the Puebla
and Mexico Railroad. From 2,000 to 3,000
[persons were present. A banquet followed,
at which speeches were made on questions
of internal improvement, and President Jua
rez committed himself fully to a progressive
policy in this respect.
A toast to the United States was replied
to by Minister Nelson in a speech which
made a very favorable impression.
Wanted—A Peerage and Herald's
College.
The rapid accumulation and growth of
crests on carriages, note-paper, and silver, of
I cockades and liveries on coachmen, is get
! ting to be rather bewildering, and some
; public-spirited individual should get au ap
j pointment from Grant to compile a book of
heraldry for reference. In all of our princi-
I pal cities, and many of our unprincipal ones,
'the number, variety, and gorgeousness of
the liveries of the gentlemen on the boxes”
must strike every one. But bow is one to
know that so-and-so is the livery of the
Gunnybags when the Shoddies have the
same '! Nothing but the direst confusion will
| result from the present habit of every man
prescribing his own llunkies’ clothes. It is
j clearly the duty of the Government to sys
tematise tills thing. Brown must not be
permitted to put his man in the colors pre
| viously selected by Jones, who got rich first;
j nor must Noodle aggravate Doodle by his
similarity of taste. The powers that be
could make a good thing of it by taxing
1 these aristocratic trappings, and making
them pay for the privilege a crest and a liv
ery give in distinguishing the exhibitors
from the “great unwashed.” At the same
time, our nobility and gentry should be pro
-1 tectoil in their privileges, and those who did
not come over with the conqueror (Grant)
should not be considered entitled to these
'marks of distinction.
j How Beds Should Stand. —A physician
writes to the Dublin Journal of Medicine in
support of the old notion that people sleep
much better with their heads to the North.
He has tried the experiment in the case of
sick persons with marked effect, and insists
1 that there are known to exist great electric
currents, always crossing in one direction
around the earth, and that our nervous sys
j terns are in some mysterious way connected
with this electrical agent. Let the beds all
' head towards the North pole,
MASONIC.
Questions Answered.
In reply to one of our highly respected
members, asking some questions as to the
'working of tile Company, and making some
'complaints, wo wrote him the following,
which may servo to enlighten some of the
brethren and members in this respect :
Office of Gf.oroia Masonic Mutual I.ife )
J ssuuanck Company,
Macon, Georgia, October 4th, 1869. )
Dear Sir and Brother: Yours of the 2d
instant is at hand. We regret to hear of
dissatisfaction amongst our members as to
the working of the institution by its officers
here, and the complaint of tin; heavy assess
ments in mortuary fees. It is impossible
for us to remedy the complaints by the assess
ments beingheavy. From January to August,
to its last assessment, wo had fifty-two
! deaths. Our number during the summer
was 4435. It is now less by deaths, resigna
tions, transfers, and defaulters, about one
hundred and eighty. This would make
about six and a-h.uf deaths average for eight
month!. Considering the ages oi our mem
bership, which would average about forty
five, it would seem to be as light as could be
' expected, and ire think in this respect our
, brethren surviving ought not to complain.
vVe do not wonder at the loss of many of
the members of this company. They joined
without thinking that, iu from three to five
thousand members, their mortuary fees
would call upon them for from five to ten
dollars a month. Eighty-three deaths
„ to the August assessment has been as light
upon the membership as they could expect.
and not by one-half as much as they would
have paid in the ordinary insurance com
panies of the.day. Men are generally close
calculating beings, and know where their
best interests lie. It seems to us here, in
this, they are deficient, so far as life n tur
ance is concerned.
The majority of our members have not
yet paid info the Company more than sixty
to seventy dollars, and many less than that.
You have, perhaps, paid now six dollars
admission. From February 15, 1868, the
! date of your certificate, von have paid for
eighty deaths eighty-eight dollars, making
ninety-four dollars. Your life has been iu
suri 1 eighteen months' at from SIOXI to
S4OOO, and upwards. Could this have been
lone elsewhere for the amount you have
paid. It did not go to increase the funds of
stock and mutual companies for gain ; it
went to relieve the families of your deceased
brethren ; and conld they see the comfort
and happiness, and the acknowledgements
manifested both j> rmmally and by letter at
this office, we think we should have no com
plaint from you or any of our brothers of the
Masonic family.
