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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST- i Seorgia Baptist Convention. . Monday, April 27 -A. M. The convention met at nine o’clock. Brayer by Rev. Steely. , On motion. Rev. Mr. Landrum, the Clerk, was instructed to print and distribute five hun dred copies of these minutes, and ordered that seventy dollars be appropriated to the Clerk for his services. On motion of Rev. Mr. Warren, Reso.’rerf, That the Georgia Baptist Sunday School Association be authorized to publish its proceedings in connection with the minutes of this convention—additional expense of being printed being provided for by that body. Sssoift'rf, That at four o’clock this afternoon the convention will adjourn, in order that members who desire may have an opportunity to attend the Fioral Decoration of the graves containing the Confederate dead in this city. On motion of Rev. Mr. Landrum, Resolved, That it is the opinion of this con vention that the Christian Index and Baptist was never, upon the whole, better managed in its editorial department than at present. In variety of information the paper is excellent, and worthy of unqualified commendation. Resolved, That in tbe present destitution of preaching supplies for churches, and in the general inability to purchase books, there is reason for special effort to extend the circula tion of our denominational paper. Mr. John Milledge, in behalf of the Commit tee on Education, read the report of the com mittee. On motion of Dr. Tucker. Resolved, That the editor of the Christian Index be requested to publish in his columns the report just read. Resolved, That the chairman of the commit tee be requested to prepare a condensed copy of the report for our minutes. On motion of Rev. Mr. Burney, Ordered, That the Treasurer pay to Rev. J. H. Campbell, our State Evangelist, nineteen dollars and sixty-five cents, the amount of interest which has accumulated upon the Per manent Mission Fund. The following named delegates were then elected to the Southern Baptist Convention as recommended by the committee appointed to make nominations : P. H. Mell, J. M. Calloway, W. T. Brantley, A. R. Calloway, D. A. Vason, W. C. Wilkes, B. F. Tharpe, E. G. Cabiniss, S. Landrum, E. ■Steadman, W. L. Mansfield, H. A. Tapper, J. H. Cuthbert, J. H. Kilpatrick, J. H. DeVotie, L. R. L. Jennings, A. M. Marshall, N. McDuf fee, T. A. Reid, John Milledge, S. Boykin, J. DeLoache, J. L. Biitch, S. P. Calloway, D. San ford, Dr. J. G. Cheeves, T. 3. Sharman, D. G. Daniel, D. Shaver, D. P. Hamilton, G. C. Con ner, 8. M. Spinger, T. B. West, D. W. Gwin, Samuel Lumpkin, N. A. Bailey, G. R. McCall, C. Peoples, W. J. Lawton, E. W. Warren, J. F. Autrey, J. T. Clark, C. M. Irvin, .B. M. Turner, J. L. Warren, G. A. Nunnaly, R. W. Fuller, D. E. Butler, K. H. Watson, J. H. Calloway, M. J. Welborn, P. B. Robinson. E. A. Steed, F. H. Ivey, A. J. Kendrick, T. M. Calloway, A. E. Cloud. The appointed time (11 o’clock) having ar rived, a half hour was spent in devotional ex ercises, Dr. Tucker leading. Brother J. H. Kilpatrick presented the re port of the committee appointed to examine the report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University. Pending the discussion, the convention ad journed to 3, p. ra., after prayer by Rev. Mr. Landrum. The crowded state of our eolumus compels us to defer the publication of the afternoon (and closing) session of the convention. Application was made to Rev. Dr. Steed for a copy of the able discourse which he preached Sunday morning, in the Greene Street Baptist Church, hut the Reverend gentleman declined, upon the ground that he had not time to write it in full. Monday, April 27-3, P. M. The convention met, and after prayer by Bro. Carswell— The discussion of the report of Mercer Uni versity Committee was resumed. After full discussion, the report was amended and adopt ed. as follows : The special committee on the report of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University offer the following: On examining the report of the Board your committee find nothing which, in their judgment, demands special notice, ex cepting tbe question of the removal of the University. Respecting this matter, your com mittee is happy to say that they cordially en dorse the final action of the Board as far as it goes ; and, in addition thereto, your committee, acting in accordance with provisions of this convention, and in harmony, as we believe, with the prevailing sentiment of Georgia Bap tists, and looking solely to the increased and lasting prosperity of the institution, which is dear to all our hearts, do recommend, as ex pressing the sense of this body upon the whole subject, the following: 1. Resalved, That while lamenting the fact that Mercer University has not attained that high degree of prosperity which its founders desired and anticipated, we are nevertheless firmly persuaded that this lack of prosperity is not exclusively attributed to its location. 2. Resolved, Regarding the continued agita tion of the question of removal as greatly in jurious to the interests of the University, we earnestly and affectionately entreat our brethren to cease agitation of the subject of the removal from the town of Penfield, where our fathers pliced it, and where it has already achieved such signal success. 