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GEORGIA HE RAL D . VOL I* fit Georgia Iciali. BT „ Or 23 E -A. KCE, 0- jrFRT satukdat MORNING "" terms. » $5 00 * *> I' l **'l ‘u INVAKIABLY IN* ADVANCfc AH W* 1. i„ t no name will be put upon the sub- Aftff Ori-o garment is made l» advance Nr<? u»n >'«"* . be .topped at the expiration of the U K unU-M subscription is previous renewed. |iffP d«l “ nf # subscriber is to he changed, we . lU hf „ld address as well a* the new one, to just H* Tfl / k SwSV i ' ,b rec<!lT,d hT * * pM pcriod than * ,lht I k. furrier lit town without extra charge. ' rrT *‘ ,i nn natd to anonymous communications, as f ° r CTer ?’ lh,n * ent'ri"K u “ rCw,tt,uns * of three new anbscrib- A,, . t °fc £ lo, ie will »<nd the Hmald one year K! * ' v vnat the ' ' (^r,o bse“r^WiVut. advertising rates. _ . lowing are the rates to which we adhere in ,? n r»ct.f-r advertising, or whcie adrertiaementa * T.licd iu without instruction*. ts '* mlirr ten lines or less (Nonpariel type). |1 for 5«c..u f.r «»'■!■ .ub»«qa«»»l».CTtl«». I m. |» ■ i« »■ tri ■ *1 00 $2 50!$ 7 00 SIOO- sls 00 l^" ir * 100 .5 00| 10 00 I5 0O 25 00 l^ u * rs 9no • 7 (IQ I 15 00 20 00 80<H) 4uo 10 00 10 00 80 00 40 Q 0 I 1* 10 00 20 00 85 00 05 0O 80 00 \ 15 00 25 00 40 00 70 00 180 00 1 Column.. • • iH-Dlared Advertisements will be charged according . r \ct th<7 occupy. l * ill tdrertisementa should be marked for a specified (ntii-rwi** they will be continued and charged for **AdvertieVi'tii inaerted at interral* to be charged ""J-.rtis.nienta t<» ren for a longer period th«n three moath* »r* due and will be collected at the beginning must be paid for in advance. J„k work unlit be paid for on delivery. AdTectiaemente discontinued from any cans* before piptratloa «.f time apecined, will be charged only for k, time published. deductions will be made when cash is paid in "pmMiioaal cards one lujiiare SIO.OO a year. Marriage Notices ft .50. Obituaries $1 per square. Noikm of a personal or private character, intended ,o promote snv private enterprise or interest, will bo :mrH »»"ther a-lvertla.-ments Advertisers are reque-ted to hand in their fatrOti at nrlv in the week aa possible l/ud'on It tM will be *trirtljf adhered to. legal ADVERTISING. tihrtstofore, sine* the war, the following are the nee for notices of Ordinaries, Ac.—to a a rain in an 'asok : 'Mrty Dsyn’Notices ••$ •» 00 l-.rty Pays’ Notices . J Idri nf Land*, Ac pr. aqr of ten Line*. • Os) liity Pays’Notice* 7 00 ill Vlontha' Notice* It* 00 f s Djy-’ Notice* of Sales pr aqr 2 00 Sana—for these dales; tat every fl fa |3 IM. Mortgage Sale*, per square. $5 00 “Let wide a libera! per centage for advertising itep you'srlf unceasingly before the public; and it natters not what business you are engaged in, for. if stringently and industriously pursued, a fortune will mhfresult— Hints Merchants’ Magatine. "After I bcitan to advertise my Irohwafe freely; nuin-it increased with smssmg rapidity. KoF leh *v» put l kikxe spent £BO.OOO yearlv to keep my */vrler wares b«f--re the public. Had 1 hewn titrtl* ia ortisinr, I never should have po-Sessed my fortune I £130,000". —McLeod Helton, Birmingham. “ Advertising like Midas’ touch, turns everything to rid ftk it, your ilaring men draw millions to their offersltnart Clay •V\hat audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the llllftil use of printer’s i t k , is to suceens in business.’ k eher. “The newspapers mode Fisk." —-7. Fisk, .Tr. Mfith.oit the aid of advertisements I >ou and have done ethag in my -peculations. I have the most coin pie-e it hin “printers’ ink.” Adve.tising is the “royal toad »business ’’— Karnutn. professional Carts. T F. REDDING. Attorney at. L:*w, I • Bsrnesvtlr, I’iko co, Oa. Will practice in the '-untie* comprising the Flint Judicial C’ir> ult, end l-ivhcre by special ontraet A1 business promptly l eaded to othco in Elder * building, over (’hamber’s lia Store. , augb- y piIOMAS BEALL. Attorney at L-tw. 1 Tb<>ni»ston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint dr ift. »n<l elsewhere by special contract. aug27-ly \\ T. WEAVER. Attorney at Law. H # Thotaastnn, Ga. Will practice in all the -iruof the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special ontraet. june2s-ly JOHN l. HALL, Attorney and Counsellor •IdUw Will nFaetice In the counties composing ' bint Circuit, in the Supreme Court of Georgia, r IM m the District Court of the United States for the s!}" ern ‘"d tviu bern Districts of (.eorgla. iksniMton, Ga., June 18th, 1870-ty. 'V TIU’IIMAV. Attorney at Law. 1 •Birtimiiie, i;». Will Practice in the Fourts nf ( e f‘int ('irruit, an<l Else* he jp bjf SpecUl Contract. r "Uij*i atWation (riven to all collection of claiuia. JUM-ijr TOSKPH 11. SMITH. Attorney and I 1 ouniellor „t Law. Offi.