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H oUtual WM. Editor. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12 THE NEWS. —There are twenty-five political prisoners in the stockade at Tyler, Texas, some of whom have been confined for over twelve months. —lt is said that Carlotta Patti made one million two hundred thousand dollars during: her European tour, and brought it over with her. —The Richmond Enquirer says it is not true that “all’s well that ends well," as proved bv Bout-well, Cres-well, and the dynasty of Wells in Virginia. —The Emir of Bokhara has sent the Czar of Russia three elephants. If the Czar ever intends to start a “grand consolidated circus and menagarie,” now’s his time. Mr. Lorillard, of the yacht Meteor, has issued a challenge for an ocean race, to take place this autumn or next spring, the stakes to be 84,000. —A new' municipal Sunday regulation, closing all the barber shops and clearing the bootblacks off the streets of Washington, D. C„ went into effect in that city on the 25th ult. —Dickens is said to quote but little from the writings of others; but when he. does quote, it is in a majority of cases from the sacred Scriptures. —The Cincinnati Enquirer claims to have advices from all parts of Ohio, which amount to positive •< a- ..MO Pendleton by a large majority. —Professor J. R. Seeley, author of “Eecei Homo’’ and Professor of Latin in Univer sity College, London, has been appointed to the Regius Professorship of History in ; Cambridge, made vacant by the resignation of Canon Kingsley. —A marriage on horseback is announced as about to take place in Holmes countv, Oliio. The ceremony is to be performed on the second day of the county fair —an occasion which usually attracts thousands of specta tors. —The steamer China, from San Francisco I for Yokohama and Hong Kong, October 4, carried 8337,000 in treasure, of which 8309,- 000 is for Hong Kong ; also 850 passengers, of whom 800 were Chinese, and a large delegation of missionaries. —l’isk, Jr., has sued Mr. Corbin, the President’s brother-in-law, for 8300,000 dif ference on gold alleged to have been bought ami sold during the lute speculation in New York. -—The New York Republican State Cen tral (lomrnittee yesterday nominated General Franz Sigel, of Westchester county, for Secretary of State, and Horace Greeley for State Comptroller. —A jealous Chinaman, living in New York, killed his wife and a man who had been hoarding at his house, Tuesday night, and then put an end to his own existence with tiie same knife he had used in killing them, —Not long ago the workmen in a great powder factory in England, were stopped and searched just as they were entering the works. Fifty-eight of them were found to have in their possession, tobacco, pipes and matches, and were immediately discharged. —Specie to the amount of £139,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank of England for New York. Large amounts have also been drawn from the Bank of France for the same destination. —Three Attorneys of the Supreme Court of New York have been summoned to appear before the General Term in November, to show cause why their names should not be stricken from the roll for conspiring to ob tain a divorce by perjury and fraudulent concealment. —A violent earthquake shock was felt at Fort Fillmore, Utah, on Friday evening, the Bth ultimo. The State House rocked and trembled for five seconds, and general con sternation prevailed throughout the city. The shock, which was the most severe which hus been felt in the Territory siuee its set tlement, lasted two minutes. —Letters said to have been received in Washington from Cuba, represent the Amer icans in the Cuban army as anxious to leave, being subjected to injustice and cruelty, j They are required to take the front in bat tle, and if captured are shot by the Span arils, and are even assassinated by their Cu ban comrades. -Tlit! Little Back Liberal says that (iov orunr Clayton has issued orders for the fnud - ' ,of 'll" tilt* olltst:unli***rf : ''"bteilllfSS i.l ArKansas, nun it endorses Ins action ils re moving tin* last impediment in the way of some of the most important railway miter prizes in the State. Eight of the nine soldiers under arrest for being engaged in tho Yerger conspiracy were, on Friday, removed to the State Pen itentiary. Tho other prisoner is sick in camp. So further arrests have been made. There is good reason to believe, it is ..aid, that New York parties were interested in the attempted escape. —John Bowen, the man who confessed having displaced a rail, thereby causing the terrible railroad disaster at Carr's Rock, bv which twenty-seven lives were lost, was on Saturday sentenced at Milford, Penn., to fifteen years’ imprisonment and to pay it tine of $510,000. —The debt statement for the Ist will show, it is reported, a further decrease of several millions, though the precise amount cannot yet be given. The receipts of Internal Rev enue for September. reach nearly $13,- 000,000, or about three millions more than in the corresponding month of 1868. —Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Stewart are making extensive preparations for opening their new fifteen hundred thousand dollar residence on | Fifth Avenue. They will exhibit on the oc casion a table service of solid silver lined' with gold and costing about eight thousand dollars. —William Tracey is the name of an esti mable keeper who lias just been dismissed from a Yorkshire insane asylum, because, when it was Ins duty to give a patient a warm bath, he deputed the task to two lunatics, who boiled the man to death. —A fearful and most destructive tornado swept over u portion of New Hanover county, N. C.. a few days since. A corres pondent of the Wilmington Journal says, although of short duration it was fully equal to those of .South America. —-While one of his pensioners was dying, a clergyman in Miller county, California, while leaning against a bureau and praying, abstracted from the drawer “two heavy, old fashioned silver spoons,” and carried them away. The truly loyal people of that vicin ity, if any there he, should procure his ap pointment as a military commander of a Southern State, or elect him to represent great moral ideas in Congress. —Dr C F Hall, the Arctic explorer has arrivi <1 at New Bedford, Mass., in the ship rt/i.o Gibbs. from Repulse Bay, Greenland. He b rings with him two Esquimaux and their daughters, and many interesting relics of Sir John Franklin’s expedition, having made important discoveries during his five years’ sojourn in the Arctic regions. Dr. Hall will soon make a report of his explorations to his friend. Mr. Henry Grinnell, which will be given to the p thlic through the Press. —A special dispatch from Omaha says that reports received at headquarters from the Pawnee Reservation state that quiet is fa„> '!• 1 ril ‘ Sioux afters lively «l imilo, »ith the Pawnees, tied before the arrival of the cavalry, who persued them nearly thirty miles. fine Pawnee was killed and several were wounded. The Pawdees claim to have killed and wounded half a dozen Sioux. The public debt of Virginia is attracting much attention in that State, it being very large, the accumulated interest of eight years having been added to the original and ‘bt, through the inability of the State to pay it The Petersburg Index insists that West Virginia is in law and morals bound to b >ar her proportionate share of the debt, and it suggests that Commissioners be ap pointed to take the subject into considera tion and fully empowered to treat with the new State. —Northern advices to Aug. 5 have been received at San Francisco, which state that the ice in Behring’s Sea has been heavy during the present season, and the copper of many of the vessels in the whaling fleet badly damaged. The Western Union Tele graph buildings, at Plover Bay, have been plundered and destroyed by the natives. —At the recent distribution of honors on the fete day of Napoleon 1.. the Emperor promoted to the grade of officer of the Le gion of Honor Mons. Alphonso de La Forest, who was for thirteen years French Consul at Philadelphia, and is at present Acting . Consul at New York. —Dr. Albert T. Simmons, a skillful physi cian, went from this country in 1856 to Cuba, where he practiced his profession very suc cessfully until the present revolution broke out in the island, when, having gone from Puerto Principe to Santiago de Cuba on professional business, he was arrested and thrown into prison by the Spaniards on a charge of disloyalty. Having been kept in prison for six months, he was released, and has now returned to the United States. He is now in New York, and will institute an in ternational suit against the Spanish Govern ment for S >OO.OOO damages. It is said that the Spanish gunboats now being built in American waters, will be attached to await tne trial of the case. Dr. Simmons is a na ue Ontario county. New York, and when a young man went to Mississippi, where he became editor and propnetor of the Vicks wSaEsiS 1 *- to The Administration j n a Tight The Washington Adimnistraiiou m u*t be rn.we puzzled and perplexed at this moment than even when the Congressional plan of reconstruction was first propose The Cuban question must be cruelly harassing, and those unquiet patriots with their juntas and envoys, with their New York Sun, and Mr. Greeley, will not give them a moment’s rest. Grant wants to recognize the belligerent rights of the patriots. His sympathies are all with the fiilibusters. Had not the United States elevated him to his present position er rather had he been now a plain citizen of Galena, the probability is that he would be now commanding a brigade or a regiment of shoe and breeehesless patriots in the neigh borhood of Los Tunas. But Spain objects decidedly to the recognition of the fillibus ters, Great Britain and France object, Sec retary Fish is said to object, and then Charles Sumner objects, and recently read a long speech on