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KSPffpfity-vrZ. ',4- The Greorgia, "Weekly Telegraph:. THE TELEGRAPH. HAOON FRIDAY, OCJTOBER 15, 1869. The Colleges. An intelligent and influential city correspon dent sends ns an endorsement of the suggestions we dropped in regard to timely benefactions for the Colleges proposing to locate in Macon. He is far under the marie in basing his calculations upon an average attendance of 100 students to each of these colleges. We doubt not it would be nearer 200, and would bring back to the town every year twice the amount of money sub scribed for these institutions. We take this pecuniary view of the case, because we are making a pecuniary proposition: and trying to show that it would, in that particular, be a good investment. But when we consider the elevating influence they would exert upon the social, moral, re ligions and literary character of the place—what power, influence and character they would give it in these particulars, we touch a much more important, though less tangible inducement for a wise and timely liberality. The National Debt—Golden Views. The Philadelphia Press says that in the first six months of Grant’s administration the national debt has been reduced fifty-seven millions, and by next March will be reduced one hundred millions, and since the experiment of retrench ment and integrity has worked so well in six months, it is fur to infer that the ratio of reduc tion will be increased: and it is abundantly probable that in 1876—the centenary year of the Declaration of American independence—the whole governmental obligation of the American people will not be more than one thousand mil lions. Indeed, says the Press, one of our shrewdest statisticians, taking a more analytical view of the same subject, and supposing the minimum surplus revenue to remain at §100,000,000 an nually, counts upon an entire extinguishment of the debt in a little less than fifteen years. Or, if the surplus revenue be fixed at $50,000,000 annually, the investment of this amount in a sinking fond at six per cent, interest will extin guish the debt in about twenty-three years. Either of these amounts are easily controlable now that due economy in expenditure and prompt collection of the revenues are guaran teed by faithful officers. Under wise adminis tration, and a feeling of national seenrity, $115,- 000,000 is reckoned as an average measure of the annual increase in revenue. We only know that the Radical party have had oontrol of the national debt and resources ever since the end of the war, as well as before, and there has been little or no aggregate reduc tion since that time. If they have been able to reduoe it fifty-seven millions since last March, that fact displays their extravagance and profli gacy, for four years before, when, with higher taxation they made no reduction at alL But where is the necessity of extinguishing that debt in fifteen yeara or in seven years if it can be done ? It is mere cruelty to the people. To pay it off in twentyjto thirty years by a sys tem of low taxation and rigid economy would be far better. State Executive Committee. We omit editorial to make room for the pro ceedings of the Executive Committee of the State Fair. It will be seen that they have add ed largely to the premium list—have avowed the most liberal policy in respect to invitations —have accepted the Governor’s proposition of an extra train to Lynchburg to receive and con vey invited guests, and have appointed a com mittee to receive them. Latter from Savannah. Savannah, Ga, October 6, I860. Cbrretpondenee of the Telegraph: •' ' r I arrived here yesterday from Florida, and but a few moments’ observation convinced me that all branches of business are in active ope ration. ■ , ■ Savannah is indeed a live city, and is advanc ing more rapidly to wealth and commercial im portance than either of her Southern rivals. The receipts of cotton thus far are in excess of the receipts at New Orleans even, and it is by no means improbable that the receipts for the current year will show a very rapid im provement in all that pertains to the great com mercial mart of your State. From all I can learn, ootton can be sold as advantageously here as it can in any market on this side of the At lantic. Among the cotton factors here are many skill ful salesmen, who vie successfully with like agents in New York and Baltimore. In proof of this, I have but to recite the fact that the firm of L. J. Gnilmartin & Co., as I am candid ly informed, sold a large lot of ootton yesterday morning for shipment to Europe for a small fraction more than the same classification sold in New York. This significant commercial incident, I think, should be made publio, in justice to the Savan nah market, as also to a commercial house which is gaining rapidly upon the confidence and pat ronage of the planting community. . It gives me great pleasure to endorse the gen eral course of your paper, which has been one of forbearance and ■ conciliation towards the Government at Washington. If we would not, by a scornful supineness, lose what benefit may be derived from a compliance with the terms of the reconstruction law, we will continue to accommodate ourselves to the requirements of that law. Everybody knows that the law was not of our choice—that we had no hand in mak ing it, and that nothing bnt necessity could chal lenge our acquiescence in it. Bnt when grown men make up their minds to make a virtue of necessity and to do what they have to do, it is certainly better to do it manfully, at once, and without useless complaints and protests. But I confess I cannot appreciate such a course on the part of those who declare that they mean to obey. The singular attitude occupied by some of your able cotemporaries in Vonro ov*r? Ilia The State Agricultural Society of Georgia. The Outrage Mill. Politics are warming np in Pennsylvania and one result is another creaking revolution of the Georgia Outrage MflL Forneys Press of the the rusty old concern, as follows ■ Almost daily we hear of the murder of negroes in Georgia, and the Macon Union of Friday last records no less than three. This wholesale butchery of colored men is not confined to any particular locality; it is carried on with impu nity throughout every section of tho State. The civil authorities wink at the outrages, and juries refuse to bring in verdicts of guilty if the offen der is a “ good old rebeL” Such is the state of affairs to be expected under Democratic rule; at least it corresponds very nearly with that found at present in Philadelphia. We never expect to seo the day when some murders will not occur among twelve hundred thousand people, bnt there is not that number of people on earth in one body politic more qniet and orderly than Georgia is now. Let the Press come down to Georgia if he wants to know the truth. connection with the subject—the News and the Republican, of this city, especially,—is that, while they announce their pnrpose to act in conformity with tho law, they use stronger ar guments against that course than aro employed by those who have not acquiesced