-e Corner Whitehall and iticrts Ath.ma, Oa. Will practice n the 8u ,,0r J-.°wfta of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the nrt r ° urlof the Hate, and the United States’ DU i.i " ur ‘; AH cam i unication* addre-sCd to him at * W 1“ receive prompt attention. aprilil-ljr ANnKRSOX & aMcCALLA. Attorneys rW H 4W ’ wvin iA"n, Cenrsri*. Will attend re*u* an, ‘ '’techce In the Superior Court* of the Newton, Hutu. Henry, Spalding. Pike. c > Morgan, DeKalb, Owinnctte and Jaa dee O-ly TAMLS M. MATIIEWS, Attorney at nHr»li* l 'Ga., will practice ail the countiee > ’ a lt the rhattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by declO-ly \\ A WILLIS, Attorneys at Law ■Wopo . i ot f° n * Prompt attention given to in our hands. decKMy TKIPPE, Attorney at Law G*- Will nractice in the State Cooria r District Court at Atlanta and dec My U i T NT. Attorney at Law, Barnes* bluin'. Will practice in all the oounties ot r cuit and Supreme Court of tbo State. IMS} 0 * BETHUNE, Attorney at Bailie, of tK Ga. Will practice in all the ■ l «n*„ h „ ht Chatuhenthee Circuit, and Upeon and “er countiea declS-ly will continue the practice B h >rt diclDw - OBce at F. D. Ifgrdaway’a T*uf W dfeelß-fy ■M tatir* HaNNAH, is pleased to ■i 1 * Praetic*. “? c ' ,iten »«f CJps *>n that he will contintfe M“ ula *iWn r. in lie various brunches at declS-ly 1 * ALKER. Attorney at Law ■ C 1 * I *. and’.R o pvaelloe In Circuit Courts o a lllu butted states District Court*. I hare moved up to K 1,1(1 »tu 1*,,,)* f* r * Cheney and Allen's new build- M:;y en *»B«d In the practice of medi if 1 atn l can call on Messrs. .. y cst> I* rt *vfyer’s and obtain ir.form*- ■ figjv “ 7 “*“**• lhere ’ Which WUI | DJt J. 0. HVFT. ■■ Yhe systoins of liver SIMMONS’ S£s.SE I shoulder, and Is mis taken for rheumatism 7he stoinacu Is affected - itb loss of-apprlte and sickl iriol* tk" *K ne j a ! c ® s Hve, sometimes alternuting with lax. Ihe head is troubled with pain and dull heavy sensation considerable loss of memory, accom panied with painful sensation of haviny left nnd<.n» something which ought to have been done. Often cm” and low spirits Some- I I times, some of the ahov# symtitoms attend the dis ease, and at other times very few of them; but the Liver is generally the ure the Liver with W *™ ““V '*"*'•*• ER. SIMMONS’ T#iver Regulator, A preparation of roots #ud herbs, warranted to he strict* 17 It has been used by hundreds, and known for the last years as one of the most reliable, efficacious and harmless preparations eter offered to the suffering If i is sure to cure. I REGULATOR B I bladder, camp dysentery, ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l affections ol the kidney*, fever, nervousness, chills, diseases of the *kin. impurity of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits, heart burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain ih the head fever and ague, dropsy, bolls, p-tln «n back and limbs, aMbina erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis eases generally. Prepared only by J. 11. ZEILIW A CO., Price *1: by mail *1.85. Drnggists, Macon, Oa. The following highly respectable persons can fully at test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to whom we most respectfully refer: (ten. W. S. Holt, President S. W. R. R. Company; R?v J. Felder, Perry, Oa ; Col R. K Sparks, Albany, Oa.; George J Lunsford. Ksq.. Conductor S. W R. it.; C Masterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts’ r.alnbridge, Oa ; Dykes A SBathnfck Sditbrs Floridian] Tallahassee; Rev .1 W. Burke Macon. Oa.; Virgil PoWet* Ksq., Burerintendent 8. W. R R; Daniel Bui lafd, Bullard’s Station. Macon and Brunswick l{. R., Twiggs county, Oa; Grenville Wood, Wood’s Factory, Macon.Oa; Rev. K P. Kasterlinn, P E Florida Con ference; '»a)or A. P. W’ooley, Kingston, Oa.; F.Jitbr Mac -n Telegraph. For sale by John F Henry, New York, Jno D. Park, Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleai,#, and all Drug *kd» #pl‘2-ly SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED. THE GREAT y w Southern Piano ■wm. st OO:, MiNUFIPfVRKRi Oh GRAND, SQUARE ANI) UPRIGHT PIANOFORTES, BALTIMORE, MD. THESE Instruments have been before tho Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained ah unpurchased pre eminence, which pronounced them unequalled. Their TOISTE combines great power, sweetness and fine singing quali ty. as well as great purity of Intonation and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Their TOUCH is pliant and elastic and entirely free from the stiffness found in so itlany Pianos. X3ST WORKMANSHIP they #re