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The Greorgia, "Weekly Telegraph. THETEIvEGRAPH. MAOOX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1869. This TxuQnAra and Messenger -will be sent to the subscribers of both papers. If any fall area of delivery in the city occur in the con tagion incident to the change, parties will please eall at the business: office and have them recti fied. Subscribers will, oblige ns by calling daring the week and renewing their subscriptions. Appolost.—Several columns of new adver ti Be meats, editorial,.,local, and general news items were unavoidably omitted this morning for want of space. -Room will be made for the advertisements „in the next issue. An Eight Page Telegraph. We are going to throw ourselves upon the in dulgence of onr patrons for the outrageous size of the Tw-MtiM for a few days. It is rendered necessary by the pressuraof our own advertise ments, as well as those -which were transferred tons from the Journal .nnd Messenger. This bother will subside with-the State Fair, and we will then fall back to a modified size, and in the oonrse of a few weeks, we'hope, resume the di mensions which we were •forced to abandon yes terday. »_• Great Arrival and Grand Entree. Onr fellow citizen, W. Grand Mar shal of all the gallant Knighthood of Georgia and mirror of chivalry, starts on his campaign to the Stato Fair, with this number. Ho comes in a full train—a special train at that—Chroni cle and Sentinel and Savannah'i<ews to the con trary, notwithstanding, lint that is not enough! He comes in a thousand coaches, carriages, buggies, sulkies and wagons, drawn by font thonsantl prancing steeds. Ho -comes with ra tions for tho millions, and his paths literally drop fatness all aronncL Lookout^for fluff while whistle blows or bell rings—while horses neigh or wheels tnm. He’s there—he's :here—he’s everywhere—King of Com—Lord High Para mount of Bacon—Duke of Locomotion and Prince of Velocipedes. We learn through Dr. Crowe, who .arrived last evening from Lonisville, that two aocidents have occurred on the Nashville and Chattanoo ga Railroad during the last week. Thisos ..par ticularly unfortunate jnst now, as it causes de lay in passengers nnd freight coming to -the Fair. Tho bridge at War Trace, aboutfiftjnmilesthis ■ide of Nashville, was demolished on Thursday, by a heavily loaded freight train. A largo force was at work by the light of the burning debris on Thursday night, and it is doubtless complete to-day. Among the articles for exhibition at the State Fair,, delayed by this disaster, is a ma chine for casting printing types, from Messrs. Allison, Smith & Johnson, of the Franklin Type Foundry of Cincinnati. , As it is a novelty in this region, wo hope it will yet arrive in time to bo put in operation. Mr. C. H. Smith, of this firm, is in onr oily, and promises to work the machine himself in case he cannot get the aid of a workman who understands it. Ono of the celebrated Southern pianos manu factured by Messrs. Peters & Webb, of Louis ville, Ky., is probably also detained by this ac cident, as it was shipped on the 9th inst Week’s Receipts at the U. S. Poets.—For the week ending Friday, -Nov. 5th, the receipts at all tho United States ports were 94,445 bales, against 78,390 the previous week, and 72,000 the corresponding week of last year; exports to Great Britain 20,380; to continent 15,840; stock on hand and on shipboard not yet cleared 214,- 525. The stock shows an increase, compared with the previons week, of 39,525 bales. The decrease in the visible supply, as com pared with tho reports to the same dates last year, is now only abont 17,000 bales. This com parison includes stock in English manufacturers’ hands. Fibes in Wilkes Count*.—Tho Washington Gazette of Friday notes the occurrence of three fires in Wilkes connty recently, in addition to tho burning of tho stable of Hon. R. Toombs, heretofore published. Tho gin house, two-horse power, and two Utley presses, and fourteen bales of cotton, belonging to Messrs. Foreman t, Branch, were burned on Satnrday, tho -Cth: the dwelling house, furniture, etc., of Mr. Jo seph Rhoden on the same day; and on Tuesday, the 9tb, the dwelling house, furniture, and eight or ten bales of nnginne^ cotton, belonging to Dr. J. J. Robertapn. The Coal Trade in Middle Georgia.—The groat importance of the coal trade, as promoted by the special trains and low freights over the Western and Atlantic railroad, is evidenced, says the Columbus Enquirer, by the fact that one hundred and fifty cars are engaged on that road in its transportation, and yet cannot sup ply the demand at Atlanta. Tho Constitution says that 200 more cars are needed for coal, and that tho road is building them as fast as pos sible. Sidney Herbert.—Onr correspondent sends as a long paper upon the recent domestic afflict ion of the Senior Editor, and comprehending in its scope tho general subject matter of the death of children, very well conceived hud beautifully written; but he will appreciate the reluctance we feel to obtrude this subject upon public notice. The Willingham Fertilizer.—We call at tention to the advertisement of the Willingham Fertilizer, by Messrs. Lawton & Lawton, agents at Macon, Georgia. Mr. Willingham, a well known planter of Georgia, after whom it is named, underwrites it as a most reliable fertili zer and particularly adapted to Georgia soil and crops. The special train conveying distinguished guests to the State Fair will reach Atlanta to morrow morning at 3 o’clock. We suppose it will arrive here at 1:30 p. m. The Washington Chronicle, of tho IOthinst., says Senators Pom eroy and Cameron, &£d other official!, will bo passengers on it. George Peabody.—By order of the Queen of England, tho funeral services over the remains of George Peabody were held on Friday in West minster Abbey. No private .citizen of either conntry has ever before received such distinc tion. Andrew Female College,—The Senior Editor of the Telegraph is deeply indebted to the young ladies of Andrew Female College for the compliment of his unanimous elaction as an honorary member of the Andrew Society of that College. Homicide.—Emanuel E. Paul was killed near Coiambus on Wednesday by his step-son, Sharpe Johnson, while whipping his wife, Johnson's mother. Burking gin-houses is quite common now in Troupe county. The Reporter, of Friday, is informed that three were burned one night last week. . Turtle Steak.