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A stLLLl? -r. .,y'•'-:«£t- 7 -’ ’ vr ' . - ; y.«■ *•• *v *>vv• y "3* ‘ xt • •■f/.'r.-vf«r*,o ; A CLISBY & REID, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—Netts—Politics—LItebature—Agrioulture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826.} MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 14. I860. .*y : s t.. •.•i„ VOL. XLIII.--N0. 26 m Ceo*S la Telegraph Bnildlng, Macon. RITES OK SUBSCRIPTION: - telegraph - for one year. 810 00 pl »TtiiG**rH-for six months 5 00 Sorter periods Ono Dollar per month. „ «!?, Sdh-Wkski-t Tki-koraph—one year.. 4 00 fiN ,n ;, ir« i-Weskly Telegraph-six m’tha 2 00 Wiiklt Telegraph—ono year.. ? "* "S sots Weekly Tklegraph—six months 1 * * gf.Payable always in advanee.~ r £A Boole »nd .Toll Printing Neatly executed at reasonable prices. t’emittanccJ by mail with Postmaster’* certificate at nur risk. * A SMIAL session Southern Baptist Convention. fourth day. VMTttdfor the Macon Daily Telegraph.] * ^ Macon, Ga., Hay 10,1869. ^ Convention met at 9 o dock, A. m. grain 66 in the Psalmist. Irarorby Kev. G. B. McCall, of Georgia, j-,,,} minutes of Saturday’s proceedings were read jad adopted. It* Chair announced the committees on “New aur.!s" and ‘‘on thfdeatli of Dr. Manly and Dr. tniliAms”: John A. Broadns, South Carolina; H. C Homtdy, Georgia; P. H. Lundy, Alabama; J. g g. Williams, Maryland; E. Dupree, Mississip pi’. j; H. Broun, Louisiana; T. H. Pritchard, y 3rt b Carolina: B. H..Caldwell, Kentucky; — juford. Maryland; E. L. Jordan, Tennessee: G. C. Thrasher, Virginia; T. J. Sparkman, Texas; B. 5. Fuller. Florida; — Samson, D. C. B. F. Fnlton, D. H. Selpli, Tennessee; J. L. Bey- t oU=,South Carolina; J. B. Jeter, Virginia; VI. g. McIntosh. Alabama; J. C. Forman, South Caro ls: S. Henderson, Alabama. Rev. Mr. Justice requested permission for the Committee on Nominations to define the place of next meeting to retire. The half-hour's morning devotions commenced, jec. Mr. Dudley conducting. HvrnnCM. rrayer ty Bev. Dr. Skinner, of Tennessee. Hrmn "I'm a Pilgrim.” purer by Bev. Dr. Broadns, of South Carolina. Rev. Mr. Edwards, of South Carolina, said ha had jut head one prayer yet offered for the country, ml he requested that the brethren and the sister- krod would not fail to pray day and night for her, b public and in private. Under all circumstances the should be remembered. Hymn. Bev. Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, said he believed that lie pe>t trouble with the country was, the mixing ra of religion and politics in our so-called religious Contentions. Ho was glad that the prayer for the wamy had been forgotten. He was glaa that they tiled to pray for the rules of the country or of any connuy. and' that they were so wrapped up in the tnsineaa for which they had met to forget every thing the. Tho half hour having expired the matter dropped. Ecv. Mr. Teague, of Alabama, requested that the Clair be instructed to furnish a colored minister freo Selma, Alabama, with a return ticket to bis bine. The Chair requested that the brother would ob- sent orler. He had failed to establish order on buudiy. and though it was not intentional it was nennheiesi unpleasant and he gave notice that ho woaM step the business if strict order was not .ob- teired. The resolution of Bev. Mr. Campbell to appoint a wnmittee on tho expenses of boards which was un der JiscMdon when the Convention adjourned on Faimrday. Kev. Mr. Wharton, of Alabama, objected to the resolution anil trusted that no brother would intro- (tax a resolution which would tend to create euspi- boa towards the members of the boards. Ho moved to by tho resolution on the table, ttrition was called, when the vote stood—yeas T?. nays 49. The motion prevailed. Bev. Mr. Curry, of Alabama, reported from the Committee on the China Mission. The report returned thanks for the success of the Mijsion. The idea of abandoning the field had been lUndoned, and the barriers which stood in the way were fast tottering. The Mission were frequently impelling for reinforcements, and trusted that no effort* would be wanting to aid the good woxk which Ikothe^SmTy stated *that he had a letter in his had from sister Hartwell, of the mission, calling mention to tho education of Chinese women. In trneqaenea of the seclusion existing as regards the women of the country, it was impossible for the Missionaries to reach them, and it could only be cone by educating tho women of tho country and *ieh them in that way. The feeling of the people mere was, that woman was only created to drudge tad toil for man, but tho glorious teachings of tlia gospel was opening their eyes to the fact that wo man is tho equal and the helpmate of man. Of re ligions as well as of worldly knowledge there must te a general imparting between one another, in or der to increase and strengthen it.and he hoped that the ladies of the country would take it into conaid- Itration and organize societies every where for the pnrpoee of supporting the good ladies who have gone to China for so holy a purpose. Bev. Mr. Williams, of'Maryland, said that it was oaeoftho most important questions before them md be hoped that due regard would be paid to it. nith ns it is a question of extension or extinction As a denomination they were verv particular about iremmwsron. Thatcommission included thewholo wor d. He held two letters in his hand which he ^dbaanngupon the subject. He hoped the sis- tobood and the brotherhood would go to the help •M assistance of.^ao Godly men and women who «1 tom themselves away from their families and wait was dew to them to go to far off lands and £“1“ nn«i lightened for Christs’ sake. What- failed to contribute to, he trusted thev „ B ® t tejl to contribute to the Foreign Mission. I,";’- J 11 - Broadns, of South Carolina, held in his letter from China. Tho North Street Baptist £“ n S Cbow, China, had contributed more r* Mexican Money for the mission, and lie ujirtmg, by request, as their delegate to this „ a .® re yl » translation from the letter, but waot read tho original for good reasons which . ®® stated. The letter was written by a con- yTT^hve of the country, and expressed great Y Eoccess of tho Gospel in that county. -»■ tirosang spoke at some length on the subject, j empathised heartily with those missionaries * wte abroad preaching Christ and with tho poor C?