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DceKlp Jnttlligtnffr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wodnesday.'August !S, 1808. Political m4 Hclldoaa Pcraaentlon. While the whole South is eaduitjg political jicrsecution, it has yet—save in two Stabs thereof, set down as Southern, on account more of their institutions previous to the abolition ot Slavery, than from their geographical position—been Veed from what is far worae, religious persecution of any description. The two States to which we refer are Tennessee and Missouri. Unhappily, the former has not escaped, in this respect, the intolerant example and teachings of the Rever end Governor of that State, who, in his vindic live nature, has seized upon churches, persecuted the ministers thereof, and in many ways violated that fundamental principle of the Constitution, which guarantees to every American citizen, freedom of conscience, and the right to worship God as he pleases. Bnt Missouri is the State, upon which the fell spirit of religious persecution has fallen with no limit to its exactions, not even the sparing of blood. The Church there has been mixed up with the State, and penalties im posed upon clergymen of all denominations for preaching the Wobd, save it be done nnder the provisions of a statute—involving that guaran teed liberty of conscience in religious matters— which, according to the faith that is in them, Christian priests and clergymen cannot, nay, dare not, observe. Catholic Priests, and Protes tant Clergymen of a^ denominations, have been violently seized and dlit into prison, for non-ob servance ot the radical edict; and many an in stance of cruelty may be cited exercised by the officers of the law and their attendants, in ma king their arrests, upon the penons of their vic tims, which have no parallel, save in ancient times. Blood, too, has flowed freely—martyrs have not been found wanting to stamp infamy upon their persecutors. It is hut recently that another has been added to the list The 8t. Louis Republican of the 2d instant contains an announcement of th a murder committed upon the body of the Rev. Samuel H. Head lee, an esti mable gentleman, x minister of the Methodist Church South, and Presiding Elder of the Spring- field Circuit—“ a gentleman widely known throughout the State, and more than respected for his learning, piety, and devotion to the min istry of his church." Accompanying this mourn ful announcement is the following account of the brutal murder: Another has fallen a martyr to intolerance.— Rev. Samuel B. Headlee, of the St. Louis Con ference, is no more. He was killed day before yesterday by a mob for preaching the gospel.— The circumstances are about these: He had an appointment to preach and to organize a church at Pleasant View, a meeting bouse in this coun ty, belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, on the 28th and 29th ult Threats had been made that if he preached there, he would never preach again. The day catne (the 28th), and there were a number of men, women and children present at the place to hear the preaching. They thought the threats bad been made only to terrify the minister. There were also some twenty or more armed men present, headed by a member of the Northern Methodist church. Before the minis ter came, the leader of the band and his men seemed to be mad. They said he should not preach, and threatened to use violence in case he attempted it. They also threatened others who were present. The preacher came, and went to these armed men and tried in a very mild manner to persuade them to calm down and be reasonable. He told them thut if he had violated the law by preach ing, they could enforce the law against him, for he was willing to abide the consequences. The leader said he (himself) cared nothing for the law. “ There is my law,” (pointing to the armed men). The preacher then asked him if he would let him preach if “ we (himself and friends) will leave this place and go on my own land ?” (He had land not far off.) They said they would not molest him. The preacher and those who went to hear him then started off. When they had gone about a half a mile, some of the armed men came galloping up. One of them drew a revolv er and shot the preacher three times. Two of the balls entered his body, the other his arm. He lived until ten o’clock that night Then, after giving his wife and friends his dying counsel, and, like Stephen, praying for his murderers, he ralmly fell asleep. Such arc the results of religious intolerance in a State, the people of which were once so pros perous and so happy, and so free to worship un der a ministry of their choice, and none to make them afraid. Thank God, no such intolerance prevails in Georgia. It is engrafted in our State Constitution, as one of its declarations of rights, that ‘‘Perfect freedom of religious sentiment be, and the same is hereby secured, and no inhabit ant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property, nor prohibited from holding any public office or trust, on account of his religious opinions." Long may this “perfect freedom of religious ftfen- timem” prevail in our good old commonwealth 1 Radical triumphs may blot it out, as it has done in our suffering sister State, Missouri, but naught else will or can. Political persecution the peo ple of Georgia will endure ; religious persecution, never. Atlanta. Inteljgentfr. Under the foregoing heading, we have ob- seived the following flattefing notice of this pajer in the last number of ‘The iM&iei Home" for vhich we “bow our respectful acknowledg ment” to that most excellent journal. One of our favorite exchanges is the Atlanta IttTELUGENCER. There is so much taste dis played in its tvpographv and the arrangement, as well is in the selection of the matter itself, that it is a pleasure to take up the paper. The poetical selections are unusually excellent. We take the above well merited notice from the Southern Cultivator, Athens, Ga. In endors ing it, as we do, to the fullest extent, we beg lv ave to say that the editor of the Cultivator does-jot g 0 quite f ar enough. The Atlanta In- tellig. ncer is not only one of the neatest pa pers in the country in typographical appearance and arrangement., but it is also one of the very ablest papers published South ot the Ohio. As a political, news and family paper, it stands in the front rank among Southern journals. Highly conservative in its tone and temper, with a re cord as a political journal, singularly consistent, and reliable in all things, it is just the paper for a man to take who desires a faithful and truthful record of passing events. It is, by many years, the oldest paper in Atlanta, and has always re flected the political and social axioms of a large majority of our people. It is now one of the ablest exponents of the policy of President Johnson in the State of Georgia, thus reflecting the political opinions of nineteen-twentieths of the people of this State. Hon. Jared I. Whitaker is the proprietor of the Intelligencer, and there is not a more highminded gentleman, purer Christian, or ardent patriot in the State of Georgia than he. He is our beau ideal of a gentleman. The Intelli gencer is edited with pre-eminent ability. The office of the Intelligencer has recently been removed to the Muhlenbrink Building, west side of Whitehall street, near the comer of Ala bama street. The job office and book bindery connected with the Intelligencer office are also located in the same building. These estab lishments turn out as good work, and upon as reasonable terms, as any Northern or Southern establishment. To those in want of a number- one Daily or Weekly political and news paper, we recommend the Atlanta Dailt and Week ly Intelligences. Terms, Daily per annum, $10. Weekly, per annum, $3. Post Offices In Georgia. We have received from P. H. Woodward, Esq., Special