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-•uiig tliat tic wished to know, before
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■i le purchased.
asm Men.—The Richmond Times
. ally denies that the people ot the
rertain any prejudice against North-
In the ranks of the famous
-an Artillery, of New Orleans, says
-. were many Northerners, and one of
• •Miers we ever saw, who wa3 never
\<: ■ shirk a fight, was a Connecticut
icber in the 12th Virginia Infantry.
; ]»msT Convention.—The Alabama
•: Unvention closed its session at Sel-
Monday, adjourning to meet in
«it year. About $5,000 was pledged
jrare, for payment of the salary of the
>'f llowayd College. A collection
i up for foreigu missions, and 3,500
vrilied for the Theological Seminary
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Sltliedgcvllle Correspondence.
Mii.lkdgeville, Nov. 29, 1S6G.
Editors TKi.KoRArn :—On last evening
; the Governor gave his levee. In a former
letter I stated the probability of such an
[S. Botkin event, hut I was never able to ascertain at
! what precise time it would occur, so as to
give your readers due notice. The affair
1 was brilliant. It reminded one of the good
.' old times of Crawford, Cobh, Towns, Johnson
and Brown. The evening was damp, which
may have kept a few from attending, but the
rooms in the mansion were crowded never
theless. The ladies were arrayed handsome
ly, some of them superbly, and “timed the
giddy maze* of the dance” with precision and
grace. The men gave tbmiselves up to the
enjoyment of the hour. All faces seemed
bright and happy. The Governor and his
lady gave a cordial welcome to all.
On account oftho National Thanksgiving,
the House adjourned. The Senate preferred
to transact some business, and by a small ma
jority determined to meet on to-day. This
they thought was rendered necessary by the
pressure of business, and the short timo
remaining in which to transact it.- The ses
sion is two-thirds over, and yet scarcely a
bill ot any moment has passed both houses.
Each lnmsc seems thus far to have been bent
on passing its own measures, leaving,' as an
after-consideration, those of its co-ordinate
baancli. Much business .will be transacted
in the few remaining days of the session, but
it is somewhat doubtful whether the Legis
lature will be ready to adjourn in the time
prescribed by the Constitution.
The Macon & Brunswick bill bas not yet
been placed out of the reach of danger. The
Governor seems to meet with considerable
difficulty in making up his mind to sign it.—
Many prominent railroad men have been
here, of whom it is to be presumed His Ex
cellency has taken counsel. The time requir
ed by law for a bill to be returned, if the
Governor intends to veto it, expires, I learn,
to-day; and unless it is returned unsigned, it
becomes a law according to a provision otthe
Constitution in such cases. It is believed by
many that the best way to restore Georgia to
a condition of prosperity, is for the State to
give aid to the various railroads that arc con
templated being built, by endorsing their
bonds. Since the passage of tbc bills to aid
the Macon A Brunswick and the Air Line
Railroads, several members are known to have
changed their opinion in favor of State en
dorsement. This would render it easy to pas3
both bills by a constitutional or two-thirds
majority in cose either is vetoed; for the vote
in the House on the passage of the bill was
by nearly such a majority, and that in the
Senate quite so. All doubt in reference to
these bills will be removed in a day or two
at most.
Every important measure brought before
this General Assembly, is in an inchoate State.
Tne bill to provide for Georgia a system of
common school education, stands reconsid
ered in the Senate; that to modify the County
Court Act, as necessary as it is, is the order
for to-morrow; the penitentiary question has
not been settled; and other measures nearly
or quite as important, demand more attention
than they have been able to receive. Neither
bouse had yet held evening sessions, for the
reason, I understand, that the gas fixture,
have not been completed. In a few days these
will be ready, and then we shall have three
sessions instead of two.
Bibb.
'-ox & Fleming, of Bainbrklgc, Ga.,
■ ,0 wll, on the 13th 'and 14th of De-
' "«t, their plantations in Baker coun-
lately owned by Robert Meriwether,
:n S 1625 acres superior „pino land,
'illin j and accommodations for fifty
n the plr.ee, otherwise well improved.
w owned by Dr. II. D. Hud-
^’° riUi: -ing 1000 acres. These places
611 ' ,l& air proportion of denied land.
^ ■*«m"I**. Th e y Trill also sell stock
risiot s on the place. These pianta-
.r\° n , -Votcliaway Creek. They will
'he Lighest bidder it not sold.
Maimed Soldier.—Mho does not
L* J* °| pity upon the maimed soldier,
by on crutches ? Who does not
’■Jiot his bosom swept as l»y a
■'^pathetic baud, when a soldier with
‘'"eve passes t Emotions of grat-
*ft*tion stir the inmost depths of
' te< often the tear-drop will niois-
.\and a pang of grief will thrill the
those ills have been borne for
'. Tl|f y fought for U3.
Jefferson Duvia.