**no had been raised heathens, but who by L*«t*en opened to the great truths of the Gos- thought if ho had been raised a heathen When land, nothing could keep him from Bev. Mr. Poindexter, of Virginia, offered the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted, with a slight amendment: Besolved, That Ber. J. A Broadus, he requested to prepare a brief statement of the facts connected with tho letter from North Street Church, Fung Chow, China, for publication. That he also be re quested to prepare and send to said church a letter expressive of onr gratitude to God and exceeding pleasure at the reception of their letter; and that a copy of the proceedings of this Convention also be forwarded. Bev. Dr. Fuller, of Malyland, reported in part, from the committee on the death of the late Dr. Manly. The report expressed deep regret for the loss of bo able and pions a man. and was unani mously adopted, upon which the committee asked leave to sit again, OFFICERS OF THE COHVESTIOK. President—Bev. P. H. Wbt.t., Georgia. Vice Presidents—It. Fuller. Maryland; J. L. M. Curry, Virginia; J. P. Boyce, South Carolina; J. B. Link, Texas. Secretaries—A. P. Abell, Virginia; A F. Crane, Maryland. Treasurer—G. W. Norton, Kentucky. Auditor—N. Long, Kentucky. BOARDS OF THE COXVEXTIOX. Foreign Mission Board, Located in Richmond, Va. 1 3. L. Borrows, President. Vice Presidents—Su 5L Poindexter, Virginia; Hi ram Woods, Maryland; B. Furman, South Carolina; W. M. Wingate. North Carolina; Henry McDonald, Kentucky; W. H. Bobert, Arkansas; C. M. Irwin, Georgia; J. T. Williams, Missouri; F. Courtney, p„ -n, wi. il t. . . , . ! Louisiana; S. Henderson, Alabama; EL Garrett, tahin moved to take from Texas . j. s . Baker, Florida; Theo. Whitfield, Mis- resolution relating to expenses of j 8 isgippi ; Matt. Hillsman, Tennessee. J. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secretary. boards which had been laid on the table. 37. The motion prevailed by a vote of yeas, 67—nays, Dr. Burrows said that he and the board to which he belonged courted investigation and he hoped the committee would be appointed. Bev. Mr. McIntosh, President of the Domestic Edwin Wortham, Treasurer. W. H. Gwatbney, Becording Secretary. • O. T. Wortham, Auditor. Board of Managers—J. B. Jeter, A. B. Clark. A Sneed, ‘EL K. Ellyaon, A G. Wortham, A E. Dickinson. J. B. Wood. O. H. Winston, J. P. Kee- Mission Board, in behalf of that Board, reiterated ! 8ee * ^ B - Watkins, Well Goddin, Jno. E. Williams, the language of his brother Borrows. ' * Bev. Mr. Henderson, of Alabama, was opposed to the opening up of such a question. Who was pre opening up of such a question, wno was pre pared for ventilating the matter and to exhibit a want of confidence in the Boards in which they had so much confidence ? Bev. Dr. Campbell, of Georgia, denied that he had any want ox confidence in the members of the Boards when he offered the resolution. He simply wanted to have an explanation as to the manner in which the business was conducted. He had as mnch confidence in the members of the Boards as any body else, bnt he thought that if the committee was not appointed it would do them more harm than good. He thought the matter was a veiy important one, but if they had not time to doit now they could postpone it for a year longer: and if you don’t want to do it at all yon can let it go. J. A Chambliss, T. J. Evans, Harris. DOMESTIC A>D ENDIAN SHSSION BOARD, LOCATED IN MARION, ALA. W. H. McIntosh, President. Vice Presidents.—J. W. M. Williams, Maryland W. Hooper, North Carolina; M. P. Lowry. Missis sippi ; E. T. Winkler, South Carolina; E. S. Dnlin, Missouri: C. K. Winston, Tennessee; E. L. Corn- pen, Arkansas; H. W. Dodge, Virginia; T. H. Lun dy Alabama; B. H. Browne, Louisiana; J. H. De- Votie, Georgia; W. C. Crane. Texas. M. T. Sumner, Corresponding Secretary. A B. Goodhue, Recording Secretary. J. B. Lovelace, Treasurer. S. H. Fowlkes, Auditor. Board of Managers: J. F. Bailey, L. C. Tutt, E. A. Blunt. E. Q. Thornton. W. B. Dawson. J. Moore, . ~ ~ ~ T. Mc- Lide, O. to ao it *t an you can let it go. • i A J. Battle, L B. Vaiden, Porter King, W. T. Mr. Brown, as a member of the Memphis Board , Allister, W. W. Wilkerson, J. H. Lee, D. R. Li chaUenged the closest scrutiny. C. Huckabee, S. B, Freeman. Bev. Dr. Furman moved to lav the whole matter ! on the table which motion prevailed. : stndat-school board, looated nr Memphis, tenn. Bev. Dr. Tapper, reported from the Committee I 8. H. Ford, President, on indebtedness which report was adopted. I Vice Presidents.—B. Manly, Jr. Sonth Carolina Bev. Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, reported from tho ! A F. Crane, Maryland; W. "S. Webb: W. D. May- Committee on the death of Dr. ManlvandDr. Wil-1 field, Arkansas; J. T. Williams, Missouri; B. H. liams, and read a high eulogium on the life, virtue, ' Browne. Louisiana ;_W. T. Brantly, Georgia ;_Geo. piety and ability of the latter. The report was nnanimonely adopted. Bev. Dr. Forman, of Sonth Carolina, reported from the Committee on African Missions. Tho report stated that this Mission had not been attended with any more success the past year than the proceeding one, bnt recommended that the work be prosecuted with unabated energy. The report was adopted. Hunt. Kentucky; J. H. Stribbling, Texas; A P. Ab- dell, Virginia; Jos. Shackelford, Alabama; B. W. Justin. Ben. May, Treasurer. W. L. Badford, Becording Secretary. E. G. Wicker, Auditor. Board of Managers.—J. B. Graves, A Hatchett, D. E. Burns, W. S. Taylor, Meelerish, Nor ton, S. C. Bogers, N. S. Bruce, Jos. Bmce, P. S. Tho hour for adjournment having arrived, a mo- Jones, Jas. Beattie, B. G. Craig, C. V. Voorhies, tion to extend the time and a division was called for, i W. D. Andrews, when the vote stood yeas 61; nays 24. The report was adopted, and on motion the Con- Rev. Mr. Reid, returned Missionary from Africa, • vention adjourned, after prayer by Rev. Mr. Hender- KIOHT SESSION. Tho Convention met at 10 p. m. Rev. Mr. Wellborn offered the following: Resolved, That the Secretaries be instructed to offered some remarks as to the success of the mis- , again at 9 p. m., to-night, sion. He stated that the march of civilization wan ■ rapidly progressing in Africa. He had suffered j much in that land, bnt tho Lord was there with him [ to strengthen and encourage him. Christ was alwayB J with his servants, and he and hie brethren went on i utuaa,™ „„ full of hope. He was ready to go again when tho prepare and publish 2500 copies of the minutes of Board said so. He wanted to go back among those this session, and that they bo authorized to draw on people who bade him farewell with team in their the different Boards for the expenses incurred eyes. They said to him, “White man, come back . thereby. soon to us. Don’t stay away long.” His heart yearned A motion to amend by striking out “2500,” and to go back, but we can’t go of ourselves. _ Wo must inserting “2000,” was lost, bo supported, and by you. You must give us the . The resolution wae adopted, means to go and attend once more to the wants of i Rev. Mr. Mallory offered a resolution tendering those people. Sustain and support the mission, and thanks to the citizens of Macon, to the pastors o!' though it is said that the country is not healthy, yet the different churches for their use and to the pub- if they went on improving the state of the people, lishers of the Macon Teleghaph and Journal and ao many wonld not fall from disease when they Messenger for their kindness in distributing papers went there, becanso they would have homes to go to the members of the Convention; also, to the into and wonld not be so much exposed. His heart railroad and steamboat companies, yearned to be back once more among that poor ■ Rev. Mr. Jones moved to amend by thanking for African people which he ioved so much, and he the reports of the proceedings of the Convention trusted the Board would say, “Go. go and teach the word of Christ to the poor benighted African.” j The report was then put and adopted. On motion, the Convention adjourned at 1 p. m. which appeared in