the subject setting forth the rea sonsjfor his objections under several clear but rather tedious headings. Grant would not care one cent for Spain, and would speedily tell John Bull and the “frog-eating Frenchmen” to mind their own business. He could dismiss Fish and : give his place to the man who subscribed the Hext highest sum, and he could induce Sumner, by asking him to supper, and tell ing him that he is a “great scholar," to withhold his speech and sustain the adniin recognizes the Cuban patriots as bel ligerents, he knocks the legs from under the Alabama claims, gives Eng land a receipt in full for Sumner’s bill, and does not receive one cent in money, and makes the United States appear more ridiculous and absurdly inconsequent in her policy than Radical ingenuity has yet sue- J ceeded in making them. When Great Britain and France recog nized the Confederate States as a belligerent I power, the Confederacy had undisturbed! possession of eleven States, far larger in ter-1 ritorial extent than the whole continent of j j Europe. It had a government perfect in all j j its branches. It contained a population of : ten millions of w hite men, and it had a pow-; rful and victorious army, led by some of; ! the greatest Captains which any age has j produced. But in recognizing this power! .as a belligerent, England is said to have j j committed an act of hostility against the j fnendly United States, for which she must i publicly apologize and admit her error, and in allowing an English ship-builder to fit out a vessel, sell her to the Confederate agents and send her to a foreign port where her peaceful eharaeter is changed to that ot a vessel of war, which destroys the com raerce of the United States and scares the whole American Navy, England is now re | quired to pay over as money damages a bil ! lion or two in gold “coin of the realm.” If Grant recognizes the Cespedes raga j muffins and free negroes, constituting the ! Cuban patriots, who have no government, hold little or no territory, have no army j deserving the name, and have nothing but Thomas Jordan to command it, all ground lof complaint against Great Britain falls to ! the ground at once, for the United States ] will have committed a far more grievous act of hostility against Spain than any that Great Britain is alleged to have committed against the United States. Then, if the United States allow, (as th newspaper accounts from Washington say they will,) the Cuba, or the Hornet, to goto' sea to depredate upon the Spanish com-; meree and convoy hostile vessels into Cuban ports, ou the ground that she is the armed | vessel of a recognized belligerent, Mr. Sum ner must tear up his little bill or give John ! Bull a receipt in full, with any quanity of internal revenue stamps aunexed, and Mr.! Motley must be instructed to withdraw the demand for an apology, regret > Either the United States must refuse to recognize the patriots as a belligerent power, and must seize and detain the Hornet as a “pirate,” (was not that the name given bv Seward and the North generally to the Ala bama?) or they must abandon the Alabama j claims. There is no escape from the dilem ma, anil however General Grant’s predilec tions may impel him to “pitch in” for thei patriots, however much Mr. Fish may be | I perplexed, and Mr. Routwell may see no oth er outlet for escape but his “hole in the sky,” they can do nothing but let the Alabama j claims go the moment they order the re lease of the Hornet as a Cuban vessel of war. She formerly belonged to the U. S. j Government, (the Alabama only belonged to a British ship-builder.) She left Gar- I dener’s Island in New York harbor for a cruise, and now she a j .pears armed with seven sixty-eight pounders in broadside battery, and one one-hundred pound parrott, “with a complete equipment of a corsair.” Wo are told, also, that her mission is to capture: Spanish merchantmen, attack Spanish ves sels, destroy transports and set fire to and sink what she cannot carry as prizes into Mexican ports. This was precisely what the Alabama did, and she is called to this day a pirate, and her gallant commander, Admiral Semmos, is called the pirate Semmes. And yet the N. Y. Sun informe us that she is no pirate, not even a privateer, but “a regularly commis sioned Cuban man of war.” Rather Mixed.— Our reporter got his notice of Mr. Brantley’s cotton “rather mixed” in yesterday's paper. He said: “Last year Mr, Brantley raised from seven to eight bales to the acre, and sold at twenty-one cents per pound. This year the same quality of cotton brought thirty centsi very readily, and the crops were equally prosperous. Two thousand pounds of seed j were raised to the acre.” Tho facts of the case are tliat last year Mr. Brantley raised two thousand pounds of seed cotton to the acre, which readily brought 30 cents per pound, while other cottons sold at 21 to 21 ) v cents. This year he makes about seven or eight bales of this cotton, all told. Mr. Brantley has only ft small experi mental farm, and rather limited experience) in cotton planting ; but he claims, and re sells establish the justice of his claims, that his experiments with this cotton have been j; a marked success. Fisk and Corbin. The contest between Mr. Fisk and Mr. Corbin, Grant's brother-in-law, in regard to the late gold transactions in New York, ex cites a good deal of attention. One differ ence between the two in the management of the controversy is particularly observable. Fisk fortifies by strong affidavits all that he savs, whereas Corbin expects the public to rely upon his simple statements, not only unsubstantiated by any testimony whatever, but contradicted *by sworn witnesses of at least as high character as his own. Cer tainly no unprejudiced man can have read the publications, thus fur made, without coming to the conclusion that Corbin has deliberately stated falsehoods, and that he w:us as deeply involved in the criminal gold speculations as any other financial operator in New York, if not as deeply as any half dozen. Do the shafts that fly so thickly and closely around the President’s head leave it undamaged?— Louisville Courier- Journal. The triangular quarrel between Mr. Fisk, ; jri Mr. Grant and Mr. Corbin is growing lively tor the former two parsons. Whereas Mr. Grant'denies having held any communica tion with Mr Fisk or any of his coadjutors, concerning the condition of the gold mar ket, and Mr. Corbin denies having conferred with Mr. I isk on finance “ from the com mencement of the gold speculation until it broke. Mr. Fisk produces a witness to declare that he carried a letter from Mr. Corbin, in New York, for Messrs. l i>k and Gould, to Mr. Grant, in Pennsylvania, on the 10th of September. It is notable that this statement is consistent with Mr. Cor bin’s parted denial, and it now devolves upon Mr. Grant to reveal the purport of the j letter which Mr. Corbin wrote, and which Mr. Fisk and Mr. Gould were so extremely anxiously to have safely delivered. —Nem York World. —The Senate and Corps Legislate of France have been convoked to meet on the 29th of November. Tlk President and the Gold Gam bler*. It is one of the most alarming proofs of the demoralization of the times, and of the diseased condition of the public mind, that the President of the United States, whose character and position should elevate him far above all possible suspicion of dishonesty or fraud, is now openly accused of mercenary and corrupt interference in the recent gold gambling operation in New York. Former Presidents have been abused and slandered by political opponents for j»arty purposes ; i have been accused of abuse of power in the interest of their party, and their use of their official patronage has been violently con demned ; but never until now has the Chief Magistrate of this great Republic been charged with using the power and money of the Government to advance the interests of stock operators for personal profit. We confess that, while we are not of Gen eral Grant’s admirers, and have seen much in liis administration of the Government which it has been our duty to condemn, we are not willing to believe that he could be induced to lend himself to the commission of so basely criminal an act as that of which he is cliarged by individuals and presses of his own party. His brother-in-law appears beyond a doubt to have lieen largely involv ed in the gold gambling in partnership with the notorious Fisk. It appears that after a visit to Washington, where he saw and con ferred with the President, he originated the - - 1 ' <t.,M «involutions of the last fortnight; but there is no evidence sufficiently strong ito Implicate tiie rnxmcua ui ms gum, or even to show that it was in consequence of information given him by the President, with any knowledge of his purpose, that he i framed the scheme which he and Fisk sub sequently attempted to carry out. It is! incredible that General Grant, fond as he j may be of money, or anxious as he may be i to amass a large fortune, could have had any knowledge of the plan which was con cocted, much less have agreed to use the money in the Treasury to aid in its execu tion. To suppose him capable of such an act, is to suppose him capable of playing for money with marked cards, or of regulating I his play by the signs of an accomplice who was looking into his adversary’s hand. It is worse, for cheating at cards only involves ! the injury done to an individual, while the ' gold gambling scheme of Corbin & Fisk, as ;it is described by the papers, involved the | certain ruin of thousands of innocent per | sons, without the risk of a cent on the part lof the gamblers. For the country’s sake,— ■ for General Grant’s sake, we cannot allow I ourselves for a moment to credit so mon strous a charge. General Grant may have acted imprudently in communicating to his brother-in-law his purpose to interfere be tween the bulls and bears of the stock market, and he certainly was very imprudent in permitting such