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|imraalaai®ts«ug« WM. M. BROWNE, Editor. TUESDAY Mi MINING . OCTOBER 26. TilE NEWS. - The Hon. John H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General of the late C. S. A., has joined the Methodist Church. Texas has 59,101 white and 48,019 colored n jistered voters, and is entitled to 30 Heua tors and 90 Representatives. Railway construction is progressing with vigor all over the country, and new ines are being constantly opened to traffi ;. —A colored justice of the peace in Jeffer son county, Florida, named Pembroke, grants divorces for the very reasonable sum of five dollars. —lt is proposed bv the State Department to change our Consuls in Europe from place to place every year, in order to prevent their entering into business at their posts. —Hayes’ majority for Governor in Ohio is 8,978. The Republicans have secured a ma jority of one in the Senate and three in the House. —Vermont has ratified the Fifteenth Amendment. The vote was taken by the yeas and nays in each House, and was unan imous in the Senate. —The National Capital Convention in St. Louis adopted resolutions yesterday unani mously favoring the removal of the capital to some town in the Mississippi valley. —The steamship Sierra Nevada was lost oj Monterey, California, on the 17th. All on board were saved, but the vessel will prove a total loss. —Orange Judd, proprietor of the Ameri can Agriculturist, has given fifty thousand dollars to the Wesleyan University for the erection of a building for the department of natural science. —General Prim is charged with having backed out of the sale of Cuba because Napoleon and Clarendon admonished him not to sell, and especially because he could not make as much money out of it for him self as he wished. -The new Secretary of War is expected in W:. hington next week, but as General Sher man is busy at the departmental report the portfolio will not change hands until the Ist of November. . ... j —The petrified giant at Syracuse is still the cause of considerable speculation, llie Onondaga Indians claim that it is the re mains of Abel, who was killed by Cam, while L>r. Boynton maintains that it is an olu | statue. . , l'he Georgia Commissioner for foreign immigration has established headquarters at Bremen, and complains that he linds a prejudice prevailing ugainst the country and the people of the South. It is estimated that the Paraguayan war lias cost Brazil and her allies a total of £66,888,000 and 189,840 men. Three fourths of the sum falls upon Brazil. The dwelling of Mrs. Hildebrand -the famous rendezvous for Confederate scouts during the war—on the Horn Lake road, near Horn Lake Station. Tenn., was de stroyed by fire on Sunday. ~ . -I! is rumored that ex-President Davis is to become President of a Life Insurance Company of Memphis, and to reside at Her nando, Miss. Hou. Felix Labouve, of Her i,a lido, has subscribed 81,000 for a fund to aid him. . , ~ The Norwich Bulletin nominates the Hon Lafayette S. Foster, of Connecticut, for Judge of the new Circuit Court soon to be created in the district which comprises New York and Connecticut. The movement for the purchase of St. Domingo is being agitated steadily by its advocates in Washington, they state that the Hartmont loan, in security of which the wood ami coal on the Samana Peninsula lias been pledged, will prove a failure. I'lie California grape crop tins year is l, -.s abundant than last year, but the price it brings is not so great, grapes selling at titty cents the hundred weight. The reason is that wine finds a limited market, and brandy cannot compete with whisky. The Massachusetts school system is a peculiar institution. A mother was fined five dollars and costs in Worcester, the other ■lay. for taking her children away from a school where she thought they had been improperly treated. , _ . San Francisco papers say that the first article of tinware manufactured from tin mined in the United States has just been completed in that city. It is a ease to eon tain the Pioneers’ certificate of honorary membership presented to Hon. \\ llliam 11. Seward. _ Two gentlemen from Lincolnshire, Eng land, Messrs, Lennox and Graham, said to lx* very wealthy, arc now on a visit to South Carolina. They are making examinations in regard to milling, manufacturing, and agriculture in that State, with a view, it is “it 1 - - - cfot of the success of Chicago newspapers In s iii the fact that eve ry man audwouianin the town tab i every paper, for fear a di vorce notice in which they are interested mav be published and they not find it out. Track-laying ou the Leavenworth, Law rence and Galveston Railroad is to com mence immediately, and the section between Ottawa and Garnett will be completed tins season. Trains crossed the bridge at Ottawa lust week for the first time. Iron is now shipped through from Chicago to Ottawa without change of ears. Excursion trains arc called “pleasure trains in Franco. The railway companies :uv advertising pleasure trains to visit the .scene of the late horrible murders at Pantiu. \ gentleman at Cherbourg lately received a; dispatch by telegraph to the following effect: “Your wife is dead. Funeral Sunday. Take the pleasure train." - An extensive cotton manufacturer near' Stockholm, in Sweden, has just purchased twelve thousand acres of land in Southeast Missouri, where he proposes to colonize! some fifteen hundred families of Swedish immigrants, and to try, on a grand scale, the experiment of at once raising and man ufacturing cotton. A Californian proposes a pleasant little job to Congress. He owns, he writes, a number of silver mines: “I own millions and millions of feet of affluent silver leads in Nevad i in fact, I own the entire under erustof that country, nearly; audit’ Congress would move that State off my property so that l could get at it, 1 would be wealthy - -The receipts from customs and internal revenue thus far during this month have not been as large as a corresponding time last mouth, and it is thought bv the Treasury of thinls that the total at the end of the month w ill show a decrease from both sources. The exp.'iiditures this month, however, liaxo not been very heavy, and the public debt state ment to be issued on the Ist of November will show a considerable decrease in the to tal. The failure of .1 ustiees Nelson and Grier, the two oldest members of the Supreme Court, to avail themselves of the act of ( on gre .s permitting them to retire upon their salaries, will, it is thought, result in the repeal of the act at the next session of Con gre> . It is ascertained that it was passed mainly for their benefit, as the other mem bers tis the court are of an age which would not necessitate their retirement for years to come. Lebanon, the present terminus of the South Pacific Kailroad, nearly due west to lort Scott. Kansas. This would open one of the shortest j-onoiblo ronton from Southern' Kansas to St. Louis and the Last, met would probablv become a gre»* route for the tran sportation of live stock, and especially of Toxn's cattle. Gov. Clayton, of Arkansas, made a speech on Friday last which has created the most intense excitement among all classes, particularly among the members of the Re publican party. The Governor announced himself in favor of enfranchising every one : - > in as it can be accomplished. He favors the reduction of taxes and doing away with at 1, £IO,OOO worth of offices created by tb last General Assembly, and the redue ti a of th salaries of all State officials. —A plan to swindle the negroes of .Ala bama has been devised by one Kefter. a 1.0\..1L uglier, and liis allies. The plan is 1,.: ...mi.-, a “ColoredPlanters’ Mutual Aid S ;v” iii the counties of Montgomery and Bil k. the pretended object of which is : 1 its members in purchasing or entering lan Is and cultivating the same. There are no public lands in those counties subject to r atio , and the whole thing is evidently in to . 1 1 as a scheme to entrap the unwary . id ignorant freedmen out of their spare change. —At a late ]x>litical meeting in Texas, ,Tolia H. Reagan, who was Postmaster-Gen < . lof the lat > Southern Confederacy, said he w\. decidedly and unequivocally opposed to running a straight-out Democratic State ticket, as has been advised and urged by a few i xtreme malcontents, and that he was equally opposed to any man running for those offices or for Congress solely on the grounds of his orthodox Democracy. —The New York Commercial, in view of: the - .‘auditions developments concerning the V. 11-street-Washiugtou Gold Ring says. “These revelations are becoming so overwhelming as to constitute almost tne only topic of conversation. * * * Those journals which thought to ignore or whistle 't ern the wind the gold conspiracy revela ’>re.