these papers. The amendment was accepted. On motion, the thanks to the churches was strick en ont to be made a separate resolution, which was done. evening session. i Bev. Dr. Winkler offered a resolution of thanks to nis „ ,. thooflicera and pupils of the Macon Academy for D^Yir^fnmSwr wnorte-1 ^Sf!Tommitteb KeT - Mr - Samson offered a resolution appointing Rev. Mr. Culpepper reported from the Committed d f ^ f fands to ^ on Credentials, and read over the names of dele- State8 ’ “ tllCy appCared “ . Rev. Mr." Cranooffered a resolution of thanks to , , , , , -j the President for tho able, dignified and impartial The report was, on motion,adopted and ordered ^ £ a d dis’cbSged the high duties to be printod. JJfr-tjothins oven here—but the graoe of God. i—»cu, also, with the missionaries in our for they, too, suffered: but-the mis- » auj, UlOjTy (W| BUUCiOUl UUI - U1C UUo' •TT^ilroad, during the war and since, bad suf- °f ns had suffered. These holy men „ and labors, and their only so- vhether the great cause for which they b hoped and suffered would be allowed men must be supported. It is better I should suffer than that they should fail. We must reinforce them; and £,,i 6°ne? I would not give much for a **» liiii I s I ou f° B ®y in y oar hearts, “Yes; be supported, God sparing me;” and »3ua ' e<olTO n P° n doing it in this manner, yon Bncceed. He prayed them to remem- went homo that a heathen church had “teem, through a letter, that day, and that .^T.°f that church thought and felt as they Be hearts beat in unison with onr own. that tho letter might be inserted in tia, and that something be sent them in re- of Georgia, thanked God that v hear such good newa from China. tho walls of China were being bro- Qa, , J that the Gospel of Christ was spiead- , which was so long shut up from f North Carolina, thought the way ‘'ik’pie spoke about the civilization of China «£? Tr * e ? 6 they civilizing her ? Christian h er Hastings and others there k dcr them. Christian England sent » hero and taught the red man how to z*great ® ( "’ at cr. Even ] America herself stood, h fiiBgracod before the people of “‘"iollicere and men of the army and r ’ n k“t them and taught them to swear 3 ?Kwd. What must the people of JttWv JL tBiristian England and of America ^ tf Eenir- & ® 0D 8»t them what they called their * v- 6 they heard those veir men call- > the their souls. He thought that to senk w^ 1 ®. brethren to balance that mat- v'tf Clin«t;, 1 t!® 8l0n4rie * to teach them the re- ^b&nked God that the missionaries '-“^.oeen bo snccwisfnl SjA’ of Maryland, moved that they for the good tidings they had r. Jltr wLfSi Mr - Williams wae requested by prayer. ' i-. “port 1 • ^“^oomoittee was put to the Con- Rev. M!r. Justice reported from the Committee on Nominations as follows: Your committee respectfullv recommend that tho next session of this body be held with the Walnut Street Baptist Church. Louisville. Ky., to commence on Thursday before the second Sabbath in May, A D., 1870. That Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows, of Virginia, be appointed to preach the Convention sermon; Itov. Dr. H. H. Tucker, of Georgia, alternate. Verv respectfully. B. M. Justice. The report was adopted. IraM. Camp, T. P. Lide. H. A Estes, John H. Law. of his office. Also, to the Secretaries for tho very prompt and eflicient discharge of their duties. Rev. Dr. Winkler offered a resolution recommend ing the system ot persistent contributions in how ever smaU'sums. He stated that that was the system adpoted by tho Catholic Church, and that Church owed its power to the system of small contributions. It was pour ing a tide of millions for the promotion of the Catholic interest, annually, into this country by this means. It was well to be taught by our enemies, and he trusted that so good a practice would be started by all the Sunday-schools In all the churches in the country. The resolution was adopted. Bev. Mr. Warren moved that the Convention ad journ withuut day. The minutes of the day’s proceedings were read Bev. Mr. Selph reported from the Committee on .JgjSS Extended Operations. The motion to adjourn was then taken up and Rev. Mr. Phillips, of the African Mission, said carrie( j_ ttiat some decided action should bo taken upon the Th 0 Chair said he could not announce the adjonm- Afncan Mission. He wanted tiiem to eithei aban- ment ^ t hout expressing gratitude to this body for don it altogether, or to support it in theproperiqimt. t; 10 ageietanco they had given him in tho discharge They could not, after all the labors, exertions and o y j nt ; es _ He had a right to bear testimony to sufferings of the missionaries, abandon it. The Af- their character. Ho thanked God his car had not ricans in the country he had come from were luore j, ear j one unkind word during the Convention. He intelligent than the negroes of tins country. The p ravC( j that God might eafelv conduct. them home, resolutions before them were very good, hut if they an[ J spare their lives and give them success in simply adopted them to-day and forgo- them to- their labors during the nextvearin their Master’s morrow, they might as well give up the mission al- cange together. He ban been to England a.nd to Scotland, Concluding Hymn—“Blestbe the tie that binds.” but the people ol these countries did not appear to Concluding praver by Bev. 3Ir. WeUbom. care about doing anything for anybody outside of xhe membeis on separating greeted each other their own country. He left them without being able y Cr y warmlv and said a lieartv “good bye” to one to get any monev amongst them, and fbnnd that he another at about 11^ P. M. ' had to come back to his own country, lor he felt . , . ., , .. . , that he would find sympathy there; but even here And now may be. conveniently read the foi- lie does not find the sympathy and zeal which lie lowing carefully prepared had anticipated. Some persons went so far as to nonrrN eay “give it up." Well, ho did not think it would _ , bo the way which men determined to work should Editor of the ChildP8 Delight 9 to the members do, and lie trusted that so fine a field of labor would Convention, at the adjournment, but p. v. M. Devotie .“iv,ke again-t giring up the Afri- not delivered on account of the Pat-Mell way can Mission. A member proposed to make up $150 now for the Mission. . .. .. Bev. C. H. Byland spoke against abandoning the Mission. T 1 Rev. 3fr. Devotio asked if Jesus had not gone to in which the proceedings of the Convention were closed: Brethren : You are now about to leave the pleasant scenes of the Convention and retnra Africa', and asserted that to abandon that Mission home to mingle once more with your beloved wonld be to leave Jesus alone there. onec, and behold again your friends, relatives them, and saying. “ Good bye, brethren, I am go- not wish yon to forget, and his name is—Boy/an. ing to Africa." ^ { ^ Mr?Cormor?of Georgia, reported from the Com- delights of home and the fireside; but there is mittee on tho report of the Sunday-school Board. one jUdight I hope you will ever bear in mind . -? m*. <.