The General Assembly would do injustice
to the great heart of Geonria not to give
some formal expression of their respect fpr
the' character and sorrow for the condition of
the illustrious Prisoner of State, Jefferson
Davis. All the generous pulsations of that
heart are' in full union and sympathy with his
sufferings and misfortunes. Its wmm a flee"
tions cluster around the fallen chief of u once
deary but now abandoned'crfns#.' There they
will cluster and center, while men admire all
that is chivftlrousin nature; while they regard
all that is constant in purpose; while they
love all that is noble in virtue; while they re
vere all tliat is sublime in faith and respect
unfailing greatness of touL
Therefore, the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, do resolve, That their sin-
ccrcst condolence and warmest sympathy are
tendered Jefferson Davis in his confinement,
atvl they look forward with anxious solici
tude to the day when a magnanimous and
patriotic Prcsi dent shall put a term to his
confinement, and by the interposition of Ex
ecutive clemency restore him to a people for
whom he sd faithfully struggled, and on ac
count ot whom he endures with Christian for
titude the hardships of a long and rigorous
imprisonment.
Above is the preamble and resolution offer
ed by Hon. Mr. Hardeman, in the House, on
the 30th, and omitted to lie sent by our re
porter. No Southerner can read it without
warmly sympathising with it; for, whatever
may have been tbe faults of Mr. Davis, or
Letter from Washington.
I Correspondence ef the Georgia Telegraph.
Washington. Nov. 25, 1860.
A special Cabinet session was held on
Thursday, and protracted to a late hour, at
which Gen. Grant was present.
The nnnual message, which is so nearly
completed as to be ready for the printer early
in the coming week, was read. Nothing has
j been intimated by those cognizant of the
; main features contained in the document, to
i eliminate any of the positions assumed by the
administration with respect to several vitally
’ important questions of the day, other than
the fact that the President retains his well
| known views of opposition to the Constitu
tional amendment, and the already obvious
certainty that a conciliatory spirit with a
purpose ofharmonizing the present estrange
ment between the different branches
will be evinced, so far as it can be without
compromising the oft repeated policy of the
President upon several prominent issues. We
have tbe best authority for stating that the
Mexican question will form a prominent and
extended feature of the message.
The congressional retrenchment committee
is now here occupying a room in the Treasury
department specially provided for them, pro
secuting their mission. The cotton frauds
engross much af their time; large numbers of
witnesses are being examined. Their report
will be looked for with much interest, as it is
known that a revelation of stupendous and
almost incredible frauds will be made.
Though Congress convenes in one short
week, not a score of Senators have yet arri
ved. It is expected however that they will
pour in rapidly early in thewcek, as a call is
made for a caucus to be held in advance of
the opening of tbe session, at which the fol
lowers, of the Radical persuasion, will receive
their instructions for guidance and control
during the session. Thaddeus Stevens, fresh
from liisLancaster retirement has arrived, and
snugly ensconced hiniscf at his old quarters
on Capitol bill, where he is receiving many
calls from tbe faithful. This arch-agitator,
who is the finger-board in the dark and tor
tuous path of Radicalism, nnblnshingly pro
claims that during his solitude in the retire
ment at Lancaster, he had discovered that he
was too conservative during tbc last session,
and that lie purposes maintaining a Radical
position during the session ‘ensuing, which
means the impeaching and deposing of the
President, Africanizing and territorializing
ten sovereign States, subverting Republican
ism as founded by Jefferson, dividing the
country into a dominant section, and a sec
tion of provinces inhabited by subjects, and
not citizens.
The classical Chas. Sumner, the great ex
ponent of modern Republicanism in the high
er branch of Congress, has also arrived, and
lor the first time since his advent to public
life, bas taken commodious apartments,
seemingly with the purpose (in obedience to
the requirement of his bride) of extending a
helping hand in the great roll of fashionable
entertainment during the season. Always
heretofore this notable Senator contented
himself with taking an obscure lodging
room, and feeding himself at the several eat
ing saloons of the city.
As a part of the Radical programme, a bill
will be introduced early in the session, which
will assuredly pass, restricting the President
from granting pardons to persons under the
amnesty proclamation, prior to trial and con
viction.
At the earnest suggestion of General Grant,
and other influential, military officials, the
President has granted a pardon to General
Stewart, of Maryland, late oi the Confederate
army.
A numerous array of. protectionists are al
ready here, forming combinations to pi ess
their favorite tariff project through the Sen
ate; A strong, uncompromising, bitter and
unexpected Western opposition is giving con
cern to its advocates, who apprehend a de
feat through the lacking of a two-tbirds vote
and executive opposition.
By a two-thirds vote, the conservative ar
my and Na v v Union Association, coustitut
ing many gentlemen holding prominent posi
tions under tlfb Government, resolved that
the Constitutional Amendment ought to be
rejected, and recommended ’ to the several
States in their own sovereign capacity to ex
tend Suffrage to the negro on such a qualified
basis as the States themselves may deem pro-
per. _ .
Joseph Sorerus the newly appointed Sur
veyor of the Post of Philadelphia, a live
long and consistent Democrat, was appointed
at the instance of Hon. Samuel Randall.—
Mr. S. has been for some years past, connect
ed with the Washington Constitutional Un
ion, and of course his success gives great um
brage to republicans who denounce all dem
ocrats as copperheads and traitors.
