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(Quitman Klcpovicr. W. Is. BENNET, 11. M. McINTOSH, - • F.clitars. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1874. Death of Mb. Sumner- Him Last Words.— Senator Charles Sumner, the author aud persistant, advocate of the odious civil rights bill, departed this life, after a short illness, at his residence in Washington on .lie 12th hist. His lust words were to Ex-At torney General Hoar, to whom lie said; “ Take care of my civil right* bill.” As ho proved Unto death and thus left this evidence of the honesty and sin cerity with which he created and adopted this as his pet bill, let us throw the veil of charity over his memory, niid hope that these last words were prompted by a liberal but erroneous sympathy and regard for the African, rather than by a traitorous and deep seated enmity for his own race. 11. H. llill for Congress. The name of Hon. 13. H. Hill has been suggested as a suitable person to receive Congressional honors from the 9th District of Georgia, and with but few exceptions the press throughout the State is bitter in its denunciations of the movement, and all the past er rors and political ramblings of the as pirant are being resurrected and por trayed to the public. As for our own part, wc would be glad to hear of the eloquent ring of Ben Hill’s voice in the United States Congress, if we knew it would have the same sound of devotion to the Southern country and people that characterized him during his career in the Confederate Congress. Then it seemed like the right man in the right place. Again, Mr. Hill endear ed himself to the people of Georgia, and was looked upon with a degree of pride and profuse admiration by the entire South for his bold and fearless efforts in behalf of our State in the Legislature immediately after flit war, when the iron heel of a band. jjx’ tvrrany was heavily oppress" us. Eloquent were his api ,'ds for om rights and bitter ere his rebukes of the CajiWt- -hr. vamj ires who then 1 Bought to rid people of self-gov ''ernment and the meagre havings of an overpowering enemy. But alas! the political current of our brilliant statesman changed, and in 1870 he was spewed out of the mouths of his own people as a Judas. “Hail fellow well met” with Bullock and.the corrupt Radical ring at the capital, Ben Hill disrobed himself of the confidence and esteem of a grateful people. If the voters of the JSintli can restore him to their trust, and the true Democratic party to his confidence, wo have no objection to their sending him to Congress. AVi ’ .no Ileuce is Craft? We learn from one of our Northern exchanges that the “champion” run away^slave, Wm. Craft, is in Spring field to get help to carry on his pro posed farm school in Georgia, for the benefit of his colored brethren. He has just raised $3,000 in Boston, which pays for the farm of 1,800 acres, , near Savannah, and now he wants $2,000 for a school house and appli ances.—Savannah Nines. William Craft (black) and his wife (a mulatto) were slaves of a Mr. Col lins, of Macon, Ga., from whom they run away probably -about twenty years ago, and went to England, set tled in London, raised a family, edu cated them, and after the emancipa- f tion of slavery in the United States, j returned to this country and settled on ft plantation known as Woodvillo, in Bryan county of this State, and the property of’E. C. Wade, formerly of Savannah, no citizen of Quit-; man. Craft has purchased this plan tation, and is establishing a manual! labor school for colored people. He is naturally a very shrewd and intelli gent negro, and he and his wife were very valuable property to their owner. The distinction, “champion runa way slave,” given Craft by the North ern exchange referred to by the New*, was doubtless employed upon remem bering an account of his astute, es cape from his master and the United States, published in some of the pa pers soon after his exit. Those who recollect the occurrence will remem ber that Mrs. Craft had her hair cut short, dressed herself in male attire, (making a first-rate Cuban) assumed a man’s name, and, carrying her hus band along as servant, proceeded to Savannah, put up at the Pulaski House, (Craft performing all the du ties of a servant for his temporary master) took a steamer to New York aud thence to Liverpool. A large reward was offered for them at the time of their departure, but they play ed the character they had assumed so well that they were never appre- 1 bended. The contest for Sumner’s successor has narrowed down to