- us absurd, ‘pieposterous,’ ‘unworthy ■ j b lief.’ etc., are beginning to discover, - mg with the Tribune, that they have made * egregious IBMlake., The Report of the Negro “Com mittee on Outrages." That the ignorant and deluded collection of negroes who met in this city last week, calling themselves a “Colored Labor Con vention,” should utter such a foul slander upon the people of Georgia as is contained in the report of the “Outrage Committed,” will not surprise anybody who knows that they acted under the immediate guidance and advice of a white adventurer whose business it has been since he cam-- to Geor gia, to promote dissension and strife between the races, and by making himself appear the especial friend and protector of the negro, to obtain thrir confidence and their money, in order to satisfy an unworthy ambition and lead a life of dishonest idleness. Since the close of the war and the eman cipation of the negroes, it has been the con stant endeavor of a number of wicked and l i corrupt men, es destitute of character as of means, who flocked into the South from the Northern States in search of office and of pelf, to incite ill feeling and discord between the negroes and their former masters, by persuading the ignorant and credulous blacks that they were cruelly and unjustly treated, by giving them to understand that they were the superiors of the whites, and that the only way to secure their rights was to distrust every white man at the South, and give all their confidence and thair money to the emigrant* from Maine and Massachu setts who wanted to be elected Governors, Congressmen, Legislators, Ac., in order the more effectually to carry out their pretended philanthropy. The history of the piebald Cont ention at Atlanta, of the State electioas which fol lowed it, and of the attempts which have been made since by the fabrication of false reports of outrages committed by the white people against the lives and property of the negroes, to breed dissension at the South, and inflame the popular mind at the North, is filled with indisputable proof of the sordid wickedness of these adventurers, anil of the unfortunate success which has attended their efforts. Peace and mutual relations of con fidence and good will between the negroes and their employers, would, they knew, be fatal to their designs and ruinous to their interests, and under the protection and direction of the Radical party they have; exhausted infamy in their plots to disturb, ! despoil, misrepresent and oppress the South ern people. One of their favorite schemes to retain their power, and continue the law less inter ference of Congress in the government of! the Southern States, has been to circulate i forged accounts of murders, whippings, rob • beries and oppression of negroes by white j i men, to represent that the courts of law, and the officers of justice deny protection to the negro, and that so far from punishing his j oppressors they connive at their crimes. We had begun to hope that in Georgia this infamous system of fraud and falsehood ! hail been abandoned as no longer profitable, and that the negroes, aware of the selfish purposes of their pretended friends, and of the base deception of which they hail been the victims, had resolved not to allow them selves any longer to be made the tools ofi unprincipled men to injure their best friends, by whose money they are supported, and consequently to injure themselves. But the' proceedings of the “Colored Labor Conven tion” prove that we were mistaken in this hope, and that the attempt to slander the people by representing them as guilty of outrages against the negroes, has not ! been abandoned. It is susceptible of irrefragable proof, tha the report of the “committee on outrages” 1 is one tissue of falsehood from beginning to end. It is well known to every intelligent and honest man iu Georgia, that the law's are ample for the protection of the negro in all his rights of person and of property, and that the courts and officers of justice are earnest and zealous in their endeavor to execute those laws faithfully and impartially. We appeal to the judges and to the bar of Georgia, who best know the facts, to corrob orate our statement. It was with sincere regret and mortifica persing the fame and honor of the white people of Georgia, accusing them of crimes 1 against law' and humanity, in the columns of a daily paper >f this city, not only without a word of comment in exposure of its false hood and mischievous purpose, but with a lengthy article applauding the ‘ ‘good sense, moderation and good temper,” of those who made it, and complimenting the body which approved it for its “prudence and good spirit.” We were astonished and pained that a respectable journal could be induced; by any consideration to so far forget wliat it owes to itself, to its readers, to decency and truth, to the welfare of the people and to the well being and peace of society, as to; publish such a scandalous libel on the peo ple among whom it has its being, without an indignant denunciation of the lie and of its; i authors. “ The outrage report,” it says, “ice might ex- j cept to ; but unfortunately there have been perhaps more than twenty-three blacks and perhaps more than twenty-three whites kill ed in Georgia the past year.” Because un fortunately “perhaps" twenty-three blacks, and "perhaps' twenty-three whites have been killed in Georgia during the year, our co- j temporary cannot take exception to a report expressing “horror at the harrowing details of the most unparalleled outrages perpetra. ted upon colored laboring men, consisting in fraud, violence and murder, committed under the most atrocious circumstances, and with the most hellish cold-bloodedness,” — by whom ?by the honest, peaceable white citizens of Georgia! In the name and on behalf of these citizens we indignantly repel the accusation. We not only “except to” the report, but we pronounce it to l>e an unmitigated falsehood, concocted and circulated to subserve the basest and most malicious purposes. Though, “perhaps,” twice twenty-three blacks were killed in Georgia during tlic past year, it should need some more convincing proof than the bare statement of ignorant planta tion negroes, dictated by a few white vaga bonds, before a journal of respectability should consent to be the medium through which the good people of Georgia can be ac cused in the face of the world of fraud, violence, and murder, committed under the most atrocious circumstances, and with the most hellish cold-bloodedness !” In all their lights of person and property, we desire to see the negroes fully protected. In all their legitimate efforts to better their condition and earn an honest livelihood in their proper sphere, we are glad to second and encourage them ; but for the ‘'Honora ble" Jeff Long and other blackamoors, who hold “conventions” to make mischief and calumniate our own race, that they and their carpet-bag prompters may live in idleness, aping the titles and the customs of tlieir superiors, we have no feeling but contempt and indignation. We should not have noticed the “honora ble” ami “reverend” conventionists, tlieir reports or their outrages, had not the paper to which we refer given currency to their falsehoods by publishing and approving them. Defeat of Andrew .1 oiln-on. The Senatorial election in Tennessee has resulted in the election of Henry t ooper, and the defeat of Andrew Johnson, the vote being 55 to 51. It would seem from the tel egraphic dispatch's that Mr. Johnson and his friends were taken by surprise, that “a trap was sprung ou them," and that the re sult has caused considerable excitement. We are uninformed as to Mr. Henry Cooper’s political standing, but take it for granted that he is opposed to the Radicals aid the Stokes party. We confess that we regret the defeat of Mr. Johnson. His elec tion would have been significant of a healthy feeling in Tennessee, and his presence in the Senate of the United States would have been a source of continual annoyance and embarrassment to the Radical party, Death of the Earl of Derby. The cable announces the death, on the 23d instant, of the Earl of Derby, one of the most prominent and most rifted statesmen of Europe, for many years prime Minister of England, and one of the most famous orators and scholars of the age. For nearly half a century he has occupied a leading place among the statesmen of his country, guiding the destinies of the British Empire, whether iu office or in opposition, and giving to the world the example of higher order of no bility than king or emperor can bestow—an undeviating walk in the path of principle, honor, patriotism and virtue. Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, four teenth Earl of Derby, was born on the 29th of March, 1799, at the seat of his ancestors, Knowsley Park, near Liverpool. He was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, where he achieved great distinction as a classical scholar, but did not graduate, because it was supposed he was not certain of winning the.firsf place, which alone, in his opinion, was worth the labor of acquisition. Immediately after he came of age (in 1821), j he entered Parliament, and so quickly did he gain position as one of the ablest debaters in the House of Commons, that Macaulay remarked that young Stanley’s knowledge of the science of Par-; liamentary defence aud attack, resembled an instinct rather than an acquirement. In 1827, he became a member of Canning's cabinet, accepting the office of Under Secre tary of State for the Colonies. In 1830, he assumed the more responsible and arduous i duties of Chief Secretary for Ireland, and those who remember the Parliamentary his tory of that time, will not have forgotten with what matchless skill, boldness, tact, and eloquence he struggled against Daniel O’Con nell, Richard Lalor Shiel, and the giants of those days. He supported the Reform Bill of 1832, and in 18114, seceded with five of his ! colleagues from Sir Robert Peel’s adminis tration, because he would not consent to the diminution of the Irish Church establish ment,—the subject upon which, it will be j remembered, he made his last speech in the House of Lords, in the summer of last year. From that time until 1841, (during Lord Melbourne’s tenure of office,) Lord Derby, (then known as Lord Stanley,) remained in opposition, and was the recognized leader of the conservative party. He separated from his old friend and colleague, Sirßobt. Peel, on the question