The gold premium wlilch has declined from
fifty to tliirty-sevcn, still manifests a drooping
tendency. This is not attributable to any
government movement with regard to finan
ces. The decline in true money has had a
corresponding effect in reducing the values
of commodities generally, and .as a conse
quence, many in the speculating ring, have
reached the bottom.
A numlier of the wealthy citizens contcm-
Bill for the Education of HaUtted all that this Bill claims of tfcfe State is to al-
Soldlera. 1 ! ford to these unfortunate men an opportunity
a ... 1,,. u„. n j of supporting themselves—to enable them to
duced into 1 the*^3tate°by j ^ 3 ^
with some slight modifications has met with ■ f VtH* r rf
the approval of that body. As amended the i Ja^ra ffr JSl battl ?' fielcl - - Sha , 11
bill provides for the maintenance and edu- w w !°
cation, at certain colleges therein speeded, of 1 ^ m ^ entirely Wo are unable to
every maimed soldier in the StatedGeorgia | f“ th ' 9 % tW f tlls of
* TI,» roller 1 a }‘*' and *e shall be recreant to every prin
ciple of l.onor if we do not. “All this is a
isiattci; of sentiment,” says some objector.—
Yes, and—thank God for it—everything that
under thirty years of age. The colleges des-!
ignated are tho University, Mercer, Emory,
Midway and Bowden. The State is to bear
the whole of the expense entailed upon the
soldiers while at the Congress, comprehend
ing the Tuition-Fees, Books and Board. The
only return exacted of the recipients of this
bounty is an obligation to teach school in
is noble, pure, holy and elevated in this world
is a matter of sentiment. The instincts of
the peopb h.vre been right in this matter,
when they hare seized every opportunity of
electing a maimed soldier to an office. Thev
any portion of the btatc for a hmi.erl term of 1 .1,. , ,, • ,.., . -
J 1 ,, _ , . will hail the passage ot this bill with umver-
vears. )\ e tlo most cordially and earnestly 1 . A -n • . r .
*- - - - 3 1 sal approbation; they will visit its defeat
vit'.i tlicir severest displeasure.—Southern
Banner.
i :i, ! unfortunate 1 ] ;0vvever injudicious the steps which led to I plate (if they can secure government co-oper-
..., U otIofu our Legislature. Wa cxa i tat j on as Confederate President, it dion,) the project of establishing on the cx-
•later, will read the article on cmM ^ dtnled that ] le la a man of ten, tensive and elevated grounds ^/"Ynorth of
P*M Der*»int»«i,;n on ,i.i„. n , , „ . . , the Executive Mansion, the establi-lnnent ot
*s ■ \ p ,1 ‘ s 1 1 , • eccndant abilities, of purest patriotism and of * j, ark upon pha wkkh will represent the
iM4*'f ,T° do 80 is no more than | a nobiUty of sjiirit which excites the admira- United States in Miniature, a proportionate
tion of the world. His long incarceration, as j portion being set apart,^and so located as to
the representative of an entire people, must
excite t We;r sympathy, and arouse theirsoltck
- and self-aacrificing t !;; s ol men,
■ nw same time, l>e conferring a
,,:i the State itself.
DENTISTRY.
: Alia moraing tbe card of Dr.
Surgeon taf Dentistry. I)r. C. is i
*)*» by birth. He joined the Con-
. fE| y when Bragg advanced into
«,"”*** *erioudy wounded at Pcrrv-
W • 0Bt of tba Stnte in an nrnbu-
^**ig»ed toduty in north Alabama.
- • id. he served all tlir gh
1, r k" 11 enlistment, and nov .akes
■’ • o in our midst as a i>r ..esaion-
11 1
tm. . *a» educated for h - profess-
’ and comes to our city with
■'“•in from ku.'h persons as
‘.((jj ®* Alabama, Rev. T. O. Sum-
j.!*'!'®, Tennessee, a. d Hon. J. E.
.. ^Ppi, brotliar (>f President
' "' nthninn of ' ducation ami
, I'hshed, and will be found a
tvery acnae ot tiic word. We
1 our citizen.-.; and as he lias
‘ ln 1 he Confederate cause we
’'"'-m that cause was dear, will
«r - -
; tude, and create within them ardent longings
for liis release. They love and reverence him,
net so much for the cause lie represents, as
for his own worth, and for the promptness
with which he obeyed tlieir instructions,
nt cacti State and Territory.
The clerks in tl e several Executive Depart
ments and Bureaus, are making a simultane
ous movement to secure favorable nction by
Congress for increased salaries. At present
cost of living, those securing the lower grades
find it impossible to maintain their families
without much embarrassment. In the mean
while, the several chiefs are busy lopping off
when seating himself at the helm of State lie supernumaries and inefiicients,
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patron ae
18 tor,
c. ilis office is over
encountered the perils which now surround
him. By doing all that an honest, and sin
cere, and patriotic heart could do to achieve I
the mighty task imposed upon him, he has
endeared himself to the Southern people;
and if, in so doing, he has made himself
amenable to the authorities that now hold
him in their power, yet the Southern people
cannot forget that lie acted for them and at
their command, and is now suffering for
them They think that n» public good is
subserved by his longer incarceration, feeling
that, after all, the noblest and surest way for
the National authorities to obtain the heart-
led subservience of the Southern people, is
to pumie a course of generous magnanimity.