Agent of the Post Office Depart ment, the following list of Postmasters who have been commissioned since July 4th. About t wo hundred and fifty post offices in Georgia have now been regularly reestablished. Adams, Air Line, Bairdetown, Bethany, Carnesville, Culloden, Dallas, Pavlsboro, Dawsonville, Doctortown, Doable Welle, Graysville, Green Hill, Greeuvillo, Gnm Creek, Harmony Grove, Hiawasee, Jefferson, Jones' Mills, Liberty 11111, Louisville, Melville, Midville, Milner, Monntville, Naylor, Nochway, Norris’ station. The Rock, Saw Dust, Sharon, Siprlngflcld. Twiggaville, Villa Bica, Warrenton, Watkinsvllle, Waynesboro, Winchester, Wiuterville, Wisdom's Store, WoodriUe, COUNTY. Wilcox, Hart, Oglethorpe, Jefferson, Franklin, Monroe, Paulding, Washington, Dawson, Wayne, Warren, Catoosa, Stewart, Meriwether, Dooly, Jackson, Towns, Jackson, Meriwether, Pike, Jefferson, Chattooga, Burke, Pike, Troup, Lowndes, Randolph, Quitman, Upson, Columbia, Taliaferro, EfUingham, Coweta, Twiggs, Carrol), Warren, Clark, Burke, Macon, Oglethorpe, Harris, Greene, POSTHASTES. G. M. B. McDuffie. Mies Sarah Aekia. O. A. McLaughlin. J B. Randall. Pleasant Holley. Wm. H. Dewees. J. B. Adair. W. A. Morgan. Sirs. M. V. Perkins. D. J. DiUon. Ed. L. O'Brien. G. C. Wheeler, R. F. Gawlev. Miss J. H. McLaren. Wm Culpepper. W Vaughn. W T Crane. J. Warren. A. S. D re wry. J. P. Brown. B. J. Pound. L. J. Hosteller. S. Goodwin. E. Bradshaw. J. N. Carleton. Miss L. E. Stephens. J. W. Bone. Miss R. Wall. J F Black, G L Revillc. D. O. Keeffe. A. F. Hahn. Mrs. F. C. Gay. R. C. Carroll. S. W. Noland. J. A. J. McDonough. Miss L. B. Grady. C. F. Gilmore. T. Holcomb. J. Winter. W. H. Bass. J. Willingham. The Freedmen’s Bureau In Georgia. We copy the following from the report made to the Secretary of War by Generals Steed- man and Fullerton, at New Orleans. The re port is full of interesting information, but too lengthy for our columns. While mismanage ment, corruption, and fraud, has been attached to the Bureau iu other States, it will be seen that these Commissioners report its offices as having been “honestly administered” by General Tilson in this State, and that it “ has accom plished all the good of which the system is capa ble." (Italics ours): The Bureau in Georgia, under the manage ment of the present able and efficient assistant commissioner, Brevet Major-General Tilson, has been honestly administered, and has accomplish ed all the good of which the system is capable. It has been assisted by the Governor, by the Judges of the Supreme Court, by the civil author ities, and to some extent by the citizens. The amended laws of Georgia are fully as liberal as those of any Northern State, and place the ne gro in all respects on a perfeet equality with the white man as to his civil rights. Notwithstand ing this fact, we have found that agents of the Bureau have taken cases out of the hands of the civil authorities, and have tried and disposed of them in a manner never contemplated by the laws ofthe State. For instance, the citizen judge of the freedmen’s court at Savannah sentenced two negroes to thirty days’ labor in the chain- gang, on the charge of horse-stealing, to which they pleaded guilty. A white nmn committing the same offense would have been liable, under the State laws, to be sentenced to the peniten tiary, or even to death, at the discretion of the jury. In cases previousfy disposed of in this same court, one freedman, for assaulting with a knife with intent to kill, was fined twenty dollars, and another freedman, for a similar ollense, was sent to prison for live months, when, by the laws of Georgia, the punishment prescribed for the crime is imprisonment in the the penitentia ry for not less than two or more than ten years. Decisions such as these must ot necessity create among the white people a lecling of contempt for the freedmen’s courts and of ill-will towards the United States Government, which permits such an unjust interference with the laws of the State. In the freedmen’s court at Macon, presid ed over by Captain Louis J. Lambert, more seri ous irregularities have occurred. A Mr. M. J. Morgan and his son, a Mr. Boulton, and a Mr. Stansel Berwick were tried in this court for cruel ty to’a freedman, were convicted, and were fined in the aggregate $550. The fine imposed upon the two Morgans, amounting to $300, were re ported by the agent, but no account was render ed of the remaining $250. Capt. Lambert, in a written explanation, herewith forwarded, (mark ed A,) states that the money and papers in this case were stolen from his office, and that he made up his report from memory. It does not appear, however, that Captain Lambert made any official mention of the burglary until after the discrepancy was discovered by us. We found that Captain Lambert’s records, as a rule, were very loosely kept, and that his predecessor, who had collected thousands of dollars, had left no record or evidence behind him of the disposi tion made of the money received. A similar ab sence-of records prevented our makiug a thor ough investigation in other offices iu the State. The freedmen of Georgia, when w r e went through the State, were generally at work, and wherever their wages were remunerative and regularly paid them, were contented and doing well. Wanted—Southern Biota to help the Rad icals. Under the above heading, the New York Her ald says: “It having been deemed necessary to repeat the old game of “bleeding Kansas” in order to humbug the Northern voters at the com ing elections, a number of riots are desired at various prominent points at the South, such as Richmond, Mobile, Memphis and New Orleans. If twenty or thirty negroes, martyrs to liberty, can be killed at each of these places, so much the better for the radical cause. For lurther par ticulars, terms of compensation, Ac., apply to Old Thad. Stevens or any other member of the Reconstruction Committe.” The Kentucky Election. The Louisville Courier, of Wednesday last, says: “ We publish in this morning’s Courier returns official and reported from forty-four counties in the State, which foot up a majority for Duvall ot 27,388 votes. The Democracy make a clean sweep, as not a county yet reports a majority for Hobson. The nearest to it is Lewis countv, in which the result is stated as doubtful. There are 66 counties yet to hear from, many of w hich are small, but m localities claimed by the Radicals. The figures now indi cate that the Democratic majority in the State will exceed 40,000, and may even reach or go beyond 50,000.” Cotton. In an elaborate estimate in the New York Times, the yield is put down at nearly one-half of that of 1860, except in Tennessee and Flori da, the last being 100,000 bales against 65,000 in 1860, and in the former 125,000 bales against 996,404 in 1860. By this calculation, the esti mate makes out a yield of 2,640,000 against 5,185,- 925 bales in 1860. All accounts that reach us from all quarters accord in the fact that the land planted will fall considerably short of a full yield, while all know that the extent of ground planted is not one-half ot that tilled in 1860. A Sicn. The Philadelphia North American, edited by Morton McMichae], Mayor of the city, beretoiore a radical sheet, contained a leader on the 2d in stant, favoring the administration of President Johnson- Forney, the Bead Buck. Prentice says Colonel Forney is raving and raging and fuming and foaming through his two newspapers,the Philadelphia Press and the Wash ington Chronicle, over the call ofthe Philadelphia National Convention. He is scared. He is alarmed. He is terrified. He is chock-full of trepidation and fury. We can’t prescribe tor him. We are no poultry-doctor. Confiscation of Santa Anna's Estate.