of the repeal of the corn laws in 1845, resigned his office as Colonial Sec retary, and became the champion of the Protectionists. In 1851, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the earldom — one of the oldest peerages iu England. In ; 1852, on the downfall of the Whigs awl of Lord Palmerston, he became Prime Minister, and held office for but ten months, during j which the most important event was the negotiation of a close alliance between Eng land and France. Defeated in the House of Commons in December, 1853, he resigned, | aud was succeeded by Lord Aberdeen, and ! did not take office again, though it was twice tendered to him, until 1858, when he again formed a cabinet which was one of ] the most successful and most brilliant which has been known in England in later years. When the Conservatives last came into power, Lord Derby declined to accept any i office, and the seals were given by his ad i vice to Mr. Disraeli. Bad health, caused by constantly recurring fits of the gout, incapacitated him from active attendance in j Parliament during the last few years, and so undermined his constitution as to render it certain that “the great peer” would soon be called to the home whither he has now gone. Time and space prevent our doing more than give this very imperfect outline sketch of one of the greatest intellects and most in fluential men of the century. While some may dissent from liis politics and consider him il liberal, reactionary and* opposed to the pro ! gressive reforms which are now the order of i the day in the political world, we cannot withhold from him the praise due to his commanding intellect, his lofty ambition, liis unsullied patriotism and undoubted pur ity ami nobility of character. It has been our gr - - ; [than one occasion to hear Lord Derby speak |in Parliament on important questions, and we liave always thought that, beyond all comparison, lie was the ablest, most elegant and finished public speaker we ever heard. In early life,in company with M. Liboncher j (Lord Taunton) and others, he visited the United States aud spent some time fin traveling through them and British North I America. He was married in 1825 to the Hon. Emma Caroline Wilbraham, daughter of Lord Skelmersdale, by whom he had issue, Lord Stanley, the well known states-1 man so long at the head of the affairs of 1 India, who succeeds him in his title and immense estates, and two other children. The Earls of Derby are descended directly from the Sir John Stanley, the renowned knight of the time of Edward 111, and the family is among the wealthiest and most in fluential of all the great families in Great Britain. Lord Derby had completed his I seventieth year. Tlie Negro “Outrage” Resolutions. To show how the public regard the in famous “outrage” resolutions and report of the negro convention, we publish in another j column a very able communication from one of the most prominent and deservedly re spected citizens of Monroe county, to which we beg tlie attention of our readers. We also copy from our respected eotem porary, the Savannah Morning Neirs, an ar ticle on the same subject, and we hope that the press and people of Georgia generally, ; will speak out in denunciation of this dan gerous and slanderous attack on the good fame and honor of the State. We hope that they xtill emphatically “except to” the re port and its infamous authors, and leave the one paper which has endorsed and com mended it all the glory and distinction to be derived from such an exploit. Ever;thing for the Farmer and Builder. We invite the special attention of planters, farm ers and builders to tlie advertisement of that old established and staunch house, Carhart A Curd. Always keeping a large and complete stock of Ag ricultural Implements, Hardware, Cutlery, etc., these gentlemen, in view of anticipated extra de mands upon them this season, have laid in a tre mendous assortment of everything in tlieir line. Here the Agriculturist, w ill be certain to find every species of implement or article needed in husbandry, whether it be an improved Plow or a Trace Chain; while themillman has but to send in his order, whether it be for a “Cross-cut” or a “Circular " of the largest size, to have it sent in stanter. Tlie mechanic here can find from a Gim let to the finest “Habet’’ or Molding Plano made. And then they have Grind Stones, Carriage mate rial. Fairbanks’ platform and Counter Seales, w ith many other articles particularized in their adver tisement elsewhere. In prices we know they can suit every class of buyers. A Home-made Institution. We are a strong believer in home-made articles of every description, especially when we know Such things to be genuine and good. The “Central City Condition Powders,’’ manufactured by L. W. Hunt A Cos., of this city,are gaining great populari ty with all who have tried them. They are good for all the ills to which domestic animals are heir. Their use will put them in the very best “condition,” it is said; and then, should they possibly fail, why the purchaser lias a chance of inquiring personally of the makers why the thing won't work, and come out according to promise, which, you know, they could not do if they bought some Yankee catch-penny. So hurrah for the “Central City Condition Powders,” say we, and may all our readers needing them be in the pecuniary “condi tion" to have their wants supplied. Dickson's Compound. Those of our agricultural readers, w ho are going in for a good crop of cotton next season, are in vited to read the notice of those popular and wide ly known warehousemen, Hardeman & Sparks, from which they will see that these gentlemen are the aaents for this celebrated compound. It is too w ell known among our planting friends to need re commendation from us, uud we have uo doubt these gentlemen will secure as many orders as they ean possibly fill. Hardeman A Sparks also call the attention of planters to the fact that they will not only give personal attention to the reception of all cotton intended for competition for thair list of premiums, but aitendto the arrival and care of all cotton de signed to contend for the prizes offered bv the Executive Committee of the Stave Fair, A a..; >«e Like and What we Dis like. The recentnegro Labor Convention which assembled in this city passed divers resolu tions and made speeches about newspapers, showing their likes and dislikes for certain papers. We copy them from the Macon Daily Telegraph: Whereas, The Georgia Republican of Augusta, has published the call fur this Convention without expense to the Convention, and has advocated the assembling, while others have opposed it: there fore, be it Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to Col. J. E. Bryant, the editor oi the said paper, for the said courtesy thus extended to us; and for his defence of our lace against the assault of our enemies. Resolved, That until a paper is established by our race, as tt»e of the labor movement, the Georgia JtepuMican be requested to publish our proceedings and be recognized as our organ. By Hod. George Wallace, of Baldwin : Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this Con vention be tendered to the reporter of the Macon Telegraph , for the impartial report of the proceed ings of this Convention. Adopted. The President called the attention of the Con vention to an article In the Journal and Messen ger, of this city, which he caused to be read. The purport of the article was to ridicule the Convert tion and those connected with it. The President’ stated that this paper was owned by J. W. Burke Ac Cos., who s*Tl, annually, thousands of dollars' worth of Sunday school and other books, papers, etc., to the colored people of Georgia. He advised them in the future to withdraw their 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. To show our readers the character of the Convention which passed the foregoing reso lutions, we copy from the proceedings of the second and third day, which we find iu yes terday’s Daily Telegraph, where they appear without comment, the following paragraphs: The reports from the delegates were continued until all were heard from, after which the follow ing resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted; \\ hereas, Having listened with horror to the harrowing details of the most unparalleled outra ges perpetrated upon colored laboring men—con sisting in fraud, violence, and murder, committed i under the most atrocious circumstances, and with the most helli-h cold-bloodedness: Therefore, resolved. That we publish these facts to mankind, and invoke the aid of all the liberty loving people of the world, all the friends of law ; and order in our country—and do sincerely a-k ard demand the reorganization of our courts; and. until thi*» can be effected, that the military exercise a vigilant care over the State. Retolved fur her, That we advise our people, to the extent of their power, to defend themselves against any and all of these outrages. Some of these '‘details of most unparalleled outrages*’ are too indecent for publication in our columns; but to give our Southwest t era Georgia readers an idea of their general character, we exhibit one or two “specimen bricks. ” Dougherty County. —An assault upon a colored , man ; stripped him; chained him around the neck, and was carried off; never has been seen since. Assault upon a black man by u white man ; white man arrested, but turned loose Great many or phans in the county; they are generally bound out to very bad men. There is no use to apply to th«- civil courts. Great many assaults upon colored women. Make great promises, but don’t pay Eleven schools ; twenty-live huudred scholars. Early County —Whipping same as iu slavery; women whipped outrageously; no protection to a colored person; one colored man shot with fifteen buckshot; no action taken to arrest the perpetra tor; uo schools; average daily wages 37% cents. “Plain Talks” to tlie Mormons. Brigham Young and the Mormons have good reason to dislike the completion of the Pacific Railroad. Although their ter ritory is uninviting, inhospitable and un productive, it is now brought sufficiently under the influence of Christian civilization to ensure the speedy destruction of the ! vicious imposture of Mormonism. Either the Mormons must move away to some other less accessible region than Utah, or they will be compelled to abandon the : abominable sensualism which they call re ' ligion. But this is not the only cause of the Mor mon dislike of the Pacific Railroad. Since j communication has been opened Brigham Young and the other prominent “Latter ;Day Saints” have been “interviewed,” visited, cross-questioned, and conversed, to an alarming extent, by all sorts of impudent and inquisitive Yankee tourists, who not only violated every principle of good taste aud good manners by their “plain talks on Mormonism,” but had newspaper reporters with them to publish verbatim, as something ito be proud of, the gross rudeness and vul garity of their speeches. Trumbull, of Illinois, had one of these i “plain talks, ” and Brigham Young rebuked his impertinence with becoming dignity and gentlemanly severity. And now comes ’“a very plain speech on Mormonism,” in sulting, threatening, and ridiculing the peo ple of whose hospitality he is the recipient. Both Trumbull and Colfax are right in denouncing Mormonism as a degrading and obnoxious heresy, and if any constitutional means can be discovered by them for its ex tirpation, we should be glad to see them en gaged in so laudable a work. They are not , missionaries sent to convert the Mormons. They are tourists, who voluntarily visit them from pure curiosity, and while sitting at their tables eating their bread and salt, insult them by threats of persecution, and denunciation of their doctrines. If the Empress Eugenie and the Emperor of Austria, during their visit to the Sultan of Turkey, and the Viceroy of Egypt, were to give those potentates “a plain talk” upon polygamy, harems, etc., and have their talk reported in all their newspapers, what would the world think of such a solecism on the 1 common decencies of civilized life? But there is nothing that a Yankee will not un dertake, and if he happens to be a tourist, there is no limit to his audacity. The St. Thomas Purchase. When Seward was buying up all the odds and ends of territories, islands, harbors, etc., of which other countries wanted to get rid, as utterly useless, among other things, he 1 agreed to buy the Danish island of St. Tho mas. The Danish Government were eager to sell. The St. Thomasites were anxious to bo sold. Seward was impatient to buy, and a “ring” like that of the Alaska pur chase, were panting to handle the gold pieces. But the Settle could not see the point, and up to this time have discouraged the St. Thomas purchase. If the trade is not speedily closed, the Danes may not be able to give possession. Several big earth quakes have threatened to demolish and engulph the whole island, and it is thought that another will finish the business. It is evidently a shaky place, and it seems that i six millions of dollars in gold could be spent ; to more advantage at this time than iu the purchase of an earthquake shop. Congress and the Radicals iu general give us as much shaking, rumbling, upheaving and overthrowing, as we can possibly need. But the island will be bought. The Danish Government will send an agent to Washing ; ton, and Russian Minister’s ex ample, will spend a million to procure the sanction of the purchase. For a million iu gold, discreetly distrib uted, the present Senate would approve the purchase of Mt. Ararat for a tobacco farm for the Agricultural Department. Correction. —lu the Journal and Mes sender of Saturday, 16th instant, we pub lished an item to the effect that the Georgia Baptist Convention had passed a resolution discountenancing the removal of Mercer University. The Telegraph copied the item into their paper of the 21st. Rev. E. W. Warren, in the Telegraph of yesterday, calls attention to the fact that it was the Georgia Baptist Association, and not the Contention. He says: The Georgia Baptist Convention has held no session since April last, and will not hold another until next April. Its meetimrs are annual. It was the “Georgia Association,” one of tbe con stituent members of the State Convention, that passed the above resolution. It may be well to state in this connection that six or seven district associations have passed votes favoring the removal of the UDiversity. We make the correction with pleasure, and regret that the error should have origi nated iu this paper. It Cures dyspepsia, heartburn, sick and nervous headache, chronic diarrhoea, etc. It relieves costiveness, despondent and melan choly feelings, nervousness, etc. It pr vents fever and ague, dropsy, consump tion, jaundice, and biilious diseases. Iu fact, Simmons' I-ivt-r Regulator has no equal as a preventive or cure. Examine and see the certificates of people right here at home that you know. wit The statement that Cornell University had opened its doors to female students was an error, “The (bbrrd Labor Convention.” Mr. Eiiur: In the Daily Telegraph of the 23d iist, there is a leader with the above caption, wlich I desire to notice briefly through tlr columns of the JorsXAL and Messenger. I protet in the first place against the res pectful and honorable mention given this asseinbage of negroes, composed as it was of the aost turbulent and malicious spirits that cat be found iu the various sections which Lev pretend to represent. lew men know tetter than the editor of the Telegraph that it is a misnomer to call it a labor con vention Few know better than he does that it wiis begotten, carried on, and con summat iin the bit t rest and. most revenge ful fov ’iiu - . and with the distinct purpose of interrupting the present peaceable rela tions existing between the white people and their negro laborers. The negroes as a mass, are getting ti>> well satisfied with their pres ent wages anc treatment, and the white peo ple, especially the planters, arc making too much money to suit these restless spirits these Ethiopian Atlases, who bear the whole negro world or their own broad shoulders; and what better wiv of upsetting this condition of things tha* by holding a great pow-wow, having committees to report the exceeding great numbfr of killings, whippings, swind ling!}, kc., daily and hourly occurring in the different counties; aud making the poor, ig , norant creatures think themselves too badly treated to be content with their present lot. This, sir, was the bead and front, the aim and scope of this so-called “Colored Labor Convention and, whether the purpose be considered good or bad ; aud, whether inten-, tionally or not, I believe the Telegraph is helping them along with it. I thought ii rather out of taste for such an able and j respectable journal to so dignify such a con cern by giving so much space to the publi cation of its proceedings ; and in truth, when i the nigs seemed to appreciate the favor so higi iH-. and wm-o such particular fits because they would not do the same thing, I thought they would scarcely wait until a paper could he estab lished “as the rgan of the labor movement,” but would return the compliment and de clare the Telegraph a good one already at hand. But ii w r e were surprised that a leading journal of the State should even publish the; proceedings of such a meeting, what shah we say when the same journal comes to us , almost unequivocally endorsing the whole affair! Should we wonder that General Wright and other leading men of the State \ should be throwing hot shot at a craft sail ing under such colors ? Is it strange that men “to the manner born” should feel indig nant at hearing a thing so devilish in its [ conception and malignant in its purposes honorably called a “Colored Labor Conven tion,” and paraded in the columns of a Southern journal with at least a quasi-com memlation ? But hear him speak for himself. After starting out with the assertion that lie did not look for any good from such a conven tion, and that the least he hoped for was ■ that it should do no great amount of harm, he says: “But in this particular, as well as j in some others, the convention disappointed ns by its good sense, moderation and good tem per. It has been the first large gathering of I the colored population in Macon in w'hicli ! some attempt has not been manifested to stir up feeling between the races. There was nothing of the sort here; but,'kin the conlra ! ry, the feeling seemed to be kindly. ” Now let one read the outrage resolutions unanimously adopted by the convention, and ; feel his blood boil : ; “ Whereas, having listened, with horror, to the ■ harrowing details of the most unparalleled out rages perpetrated upon colored latioriug men consisting in fraud, violence and murder—com mitted under the most atrocious circumstances, and with the most hellish cold-bloodedness: “ Therefore resolved, That we publish tiiese facts to mankind, and invoke the aid of the liberty loving people of the world, all the friends of law I and order in our country, and do sincerely ask and demand the reorganization of onr courts; and, i until this can be effected, that the military exercise | a vigilant care over the State. “Uesolved further. That we advise our people, to tiie extent of their power, to defend themselves against any and all of these outrages.” Now, the reports from the various coun rb,». a. ti.io ivi-wiTM,m- was nascti, ; are known to be lies —known as well to those who wrote and passed it as to the Telegraph and its readers; and yet, upon these lies as a j basis, they pass the two resolutions quoted, in the first of which they demand a reorgan ization of our courts, and the re-establish ment of military rule over the State; and, in the second they advise their people to resist ance, which means that they must use these false . reports as an excuse for stealing, plundering and killing the whites. Will the Telegraph man show us in what portion of this lies the ‘ ‘good sense, moder ation and good temper” of these negroes?