Ilcnce it is that they ask the release of Jef
ferson Davis.
The Internal Revenue receipts for the' fiscal
desire that the bill may pass the House
become a law. It is true ttiat a host ot ob
jections can be raised to it, and we candidly
confess that some of them will be very well
founded, but, with proper core in its admin
istration and with some alteration in its pro
visions, the measure will be a great and un
speakable blessing to our people. We pro
pose to meet same ot these objections to tbe
threshold.
1st. The scheme is apparently one so cum
brous and awkward, as to fall through by its
own weight. We say “apparently,” for, in
point ot fact, this obstacle does nut, or at
any _ rate may not, necessarily exist. As to
the fact that the soldiers are not prepared to
appreciate the advantages of a liberal educa
tion, and that consequently the institutions
would break don n under a load of unpre
pared students, it is not proposed to force all
of them into the Colleger, whether they will
or not, but only to afford the opportunity of
attending to all who may desire it, and who,
in the judgment of the College Faculties,
may be sufficiently grounded in elementary
knowledge to be profited by such attendenue.
Of course, if a man can neither read nor write
he will get no good from tbe measure, until
he has prepared himself to be benefitted by
it. Tins lie will do, as any other applicant
does, by going to a common school, in which,
by the way, the State proposes to aid him
likewise.
Second. The project is only apparently
very expensive. Let the objector consider,
for a moment, the following facts,—(1st) the
actual number of the maimed soldiers under
the specified rfge. He will be amazed to find
how few they are in comparison with his
first opinions—Five hundred or a thousand
would probably cover them all. (2d) Of
these, not one half will bo able or disposed
to avail themselves of the offer. (3) Some
(only a few to be sure) will be able to bear
their own expenses. Such, ol course will
not be entitled to the benefit of the act.—
(4th) These men will not all apply at once,
owing to their different degrees of prepara
tion, so tbc maintenance ot them will be di
vided by being dispersed over several years.
(5th) And lastly from the very nature of the
case, the expenditure will be but for a very
limited period. The soldier can not avail
himself of the bounty of tlie government af
ter be has reached the age of thirty. The
number beneficiaries, therefore, must steadily
diminish. The College-Course is of only four
years length, so that even supposing(what is
not probable) every man pursued the regular
curriculum, eight years would probably suf
fice to educate them all. Bearing allof these
facts in mind, the following will not appear
an unreasonable estimate of the first year's
expenses. Let us say that two hundred
maimed soldiers apply for maintenance and
education at public expense. No such num
ber will apply, but we will assume it as an
example.
Tuition tses, say .' ... .$ 60
Board, Ac., “ 200
Books, &c., “ 20
Total expenses, $280
This would entail an outlay on the part of
the State of $56,000. As a recompense she
would receive two hundred well-educated
teachers, sent, like healthful blood bounding
through mortal veins, to every quarter of her
domain.
Third: The scheme is like every other
human project capable of abuse. This, as we
have already said, need not be. Unworthy
College officers may admit unworthy appli
cants for the sake of the compensation pro
vided by the State, but, under due restriction
such evils could be very readily prevented.
These arc the most salient objections to the
bill. Wc will conclude with a brief, positive
argument in its favor. It is unnecessary to
impress upon our people the vital importance
of an educated class in our midst. Every
body realizes it and everybody is seeking an
education, who can afford tho means of at
taining it. What wc wish them to consider
especially, is the value of this particular kind
of education. Men are very prone to oppose
the fostering of advanced systems, because
they say that good elementary schools should
be first established.
“Let us teach our children, they cry to
read, write and cast accounts, and then we
can think about the colleges.” Yes; but
liow can you ever accomplish the first object
unless you have teachers ? Previous to the
war, the country swarmed with Northern
men and women who satisfied this want.—
Now, they do not come here, nor do we wish
them to come. The great desideratum in
the country is a profession of highly educated,
zealous Southern teachers. This end will be
admirably attained by tho provisions of the
bill. Every year colleges will send out a
corps of earnest, laborious and competent
men, who will carry the torch ef enlighten
ment into every dark corner of the State.
We must begin at the top and educate down
wards. We must teach the teachers before
we undertake to make them tench the chil
dren.
We have one more point of view in which
to present this subject and wo will stop.—
Reader, do you see the empty sleeve hang
ing from that man’s shoulder l You do, and
you can see a great many more such, too.—
Well,—the arm which once filled that sleeve
will never more swing an axe, nor handle a
hoc, nor even so much as lift a morsel ot food
to its owner’s mouth, The very meat upon
his plate has to be cut up for him. Do you
see another man slowly and painfully hob
bling over the ground with a crutch or a
wooden feg t You see him, too. Well,—that
man will never more follow a plow, nor reap
a field of wheat nor do anything else for a
livelihood which requires active physical ex-
Rcmarkc of Mr. Strozier
IN THE SENATE,, NOV. td, 1866.