in it. I think they absolutely discredit their own conduct and hinder other people from following their exam ple. What merit there may be in such a course may be apparent to others, bnt it altogether es capes my ken. We should obey tho laws, set our faces against all attempts to sow discord and bad blood between the two races, and await our redemption in the awakening of a just and generous sentiment of true Americanism in the hearts of the people of the North and West. As to the patience of submission, that highest duty enjoined upon tho whites, there is no danger. I I would only counsel that the fortitude of endu rance should spring from a sense of dignity and manhood and be the inspiration of a noble duty. There is a manly obedience that compromises no principle, and there is a servile obedience that is bora of fear and self-seeking. If we hope for redemption from the North we must avow the last. A sincere spirit of fraternity can never warm towards us in the hearts of the North if show ourselves a despicable people. I think, Messrs. Editors, we should all give some attention to matters connected with the immediate development of our industrial re sources, and the press should frequently urge upon its readers the propriety of engaging to a much greater degree in manufactures of all kinds, and portray likewise the many advan tages possessed by Georgia for engaging suc cessfully in that branch of industry. The con version of cotton by manufacturers into the plainest, commonest and cheapest cloth doubt less trebles and quadruples its value. It only requires one third, as I am informed, as many hands to manufacture it as it does to raise a cer tain amount of cotton. As Georgia raises the raw material in abundance, if her people act infant factories in your State are maiangvTli^® cloth and yam cheaper than in New England? The Northern merchants buy the cloth and yams in Georgia, chip them North and then sell them at a profit to Southern merchants. What I have said of cotton applies to factories of all kinds. It is the duty of the people of the South to en courage and patronize factories which are es tablished in the Sonth. Money should not be sent off to benefit other communities when it can be expended for the same articles at home. A small amount of money kept in the community will pay hundreds of debts and relieve hundreds of people. Money sent abroad is so much loss to the community. The municipal election takes place on Mon day next, and will result in the triumph of the Conservative or Scriven ticket, almost without a contest. Savannah has been fortunate in her municipal and commercial career since the war. Observer. Moina Cotton Seed. Mr. Eden Taylor offers for salo a limited sup ply of the celebrated Moina cotton seed, which may be had of J. Collins & Son, Macon. This seed, we think, has become the favorite of all fine upland cottons in this section. System - atiq Benevolence.—The Hebrews and Quakers, says the New York Times, have the most systematic arrangements for relieving their poor. Every Jewish synagogue has a com mittee of its most respectable members, whose business it is to become acquainted with the condition of every Hebrew in their district, and, if necessary, to afford assistance. The aged are pensioned, cud the disabled placed in hos pitals, or famished with regular relief. As a result the genuine broadbrim and Jndaio nose is never seen at the world’s back door begging cold victuals. Textile Fabrics from Glass.—At an indus trial exhibition in Vienna a new product of art is to be seen, consisting of various articles of spun glass, such as head-dresses, ribbons, brace lets, caffs, collars, watch chains, ostrich feath ers and the like. They are the product of a Parisian manufacturer. The threads are report ed to be as fine as a spider’s web and as strong ob wool, bnt more beautiful in appearance. The thread may be used for knitting or sewing. Freights.—The Charleston Courier says the Central Railroad of Georgia gets $2.76 per bale freight on cotton, “Macon to Savannah, 190 miles,” and the Sonth Carolina Road $1.50, Colombia to Charleston, 130 miles. Opelika Grows.—Tho Locomotive says: Foundations for new bnildings are being laid every day. Opelika is rising very rapidly from its ashes, and will soon be pat np with the up permost. Good Crop.—Ambros Hodges, of Pine Bluff, Ark., has realized $1200 from the proceeds of six acres of broom corn in this season. Gen. George T. Anderson—“Old Tige,” he was known in the army—is announced in the Constitution for Mayor of Atlanta. Gen. D. H. Hill is to reopen the North Caro lina Military Institute at Charlotte. r Proceedings of the Executive Committee Oftioe Georgia State Agricultural Society, > Macon, Ga., October 7, 1869: j At a called meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the State Agricultural Society in this city, to be held to-day, there were present the following members: Mr. J. H. Fitten, of Bar tow, Joseph B.' Jones, of Burke, Dr.-J. S. Ham ilton, of Clarke, Josiah Hillsman, of Crawford, Samuel L Gustin, of Bibb, Mr. James A. Miller, of Houston, James A. Nisbet, of Dade, George S. Obear, of Bibb, W. J. Russell, of Clarke, Dr. J. D. Smith, of Houston, Colonel T. J. Smith, of 'Washington, Captain B. H. True, of Morgan, Colonel John S. Thomas, of Baldwin, D. W. Visher, of Houston. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. C. W. Howard, being absent, and Mr. Yancey, the President of the Society, being present, he was unanimously requested to serve the Committee as its chairman, and he consented to do so. The Secretary being called upon for business to lay before the Committee, stated that the pre mium list in several features, needed revision. Mr. Jones, of Burke, then moved that the pre mium for Devon cattle be made equal to the premium for other classes of cattle, which was agreed to, which makes the premium for Devon cattle read as follows: For the best Devon Bull, 3 years old or upwards, Silver oup $20 00 For the second best Devon bull, 3 years old or upwards, silver cup 10 00 For best bull 2 years old or upwards, sil ver pitcher 15 00 For best bull 1 to 2 years old, silver cup, 10 00 For best cow 2 years old or upwards, sil ver ctip 10 00 For seoond best cow 2 years old or up- . wards, plate 5 00 For best heifer 2 to 3 years old, silver cup 19 00 For best heifer 1 to 2 years old, plate.... 