«» m d^, m Corresponding Secretary. He moved to amend by fhia city by the said Boykin. I do not doubt inserting “that the Board be instructed to employ a th t a pleasures of your arrival at home will competent Secretary immediately. . , • 1 . • .. ,. Bev Mr. Broadus, of South Carolina, thought it be greatly enhanced by the engaging and taking was not wise to dictate to a Board. icausot tho dear little ones who will welcome Rev. Mr. Broatlus, of Virginia, moved to strike ^ _, nr out the words “efficient and competent” as they you: there is a taking way I hope all of you might be construed to convey the idea that the for- will practice, and that is a way of taking the mersecreurywasnota^mp^one.^^ published by S. BoyMn. Perhaps on The amendment was , 0 , as amended was adopted. your return home yon will visit the Sunday- Bev. Dr. Jeter moved that the report of the com- gAhool and address the Sunday-school children .* mittee he recommitted and that they he instracted . . « • . - , - to tov and harmonize it with the report of the Board. I hope yon will school them into ft fondness for A lengthy but unimportant series of explanations jjie Delight which you will take, as pnblished by here enaue'd, after which the motion to recommit c „ , was put and lost. , , ^ , , . . ^ The report was then adopted as amended. Brethren, I know that forgetfulness and inat- Bev. Dr. Boyce offered a resolution mstructing tention are common failings. I hope you will the Sundav School Board to prepare a full report of ... ... all transactions since the last Convention, instead remember me and the Delight while I am forget- ol the report presented to this body. ffag y 0U —yes, for getting you to aid me in ex- iSSaSS reported from the Committee tending its circulation. Do not let inattention on the Home and Foreign Journal. and neglect mark your regard for the Delight. Mr. Pentecost urged the neceissitv of supporting attention trill be both of the remit- this little sheet, asit was a very useful one. _ a nope y .... . . Bev. Mr. Taylor, of Virginia, followed, endorsing ting and unrcnutUng order—that is constant the remarks of the last speaker. and incessant in its efforts to remit fands in The time^or adjoiunment Saving arrived, the see- subscription for the paper. sion was. on motion, extended. Thus yon will delight me and I will delight the A subscription list was opened forthe fnrth®nmc« children, and they will delight you by the pleas- of the African mission, which resulted in the sum of “““ e $300 being raised for that purpose. ure they evince in reading the Delight; so we Bev. Mr. Cates reported from the Committee on delighted all round, as I have no doubt Agencies, which, after j some debates^ slight y<jn ^ at - my biddiBg you -Farewell. The reporter of the Telegraph takes this oppor tunity of tendering his most heartfelt thanks to tho Secretaries of the Convention, Mr. A Fuller Crane, amendments was adopted. Rev. Dr. Boyce moved to reconsider, with instruc tions to the committee to prepare a new one. The motion did not fail- _ , . . .. A fflibecrmtion for brother Burov, woo is in din* — 4 , . . _ tress, wastaken up and amounted to the sum of of Maryland, and Mr. A P. Abell, of Virginia, for forty-eight dollars. an incessant disposition on their part to accommo- A report from the committee appointed to nom- f nmieb ^ information on all occa- inate new Boards, was read. The following are the names of the members; sion*. Forney on Savannah, Florida and the ! Low Country. Editorial Correpondence of the Philadelphia Press.] Savannah, Ga., May 2, 1869, The “Pilot Boy,” Captain Fenn Peck, a sang and comfortable steamer, carried ns by what is called tht “inhnd route” from Charleston to Savanna^ on Thursday, and the trip, vhich took from 8 a. x. to 10.80 p. 5L, was mad* most agreeable by delightful weather, pleasan/ com pany, good metis, many interesting ibjects, and the graphic narrative of our comfaander, who assisted the Confederacy in roaring, the blockade daring the war. The, fart is eight dollars, including everything; am} although higher than the rates charged or Northern steamers, if it had been three times he amount onr enjoyment was stch that it won! have.been well expended. Theie are severabither routes —one by rail, over tha Georgia Rented Bail- road, via Augusta, andthe other j" sea, or out side passage; bnt as the Pilot Boy coursed through the islands wheie the c«ebrated sea is land cotton is grown aid ga tired, we pre ferred it, and had every be gratified with onr choice. Stenmibg t-uso lito Fort Sum ter, so near that we conldsee the mass of monl- dering ruins that had bea feft by, the Union batteries, we also had fa Opportunity to in spect the other fortificatihs, which so long and stubbornly defended thisstronghold of the re bellion. Snmter is almct wholly deserted, and a very small force, if a?, is left at Moultrie, Pinckney, Eipley, or Vijner. About 2 p. m., we haltd at Beaufort, and lay there an hour, duringwhich the passengers went ashore and passed ihrough the streets of the once proud seat of he cotton aristocracy, which is now in a mostdilapidated condition. The elegant mansions o the former magnates are nearly all in a statof decay, very few be ing occupied by their ojginal owners. A num ber of Northerners hnveome in, some of whom have taken possession pder tax titles, and oth ers under the confiscatin law. Great suffering has resulted from theravages of war and the forced sales of many ofhe these large estates, and we were informedhat a heavy fund is be ing raised to test the «nstitutionality of these measures. The natural position^ Beaufort is so lovely, and the wealth of thos who resided here before the war, gathered froi their lucrative planta tions, was so immen^ as to enable them to beautify it with all thJuxtiries of art, that we could easily uudergtad why it had been called “the Paradise of thoiouth!” Our party gath ered some mementos of the place, and were invitqd into one of ie gardens attached to a house occupied by a hrthem man, where they saw the orange tree i full blossom, and a rare variety of roses. Inded, the whole region was blooming in the luuriance of a Southern spring. Shortly aftef eaving Beaufort, we were winding our tortnon course among the cotton islands, and with ouglasses could see the lord ly houses of the plaiprs, with the long rows of outbuildings once ocapied by their slaves, and now by the freedmei So crooked is the stream that it was somethin miraoulonsthat we escap ed running agroundbr striking the banks; bnt onr colored pilot, fmiliar by long years of ex perience with thest serpentine passages, un wound the coil am carried ns safely through. As far as the eye snld reach the waters were divided by these allvial spots, and as we crawl ed along many a betitifnl picture was present ed by the handsome houses reposing under the deep shadow of tb lordly live oak, and the flowering magnolialanked by orange groves— with the laboringtnen, women and children pausing from theiltoil in the fields to “watch onr passage.” It was dark beftf# we reached Savannah, so that we had no opportunity to witness what is said to be the lovely panorama which greets the entrance to this Forest City, and a beautiful miniature mitropolis it is. It stretches along the sontherribank of the Savannah river, on a sandy plain Ifty feet above the level of the sea. First colonizd under letters