3. Resolved, Considering that the question of removal is settled, this convention does hereby instruct the Trustees to put the University building and enclosures in a state of complete repair as soon as practicable, and indeed, take all necessary steps, looking to the permanency and efficiency of the University. A resolution was adopted looking to further efforts on the part of the Trustees and Faculty of the University to render available tbe ap propriation of the Stale for the education of disabled soldiers. Tne Committee on Deceased Ministers pre sented a report suitably referring to the follow ing named brethern, who have died during the year: Rev. John G. Fry, Rev. Joel Thomas West, Rev. Thos. D: Key, Rev. Jonathan Tool, Rev. William Sanders and Rev. M. D. Robin son. The Finance Committee reported, f 1,250 21, as received during the present session. Tbe "Bible funds reported were distributed between the Foreign, Domestic and Sunday School Boards. The report of the Committee on Missions was read and adopted ; as also a resolution commending Mercer University, as now located and now conducted, to the confidence love and support of the Baptists of Georgia. Tbe usual vote of thanks to the brethren in the city, and to citizens generally, to the vari ous denoninations for tbe use of their pulpits and to the railroads for courtics extended. Ou motion, Ztao/twZl, That this convention recommend every Baptist Church in Georgia to adopt a plan of systematic benevolence as nearly as * possible in accordance with the plan of tbe Bible : That “ every one lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, upon the first day of . the week.” Resolved 2d, That we recommend as objects worthy of our prayers and liberality, Domestic Missions, Foreign Missions, the Georgia Sun day School Association, Ministerial Education at Mercer University, and our denominational papers. The convention then adjourned, after touch ing remarks by the venerable brother S. H. Stocks, and prayer by Rev. J. 11. Cuthbert. [From the New York Wdrld, 17th. Sorosis. THE NEW LITERARY LADIES* CLUB. Some of the papers have undertaken to give account of a new Literary Ladies’ Club in this city, stating that it is a mere social club, estab lished for the purpose of taking occasional lunches at Delmonico’s, and these papers have been printing a deal of misinformation and nonsense about the enterprise. It has been a choice morsel, too, for the city correspondents of provincial papers, and the greatest absurdi ties about the design of the association have been widely disseminated. Those who have said the most, seem to know the leist about it, and the quite at sea as to the names of those who are personally interested in the new scheme. To correct these errors, and moreover, as an item of interesting intelligence, we lay before the readers of the World a full account of the club, its formation, its membership, and its ob jects, as correctly and officially stated in the constitution and laws of the club itself, as fol lows : SORO3IS. The object of this association is to promote agreeable and useful relations among women of literary and artistic tastes. It is entirely independent of sectionalism or partizanship. It recognizes women of thought, taste, intel ligence, culture and humanity everywhere, and particularly when these qualities have found expression in outward life and work. It aims to establish a sort of freemasonry among women of similar pursuits, to render them helpful to each other, and bridge over in some degree tbe barrier which custom and so cial etiquette place in the way of friendly inter course. It affords an opportunity for the discussion, among women, of the new facts and principles which are constantly being evolved; the re sults of which promise to exert a most import ant influence on the future of women and the welfare of society. OFFICERS : President—Alice Cary. Vice-President—Jennie C. Croly. Corresponding Secretary—Kate Field. Recording Secretary—Charlotte B. Wilbour. committee : Phebe Cary, Joseph in e Pollard, Ella Clvmer, Lucy Gibbons, Celia M. Burleigh, Ellen L. Demorest. BUSINESS. Members are elected by ballot. Tne initiation fee is two hundred dollars. The members meet once a month for busi ness, which will be transacted in order, and for lunch and social conversation. Each member present at a regular meeting bears her proportion of the expense incurred. At any special meeting every member noti ,fied bears her proportion of the expense in curred. No public notice is given of meetings. ETIQUETTE. Members can invite friends to a regular meeting, on assuming the extra expense. Ladies receiving an invitation to any meeting will return answer of acceptance or declina tion three days previous to the date of meet ing. At all meetings lunch will be ordered by the committee, who will attend to the reception and introduction of members and invited guests. Business letters and orders for insignia, note paper and envelopes with the monogram, are sent to the treasurer. The name of the club, “Sorosis,” wiil be Greek to many, and as it is intended to be secret, we do not feel at liberty to disclose its meaning, though we may do so in another article. Naturally, the name will excite a good deal of curiosity among those of the masculine persuasion to whom it is a mystery, and is so intended to be. The constitution clearly states the objects of the association, which are cer tainly worthy of ail encouragement. Tbe literary ladies of Boston who, by the way, do not live in Boston, but who find it essential to their health, happiness and general well-being to go to Boston every day, or oftener, haye re cently established a club, and intend to open a club house which will afford even sleeping ac commodations for such ladies as may not de sire to return to their rural residences at night; and for the sake-of the prude masculines, have admitted several literary