5 00 Mr. Yanoey moved the addition of the follow ing premiums to the list, which was agreed to: FIELD crops. For the best sample of leaf tobacco of five pounds, plate 5 00 FINE ARTS. For the best painting in oil—the subject to bo chosen by the author silver cup or $10 00 Mr. True moved the following additional spe cial premium, in resolution as follows: "Whereas, There is danger that the planting interests may suffer from the combination of capital in the form of “ Cotton Bings,” the ob ject of which is to reduce the price of cotton in the hands of the planters, that speculators may profit by their loss, therefore, Resolved that a premium of $100 be offered for best essay on the “ Policy Planters should Adopt to Protect themselves against the Combi nations of Speculators and Capitalists.” Mr. Vischer moved the following additional premium in the class of premiums for horses of all work. Agreed to. For the best gelding $10 00 Mr. Yischer moved that a new class of pre miums be adopted, to-wit: For Georgia horses of all work, and that the premiums offered for horses of ail work, open to the world, be adopted as the premiums for Georgia horses of all work. Agreed to. GEORGIA HORSES OF ALL WORE. For best stallion over 4 years, pitcher... $20 00 For secondbest stallion over 4 years, cup. 10 00 For the best stallion over 3 nor over 4 years, plate or 5 00 For the best stallion over 2 nor over 3 years, plate or 5 00 For the best horse colt over G months, plate or. 5 00 For tho best brood mare with colt by her side 20 00 For second best brood mare, with colt by her side 10 00 For the best mare 4 years old and over... 5 00 For the best brood maro with mulo colt by her side 10 00 For the best filly 3 years old 10 00 For the best filly 2 years old 8 00 For the best filly 1 year old 5 00 For the best gelding 10 00 On motion of Mr. Jones, the premiums for tho fifth class (matched and single horses) was amended so as to strike out the word gelding, which makes the premium list read as follows: For the best pair of matches raised in Georgia $20 00 For the best single harness horse raised in Georgia $15 00 For tho best saddle horse raised in Georgia $15 00 inGear^ 1 :"”.^?.. 1 ;^..”.^^ 00 The subject of the appointment of judges being under consideration, on motion the sub ject was postponed till the session at night, and upon the invitation of the Mayor the Committee agreed to visit the Fair grounds at 3 o’clock. On motion of Mr. Nisbet— Resolved, That W. X. deGraffonried, L. N. Whittle, 8. L Gustin, Wm. T. Holt, C. A. Nut- ting, A. O. Bacon, E. Winstfp, ®- Wise, A. L. Maxwell, B. H. True, Who. M. Brawn, CoL W. O. Morrill, and T. O. Nisbet, be requested to receive and welcome our invited guests. On motion of Capt B. H, True— Besolved, That Mr. J. V; Grier, of tho city of Macon, be appointed'Forage Master for the Fair grounds, with the exclusive right to sell bay and grain within the enclosure, subject to such regulations as may be presented by a sub-com mittee appointed by the Chair. Messrs. Obear, Gustin and True were ap pointed the committee. f ' F- i I By Mr. Yancey— T-. Resolved, That, having carefully inspected the Fair grounds and buildings, the committee feel fully assured that they will be placed in suitable condition in ample time for the exhibition. By Mr. Tine— Resolved, *That two auctioneers be appointed to confer with exhibitors for the sale of all im plements, goods, eto., brought on the ground for that purpose, rod to sell the same. Auctioneers'appointed are Messrs. Geo. M. Logan, of Bibbiand Isaac Reese, of Morgan. j By Mr. Nisbet— Resolved, Th\t the Secretary be instructed to make arrangements, by publio renting or by contract, for restaurants on the Fair grounds. Resolved,' further, That the Secretary make arrangements forthe board and lodgings of the committee, on tht grounds, during the Fair. By Mr. Nisbetj- The policy of this Committee in extending invitations through our Secretary, has been to bring to our Fairhll men who sincerely sympa thise in our objects and aims. We neither, on the one hand, eiject to entice distinguished men from distant States by what we have to ex hibit, or on the ojier, was it our design to be obsequious. Their^resepoe here is desired that they may see how jjuiet and peaceable and how earnest and active our people are in building np their material interests. And especially do we desire the presence of persons from the States North and West of ns, who are representative men, as guarantees and encouragement for ex hibitors to come from those sections and show us improved models of agricultural implements and machinery, and of their thoroughbred stock. Resolved, That our Fair Grounds are open to all men of all sections, and wo hereby give assurance to ah who attend that a cordial wel come awaits them. Resolved, That we earnestly hope the press of our State will recognize the correctness of the foregoing principles, and will give to our enterprise their support and co-operation. By Mr. Yancey— Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to express to the Governor the appreciation of this Committee for his offer to send the cars of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for invited guests, to Lynchburg, and that the offer is ac cepted ; and that he have similar instructions to make like expressions to superintendents or presidents of other roads who may make offers of their cars on liberal terms to bring invited guests from any directions; and that the gentle men named in the resolution appointing the Committee of Reception be authorized to make any and all arrangements they may deem neces sary to make these offers available. By Dr. Hillsman— Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to arrange and publislran order of tho day for the business of tho Society, for tho speeches, lec tures and essays, and for the other exercises and entertainments expected and proposed to come off during the Fair. , On motion, tho Committee adjourned, to meet iD Macon on Friday, 12th day of Novem ber next. D. W. Lewis, Secretary. FEARFUL CALAMITY. | v / Boiler Explosion on the Indianapolis Fair Ground—Nineteen Killed and One Han- 1 dred Neriously Wounded. Indianapolis, October 1;—A terrible accident occurred at the State Fair this afternoon. The boiler of Sinker & Co., of this city, exploded a few minutes before four o’clock. There was an immense crowd on the ground at the time of the accident, and it is difficult to get the particulars. It is known that twelve persons were instantly killed^ .and. the number:wounded will probably reach one hundred. SECOND DISPATCH. Indianapolis, October 1.—The accident at the Fair Grounds this afternoon, re the most heart rending that has ever occurred in this _ vicinity, and has cast a gloom over the entire city, The explosion occurred a few minutes before four o’clock, when the grounds were crowded with visitors. .*?-i The boiler was attached to a saw mill of Sinker & Co., of this oitv, and had just been fired np for a test of speed with another sawing machine. Arrangements were made to take it up as soon as the trial was over. So far as can be ascertained to-night, there were nineteen persons killed. The excitement and confusion to-night is so great that it is diffi cult to obtain a eorreot list of the wounded, but it is Hicnght the number will reach nearly one hundred. Most of the dead were removed to W. W. Weaver’s undertaker’s office, where an inquest will probably be held to-morrow. Many of the. bodies are horribly mutilated and burned, and in some, cases will be almostimpossible for their friends to recognize them. Many of the most severely wounded were conveyed to the Indiana Surgical Institute, the proprietors of which, as soon as they heard of the accident, tendered the use of the Institution for the wounded, and have been untiring in their efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded. The scene at the fair ground after the acci dent was most heartrending. Many of the killed were torn in fragments. Of one family, a mother and three children, the mother was killed and the • two older chil dren badly scalded, while tho youngest was un hurt. A gentleman and lady walking together, the gentleman was killed and the lady unhurt. Everything is being done to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded that can be done. It is thought that several more of them will die. The receipts of the Fair to-morrow will be given for tho benefit of the wonnded. BY TELEGRAPH. We regretted to hear yesterday that the beau tiful Presbvterian Church at Greensboro, had been dost: >y d by fire. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The Commissioner of Agriculture estimates the value of the crops of the United States for 1868 at $1,811,668,915. Chicago is to have a diamond wedding—a white velvet dress, $100,000 worth of jewels and a tour to Europe are the oiroumstanoes of in terest tynd/ua reJtnsm ] The regilding of the dome of the Invalides cost a million francs. A tunnel of sixty feet, the work of six days, would have prevented the Avondale catastro phe. Brooklyn put np $10,000,000 worth of build ing* the past year. Shall we have the Colleges in Macon? Editors 2 degraph: Although I am neither a Baptist nor Presbyterian, still, as a citizen and tax-payer, I respond most heartily to your arti cle in the Telegraph of yesterday, and say ditto Mr. Brick. Let ns have in onr midst, by all means, not only the Mercer and Oglethorpe Col leges, bnt if the Roman Catholics, Methodists and Episcopalians will each establish a college here, let tho city give $50,000 to each of them, too. If we ever intend to reap the benefits which should inure to her by means of her being the geographical and railroad centre of the State, it is time onr city authorities should wake up from their supineness and inaction and go to work with more zeal and extended ideas as to the city. The system of railroads for Macon is now well-nigh complete, and if the City Council could only catch and actonsomeof the inspiration which caused their predecessors to project and encourage these works, then, indeed, could we feel assured that the fortunes of Macon will be all she is entitled to; but continue the present system of contracted views and inaction, the “penny-wise and pound-foolish” policy, and we shall be outstripped in the race, and notwith standing all onr material advantages, left by the wayside. ■ V ;' * • - ‘ The two colleges proposed would doubtless bring each one hundred young men to be edu cated ; these would spend annually at least five hundred dollars each, on an average, to say no thing of the amount spent by their parents and friends when visiting the city at the commence ments and other times, nor of the increased population so caused by the removal of the pro fessors, their families and other attaches of the colleges; so that each year the hundred thou sand dollars will be returned to the merchants, mechanics, and other business men of Macon. This will enable all the more easily to pay their taxes, even should they have to be increased somewhat; for one hundred thousand dollars, or any other sum, expended here must permeate and benefit all classes—as well the poor as the rich—as well the colored as the white man. I have, Messrs. Editors, very hurriedly point ed out some of the advantages of having in Ma con all the colleges or other publio institutions we can, leaving out of sight the duty of all to aid religion and education. I trust the question will be agitated, and, above all, that the City Council will act at once, for we are told the gods help those who help themselves. Surely it is time Macon should, in good earnest, put her shoulder to the wheel and do all that can be done, not only to advance her interests in a mere business and commercial point of view, but whatever else will adorn our city and make it attractive and pleasant to dwell in- W. The News, We are very sorry to chronicle the death of Franklin Pieroe—one of the purest statesmen New England ever produced. He was truly a State rights and strict construction Democrat, from early youth. He was one of the best po litical scholars New England ever' produced. The newB from Spain is ominous. Civil dis turbances have become so serious that the ship ment of troops to Cabs has been stopped. The Cubans will not cry over it. Andy Johnson holds the field in Nashville, and has camped upon it with all his forces.. We- hope he will come off victor. NIGHT SESSION. On motion of Mr. Russell, of Clarke county, the following preminms were added to the list on manufacturing: For the best bale of sheeting or shirting made from Nos. 30 to 40—open to the world. $10 00 For tho best bale of jeans made from No. 20—open to the world $10 00 On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Baldwin, the preminms for velocipedists and gymnasts were stricken from the conditional premiums offered in tho circularr>f the Secretary. The revised list of premiums, offered by the Secretary, now stands as follows: For the best barrel of sugar of Ribbon and Green cane, raised in Georgia $25 00 For the best barrel of syrup of the same cane, raised in Georgia 10 00 For the greatest yield of syrup per acre of the same cane 10 00 For the greatest yield of sugar per acre of the same cane..., 10 00 For the best barrel of sugar from the Sorgho or China or African sugar | millet 25 00 For the best barrel of syrup from the same cane 10 00 For the largest yield of sugar per acre from the same cano 10 00 For the largest yield of syrup of same per acre 10 00 For t&e best gin for ginning upland long and short staple cotton 10 00 For the best dynamometer, to be tested .with the plows on the ground 10 00 For the best large thorough bred filly, three years old 8 00 For the best knight in a tournament 20 00 For the second best knight in a tour nament 10 00 For the most interesting collection of minerals and fossils fonnd in any one county, exhibited by an individual or county agricultural society 10 00 For the best collection of minerals and fossils or either 10 00 For the greatest varieties of wood from > ■ any one county, thersamples to be in sections sawed vertically to the grain, showing the annular rings of each tree, the sample to have a bark on it, 10 00 On motion of Mr. Smith, of Washington, the following additional class of premiums on horses was adopted, open to the world: For tho fastest trotting single harness horse ,$25 00 For the fastest pacing horse, open to the world .'. 