unequalled using none hut the very best seag •ned material, the large capital employed in our busi ness enabling us to keep continually an immense slock of luuib*T. Ac., on hand All our Square Pianos have ohr New Improved Over strung Se<*le and the Agraffe Treble. We worth! Safi affecial attention to our late improve ments in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE GRANDS, Patented August 14, 1566. which bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet been attained. Every Piano fully warranted 5 Yeai^a We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholesale Agehty for the most celebrated PARLOR OBOANS AND MKLODKONS. which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Price* WM. KNABE & CO., Bcptl7-Cra Baltimore, McL “OUR FATHER’S HOUSE;” or, THE UNWRITTEN WORD. By Daniel March. D. P., Author of the popular “ Night Scenes.” Tf'HITS muster in thought and language I shows us untold riches and beauties in the Great Honae, with Its Blooming flowers. Si ginsr birds, Wavine pultns. l.'olling clouds, Benuttful bows SaCfed mountains, Delightful rivers, Mighty oheanS, Thuhder- Ing voices. Rinsing heavens and V.asi Universe with countless* beings in millions of #<>rlds, and teads t«i us in each the tnwrftteft World, Rose-tinted psper, or nate engravings and superb bind! g ‘Rich and farted in thought.’ 4 r haste.” 44 nsy and grateful itt style.” “Correct, pure and elevating in its tendency.” “Beau tiful and good.” 4, A household treasure ” Commends tions like the above from College Presidents anti Pro fessor, ministers of all denominations, aud the re'igions and secular press all over the country. Its freshness, purity of language, with clear, open type, fine -teel en gravings. substantial binding, and low price, make it the book tor the masses. Agents are selling from 50 to 150 per week. We want Clergymen, ischool Teachers, smart young men and ladies to introduce the work Mr us in every township, and we will pay liberally. No intelligent manor woman need be without a paying business. Send for circular, full description, and terms. Address ZIEGLER A Mct’URDY, 18 $. Sixth street, Philadelphia Pa. 189 Race street, Cincinnati, Ohio, f>9 Monroe street, Chicago, 111.. •03 N. Sixth street, Bt Louis, Mo. *eplo-4m «*, 10*2 Main street, Sprl’ gfleld, Mass. “THE MONROE ADVERTISER.” VOLUME FIFTSSSIT. A First-Class Democratic Newspaper 1 THE Campaign which will goon be inau unrated, and which will enlmfnate in the elacUott of Concessional and Legislative Representatives November, promisee to be one of the most important and interesting epochs in the history of the State. In view of this fact, it is the duty of every person t. sub scribe for some available newspaper. To the people of this section, Th« Monko* Advmtism presents superior Cl No Jwins will be spared to render the Tna AnvE*T»K« a reliable and cflleh nt newsp iper, and each embrace a fair ept.otnt ol thfe week a news, both foreign 0» l„«.l new. of U.l. .»J (ho »IJol»ln t counties will be made a specialty. . and The Adveetisek is published in a very populous 4 wealthy section, and ia one of the most ADVERTISING MEDIUMS in Middie Georgia. To the merchants of Maconi and Atlanta, it offerf superior inducements for ™ ac *|!" g “ large, intelligent and prosperous class of people. Terms "jYMEs'pf'KARRKGN, Bcptl7-tf Box 79, Forsyth, Ga. 52.00 ™ a ,kl^ oo EDUCATIONAL GAZETTE-, sws s •j"* ,isjs3r l ii i TS. , JS?«c"Z‘i££- Asa Journal for the family etrc’e or,. ri ,’. inches in thickness, making it n.rto«y the Best Cheapest paper of its class we I„ order to increase c ‘ r “ U t , i' e n puhlisbers of the have made arrangements with above J»»"ed paper, to send tha ad avail year, for *-V< s ,übscr L be L,J monf V and name to themMlTflt' of tbi» oiler, must •««>« m J t». THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1870, |)«trp. PADDY'S VERSION OfEXCfeLSIOKV ’Twas growing dark so terrible fa-ht. Whin through a town up tb« mountain there paahed A broth of a boy, to his eeck in the snow, Aa he walked, his shaln'ah he swung to and fro, Baying, it s up to the top I'm bound for to go, Be jabers! lie looked mortal aad, and his eyea were as bright Asa Are of turf on a cowld winter night. And a divil a word that he aaid could ye tell, Aa he opened his month and let out a yell. It s up to the top of the mountain I’ll go, Onless covered up with this bothersome sfcnow, Be jabers I Through the windows he aaw as he traveled along, The light of the candles and Area so warm ; But a big chunk of ice hung over his head ; Wid a thnlvel and groan, by St Patrick 1 he aald; h‘» *n M tk» »rr rif. I bill —-V. And thin if it fhi s it’s hot meself it’ll crush, Be jabers t Whist a bit! said an owld roan whose head was as white As the shnow that fell down on that miserable night; Shure, ye ll fall in the wathcr, me bit of a lad, For the night is so dark and the walking so bad, Bedadl he’d not lisht to a word that was said, But he’d go till the top if he wint on his head, Be jabers! A bright buxom young girl, such as like to be kissed, Axed him wudn’t he shtop, and how could he resist ? 