Dawes, Adams, Jgo.ev and Banks. The Democrats, who hav e seventy-five votes out of 280, it is thought will unite on a Lib eral Republican. Westward or Sonti As the older portions A ;) try are becoming filled iqv natura'K'incrcasc and foreign nSfiffg tion, the surplus population nm|C flow off in some direction. The 1 "Groat West” has heretofore boon the principal point of attraction, and an nually tens of thousands find homes in these fertile plains. The Pacific Railroad, and other roads projected 1 in that direction, offer many facilities for reaching that region, and great pains are taken to invite settlers in that direction. Perhaps on this ac count, more than any other, the West has grown rapidly in population and wealth, while the South has been al most entirely neglected. We are sat isfied, however, after giving the West all the advantages sho claims on ac count, of the natural fertility of her soil, if properly understood, many portions of the South are more desira ble locations. The lands out there— at least those in choice locations— j are generally very high; timber is scarce, and building material very costly. The land, although fertile, is adapted to the production of grain i only, and although there are Railroad ! advantages, yet the distance it has to Ibe transported is so great that the tariff on freights necessarily eats up the most,and sometimes all, the prof its. Then the climate is an unpleasant one, the winters being long and cold, and in many places the soil is of such a character as to renderit exceedingly disagreeable in wet weather, and sometimes the water is scarce in quan | tity, and poor in quality. Now, while we candidly admit that j the South may not be so productive, yet she is not wanting in that respect, and in all others, she has advantages superior to the West. But we did not propose to be quite , I so general in our remark* about the j South, but to come, nearer home—to our own State, .yw® please, ta jth poi'non of that. And jpf tamtam! that Southern Georgia offers inducements to energetic and industrious settlers, inferior to none j held out elsewhere. Our lands arc : cheap—very cheap—and although j the most of it is not naturally rich, j yet there are none more susceptible of improvement. As an evidence of this, we will just mention a notice that j we saw in last week’s Enterprise that Judge Hardaway of Thomasville made [ from one acre of land one hundred j and nineteen bushels of corn. Now, we happen to be somewhat acquainted with his land, and it is not naturally rich —would not probably make more than 12 or 15 bushels per-acre —but bv judicious managing, he produced this extraordinary yield. But the ar-, tide went on to say that it cleared him j j seventy-seven dollars. Now, can any [ of the lands of the West beat that ? i You may say he spent a great deal of ; i money for manures, &c., grant it, but he got it all back and seventy-seven I dollars over. And wo venture the as sertion that that acre is richer than it j was before it was planted last year, j Lands out West that made from 50 to j 100 bushels of corn would be consul-1 ered very good. Then say that corn j is worth out there thirty cents per bushel, and you have for the gross ; crop from sls to S3O, and the expense of cultivation to be deducted. Put it I in wheat and perhaps you may nn- j prove the profit a little, but it will hardly reach fifty dollars. Probably not many of us would be so successful as Judge Hardaway, for he has both great energy and good judgment. Still, with fair success only, we believe avo can do better here. Twenty bushels here is better than 40 there. First, you can cultivate ea sily twice as much (and probably more than that) and there is your forty bushels againist forty in the West. Then the price is from fifty to one hundred per cent, higher, aud there fore is that much more profitable. And here you can have a pleasant cli mate, good health, good water, a plen ty of timber, convenience to market and many other advantages. Perhaps some would say “But if ev-1 cry body raised corn where would be the market or the profit ?” Trub j enough, but as xve before intimated, the products of our soil are perhaps more diversified than that of any oth er section of our country. We can raise cotton, oats, pinders, peas, pota toes or sugar cane fully as successfully as corn—in fact, almost everything ex cept wheat. Should the market at, any time be over-stocked with any one or more of these articles (as the. West, is sometimes with corn or wheat) | it is a very easy matter to change the j