The bill amending the Stay Law being un
der consideration, Mr. Strozier, of the 10th
Senatorial District, rose and said that he was
constrained to vote against the present amend
ment for reasons that seemed to him insur
mountable. First, because the law, as it non-
stands, to his mind, was a more sure and cer
tain relief to the people than this amend
ment, which he thought jeopardized the pre
sent law. The country, up to. the present
time, had acquiesced in it, and there was gen
eral content with it; but what does this pro
pose? To extend the last payment to 1871.
This unsettled the public mind, and gave
another reason for its unconstitutionality,
which he thought was at least doubtful; but
to extend tho last payment one year longer
than the bill as it originally stood, would
cause the creditor to be more anxious to test
the validity of the law. Now, if this law
only proposed to extend the first payment to
1868, as proposed by the thirding act, he
would have voted for the measure.* The Su
preme Court had already waived the question
of constitutionality. Now was it not the du
ty of all in favor of relief, to so act as not to
force tbc question upon the Supreme Court
which ho thought the amendment would do;
and the judges thereof were anxious that this
course should be pursued. Then was it not
our duty to pursue such a course os would
relieve them from a decision of the question
He would favor any amendment to postpone
the first payment to 1868; and then thirding
tbe balance of it. Anything so as not to extend
the last payment beyond 1870 asfixed in the
law to which this was an amendment. This
lie thought would be acquiesced in, and at
the same time give the country quiet. But
should the last payment be extended for an
other year was there not great danger of d >-
ing great damage to the law I He thought
so. While one law was certain, fixed and
acquiesced in, the other was uncertain and
perhaps would undermine the foundations ot
the first. At least there was a chance for
this result, and might defeat the very lauda
ble object which moved the Legislature in its
passage, and for that reason the proposition
to third the debt or to postpone for twelve
months met his approbation, and indeed the
present law was fur better than the one pro
posed, for the reasons before given. He was
in favor ot any measure that would ensure
relief to a suffering country, and that was
another reason for voting ngainst the amend
ment. He yielded to nome on the floor, in
efforts to give the people relief and had gone
further in that direction, perhaps, than any
other member ^ and he did not believe the
amendment would insure the relief already
given; but was at least of doubtful propriety,
whilst tho present law was acquiesced in.—
Could he say ns much for the proposed
amendment ? Would it not make creditors
more anxious to test its valadity ? Would
they not say if the law stood os it is, we can
have a settlement in 1870 ? Now if the
amendment were adopted, would they not
say, there is no certainty that there ever will
be*a settlement as the Legislature extends the
ultimate payment from time to time ? Would
they not commence the operation as soon as
possible to test the question? Upon the
whole lie thought that the amendment in its
present shape ought not to pass, and believ
ing os he did that the country needed relief
should vote against it.
Bishop McTyeihe.—The Methodist Church
was crowded Tuesday night, to hear this
gentleman preach. Of course, expectation
was on tip-toe to witness his effort, inasmuch
as he came to our community with the pres
tige of a commanding reputation, as a pul
pit orator. We do not regard him as a bril
liant man, nor as very profound. He is what
you may call eminently practical, thoroughly
imbued with the spirit of his calling, endow
ed with a more than common devotion to his
work, and alive to the great business of buil
ding up the important interests of hi
Church. There is no writer or speaker who
uses better English than ho docs. In this re
spect he is a marked man, and the ministers
of this Conference could not find a better and
a nobler model in this particular. There is
nothing far-fetched about his style or lan
guage—nothing redundant—no bombastic
display—no effort to appear learned, eloquent
or great. He is as simple as a child, dealing
in large, practical thoughts, but clothed in
language the most plain, earnest and point
ed. The erudite hearer would be charmed
with the purity of his elegant English, and
with the ease and gracefulness of his bearieg
in the pulpit. He is, emphatically, a model
minister.—Sumpter llrp.
OUR CRESS DEPARTMENT.
Georgia Annual Conference.
Appointments foh To-Day and NionT.—
Methodist Church.—J. W. Mills, 8 o’clock; A.
T. Mann, 7 o’clock, P. M. •hose Interested in this column should »ub-
Baptift Church.—C. H. Evans, 3 o’clock ; * cr,l> « to “ U'etkly Tel-Krnph," Mnce/t, Ga. Term.
T. A. Kimball, 7 o’clock, P. M. P» r annum.
The announcements will be made fromdav
to day in the Rejiublican
FIRST DAT.
Americus, Nov. 2Sth.—Bishop H. N.
McTyeire presiding, opened the Conference
with religious services.
J. Blakely Smith was elected Secretary;
C. R. Jewett andAtticusG. Haygood, Assis
tants.
Several communications upon various
Church interests, were read before tlio Con
ference, and referred to the appropriate com
mittees.
A committee was appointed to make nom
ination- for the standing committees.
A letter was ., i"c- I from Rev. Dabney 1'.
Jones, announcing the death ot that venera
ble and honored man. Rev. Allen Turner.
Brethren Miles, Jackson and Moore, of the
Florida Conference, were introduced by the J
Bishop.
The time of meeting was fixed at 9 o’clock,
and of adjourning at 1 o’clock.
George H. Patillo, was elected Assistant
Treasurer of the Missionary Society.
J. JL Bonnell wos a elected statistical Secre
tary.