—-We ere indebted to Mr. H. W. Boifenillct fora fine plate of turtle steak which he has sent to let us know what good things he is Belling. A battle-snake was killed a short time since in Mississippi which measured eighteen inches in circumference and had eighteen rattles. Columbus Cotton Receipts are 23,1 Co bales, • of which 17,593 have been shipped—leaving 6172 on hand. Three was a slight fall of snow in Atlanta on Friday^ morning. A Sunday train from Atlanta to Macon will •ome through to-day on regular schedule time. TO THE PUBLIC. And the Seeders of the Haew Telegraph ud J«msI end Heaaeeger. We announce this morning the consolidation, in one business and literary enterprise, of these two old journals, which forty years ago sprang into existence with the birth of Maooh, and have ever since that time together held pos session of the field though successively chal lenged by hundreds of rival enterprises, the most of whose names are now lost to memory. It is proper that we should explain this im portant event, and show in a few words how it will affect the interests of onr readers and the ad vertising and business community, and that im portant section of Georgia to which this paper is a vehicle of intelligence and opinion. Of course the practicability of such a consoli dation as this is due, primarily, to the existence of an extraordinary harmony of political opin ion among reading classes. The c&nses which have produced this harmony are in truth calam itous, bnt the fact itself is a fortunate one. Those two grand divisions of political opinion, once represented by the Telegraph and Jour nal and Messenger, respectively, have been sub merged and lost sight of in the effort to main tain the mere elementary principles of civil freedom, and in these efforts there is no differ ence at all upon the end to be attained, and. very unimportant and temporary differences upon means and remedies. In this condition of public opinion the sug gestions which primarily dictated a union of these two old and important publications were of a pecuniary character. Every year the newspa per is filling a more important function—every year the demands upon it increase—its expenses increase and the necessity for the concentration of energy and capital increase in the same ra tio. Fifteen years ago the expenses of these papers for a whole year would not amount to tho present cost <of them for a single month. Their readers are now.mainly comprehendedin a much smaller area .of country. They embrace, as to the daily, only those who can be reached with the earliest telegraphic intelligence. The patrons of the daily press seek their nearest teE egraphic 'centre, and >are governed simply by the question of getting .the earliest news. Bat with this telegraphic news they demand ever in creasing supplies of general information. The daily is now looked to for fee latest ideas on all topics and interests—agricultural, commercial, financial, literary^ philosophical, religious and hygienic. That meagre amount of matter which contented the reader but a short time ago is now complained of. Sheets must tbe. large—compo sition bills heavy—and daily expenses magnified to hundreds of dollars. The strain among com peting journals to satify these demands and conciliate popular support far exceeds the com mon apprehension, and is fast pnshing. onward the work of concentration and combination. This has been strikingly illustrated of late in Louisville, where the entire journalistic capital and enterprise of that large city are concentra ted upon one daily, representing three eld and well.established newspapers—the Jouwial, Cou rier and ^Democrat—who found their entire -in comes consumed in the effort to maintain a sep arate footing. It will not surprise the reader, therefore, to be told that in these increased and increasing demands upon the Telegraph, and Jcurnal and Messenger, they failed, as separate establish ments, when considered as so much money in vested, to draw anything like on adequate bal ance to credit, though managed with unusual assiduity and skill. The daily expense of dupli cating snch a large amount of type-setting and other labor consumed what might otherwise have been a fair rotnm upon the investment of capital and intellectual labor employed in print ing these papers as separate sheets. . In this condition of things Mr. Anderson W. Beese proposed to tha proprietors of the Tele graph t j buy out the Journal and Messenger, and consolidate with the Telegraph upon the basis Qf one-third of the joint capital stock, and the proposition was, after very careful delibera tion, accepted. So far as the joint enterprise is concerned, it would probably add to the busi ness and circulation of the consolidated paper a per centnm considerably in excess of the in creased cost, and to the reader and advertising patron it presented great advantages. The combined circulation of onr different edi tions under this arrangement will be very large —scarcely short of eight thousand. This is probably unexampled in the Cotton States, and in respect to a Georgia Circulation there is no thing to compare with it. In the whole of this interesting and valuable section of Middle and Southwestern Georgia, there is scarcely a read ing family into which the Telegraph and Mes senger will not enter, nor a man of business who does not consult its columns. As a vehicle of .communication with the people of this sec tion, it will have no rival The man who has thoughts or facts to communicate, or lands or merchandise to sell, by one single paper or ad vertisement can secure a vast hearing. In respect to the common or what is techni cally termed transient advertising, this change will add nothing to the cost of it. The adverti ser will henceforward have the benefit of the circnlation'of both papers for precisely what he paid to either one of them. As to mercantile and contract advertising, there will be bnt a very small advance. If the Macon merchant gets the benefit of the circulation of both papers for abont three-fifths of what he paid to the two, when both were published, he will lose nothing in the value of his advertisement. One will do the work of two, and he will save forty per cent, upon his expenditure. Thus, this movement is in the interests of the business community of Macon, whose good will we mean to deserve and are most anxious to maintain and increase. We will do onr best to serve them acceptably and reasonably. And now as to subscribers and readers. The increase of business and circulation which this consolidation will bring to ns shall inure to the benefit of all onr readers. It seonres to onr Editorial staff the valuable services of Mr. An- dxbson W. Reese, as another Associate Editor, and we shall all labor with assidnity to produce a paper of increased valne and usefulness. It wilt be more liberal in all' its departments. It will have more reading matter—increased tele- graphio and other