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I»Y J. W. 13UKKE & CO. ■■^UdWmntitr jW Bl UKi: Proprietor*. W M.»1.8R O WNE, Editor. GO SECOND STREET, MACON, GA. | orn-'Z »• irv't. Os feIBstBIPTIO* 1 I HATES Or bib $lO 00, per Annum 5 00 DiJ-i. i vm.iths gVI i i.ree Months i 00 .. 5 00i j, wt»io-r. a «> Tim- Month* 3 30* ffr no.l p" r Annum *, 150 . six | IEESLIi' JOUPiNAL & MESSENGER W-W. M. BROWNE, Editor. ~,'derably enlarged and lmprovsd at •» , , 3 i*t o tue proprietors, and is furnished j '.'Vibfor the small sum of $3 per annum. I I ' tUE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT editorial articles on all the leading quee ! 'n„t and federal policy besides careful se- 1 ,' lUI the ablest and most prominent jour-j '*'■ [ , L:l ited Slates. The Editor is a wsl] j J " ” .. .-■ I, f large experience, a oonslstent; £ cra t devoted to the luUrsets of IC,1 C, ri» and the South. TEE NEWS. • . ion i» paid to ttie eerhiction of all L \ .[; (isn everrpartof the State, of the I 1 v it cou<ku->ed and acceptable form. . euvTCKE, SCIENCE AND AST I rcgaiarly. The new publications are 1 t l,p V a- near, and are praised or con-i *' ' ,»-.Jinir to th' ir merits. Discoveries in 11 1 the principal works of Art throughout I , . no tcd according to thoir value and iaDCftaace. Ui( - L TURE and industhy , • important interests whioh now en j vm/lioq of the Southern people, consti- i ~ v ut feature in the Weekly, from the | :.rs of ngular cocrespondents t .<■ sub*, which are published in every i 1 from tli * careful selection from the ex-, rs of every item of news and informa j t>. jri' ultural and industrial matters. | KINAN' IAL and commekcial . and with great care and exactness I •i v , ,orts of the money market and of ..... i'nr the principal articles of production ):i throughout the United States THE FASHIONS, r. • ;:uii - are not forgotten. Fickle and , a , they are, the Weekly Journal and eh tri - to keep pace with their changes, u our lady friends as to all that takes ... ,; n the World of Fashion. THE MASONIC DEPARTMENT ~....va1ue to the members of the craft, as j.l, , vcry week articles of interest on - t at ,d the Journal and Messenger !ted the Masonic Life lu -1 mv, gives members of that associa information of its condition and pro- MI.-jCELIiANEOUS. number of the Weekly contains a short , i|n the best aud most esteemed authors, the t hci g taken as to the morality as well stoths ability of the stories published. advertisements. T limited number of advertisements are pub- j • in the Weekly which, from its wide-spread f [ r ation sod great popularity, presents a most valuable medium for advertisers. TERMS. s nri** r opy, one year $3 00 “ fix mouths 150 Two copies, one year 5 00 “ six months JOO I 1 over live. Any person sending a club of cash subscribers, at l> ~; u h t w ill be entitled to an additional copy gratis for one year. Kncoura, l and by the large accessions to our sub s. rip tion list, which we are receiving daily, aud by : .* many gratifying proofs of popular favor and upport which arc constantly sent us from every tion, «•<• have resolved to ***oi.» ou» °-i --•„ja of this kindness v>y increasing our efforts to i; >erve it, aud by adding cousiderably to the size of the Weekly Journal and Messenger. We have promised to spare no outlay of labor or 3, v to in ike our paper acceptable to the public, 1 a id w ( lideavor to keep our word. Our present u s the Weekly contains nearly six columns more reading matter than it has hitherto contained, »ad we can assure our readers aud the public gen - v that w • will not stop here, but will continue : ,:i;.r;ive the paper as our means and opportuul liuit, until we reach the point where no farther improvement is possible. w h a view to extend* the circulation of the ' v, and to give the public every inducement rifor ir,we have resolved to offer the foi st of premiums to those who will take the • get up clubs and send us the names of Hr subscribers, accompanied by the money. OUR PREMIUM LIST. ,::i\ person sending us Two subscribers and >\ Dollars, we will send any one of Bulwer’s, J . Dickens’ Novels, or any other book in joarCatalogue, worth $1 50. 1 auy person sending Five subscribers aud Fif twu Dollars, a highly tiuished Picture, (Chromo) * ’-ill $7 (HI, or books of that amount selected from oar Catalogue. any , ■“r-eu sending Ten subscribers and Thir ' •. on** or more Chromos, worth sls 00, or i\ i -*!• sending Twenty subscribera and ' lK» -I . Hooks of the value of $35 00. T'»... r-on -mding Fifty snbscribers and One - I at:d Fifty Dollars, a Parlor Organ, ora dewing Machine, worth S6O 00. any; <-r ? oii sending Oue Hundred subscribers s; ‘dT: • Hundred Dollars, an Organ worth $l3O, mr selected from our Catalogue, worth l .It;,: '4ue includes all the best Standard ’riit HUurical; Miscellaneous and Juvenile, Bit 'K Hymn and Prayer Books, in all styles of Photograph Albums, etc., etc. This Ca t-1 be sent, postage free, ou application to lit Publishers. JOHN W. DURK.E & CO., 1 U-ts Macon, Ga. Capture of n .notorious Mule Thief. Hunt Pester and Officer Ferrell, of the city i recently captured a very notorious negro ai"ii Riehard Pry, alius J. N. Barnes, charged '■ ii haviiiiT stolen on the 3d day of July last a bay fre-.n the plantation of Mr. James A s v 'Tett. es Houston county, for which offence a -raut had been issued for his arrest by Hon. •' "i- M Logan, of this city. About the same nr l.'ie negro had also stolen a full set of harness,; I '■ ■ ■ and bridie, from a Mr. llodgea, of Wash - county, and other valuable property that as prt has hern uucl&imed by any one. 1 circumstance which led to the negro’s ar v - **’• fact of his offering for sale In this city ; t "f harness for fourteen dollars, that he said c ...1,1 pun based at a Cherry street establishment ,' r r *2“te*n dollars only a day or two previous, r ; ' 1: ’uqulry it was found that no such a trade ’em made at that establishment, and suspi excited, the negro was taken into cus- M} at once. Upon his arrest the negro seemed peusuaily reticent, hut dually told Officer Ferrell M. if the police would only take him to the r mb n , untv jail he would inform them _ a ' K ' a P stolen property might be recov [ | * Jea ' of course, could not be enter .' and the n .to told the officers to go ahead * st they could out of it. The po- I ; uuder i instructions, conveyed him last j t u jail in 1 erry, Houston county, where I l>e tr ’ ed f°r the offences charged upon him. I feel t.-n l v ; . and T '' igiis about an hundred and [ He is sow* twenty-five years fc-Tr,'.'? ‘ k con, P lesio “. and quick spoken. ■ c.s a very determined, resolute a.- 1 oio y Is oangs to an organized gang | ' plunder upon a large scale. , him, Li- career of iufamv ,■; t ’ ’ ' ■' termination by the decision of [.- ' :r ‘ "f practical, hard-working l all the stock they care H ' uied that on Tuesday a communica- I ~ . ’ r :u this distinguished gentle ■ MM to the in- I ed him by the Executive Committee r- f- 'v a 'J j A?ri, ;' ultura ’- Society, in which he H.> ■‘ l j tejges their kind remembrance, a- on his way to the State of ft health wHI permit him ■ . ' ' - -shall be happy M _ , , ' sincerely hope the State may * J - v b ~ presence amorgnsnponsoim w! 6103 , T!le eub]wt of agriculture ■-•beds- , U & Uvorite theme of this illstin * connected with (ffwflia lottwil and ißessenget. The Disorganizes of Labor Pro scribe the Journal and Messen ger. Tiie following extract is made from tlje report of Wednesday’s proceedings of th|e Negro Labor Convention, published in the Macon Daily Telegraph of yesterday monii ing: The President called the attention of the Con ! ventiou to an article in the Journal and Messeh oek, of this city, which he caused to be read. The purport of the article was to ridicule the Conveh , tiou and those connected with it. The President stated that this paper was owned by J. W. Burhe Jr Cos., who sell, annually, thousands of dollarls’ wortii of Sunday school aud other books, papers, | eto. to the colored people of Georgia. He advised them in the future to withdraw thetir patronage from all parties who use such expres sions toward colored people, declaring the time had come for our people to assert their manhood. The above was received with immense applause. We are not surprised that the Journal and Messenger is put under ban by this ill-conditioned, motley gathering. The firm of J. W. Burke k Cos., though willing to do full justice to men of all races, and .seeking to get all the patronage that they can, without compromising the dignity of the white people, whose organ the Journal and Messenger has been and will continue to be, care but little for this paltry fulmina tion. We have, however, a few facts and reasons to present for the consideration o : our readers, which will account for the pe culiar counsel given by the presiding sane tionary of the Convention to his misguided hearers. While deeply sympathizing with every movement that looks to the real welfare o : the negro race, the Journal and Messenger will never so far concede the entire equality of the races as to recognize a convention o f illiterate negroes—plotting under the guid ance of such incendiaries as Turner, Long, Bryant, and others of their stamp, to destroy the harmony now existing between laborer s and their employers—by publishing a repor; 1 