80 snapping his Anger and winking his eye. While shmiiing upon her, he made this reply ; Faith, I meant to kape on till I got to the top. But as your shwate self has axed me, I may as well shtop, Be jabers I He shtopped all night and he shtnpped all day, And ye mustn't be axing when he did go away; For wudn'the be a bastely gossoon T«» be lavin’ his darlint in the shwate honeymoon* Mhin the owld taan has paraties enough and to spare, Shore he might as well shtay, If beta comfortable therei Be Jabers! —»BaMfc Jflisccliancoß!). A BILL • To be entitled Ati Act, to e&tetid the tien of set off and recoupement as against debts contracted before the l.sf day of June , 1805, and to deny to swh debts the aid of the Counts, until the taxes thereon have been paid. * Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As sembly oj Georgia , Th»t in all suits pend ing, or hereafter brought in of bes re any CouFt of the State founded upon any debt, or contract; or cause of action; made or im plied beforti the Ist day of June, 1865. or upon any other debt or contract in renewal thereof, it nhall not be lawful for the plain* tiff to have a verdict or judgment in his favor until he haß made it clearly appear to the tribunal try ng the same that all legal taxes chargeable by law upon the same have been duly paid for each year since the making or implying of said debt or contract. O tn ull’anita nnw (isnHing, OT hererifter brought, it shall bfii the duty of the olaibt ff within six months after the passage of this act, if the suit be pending, and of the filing of the writ, if the suit be hereafter brought, to tile with the Clerk of the Court or Justice and affidavit, if the suit is founded on any debt or contract as described in section first, that all legal taxes chargeable bylaw upon such debts or co tracts have been duly paid, or the income thereon for each year since the making of the same, and that he expects to prove the same upon the trial ; end on failure to file such affidavit as here n required, said suit shall, on motion, be dismissed. Sec. 3. In suits upon such contracts in every case the burden of proof showing that the tax-shave been duly paid shall be upon the party plaintiff without plea hy the defendant, and the defendant ttiity upon this point cross examine witnesses, intro duce prool in denial and rebuttal to the plaintiff’s prottf without plea. Sxo. 4. In evfery tri 1 upon » suit founded upon any such dfebt or contract as describ ed in this act, provided that said debt has been regularly given in for taxes, and the taxes paid shall be rl Condition precedent to recovery on the same, and in every such case if the tribunal trying is not clearly satisfied that said taxes have been duly given in and paid, it shall So fini, and saiil suit shall be dismissed. Sxo 5. No execution founded on any Cent or contract shall proceed to lew or sale until the nlaintiff or owner thereof shall at tach thereto bis affidavit that all legal taxes chargeable by law to him hate been paid from the time of making or implying of said o mtract until the day of such attaching of said affidavit, and any defendant or claim ant of property levied on by said execution may stop the same, us in cases of affidavits of illegality, by tiling his affidavit denying that said taxes have been paid, and said affidavit shall be returned and tried and have effect as in other case* of illegality. Sec. 6. In all suits now pending, or here after to be brought in any eotrrt iii this State, fotrnded on otfch contract, of upon any debt in rei ewal thereof, it shall be lawful for the defendant to plead and prove, ia defense and as an offset to the same, any losses the said defendant may have suffered by, or in consequence of the late war against the United States by the people of the Southern States, whether said losses be from the destruction of deprecia tion of property, ot in any othfirr way be fairly caused by said war aod the results thereof . .. Seo. 7. No plea or proof under this act of damage or loss as aforesaid shall be held as setting up damage too remote or specu lative, it it only appeared that it was fairly and legitimately produced, difftctly or ind?