correspondence and be con ducted with a liberality of outlay commensurate with its increase of Jausiness. We are animated by an ardent desire to be nsefnl to Georgia—to be a powerful adjunct and helper, of progress and improvement in every department—to aid in extinguishing the memo ries and traces of past disappointments and ca lamities in new acquisitions and triumphs. We shall be thoroughly identified with the progress and achievements of a new and improved agri- culture—with all advancement in the mechanic arts—in trade—business—internal improvement —education and social, moral and religions im provements. Every thing which can make for the prosperity of Geoxgia shall, by the grace of God, find in us a zealous friend and advocate, apd we hope to secure for the Telegraph and Messenger in this patriotic work the sympathy and cooperation of the intelligent and virtuous throughout the State. nala have in the past on many points, while one of them was under my editorial control, they should now joih foroes and fiy one flag. The explanation from a business stand-point is made above too dearly and eogently to require farther illustration. From a •political stand-point the matter is no leas easily explained. Upon the great and all essential' principle of hostility'to the destructive tenets and practices of the party oalling itself Republican, there never was and there never can be any difference between my self and my present associates. We may have qmureled in the camp, bnt there never was any faltering or distrust when the ont-posts gave warning of menaoe by the common enemy. If at times I have thought and written that the Telegraph gave forth an uncertain sound, when I held that the voice should ring ont loud and dear, I have never charged that that utter ance was the resnlt of inclination to the foe, or hostility to friends andprinciplesboth were man fully backing. We have differed on minor points of party disdpline and polioy only—on non-es sentials—never on essentials. On those things thatgivs life and vigor to political organizations, the great purpose of both has been at all times to do the best for onr section and onr common conntry, and at all vital points, and on all occa sions whereas fight meant .practical results, to stontly confront the common foe. How each has labored to that end, let onr respective friends, numerous, warm and constant, answer. I am willing to leave the verdict with them. To the patrons of the Journal and Messenger who, in times past, so heartily approved my ef forts to serve them, Isay only this: My time, my abilities, and my energies are pledged to a continuance of the work. To give them a news paper worthy their cultivated tastes and intel lects ; to leave no word unspoken, and no act unperformed, that shall advance their interests and brighten their future; and to push forward with all my heart the great work of peace and full restoration to lost rights, dignities and pros perity—these are my promises, honestly made, and I trust to be no less honestly performed. A. W. Reese. To Our Patrons. From the Journal and Messenger of the 1SIA.] With this number of tlio Journal and Messenger onr connection_with it ceases, having sold the paper to A. w. Reese, Esq., the former editor, who is well and favorably known to its readers- Wo have not been prompted to this sale because the paper was not doing well. The Journal and Messenger was never in a more prosperous condition, both as to its subscriptions and advertisements. Under the editorial management of its present editor, Gen. William M. Browne, the paper was rapidly growing in public favor, and bid fair to be a great success; but the offer of purchase having been made on most satisfactory terms, and we—having many other pressing engagements, sufficient to employ our time and capital,—found if to our advantage to consummate the arrange ment. This change will not sever our connection with onr friend, General Browne. We are happy to state that he will now devote his whole timo to our new Agricultural enter prise, the. “Southern Farm and Home,” which we intend to make one of the most desirable journals in the South. We tender our thanks to onr patrons and friends for their many favors in the way of subscriptions and advertisements, as weil ■ for tho general interest manifested in our business. Wo shall ever remember them with gratitude. We understand from Mr. Reese that ho has arranged to give tho patrons of the Journal and Messenger a large and well- filled sheet, and that he will sec that no one shall have cause to complain of tho change in proprietors. Mr. Reeso will fulfil all our imexpired engagements with subscribers and advertisers. J. W. Burke & Co. The foregoing announcement by the pro prietors, renders it hardly necessaiy for me to state that with this issue my connection with tho Journal and Messenger ceases. For the many evidences of approval and encouragement which I have received daring my brief editorial control of these columns, feel gratitude not unmixed with pride. The increasing subscription list, and tho rapidly growing popularity of the paper, gave me the best assurance that my political convictions and opinions were approved by the people for whose benefit I expressed tin ■To my brethren of the press, from whom I met so cordial a welcome on my return to the editorial profession, and from whom I have since received so much courtesy anjl friendly recognition, I would offer my warm est thanks, together with my best wishes for their prosperity and happiness. While I do not abandon the profession, and while my relations with the late propri etors of this paper, which have ever been, and still are, of the most cordial and agreea ble character, are not severed or interrupted, I enter upon another field, wherein I trust I may he permitted to be of some use to my fellow citizens, and to establish some claim to a continuance of their confidence and support. And lastly, before I retire, I would ac knowledge my deep obligations to . those who have so alily and faithfully aided me in the publication of the paper. I trust that they may bo as prosperous and happy as I wish them to he. William M. Browne. The above announcement gives the^publio all the information deemed necessary to a fall un derstanding of tho manner, cause and objects of the consolidation of the Macon Telegraph and Journal and Messenger. Only a few words from myself, personally, remain to be added. It may possibly excite surprise in some quar ters that, differing apparently as the two jour- A Thing Never Heard oil We never yet heard of a fair ready .for tho exposition. The great “ Paris Exposition Uni- vetselle” was in a maze of chaos and confusion when