gentlemen as active or honorary members. For the present, at least, the New York club contemplates nothing so extended, but will confine itself to the objects specified in the constitution, and will occasion ally lunch at Delmonico’s or some other first class hotel or restaurant. We must not dis close when or where the first symposium of tbe Sorosis will be held, but the club, including as it will all literary ladies and female artists of reputation, will present a striking and attrac tive assemblage, especially as it is contemplat ed to elect as honorary members several of the most distinguished women in the world of literature and art. The Sorosis is a fixed fact, an institution, and its successful establishment in this city will no doubt lead to the foundation of similar and associate societies in other lead ing cities in the Union. Somebody Has to Leave.—A good joke, connected with a visit from Major Pierce, soon after the election, has just been communicated to us: The Major, solicitous about a seat in con gress, asked one of our prominent colored politicians what he thought of having the elec tion over again ? The freedman replied that he thought the result would be worse than be fore. “ Why ?” inquired the Major, as his eyes made an effort to get a glimpse of each other across the bridge of his nose. “ Because,” said tbe freedman, “ de darkies isgettin’ dissatisfied. De fact is, Major, we’re beginnin’ to link dere is too many kinds of people here. Dere is de whites, an’ de blacks, an’ de Yankees. Dal’s too many to get along well, an somebody’s got to leave. De whites has always been liere, an’ dey owns de land ; an’ de blacks is here, an’ can’t get away ; and de fact is, Major, some body’s got to git away ’fore I can see any use in havin’ the ’lection over.” Whether this dialogue had anything to do with the exodus of the carpet-baggers that soon followed, deponent saith not. | Livingston (Ala.) Journal. Nothing is more delusive than what is called success. Its only certainty may be said to be its uncertainty. You have it, and then you don’t. There is not much difference as to where or on what it is exercised, whether iu politics, love, friendship, art, literature, almost religion. Men think they succeed in love.— They wake up and find a mistake. Either the object of their affection is a cipher, or they have themselves mistaken a mere whimsical impulse for affection. Nevertheless there is real success; but most people who pass as successes are nothing ot the sort. Twelve years ago Rev. R. G. C. Hempie, a Presbyterian minister, was suspended on the charge of intemperance. His wife, unable longer to live with him, obtained a legal separa tion. Some time ago Mr. Hempie reformed.— After a long probation, he was re-united to his wife, and his scattered family were gathered together. Last week, the Third Presbytery assembled in New York, and restored him to the Christian ministry. The scene was a very j impressive one. Arson.—At an early hour Thursday evening fire was discovered under the fine residence of Mrs. Win. A. Koss, on College street. It was discovered before any material damage was j sustained, although in a few moments more the i rnullsi on would have been in flames.— j lhe tire was unquestionably placed there by Jan incendiary with the worst intent diabolical. | Macon Journal $ Messenger, 25th. Burial'of General Morgan. LARGE CROWD TN ATTENDANCE—IMPOSING CEREMONIES. The mortal remains of Gen. John H. Mor gan were intefhed in their final resting place at Lexington, Ky., on the 17th hist. Large numbers of citizens, among whom were many of the General’s old comrades in arms, joined the train from Louisville bearing his remains at the various stations, and they evinced their regard for the memory of their old commander in a very striking manner. Says the Louisville Courier! At an early hour in the day eager and en thusiastic crowds of old and tried veterans collected around the Phoenix and Southern Hotels, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the train that was to bring the body of their departed chisf. At last the train arrived, bearing all that was left of the dashing cavalier. A general rush was then made by the gathering hun dreds to testify, by their presence, the re spect due to a gallant commander. Im mediately on the arrival of the train at the statiAi, the necessary steps were taken, and the body removed to Christ Church, where the Rev. Mr. Shippman officiated, going through the usual burial services of the Episcopal Church. When the body was brought into the church, the minister reading the solemn chant, “ Lord let me know mine end,” and the choir responding, a number of young ladies advanced to the place where the remains were lying, and deposited their offerings, consisting of crosses and wreaths. It was one of the most sublime sights we ever witnessed. After singing the 177th hym, “ Guide me, oh thou great Jehovah,” and closing prayers, the remains were taken up, and while the funeral cortege was leav ing the church, the choir chanted the beau tiful hymn— “ Peace, troubled soul.” The procession, after forming at Christ Church, proceeded to the Cemetery. Every window and doorstep on the route had been occupied at an early hour by myriads of ladies and others eager to catch a glimpse of the boys in gray, who had followed a leader that had carved a name high up in the annals of fame. About two weeks ago the remains of Lt. Thomas Morgan were brought from Le banon to Lexington, and placedin the vault at the Cemetery, and to-day were removed to their final resting place, by the side of his brother. After the Masonic ritual was over, and the brothers resting side by side, the ladies decked the graves with wreaths, bouquets and flowers, and the crowd gradu ally dispersed from the burial ground, with a solemn benediction from each heart that had loved them. Hayti and the Negro. A gentleman who is thoroughly conver sant with affairs in Hayti, assures us that the following article from the Richmond Dispatch correctly portrays the condition of the negro on that island : The scenes in Hayti make it more than probable that order and law will never be restored to the black inhabitants of that island. They have overthrown their late government, which was itself built on the ruins of its predecessor, and are amidst the aggravated horrors of that state of anarchy and barbarism which has long prevailed.