— wherein the kindly feeling?—at what point its teachings touch the labor question? But certainly the editor will not pass this by 1 without rebuke! Certainly he will advise J them to be prudent and patient and long suffering, and not attempt to inaugurate a war of races by retaliation! Certainly this is going too far for a while man to sit quiet under it!! Well, hear him. Further on in! his article in question he says: “The outrage report we might except to”—but he doesn’t, and immediately adds—“but unfortunately there have been perhaps more than twenty three blacks, and perhaps more than twenty three whites killed in Georgia the past year. ” Wliat does this mean? Why, simply that he might except to the outrage report, but he is too honest and candid to do so, as it could be so easily proven to be correct—-he might deny it, but unfortunately, so many negroes have been killed, as they say—and so he suffers the thing to pass uncontradict ed, only remarking as a placebo that “the bulk of it is not murder”—that “allowance must be made for prejudice.” Yes, all they say is true—“the most unparalleled out rages,” the fraud, violence and murder, com mitted ‘ ‘under the most atrocious circumstan ces, and with the most hellish, cold-blooded ness.” Yes, my friends, all you say is true— unfortunately, too true—but, (now, my dear colored friends, don’t let me hurt your feel ings,) you must remember “the bulk of it is not murder” —let me kindly remind you that “allowance must be made for prejudice.” And so, Mr. Editor, you may search care fully to the end of the chapter and find not one word of rebuke or condemnation. Forsyth. University of South Carolina. —After all the changes and agitations, the Faculty of this institution stands thus: Os the old Professors there remain at their posts: Mr. Barnwell, Dr. Laßorde, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Darby and Dr. Talley; till na tives of this State. The changes during the present year have given the University the following: Dr. Faber, late of the Furman University —an accomplished scholar, a native of the State, is now Professor of Modern Lan guages, also temporarily tilling the chair of i Ancient Languages. Mr. Heart, of the same University—a mathematician of distinction from a German University, a native of the State, is now Professor of Mathematics. Major C. D. Melton—universally known as the man for the place, a native of the State, is Professor of Law, Dr. John Lynch—a brother of the Bishop of Charleston, a native of the State, is Pro fessor of Physiology and Materia Medics. Dr. Woodrow, of the Presbyterian Theo logical Seminary in Columbia—than whom there is probably no more suitable man in tlie State—is temporarily filling the chair of Physics. Additions continue to he made to the num ber of the students; and the Law School, under Major Melton, lias a larger class al ready titan it has ever had before. Yorlcri le Enquirer. —Attorney-General Hoar, in conversation with a friend a few days ago. stated that he was not a candidate for the Supreme Bench, and would not take it if offered him. It turns out that Edwin M. Stanton is the most prominent candidate for any vacancy that may be necessary to fill in the Supreme Court, and the President, it is said, is not averse to his uooomtinont Th; New Y'ork Herald says that William B. Aster during the last twenty years has so managed a fortune of twenty millions as to roll it up to sixty millions. The Approaching State Fair. Col. Carey W. Styles, editor of the Albany News, concludes an editorial on the State Fair with the following paragraphs: We havn't a doubt but the Fair will be a glorious success, and we thought we discov ered in Macon a general failure to appreciate its magnitude We urged the committee and citizens to raise their sights for a broad er view of the occasion, and were pleased to find universid willingness and purpose to be equal to the emergency. The supply mer chants are determined there shall be no lack of provisions, and the citizens arc resolved that their hospitality shall not falter under the pressure of numbers. The hotels are preparing to do all in their power, but they cannot possibly chamber twenty-five per cent, of the visitor’s. Including all the boarding houses, they may accommodate 5,000. and 25,000 visitors is a low estimate; 5,000 may be aeeommodated by the citizens;! 5.000 will probably camp on the grounds; 5.000 will be there in wagons, carts, car riages, etc., from neighboring counties, and 5,000 will float about, eating and lodging upon chance. We think our friend, the Colonel, is mis taken as to tin' feeling among our citizens. We feel sure that they are thoroughly alive to the requirements of the occasion, and that good accommodations will bo provided for a muck larger number than are included in the estimate of the News. We beg to suggest to the various railroad companies, whose roads centre in Macon, the propriety of issuing tickets between Macon and Griffin, Forsyth, Bamesville, Fort Valley, and other points, allowing parties to come to Macon from these points, and re turn the same day, for reduced fares. In this way, the hotels and boarding houses of all these plaees can be made available, and a much larger number of persons accommo dated, besides proving a very considerable source of revenue, to the railroads. Correspondence of tiie Journal and Messenger. Fetter front Meriwether. October 11, 1839. Mr. Editor: The dry weather still coutin- Onr tumin. nea and potato crops are entire failues. A gentleman told me to-day that from a piece of land that yielded him last year three hundred bushels of potatoes, lie had obtained this year not more than 1 twenty! The corn crop is better than we anticipated it would be a month ago. This is especially true where the crop has been carefully cultivated. The cotton crop is almost entirely gathered. Not more than half a crop made. Those having corn to sell hope to get two dollars per bushel for it. sot long since I heard one of onr most extensive and intelligent planters explaining at some length the advantages arising from raising large crops of cotton and buying our corn and meat from the great Northwest. I gave him some of your reasons, as stated in ail editorial a few weeks since, upon the im policy of such a course. The arguments were unanswerable, but he was only silenced, not convinced. I think you might do much! 1 good by calling the attention of your read era repeatedly to this subject. The planters need line upon line in this direction. Only last Saturday I heard my friend, above al luded to, regretting that the farmers are un- 1 able to keep back their cotton from market. ! He thought the present depression of prices j was caused entirely by the speculators, and Iby withholding our cotton much better prices would be realized in a month or two. I ventured to tell him had our peo ple acted wisely in raising their supplies at , home they would not now be forced to put their cotton upon the market. But being l ! compelled to buy articles of prime necessity 1 how, our cotton is sold at just what our Shy- j | locks are pleased to give. Yea, further: Were, ; it not for our dependence in this respect, we could obtain gold for every pound of cotton that we sell. Cannot our agricultural friends 'in November take some steps looking to a change that will inure to the benefit of their suffering brethren? Meriweather has at last resolved to have i a railroad and, I think, will wait no longer for Hercules to place his shoulder to the wheel. Various connections are mentioned. , Some think we should connect with the Ma con and Western at Barnesville; others, that !a road should bo built from Atlanta to Col umbus, via Hamilton and Greenville. Tlic majority favor a road from Kingston, on the State lfoad, to Columbus via the State quar ries near Van Wert, thence to Newnan, Greenville and Hamilton. Such a road j would save the State lload a vast amount of freight and travel that she is destined to lose by the Griffin and North Alabama lload, and the new route by Decatur and Mont-1 gomei'y to the Gulf. The proposed road to the Mexican Gulf —an extension of the Grand Trunk route that has its terminus at Chattanooga. Much opposition is expected from railroad monopolies to our road, but Meriweather has at length been aroused from her Kip-Van-Winkle slumber, and 1 think will not be easily turned aside from her purpose. A railroad ouly is needed to place her alongside the wealthiest counties! in the State. More anon on this topic. Observer. How the Money Goes in Congress. From the New York Times. A well known contributor to the Atlantic Monthly calls attention to the waste of pub lic money which goes on in and around \ Congress. He condemns the pictures under the dome and elsewhere, in common with most other critics who have any cultivated