the day came for the grand opening; and that, they tell ns, will be the condition at the grand opening of the State Fair in Macon, Nov. 16, 18G9. It can’t he helped. A man may preach; but it takes faith on the part of the hearers. Old Noah preached 120 years and never persuaded a single man or woman to buy a ticket to his ark. So it is abont getting ready for fairs. Yon never can persuade a man who has anything to do with a fair, that it is necos- sary to be in a hurry, until being in a hurry is of no nse. The consequence is, people have to take hold of it themselves—pitch one thing there, another here, and hold the Fair anyway; and that finally disposes of the matter. ‘Health and Profits” is the title of a work by Dr. 8. E. Habersham, says the Eatonton Press and Messenger, now a citizen of onr town, intended to exhibit the beneficial influence of the climate of Middle Georgia and South Caro lina, in pnlminary consumption and kindred diseases; also illustrating the agricultural, hor ticultural and manufacturing resonrees of the region. It also oontains a carefully prepared summary of a meteorological register kept for twenty-one years—giving the mean temperature of the year, seasons and months'; the annual precipitation of rain, and the general direction of winds, compiled from the said register. In no other book con this information bo fonnd in a condensed form. It occupied tho author’s spare hours for three months in its compilation. We recommend this work to all who feel an in terest in the prosperity of this section of the South, and desire to possess the information it oohtains. It can be obtained of the doctor. The Gabtebsville and Van Wert Railroad. A letter from Cartersville to the Rome Daily, dated November 5tb, says: The contract for the building of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad was let out yesterday by the President, Major Cooper, to a Northern company.- It is said the work of construction will comjnenco at once. Rome will haVe to look ont for her lau rels, we are climbing up after her. At the sur render, the number of inhabitants of this place was about 700; now it is 2000. A Disgruntled Abolitionist. •There is amusement, if nothing more, in the maundering* of the disgruntled Parker Pills- bury. He is, we suspect, a rather favorable type of the class of New England fanatics whom' the convulsions of civil war threw uppermost and left for many years masters of the political and military situation in the United' States— with a world of soldiery and an inexhaustible flood of greenbacks to bade their experiments in tinkering Southern society. Surely hard fate never before so cursed an unfortunate world in throwing such power and opportunity in the hands of such fussy and busy imbecilities. Never were philanthropists of that fashion so Messed and happy. They ‘came down South” in legions, with unlimited resources of men, money and rations to “fix np everything right.” Thousands of eloquent Stig- genses supplemented by a still greater number, of gentle and unblushing virgins of thirty-five and upwards, were here to ply their reforms in all the dignity of government appointees and the wealth of a government bent on unlimited expenditure to “save the nation.” Most of them, we are sorry to-say, fell from the grace of re ligions benevolence into the foul practices of speculation ^pcLAtinding; but we still think Pillsbnry is one whenever soiled his garments, and has held trne to his mission. Well, all these apostles have “fixed” and arranged and fussed to the full extent of their extraordinary opportunities, and the amount of all their frequent confessions reduced to the last analysis is—“everything much worse than before.” The situation is desperate—hopeless. Pillsbnry says it cannot be remedied for a thou sand years if things go on in their present shape, and perhaps he is right. As long as these fussy philanthropists are about, fluttering and duck ing like wet hens, there is no great chance for a remedy in districts where they abound. The seaboard of Carolina, from which he takes his data, was ever the most unfavorable illustration of the condition of tho Americo- African population. But here the greatest wealth of New England and Bureau beneficence has been expended. Here landed the first shiploads of the pilgrim fathers and mothers and daugh ters, under the guns which had silenced the bat teries of Beaufort and Port Royal, and here they set forth to amend the moral and social condition, with all the fresh ardor of a new and untried enterprise and the amplest means of a revenue yet untapped by the Bnreau of Refu gees and Abandoned Lands. It is meet that Pillsbnry should make his survey and report from this “hallowed ground,” because here New England philanthropy had done its best, and according to him, left all in moral confusion and squalor. What he sees in the Carolina lowlands has been to some extent reproduced in every place where bureau interference has been particular ly active. The great lesson the suddenly eman cipated negro had to learn was one of self-de pendence. It was to know that he had now to employ himself, jnst as his master had hitherto employed him. Unluckily, at this critical juncture, came in the bnrean, with its agents and rations, prac tically substituting the old master in everything of no solid benefit to the negro. It doled ont its uncertain pittances of food and clothing in quantities just sufficient to relieve the pressing necessity for labor •and wages, which would otherwise have forced the negro to Mre himself to regular employment. With his fugacious rations of bacon, meal and clothing from the bnreau, and the treasures of forest and the sea board at bis command, nothing more was need ed to supplement r» natural predisposition to im- dolence and leisure. Whole regions were soon thoroughly demoralized, and it is questionable whether the abundance of the land and sea, and the mild climate of these regions are compati ble with the existence of those physical neces sities by which the colored race will be com pelled eventually to habits of regular labor. The testimony on this point, we are sorry to say, is unfavorable. But this thing is certain—the basis of all' im provement in tho colored population must be habits of regular labor. Everything which in terferes with this and distracts tho minds of these people, iB a deadly injury. With labor comes all tho capacity for improvement—men tal, moral and social The process of political reconstruction in tho South has been injurious to the whites, but far more so to the blacks. It has made the whole moral and social condition more or less the sport of unprincipled politi cians, and it may be