As to the ten cents commissions the Com
pany’s members are on the list of our agents.
VVe assure y<>u they have had a hard job to col
lect and remit the assessments. We have only
a few names to whom we write individually.
The ten cents received from these goes into
the accumulation fund of the -©mpu.’iy.
We could say much more as to the com
pensation allowed the officers of the Com
pany, whose salaries are fixed by the Board
of Directors, who meet monthly, and closely
investigate the affairs of the Company.
They receive no salary or pay for their ser
vices.
The official business of this office, under,
the charge and care of the Secretary and
Treasurer, requires the constant attention
of two efficient assistants—one to its finan
cial affairs the other to its correspondence ;
and due attention is always given to give
such information as may bo solicted by the
members of the Company.
Very truly and Fraternally,
J. W. BfllKE,
Sectretary and Treasurer.
For the Journal and Messenger.
Eureka !
Such was the expression made by our an
cient and distinguished brother, Pythagoras ;
who, having traveled extensively through
Asia, Africa and Europe, and having been
duly invested with the several orders of
priesthood, devoted the close of his valuable!
iifo to the sublime teachings of Masonry.
When, after years of intense application and
study, he produced what is now known
among mathematicians os the Forty-seventh
Problem of Euclid, ho was so overjoyed,
that ha suddenly exclaimed with rapture,
Ecbeka : signifying in our language I iutre
found it.
To this learned and wise philosopher, it
was deeply gratifying to find that his in
tense geometrical researches were so warmly
appreciated by his co-laborers in the cause
of science. It was not for himself he labored
so earnestly, but for the world at large ; and
in his earnest efforts for their future ad
vancement this distinguished Mason felt a
peculiar gratification which none but the
thoroughly unselfish have the power to re
alize, even for a moment.
.So has it ever been from time immemorial,
so it is now, and so will it ever be till time
shall be completely absorbed in the glories
of eternity. Those, and those alone, who
ignoring self and recognizing the important
trutii that every man that lives is houesLy
bound to benefit those around him, feel wil
ling to sacrifice something at the shrine oi
humanity can look for or expect the rich
rewards attendant upon a self-sacrificing
disposition.
No man ever lived, perhaps, who was
more strongly impressed with the sublime
thought of devoting liis entire life to the
welfare of those most needing his assistance
than Brother John Howard, a wealthy citi
zen of Loudon, whose life was devoted to
the sacred cause of benevolence. None kne w
better than himself the advantages of
wealth and high social position, yet he
cheerfully, gladly and voluntarily relinquish
ed them all, and visiting one by one ail the
gloomy prisons of Europe, spent his life in
ameliorating the condition of the prisoners,
listening to their complaints and suggest
ing comforts that his wealth alone could
procure for them. And that wealth was
given most cheerfully. Instead of the gilded
salons of fashionable life. Brother Howard
sought the massive walls of the prison: Iu
place of sweet strains of melody gushing!
from the throats of England’s peerless daugh
ters, he preferred the dull clank of iron
chains, and the agonizing groans of those
who had been condemned to a life-long pun
ishment, for there he had the power ami the
will to exercise those traits of benevolence
that Masonry had taught him so successfully.
At the close of this great philanthropist’s
life, when the whole world had become cog
nizant of his immense personal sacrifices,
when the name of Howard, the philanthro
pist, was familiar to every school-boy, our
distinguished brother, in reviewing tin
past, might well exclaim, while recognizing
the prayers oi gratitude that surrounded
him on every side.—Epukka !
Among the educated and refined nobility
who surrounded the court of France, at the
commencement of the American revolution.
where was one more pre-eminently distin
guished than brother Gilbert Mottier DeLa
fayette, by rank a Marquis; afterwards the
companion and bosom friend of brother
George Washington, and a Major General in
the Army of the United States. In his charm
ing and delightful chateau at LaGrange. re
cently united to a lady accomplished, educa
ted, pious and refined, with wealth at his
command and the most splendid prospects
in life before him, lie had every reason but
one to remain where he was, in the full en
joyment of every earthly luxury—that reason
was the exercise of the broad principles of
universal bevevolence, and the moment the
cry of a devoted people struggling for libei
ty reached his ears his course was decided.