of its proceedings, in which its leaders aiv honoredjwith extravagant titles ; not even though it might swell the bulk of our daily | edition to never so great a number of copies Let who may, aid aud abet these leading di.y organizers, and stir up—directly or iudii rectly—strife between those who are now good friends, we decline the infamous posi tion. In regard to th# sale of books to the ne-! groes, we have this to sav. We have never bid for their patronage. When they come to our store, we treat them kindly, and sell them what they want. But when they ask us to surrender our self-respect, and make concessions which no white man ought to make to gain their patronage, we decline to do it. This course of the convention gives us no uneasiness whatever. More than a year ago, at a meeting held in this city by the negroes, a similar pronunciamento was issued, and the little darkies were specially enjoined not to buy even a slate pencil from J. W. Burke & Cos. Well, what of it? Our business goes on, and our books will show a very consid- | eruble increase instead of a falling off. Furthermore, we have this to say : The negroes will find out in the end that we are among tlieir best friends. We wfill do any thing in our power to promote their perma ! nent welfare, which we believe lies in stay ing at their homes and places of business, !in cultivating amicable relations with their employers, and with the native Southern whites, who are their only and true friends. We shall always urge them to out loose from tlie counsels of such disorganizers as Turner and Bryant, who only want to use them for the promotion of their own selfish, mercenary ends. When they come to look in this di rection for permanent relations with the people of this country, aud to give up their win! sciieuies under the lead ol a set oi mi.->- chief-makers, they will find tlie Journal and Messenger always ready to help them. But until then we shall pursue the even tenor j of our way, despising alike tlieir threats and j the malice of their aiders and abettors. J. W. Burke k Cos. The Result of tlie Elections iu Pennsylvania and Ohio. However the Democrats in Ohio and Penn- ’ i sylvania may make plausible excuses for tlieir | recent defeat at the elections, the fact re mains that they were beaten, aud that Radi cal executives and Radical legislatures were elected to rule those two great common wealths. It is true, the Radical majority iu Pennsylvania lias been diminished, and what are called great “Democratic gains have been achieved, but that does not de tract sensibly from the victory which the Radicals have won, and which will naturally increase their prestige and embolden them iu tlie future as a party, whom tlie people ; have commended as good and faithful ser vants. Mr. Pendleton had very great local popu larity a stainless name, a high reputation for talent and political attainments, but he was the representative of what .is known at the North as “Copperhead Democracy,”and he was the author of what is called “ the greenback theory”— paying the public cre ditor in the currency which he loaned to the Government. Thus he had arrayed against him from the outset, not only the Rad ieals proper, but the more bitter war Demo- crats, and all the moneyed interests, whom self-preservation has taught to detest Mr. Pendleton, as the most redoubtable of their antagonists. His election as Governor of Ohio would have had far greater significance than a mere Democratic victory, and the Radicals knew it, and banded together all the elements of opposition to defeat him. In Mr. Pendleton were embodied all the old principles and traditions of the Democratic party, when that great organization ruled the land. Boldly and nobly he made the fight, knowing as he did that defeat amount ed to political extinction, and he can not have concealed from himself the knowledge that he was the most obnoxious candidate to all non-Democrats who could have been selected. Many a citizen of Ohio voted for Haves, not because he liked Hayes, but be cause ho detested and feared Pendleton. He found banded against him all the various ; factions into which anti-Democracy is divi ded, and he only found supporting him those who are Democrats dyed in the w’ool, who, like Mr. Pendleton, opposed the war against the Southern States as wrong, and who are unwilling now to accept the situa tion so far as to yield their convictions. This is very commendable consistency, but it will never defeat the giant power of Radicalism. As the opposition, animated by the honest belief that the country will be ruined and the government practically des stroyed unless the Radicals are overthrown, it is our duty, as the party making the attack, to accept the alliance of every shade of hostility to Radicalism which is willing to join us in striking the blow. We cannot afford to reject a single recruit, or insist that no man shall join us to fight our battles in the future who is not prepared to demand to-day protection to slavery in the territories as an essential article of faith. Now. at the risk of being assured of being weak-kneed, or ready to compromise, we confess that we want to preserve Republican government in America, and that we are willing to accept the alliance of any individ uals or classes who, animated by the same purpose and filled with the same conviction that the Radicals will certainly revolutionize the government, will join hands with us to deal the blow, even should they refuse to accept our theory in reference to slavery in the territories, and the Lecompton Consti tution. To win, we must go ahead. We must assume the offensive and not be con ‘ttwaUly thtre&ckipg sursflvw frehiad eld crumbling earth works. We may cherish our traditions and hold in our hearts that we ’ of the South had quit# as good a right to take our slaves into the Territories and be * fully protected by the law, as the Northern l man had to take his furniture there. But this question is no longer a live issue. The issue of issues is to overthrow the Radicals, and so long as the Democrats do not recog- i nize the folly of attaching greater importance to their party history than to success, they < will be defeated as they have been in Ohio, * until finally the integrity of the organization will give way under the demoralizing pres sure of continued defeat. To preserve the government in its republican form is to per petuate the principles as well as the organi zation of the Democratic party. The one cannot exist without the other, therefore whoever aids us to achieve the victory must necessarily remain with us. and satisfied of the truth and soundness of Democratic doc trines will soon espouse them, and be of us as well as with us. If the defeat in Ohio and Pennsylvania would serve as a warning to the Democracy in the future it would be equivalent to a great victory. The Louisville Convention. The subjects which have engaged the atten tion of the remarkable body of men who were ass-mbled in convention at Louisville, K)., (luring me gio.vi.ei pan u( il.<. j,,,.* week, embrace almost everything that re lates to the development and prosperity of the whole country, but more especially to the South. While now and then the little rivalries and jealousies of particular localities showed themselves in a slight degree, and the au thors and supporters of certain projects showed a rather extravagant faith in the su perior advantages of tlieir pet schemes, on ; the whole, harmony of feeliug, concord of purpose, a common desire to promote tin • welfare and progress of the Southern States, to build up the waste places, and remove the rugged seams of war, prevailed, and the ut most kindness of manner aud language, the utmost courtesy, uay we would say cordial ity of feeliug, distinguished the intercourse of the Northern and Southern members. It is objected to all such bodies as the Louisville Convention that it is a waste of ■ time and energy to attend them, because they have no power to carry out their ob jects. It is true that they cannot directly execute what they decide is best to be done. They can only advise and recommend, but both the people of the United States and Congress will pay proper respect and atten tion to the deliberations of such men as composed the assembly at Louisville, who were the representatives of the enterprise, industry and business interests of all the States, who were entirely conversant with all the facts relating to the subjects they discussed, and the business of whose lives it had been to study carefully and master thoroughly the minutin' and bearing of even scheme which they proposed for considers-! tion and debate. Os the large number of questions which were submitted to committees, carefully re ported aud discussed by the Convention, the most important were those relating to immi gration, direct trade with Europe, the im provement of the means of communication by land and by water throughout the country, the improvement of the levees of Missis sippi and Louisiana, the construction of a Southern Pacific Railroad, and the modifica tion of the present system of finance and taxation. These questions were well and | ably discussed. No hasty or inconsiderate j action was taken. No chimerical schemes »<ac (.lupuovu. * —y - Everybody seemed in earnest, and animated by a desire to do the best he could. The whole