— Yet these negroes succeeded to the posses sion of the most fertile spot of earth on the globe, in a high state of cultivation and teeming with the fruits of tillage. Having massacred the white inhabitants, they took possession of their comfortable and elegant mansions, and their lands and tenements of all kinds. Besides, they found an immense foreign commerce, whose pros ecution was rapidly increasing the wealth of the island, and a government under which law and order, and comfort and abundance, blessed the land. After fifty years of pos session of such a spot of earth, especially favored by nature, what is the condition of affairs? The large annual production is diminished to an aggregate which is con temptible compared with that under the rule of white men—the commerce has been reduced in like manner—dilapidation and ruin have been the fate of all the works of art and mechanical industry—disorder and indolence prevail—there is no safety, no peace, no comfort anywhere—revolution af ter revolution have followed in rapid suc cession—and Hayti, one of the brightest gems of the Antilles, has become an abomi nation on the face of the earth. This is the sort of self-government which the negro has proved himself capable of after the fairest test which was ever afford ed a community. The black Haytiens were not like colonists struggling in a wilder ness, menaced day and night by tribes of savages. They were heirs to a lovely and thrifty domain, provided amply with houses and every known mechanical appliance and conveyance adapted to their wants and the the uses of labor as prosecuted then and there. They had everything their own way. They were so jealous of the white man that they allowed him no place to rest the sole of his foot. He was not allowed to own one rood of land in their island. Even the mulatto was put under the ban, and driven into obscurity, often fleeing to fastnesses to escape persecution and death. Such is the notorious example—the liv ing and daily familiar illustration —of negro rule. Hayti is near our coast. Our own people are frequently spectators of the de solation and barbarism which have there succeeded to thrift, refinement, virtue, order security and happiness. And yet a besot ted party in the control of the Government at Washington are seeking now—in order to secure the prolonged enjoyment of the offices and emoluments they hold—to bring a similar fate upon ten Southern States of the Union by making the negro the ruling class of society. Important Decision in a Fire Insurance Case.—ln the Kings County (New York) Cir cuit Court, a few days ago, an action was brought by George P. Steinbach against the Lafayette Fire Insurance Company of New York, for damages amounting to $4,500. Plaintiff is a jobber of fancy goods in Balti more, and was insured in the company to the above amount. The store was some time ago destroyed by fire, and defendants refused to pay tbe insurance, on the ground that the keeping of fireworks on the premises was a violation of the policy. They admitted that the policy allowed plaintiff to sell fire-crackers, but claimed that it did not give him the privi lege of keeping any other kind of fireworks in the building I A verdict for the full amount claimed was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. This decision involves a similar claim against another New York insurance company of the same amount, making $9,000 in all, which Mr. Steinbach recovers. The refusal of Gen. Gillem to recognize the gang that has assembled at Little Rock, Arkan sas, as the Legislature of that State, has created a great stir and furor in the Radical camps throughout the North. Under General Gil lem’s directions, very rigorous examinations are going on in Arkansas —every day discloses new frauds and makes the Radical vote beauti fully less. Forney—Butler’s Family, &c. We make an extract or two from George Alfred Towu»eud’s last letter to the Cleve land Leadger : FORNEY IN STRAITS. Forney fell into trouble this week, upon the grave matter of a default in his accounts, and enemies everywhere sprang up to prove him criminal, prematurely. The matter was this, however : Forney has been saddled with a great many people of his wife’s family, Pennsylva nia Germans, I believe, and among these there was one Wagner, a cyphering old man. Wagner had no particular vice except a. desire to get rich without paying interest tor his capital. This capital he borrowed from a fund the Secretary of the Senate has control of. Before he got his speculations to a head there was a call from the Treasury for the money Wagner had received. For ney hastily got an apology or something from Wagner, and paid up the money to the Treasury Department by a special “ raise.” This is one story. Another is that Forney himself borrowed in a quiet way this money out of the Senate fund, and applied it to personal and news paper uses, expecting to recover it by cer tain Government printing whk h the Chroni cle had received. This printing job, it is said, the paper did not ultimately get, and crippled itself in great expectations. The Chronicle is still printing post office and other matter, with designs to get it paid for some time, probably after Wade’s acces sion. The Chronicle is thought to be losing money ; the Press, at Philadelphia, is as badly off, and the Chronicle, I believe, is in the market. These are partial consequences of making a political sycophant of the press. Against him in this matter Forney has the potential enmity of Simon Cameron, who is the chairman of the committee ap pointed to investigate the delinquency.