an interference, however good his motive, but that his interference was a conspiracy, in order to put millions of dollars in his own pocket, or in that of liis brother-in-law, or of any body else, is a charge which can not be believed, until posi | tive, overwhelming proof is adduced, which would render doubt impossible. | It is, however, General Grant’s own fault, J that such charges are made. Ever since he i has occupied the Presidential chair, contrary j to the invariable practice of all his predeces- j ( sors, and contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of his official obligation, he has con- I tinually received presents of large value, — houses, lands, horses, plate and other; things,—and he has also rewarded the do-' nors by appointments to the highest and; most responsible offices in the Government. He has been ridiculed, and censured by I friends and foes for this unfortunate depar ture from the rigid rule of former Presidents, j until the public mind lias received the im pression that patronage was purchaseable, and that without gifts no office was attaina-! • Wla W■>,! Kn / 1 - r si I i to receive one cent beyond his official salary j -as established by law; had he returned the J presents offered to him, and had he forbid den his friends and admirers to thus expose , him to censure and misapprehension, no one j would have dared to utter the terrible j | charge which is now freely circulated, and which, innocent though he may be, and, we | believe is, will forever damage his character and impair his usefulness; for the President jof the United States, like Carsar's wife, 1 : should not only be blameless, but be above i j suspicion. The times are certainly evil when | ■ such things can be “without our special; wonder.” From Old Houston. Pery, Goroy, Ocktobur 6, 1800 & 69. Mister editor: Az i havent saw nothin from this 'ere place in yore papir fur sum j time past, i take mi seet bi the winder this j pleazant ocktobur mornin 2 rite yu a fu lines, 2 let you no how weuns is gettin along. : The Stait of the conditions of Old Houston is rayther juberus now. Az yu liav heerd our stapil crop of cottin iz cut short hi the dri wether, whiteli iz verry bail on farmers, wiiitch is verry bad on the stokeepers, be case tha kant pa al tliear sto ackounts, whitek ,is bad on al uther klassis us peepil whitch we all hate verry mutch, the corn craps iz knot es good as tha would hav bin es tha had bin better, the hogs is dvin us the kolera and niggers and cornsumpshun. the Free Niggers is duing purty well at woikpikkin cottin, but es we kuld maik cm june, as our kassaickal nalmr kal more sez, rolens bolens, tha wood doo bettir. the Wirnmin wont j work none es tha can help it—except tliear jaws a eatin and a jawin at ever nigger that passis. The most interestinest item of nuse is that our nu post offis keaper has come last Saturday waz the fust time he opined the male, k he got everything mixt up hoky poky sow that every body got out even body clses male and things & when he koodent find nothin nobody wanted He Let us go in and luk for our own male, as i waz lookin fur a letter & koodent find it, i thot may be tlin had sent it wrong k rote somebody elses name on the back, So i got 1 k looked, butt it warent mine, the rale rode ecksitement haint dide Out yet, thar kan be no dout in annv intelligant miud that it will bee bilt-ef itt' ever iz, and then when wee git-thecharter far the Streat j bass kars two run up bi the fee-mail kal ligc, two eonnekt-with the kannal runnin up A down the branch, what the irslimen dug last-yere, pery will 1 to luk like bizneaa, In addislmm too that our distingeuished folle’r sitizen mr Dasliier keaps a batto run nin regularly on the big injun, yours kc k so on cue clucks r. S. Rufus (kolerd), our enterprisin ta ler, haz on hand sum nu stile insurance agt 4 lawyers caps, the bear shoad kail sune A git one, prize 25 sents, let us hav piece. C. C. tj In Bad Taste. ’ The following paragraph is going the ' round of the newspapers in various shapes: “John C. Breckinridge, having been re cently addressed as ‘General’ by a Judge in a Kentucky Court, Breckinridge suggested that hereafter all military titles be disregard ed in the court room. The Judge said he acquiesced with pleasure.” We do not believe such an incident ever transpired; but if so, nothing could have been in worse taste, coming from General Breckinridge, and we regret and deprecate the construction that may be placed upon it. It looks like a disposition to repudiate his title as a Confederate General, by which he lias rendered his name illustrious, and which ' was the noblest commission he ever held in liis life. The Southern people have accept ed the political consequences of the disas trous termination of the war; but no matter what a small number of trading politicians among us have done or may do, they neither regret nor are ashamed, in conseienes or principle, of anything connected with their great and glorious effort to defend their liberties, their property and their civiliza tion from wanton attack and calamitous sub version. A Confederate General who fought at Shiloh, Chieamauga, Murfreesboro. Cold Harbor and on a dozen other great battle fields where Southern valor shone as con spicuous as mid-day, should not tarnish his brilliant reputation by indulging in any ser vile sentiment or act which may be possibly interpreted into an attempt to conciliate the present dominating influences in the coun try at the expense of the past. — Montgomery Advertiser. —A new and dangerous counterfeit 810 greenback has just appeared in Cincinnati. Ohio. Literal ? Note*. John Stuart Mill, the famous political economist, and for a short time a prominent member for the city of Westminster, in the British Parliament, has long been known to favor the new fang-led doctrined of Women’s Rights. In a small volume entitled “The Sutyedton of Women,” published by D. Ap pleton & Cos., he makes a full exposition of his views on the subject. Like everything from Mr. Mill’s pen, the book is well and forcibly written, and is well worth reading, even by those who are the most decidedly opposed to the unnatural doctrine, which amounts, in our opinion, to robbing women ;of their greatest grace and most attractive: charm, by taking them out of the sphere of their sex, and imposing upon them duties and responsibilities for which nature never fitted them. Mr. Mill makes no particular reference to female suffrage. He does not so much allude ;to this or that ‘ ‘right” which society now denies to women, as to the general in j ustiee of the position which she has been compelled to occupy. He does not demand for her any ! special privileges so much as he exposes the prevalent ignorance of woman’s nature and the mass of prejudices by which her liberty is restrained. He refuses resolutely to admit the old argument, that woman’s sphere must he confined to its present limits on account of her physical inferiority, because he main tains that that inferiority is the consequence and not the cause of the constraints which society has placed upon her action. So long as she continues subject ana lmenui ~ so long is it, he holds, impossible to decide whether or not she is naturally physically inferior. He says: "One thing wa may be certain of, that what is contrary to woman’s nature to do, they never will; be made to do by simpiy giving their nature free play. The anxiety of mankind to interfere in be-; 1 half of nature, for fear lest nature should not sue- ] ceed in effecting its purpose, is an altogether un | necessary solicitude. What women by nature can not do, it is quite superfluous to forbid them from doing. What they can do, hut not so well as the men who are their competitors, competition suf flees to excuse them from ; since nobody asks for proteciive duties and bounties in favor of women ; it is only asked that the present bounties and pro tective duties in favor of men should be recalled If women have a greater natural inclination for some things thau for others, there is no need of laws or social inculcation to make the majority of them do the former in preference to the latter. Whatever women’s services arc most wanted for, the tree play of competition will hold out the j-trongest inducements to them to undertake. I And, us the words imply, they are most wanted for ; the things for which tnej are most lit; by the ap portionment of which to them, the collective ! faculties of the two sexes can be applied on the whole with the greatest sum of valuable result.” j Mr. Mill's book applies more particularly to England than to this country ; but the general principles which it contains apply to all countries. The argument is forcible, even where it is not convincing. He does not attempt to decide the question of what rights should be accorded to women—he only seeks to set forth the fact that in his opinion, they are unjustly and ignorantly ! deprived of liberties which are imposed upon | them through a false conception of their na ture and capabilities. He evidently seeks more to clear a field for inquiry than to settle J the question. j Madame Fifty Millions is the title of a I novel by the Countess Dash, translated by i somebody who knows very little of the art of rendering the genius and idiomatic force; iof one language in another, and published I jby D. Appleton & Cos. The novel is the | story of the life of the Mancinis, the nieces ;of the famous Cardinal Mazarin, one of ; whom was said to have inherited fifty mil lions, and is highly sensational even where the incidents are historically true. The Appletons’ House are also issuing, in ! rapid succession, a very neatly executed and! surprisingly cheap paper covered edition of I the inimitable works of Thackeray. It is many years since we read them. Those which are now before us recall pleas ! ant daysof the past when the “ Yellow-plush | papers,” “The Book of Snobs,” and a “Shabby-genteel Story,” made the English i •‘PUilimr woi'lil lull<»ll r lV\ 4Ua mnn ni ■ i tion they fill the place of new novels. We greet them as old friends, though they ap pear in cheap clothes. Found Bead, by the author of Carlyon's Year, Harper & Brothers, publishers, is a f decidedly sensational novel, but it is a well written story, of which,the plot is natural; and well developed, displaying more talent and skill than any of the author’s previous; works. i Harpers’ Handbook for Traveler’s in Eu rope, (for 1869,) by W. Pembroke Fetridge, is an admirable book of its kind, and must | be a sine qwi non to every American travel j iug in Europe. Less ponderous, cheaper, more condensed than the famous Red Mur ray’s handbooks, and it is quite as accurate. It is strongly bound in morocco, with a flap like a pocket-book, and contains pockets for maps and passports. It is the best Travel | er's Handbook we have seen. Those enterprising and capable publish ers, Messrs. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia, sends us “Laura, the History' of a Blighted Life," by L. 0. H., which is a well written story of every day life—the scene of which is in France and this country. The book is more than readable—it is inter esting. The same publishers sends us “Plain Edu cational Talh with Barents and Teachers ,” by Albert X. Raub. This is a series of well arranged lectures on educational matters, which show thought and mastery of his subject, and cannot fail to interest and in \ struct those to whom they are addressed, namely, parents and teachers. We have a number of other books on our table, which we have not had the time to examine carefully. We propose shortly to notice them as in our opinion they deserve. Aiii'aculoiis Escape. A CARRIAGE CONTAINING FOUR PERSONS TORN TO FRAGMENTS BY A RAILROAD TRAIN. From the Nashville Banner, Oet 7. One of the most wonderful and unprece dented escapes from a horrible death that was probably ever recorded, occurred at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, on the Louisville and Memphis Railroad. While the train was rushing at full speed, within a short distance! of Russellville, Ivy., and near the crossing of a country road, a carriage, drawn by two mules, and containing four persons, sudden ly appeared upon the tract Tko oagkiMt was horrified at the sight. He shuddered as he blew “down brakes,” and reversed hisi ; engine. The carriage seemed to stand still, while the train swept on, threatening to carry with it destruction and death. No thing could stay its swift course. There was a crash. The carriage was torn into fragments. Two of the inmates, a lady and gentleman, were carried a distance of i one hundred and fifty yards on the cow catcher, and dropped into a cow gap. The other two, a gentleman and lady, rode on the cow-catcher, to which they clung with the tenacity of desperation for the distance of one hundred yards beyond, when the train was finally'checked' and they were 1 taken off. Had not the two first fallen into 1 the gap. they would have inevitably been 1 crushed underneath the wheels of the train. 1 The escape seems providential and rniracu lous. ( The frame of the carriage, having first come in contact with the locomotive, broke the fore of the collision, and they were dropped, as it were, on the cow-catcher as the train passed on. This is the only way in which their escape can be accounted. Strange to say, they were only slightly bruised. W hen the carriage was struck it was tom loose from the mnles, which had just passed over the track sufficiently far to miss the train. The animals, becoming frightened, ran away toward Russellville. The two gen tlemen and ladies were cousins, and were on their way to that place when they were overtaken by what might have proved a ter rible catastrophe. A Xew Agricultural Paper. By reference to oar advertising columns, it will be seen that Messrs. J. W. Burke cc Cos. will com mence publishing, on the 15th day of November, a paper of thirty-two page?. to be called the Southern Farm and Home. Every farmer in the South should send in his subscription price, (only two dollars,, in advance), so as to take it from the commence ment. An English druggist proposes that, in ad dition to the word “poison,” the labels on the bottles or packages containing poison, should have printed on their margins the appropriate antidotes for each class of poison, iTATE NEWS. Savaubatu . The Savomah papers publish a card from lorty-lkee colored men who desire to make it knorn to the public that they will no longer at with the Radical partv. but will vote thi Conservative ticket for Mayor and Aldernuii at she municipal election to day. The KepuJican warns the public against two Y’ankees one calling himself W. D. W est lake, and th« other J. Bergman, who arrived at the Pulasii House on the 29th ultimo, with a very large and heavy trunk which taxed the egiaeity of two stalwart porters to • the utmost -xtent to carry up-stairs to the : room w hich they engaged. They then pro ceeded to ejrry out a plan which they had formed to swindle the merchants and busi ness men if Savannah. They propose to get up a la%;e advertising sheet, in which the business cJrds of the merchants and business men were to be inserted for a consideration, which advertising sheet they engaged to post up at three thousand railroad stations. They also went to the job office of Mr. Purse, and contracted with him to print the adver | tising sheets for them. It also appears that they had an empty trunk at- the railroad de pot, to which they were gradually transfer ring the contents of the trunk at the Pulaski House. They succeeded in bleeding the merchant* to the amount of some three hundred dollars for inserting their business cards in their advertising sheet. Yesterday some gentleman thought he “smelt a mice,” and went to Mr. Purse and ascertained that these Y’ankees had only contracted for the printing of tiro hundred of their advertising sheets. The swindlers, finding that their rascality was about to be disclosed, left for parts unknown, with all the money collected ,»nd paying their hotel bill, or pay ing the ffruni at ifie "railroatl depot to | Charleston. The Radical candidate for Mayor, Charles H. Hopkins, requested that a separate ballot box be set apart for the colored voters at the municipal election. The communication was referred to the Board of Magistrates, j who desposed of the request by saying that ‘‘there would be no distinction on account of color.” The British bark Kentville, cleared for Liverpool on Friday, with a cargo of upland 1 cotton consisting of 2,300 bales, the weight of the same being 1,078,859 pounds, and the value 8290,028 70. This is the first foreign clearance of the season. D. Walsh, one of the Radical candidates for Mayor, withdrew his name on Saturday. Atlanta. The Constitution of Friday, publishes letters from State Treasurer Angier and H. Potash Farrow, Attorney General. The Treasurer denies being interested in the result of the Mitchell suit, unless the State fails ; and the Attorney General demands inquiry into his official acts. Tito Constitution gives an extended account of the doings of a mad cow, on Joy street, Thursday afternoon. She took possession of the side-walk, slinging the dogs right and left, hooking at trees and gate-posts, or any thing else offering an obstacle to her pro gress. An unfortunate baby, left in its car riage by its cowardly nurse, was pitched away, carriage and all, several feet by a toss I from the cow’s horns, but fortunately was rescued without injury. A Grecian bend, whose proprietor happily escaped by a gate way, was carried in triumph upon the vic tor's horn, while a stalwart darkey, armed with a spade, was knocked half way across the street, in a courageous attempt to stop the onward course of the rolickiug boviue. The Intelligencer says that moles are bring ing prices in that mai-ket; that there are no good vacant stores in the city, and a number are occupied that are not completed ; that a velocipede rink will pe opened in the city soon, and that a balcony is being added to the Calhoun House. The Constitution says the Rev. C. W. Howard has discovered coal in twenty miles of the State road, in Upper Georgia ; also, immeasurable iron. The Era says Mr. Bullock, the so-called! Governor, accompanied by liis family, lias! gone to attend the Southern Commercial j Convention to be held at Louisville to-day. Augusta The Chronicle and Sentinel notices the ar rival of Mr. Robinson, of Brooklyn, the purchaser of the Twiggs plantation, near that city, to take possession of his pur chase, for which he has paid 821,000. Mr. j R. states that ha has cast his lot in this MfeSiih. 