count ry will recognize the importance of these matters. Most people admit that , foreign immigration of some sort is abso lutely essential to the rapid development of | the South; but whether the immigration to be encouraged and looked for, is that of the Caucasian race .of equal intelligence, and kindred habits and morals with ourselves, or the immigration of mere laborers from j China or Japan, is not yet settled, and we think that the Convention did wisely in postponing final action on the subject until further and more practical information is obtained. The Convention’s action on all the other subjects to which we have particularly re ferred, has been, we think, eminently wise and proper, and must commend itself to the approval of those with whom rests the power to carry out the advice of the Con vention. Everybody will agree that some' plan should be adopted by which the im mensely productive lands of the valley of the Mississippi, which are now practically useless, owing to the continually recurring overflows, shall be redeemed and made to yield their rich contributions to the wealth of the Union. The people of Mississippi and Louisiana themselves are unable to per form the great work. They will contribute to the extent of their means, but without Government aid, and that to a liberal extent, the work cannot be properly done. But if the Convention did nothing else, the opportunity which it afforded men from every section of the country to meet, con verse, and know each other, did vast good. The Northern man who came South full of prejudices and preconceived ideas in regard to the Southern people, and so also the Southern man, have found their mutual estimate of each other erroneous in every particular, and they now go home with en larged and correct views, disposed to do justice, to promote friendship and good neighborhood, and thus reconstruct the Union on the only enduring basis —the harmony and good will of the people of the whole country. We are satisfied that the Louisville Con vention has done great good to the country, and we believe that very important benefits will accrue to us in the immediate future from the deliberations of that body. The Free-Trade League. The New York World publishes a commu nication from the Secretary of the Free- Trade League, which shows that the efforts of the League and their results are such as to satisfy the present friends of the cause and convince its tacit or open enemies of the progress it is making towards so revolution izing that public sentiment which is now in favor of “protection” as to effect, through Congress, the overthrow of the present op pressive tariff! The truth seems to be, according to the discoveries of the agents cf the League, that a large majority of editors, and the ablest statesmen in the country out side the ring of Radical politics, are even now opposed in opinion to a protective tariff: and that the people, wherever they have had a chance to hear and read both sides, are, almost universally inimical to it. What is wanted, and what is being done by the Free- Trade League, is to unite and mobilize this abounding weight of opinion, and bring it to bear en masse against the monopolizing interests which have hitherto held sway over Federal legislation. A Washington dispatch says : Mr. E. B. Washbume, Minister to France, estimates that 815,000 in gold will be required to meet his contingent expenses in Paris during the next fiscal year. His salary amounts 817,500. There are not wanting those who, in view of this handsome estimate, rather sarcasti cally recall the vehement speeches on econ omy delivered by him ill the House Os Rep , wvataures, MACON, GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1869. I he, Commercial Convention. editorial correspondence of the journal AND MESSENGER. Louisville, Kt., October 15, 1869. The exploit of the day in the Convention was the adoption of the majority report of the Committee on the Southern Pacific Railroad, which recommends the road known as “the 32d parallel road,” through Marshal, Texas, and El Paso; and the defeat of the minority report recommending the 35th parallel route through Louisiana, Arkansas and Kansas, which is the route which Mr. Fr.-mont advocates, and with which he is permanently connected. The victory of the 32d over the 3oth parallel was received with loud shouts of applause, and so general was the rejoicing, aud exuberant its manifestation that a motion for a recess of ten minutes “to take a drink” was passed unanimously. The reports of the Committee on Agriculture, on Continuous Water-line Communications, on River Improvements, on Taxation, on Rail roads, on Direct Trade, on Finance and Banking, were considered aud disposed of with becoming promptness and with refresh ingly short speeches. There was a little i debate and some exhibition of jealousy on ! the adoption of the report on Direct Trade, in which some members of our Georgia del ; egation took part. Tl»« report alluded to an offer made by a Commodore Jansen, of Holland, to start a line of steamers from Rotterdam to Vorfnllr Va., anil thanked the Commodore for his offer. This, it was thought, gave an undue 1 prominence to Norfolk over other Southern ports, aud as we of Georgia think that we have a couple or more ports worthy of Mr. ! Jansen’s attention, we took care to make it known that Norfolk is not, as some of our ’ Virginia friends seem to think, the very best, | the safest, the surest, (and a number of other superlative things) in all the Southern States. - It may be that some of our enthusiastic j delegates from Georgia “flew off the handle” ; to some extent, and were more vociferous | than the occasion demanded, but if they erred at all, (which I do not say) it was certainly on the right side. They would not allow Georgia to be overlooked, nor would they give the consent of silence that Nor folk is a better port than Savannah or Bruns wick. I was greatly struck by the common sense and matter of fact character of the speeches made during the debates to-day. Especially was I pleased with the remarks ol Erastus Brooks, of New York, (editor of the \ New York Express.) He was very earnest, eloquent and wise, in his counsel for the protection and advancement of Southern interests, and is really entitled to the grati tude of the Southern people as one of their few Northern friends in deed, and for the able advocacy of Southern constitutional rights in his paper, the Express. The subject of finance and banking was postponed, and properly so. It was not possible for the committee to present any thing but a very crude and imperfect report on so comprehensive and important a sub ject, and had discussion taken place there would have been no end to the financial nostrums which would have been presented for popular favor. The Convention adjourned at 5 o’clock until 9 o’clock to-morrow, and all the dele gates who are here propose to attend a ban quet which the citizens of Louisville are to give in their honor at seven o’clock this evening, and where speeches, toasts, senti ments, etc., will abound. The entertain ment is to be a great affair. It will cost sev ! eral thousand dollars, and the wines, which are of the choicest, have cost upwards of Could not the thousands of dollars -wliieh will be consumed in an hour at this banquet have been better and more profitably em ployed? But while on this subject it is but justice to mention the splendid hospitality aud cor dial good will shown to all strangers by the citizens of Louisville. They left nothing undone which would contribute to the com i fort and pleasure of their visitors, and they did all this with a cordiality of manner, and an unaffected desire to please, which were | very acceptable to us all. We had a real Kentucky welcome. I learn to-night that his Excellency, the i Governor, will proceed hence to Washing ton City, where he proposes to arrange some political matters, and perhaps will communi cate to some of his distinguished friends, the “liberal proposition” of the train oi cars. Mr. Hulbert, too, goes to New York, but the ladies and gentlemen who came here ! on the Governor’s Special Train, and hud “nothing to pay aud plenty of the best,” will be carried back in the same agreeable manner, lacking only the company of the two distinguished officials to whom I have referred. As I am bound to attend the Banquet, which is to be a ‘ ‘big thing, ” I must conclude. Louisville, Ky., October 16, 1869. The Banquet last evening iras really a “big thing,” big in point of numbers present, in the importance of the guests, in the size of, the room, the abundance and quality of tin . food and drink, and in the apparent enjoy ment by all—entertainers and entertained The place selected was Glover's skating rink, (an immense hall, where the ladies and gentlemen of Louisville enjoy themselves very much skating on roller skates.) Tin room is about 300 feet long by GO or 70 wide, magnificently lighted, and surrounded on all sides by rows of chairs. It was here the delegates assembled and were received by the committee. The supper was served in a lower room of the same size, and was really sumptuous in all its arrangements. After everybody hail eaten and drank sufficiently, the company returned to the upper hall, and then began the inevitable speech-making, which lasted for several hours. All the speeches were good, but the best were those of Mr. Brooks, of New York, and our fel- low-citizen, Hon. Thomas Hardeman. 