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IlmtrnaVandfgesatngcr 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 ft 27*/