He exchanged the luxurious eujoyments of
the French Capital for the trials and hard
ships incident to a soldiers’ life upon the
field. He gave up everything near and dear
to him, iu order, as he afterwards expressed
|it: “To secure freedom for America,” and
when that freedom had been finally secured,
when in his old age lie left the sunny shores
!of France, in an American ship of war,’ the
! guest of the Nation, to visit the land of his
adoption, and was so joyously welcomed by
those for whose liberties he had fought ami
bled, he might well exclaim in the joy of his
heart, “Eureka!”
So with that brave, cliivalrio, noblo-heart
jed Polander, our cherished and esteemed
brother, Tliaddeus Kosciusko, who fought
and bled for us in the same cause, aud was
| actuated by the same glorious principle :
j that of sacrificing everything near and dear
to him for the welfare of others. His very
name is symbolic of chivalry, and is so re
! garded even now throughout Europe. At
the first wail of distress from au oppressed
people, he shouted in trumpet tones:
Eureka ! and hastened eagerly to the rescue,
j Well may history embalm his name and;
memory with more than pious veneration.
Well might the poet, in reviewing his glo
rious military services, exclaim:
‘And Freedom shrieked, when Kosciusko fell."
In our own dear sunny South, as dear to
ffs to-day as she was before the i v ou bed 0 f
the oppressor had ever trocid. . ..the
earth, where can we look for a mule . illiant
exemplar of the truly Masonic virtue of uni
versal benevolence, than that exhibited by
him who was “ first in w ar, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of bis countryim n ?’*
We refer to our illustrious brother, George
Washington, of Virginia, than whom a purer,
nobler, better Mason never existed. Wheth
er we view him as the Commander- in -Chief
’of the American army—as Chief Magistrate
of the Republic for whose freedom he had
fought—or as the peerless Christian gentle
man at Mount Vernon after a lif .* spent in
the service of his country, lavishing the hos
pitalities of private life among his intimate
personal friends—he was ever the same, de
voted heart and soul to the practice of Cat
universal benevolence which Masonry hud
taught him to carry out so thoroughly. As
he recognized at the close of his noble so
the gratitude felt toward him by a happy and
united people, the magic word, El hkka 1
could hardly have failed to pass from his
lips. «.
We are well aware that it is not in the
power of every Mason to carry out the broad
principle of living for the sake if others a.-
thoroughly and extensively as it has been
carried out by the illustrious Masons to
whom we have referred, but we know lull
well that it is iu the power of every member
of the craft to do something toward the re
cognition of this sublime principle. Wo
should all remember that
“ There’s many a shaft at random sent
Finds m >rk the archer tittle meant;
And many a word at random spokt n,
May soothe, or wound— a heart that a broken. ’
The farmer places his seed in the ground,
eagerly watches day by day for the result of
his labors and leaves the event with Him
who alone ean bless the harvest. So with n
as Masons, practicing zealousy the bright
ennobling principle,-, that M onry invaria
bly teaches, we p rform what wo recognize
as a boundett duty, and leave the Grand
Architect to bless our labors as ho may
1 hereafter choose. Not a day p 1 -ses over
our heads that does not witness tie: teui of
agony aud distress that fall from th •. s of
those whose upturned faces look to Heaven
for aid aud assistance. Some have been
stricken to the earth by poverty which t.. y
have endeavored in vain to avoid, others
linger ujnjii a couch of disease, others, it
may be, mourn as those who have no hope
over th ■ graves of those who were dearer to
them than life, and others, perhaps, are
writhing iu pain from the envenomed shafts
of slander, actuated by malice, ol which
they are wholly undeserving. Ail these
look eagerly for the Balm in Gilead thatmUjV
prove to them a source of joy and consul**
lion. The Priest and Levite it ni.-v be,
have passed to the other side—will the
, Good Samaritan appear in the guise of a
Masonic brother to mlrm-i, comfort or assist
as may be required of Him?