4 * The Augusta, to George Harrison, of Troy, New York, for 83,500 cash, is also reported. From the same paper we learn that the Cox lands sold in Morgan county, on the sth inst., brought an average of 85 33 per acre, which is considered remarkably low. The Constitutionalist, says the Augusta! Quartette Club have determined to be rep resented in the singing festival at the State Fair. The Agricultural Society of Richmond j County met at the City Hall on Saturday, and appointed twenty-nine delegates to the State Fair. Columbus. The Sun says it will take a week’s heavy rain to make the river navigable. A beer saloon with waiter girls, has been | established in Columbus. At the Columbus Board of Trade Wednes day night, it was thought, by representing fully the immense amount of coal that would lie consumed in Columbus, that through freight arrangements could be made so that coal could be sold there at eight dollars per j ton, and that if this could be done the Eagle and Phenix manufactory and other large establishments, and the citizens generally, would use it in preference to wood. Private letters received at Columbus from Florida state that the work of building a railroad from Quincy to Chattahoochee, a distance of twenty-two miles, has already been commenced, and will probably be fin ished in a few months. The Montgomery and West Point road have placed three new and beautiful engines on their road. LaUrnnge. The Reporter is reliably informed that a Base Ball Tournament will be held during the Fair at Macon. The same paper reports that on Tuesday last, the Troup County Agricultural Society had a meeting at the Court House in La- Grange, which was addressed by Col. D. W. Lewis, the Secretary of the State Agriculto- Society. The citizens of Merriwetker have formed an Agricultural Club, which was organized at Greenville on Tuesday last. Dalton. The North Georgia Citizen learns that tho work on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail road is progressing rapidly. The Company expect to run the first train through from ; Selma to Dalton by the first of January. Mr. Wm. Downs, a conductor of a freight train on the above road, met with a very serious accident at Kingston on the first instant. He was standing at the door of his cab, and a passing car on a side track, which he did not see, knocked him off, striking him on the head, injuring him severely, if not fatally, about the head and back. A meeting of citizens was held at the Court-house on Saturday night last, to con- j: sider the subject of building anew academy .Miscellaneous. The Thomasville Enterprise says the Sher iff’s sales there on the first Tuesday of the! month, indicate advancement in the price i of city property as well as demand for store 1 houses. There is not a vacant store to be had in the town and still there is room wan ted. The Newnan Herald contains an account of a difficulty which took place on the plan tation of our friend Jas. P. Askew, in this county, which resulted in the serious wound ing of two of the party engaged in it—a Mr. N. S. Gosa and his son. The difficulty grew out of a dispute about a crop on rented land. The Rome Courier gives the following: Corn retailing from store, 81 25 per bushel. Meal 81 35 per bushel. Flour 84 to 450 per hundred. Bacon 24c per pound. Butter 50c per pound. Eggs 35c per doz. Green apples, 82 50 per bushel. Sweet and Irish potatoes, SI 75 to $2 00 per bushel. The Athens Banner learns that the dwell ing on Dr. Price's plantation, near High Shoals, in which was stored about 8,000 pounds of ungiuned cotton and a quantity of wheat and bacon, was consumed by fire i on Saturday, the 2d instant. The fire is sup- ! posed to have been the work of an incen diary. The W ashington Gazette is pleased to an nounce the rapid convalescence of General Robert Tooaibs from his recent severe ill ness. On Sunday night he was so very low as to cause serious anxiety to his friends. I)r. Steiner, of Augusta, was telegraphed for, but the disease was so rapid in its work ings, that the crisis was over and the Gen eral already on the mend, before the Doctor arrived on Monday. Since that time he has been steadily improving, and we sincerely congratulate his many friends upon the happy prospect of his recovery. The Sparta Journal notices the arrest of two supposed criminals on Monday last. They are believed to be John M. Tidwell and' Alexander Mobley, who had escaped from Merriwether conntv, and for whom a reward had been offered dv the Governor, 'letting of Executive Committee State Agricultural Society. OrncE weorola State Agricultural Society, i Macon, October 7, 1869. j At a called meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the State Agricultural Society in this city to be held to-day, there were present the fol lowing members: Messrs. J. H. Fitten, Joseph B Jones, of Burke; Dr. J. S. Hamilton, of Clarke; Josiah Wilsman, of Crawford; Samuel ,1. Gustin, of Bibb; James A. Miller, of Houston: James A. Nlsbet, of Dude; George S. Obear, of Bibb; W. J. Russell, of Clarke; J. D. Smith, of Houston; Col. T J. Smith, of Washington; Capt. B. A. True, of Morgan; Col. John S. Thomas, of Bald win; Mr. D. tv. Vischer, of Houston. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. C. W. Howard, being absent, and Mr. Yancey, the Presi dent of the Society being present, he was unani mously requested to serve the Committee as its Chairman, and consented to do so. The Secretary being called upon for business to lay before Committee, stated that the Premium List in several features needs revision. Mr. Jones, of Burke, then moved that tlis pre miums for Devon cattle be made equal to the pre miums of other cattle, which was agreed to. Mr. White makes the premium for Devon cattle , read as follows : For the best Devon bull, three years old or upwards, Silver Pitcher 820 00 For the second best Devon bull, three years old or uuwards, Silver Cup 10 00 For the best bull, two years old or upwards, Pitcher 15 00 For the best bull, one to two years old. Cup 10 00 For the best cow, three vears old or up wards, Cup 10 00 For the second best cow, three years old or upwards, Plate 5 00 For the best heifer, two to three years old, ! Cup os 19 00 For tne best.heifer, one to two years old, Plate or * 5 00 Mr. Yancey moved the addition of tlio following premiums to the list. Agreed: For the best sample of leaf tobacco of five pounds, Plate or $ 5 00 FINE ARTS. For the best painting in oil, the subject by the author 10 00 Mr. N isbet moved the following additional pre-! mium, in resolution, as follows: Whereas, There is danger that the planting in terests may suffer from the combination of capital In the f -rm of ‘-cotton rings,” the obj ct of which is to reduce the price of cotton in the hands of the i planter, that speculators may protit by his loss; Therefore, Resolved, That a premium of one hundred dol lars be offered for best essay on the policy planter should adopt to protect themselves thej combinations of speculators and capitalists—Pre mium SIOO. Mr. Yisclier moved the following additional pre mium in the class of Premiums for horses of all work —agreed to. For the best gelding 10 00 Mr. Vischer moved that anew class of premiums be adopted, to-wit: For Georgia horses of all work—and that the premiums offered for horses of all work, open to the world, be adopted as the premiums for Georgia horses of all wo.k—agreed to GEORGIA HORSES FOR ALL WORK. For the best stallion over 4 years —Pitcher.. 20 00 For 2d “ “ “ “years—Cup 10 00 For the best stallion over 3 and 4 years 10 00 For 2d “ “ “ “ “years 500 For the best stallion over 2 and 3years 5 00 For the best horse colt over 6 months 5 00 For the best biood marc, with colt 20 00, For 2d “ “ “ “ colt 10 001 For the best mare 4 years old and over 10 00 For 2d best mate 4 years old and over 5 Oo j For the best brood mare, with mule colt 10 00, For the best filly 3 years old 10 Ot) For ihe best tilly 2years old 8 00: For the best filly l year old. 5 00 For the best gelding * 10 00 On motion of Mr. Jones the premiums for fifth class (matched and single horses) was amended 60 as to strike out the word gelding, Which makes the prer. ium list read as follow's: 1. For the best pair of matched horses, raised in Georgia 20 00 2. For the best tingle harness horse, raised in j Georg.a 15 00 3. F«»i the best saddle horse,raised in Georgia 15 o>- 4. For the best heavy draft hor=>e, raised in Geor gia 15 Ui) The subject of the appointment of Judges being under consideration, on motion the subject was postponed till the session at night, and upon the invitation of the Mayor, the Committee agreed to j visit the Fair Ground at 3 o’clock. ‘ NIGHT SESSION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ) October 7, 18(>9. \ On motion of Mr. Russell os Clarke, the follow- 1 ! ing premiums were added to the list on M mufac- 1 ;turers : jFor the best bale of sheeting or shirting, made from Nos. 30 to 40—open to the world 10 00 For the best bale of yarn, No. 20—open to the world 10 00 On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Baldwin, the pre miums for velocipedistand gymnast were stricken circular of Secretary. The revised list of premi ums offerod by the Secretary now stands as fol lows : 1. For the best barrel of sorghm of ribbon and green cane raised in Georgia- 25 00 2. For the best barrel of syrup of same cane raised in Georgia \ 10 00. 3 For greatest yield of syrup per acre of same cane if) 00 4 For the greatest yield of sugar per acre.. 10 00 5. For the best barrel of sugar from the sor- China or Afric an sugar millet 25 00 6. For the best barrel of syrup from same cane 10 00 7. Fur the targes: yield per acre of sugar from same cane . 10 00 8 For the largest yield of syrup of same cane per acre ", io 00; 9. For the best gin for ginning upland long 10 00 j and short staple cotton 10 00 \ 10 For the best Dynamometer, to be tested with the plows on the ground, premium.. 10 00; 11...F0r the best large thoroughbred tilley, j 3"years old 8 00 : 12. For the best Knight in a Tournament,.. 20 00 13. For the second best Knight 10 001 14. For the most interesting collection of minerals anti fossils found in any one coun ty-exhibited lay an individual or county Ag ricultural Society 10 00 15 For the best collection of minerals and fos sils or either 10 00 1 16 For the greatest varieties of wood from any one county, the samples to be in sections sawed vertically to the grain, showing the annular rings of each tree, the sample to have a bark on it 10 00 On motion of Mr. Smith, of Washington, the following additional class premiums on horses was adopted—open to the world. For the fastest trotting single harness horse —open to the world 25 00 For the fastest pair of trotting harness horses —open to the world 10 00 For the best single harness horse 10 00 For the best pair harness horses 10 00 The Secretary asked the committee to consider j if any special privilege could be granted to county societies tenting on the ground. Whereupon the | following resolution, on motion of Mr. True, was! agreed to: Resolved, That the Society will furnish one tent • to each Agricultural Society camping on the grounds All Individuals so tenting to pay two dollars, except members of the State Agricultural Society. On motion of Col. Thomas, of Baldwin: Resolved, That the exhibitors dissatisfied with the award of any committee shall have the privi lege of appeal to a special committee, appointed by the President for the purpose. The letter of invitation to the Executive Com mittee to visit the Annual Fair of the Putnam County Agricultural Society being submitted, the following gentlemen were appointed a delegation for the purpose : Mr. Smith, of Washington; Mr. Gustin, of Bibb; Mr. B. T. Harris, Mr. D. W. Lewi?, and L'apt. B. H. True, of Morgan. Ttie following gentlemen were appointed mem bers of the ExeeutiveC'omn ittee of the State Atrri eultnral Society, to till vacancies : Colonel Juniu.