25 00 For the fastest pair of trotting harness horses io 00 For the best single harness horse 1000 For the best pair of harness horses 10 00 The Secretary asked the committee to con sider if any special privilege could be granted to county societies tenting on the ground, whereupon the following resolntion, on motion of Mr. True, of Morgan, was agreed to: Resolved, That the Society will furnish one tent to each Agricultural Society camping on the grounds; all individuals so tenting to pav two dollars, except members of this Society. On motion of Col. Thomas, of Baldwin, ‘ , Resolved, That exhibitors dissatisfied with the award of any committee, shall have the privilege of appeal to a special committee ap pointed by the President for the purpose. The letter of invitation to the Executive Committee to visit the Annual Fair of the Put nam county Agricultural Society, being sub mitted, the following gentlemen were appoint ed a delegation for the purpose: Mr. Smith, of Washington; Mr. Gustin, of Bibb; Mr. B. T, Harris, CoL P. W, Lewis and Capt B. H. True of Morgan. The following gentlemen were appointed members of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society to {fill vacancies CoL Junius Wingfield, of Putnam: Jno. McIUe baney, of Muscogee : A. V. Bramby,>of Fallon. On motion of Mr. Nisbetr-: . ; v v n t >. Resolved, That the appointment of judges be made by the President and any three members of this Committee, not exhibitors, to be selected by the President—Mr.: Hamilton, Mr. Fitten, Mr. Nisbet. On motion, Dr. Hillsman, of Crawford, was ' added to the Committee to regulate the estab lishment of booths on the ground. Let Us Understand. The Atlanta Constitution of the 7th, correcting the outgivings of a Tribune correspondent upon Georgia politics, which we reprinted some days ago, says: It mistakes about the Georgia Democratic Committee. That body did not meet to announce a policy about reseating the negroes, but simply to discuss the election of Congressmen. There was not tho slightest bluster brought to bear on them from the Ben “Hill-Toombs faction,” nor from any other source. But the material point in the statement of the Tribune was this: The Democratic State Committee, which lately met in Atlanta, convened to decide what policy shall be adopted on the question of reseating the colored members. The Committee is understood 5"" ‘‘-WKlmouS in the ctum of the State Supreme Court, etc. Is this statement true? The question is one of much interest to the people, and it is one of particular interest to ns, because the Telegraph has been very acrimoriously assailed for taking position upon that subject antagonistic to the views of tho people and to the attitude of the Democratic party in Georgia. The Louisville Convention. The New York Times, of last Monday, says: The Southern Commercial Convention, to he held in Louisville next week, promises to he one of the largest and most successful assem blages of the kind ever held in this country. All the great centres of trade will be fully rep resented, and delegations have been appointed by the Governors of all the leading States in the Union. The published list of names shows that the delegates include a large number of men roted for their liberality, their great ex perience and their widely extended influence in commercial affairs. The officers of many of tho Southern Railroads, appreciating the importance of the gathering, as affecting their own interests, announce their intention to pass free both ways members of the Convention; and several Northern roads have signified their will ingness to return free, on certificate of the President of the Convention, the members who pass over their lines. Although the Conven tion is called “Southern,” the large number of delegates from the North and Northwest ought to destroy any possibility of its being sectional in its character. Governor Merrill, of Iowa, in a letter to tire delegates from his State, says that it is to meet in one of the central cities of the Union in order that it maybe convenient for the delegates from all the States, and he adds that while it is especially assembled to consider subjects having reference to the re suscitation of the wealth-producing interests of the southern part of the Republic, so greatly prostrated during the war, it is avowedly con voked in the spirit of conciliation and unity, and of honest devotion to the public good. and a state of aeige will be declared breaks occur, - The meeting and the Republican deputise CAateBo'^^l on the othe*» to compromise, reached no T 8 * Paris, October 9.—Father Hyacinths h. the United States. The Republican insurrection of Spain From Washington. Washington, October &—Franklin Pierce died at Concord this morning, leaving no ex-Preeident di rectly elected by the people, alive. The President proclaims the 13th of November as a day of national thanksgiving. _ . * : — ooww Tho Supreme Court have the Yerger case up 1 "^““cans axe making sharp resistance, vT* Yerger’s counsel here asked to be heard next Fri- i 1106 °* advise the people to arm for day. Hoar asked for a more remote day. The i “f®* r* 1 ® in department of Court ordered that the petition be filed and stated ; f°‘ *° noting burned many shops. Xta* 1 that the day for argument would be named next 1 **** w *PP rM8e d the riot—killing ten and 1 & Monday. “ many rioters. TENNESSEE NEWS. Hauaaman is hot dead. A distinguished Tennessee lady has arrived direct . ■— » from Tennessee, to whom Mr. Johnson expressed ■*- ft*oui the Police, a conviction of the certainty of his election. To the Citizens of Georgia : The Governor’s message Wfll.be withheld till Mon- j Sometime In the latter part of September t, day. lowing article appeared in the Atlanta A special to the New York Times says this action ' Mid, as we are informed, and have everv of the Legislature'ebow8 impatience to pass sweep- . believe, was copied extensively into the Ui^ 11 ing bills to repeal all legislation since the war. One many other papers in the State. It „ la < hill was presented to repeal all laws passed in the , mout communication, and! as such wag tr years 1SS5, '67 and ’68; also, to provide for a Con- : ourselves with the contempt it merited ^ stitnlional Convention of 99 members. that bears the broad banner of Truth neid ** The Legislature has passed bills repeating the . fear to lift his visor and exhibit his fA loyal jury and newspaper laws, and all test oaths. J world. It is only the cut-throat did as/"* 011 * Andrew Johnson occupies the finest suit of rooms : carefully conceals his face, and ‘.