This is a question that you and I. and all
of us who have knelt at the shrine of Mason
ry, have an opportunity of answering every
day of our lives —aud how shall it be answer
ed ? Can we carry out the broad principle*
of Masonic charity and universal b nevo
lence, regard! .» of self, wherever we ,< e an
opportunity of doing so, more especially
among the hansels hi r s the faithful? Can we,
as men and Masons, seek fora chance to “do
good and practice charity” among our fellow
incu, without 1 laving them brought to our
notice? If so, we have fully conceived the
• diameter of the institution of Mo nry—the
mystic word has come to us aright, and we
may joyfully exclaim, from the iqtn >-t re
cesses of our heart : “ Eureka, iHA 1 L
FOUND IT!" H -
HOMESTEAD. \
/ 1 EORGIA—UPSON COP NT V—Mis. Susir, F.
II Birdsong, of *aid County, ha* tics dp sppli.-d
far the netting apart of homestd; and I will
pa» upon the .-aim- at my office in 'I horn -ion, at
12o’clock, on the 13th dav of Ortob r, lso9.
' ocls-2t WM A. COBB, Ordinary
PERSONALTY.
p EORGIA—UPSON COUNTY.—Wiliam A.
VX Huguley, of said county, has this day applied
for exemption of Personally, aud I will pa-- upon
ihe *am; at 12 o'clock m., ou th-; 13th day of Octo
ber instant. at my office in Ihomaston, in said
oouniv. (Jctober 1, 1869.
WM. A. COBB,
octo 2t’ Ordinary.
JIOMFSTEA D PERSONALTY.
EORGIA—CRAWFORD C UNTY—F. F.
\X Harris has applied for exemption of PertO
uuily aud setting ujurt and valua’.ion of Home
stead; and I shall pass upon the same at 10 o’clock
a. m.. on ihe sixteenth day of (> to •r. at
my office In Knoxville. ’ JAMES JAiAY,
octs-2t Ordinary.
LETTERS OF A JjM/XISTRA TJOX.
If EORGIA-IUWIN COUNTY.—Whereas, Elias
IX Turner, of VVilcox connly, pet tions the un
dersigned for letters of administration on the estate
of Abraham Sapp, late of Irwin county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite aid admonish ah ; -r
---••ns interested to b>- aid appear at my f .
before the first Monday Pi November il x?
cause, if any they have, why said letters should not
oe granted. Given under tuv hand and official
signature, this September 30.1- ".
WILEY WHITLEY,
oets 30d Ordinary.
UPSON COUNTT SHERIFF'S SALE.
\THLL BE SOLD BEFORE THE (HURT
\ i House door, in the town of Thotria-: u,
i Upsou County, between the usual hours of sale,
on the tir.-t Tuesday in November next, the stew
ing property, to-wit: lot of Lind, nnmb-r not
known, containing acres, known . : .rt < f
the Home Place; also, part of lot No. 150, con
taining 110 acres: abo, one-half of lot No. 156,
containing ioi acres: also, lot number snow:
out known as the Dallas Place, containing LUte,
■cres, all in the 10th District of Upsou County,
.levied on tu tue property of Benjamin W: k to
-a'i-fyone ft fa. in favor of Jarne- M Smith is.
Benjamin Walker, issued from tee sap rit C cart
of Cpsou County, Noveaib -rlOtli. lbui. i rope.ly
pointed out by plaintiff's Attorm y. Amos tt m riff,
Administrator, served with flue and lea;,: .
ihe above property sold sub’ et to t- .-“T .. v
dower.
oeto-td O. C. SHARMAN, Sheriff.
UP SO.X COUNTY SHERIFF'S SALE
XX’'ILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TIE-DAY
II in December n x:, b fore the Court-House
Jour, iu Thomaston iu said county, bvtwcen.the
legal hours of sale, the f Rowing property to-wit:
Lots Number 7. S, 9, 10, 11 in the south back
-quare in said town and county, bounded on the
so utii by the Male Academy lot, aad the other
three sides by the public street-, as the property of
Mrs. 8. M. Beatty, by virtue oi a mortgage h. fa.
issued from the Superior Court, of Upson 'countv'
iu favor of Evan-. Gaiduer Cos., agu.nst -a. Mrs’.
8 M. Beatty. Pproperty pointed our in mort
gage ti. fa. Ten.iut iu pio.-ses-ion having had due
and legal notice. September 30, IS6:i
octs tds O. C. SHARMAN, Sheriff.