crop to some other. And even in the ! article of bacon, we believe it can be I raised as profitably here as in any part j of our country. The truth is, our j section has been injured by the all j cotton idea, and the neglect of other 1 articles well adapted to our soil. Why ! then should we not liaVe crowds of settlers hunting homes amongst us ? There is evidently want of informa-1 lion and perhaps some prejudice I against us. We now live in a white j Ind when we tLHig understood W and should not ■its amongst us. imnk ho is entitled as the white man. But we mean this: that where the ne- I gro, or rather Radicals, bo the aid of negro votes, have ruled (as, for in stance, in Florida. South Carolina and Louisiana,) wo invariably find high taxes, oppressive government, and jus tice in the administration of the gov ernment frequently ignored. Such is not the case in Georgia, and not like -Ilyto bo in the future. In fact, we would say more, that wc would not be afraid of honest Republican settlers. We mean those who come here to lo cate permanently—and not mere Car pet-baggers for all such would see the necessity of having good and re liable men at the head of affairs, and co-operate with us in electing such to oflieo. But we did not intend to drift into politics; wo merely intended to say that there is nothing in the state of our society or the political as pect of the country tha tneed prevent any honest man from settling amongst us and finding this section a pleasant and profitable region to live in. Per haps at some future time wo may say more upon this subject, but as this article is already too long, we desist for the present. Death of I’x-President Filial ore. Ex-President Fillmore died at his residence in Buffalo, New York, on the Btli inst. He, was conscious up to, 1 the last. The following sketch e/his | life, taken from the New York Day ; Book, may be interß*** n Jj to our road -1 ers: Millar.! Fillmore was born at Locke, j Hi).. Summerkill, Cayuga county, N. ; V., Jan, 7, 1800. His father, Nathan iel Fillmore, was of English descent, and followed the occupation of a farm er. He removed to Erie county in i ISPJ, and cultivated a small farm. At an early age Millard was sent to Liv ! ingston county to learn the clothier’s ; trade, and passed four years in dress- I ing cloth. During this time he im proved every spare hour to supplying the defects of his early education. In 1819, he made the acquaintance of the late Judge Wood of Cayuga county, j and entered his office for the purpose of studying law. In order to do this ; he had to pay S3O for one year’s time I which he owed his employers. To ' raise this sum he devoted his spare time to teaching school. By working | from four in the morning until late at night he accomplished the desired re- j suit, paid his debt, and had $0 left for | expenses for the whole year. His; board cost him nothing. In 1829 lie was elected to represent the county of ; Erie in the State Assembly. Being a j member of the old Whig party’, which was at that time in the minority, he! had the opportunity of distinguishing himself. His humanity and love of j justice, however, led him to take an j active part in the movement for abol-1 ishing imprisonment for debt in this | State. Iu 1832 ho was elected on the i anti-Jackson ticket to Congress, serv- i ing one term. In 183(1 he was again chosen as a Whig, and also in 1838 j and 1840. He was again nominated in 1842, but peremptorily declined. While in Congress ho declared him self opposed to the annexation of Tex as so long as slaves were held therein, and in favor of Congress exercising all constitutional powers to abolish the slave trade between States and in the District of Columbia. In 1839, at the 1 opening of the Twenty-sixth Congress, he took part in the celebrated “broad seal” contest on the right to the seats of five of the six members from New Jersey’, and was one of the Committee j on Elections making a minority re- j port on the subject. In 1848 ho was elected Vice-President of the United j States and became President July 10, ] 1850, on the death of General Taylor, j and that year signed the Fugitive Slave law and the accompanying bills known as the “Compromise Measures,” In 1857 he put in force the Neutrality laws against the Lopez filibusters, re moving the Collector of New Orleans, by' whose connivance the Pampero es ! raped from that point. In 1852. his wife, formerly a Miss Abigal Powers, daughter of the Rev. Lemuel Powers, died, leaving him two children, a son and a daughter, the latter of whom died in 