- rectly, by said war or the results thereof. Sic. 8. No set-off pleaded under »h*w set shall entitle'the defendant to any judgment in his favor for at,v such damages, only so far as to set off the same against the plain tiff’s claims. Sec. 9- I ft* cases where any debt, as described in the first section of this act, has been reduced 5 to judgment and is still un- i. sl.all be lawful ftfr the defend ant to set «>ff against said jkidgirfent said l„ 8 fl or against the same on a credit on the same in the same tefm* a- iff promot ed in this act, when the debt ha* not been reduced to judgment, as follows : in term time the defendant may move in open court to have eaid credit made, setting forth in the notice the grinds ol the same ; upon this m*i<* the plaintiff may join issue, »Dd the ifcjue shall be tried by a jury whose Verdi** shall be final on tne facts. Sko 10 If execution be issued, and be proceeding the defendant may tile affidavit setting fojuh his clrfi n and the grounds th« reof. it shall be returned and tried, an*f shall operate as is provided by law in c;tw» of other illegalities; provided, the said affida vit shall ftrt f.irth tbtD sbeh credit was not plead or i\lh*tfc e d Hi the rrrigihftl trial; the fiict that thte said credit or set off existed at the date of the judgment, shall he no objec tion thereto; and provided further, that if the defendant »n said judgment has alread y .* ad the n ; ,id dfcbt reduced under the relief act <f 1868, the set- ff or cred.t under this act cimii not he allowed in the same. SlO 11 When a judgment is proceeding against property which the defendant lias Sold the owner thtere* f may set-off against the same, his lofsfes or damages by said, vie, on the same teH*lß a- are provided in th * act tor the defendant Sic 12 In ;11 suit* now pending, found ed on any such contract as described in the first section of this act, the flrttne shall not be ready f*r trial until the affidavit ol the plaintiff required by Hlfe several sections of this act shall have been dllly filed, in the Clerg's office, or notice thereof given to the defendant at least three months before the trial. Seo. 13. Arid be it further enacted. That r ntning contained in this act shall apply to, effect or hinder anv Judgment of ejtebution, issued ffoih any of the cobrts of this State, when on the trial thereof, the Rolief plea, allowed under the act of 1868, was filed and sustained by the court, the facts submitted and passed Upon by the jury, nor to any note giVen in renewal of a note given prior to June, 1865, When that debt was fedllcfed to the equities agreed upon by the parties under the Relief act of 1868. S'RC. 14 Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to effect nny claim due any widow or thinoF, fiontfafited prior to June 1, 1865 ; but such claims shall be settled upon the principles of.equity, taking into c»n sideration the relative loss of property sus tained bv the plaintiff and defendant. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That noth ing in the loregoing sections of this bill shall he so construed as to extend the relief contemplated in the foregoing sections to any dafendant or defendants w io may he at the time of the commencement of such action, *>r who may have been at the com mencement of such actions heretofore brought, Id possession of the property for the purchase of which said contract was entered into; nor shall any administrator, riccutpr. guardian, or tiustee. be entitled to the benefits of this bill who may have acted fraudulently in-such Capacity, or who may have willfully or negligently mismanaged the property in their Charge ; Provided The defendant may Slept to give up the property in his possession f>r which flaid contract was entered iut**, Rhd silbh election shall be a full discharge of such indebted ness. gv-r. 16 Rep al* conflicting laws. Important Bill. —The following bill which has passed the Legislatufe and been approved by the Governor, if faithfully observed, will protect the credit of the State and be equivalent to a veto of many of the bills granting State aid to foreign and irresponsible enterprisers : An a: t to protect the credit of the State in rtf ere nee to its <juuranty of the bo/uis of HaitrUad Companies Section 1. The General Assembly enacts as follows : That from and after the passage of this act that neither him excellency, the Governor, or any other officer of this State, shall endorse the guaranty ot the State ut»on tin bonds of any railroad to which thi* or any other Legislature of this State, until an amount equal to the amount of bonds for Which the guaranty or endorse ment of the State applied for. has in g >od faith, been first invested, and actually paid in nr emended by the owners or stock holders of the Road, upon the bonds of Which the endorsement