- i Wingfield, of Putnam ; John Melllheney, of Mus cogee; A. V. Brumby, of Fulton. On motion o! Mr. Nisbet: Resolved, That the appointment of Judges be made by the Presid at, and any three members of this Committee, not exhibitors, to be selected by the President—Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Fitten aud Mr Nisbet. On motion, Dr. Holloman, of Crawford, was added to the committee to regulate the establish ment of booth? on the ground. On motion of Mr. Nisbet: Resolved, That W. K. deGruffenried, Col. W. C. Morrill, S. I. Gu-tin, Wm. F. Holt, C. A. Nutting A. O. Bacon. E. Winship. B. A Wise, A. L. Max well, B H. True, Wm. M. Brown, L N. Whittle and T. C. Nesbit be requested to receive and wel come our invited guests On motion of Captain B. H. True: Resolved, That Mr. J. V. Grier, of the citv of Macon, be appointed forage master for the Fair Grounds, with the exclusive righ.tosell hay and grain within the enclosure, subject to such regula tions as may be presented by a sub-committee ap pointed by the chair. Messrs. Obear, Gustiu and True wer - appointed the committee. By Mr. Yancey : Resolved. That having carefully inspected the Fair Grounds and Buildings, the Committee feel fully assured that they will be placed in suitable condition in ample time for the exhibition. By Mr. True : Resolved, That two Auctioneers be appointed to confer with exhibitors for the sale of all imple ments, goods to be brought on the ground for that purpose, and to sell the same. Auctioneers ap pointed are Messrs. Geo. M. Logan, of Bibb and Isaac Reese, of Morgan. By Mr. Nisbet: Resolved, That the Secretary “be instructed to make arrangements, by public renting or by eon tracts, for Resta wants on the Fair Grounds. Resolved further, 'lhat the Secretary make ar rangements for the board and lodgings of the Com mittee on the grounds during the Fair. By Mr. Nisbet: The policy of this Committee in extending invitations through our Secretary has been to bring to our Fair all men who sincere ly sympathize in our objects and aims. We neither on the one haod expect to entice distinguished men from distant States by what we have to ex hi lit, or on the other was it our design to - be ob sequious Their presence here is desired that they may see how quiet and peaceable, and how earnest and active our people are in building up their ma terial Interests. And especially do we desire the presence of persons from the States North and M of us, who are representative men, as guar antees and encouragement for exhibitors to come ! from their sections aud show us improved models ■ of Agricultural Implements, and Machinery, and i their thorough-bred stock. , Resolved, That our Fair Grounds are open to all I men of all section?, and we hereby give assurance to ail who attend that a cordial welcome awaits them. Resolved. That we earnestly hope the Press of cur Slate will recognize the correctness of the foregoing principles, and will give to our enter prise their support and co-operation By Mr. Yancey: Resolved, That the Secretary be iostructed to express to the Governor the appreciation of this committee for his ofler to send the cars of the W. & A. R. R. for iuvited guests to Lynchburg, and that the offer is and that he have similar instructions to mske like expressions to Superin tendents or Presidents of other roads who may make offer of their cars on liberal terms to bring invited guests from any direction. And that the gentleruau named in the resolution appointing the Committee of Reception be authorized to make any and all arrangements they may doera necessary, to make these offers available. By Dr. Holloman: Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to arrange anil publish all orders of the day for the business of the Society, for the speeches and lec tures and class, and for the other exercises and en tertainments expected and proposed to come oil' during the Fair. On motion, the Committee adjourned to meet in Macon, Wednesday, the 12th November. David \V. Lewis, Secretary. Ben* C. Yancey, Chairman. Mercer University. We are indebted to Mr. Williams, the Secretary, for the following report of proceedings taken by a number of prominent citizens of Macon, in regard to the removal of the Mercer University to this place. We reserve comment for lack of space in this issue: Councij. Chamber. 1 Macon, Ga., October 9, 1869. ) In pursuance of an invitation of a committee of the friends of Mercer University, a number of the citizens of the city convened this afternoon in the Council Chamber, to consult together as to the pro priety of making some effort to secure the removal of that institution to this city. The meeting was organized by calling Dr. D. W. 11 *“ «nA appointment of W. D. Williams as Secretary. On motion, Rev. Mr. Warren was invited to ex plain the object of the meeting, which he did, stating that the subject of the removal of Mercer University was under consideration by the trustees and denomination having the control of it, and that in all probability the institution would be removed to some locality other than the one it now occupies, and in view of that event he took occa sion to urge the propriety of this meeting insti tuting some measures lo secure its location in the j city 01 Macon. He referred lo the fact of tile fa voiable situation of the city for the seat of a lit eraiy institution of a high order —it being near the centre of the territory of the State, and the centre, likewise, of the intelligence anu i agricultural wealth of the State. He aUo point ed out some of the advantages that would rnsu. to the city and community from the location j 111 re of Mercer University. Leaving out of consid eration all the moral and educational advantages to he derived from the presence here of a college of high character, lie ulluckd hrieliy to the matt rial advantages, and instanced the fact that about, fort) )Oung men from the city of Macon are now being educated at the various colleges of tins State and in other Stales, at an annual expense of tive hun dred dollars each, making the sum of twenty iliou sand dollars paid by the citizens of the place outside of the city for education; while, if the University were located here, it would attract at least one j hundred and fifty young men from abroad, which, at an average ot live hundred dollars each, would I uring into the city seventy-five thousand dollars, j the roeatiou of suchan institution here would tend to induce citizens of w< alth and others to move in, and contribute to the growth and prosperity of the j city. These advantages w ould he enhanced bv the ! professional schools, as those of Medicine, Law, 1 Agriculture, and Engineering, to he incorporated jia the University as departments. The particular advantages • hieh would ire de rived from the removal of Mercer University to i tins city would he that it is already an organized mstiuition of high reputation, with an endow ment now of one Hundred and twenty-five thous and dollars, and the prospective increase of tne sum, by agencies now at work, to two hundred thousand in a short time; that it is an institution under the patronage of a denomination numbering one hundred thou-aud, and second to no other ill the Btaie for wealth and inliuence. He notici and the f ict that although the institution was denomma tioual, it was not sectarian. On motion, the Chairman appointed tiie follow | iug gentlemen as a committee to consider and ; report to the meeting, some proper action in refer ence to the subject, to-wit: Col W. J. Lawton, Dr. E. L Struliecker, E. VVinship, Esq., Capt. O. A. Bacon, W. T. Lightloot, Esq. Wlnle the committee was out making up th, ir report, the meeting was briefly addressed in favor of tne proposed object by His Honor Mayor Obear. The committee having returneft, ‘ reported I through its Chairman, Col. Lawton, the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted | unanimously: t Whereas, The location of a Literary Institution of a high order in our city is now being agitated; and believing that such an institution would con tribute very greatly to the material, moral and ed ucational interests of our town, and that the good order, quiet and high moral character of our peo ple point out Macon us presenting superior advan tages for the location of a seat of learning for young men ; therefore, Hemjlved, That we will.cordially co-operate with the friends of this movement in accomplishing so | desirable an end. ? for tIX i believing that it will be remunerative, even con sidered m a financial sense. Resolved, That, as the buildings for this purpose should be ample and at the same time a credit to the liberality and enterprise of our city and peo I pie, we believe our citizens will sustain the ( ity Council in making a liberal subscription to ; secure the location of the Mercer University in Macon As the Committee, at whose invitation we have met, desired our advice, therefore, j Resolved, 'That we recommend to the Committee 1 to adopt such measures as in their judgment will best secure the amount necessary, and that they pursue this matter at once and with energy. Resolved , That the Chairman of this meeting !appoint a committee of three citizens to confer with the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, for the purpose of securing from the city such an