1854. In 1855 and 1850 he visited Europe, where he was received with the most flattering attentions. The same year ho was nominated by the Americans for the Presidency, but received only the vote of Maryland in the Electoral College. Feb. 10, 1858, ;he married Mrs. Caroline Mclntosh, daughter of the late Charles Carmicli j ael of Morristown, N. J., and has ever since lived in quiet retirement at Buf falo, devoting himself to literary pur suits, and particularly to the Histori cal Society, of which he was the first President, and in whose affairs he had taken great interest. Li 18(31, when news was received of the firing on Fort Sumter, he pre sided at the first meeting held in the theatre to express the loyal sentiments of the community. He also helped to organize the Union Continentals, a home guard organization, and was long its captain. How the Money Goes.- The South ern Churchman, is showing up the j doings of the Virginia Bible Society. It appears that the society received j last year from the churches $10,500, and that it paid out for salaries and j other expenses $7,000, and only $2, j 900 was appropriated ror Bibles. | The general agent of the society receiv ed $3,330. From the above showing it appears that each Bible given away j cost about $3,00, when the fact is that | the same Bible can be purchased in ! any book store for about fifty cents.! GEORGIA NEWS. - Bluckshear has the base hall dis ease. The Savannah Advertiser-Itpidili can is offered for sale. Houston county has a wonderful chicken of the rooster gender that lays eggs. ’This is not much ahead of Ponder’s cyy within an egg, after all. - -A negro who emigrated to Arkan sas some time ago, and found it was not the haven of rest ho had been in duced to believe it to be, returned to Macon the other day, having measur ed, step by step,the entire distance from that land of destitution do Georgia. He is supposed to be contented and happy now. Berrien county comes to the front this late in the season with five liun | drod gallons of syrup made from cane grown on three-fourths of an acre of ground. —The Sandersville Herald moves that the salary of the Governor of Georgia be raised to ten thousand dollars. This momentous question ought to convene the Legislature in stantor. -—The last edition of the Valdosta Times reached us on Sunday. But this is better timer than the Thomas ville Times makes, for we never re ceived their Saturday’s issue until | Tuesday. —Mr. Byrd Bek>te, a love-sick youth in Lowries county, aggrava ted his d’■lease with’ an overdose of |iqi, tr last week, and attempted to j commit suicide by cutting his throat : with a razor. It is thought lie will re cover. We guess he’ll go to Texas as soon as he gets well. —The head of affairs in Conyers have levied a street tax of five dollars per capita a year on all subjects iu that town, and many dissatisfied and unhappy souls are announced. —The Mayor ’of Americus weighs i only two hundred pounds, and is the champion jumper of that town. A Mrs. Hataway recently died in Blac.kslieur, and left a bequest of five | hundred dollars, in the shape of a life imuiranoe policy’,, to the Methodist [church in that town. —A romantic Albany youth sent a young bear to his sweehoart in Co | lumbns the other day, but the mod est. lady refused the rural present, so ! bruin was returned to Fort Valley and I sold to pay charges, aud now he is | being taught to guard a pig pen from : thieves. —The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Savannah is progressing rapidly I with the erection of the “Savannah Soldiers’ Monument.” —H arris Says "that, ft he opinion of : Ben Hill probably is, “that a friend ! in Sneed is a friend indeed.” The Baiubridge Democrat says : j Tiie Quitman Reporter, of which Messrs Bennett and Mclntosh are ed itors, is decidedly one of the best eoun ! try papers in Georgia. Wo wish them unlimited prosperity, which they will surely have, if their paper I receives the patronage that its merits j deserve.” —Savannah is trying to organize a j game association. j —The negroes of Savannah paid tribute to the memory of Charles Sumner on Wednesday. The church es will be draped in mourning for thirty days. A teacher’s educational institute | has been organized in Sparta. The J object of the organization is to elicit !as much general interest as possible in education itself, among the people and teachers, to ascertain the best modes of imparting instruction, the best text books to be used in the de partments of study, and thus further the good cause. —Savannah News : If