‘chooses dilt^* in the city, and electioneers with great earnestness, rather than light, because his deed ire T- His friends are here in force and are confident of ! one knew who “Bibb” was, or the character 1 ^ the defeat of the fifteenth amendment. j tained in this community. It was imm]:-" '*** The Suez Canal. From the New York Herald.] A dispatch from Alexandria informs ns that M. Lesseps has passed through the Suez Oannl, in a steamer, from Port Said to Suez—that is, from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea—in fif teen hours. It is impossible to refuse to admit that M. Lesseps has accomplished one of the greatest wonders of this, or, indeed, of any age. The world laughed at him when he commenced his undertaking. It was an impossibility; it never could be accomplished. It was an old thought but it never was a fact. The idea was ns old as, nav, older, than the Pharoahs; but the sands of the desert had in every instance proved stronger than man. Such was the language common at tho time the canal was commenced. Such has been the language held by many in spite of visible pro gress and demonstrated success. Steadily M. Lesseps has kept at tho work. Ho has found money and men, in spite of all detractors, to carry on tho work. He has exhausted the re sources of art to find machinery suited to great emergencies. He has made nature herself his handmaid. "Where no stone was to be had, he has taken lessons from the monuments of the past and has converted the deep heavy sub-soil into material which may prove as enduring as marble or granite. The two seas have actually met and kissed each other, and there has been no deluge. '■ • > - On the contrary, a little steamer, with the engineer on board, has sailed from sea to sea in fifteen hours. It is a triumph to M. Lesseps; it is a triumph to French engineering; it is a triumph to modem science. We may now take it for granted that the opening of the canal to wards the close of the year will be a complete success. In spite of the Sultan, the dream of the Greek conqueror of the world will be real ized. Alexandria will become one of the grand est centres of commerce. It will do more than recover all tHe'splendor and prosperity which it’ lost by the discovery of Vasco de Gama. Trade will revert to its. ancient channels. The cape will sink into decay. The coast of the Medit- terranean will bristle with large and flourishing cities. A voyage from New York, from Amster dam, from Liverpool, from Marseilles to India and the far East will he accomplished in fewer weeks via the Suez Canal than months via the the Cape of Good Hope. It will multiply largely the means of commu nication and will enormously increase trade. Egypt, in fact, will recover more than her ancient importance; she will again become the seat of the empire. The canal will attract Europeans and even Americans to its banks, the world’s wenlth will find a new outlet, and it null not be wonderful if the ruler of Egypt, whoever he may bo, soon dictates terms to the Turk. The troth is, the Suez Canal will reclaim Egypt from bar barism, Civilization by it, lays claim to the land of the Pharaohs, one of tho first and grand est cradles of the race, and through it rushes to develop the mighty resources of Asia. It is a grand success, and we must rejoice in it. But it is also a great counter stroke to our Pacifio Railroad. Wo have our isthmus. We must cut it out or lag behind. We are nearer Asia than any of the commercial nations of Europe; but we lose our opportunity so long as the trade of the Atlantic States must seek Asia'round Cape Horn. Let us cut the isthmus at onoe. Let us have bur Darien Canal Tons this isthe lesson. . . .q i-i uoiit From Lowndes County. We clip the following from the Valdosta South Georgia Times, of the 6th instant: The grape culture is destined to bo one of the leading branches of industry in Lowndes coun ty. There are already numerous vineyards growing, and the wine press is at work. Mr. D. P. Gibson, one of our energetic planters, is growing grapes on an extensive scale, and will make a large quantity of wine. His vineyard, COTATBr «a KaltowU) 00 rua oamnv nf gvannd. This reminds one of Brittany. Who knows but our country may even rival the vine-dad hills of Italy and France ? It seems probable that, in time, the grape will be second only to cotton in producing the revennes of the coun try. : . 1 ' . Holding their Cotton.—Tho supply of cot ton coming in is very slim. It seems that everybody is holding on for higher prices. We hope' they will not be disappointed.* Up to 12 o’dock to-day neither Grant nor Sher man had received the dispatchmentioned inlast night’s Vicksburg dispatch. In the Supreme Court to-day the Texas habeas corpus case was placed on a footing with the Yer- ger case. The Ootton case—McKee vs. United States, was argued. The case involves the validity of certain Treasury regulations. Lochrane, of Georgia, and Baasica, of Texas, were admitted to practice. . Revenue to-day, 5185,000. There was a full Cabinet to-day except Robeson. The Cabinet ordered the usual programme in honor of Mr. fierce. The pointB to be argued on Monday in the Mis sissippi and Texas habeas corpus cases, is whether the question of jurisdiction shall be heard first, as preliminary to entertaining the petition. Hoar de cides on this course. The petitioners desire to dis cuss its connection with the merit of the petitions. Washington, October 9.—The Reporters were misinformed yesterday morning. The dispatch from Vicksburg from Fish to Grant, was duly received. Public business will be suspended on Monday in honor of ex-President Pierce. Revenue to-day $500,000. The Court of Claims meet on Monday. Coin in the Treasury $111,000,000; currency $8,250,000. Amos Kendall is better. His recovery is hoped for. General George H. Thomas is now commanding among the Indians. He had a long interview with Grant and Sherman to-day. Delano leaves for Ohio to-morrow. Virginia legislature. Richmond, October 8 Both Houses of the Leg islature to-day ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. In the House there were only six votes againBt them, and in the Senate only four against the fourteenth, and two against the fif teenth, one of the latter being a colored Republican Senator,who declined voting because the Legislature is illegal. The Legislature, by joint resolntion, then ad journed till October 18th. In the House, an amendment to the bill passing the fifteenth amendment, making it take effect on and after the admission of the State to the Union, received only five votes. In the same body a resolution was offered that, in view of the doubts expressed about the legality of thin Legislature, it will, after admission to the Union, re-enact the fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments. The resolution was referred. In the Senate to-day, before adjournment, a re solution was offered pledging the re-enactment of tho two amendments, after the admission of the State to the Union, and it was pending when the Senate adjourned. It was opposed by a Conaerva- t ive Senator, as casting donut on the already pledged faith of Virginia. The Printee8 Again.—The Typographical Union of this city asked the Congressional Printer yesterday to yield to a new rule re quiring copy-holders to be printers in the gov ernment office. Mr. Clapp replied as follows : “I can say in brief that I have yielded my last submission to the behests of any combination of men, inside or outside of the office, relating to its administration. Holding myself respon sible only to the government' for my steward ship, I cannot respect any attempt outside of the Congress of the United States to interfere with me.”