taste to boast of. He is severe in his remarks' upon the young lady who managed to cajole Congressmen into awarding her a large sum of money, in advance, for executing a “statue ”of President Lincoln. Mr. Parton does not give us his impressions of the clay j model prepared by the young lady in ques tion. Perhaps he did not see it. Those who did will sincerely hope that it will be some time before the statue itself is finished. What puzzles our contemporary most is the charge made for carrying on the daily work of Congress. A session costs the coun try 81,000,000 —a good round sum, consid ering the little we get for it. Each day en tails upon us an expense of .833,001). But there is something more than this to wonder at, if we look into the details. The Fortieth Congress used up nearly eleven hundred pen-knives, costing about three dollars each, and, of course, the mem bers did not pay for them. The country is so rich, and lias so few taxes to pay, that prodigality in Congress is a venial fault. Besides penknives, such necessary articles as snuff, tobacco, pocket-scissors, hair-brushes and “extra morocco desks,” have been fur nished by a grateful nation to its representa tives. Amon the items is this very startling one: “12 cotton stay-laces, 85.” Can such things be? We presume the stay-laces were not dear at the price, but is there no dark mystery concealed under the supply of them? Does some intelligent patriot keep his fam ily in such articles at the cost of his coun try? Or does Congress give stav-laces to “sculptresses,” as well as money for Euro pean tours ? Or is there a Congressman | somewhere in the background who is proud of his figure, and has revived the old custom of wearing stays to keep it in shape? Lot us have a committee on the subject. The “rev elations” would be a change on the usual style of such reports. It costs 82.114 05 to transport the body of a defunct Congressman to liis home, and that when the distance is only short. The people may well hope that their representr tives will manage to survive their term of office. They ought to be examined by a medical man before being put on the nomi nation ticket. Sometimes there is a “call of the House,” and absent members have to be hunted up from all parts. The Sergeaat-at- Arms is allowed to charge 85 20 for every truant whom he thus captures. How his heart must rejoice when a prolonged “filli bustering” movement is going on, and the majority of members go home to bed. He may bring up a hundred in one day, and thus bag 8520 as liis perquisites. Stationery is an article which most members of Con gress use by the cart-load. Has Mr. Parton ever made a tour of the rooms of our legis lators during the session? If so, he ought not to be so much at a loss, as he savs he is, to account for the enormous quantity con sumed. There are many ways of getting rid|of good writing paper. Our contemporary advises the abolition of all the allowances now given to members of Congress, and the substitution of one fixed sum as salary instead. The “franking priv ilege” is the first abuse that ought to tie put an end to. Now a Congressman may send almost anything under his frank, from a stay-lace to a pair of top-boots. It amounts to nothing more nor less than a wholesale robbery of the nation —nombody must pay for everything that a Congressman uses, and us course the poor tax-payer is the victim. The Atlantic says that other nations are no better oft' than wo—but two blacks don't make a white. Will Congress reform itself, or -..air until an indignant people takes it in hand? —Thousands of people from all points continue to visit the wonderful discovery, “The Giant.” at Cardiff. The excitement daily increases. Mr. O. Newell, the owner, haa sold three-quarters interest to Alfred Higgins, of this city, for forty thousand dollars, he retaining one quarter. The giant is to be removed to Syracuse and placed on exhibition, -v ' The Radical Negro Convention at Macon. From the Savannah Morning -Yews, October 23. The negro Convention which met in Ma con, this week under the auspices of the carpet-bagger Bryant, the negro counter feiter Turner, and a few other of the same stripe of disorganizera and mischief-makers, brought their labors to a close, and adjourn ed sine die, on Thursday last. The proceed ings of the body appear in full in the Macon Telegraph, set forthwith all due pomp and pretension, with an array of “Honorable gentlemen,” that would suffice for a Congress of the nations. On Thursday the •• Honor able committee on outrages" made their re port, with a catalogue of murders, whip pings, handcuffings, robberies and outrages of every degree, perpetrated upon unoffend ing colored people by the barbarous whites, which would revolt the sensibilities of a savage. This report, purporting to give the status of forty-four counties in the State, bears the evidence of falsehood on its face, notwithstanding which, it will have univer sal circulation and general credence at the North, and will supply most acceptable ma terial for the reconstruction committee of Congress to work upon this winter. We ex tnicF the following resolutions as a specimen of the proceedings of the Convention: Whereas, Having listened with horror to the harrowing details of the most unparal leled outrages perpetrated upon eolored la boring men—consisting in fraud, violence and murder, committed under the most atrocious circumstances, and with the most hellish cold-bloodedness. Therefore, Resolved, That we publish these facts to mankind, and invoke the aid of all the liberty-loving people of the world, all the friends of law and order in our country and do sincerely ask and demand Hie re-or ganization of our courts; and, until this can be effected, that the military exercise a vigilant care orer the. State. Resolved further, That we advise our peo ple, to the extent of their power, to defend themselves against any and all of these outrages. These resolutions, doubtless drawn up by« Brvant, or some other Radical wire-puller, were unanimously adopted. It is very manifest from the general tenor of tiie proceedings, that the Convention, which was called under pretence of promo tin" the interests of the colored laborers, was gotten up by designing politicians rui; the purpose of stirring up bad feeling and: strife at home, and making Radical political capital abroad. For this purpose they have put forth a report representing a state of tilings throughout the State which does not' exist, and making charges against the whites i which are without the shadow of foundation. While we are not surprised at any falsehoods which those moral and political incendiaries, the carpet-baggers, may put into the mouths of their credulous and ignorant dupes, we must confess our astonishment at see-; ing them published to the world ill a lead i ing Georgia newspaper, without one word of refutation, without n line in vindication of our people from calumnies too monstrous, too vile, to challenge the belief of any but our most prejudiced and malignant enemies. No one in Georgia knows better than the editor of the Macon Telegraph that the charges of unprovoked murder, beating, i robbing and swindling of the negroes, by | the whites, as set forth in the report alluded to, are iu the general false —no one knows I better than the editor that the sweeping; charges made against our country and peo ple are without foundation in truth. Should he not, then, in giving these charges circu- \ lation in his columns, do the people of the State the justice of entering his protest , against so base and mischievous a slander? From the Enfant a News. Colored Convention Rampant. —The eo-i lored convention, still in session at Macon, Ga., swelled prodigiously in their second i day’s proceedings, over an article which ap peared in the Journal ami Messenger of the 20th iustant. The President!! stated that; the paper was owned by J. W. Burke k' Cos., and that they sold annually thousands J of dollars worth of Sunday school and other j books to the colored people of Georgia. “And advised them in the future to withdraw | their patronage from all parties who use such ex pressions toward eolored people, declaring the j time had come for our people to assert their man hood. 7 ’ There—good bye, farewell to our old, old friends. Burke’s establishment is done closed, the patronage of the Pompeys, the j Caesars, and the Hannibals has been with drawn, they must now close their doors. Unfortunate publishers ! ! ! We beg to assure our friend of (the News that the business of J. W. Burke A Cos. is progressing, in spite of the colored coven tiou, its President and its friends. From the Atlanta Constitution. Proscription. —The Negro Labor Conven-j tion put the Journal and Messenger under; ban, because its local gave a humorous des cription of the body. The proprietors 'of that journal make n very manly response, waiving any benefits fAWn tyH Ytif Wp stitfe T a’fween*^fiUxirers 1 S1 their employers. The negro had better learn the lesson at! once, that if there is merit in their move-j ment, they cannot vindicate it by an effort at the proscription of those who may differ from them; that their policy is not to aggra vate antagonism, but to soften it; and that; high handed measures will surely work to their injury with all good men. AGUICULTUB AL.j Management of Turkeys. Turkeys begin to lay, in ordinary season, the last week in March. Their natural dis position leads them to seek nests in wood lands, away from the farm-house. This should be prevented. Their natural enemies j are the fox and skunk; the former steals the turkey, the latter the eggs; a ail where these animals