the Norcross Advance is to he believed, they are j having lively times in the State of: DeKalb. In Oak Grove District, j near Providence Clijjrch, lives Rev. Mr. Brooks, a Baptist preacher. Hoi moved there in January last. On his place were living some disreputable women whom he Fast, week ordered to leave. On last Wednesday night about ten o’clock six armed men went to his house. Two of them knocked' at the door of a widow lady living j with Mr. Brooks. She awoke and asked what they wanted. They told her to open the door. She replied she would call Mr. Brooks. They told her they would soon wake him themselves, for they had “come to kill the damn rascal.” This frightened her, and she ran out at the backdoor of her room to the house of Mr. James Brooks, a hundred yards off, who gathered his gun and ran over to Mr. Brooks’. In the meantime the other four had awakened Mr. Brooks and endeavored to force* an entrance, but owing to the thoughtfulness of a i little girl, who jumped up and bolted [ the door when she first heard them [ say they had come to kill him, they could not easily enter. The lady’s es cape and her calling for James Brooks, it is supposed frightened the would-be assassins aud they left before James Brooks came. The proper authori ties went to work forthwith, and by I Monday had obtained the names of four of the parties and had issued warrants for tlieir arrest. It is said the entire party consists of Grant A Alexander’s overseers of convicts who are working upon the Roswell lvail road. . [O.ilumhus Enquirer, March 15th. 1 i ANOTHER DEED OF BLOOD IN ALABAMA. Two Negroes Kill an Old Man and Try to Kill ills Mile. Alabama, of late, appears to be the land of blood -of crime of every des cription. The word may mean “Here we rest,” but bad laws and worse judges, who give immunity to crimi nals, have changed it to a rest in the I grave. On Friday Mr. Larkin Allen, whose , home is in Clay county, Alabama, dis tant from Columbus seventy miles, name to the city with a wagon load of chickens, Ac. He was proprietor of a { small store in his country, and has visited Ibis place every few months for a long period of years, in order j to sell country produce, and Was well ! known in the city. On this trip he was accompanied by his wife. He disposed of his stock in trade for some three hundred dollars. Having bought some $250 of goods 1 from the Eagle and Flienix manufac tory, ho started for home. They en camped that night very near Mr. Velati’s place in Lee county, Ala., a little over four miles from Columbus. Perfect security, the aged pair thought, was around them. ’They were within call of several houses, and on the side of a public thoroughfare. No suspicion of danger lurked in their bosoms. They forgot, however, they were in a State controlled by offi cers whose statutes support lawless ness, and with judges who were forced on the people by the votes of the ig norant and prejudiced, and whose terms have not yet expired. They did not dream of this; so oxen were unyoked, fire built, and the good wife commenced preparing supper. 1 The pair had noticed in the after noon a couple of armed negoes far iu their rear, but paid no attention to j them. They were observed by other ■ parties. Now, since the tragedy, M rs. ] Alien remembers the same negroes kept p.n eye on the movements of her husband in CivV.Ytuims. They knew him, an 1 . What he came for, ami supposed j he would return home with considera ble money. The plan to rob and murdpr was very simple, as Mr. Allen and wife were old and feeble. About 7 o’clock these negroes came j to the camp fire—they said to get warm. Becoming troublesome, Mr. Allen ordered them away. They re tired very {sullenly, Mr. Allen step ped into liis wagon to get something, when the black villain returned has | tily. One fired at Mr. Allen, empty j ing two loads of buck-shot from a j double-barrel gun. The body fell | across the tongue of the wagon, where it was found. Mrs. Allen commenced screaming. ! She was ordered to desist, blit would not. A villain then fired a gun load ed with small shot at her. He missed bis aim, but the weapon-was so close that the powder burned her face badly, and set her bonnet on fire. This produced the impression at first that she had been shot in the face. Her j bonnet was nearly burned up. Mrs. Allen continued screaming, ! and the neighborhood was aroused. Soon Mr. Yelati. Hiram Gibson, and j others arrived. Mr. Allen was lying senseless across the tongue of the wag on, bleeding and covered with blood, and liis wife had well-nigh lost