— The following is the decree of the Imperial gov ernment of Mexico ordering the sequestration of Santa Anna’s estate: We, Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, decree: Article 1. There shall be appointed a receiver to take an inventory of the property which Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Auna possesses within the limits of the empire. Art 2. Said receiver shall keep an exact ac count of the revenues yielded by such property, and shall make deposit of said revenues for safe keeping, without deducting any sums except such as, with the approbation of this government, shall be allotted to the members of Santa Anna’s family actually residing within the territory of the empire. Art. 3. No contract having relation to said property shall have the force of law without the written approbation of said receiver. Our Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace, in Mexico, on the 12th ot July, 1866. Maximilian. The Autorshtp of Junius.—Among the many singular revelations made during the re cent trial of the royal scandal case in London, is one which, if it be true, clears up the long disputed point as to the authorship of the letters of Junius. They were written by Dr. Wilmot, his grand-daughter asserts, to obtain redress from George III., who. writhing under their sharp lash, was induced to sign certain certifi cates testifying to the marriage ot Olive Wil mot and the brith of her child. The youthful Olive made the discovery accidentally, when she was but fourteen yeras old. She chanced to take from her grandfather’s library some loose sheets of old manuscripts to scrible and draw upon, and they were found to be some of the letters of Junius. spirit or the New York Frees. PEACE IN EUROPE. The World states that by the proposed terms of peace Austria is expected to surreunder Vene- tia to Italy, and Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia; to retire herself from the Germanic Confedera tion ; and to consent to the formation of two new confederacies in Germany, the one of North Germany under tie leadership and control of Prussia, the other of South Germany, under the primacy, as is probable, though upon this point the telegraph is silent, of the Kingdom of Ba varia. It then remarks that the importance of the changes to be effected by such a peace as this, in the political organization of Europe can hardly be over-estiraated. Retiring finalfy from her pre ponderance both m Italy and in Germany, Aus tria, of cocrse, admits the thoroughness ot her defeat by ;he Prussia-Italian alliance ; but it may well be questioned whether her prospects for the future are not really brightened rather than cloud ed bv this result. Iu losing Yenetia she loses a population of some two millions and a half of souls, but she gains in return a freedom of action which she h*s never possessed since she accept ed the fatal gift of the first Napoleon, seventy years age. Her future now turns from the West to the East. Mistress of the lower Danube, with a powerful Germany and a powerful Italy on her Western and Southern frontier, she at once becomes a for midable rival of Russia for the control of thfj Black Sea, and tor that eventful prize of Con- s^ntinople upon which the Czars have so long set tEeir hearts, but which will be further from their grasp upon the day which witnesses ^je signature of such a treaty ot peace as is fore shadowed in the brief telegrams which we this morning publish, than it has ever before been. THE PHILADELPHIA CONTENTION. This subject occupies a prominent place in the columns of the New York papers. The Express, of Monday, in discussing the question of the ad mission of delegates, says the parties most anx ious about the admissions to the Philadelphia Convention are the radicals, who wish to destroy it, and who have given out indirect hints in Wash ington, Philadelphia and elsewhere, that it would be broken up, and if in no other way, by creating disturbance in the Convention. The good sense of the majority of the delegates, we presume, will prevent all such excesses. The call to this Con vention embraces just these words: “ No delegate will take a seat in such Conven tion who does not loyally accept the national sit uation and cordially indorse the principles set forth in the call, and who is not attached in true allegiance to the Constitution, the Union, and the government of the United States.” This is sufficiently comprehensive to exclude all improper persons, and all who act in the spirit of the call, and who are duly accredited, we pre sume, will be admitted. The World remarks upon the very great impor tance of the Convention, that no convention ever held in this country, not even that which met in Philadelphia to frame the Constitution, was look ed to with so much interest, nor perhaps was fraught with consequences more important, than that which is about to assemble for the rescue of the Union. There is some aptness in thtuargu- ment by which Cicero offered incense to his van ity after he had saved Rome by the suppression of Cataline’s conspiracy, namely, that the day iu which we are preserved outranks that iu which we are bom, inasmuch as we are neither con scious of our birth nor know whether it will prove an advantage, whereas the joy of escape is felt, and we are qualified to estimate the value of the life which is saved. On the same princi ple, the restoration of the constitution whiphjnay come from Philadelphia in 1866, may prove not less worthy of commemoration, than its forma tion in that city in 1787. t THE TRIBUNE’S DEFINITION OF A WHITE MAN. We do not often see the Tribune, as it is not one of our exchanges, but we find in the News of the 6th au article on the Tribune, which has, it seems, defined a “ white man” as “ a man who is white.” The News does not admit that this definition will do to determine the exact propor tion in which white and black blood must be mixed in a man’s veins in order to constitute him a white man. And iu illustration of the difficulties attending an application, it quotes a familiar story of a Welsh baronet, whose scanty income did not suffice to bear the port and charges of a gentleman, and who was often put to sore straits to maintain au external appear ance corresponding to his station. He had but a single pair of silk stockings, which, when oc casion required, his housekeeper was wont to darn with worsted ; and it came to pass in the fullness of time that the original material entire ly disappeared, having given place to the more homely substitute wherewith the dame was ac customed to conceal tiie ravages produced by time and service. But Sir Hugh still spoke of the articles in question as his silk stockings, and indignantly repudiated the idea that they were of any baser stuff. “ They certainly were silk stockings when I bought them,” said he, “ and if they are now worsted, there must have been a time at which they ceased to be silk—lost their identity, in fact. But can any one point out that time ?” The Tribune may not be convinced by the il lustration. The News perhaps only intended that it should be puzzled. THE PRESIDENT AS AN ECONOMIST. The Times, of Monday, in stating the different positions of the President and of Congress with regard to extravagant expenditures remarks that the people may be divided touching the course to be pursued toward the South, but they are united with reference to the reduction of the Na tional expenditure. They are heartily, earnestly, determinedly in favor of retrenchment; and they are not likely to forget that while Congress, du ring the recent session, evinced an indifference to the necessities of the Treasury, and lent itself to schemes of an extravagant nature, the Admin istration has steadily exerted itself to keep down expenditure, and, as lar as possible, to repair the waste engendered by the war. Iu all that concerns retrenchment, then, the facts are in favor of the Administration and against Congress. For whatever saving has been accomplished the countiy may thank the Ad ministration. For resistance to further saving, and for proceedings which entail heavy additions to the load of taxation and debt, the countiy is indebted exclusively to Congress. A contrast so damaging and suggestive will attract the attention of the people in the ap proaching campaign. THE GRAIN CROP. The Express says that the indications are that the cereal crops of the West and the Middle States, soon about to be, if not already in good part, harvested, will be the most abundant on record. That is the substance of the reports which are coming in to us from all quarters.