abound, the chance of escape from, the one or the other is about one in five. This difficulty must be met at the outset. The best way is to prepare as many portable \ miniature houses as you have turkeys. They should be three feet long, three feet wide, and three feet high, triangular in shape, j with an entrance at one end. These should be placed in some locality ; near the house, where the turkeys are ac-' customed to resort, and be partially filled with hay-, or straw, or leaves—the last being; the best. If these bouses can be partially hidden by a slight covering of brush, or something of the kind, they will suit the turkeys better. Whenever they begin to show a disposi tion to wander away to find nests, they must he constantly kept near these little houses. If your attention is diverted from them for a half-hour, especially in the forepart of the day, one of the flock will probably- be miss ing, and when once they have made a nest it is almost impossible to induce them to lay elsewhere. This care must lie continued for about two weeks; meantime each of your hens has selected her house and began to make her daily deposit of au egg. Your iirat trouble is now past. The eggs should be taken from the nests each night, and the products of each bird kept by itself. The vigor of the mother will sometimes make a day's difference in the hatching; and each turkey should have her own eggs. Four weeks from the day the turkey com mences setting, the young will begin to ap pear. At the outset they are very weak, but they- will grow stronger without food for at least twenty-four hours, when, in the middle of the forenoon, or later in the day, they should be removed from the nests and placed in a little enclosure, made by setting upon the edge four boards, some ten or twelve feet long, in the form of a square. They should be fed with coarse-ground Indian meal, mixed with curdled milk, at tin beginning, and at least every alternate morning for six weeks. Each night, for the first week, they should be carefully driven into their respective houses, now removed within the board enclosure, and securely fastened in by putting boards eleatod to gether against the opening. When they are a week or ten days old, they may lx; allowed the range of some lot near the house, on pleasant days, but should always lie driven up and put into some tight stable and well ted as early as live o’clock in the afternoon, and never be let out in the morn ing until the grass is nearly if not quite dry, and not at all on rainy or cold, misty davs. Six weeks after being hatched, they will need little food outside of what they pick up during the day, but your care with regard to driving up must never be relaxed. In stances have been repeatedly known where i single fox has killed forty young turkeys in a single night, and the nights that your turkeys arc left out will be the nights where on Reynard will make his visits. When they arc eight weeks old, the habit of coming up in the afternoon will lie fixed. They should then be carefully driven into a roost near the house, and when once they get accustomed to the roosts, and are always found there at night, you can calculate with almost absolute ceitaintv the number of birds that you will have for Thanksgiving or Christmas market. —The route of the Port Royal and Augus ta Railroad has been surveyed from Port Royal to within ten miles of Augusta. Rails have been shipped from New York, and it ia thought that the road will be completed by next Alay, MASONIC. ! For the Journal and Messenger. Wliat is Wanted. Mr. Editor: As the stockholders of the Georgia Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company will meet in a few- days, I deem it not out of place to say a word .concerning “the wants of our institution, according to my humble opinion. I. We “want” a law guaranteeing to each member of our Society a certain amount. Sav, in class A, five thousand dollars. Said law to commence its operation in three months after the adjournment of the stock holders' meeting. 11. We want a law taxing each member of the Society five dollars annually, to meet the above and other liabilities. 111. We want a law requiring the certifi ; cate of a reliable physician, that the appli cant for admission is free from all bodily afflictions cr constitutional diseases, and, in addition, also, that, of the Master and Secre tary of the Lodge, stating that he is a mem ber of good standing, and that they know of no cause likely to hasten his death. IV. We want a law making each policy non-forfeiting after the payment of fire hun dred dollars. That is, each member, when he shall have paid that amount, shall be en titled. if he fails to pay any more, to a cer tain part of the five thousand dollars for which he is insured. V. We want a law allowing all who have heretofore forfeited on account of the un settled state of the company, or from inca pacity to meet their dues, to join again without [laying the initiation fee; provided they do so" iu the three months, heretofore named, after the adjournment of the meet ing. .... VI. We want a law making the initiation fee twelve, instead of twenty dollars, until full; and thereafter twenty-five dollars, in stead of thirty. If the above action is taken, or something similar, I have no doubt that the company would be full to overflow in less than three mouths. I hear, on almost every hand, the suppo sitiou, “Well, suppose I were to pay out one thousand dollars towards the concern, and when I died there were but two hun dred members iu it. I would then be entitled to but two hundred dollars.” Now, 1 know that he overlooked the true theory of the insurance, for he was insured when there were four thousand members for a like num ber of dollars, and bad he died then, would have certainly received it, at a less cost than in any other company; and so on, through the varying numbers, lie not paying more than would be required for a like sum with any other company; but “ human nature is human nature.” Alan sees the leaf in au tumn sere and fall, and everything perish in its season, yet, as though with lease of life,, he looks into the far off future as the time when he shall lay him down and die. Hence, he looks not at the present amount, but the whole amount he shall likely have to pay out; and in consideration of what his family will receive. The rest of the points speak for them selves. A Member of the ‘ ‘lnsurance” Company. Mr. Wall to Hie Masonic Frater nity. At St. John’s Episcopal Church, Rich mond,Va., on Sunday morning, October 17th, Rev. Henry Wall, the rector, preached a ser mon, particularly addressed to the Masonic fraternity, from the text: “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” The rev erend gentleman prefaced his discourse by the remark that his Masonic brethren would not accuse him of any- violation of the vows assumed by the fraternity in the few words jhe was about to utter. He spoke to them las a Christian minister and as a brother of j the mystic tie, and, that his remarks might Ibe more impressive, had chosen for a text ' the words of one of the two great Christian patrons in Masonry, to whom Lodges are dedicated, whose name is a household word with every- Mason, and to whom, under God, the highest Masonic honors are paul. He then called the attention of the brethren -to the fact that the Baptist preached not Mason- ry but repentance. He knew aud proclaimed that whatever good might be done by human institutions: founded by the wise aud benevolent, by re pentance and faith alone can the soul of mau j be saved. It is charged by the enemies of this ancient Order that it is calculated to snnov<v3e> Christianity, The speaker had heard tins reproach Oeiore ite nrotmc con nected with the fraternity, but he was happy j and proud to say that liis own experience as a Mason had proved the charge without foun dation. Masonry was truly a handmaid of religion, and the good Mason must be a good man. Still there was a fascination about its mysteries, and an air of sanctity about its teachings, which might create false hopes in the minds of its devotees. If there were any such he desired to warn them as brethren that however bright as Masons they might be, and whatever of good there might be in carrying out the tenets of the fraternity— brotherly love, relief, and truth—still it was only by repenting of our sins and exercising faith in the atonement of the Lion of the tribe of Judah that we can hope at last to become living stones in that spiritual build ing—that house not made with hands, eter nal in the heavens. Presentments of tiie Gruntl .fury of Dooly County. Vie, the Graud Jurors, selected, sworn and chosen for the October Term of the Superior Court of Dooly county, through our various committees, make the following geueral presentments : We have examined the books of the Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court aud County Treasurer, and find them all neatly and correctly kept, with the exception of the Kecords of the County Treas urer, showing receipts to the amouut of $3,781.77, and disbursements amounting to the sum of $3,- 850.75, leaving a balance in his favor of SOB 98, which discrepancy that officer explains by the sup position that he has turned over one or more re ceipts to the Tax Collector before entering the same upon his books. We regard the time allowed a committee ap pointed by the Grand Jury from their body, insuf ficient to give the books of the Ordinary that care ful examination the importance and responsibility of the office demand, and while we would not by any means reflect by any action of ours upon tiie present honorable and competent