— Cameron is a hawk-faced man, faithful to the meanest of his friendships and unre lenting to any mean enemy. The Senate can scarcely afford to retain Forney. He gave a dinner last week, probably in an ticipation of this explosion, to all the im peachment managers and fifteen Senators. We hope that dinner will not cost the coun try anything. GENERAL BUTLER’S FAMILY. A man so potent and yet so terrible looks like a lion lying down with lambs when you see him daily, after the adjournment of the court, come down the Senate stairs, wear ing an old slouched, high crowned, soft hat, no overcoat, and no gloves. At the bottom of the stairs in a sort of open chariot, wait his wife and daughter Blanche. Mrs. But ler is a dark-eyed, handsome, and very young appearing lady, with a tine bodily carriage and much elegance of dress.— Blanche Butler has dark auburn hair, fine expressive eyes, and a skin where the rose and the lily blend. She wears generally a green silk dress. Her figure is like her mother’s, slender and tall, and of course, she looks no more like Gen. Butler than Des demona like the Moor or Rigoletto like his child. HAILSTORM GRAMMAR. “ What he done,” is an elegant and famil iar phrase of General Butler. “To who did you say it ?■” says the hot-livered Mr. Stanbery. We want a national gramma rian. A fact is always more or less true by being ill said. The mal-pronunciation of a word in a sentence is almost as great an of fense t<3 the perfect standard of truth as the perversion of the fact. Truth, like a law, has'its own tastes and phraseology.— To say “ what he done ” is to tell a lie, be cause it is to affirm an impossibility. A man could not “done” anything, any more than he could “ gone done ” it. Thus Mr. Johnson is being impeached for false ety mology and syntax. The same loose habit of expressing things which made him ridic ulous grew into a looseness of affirmation which made him unreliable. Form has its religion as really as intention has it, and words revenge themselves as truly as lies. About five-sixths of the members of Con gress speak in loose English, but I must not say that not more than one-sixth speafc the truth. Forney’s Peculations.—ln his last le t ter to the Cincinnati Commercial, “ Mack ” thus refers to Forney’s little stealings: Cameron charged Forney the other day with the abstraction of forty thousand dol lars from the funds intrusted to his keeping as Secretary of the Senate, and the matter assumed such a serious aspect to the Senate that a committee was instructed to inquire into and report upon it. It is not denied by Forney’s friends that the money was spirited away, but they allege that the guilty party is not Forney, but a relative of bis, who at the time was acting as finan cial clerk of the Senate. So, at all events, it is in the Forney family. Cameron, how ever, very stoutly defends the clerk, for whose character and integrity he willingly vouches—which strikes me as a very rash thing for a Senator to do, when it is remem bered that the alleged defaulter is one of Forney’s relations. He must have spoken in a comparative sense, merely. But since the charge was made in open Senate, two days ago, Forney has said nothing about it. The Chronicle maintains a guilty silence as to the $40,000, but yelps as usual as to loyalty. Forney tells us that the Kuklux Klan and other benevolent institutions are sharply after him because of his stern devotion to prin ciple, but doesn’t say a word about Cameron being after him for the missing forty thou sand. In view of the possibility *of his martyrdom at the hands of the Kuklux, would it not be well for him to explain the financial delinquency as early as possible ? Were this fair flower of loyalty nipped by an untimely blunderbus while the missing forty thousand dollars are still a mystery, it is needless to say that lie would not leave behind him such foot-prints in the sands of time as would be encouraging for honest men to tread in. A rather good story has leaked out, in which the principal actors were Senator Grimes, of lowa, and Mr. Grinnell, ex member of Congress from that State. The course of Senator Grimes was not entirely satisfactory to his Radical constituents, and they began to entertain fears that he would, as they expressed it, “ go back upon them,” in the impeachment trial. So they prepar ed a budget of documents, with a view to a correction of this supposed divergence from the Radical path, and entrusted it to Mr. Grinnell to bring to Washington and lay before the Senator. Mr. Grinnell reached his destination, but was so unfortunate as to lose his carpet-bag on the way contain ing the papers which were to be used in terrifying the honorable Senator into sub mission. This being the case, Mr. Grinnell had no resource left but to present himself without his documentary credentials, and state orally what was the purport of the lost papers. He used every argument that suggested itself, and urged the suspected Senator to fail not in casting his vote for the conviction, to which Mr. Grinnell, it is said, received the following satisfactory reply: “You may go to —.