1 enclose a copy of the bill of fare, which will give a much better idea of Kentucky hospi tality than I could possibly give within the short limits of a letter. BILL OF FARE. Oysters— Raw oysters, spiced oysters, oyster pat- Dishes —Boar's bead, ornamented with iellv arouse, larded: mallard duck, roasted, saddle venison, with jelly; boned turkey, decora ted with jelly; beef, ala mode; Westptiaba bam, baked, garnished with aspic jelly; beef tongue or namented; roasted turkey, cranberry jelly; brut z and ham ala Parisieune; lobster salad, remoulad dressing chicken salad, mayonnaise; game pie, with traffics; spiced beef, la Grande; roast pig. with jelly braized saddle Southdown mutton; boned quail, sherry jelly; boned mallard duck, 15 Aide e jfdha. —Chicken broiled; quail roasted with ovster; beef cutlets; broiled quail; fillet of beef au truffle; salmon, coupeon; lamb's tongue, uickled; chicken, roasted. . , F fishes —English chow-chow; Spanish olives:. cranberrv jelly; French mustard; calf foot jelly; sardines; Madeira wine jelly; pickled onions; cur rant iellv Worcestershire sauce ; horse radish beets ; Madeira wine jelly: claret wine jelly. JYyrfaWes.—Tomatoes; celery; lettuce. Center Ornament*. Locomotive [Progress ] Cornucopia— [Kentucky hospitality. Glob— [ln dustry.] Ship—[Commerce. J Puramids —Almond macaroon; egg kiss pyra mid ; fancy coke pyramid; jelly drop; cocoanut macaroon; cocoanut pyramid; union star; or ange pyramid. Ornamental Cake*.— Sponge cake; lady cake; merangue cake. Small Pastry. —Cocoanut macaroons: lady fin der* : eg®- puff* : almond macaroons ; alined kiss es : croquets; pound cake; jelly slices; spice jum bles. Dessert. —Grapes, oranges, apples, raisins, pears, nuts. VINE LIST. Champagne lUmM.-Krug & Cos., Reims. ; Ver zinay Veuve Mansutaine; Sillery Mosteux; V erzi nay; Delmouico; Heidxlck. Satin Wines.— Golden Eagle Spark. Cawt; Cha*. Bottler; Virgin Island; California Hock. , Claret TFin«.— Kwl GU«kO. Cyan, Although every drop of the wue, every bit of the food, aud every cigar rt re con sumed, I saw very few who seemed to be the "worse for wear. The crow J vrm surpris ingly sober. This morning at nine o’chck the Conven tion reassembled. The clief subject of discussion was the Report 01 Immigration. Some of our friends opposed Uie “importa tion of Chinese coolies” vith great vehe mence and determination, and the most vehement and determinedof all was Mr. Eli Shorter, of Alabama, who opposed Chinese immigration on tbs ground, among others, that if the South, raising only two million five hundred thousaid bales, cannot get more than twenty etnts per pound, what will she get when tie Chinese raise from six to seven millions of bales ? Gov ernor Lubbock, of Texas, replied as vehe mently in support of the imaigration of all the inhabitants of the flowery kingdom if they will come, and contended that there are other interests at the South which de serve to be considered besides cotton. The subject was not definitely acted on. It was evident that if it was discussed until a de cision could be had the Convention could not adjourn to-day, aud it was therefore referred for future consideration. This being done, and after that unre deemed humbug, Hiram Walbridge, of Nc» York, had made a buncomlje speech, the usual vote of thanks to everyone and every thing wore adopted, aud the Convention ad journed sine die. The best feeling prevailed. The Northern man aud the Southern man, the citizen of Maine and the citizen of Texas, Kansas and I Georgia, Massachusetts and South Carolina, ; fraternized aud seemed to part with regret. They had met and been mutually agreeably disappointed in their estimate of each other, i They had found that they had both been prejudiced and that their prejudices were to a great extent unjust. The next Southern Commercial Conven- i tion is to meet in Cincinnati on the 12th October, 1870. This body was pressingly i invited to visit Cincinnati and Vie the guests, of the city, but I have not heard that any of J the delegates accepted the official invitation. In my next I shall write of Louisville and her people. Until the Convention adjourned 1 I had not much opportunity to see much o the city; but as I cannot leave here to-night and travel through to Georgia, I prefer to spend the Sabbath here rather than in Nash ville, and give myself the opportunity of see ing more of t his city and her excellent peo ple. Since I wrote on the 11th, I have met Ex-Governor Bariali Magoflin, of Ken-; tucky ; Lieutenant Governor Lubbock, of j Texas, once A. D. C. to President Davis ;! General T. N. Waul, of Texas, aud General N. B. Forrest. They are in high spirits and in excellent health, and believe that the: “good time” which so many have said is “coming,” will come sure enough before very long. Messrs. Lubbock and Waul be lieve that “Jack Hamilton ” will be elected Governor of Texas, and are glad of it. If that is the “good time,” poor Texas is to ba pitied. For th® Journal and Messenger. A Trip Down ttie Macon and Brunswick Hoad. Mr. Editor: Having recently made a trip over the Macon and Brunswick Railroad about eighty miles, it may not be uninter esting to give you a few dots. At six o’clock in the morning, which comes quite early these mornings, I repaired to the depot of tha M. & B. R. R., in Macon, where I found my friend, Gapt. Schmidt, ! ! --n U.T IV-i— of Vs. 1 - L ' „„n;ug nonets, eic., ™., * c.uin just about to start for No. 6, the lowest point to which regular freights run. To this point trains run three times a week— Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and return same day. I took my seat in a tolerably comfortable car, connected with the freight train, and was soon under good head way. There were quite a number of passengers on board, aud we had a pleasant time. We stopped a few moments at the various stations, where we saw familiar faces. At Coley’s Station I got out and saw the ground on which the fatal rencontre took place between poor Doc. Mason and Coalson. At Dyke’s Station, (O. 5.,) I found a flour ishing little village called Cochran, after the President of the Road. Here there are stores, workshops, and lawyer, and doctor shops, all that go to make up a flourishing village. They have here a comfortable church, where Rev. Mr. Robison, of the Methodist Church, preaches monthly. The branch to Hawkinsville leaves the main road at this point. At about twelve o’clock the train arrived at No. 6, called Fostersville. Here 1 saw my old friend, General Ira R. Foster, who, in conjunction with C. R. Armstrong, of your city, is running a steam saw and grist-mill. Gen. Foster is one of the men whom time seems never to affect. His ac tivity and energy is as great now as it was 1 when we knew him twenty-two years ago in ] Cherokee, Georgia. Having lost a large property by the war, he is now actively en gaged in trying to repair his fortune away down in the pmey woods. Here he dwells contentedly in a little double cabin with his j wife and two daughters, who have been ac customed in better days to a goodly man sion, with all the comforts of life. Such a j man deserves success—he will be pretty sure to find it. Having arrived now at the terminus of regular transportation, we had to rely on the chances for going to a point thirty-four miles below, whither we were destined. Through the kindness of Mr. Hurst, con j luctor on the construction train, we had no trouble in getting down to No. 8. He had been instructed by Mr. Raiford to await the arrival of the freight, and we got aboard what is called the gravel train, and away we, went. At one place we left the regular track of the road, and went for three-quarters of a mile through the woods, where the ties and rails were laid on the wire-grass. Up hill and down, here we go. I believe a road could be run through some parts of that country for many miles, without a cut or embankment by going round through the woods. Os course, to get a straight track there must be cuts and embankments. After a pleasant ride of two hours on this gravel train, we arrived at No. 8, and here i we had to leave the car, for we could go no further on the railroad. A friend met us and carried us to our destination, the Mont gomery camp ground, about fourteen miles from where we left the railroad. The opening up of this road will be a i great blessing to the people of the country i through which it passes. Already little I places of business are springing up, and what is more, postal facilities will be afforded to a people who could scarcely get a mail heretofore. I fouml the people exceedingly hospitable and kind,” and feel that it is a blessing to be placed in more intimate relations with them. At No. 8 I met CoL Robertson, Mr. Watts. Col. Law, and other gentlemen connected with the road, nearly all of whom assured me that a train would pass through from Macon to Brunswick by the Fair. Oh! won’t it be elegant to tike this trip; and won't nearly everybody waut to take it. After spending a few days pleasantly we returned, taking same route back. I take great pleasure in testifying to the courtesy of the officers and contractors of the M. ’& B. R. R., extended to our party on this interesting excursion. Viator. Too