feared that, in all future time, under the fifteenth amendment, the case will be no better. Tho negro will bo the floater, to be battled for, bribed, treated, cajoled and demoralized by the eager and unscrupulous white politician. The ballot will be a Pandora’s box to the African—a fatal boon, practically undermining his prosperity and happiness. Augusta City Finances. Tho Chronicle & Sentinel, of Friday, an nounces that on the next day the Mayor of that city would pay off tho entire floating debt of that corporation, amounting to twenty-thousand dollars. Tho money for this purpose had been borrowed by tho Mayor in New York upon his own individual.responsibility and credit, and in return he was to take city bonds at rates un known to tho Chronicle & Sentinel - Wo see Angosta bonds are quoted in tho same number of that paper at 87 cents. Farm for Sale—Situated one and a half miles from Valdosta, containing about five hun dred acres of land, one hundred and thirty cleared, a good frame cottage dwelling, all the necessary out-houses, etc. There are a quan tity of shade and fruit trees, apple, peach, orange, etc. Apply for further information at the “Times” office, Valdostn, Lowndes county. Railroad Accommodations During Fair Week. —We would state in answer to sundry iuquiries made of us from the country, that all the rail roads running out of Macon have made arrange ments for special trains night and morning to the neighboring towns and villages, for the ben efit of those who may be nnable to find accom modations in the city.—Savannah Republican. Florida Coming.—The Savannah Republican learns from a private letter that the Farmers' Club of Jackson county, Florida, intend to visit our State Fair. They have prepared tents and every other convenience for camping ont during their sojourn in Macon. We predict for them a pleasant time, and hope other Florida clifes will follow their example. > . i t i-' The following are the places in Georgia on which postal orders can be drawn: Americus, Albany, Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Bainbridge, Brunswick, Cartersville, Columbus, Griffin, Ma con, Marietta, Milledgeville, Romo, Savannah. It is a very significant factj remarks a con temporary, that throughout all the Southern States tho pookets of the Radical office-holders are full and the State treasuries empty. Mr. Peabody gave the immense amount of $7,996,000 during Mb life in noticeable benefac tions. No more eloquent eulogy could be ut tered upon bis character. Rev. O. W. Howard, Chairman of the Execu tive Committee of tbe State Agricultural Socie ty, was in onr office yesterday, in fine health. The subject of forming a now county from portions of Telfair, Montgomery and Laurens, is being discussed by the citizens interested. The English gunboat Thistle, while on her 1 trial trip off Sheernew, on Thursday last, ex- j ploded her boiler, killing ten and severely i wounding eight men. AOteirs in Albany. i * Albany, Ga., November 11, li&9. Editors Telegraph : Albany is a great place. There is no other city or town in Georgia, or I may say the whole South, so far as my range of travel extends, that can compare with it for generous hospitality. It is the most democratic plaoe in some respects, while in others it is quite autooratio.' Democratic in allowing every man, woman and child to do what suits them best, without comment or hindrance—: and antneratio in the beauty and intelligence of its ladies, and the bravery and high.toned deportment of its men. You may think this picture a little too higMy colored; but it appears to me in the round of my travels, I always feel when I get to Albany, like I had arrived at home among friends. Great preparations are being made here to attend the State Fair, and a number of young gentlemen are practising to carry off the prize at the Tonrnament, and lay the crown of beauty on the brow of some Southwest Georgia fair one. This afternoon the knights, dressed in cos tume, rode out to their grounds on the outskirts of the town and had a trial of skill. Their cos tumes were bright and glittering, and such an array of fine blooded stock I have not seen since the surrender. Tor two hours, tho knights, _aa their names were called, dashed rapidly around the circle, and if they do as well at Macon, I predict that the knight who excels them, will be entitled to his victory. Look ont for Ivanhoe on his dashing chestnut sorrel If his modesty does not nnsteady his nerves when he is called out before the assembled crowds of beauty and fashion, I am sure if Albany does not win she will have no cause to be ashamed, bnt will con gratulate the section which has another more skilled in the noble exercise. One of the knights will ride without bridle or saddle. Col Styles, having made all necessary ar rangements for the large delegation, yon may expect at least one-half of Dongherty county to be present. In fact I have not seen anybody who does not expect to bo there. The great and increasing interest felt in ag riculture will cause nearly every planter who can spare the time to be there to witness the trial of ploughs and the display of agricultural implements, while the tournament will carry the ladies. I think the crowd who will be in attendance will even exceed the greatest expec tation. As nothing else will be talked of until the Fair is over, I will not prolong this letter by diverging to other subjects. Yours, etc., . Occasional. Education in Georgia. - The Greensboro Herald of Thursday Bays: V The State Fair—As onr readers are aware, comes off next week at Macon. Arrangements npon a grand scale have been mac(3 to guaran tee its entire success. In addition to the agri cultural, commercial and material interests and pursuits of the Stato generally, a great variety of topics outside of these, bnt involving the gen eral welfare of tho State, will' come up for dis cussion in their appropriate place. We are well pleased especially to observe, that the Georgia Teacher’s Association will hold a special meet ing in the City Hall, at Macon, on Wednesday next, to consider and report npon the best plan for providing institutions for the children of the State, white and colored; also, to consider and report npon a Rystem of public instruction for tho Stato. The material progress of Georgia is destined to be rapid—pari passu, let her moral and intellectual improvements keep abreast of her physical growth and development, and sbo may safely count npon a sublime destiny. We sincerely hope party and sectional politics will find no favor at this gathering, which, in some respects, will be national, but that all will labor to inaugurate an era of good feeling, and go heartily to work to promote the best interests of our common country. Tho negro has become utterly insufficient as a laborer, and, as a citizen, a perfect nuisance. There is, perhaps, no place at the South where emigrants would bo more warmly welcomed, or where they could do better in the long run.