— With but a limited demand for exportation, we do not see how lower prices can be avoided—a contingency which consumers now compelled to pay $14 and $15 per barrel for flour m the sea board markets must contemplate with delight. The World states that the National Union Ex ecutive Committee have entered upon negotia tions with all the railroad companies with a view of obtaining a reduction in the rates of fare for delegates to the Convention at Philadelphia in their passage thither and return. Replies have been received from nearly all the railroads, ft is worth noting that every Southern road, so far as heard from, has acceded to the request of the committee. AUSTRIAN RND AMERICAN CAVALRY. In the Times we find a letterfroin the military correspondent of its Loudon namesake. The writer.’learniug the movements ol the King of Prussia and some of his Ministers and officers of high rank, wrote from Bowtowitz, that if there were such a cavalry General on the Austrian side at present as Uie Confederate General Stu art in the American civil war, he would have a grand chance to-day to win a glorious stake by a raid upon Brunn. The King of Prussia is in that town at the present moment, and only two battalions of Infantry have been left as hia es cort. With him are Count Bismarck, General Yon Moitke, the War Minister, Gen. Yon Rood, and a large staff of officers. If these could be captured, or even one alone, on what different terms could Austria sue for peace ? But it would need a man of Stuart’s intrepidity to attempt to seize the prize, and the capture would not be ef fected without severe cost; but to secure the King would compensate for any sacrifice. The Austrian cavalry probably does not even know of the defenseless state of Brunn, but iu one of their own provinces, where the inhabitants are lellow-countrymen, they ought to have ample in formation, and the perfect knowledge of the country which thep should have would material ly assist in such an enterprise. FRENCH IMPROVEMENT ON THE NEEDLE GUN. The Paris correspondent of the Times writes that the excitement about the needle gun does not, in any sense diminish. Whenever one ot these guns, true or false, is exhibited in a win dow ; wherever even the picture of one is ex hibited, there is sure to be a perpetual crowd The newspapers also are full of the subject; and now we learn all at once that France is lull of breech-loading inventions which surpass the Prussian gun as far as this latter surpasses the old muzzle loader. So that the French army is soon to have—so the Government papers say—a million of guns so destructive that the Prussians could not stand before them a moment. The Emperor is giving fiis personal attention to the subject, and yester day went on a long visit to the gun museum ot Vincennes. The Prussian gun and the Ameri can monitors have proved a serious humiliation to the French military and naval pride, and the Emperor, who is a man of progress and hates routine, will probably attend to these matters himself in the future. GOV. BROWN ON THE PHILADELPHIA CONVEN TION. The Times copies Governor Brown’s letter of July 25th, and remarks upon it that it is but simple justice to the South to say that this letter is in keeping with the general tenor of commu nications on this subject from their wisest and most considerate men. It suits the purpose of the Radical press in the North, which are oppos- “ The Negro Boy Plantit. ” The London Morning Advertiser, of the 19th ultimo, appeared on our table yesterday among our exchange newspapers. We noticed in it the following account under the above heading, of “Blind Tom,” personage familiar to our readers, who, it seems, has passed muster in the great British metropolis, and bids fair to create quite a sensation there. Our readers will doubtless be interested in a perusal of the following account of the test of “Tom’s” skill before the “musical celebrities” of the first city in the world: There was a private soiree last evening at the Queen’s Concert rooms, Hanover square, to which many of our musical celebrities and a large number of distinguished amateurs received invitations. The object of the interesting re union was to afford an opportunity of presenting to an intelligent and critical audience “Blind Tom,” the negro boy pianist, who has just ar rived from America, and whose performances throughout the Southern States caused consider able excitement. So tar back as the.year 1862, one of the contributors to All the Year Hound gave au account of this plantation prodigy. At the time it seemed almost incredible that the musical capacity and attainments of the untaught, and in many points apparently idiotic negro youth —he is stilted to be only seventeen years of age— could justify such a portraiture as they received from an evidently enthusiastic admirer of this child of nature, but the test applied last evening in the presence of an appreciative and discrimi nating assemblage removed all doubts that may have heretofore existed with reference to the fidelity of the narrative. The negro boy, ex cept when engaged in the interpretation of some difficult classical work, or iu developing other features of musical science, has a hideously repulsive appearance bordering upon the lowest class of negro imbecility, but the moment he is placed at the pianoforte, or requested to impart information on any subject identified with music, the idiotic, vacant stare leaves him, and his countenance beams with intelligence.— Not only is “Blind Tom” a pianist of great ability, his execution of difficult masterpieces being marked with feeling, thorough knowl edge of the composer, and graceful finish, but he possesses a faculty peculiar, perhaps, to himself alone. There were played for him two pieces by a gentleman indiscriminately selected from the audience. One, we believe, was a man uscript sonnet. “Blind Tom” listened atten tively to the amateur’s performance, and no sooner had it concluded than be reproduced each composition with astonishing fidelity, foliowip bar for bar, note for note, and photographing, a it were, the passages ot variation. Chords and discords, too, he analyzed, standing at a distance from the piano-forte, without approach to mis take, announcing the notes of which they were made up almost as soon as the instrument con ed to the restoration of the Union, to represent vey ed them to his ear. Many other examples ” -* " °—*■*— ‘ ’ were given of his prodigious musical capacity, and there can be no doubt that both in musical and medical circles the negro boy pianist will for some time to come find himself the observed of all observers. the men of the South who were most prominent in the rebellion as most eager to secure seats in the'Philadelphia Convention ; but nothing can be more utterly false. THE EXTRA PAY. The Express says that it has already taken $712,000 to pay off the extra appropriation for extra pay, to the very extraordinaiy Congress men who voted themselves $5,000 a year, and 17 months back pay 1 The Washington correspond ent of the World says that Congressman Hub bard, of West Virginia, has sent to the conscience fund of the treasury the extra two thousand dol lars which Congress voted itsell. PRESIDENT JOHNSON. The Washington correspondent of the Express writes that the White House seems to be the center of attraction now-a-days. Nearly every morning a large crowd of strangers can be seen waiting patiently in the halls and ante-rooms.