—Washington Special. A steamer ran through the Suez oanal from Port Said to Suez, last Thursday, in fifteen honra. Trade in New York. The Times of the 4th says: The fall trade isuponus with a brisk beginning and bright prospects. This is a cheery fact, and more than an offset, perhaps, for the anxiety and gloom which the Wall street storm has brought to monetary circles. Save the drygoods trade, which is affected through the price of cot ton, by the fluctuations of gold, no branch of business seems to have felt the financial flurry. The Southern trade is reported as “trebled” over I860; and the particulars we present else where of the demand in various branches, show that both the South and West are already taking a great many goods from our merchants. It is noteworthy also that a better class of goods, in general, is called for at tho South. This happy revival of trade will trouble nobody but the ebronio croakers, who, however, will very likely come out as optimists, and say “ I told yon so.” Sickles’ Indignity to Spain.—A Washington special of the 3d instant to tho Charleston News thus describes the dispatch of Minister Sickles that gave so much dissatisfaction to the Spanish government: The State Department has received official dispatches indorsing the text of Sickles’ famous note to the Spanish government, concerning the purport of which there has been so much specu lation of late in the newspapers. The document proves to be quite as threaten ing in its character as it was asserted to be in the cable telegram. It declares that the Spanish cause in Cuba is hopeless; that the Spanish treasury is depleted; that the timo is close at hand when the government of the United States must succumb to popular opinion here and rec ognize the independence of Cuba. Minister SickleB adds that the pending policy is an offer of negotiation with a view of ascer taining the real wishes of tho Cuban people as whether they desire independence, annexation to the Union, or to remain a Spanish dependen cy. This government, he says, is willing to pur chase Cuba for a sum of money hereafter to be agreed upon, and he claims to be instructed by President Grant to insist that Spain must pros ecute the war on a humane basis. He concludes by saying: “I have written frankly, as a soldier should write to a military power.” In Utah, according to a Gentile paper—the Daily Reporter, of Corinne—the Mormon apos tles, presidents, bishops, elders, priests and teachers, without shame or secrecy, practice worse crimes thanMrs. Stowe acoases Byron of. High officials marry nieces—their own brothers’ daughters—and even two of them at once; mar ry half sisters, mothers and daughters at the same time, and even sisters of the whole blood. At Lyons, Eugenie wore a short costume of myrtle green covered with frills of white Valen ciennes over frills of the silk. Her casque was of black lace, as also hor hat, round.whioh wreathed a garland of dark foliage with ruddy clusters of fruit between of the same shade as her hair. Greeley told Mrs. Stanton before breakfast the other day that his reasons for displeasure with the woman suffragists were that they de feated negro suffrage in Kansas, opposed the Fifteenth Amendment and were free' traders. After breakfast he wasn’t so savage. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, who has just resigned (superannuated), is Lord Aukland. He is seventy years old, has been twenty-two years a bishop, but for. a long time has been too feeble attend to the duties. The revenues of the bishoprio are $25,000 gold annually. General News. Richmond, October 8.—George Morris, of Cin cinnati, ticket agent of Robinson’s circus, was fa tally stabbed to-day by Charles Spain, who, it is al- ledged mistook him for another man. Gen Canby has issued an order appropriating $15,- 000 to pay the expenses of the present session of tho Legislature. New York, October 9.—-It is stated that arrange ments have been made for the removal of. the re ceivership over the Gold Exchange Bank, on Tues day next. PoroHKEErsiE, October 9 The Safe of the Dutchess County Mutual Insurance Company has been robbed of one hundred thousand dollars. Chicago, October. 9.—Farragut is sick of conges tive chills. Baltimore, October 9.—Mr. Davis has arrived here. New Orleans, October 9.—This evening’s Times, says: We learn on undoubted authority, that tho steamship Lillian arrived at Cedar Keys in time, and tookon board her freight and passengers, and sailed without being molested. Parties in search of her came too late. WiLsnxGTON, Octobeer9.—The coal was removed from the Cuba to day. She had ten tons—enough to run eight hours, which evidently proves she came in in distress. From Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., October 8.— The Vicksburg Times of to-day has the following telegram ad dressed to President Grant. It was sent from this city last evening: “General Ames, in an official interview with a cit izen of this State on Monday night, used this lan guage : * I intend to carry tho election in November against the Dent ticket, if I have to* march my sol diers from precinct to precinct to effect it’ “Will such action fall within his legitimate official power? The people wish a fair expression of the public will in the choice of Governor. The consum mation of the Military Governor’s avowed purpose will render the election a cheat and a national degra dation. [Signed ] A. C. Fisk, Chairman National Union Republican State Executive Committee.” .The following from Gen. Ames to the President this evening explains itself Eis Excellency, U. S. Grant, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. : By tho papers I see a telegram has been sent you, wheroin I am quoted to the effect that I will not give a fair election. The statement is without troth. (Signed) Adzlbkrt Ames, Brevet Major General. From Texas. New Orleans, October 8.—The Times’ Jefferson, Texas, special save: “All the prisoners recently on trial for the murder of Smith and two negroes, in October last, except- five, were released from the stockade to-day. Those retained are, CoL L. P. Alford, Oscar Gray, Matt. Taylor, C. L. Pitcher and Dr. J. Q. Richardson. The findings of the military commission in regard to them have not been trans ferred.” part to fight phantoms, and hence onr siien v that “Bibb" is unearthed, and driven from ft? in which he carefully‘concealed him^u. he is pnbKdy discovered by the editor of’they ^ Telegraph to be no less a personage than th hon. james fitzpatrick * the present member, of. the Legislature W-a county, wa are prepared to show cang e wk y hisT ceflency, Governor Bullock, paid M f ar tlla J* or rather discovery of tho whereabontsot Mr The article to which we first call attention miT follows: * Governor Bnlloelt Charged With tho Wrong; Parties. Macon,' Ga., September 21 Editor Atlanta Constitution: Governor'pr offered a reward of five hundred dollars f-,' rest of Alfred Hoy, charged with murder m £ 20th day of January, 1869. The Sheriff’onS county arrested Hoye. and produced himh»' Coart—the Superior Court then in session tv * lice authorities made some exertions to arres-gi? after the reward was offered, bnt without suS Horses and carriages were hired by the poli* ^ ntliaf AYnAnnM {nmimtd nllnf wkiAh—.. • other expenses incurred, all of which were wtnS paid by the Ordinary of Bibb county. The tovJ the Superior Court and Clerk of ttie Superiortr certified that James Martin, Sheriff of Bib!) cob* arrested Hoye. The Governor was aware pi informed of the above facts, bnt, stracce to m His Excellency paid the reward to