patent granted by George the Scond to James Oglethorpe and his associates, inlading many Englishmen of dis tinction, on to 18th of November, 1732, the nniqne and dssical original plan seems to have been closely bllowed, though greatly improved and beautifid in the course of years. The streets are bind and well-paved, and there is a substantial akin the numerous stone structures and in the bmness thoroughfares that gives it the appearano of great wealth and solidity. Bnt what ianost attractive to the eye are the numerous sqtires and parks, all of which are laid and presrved with great care, while the splendid trees are the admiration of all North erners—most f them are the swamp oak, inter spersed with te live oak and a tree peculiar to this section, eititled the China tree, or “Pride of the South,’’now covered with delicate blos soms. One of he leading thoroughfares—Sonth Broad street—lad rows of trees planted along the middle, in te regular boulevard style, some thing after the ashion of the famous promenade in Berlin, anf not unlike, though still more beautiful thanWahash avenue, in Chicago, where the treesare young, while here many of them must be i hundred years old. I wish the Committee for he District of Columbia and the Philadelphia Concils could see the effect pro duced by thesenatural decorations; as in that case I do not (oubt that the improvement of Pennsylvania a;d other avenues in Washington, and Broad stqet Philadelphia, so long and so persistently aducated, would be promptly set on foot. Of ccirse, it is impossible, either in the District of Jolumbia or in Philadelphia, to cultivate these aagnificent Southern trees, bnt there are plentjof substitutes easily procured, and sufficient fa all the requirements. Many of the steets of Savannah are still un- paved, and are sndered difficult of passage by the depth of tin loose sandy soil. This very fact, with the abndanco of pitch and tar gath ered from the neijhboring forests of pine, would enable the corporation to cover them in a cheap and solid manner,vith the celebrated Nicholson or concrete pavonents. . The suburban rports of the town are beauti ful, especially Briaventure Cemetery, about four miles di6tani “Originally a cemetery,” as we are told in i neat little “ Historical Re cord,” just published by P.- D. Lee and J. L. Agnew (which, tholgh devoted in great part to a eulogy upon thmi who fought against the Government, is not bss creditable to the com pilers), “it contains tome fine specimens of se pulchral architecture which time lias invested wife hallowed remenJbranees. Numerous lofty oaks lend their gratt/ul shade to the last resting places of the silent flead, and the character of the foliage presents a unique and almost inde scribable appearano, draped as it is with weep ing festoons of mss, whose luxuriant growth makes the shade impenetrable to the sun’s rays.” Onr artist confessedthat it would be impossibly to give an idea <t those sad and beautiful fringes, which, pen|ant from the lofty branches of these lordly gianB of the forest, looked like silver-gray crape, ajd added' that no engraving alone and a combination anything like a faithful bnt the artist’s pern of colors could mi' copy. Another spot, cr a little like Point though with beti private houses, is drive over a road almost as white au There were other named Jasper Sp; exploits of Serge; vious to the siege olution war. The commerce id “Thunderbolt,” looking treeze, near Philadelphia, hotels and more genteel ipproached by a splendid imposed of oyster shells, clean as a marble floor.— windings, one of which, , recalled one of the bold Jasper and Newton, pre- Savannah, during the Rev- tbia port is considerable and largely on the increase. Savannah is the Becond city of the Sonth from which cotton is shipped to Europe jnd to the North. The fol lowing figures are. suggestive: In 1857 the total value of exports was $22,500,000; in 1860, 817,793,922; in 1$6, $41,225,488; in 1868, $50,220,209. From these fignrei it will be seen that Savan nah has made rapid Strides since the overthrow of a rebellion nowhere more stubbornly sup ported than by her Own people. She is many years in advance of ker old rival (Charleston), and if her leaders will only act upon the idea that populates and consolidates all fee West, and swells her towns into capitals and makes her world, they will cease antagonizing that great anti-slavery sentiment which has been the im pelling motive to emigration from the beginning and against which no people, and, least of all, no party in America, can successfully contend. Many new, substantial, and elegant residen ces and stores are being erected, and the street running parallel with fee. river presents a very, lively appearance. Many Northerners are mov ing in and contributing essentially to the gener al prosperity wife their capital, intelligence, and energy. At 7.30 P. ar. we took fee Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for Jacksonville, Florida} • distant fwo hundred and thirty miles. Asit was a night ride, we occupied a sleeping car set apart for onr company (in all respects as commodious, comfortable, and well attended as any of those indispensable 'conveniences in fee North and West) and reached onr destination at 8 o’clock on Saturday morning. Florida is fee most southern of all fee United States, and although sometimes called the smallest in the Union, is an immense peninsula, four hundred miles in extent, possessing a greater amount of sea coast than any of her sisters. Her shores are indented with numerous bays and inlets,-bnt there , are few good harbors. Having been admonished before starting from Washington that we should find ourselves in fee midst of intense heat, were somewhat surprised to find an atmosphere quite as cool as it is in Philadelphia in the month of May. Indeed, we have not ohanged onr winter clothing since we reached these latitudes. Jack sonville, on the St. Johns river, claiming to be the largest town in the State, with a population of seven thousand, is a curious sight, with its streets of heavy sand, its board walks, its luxu riant tropical vegetation, its ordorus magnolias, splendid swamp-oak and live-oak trees, and its invalid sojourners from the North. We arrived at the end of the busy season, for here the winter is the harvest to merchants and hotelkeepers. All the boarding places have been crowded sinoe November, and the long railroad between here and Savannah was daily thronged with passengers daring the same pe riod. Bnt with the approach of summer visitors retire to their homes, and the place is left to the natives. In commerce it is considerable. Prop erty within the town limits is very high. Ono lot was pointed ont that had jnst been sold for ten thousand dollars, not alone because Jackson ville is accepted as one of the healthiest of win ter resorts on the continent, bnt because per sons can travel into the Sonth without being sub jected to a political quarantine to ascertain whether they are sound upon the slavery ques tion. Along the whole route from Savannah, with the exception of the rice fields, which com mand from ono hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars an acre, which often cannot bo pur chased at all, real estate can be had at rates fabulously low. Through the kindness of Mr. John Campbell, whose brother owns fee beautiful steamer Henry Burden, commanded by A. C. Crocker, that, neat vessel was placed at onr disposal, and we had a delightful trip along fee St. Johns to the winter resort known as “Green Cove Springs,” some thirty miles distant. St Johns is a mag nificent stream, almost a lake in width, naviga ble for one hundred and fifty miles for vessels of six feet draught, and one hundred miles for vessels of nine feet, and flanked east and west by shores covered with living green, and in some pMces by commanding bluffs. About eighteen miles distant we came to “Mandarin,” the beautiful home of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, of which onr artist took a sketch. It is n lovely retreat, almost hidden by the magnolia, orange, and live oak, and there are several cot tages in the neighborhood, showing that fee no ble woman is not without society of her own.