— They come from all parts of the country—the North, South, East and West being alike repre sented. Their business, of course, is a matter of speculation among outsiders, although it is gen erally understood that the majority of them are looking after appointments, either present or prospective. The President receives them cour teously, and as rapidly as possible. The applica tions for positions under the different depart ments are generally referred to the Secretaries, barnum. Another correspondent of the same paper says of Bridgeport, Connecticut, that Barnum has in process of construction in its vicinity au im mense acclimatization garden, to be used in con nection with the great Zoological institution he intends to incorporate with his museum in New York. Van Amburg’s great menagerie is to be incorporated with it, and he is already prepar ing to ship from Africa and Europe rare beasts for the show. The gardens here are merely to he breeding places. A charter for the enterprise, with a capital of two millions of dollars, has been obtained from the Connecticut Legislature, and thirty acres of land have been purchased in the vicinity of Bridgeport, Connecticut, on which are to be erected suitable buildings and glass edifices for the breeding and acclimating rare an imals, birds, &c., and for training some of them for public performances. PILLS FOR THAD. STEVENS AND SUMNER. The same correspondent, under the above title, quotes from a sermon of Father Synnott, who had just returned from a visit to Maine, whither he had gone to purchase lumber for a new and superb Church he has in course of erection in Bridgeport; and on his journey he stopped in Portland a day. Said Father S.: The desola tion on all sides was heart-rending to contem plate. The misery was universal—but it was mitigated by the thought that in all sections of the country the voice of Mercy was pleading tor the sufferers, and that Charity, her kirtle loaded with the golden bounties of the whole-hearted, was coming to their relief. In the midst of this scene of wreck and woe, he thought of the wreck and woe existing in the ruined cities of the South, chere disasters as terrible had fallen upon heads as little deserving of the blow as those which found desolation in Portland. They, however, had no lips to plead for them. The voice of Mercy was silent in their cause—the hand of Charity paralyzed! Proceeding then to urge upon his congregation—among whom were many hard-faced Yankees—the practice of those great virtues, mercy and charity, the good priest concluded with the assurance that the destruc tion of Portland (the home, doubtless, of many who had been leading in urging the punishment to their Southern brethren) was not the less per mitted by Heaven than had been woes inflicted on the cities of the South. ITEMS. The World contains a dispatch received at Bos ton from the Isle of Wight, in which it is stated that the yacht, Alice, of twenty-eight tons, had ar rived, having crossed the ocean in nineteen days. The Washington correspondent of the Express says that the effort to induce Secretary McCul loch to authorize the sale of government gold, is not, by any means, given np, and rumor asserts that it will be successful. It is not proposed, I believe, to break in upon any part of the $60,000,- 000 now in the vaults ofthe Treasury, but to sell the daily receipts from customs, that may here after be paid in The Treasury Department is now ready to sup ply applicants with sets of specimens of fraction al currency of all descriptions ever issued, inclu ding varieties of ten cent notes, which are signed by the Register and Treasurer. The sets of full notes may be purchased for five dollars and seven ty-five cents, while sets of half notes,or those hav ing the face and back separate, will be sold for tour dollars. The latter variety will be printed on Confederate bank note paper, bearing the let ters C. S. A., in water mark, which was manufac tured in. London for the Treasury Department of the Confederate States, so-called, and was found on board a blockade runner captured by one of the vessels composing the blockade squadron. A correspondent of the Express writes from Washington that the most remarkable fact re cently known to the friends of President John- son has just come to light It is now understood that lar^3 niinioin tLo clerks in the various departments are correspondents of Eastern and Western journals of the intensely radical school; tmd while holding office under the Administra tion of Andrew Johnson, denounce his policy and impugn his persoal motives in the most li belous and dastardlv manner. A Short and Sad Story. About ten weeks ago a gentleman passed through this city on his way to Arkansas, where he intended to locate. An Englishman by birth, he had been for years a commercial traveler for a house in one of the largest mercantile cities in Europe, and in that capacity had visited every part of the world. He was a polished gentle man, and spoke fluently several different lan guages, and had accumulated an amount of in formation concerning the countries through which he had traveled that was not only valua ble but interesting in the highest degree to those who were fortunate enough to be numbered among his friends. Of a good family in his native country, he had moved in the best circles of the commoners in England, and was, in every sense of the term, a perfect gentleman. Of a sensitive and retiring disposition, he was illy calculated, however, to make acquaintances, and lacked the assurance which we daily learn is necessary to thrive in this world of ours. He had heard a glowing account of our sister State, and went to Pine Bluff, where his means became almost ex hausted. Writing to his wife to remit to him at Camden, he started to that point on foot, where he had arranged to meet a friend. In this he was disappointed, and the unsettled state of mail facilities preventing the receipt of means from home, he determined to return to this city and await here until he heard from his family.— About this time two gentlemen from Kentucky arrived in Camden on horseback, and put up at a hotel there. In the morning their horses were missing, and the citizens turned out, headed by the city marshal, and started in pursuit of the missing animals. They were found tied in the woods about a mile from town; and when on the way back to town with them the parties met the gentleman of whom we are writing. Being a stranger, he was immediately arrested as the horse thief, and told by the marshal that if lie would tell who were his confederates in the matter, he would he released. A denial of any knowledge whatever of the theft was all that could be elicit ed, and the marshal then took the halter off one of the horses, and making a slip noose, passed it around the gentleman’s neck, and hung him to a tree, until, as the officer stated afterwards before the magistrate, “ lie turned black in the face and his tongue stuck out half a yard.” When life was nearly extinct lie was dropped to the ground and when it again began to assert itself, lie was once more urged to confess. As before, nothing could be told, and a second time the hanging scene was enacted until death nearly came to the rescue. He was, however, cut down, and then taken before a magistrate and committed upon evidence that would not have detained any oth er than a stranger for a single moment. lira few weeks, during which time he remained in jail, his trial came on before the criminal court at Camden, and he was honorably acquitted, not one particle of evidence appearing to impli cate him. On the contrary, the real culprit, a well known horse thief, who lived not far from the place, it was ascertained had stolen the horses. After his acquital, the gentleman, too proud to ask for assistance where he had been so foully wronged, started for this city, and lived upon such precarious subsistence as his sensitive nature would allow him to ask for by the way until he arrived at Eunice Landing, Arkansas where he sought for and obtained work. He toiled along in the hot sun, for which he only re ceived his board, until he became sick. Never having done any outdoor labor, the sun, com bined with the treatment he received at Camden had its effect upon him. 