or guaranty is asked, and the Governor shall, in every case, r* quire satisfactory evidence that such investment has been made. „ , Sec. 2 Be it further enacted. That in the event of any interest that has accrued upon any ‘bonds of any railroad company, en dorsed by the State, in pursuance of any law «f this State, shall not be paid when said interest becomes diiC * it shall be the dtity Os the Governor or upon information of stfch default by any person to whom such interest ti be dtie, to provide in such manner as he may deem most to the interest of the State for the payme* t of, and to pay said interest, and it shall he his duty to seiie and take possession of all the property of said railroad company, and apply the earnings of the road to the ex tinguishment of said unpaid interest, and he may at his discretion sell the mad in default, and its equipments and other pro perty belonging to said'company, or any poftfon thereof, at public sale, and iti suih manner and at such time as in his judg ment may best subserve the interest of the State. - ' Sec. 3. Be it further enacted . That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed Approved September 30. 1870. Tub New York World has this happily conceived and admirable paragraph : “if the Wandefing death-bed utterances of tha two great Confederate Chieltainff, Sron4»all' Jackson and R ibert E Lee, may be considered as final upon the matter, then the late Confederate General, A. P. Ilill, who lost his life at the closing battie of the war, must be accepted hy history, as the most trusted coadjutor of these eminent commanders. In his dying moments, Jack Sots' exclaimed, “Send A. P- Hill to the front r Upon his death-bed, at Lexington, Gen. Lee, as telegraph states, his mind revert ifrg to the bloody events ot the wa/,; ‘on-ie ordered his tent to be atruck. and,- at ano'her time, desired Hill to be sent fid ’ Thus does it appear, that in the supreme moments of the closing hours of those men utiorr sfritfid-ers rested the burdens of the War o?Vthe side of the Oon‘e<f erady. Caine the uttefance, born ofdelirfu'nV, bdt.’ mure aulemti sos that reason, tlVat stamps Gen. A. V Dill a* a man whose presence whs to bo de*ired, and fidelity was assured. No higher compliment could be paid to his memory than these parting words of Lee and Jackson.’’ DIVERIFICATION iF FaHMINO InDI’STRT The Coinmissto er of Agriculture, in a tthent report, re*p *mtnend& that the farmers of the country diversify its agriculture, a>* a means of c* rrecting irregularities now so common. There are always exceptional years, those in which some particular crop will fail to a certain extent, Ctusing a scar city and high prices High prices usually stimulate over-prt.duction, and the conse quence ib low prices for two nr years, when the indlivtty ik dlrbcted into anew channel, to run through a similar cycle. Take the South as an illustration. Its in* dustry has in the main b*en directed in one channel, cotton. Its food had been proeur* ed fr »m the North and West, while the bulk *hottld have been raised by the eide of the c »rton. The South would be stronger, more independent, to diversify its agricultural labor. At Ute West, tnere are sections where corn is the exclusive crop, others vrhprp thfLsame is trub of wheat. Now if there were more discrimination in the mat ter, the farmers in the long run would he the gainer. Prices *nuld be more regular and tnere would not be half the opportunity for speculation that exists now. A variety of crops will equalise production year b) year ; if in one season one product is scarce, there will be something to take is p ace. Agriculture to be successful, neSdA ii dis* eliminative judment the be!m. In an article on “Conventions”—their ohjects and effects and the duty of sustain ing the nominees of such, at this time espec ially, the Lynchburg Nows, after stating that no axiom in party contests is more firmly establi.-hed than that the ruuhing of independent candidates in opposition to the nominee of a Convention, tends Uniformly to weaken and disorganise thatp*lft), says: “If nominations are made by Convention, let eubh nominations really reflect the ftlshbs of the people, and let no man pre* fcume to control by trickery and fraud the selection of a candidate. A nomination fairly na le by representatives of the peo ple will certainly come as near indicating the popular wishes as one nominated by bitnself, and running as an “Independent candidate.” And especially would we urge the inconsistency of objecting to the candi dete of a Convention when we ourselves refused to attend or takV part in its deliber ations. If we have not felt sufficient interest in the rrtatter to perform this