— The “Green Cove Springs,” almost deserted by its gnests, seems just fee place in which to re cuperate failing health; and as I sat under the wide porch, fanned by tho gentle breeze, and looked out upon the wide and glorious river, I recalled fee sensations with which, for the first time, I beheld Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, so calm, so peaceful was the scene. 117111110 a quar ter of a mile from the hotel is fee chief at traction of the place—a sulphur spring of rare medicinal power, and eqnally efficacious for both bathing and drinking. "Within two days of Cuba, Jacksonville, like all fee coast of Florida, is naturally excited by fee revolution in that island, and we could see how easy it was to furnish men and munitions of war if the crisis requires them. Although fee soil produces oranges, strawberries, peas and other choice fruits and vegetables, it was strange to see how few of these luxuries were visible in fee hotels or stores, and this remark applies equally to Savannah and Charleston. On inquiry, we learned that many of the delica cies and nearly all fee substantiate of life were imported from New York. Even fee cabbages, fee butter, pork, beef, and hay were brought in from other States. Several reasons may be sug gested for this condition of things, apart from the general indisposition to work on the part of the white population, and among these is the fact that many of the heavier artides, like flour, are brought as ballast in steamers from New York at comparatively trifling cost. It 'is also true feat, owing to fee absence of nutritious grasses, very little beef is raisedin Florida. As a general proposition, however, it is evident that, with anything like industry and good house keeping, nearly everything necessary to the sup port of human life could be raised in immense quantities from this now neglected and almost useless soil. At 7:30 p. m. we took the cars again, sleeping through to Savannah, where we arrived in time for breakfast this morning. The Northern visitor to this section of our country can easily find abundant materials for criticism and complaint. The still rebellious spirit of the politicians, fee coarse violence of the Democratic newspapers, fee severe social ostracism, fee assaults upon what are called carpet-baggers, the cruel misrepresentations of the only industrious laborers, the colored peo ple—all these would furnish the basis of fee declaration feat reconstruction is as far off as on the day when Lee surrendered to Grant. But I propose to take a more hopeful view. I do not lelieva that fee whole Sonth is ready to rash into a new insanity, worse, if possible, than fee rebellion itself. I have met many excellent men, leading Confederates, Union men before fee war and Union men still; and though for the present they are silenced by fee clamor of violent politicians, they look to fee Republican party, to Republican magnanimity, Republican capital, and Republican emigration, to redeem them from a fate far worse than that of blasting war. They see, and say in private, that as fee West is carrying fee flag of progress and liberty wife colossal strides to the chores of fee Pacific, they cannot hope to utilize their own vast ad vantages of climate and soil, of river and har bor, unless they cut loose from all dependence upon the leaders who plunged them into strife. Life and property are to-day as safe in Geor gia, Florida, and South Carolina, as they are in Pennsylvania; bnt something more is necessary to give confidence to fee capitalist and peace to the settler. It is not free intercourse wife the old families. The truly independent spirit scorns any such props as these, bnt relies proud ly on himself. It te fee habit of assailing men for opinion’s sake that should be abandoned. For mark, this habit is not exercised against the carpet-bagger alone, but against everybody who advocates Republican doctrines, and in ho case more severely than where a native of fee South takes ground in favor of General Grant and his policy. Suppose the Democratic papers of fee West were to insist that that everybody who came'to live among them should be a Democrat or should be assailed for being a Republican, wonld the example not be langhed to scorn, and wonld not the man guilty of it be tamed out of the community in which he lived ? Now that Northern men, a large majority of them Republicans, and ultra Republicans, are’ visiting the Sonth every day, and that thousands will follow their example the moment the warm months have passed over,' I will be surprised if many of fee independent citizens of fee South do not openly reject the amount dictation of those who seem to delight in vituperation and in turning away fee generous proffera of the patri otic people of fee North. Miaoh has been gained in the South), even since Abraham Lincoln’s ery’;;bnt feat which will last fee longest after the great righto which have been secured to the manumitted millions will be the great benefits resulting from a closer and constantly increasing intercourse between all sections of fee Union, arur.i, j. w. F. Terrible Tragedy in Atlanta—Full Par ticular:*. From the Constitution.'] On yesterday,-.fee town was startled by fee intelligence that John Henry Foy, one of the :sub-clerks iq fee Executive Department, .and ’supposed correspondent of fee New York Tri bune, and author of the sensational telegrams to that place, had shot a negro womanand after wards shot himself! Coroner Wm. Kile ascer taining fee report to be well founded, summoned the following intelligent jury to investigate the circumstances connected wife fee affair, viz: Marcos A. Bell, foreman; Daniel A. Cook, Jno. W. Barney, A. B. Smith, D. M. Harris, T. Cos tello, A. W. Mitchell, A. Steinheimer, P. Far rell, F. Cook, W. W. Lyon, J. Shivers. The coroner and jury proceeded to the hones next to Mrs. Beerman’s on Mitchell street, where they found the body of John Henry Foy, in his bed room, where the shooting and suicide oc curred. They visited the residence of Epsey Hurt, a gingercake-colored mulatto about twen- 1 ty-five years old, on Ivey street, the woman shot by Foy, We give the following epitome of the evidence submitted to the jury : Epsey Hurt testified that on Tuesday last she went to a picnic. On Saturday night, Mr. Foy returned home from a picnic and commenced quarreling wife her, accusing her of going to fee depot to meet another man. Foy was drinking, and kept up quarreling with her about feia oth er man all night, and chargedfeer wife being in the room, with him. Foy continued to drink dur ing fee night, and Sunday morning, and to quar rel wife her: witness told him as they could not agree they had better separate. Foy replied that he was not going to separate. About eight o’clock Sunday morning witness started to get up out of fee bed. Foy struck her on one side of the face and pushed her baok on the. bed. Witness asked him what he meant. 