'Wishing to reach this city, where he hoped to hear lrom those who were dear to him, he took passage on the deck of the Des Arc upon her last trip up bat one. He arrived in this city sick and worn out with want and suffering, and one week ago to-day the morning papers told of a man being found dead on the bluff, the Coroner’s jury having returned a verdict that “ George Russel! had come to his death from want and exposure.” Such rea der, is the history of the last two rnontus of the life of one who while living was an upright gentle, Christian man, and an honorable, high toned gentleman. May the sod rest lightly on his grave, and God, who knows the sufferings of his body here below, reward him in that world where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.”—Memphis Avalanche. Briggs has a great faculty for getting things cheap. The other day he had a ^beautiful set of teeth inserted for next to nothing. He kicked a dog. The Wigwam for the Philadelphia Union National Convention.—The Johnson Club of Philadelphia have pitched their wigwam at the intersection of Twentieth street and Gi rard Avenue. The builder has at work a large force of carpenters, and the building will be com pleted in ten days. The convention will assem ble on the 14th. A description of the building is thus given in the New York News : Its outside dimensions are one hundred and forty-six by one hundred and sixty-five feet. It will be constructed of boards, and will be used as a hall for mass meetings during the coming campaign. The interior will consist of a vesti bule, an amphitheatre, two galleries and four ante-rooms. Into the vestibule a door of twelve feet wide wiil open from Girard Avenue. A door of equal 9ize will lead to the amphitheatre and lower gallery, and a private entrance will open into the ladies gallery above. The ante rooms will be used for committee purposes. At the head of the building will be placed the speaker’s desk, and on either side the reporters. The amphitheatre will be seventy feet by one hundred and forty. From it the galleries will rise in nearly the same manner as the seats in the square for the 4th of July celebration. The capacity of the building will be over ten thou sand people. The largest audience ever seen in the Academy of Music could be seated in one wing of the immense galleries. The standing room upon the floor will accommodate three thousand, while there will be seats for seven thousand. The galleries will be supported by iron pillars sixteen feet apart. These will lie hung with evergreens and festooned with flowers during the sessions of the convention. Within a fortnight it will be assembled in the largest building ever known in Philadelphia, excepting the sanitary fair structure. The GrMn Products of the Country. There is scarcely a doubt that the grain pro duct of the country at large will constitute a supply of the prime necessities of life, aniplefbr all wants of consumption and commerce. The great bulk of the wheat crop has already been secured in excellent condition, and the. united testimony of our Western exchanges is, that whatever deficiency there may be in quantity will be made up in quality. Even the fanners, who are proverbial “croakers" seem to be abun dantly satisfied with the result of their labors. The Commissioner of Agriculture. thinks the crop will be au average of 84-tentlis iu quantity, and of a quality that will make it fully equal in value to last year’s crop. An Ohio correspondent makes an elaborate approximate estimate of the cereal crops, and inasmuch as his deductions are made principally from personal observation, his views are entitled to some consideration. He places the wheat crop of the country as follows : 1SU0 128,104,921 bushels. 18(10. ltv>, 134,000 bushels. At the ratio of increase iu the Wheat crop from 1840 to 1860—5 per cent, a yeai—it is ar gued that we should have 225,134,000 bushels as the yield for I860. The estimated yield of corn this year is set down at 1,000,000,000 bushels, against 832,792.740 in I860, as ascertained by the decennial canvassers. Such a crop; it is calculat ed, would alone support 60.000,000 of people and all the cattle necessary for their meat and butter. The world has never seen anything in agriculture at all equal to this. The fact that tins staple product is rapidly working its way into popular favor in Great Britain is all the more gratifying, in view of its steadily increasing production in this country. The strength of this branch ot agricultural country lies iu the Central West, ami there it will no doubt remain for the next cen tury at least. The Oat crop of 1866 is estimated at 200,000,000 bushels, against 172,330,722 in 1860. The Rye and Barley crops are expected to be iu excess of those ot any previous year, while root crops give promise of great abun dance. Here, in brief, is an exhibit of the situation, as far as concerns the supply of home products essential to the subsistence of the masses, and no. outcry of scarcity, raised for sinister purposes, can do away with the substantial facts upon which we predicate a year of plenty, if not of low prices. What the prospects are likely to be for an outlet for our surplus crops, it is yet too early to judge with any degree of certainty ; though with peace and abundant, crops in Eu rope, the foreign demand for American bread- stuffs, it would seem, must continue to be very limited, thus necessitating their consumption chiefly by our own people.—New York Commer cial List. A Prairie Belle. As I was returning from the plains, after hav ing explored the Brazos river to its source in 1863,1 met, near the most remote frontier house, three girls, who were accompanied by a young man, who were picking wild grapes beside the road. As we had a vacant seat in our wagon, and as the party were on foot, I inquired if one of the young ladies would not like to ride with us to the house. On one of them assenting, my companion, a New York gentleman, politely extended his hand to assist her ; but, instead of accepting it she made a sudden leap from the ground over the side of the vehicle, and landed directly down by his side. She appeared to be eighteen yea.s of age, witli rather a masculine phybique, her figure tall, erect, and lithe, but well rounded, and exceedingly graceful and fem inine in outline, the incarnation of perfect health and vigor. Her face was thoroughly browned by exposure and exercise in the epen air, and was constantly lighted up with a cheerful, happy expression, indicating an overflowing exuberance of spirits, which disseminated an atmosphere the fascination of which was irresistible to those who came within its influence, and her laughing, dancing blue eyes seemed ever on the quivive for fun ana frolic. She wore a closely fitting bloomer costume, with a jaunty little straw-hat on one side of her head, fastened under the chin with a pretty pink ribbon, and her luxuriant natural hair curled in ringlets all over her shoulders. She was evidently the reigning belle ot the neighborhood, as well as the favorite spoiled child of her family; and she was just as free from the absurd conventionalities of society as the mustangs that roamed over the adjacent prairies. My companion related to her some of the most remarkable incidents of our expedition, which