IxQrisrnvE. —“I went in to bathe,” said a Yankee, “but before I was long in the water I saw a huge double-jawed shark mak ing rapidly towards me. What was to be done ? When he was within a yard of me, I faced round, dived under the shark, and taking a knife from my pocket, ripped the monster up.” “But didyou bathe with your clothes on ?” asked an ’astonished listener. “Well,” answered the story-teller, reproach- I fully, “well, I do think you aeeda’t be SO 'Wraatioa particular, ”, For the Journal and Messenger. Direct Trade with Europe. | Mr. Editor: Your suggestion for the for mation of a Line of steamers to run between Savannah and Liverpool is one of vital im portance to the South. The system of sending cotton through New York to Europe is just as unreasonable and unnatural as it is to send it to New Eng land to be manufactured. There can be no reason why freight should be any higher from Savannah to Liverpool than from New York. The freight from Savannah to New York—<l ravage, wharfage, storage and com mission—is all an unnecessary tax on the planter. Add to this the profits realized by the New York speculators, and it will amount to very near the difference between the value of currency aud gold". The planters would at this time realize very near as much iu gold for their cotton, were it shipped direct 1 from the South to Europe, as they get in currency when shipped byway of New York. So far as the interest of the South is con- cerned, there is no use for any commercial intercourse at all between the South aud North. There can be nothing produced iu the Northern States that cannot be produced iu abundance in the South. It follows then that the whole of the expenses of the com mercial intercourse between the two sections falls on the South. This is the very thing that has impoverished the South and en riched the Nortli. Tills was lUe cause of our subjugation aud present dependent condi tion, and while this continues the Soutli u-111 i-umaiu poor, and become still poorer aud more dependent, and the North will be come more arrogant and overbearing. We might just as well expect the rain that falls from Heaven on our laud to remain in our creeks and rivers, as to expect the profits of Southern labor to remain in the South while this commercial intercourse continues. What is it for but to carry our cotton to New York speculators and New England manu facturers, and to bring buck just what they see fit to pay for it in trade ? The N. Y. Tribune very truly—though perhaps tauntingly —says: “A fresh aud brilliant career of greatness is open to the South if she can but see her true and lasting interest.” All that is necessary for the South to attain to an eminence that cannot be reached by any other section of the globe is to change her policy in her industrial anil commercial pursuits so as to become abso lutely independent of the North —produce her own provisions, manufacture her own supplies of everything, without regard to the number of bales of cotton that may be raised, and establish direct trade btween the Southern ports aud Europe. But who is to make a move in this enter prise ? Capitalists in the cities are not i directly interested. Many of them are con nected'with the North, and it may be that it would be to their interest to continue the present course of trade. The farmers and planters alone are directly interested, and unless they take some steps in the matter,! there will scarcely be any thing done soon. This State, and perhaps every cotton; ’ State, will no doubt be represented at the : State Agricultural Convention by the most | talented planters and business men in the! : South, aud a more appropriate time and j jtlaee may never happen to take this matter ] into serious and earnest consideration, i The emancipation of slavery litis thrown the whole machinery of the industrial pur suits of the Soutli out of joint. This ren ders it necessary that we make such changes in our industrial and commercial pursuits us ! our changed condition demands. Tlie South can never take a rise by rais ing cotton, no matter how high the price 1 may be, while slio fails to make her own supplies. Let her industrial pursuits in agriculture, the mechanical arts, aud maim-, ! facturing be so adjusted as to enable her to make her own supplies, and to become in dependent of the North, and the day star of her future prosperity and greatness will have risen. But in order to succeed in this great enterprise there must be concert of action, co-operation, and a combination of means. The proceeds of even a small crop of cotton would put a great many factories in opera tion, provided it was applied to that pur-« \ml wliy can it not lie ?„ Canuot tlie; Southern.i- t-* » make tlieir own shoes, harness, sanities, ac., and make their own carriages, plows, aud all I kinds of farming implements ? If they do! this, anil produce their provisions, nearly the whole of the cotton produced will be a surplus which can be applied to pushing the, manufacturing interests of the Soutli. This 'great surplus is growing every year. All that is necessary is, to keep it here by stoji ing the leaks through which tlie life-blood of the South is running out. Let the most comjietent and influential | planters and farmers take hold of this mat ; ter in earnest. It is of vastly more impor- I tance at this time than politics. We have no power in the Government; but if we act wisely we can render many of the acts framed by the party in power for our oj>- pression, harmless. We can do more: We I can turn their own batteries against them selves. We can turn the “odious tariff” to our advantage. Southerner. I Oak Grove, Oct. 13. 1869. Correspondence Journal and Messenger. Letter from Down Soutli. October, 15, 1869. Mr. Editor: Were it not that I have assur ance that small favors are thankfully received at your sanctum, I should not have the j temerity to forward you a letter from this latitude just at this time. The cotton crop is gathering. There has been a diversity of fortune among planters, giving rise to some wonderment. A few have escaped the ravages of the caterpillar almost entirely. Others are partially dam aged, but the great majority have been swept clean of all but the first crop. The few who planted short cotton congratulate themselves on their superior foresight, as this was less injured than the long. Their meeting better success than their long staple neighbors, has resulted in resolution, | on the part of a good many of the latter, to plant short cotton next season. If our farmers are successful in saving i their seed cane, their will be considerable ! increase next fall in the production of sugar | and syrup. Cold weather is stealing upon us; conse quently sickness is abating. Niggerdom is all agog with small sacks of cotton in the ;seed, and smelling odorously of mean whisky. The demoralization of the “friend and brother” is as much of a “suckcess” as : the nasal orators on peculiar “moral ideas” j could possibly desire —for the purpose of picking his pockets. We, of your sister State, watch the rail road development in Georgia with inereas jmg interest. Go ahead ! When you shall have connected the “State of Rabun,” by j bars of iron, with the rest of the “Empire,” i that will be an achievement to be handed down to posterity in song and story, by the 1 reporters, who, no doubt, will be ticketed for a free airing through the “Gap. ’ Os course, however, the railroads projected through the Southern part of the State, have a more immediate interest for us, and we heartily wish them “good speed.” The proposed publication of a first class agricultural paper, by Messrs. Burke A Cos., strikes me to be the “fattest take” those thorough and progressive printers have yet put out. One of their liberal premium lists would make a compensatory adjunct, perhaps, to their prospectus. Our farmers much need current agricultural literature and science, given to them cheap; for the great body, who would be most profited by it, are not able to subscribe to many news papers, and the purchase of books on their specialty, is quite out of the question. Zee. —A New York paper has this announce ment: “On Wednesday, at noon, Lord Hubert Le Roy S. Ainslev, of doubtful title, was married to Miss Lillie, daughter of the late Isaac M. Martin, Esq., formerly of Staten Island. The marriage ceremony was performed by flie Rev. Dr. Bliss, at the res idence of Mrs. Lawrence, on Murray Hill, and was witnessed by about twenty young couples. The parents of the happy couple were absent.” One of the parent., “the late Isaac M. Martin,” must have been una voidably absent. As there seems to have been few cards, the probability is that the old gentleman didn’t get one. —lt is said there is to be a grand hunt through Africa for the missing Dr. Living stone by a corps of English explorers. If, when they shall have ionnd him, he should go and lose himself again, as he has been doing annually for the last tea years, they ' ought to let him stay lout, i— — —■ r (Irani Ton rustin' nt. Office S. A. Socibtt, I ! Macon, Ga., Oct. 30,1869. | | The Superintendent of the Tournament announces to all concerned, the following rules for the gov- j eminent aud information of those who may wish to j enter the list: I. Each gentleman desiring to enter the list will communicate with Mr. W. W. Collins, of Macon, Ga., informing him what knight he wishes to rep resent. A Each knight will appear and ride In the cos tume of the cnaraeUr he personates, and no one will be allowed to ride unless iu costume, and properly mounted. 