1 Foy said he had a right to knock her down, and stepped to a table near by and took a drink. Foy then tried to force witness to drink. Witness refused, when Foy poured the liquor into her mouth and over her face while she was yet in fee bed. Foy would not let witness get up. Witness said that she was compelled to get up to go with her moth er to church. Foy said that was not fee reason she wanted to get up. She wished to get up to go and meet that man he was quarreling about. Foy locked the door and took out the key. Wit ness then got up, when Foy asked her if she was still in the notion of having fee other man. Wit ness said she had never spoken to him. Foy replied, “ yon are a damn liar," and feat he had several witnesses, bnt on being asked who they were, wonld not give their names. Foy then took a pistol from under fee head of his bed, put one of his arms around fee waist of wit ness and shot her in fee side, remarking “you and (this other man spoken of) jnst help your selves.” Foy then shot himself twice, and said, “I have shot myself. Come and kiss me, I am dying.” Charles Stedman testified that he and Foy boarded at Mrs. Beerman’s. About 84 o’clock on Saturday night, Foy came into fee saloon of witness and obtained a bottle of whisky. He started out, but returned and remarked to wit ness, “I owe you a little billhexe, and also Mrs. Beerman, for board, and Ill tell the reason why I have not paid them.” He then explained to witness that jie had loaned his money to Mr. de- Graffenried, and took out and handed to witness a note which he said was for the loaned money, and requested witness to keep it for him. About an hour afterwards he sent the following order for another bottle of whisky: “Pleas give fee bearer a bottle of com whis ky. Don’t send me anything in the morning. Mb. Charles Stedman.” Fox. Dr. G. G. Crawford a regular practising phy sician, testified feat he had examined the boy of Mr. Foy, and found just below and to the right of the right nipple, fee entrances of two wounds, appearing to have been made by gun shots.— From examination, fee shots ranged towards the heart, transversely across fee breast, and in his opinion was the cause of death. The following purporting to be the will of fee deceased, was found in his room, and identified as being in his hand writing. It was written in a bold hand on letter paper, and we give it ver batim : Charles Steadman will please pay Reicter his bill; Mr. Meister and George Creese their bills also; Mrs. Beerman her bill; he will also get my mocking-bird and give it to Pooche (Mrs. Beerman’s little daughter.) My watch and ev erything found is intended and hereby willed to my sister Jane, comer of 13th street and 6th av enue, N. Y. Mr. B. B. deGraffenried will give warrant for —***, which Charley will please send with my other effects to my sister Jane. I hereby caution every colored person in Georgia against James Fitzpatrick, as a mean, unprinci pled traitor—below the notice of any intelligent voter,- or honest citizen of fee Republic. “ God save the State and the poor colored people of it. John Henrt Fox. [Over.] Maguire has my bird and will return it on payment of a small bill.” The jury returned a verdict in accordance with fee above facts; that Foy came to his death by pistol shots from his own hand, and feat it was premeditated suicide. The testimony and verdict of the jury were duly certified to by fee Coroner. "Washington, April 18, 1869. My Dear Sir : I have already pressed to the extent of my ability a colored man for Georgia. I should be glad to see Mr. Tamer made Minis ter to Hayti, bnt a colored man has already been sent there, Mr. Dnmas, of New Orleans, on my recommendation. Yours truly, Ben-t. F. Butler. J. H. Foy, Esq., Atlanta. Mr. Foy was an Irishman by birth, between thirty-five and forty years of age and well edu cated. The Great Pacific Ball read. TABLE or DISTANCES BETWEEN NEW XOBS AND SAB r&AKCXSOO AND THE GREAT EAST. Prom the Toledo Blade, April 26.1 The near completion of the great Pacific Railroad attracts such general attention not on ly throughout oar own nation but in Europe, and inquiries are so frequent regarding the par ticulars of travel, that we have compiled the following tabic, from the best materiuat hand showing as nearly as possible fee various dis tances run, from point to point, and the ordina ry running time consumed in mslriwg fee trip from New York, over each section of road, to San Francisco, fee great metropolis fee Golden West: .'VS;* Miles. New York to Chicago, Ill 911 Chicago to Omaha, Nebraska... Sj 491 Omftha to Bry&n 868 Bryan to Ocien. Utah......... 233 Ogden to Elko, Nevada, via Cen tral Pacific Railroad....!.... 278 Elko to Sacramento, CaL, via Central Pacific Railroad Sacramento to San Frandsoo, via Western Pacific Railroad.. Sours. 25* 43 10* »;0 4 i */’A 12* 465 117 Total. .3,853 162* Thus a - total distance of 3,353 miles is made, according to fee present schedule time, in six days, seventeen and a (half hours, actual time, by a traveler’s watch, from which we deduct three and a half hours, difference of time, when' going west, leaving the apparent time con sumed in making the trip six days fourteen hours. At San Francisco the mails will connect wife fee various steamship lines running on the Pa cific, and may be landed at Honolulu in nine days from feat city, or fifteen and a half days from New York. They can reach Japan in nine teen days from San Francisco, or twenty-five and a half days from New York, or thirty-three to thirty-four days from Great Britain, feus' beating the British mails sent via Suez by fee Peninsular, and Oriental steamers by from three to four weeks. The trip between Yokohama, Japan and either Hong Kong or Shanghae, te readily accomplished by fee Pacifio Mail steam ships in from five to six. days, whioh, added to fee time in reaching Japan, will give fee through time necessary to reach either of the above named ports of China. The American steamships belonging to the China branoh of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company are unequalled in beauty and elegance, and we firmly believe in stability, by any vessel afloat. As they excel all other steamships afloat—except fee Great East ern—in size and capacity, so they also excel them in their various appointments and com fortable accommodations for first class passen gers. The mails for Australia, it is toonght- will hereafter go via San Francteco, as the Aus tralian and New Zealand Steamship Company intend transferring fee terminus of their line, which has been