her ; reason. The wounded man was car ried to the house of Mr. George T. Lynch, near the Holland place, where he died in two hours. On examina tion it was found that his pocket-book, containing forty dollars, was intact, and the goods were undisturbed. The coroner’s jury was hold yester | day. The verdict was that deceased ' came to his death from shot-gun ■ wounds—shooters unknown. The | remains were carried to Clay county by Mrs. Allen on last night’s train. Much excitement was manifested in Browneville on the reception of the i news of the murder. A meeting was j called, and in fifteen minutes a sum of over two hundred dollars was rais !ed as a reward for the- aprehesion of the murderers. Two negro men gave fifteen dollars One said give him time and lie would raise two hundred and 1 fifty dollars from his own race. The Governor of Alabama will doubtless offer a large reward. Refunding I he Cotton Tax. i The Atlanta Herald has the follow j ing special from Washington: Washington, March 12, 1874.-—The cotton States members have held a j meeting to perfect some bill for the j refundment of the cotton tax, upon which all the Southern members could i unite. Tn pursuance of the resolution to that effect, Lamar, the ehainnifli of the meeting, appointed the following committee to draft a bill and present |it to an adjourned meeting Tuesday i niglit, to-wit: Cook of Georgia^Bright of Tennes ; see, Haines of Arkansas, Ashe of North Carolina, McKee of Mississippi, Shel don of Louisiana, Whit of Alabama, Wallace of South Carolina, Furman ot Florida and Hancock of Texas. The sub-committee will probably j adopt the bill introducted by Mr. j White, but it is understood to be j drawn by Mr. Stephens. This bill! seems to guard the interests of the cotton planter with less complicated machinery than any other bill yet in- j trod need. The entire Geofgia delegation arc enthusiastic over the prospects of j securing this just measure of relief to the South. Death of a Confederate-Officer.— Col. Nathaniel Offutt of Washington, La., who died of small pox last week at the Chard Hospital, New Orleans, was a ft"' at Confederate officer, who succeeded to the command of Sey mour’s Louisiana regiment after the death of the latter. Subsequent to the war, and as soon as his health, which had been greatly shattered, was restored, he applied himself to the study of medicine, and at the time of his death was a resident student of the institution in which lie died. The Latest News. CONUREBSIONAL N(ITES. Washington, March 1(3. The House Coinittoe on War Claims met to-day, when Judge Lawrence Chainiftan, sub mitted a report relative to the class of claims which should and which should not be allowed. The committee have not yet considered their report which is very important ns establishing a prin ciple for Congress in the settlement of war claims. In the House, the following were among the bills introduced: To regu late commerce between the States and foreign countries; fixing the rate of postage on weekly papers; restricting the jurisdiction of the Court of Clams. The bill relating to the Louisville and Portland cuniil was postponed to next Monday. The bill appropriating thirty thou sand dollars to be expended,the eur- I rent fiscal year in improving the f mouth of the Mississippi river pass ed. THE WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET. Washington, March I(3—-Probabili ties for New England, rain or snow will prevail, with east and south winds, falling barometer and rising temperature. For the Middle States, the lake region, and thence southward to the ! Gulf, generally cloudy weather anil l rain with northeast to south winds’ and but slight changes of tempera ture. For the northwest, fresh and brisk southerly winds, with continued low barometer, cloudy weather and rain, partly clearing on Tuesday. The i temperature will continue above freez j ing ill the lake region, i Tlie Mississippi river will rise slight !ly at Vicksburg and New Orleans. ; The display of cautionary signals will be resumed at the lake stations on i April Ist. NAVAL AFFAIRS. Washington, March 1(1. — I The Uni ted States steamer Sliawmut, Captain Hawison, left for Key West to-day. Within the last three months about six hundred mechanics and laborers have been discharged from the Was h! ington Navy Yard, one hundred and | twenty-eight of them to-day. Some of those retained are working on one third, oue-fourtli and two-thirds time, j Four hundred workmen and laborers were discharged from the Norfolk Navy Yard on Saturday. Money will not