Tho examination of character of Elders
was made the order of the day for Tuesday
morning. That session to be held with
closed doors.
SECOND DAT.
Americus, Nov. 29.—Conference met—
Bishop II. N. McTyeire presiding.
Religious service by Rev. J. C. Simmons.
Minutes of yesterday were read and con-
finned.
Roll called, and a large additional number
of preachers responded.
On motion, it was determined not to calf
the roll hereafter.
Rev. J. M. Bonnell made a report on Wes
leyan Female College, showing that the insti
tution is in a flourishing condition. It was
received and referred.
Dr. E. II. Myers read report of the South
ern Christian Advocate, showing a large de
ficit of receipts. Messrs. J. W. Burke & Co.
have published it tor the past year at their
own expense, relying upon receipts to re-im-
burse them. Thus far the receipts have failen
far below expenses. It behooves tbe church
to look well to this matter, and by rallying
to the support of tho Advocate, relieve the
publishers, and secure a good paper to the
denomination. The report was referred to
committee on Southern Christian Advocate.
The regular order of the day was taken up
—the examination of characters of Elders.
The following Elders were called and their
characters passed:
Geo. G. N. McDonnell, A. Wright, W. H.
Potter, G. Kramer, D. D. Cox, A. M. Wynn,
N. D. Moorehouse, Jas. Jones, J. M. Austin,
T. B. Lanier, E. G. Murrah, A. T. Mann, H.
D. Murphy, J. A. Reynolds, R. A. Conner,
supenumerary; W. R. Branham, II. H. Parks,
W. P. Patillo, A. G. Worley, M. F. Malsby,
II. J. Adams, W. R. Foote, J. W. Talley,
Thos. F. Pierce, D. J. Myrick, L. L. Ledbet
ter, J. II. Grogan, W. T. Norman, W. P.
Pledger, L. Q. Allen, M. G. Hamby, J. Cham
bers, G. Hughes, II. Crantord, B. Sanders,
Ben. Arbofhist, A. M. Thigpen, W. A. Sim
mons, B. j. Johnson, J. L. Lvpo, R. J. Har
well, J. B. Payne, W. P. Harrison, W. J.
Scott, A. G. Haygood, A. Means, I. N. Cra
ven, J. J. Morgan, M. W. Arnold, W. II. 1
Evans, W. A. Florence, DanT. Ivellscy, J. W.
Hinton, J. R. Gaines, C. Trussed, A. J. Dca-
vors, G. W. L. Anthony, J. B. McGehce, E.
W. Speer.
The name of J. L. Pierce called, and there
being sonic rumors against him, a committee
of investigation was appointed to take the
matter in hand.
C. W. Parker and J. W. Yarborough, call
ed. and it appearing that they had joined the
Northern M. E. Church, it was ordered that
withdrawn be entered opposite tlieir names.
The question of dancing having been rais
ed, on motion, it was
Resolved, That the Conference does not
believe in dancing, either public or private,
and n quests that it be discountenanced, by
the preachc-rs in their own families, and a3
far as possible in the families of others.
After the usual notice, tiie Conference ad
journed to 9 o’clock to-morrow.
[Sumpter ItejniUican.
— *0 <0-0-
Who is She?—The Macon Telegraph cop
ies the following extract from a Philadelphia
letter to the Atlanta New Era, and asks the
question—“Who is she ?”
Next week appears; once more in the Wal
nut street Theatre, Miss Effie German, n
Georgian by birth, and one of the particular
pets of the “jeunessc dorec” of Philadelphia.
For some months she has been suffering from
a paiulul pulmonary or bronchial affection,
and at one time no hopes were entertained of
her recovery. Now, that she has regained
her health and spirits, may she long delight
us with her inimitable representations.
The lady in question is a native of Augus
ta, in this State. She was liorn in that city
whilst her father and mother, botli of whom
were connected with the theatrical profession,
were playing there. Soon after making her
debut upon the stage, she married Carlo Pat-
■W-Commun:e*tlons on matters pertaining to Clress
are solicited, sad should be addressed to “Chess Edi
tor ” of tho Telegraph.
To Correspondents,
Louismu Chess Club.—Onr correspondent “ Ios,” to
whom we are indebted for the position Incognita, sends
us-the organization of the Louisriila Chess Club, ns fol
lows :
u * The Louisv lie Chess Club* ” was organized on tho
first of September hy oil ctlng H. M. Woodruff Presi
dent; John W. Clnrke, Vice President; B. Dupont,
Tr- a-urer; D. McPhorson,Secretary. We now number
about Si memh-rs, and expect to increase to 100, so
roon as wc are t-nnUed to occupy our new roonr. Shall
’c hapj v to see ti u or your '-'ends wl cn visiting hero.’*
we will bs cei:mu u» ui.i . , cal) when we pass.
w We omit, unwillinx’y, a problom of a correspon
dent we had intended publishing.
H^-“-The Chess Player-’ Magazine,” edited by J.
Lowenthal, London, isyust received,and highly pr.zcd.
Our thanks to N. Marache, Esq.
Ion.—We lent the correc solution to Problem No. 14.
Hope you received it.