— The lands are fertile, convenient to market, and, for tbe most part, healthy. They are in comparably superior to the sea islands. Range for stock is excellent, and, on the salt water creeks abundance of fish and oysters. As to tho stealago, it would bo almost incredi- ble by thoso who did not realize it. Many have had to break in their corn ont of the fields, before it was well matured, to save it from theft, and cotton is stolen still worse. Tho negroes are in a large, majority over the whites. They, tho former, will elect the magis trates, nnd you-can judge what chance wo have to bring a thief to repentance through the law. The whites may be. said to have virtually no rights; for a right without means of enforcing it, is a word without sense or meaning. The indications are getting 'every day moro and more cheering, says the Montgomery Ad vertiser, for our Stato Fair to b‘o a grand suc cess. Indeed from tho number and variety of articles already proposed for exhibition, as well as from the attendance promised, we are per suaded that this is going to bo ono of the most successful fairs ever held in the State. Tho officers of the society are indefatigable in their labor, and work with an energy and determina tion which forbid tho uso of tho word failure in any department of this great undertaking.— There.bave been so few occasions of pleasure or hopefulness for Montgomery since the war, that wo take the greatest satisfaction in con gratulating our people now upon the prospect of this exhibition and the gathering which it will attract. We are glad to learn that a largo number of onr citizens—especially among our business men—are being life members of the society. Twenty-five dollars has been fixed upon as the price of life memberships, and a beautiful cer tificate is being prepared for each. Life members are entitled, with their families and servants and earriago, to visit the grounds of the association at all times when open to the inspection of visitors^ and to exhibit at tho an nual fairs without paying any fees. The Virginia State Fair. Tho Philadelphia Press, of the 8th,- has this notice of the late State Fair of Virginia: Jokp S. Preston, of South Carolina, delivered a bitter secession lecture at Richmond, Virginia, last Thursday evening, filled with abuse of the Yankee and the government. He was invited to speak by tho Committee of the Agricultural Fair, which was in all respects so successful that it is a pity the venomous old cavalier was allow ed to explode. The Richmond papers appear to be very ashamed of bis exhibition. . By the way, speaking of tbo fair in question, all ac counts concnr in stating that it was a grand, peaceful and surprising display. On Thursday from 30,000 to 35,000 persons attended. This is better than a tonrnament. Pacific y Railroad. Mr. Richardson, of the Galveston News, who left San Francisco, September 27th, thus speaks of the obstructions likely to be enconntered on the present rente from California On the 30th it commenced snowing while we went-through the mountains. On the 1st inst. we found too-ground covered with snow some four inches deep, bnt by the next day, as we descended the east slope of the Rocky Moun tains, all signs of snow disappeared, and the change of temperature was manifoSt. Some persons who have lived in the moun tains several years, in reply to our inquiries, ex pressed the opinion that no efforts of the’'com pany could make this road passable through the winter, and although the snow sheds are built with great strength and at an expense of about twenty thousand dollars per mile, yet those who have witnessed thfc terrible snows on the moun tains and tbe crashing avalanches or “snow- slides,” as they are called, expressed the opin ion that the snow Bhecls would be swept away by them. In fact, it is nearly the universal opin ion that the road will bo impassable for a con siderable part of the winter, and all appear to concur in the necessity of a Southern Pacific Railroad. Riveb News.—The river, says the Columbus Snn and Times of Thursday, to noon yesterday had risen two and a half feet, giving the water in the channel a depth of four feet. If the rise continues, this morning the boats below will be telegraphed for. It is feared the rains above have not been sufficient to keep the stream navi gable. The heavens looked yesterday 1 as if they never would let fall another drop of rain. Since the above was* written we are told the stream is falling. Florida Items. The Presbytery of Florida will convene in the Presbyterian Church, at Quincy, on the 19th instant, at 7£ p. it Mr. Drew, of Ellaville, says the Live Oak Herald, is filling an order, from San Francisco, for several thousand feet of long timber. The Live Oak Herald notices a shipment of oranges, which, it says, makes a total shipment of 448 barrels, or 89,600 oranges, by one gen tleman, the present season. Hon. O. M. Hamilton and Ely Weeks, Esq., have been commissioned as Major Generals of State Militia, and Hon. W. J. Poraan as Briga dier General The death warrant for the execution of John W. Freeman, sentenced in Santa Roea county for the nrarder of Andrew J. Miller, has been signed by the Governor. Freeman will be hanged on the 19th inst . The Comptroller has issued a circular to all the tax collectors in the State, giving positive instructions that their accounts must be fully audited and settled by the 1st of January. Fourteen prisoners escaped from the Alachua connty jail on the night of the 30th ultimo. Governor Reed has issned a proclamation offering rewards to the amotwt of $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the recent murders in Jackson connty. The Governor has offered a reward of $2,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Elijah Ghent and Richard Smith, who were killed in Madison connty last montl^*. The Mason & Hamlin Organ Company.