be available for a full resumption of work until the first of July. PECKSNIFF HOWARD. Washington, March 1(1. The How ard Court of Inquiry to-day examin led Gen. Meigs, of the court. Acting Commissary General Shiran, and Adjutant General Towsend, with re gard to the laws and regulations eon corning the disbursements of public, moneys, and particularly with refer | enee to such laws and regulations since the time Gen. Howard became ! resposilile for funds belonging to the | goV' rnment. NAPOLEON IV. London, March 1(3. There was a I great crowd of French people at Chiselliurst to-day 'to celebrate tlie eighteenth anniversary of the birth of Prime Louis Napoleon. Over six thousand cards of admission were is sued, and those to French persons | onl\’. In the morning mass and thanksgiving services were held, after | which the Duke of Padonc addressed ilie Prince in the name of French per sons present, congratulating him upon j having attained his majority. The Prince in his remains in reply return ! ed thanks to liis countrymen for their I faithful remembrance of the late Em peror, and in conclusion said: “Des i pite the confidence inspired by tne loyalty of MaeMahon an irresistible current public opinion lias pronoune [ed in favor of a plebiscite. I am ready to accept its verdict.” Great enthusiasm was manifested and Camden House, tlie residence of the ex-Empress and the Prince was i gaily decorated. THE INDEPENDENT GRANGERS. Albany, N. Y., March 17.—The New York State Council of Independent Grangers has formally recognized the National Council organized at Spring field as the supreme authority of the Order in the United States. About thirty subordinate Councils are now ready to be instituted. Council No. 1, of Albany, will be in full operation next week. THE RED HOT RELIGION —HORRIBLE OUT RAGES IN MEXICO. City of Mexico, March 10, via Hav ana, March 17.—A fearful outrage was perpetrated by a mob at Ahualutco, in the State of Jaliasco, last Sunday. In tlie morning a priest delivered an incendiary sermon, in the course of which he advocated the extermination of the Protestants. This so excited his hearers that a mob gathered in the evening, and proceeding to the resi dence of Rev. Jno. Stevens, a Congre gational minister, sent out by the Bos ton Board of Foreign Missions, with erics of “Long live the priests!” they broke into the house and seizing the clergyman mashed his head into a jelly and chopped liis body into pieces. They afterwards sacked the house and car ried off everything of value. After much delay the riot Avas suppressed by the local authorities. The govern ment has sent a detachment of troops to the place. A rigid invostgation j has been set on foot and orders have j been issued for the arrest of all priests in Ahualutco and the neighboring ! town of Teshitan. A mob in Saguyo, acting under a similar religious frenzy,, attacked the small garrison of the town, burned the public archives, and pillaged the hous es of the authorities. The government of Jaliasco lias ar rested nine of tlie bandits who robbed a stage near Guadalajara and killed Westfall and Barthaly. A portion of the property taken from the passen gers was found in the possession of the prisoners. The Governor of the District of Mexico has issued an order proliibtiug cock-fighting as a practice umvbrthy of civilized people. Troops are guarding road, leading to Han Louis Potosi to ensure the safety of travelers. Gen. ,Santa Anna will remain at Jal apa some time before going to tlio capital. Quicksilver mines have been discov ered.in Zacatecas. i mum mmmmmmmm■—M— “Do you go to Sabbath-school my lad ?” kindly asked a city missionary of a depraved little Dubuque urchin. “Nary,” answered the innocent child, “but I've got a figlitin’ cock that, can walk over any bird in this town that wears gaffs.” I* If 13\1I l M IJftiT ON FIELD CHOPS, OFFERED DY THE SOUl’lI dEOKOIA A. & fll. Association, AT THK 1 o*7 ( FA IB OK ±O/*+ KN’L'll’V ie KMS AIIOLIBHKD. Class l Lor the largest crop of cotton produced up on one iierc* of upland, with a state ment of tin' mode of cultivation, the amount and kind of manures used, the period of planting, the number of times ploughed and hoed, tho kind of seed used, aud giving cost ( of product ion, s'2o For the second l argest ditto, 15 j For the third largest ditto, 10 For largest crop of cotton grown on 5 acres of land in one body same re quirements as above, 25 1 For the second largest ditto, 15 1 For largest crop of field peas raised on 1 acre 5 ! 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