(naming a place supposed to be in an opposite direc tion from heaven) with your papers. I will cast my vote in this case in accordance' with the law and the evidence.” The reply of Mr. Grinnell, or whether he made any, to this candid avowal of an honest man, has not transpired; but it is said no further argument was used. [Correspondence New York World. Hatching Chickens in Egypt. On the opposite bank of the river is the rather dilapidated towu of Geezeh, where the process of hatching eggs by artificial heat is to be seen. The Egyptians have long been fa mous for this art. The Emperor Hadrian, who visited Egypt in the year 134 A D., mentions this practice in a letter, which is so quaint that I cannot refrain quoting a portion of it: “This Egypt (he wrote) which you extolled to me, I find utterly frivolous, wavering, and flying af ter change of rumor. They who worship Se rapis are Christians, and some who call them selves bishops of Christ are devoted to Sera pis. There is no Jewish ruler of synagogue, no Samaritan, no presbyter of the Christians, who is not a mathematician, an augur or a soothsayer. * * • That one God of .heirs is no God; Him the Christians, Him the Jews, Him even all the gentiles, venerate. I could wish indeed the city (Alexandria) were better manoeuvred and worthy of its importance, since for magnitude it holds the first place in Egypt. I have granted them everything, re stored old privileges, and added so many new ones, that they give me great thanks while I am here ; but the moment I am gone they will speak against my son Verus, as I believe you know they did of Antinous. 1 wish them nothing more than to feed on their own chick ens, which they hatch in away too ridiculous to be mentioned.” The building in which the hatching is carried on is a long, low structure, built of sun dried bricks ; dark, smoky and un comfortable within, and decidedly unattractive without. Ou each side of the interior is a row of small ovens and cells for fire, divided by a narrow-vaulted passage, each oven being about nine or ten feet long, eight feet wide, and five or six feet high, and having above it a vaulted cell for fire of the same size. Each oven com municates with the passage by an aperture large enough for a man to enter, and with its fire cell by a similar aperture ; the fire cells, also, of the same row communicate with each other, and each has an aperture in its vault for the escape of smoke, which is opened only oc casionally. The passage, too, has several such apertures in its vaulted roof. The eggs are placed upon mats or straw, and one tier above another, usually to the number of three tiers in the ovens, and burning “ gelleh ” (dung of ani mals mixed with chopped straw) is placed on the floor of the fire cells above. The entrance of the building or vaulted pas sage is well closed. This building contains about twenty ovens, and is said to receive during the hatching season, which is only in tbe spring, about 150,000 eggs, one-quarter or one-third of which generally fail. The attend ants of the ovens receive the eggs from the peasants and gives in return one chicken for every two eggs received. The general heat maintained during the process is from 100 de gree to 103 degrees Fahrenheit. On the twentieth day some Os the eggs first put in are hatched, but most on the twenty-first day; that is, after the same period as is required in the c ise of natural incubation. The chickens are placed in the passage, where they remain a day or two before they are given to the person ‘to whom they are due. The above particulars of this process I have obtained from Lane, who gives all the necessary particulars on page 310 of his valuable work on the modern Egyptians. To fowl raisers this subject may be interesting. In the year 1831 the following official report appeared in the Egyptian newspapers : Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt. Number of establishments for the hatching of fowls’ eggs in the present year 105 59 Number of eggs used 19,325,600 6,878,900 Number of eggs spoiled... 6,255,867 2,529,660 Number of eggs hatched.. 13,069,733 4,349,240 Both the chickens and the eggs of this coun try are very small, whether on account of tbe manner in which they are hatched or not, 1 know not. The flavor is however, as good, I think, as of other countries. [From the Irish Citizen. John Mitchel on the Murder of McGee- As might have been expected, the loyal British Canadian authorities, and those who furnish our telegraph news from Ottawa and Montreal, have shown from the first a malig nant j determination to bring this vallainous murder home to the “ Fenians.” They tell us that it is intimated “ that the authorities are in possession of facts,” and clues, and so-fortb, implicating what they call the Secret Society— a society to us unknown And the man Whelan, whois now distinctly charged with the murder, had in his possession cards of admission to Irish Benevolent Societies, and also copies of a New York newspaper. We have g'veu the substance of the evidence elsewhere. So far as the facts have come out before the examining magistrates, there is noth ing of the slightest importance to criminate even this Whelan, not to speak of a political organization whose aims and proceedings are public ; an organization which has never, up to this time, given an occasion to suspect it of “ detailing men to go and murder its enemies.” We trust that on the renewed examination, the author and the origin of the crime may be traced, so that the responsibility may fall on the actual assassin, whoever he may be. But in the meantime it is but right to protest most earnestly .against the diabolical attempt to fas ten every crime or attempted crime upon a pa triotic society which is certainly as little stain ed with crime as any other organization which has ever existed. In this the Canadian loyalists are only copy ing England and echoing the ferocious howls of the British press. In England, whenever any man has been murdered, or even frighten ed, or any building burned down, or any at tempt made to burn it down, or a morsel of ex plosive substance found concealed anywhere, at once rises the cry of Fenians! Fenians!