—In tho course uf iessfhsSi twenty years this com pany have grown from a very small beginning, to be the most celebrated and extensive makers of instruments of the Organ and Melodeon kind in the world, producing and finding demand for several times as many instruments as any other makers. Four large elephant tusks must be cut up every week to supply them with ivory for keys; so they must be said to consume two large elephants per week. Their Organs rank high est, not only in this conntry, but also in Europe, where tho demand for them is rapidly increas ing The remarkable success is undoubtedly owing greatly to their superior skill in this speciality, and to the very important improvements they have effected in this class of instruments; but it is the result, almost in equal, measure, perhaps, of adheorance to, and energetic pursuit of cer tain principles. Inflexible values with them are (1) to do the very best work only, availing them selves of every improvement, and being careful to suffer no inferior instrument to leave their factory; .and (2) to sell always at smallest re munerative profits, having fixed prices which are alike to all Any one buying an Organ made by this Com pany has the satisfaction of-knowing that he has one of the best instruments of the class which can be made, and this at the lowest price at which sueli work can be afforded. BY TELEGBa pi Affairs in the Low Conntry. Apropos to Parker Pillsbnry, a correspondent in the Charleston NeWB gives much the same account of that “low conntry.” Says he: I’ve heard a great deal of the prosperity of the South, and that one or two more snch crops a3 the present year’s would make ns as prosper ous as before the war. I don’t believe, with the present-available labor, one hundred snch crops as the present would help; for I don’t be lieve there is a single planter in two-thirda of this county who has not steadily lost money since the war. I have never yet heard of the first one who has cleared expenses, unless on Savannah river rice plantations. "Why, sir, for want of labor, the conntry has become a mere waste—rats destroying the rice, com and cot ton in the fields—rats and other vermin in in credible numbers; fencing rotten or burned; tho few houses left by the enemy going to ruin; all the best lands in broom-grass; cane-briars ten feet high; the freedmen preferring to half work the poorest lands, which are more easily cultivated. “Occasional,” Mr. Forney, of the Philadel phia Press, discoursing from the 'office of his other paper, the-Washington Chronicle, is al ways oraonlar. Telegraphing on the 7th, he says: What side veterans like Clay and Webster would have espoused is not nearly so useful an inquiry as the fact that their respective theories completely triumphed in tho sequel The doc trines of Andrew Jackson’s proclamation, power fully supported by Clay and Webster, against the nullification crusade of John C. Calhoun, were carried to victory by tbe Union arms. The idea of obedience to one government prevailed over the idea of the sovereignty of one State; and this idea, reinforced by the anti-slavery sentiment, equally cherished by Webster and Clay, became the central and the vital idea in the inevitable reconstruction of the government Not less instructive is tho fate of*those who led the opposing sections in the war. The men of tho South who forced the rebellion have been retired, most of them forever, as well by their own volition as by imperative constitutional prohibition. The men who fonght down that rebellion are in command in every department of the Government. However the the -ries of tho former may reappear in their posterity, the resistless growth of the great North and West will keep them perpotuslly in the minority. The future, indeed, may provoke new divis ions, but the foundations of the Government canimver be disturbed by the revival of the buried issues of slavery and State rights. Forney is right in treating the events since the war as tantamount to a total reconstruc tion Of the Federal Government. But, ye gods! what a reconstruction. Is there one white mfin on the North American continent, besides Mr. Forney, who can look upon such a reconstruc tion with complacency? An Honest Sentiment.—That sterling paper, the Philadelphia Sunday Mercuty, speaking of the election in tbe South, says: “Tho election in Mississippi, like the elect ions in all the late Confederate States, will be no more nor no less sheer farceB and mockery of public government. Where the civil laW is subordinate to the military power, there is no such thing as freedom; and popular elections might as well be dispensed with at once and forever. Not until Commonwealths stand np once more in the fall dignity and majesty of sov ereign and independent Statehood, will there be any virtue in the voico of the people as ex pressed through the ballot-box. There is no di vinity in the right of the ballot, unless it be free as the “encasing air.” Two Negroes Drowned.—On Monday after noon last, as a party of negroes were crossing the Flint River, near Mrs. Orr’s place, on their return from church, their canoe sunk, and two men were drowned. We did not learn their naines, nor do we know whether the bodies have been found.—Albany News. Prayers at Mercer. The Greensboro Herald, of Thursday, says: We are pleased to learn from the Mercerian, that the daily prayer-meeting of Mercer Univer sity, which has been in operation for the last thirty years, is still kept up. Every evening at twilight the students meet in the ‘‘Old Chapel,” to sing a hymn of praise to “the Giver of every good and perfect gift,” and to return thanks for the blessings of toe day. So long as toe yonng men of this excellent institution emulate a spirit of piety and devo tion, they will receive the divine favor and the respect and approbation of all good people. It will be a most unhappy day for onr conntry when onr educated men ignore God and the Bible. The Georgia State Fair.—There is quite an enthusiasm in East Alabama, says the Mont gomery Advertiser, on toe subject of toe Geor gia State Fair, which begins at Macon on the lGth instant. Many clnbs have been formed to go together, and camp on the Fair grounds.— If the Montgomery and Enfaula Railroad was only completed toe same feeling would be en listed in favor of the Alabama State Fair. As it is Georgia derives a great source of revenue from a section of country which feels itself cut off entirely from the other portions of Alabama. A recent publication on the prices of vrilf beasts for shows states that a first-class hi potamus is worth $5,000 or $6,000 $1,000 or $2,000; an elephant, $3,000 to 000; a giraffe, $3,000; a Bengal tiger, $9 a leopard, $600 to $900; a hyena, $5Q^ and that a New York house in toe last tore/ years has sold $112,000 worth of these animate, ex clusive of a lively trade in monkeya,'$frda, etc. An extensive gang of counterfeiter, regular ly organized for the purpose of manufacturing and selling counterfeit tobacco stpips,_ securi ties and money, has been capt»red in New York. Many parties in good stinding in that city and iu Virginia and Norp Carolina are compromised! / Gen. Leb’s College will have twenty-five newspaper scholarships. r*OM WASHINGTON. Washington. November 12. chief of staff, Harry CUmery. not' who wae killed in the recent Cuban battik Tho caae of the United Statee vs , eee IUUhmAs has been comprom** counsel The reads remain in the theirreepective company organizationT^" 0 '' 0 ' paying running expenses, and inter*! ^ bonds, the balance of the earnings are ^ the claims of the Federal Government, * tion defeats the motion of tho Gov«-* m . * toe roads in too hand, of Beceivem n !'