seemed to interest her vastly; at the same time her credulity appeared to be somewhat taxed, and would occasionally find utterance in such ejaculations as “O git out,” You go-long now,” "Look at him !” etc., which seemed the spontaneous outburst of her impulsive nature, and rather in the character of a soliloquy than seriously intended to express doubt at the truth of the narrative. In one instance she became intensely absorbed in my friend’s account of a visit we had received from the Comanches, and some of the peculiar habits of those people, and gave vent to her feelings by administering a violent slap on his knee, and at the same time exclaiming, “The h—e—e—1 you say, stranger!” giving particular emphasis to, and dewlling upon the most objectionable word in the sentence. She inquired very particularly about our camp ing arrangement, and manifested a good deal of curiosity concerning the shape, capacity, and material of our tent. She lmd never seen one, it appeared, and I remarked to her after ours was pitoliod if oLo T*uuld Uuuur us with a call she would have a good opportunity of seeing how comfortable we could make ourselves in camp. At this she turned round, facing me, applied her thumb to her nose, with her fingers extended, closed one eye, and with hpr coutentance assum ing a most ludicrously severe expression, ob served, “I am afraid of wolves, ole boss.” As I was quite unconscious of having intended any disrespect to the young lady, I was a good deal surprised at -this exhibition of indignation. From the savage expression her countenance as sumed, however, I did not feel inclined to press her for an explanation, and changed the subject as soon as possible.—Col. Marcy's New Book of the West. Dr. Dostle’s Speech. The New Orleans Times has been furnished, by a gentleman who was present, witli the fol lowing report of the speech of Dr. Dostie, de livered on Friday evening, 27th ult., to an as semblage of negroes. Another speech, deliver ed an hour afterwards, is said to have been even more violent and inflammatory: Dr. Dostie, in the course of his remarks on Friday uight, said, “I want the negroes to have the right of suffrage, and we will give them this right to vote. There will be another meeting here to-morrow night, and on Monday I want you to come in youi power. I want no cowards to come. I want only brave men to come who will stand by us, and we will stand by them. Come then in your power to that meeting, or rtounr nrn tn arinflior r\nl ill no I „ *i •_ Prom the Ladies* Home. Home for Invalid Ladle*. In previous numbers of the Home, we have given to our readers extracts from letters address ed to us by many of the most eminent medical men, and distinguished gentlemen not in the profession, concerning the want and feasibility, of a "Home for invalid Ladies" in the South. Below will be found a letter front a distin guished physician of this city on the same sub ject We highly appreciate this letter, because the author is = au eminent medical practitioner and a conscientious gentleman. Our object in addressing letters to eminent gentlemen on this subject, is to get their opinion concerning such an institution'll! the South. We not only had the good of the afflicted at heart, but our own character and the dignity of the profession. We have never received one word from these gentle- in regard to our enterprise other than encour agement. From a sense of duty, as a physician, and the encouragement we have received from medical gentlemen, and good men and women every where, we intend to persevere to the end, until our plans are crowned with success. As it lias been stated by one, “such an institu tion, it conducted properly, would save thous ands of languishing and afflicted women from premature graves,” and thus, as another has said, “prove a powerful auxiliary to the scientific and sanitive appliances of regular medicine;” both of which are the objects of this enterprise. With full faith in our eventual success, we have established this journal with our own pri vate means for the double purpose of building up a pure Southern literature, and ol' obtaining the means necessary for the erection and furnish ing The Home for invalid ladies—our long cher ished object. And while we cherish a two fold object in the conduct of this journal, we ask up one to subscribe for it except on its literary merit alone. We offer to our subscribers a literary and family paper, fully worth the subscription price—a paper which one of our leading South ern journals has complimented by saying: The Ladies■ Home is certainly not excelled !ty an ^lite rary journal in the country. • * •“ Atlanta, Ga., July 25, 1866. Prof. T. S. Powell—Dear Sir: Your letter, in which you do me the honor to ask my opinion relative to a plan which you have inaugurated for the establishment, in this city, ot a “ Hospi tal for Invalid Ladies,” is before me. A long experience in the practice of the medi cal profession enables me to say that the views you express touching the inconveniences and difficulties of treating in private practice, a cer tain class of female afflictions, are entirely cor rect. In an Infirmary of the kind proposed, con ducted upon humane and scientific facilities and comforts adapted to such cases, these diffi culties would be obviated, and a desideratum supplied which has been long felt by the profes sion andby a large and unfortunate class of suf ferers. As to your fitness and capacity to conduct such an Institution upon the most approved principles of science, and in accordance with the dictates of kindness and humanity, I entertain no doubt In this, I do but reiterate the oft expressed opinions of the press and of the inteliigent classes in this community, where you have long resided, and where you are professionally and personally known.' The plan which you have instituted for the ac complishment of the end in view is happily tie- vised, embracing as it does a three fold object, the terms of which separately considered, constitute useful and highly important enterprises: 1st. The establishment ol a first class literary weekly in the South. 2d. To develop and give expression to the literary talent known to exist amoug us.— 3d. To institute with the proceeds of the first, a Home for Invalid Ladies. The 1st, which is the grand lever for the ac complishment ol the others, you have already in successful operation, and though but a few numbers have been published, I think it may truthfully be asserted that it is equal in typo graphical execution and neatness to any similar production issued in the United States. Tlie articles which grace its pages evince a high order of literary talent and taste, and for elegance of style, chastity of language and high moral tone, are in striking contrast to the sensational, vulgar and corrupt literature of most Northern journals. I doubt not that an enterprise thus happily in augurated, and having in view objects so noble and praiseworthy, wil* meet the cordial approval of the members of the medical profession, and of every benevolent Southern heart, aud will, I trust, be crowned with a speedy and happy suc cess. Respectfully, your obedient servant. R. €. Word, M. D. From the LaGrange Reporter. Imposing Ceremonies at West Point. It is always a matter of pleasure to us to chroni cle evidences of progress in our county. Espe cially does it afford us much pleasure to enume rate, in a short way, the ceremonies which occur red near West Point, on the 1st instant. The friends and promoters of the two noble enter prises, recently referred to by us, and known re spectively, as the “Georgia and Alabama Manu facturing Company,” and the “ Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company,” have our most sincere thanks for the cordial invitation extended to this office to participate iu the laying of the corner stones ot their respective buildings; but cir cumstances, over which we had no control, in tervened to prevent the representation of the Reporter on that occasion. To a kind aud oblig ing friend, who was present, we are indebted for the notes we proceed to use : The corner-stone of each of the factories were laid in the presence of a large concourse of peo ple. The impressive Masonic ceremonies ofthe occasion were conducted by D.