M. H, Danbury.—You must 1*9 mistaken. That so
lution toT. Smith’s Problem was in -orreet, and we
doubt if It can be solved in four moves.
Match Game.
Between tho Eufaula (Ala.) u News ” and tho Mason
(Ga.) “ Telegraph.” Ibe moves are published alter
nately in each paper.
BLACK.
“ saws.”
1 P to K 4
2 P to K B 4
5 Kt to K II a
4 11 to Q n 4
4 P Q e 4
6 Castles
7 P to Q B S
8 Q to (J Kt J
0 Q B •<> Q 2
10 P to K’s 5th
WHITE.
“Tsutoa-ira.”
1 P to K 4
2 P takes P
3 P to K Kt 4
4 B to K Ht 2
5 P to Q 3
6 K P to R 3
7 <i to K 2
S li Kt to Q S
9 Q Kt to q Kt 3
10 P takes 1'
Solutiou to Problem No. ID.
WHITE. BLACK.
1 Kt B
3 P K 8 (Kt)
3 Kt Q 6
4 Kt B 5 mates.
1 Movss
2 Moves
3 Moves
PROBLEM NO. 20.
INCOGNITA.
BLACK.
a——~~—™'
Wi
r |
o———™—~— 6
WHITE.
Whits to play and mate in (our movoo.
A “ Stinger "—that will give trouble.
«.yiE,
[From the Field. Turf and Farm.
Louisville Chets Club.
The following bri liant little skirmish came off last
week between Mr. W. C. Tr»bu», one of the most skill
ful players of the Louiwille Cbeas Club, and Mr. Halsey
of New Orleans. The score of the game, with the notes ,
appended, have been kindly furnished by the President
et the Club:
The Giuoco Tinno Opening.
wniTE.
UK. n.
1 P K 4
BLACK.
US. T.
P K 4
Kt on a
B R 4
Ki K BS.
P takes P
1* <4 4
G takes P
Kt. ukos P
U takes Kt
Kt Kt i
It K 3
Castles Q IV
P Q R 3
Q O Kt S
1* K R4
P takes It
P K 4
O K K B
HKIIIW
K Kt
Q K Kt S
fQBl
P takes Kt
K takes KBiPM
R takes K
K Kt 7. oh
q, takes R cli
And White resigns.
(») Better R B 2, preventing White’s next mot k and
enabling Black to double Rooks.
(fc) The game is exceedingly Interesting, frttn this
point to the close.
(«) Black might take the Pawn with his Rook—see be
low—if White move 24. It Qt> ch., B:i-k replies mil h <4
takes B, tc., with a winning game.
VARIATION.
SKtKIIJ
3 B B 4
4 P Q B S
6Pl(l
o r k 3
7 I* takes P m pee.
8 P takes P
9 Kt takes Kt
10 Castles
11 tl K 9 ch
li P K Kt 3
13 Ki (1 li 1
14 U K 11 4
15 K Kt 4
16 B takes B eh
17 q K ti B
13 li K Kt 5
19 It tl B 2
20 B K 7
21 Kt Q B 5
21 Q K 4 (5)
23 Kt takes P eh
21 R takes P
24 t: takes Kt
26 Q takes B (d)
27 K takes R
25 Q takes Qbesf
»KKt3 («)
27 It takes It
58 K B 2
Tns Macon Telegraph.—This able
Southern Journal commends to the liberal
support of all true men. We consider it the
leading political paper of tlie South, and
worthy acirculation equal in number the mem-
bersof the Johnson party, North and South.
Now is a good time forourpcople to subscribe
forit. Great events nre soon to transpire in
the political world rendering a reliable po
litical journal an absolute necessity toeve y
one who takes any interest in the wclfaiool
his country.—Riinbridge Aryu*.
Wc take ofl our hat to you Bro. Russell;
and hope your excellent paper may reap the
reward it deserves. Then its subscription
list will run up to thousands.
That Apple.—The incorrigible wag of the
Louisville Journal, commenting on the fury
year so far, show a considerable lulling off ertion. Now these men arc the sole vestiges
from that of the year preceding, which is at- left to us of a gieat nation’s prostrated hopes,
tribated by tbe Bureau officers to a heavy j of a lost cause for which we and they fought
falling olTin tlie present year’s cotton crops. 1 nnd suffered and prayed so long and, alas!