^ an equitable settlement will show tb* 'Government largely indebted to the rort Pe4e>1 Amos Kendall is dead. Admiral Radford is directed to brine u body’s remains home in an American manJr Revenue receipts to-day $<43,000 ^Parties dealing in gold' dust arc i iable ^ ^ The Treasury Department dotes respect to Walker. morr °»ia Sherman and a luge’party leave on , 5^“-”*“ “» *■»■« The World has an editorial, aesertim, . that by virtue of a secret treaty, th 6 ny. loaded vritu arms and St. Domingo, via Dry Tortngas, vhere *' five hundred soldiers. She will take w, J?- toe Island in toe name or the United SutJ° n ° f Washington, November 13—I n accords • resolution of the Louisville Convention Tr has appointed Blanton Duncan, of Uvi Robert T. Sanders, of Tennessee, CoomuJ? ^ the Russian Exposition inl870. Tennanf ii b lution add Fillmore to the Commissioner, ^ - will appoint the remaining three. "" Public offices are dosed in honor of Walk Boutwell has gone to Boston. ^ Heavy storm this morning, and telegraph verb Grant was abseut from Walker’s funeral The Tribune says editorially, that evidence w eating a prominent Washington Treasury the New York Custom House fraud,, He shared in the proceeds. The Tribune vi-la his name. Grant approves Ames’ regulations for the lb*, sippi election. ® 4 ' The accounts of Butterfield retiring f rom , sistant Treasmy at New York are correct. Delinquent patent agents must settle doing further business with the Bnreau. ' GENERAL news. San Francisco, November 12—Qaantrel, hm* cated in the Lawrence, Kansas, massacre dunm-tis war has been traced to Camp Scott, Nevada, u order sent for his arrest arrived too late, (haw having deserted. Five hundred Coolies on a French Ceoiie itis revolted. The captain and several of tlio passengers were killed. The balance escaped 1* low and blew off the upper deck with powder, Hit ing or frightening all the Coolies into the sea Tb vessel was becalmed off Byron Island. The Secretary of toe Treasury has ordered tb release of the French ship Malabar, seiiedfor smuggling, on payment of three timea'the value cl toe goods smuggled, and $1,000 cost. Baltimore, November 12.—General Martin, of Charleston, formerly Clerk of th# South Carolin Senate, is dead. Boston, November 12.—One hundred and thirt; men have been discharged from the Navy Yard. Philadelphia, November 12.—Preshyteriani in jubilant over the reunion. Presbyterian newspa pers are flying blue flags, the color of the old con- nanters. Pittsburg, November 12.—After joint devotion al exercises, toe two assemblies foimed a prone sion in single file, and joined on reaching the thresh- hold of toe church. They were greeted with dap ping of hands and waving of handkerchiefs by* immense crowd assembled. Cabla dispatches han been sent to European Presbyterians, announce the union. Fortress Monroe, November 12.—The ship Ms- dell, from Norfolk to Barbadoes, is at St. Thoms in distress. Fortress Monroe, November 13.—Tha monitor Dictator, and the steamers Treana and Periwinkle, have departed for Key West. An easterly rain storm commenced at noon. Troy, November 13—At tho Wool funeral thi military procession was half an hour long. Fifty thousand people were on the streets- The housti were, draped in mourning. i FROM CUBA. Havana, November 13 DeRodas’ return is «• pected on Monday. The city has been perfectly quiet during his- absence. The Diario newspaper of this morning has aa *ii- torial article, wherein it Ekys : ‘'The existence ol any anti-Spanish element in Cnba is abnormal aal transitory. The enemies of Spain could not re main here. There are bnt two elements of popnlJ- tion—Spaniards and foreigners.” The Diario classes Cubans who favor the Spaniel) eourse as Spaniards. * FROM LOUISIANA. New' Orleans, November 13.—CoL Alexander, formerly Quartermaster under Butler, arrestedhen recently as a bogus Treasury agent, has escaped leaving a large number of letters from promincs! parties relating to the custom-house and bonded ware-house ring business. They will be sent to Washington. FOREIGN NEWS. London, November 12.—An English inin-ofv* brings Peabody’s remains borne. The delay in announcing the loan for the par- chase of the telegraph lines, depresses ccnscla. Liverpool, November 12.—Bark Cafa of Ne* York for Dublin is lost and only five of her cre» were saved. The ship Florence Lee, of Montreal for Idrerpoti was fonudered and tbe crew saved. Marseilles, November 12.—A fearful hnm» rt has taken place on the Mediterranean. An Am® 5 " can steamer was wrecked in Orion harbor. Berlin, November 12 The bark Cupid, fe c New York forDantzig, loaded with petroleum, *** burned. Loss heavy. FumntOB, November 12.—Garibaldi is quite 3 * rheumatism. Madrid, November 12.—Tho Duchess of G® cl opposes her son’s candidature. Paris, November 13.—It was an English, msteti of an American steamer that was destroyed in f 0I< Orin. . , v Ledru Rollin refuses to return to Paris, continues a candidate for the Corps Lep*j Louis Blanc is a candidate for the same j Rollin has issued an address to electors/ ridiculed by all toe Paris papers. ' iiexandrU London, November 13.—Advices fr’®. ^ state that the great bed ef rock . -j interferes with the dredging of ® ue ? i elected o^the Constituent Cortes. J that the Spanish CtoWBBin®* patch from Florence saying the approve the candidature of th® so, oqe of the Republican sted, been unconditionally re ‘ to insure vessels bonnd tBrou f>h the canal. The Peabody funer/™ W imposing. Political news un^P 014 * 114 - Madrid, Noven*r 13—Tspete has been« Vice President < It isi received s < Cabinet ' of Genoa Senq cent!/ a gone to France. k is said the Government contemplates rei political prisoners not accused of cr “j ! “ n4 \j ( 4 Cairo, November 13.—Empress Eugenie depu^ 1 for Alexandria to-day. bstf Paris, November 13 The city garrison has increased by two cavalry regiments. ^ There has been another monster demonbu ^ iu toe streets, in favor of Bochcfort. It *** molested by the police. A Puzzle.—The citizens of Atlanta ercisednow on tbe question: kc din Atlanta grow so ?” The editors have as prepared lor » wuuuuu. -—- -- tell" nobody can doubt; but why, nobody Mvsa With all other places a reason Atlanta- but none has been found in toe ess ^’.Ucan.