\ G.\ Ms.’., W. W. Boyd and B. H. Bigham, of.t.he Grand Lodge of Georgia, assisted by other brethren. (A list of the officers will be given next week.) They consisted of William Johnson, of West Point, Grand Marshal, and Messrs. Chandler, Fay, Mar shal], Bass, Barrow, Orme, Alexander, and Gab- bett, of Atlanta, and Messrs. Oslin, Griggs, Bass, Pichtmlcnn TMr-b- inarm fiuri Wool Tue United States and England.—In a laie speech Lord Stanley thus spoke of the Uni ted Suites: “ The United States, by its extent, by its population, by its rapid increase, the energy and intelligence of its people, and lastly, by its display of military and naval strength lias come to rank among the foremost powers in the world. I look upon a proper and friendly understanding with the United Statesjas almost the first, requi site of English diplomacy. [Hear, hear.] No one power, exeept France, is so closely bound to us by ties of public interest” never go to another political meeting in this State. We have three hundred thousand black men willi white hearts. Also, one hundred thousand good and true Union white men, who will fight for and beside the black race, against the three hundred thousand hell-hound rebels, for now there are but two parties here. There are no copperheads now. Col. Field now mak ing a speech inside, is heart and soul with us. He and others who would not a year ago speak to me, now take me by the hand. We are four hundred thousand to three hundred thousand, and can not only whip but exterminate the other party. Judge Abell with his grand jury may indict us. Harry Hays, with his posse commitatus, may be expected there, an/l the police, with more than a thousand men sworn in, may inter fere with the convention ; therefore, let all brave men, and not cowards, come here on Monday. There will be no such puerile affair as at Mem phis, but if interfered with, the streets of New Or leans will run with blood ! The black race with *900 million, are bound to rule the white race of 300 million. The reb els say they have submitted and accept the situation, but want you to do the work and they will do the voting; and will yon throw over them “the mantle of chairty and oblivion ?” "We will!’ “we will!” was the unanimous response of the excited throng, to which Dr. Dostie vehemently replied : No, by God ! we j wont. We are bound to have universal suffrage ; though you have the traitor, Andrew Johnson, against you,” etc., etc. [*We think the Doctor has made an error in ! his calculation.] How a Swindler Come to Grief.-—The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives the following account of the arrest of an accomplished swindler: The author of the recent forgeries upon the Navy and Treasury Departments, mentioned in these dispatches a few days since, proves to have been Wm. Ringgold Cooper, Acting Ensign of the navy, lately on duty in the Bureau of Navi gation. The young swindler has been moving Richardson, Dickinson, aud Davidson, of West Point, and others. Many valuable and curious articles were de posited in each of tiie corner-stones. The formal addresses of the day were deliver ed, in behalf ot Alabama, by bis Excellency Governor Patton, and, in belialf of Georgia, by Judge B. H. Bigham. Other interesting addresses were delivered by Judge Chilton, of Alabama, and Messrs. Griggs, of West Point, and Marshall, of Atlanta. A splendid collation was set out by the ladies of the vicinity, on the first floor of tiie boarding house for operators, now nearly completed at the Chattahoochee and Georgia Factory, known as the lower (or Huguley) Factor} - . This was in tended as a compliment to the stockholders of the upper (or Trammel) Factory, as well as to those of the factory at which it was prepared, aud the visitors. At the request of some gentlemen, and also some ladies present, the stockholders of both companies consented to open their books for subscriptions for a short time. Quite a number of subscriptions to stock were made. One of the prominent managers of these en terprises is Geo. Huguley, well known in Ala bama and Georgia as a financier. Another is James Metcalfe, well known in manufacturing circles as a successful business conductor of such enterprises. Another is Elisha Trammel, whose reputation is unequaled throughout Wsetem Georgia as a manager of mills and other ma chinery propelled by water-power and as a man of unimpeachable integrity and enterprise.— Another is General R. H. Chilton, who was Chief of Gen. Robt. E. Lee’s staff, and is celebrated as a gallant and intellectual gentleman and able engineer. The gentlemen in charge of the topographical surveys are under charge of Mr. Engineer Gab- bett, whose skill in the profession is known to be fully equal to the task, and the experience of Mr. Alexander, who has been for twenty years en gaged successfully upon important public works in Georgia, has been called into requisition in the erection of the dams and buildings. In conclusion, we would say to capitalists, that this is a good opportunity for making good in vestments; and those desiring to do so, would do well to apply for stock early aud without de lay- A Gift to tiie President.—It was announc ed yesterday, in our local column, that the first bale of cotton of the new crop, which arrived here on the 4th, and was the first reported in the south, had been purchased by a party of our leading cotton merchants, and sent as a present to President Johnson. As the first fruits of Southern toil under the protection of his benign administration, the compliment is an appropriate one, and will no doubt be highly appreciated.— . \ °eheve, however, that the President has, established a rule to receive no presents while in the Executive chair, and it may be that he will reel constrained to decline in the present ease.— Defrees, an accomplished yc of the Public Printer. Im in the best Washington circles for some timi We honetbomrhThifS'Ln > it past, and was yesterday married to a Miss Julia least accent tlu- enm 1 r* "'! n °V H , e m , lgLt ’ at - - - - epl lhe com Piiment, and, as lie does not need the cotton, or its value, turn it over to some benevolent association—the Ladies’ Relief Asso ciation of St. Louis, for instance, who would he proud to exhibit and dispose of it at their ap- proaclnng fair.—Macon Telegraph. A German journal recounts the following episode of one of the late battles : A young soldier m the midst of the tumult of battle, thought lie saw on the grass a four-leaved shamrock growing. As such a plant is rare, and is considered to bring good luck, he stooped to take it. At that very instant a cannon ball passed over his head so near that he must have been killed if lie had not been bending down. The man so miraculously saved has sent the plant to which he owes his life to his betrothed at Kcenigsberg. oung lady and niece mmediately after the marriage service, Cooper and his wife took the train for Philadelphia, en route lor Europe; but the detectives were on the same train, and the bridegroom forger was nabbed on his arrival in Philadelphia. All of the sixty thousand dollars, with the exception of about twenty-five hundred’ dollars, was recovered. A French gentleman asked a Hungarian friend in Paris whether the time lmd not come when Hungary could avenge herself in Austria? "Ah, mon cherreplied M. de S , “we have had our revenge; we have given Austria Bene- dek !” The General, it 9eems, is a Hungarian and fought against his countrymen, as you know, in 1848.