trifling service, wte shoilld not complain of those who have attended and made the nomina tion.” An Eloquent Speech —General Henry R. jMckaon, of Savannah, one of the mo<-t eloquent orators of Georgia, thus spoke of Lee at the honors to Lee’s memory at Sa vannah : Mr. Chairman : I can conceive that there have been, nay, sir, that there are, speakers competent to meet an occasion like this I, air am no* of that nnmhar Pm»fa innum erable have sung of the Pleiad lost from the sky, but he must indeed h <ve been a bold master who could have struck his lyre in the first dirrkening of univfersal nature. Poets may sing and orators speak to the memory of a great sorrow, hut in its birth that sorrow must speak for itself. The toll ing of bells, the bush of business, the silence of this vast concourse; are the true eloquence of an nccassion like th’s. I will not mar it by the utteraf.ee of impotent words. The Poor Man's Appeal —l ask the Government to let me have an equal chance with the rich manufacturer. He is rich and Ikm poor. I wish to buy where I can buy cheapest I want to buy a spool of cotton for four or five cents 'thS manufac turer wishes me to pay eight tents. ’ Why sh-uld the Government force me to doit? The dit!ereiio<» t.<»r«-*>»'• c -° ,i,,u e, ~ nt CCT,VB is very small. Why. moke a fuss about that? Just because it is the difference be tween five and eight hundred dollars —my yearly salary. I have to pay a proportion al amount lor everything I buy. At the end of the year, with free trade, 1 have tftiefe hundred dollars b ft. Under the high tariff protective scheme of Radicals, the r ch manufacturer has the three hundred dollars, and lam without a cent. Hence I appeal to the Goverment to let us both alone. Give me an equal chance is all I ask. Registered Letters —The Postmaster G-neral has issued an order requiring the namfe atrft address of the sender of a regis tered lettof 6f paC’tagfc to frfe affiled to the same, in case of non-delivery, the tegistered letter of package will he Returned directly from the office to which it is cent to the sender, without (as now) being re turned through the dead letter office. In ca j e the sender of a letter or package thus returned cannot he found, it will then go to the dead letter office and be treated as other undelivered mail matter. Under the new coutract for stamped envelopes anew scale of prioes at Which the same Will be sold b*3 been pYCpared at the Post Office Department, and will be issued to Postmasters befcVe October 1-t. (jnder this scale the envelopes Will frft sold at prices much lower than at present. Change in the Ran erupt Law —By the aot of Congress, passed July 14. 1870, the bankrupt law was so amended that a dis charge can now be grauted on ail indebted ness cieated prior to Janasry 1, lf<69, without the 50 per centum on the dollar. On all debts crested sirtce January f, 1867, fifty 6'entS nVtfst fre its order to re ceive a discharge. The effect is that op all debts CoAtracted before the Ist of January. T 869, a discharge Can be obtained upon the pay ment simply of the costs, as under the original law. Accounts reaCh us from South Carolina, »hat recently, three negroes in Chester c uiity, received thirty laches each on their bare backs by order ot “the League." be cause they exposed some of the fa-reality of that organisation. After the hiVC and crv which has' been raised the ola slave-holders' lash, ho\v Wilt the keflttblicans of thitf cbtiVftfy feC‘|mci H t*/emselv 6 s to that! tfioQd of punishment being inflicted by thei/ own party? However, as it was done by order of tha“Loi ” League in this instance, probably it’s all proper and right. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Presbyterianism has increased 125 per cent since the division. The number of R >man Catholic members in the English Parliament is thirty-six. The Cathnlitj Bishop of L’verp >6l forbid* wakes, on penalty of the forfeiture of burial rites. The Presbyterians of Utica, N. Y.. hro considering the question of woman’s right to vote in church councils. The Second Adventists of New York are making preparations for the second confine of the Saviour. They say this event will take place in dctobeK A colony of Baptists are to migrate from Chicago to a peaceful spot in Arkansas, ‘•where the devil will be unable to set peo ple by the ears on points of doctrine;’ 1 The Southern Church has thirty Confer ences ami over n»tr « , including fil p v thousand colored people, 9 bish >ps, 2,989 traveling and 2,952 local preachers. Methodists. —The London Watchman publishes a tabl*\ giving the strength of MetbodiSiH throughout the world. Th* figures show 3 389,7GG members, 19.049 ministers, 59.9 ‘A