encumbent, vet we would recommend tiie appointment of a com petent committee to make tiiis examination, who will not be expected to be present in the jury room in the transaction of the ordinary business of that body, or the enactment of a aw by our Legisla tors authorizing the appointment of such commits tee, to constitute not only a board of examination of the hooks, but au advisory board who shall at all times aid and advise that officer and keep an oversight not only of the books, but all the official action of the same. We also regard tiie amount of security required as too small, in view of the large amounts commit ted to his trust, and the general importance and responsibility of the office. We find the public buildings in rather a dilapida ted condition—the enclosure around the Court yard decayed, and a good deal of it removed—and we recommend to the proper authorities the rebuilding of a plank fence, or some other sub stantial enclosure at the earliest practicable time. We find the Poor House tenements uncomfort able and needing repairs, and the fencing, also, requiring repairs—and many things in connection with the Institution calculated to bring discomfort to tiie inmates, and we recommend to the projier officer disbursements to meet tiie demands of the Institution, and vigilance to secure all the comforts possible to the inmates. Our public roads are not in as good condition as the public good and comfort of travelers through oureountv might demand, but we are gratified that we can rely with eonflib-nce upon the proper at tention to this interest on the part of those whose duty it has been made, with tiie exception of the roads iu the 10th District, which have been ne glected for a few years, and we recommend the immediate appointment of Commissioners, who shdl have the roads in this District put in good order. We are glad to be prepared to report the exist ence of general amity and good feeling among our citizens, and that a regard to the majesty of the law, and love of peace and order, and a sentiment of mutual rights have restrained so generally from infraction, and consequently so few cases under the penal codes have demanded the investigation of. this body; but jve regret to know that a few cases exist demanding the severest rigor of the law, j which the abseuco of testimony placed beyond our reach. The element in our citizenship, so recently ele-1 rated to the dignity of citizens, have, with but few exceptions, been peaceable and orderly as citizens and faithfnl as tillers of onr soil, and w e ascribe the marked improvement in onr social statns, in a great measure, to the absence from our commnni-: tics of those political egitators and disturbers of the peace and harmony of society, that have been busy in other communiries in engendering difficul ties and fomenting discord between the two races Associate and in their present relationship as em ployer and employe, proprietor and aerTanl, unin fluenced by the Introduction into our section of, foreign influence and sentiment, peace few- mony will prevail, —** Providence will again, as In I, , the productive energy of our count’. *ij vests, and general proa peril , enjoyed by our people. We find au evil densndinz - lew in the unreal carried ou between our citizens ’ ' < beytag articles ftei which, in many instances, a; . aud cultivation, but th would recommend the ext - m force, in some other county and protect our c itizen. ° In taking leave of our able ; siding officer, Judge C. B. i him our thanks for the mark as n body, and express our Ligh '-as nis personal dignity, and the a with which lie diet berg • sponsible office. We also congratulate oureelvc efficient and accommodating t we po-sess iu E. W Cl i der him our grateful ackn respect shown us and t he has responded to our dun; I counseling and a ding a • I devolving on us is the G . Ueruhrd. That the-. . iu tho Journal ani> Musenukr Wm. B. Cose, Foreman | PhilipTimberiakc, Bec’y, Summ r \ ' A. J. Summerford, I Wm. L Brown, John t\ ’ye. ! Griffin Raines, p, , rV ) G. I. Lasseter, Dav and / „j. Joseph A. Bullock. Jos,; < , Thomas F. Collier, John i , Middleton Patrick, Andr . j , Thomas J. Owen, Simeon 1 John G. Thom; s. Ordered by the Court that the ; meats be published us requested E. W. ( R< N K : Ttue extract fr. m the mb - . . J. E. LILLY, tiers Super, AGRICULTURAL Papeij The Southern Farm and Hcm e We propose to iesue ou the 15li« of \vreinbrr, and ou the 15th of every month there of ■ ue> a Pm Thlrty-mo P. g „, ! to be devoted exclusively to Agriculture, Horticulture ami Matter* |{, the Field mud Fimidr. While we do not desire to dispa : agricultural publications whi a? • A ' public | them exactly covers the to occupy. * We intend t.* tea te arms as to Matter and Execution v The Be»t Talent which the country affords in c\m ■! we intend to spare uo paius to i... A Reliable Authority to all seeking information on t v- \ The Farm and the liouwlioM. Eminent practical agricultural- n./ articles concerning I he Preparation aud <'ul!nrt of ihr » Skilled Horticulturists ai our readers posted in regard to The Garden aud Orchard Persons of acknowledged cxpci •, in the raising and care of stock will attention to this important mi!u< < t. The Domestic Department of the I.' , ~ The kitchen, the larder, the or r fowl yard—with appioved reei;q> : of housewifery, shall be attend* ! : We have made .at rangcuieni* to ... text with appropriate to ood and while the greater portion of t j devoted to the instruction aud bet. , of the house, the amusement of The Young People shall not be neglected. j The covers and a few pages at t: :; , number of the SOUTHER A' FARM AM) HUME will be reserved for advciti-mi- al most valuable medium fur 111-,, municatc with the public. As we propose to issue a large editi number, which will ho publi.-lici th : to the commencement of the slate I 'lnvite our friends ami patron- t - mjk . .• i cation for the limited space wim h u*. ; for advertisements. We have resolved to offer tl ! premiums to those who wi J lake m get up clubs and send us the names of •„ j scribers, accompanied by the uiouej, j OUR VRKMIUM LIST. To any person sending ns Thru" • Six Dollars, we will send any <• />. « ; Scott's or Dickens’ Novels, or any our Catalogue, woilh *1 uo To any perse a sending Eight but j Sixteen Dol ura, a highly tiuisiicd ]*.- ino) worth £<7 00. or Pooka of that am from our Catalogue. To any person sending Kift* m > . | Dollars, on - or iiior. (■ ij $15,00, or books to that mi. i .To any person Mil ling Thirty s i Sixty Dollars, Books of tne \alu > To any person sending Bevem\ ' i | and One Hundred ana Fifty L) J Organ, or a Sewing Ma hiru , u • To any person sending One Hui Subscribers and Three Hun ind h : worth $ 30, ora Library, Suit ted fr-: logue, wor’h $l5O 00. Our Catalogue includes all th Books, Agricultural, Historic . Mi Juvenile, Bibles, Hymn and Pra. styles of binding, Photograph Tiiis Catalogue will be sent, postal i cation to the Publishers. • TKliyiS; Single copy 1 year Three copies 1 year Five copies 1 year Single copy, six mouths Invariably in ad van KATES OF AOVL-VTIMNU One full page, first insertion. each subsequent insertion. half year one ) ear * 1 mo. 2mo. 3mo. 4mo. sinu 1 col. 15 0036 0036 0015 0n53 ** ( “ 18 0028 0080 K) \si “ 13 0020 00 J 70053 on on. '- * “ 10 00 17 00 33 00 Jn 00 53 * % “ 7001200 16 0030 «».** '* ‘! “ 50010UO 14 00 l'' 00 33 O' S> 1 ■ " j Loss than }£ column, 30 cents a. tion. Bills of regular advertisers p”.a' advance. Transient advertisers j!*- Papers containing the tirst >- • tisement, always mailed to th* ad*' ’ All advertisements should 1 the 15th of the month previo'i- ? they are expected to appvar, u.' ' ' insertion. Parties whosend us letters advertisements, if they w ish t well to look at our publish* 1 1 r "' ’. fixed and open for inspection. ali " time for correspondence wi;h Vd >■ taxation of our terms, whi-li, ■ j circulation we shall have, or • i: 1 Address, j. W. HU Onr exchanges arc respects lish or notice the above Pr—: •* liran ami Cotton S<’< Mill’ll Coma. l'btin bran or ship iff- Journal, is one of the v.-ry 1> to increase the milk. It i-- steer could not be fattt land a eow, if fed on the '• | bran alone, mifflit Gil ‘ :i her strength and eondiii Indian meal or stronyr I ■ anything in which th-rc w-- no strength, it is bran. ’ wheat. It is riot stinnil grains, and can certainly does no good ; and yet any : make the experiment, v.ii: :••• we have found—that a<• ■ kept in a propi r conditi"’-; milk will be very consiih-rai giving her twice a day a is The fact is patent, altin able to explain it. If tic jele, which, while keeping strength of the cow, will m ■ supply of rich, healthy tilth: ence, it is cotton seed <•„,:• found this to have great ■ secreting organs. The row seem to relish it. and it ‘ with some other feed, hut tie like it, and we have nevt r effects in any way. Save- the Head If every horticulturi • • think for a moment ou tic- I leaves —which contain U" f ( matter, hut tne earthy etc., needed for the next - fertility—and that t< «*■ , portion required by th* w r .‘ from which they fad: na. would consider that it ♦-* ,by the decomj)o.sit!on < ■ | leaves, that nature eiiri« - n* .after year, in her go'at hardly I* possible h> r i horticulturist or farmer l> ; to be swept away by cv- ry and finally lost altogether Nor would he gi v, ‘ now do. He would ; week to week, the . ach tree, and by di, soil about the roots, ■> ■ . provide in the cheapest - possible food for that t. ; . _ should be tried, we should - , . r , chards dyir g out to • but they would, m t“ r „ .. . reive all the enricW 1 • - ***»<! and dottbtlets