— Pack a jury at once! Hang some Irishman, or two or three, and that without delay. The British mind does not perceive much difference between Irishmen in regard to guilt and inno cence ; for the calls them a “nation of murderers.” On the contr.arj’—and we say it with a just pride in our countrymen—on the two oc casions, once in Canada and once in Ireland, when they attempted to levy war against their enemies, their conduct was marked by the most chivalrous regard to the laws of legitimate warfare, if they had happily been in force to succeed in arousing a real war, no stain of humanity or of treachery would have defiled the escutcheon of our race. Bo it was in ’9B, when our gallant Wexford men did not even retaliate (as they were bound to do) one fourth part of the atrocities committed upon them selves. As for the unfortunate man who has thus suddenly fallen by a felon hand, we would wish to speak of him with respect, if that were pos sible. As it is, we must leave his eulogy to the Attorney General and other officials to that Queen of England whom in his latter years he so zealously served. Union Pacific Railroad.—The track of the Union Pacific Railroad has been extended across the highest point in the Rocky Moun tains which is to be passed by the locomotive. Os this railroad 500 miles are built and equip ed. Iron sufficient to lay 200 miles of track has been accumulated, and probably not less than 300 more miles will be added to that now in operation before the beginning of 1869. This will require 8,000 additional laborers, 1,000 me chanics, bridge builders, etc., 2,000 teams and 1,500 wagons and carts. From Omaha to San Francisco is 1,845 miles. The Union Pacific Company expect to have from 800 to 900 miles of road in operation this years, while the Cen tral Pacific, building the Western end of the through line, will have completed 400 miles. — Tbe gap of 500 to 800, which will then remain between the ends of the two roads will, by the end of one more year, be nearly or entirely closed. Another House Fired.—At eleven o’clock morning the residence of the Rev. F. ■ Haygood, on First street, was suddenly filled with smoke. Upon search being made, a lire was discovered to have been kindled un derneath it, which was promptly extinguished, and before the house sustained any damage. It was plainly the work of an incendiary. Il the scoundrels who are attempting to burn our homes are bold enough to apply the torch in broad daylight, thu question arises, whose house is now safe ? [Afccon Journal 8$ Messenger, 25th. Press and Sup-Press.—We haa the plcaonre of a call, on Friday morning last, from CoL Maurice Maloney, commanding the Post of Savannah, and his Adjutant, Lieut. H. B. Bar son, and were made acquainted with the con tents of a document, a copy of which has since been furnished us, and which is as follows : Headquarters Sub-District of Georgia, ) Office Acting Ass’t Adj’t General, > Atlanta, Ga., April 18,1868. ) Brevet Colonel Maurice Maloney, U. S. A., Lieut. Col. With U. S. Infantry, Commanding Post of Savannah, Ga. : Sir : The Brevet Brigadier General com manding directs me to instruct you to imme diately call upon the editor of the Savannah Advertiser and direct him to discontinue the publishing of inflammatory, threatening and intimidating articles in his paper as have of late appeared in its issues. It is a violation of Gen eral Orders No. 51, current series, Headquar ters Third Military District. If this warning is not sufficient to suppress them, you are di rected to stop the publishing of the paper and close his office, reporting your action to these headquarters. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [Signed] John E. Hosmer, First Lieut 16th Inf’try, A. A. A. G. A true copy. H. B. Sarson, 2d Lieut. 16th Inf., Post Adj’t. f Savannah Advertiser. Headquarters Third Military District, I (Department Georgia, Ala. and Florida,) > Atlanta, Ga., April 24, 1868. y General Orders, No. 69. Application having been made to the Com manding General for permission to allow per sons convicted of minor offenses by civil courts to work out the fines imposed on them on the public highway, it is hereby ordered: That sub-district commanders may, on the application of the proper civil authorities, allow the employment on the public highway, at a fair compensation, of all such persons. Great care will be taken that this authority is not abused by overworking the prisoners, or retaining them longer in confinement than is necessary. The use of the ball and chain is permitted iu cases where it is impracticable to furnish the proper guard, or when there is danger.of es cape; but this order is not intended to revive or authorize the use of the chain-gang, previ ously prohibited. By order of Major General Meade. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant General. No Demonstration.