running from Sidney to Pana ma, so as hereafter to run from Australia to Ta hiti, thence to Honolulu, and feenoe to San' Franciso, making twenty-eight days, schedule time, which, will give ns a monthly mail to Aus tralia in thirty-four or thirty-five days through time. The Savannah Trans-Atlantic Steam ships. We are sorry to read fee following in the cor respondence of fee Charleston Conner : The British steamship" Petersburg was lying at the wharf in Savannah, and was visited, ana by fee courtesy of her commander, who seemed to take pleasure in showing his guests over fee ship, was examined from stem to stern. There was mnch in fee interior arrangements of .this vessel—in the immense carrying capacity, in the style and power of fee engines, and in fee model and rig of the ship—to repay .fee little trouble and time involved in snch a visit. Bnt inquiries elicited fee unpleasant information that this vessel had already been lying at the Savannah wharf for two months, waiting for cargo; that as yet only one-third of a cargo had been engaged, and this at rates which conldnot possibly pay; that it might be a month or two more before she could leave for Europe, and then probably not fully loaded, even at ttnre- munerative rates; that fee ship was sinking money for her owners every day, and would not be likely to renew the experiment. These facts certainly occasioned some sur prise, as it is believed feat fee R. Mure line of steamers from Charleston to Liverpool are never long delayed for want of freight; and it has been claimed that Savannah was fully equal to Cl^rleston in ability to sustain direct steam communication with Europe. But fee facts in fee case of fee Petersburg are exceedingly dam aging to any snch claim. And yet Savannah is a thriving and beautiful city, with a rich back country to which well managed railways extend; with fee still farther advantages of a river, nav igable as high np as Angnsta; wife a commerce by no means insignificant, bnt which manifestly prefers sailing vessels to steamers in its ship ments of cotton to foreign ports; with parks and squares in such profusion, that fee rus in urbe seems fee inheritance of its citizens; and with a white population which fens far, even in these disjointed times, seem to have maintained suc cessfully fee right to manage their own affairs. *•. -1 * The Crops. railroads the most profitable investments, in the 1 death, and despite of Andrew Johnson's tzeach- nr * # Sir"" The Biggest Lump of Gold. Melbourne, March 1, 1869. There is no donbt as to what has been the most important and interesting event of fee past month. Everybody has heard again and again of the great “Welcome” nugget, and mod els of it have been the center of attraction in in ternational expositions. Bnt a greater than fee "Welcome nugget has now turned np, and has been duly christened the “Welcome Stranger.” The story of its discovery is extremely inter esting. Two men had been working for a long time in a claim at Dunolly, where a year or so ago they had found a couple of nuggets, weigh ing respectively 108 and 36 ounces. ■ They had again, however, got “dead brokethe store keepers had refused them any further credit, and they were feeling very bad indeed, when one of them, in following the claim by working round the roots of a tree, struck something hard with his pick, immediately below fee sur face. He had no idea, however, what had stopped his pick, for, miner-like, he grumbled out, “Confoundit! I wish it was a nugget, and had broken the pick.” The nugget, when it was unearthed, was found to weigh 210 pounds troy, and on smelting, it yielded 2,268 ounces and 10 pennyweights of pure gold. It was scarcely covered by the earth, and was less than a couple of inches below the surface. Dnnol- ly, the ground on which this golden monster was found, is ai very old digging, bnt has never been regarded as a first class field. Every now and then a big nngget has been found, but whatever gold has been obtained was discovered in pock ets. The “Welcome 8tranger” is the largest nngget on record in Australian mining annate, and/ in fact, is believed to bo the largest mass of gold ever discovered. The largest nuggets previously found in Australia were as follows: The Weloome nngget, found at Ballarat, at a depth of 180 feet, weighing 184 pounds 9 ounces; fee Blanche Baikly, found at a depth of 13 feet, at Kingower, weighing 145 pounds 8 ounces; a nngget at Canadian golly, Ballarat, weighing 134 pounds tl ounces, at a depth of 60 feet; and the Lady Hotbuo, weighing 38 The growing crops in this section, fens far, have met with no serious inj ary from any source, if we except too great haste in patting fee cotton seed into the ground, in apprehension of fee caterpillar, which last year destroyed all fee late cotton. On account of fee cold spells of weather last month, some complain that their cotton has failed to come up regularly, causing a poor stand. But, alll things considered, cot ton is doing well, especially in the uplands. Mnch guano has been used on the most of onr- crops, and more than ordinary labor expended in the preparation of the tend before, planting Com looks well, and is growing rapidly. Much of it is knee high, and some few stalks here Anri there are waist high. We have qot yet seen a sorry field of com, ox one that lias not been plowed over since the late heavy rains. A large portion of onr lands have been planted in. com. The failure last year to make com, on ac count the nine weeks' drought, compelled onr planters to sow large quantities of oats, more, perhaps, than was ever known in this section before ; oats being an excellent substitute for com and fodder in feeding stock. These oats are now beginning to head, and sire all the land te capable of producing. Sugar cane has been largely planted, and it is looking well. Tobacco, too, is again claiming the attention of onr fanners, many of whom have abandoned its cultivation sinoe the-war on account of the low price offered for it. In 1856 this crop in this county brought the handsome sum of $150,000. More (dear money has been made upon this product in this immediate re gion, in years past, than in almost any other, the soil and climate being so well adapted to its cultivation.—Bainbridge Argus; 8th. w Incendiarism. It te with no idle words, wa state onr sinoe re sympathy with Mr. James M. Bsoadfield, in his. recent loss. . On Friday night last, an attempt was made by some one to fire his milL Fortunately it was discovered in time to suppress the flames with a few buckets of water. On Saturday night ha left the mill at dark to go to his supper, leaving a young man, wife gun in hand, to guard it for half an hour until the return of Mr. Lowery and himself, who had arranged to guard the property for fee night. The guard left his post —and in a few minutes the min was in flames and the entire property—* two-story frame mill- house, Gullet gin, lint-room, sixty bushels toll com, $300 worth of mechanio s tods, a new and valuable saw mill, and over 20,000 feet ot lumber—were in flames. The property was sot issued. It te situated three and* half mile* west of Americas* and is considered probably the best water power in fee country., ji^s^j^lfaB^aarion, jfor a^fac- HR