the policsc&S of this city, to be divided among them. The writer asks, if the Sheriff was not entity the reward who was ? By what authority, oriv A right, could a policeman of Macon receive then ward, the Sheriff being the party who made ft,, rest, and produced the prisoner in Court. For the truthfulness of the above. I have it possession the handwriting of the Judge and Q* of the Superior Court of the Macon Circuit, mk the seal of the Court. fta In the first place, the sheriff of Bibb eontrS not arrest Mr. Hoy e,who surrendered himeeliNin^ tarily to the authorities ; alleging as hisrea&ti) so doing, that the police of the City of .if made the woods too hot to hold him, and tin: 1 game was up and he knew it! Horses and carriages were hired by the pol-t vond a doubt. They performed their duty«4i always do, always have done, and alwav-'meo do, promptly and fearlessly. They spared or personal exertions, and left no stone unturhedi secure the arrest of Mr. Hoye; and that gertim well knows that by his surrender to the sheriff; Bibb county, he just managed to escape the can who hung upon his trail, without stopping leek drink, or sleep, so eager were they to peffcnatf duty devolving upon them. Tho police pad the own bills for carriage hire, amounting to our a hundred dollars, nor were they ever remmett until paid by his Excellency, the Governor. Tha are well established facts that are too ntfl 1 w to require comment. His Excellency, Govern Bullock, was well aware of all the. farts in theta and acted honestly, squarely and consciouslyvi ho paid the police of the City of Macon for fas nal services they had rendered. By what right or authority does the Sherd Bibb county ask for the reward off’ered by theEa utive of the State of Georgia for the arrest of ilia Hoye? Did he arrest Mr. Hove? By no mat Mr. Hoye states he surrendered himself volutin to evade the police, when he was morally ce, he could by no possibility escape. The whole affair lies in a nut-sbell. Whss Sheriff of Bibb county neglected or refused to a Mr. Hoye, the services of certain members of S police were brought into requisition. Theyaccs pliahed successfully what the Sheriff of Bibb com could not or u-uuld not do, and brought Mr. .Uis Hoye to an unconditional surrender, so tbit) might be brought to trial before a jury of his era try. For a faithful performance or the arduous 1 ties assigned them, the Governor of tha State.: compliance with his gubernatorial oath to do p: to all has paid the legal and just demands, u eve honest man in the State knew he would do. We thank the editor of the Telequaiu fo: earthing hon. james fitzpatrick. So tTiat we might know whom we were to Wo leave the honorable (?) representive, to the: fragea of his constituents at the next election, ing fully aware that they know all aba*: H1 estimate him all over the county at his met * keteiblc value. Those of onr citizens who may wish any iriz tion in onr power to give, relative to the ponsiii surrender of Mr. Hoye, or the subsequent accii his Excellency, Governor Bullock, towardotusif^ can call on each or either of- tho underaps snoh timo as may best suit their present conven# We are gentlemen, f ^ 4 . t -n - ■ Very respectfully yours, '■it,, j a ,it v. . Jas. A-'Smwox. 1 ,. ; *; Capt. City Polia, i ' W. .W. Kimbbow. j — Lieut Police, : 'E. M. Pridobox, ' ■1'. H.W. 8haw, H. J. Kimbrow, J. L. Bbtakt, C. M. Wood. Police Barracks, Macon, Ga., Saturday, Jt 1 -® her, 1869. Tbe State Fair. There is every indication that the 0** State Fair, to be held at Maeon, opening®; 16th of November, will be the most trP event of the kind ever known in the 8ootk has attracted unusual interest among generally, and the prospect is that there v- a lively competition for the premiums of* These are handsome in amount, and esH 1 almost or quite every branoh of indusri,® skill Such preminms,' as well as the !>»*■ rivalry which the occasion has stirred to, and probahly will, have the effect cf W ing together a most gratifying collection 0,1 products of the soil and of human art. The fields, the forests, the mines, tt el1 tones, the workshops, the gnardens, the ards and the vineyards will yield their o® 01 " tions, and the beautiful handiwork of women will show that they, in their s not behind their sturdier helpmeet io ' ror ~ taste and akflL We trust that this fw the inaugnrator of. many successive: hibitions, each engaging more and Foreign News. Madrid, October 8.—Tha Republicans have dis orders in Spain, and have withdrawn from the Cor tez. The Insurgents who withdrew from Reus were attacked, losing 89 killed and 600 wounded. Combats in various places are reported wherein the troops are generally victorious. Preparations for tho departure of Cuban rein forcements are suspended. tention of our people, and each attesting m • advancement m science, civilization) »" the arts of peace. The occasion will be most a oppod® 6 ®!!'. the cotton planters of the State to c 0115 ^ gether and see whether they cannot 8 ? re * some plans that will prove advantageous'^ great interest. They will no doubt be ^ represented, and especially by the fnl and progressive planters of the State- can compare experiences and consider to the operations of systems of labor, . the best means of obtaining a larger snpri labor; they can determine the econ . c ®iy compare the value of the various 1® , used;* and they can consider the giving encouragement to enterprises >0 ^ van cement of direct trade between UW) and Europe. Possibly some day durrcS,^ has already been selected for such a c? 1 ® yi If not, we hope that the propriely of a P<ft. > such a day %m! be considered.— quirer^*^vfwPWWSyyV 1 ""T* u-. •,; Clinton, OctoberkjjjjJ Editors Telegraph: Having been so represented—more especially in Sub"! AOjnocuutDU—lutu w wpwMuj •** - - -a pj- certain individuals wbo are wall Free Transportation.—Delegates, provided with proper credentials to the Commercial Con vention, to be held in Louisville, on the 12th, will be passed free over the State Road; and Chat tanooga and Louisville and Nashville Roads. The blasting the Hell Gate rooks is made with charges nearly 200 feet apart, one of which is fired by electricity, the shook exploding the others. Anna Dickinson makes two thousand dollars a night in Sen Francisco. been the means of what they Several volunteer batallions have left Madrid for ! in 8 service against the Insurgents. The In ' * Sstoried. I-feel tire* I cannot, headquarters are at Narena, thirty miles , . Barcelona. They have captured Onanz. | dium of yonr papa. aakaeoiraspou'l^*^ London, October 8.—Dr. Livingston was seen ' fourteen months ego at Lake Tongmisoa, going ; while I ta r there see rwreoM west There wereno longer any doubts of Us safe- a$ep, and have felt it a duty, 1 aiwnUj“*‘r ^ Rev. Frederick Temple has been appointed bishop S Character, topeacbed *» L *!» of Exeter. fM ontwe* * " ** ' Madrid, October 9.— 1 Troop* triumphant hi Alato- ject tt to id®- S^iStbte The Mayor of Tortoea abandoned the mayoralty tbe°fMt* to oommaed a band of Ineargeata. feel aathc ‘ Osderfeaa bean restored hi VitlMsi ynd CMhUr ****■ tha I t.ai -m^ X.A .