appropriation as will secure the location of the ! college here. The following gentlemen were appointed a com mittee to confer with the Mayor and Council under resolution six: Col. W J. Lawton, Dr. E. L. Stro-' hecker, Dr. J. E. Blackshear. On motion, the Chairman was requested to appoint, at his leisure, a committee of live citi zens to act in concert with the committee < f the friends of Mercer University, who called this meeting. The following resolution, offered by Col. Lawton, was adopted : Resolved That when this meeting adjourn it do so subject to the call of the Chairman, if in liis opinion another meeting be necessary. On motion, the daily papers of the city wore re quested to publish the proceedings of this meet in & 1 he meeting then aajourned. D. W. Hammond, Chairman. vV D. Williams, Secretary. , Industry will Prosper. We mentioned the other day the fact of our having met a little fellow on Second street who was roasting pea-nuts upon the side-walk and sell ing them to the passers by, and expressed the hope that he would succeed in his business operations. The little fellow told us that his sales the first day amounted to nine dollars and thirty-five cents, and he would have aold a heap more if his stock ' had not given out. There are plenty more just such chances to make money if people would only avail themselves of them and attend steadily to their business. Very- few hard working laboring men or mechanics conld boast of doing a better day’s business than our little pea-nut vendor, and yet many of our young men find fault because they cannot find anyihing to do. Let them try something if they hope for success. Liver Complaint I'ured by Nirmlionn' Regulator The symptoms of liver complaint are uneasiness and pain ia the side. Sometimes the pain is in the shoulder, and is mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach is effected with loss of appetite and sick ness, bowels in general costive, sometimes alter nate, with lax. The head is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy sensation, considerable loss of memory, accompanied witli painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done Often complaining of weakness, de bility, and low spirits; sometimes some of the above symptoms atteud the disease, and at other times very few of them, hut the liver is generally the organ most involved. Cure the liver with Simmons' Regulator, and all will be well. “ A l fteful Remedy.” The “Female Regulator” advertised in another | column comes very highly recommended by physi cians and druggists. It is a remedy of long stand ing, and has stood the test of time, and has now become fully established with those having ex perienced its good results and benefits, as purely a scientific preparation, and one, too, which has alleviated the sufferings of thousands of females a and kept them in sound and perfect health, when : but for its timely use they might have found pre-. mature graves. We hope the advertisement will . receive the consideration it so justly deserves. ] d&w Boston's Commercial College. W e know of no institution that deserves a larger amount of patronage from parents aud guardians than this. Young gentlemen who may be placed under the charge of Professor Euston may be sure of acquiring a splendid mercantile education, the value of which we arc sure cannot be over-estimated. The references given by this talented gentleman embrace the very best men in this city, all of whom are personally acquainted with his splendid acquirements as a tea? her. Every hotel in this city contains evidences of his extraordinary professional talents, and one ex quisite gem of penmanship that adorns the read ing room of Brown’s Hotel, commemorative of the distinguished Stonewall Jackson, we have never seen equalled anywhere. R'ad Proftssor Easton’s advertisement in our to-day's issue. Moke Suits Against the Gold Exchange Bank. —Robert B.iile has commenced an action in the Supreme Court against the New York Gold Exchange Bank and others, alleging the present state of the bank and its failure to fulfill its obligations to the plaintiff among other brokers, the danger of loss to the plaintiff from its action and its insolven- < cv, and praying for a receiver. Judge Car- : dozo refused to appoint any receiver other : than the one already appointed, but, after : some discussion, reappointed Mr. Brown re- , ceiver in the suit, as he had been previouslv i appointed, MASONIC. For the Journal and Messenger. ,'las.onic Forethought. Every well informed member of the Ma sonic Fraternity is aware of the fact that his -connection with the craft gives him cer tain peculiar advantages that he never could have enjoyed had liis name not been enroll ed among the brethren; and of late years these advantages have become too promin ent to escape observation. One of them lias become so very important, that it de mands, and should receive, a thorough and impartial examination at the hands of all who call themselves “just and upright Ma-. sons,” and having received all the informa tion upon this topic that they can obtain, . they should lose no time in availing them selves of the privileges lying within their reach. YVe allude to the great and alt im portant subject of Masonic Life Insurance! From their earliest Masonic instructions. . members arc taught to lead lives of honest industry, to labor diligently, not only for their own support, but for those endeared to them by the ties of relationship, who, it may be, are entirely dependent upon them for sup port. So long as the brother lives and lias |good health, his wife and children, his aged parents, and it may be, other relatives near and dear to him, are all creditably supported. They lack for nothing, and their wants whatever they may be, are cheerfully sup i plied. This is all very pleasant, but > uppose The brother happens to be removed from liis i scene of usefulness by death, what is the iu jevitable result? The neat, pretty home, has ito be given up to strangers, a life of coni i sortable enjoyment is replaced by grasping : poverty and incessant labor at anything but 1 remunerative prices; one by one, the many articles of absolute necessity it may be, have Ito be disposed of, and a life of absolute wretchedness takes the place of comfort and happiness. YVliat would have been the j thoughts of our worthy Masonic brother on Iris dying bed, could he only have foreseen the natural results of his own neglect and improvidence! This is no fancy sketch—far from it—it is one, alas! of too frequent occurrence. Life is uncertain. The man who enjoys vigorous, robust health to-day, may to-morrow lie in ; the narrow house provided for all the living, and while in the enjoyment of health, rea son and happiness, the future should be j thought of. Well might St. Paul say in his affectionate letter to Timothy: “But if any i provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, - and is worse than an infidel.” In illustration of the uncertainty of human life and the | disastrous consequences resulting from a neglect of duty, permit us to tell “an ow’er true tale.” that we hope may have due weight i with all our brethren who, as yet, may not have made suitable provision for those they love, in the event of their death: Some few months ago, quite late in the evening, we sat conversing with a Masonic brother, who occupied the qiosition of Express Agent for the Southern Express j Company. He had a lovely, interesting : wife, rather delicate in health, however, and two sweet little children of whom he was very proud. He told us how long and earn j estly lie had labored to procure a permanent home for those he loved. His house was completed and well stocked with furniture, j and his position enabled him to transport : merchandise upon his own account each and |every trip, in away that enabled him to make money very rapidly. He had just ■started a little store that promised to be a complete success, and everything, to use his own expression, “ worked like a clock.” In speaking upon the subject, he said, “of course, starting from a mere nothing as 1 did, I have had to encounter some pretty tough obstacles; my little property is heavi jly mortgaged, and a great deal of my busi ness is at sixes and sevens, but what of tlm* V In a year or two, with God’s blessing, I sin and !be perfectly independent of the world, and my wife and dear little children will bo well provided for. Meanwhile, he continued, “I’ve been thinking about that Masonic Life Insurance Company. There I can place iUriiu,ioit confidence. It Is in tile hands of brothers that I can trust, and in the event of my sudden death, that i don't anticipate by any means, because 1 am one of the healthiest of men living, they will lie amply provided for. When I come dow . the road to-morrow afternoon, 1 mean to take out a policy for ten thousand dollars, and 1 have already been speaking to my wife about it. The money I mean to have paid into her hands. Good-night.” We grasped our brother’s hand "Masoni.