—We have been re quested by the officer in command here to pub lish the following order, for the information of all concerned: Headquarters, U. S. Forces, > Augusta, Ga., April 27, 1868. $ Special Order, No. 2. In compliance with instructions issued by the Commanding General, Sub-District of Geor gia, any public demonstration is prohibited in the city of Augusta, Richmond county, Ga., upon the result of the late election becoming known. By order of Brig. Gen. C. C. Sibley. C. Fred. Trowbridge, Capt. 16th U. S. Infantry, Bvt. Maj. U. 8. A., Commanding. A Parting Piece of Humor.—The Dickenss dinner in New York evinced a graceful disposi tion on ’the part of both the entertainers and the guest to throw the mantle of charity over the subjects of irritation arising from the first visit of the great humorist to this country. The banquet was given by the members of the press, which, in the American Notes, was de scribed as one of the most degraded institutions of the “ false republic.” This magnanimous overture of the journalists to their quondom reviler appears to have been met by Mr. Dickens in a becoming spirit, for he spoke with appro bation of the improvements which have taken place in this country since his first visit, and promised that he will add an appendix to that effect iu every future publication of the two books in which he caricatured America. We observe, however, that in his appropriate and genial recognition of the courtesies of the occa sion bis natural tendency to a humorous view of things showed itself in an unintended bit of facetiousness when he spoke of England and America having each in its own way “ striven so hard and so successfully for freedom,” a sen timent which elicited immense applause, the company rising to their feet and. cheering rap turously. Considering that the greater part ot the country is under military rule, and the President now on trial for seeking to restore to it the blessings of constitutional liberty, this .back handed compliment of Mr. Dickens is un doubtedly one of the best jokes of the season. Under the exhilerating influence of this piece of pleasantry, Mr. Dickens on Wednesday sailed from New York in the steamer for Europe. . [Baltimore Sun. Strange Case—A Sick Man Appoints the Moment of his Death and Dies on Time.— A few days since the following circumstance occurred in this county, as we learn from a per son who was present on the melancholy occa sion : A physician was called to see a noble young man in his sickness. He examined the case carefully, felt of the pulse, which appeared strong and almost healthy, pronounced the case hopeful, and after prescribing was about to de part. The patient requested the doctor to re main, with the remark that he should be dead in just ten minutes. The doctor supposing it to be only a whim of the imagination, thought it best not to heed it and left without delay, with a remark that he was sure he would soon, be better. As soon as he left, the young man firmly and in about his usual voice told a gen tleman present to look at his watch and note the time, for in just ten minutes from the time he spoke be should be dead. The friend, wish ing, like the physician, to turn his attention from the subject, paid no attention to it, but performed some other slight attention. After about five minutes more had elapsed, the sick taan again spoke to his friend : “ Why did you not look at y®ur watch ? Five minutes have passed. I have only five minutes more to live;” The friend then looked at his watch and noted the time. Injust five minutes the patient was dead. — Galena Gazette, April 18. A Negro Who Calls Himself a Negro.— “ Mr. Thomas Chester,” a very intelligent ne gro, who was, during the war, a correspondent of Forney’s two papers, and who knocked down a rebel in Richmond who insulted him, so Forney says, writes as follows from Europe: “ I feel it my duty to communicate these facts to you, and through you to Mr. Sumner, who has contributed so much towards having for the first time a negro leceived at foreign courts from tbe United States. General Clay, at St. Petersburg, and Hon. George Yeaman. at Copenhagen, both Southern gentlemen, sent in my name to their respective courts. “Yours, gratefully, “Thomas Chester. He calls himself a “negro” and the two ministers “Southern gentlemen.” He is right. None but a fool can deny that the blacks are negroes. The beautiful murderess, Baroness Eber genyi, now in jail in Vienna, was recently caught bribing oue of the keepers to take a let ter from her to her relatives. For this attempt to violate prison rules, she was sentenced to forty eight hours in the dark cel), on bread and water. Up to that time she bad always main tained the most surprising self-possession, but when she was taken to the dark cell, and saw the straw on which she was to lie for two days, she burst into a violent fit of weeping and sob bing, and then, getting desperate, she resisted the jailers, who finally, after tearing her whole dress, hurled her headlong into the cell. Only five months since she was admitted to the most aristocratic circles, and generally admired for her beauty and grace. A Queen Reforming Fashions in Hair.— A Dresden letter says that the Queen of Saxony has expressed displeasure at the untidy, dishev elled style of wearing the hair which has lately come into fashion. Having frequently to re ceive English and American ladies, who some times appear with their hair hanging loosely about their shoulders, her Majesty has estab lished a regulation that all persons with suck coiffures shall not be admitted at court.