The band ol ‘‘original Jr.eobins wbolgo vainly. At the Hotel des Invalides
hover about the National Capitol to do the . ; n Paris, you might have seen such in
behests of the Wilsons, Stevens and Sum- the surviving veterans of tlie great Na-
mers, are moving strenuously in the work of J poleou. standing, lrke broken columns around
netting up amass welcome to.the Jacobin ; t) le allies of their idolized Emperor. At
cliuue as they reach here to begin tliejr Con- ; Greenwich, in England, you may see such in
nre»s labor. A committee lias gone North to | tlio war-worn, battle-scarred men, who are i . . . , , , ,, - „
solict the needful to pay the expenses of the | basking out the balance of their dajs in the eTlnce(1 the Badten.s at the lr.dignt.y ot-
dru miners, tlieir music, and the other para- ; sunlight of a kind and parental government, j fered to Dr. Butler in Neiv York, says :
phernalin incident to such scenes. . _ Even in the United States, a wounded soldier j The indignities offered lo the hero are held
A banquet to he served in. the fair building ‘ bis pension paid him as regularly as when j to be indignities to all Radicals extant upon
now used lor negro gatherings, is to be one I b e was in the ranks. In the late Confederate | earth. The apple that struck his paunch
of the prominent features oft he fandango. | states alone, the public authorities make no j struck the paunches of the whole Radical
It is not true that Major Genera! “Corked ; provision whatever for the assistance of men, party. And as in Adam all mankind ate tlie
Up" Buttler has promised to lend the spoons | who have been left by the tide of revolution original apple, even so in Butler all the Radi
which may be required on the occasion. stranded and wrecked only through their I cils in tho Union masticated tlie apple shied
Potomac. faithful devotion to their native section. Now at their leader by tlie New York roughs.
ti, tlie violinist, a brother to the celebrated -v K take* Kt witKa sljfht
s’nging sisters of the same name. The mar- i
riage was as unhappy as it was brief, and Miss
German returned to the stage under her mai
den name. Previous to the war, she played
with Fleming’s company on the Georgia Cir
cuit, and made many friends and admirers.—
Tho writer of this, who saw her frequently
then, and who has seen the best. of “sou-
brettes” on tbe American stnge, considered
her superior in talent and personal attractions ■
to tbe whole lot of them.— Cobnn. Sun.
R Ukes K B. P-
K B a dis ch
R takta <£•
Kt K 6 cli
Kt takes R di* eh
.vlraiiU£o for Black.
(d) Bid: Q takes Q wtis the proper move, out the re-
m;-.v i . i 'e i .. ty •it i.f tae Tn:'.a*.i(.as»boTe.
* K 11 " >' i -■■ I s !(•::»'• U - . r I* meted in
throe moves, bo llleck'e isktag K with Rob, Ip.
GAME.
King’s. Knight's Gnmbil Declined.
GAME LATELY PLAYED IN MACON.
BLACX.
WHITS.
Brutal Murder.—An aged maiden lady
living near Ruff’s station, on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, was brutally murdered
one night last week—it is supposed about
Thursday night. She lived alone, and her
body was not discovered until Saturday;—
Some eight or ten negroes and a white man
havebecn arrested, eharged with having per
petrated the crime. We did not learn the
name of the unfortunate lady.—Atlanta. Ere
28fA.
Defabfurb ok Gen. Dix.—General John
A. Dix, our new Minister to France, sailed at
one o’clock p. m. yesterday fos Europe, on
the Bremen steamship New- York. A fe.v of
the General’s triends, including Postmaster
General Randall, Postmaster Kelly nnd Hosea
B. Perkins, took leave ol' him on board the
steamer. Tlio General is accompanied on the
voyage by his son, and. will meet the rest of
Ins family in Paris, kliey having preceded
him thither.—M. Y. Herat'/.
1 P to K 4
P to K 4
2 P to K II 4
K Kt to B S
S q Kt to B S
<i Kt to H 3
4 K Kt to U 3
P to q s
3 li to q K 4
Bto K Kt S
• Castles
ti Kt t q 3
7 P tnkea K P
U P takvs P
8 H takes p eh
K takes K
9 Kt take* P ch
K to K K:
10 Ki takes B
B to ti It t
11 Ki takes Kt e).
P take- Kt
12 to Kt 4 e!i
K to B 2
1* ^ to R 5 ch
li K S
14 ti tvke« It
P !-> ki B 3
15 q to Q B 4 ch
K to K 2
36 H Kt to (1 t <:k
P takes Kt
17 Q takes Kt
«> to (i 3
IS P take* P
K R to K 1*
19 P to 11 a
P to K 8 4
20 B to b 4
t) to K Xt e
21 Q K checks
k lo 11 t
22 P to ®
R i® K Kt
33 K K to R 2
<1 R to K
*» K r. to K 2
K tak. « It
23 it takes R
ti lo Kt o
And Black annonn
■ cd male in Hire
Testimonials to
Blind Tovt.-
Ex-rebel General Edward Johnston,
having been recently pardoned by the Presi
dent, to-day called upon Treasurer Spinner
tor the payment of a check for three or four
hundred dollars due to him iu settlement i.s
Major in the United States army in 1861, just
before be joined the army of the Coniederaey.
The Treasurer refused the payment in a man
ner which was anything bnt pleasant to the
applicant.
t ttiin-
tiertnl musical prodigy is yet in England,
und in charge of Gen. Betliune and Prof. W.
P. Howard. We were shown yesterday for
similes of testimonials given him by two emi
nent composers and musician*—I. Masclieles.
of Soutbsea, and Charles Halle, of Grcenheys,
England. The latter, after testing him in
playing pieces of his own and others, naming
notes “the most difficult and perplexing."
concludes that, “altogether. Blind Tom seems
to be a most singular nnd inexplicable phe
nomenon." Maschclcs was equally rigid in
his tests, and enthusiastic in warm expres
sions of admiration both for his natural etu^
1 acquired attainments,— Col,