-al ly, and for the last time. When the train of ! cars came in the next day they brought news of a sad accident. The Express car had struck upon a broken chair and been over turned. When it was opened Brother W -, the Express Agent, was found lying inside, [dead! The heavy iron safe had, on being overturned, fallen upon his skull and hail crushed it. He hud apparently died without a struggle, and without pain. The bereaved widow it is needless to say, was nearly distracted at her loss. From a life of comparative ease and comfort, she sank at once into extreme poverty, their little property passed at once into the hands of those who held mortgages upon it, their little children are being educated by the Fraternity, but the loving, kind, affectionate and gentle wife could not sustain the blow. Invalid as she was, she soon sank under it, and before the season had passed away sin had gone to rejoin her husband in another and better world —“there the wicked cense from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.” Had our deceased brother but attended to the business that engaged his attention but one day earlier, his widow and children would to-day, probably, be living in com parative comfort in a house of their own, with none to molest them or make them afraid. As it was, the life time of his or ; phan children will scarce suffice to repair his neglect. Another important fact should not be lost sight of. Many worthy brothers are labor ing incessantly day by day—straining every nerve—actually destroying their own health and comfort, and for what? That in the event of their death they may he able to leave something comfortable to those they love. Life has its strange vicissitudes. The earnings of years may be swept away by one fire, and then, all lias to be done over again. Precipitated to the bottom of the hill, tin re is no other way than to crawl gradually up ward; and the effort is a most tiresome one, as all know who have been obliged to try it. Xow, if a man has bis life insured for a sum that ensures a competency to his family in the event of his death, he can bike better care of his health, and need not suffer from exposure. If lie chooses to do so, lie cui indulge in many little privileges that he could not otherwise feel permitted to enjoy, and life become doubly attractive to him! He feels, besides, better satisfied with lii.s position, and, in tact, can do twice as much as though his brain was constantly harrassed by thoughts of the future. Delays are dangerous. We hope that eve ry Masonic brother, as an act of simple jus tice to himself, his family and his Lodge, will obtain from Rev. J. W. Burke, the Secretary of the Georgia Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company, Macon, Georgia, a copy of the By-Laws which govern this valuable organization, and a Circular, de scriptive of its peculiar advantages. They will be sent to any address, upon an appli cation enclosing a single three cent stamp, and after being read carefully, we hope that all of our brethren who claim to be governed by the dictates of prudence, may resolve to provide for the future welfare of those near and dear to them without further delay. They will thus be placed in a position of comparative independence, and whatever may happen to them afterwards, they will, day by day, lie cheered and consoled by the thought, that whenever or wherever death overtakes them, those they love dearer than life, are amply protected from the severe blasts of adversity. One word in conclusion. Having insured ; your life against all possible contingencies, ' act on the square with the Company with which you insure. They are pledged to provide for those near and dear to you, to the full amount of your insurance, and, on. , your part, see that all your dues and assess ments are paid, without an hour’s delay, after yon are notified by the Secretary. Be . as true to their interests as they are to yours, remembering your Masonic obligations for bid you to do otherwise. And the Company will always be as strong and as solvent as it is to-day, able and willing to fulfil promptly ail the obligations it has assumed. Having perused this article, give a single thought to the wife you have sworn to love, cherish, honor and support; think of the children Heaven has bestowed upon you, that you so earnestly desire to rear and edu cate for a life of future usefulness. Ask yourself what their oosition might be. with out some permanent provision having Ix-en made for them in the event of your death, and after due reflection, act decisively, before it is forever too late, and thus place the wife c and children you love dearer than life, in a position where poverty cannot assail them 1 yhen you may have gone hence forever, Ad R icui/fj soils; Sand may contain, in sm;i ; silica, oxyue of iron and . . ' Limestone, or calcareous mat* tain, in small quantities, inn. na, oxyde of iron, potash - acid, sulphuric acid. Clay may contain, in . silica, altunnina, pot ;.],, ; phoric acid, sulphuric acid. Organic matter, or dec \ animal matter, may co;.t ; . vegetable remains, animal i, quantities; and when w.-ll mineral constituents of {. ,!* ! of vegetables or crops; , 'soda, phosphoric arid, . , . : rine. i Soils arc classified, . . iponderance of one or tie pounds, as vegetable ... dy soils, caleareoii.- - ~, , -loamy soils. The 1. vegetable moulds a; 1 , \ Towing: Vegetable moulds . taiuing a large proportion ~f \ ter, or sufficient v.acu - ' - , them a preponderance. Os this class tlicr. are tw, ties, namely: fertile in. >’e : igy soils. By a larue prop,.,',' !,'. 1 matter is me ant d\ .. .- aggregate soil. About six p-V„ found in nrdiuarv . nltiv mould the pivport: n F • r alsmt nine per . nt (1 f (j ;i . Beat or bo, v , jmi f m seventy |>. . cent matter, ami in tin- .-en.ln , . productive. Hence thequantit. ’ matter in soil is no criti ri n The superior quantity ol'v. ,” garden mould, docs not make u tihty over the soils ..i the tielil the superior labor and alt. tit I given to them. The vegetable mould in e .aVi , ! thoroughly worked and , !other elements of the . : greater fertility. 1 In boggy lands it is the , iblo matter which renders tin • tive. To r< ndt i to get rid of a part of it, ditions, which can be done i\. j burning it, and try the ; .i Clay soils in their . . distinguished by then cold .J, and are known as heavy -nil iCe.ssful cultivation can only l, ■by the expenditure of a iV;;: labor, strength and capital, h, number we notice*l tin p property of clay, and i usefulness. But soils e n-i w holly of clay are that little can he atvoiupljo, until they are thoroughly drain. . vegetable matter incorj n and lime put upon them. l!v if they can be brought into a h if-,,, duetive condition. Lira i- th,- hie and effective agent ine.mv. rt; ive clay soils into pro.hr : n, its potent agency, together with mechanical working, they can 1. i., fertile and productive l. Journal. Good and Bad Fa mu -(ink. There is no fact in agriculture . | established than that it will m 'poor stock, when it is p>, ,ii t. us abetter quality. A i'< , rage for Durham, Alderney. i>. \ 'breeds of cattle prevailed verv . throughout the couuti-y. l uliub.. were paid for superior aiiinm, breeds, and there appeal< and tu lu poid of something like a reform ter of stoek raising. Like soi movements in agriculture, tin \ provement lias subsided, and - relapsed into their fen Should this be? Tin ferior eow is precisely tin same better one. A good hors.- will mand a better price in tie in 11.-i valuable to its owner for In-, m than a poor one. The eo-.t of same. Why not th u rai» There are breeds of swine tlial and fatten upon much /- , ti.. ukuriui- 1k... U...U utlu-in. Win , these improved binds? The same may be said of .li i and in fact, every ksiul of fan yet we find thousands of farm, i j of these incoiitrov. rtible f„ themselves in steady hostilii ments having for their object: mi nt of domestic farm animal to inferior stock with a pert surprising. In many ea - th. matter is their first investment. Fiftc n seems to be a large price > months’ old Chester ( - when commoner animals, fifth the price, but all i vp in the long run the beat Were it possible to over. ; sition to make the first. ;iti. lie room for indulgence <>! tin- !,- farm stock generally woui.l inn : actor. This will be accompli farmers realize fully the 1 .-t pay to keep poor stoek. Farm. Nail in the Foot. To i terrible effects of riinnin an of man or horse, take p a h I them, apply to the wound, bandage. They cure it i new the application t .. . but one application tisua - I have cured both man and I hours, when they were appa point of having the loekq.i... remembered and practiced, in valuable lives. In working butter, the 1.. - come in direct contact inti. 1 Gather it with a wooden liu'n - tray or butter bowl, turn oil' ti. 1 and wash with fresh sprii.g " around tile whole eireuiae r channels lowest, at either ■ -ici. buttermilk can readily ran grind it down against tin t: manner of tempering mortar, im you will be likely to injure ■ *-.•*•>■«- — We have more faith i. ha lime as manure, tlian small. <> bushels per acre will often character of the soil that t: feets will be observed for - 11 • ' j We should prefer to use th- h. mcr fallow for wheat, a thi time to attend to it. but it m to any crop.— Amu-it an i < —We often hear of farms I but instead of wearing oat. . prove if properly manag. and. I I farms which have been imd>: • I centuries, have been c.m-ia-.:! I English farmers ay that ■ not keep his land from wear.— I farmer. I A Y'ery ingenious and ii lieving the hunger of trie, a-.- , adopted on the leading iin ’ | At certain stations on tin . i officials, all of whom are dr<- , inquire if you will dine or :p, may Ik?. If you answer in ’ the fact is immediately ' I . tion where the meals are the number of your comp u '■ •' it. On arriving at tli a into your hands, it contain? ■■ with soup and wine. You u minutes to eat, which you do "■ 1 - ’■> on its way. The dinner i? 1 : You eat at your leisure, and moderate price of sixty ca- 1 • r rangeinent. Y’our box n t and you proceed on your war. Mb. Shirley Brooks tell ii I bit 1 which followed it. When tic- ■■ ■ I to ornt I that city erect I force. But! I easily climbed, and it was o--‘- ■ ■ IS one to make the ascent and * B flowers and foliage. Iho I a money reward to any nw I complish the task. A: A ll< « dertook the job and p ! i •••-_ ¥’ applied for the rev. urd, b , j refused to pay it- on the : , : servants of the Queen, it * | ja - in honor of the I’rinee. b ]| tie- lieu of the t xp } sailors drank it and went u, | j] during the night b.■: r<- ti. I royal guest, all the omai. / .p by the same strong had carried it aloft. Mote'’”” c der, decide Uy not limn, was left sticking i .nthoritiea could get at it. Die . ‘ i,’: uce did. Hull could only hope :l - d mficureinfeii observe the bareness and J the Wilbcrti uve column as he v m