8. The enrollment of names will cease on the 15th of November, aud the knights will draw for the order iu which they will ride, each knight re taining the position he' has drawu, and no exchange will be allowed. 4. The Tilt will be a circle of two hundred and twenty yards, with six ring staff's, at intervals of thirty yards, leaving forty yards for the start. 5. Size of ring two and a half inches in diame ter. Length of lance, nine feet. 0. All movements of the knights will be regu lated by the bugle. 7. Fifteen seconds time will be allowed to make the distance of one hundred and eighty yards. Any knight consuming more time than this will either lose his ride or ride over, as the Unices may determine; also, iu all eases of accident the judges will decide. 8. The knights Liking the greatest number ol rings within the time specified, shall he entitled to the first prize, and to crown the Queen of Love and Beauty. The second the second prize, and to crown the first maid of honor, aud so iu the lasi prize, there beiug as many maids of honor as the re are prizes. 9. There shall be at le isi one delegate appointed from every couuty that is represented by knights who will choose five umpires to act as judges on the occasion. 10. There shall be four marshals appointed by . the Superintendent, whose duty it shall be to pre serve ordt r and secure the services ol a Sudani, baud for the occasion; the marsnals to be mounted j and designated by a red sasli, worn diagonally across tli, breast, irotn left shoulder to tight Itip. i 11. All questions that may arise must be decided j iby the judges, aud their decision is final. 13. That each knight pay to the Superintendent ] the entrance fee of ten dollars before contesting for the prizes. 13. in case of two or more knights taking the rings the o me number of ti ties, ttu-y shall decide bv riding through one time, ami if tney should tit the secoud lime, they will continue to ride thiough until it is decided by the judges. Perhaps there will be some feav knights w ho will prefer to have the bar attached to the list of per formances, there tiring the ring to take and bar to be jumped. To those persons we will say that wt will accommodate them If possible. There will be a tine Canadian thorough-bred horse, wortii SSOO, ottered as first prize, and corresponding oiks lor second, third, etc. W. W. Collins, Secretary. Papers of the State please copy. Tlie Labor Convention. The latest Intelligence we had of this delibera tive body was tha., Wednesday nigl.t until mid£ night, tile delegates were running the machiui under a full press of steam. We did not report the proceedings of the Labor Convention any niort than we should have reported the sayings and doings of a deliberative body that had convened from all parts of the {State to consider the most practical method of paving the streets of Macon with window glass, for the simple reason that the objects of Doth conventions would have been simi lar iu value aud practical utility. The future condition of the negro as well as the white man, in this country, depends altogether and eutirely upou circumstances that none of us can foresee or anticipate. The majority of the colored race are working shoulder to shoulder with their white brethren, and Heaven smiles upon their ex ertions. Each is more or less dependent upon the other in thousands of ways, and we really believe tliat, as a general thing, each arc doing the besl they can i«*r the future prosperity <>f all. Now and then some disaffected laboring men throw broadcast their seeds of contention, and en deavor to persuade better men than themselves to join with them heart aud hand. The result every sane man can foresee. If Northern emissaries will cease to interfere be tween the people of the South, black and white, everything will move on harmoniously. The em ployer will pay cheerfully every cent he can afford to pay for labor, and the employed will labor faithfully, content with the wages he receives. As we have many times baid, we say to-day: Let us all live peaceably together, and do the best we can for each other—turning a deaf ear to those pestilent disor ganizers, whose vocation is to keep the whole country in commotion and anarchy. We say with tien. Grant: “Let us have peace.” “Done Broke.” Having some business at the City Hall ihursday, we went up stairs aud took a look at that motley assembly—the “Long” Purley-ment of anti-lubo rers. The- Pow wow was in full under the lead of those tire brands—Turner, Long aV: Bryant. We did not stay long, but we discovered in that short time that the Daily Jouhnal and Messenger was not at all in favor in the delectable gathering— not a eopv of it was to be seen, though we did see a huge pile of the Telegraph upon the desk of the Secretary, while about every other delegate had u copy spread under his nose for attempted perusal "We heard Thursday evening that the thimr “broke ’ • - * hat most of those present from tin* rural districts i e i liro ed to their “long” col lards and middlings', wimnruiej «.«x ~~ »—.-- tain to find rather short, if they attempt to carry ' out the programme of their “Long” wrong leader at Christmas. Fruits of the Convention. A negro porter who has for a long time held 11 good position in a large establishment located in Third street, Thursday morning, took his employ er one side, and submitted his new s‘.*ule of prices, stating that if he did not receive the pr.ee he demauded, he should leave on the first of next month. “ Good as wheat 1” was the only response, and in less than an hour the place was ottered to, and accepted by, a white man, who was glad to take the position. A few hours later, the colored gentleman became a trifle uneasy, und suggested to his employer, that he had thought over the matter, ami on the whole, had concluded to remain at the old figures. “ Your place is already taken,” was the reply; “don’t give yourself any uneasi ness” ; and the discomfited darkey has the chance of going after a situation as soon us he likes. It is about the wav we thought that the grand labor movement might possibly work, after a fair trial. <»rlt*r’a Almanac for IH7O. Most of our old fashioned farmers could give up flteir scythe-handles just as readily os they could do without this essential requisite to the success of their farming operations ; and ns Messrs. J. V\. Burke k Cos. are now printing a very large edition, iu order to meet the demand, it would he well for country store-keepers to send in their ordets early. Read the advertisement in our paper to-day. Kicckoii I Keer. A colored gentleman came into the book store of i. W. Burke it Cos , Thursday, and spent five dollar for books The clerk, not wishing him to be de j ceived, said: “How is ittliat you came hereto buy books after J etf Long’s resolution ?’’ * Tshaw, ] reckon I keer what them fellows say!" said the! ; sensible colored man, as he gathered up his bundle ( and walked out. Such is life. Big Potatoes. Mr. John P. Hunt, of Jones county, has brought us some of the lilie- 1 sweet potatoes we have seen this season They are really good to look at, and i we have no doubt will be as good to eat Striking Coincidence. We find the following item in the New York Sun, of last Saturday : The following Is a verbatim report of a converse lion between two young ladies who had just linisk jed their education at a classical school: “Were you at the picnic?” " Yes, ami we bad a high old j lime of it.” “ I wanted to go so bad, but mother was so hard pushed 1 couldn’t get off.” “I was ! rigged, but I couldn’t corner you any where in the | woods. We had a bully time, and you know 1 promised my gallant tuat he should have a sight at you." “Well, I’m sorry, but you bet I’ll put in iny big licks at the Fair"” They must have been Atlanta girls, or else we have, in the following paragraph, which we clip from the local column of the Atlanta Constitution, of Tuesday, a striking coinci dence of thought and expression: Is fok the Campaign. — The following is a ver batim report of a conversation between two young ladies of the Gate City: Says Emma to Hattie, j“ Were you at the calico ball ?” Oh, yes,” replied Hattie, “and we bad a high old time of it.” "I wanted to go so bad, hut mother was down with a nervous attaek, and I could not geloll'." “ I look ed for you a long time. You know I promised my beau that he should have a look at you.” “ Well, I'm sorry, but you bet I’ll put in my big licks at tbe Home Fair.” King Hans had better look out A Mistake. —It is a common mistake to plant pines and spruce-firs near the margin of one’s walks and carriage roads. Few persons know or stop to inquire how large these trees will spread as they grow to ma turity. They look pretty and docile as they stand in the nursery-rows, and so the little beauties are set within arm’s length of the walk, where they can easily be seen and petted. But in a few years the young giants begin to show their strength and large proportions. They throw out their arms in lusty rigor, stretching from fifteen to twenty feet on either side, over walks and grass plots, and adjoining shrubbery, dark ening