local preachers, and 3,G54,2L4 Sunday School scholars. At the recent Methodist Conference at Cedar Falls, lowa, Ur. Keeler offered a resolution that it is true Methodism to op pose woman suffrage. Two htindred min isters voted on the question, and tbo resolu tion was laid on the tublb by a small majority. The Bishops of the Church of England manages to preach the gospel of Christ to the poor at an avcrftgo salary of #28,0u0 each —$1,"00 niore than the Presidout of the United .States receives. The Arch bishop of Canterbury struck for higher wages some time since, and now receives #75,000 a year. Within tho last few years the progress of religious enlightenment throughout the East has been very great. Forty years ago a complete copy of the Old Testament could not be found in the City of Jerusalem. At the present time there are twenty-four Protestant schools in Palestine, in which 1000 children are taught the Bible. In reply to aeharge that Congregational ism is dviog out in New England, the Congregationalist shows that since 1831 the denomination has in Massachusetts added to its force 213 new churches and over 42 000 members, thus nearly doubling its ministry and more than doubling its mem bership in the last forty years. SktTAlifAM Biootet. —At the Episcopal Council, of Wisconsin, lately held at Mil waukee, the following new canon was reported and adopted : "Every doiiimlinicant of the church mar rying outside of our communion, or married t-.r ««/ other than a clergyman of our church, shall stand pro facto excommuni cated. A novel amendment to the canons of the Episcopal Church, in Illinois, wap propose! recently find faearly carried. It was : To make an appeal to the law of the land against a decision of an ecclesiastical tri bunal a cause for suspension from office in any Episcopal clergyman of thatdioceee! That any citisen shall be debarred from asserting his rights before a court of justice is not in the spirit of our institutions. That body should not attempt to establish its temporal jurisdiction within the territory of the United States. It was a treasonable affair, and we look for the government to take prorfipt and severe measures to clip this church rebellion in the bud. The Greek Church. —A distinguished prelate of the Ortnodnx Eastern Church Petersburg, tie is still a young man, not over thirtv-Cve years of age, and was formerly Bishop of Kasan. Henceforth he will be known as John, Archbishop of North America. Tho faithful of his charge are in Alaska, San Francisco, New Oile m« and New York. He will remain in New York for some time, to make preparations for building a Cathedral -in Lexington avenue, nhar f ifty-thifd street, the site for which was ptirohased sortie time since. The fixnds for which thid purchase was made Wfere mainly contributed by the Em peror of Russia. Ne# Xnd Strange Sfccf.— Macnpin, Pas saic county, N. J., has been excited lately over a rtfcw sect, called “Jchofvah’e Band,” which pretends to be allied to the Methodist Church. The Newark Courier thus de scribes it; 'their tot id dt worship develops itself in pulling, blowing, whistling, shouting, jumping, wrestling, falling to tho floor, and rolling over and kicking. Both women and men engage in the exercises. Baptism is by immersion in the village mill pond, at the dead honr of the night. 6n Sunday they hold Con tin nods services, and take a recess for meals only, refusing to r3ad it newspaper, or even to receive a letter on that day. John Rinesmitb, a wealthy and well-to-do farmer of the neighborhood, is the chief man of the band, and recently bad his house rebuilt especially to accom modate the brethren; one room resting ou strong beams, stands the jumping; but about a month ago an ardent member, in a paroxysm of fanaticism, declared that ha felt as light as air, and even though ba jumped upon a looking glass he Would not so much as bruise it with a scratch ; where upbu be hegaD to leap upon th 6 stotfo-hfccfth and broke it off. and then leaping ob the top bfoke in the frail, covers, and finally Sms-bed a bfg rocking-chair, before be subsided Recently, Rinesmitb baptised Mr. Gilbert Speaker, a rnan of family and a ouifert to.tffe faith, the baptism taking place in Rioesihlth'S mill-pond, be fore the members of the bands aud amid shouts and cries, the whole gang at one time shouting 4 fire ” to the alarm ui others in the neighborhood, it being then after midnight. The Society numbers 50 * mem bers. ’. The “Angel Gabriel” is a colored enthu. siast ip New Orleans, Who has bad a *‘reve» | to this effect:—“Gabriel shoot do I S'ft nifcgftf dat vote., for a carpet-bagger wlihi eats on: tie suosiance oh do colored ' mao, mean in’ do truck patch.” NO. 47.