If. 1 CON MOR TGA G E SHERIFF SSAL E.
W'II-1. BE SOLD THE COURT
VV House door, in the town of Oghtliorpe
Macon county, within the legal hour* of .-ale. on
the lirst Tuesday in December next, the following
prop, rty to-wit: A half interest in a certain Steam
Mill known as the fcteani Mill of biadrhaw &
Rowan, with all the appurtenances thereto attach
ed. Said mill and appurtenances now situate.; about
one mi:e from the town of Oglethorpe, in .-aid
’county of Macon, levied upon as the property of
James N. Bradshaw, to su : isfv a mo.tgage rj’ fa
issued from the County Court' of Hou-ton countv"
iu f.vor of Clelia N. Buniam, vs .aid James N
Bradshaw. Property pointed out in said niori -age
h- fa- H. L. HILL, chend
oeto-tds
MACON SHERIFF'S SALE.
\\MLL be SOLD BEFORE THF COURT
TV House door in ttie town of <>«■;. n„,r.,e
Macon County, within the legal hours of sale,
thetirst Tuesday in November m-\:. tic f . .
pi ope rty, to-wil: llic sti.rc-h.in> au , p-no
which it is erected, and the saw-mill a..d
IhMse, and premise* on wl.i. is tiny :.r- •
iGcrgcG. w.lt.ur. Nai.i 1- . _
-tort 'tond -it bulb: fo(ty ! - xty f. SB
of lan 1 No. id'., ami said -aw mi.l a.i • H|l
about thirty by sixty-live ■ a frame ' .lH
two story high,, on lot- No*, lot anl .
Horse Creek, in the First District of
Muscogee, uow Macon county, aud kn »wn as -v
Wilbur’s store and mills; also, one iron screw aud
the premises on winch it is situated, near the giii
huuse. Levied upon as the property of George G.
Wilbur to satisfy aJi fa. i-sued from the Superior
Court of Bibb County, in favor of Peter 1. Mont
fort i's said Wilbur. Said Ufa issued upon u
judgment founded upon a mechanics' lien.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold lot
of land No bO, in the First District of originally
Muscogee, now Macon County, levied upon as the
property of John C. Rodgers, to satisty a ji J<i.
issued from the superior Court of Macon County,
in favor of John E. Babb vs. said Rodgers. Pro
perty pointed out by defendant.
ocis-ld H. L. LULL, Sheriff.
NOTICE.
Georgia— irwin county.—wm be let
out to the lowest bidder on Friday, the 2.V1
day of October next, the building of a g’ od wood
jail for said County, to be completed by the Ist
day of March, 187 u. Dimensions of said jail will
:be made known on the day of letting out. The
money will be ready to settle up for said building
when completed. WILEY WHITLEY,
j Oct 5-w3t Ordinary.
UPSON SHERIFF \fsAL ES. "
AX JILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY
TV in November next, before the Court House
i door, in the town of Thomaslon, Upson county,
Georgia, between the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit: Lots of Land No. 158,
containing acres; Lot No. 168, containing
203>£ acres, aud the west half of lot No. 164), con
taining iolt£ acres, all in the eleventh District of
originally Houston, now Upson county. Levied
on as the property and Dow er interest of now Mrs.
Catherine Hightower, formerly Mrs. Catherine
Sneed, to satisfy af fa. issued from the Superior
Court of Upson county, iu favor of Joseph Todd,
v>. Catherine Sneed—maker, and William Parks,
; endorser.
Also, at the same time and plac ■■. lot of Land
No. 147, containing acres, and north half of
lot 148, containing acres, all ii the tenth Dis
trict of originally Monroe, now Upson county.
Levied on as the property of the estate of Edward
Traylor, deceased, to satisfy a ii. fa. i->u. 1 from
the Superior Court of Upson county, in favor of
| Davis Dawson, vs. William Traylor. John Traylor,
W. W. Hartsfield amt John Traylor, Executors,
etc., of Edward Traylor, etc. This October Ist,
1869. OWEN C. SHARMAN, Sheriff.
oets-tdg.
—Cotton close 1 in New York yesterday
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