the windows and doorways, very much to the surprise and confusion of the planter. The result of the whole is that either the tree must be cut down, or their lower branches l>e hewn off', which latter opera tion is a virtual destruction of the trees. Any method of planting which does not forecast the future bight and breadth of trees, whether planted singly or in groups, is mistaken. —Hearth and Home. —A surgeon in Fredericksburg, Virginia, recently fractured a finger on each of his hands while making a poxt-mortern examina tion of the body of a man whose death was \ caused by lockjaw. His hands soon became inllamed and swollen, and the pain intense and at one time serious apprehensions were entertained as to the result. —General Grant wrote his gold-swindle letter to the owner of Dexter in great haste. The letter, itself, contains evidence enough that he couldn’t have spent more than three hours and a half upon it. A man who can’t write a respectable letter even when he squares himself and takes it leisurely, should ‘never vrrue ia haste. A Noble Hod-Carrier. ROMANTIC ADVENTURE OF AN AUSTRIAN BARON. From the Galesburg (III.) Press. October 9. How often lias it been said and written that “ Truth is stranger than fiction,” and every day further verifies and corroborates the axiom. The elements of actual romance pervade everything around us. and event and accident sometimes give birth to occur rences and incidents tliat seem truly astound ing. Every day men become richer and men become poorer. With oue flash of the telegrapii hundreds are ruined, and, conse quently, others become enriched. But it is uot our purpose, at present, to deal with generalities and speculations, but to narrate, as accurately as possible, an event that has startled our German citizens from ther usual propriety, and caused them even for a time to forget their local church feud. On Thursday afternoon last, Colonel Carr, the postm ister, received a heavy sealed doc iment at liis office, postmarked “Vienna,” and directed to “Herr Carl Vo# Vechter, Galesburg. Knox county, State of Illinois, United States of North America.” Know ing that the massive letter must lie of im portance from its crestt-d seals and general official appearance, he dispatched Mr. Win. Cost, chief clerk of the office, in search of the Herr Von Vechter. Mr. Post made diligent inquiry of several, but could uot find any trace of the individual wanted, until he met w ith Mr. John Loos, the well known saloon keeper on the east side of the square. Mr. Loos knew a Charley V- -cliter; ae was working on the new lxotel building, tnrl both walked over there, whore they found Vechter about to ascend a ladder, with a hod on his shoulder. When Mr. Post handed him the letter, and lie had read it, the delight of the hodman knew uo bounds. He threw his hod full of "brick away, aud unbraced Mr. Loos, calling him his dearest friend. The letter contained a draft for 87,000 on the First National Bank of Chicago, and lie insisted on paying 51 r. Post 8500 for being the bearer of such joy ful tidings as the document contained, which, of course, Mr. Post refused. This morning, Herr Von Vechter, arrayed iu a suit of fashionable clothing, and having passed through the hands of the barber, called at our office, in company with Capt. Henry H 'inrich, an attachee of the Free Press establishment. No one could recog nize in the noble-looking personage before us the ex-hod-carrier. His manly and com manding ajipearance attracted general atten tion and remark, and the ease and suavity of his manners were truly remarkable. He clearly aud succinctly related to us the eventful chain of incidents in his career, which terminated in his carrying a hod in Galesburg. In the year 1857, llerr You Vochter, being then 19 years old, and of a noble family, entered the Austrian army as lieutenant, and, through regular gradations, in 18(10 rose to the rank of major. In the month of Sep tember of that year, lie was insulted at a levee, by thecolonelof his regiment. Proud nil high-spirited, he resented the insult, and a challenge was passed between the two officers. They met—pistols at ten paces land the colonel fell. i With great difficulty Vtehter eluded the | authorities, and at length escaped to Eng land. There he remained but a short time, and finding no suitable employment, he em barked for the United States, and upon his rrrival proceeded to Chicago. He arrived there the day the intelligence of the fall of Fort Sumter flashed through the country, and his means beiug nearly exhausted, he enlisted in the 9th Illinois, then beiug or ganized. The man who had worn the epau lets of an Austrian officer for utore than three years, carried a musket in the ranks of that battalion, and was severely wounded at i the battle of Pittsburg Landing! When he i was mustered out, lie obtained employment of various kinds, and endured many vicissi tudes incident to tin- lot of a laboring man. |He feared to write to his relatives, as the ! Austrian Government might learn his where abouts aud cause hisuppreln-usion underthe i extradition treaty, auil so he suffered and j toiled iu silence, until finally he found liim- I .self iu Galesburg, carrying a bod on the new : hotel. The packet he received yesterday eou- I tuined a full pardon under the sign urnnuel of the emperor. The colonel had only been severely wounded, and freely’ acknowledged that lie alone hail been in fault, and that the jSealll’of Ills'uncle’, 'Von \. rnlierVfs splurge estate and the title of baron. Thus has the humble liod-carrier been elevated and re stored to his proper jilaoe, aud at the time he lauds in his native country, he will re jeeive his commission of colonel of his old regiment. Previous to his departure on the 9:20 train for Chicago—from whence lie will go to New York, where he will embark for Europe, he made generous presents to many who hud I befriended him here. Captain Ernrich iu | forms us that a marriage iu high life will take place in Vienna shortly after the baron’s ai-rival there. Reader, this is an actual occurrence, and one that truly demonstrates that “truth is I stranger than fiction,” indeed. Almost Death In a Balloon—Five Miles Above the Earth—A Thril ling Adventure. One dull day iu August, just after noon, :a balloon rose in the air at the foot of Cloet j Hills, on the western edge of the centre plain of England. It was inflated with tin lightest of gases which chemical skill could produce, und it arose with amazing velocity. A mile up and it entered a stratum of cloud more than a thousand feet thick. Emergiug from this, the sun shone brightly on the air line; the sky overhead was of the clearest and deepest blue, and below lay a cloudland —an immeasurable expanse of white cloud whose surface looked as solid as that of the earth not wholly lost to view. Lolty moun tains, and deep, dark ravines, appeared be low the peak and sides of these cloud moun tains next to the sun, glittering like snow, but casting shadows as if they were solid rock. Up rose the balloon with tremendous velocity. Four miles above the eartli a pigeon was loosed; it dropped down as if it was a stone. The air was too thin to enable it to fly. It was as if a bark laden to the deck were to pass from the heavy waters of the sea into an inland unsaline lake, the bark would sink at once in the thinner water. Up, up, still higher! What a silence profound! The heights of the sky were still as the deepest depths of the ocean, where, as found during the search for the last At lantic cable, the mud lies as unstirred from year to year as the dust which imperceptibly gathers on the furniture of a deserted house. No sound, no life—only the bright sunshine falling through a sky it could not warm. Up—miles above the earth—higher than the inaccessible summit of Chimborazo or Dawangiri. Despite the sunshine, every thing freezes. The air grows too thin to support life, even for a few minutes. Two men only are in tliat adventurous balloon— the one stirring the air ship, the other watching the scientific instruments, and re cording them with a rapidity of long prac tice. Suddenly, as the latter looks at his instrument, his sight grows dim ; he takes a lense to help his sight, and only marks from the failing barometer that they are testing rapidly A flask of brandy lies within a foot of him; he tries to reach it but his anas refused to obey his will. He tries to call on his comrade, who has gone up in the ring above ; a whisper in that deep silence would suffice—but no sound comes from his Ups—he is voiceless. The ; steersman comes down in the ear ; he sees his comrade in a swoon, and he feels his own sense failing him. He saw at once that life and death hung upon a few moments. He seized, or tried to seize, the valve, in order to let out the gas. He seized the valve with his teeth, it opened a little —once, twice, thrice. The balloon began to descend. The swooned marksman returned to consciousness and saw the steersman stuuding before him. He looked at his instruments; but now the barometer was rising rapidly; the balloon was descending. Brandy was used. They had been higher above the earth than mor tal man or any living thing had ever been i»efore. One minnte more of inaction—of compulsory inaction—on the part of the steersman, whose senses were failing him, and the air ship with its intensely rarefied gas would have lieen floating unattended, with two corpses in the wide realms of space. m —Two new diamond fields have been dis covered—at the Cape and at Victoria —and the prospect of the supply lieing greater than the demand soon is good. While the fashion for diamond- has l>een on the rise in this part of the world it has declined in Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Portugal, and in deed in all parts of Europe excepting Paris. Diamonds used to Iks, in disturbed coun- tries, for the middle and higher classes a re source for hoarding iu political troubles, which gold and silver furnished to the lower classes. The improved political condition of many countries ana dunminhed both modes of hoarding, VOL. XI. NO. 30 STATE NEWS. Savannah. The Republican reports that the first white frost of the season in that latitude occurred Sunday morning last, the 17th, which is several weeks earlier than usual. The potato aud tomato plants were considerably blackened. The same paper is glad to notice an unu sual activity in the lumber business for this season of the year. The wharves along the lower end are filled with vessels loading coastwise and foreign. One house alone, Mr. B. P. Johnson, has shipjied mue cargoes within the last six weeks, und all vessels suitable for lumber and timber are in de mand. Under the head of Savannah interests abroad, the Republican Iras the following; It is proposed to send an intelligent, and energetic commercial agent abroad, as the representative of the business interests of the city, and especially for the promotion of direct trade and immigration to our seaport, - aud to keep him there so long as Ins services shall be found available to that end. The suggestion is a good one, and we are so con fident of good results, that we have no hesi tation in urging that, if necessary, the eu ! tire expenses of the mission be paid by the city. It will be a small matter thus paid, while it would be both heavy and unjust to expect it from the pockets of a few enterpris ing individuals or corporations. While we approve the plan, we also rejoice to hear that in casting about for a fit and proper mutt for the office, the attention of the projectors has been fixed upon a citizen who possesses the necessary information and superior qualifications for the duties to be performed. Tlie number of interments in Savannah for the week ending October 18, was 20, against 26 the corresponding week last year. Atlanta. The Constitution loams tliat Bullock has panloued James W. Lloyd, indicted for kill ing a uiau named Connor, several years since. The Georgia Railroad Company has en joined the City Council of Atlanta from en larging Butler street. The ease will be ar gued before Judge l’opeou Monday next. The Constitution gives some particulars of the writ of Judge J. I. Whitaker, against his Honor, Judge John D. Pope, in Fulton Su perior Court. The declaration alleges tha Judge Pope is indebted ou all account to Jared 1. Whitaker in the sum of 8 '.Uti2 25 Ou said account he is entitled to a credit o $3,280, leaving a balance of 83,682 25. The Constitution hams that Judge Pope loaned Judge Whitaker some money iu 1805, and that this suit is to recover what is claimed to be usurious interest paid on it. Katonion. The Press and Messenger learns that many distinguished gentlemen invited to the Put nam County Pair, have written expressing their determination to he present. The Fair grounds have assumed the appearance of an industrial exhibition sure enough. An im mense amount of work has been done, und iu a short time. The stalls for stock are far better than they were last year, and room for the exhibition of domestic fabricks, ma chinery, etc., far more abundant. A force is now working on the track, grading the same, aud making everything ready for a fair trial of speed. Everything now pro mises a fine exhibition, and a gathering of Middle Georgia people which w ill reflect the spirit of this enterjirise in other localities of Georgia. Mr. Buther, “Boss” of the working force, is about completing a music staud for the 1 centre of tlie grounds. One other matter w orthy of mention, is the excellent arrange ment made for seating the jieojile. Visitors and contributors may expect every arrange j merit lor their comfort on the grounds. Res taurants are being constructed, and the J’r- ss | and Messenger learns that Mr. Pugh, of Mil jeon, iu connection with Mr. Sehaub, will ! erect a sky-light gallery on the grounds. C'olumbiiN. The Enquirer learns that the visit of the 1 distinguished Methodist Bishop Kavauaugh Ito Columbus, will embrace the third and fourth Hum lays in November next. The editor considers the Bishop oue of the finest jiuljiit orators who Vver preached iu that city, and looks forward to this visit as one of great pleasure and profit to the community of Inw,o The Sun says that tlie Central Railroad, now the lessee of tlie Southwestern and Mo bile k Girard Companies, is contemplating the erection of large depot buildings at that point. The increased business of the roads demand enlarged accommodations; and it is determined to w r aste no more money ou tem porary structures, but to build those which will stand the test of years. The City Coun cil on Monday night granted all that the President of the two roads desired. Hawkinsville. A correspondent o? the Dispatch, writing from Hawkinsville, says : The corn crop in our county, with some exceptions, is as good as it was last season. Euougli has been made, by carefully hus banding, to Vupply the demand. Cotton crops are usually good. Some have suffered severely from rust and caterpillars. How ever, the amount gathered will exceed last year’s crop. Cane, potatoes, peas, etc., have suffered proportionately. A (hen*. The Watchman says that Chancellor Lips comb, of the .Statu University, has organ ized a night class in rhetoric and composi tion writing, composed of young men whose business engagements are such that they cannot attend in daylight. The class meets on Friday evening oi each week, and is taught by Dr. L. free of charge. Professor Charbonuier ha. also established a night class in drawing, &c., for the benefit of mechanics and laboring men. Prof. C. is a very superior teacher, and the Wutchmvi learns that those connected with his class are improving rapidly. The Watchman copies the premium list of the State Fair, and says : “We are inclined to the opinion that the Fair will be a grand success, notwithstanding the fact that we have ha<l a very unfavorably year for crop ping. The exhibition of fine stock, farming implements, machinery and manufactures, will, we have no doubt, excel everything of the kind ever attempted at the South. "There will he a large attendance of visi tors and exhibitors from other States, no doubt ; and the Executive Committee de serve credit for their liberality in inviting distinguished guests.” The Jews op Berlin. —Some one curious in such matters, has culled from a recent census of Berlin, Prussia, the following in teresting and extraordinary facts: Only four percent, of the inhabitants of Berlin are Jews, but fifty-seven per cent, of Jewish boys and sixty percent, of Jewish girls receive a thorough education, against twenty-seven per cent, of the boys, and only sixteen per cent, of the girls of all other crr.«-«is. tUavo «n> in the city of Berlin three hundred and fifty-eight families who have private tutors and educate their children at home; of these families, one hundred and forty-three are Evangelical, twelve Catholic and one hundred Jewish, while pro rata only fourteen would be Jewish. Os births in Ber lin fifteen per cent, are illegitimate. Among the Jews in that city only two per cent, aro born out of wedlock; still-born children, four percent.; only one percent, among the Jews. The mortality among the children during the first five years is twenty-five per. cent.; only seventeen per cent, among Jew ish children. The per centage of marriages is also much larger among the Jews tnan among the members of all other creeds in that city. Cleaning Marble.—lt may be of some value to telegraph operators who have mar ble-based instruments, and housekeepers who have marble-top furniture, to know that the common solution of gum arabic is an ex cellent absorbent, and will remove dirt, etc., from marble. 1. Brush the dust off the piece to be cleaned, then apply with a brush a good coat of gum arabic, about the con sistency of thick office mucilage, expose it to the sun or dry wind, or both. In a short time it will crack arid peel off. If all the gum should not peel off, wash it with clean water and a clean cloth. Os course, if the first application does not have the desired effect, it should lie applied again. 2. Make a paste with softsoap and whiting. Wash the marble first with it, and then leave a coat of the paste upon it for two or three (lavs. Afterwards wash off with warm (not hot) water and soap.— Stientifl,: American. New Railroad Enterprise. —Gen. H. C. Wayne has been elected President of the Turtle River and Screven Railroad, char tered by the last Legislature to ran from the contemplated city of Parland, (Colonel’s Islandj to Screven, No. 7, A. a G. Railroad. The new road will be flanked on troth Sidra by the Macon and Brunswick and the Brunswick and Albany P^ulroads, — Atlanta ’Cbruht sheet